ENGLISH test 1

I. Choose the word or phrase (A. B. C or D) which best completes each sentence.
1. He was rather .......... me. He just said "No".
a. short with b. crude to c. rude with d. tactless to
2. I knew she wasn't going to like what I was going to say, so I tried to find a ..........
way of saying it.
a. ciil b. di!lomatic c. flattered d. well"mannered.
#. $on't you think it's rather .......... asking him to lend more money when you still haen't
!aid back what you'e already owed him%
a. cheeky b. hostile c. un!leasant d. crude
&. $on't be so ..........' (here did you learn such bad languages%
a. ill"mannered b. crude c. tactless d. nasty
). It's not ery.......... to talk with your mouth full.
a. tactful b. gentle c. !olite d. educated
*. I find his behaiour towards me +uite ........... . He treats me like an idiot.
a. offending b. insulting c. crude d. ill"mannered
,. I'm sorry about all the .......... things I said to you.
a. hostile b. abru!t c. nasty d. short
- .he interiew went ery well. /eryone was ery .......... to me.
a. !leasant b. flattering c. tactful d. di!lomatic
II. Fill each blank with the suitable form of the word given in brackets.
1. I lost my tem!er because he was being so .......... and was refusing to acce!t that he was
wrong, des!ite all the eidence. 0head1
2. 2he's so .......... that she won't let anything stand in the way of her ambition. 0mind1
#. Her sudden disa!!earance is rather ........... . 0!u33le1
&. I'm .......... as to how such a thing could hae ha!!ened. 0bewilder1
). .he instructions are ery.......... . I can't tell what I'm su!!osed to do. 0confuse1
*. .he !olice were .......... .(hy should anyone want to steal a waste !a!er basket% 0mystify1
III. Fill in the numbered blanks one missing word.
4ne ste! beyond automated machines is the 011........ robot, the heart and brain of which is
the microcom!uter. 021........ most automated machines, industrial robots can be !rogrammed to do
a 0#1........ of tasks that are usually accom!lished by human factory 0&1....... . 5ike their human
counter!arts, industrial robots can be switched 0)1........ one job to another and can be
!rogrammed to handle new 0*1........ . .hus far, robots hae found their greatest use in assembling
mechanical com!onents. 0,1........ they are swiftly branching from basic assembly o!erations to
construction and mining, and their glamorous use of all, the e6!loration of oceans and 0-1........
s!ace.
I. In the following passage! one word or two has been omitted from ever" line. Find and
write it after the word in front. #he first has been done for "ou as an e$ample%
7n enormous increase in urban deelo!ment go ahead
whateer we do, and we hae remember that the new cities deour
s!ace. 8eo!le now ac+uire far goods and things. .here is a greater
density of household goods9 they demand more serices as sewage
and drainage. 7boe the car changes eerything: rising incomes
an rising !o!ulations can urban car density increase
by something like four or fie !er cent in decade9 traffic flows
rise fill whateer scale of highways are !roided for them.
.he car tem!ts !eo!le further out and then gies the a!!alling
!roblem of getting back. It makes them beliee they s!end
2unday in ;righton, but it makes im!ossible for them to return
before two the morning. 8eo!le go further and further away to
reach o!en air and countryside, continuously recedes from
them, and just as working weeks decline and they begin to hae
more time leisure, they find they cannot get to the o!en s!aces or
the recreation or the beaches which now hae the time to enjoy.
1. deelo!ment
will
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. In each of the following e$tracts from a newspaper there is a misprint. Find the word
which is wrong and also write down which word should have been used instead. #&'# () *
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Example: >ardens dug, widows washed, and chimneys swe!t, in 2wansea area.
Answer: (idows " windows
1. He told !olice officers that he had met a man with a ginger bear in the !ub who had
offered him ?1==.
2. (e should all take care of our wildlife as, with the treat of a nuclear war hanging oer us,
we should be ha!!y while we can and try to !rotect all birds.
#. (ith escalating fuel bills it is essential that your home is !ro!erly insulted.
&. @orecast: some bright interals with shattered showers.
). Hae your Ahristmas dinner with us in our intimate restaurant with log fires burning and
good wood being sered.
*. Bnlike most cats, Crs. 8. e6!lained, hers"owing to an eye injury"could hardly !ee at all in
the dark.
,. /njoy our large airy rooms for small families. Home"ty!e food, diets catered for
2candinaian !astries, home"made !ies, country fresh eggs. Hos!ital is the aim here.
-. 2he lectures on nutrition and health. ;ut they say she is inconsistent and will eat fie
deserts in a sitting.
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I. -ewrite these sentences as similar as possible in meaning to original sentences!
using the word given. #his word must not be altered in an" wa".
1. Dou should think about the !rice before you decide whether to buy it or not.
consideration
2. He's not sure whether to go or not. minds
#. I'e considered the adantages and disadantages and I'e decided not to go. weighed
&. Aonsidering that she's only just started, she's doing ery well. bearing
). 2he's not sure whether she wants to marry him or not now. second
*. I was going to argue with him, but I decided that it was a bad idea. better
,. I'm thinking that I might leae the country, but I haen't decided yet. considering
-. (hen I agreed to do this, I didn't think that it would be so e6!ensie. ;argain
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Key to test
I.
1. 7 2. ; #. 7 &. ;
). A *. ; ,. A -. 7
II.
1. !ig"headed #. !u33ling ). confusing
2. single"minded &. bewildered *. mystified
III.
1. industrial #. ariety ). from ,. Howeer
2. Bnlike &. workers *. tasks -. outer
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2. hae to ,. in a 12. two in
#. far more -. rise to 1#. countryside, which
&. serices such <. gies them 1&. as their
). 7boe all 1=. they can 1). time for
*. can make 11. makes it 1*. which they
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1. bear beard 2. treat threat
#. insulted insulated &. shattered scattered
). wood food *. !ee see
,. Hos!ital Hos!itality -. deserts desserts
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1. Dou should take the !rice into consideration before you decide to buy it or not.
2. He's in two minds about whether to go or not.
#. I'e weighed 0u!1 the !ros and cons and I'e decided not to go.
&. ;earing in mind that she's only just started, she's doing ery well.
). 2he's haing second thoughts about marrying him now.
*. I was going to argue with him, but I thought better of it.
,. I'm considering leaing the country, but I haen't decided yet.
-. (hen I agreed to do this, I didn't bargain for it being so e6!ensie.
FII. @rom .# =)
1 " e 2" d # " e &" c
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14. D 15. B 16. D 17. C
18. N
19. YES 20 YES 21 NOT GIVEN 22 F 23 C
24 J 25 I 26 C




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