LIMBA ENGLEZA MAEI

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I ______ English this year.
a. study
b. am studying
c. studied
____ 2. Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ a good time? I hope you ______ the party.
a. do you have, are liking
b. are you having, like
c. don’t you have, liked
____ 3. Choose the most appropriate variant:
How often ______ to the theatre?
a. do you go
b. are you going
c. you go
____ 4. Choose the most appropriate variant:
This meat ________ awfully bad.
a. is smelling
b. smell
c. smells
____ 5. Choose the most appropriate variant:
What _______? She _________ . Actually she ________ a lot during the holidays.
a. does she, is reading, read
b. does she do, reads, is reading
c. is she doing, is reading, reads
____ 6. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We ______ home when the rain _______.
a. will go, will stop
b. go, will stop
c. will go, stops
____ 7. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They ________ on the beach at this time next week.
a. will lying
b. will be lying
c. will lie
____ 8. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The train for Budapest _______ at 6 a.m.
a. is going to leave
b. will leave
c. leaves
____ 9. Choose the most appropriate variant:
By 2010 I _______ .
a. will have graduated
b. shall graduate
c. am going to graduate
____ 10. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I have already talked to him, we ______ at 9.30 tonight.
a. will meet
b. will have met
c. are meeting
____ 11. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I think I haven’t seen a good film for _______ .
a. ages
b. last year
c. month
____ 12. Choose the most appropriate variant:
John and Fred don’t talk to ______; they had an argument the other day.
a. one another
b. each other
c. the other
____ 13.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
She hasn’t spoken to her brother ______ she came back from London.
a. after
b. before
c. since
____ 14. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In our village people are very friendly, they often help ______ .
a. one another
b. each other
c. themselves
____ 15.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ I close the window? You are shivering.
a. may
b. shall
c. must
____ 16.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
Students are not allowed _______ in the classroom.
a. smoking
b. to smoke
c. smoke
____ 17. Choose the most appropriate variant:
“Where have you been? I ______ for you for more than an hour.
a. have been waiting
b. am waiting
c. waited
____ 18. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you think the price is too high, you _____ buy that house.
a. daren’t
b. needn’t
c. may not
____ 19. Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ to the office when you witnessed the accident?
a. did you go
b. have you gone
c. were you going
____ 20. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I really did not understand why ______ so loudly.
a. he was speaking
b. did he speak
c. was he speaking
____ 21. Choose the most appropriate variant:
My brother is _____ in his class.
a. most tall
b. taller
c. the tallest
____ 22. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We have ______ coffee, I think it will be enough for breakfast.
a. little
b. a little
c. a few
____ 23. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Have you read _____ books the teacher told us about?
a. the
b. a
c. that
____ 24. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’d rather go home, there’s ______ interesting here.
a. everybody
b. nobody
c. anybody
____ 25. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’ve never visited ______ beautiful places before.
a. so
b. that
c. such
____ 26. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Oh, I’ve forgotten to buy ______ milk.
a. little
b. some
c. a few
____ 27. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Everybody hopes ______ honest people in the parliament.
a. they are
b. there are
c. that are
____ 28. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We can meet at 6p.m., I hope ______ work by then.
a. will finish
b. will be finishing
c. will have finished
____ 29. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Unfortunately he is feeling ______ today.
a. worse
b. worst
c. bed
____ 30. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Why are the kids outside at this late hour? They ______ to bed before 10 o’clock.
a. must have gone
b. should have gone
c. needn’t have gone
____ 31. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Please hurry up, you ______ to finish this work today.
a. should
b. ought
c. must
____ 32. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Vegetarians are people ______ don’t eat meat.
a. who
b. which
c. whose
____ 33. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They had a very comfortable tent so they ______ to book hotel rooms.
a. needn’t have
b. didn’t need
c. should have
____ 34. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Let’s not buy a new computer, I ______ by a specialist.
a. will repair the old one
b. will have repaired the old one
c. will have the old one repaired
____ 35. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They ______ when I arrived and I couldn’t tell them the good news.
a. left
b. had left
c. have left
____ 36. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can call me at about 5 p.m., I _______ nothing at that hour.
a. will be doing
b. will do
c. will have done
____ 37. Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ of the students liked the course.
a. no
b. any
c. none
____ 38. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Nowadays an average family has ______ children than one hundred years ago.
a. less
b. fewer
c. many
____ 39. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The girl looked for her two little brothers but she could find ______ of them.
