Test 25.doc

english test 25
I- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in
each space.
A good memory is a great 1 in learning a language. Everybody learns…… ……
his own language by .2 . what he hears when he is a small child, and some…… ……
children like boys and girls who live 3 with their 4 . seem to learn…… …… …… ……
.5 . languages almost as easily as ..6 . In school, it’s not so…… …… …… ……
.7 to learn a second language because the pupils have so little 8 for…… …… …… ……
it, and they are busy 9 .. other 10 as well.…… … …… ……
The best 11 for most of us to remember things is to join them in our…… ……
mind with something 12 we know already, or which we easily remember…… ……
because we have a picture of it in our 13 . That is why it is 14 .. to…… …… …… ……
learn words in sentences, not by 15 , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word…… ……
means when we first use it…
1. help 6. one 11. way
2. remembering 7. easy 12. which
3. abroad 8. time 13. mind
4. parents 9. with 14. better
5. two 10. subjects 15. themselves
II- Word-formation
1. ACT
a. We must take . before things get worse.…………
b. There’s a lot of .. outside the stadium.…………
c. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been for years.…………
d. She said she wanted to be a television . .………………
2. BASE
a. My grandfather only had a very .. education.……………
b. The organization is run on a voluntary ..………………
3. CONTINUE
a. His latest book is a .. of his previous one.…………
b. The train service was . because it wasn’t used by many people.…………

c. I couldn’t get much work done as I was being interrupted by people…………
telephoning me.
d. After four hours’ . typing I had a terrible headache.……………
1. a- action b. activity c. inactive d. actress
2. a. basic b. basis
3. a. continuation b. discontinued c. continually d. continuous
III- Rewrite
1. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America.
John ..………………………………………………………
John has not been heard of since he went to live in America.

2. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time.
……… so that ..……… ………
The journey took so long that it was dark when we arrived.
3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol.
Carol congratulated .………………………………………………
Carol congratulated Role on passing his driving test.
4. He felt ill to get up.
He did not ..…………………………………
He did not feel well enough to get up.
5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers.
The boy I .………………………………………………………
The boy I was sitting next to in the exam told me the answers.
6. The days get colder and colder.
Each day …………………………
Each day it gets colder.
7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t.
Learning to drive is .…………………………………………
Learning to drive is not as difficult as I thought it would be.
8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London.

Taking the job will ………………………………………………
Taking the job will mean moving to London.
9. A week ago today we were in China.
This ..…………………………………
This time last week we were in China.
10. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet.
Mary is .………………………………
Mary is still working
IV- Verb-form
1. It was ten o’clock and I still (not finish) my homework.
2. It (be) my birthday tomorrow.
3. I (not play) football since I (break) my leg six weeks ago.…… ……
4. I (telephone) . Bill as soon as I (get) . home this evening.…… ……
5. It was eleven o’clock and we (just go) to bed when the telephone (ring) ..…… ……
6. I (think) your father’s health (improve) so much since I (see) him last.
7. This tooth (kill) me lately! So I (make) . an appointment with the dentist…… ……
for Tuesday.
8. It says in the paper that they (discover) oil in Wales. They (look for) . it for… ……
ages.
1. had not finished
2. is
3. have not played / broke
4. will telephone / get
5. had just gone / rang
6. think / has improved / saw
7. has been killing / have made
8. have discovered / have been looking for
V- Prepositions
1. There has been a university in Oxford for more than eight hundred years.…… ……
2. They have been married since .. 1966.…… ……

3. The first World War lasted from .1914 until 1918.…… … …… …
4. from 1992 until last year we had a flat in the center of town.…… …… …… ……
5. Can you wait for a few minutes until .. I’m ready.… …
6. I haven’t spoken to Bill since .. we were at school.…… …
7. We usually stop for lunch from one until two thirty.…… …… …… ……
8. It has been raining since early this morning.…… ……
9. It’s nearly five years since . Jenny left school.…… …
10. She was at college for . two years and she’s been working here for . almost… … … …
three years.