Unit 8 : Country life and City life : Test 3

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. Delay
2. Belive
3. Create
4. Nature

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. Offer
2. Urban
3. Away
4. Rural

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. Migrant
2. Typhoon
3. Supply
4. Remote

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. Tragedy
2. Plentiful
3. Relative
4. Unpleasant

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The climate is getting_____ .

1. warmer
2. warmly
3. warmness
4. warming

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

She _____ a speech at the conference next week.

1. has made
2. is making
3. make
4. would make

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. Information
2. Entertainment
3. Overcrowding
4. permanently

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The universe _____, and has been since its beginning.

1. expand
2. is expanding
3. will expand
4. is going to expand

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

 ‘Jenny has had her baby. ’ _‘Really? That’s wonderful! I ____ her some flowers.

1. will send
2. has sent
3. send
4. am sending

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The CD is _____ than the cassette.

1. a more expensive
2. much expensive
3. expensive
4. expensiver

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The film is definitely not suitable for young children.

1. specially
2. certainly
3. hardly
4. really

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

TV is bringing ______ information, ______ entertainment.

1. not only . . . but also
2. so . . . that
3. either . . . or
4. more . . . than

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

She is offering a reward _____ the return of her lost watch.

1. for
2. of
3. to
4. with

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

They have (A) just phoned to say (B) that they don’t come (C) back till (D)  midnight.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

I like (A) everybody who works (B) here, but (C) you’re the nicer (D) of all.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

_____ is a violent tropical storm in the western Pacifi

1. Flood
2. Tidal wave
3. Typhoon
4. Drought

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

Not only(A)  the bathroom (B) was flooded(C), also (D) the rest of the house.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

Take(A)  this empty (B) box away and bring to(C)  me a full one(D).

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

Cairo _____ .

1. is a village
2. is the capital of Egypt
3. has more than ten million people
4. b & c are correct

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

They often look after(A)  other work (B) when they need more(C)  money for(D)  their family.

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

The author likes Cairo because ______ .

1. it is big
2. it is exciting
3. he thinks it is easy to meet new people there
4. all are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

We can replace the word ‘tourists’ in line 6 with the word ______ .

1. ‘newcomers’
2. ‘visitors’
3. ‘guests’
4. ‘friends’

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

Why do people go to Cairo?

1. Because there are more jobs in Cairo than in the countryside.
2. Because they want to see the Pyramids.
3. Because there is a lot of traffic in Cairo.
4. a & b are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

Which of the following is not true?

1. The author has a lot of friends.
2. The author likes to meet new people.
3. The author lives in a vill
4. The author’s mother doesn’t like to live there.