English Test 12 potx

English Test 12
I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10).
Answers
1. He speaks ________ good English that it is a pleasure to talk with him. 1
a. so b. such c. such a d. very 2
2. Don’t tell _________ about this. 3
a. someone b. one c. anyone d. none 4
3. The man ________ has been busy cutting the grass in the garden all day. 5
a. next door b. lives next door c. the next door d. at next door 6
4. I don’t want to wait. Two weeks ________ too long for me to wait. 7
a. is b. was c. are d. were 8
5. _________ he leaves or I leave. 9
a. Neither b. Only c. Unless d. Either 10
6. Today ________ seems more expensive than usual.
a. most of everything b. almost everything c. most of everything d. almost everythings
7. During Christmas week there’ll be so many things in the shop that it’ll be difficult to know what ____
a. to be bought b. should buy c. to buy d. will be bought
8. _________ study hard before an examination.
a. Most the students b. Most of the students c. Most of students d. Almost the students
9. You need a little help, ___________ ?
a. need you b. did you c. don’t you d. needn’t you
10. __________ is an imortant quality in a teacher.
a. The patience b. A patience c. To patient d. Patience
II. Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers ( from 11 to 15)
Answers
11. a. surgeon b. agent c. engine d. regard 11
12. a. feather b. leather c. feature d. measure 12
13. a. idiom b. ideal c. item d. identical 13
14. a. timid b. tidy c. timer d. kite 14
15. a. trousers b. route c. shout d. amount 15
III. Give the correct form of word given and then write it in the column Answers ( from 16 to 25 )

Answers
16. _________ is very important to teenagers. POPULAR 16
17. Robert had eaten so much. He had to ________ his belt. LOOSE 17
18. She made no _________ to our conversation of the night before. REFER 18
19. Our city has some open spaces, but they are not very ______. ACCESS 19
20. This used to be a rural area but it has become ____________. INDUSTRY 20
21. I think _________ is very important. PUNCTUAL 21
22. I’m afraid that your report is full of __________. ACCURATE 22
23. I feel very fit and ___________ today. ENERGY 23
24. Men and women should have ________ of pay and opportunity. EQUAL 24
25. Some people claim to be able to ________ the future. TELL 25
IV. Find a suitable word in each sentence and then write it in the column Answers ( from 26 to 35 )
Answers
Our programme tonight is about “ The English language” 26
Two thousand years ago the British Isles were inhabited by speakers of Celtic languages. 27
(26) _____ to Celtic languages was Latin which was the language of government from 43 BC to 28
about AD 410 in the area (27) ______ are now England and Wales. (28) _____ the fourth and 29
seventh centuries AD, the Anglo – Saxons arrived. They spoke a Germanic language which (29) 30
_______ the basis of modern English. 31
English is much (30) ______ from the language which was once brought (31)_____ the North 32
Sea by the Anglo – Saxons. 33
Although the Anglo – Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way 34
in which those words are put (32) _______ to make sentences that would be hardly recognizable 35
(33) _ them. Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation
of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words that have (34) ___ English an effective
medium of (35) __________ communication.
V. Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40).
There is little doubt that one of the chief roles of the horse in art, just as in life, is that of our servant and
companion. We can have very little idea of how a horse feels in its natural state. Left to itself, it is unlikely that
it would pull a plough, take a soldier through a dangerous situation in battle, or do most of the other things that

have attracted painters and writers to the animal ever since the dawn of history. The horse is controlled by the
wishes of its owner. When we describe it, we say it has the virtues and qualities that it has so often been praised
by painters and poets. Then we must consider the horse’s own beauty, speed and strength.
36. What best title can be given to the passage?
37. What is one of the chief roles of the horse in art?

38. Name two things a horse would do?
39. What do we admire most in horse as in ourselves?
40. What must we consider the horse in art?
VI. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ).
41. Six cars were stolen from the car park. A teenager boy is responsible.
A teenager boy is responsible
42. He failed to win the race.
He didn’t
43. He would prefer you to have paid him at once.
He’d rather
44. Our house is going to be painted by a local firm.
We are going
45. Hung likes visiting old churches.
Hung is
46. The children’s singing was really beautiful.
The children sang
47. Pamela became popular with young people in the 1950s.
Pamela caught
48. At school, my reading was very slow and my writing was illegible.
I read very
49. As the patient was still too weak, the surgeon postponed the operation.
The surgeon put
50. Mai was angry because her brother had broken her cassette player.
Mai was angry with

VII. Use the given words to write a complete sentence. Words can be changed or added but not omitted
51. computer / marvel / machine age / be / in use / 1946.

52. computer / do / simple / computations / add / subtract / multiply / divide / lightning / speed .

53. computers / work / 500,000 times / fast / person / can.

54. For / scientists / get / information / outer space / depth / ocean.

55. business / industry / computer / keep track / sales trends / produce / needs.

56. If / you / plan / a trip / plane / computer / find / route / take / space / avail.

57. At times /they / seem / human.
58. It / wonder / that / they / call / “ thinking machines”.
59. though / they / take over / some / tasks / once / accomplish / our brains / computers / not / replace / us.

60. How / we / use / for / us / not / computer / decide.