TEST 5

TEST 5

I- Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions (25p)

We are ______________ hurry. We may be late for school
My family is going to have a holiday ______________ the end _______________ this week. My dad is packing _______________ the luggage
I can’t put up ________________ any more. He was too cruel ______________me
First, you have to plug ________________ the printer and turn on the power
The boy hurt himself when he jumped ________________ from the tree
Robert was curious _______________ the box. He wondered what was inside
Tom, stop playing the games! Go _______________ the stairs to come ______________ your room on the first floor to do your work ______________ once
What shall we put all chemicals _______________ the locked box?
The astronaut’s clothes are made _______________ special materials
The boy _______________red T-shirt and faded jeans are my boyfriend
She added too much salt ________________ the spinach so it tasted much salty
The printer is ________________ guarantee so the company will repair it
________________ your help, the boy could speak more fluently
The flood prevented us _______________ going to school
I’m ________________ to have a big party. Will you join us?
I was ________________ of work. And up to now, I haven’t found a new job
Don’t make much noise! I’m paying attention _______________ doing my homework
A building is being set _______________ near my house
Liverpool is an industrial city _______________ the north of England
I wish I were lying ______________ the beach now

II- Circle the odd one out (6p)

1-cabbage plum mushroom pea
2-dozen meter gram liter
3 pond fall mountain stream

III- Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets (15p)

It rained hard while we were walking to the park (during)
________________________________________________________
You can play the game again (oppurtunity)
________________________________________________________

If you still take lots of days off, you won’t catch up with your friends (pace)
__________________________________________________________

I wish I hadn’t told him the truth (if only)
__________________________________________________________
I always believe in you (rely)
__________________________________________________________

IV- Give the correct form of the words in brackets (15p)

A (require) _______________ for the first-year-student is that they must have access to a computer
Silver is not (preciousness) _________________ as gold
Playing computer games is very (time-consume) ________________
The (serve) _______________ there made him pleased
I’m homeless. Idon’t know where to go
Ask the (reception) ________________. She may know where he went
Today, I’m going on a trip to (ocean) ________________ institute
It was really a (joy) _________________ contest
Your task had some mistakes but they were (accept) _________________.
I’m only an (employ) _________________ but I have rights

V- Fill in each blank with a suitable word form (10p)

The computer, one of the most inventions in our (modernize) ________________ age has proved to be (extrem) _________________ helpful to the life. A computer can not only solve the most complex math problems with lightening speed and perfect (accurate) ________________, but also gather the wide range of information for (variety) ________________ purposes in many fields. Nowadays, the computer always plays an important role in the life. That is (change) _______________

VI- Find one word which has different sound (9p)

1-cigarette engage guess gentle
2-plays stays says bays
3-permanent moveable exclaimation material
4-indulgent frugal sound function
5-lard bear dear regular
6-graduate annoy lantern handwriting

VII- Complete the passage (20p)

Among most people in the world, children are given names
In Viet Nam, children have a family name followed by a “given name” ______________ forename. Most also have a middle name. However, not all people name children _________________ the same way. Some people believe that the spirits of those _________________ have died are reborn in babies. To name a baby, the parents begin by saying the names of the child’s ancestors. The baby may sneeze, smile or cry ________________ a certain name is said. The parents think that means the ________________ is reborn in the baby. The baby is given that name
Some people may change their names. Navaho Indians in America change their names when ________________ want new ones. The Navaho can decide to use the mother’s last name rather ________________ the father’s. They may want an English name in place of a Native American one. Or they may change their English name________________ Navaho name. The Navaho don’t think it is important to keep the same name
In some parts ________________ Africa, a baby’s name is kept secret. _________________strangers are allowed to learn it. People there believe that the name is part of the child. They think that anyone who learns the name will have power over the child