TEST
IN THE USE OF GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
9th form
I
Read, choose and insert the correct tense and voice forms
Amelia
Earhart, America’s most famous woman pilot, 1)………. into a wealthy family in
1897. At the age of 23, she 2)………… taking flying lessons in California and
decided to make flying her career.
In
1932 she became the first woman 3)………….. a solo flight across the Atlantic. She 4)……… honors of all kinds. As her fame 5)………., she travelled round the
country giving lectures and promoting women’s rights.
In
1937, Amelia decided to do something that no woman 6) …….. before – to fly all
the way round the world. She 7) ………… Australia, and set out on the last part of
her journey across the Pacific on July 2nd. A few hours later, she
sent a radio message saying she 8) ……. short of fuel. Then there was silence. 9
ships and 66 planes 9) …….. to search the area but were unable to find any sign
of her.
Since
her death, there have been many stories about her, some say that Amelia 10) ……
by the Japanese, others claim that she lived on a South Pacific island with a
fisherman. However, although many people 11) ………. for years to work out exactly
what happened, no trace of her or the plane 12) ……….
1 a) was born b) born c) have been born d)
be born
2 a) began b) begins c) has begun d) was
begun
3 a) make b) to make c) have made d) made
4 a) awarded b) was awarded c) was
awarding d) has been awarded
5 a) grows b) has grown c) grew d) was
grown
6 a) has tried b) was trying c) had tried
d) had been tried
7 a) has reached b) was reaching c)
reached d) reaches
8 a) has run b) was being run c) was
running d) was run
9 a) were immediately sent b) had
immediately sent
c)
were immediately sending d) immediately sent
10 a) was captured b) had captured c)
captured d) had been capturing
11 a) were trying b) have tried c) had
been tried d) are trying
12 a) was ever founded b) is ever found c)
has ever found d) has ever been founded
II
Put the necessary articles and prepositions
People’s
tastes 13) …… food change naturally with age. As they get older, people tend to
develop a taste for the food that is supposed to be good for us all. 14) …..
women’s magazines I buy are full of advice 15) …… healthy eating, but you never
really know what advice to take seriously.
I
certainly try to eat 16) ….. recommended five portions of fruit or vegetables a
day – I think that sounds like good advice. But when it comes 17) …… dieting
and trying to lose weight through 18) ….. healthy eating programme, I am not so
sure. One moment they are all saying don’t eat any fat, then suddenly it’s
«make sure you eat some fat, but don’t 19) ……. any circumstances eat any
sugar». I think it’s far better to eat a balanced diet, not too much of
anything, and to take 20) ……. regular exercise. That’s the only way really to
stay healthy and happy.
13 a) on b) in c) at d) with
14 a) a b) an c) the d) –
15 a) at b) for c) of d) about
16 a) a b) an c) the d) –
17 a) for b) to c) at d) on
18 a) a b) an c) the d) –
19 a) with b) at c) on d) under
20)
a) a b) an c) the d) –
III
Change the words given on the right into the required derivatives that fit the
meaning of the sentence in the same line
A
Pet Parrot
From
early __________ Jane had always wanted a pet parrot 21 CHILD
Her
parents told her that a parrot was an ______ pet, but Jane 22 SUIT
insisted.
She was worried about the ________ of the rainforests 23 DESTROY
where
parrots live, she felt that parrots needed more ________. 24 PROTECT
Her
father argued that a parrot would suffer from ________ if it 25 LONELY
lived
in a house. He also explained that pet parrot are caught by
______who
need money and don’t care about protecting species. 26 HUNT
«They
catch the parrots and send them to Europe in _________ 27 WOOD
boxes»,
he told her. «And in any case, parrots are very ______ 28 OBEY
don’t
make good pets». Jane soon made an interesting ________ 29 DISCOVER
however.
She found a pet shop which bred parrots instead of importing
them.
So she took all her _______ and bought a tiny 30 SAVE
American
parrot, which she called «Pixie»
IV
Work out the meaning of the phrasal verbs and put them in the right sentences:
Come back, come in,
cut out, fall over, get on, give away, go away, let in, lie down, pay back,
stay in, take back, pick up
|
31. –Hello. Nice to see you. _________ and sit down.
·
I didn t have a key, but luckily
someone was there to ________ me __.
31. Can’t we go out somewhere? I don t want to ________ all evening.
32. Could you lend me ten pounds? I’ll _________ you ____ on
Friday.
33. The pavement is very icy. Be careful you don’t
____________.
34. I was feeling so tired I had to _________ on the bed for a
while.
35. There was an article in the newspaper that I wanted to _______
and keep.
36. Mark’s gone out, and I don’t know when he is going to
________.
37. The driver unlocked the coach so that the passengers were
able to _______.
38. There is always litter here. No one ever ________ it ____.
39. Your brother was such a nuisance, so I told him to
_________.
V
Decide which answer A, B, C, В best
fit each space. Choose and insert the correct verb.
After
studying rainbows in 41)……….., Sir Isaac Newton was able to explain how they
are formed. However, he was colour blind, so he had to 42)…………on the eyes of
his assistant, who could easily recognize all the seven colours: red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. His assistant could also clearly
43)………..the difference between indigo and violet.
There
are two types of rainbows. Primary rainbows are the most common and have the
most distinctive colours, with red 44)………on the outside of the arc and violet
on the inside. Secondary rainbows are unusual because the light is reflected
twice within the raindrop before it forms a rainbow, so the colours are in 45)
……… order and not as bright as primary rainbows.
There
is a popular myth that if you reach the end of a rainbow, you will find a pot
of gold waiting for you. In 46)……… it is impossible to do this, because has no
end – as you go towards the point where the rainbow 47)……… to touch the ground,
it moves away from you as quickly as you approach.
41
|
1 depth
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2 length
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3 width
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4 breadth
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42
|
1 rely
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2 trust
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3 hope
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4 believe
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43
|
1 say
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2 speak
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3 talk
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4 tell
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44
|
1 appearing
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2 happening
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3 viewing
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4 revealing
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45
|
1 behind
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2 back
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3 return
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4 reverse
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46
|
1 case
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2 spite
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3 time
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4 fact
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47
|
1 sees
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2 seems
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3 looks
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4 shows
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Answers
I
Read, choose and insert the correct tense and voice forms
1 a) was
2 a) began
3)
b) to make
4)
b) was awarded
5)
c) grew
6 c)
had tried
7 c)
reached
8 c)
was running
9 a) were sent
10 a) was captured
11
b) have tried
12
d) has ever been found
II
Put the necessary articles and prepositions
13 in
14
the
15
about
16
the
17
to
18 a
19
under
20 –
III
Change the words given on the right into the required derivatives that fit the
meaning of the sentence in the same line
21
childhood
22
unsuitable
23
destruction
24
protection
25
loneliness
26
hunters
27
wooden
28
disobedient
29
discovery
30 savings
IV IV Work out the meaning of the
phrasal verbs and put them in the right sentences:
31
come in, let in
32
stay in
33
pay back
34
fall over
35
lie down
36
cut out
37
come back
38
get on
39
pick up
40
go away
V
Decide which answer A, B, C, В best
fit each space. Choose and insert the correct verb.
41 1
depth
42 1
rely
43 4
tell
44 1
appearing
45 4
back
46 4
fact
47 2
seems
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