TEST 1
I. Pronunciation:
1. a. country b. fun c. summer d. truth
--> d
2. a. trouble b. flu c. tooth d. shoe
--> a
3. a. heart b. turn c. early d. third
--> a
4. a. song b. one c. long d. gone
--> b
5. a. fork b. fall c. wrong d. caught
--> c
6. a. full b. push c. but d. put
--> c
7. a. deal b. heal c. stealth d. steal
--> c

II. Find the mistakes:
8. At present, I am a student at the Local Technical College, which I am studying English part-time.
a. at
b. which
c. am studying
d. English part-time
( b
9. One of the girl who worked in that company died.
a. the girl
b. who
c. worked
d. died
( a
10. This lesson is such long that I have written it for 30 minutes.
a. is
b. such
c. that
d. have written
( b

III. Grammar and vocabulary:
11. I read in the newspaper that there has just been a ............. against the government in Transylvania.
a. relevant
b. revolting
c. revolution
d. revolver
--> c

12. You have to be rich to send your child to a private school because the fees are .................
a. astronomical
b. aeronautical
c. astrological
d. atmospherical
--> a
13. Does that newspaper ............. the government or oppose it?
a. advantage
b. assist
c. encourage
d. support
--> d
14. It’s distressing to see small children ............ in the streets.
a. pleading
b. imploring
c. begging
d. entreating
--> c
15. You’ll get a free month’s subscription ............. you renew your membership by the end of January.
a. unless
b. however
c. were
d. provided
--> d
16. Most of my friends are ............ reporters.
a. newspapers
b. newspaper
c. newspaper’s
d. newspapers’
--> b
17. The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its .............…….
a. promises
b. vows
c. aspirations
d. offers
--> a
18. Mark Twain is a famous American ....................
a. physicist
b. poet
c. chemist
d. writer
( d
19. The ship broke .............. and the people were drowned.
a. out
b. out of the sea
c. into pieces
d. to pieces
--> c
20. .................. I have a car, I prefer to travel by train.
a. In spite of
b. Despite
c. Because
d. Although
( d
21. My brother sang ..............of all the pupils of the group.
a. more beautifully
b. the most beautifully
c. less beautifully
d. most beautifully
--> b
22. I wish he ............ change his minds so often!
a. shouldn’t
b. wouldn’t
c. mightn’t
d. couldn’t
--> b
23. Doctors advise people being deficient ............ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.
a. in
b. of
c. from
d. for
--> a
24. Because I am terrified of ............. spaces, I never go in lifts.
a. contained
b. compressed
c. constricted
d. confined
--> d
25. In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s .......... hand back on.
a. cut
b. grazed
c. crushed
d. severed
--> d
26. Even though I hadn’t spoken English for many years, I picked it .......... again after a few weeks.
a. on
b. over
c. up
d. through
--> c
27. “You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You ............. be really hungry!” “I am.”
a. might
b. will
c. must
d. can
--> c
28. Do most of the people who live along the shores of .................. earn a living .......................?
a. the Mediterranean / by farm
b. Mediterranean / by farming
c. the Mediterranean / to farm
d. the Mediterranean / by farming
( d
29. I like books on literature .......................
a. more than
b. most of all
c. much more
d. not at all
--> b