TEST 1
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. A collective (A) memory or experience are (B) complex and elusive constantly changing with time (C)
2. An international gathering, held (A) in 1960, seemed to sum up (B) both the hopeful as well as (C) the disturbing aspects of the world scene.
3. A long time after he had opened his eyes he had realized (A) he was seeing (B) something, but he effort to recall what(C) was too great.
4. English killers are much more likely to take (A) their own lives (B) than murderers in others (C) countries.
5. When I think of all the passion which have been put (A) into defending animal “rights” I wonder why this energy couldn’t (B) be put into protesting against (C) weapons.
6. Before World War II it used to be (A) customary each community (B) to organize veterans’ (C) parades and public ceremonies.
7. Social stability is being challenged by (A) unrealizable job expectations (B) creating (C) among the young.
8. The late (A) President John F. Kennedy, ever mindful of his country (B) heritage, made (C) a memorable speech in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1962.
9. Analysis of a large number of (A) recordings have shown (B) that it often takes several minutes for (C) the caller to get over the location of a fire.
10. Anyone (A) whose (B) favourite colour is yellow is a positive, optimistic person which (C) always looks to the future.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
The expedition ==1== out into the Pacific until, 600 miles from the mainland, they came to the lonely archipelago of the Galapagos. Here Darwin’s question about the creation of species ==2==, for in these islands he found fresh variety. He was fascinated to discover that the Galapagos animals bore a general resemblance to those he had seen on the mainland, but differed from them ==3== detail. There were cormorants, black, longnecked diving birds like those that fly nowadays along Brazilian rivers, but here in the Galapagos, their wings were ==4== small and with such ==5== feathers that they had lost the power of flight. There were iguanas, large lizards with a crest of scales along their backs. Those on the continent climbed trees and ate leaves. Here on the islands, where there was little vegetation one species fed on seaweed and clung to rocks with unusually long and powerful ==6==. There were tortoises, very ==7== to the mainland forms except that these were ==8== times bigger, giants that a man could ride. The tortoises which lived on watered islands where there was ground vegetation to be cropped, had a ==9==curving front edge to their shells just above the neck. But those that came from arid islands had to stretch their necks ==10== reach branches of cactus or leaves of trees.
1. (A) navigated (B) floated (C) sailed (D) swam
2. (A) reclaimed (B) recurred (C) recurved (D) concurred
3. (A) at (B) by (C) for (D) in
4. (A) very (B) too (C) so (D) such
5. (A) stunted (B) studded (C) stuck (D) stung
6. (A) fists (B) fins (C) claws (D) nails
7. (A) similar (B) resembling (C) alike (D) likely
8. (A) much more (B) much (C) more (D) many
9. (A) courteously (B) kindly (C) gently (D) tenderly
10. (A) in order to (B) as not to (C) lest they should (D) so that
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) Would you like to go to a Chinese restaurant?
(B) Do you fancy…………………………………………………………………………………….?
2. (A) He failed his exams because he didn’t study hard enough.
(B) If…………………………………………………………………………………………………...
3. (A) It’s a pity that Rolls-Royces are so expensive.
(B) I wish …………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. (A) I’ll take care of your plants while you are away.
(B) Your plants ………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) Would you mind not smoking in the room?
(B) I’d rather ………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. (A) Rick received the message only when he came back home.
(B) Only when ……………………………………………………………………………………….
7. (A) It is said that the President suffered a heart attack.
(B) The President……………………………………………………………………………………
8. (A) Christmas was the last time we had a party.
(B) We haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………….…….
9. (A) “My sister is leaving tomorrow”, he said to me.
(B) He assured ……………………………………………………………………………………..
10. (A) I suppose you didn’t like the soup very much.
(B) You can’t……………………………………………………………………………………….
TEST 2
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. The military (A) dispatched about 1000 soldiers to have rescued (B) hundreds of tourists trapped in (C) the mountain.
2. A skin patch containing (A) lidocaine appears to be a useful treatment (B) for the hand and foot pain often experienced from (C) people with diabetes.
3. Despite (A) the earthquake occurred ten days ago, the authorities (B) believe it may still be (C) possible to find survivors.
4. A mechanical (A) fault was caused (B) the car to come off (C) the road.
5. At no time he would (A) allow his employees to use (B) the phone in the office (C).
6. The medical literature is classifying (A) a person as obese if he or she (B) has a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher (C).
7. The rate of (A) obesity among American children is twice high (B) as it was in the early 1960s (C)
8. The cooker (A) was really dirty and I could see (B) that it wasn’t cleaned (C) for months.
9. For one frightened (A) moment the little (B) girl thought she was going (C) to fall.
10. There are a few (A) opportunities for promotion here and John will have to (B) move to another company if he wants (C) to get a better position.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
Graham Greene was the sweetest, gentlest, most ==1== of men once he had accepted you into the circle of his friends. His loyalty was total, although in old age he alienated many of the younger writers he had earlier befriended, including some of his ==2== disciples and flatterers. But the other side of the coin was an instant exclusion of anyone and everything he disliked, which made him many enemies, especially in the ==3== of literature and journalism.
