Unit 9 : Deserts : Test 1

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. grasses
2. stretches
3. comprises
4. potatoes

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. compound
2. route
3. house
4. south

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. dune
2. hummock
3. shrub
4. buffalo

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. lie
2. wide
3. circle
4. comprise

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Deserts can be defined as areas that receive ________ average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. west
2. between
3. growth
4. which

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ Sahara of ________ Africa is the world's largest desert.

1. Ø / the
2. The / Ø
3. A / an
4. The / an

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the center of Australi

1. dunes
2. valleys
3. lands
4. areas

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost 6 kilometers.

1. developed
2. separated
3. lay
4. located

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Deserts are often composed of ________ and rocky surfaces.

1. water
2. trees
3. oil
4. sand

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

A _______ is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation.

1. dune
2. desert
3. sandy area
4. shrub land

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Deserts are also classified by their ________ location and dominant weather pattern.

1. geographical
2. aerial
3. sandy
4. facial

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Deserts take ________ one-third of the Earth's land surface.

1. up
2. on
3. over
4. after

part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not ________ a mystery in our time.

1. hidden
2. intended
3. remained
4. attained

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

More and more ________ are very excited at discovering as many interesting things in the deserts as possible.

1. explores
2. explorations
3. explorers
4. exploratory

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The Simpson Desert was named _______ Mr. Simpson, President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australi

1. with
2. at
3. after
4. for

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

In 1953, Peveril Meigs divided desert regions ________ Earth ________ categories according to the amount of precipitation they receive

1. through / in
2. from / with
3. on / into
4. in / for

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Can you make a ________ estimate of how much our expedition in the desert may be?

1. rough
2. roughly
3. roughing
4. roughen

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I want to work as an interpreter in the future, ________, I am studying Russian at university.

1. but
2. so
3. however
4. therefore

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease.

1. mystery
2. mysterious
3. mysteriously
4. mysteriousness

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Mrs. Lindon has ________ that she is unable to get a jo

1. but not enough education
2. so little education
3. however little education
4. such little education

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I am going shopping for food this evening ________ I do not have to go at the weeken

1. so
2. but
3. however
4. moreover

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, ________ cry.

1. but
2. and
3. so
4. however

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

We live in the same building ________ we have hardly seen each other

1. and
2. therefore
3. but
4. so

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

That small car, ________, is advertised in many current magazines.

1. so inexpensive and comfortable
2. however inexpensive and comfortable
3. inexpensive but comfortable
4. and inexpensive but comfortable

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn't have it.

1. and
2. but
3. therefore
4. so

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Anna needed some money, ________, she took a part-time jo

1. furthermore
2. moreover
3. however
4. therefore

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Julie has a guitar ________ she plays it really well.

1. and
2. so
3. but
4. therefore

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The concert was cancelled ________ we went to a nightclub instea

1. so
2. however
3. so on
4. but

Error Identification.

Desert is a (A) large area of land that (B) has very little water however (C) very few plants growing (D) on it.