a. neither
b. none
c. any
____ 40. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They’ll bring us a present if they come, ______ ?
a. don’t they
b. will they
c. won’t they
____ 41. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I was asked to feed my ______ dogs today.
a. friend sister’s
b. sister’s friend’s
c. sister’s friend
____ 42. Choose the most appropriate variant:
“Where’s father?” “I’m not sure but he ______ to the office.
a. could go
b. must have gone
c. may have gone
____ 43. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They ______ before the wedding.
a. had their house decorated
b. used to decorate
c. had decorating their house
____ 44. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I love ______ classical music.
a. a
b. the
c. __
____ 45. Choose the most appropriate variant:
This is certainly ____ most ridiculous story I have ever heard!
a. a
b. the
c. __
____ 46. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Get up , everybody! ___ breakfast is ready!
a. a
b. the
c. __
____ 47. Choose the most appropriate variant:
___ Mississippi is ___ longest river in ___ North America.
a. a, the, the
b. the, the, ___
c. __ , the, ___
____ 48. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Instead of playing ___ football you’d better play ____ piano!
a. the, the
b. the, ___
c. __, the
____ 49. Choose the most appropriate variant:
___ English speak ___ English.
a. an, the
b. the, ___
c. __, ___
____ 50. Choose the most appropriate variant:
When I go to ___ school I pass by ___ church.
a. a, a
b. the, the
c. __, a
____ 51. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’m sorry, but you’re too late. She ______ .
a. ‘s just gone out
b. ‘d just gone out
c. ‘ll just go out
____ 52. Choose the most appropriate variant:
“_____ Jane today?” “No, but I ____ last night.”
a. Did you see, had seen
b. Have you seen, saw
c. Will you see, have seen
____ 53. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I ____ very disappointed. Your last school report was a disaster.
a. feel
b. fell
c. fill
____ 54. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Shakespeare ____ “Romeo and Juliet”.
a. has written
b. wrote
c. had written
____ 55. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I ____ in Bucharest for three months.
a. am living
b. have been living
c. am leaving
____ 56. Choose the most appropriate variant:
These books are too expensive for we to buy now, but we’ll come back latter.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 57. Choose the most appropriate variant:
People respected him because he was a honest man and a great friend.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 58. Choose the most appropriate variant:
When I arrived she was lying in the sun next to the pool.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 59. Choose the most appropriate variant:
It has been long time since we last met, isn’t it?
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 60. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Henry has got married yesterday .
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 61. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Mouses are afraid of cats, don’t they?
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 62. Choose the most appropriate variant:
My grandparents who live in the country have a lot of chickens, gooses and ducks.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 63. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Good evening, ladyes and gentlemens!
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 64. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The cart was pulled by a pair of oxen.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 65. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The informations we received were wrong.
a. The sentence contains one mistake
b. The sentence contains two mistakes
c. The sentence contains no mistakes
____ 66. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. Why is the baby being so noisy?
b. I hate rainy days.
c. Water is consisting of oxygen and hydrogen.
____ 67. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the correct sentence:
a. The soup is tasting a little salty.
b. Don’t disturb her, she’s having dinner.
c. Don’t disturb her, she has dinner.
____ 68. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. I’ll visit you when I come to Bucharest.
b. As soon as the rain will stop we can go to the park.
c. If tomorrow I have time I’ll help you.
____ 69. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. The verbs do, have, be are not normally used in the progressive form.
b. The verbs remember, know, be are not normally used in the progressive form.
c. The verbs be, prefer, love are not normally used in the progressive form.
____ 70. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. She helps her sister on weekdays.
b. She is helping her sister right now.
c. She is helping her sister very often.
____ 71. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. “When do you meet her?” “At 10 p.m.”
b. I’m seeing my friends tomorrow evening.
c. I will have finished my exams by the end of the month.
____ 72. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which sentence refers to a planned future event?
a. You’re going to have an accident if you drive so fast.
b. I think it will rain tomorrow.
c. We’re spending our summer holidays in Greece.
____ 73. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the correct sentence:
a. If you will eat so many sweets you will get fat.
b. We are throwing a party next weekend, would you like to come?
c. By the time the guests arrive, I will finish cooking.
