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TEST FOR SELF-EVALUATION
I/ English sounds:
1. a. manure b. pasture c. adventure d. measure
2. a. supposed b. collected c. admired d. posed
3. a. quiet b. activity c. title d. quite
4. a. butter b. put c. sugar d. push
5. a. few b. new c. threw d. knew
6. a. pretty b. get c. send d. well
II/ English stress:
7. a. actually b. educate c. organism d. contaminate
8. a. commune b. momentary c. elaborate d. modesty
9. a. accurate b. customer c. computer d. exercise
10. a. contaminate b. supervisor c. investigate d. convenient
III/ Grammar and Cultural tips:
11. “What did you hear?” – “We heard…………… long lecture that we were falling asleep.”
a. such a b. a very c. so d. such e. a too
12. “What do you want to drink?” – “Let’s have the waiter……………some milk.”
a. to bring b. bring c. brought d. will bring e. brings
13. “The ceremony has just started.” – “ look, the flag is ……………now.”
a. risen b. rising c. rose d. being raised e. being risen
14. “What can you do?” – “ We can do nothing unless she ………… to come next week.”
a. will consent b. consent c. shall consent d. is consenting e. consents
15. We searched for the two boys everywhere, but ……… was to be found.
a. both b. either c. neither d. each e. none
16. Hurry up if you want to buy something because there’s…………… left.
a. hardly little b. hardly something c. hardly other d. hardly one e. hardly anything
17. It was…………… a hundred people looked lost in it.
a. so a large room b. such large room that c. such large room
d. not so large a room that e. so large a room that
18. ………………I’m sure he would have eaten it.
a. Had he been hungry b. Unless he had been hungry c. As if he were hungry

d. However he had been hungry e. Were he hungry
19. We’ve been working very hard since early morning; let’s stop……………
a. have a rest b. having a rest c. to have a rest d. having rested e. being rested
20. We’re going to have a day off next Monday, come………… with us.
a. for sail b. sailing c. sail d. sailed e. will sail
21. Of course, I was not annoyed at you………… that.
a. say b. saying c. to say d. said e. had said
22. Your health has been deteriorating lately; you…………smoke so much.
a. shouldn’t b. couldn’t c. can’t d. mayn’t e. mightn’t
23. The keys are not in my pocket: I………… them at home.
a. may leave b. might leave c. could leave d. should leave e. may have left
24. An unmarried and single woman is called……………
a. a bachelor b. a spinster c. a bridesmaid d. a widow e. a widower
25. Henry will not be able to attend the meeting to night because……………………
a. he must to teach a class b. he will have teaching a class
c. of he will teach a class d. he will be teaching a class
26. I don’t suppose you like pineapples,………………?
a. do b. do you c. don’t I d. don’t you
27. I’d prefer to stay at home tonight……………… to the cinema.
a. rather than go b. rather than would go c. rather than will go d. rather than went


28. It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to ………………
a. meet b. beat c. compare d. balance
29. My younger sister is very………………… and so she loves going out but I am much quieter and prefer to stay at home.
a. enjoyable b. lively c. pleasing d. funny
30. You don’t pronounce………………’S’ at the end of Arkansas or Illinois.
a. an b. such c. that d. the
31. All Mike’s friends felt sorry……………… him when he had to give up playing football.
a. with b. about c. for d. at

32. The new secretary in the sales department is a fast typist but her letters are full of spelling……………
a. errors b. mistakes c. tricks d. faults
33. I saw a giant stuffed crocodile yesterday. It …………to the museum.
a. has been carried b. would be carried c. was being carried d. was carried
34. The boy ………… unless he apologised sincerely.
a. be not forgive b. would not be forgiven c. had not been forgiven d. would be forgiven
35. We could call the TV stations and ………… the opening of our new store.
a. publicity b. publicize c. public d. publish
36. She isn’t at home. She doesn’t go to school.
- Nor……………
a. she doesn’t go to school b. ……………goes she to school
c. …………doesn’t she go to school d. ………… does she go to school
37. We had to worry about the shortage of coal and oil stocks.
- No longer………………………
a. ………………we did have to worry………………… b. ………………we had to worry……………………
c. ………………did we have to worry………………… d. …………………had we to worry……………………
38. 5. In the past , most people believed that the world’s resources could never be used……………
a. up b. all c. whole d. at all
39. Many countries have …………………… laws restricting hunting and fishing.
a. crossed b. passed c. observed d. obeyed
40. Sharks much swim all the time to avoid sinking.
a. swiftly b. rarely c. precisely d. constantly
41. Only one-third of boys and girls had a reasonable sound knowledge of the tasks.
a. great b. important c. based on reason d. of high education
42. Some boys and girls sanguine about their future.
a. optimistic b. horrible c. fearsome d. straight
43. Will they be sacked on the spot?
a. rewarded b. punished c. honoured d. dismissed
44. Even were the sun cool enough, structures like our bodies…………… to move along it.
a. could not b. would not have been able c. would not be able d. none are correct

