TEST 40 English Test 7 I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: Maria has been to many countries in the world. She first (go) ……………………… … abroad in 1985 when she was a pupil. She (see) ……………………… … with her own eyes Moscow, London, Paris and many big cities. She (be) ……………………… … in Moscow in 1986. After that she (visit) ……………………… … London and Paris. When she was in London, She (see) ……………………… … many beauty sports: The Big Ben Clock Tower, The Houses of Parliament and so on. Unfortunately, while she (come) ……………………… … to Hyde Park, she (fall) ……………………… … ill, and she (not have) ……………………… … any chance to visit it since then. II. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best option: 1. I can’t help you. I am ( in / on / at / for) a hurry. 2. James Watt was a Scottish scientist (who / which / whose / whom) invention of the steam engine is famous throughout the world. 3. Our sources of energy will soon end (if / and / but / unless) other sources are not found. 4. The film was ( such / very / so / too) boring that I couldn’t see it through. 5. This is the school (when / which / that / where) I studied. 6. Isaac Newton died in 1727 ( in / with / at / on ) the age of 85. 7. It is the floods (which / that / and / they) destroyed many houses. 8. The differences ( from / with / between / in ) American English and British English are small. III. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets: 1. I’m afraid of (stay)………………………… at home alone at night. 2. He came into the room so (noise) ………………………… that he woke everybody up. 3. Yesterday was a terrible day for me. It was the (bad) ………………………… day of my life. 4. Anna looks very (attract) ………………………… in her new dress. 5. Doctors have tried to stop people from smoking, but they haven’t been very (success) …………………………. 6. Marie Curie was a great (science) ………………………… , who won the Nobel Prize two times. 7. It was such an (interest) ………………………… book that I couldn’t put it down. 8. She is very tired of looking for a job because she had many (refuse) …………………………. IV. Read the following passage and do the exercises bellow: Coffee is the favorite hot drink in almost countries. A” coffee break” is an important part of life in the United States. An old story says that coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia. Men taking care of their sheep noticed that the sheep stayed awake all night when they ate coffee beans and leaves. Coffee was first used as a food, then a kind of wine, and then medicines. It became a drink about 700 years ago. People took coffee to Arabia in the 13 th century. From then it went to Turkey, Europe, and America. In 1963 The United Nations helped organize an International Coffee Agreement Countries that export coffee agree on the price. This agreement helps Brazil and other exporting countries get a fair price. 79 A: Answer the questions: 1. Where was coffee first discovered? …………………………………………………………………………… ……………… 2. What did the United Nations help organize in 1963? ………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 3. What do countries exporting coffee agree on? …………………………………………………………………………… ………… B: Make questions using the suggested words and answer them: 4. Why / sheep / awake / all night? …………………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………… 5. What / coffee / first use? …………………………………………………………………………… …………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………… 6. When / become / a drink? …………………………………………………………………………… …………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………… V. Finish each of the following sentences in each a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence: 1. Losing weight is very difficult for some people. It is …………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 2. I have never known a more warm_hearted person than my mother. My mother is …………………………………………………………………………………… 3. It was such bad news that Helen burst into tears. The news was so………………………………………………………………………… 4. She will get overweight if she doesn’t give up eating so much fatty food. Unless………………………………………………………………………… …………… 5. She is a faster worker than you. You can’t……………………………………………………………………………… ……… 6. They are now teaching English in the primary school. English…………………………………………………………………………… …………… 7. Tom started to collect stamps in August. Tom has ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. The man couldn’t do that work. He was so old. The man was too……………………………………………………… . TEST 40 English Test 7 I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: Maria has been to many countries. not found. 4. The film was ( such / very / so / too) boring that I couldn’t see it through. 5. This is the school (when / which / that / where) I studied. 6. Isaac Newton died in 1727 ( in /. important part of life in the United States. An old story says that coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia. Men taking care of their sheep noticed that the sheep stayed awake all night when they