____ 74. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The earth moves round its own ______ .
a. axes
b. axis
c. axe
____ 75. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The doctor advised him to go to a ______ .
a. sanatory
b. sanatoria
c. sanatorium
____ 76. Choose the most appropriate variant:
There were a lot of _____ in the field.
a. sheep
b. ships
c. sheeps
____ 77. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Trees lose their ______ in autumn.
a. leafs
b. leaves
c. leafes
____ 78. Choose the most appropriate variant:
They bought new _______ for all the rooms of the house.
a. furniture
b. furnitures
c. piece of furniture
____ 79. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I must go to the dentist’s, I have a terrible _______ .
a. teethache
b. toothache
c. toothpain
____ 80. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Thank you for your precious _______ .
a. advice
b. advices
c. advise
____ 81. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The government promised that the economic _______ would end soon.
a. crise
b. crisis
c. crises
____ 82. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A score of people means _______ .
a. twelve people
b. twenty people
c. one hundred people.
____ 83. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you spend a fortnight in a place you stay there for _______ .
a. a month
b. a week
c. two weeks
____ 84. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’ll call you in a couple of days means that I’ll call you _________ .
a. in two days
b. in a few days
c. in a week
____ 85. Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ were present at the protest meeting.
a. three thousands people
b. three thousand people
c. three thousands peoples
____ 86. Choose the most appropriate variant:
“How much did he pay?” “ ______ “
a. two million lei
b. two millions lei
c. two millions leis
____ 87. Choose the most appropriate variant:
1 inch measures ______.
a. 1.56 cm
b. 3.14 cm
c. 2.54 cm
____ 88. Choose the most appropriate variant:
1 mile measures ______ .
a. 0.8 km
b. 1.6 km
c. 2.5 km
____ 89. Choose the most appropriate variant:
She _______ when we arrived at the hospital.
a. was operated on
b. was being operated on
c. was operating on
____ 90.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’m sure we _______ to his birthday party.
a. ‘ll be invited
b. ‘ll been invited
c. ‘ll be inviting
____ 91. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The children were ______ by their grandmother.
a. taken care
b. taken care of
c. taking care of
____ 92. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The food was so bad that it couldn’t ______ .
a. be eating
b. been eaten
c. be eaten
____ 93. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’m your best friend, ______ ?
a. aren’t I
b. am I not
c. isn’t it
____ 94. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We can’t win every game, ______ ?
a. can’t we
b. can we
c. don’t we
____ 95. Choose the most appropriate variant:
John, please stop making that noise, ______ ?
a. will you
b. don’t you
c. shall you
____ 96. Choose the most appropriate variant:
She loves her fiance very much, _____ ?
a. does she
b. doesn’t she
c. don’t she
____ 97.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
Everybody liked the idea, _____ ?
a. didn’t he
b. didn’t they
c. did everybody
____ 98. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Give me a hand with this box, _____ ?
a. can you
b. will you
c. don’t you
____ 99. Choose the most appropriate variant:
English is ______ by many people.
a. spoken
b. speaken
c. speaked
____ 100. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The information ____ correct.
a. is
b. are
____ 101. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The news on the radio ____ worrying.
a. was
b. were
____ 102. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Where ____ the scissors?
a. is
b. are
____ 103. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The crowd _____ cheering the speaker.
a. is
b. are
____ 104. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The crowd ______ cheering the speaker.
a. is
b. are
____ 105. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The gang of robbers ______ arrested last night.
a. was
b. were
____ 106. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The play will begin after the audience ______ .
a. settles itself
b. settle themselves
____ 107. Choose the most appropriate variant:
This class ______ the best in the school.
a. is
b. are
____ 108. Choose the most appropriate variant:
His family _______ very angry with him.
a. is
b. are
____ 109.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
My favourite football team ______ tonight.
a. play
b. plays
____ 110.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
The cattle _______ entering the farm yard.
a. is
b. are
____ 111.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
Our group _______ of 25 students.
a. consist
b. consists
____ 112. Choose the most appropriate variant:
He’s given me ________.
a. a precious advice
b. a precious piece of advice
____ 113. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We’ve had _________ at the seaside!
a. such good weather
b. such a good weather
____ 114. Choose the most appropriate variant:
He wants to read something. Buy him ________
a. a paper
b. some paper
____ 115. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The information ________ to be correct.
a. don’t seem
b. doesn’t seem
____ 116. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Have you got _________ ?
a. many luggages
b. much luggage
____ 117. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Why _______ the police here?
a. is
b. are
____ 118. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. The verb CAN can be used to express permission.
b. The verb CAN can be used to express ability.
c. The verb CAN can be used to express certainty.
