English Test 7. I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10). Answers 1. The old house were ________ down to make way for a block of flats. 1 a. put b. hit c. knocked d. thrown 2 2. She ________ for a neighbour to look after the house while she was away. 3 a. arranged b. organized c. planned d. designed 4 3. Modern architecture, in many ______, is horribly ugly. 5 a. means b. examples c. reasons d. cases 6 4. Modern buildings should ______ with the surrounding area. 7 a. suit b. fit c. blend d. join 8 5. When the teacher speaks, we have to keep quiet, ? 9 a. don’t we b. mustn’t we c. doesn’t he d. won’t he 10 6. How long _________ here by the end of next year? a. have you been working b. you will have worked c. are you working d. will you have been working 7. He treats all his children __________ a. like b. same c. alike d. similar 8. We wanted to give him ________ help, but he turned us down. a. few b. little c. a few d. a little 9. Ceylon is _________ the south of India. a. to b. in c. at d. below 10. He has wasted ___________________. a. many times b. much times c. many time d. much time II. Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers ( from 11 to 15) Answers 1. a. look b. book c. soon d. good 11 2. a. honourable b. honesty c. historic d. heir 12 3. a. distribute b. tribe c. triangle d. trial 13 4. a. rough b. tough c. cough d. though 14 5. a. off b. of c. safe d. knife 15 III. Give the correct form of word given and then write it in the column Answers ( from 16 to 25 ) Answers 1. __________ to the school is by examination only. ( ADMIT) 16 2. It was _______ of Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie ( JUSTICE) 17 3. I have no excuses. My actions were ____________. ( EXPLAIN ) 18 4. You can always rely on Barbara, she is very ____________ ( DEPEND ) 19 5. The recent hurricane caused _________ damage. ( WIDE ) 20 6. Ants and bees are described as ___________ insects. ( INDUSTRY ) 21 7. He was very ________ when his cat was run over. ( SET ) 22 8. We considered his _________ as a hit in our face. ( GRATEFUL ) 23 9. This organization is concerned about the ______ of the rain forests ( DESTROY ) 24 10. Religious __________ forced them to leave the country. ( TOLERATE ) 25 IV. Find a suitable word in each sentence and then write it in the column Answers ( from 26 to 35 ) Answers In Britain a lot of people are out of work today. Tracy Chapman is 18, and she (26) __ school a 26 year ago. She lives in the North East where many young people are out of work. She hasn’t been 27 able to find a job (27) ____. 28 My dad doesn’t understand. He started working in a factory when he was fifteen. Things are 29 (28) ___ now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. Oh, I get my (29) _____ 30 benefit, but that isn’t much, and I’m fed up with queuing for it every Thursday. I hate (30) _____ 31 to ask my mum and dad for money. Oh, my mum gives me a couple of pounds (31) _______ 32 tights now and then but she can’t stand seeing me at home all day. I’ve almost (32) _______ up 33 looking for a job. I buy the local paper every day but I’m really tired of looking (33) ________ 34 the “ Situations Vacant” column. There are 50 (34) ______ for every job. I was intersted in being 35 a shopgirl but now I’d take any job at all. People ask me why I don’t move to London, but I’m (35) ______ of living on my own in a big city. V. Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40). The world’s oceans are so vast that they can cope with the present levels of pollution. However, little is known about the long – term effects of such slow poisoning. The most serious problem of modern time is that man is destroying the earth’s natural resources and transforming huge areas into wastelands. As a result, it is becoming extremely difficult to grow enough to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. A way of protecting all the wildlife on the earth must also be found as many as species are in danger of disappearing completely from the face of the earth. The dangers, however, are not confined solely to the land and the sea. The smoke in the atmosphere, for example, is increasing so much that the amount of sunlight has been reduced in many cities. Man’s whole environment is being changed in a serious way. 36. What is the process of making something dirty or impure ? 37. Find a word or phrase from the passage with the same meaning as the air, water and land in which we live? 38. What is the air surrounding the earth called ? 39. What could be best replaced wealth, goods or products people can use ? 40. What is a difficulty which needs attention and thought ? VI. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ). 1. The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister. Had it not 2. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them. I have 3. We couldn’t find Nam anywhere. Nam was 4. If you weren’t born in this country, you can’t vote in the election. Unless 5. The government shouldn’t let this situation get worse. This situation 6. I’m often inviting him for a weekend with us but he’s always too busy. No matter how 7. There isn’t much likelihood of its snowing today. It’s 8. She was not only bad – tempered but also very lazy. As well 9. She was just as good as they had thought. She quite definitely came 10. The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately. So VII. Use the given words to write a complete sentence. Words can be changed or added but not omitted Dear Christina 1. Many thanks / letter / me. 2. I / sorry / not written / long / because / I / busy / my study. 3. Anyway / you / pleased / hear / course / been / go / well. 4. I / like / teachers / much / and / we / interesting classes / Brtish Culture. 5. I / practise / pronunciation / language lab / watching / videos / lot. 6. I / meet / lots / really nice / people. We / get on / together. 7. We / go / films / restaurants / together. 8. Last weekend / we / go / suburb / picnic. 9. We / go / countryside / next weekend. 10. I look / see / soon. . English Test 7. I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers (. She lives in the North East where many young people are out of work. She hasn’t been 27 able to find a job ( 27) ____. 28 My dad doesn’t understand. He started working in a factory when he was. have you been working b. you will have worked c. are you working d. will you have been working 7. He treats all his children __________ a. like b. same c. alike d. similar 8. We wanted to give