TEST 6
I Choose the best answer:
1. Many wild animals are now in danger of ............
A. death B. disease C. survival D. extinction
2. If doctors could discover the ____for cancer, they could save millions of people's lives.
A. success B. reason C. remedy D. effect
3. One of the worst...........that mankind has ever had is cancer.
A. situation B. diseases C. conditions D. accidents
4. We would...........lung cancer if people give up smoking.
A. finish B. get rid of C. kill D. cancel
5. Mark went to the party...........he wasn't invited.
A. because B. in spite of C. however D. although
6. This shirt is...........small for me to wear.
A. so B. very C. too D. most
7. Thousands of people...........being employed in the textile industry.
A. have B. are C. has D. is
8. If she...........so conceited, we'd like her more.
A. weren't B. isn't C. hasn't been D. wouldn't be
9. I received a lot of presents...........my eighteenth birthday.
A in B. on C. at D. during
10. Nam feels...........because he did very badly on his last test.
A. happy B. happily C. unhappy D. unhappily
11. I like listening to the music programme...........the radio.
A. above B. in C. through D. on
12. She's scared of living...........her own in a big city.
A. by B. on C. for D. in
13. There are more than 6000 living languages,...........which English is the most widely used.
A. of B. for C. about D. on
14. English is regarded as an effective...........of international communication.
A. method B. solution C. result D. medium
15. It is said that...........is better than cure.
A. health B. remedy C. prevention D. surgery
16. You can use my telephone...........you pay for the calls you make.
A. as long as B. although C. however D. whereas
17. I liked the book very much...........I didn't have enough money to buy it.
A. because B. while C. but D. unless
18. Life in the city is much more...........than that in the country.
A. expense B. expenses C. expensive D. expand
19. We were planning to have a picnic but ..........., it was raining heavily.
A. fortune B. fortunately C. fortunate D. unfortunately
20. The...........is the place where a particular species of animals is normally found.
A. habitat B. surrounding C. region D. area
21. The...........of this city has increased rapidly in the recent years.
A. number B. population C. crowd D. total
22. The girl...........photo was in the paper today lives in our street.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
23. Have you got a...........carpet than this?
A. cheaper B. cheap C. cheapest D. the cheapest
24. When I...........my new house, I...........for a telephone.
A. was buying/ asked B. were buying/ were asking
C. bought/ asked D. bought/ was asking
25. She...........to go on a diet.
A. advised B. advises C. advising D. was advised
26. Alice started playing tennis ............
A. for 2 years B. since 2 years C. 2 years ago D. in 2 years
27. What would happen to our lives if the forest did not ............
A. destroy B. exist C. take place D. occur
28. Many species of rare animals have already become ............
A. disappeared B. dangerous C. extinct D. decayed
29. She will be disappointed...........she gets the jobs.
A. but B. unless C. because D. if
30. We don't like that film. It is very............
A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boredom
31. He is starting...........French.
A. to learn B. learning C. learns D. learnt
32. Jack doesn't mind...........at night.
A work B. works C. working D. to work
33. There are fifty...........for this job.
A. applicants B. apply C. applications D. applying
34. My sister is...........at cooking than I am.
A. good B. well C. better D. badly
35. My mother is...........doing her housework now.
A. busy B. busy with C. busy in D. busy to
36. Roma used to be a...........businessman.
A. successive B. success C. successful D. success
37. Her uncle is a...........on that ship.
A. sail B. sailor C. sale D. sailer
38. The dog,...........had been very quiet, suddenly started barking.
A. who B. whose C. which D. it
39. You must give...........smoking if you don't want to get lung cancer.
A. in B. on C. by D. up
40. We've made great...........in economy in the past few years.
A. result B. effect C. business D. progress
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
William Shakespeare was the (41) writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. (42) the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (43) was eight years (44) than himself. A few years later he moved to London, (45) he worked as a actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (46) thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford (47) 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (48) into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (49) and so on. So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (50).
41. A. great B. greater C. greatest D. greatly
42. A. at B. in C. on D. by
43. A. whom B. who C. whose D. which
44. A. old B. elder C. eldest D. older
45. A. which B. where C. when D. place
46. A. write B. writes C. written D. wrote
47. A. in B. on C. at D. by
48. A. did B. done C. made D. make
49. A. death B. died C. die D. to died
50. A. days B. months C. years D. century
III. Phonetics
51. A. add B. sad C. image D. black
52. A. crops B. fertilizers C. strikes D. cigarettes
53. A. brought B. thought C. bought D. drought
54. A. ensure B. leisure C. television D. pleasure
55. A. eat B. lean C. ear D. easy
IV.Identify the mistakes
56 .The official delegation will arrive at Geneva next Monday.
A B C D
57. What is the most important thing in really life?
A B C D
58. She continued writing after she had supper.
A B C D
59. The woman was killed by a heavy stone.
A B C D
60. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
A B C D