____ 119. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. The verb MAY can be replaced by TO BE ALLOWED TO.
b. The verb MAY can be replaced by TO BE ABLE TO.
c. The verb MAY can be replaced by TO BE PERMITTED TO.
____ 120. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. The verb MUST can be used to express obligation.
b. The verb MUST can be used to express ability.
c. The verb MUST can be used to express certainty.
____ 121. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The enumeration containing an incorrect word is:
a. oxen, studied, babies, hitting
b. tomatoes, cried, pianoes, putting
____ 122. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The enumeration containing an incorrect word is:
a. partyes, died, came, flies
b. forgotten, children, shopping, ladies
____ 123. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The enumeration containing an incorrect word is:
a. higher, less, the worst, the eldest
b. the oldest, the farest, bigger, nicer
____ 124. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In the sentence My phone number is 314 05 06, the figure 0 is pronounced:
a. [nil]
b. [oh]
c. [zirou]
____ 125. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In the sentences The final score of the match was 0 – 0., the figure 0 is pronounced:
a. [nil]
b. [oh]
c. [zirou]
____ 126. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In the sentence The temperature is 5 degrees below 0., the figure 0 is pronounced:
a. [nil]
b. [oh]
c. [zirou]
____ 127. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The bags were very heavy and when we reached the chalet we found a restaurant.
a. I know, we didn’t need to prepare so much food.
b. I know, we needn’t have prepared so much food.
____ 128. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You mistook the dates of the two meetings.
a. I’m sorry, I had to check in my agenda.
b. I’m sorry, I should have checked in my agenda.
____ 129. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Such a terrible accident and nobody was hurt!
a. I know, we should have died.
b. I know, we could have died.
____ 130. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I _____ go home, it’s getting late.
a. might
b. should
c. need
____ 131.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
She _____ overslept, last night I set the alarm clock myself.
a. mustn’t have
b. shouldn’t have
c. couldn’t have
____ 132. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I did my best but the car _____ .
a. will not start.
b. can’t start
c. shall not start
____ 133.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
He wants to know if he _____ to make a suggestion.
a. is able
b. is allowed
c. is about
____ 134. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In autumn you _____ water the plants every day, it rains quite often.
a. needn’t
b. mustn’t
c. shouldn’t
____ 135. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’m sorry, I’m not _____ to tell you more.
a. in a position
b. in the position
c. in position
____ 136. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Keep him _____, he’s very dangerous!
a. at distance
b. at the distance
c. at a distance
____ 137.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
He is not the best in his class, but ______ his results are acceptable.
a. on average
b. on the average
c. on an average
____ 138. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Travelling ______ is very expensive .
a. by the plane
b. by plane
c. by a plane
____ 139. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The workers will go _____ if they don’t receive their salaries.
a. on strike
b. on a strike
c. on the strike
____ 140. Choose the most appropriate variant:
My son draws ____ well, everybody praises him.
a. real
b. really
c. realy
____ 141. Choose the most appropriate variant:
How are you? I hope you’re _____ .
a. well
b. good
c. finely.
____ 142. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Babies’ skin is very _____ .
a. sensible
b. sensitive.
c. sensibly
____ 143.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
_____ hand do you write with, left or right?
a. what
b. which
c. whose
____ 144. Choose the most appropriate variant:
_____ student received a different homework.
a. each
b. every
c. all
____ 145. Choose the most appropriate variant:
______ student in the group liked her.
a. each
b. every
c. all
____ 146.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
_____ kind of mobile phone have you got?
a. what
b. which
c. whose
____ 147. Choose the most appropriate variant:
All I need to start a business is _____ pounds.
a. a few thousand
b. a few thousands
c. few thousands
____ 148. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I’ve told you _____ times not to be late any more.
a. a million
b. millions
c. billion
____ 149. Choose the most appropriate variant:
____ she could do was wait.
a. All
b. Everything
c. Nothing
____ 150.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
She _____ a whale so far.
a. didn’t see
b. hasn’t seen
c. won’t have seen
____ 151. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The following newspaper headline : Madonna to Marry a French? Hollywood Sensation!
