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English an1sem1
1. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I ______ English this year.
a. study
b. am studying
c. studied
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

3. Choose the most appropriate variant:


How often ______ to the theatre?
a. do you go
b. are you going
c. you go
ANS: A

4. Choose the most appropriate variant:


This meat ________ awfully bad.
a. is smelling
b. smell
c. smells
ANS: C

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
ANS: C

6. Choose the most appropriate variant:


We ______ home when the rain _______.
a. will go, will stop
b. go, will stop
c. will go, stops
ANS: C
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
ANS: B

8. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The train for Budapest _______ at 6 a.m.
a. is going to leave
b. will leave
c. leaves
ANS: C

9. Choose the most appropriate variant:


By 2010 I _______ .
a. will have graduated
b. shall graduate
c. am going to graduate
ANS: A

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
ANS: C

11. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I think I haven’t seen a good film for _______ .
a. ages
b. last year
c. month
ANS: A

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
ANS: B
13.Choose the most appropriate variant:
She hasn’t spoken to her brother ______ she came back from London.
a. after
b. before
c. since
ANS: C
14. Choose the most appropriate variant:
In our village people are very friendly, they often help ______ .
a. one another
b. each other
c. themselves
ANS: A

15.Choose the most appropriate variant:


______ I close the window? You are shivering.
a. may
b. shall
c. must
ANS: B

16.Choose the most appropriate variant:


Students are not allowed _______ in the classroom.
a. smoking
b. to smoke
c. smoke
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: A

21. Choose the most appropriate variant:


My brother is _____ in his class.
a. most tall
b. taller
c. the tallest
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

23. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Have you read _____ books the teacher told us about?
a. the
b. a
c. that
ANS: A

24. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I’d rather go home, there’s ______ interesting here.
a. everybody
b. nobody
c. anybody
ANS: B

25. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I’ve never visited ______ beautiful places before.
a. so
b. that
c. such
ANS: C

26. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Oh, I’ve forgotten to buy ______ milk.
a. little
b. some
c. a few
ANS: B

27. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Everybody hopes ______ honest people in the parliament.
a. they are
b. there are
c. that are
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

29. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Unfortunately he is feeling ______ today.
a. worse
b. worst
c. bed
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

31. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Please hurry up, you ______ to finish this work today.
a. should
b. ought
c. must
ANS: B

32. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Vegetarians are people ______ don’t eat meat.
a. who
b. which
c. whose
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

37. Choose the most appropriate variant:


______ of the students liked the course.
a. no
b. any
c. none
ANS: C

38. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Nowadays an average family has ______ children than one hundred years ago.
a. less
b. fewer
c. many
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

43. Choose the most appropriate variant:


They ______ before the wedding.
a. had their house decorated
b. used to decorate
c. had decorating their house
ANS: A
44. Choose the most appropriate variant:
I love ______ classical music.
a. a
b. the
c. __
ANS: C

45. Choose the most appropriate variant:


This is certainly ____ most ridiculous story I have ever heard!
a. a
b. the
c. __
ANS: B

46. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Get up , everybody! ___ breakfast is ready!
a. a
b. the
c. __
ANS: C
47. Choose the most appropriate variant:
___ Mississippi is ___ longest river in ___ North America.
a. a, the, the
b. the, the, ___
c. __ , the, ___
ANS: B

48. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Instead of playing ___ football you’d better play ____ piano!
a. the, the
b. the, ___
c. __, the
ANS: C

49. Choose the most appropriate variant:


___ English speak ___ English.
a. an, the
b. the, ___
c. __, ___
ANS: B

50. Choose the most appropriate variant:


When I go to ___ school I pass by ___ church.
a. a, a
b. the, the
c. __, a
ANS: C

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

53. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I ____ very disappointed. Your last school report was a disaster.
a. feel
b. fell
c. fill
ANS: A

54. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Shakespeare ____ “Romeo and Juliet”.
a. has written
b. wrote
c. had written
ANS: B

55. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I ____ in Bucharest for three months.
a. am living
b. have been living
c. am leaving
ANS: B

56. Choose the most appropriate variant:


These books are too expensive 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
ANS: A

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

66. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Find the correct sentence:
a. Why is the baby beeing so noisy?
b. I hate rainy days.
c. Water is consisting of oxygen and hydrogen.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: A

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.
ANS: C

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.
ANS: A

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.
ANS: C

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.
ANS: B

74. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The earth moves round its own ______ .
a. axes
b. axis
c. axe
ANS: B

75. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The doctor advised him to go to a ______ .
a. sanatory
b. sanatoria
c. sanatorium
ANS: C

76. Choose the most appropriate variant:


There were a lot of _____ in the field.
a. sheep
b. ships
c. sheeps
ANS: A

77. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Trees lose their ______ in autumn.
a. leafs
b. leaves
c. leafes
ANS: B

78. Choose the most appropriate variant:


They bought new _______ for all the rooms of the house.
a. furniture
b. furnitures
c. piece of furniture
ANS: A

79. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I must go to the dentist’s, I have a terrible _______ .
a. teethache
b. toothache
c. toothpain
ANS: B

80. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Thank you for your precious _______ .
a. advice
b. advices
c. advise
ANS: A
81. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The government promised that the economic _______ would end soon.
a. crise
b. crisis
c. crises
ANS: B

82. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A score of people means _______ .
a. twelve people
b. twenty people
c. one hundred people.
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: A

85. Choose the most appropriate variant:


______ were present at the protest meeting.
a. three thousands people
b. three thousand people
c. three thousands peoples
ANS: B

86. Choose the most appropriate variant:


“How much did he pay?” “ ______ “
a. two million lei
b. two millions lei
c. two millions leis
ANS: A
87. Choose the most appropriate variant:
1 inch measures ______.
a. 1.56 cm
b. 3.14 cm
c. 2.54 cm
ANS: C

88. Choose the most appropriate variant:


1 mile measures ______ .
a. 0.8 km
b. 1.6 km
c. 2.5 km
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

91. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The children were ______ by their grandmother.
a. taken care
b. taken care of
c. taking care of
ANS: B

92. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The food was so bad that it couldn’t ______ .
a. be eating
b. been eaten
c. be eaten
ANS: C

93. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I’m your best friend, ______ ?
a. aren’t I
b. am I not
c. isn’t it
ANS: A

94. Choose the most appropriate variant:


We can’t win every game, ______ ?
a. can’t we
b. can we
c. don’t we
ANS: B

95. Choose the most appropriate variant:


John, please stop making that noise, ______ ?
a. will you
b. don’t you
c. shall you
ANS: A

96. Choose the most appropriate variant:


She loves her fiance very much, _____ ?
a. does she
b. doesn’t she
c. don’t she
ANS: B

97.Choose the most appropriate variant:


Everybody liked the idea, _____ ?
a. didn’t he
b. didn’t they
c. did everybody
ANS: B

98. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Give me a hand with this box, _____ ?
a. can you
b. will you
c. don’t you
ANS: B

99. Choose the most appropriate variant:


English is ______ by many people.
a. spoken
b. speaken
c. speaked
ANS: A

100. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The information ____ correct.
a. is
b. are
ANS: A

101. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The news on the radio ____ worrying.
a. was
b. were
ANS: A

102. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Where ____ the scissors?
a. is
b. are
ANS: B

103. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The committee usually _____ their hands to vote “Yes”.
a. raises
b. raise
ANS: B

104. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The crowd ______ cheering the speaker.
a. is
b. are
ANS: B

105. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The gang of robbers ______ arrested last night.
a. was
b. were
ANS: B

106. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The play will begin after the audience ______ itself.
a. settles
b. settle
ANS: A

107. Choose the most appropriate variant:


This class ______ the best in the school.
a. is
b. are
ANS: B

108. Choose the most appropriate variant:


His family _______ close and it gets together every Sunday.
a. have always been
b. has always been
ANS: B

109.Choose the most appropriate variant:


My favourite football team ______ all its games so far.
a. has lost
b. have lost
ANS: A

110.Choose the most appropriate variant:


The cattle _______ entering the farm yard.
a. is
b. are
ANS: B

111.Choose the most appropriate variant:


Our group _______ of 25 students.
a. consist
b. consists
ANS: B

112. Choose the most appropriate variant:


He’s given me ________.
a. a precious advice
b. a precious piece of advice
ANS: B

113. Choose the most appropriate variant:


We’ve had _________ at the seaside!
a. such good weather
b. such a good weather
ANS: A

114. Choose the most appropriate variant:


He wants to read something. Buy him ________
a. a paper
b. some paper
ANS: A
115. Choose the most appropriate variant:
The information ________ to be correct.
a. don’t seem
b. doesn’t seem
ANS: B

116. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Have you got _________ ?
a. many luggages
b. much luggage
ANS: B

117. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Why _______ the police here?
a. is
b. are
ANS: B

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.
ANS: C

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.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: B

121. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The enumeration containing an incorrect word is:
a. oxen, studied, babies, hitting
b. tomatoes, cried, pianoes, putting
ANS: B

122. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The enumeration containing an incorrect word is:
a. partyes, died, came, flies
b. forgotten, children, shopping, ladies
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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]
ANS: B

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]
ANS: A

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]
ANS: C
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.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: B

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.
ANS: B

130. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I _____ go home, it’s getting late.
a. might
b. should
c. need
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: A

136. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Keep him _____, he’s very dangerous!
a. at distance
b. at the distance
c. at a distance
ANS: C

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
ANS: C

138. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Travelling ______ is very expensive .
a. by the plane
b. by plane
c. by a plane
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

140. Choose the most appropriate variant:


My son draws ____ well, everybody praises him.
a. real
b. really
c. realy
ANS: B

141. Choose the most appropriate variant:


How are you? I hope you’re _____ .
a. well
b. good
c. finely.
ANS: A

142. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Babies’ skin is very _____ .
a. sensible
b. sensitive.
c. sensibly
ANS: B

143.Choose the most appropriate variant:


_____ hand do you write with, left or right?
a. what
b. which
c. whose
ANS: B

144. Choose the most appropriate variant:


_____ student received a different homework.
a. each
b. every
c. all
ANS: A

145. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Practically ______ student in the group liked her.
a. each
b. every
c. all
ANS: B
146.Choose the most appropriate variant:
_____ kind of mobile phone have you got?
a. what
b. which
c. whose
ANS: A

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
ANS: A

148. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I’ve told you _____ times not to be late any more.
a. a million
b. millions
c. billion
ANS: A

149. Choose the most appropriate variant:


____ she could do was wait.
a. All
b. Everything
c. Nothing
ANS: A

150.Choose the most appropriate variant:


She _____ a whale so far.
a. didn’t see
b. hasn’t seen
c. won’t have seen
ANS: B

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
ANS: B
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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

156. Choose the most appropriate variant:


In the Netherlands people speak:
a. Danish
b. Dutch
c. Netherlandese
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

158. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Which word is not a synonym for intelligent:
a. smart
b. clever
c. extroverted
ANS: C
159. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Which pair is not written correctly:
a. deep – deepth
b. wide – width
c. long – length
ANS: A

160. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Your wife’ s sister is:
a. your step sister
b. your sister in law
c. your half sister
ANS: B

161. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A person you can rely on is a ______ person.
a. trustworthy
b. argumentative
c. courteous
ANS: A

162. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A person who is not polite is a(n) _______ person.
a. obstinate
b. discorteous
c. eccentric
ANS: B

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.
ANS: A

164. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The incorrect 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.
ANS: A

165. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Which word cannot form an expression with the noun school:
a. boarding
b. leaver
c. master’s
ANS: C

166. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Which word cannot form an expression with the noun course:
a. crash
b. school
c. correspondence
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

169. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Workers’ interests are represented by _________.
a. labour unions
b. work associations
c. trade groups
ANS: A
170. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Blue collar workers work in_______ .
a. banks
b. factories
c. market research companies
ANS: B

171. Choose the most appropriate variant:


White collar workers work ________.
a. in offices
b. on building sites
c. in the field
ANS: A

172. Choose the most appropriate variant:


In a house you should find the cutlery in _______ .
a. the bathroom
b. the kitchen
c. the bedroom
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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
ANS: B

175. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A remote place is a _________ place.
a. far away
b. uninhabited
c. strange
ANS: A
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
ANS: B

177. Choose the most appropriate variant:


If the weather is chilly you should wear ________ .
a. sun glasses
b. gloves
c. a sweater
ANS: C

178. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A short rain is sometimes called ________ .
a. a blizzard
b. a shower
c. a drought
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

181. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Merchandise can be transported by ________ .
a. a freight train
b. a commuters’ train
c. an express train
ANS: A
182. Choose the most appropriate variant:
A ________ travels by sea.
a. chopper
b. tanker
c. lorry
ANS: B

183. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A ________ travels by land.
a. ferry
b. liner
c. van
ANS: C

184. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Rotterdam is a major European ______ .
a. port
b. harbour
c. resort
ANS: A

185. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The children were taken on a(n) _________ by their teacher.
a. journey
b. excursion
c. trips
ANS: B

186. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The irrigation _______ kept the land fertile in spite of the drought
a. channels
b. canals
c. cannels
ANS: B

187. Choose the most appropriate variant:


I sailed both across the English ________and the Suez _______.
a. Channel, Canal
b. Canal, Channel
c. Channel, Channel
ANS: A

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
ANS: A

189. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The novels are based on his ________ to India.
a. excursions
b. travels
c. tours
ANS: B

190. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A _______ is any act of travelling.
a. trip
b. journey
c. voyage
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

192.Choose the most appropriate variant:


This car is very ______ it consumes very little fuel.
a. economic
b. economical
c. economy
ANS: B

193. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The war was followed by a serious ________ crisis.
a. economic
b. economical
c. economy
ANS: A

194. Choose the most appropriate variant:


_________ is contagious.
a. pneumonia
b. smallpox
c. ulcer
ANS: B

195. Choose the most appropriate variant:


If you cough and sneeze you may suffer from ________ .
a. influenza
b. rheumatism
c. mumps
ANS: A

196.Choose the most appropriate variant:


Please, give me an aspirin. I have a terrible ________ .
a. headpain
b. headache
c. head disease
ANS: B

197. Choose the most appropriate variant:


That green dress _______ the girl with the blonde hair.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
ANS: C
198.

Choose the most appropriate variant:


The green of her dress _______ the green of her eyes.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
ANS: B

199. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The green dress _______ her properly now as she’s lost some weight.
a. fits
b. matches
c. suits
ANS: A

200. Choose the most appropriate variant:


You can buy bread from the _______ .
a. dairy
b. bakery
c. grocery
ANS: B
201. Choose the most appropriate variant:
You can buy cakes from the ________ .
a. stationery
b. greengrocery
c. confectionery
ANS: C

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
ANS: B
203. Choose the most appropriate variant:
If a student works part time he receives _________ .
a. wages
b. salary
c. dividends
ANS: A

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

209. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The collective noun poultry refers to ________ .
a. domestic birds
b. domestic animals
c. domestic birds and animals
ANS: A

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.
ANS: C

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.
ANS: B

212. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Tonic water tastes ________ .
a. sour
b. salty
c. bitter
ANS: C
213. Choose the most appropriate variant:
Before a show artists go to _________ .
a. repetitions
b. rehearsals
c. revisions
ANS: B

214. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Any orchestra needs a ________ .
a. conductor
b. director
c. chef
ANS: A

215. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Find the incorrect enumeration:
a. You can play golf / football / iceskating.
b. You can go skiing / sailing / walking.
ANS: A

216. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Find the incorrect enumeration:
a. You can play tennis / baseball / soccer.
b. You can go dancing / volleyball / fishing.
ANS: B

217. Choose the most appropriate variant:


You can play football on a _______ .
a. court
b. pitch
c. rink
ANS: B

218. Choose the most appropriate variant:


You can play tennis on a _______ .
a. ground
b. court
c. ring
ANS: B

219. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The police blamed football _______ for vandalism.
a. opponents
b. supporters
c. audience
ANS: B

220. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Olympic Games require locations capable of seating a large number of ______ .
a. contestants
b. opponents
c. spectators.
ANS: C

221. Choose the most appropriate variant:


A tabloid is a newspaper that focuses on ________ .
a. economic news
b. sensation news
c. cartoons
ANS: B

222. Choose the most appropriate variant:


He ______ he wanted to leave earlier.
a. said
b. told
c. talked
ANS: A

223. Choose the most appropriate variant:


We really have to ______ this matter over.
a. speak
b. talk
c. chat
ANS: B

224. Choose the most appropriate variant:


We had a very pleasant _____ over a cup of coffee.
a. speech
b. conversation
c. word
ANS: B

225. Choose the most appropriate variant:


Try to be more concise, your report is too _______ .
a. informal
b. informative
c. informational
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

228. Choose the most appropriate variant:


The European Union has ____ members.
a. 15
b. 25
c. 27
ANS: C

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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: B

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
ANS: C

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?
ANS: B

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!
ANS: C

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
ANS: A
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
ANS: A

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
ANS: B

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?
ANS: A

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?
ANS: B

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!
ANS: B

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?
ANS: A
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.
ANS: A

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!
ANS: B

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,
ANS: C

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.
ANS: B

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