INITIAL TEST IX

LIMBA ENGLEZ INTENSIV

7 SEPTEMBRIE 2005 LICEUL TEORETIC NICOLAE BLCESCU
I. Choos !h "o##"! $o#%&
1. He came to the party ____ he hadnt been invited.
a) even b) although c) in spite
2. I wasnt ____ to reach the shelf.
a) enough tall b) so tall c) tall enough
3. He was happy because he ____ the lottery.
a) won b) has won c) had won
. ____ boo!s ____ help me much.
a) this"doesnt b) these"dont c) this"dont
#. If I ____ the lottery$ I would buy a big house.
a) win b) will win c) won
%. &e are very worried ____ 'om.
a) about b) for c) at
(. 'his is the boy ____ father is a mayor.
a) whose b) whos c) who
). *ou cannot win a ____ if you dont even participate.
a) price b) reward c) pri+e
,. I ____ to contact -ohn for a wee!$ but in vain.
a) am trying b) have tried c) have been trying
1.. 'he air ____ by a factory when I lived there.
a) is polluted b) polluted c) was polluted
11. It was ____ good film that I watched it twice.
a) so b) such a c) such
12. Ive lost my pen. I have to loo! ____ it.
a) after b) at c) for
13. /y friends ____ me a visit yesterday.
a) paid b) have paid c) pay
1. ____ I help you with the coo!ing0
a) &ill b) 1hall c) 2m
1#. He hasnt left the office ____ .
a) yet b) 3ust c) before
1%. 4How long have you been wor!ing here05 4____ si6 months.5
a) 1ince b) 7rom c) 7or
1(. 8verything in this room is wet from the rain. I ____ the windows.
a) should have shut b) must have shut c) should shut
1). 'his is the town ____ I was born.
a) that b) who c) where
1,. I thin! this is the ____ boo! I have ever read.
a) most interesting b) more interesting c) most interested
2.. I ____ a lot of cartoons when I was five.
a) used to watch b) have watched c) had watched
21. &ould you be ____ !ind to help me with the luggage0
a) very b)so c) much
22. 'his dress is ____ long for me to wear.
a) too b) so c) enough
23. He doesnt drive as ____ as I do.
a) good b) better c) well
2. *ou ____ come to this course. Its optional.
a) mustnt b) dont have to c) cant
2#. 9ets meet ____ 1aturday.
a) on b) in c) at
2%. I didnt ____ you yesterday. &hat happened0
a) see b) saw c)seen
2(. He told me he ____ soon.
a) will arrive b) would arrive c) arrives
2). I cant do this e6ercise. I wish I ____ more attention in class.
a) had paid b) paid c) would have paid
2,. If I had !nown you were in town$ I ____ you.
a) would visit b) would have visited c) visited
3.. I must give ____ smo!ing.
a) off b) out c) up
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II. Us !h "o##"! $o#% o$ !h -#. *+ .#/"0!s&
1. &hen 'om '"o%, to our house last night we 'h/-, dinner$ so we invited him to 3oin us.
2. /y brother usually 's!123, very little$ but now he '#/2, a lot for that 8nglish test.
3. 'he teacher told me I '+o! 4o#0, hard anymore.
. /y parents are already mad at me. 'hey '., much happier if I '4o#0, harder.
#. /y mother '4o#0, here for ten years. 1he really li!es it.
%. If you 's, 1am$ tell him about my new car.
(. &hen I got home I '2*s"o-#, that somebody '.#/0, into my flat.
). 4:n /onday my father '5*-, me ;2..5 4'hats wonderful<5 4=o$ it isnt. I '/6#/237s)+2, it.5
,. He told me he '+8o3, his trip with us. &e should get together again.
1.. I wish I '0+o4, the answer to the >uestion$ but I dont.
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III. R/2 !h*s !:! /+2 !h*+0 o$ / 4o#2 4h*"h .s! $*!s /"h s)/". Us o+63 o+ 4o#2
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1ome pets can ?1)____ e6tremely dangerous. 2 7rench woman was delighted ?2) ____ receive a
'amagotchi @ a -apanese electronic pet @ from her daughter$ ?3) ____ had got bored with it. 'he girl
e6plained to her mother ?) ____ the toy wor!edA 4&hen the 'amagotchi ma!es ?#) ____ noise$ you have
to feed it or play a little game until the pet ?%) ____ happy again.5 'he woman really li!ed the toy and too!
?() ____ everywhere she went. ?)) ____ day$ she was in her car on the busy motorway ?,) ____ goes
around Baris. 'he 'amagotchi started beeping and she got it ?1.) ____ of her poc!et and began to feed it.
Cnfortunately she too! ?11) ____ eyes off the road. 2 car in front of her ?12) ____ to stop suddenly and the
woman crashed into the bac! of it. Her car ?13) ____ totally destroyed$ and the woman was ta!en ?1) ____
hospital. &hen her daughter came to visit her$ her first >uestion was ?1#) ____ the 'amagotchi was all
right.
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