I remember on one ==4== in his Paris flat, planning to go out to dinner at a smart restaurant in the Avenue Marceau, he insisted that I telephone the restaurant first to make ==5== there were no Americans in it. He had the same ==6== with his favourite restaurant in Antibes, where he lunched on most days of the week. It would be ==7== to say which he hated most, the moronic mass culture of Hollywood or the ponderous solemnity of American academic criticism.
In an age which is bored by Greene’s Catholicism and unimpressed by his romantic left-wing politics, I think Professor Sherry is in many ways the ideal biographer, and it was a stroke of genius on Greene’s part to ==8== this, all those years ago. The essential ==9== in Greene’s character - ==10== from his brilliant writing which made us all catch our breaths for forty years – is that he was a man who was more loved than loving.
1. (A) considered (B) considering (C) considerate (D) considerable
2. (A) previous (B) subsequent (C) preliminary (D) preceding
3. (A) territory (B) field (C) environment (D) region
4. (A) case (B) occasion (C) accident (D) event
5. (A) sure (B) guaranteed (C) definite (D) confident
6. (A) organisation (B) design (C) order (D) arrangement
7. (A) hard (B) complex (C) easy (D) hardly
8. (A) learn (B) greet (C) respect (D) recognise
9. (A) particle (B) ingredient (C) portion (D) share
10. (A) away (B) except (C) besides (D) apart
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) He prefers watching TV to going out to the cinema.
(B) He’d rather……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) “Why didn’t you tell us the truth?” she said reproachfully.
(B) She said: “You should……………………………………………………………………….”
3. (A) It’s a great pity John broke that expensive vase.
(B) I wish…………………………………..…………………………………………………………...
4. (A) They say that the company is planning a new advertising campaign.
(B) The company………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) Mary didn’t marry Mark because she didn’t love him.
(B) If……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. (A) Sarah likes classical music better than jazz.
(B) Sarah doesn’t……………………………………………………………………………………..
7. (A) I haven’t gone to the car wash for three months.
(B) It is……………………………………………………………………………………………..……
8. (A) After opening the bottle, David poured the drinks.
(B) Having………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. (A) It wasn’t necessary for you to do all that washing-up.
(B) You needn’t……………………………………………………………………………………...
10. (A) As soon as I boarded the ship I felt the first signs of seasickness.
(B) No sooner…………………………………………………………………………………............
TEST 3
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. By September, all trucks and buses in the European Union must equip (A) with digital devices monitoring (B) the hours the vehicle is driven (C).
2. The (A) bank continues (B) to expect strengthen (C) economic growth and accelerating price pressure.
3. The price of traditional fossil-fuel energy is rising (A), as supplies in the worldwide (B) have become shaky (C).
4. New (A) services and companies are making easier (B) than ever to share digital video (C) from cameras or camcorders.
5. Once you reach (A) the end of a mission, you might decide (B) to play a few minutes of the beginning of the next level to see what is it like (C).
6. A large number (A) of kangaroos is killed (B) or injured on Australian roads by (C) cars and trucks.
7. The U.S. government has recovered (A) the stolen laptop computer and hard drive containing (B) sensitive datas (C) for up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel.
8. The senators are like (A) to give full legitimacy (B) to a path that the Bush administration set the country on (C) more than three years ago.
9. The report was expected to highlight the need (A) to tackle demographic changes by getting (B) more people into the employment (C).
10. Most Italians (A) fuel their heating systems with natural gas, which (B) supply from Russia has consistently fallen (C) short of 74 million cubic metres since January 17.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
Colonial Jews never ==1== one tenth of one percent of the American population, ==2== they established patterns of Jewish communal life that ==3== for generations. Most Jews lived in cosmopolitan port cities like New York and Newport where opportunities for commerce and trade ==4== , and people of diverse backgrounds and faiths lived side by side.
The American revolution marked a turning point not only in American Jewish history, ==5== in modern Jewish history generally. Never before had a major nation ==6== itself so definitively to the principles of freedom and democracy in general and to religious freedom in particular. Jews and members of other minor religions could ==7== from the religious views of the majority without fear ==8== persecution. Jews still had to fight for their rights on the state level, and they continued to face various forms of prejudice nationwide. However, many Jews benefited materially from the Revolution and ==9== freely with their non-Jewish neighbours. Having shed blood for their country side by side with their Christian fellows, Jews as a group felt far more ==10== than they had in colonial days. They asserted their rights openly and, if challenged, defended themselves both vigorously and self-confidently.