a. contains no mistake
b. contains one mistake
c. contains two mistakes
____ 152. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The following newspaper headline: Iraqian Delegation Meets Pakistanian President
a. contains no mistake
b. contains one mistake
c. contains two mistakes
____ 153. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The following newspaper headline: Vietnamian Refugees Leave Hong Kong Camps
a. contains no mistake
b. contains one mistake
c. contains two mistakes
____ 154. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The following newspaper headline: Britains Have Highest Tax Rate in EU
a. contains no mistake
b. contains one mistake
c. contains two mistakes
____ 155. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The following newspaper headline: Police Arrest Danish on Smuggling Charge
a. contains no mistake
b. contains one mistake
c. contains two mistakes
____ 156. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In the Netherlands people speak:
a. Danish
b. Dutch
c. Netherlandese
____ 157. Choose the most appropriate variant:
My godmother is:
a. my husband’s mother
b. the one who baptised me
c. my father’s second wife
____ 158. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which word is not a synonym for intelligent:
a. smart
b. clever
c. extroverted
____ 159. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which pair is not written correctly:
a. deep – deepth
b. wide – width
c. long – length
____ 160. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Your wife’ s sister is:
a. your step sister
b. your sister in law
c. your half sister
____ 161. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A person you can rely on is a ______ person.
a. trustworthy
b. argumentative
c. courteous
____ 162. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A person who is not polite is a(n) _______ person.
a. obstinate
b. discorteous
c. eccentric
____ 163. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which sentence contains an incorrect verb:
a. You can study / follow a course.
b. You can sit / pass an examination.
c. You can take / fail a test.
____ 164. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The correct translation for the sentence Voi da un examen luna viitoare. is:
a. I will give an exam next month.
b. I will sit an exam next month.
c. I will take an exam next month.
____ 165. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which word cannot form an expression with the noun school:
a. boarding
b. leaver
c. master’s
____ 166. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which word cannot form an expression with the noun course:
a. crash
b. school
c. correspondence
____ 167. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you are ill you can stay at home:
a. on strike
b. on disease holiday
c. on sick leave
____ 168. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you are made redundant it means that you will ________ .
a. get a bonus
b. be unemployed
c. be promoted
____ 169. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Workers’ interests are represented by _________.
a. labour unions
b. work associations
c. trade groups
____ 170. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Blue collar workers work in_______ .
a. banks
b. factories
c. market research companies
____ 171. Choose the most appropriate variant:
White collar workers work ________.
a. in offices
b. on building sites
c. in the field
____ 172. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In a house you should find the cutlery in _______ .
a. the bathroom
b. the kitchen
c. the bedroom
____ 173. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In a house you should find the peg in _______ .
a. the living room
b. the basement
c. the entrance hall
____ 174. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A cottage is _______ .
a. an luxurious villa
b. a small house in the country
c. a house joined to one other house
____ 175. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A remote place is a _________ place.
a. far away
b. uninhabited
c. strange
____ 176. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Sleet is ________ .
a. a mixture of fog and pollution
b. a mixture of rain and snow
c. a strong destructive wind
____ 177. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If the weather is chilly you should wear ________ .
a. sun glasses
b. gloves
c. a sweater
____ 178. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A short rain is sometimes called ________ .
a. a blizzard
b. a shower
c. a drought
____ 179. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The problem with plastics is that they are not ______ and cannot be reabsorbed by earth.
a. recyclable
b. biodegradable
c. renewable
____ 180. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The formation of a layer of gasses trapped in the earth’s atmosphere, which prevents heat from
escaping is known as ______ .
a. desertification effect
b. depletion effect
c. greenhouse effect
____ 181. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Merchandise can be transported by ________ .
a. a freight train
b. a commuters’ train
c. an express train
____ 182. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A ________ travels by sea.
a. chopper
b. tanker
c. lorry
____ 183. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A ________ travels by land.
a. ferry
b. liner
c. van
____ 184. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Rotterdam is a major European ______ .
a. port
b. harbour
c. resort
____ 185. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The children were taken on a(n) _________ by their teacher.
a. journey
b. excursion
c. trips
____ 186. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The irrigation _______ kept the land fertile in spite of the drought
a. channels
b. canals
c. cannels
____ 187. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I sailed both across the English ________and the Suez _______.
a. Channel, Canal
b. Canal, Channel
c. Channel, Channel
____ 188. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A century ago a ______ from Europe to America could last for a few months.
a. voyage
b. trip
c. movement
____ 189. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The novels are based on his ________ to India.
a. excursions
b. travels
c. tours
____ 190. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A _______ is any act of travelling.
a. trip
b. journey
c. voyage
____ 191. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The secretary told me that he was gone to London on a business_______.
