English Test 2 I.Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10 ) Answers 1. I want some sugar, but there is ________ in the bowl! 1 a. no b. none c. less d. any 2 2. _____ of the students know the answer to that question. 3 a. Almost b. The most c. Most d. Mostly 4 3. There’re only two seats left and I don’t want to sit near the door. I guess I’ll take _____. 5 a. the another one b. other one c. the other one d. another one 6 4. _______ you agree, nothing can be arranged. 7 a. Unless b. Without c. Because d. Lest 8 5. We both decided to do different things: he wrote a letter _____ I listened to the radio. 9 a. if b. because c. while d. since 10 6. You have got a scholarship: you are luckier ________. a. as I b. than me c. than I d. as me 7. Ancient civilizations were not aware that the earth ______ a sphere. a. is b. was c. had been d. has been 8. Miners are wage – earners, whereas teachers are ___________ men. a. salary b. salaries c. salarying d. salaried 9. Explorers in space or on land, must be extraordinarily ________. a. bravely b. brave c. braver d. braveness 10.The boss required that Alice _________ the meeting. a. would attend b. attends c. attended d. attend II. Choose the underlined word with diferent sound and then write it in the column Answers. ( from 11 to 15) Answers 11. a. great b. bread c. steak d. veil 11 12. a. pudding b. pull c. puncture d. put 12 13. a. comfortable b. come c. some d. comb 13 14. a. whistle b. little c. gentle d. battle 14 15. a. bathing b. method c. bathroom d. width 15 III. Give the correct form of word given and then write it in the column Answers ( from 16 to 25 ) Answers 16. That _______ pupil should be severely punished. ( RESPECT) 16 17. As a result of her ______, Linda has a strong personality ( BROUGHT) 17 18. The boy’s _____ from school saddened his parents no end. ( EXPEL ) 18 19. Great ______ was given to his performance. ( APPLAUD ) 19 20. If you don’t pay your bill, they’ll _____ your electricity ( CONNECT ) 20 21. The scenery was beautiful beyond _________. ( DESCRIBE ) 21 22. The giant panda is an _________ species. ( DANGER ) 22 23. The audience was _____ small because of the heavy snow. ( DISAPPOINT ) 23 24. His letter has lost their ________ relationship ( FORM ) 24 25. His extraordinary success had surpassed all our ______. ( EXPECT ) 25 IV. Find a suitable word in each sentence and then write it in the column Answers ( from 26 to 35 ) Answers Wild animals ( and wild plants ) and all the wild places where they (26) _____ are seriously 26 threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century, but 27 many hundreds are now in (27) _____. Lack of attention would (28) _____ to the rapid advance 28 of the process of extinction. 29 Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their (29) ______ in 30 the ecosystem is forgotten. 31 Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals, etc are thought to be in danger of (30) ______. 32 But even more important, perhaps, (31) _____ individual kinds of animals and (32) ___, whole 33 habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained: and the world forests, especially 34 the tropical forests, are being cut down to satisfy man’s (33) _______ of timber and paper. 35 What (34) _______ our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished? Would our life still (35) ________ then ? V. Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40 ) The ancient Egyptians firmly believed in the afterlife and spent their time on earth preparing for it. Elaborate burial rituals included preparing the burial site, providing for all of the deceased’s material needs ( food, clothing, jewels and tools of their trade), and preserving the corpse so that it would not decay. This preservation was accomplished through a process of communification. The ancients left no written accounts as to execution of this process, so scientists have had to examine mummies and established their own theories. The embalming process might have taken up to seventy days for the pharaohs and nobility and only a few days for the poor. 36. How have we been able to learn about the mummification process. 37. How long might the embalming process have taken up for the pharaohs and nobility? 38. Why did the Egyptians bury food, clothing, jewels and tools with the deceased? 39. What is the best title for passage ? 40. How long might the embalming process have taken up for the poor? VI. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ) 41. Sam didn’t celebrate until he received the prize. It was not 42. He is the man most likely to win the race. No one stands a better 43. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly. I object 44. The heavy rain made it impossible for us to have our picnic. We were not 45. Her husband died. When she heard the news she fainted. On hearing 46. “ Please don’t drive so fast”, Ann begged her boyfriend. Ann pleaded with 47. You learn the basic rules. Then you’ll find it easy to play. Once 48. Long hasn’t been back to his native village for ten years now. It is 49. It was difficult to reach the other cities. The other cities 50. How long have they been engaged? When VII. Use the given words to write a complete sentence. Words can be changed or added but not omitted 51. Another / explanation / custom / left – hand movement / write / guidebook. 52. years / before / resign / Bonaparte / the Pope / visit / Paris. 53. Up / then / no / rule / movement / traffic. 54. authorities / decreed / Parisians / ride / drive / right – hand side / street. 55. left – hand side / leave / clear / movement / Papal carriage. 56. Thus / custom / right – hand movement / bear. 57. Napoleon / make / law / France / the lands / he / conquered. 58. custom / gradually / become / general thing / continental Europe. 59. British / however / hate Napoleon / reverse / custom / due / perversity. 60. That / why / people / drive / left / Britain / the right / in / countires. . _________ species. ( DANGER ) 22 23 . The audience was _____ small because of the heavy snow. ( DISAPPOINT ) 23 24 . His letter has lost their ________ relationship ( FORM ) 24 25 . His extraordinary. performance. ( APPLAUD ) 19 20 . If you don’t pay your bill, they’ll _____ your electricity ( CONNECT ) 20 21 . The scenery was beautiful beyond _________. ( DESCRIBE ) 21 22 . The giant panda is. are seriously 26 threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century, but 27 many hundreds are now in (27 ) _____. Lack of attention would (28 ) _____ to