TEST 8
I. Put one correct word in each gap
1 deaf 2 on 3 makes/drives 4 found 5 used 6 till/until 7 Which 8 place 9 of 10 yet
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1. Mr Dawson is as ................. as a post. You must shout when you speak to him.
2. The doctor suggests that I go ................. a diet to lose some weight.
3. It always ................. me mad when someone enters my room without knocking.
4. From my grandmother's diary I ................. out that my grandfather was an intelligence agent.
5. We never ................. to fight when we were children. We always got on well.
6. The factory owner, Mr Garth, didn't stop working ................. he died in 1995.
7. ................. one of you broke the window? You Jack or your brother?
8. Next year, the international medical conference will take ................. in Warsaw.
9. Are you aware ................. the consequences of you misbehaviour?
10. I haven't learned to drive a car as ................. .
II. Put the words in the correct form
1 objections 2 safety 3 sensible 4 responsibility 5 appearance 6 convenience 7 improbable 8 relationship 9 scientific 10 secondary
1. There were many .............................. to the controversial proposal that David made. OBJECT
2. Air bags are known to increase the car ........................ . SAFE
3. Cecilia is very ........................ about money. She never spends it on rubbish. SENSE
4. Whose ...............…………………........ is it to keep guard at night? RESPONSIBLE
5. Our neighbour's ........................ on TV surprised us all. We didn't know he belonged to a political party. APPEAR
6. We don't cook much. We buy ........................ food. CONVENIENT
7. It is rather ........................ that our team will beat the world champions. We haven't won a game for months. PROBABLE
8. There's no ........................ between Frank and Sarah although they are both called Jackson. RELATE
9. The people are paid for taking part in the ........................ experiment. SCIENCE
10. I still keep in touch with my ........................ school friends. SECOND
III. Write in the correct words.
1 encouraged 2 matter 3 audience 4 tyre 5 kettle 6 salary 7 coward 8 jealous 9 dressed 10 sunburnt
1. I didn't believe in myself at the time. It was my father who _ _ c _ _ _ _ g _ d me to start studying medicine. Now, I'm grateful to him.
2. Mike acts like a child but he'll soon turn into a serious young man. It's just a _ _ _ t _ _ of time.
3. The _ u _ _ _ _ c _ gave the actors a standing ovation. The performance was simply fantastic.
4. We can't drive any further, we've got a flat _ y _ _ .
5. I have to boil water in the pot because my electric _ _ _ _ I _ is broken.
6. Damon works as an accountant. He is paid a good _ _ _ a _ _ each month, so he can afford to live in comfort.
7. I had not idea Jeff is such a _ _ w _ _ _ . He's even afraid of staying alone at home.
8. Rita is _ e _ _ o _ _ of everything. She always wants to have the same things that other girls have.
9. I saw the shoplifter. He was _ _ e _ _ _ d in a green jacket and jean trousers.
10. A young woman got _ u _ _ _ _ _ t because she had been lying in heavy sunlight for too long. It must have hurt a lot.
1C 3A 3B 4D 5C 6A 7D 8A 9D 10B
1. What's ................. with you? You look so pale.
a) bad b) worse c) wrong d) badly
2. The luxurious villa the Cromwells have bought must have cost the ................. .
a) earth b) globe c) ground d) planet
3. The caretaker ................. me for spilling water on the floor but it wasn't me who had done it.
a) accused b) blamed c) suspected d) claimed
4. ................. on me at seven p.m. I'll have finished doing my chores by that time.
a) Come b) Ring c) Turn d) Call
5. After what he's done, we're ................. sacking him from work.
a) thinking b) regarding c) considering d) reflecting
6. The captured spy ................. to know nothing about the secret documents.
a) pretended b) hid c) faked d) invented
7. Come down for lunch children. The table's been ................. .
a) lied b) lain c) lay d) laid
8. ................. being rich and beautiful, the woman says she isn't happy.
a) Despite b) Although c) Beside d) In spite
9. I'm so sorry. I must have taken your handbag by ................. .
a) fault b) error c) confusion d) mistake
10. Nobody knows what the ................. for Mr Graham's resignation was.
a) cause b) reason c) origin d) source
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