Test 84

1. Do you need all ___ money which ____ on the table?

a. those/are b. this/are c. these/is d. that/is

2. Julie has just been employed. She’s got ___ contract.

a. a two-years b. a two-year c. two- year d. two-years

3. Instalarea bolii a fost gradata.

The ___ of the disease was ___ .
a. onset/grading b. onset/gradual c. inset/grading d. offset/gradual

4. Peter is not always loyal to his friends.

Peter is sometimes ____ to his friends.
a. disloyal b. unloyal c. nonloyal d. misloyal

5. He works too much and often complains of the usual symptoms: tiredness, insomnia, ___ .
a. anxiety b. anxiousness c. anxienting d. anxietment

6. The politician has taken a ___ decision.

a. controversy b. controversing c. controversial d. controversially

7. I wouldn’t describe his family as ___ , although they live in a beautiful house.
a. well-off b. good-off c. well-on d. well-up

8. Why don’t you take a few days off? It would ___ you good.
a. bring b. make c. get d. do

9. The original version of the play was not too much like this new performance.
The new performance ____ to the original version of the play.
a. carries small resembling b. has small resembling
c. holds few resemblance d. bears little resemblance

10 We had ___ lunch and then we went back to ____ .

a. very nice/work b. very good/the work
c. delicious/the work d. a very nice/work

11. Cricket and football are both English games, but the ___ is more popular.
a. latest b. last c. latter d. later

12. He went to the dentist because his toothache was getting ___ .
a. worst and worst b. bad and worse
c. worse and worst d. worse and worse

13. We met a young man who was very ____ when we got lost.
a. helping b. helpy c. helpful d. helpfully
14. Did you go on holiday ___ ?
a. on yours own b. for your own
c. by yours own d. on your own

15. We tried two hotels, but ___ of them had any rooms.
a. none b. neither c. both d. all

16. The teacher spoke so quickly that I had trouble taking it all ___ .
a. on b. in c. about d. up

17. I don’t know what ___ . I’ll have to ___ .

a. means this word/find it out b. does this word mean/check it up
c. means this word/look it for d. this word means/look it up

18. After going ___ Mary’s paper, the teacher congratulated her ___ her very good work.
a. around/for b. about/with c. over/for d. through/on

19. My wife has never ___ my mother – they are always arguing.
a. got away with b. got on with
c. got over d. got by

20. I’m sure that in the long ___ the decision will prove to be the best.
a. legs b. walk c. run d. way

21. He never shows any sign of nerves. He is ____ .

a. as cool as a cucumber b. as cold as a tomato
c. as cool as a pepper d. as cold as a potato

22. Translate this text from Russian ___ English, please. You know you will have to lay emphasis ___
language accuracy.
a. to/in b. in/on c. into/on d. into/at

23. There are few people from every ___ of life.

a. run b. walk c. way d. domain

24. In my ___ children were more modest.

a. times b. moment c. day d. life

25. It’s complete chaos in my house at the moment, but ___ most of the boxes by the weekend.
a. I’ll unpack b. I unpack c. I’m unpacking d. I’ll have unpacked

26. I ___ to believe how much technology ___ .

a. find it hard/has advanced b. find hard/had advanced
c. find it hardly/has been advancing d. find hardly/advanced

27. Michael White, who is __ Professor of history at ___ University of Wisconsin, has written __ article in
the famous magazine, “___ Mysteries”.
a. a/the/the/the b. a/the/an/- c. -/-/the/the d. -/the/an/-
28. As soon as the weather ___ better, they will practice ___ sports.
a. gets/outdoor b. is/ outside
c. becomes/outfield d. is getting/outside

29. I couldn’t trust him very much, because he often ___ me.
a. lied b. lays c. lied to d. lyed

30. He was unhappy because he ____ so ___ in the exam.

a. did/bad b. had done/badly c. has done/bad d. is doing/badly