WRITTEN TEST 01
I. Choose the best answer
Norman E. Borlaug was the first agricultural scientist to (1)… the Nobel Peace Prize,
and the fifteenth American to do (2)… . He was born in 1914 in Iowa, the son of a
farming family. In 1940, Borlaug earned his doctorate (3)… in plant pathology, and a few
years later he was (4)…by the Rockefeller Foundation to o (5)… to help introduce new
agricultural technology to farmers who were growing wheat. Borlaug’s goal was to (6)…
the quality low – yielding wheat that some farmers had been growing for centuries (7)…
he accomplished his goal. He developed new dwarf and semidwarf wheat that had
stronger stems and could hold (7)… heads of grain. In Mexico, for instance, the new
methods resulted in doubled wheat yields. As a result Mexico changed from a country
with a wheat (9)… to one that was a wheat exporter, For the introduction of these new
wheat growing methods, Borlaug was dubbed “father of the (10)… revolution”
1. A. receive B. have C. take D. accept
2. A. that B. as C. so D. this
3. A. certificate B. diploma C. bachelor D. degree
4. A. selected B. elected C. picked D. chosen
5. A. oversea B. abroad C. foreign D. out
6. A. improve B. develop C. increase D. extend
7. A. unless B. although C. and D. but
8. A. bigger B. heavier C. larger D. higher
9. A. lack B. length C. shortage D. inadequacy
10. A. green B. white C. new D. modern
II. Fill in the blank, change the verbs form if necessary
fall out
go ahead
go grey
go out
go up
let of
put up

Since
2. It is essential that you eat the soufflé as soon as it’s cokked
The soufflé
3. The tea gardens are closed in wet weather
When
4. The dress was so tempting that I bought it
I couldn’t resist the
5. Couldn’t you have got a bus to the station?
Wasn’t
6. He told me that it was wrong of me to leave early
He criticized
7. She doesn’t think very highly of politicians
She’s got a
8. I don’t know why people are attracted to spending all day on the beach
I can’t see the
ANSWER FOR WRITTEN TEST 01
I. 1A 2C 3D 4D 5B 6A 7C 8B 9C 10A
II. 1. go ahead 2. gone up 3. let off 4. takes after
5. went out 6. fallen out 7. put me up 8. go grey
III. 1. were injured 2. was carrying 3. hit 4. said
5. was traveling 6. entered 7. failed 8. to stop
9. will be held 10. suffered
IV. 1. unkind 2. sympathetic 3. unsweetened 4. appreciate
5. competition 6. cowardly 7. jealously 8. assure
V. 1. Since they had made the arrangements, they decided to go anyway
2. The soufflé must be eaten as soon as it’s cooked
3. When the weather is wet the tea gardens are closed
4. I couldn’t resist the temptation to buy the dress
5. Wasn’t it possible for you to get a bus to the station?
6. He criticized me for leaving early