SAMPLE TEST 3 Duration :60 minutes I/ Give the correct tense of verbs :(2ps) You already (1. hear)__________ the news? Jane is getting married! When I first (2. hear)__________about it 2 days ago, I( 3. ring) ___________her up to congratulation her at once. “We (4. think)_________ about it for a long time” she said “ We( 5. quarrel) __________ so many times since we first(6. start) __________to go out together”. However, we think we (7. be) __________ happy in the future. “ What a pity! That was the second time she (8. make) __________ such an important decision. II/ Complete each blank with a suitable word:(1p) The solar system is a system that consiSt___________ the sun and all the objects that ________ around it. These objects include the nine____________ and their moons, cjmets and asteroids. The planets in order of their _________ from the sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, saturd, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. III/ Supply the correct form of the words in brackets : (1.5ps) 1. She was so angry that she couldn’t speak. She was __________ with anger(speech) 2. We found another ____________ in a guidebook last year.( explain) 3. The young guests are sitting __________ in the living room.( comfort) 4. The head injury will __________ her for life. (deafness) 5. carbon dioxide occurs in the air in ___________ form. ( nature) 6. This company offers a lot of___________ jobs.(attract) IV/ Choose the one best answer, by circling the correct answer: ( 1.5p) 1. Before I started the car, all of the passengers __________ their seat belts. a. buckle b. buckled c. had buckled d. have buckled 2. Did you enjoy the show last night? Yes, but I wish I __________ a coul. a. didn’t have b. hadn’t had c. wouldn’t have d. all are 3. Mr. Smith is the landlord ___________we rent the house. a. from whom b. who c. from Whosed. that 4. My mother is always busy __________ her housework. a. at b. on c. in d. with 5. Joe’s garden is more interesting ___________ Bill’s a. by b. than c. from d. for 6. Jack made me ____________ him next week. a. to promise to call b. to promise calling c. promise to call d. promise calling V/ Finish the following setences in such the way that means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it: (2.5ps) 1. “Why don’t you close the door, Jonh?” said Mrs. Black. Mrs. Black asked_______________________________. 2. Even though his leg was hurt, he managed to drive the car. In spite ______________________________________. 3. Mark is too young to see the horror film. Mark isn’t____________________________________. 4. I can’t speak English as well as my friend does. My friend can__________________________ 5. That factory is producing more and more pollution. More and more _______________________ 6. Nobody has signed these checques. These cheques________________________. 7. Would you please give me an advice ? Would you mind_______________________? 8. The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours. It took _______________________________. 9. Sally is the cleverest student in the class. No student____________________________. 10. Helen doesn’t usually get up early on Sunday. Helen isn’t used _______________________. VI/ Read carefully this passage: What is the best way to prepare for a job in the year 2010? This is the question many people asking because they want to be prepared for the work force of the future. According to experts who have studied this issue carefully, workers must be prepared to change jobs the six to eight times during the course of careers. Flexibility will be important. Workers will have to upgrade their skills constantly and retain for new responsibilities. Education in the form of retraining will be an on going part of every worker. All workers will be engaged in life long learning in the new work force. Use the cases to make questions and answer them: 1. What / people / want / when / think / 2010? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 2. What / workers / prepared / do? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. Education / form / retraining / be / on- going part / every worker? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ------- THE END -------