Test for excellent students

TEST 2

I/ Put the words in the correct column :
shark dolphin food stall crab
apartment chauffeur judge frog
decorator neighbor soldier panda
motel customer institution parking lot
whale coach surgeon sidewalk
People
Animals
Places





























II/ Use the correct word in the brackets:
1/ Last year there was a district walking ………………………… (compete)
2/ The numbers of ……………………… increases every week. (participate)
3/ People of all ………………………. Can join the walking activities. (able)
4/ The evening was spent …………………… playing cards and talking. (enjoy)
5/ With a special ……………………….. equipment, a diver can stay underwater for along time. (breath)
6/ A Frenchman invented a deep-sea………………………vessel in the early 1940s. (dive)
7/ Now we can learn more about the world ……………………… to this invention. (thank)
8/ Peter can solve problems …………………… (wise)
III. Fill in the numbered gap with only one suitable word:
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. (1)…………………… he was eleven, his father fell into debt. Because he could not pay (2)………………… his debt, he and his family were sent to a debtors’ prison to work.
Charles Dickens (4) …………………… had to work in a factory, washing bottles and sticking labels
(5) ………………… bottles. People (6) …………………… down on his family and him. Dickens was unhappy and ashamed
(7) …………………… this period of his (8) …………………… His loss of dignity was later reflected (9) …………………… his book, “David Copper field”, in which the man (10) ………………………… also worked in a factory washing bottles.
The family returned to a more normal life after Dickens’ father (11) …………………… financial aid. Dickens was (12) …………………… to school. School discipline in these days (13) …………………… very harsh. Severe punishment were meted (14) …………………… freely for slight misdemeanours. Once (15) ……………………, Dickens suffered.
IV. Read the passage. Then choose the correct answer among A,B,C or D :
Last year I went on a home stay to the United States. I lived with the Johnson family in the state of California. When I was there, I went to school with my American sister, Julie.
At first, speaking English every day was hard. I was homesick. But then I started enjoy my homestay. English was easier. School was fun.
I like living with the Johnsons. We ate dinner together every night. We went to the movies a lot. During spring vacation, we went on a camping trip.
Now I’m back home with my parents. I often write to my American family and I receive letters from them, too. Next year the Johnsons are going to visit me

1/ Last year the writer ………………………
went on a homestay to the United Kingdom.
traveled to America.
stayed at home in the United States.
went home in the United States.
2/ When the writer was there, ………………
he was a student.
his family was with him.
he didn’t have any company.
he lived alone.
3/ At the beginning of the stay, ……………………
he was sick.
he enjoyed his home stay.
he didn’t find it easy to communicate in English.
he found school was fun.
4/ During his stay, ……………………
the writer didn’t like living with the host family.
the writer got on very well with the host family.
the writer often went to the cinema with the host family in spring.
the writer never went camping.
5/ The writer ……………………
is still in America.
is living with his family.
is going to visit his host family.
often writes letters to his friends.
V. Rewrite the sentence in another way:
1/ It isn’t necessary for you to finish this work by Saturday.
You ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2/ I still feel tired but I felt a lot more tired yesterday.
I don’t …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3/ In England we saw Shakespeare’s birthplace.
We saw the house ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4/ Julie is the best tennis player in this competition.
No one …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5/ The bus takes longer than the train.
The train …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6/ I’ve never met a famous person before.
It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7/ Because of his carelessness, he failed in the driving test.