Unit 14 : Wonders of the world : Test 1

TEST 1

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. age                                                       b. heritage                                                    c. ranger                                                 d. game

2. a. answer                                        b. golden                                                               c. delicious                                   d. wonder

3. a. more                                                     b. correct                                                              c. snorkel                                               d. bore

4. a. out                                                       b. sound                                                                c. southern                                   d. surrounding

5. a. century                                       b. crystal                                                               c. stone                                                           d. might

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

6. A bill _____ to you at the end of the month.

a. will send                                         b. will be sent                                     c. will be send                 d. will be sending

7. Basil asked me if I was going to visit my aunt _____

a. tomorrow                                                                                                 b. the following day

c. the previous day                                                                    d. the day before

8. I don’t know what ____.

a. to do                                                                 b. for doing                                        c. to be done                     d. be done

9. How old were you when you learnt .?

a. to drive                                           b. to driving                                                 c. driving                                  d. drive

10. I’m planning______to university.

a. to go                                                                 b. going                                                                 c. to going                                d. of going

11. Gosh, that lesson was really____; I nearly went to sleep.

a. bored                                                       b. boring                                                               c. interested                        d. interesting

12. is a very deep narrow valley, usually with a river flowing through it.

a. Canyon                                          b. Reef                                                                           c. Cave                                        d. Bay

13. There are jungles in South America.

a. large areas of land that is usually covered with sand

b. forests in a very hot country

c. big groups of tree

d. pieces of land with water all around it

14. Billy asked his teacher_______he could read the story.

a. if                                                                        b. did                                                                             c. do                                                            d. as

15. It was always ______ his stories.

a. interested to hear                                                                                                b. interesting to hear

c. interested hearing                                                                                      d. interesting hearing

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

16. James should be tell the news as soon as possible.

         A             B          C              D

17. The assistant asked Helen whether those shoes was too small for her.

        A                    B                    C                           D

18. It was late, so we decided taking a taxi home.

      A                B                        C                   D

19. I don’t know who wrote the song, but I’ll try and find about.

                              A       B                               C                    D

20. She showed me where did I left my luggage.

                 A                         B     C    D

IV Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

The Amazon (21)________in a stream near the top of a mountain which (22)_____ Cerro Huagra. The stream is called the Huarco. (23)______the Huarco becomes a river which is known (24)_____ the Ucayali. The Ucayali

then becomes the Amazon. The (25)______of the Amazon from the (26)____ of the Huarco to the Atlantic Ocean is 6,448 kilometers.

21. a. begin                                                  b. began                                             c. begins                                            d. is beginning

22. a. call                                                                        b. calls                                                         c. is call                                             d. is calling

23. a. Lace                                                            b. Lately                                             c. Later                                                 d. Latest

24. a. as                                                                          b. so                                                            c. like                                                          d. alike

25. a. long                                                             b. length                                             c. wide                                                           d. narrow

26. a. begin                                                  b. beginning                              c. start.                                                        D. starting

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

Well, here I am in Peru on our South American tour. We got to Lima five days ago. We had a good journey. It took three days by bus, but we saw a lot of things on the way. We didn’t do much for the first two days, as a couple of the other guys were ill. We spent most of the time on the beach. (They are OK now!)

On Wednesday, we came up to the mountains, and yesterday we went to the old Inca city of Machu Picchu and did some sightseeing. It was fantastic! We didn’t have a lot of time there, but we saw everything and I took a lot of photos.

27. Where was the author?

a. In Peru                                                                                                              b. In South America

c. In Africa                                                                                                            d. a & b are correct

28. The author went there_____.

a. by himself/ herself                                                                 b. with some friends

c. with his/ her best friend                                      c. with his/ her brother

29. What does the word ‘they’ in

a. days                                                                                                                                     b. things

c. the guys who were ill                                          d. most of the time

30. What did they do?

a. They spent most of the time on the beach.

b. They came up to the mountains.

c. They went to the old Inca city of Machu Picchu.

d. all are correct

31. Who is the author?

a. A tour guide                          b. A tourist                               c. A migrant                    d. A businessman