Tests for New Cutting Edge

ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST –1-FIRST TERM
Name: ………………………… (First year students)
Class: ………….. Time allowance: 40 minutes
Mark: ……………../50


Section 1: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D: 20 points
1. Would you like some sugar? Yes, please, just……………
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
2. He spends ……………..time sleeping
A. all B. all his C. his all D. the all of his
3. Joe: Whose coat is this?
Sue : It’s not………………………..
A. my one B. from me C. of me D. mine
4. Mary : I don’t like fish
Daisy : ……………….
A. Neither do I B. So do I C. Still not D. as
5. Do not get………………the bus when it is still moving
A. off B.out C. from D. down
6. Tom: I’ve got a new story book
Peter : ………………………..
A. What its price? B. How many cost? C. How much it it? D. How much you pay?
7. I am very fond of Graham Green’s novels. He is my………………modern author.
A. favoured B. favourite C. popular D. preferred
8. She chooses some attractive…………..paper for the Christmas present.
A. covering B. envelop C. packing D. wrapping
9. Do you………………to go to the party?
A. attempt B. attend C. intend D. think
10. He is a very…………..player. He practices two hours every morning
A. keen B. excited C. amateur D. impatient
11. They are old customers of…………….
A. us B. ours C. our D. we
12. Close the door, please! I don’t like sitting in a ………….
A. blow B. current C. draught D. wind
13. I want to see……………………here tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock.
A. all you B. you of all C. all of you D. of you
14. They often have to stand in a …………….for hours to get the tickets for the performance.
A. queue B. tail C. turn D.file
15. His office is on the sixth………………of the building.
A. flat B. floor C. ground D. level
16. The main interest of that organization is to raise its member’s………………….of living
A. ability B. capacity C. condition D. standard
17. Policemen have to wear…………….because so many people ask them time
A. bells B. clocks C. hours D. watches
18. He works at a big steel …………………………….outside the town.
A. fabric B. factory C. industry D. society
19. A…………of mine, my cousin, John , is coming to stay with us this week.
A, familiar B. neighbour C. relative D. parent
20. Who is that old man………..the big nose?
A. of B. with C. from D. by

Section 2: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word: (10 points)
stop
the
seems
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shouting
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Football (1)……….to be the most popular game (2) …….. England. Young and old (3)…….in fond of watching it. Important matches (4)………… take place at weekends. As soon (5)………. the games begins, people start (6)………and cheering for one side or (7) …….. other. Some even (8)……throwing things and fighting. They only (9)………..doing (10)……….things when the game finishes.
Section 3: Read the following passage and CIRCLE the correct answer ( 5 points)
The end of the High Street
In the High Street of the British town, there are shops, banks, cinemas and the post office. There’s usually the baker’s shop where you can buy bread, the green grocer’s where you can buy fruit and vegetables and the newsagent’s where you can buy newspapers and magazines. In many towns there’s also