Practice test 4 NTNH I.Word formation: 1. We had an interesting (discuss) …………………………… about football. 2. She gets a lot of (satisfy) …………………………… from her job. 3. After years of (happy) ……, she’s finally found something she enjoys doing. 4. It takes a lot of (determine) …………………………… to succeed in a competitive business. 5. He is (patient) …………………………… waiting for the last bus. 6. (prevent) …………………………… is better than cure, so brush your teeth after every meal. 7. It was his (lazy) …………………………… that caused him to lose his job. 8. Alexander knows which mushrooms are (poison) …………………………… . 9. They have agreed to (wide) …………………………… the street. 10. He is interested in the (preserve) …………………………… of old buildings. 11. Farmers apply (fertilize) ………………… into the fields after the crops have been planted. 12. Do school-leavers have a (tend) …………………………… to overcome difficulties ? 13. Pure water is (odour) …………………………… . 14. Thousands of people have been made (home) …………………………… by the war . 15. We come to school to (rich) …………………………… our minds with knowledge. 16. These abbreviations are (common) …………………………… used in writing letters . 17. I would recommend that you should be interested in reading (education) books and magazines. 18. John is old enough to be (depend) …………………………… of his parents. 19. These questions are (ease)……… . John can (ease) ………………… answer them. 20. The new law will (able) …………………………… many women to return to work. II.Choose the correct answer 1. " John , Do you have a passport ? " " No, but I wish I ( having / have / can have / had ) one . 2. " Did you enjoy the show last night ?" " Yes , but I wish I ( hadn't / hadn't had / didn't have / wouldn't have ) a cold . 3. It's high time you ( begin / began / did begin / would begin ) to study hard . 4. I'm going to the market but I can't think of ( where / what / that / which ) to buy . 5. Susan isn't going to , and Tom isn't ( too / either / also / as well ) . 6. I called on her yesterday.She (cooked / had cooked / was cooking / would cook ) a meal at that time . 7. ( The / A / All / Every ) blind can see nothing . 8. She finally decided ( not leaving / do not leave / not leave / not to leave ) her children alone in the house . 9. They were too late . The plane ( took / has taken / had taken / was taking ) off ten minutes earlier . 10. I want ( a few / any / a little / another ) rice . 11. I ( have been / was / have / had been ) here since August 25 . 12. One of the girl ( whose / whom / who / which ) worked in that company died . 13. How many pages (do you study/ did you study/ have you studied / had you studied ) so far ? 14. Everyone looks much (happy/happily/ more happily/ happier ) today than he did yesterday . 15. ( Unless / Without / Because / Less ) you agree , nothing can be arranged . 16. He's written a letter ( if / because / while / since ) I came . 17. ( That / That which / Whatever / Which ) I say , please treat it in confidence . 18. I have typed ten letters ( yesterday / today / tomorrow / every day ) . 19. Nothing ( which / that / who / whom ) I do seems to please her . 20. He (believe/believes/is believing/has believed)you now,but he won't believe you tomorrow . 21. You have tea for breakfast , (haven't / don't / won't / have ) you ? 22. The woman began to ( trouble / worry / care / take care ) because her son was late coming home .I ( must go / must went / had to go / must to go ) there yesterday . 23. I am not good ( with / in / at / for ) mathematics . 24. These people are working very ( hard / hardly / hardness / hard on ) 25. I'm sure the answer to my letter (will have come / has come / is coming / was coming) by next Friday morning . 26. We are not used to ( lived / being living / live / living ) in a cold climate . 27. The train arrived ( late / lately / latter / less ) this morning . 28. I have been writing a letter ( for / since / from / before ) nine o'clock . 1 Practice test 4 NTNH 29. Tom prefers playing football ( as / to / more / more than ) tennis . 30. The policeman explained to us ( how/ how can /how we can / how can we) to get to the market . IIIRewrite the sentences: 1. Laser can kill diseased cells while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed. Diseased cells 2. The last time she had a swim was five years ago. She 3. The children went to bed. We watched television. After the children 4. It was so dark that nothing could be seen. It was too dark 5. Nobody invited her to the party. She 6. He spoke very slowly. He wanted everyone to hear him. He so that . 7. The bridge was so low that the lorry couldn’t go under it. It was such 8. Someone was cleaning the classroom when we arrived. The classroom . 9. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money. If we . 10. “ What’s your name ? “ said the policeman to the little boy. The policeman asked the little boy V. Complete the passage: Jack London ( 1876 – 1916 ) Jack London’s life and writing are thought by many to (1)……………… the American love of adventure. He was born in San Francisco, California, and(2) ……………… school at fourteen to become a sailor. He (3)……………… a great deal during his short life time, in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Jack London took a high place in American (4)……………. at the beginning of the 20 th century. At that time, the library shelves and bookshops of America were already full of books by(5)……………. writers. But Jack London’s stories were new ones; his heroes were not like the ones in the books of other writters, and the pictures he(6) ………… were not the same as their pictures. The men in Jack London’s books live a difficult life, a life full of (7)…………. In his stories, Jack London shows us that in the (8)……….world a man must fall and die in the snow if he makes even the smallest mistake. But his heroes are afraid of nothing, and nothing can stop them. People in books by Jack London never lose (9)………; they never stop (10)……………. for life even when the end of life seems very near. That is the lesson for people to learn in everything we want and everything we do; if we do not lose hope, we must and will win. 2 travelled literature famous danger hope awful represent painted terrible fighting adventure lovely quit leave mathematics . gets a lot of (satisfy) …………………………… from her job. 3. After years of (happy) ……, she’s finally found something she enjoys doing. 4. It takes a lot of (determine). cold . 3. It's high time you ( begin / began / did begin / would begin ) to study hard . 4. I'm going to the market but I can't think of