45. He is very brave. He dare ………… such a work.
a. doing b. do c. to do d. done
46. She was seen ……………her car to her office.
a. driven b. to be driven c. drive d. to drive
47. She is reading a letter ………………in English.
a. written b. writing c. to write d. is written
48. I have some dear friends here.
a. few b. a few c. many d. a lot of
49. I wonder……………the English………………on the left-hand side of the road.
a. if……………drive b. why……………… drive c. when ………………drive d.
where………………drive
50. The new cowboy-film catches the fancy of chidren.
a. amuses b. surprises c. satisfies d. attracts


51. It was when I my last job, I felt very unhappy.
a. came b. lost c. gamed d. succeeded
52. from the flowers may cause allergy to some people who cannot stand strange smell.
a. Leaves b. Root c. Plant d. Pollen
53. They decided to their differences and become friends.
a. take on b. put aside c. give away d. go over
54. is a person who is concerned with the protection of environment.
a. Environmentalist b. Specialist c. Communist d. Psychologist
55. The to go to work to help Mum with some money impulse me to apply for that job.
a. tiredness b. happiness c. keenness d. sadness
56. Daisy said to Peter, “ sit down.”
a. Do b. Does c. Can d. Be
57. After we our work, we for lunch.
a. having finished/ went b. have finished/ went
c. had finished / went d. had finished/ going

58. The government to take action against the rate of unemployment.
a. to be expected b. to expect c. is expected d. be expected
59. I would rather be a teacher a manager.
a. than b. more than c. better d. better than
60. John rarely goes to church on Sundays.
a. Rarely goes John to church on Sundays. b. Rarely John goes to church on Sundays.
c. Rarely does John goes to church on Sunday. d. Rarely does John go to church on Sundays.
IV/ Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
HOPES AND DREAMS
Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast. One evening she phoned to tell me
that she really wanted to do was (1)_________ round the world, so she was looking (2)_________ the possibility of
working in another country. She had seen several (3)___________ in the newspaper for student teachers of English abroad,
and she was (4)___________in one in Italy, which she was desperate to visit. She decided that this would be a good
(5)___________ to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to (6)__________for the job. The reply (7)___________ a long
time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she (8)__________ go for an interview in London the following
week. She was so excited that she immediately (9)____________ in touch with the school owner and agreed to attend the
interview. She was determined that nothing would prevent her (10)__________ doing what she had set out to do. A
(11)__________days before the interview she had a very strange dream in which she (12)_____________ birth to a
beautiful baby. She was a little nervous and (13)___________ about the dream and phoned to ask me what I thought it
might (14)__________. As I knew something about dreams, I was able to sure her that it only symbolized her
(15)__________ to do well in the interview.
1. a. journey b. travel c. voyage d. trip
2. a. up b. over c. into d. round
3. a. notices b. posters c. advertisements d. announcements
4. a. interested b. keen c. attracted d. enthusiastic
5. a. path b. route c. manner d. way
6. a. claim b. inquire c. request d. apply
7. a. was b. took c. spent d. passed
8. a. should b. would c. must d. will
9. a. got b. came c. went d. became

10. a. of b. from c. in d. about
11. a. some b. several c. few d. little
12. a. made b. had c. gave d. produced
13. a. bored b. worried c. offended d. annoyed
14. a. intend b. mean c. interpret d. realize
15. a. desire b. request c. want d. demand