a. voyage
b. trip
c. excursion
____ 192.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
This car is very ______ it consumes very little fuel.
a. economic
b. economical
c. economy
____ 193. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The war was followed by a serious ________ crisis.
a. economic
b. economical
c. economy
____ 194. Choose the most appropriate variant:
_________ is contagious.
a. pneumonia
b. smallpox
c. ulcer
____ 195. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you cough and sneeze you may suffer from ________ .
a. influenza
b. rheumatism
c. mumps
____ 196.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
Please, give me an aspirin. I have a terrible ________ .
a. headpain
b. headache
c. head disease
____ 197. Choose the most appropriate variant:
That green dress _______ the girl with the blonde hair.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
____ 198.
Choose the most appropriate variant:
The green of her dress _______ the green of her eyes.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
____ 199. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The green dress _______ her properly now as she’s lost some weight.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
____ 200. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can buy bread from the _______ .
a. dairy
b. bakery
c. grocery
____ 201. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can buy cakes from the ________ .
a. stationery
b. greengrocery
c. confectionery
____ 202. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which product is associated with the wrong recipient?
a. a box of matches
b. a crate of cigarettes
c. a jar of honey
____ 203. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If a student works part time he receives _________ .
a. wages
b. salary
c. dividends
____ 204. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A mortgage is _______ .
a. a loan to purchase property
b. an important financial document
c. the money chargeable for a loan
____ 205. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If a product is no good you can take it back to the shop and receive a ________ .
a. bonus
b. reimbursement
c. present
____ 206. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you have some money in your account you are ______ .
a. in the black
b. in the red
c. in the green
____ 207. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you have withdrawn more money than you had in your account you are _______ .
a. in the black
b. in the red
c. in the green
____ 208. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If last year you paid too much tax you are entitled to______________ this year .
a. a tax interest
b. a tax rebate
c. a tax bonus
____ 209. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The collective noun poultry refers to ________ .
a. domestic birds
b. domestic animals
c. domestic birds and animals
____ 210. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The translation of which sentence does not contain the word game?
a. Daca vrei sa mancam vanat stiu un restaurant bun.
b. Mi-am amintit un joc din copilarie.
c. La ora de muzaica vom invata despre game.
____ 211. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect sentence:
a. Apricots, cherries and pears are fruit.
b. The celery, the cucumber and the pineapple are vegetables.
c. The rosemary, the dill and the parsley are herbs.
____ 212. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Tonic water tastes ________ .
a. sour
b. salty
c. bitter
____ 213. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Before a show artists go to _________ .
a. repetitions
b. rehearsals
c. revisions
____ 214. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Any orchestra needs a ________ .
a. conductor
b. director
c. chef
____ 215. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect enumeration:
a. You can play golf / football / iceskating.
b. You can go skiing / sailing / walking.
____ 216. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the incorrect enumeration:
a. You can play tennis / baseball / soccer.
b. You can go dancing / volleyball / fishing.
____ 217. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can play football on a _______ .
a. court
b. pitch
c. rink
____ 218. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can play tennis on a _______ .
a. ground
b. court
c. ring
____ 219. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The police blamed football _______ for vandalism.
a. opponents
b. supporters
c. audience
____ 220. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Olympic Games require locations capable of seating a large number of ______ .
a. contestants
b. opponents
c. spectators.
____ 221. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A tabloid is a newspaper that focuses on ________ .
a. economic news
b. sensation news
c. cartoons
____ 222. Choose the most appropriate variant:
He ______ he wanted to leave earlier.
a. said
b. told
c. talked
____ 223. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We really have to ______ this matter over.
a. speak
b. talk
c. chat
____ 224. Choose the most appropriate variant:
We had a very pleasant _____ over a cup of coffee.
a. speech
b. conversation
c. word
____ 225. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Try to be more concise, your report is too _______ .
a. informal
b. informative
c. informational
____ 226. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The anthem of the European Union was composed by ____________ .
a. Joseph Sebastian Bach
b. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. Freddie Mercury
____ 227. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The official name of European Union was given by _________ .
