Review 3

Test 3
I, Choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D:
1. Wild ducks always fly in a definite ................... .
A. figure
B. formula
C. shape D. formation
2. You’ll.................... yourself a lot of time if you take the car.
A. spend B. make C. save D. spare
3. I wrote to the company, .................... them for a catalogue.
A. demandi
ng
B. asking C. enquiri
ng
D. applyin
g
4. She wondered.................... her father looked like now, after so many years away.
A. how B. whose C. that D. what
5. She .................... her neighbour’s children for the broken window.
A. accused B. complained C. blamed D. denied
6. He filled in the necessary forms and .................... for the job.
A. appeale
d
B. asked C. request
ed
D. applied
7. The little girl wouldn’t go to the sea .................... her father went too.
A. except B. but C. also D. unless
8. Having ................... the table, Mrs Roberts called the family for supper.
A. laid B. spread C. ordered D. completed
9. Mike was the ................... in his family; all his brothers were much taller.
A. lowest

B. shortest
C. slightes
t
D. littlest
10. When the electricity failed, he ................... a match to find the candles.
A. rubbed B. scratche
d
C. struck
D. started
11. Fireman rescued several people from the ................. floor of the blazing building.
A. high
B. top
C. baseme
nt
D. low
12. To other ................. in his argument for his country’s independence are worth a mention.
A. notices B. points C. effects D. reports
13. I have never ................. ant experienced of living in the country.
A. had B. wished C. done D. made
14. Could you lend me some money? I’m very ................. of cast at the moment.
A. down B. scare C. low D. short
15. They tell me he is ................. a lot of money in his new job.
A. having
B. earning
C. gaining D. profitin
g
16. Hello. Is that 210056. Please put me ................. to the manager.
A. across B. up C. over D. through
17. His parents never allowed him ................. .
A. a smoking

B. smoking
C. to smoke D. some smoke
18. He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will ................. someone crossing the street.
A. crash
down
B. knock
down
C. turn
over
D. run across
19. She heated the chocolate until it ................., then poured it over the cake.
A. formed
B. melted
C. change
d
D. flooded
20. He’s such a naughty child; it’s amazing what his mother lets him ................. away with.
A. go B. make C. do D. get
II, Give the correct form of the word in brackets:
There is one particular feeling which I find difficult to express. When I am (1- anger) about something, I
say nothing. One, for example, after I had bought a very (2-expense) jacket, I met a friend in a cafe who
said that the jacket didn’t fit me (3-good). I was very (4-annoy) but I said nothing. I didn’t feel like
continuing our (5-converse). My friend noticed my (6-silent) and asked me what was wrong. I couldn’t
tell him the (7-true). I began felt rather (8-embarrass) and left him without giving him any (9-explain).
Later I felt rather (10-shame) of my behaviour.
Answer:
1. ............................................
2. ............................................
3. ............................................
4. ............................................

5. ............................................
6. ............................................
7. ............................................
8. ............................................
III, Rewrite these sentences without changing their original meanings:
1. The engineers completed the construction work in 100 days.
It took ......................................................................................................................................................
2. They wanted to buy the house, but they hadn’t got enough money.
If they ..............................................................................................................................................
3. If you don’t go out in the rain, you will not wet get.
Unless..............................................................................................................................................
4. He is sorry that he hasn’t done his homework.
He wishes.............................................................................................................................................
5. It’s a pity that you were not here last weekend.
I wish ..............................................................................................................................................
IV, Choose the most suitable word (A, B, C or D) to fill in blanks in the following passage:
Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel, was a poor lonely girl who became the (1) owner of an
international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) . She left
school at sixteen and became a (3) . After twenty-three years of this work, she made the (4) to start
writing novels. She is now one of the most (5) – paid novelists in the world.
Was Emma Harte’s story based on Ms Bradford’s own (6) successful life? “I/m afraid not,” she
said with (7). “My life has been quite different from Emma Harte’s. She was (8) to be born into a poor
family. I came from a middle-class home and I’m (9) married to a rich American film producer. The only
thing I share with my heroine is her (10) to work hard.
1. A. wealth B. unhealthy C. richness D. wealthy
2. A. ambition B. ambitious C. greet D. greedy
3. A. journal B. report C. journalist D. newspaperman
4. A. decide B. decided C. decisive D. decision
5. A. high B. badly C. highly D. height
6. A. incredible B. incredibly C. credible D. credibly

7. A. amusement B. amuse C. amused D. amusing
8. A. luck B. Lucky C. unluck D. unlucky
9. A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. unhappily
10. A. ability B. unable C. able D. possibility
IV, Read the passage below and the questions:
Greece today is a small country in southeastern Europe. The population is approximately nine
million, and the capital city is Athens. High mountains with rich, fertile land between them cover northern
Greece. The hilly southern part is a peninsula (b¸n ®¶o) called the Peloponnesus. Hundreds of islands
surround the mainland. The largest island is Crete. No part of the nation is far from water. The Ionian Sea
and the Aegean Sea carved (t¹o thµnh) deep bays and gulfs into the long coastline. Greece has been a
seafaring nation for centuries, and Greece is very well-known for its shipping industry. More than three
thousand years ago, the Greek people developed a very sophisticated society. They had a great
civilization, one of the greatest that the Western world has ever seen. Greek architecture, thinking, and art
influenced other civilizations. Even the Greek language influenced other languages, including English.
For example, the English words alphabet, democracy, and arithmetic come from Greek. Today Greece is
one of the most popular nations with the tourists who visit Europe. Thousands of people are attracted to
the country because of its beautiful scenery, magnificent ancient buildings, and its excellent summer
weather.
36. Which part of Greece is good for growing crops?
...................................................................................................................................
37. What have the seas done to the coastline?
.......................................................................................................................................
38. In what fields has Greece influenced other civilizations?
..................................................................................................................................
39. Why does Greece attract many tourists?
...................................................................................................................................
40. When did the Greek civilization begin?
...............................................................................................................................
V, Use these words to fill in each blank in the following passage:
continues printing value sides plastic precious

contain expensive vary replaced values holes
Money
When we think of money, we usually think of currency, or metal coins and paper bills. In the
modern world, almost every country and every person uses coins and paper money exchange for other
objects of (1) ______ . The sizes and shapes of coins are different in various countries, and the size and
color of paper money also (2) ______ . In India, for example, some coins have square (3) ______. In
Japan, some coins have (4) ______ in the center. In the United States, all paper money is the same size
and the same color, only the (5) ______ on the bills is different. Most other countries have various sizes
and colors for different (6) ______ of paper money.
Until the Twentieth century, most coins were made of (7) ______ metals such as gold and silver,
or they (8) ______ at lest some gold or silver.
By the middle of the twentieth century, all coins that were actually being used had no gold or
silver were made of less (9) ______ metals, such as copper or aluminum.
Paper money has (10) ______ metal money for most purposes, and now paper money is being replaced by
paper checks, (11) ______ credit cards, and even electronic message. If this (12) ______, we may soon
find that we will not use money at all, but only a series of numbers in computers to buy and sell goods and
services.
Answer:
1. .....................................................
2. .....................................................
3. .....................................................
1. .....................................................
2. .....................................................
3. .....................................................
4. .....................................................
5. .....................................................
6. .....................................................