1. (A) extended (B) exceeded (C) expended (D) expanded
2. (A) altogether (B) and (C) despite (D) yet
3. (A) insisted (B) persisted (C) consisted (D) resisted
4. (A) abounded (B) abandoned (C) excelled (D) exceeded
5. (A) also (B) but (C) as well as (D) like
6. (A) engaged (B) connected (C) referred (D) committed
7. (A) ascend (B) consent (C) discern (D) dissent
8. (A) in (B) of (C) at (D) by
9. (A) interlaced (B) interfered (C) interacted (D) integrated
10. (A) secure (B) content (C) provided for (D) secluded
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) Some people believe that antibiotics are the best cure for a bad cold.
(B) Antibiotics…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) The moment I got into the office someone knocked on the door.
(B) No sooner…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) Any bright light at night is an attraction to mosquitoes.
(B) Mosquitoes………………………………………………………………………………………...
4. (A) When did your daughter start learning English?
(B) How long……………………………………………………………………………………… ?
5. (A) I don’t advise you to rent a flat in that part of town.
(B) You’d…………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. (A) We won’t buy the house because the roof leaks.
(B) If………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. (A) I haven’t seen my boss for a long time.
(B) It’s ages…………………………………………………………………………………………...
8. (A) It wasn’t necessary (for you) to send me the money.
(B) You…………..…………………………………………………………………………………….
9. (A) Although life in London is very expensive, it can be extremely exciting.
(B) Despite……………………………………………………………………………………............
10. (A) “I’m moving out next summer”, Monica said.
(B) Monica said……………………………………………………………………………………….
TEST 4
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. The Pacific isles of New Caledonia makes (A) a mark on the world with a wealth of (B) plant species found nowhere else (C).
2. Tough criminals guilty of serious offences are frequently enough smart (A) not to leave (B) anything for the forensic scientists to build a case on (C).
3. Unlike (A) the principles which (B) supported him. Ward was always open about what (C) he was doing.
4. President Yeltsin woke up (A) one morning, decided he’d had (B) enough of the old team, and bad brought (C) in a new one.
5. There was (A) a straightforward conflict between the aspiration to have a moral pure (B) police force and the need to catch (C) criminals.
6. When India and Pakistan conduct its own (A) atomic tests, we are treated with the most blood-curdling warnings of the dangers that (B) they pose to world peace (C).
7. All those (A) who live in the real world had better to accept (B) that the situation has changed for ever and globalization is here to stay (C).
8. The radio drama (A) is difficult to write, for you (B) have nothing but (C) words with which to paint the scenery and define characters.
9. Most people would agree that being horrible (A) to your friends and family doesn’t in itself (B) make you a bad writer; it doesn’t necessarily make you a good writer, too (C).
10. If European nations are to raise (A) the effectiveness of their defence, they must have been (B) prepared to join their potential at the European level (C)
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
As the fog lifts from Echo Bay, biologist Alexandra Morton sits in her office, perched high above the water with a desk and window that spans the room’s ==1== length. Background sound is supplied from a VHF radio ==2== to the “fisherman’s ” channel. On the walls are charts of whales and her own artwork. Her drawings have been commissioned by the Patagonia company for ==3== on a T-shirt. Though she loves art and writing, it’s science – gathering the data, making the connections and partnering with other scientists – that gets Morton really ==4== . When she was a young girl growing up in Connecticut, her ==5== times were spent at ponds, catching frogs and snakes. Morton realized then it was possible to have a life in the wilderness studying animals, and knew with certainty that was the life for her. In 1984, she and her husband, filmmaker and fellow researcher Robin Morton, settled at Echo Bay, nestled among the numerous islands and inlets of the Broughton Archipelago and ==6== only by water. A couple of years after settling there with their young son, Robin died in a diving ==7==. To make ends ==8== as a single mom, Morton worked as a deckhand on a fish boat, taking her young children along with her. She ==9== she used to worry that she wasn’t giving her children a normal upbringing, but now believes there are enormous == 10 == to be derived from a childhood at the edge of today’s society – without TV and citified amusements, her children’s self –reliance and inventiveness have flourished.
1. (A) considerate (B) considering (C) considerable (D) considered
2. (A) linked (B) adapted (C) fixed (D) tuned
3. (A) misuse (B) use (C) disuse (D) abuse
4. (A) irritated (B) furious (C) annoyed (D) excited
5. (A) loved (B) favourite (C) preferred (D) liked
6. (A) available (B) found (C) obtained (D) accessible
7. (A) case (B) occasion (C) accident (D) happening
8. (A) join (B) link (C) connect (D) meet
9. (A) confesses (B) concludes (C) confers (D) convinces
10. (A) earnings (B) savings (C) benefits (D) achievements
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) Their house has an enormous garden at the back
(B) At the back………………………………………………………………………………………
2. (A) There is no point in trying to persuade him as he never listens to anybody’s advice.
