Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:.. European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the enviro[r]
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Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in the blank in each sentence
1. Excuse me! I’m doing my homework not making too much noise?
A Would you please B Can you
C Could you D Would you mind
2. I’d prefer to go to the football field rather be in class today
A than B to C for D as
3. Would you like to eat out this evening?
A Yes, I would like B Yes, I like C Yes, please D I’d love to
4. I couldn’t find Jimmy at the party last night If I him, I’d have been very happy
A meet B met C had met D have met
5. How _ can you run every morning, Jack? About two kilometers
(2)6. Can you see anybody in that classroom?
Yes There _ a teacher and fifty students there A is
B are
C has been D have been
7. Some marine creatures _ on others to survive A agree
B act C depend D suggest
8. The boy decided to go out _ it was raining very heavily outside
A because B despite C even if D although
9. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
A various B chair C upstairs D failure
10. You are just too lazy If you did some exercise every morning, you _ much healthier
A feel B will feel C might feel D are feeling
11 Why _ I smoke? Is it because of its harmful effects on my lungs?
A needn’t B shouldn’t C haven’t
(3)12. - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? - Well,
A it’s being painted B it’s just been painted C it’s painted
D it was painted recently
13. Wildlife is being with extinction? A dealt
B coped C feared
D threatened
14. _ Do you feel like dancing now? _ _
A It’s a good idea
B I feel good thanks to dancing C You are welcome
D Maybe, it’s true
15. Janet is a beautiful but very arrogant girl She always looks other people
A into B up to C after
D down upon
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
Plant and animal species are dying (16) at an unprecedented rate Estimates range that from 4,000 to as many as 50,000 species per year become extinct The (17) cause of extinction is
habitat destruction, particularly of the world’s richest ecosystems – tropical rain forests and coral reefs (18) the world’s rain
forests continue to be cut down at the current rate, they may
(4)16. A of; B out; C on; D away
17. A led; B lead; C leader; D leading
18.A Unless; B Because; C Whereas; D If
19. A addition; B general; C short; D turn
20. A mostly; B almost; C even; D so
GRADE 11
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. The girl spent almost two hours up new words in the dictionary
A look B to look C looking D looked
2. If he a little later yesterday, he couldn’t have met her at the airport to see her off
A had come B came
C was to come D had to come
3. He is absorbed his present job A of
B at C in D upon
4. Hung doesn’t take good care himself A for
B about C in D of
(5)A of B for C in D up
6. hard tests the teacher gave, that student managed to get good scores
A Whatever B Whenever C However D Wherever
7. They couldn’t finish it the lack of support A because
B because of C why
D the reason
8. _ does it take you to the washing? _ About an hour or so
A How fast B What length C How long D What time
9. He was once again _ in his final attempt What a pity for him!
A successful B successive C unsuccessful D success
10. He is _; he needs to eat less A weightless
B weighting C underweight D overweight
(6)A weather
B ready C whatever D fat
12. Choose the word that has the main stress on the second syllable:
A social
B competitor C politics D algebra
13. They were able to finish it the lack of support A because
B thanks to C reason for D thanks for
14. Some students major in natural sciences, in social sciences
A others
B some other C the other D each other
15. Everyone in our class with his opinion A agree
B agrees C agreeing D to agree
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
The computer is undoubtedly one of the most (1) and important inventions of the twentieth century Boring or
(7)(4) too powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them
One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other
machines, it can break down If a computer is affected, then the information it is storing can be lost If a computer program has a(n) 5. in it, the computer’s calculations can be seriously affected A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could cause
terrible mistakes
1 A Shocking ; B Amazing ; C Astonishing ; D liking
2. A What ; B Which ; C When ; D where
3. A Of ; B In ; C On ; D for
4. A Becoming ; B Getting ; C Running ; D turning
5. A Foul ; B Abnormality ; C Wrongdoing ; D error
GRADE 12
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
A job B mother C lover D but
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
A great B steak C breakfast D danger
3. Choose the word that has the main stress on the first syllable: A pollution
B industry C politician D importance
(8)Five millions of people take A B
part in the recycling campaign B C
for a world without pollution D
5. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:
The light bulb is said to be A B C invented by the famous C D
scientist Thomas Edison
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
6. If he _ for the revision session, he might have no difficulty doing the test right now
A had come B came
C was to come D had to come
7. He is quite enthusiastic his present job A of
B with C for D about
8. Hung doesn’t take his matters _ good consideration A for B about C Into D of
9. The custom was born because the practice was spread the nation
A Of B out of C throughout D over
10. Women are now independent _ men
(9)11. Tom Cruise, career excelled in the film industry, is one of the leading figures in Hollywood
A That B whose C Whom D who
12. They couldn’t finish it there was no adequate support A because
B because of C why
D so long
13. Everyone in our class his suggestion A agrees with; B agree to; C agrees to; D agree with
14. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the _ of wildlife
A extinct; B extinctive; C extinctions; D extinction
15 He is boasting; what he is saying is just a(n) _ A statement
B understatement C overstatement D restatement
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and natural (16) division of the council, (17) he spoke at a conference arranged by the
administrators of a British national park The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council’s diploma for nature reserves of (18) highest quality, and Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once again He was afraid that public opinion was turning (19) national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today But Dr Baum clearly remained a (20) supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right
16 A source; B resource; C rich; D property
(10)18 A the; B a; C some; D any
19 A away; B from; C against; D for