a. the Treaty of Paris
b. the Treaty of Amsterdam
c. the Treaty of Maastricht
____ 228. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The European Union has ____ members.
a. 15
b. 25
c. 27
____ 229. The correct matching of the two columns is:
1. a crowd of a. thieves
2. a bunch of b. cows
3. a team of c. sheep
4. a gang of d. specialists
5. a chain of e. flowers
6. a pack of f. people
7. a herd of g. bees
8. a shoal of h. mountains
9. a swarm of i. wolves
10. a flock of j. fish
a. 1f 2e 3d 4a 5h 6i 7b 8j 9g 10c
b. 1f 2d 3b 4a 5g 6c 7e 8h 9j 10i
c. 1f 2e 3d 4h 5b 6j 7a 8c 9i 10g
____ 230. The correct matching of the two columns is:
1. to apply a. a living
2. to go b. shortlisted
3. to make c. in shifts
4. to take d. redundant
5. to be e. on strike
6. to be made f. on a job
7. to work g. for a job
a. 1e 2b 3d 4c 5g 6a 7f
b. 1g 2e 3a 4f 5b 6d 7c
c. 1g 2e 3b 4f 5a 6c 7d
____ 231. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The number of stars on the European Union flag _____ with the number of EU Member States
a. coincides
b. does not coincide
____ 232. Choose the most appropriate variant:
For the Romanians, European citizenship means that ________ .
a. they can study European languages in school
b. they can live and work anywhere in the Union
c. they can go on trips abroad
____ 233. The correct matching of the two columns is:
1. You must come. a. Poti veni.
2. You can’t have come. b.Nu a fost nevoie sa vii.
3. You needn’t have come. c. Trebuie sa vii.
4. You should have come. d. Nu era nevoie sa vii.
5. You didn’t need to come. e. Trebuie sa fi venit.
6. You may come. f. Nu se poate sa fi venit.
7. You must have come. g. Ar fi trebuit sa vii.
a. 1f 2g 3a 4d 5c 6e 7b
b. 1c 2f 3d 4g 5b 6a 7e
c. 1c 2f 3b 4e 5d 6a 7g
____ 234. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The first supranational organization set up in Europe after World War II was ____ .
a. The European Commission
b. The European Coal and Steel Community
c. The European Economic Community
____ 235. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The European idea is about establishing a union of democratic states having the same Christian
religion.
a. true
b. false
____ 236. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I have been living in this neighbourhood __________ .
a. 6 years ago
b. for 6 years
c. since 6 years
____ 237. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The European Union founding states are ________ .
a. France, Belgium, Cyprus, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands
b. Greece, Spain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
c. Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, The Netherlands
____ 238. Choose the most appropriate variant:
When you are introduced to somebody you should say ______ .
a. What do you do?
b. How do you do?
c. How are you?
____ 239. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you want to greet the dean of your faculty you can say ________ .
a. Hi, sir!
b. Best regards, sir!
c. Hello, sir!
____ 240. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A Curriculum Vitae should be accompanied by _____.
a. a covering letter
b. an intention letter
c. an informal letter
____ 241. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In the application letter you should clearly specify ________ .
a. the position you are interested in
b. the salary you would like to have
c. the year when you graduated
____ 242. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If you are in a shop and you want to try a pair of jeans on, you go to _______ .
a. the trying room
b. the changing room
c. the restroom
____ 243. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If a foreigner asks you for directions in English and you don’t know the answer you should say:
_______ .
a. I’m terribly sorry, I really don’t know.
b. I’d rather not answer that if you don’t mind.
c. Why don’t you buy a map?
____ 244. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Find the correct question:
a. What is the weather today?
b. What is the weather like today?
c. Which is the weather today?
____ 245. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which request is more formal?
a. Can I have the menu, please?
b. Could I have breakfast in my room, please?
c. The menu, please!
____ 246. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which request is more formal?
a. May I leave now, sir?
b. Can I leave now, sir?
c. I’ll leave now, ok?
____ 247. Choose the most appropriate variant:
When the customs officer asks you for your passport the most appropriate answer you can give
is:
a. Here you are, sir.
b. Take it, sir.
c. You’re welcome, sir.
____ 248. Choose the most appropriate variant:
When you have decided what to eat you can tell the waiter:
a. Come to our table, please!
b. We would like to order, please!
c. We would like to command, please!
____ 249. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You shouldn’t start a letter with the following word(s):
a. Dear Sir,
b. Gentlemen,
c. Dear Mister,
____ 250. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Choose the correct letter ending:
a. I am looking forward to hear from you.
b. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
c. I’m waiting forward to hear from you.