(B) Even if you………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) “I think you must inform your boss about the company’s losses”, his wife said.
(B) His wife insisted…………………………………………………………………………………
4. (A) While her brother is disorganized and careless, she is extremely disciplined.
(B) Unlike………………………………………………………………………………………..……
5. (A) As her fame increased, the number of her friends decreased.
(B) The more……………………………………………………………………………………..…..
6. (A) What a pity she didn’t take part in the competition! She had every chance to win.
(B) Had………………………………………………………………………………………………...
7. (A) Knowing his arrogance, I don’t believe he apologized.
(B) He can’t……….……………………………………………………………………………………
8. (A) Children almost never learn to protect themselves without facing real danger.
(B) Rarely………………….………………………………………………………………………….
9. (A) “How many guests are you going to invite to your party next week?” Jenny asked her brother.
(B) Jenny wanted……………………………………………………………………………………...
10. (A) Peter didn’t have to write so many pages.
(B) It wasn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………………
TEST 5
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. In (A) the months followed (B) her divorce he had begun to behave differently (C) to her.
2. I don’t have any (A) memory of my parents to give (B) me a hard time (C) about my studying.
3. Public awareness that the environment could not absorb (A) limitless numbers (B) of waste came (C) with the industrial Revolution.
4. Earth is believed formed (A) around 4.55 billion years ago out of (B) the solar nebula, along with (C) the Sun and other planets.
5. She had this desire to prove (A) that she could have (B) as good a time like (C) anyone, that she could be one of the crowd.
6. Hikers should learn (A) the habits and habitats of the endangered species, so that (B) to avoid adverse (C) impact.
7. Some abdications have been pure (A) voluntary and resulted in (B) no loss of (C) prestige.
8. Drug resistance become (A) a serious public health problem since many disease-causing bacteria are (B) no longer susceptible (C) to previously effective drug therapies.
9. A popular way of classifying (A) volcanoes goes by (B) their frequency of eruption, with those that erupt regularly are called (C) active.
10. The development of the science (A) and civilization is closely linked (B) to the availability of energy (C) in useful forms.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
In Mauritania animal herding and dairy production are an ancient tradition, part of the nomadic culture of the Western Sahara. But ==1== other regions with a tradition of dairy farming, here there are no lush green pastures, feed crops or fields of cultivated forage. ==2== there is hardly ==3== crop production, except along a narrow ribbon of irrigated land along the Senegal River. But these irrigated fields grow rice, not fodder, and in the nomadic tradition, Mauritania’s camels, cows, sheep and goats continue to forage for food in the Sahara desert as they have for centuries. Animals roam over thousands of square kilometres of desert, for the most part unhindered by fences, roads or ==4== modern infrastructure. In the rainy season, if the rains are ==5== the grazing is good. In the dry season, vegetation in sparser. In bad years, when the rains do not come, the animals go hungry and may ==6==. That has been the rhythm of the seasons and of the centuries, and no one was much concerned ==7== making changes in animal production – until big changes began to occur in the way people lived.
Over the last 20 years Mauritania has ==8== an urban population that now buys dairy products – which are part of the traditional Mauritanian diet - ==9== milking their own animals. This was the stimulus for developing commercial milk processing and for trying to improve dairy production, including better use of the Sahara grazing and browsing potential. But commercial dairying ==10== a young industry in Mauritania. The oldest commercial creamery and milk bottler is less than 20 years old.
1. (A) still (B) whereas (C) unlike (D) despite
2. (A) Nevertheless (B) Yet (C) However (D) In fact
3. (A) any (B) some (C) no (D) at all
4. (A) others (B) other (C) some (D) no
5. (A) rare (B) small (C) abundant (D) superficial
6. (A) rebel (B) starve (C) extinct (D) vanish
7. (A) for (B) to (C) about (D) in
8. (A) discovered (B) occurred (C) developed (D) happened
9. (A) but not (B) in spite of (C) instead (D) rather than
10. (A) continues (B) develops (C) remains (D) turns out to be
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) The book I am reading now is worse than the book I read last month.
(B) The book I read last month……………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) Her son might have lived, if he had been treated in time.
(B) Had………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. (A) “Don’t forget to buy some groceries on the way home”, my wife said.
(B) My wife reminded me……………………………………………………………………………..
4. (A) “Have you been waiting long?” he asked her.
(B) He asked her………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) The boss himself informed the employees of their loss of benefits.
(B) The employees…………………………………………………………………………………..
6. (A) It is too bad I spent all my savings on this old car.
(B) I wish………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. (A) I am sure she is not very proud of you.
(B) She can’t……………………………………………………………………………………………
8. (A) I can’t swim in the lake with you because I don’t have my bathing suit with me.
