Test N°10
I. Choose the correct answer
1. You can’t drive a car unless you hold a driving
A. permission B. ticket C. pass D. license
2. At first the disease affected only his hand, but now it has to his arms.
A. entered B. covered C. expanded D. spread
3. It was so cold at night that she took a hot water to bed with her.
A. bag B. bottle C. kettle D. pot
4. I’d like to taste your cake in order to it with mine.
A. review B. differ C. decide D. compare
5. Let’s wait here for her; I’m sure she’ll before long.
A. turn down B. turn off C. turn up D. turn over
6. Although he is rich and famous, he lives in a house in the village.
A. limited B. modest C. slight D. reserved
7. A cool drink him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. recovered
8. He has to arrange for the of his furniture before he goes abroad.
A. sale B. sole C. seal D. sail
9. It is dangerous for any town to the interests of its young people.
A. lack B. neglect C. express D. impress
10. I remember Alison as a spotty young girl but she’s turned beautiful woman.
A. to B. into C. out D. on
II. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets
1. He shouldn’t have stolen money to donate to the poor: the means does not ………. the ends.(JUST)
2. The slight……….in his left hand was corrected by surgery.(FORM)
3. It’s an……….to say that a change of leader will solve our problems. (SIMPLE)
4. Don’t leave……….unattended in your car.(VALUE)
5. It may be……….to force them into making a decision, and if you upset them they’re quite
likely to overact.(PRODUCE)
6. He went out into snow and……….later half- frozen.(APPEAR)
7. This car uses a lot of petrol. It’s terribly……….(ECONOMY)

Not………………………………………………………………………
6. Mr. Watson managed to repair the garage roof only because his neighbor helped him.
Without…………………………………………………………………
7. As I get older, I want to travel less.
The older………………………………………………………………
8. I’m certainly not going to give you any more money.
I have no………………………………………………………………
9. The gas explosion blew out all the shop windows.
All the shops…………………………………………………………….
10. Happiness is elusive to rich and poor alike.
Whether…………………………………………………………………
V. Read the following passage and answer the questions
According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons. In the
same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than
twenty-seven million. Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political
population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on
whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still
untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay
undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty
miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied.
1. In the United States of America in 1800
A. one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave.
B. one out of every four Americans was a black slave.
C. two out of every three Americans were black slaves.
D. one out of every five Americans was a black slave.
2. Free white men in America numbered
A. about four-fifths of the population. C. 5,308,483.
B. about four and one-half million. D. less than one million.
3. Two-thirds of the American people
A. lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied.

man kick the boy, (7) you? Tell the judge you didn’t see the kick. Remember, we have
(8) live in this village with that man.” But Brian was (9) coward. He told the
(10) the truth about the attack.
VIII. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. locate B. patriotic C. orator D. poverty
2. A. natural B. nature C. native D. nation
3. A. match B. machine C. butcher D. which
4. A. call B. sail C. ache D. tall
5. A. audience B. naughty C. document D. water
6. A. poor B. door C. moor D. boor
7. A. bread B. breast C. breath D. breathe
8. A. leaf B. deaf C. of D. wife
9. A. devotion B. congestion C. suggestion D. question
10.A. home B. tomb C. comb D. dome
IX. Sentence building
1. It / relatively easy / computer / speak.
2. computer / say / “please” and “thank you” / right places / no miracle / science.
3. Recognize / words / make up normal,/ continuous human speech / another matter.
4. Not until now / computers / programmed / react / range / spoken commands.
5. Until recently / it / think / computers / would / be programmed / accent and speech habits /
each user.
6. Now / they / would / able / respond accurately / their master’s / mistress’s voice.
7. Now rapid progress / make / systems / programmed / adapt easily / each new speaker.
8. Only when / general’s personal diaries / published / the truth / come out.
9. man / who / really / know / how / learn / will / always / successful.
10. We / send / our children / school / prepare / them / the time / when / they / be big / and /
have / work / themselves.
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Answer keys to test N°10
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4. Not until now have computers been programmed to react to a range of spoken commands.
5. Until recently it was thought that computers would have to be programmed to the accent and speech
habits of each user.
6. Now they would be able to respond accurately to their master’s or mistress’s voice.
7. Now rapid progress is being made with system programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
8. Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out.
9. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful.
10. We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to
work for themselves.
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