Revision Test 6 Exercise 1. Fill in each blank with suitable word. One (1) ______ six drivers in Britain is aged between 17 and 25, but more drivers in this age group are responsible for a greater (2) _______ of accidents than older drivers : In fact, one accident in four is the (3) ______ of a young, inexperienced driver. A team of researchers had spent two years (4) ______ the driving performance, attitudes and behaviour of young people. The report says that (5) _____ all young drivers are dangerous , but a large number of males, particularly (6) _____ from 17 to 20, do not drive as carefully as other age groups. These young drivers are more (7) ________ to have an accident in their first year of driving than when their experience increases. The report also notes that men are more likely to break driving (8) _____ than women and that a girlfriend or wife (9) ____ the car has a calming (10) ____ on the driving pattern of young men. Exercise 2. Give the correct form of word in bracket. 1. One of her most positive and attractive qualities is her almost constant ________. CHEER 2. As the day of the exam approached, Karen became _______ nervous. INCREASE 3. This statue ______ the soldiers who dies in the war. MEMORY 4. The pain became ________ during the night so I called the doctor. ENDURE 5. How do you like my latest _______ for my stamp collection? ACQUIRE 6. Drinking and driving is no longer ________ acceptable SOCIETY 7. Small children are very _____ in their behaviour. They just copy what they see. IMITATE 8. Is there anyone here who ________ Colonel Jones ? RANK 9. To be __ is to have the strength to overcome fear. COURAGE 10. Coloa citadel is the most important _____relic from ancient Vietnam. HISTORY Exercise 3. Rewrite these sentences without changing their meaning. 1. It was another 25 years before Michael returned to his hometown. Not until _____________________________________________ 2. It was the goal – keeper who saved the match for us. If it hadn’t ___________________________________________ 3. No one has challenged his authority before. This is the first time ____________________________________ 4. Monday was the day when the letter arrived. It ___________________________________________________ 5. “ We could try that new place for dinner”, said Bill Bill suggested _________________________________________ 6. Everyone was surprised that the singer had very little money when he died. The singer had _________________________________________ 7. It’s against the rules to park your car here. You are not _________________________________________ 8. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration. There’s no __________________________________________ 9. Jane was coming this evening but she has apparently changed her mind. Jane seems __________________________________________ 10. He is determined to carry on working when he is 65. He has no ___________________________________________ Exercise 4. Find and correct the mistake in each sentence. 1. Without transportation, our modern society couldn’t be existed. 2. If we had no transportation,we would have to spend most of our time to raise food and other animals 3. Transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patient lives on an isolation farm. 4. Transportation enables teams of athletes competing in international sports contest. 5. In times of disaster, transportation can rush aid to people in areas striking by floods, famines etc 6. During the 1800s, people seldom left their towns or farms, because travel is difficult even for short distances. 7. Weather or geographical conditions may determine the type of transportation using in the region. 8. Automobiles provide the most important mean of passenger travel in the US. Exercise 5. Give the correct form of word in italic. 1. The factory’s _________ has increased considerably in the past few years PUT 2. He works for an ________ company for investment ADVISE 3. I ________ their abilities – they’re finding the jobs very difficult ESTIMATE 4. Now, there is every ___ that the residents will make complaints to the People’s Committee. LIKE 5. An _______ phenominon always make us embarrassed. EXPLAIN 6. Frank told eveyone that he worked for a large company, but the comapny was ___ EXIST 7. His stories are boring because he is so _________. IMAGINE 8. He has few friends because he is so __________. SOCIETY Exercise 6. Choose the best answer. 1. The head teacher again brought _______ the issue of reintroducing school uniforms. a. back b. down c. up d. in 2. I can’t tell Peter and Bill apart : they are _______ twins. a. similar b. alike c. resemblance d. identical 3. Mary, what is that noise? Is there ________ on in the street ? a. something b. nothing c. anything d. nothing 4. The men received commands from _______ one – eyed general. a. a b. an c. very d. no word needed 5. His request _______ me completely by surprise. a. left b. shook c. made d. took 6. Their last cook was better than their ________ one. a. current b. former c. latter d. instant 7. I wanted to go home but my girlfriend ______ in going to a night – club. a. insisted b. persisted c. demanded d. intended 8. It’s becoming more and more ______ that the Government had lost the confidence of the nation. a. understood b. apparent c. anticipated d. expected Exercise 7. Fill in the blank with suitable word. Man cannot exist ( 1 _____________) air, water and light. Many people think that soil is also very ( 2 ______________) to man existence. Without soil there could be no vegetation , no animals and consequently no ( 3 _____________). However, the soil is being eroded ( 4 __________) after day because people use the land without paying ( 5 ________) to the protection of land and the prevention of soil ( 6 ______). In many rural areas ( 7 _______) erosion is a major problem which endangers the of agriculture. Exercise 8. Fill in the blank with suitable word. The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals. In the past scientists did not think that these (1) ________ could harm a non – smoker’s health. Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they ( 2) ________ a large group of nonsmokers. They discovered that even (3)________ had unhealthy amount of these toxic chemicals in their bodies. As a ( 4) _______ of fact, almost all of us, breathe tobacco smoke at times, ( 5) _______ we realize it or not. For example, we can’t avoid smoke in restaurants, hotels and other public places. Even though many (6) _______ areas have “ No Smoking Is Permitted”. It is even harder for children to ( 7) _______ secondhand smoke. In the United States, nine million children under the age of five live in (8)_______ with at least one smoker. Research shows that these children are sick more (9)_______ than ones who live in homes where non – smokers live. The damaging effects of ( 10)________ smoke on children also continue as they grow up. The children of smokers are more than twice as likely to ( 11) ________ lung cancer when they are adults as children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher among children who live in homes Exercise 9. Choose the word with different sound. 1. a. finger b. hanger c. bringing d. singer 2. a. without b. low c. down d. loud 3. a. prefer b. verb c. cooker d. first 4. a. butcher b. flood c. good d. food 5. a. complain b. complete c. common d. community 6. a. booth b. south c. truth d. both 7. creature b. creative c. creamy d. crease 8. a. cloth b. clothes c. both d. boat 9. a. tips b. desks c. coughs d. miles 10. a. prove b. root c. rude d. bully . Revision Test 6 Exercise 1. Fill in each blank with suitable word. One (1) ______ six drivers in Britain. during the night so I called the doctor. ENDURE 5. How do you like my latest _______ for my stamp collection? ACQUIRE 6. Drinking and driving is no longer ________ acceptable SOCIETY 7. Small. athletes competing in international sports contest. 5. In times of disaster, transportation can rush aid to people in areas striking by floods, famines etc 6. During the 1800s, people seldom left