(B) If……………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. (A) She was the one who had written the singer’s exceedingly inaccurate memoirs.
(B) It was……………………………………………………………………………………...............
10. (A) As soon as the pursuers spotted our car, they turned and started running the other way.
(B) No sooner………………………………………………………………………………………….
TEST 6
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. The little (A) girl became irritable (B) because she was not used to stay up (C) so late.
2. Only after Edsel’s widow threatened to sell her shares (A) Henry ceded (B) power in 1945 to his grandson (C), 28-year-old Henry Ford II.
3. The slavery (A) is a form of service (B) imposed and maintained by force (C).
4. Nearly 4,000 people were killed (A) in Catholic-protestant violence (B) since 1966 and thousands more (C) wounded.
5. Sometimes we met in the canteen where we talked over the state (A) of her applicant (B) for refugee status which had been turned down (C) by the Home Office.
6. In 1296 King Edward I of (A) England had invaded (B) Scotland and Edinburgh Castle soon fell into (C) his hands.
7. An upwelling is occurring (A) when the wind blows surface water (B) out of sea and deeper water moves up (C) to replace it.
8. Considering (A) the school was about fifty miles from home, it was always easier (B) to board than commuting (C)
9. The exhibition is an amazed (A) combination of stereo sound through (B) personal headsets activated (C) by infra-red beams.
10. Each of the figures (A) in this group have been carefully selected (B) from contemporary paintings (C) and descriptions.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
Disaster ==1== the first Virginians, and disappointed their patrons, for nearly twenty years. The reasons for that were many and complicated. Nothing, on the long view, could be said against the region that they had chosen for their experiment. The James river ==2==, wide and deep, fifty miles into the ==3== and is only one of a score of ==4== waterways. The coast, in fact, is extravagantly indented and proved ideal for that seaborne traffic with the outer world without which the ==5== could not have lived. The land itself, sloping gently upwards towards the hills of the Alleghenies, was extremely ==6==, rich in game and timber. The local Indians were ==7== formidable and thinner on the ground (thanks to European diseases) than many tribes to be encountered elsewhere, by others, later on. The frightful American climate – jungle – hot in summer, tundra-cold in winter, unbearably ==8== whenever it isn’t freezing – is far more agreeable in Virginia than in most of the rest of the Eastern seaboard. Thomas Jefferson, at the end of the eighteenth century exulted in the fact that ==9== in Europe one never saw a wholly blue sky, quite innocent of cloud, in Virginia it was ==10==
1. (A) ducked (B) dogged (C) foxed (D) wolfed
2. (A) winds (B) leaps (C) wreathes (D) hops
3. (A) outside (B) interior (C) internal (D) inward
4. (A) navigable (B) steerable (C) navigated (D) navigating
5. (A) county (B) colony (C) empire (D) municipality
6. (A) prolific (B) populous (C) fertile (D) abundant
7. (A) more (B) the most (C) less (D) the least
8. (A) rainy (B) temperate (C) dank (D) humid
9. (A) whereby (B) whereas (C) whereupon (D) whereabouts
10. (A) common (B) universal (C) average (D) general
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) He couldn’t work in the garden because the weather was too hot
(B) The weather………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) What I found surprising was his interest in fashion.
(B) It was……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. (A) What a shame we didn’t buy that cottage in the mountain.
(B) If only………….…………………………………………………………………………………...
4. (A) Jane works harder than anyone else in the office.
(B) Nobody in the office.………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) I was driving fast and the police stopped me for speeding.
(B) If……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. (A) I suppose he didn’t enjoy the film very much?
(B) He can’t…………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. (A) The fuel pump of my car will be changed next week.
(B) I………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. (A) When did you start playing the piano?
(B) How long…………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. (A) The university is so far away that we need to take a taxi.
(B) It is such……………………………………………………………………………………..........
10. (A) They thought one of his employees had signed the document
(B) One of his employees………………………………………………………………………….
TEST 7
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. Archaeologists are still
2. Living in a borrowed (A) cultstruggling (A) to gather enough evidences (B) about the location of the Hanging Gardens (C).ure, the West Indian needs writers to tell him (B) where does he stand (C).
3. The students complained (A) that the work was boring (B) and monotonous, but they enjoyed to earn (C) the money.
4. It was expected (A) that journalism will (B) provide an outlet for the talent that could not find expression (C) elsewhere.
5. Having been determined (A) what caused (B) many defects, Apple now set out to eliminate (C) them.
6. Both competitors (A) have been more aggressive in expanding (B) services and to buy (C) other companies.
7. The president suggested that the company becomes (A) more persistent in seeking out (B) potential consumers (C).
8. Modelling (A) methods at Madame Tussaud’s have hardly changed (B) in two hundreds years (C)
9. The company’s chairman (A) demonstrates the focus today’s managers place (B) on developing an appropriately (C) financial plan to maintain harmony between risk and investment.
10. It were the Romans (A) who turned fighting animals (B) into a major source of (C) public entertainment.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
Domestic cats first arrived in North America with European ==1== several hundred years ago. Since then, cats have multiplied and thrived as cherished pets and unwanted strays. Domestic cats spread slowly to other parts of the globe, ==2== because Egyptians prevented export of the animal they ==3== as a goddess. However, by 500 BC the Greeks ==4==domestic cats, and they spread them throughout their sphere of influence. The Romans ==5== the domestic cat to Britain by 300 AD.
Altough often ==6== as a problem, free-ranging cats can affect other animals, often far from the homes and farms they ==7== with people. Nowadays cats are concentrated in areas where people live ==8== than in remote undeveloped areas. It is usually the responsibility of the owner to control the cat’s movements. In most areas, cats can be trapped and either returned to the owner or ==9== to the authorities if they wander onto other peoples’ property. Although cats make affectionate pets, many domestic cats hunt as effectively as ==10==.
1. (A) rangers (B) managers (C) tourists (D) colonists
2. (A) eventually (B) possibly (C) ultimately (D) extremely
3. (A) worshipped (B) prayed (C) scorned (D) demonised
4. (A) have acquired (B) had acquired (C) had been acquired (D) had been acquiring
5. (A) evolved (B) involved (C) introduced (D) represented
6. (A) overlooked (B) overpowered (C) overlapped (D) overburdened
7. (A) split (B) share (C) divide (D) separate
8. (A) fairly (B) hardly (C) sooner (D) rather
9. (A) turned off (B) turned up (C) turned over (D) turned out
10. (A) reptiles (B) predators (C) insects (D) herbivores
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) She informed her parents about her wedding only after the ceremony.
(B) Not until……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) He didn’t bring flowers for the hostess, which was rather impolite.
(B) It was…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) I suppose she caught the last train to Paris
(B) She may…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. (A) Jane has a fear of elevators and that started when she was a child
(B) Ever since…………………………………………………………………………………...
5. (A) We don’t allow candidates to bring dictionaries into the examination room.
(B) Candidates……………………………………………………………………………………
6. (A) My cousin can be very emotional but she never cries.
(B) In spite…………………………………………………………………………………………
7. (A) We’re not watching the match now because we weren’t able to find tickets.
(B) If………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. (A) She feels guilty because she gave away her friend’s secret.
(B) She wishes…………………………………………………………………………………….
9. (A) It might be a good idea for you to smoke outside
(B) I’ d rather……………………………………………………………………………………...
10. (A) Jili’s parents wanted a big flat in the centre of the city but she didn’t
(B) Unlike………………………………………………………………………………………….
1. With cities (A) around the world getting increasingly expensive (B) for expatriates, employers may need to have reexamined (C) the way they provide benefits for their workers.
TEST 8
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. With cities (A) around the world getting increasingly expensive (B) for expatriates, employers may need to have reexamined (C) the way they provide benefits for their workers.
2. The European Union was (A) one of the mainly (B) driving forces behind (C) the Kyoto Protocol.
3. The South Korean National Assembly has voted (A) to allow the most (B) foreign rice into the country (C).
4. Alike (A) physical sciences, in management there seem (B) to be no absolute (C) laws.
5. Trading in (A) shares of United Airlines, the world’s second biggest (B) carrier, has been suspended (C) on 5thDecember as the company tries to avoid bankruptcy.
6. Businessmen and opposition politicians (A) admiringly described how Putin sought their advices (B) and how closely (C) he listened to them.
7. A German police video documenting the arrest shows (A) the Lebanese police forced (B) the suspect to lie (C) face down.
8. Fiat, whatever (A), will face increasingly tough competition in the continental European markets, where (B) it does (C) most of its business.
9. It is high time (A) for the international community to consider financing (B) private sector projects just so much important as (C) financing public sector projects.
10. Russia is emerging (A) in the past decade as a key (B) global wheat exporter, offering (C) a mixture of hard and soft winter wheat.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
The class system survives because everyone seems happy with his ==1== . The upper classes ==2== pride in their genuine or pretended eccentricities, the middle classes delight in looking at their well ==3== lawns, and the lower classes sit happily in front of the box watching darts. They don’t want change. The Italian worker sees a beautiful car and says, “I’d love to have it”, the British worker ==4== it, “Rich man’s stuff”. The average Italian is delighted to be asked to an important wedding: afterwards he will talk for weeks ==5== about it. His British counterpart hates every minute of it and longs to be back where he ==6== with his friends at the pub. In Italy people are apprehensive but are always on the ==7==, restless and busy; In Great Britain they are quiet and ==8==: they like things to be as they have always been.
There is no doubt that the British are ==9== with their past: a new museum opens every week. It is a world record, but not something to be really proud of: while the rest of the world manufacture goods, they produce tradition. Many have protested against this tendency to turn Great Britain into one huge museum but to no ==10==.
1. (A) plight (B) destination (C) lot (D) lots
2. (A) take (B) have (C) receive (D) accept
3. (A) cut (B) mowed (C) mown (D) shorn
4. (A) dismisses (B) refuses (C) denies (D) disclaims
5. (A) to come (B) on end (C) at an end (D) endlessly
6. (A) belongs (B) is welcome (C) enjoys (D) relishes
7. (A) take (B) go (C) rush (D) hurry
8. (A) contained (B) discontented (C) contented (D) concerned
9. (A) obsessed (B) interested (C) infused (D) mad
10. (A) result (B) end (C) point (D) avail
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) It is difficult to work with him.
(B) He is a…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) Mary could only talk to her mother.
(B) Mary couldn’t……………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) She is not usually so aggressive
(B) It is unusual……………………………………………………………………………………...
4. (A) It seems that the terrorists have prepared the attack under the very nose of the CIA
(B) The terrorists seem………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) Young children rarely appreciate the perils that they face.
(B) Rarely……………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. (A) When I think about it I start to regret it.
(B) The more………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. (A) “Did anyone mention the project at the meeting today?” he asked.
(B) He wanted to know………………………………………………………………………………
8. (A) Although it was raining we continued the match
(B) The match………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. (A) Her son might have lived, if he had been treated in time.
(B) Had…………………………………………………………………………………..................
10. (A) Do they really have to catch such an early train?
(B) Is it really………………………………………………………………………………………..
TEST 9
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. People do so much (A) things for money that (B) occasionally (C) they need to do something for love.
2. Bicycle (A) sold in specialty shops commands (B) a much higher (C) price than the one sold in department stores.
3. Customers sometimes resent to have (A) a full-time painter in their homes (B) for as long as (C) one week.
4. Despite (A) women may have made up (B) a greater percentage of church congregations, they did not gain (C) increased power or leadership positions within the church.
5. Tucker’s talent in chess (A) and weight lifting (B), two of our school’s most popular sports, prove (C) his mental and physical strength.
6. Under no circumstances she was prepared (A) to accept the ruling (B) of the divorce court as to the assignment (C) of the child.
7. It is very important that (A) all employees will be dressed (B) in their uniforms before (C) 6.30 a.m.
8. John is over (A) two hours late already (B), he should have missed (C) the bus again.
9. Who would have predicted (A) ten years ago that women’s (B) basketball would become (C) so widely popular?
10. As recent as (A) 1990, there were some regions of the world that had remained (B) relatively unscathed (C) by AIDS.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
If catastrophe were to ==1== humanity – be it plague, nuclear war or an asteroid striking the Earth – what provision could be made for the survivors? This week work began on a project to reestablish agriculture ==2== such a calamity occur. On a remote Arctic island a vault is being dug to host the seeds of up to three million different crops, as part of plans to protect food ==3== across the world.
The Svalbard International Seed Vault, as the ==4== is called, will cost the Norwegian government, which is paying for it, about $ 3 million. Eventually it will ==5== samples of every known crop variation that can be grown from seed, from the tropics to the highest ==6==.
Svalbard was chosen because it is cold and remote. The island is expected to remain frozen for the next hundred years, despite changes in the world’s climate, and the vault is being carved out of the ice and rock. Seeds deposited in the bank will be ==7== cold, certainty for hundreds and perhaps even thousands of years. The freezing conditions, not to mention polar bears, should ==8==any unwelcome visitors. Just in case they do not, the bank will be 70 metres (230 feet) underground, inside ==9== walls more than a metre ==10== and behind a strong security door and a perimeter fence.
1. (A) bemoan (B) beware (C) befall (D) behold
2. (A) can (B) must (C) should (D) will
3. (A) funds (B) reservations (C) supplements (D) supplies
4. (A) facility (B) appliance (C) amenity (D) device
5. (A) sustain (B) contain (C) retain (D) obtain
6. (A) volumes (B) widths (C) lengths (D) latitudes
7. (A) observed (B) deserved (C) reserved (D) preserved
8. (A) put off (B) put up (C) put by (D) put forth
9. (A) plastic (B) cardboard (C) paper (D) concrete
10. (A) thin (B) thick (C) dense (D) compressed
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) The customer was too dissatisfied to continue dealing with that store.
(B) The customer wasn’t………………………………………………………………………….
2. (A) Patrick was the only person who treated her with respect.
(B) Apart……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) Since he could not organize his day as he wanted to, he decided to do as much work as possible
(B) Not………………………………………………………………………………………….........
4. (A) She tried very hard to remember the first time they had met, but she could not.
(B) However……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) It was a terrifying idea to work for someone who was not his father.
(B) The idea…………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. (A) We want to know the truth about the car accident.
(B) We insist……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. (A) I was sure they were away for the holiday because no one answered the phone.
(B) They………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. (A) It’s a pity that I don’t speak French.
(B) I wish………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. (A) Do all their workers wear those funny clothes?
(B) Are……………………………………………………………………………………..................
10. (A) “He underwent a heart transplant surgery only five weeks ago”, his wife explained.
(B) His wife explained………………………………………………………………………………............
TEST 10
I. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify the error in each of the following sentences by choosing between A, B and C.
1. It wasn’t immediately clear (A) how the attackers evaded (B) the shrine’s guard force, which have been strengthened(C) after the 2006 bombing.
2. A Chinese court has jailed (A) two officials after they let a blind contractor to build (B) a bridge which collapsed during construction (C).
3. Iraq has the world’s third largest (A) reserves of oil, but thousand of people (B) now queue for as long as (C) a day at petrol stations.
4. The cyclone has started to batter the coast (A) of the country with winds (B) of up to 260 kilometres in an hour (C).
5. For months, she had been thought (A) about breaking up with (B) Holmes, but it never seemed like (C) the right time.
6. Unless the client does not pay (A) the single – time price within the specified period (B), it shall be considered that the client has declined the service (C).
7. I can’t go out in such (A) weather and I have a little (B) food in the house, so I’m quite (C) worried.
8. Bradford highlights Diana’s complex (A) personality and particular (B) her paradoxical (C) attitude to fame.
9. His father was a diver (A) and used to be going (B) beneath the vessels to repair the damage (C) below the waterline.
10. Tens of thousands (A) died of the Plague, who (B) was finally swept away (C) by the Great Fire of London in 1666.
II. CLOZE TEST
In the following text there are 10 missing words and phrases. Select the correct choice from the list after the text for each blank.
Camel – drawn carts and brightly clad women carrying shallow ==1== of food on their heads usually dominate traffic in the Indian village. But on Friday evening, the village played ==2== to a jarring new visitor: Nokia’s travelling mobile phone van. Hundreds of spectators, most men and boys between the ages of 15 and 50, ==3== outside or squeezed into the van, hoping to win free merchandise like a Nokia – branded hat.
Mobile phone usage is ==4== faster in India than anywhere else in the world, with some six million customers ==5==every month. Large cities and many medium – sized towns are already blanketed with retail ==6==, and competition among manufacturers and carriers is fierce.
Nokia has sent two dozen vans staffed with sales representatives on continuous six-month treks through the countryside. The sales reps don’t take orders and they don’t sell phones ==7==, their task is to explain why anyone in a small farming ==8==would want a mobile phone in the first place, and a Nokia in particular. The ==9== resembles the trucks which carry carnival games to country ==10==, but with cell phones behind glass instead of balloons and darts.
1. (A) bowls (B) boles (C) bales (D) balls
2. (A) owner (B) host (C) landlord (D) master
3. (A) convened (B) summoned (C) gathered (D) accumulated
4. (A) arousing (B) arising (C) rising (D) raising
5. (A) added (B) attached (C) appended (D) adjoined
6. (A) outposts (B) outskirts (C) outhouses (D) outlets
7. (A) instead (B) by contrast (C) as a result (D) unlike
8. (A) company (B) congregation (C) parish (D) community
9. (A) vehicle (B) conveyance (C) vessel (D) transport
10. (A) fanfares (B) fairs (C) fares (D) demonstrations
III. PARAPHRASE
In sentences below complete (B) by paraphrasing (A) and preserving the original meaning.
1. (A) My car broke down yesterday, so I couldn’t give him a lift to the station.
(B) If…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. (A) As soon as the secretary entered the office, the phone rang.
(B) Hardly ……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (A) I wouldn’t drive at night, John, if I were you, said Sarah.
(B) Sarah advised …………………………………………………………………………………...
4. (A) I am sorry I didn’t tell him the truth about his health.
(B) I regret………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (A) It was necessary to lift the car on to a breakdown truck after the accident.
(B) After the accident the car ………………………………………………………………………..
6. (A) This flat is too small for my family
(B) This flat is not ……………………………………………………………………………………..
7. (A) Mike doesn’t like ice cream as much as his sister.
(B) Mike’s sister………………………………………………………………………........................
8. (A) They say the Princess is staying incognito at the Hilton
(B) The Princess …………………………………………………………………………………….
9. (A) It was a mistake to invite Jane to the party last weekend.
(B) Jane should ……………………………………………………………………………………...
10. (A) “Well, if you really do want to wear this awful skirt, I can’t stop you”, Jason told his wife.
(B) Jason said……………………………………………………………………………………........
(B) Jason said……………………………………………………………………………………........
