TEST 1
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LEVEL: PRE – INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE
I/ Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. A good clock always keeps…………… time.
a. Certain c. accurate
b. True d. serious
2. She has……………. a lot of money in her new job.
a. Gained c. found
b. Earned d. done
3. Would you……………. me opening the windows now?
a. Want c. concern
b. Worry d. mind
4. We can………… the difficulty without too much effort
a. Get over c. get off
b. Get away d. get through
5. ………… people go the movies now than ten years ago
a. Less c. Few
b. Lesser d. Fewer
6. We don’t know the …………… of the game.
a. Facts c. rules
b. Customs d.laws
7. We had to ues our neighbor’s telephone because ours was………
a. Out of work c. off duty
b. Out of order d. off work
8. It was ………… a boring speech that I felt asleep
a. Such c. very
b. So d. too
9. I think you…………… better not tell him truth.
a. Will c. would
b. Should d. had

20. She wishes she …………… you the bad news yesterday.
a. Didn’t tell c. hadn’t told
b. Woundn’t tell d. doesn’t tell
II/ Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following questions:
A gold rush is the rapid relocation of large numbers of people to an area where
gold has been discovered. Gold rushes capture the imagination and participation of many
people because of the magical lure of gold and the potential for overnight affluence. The
greatest gold rush in united States history was the California Gold Rush of 1849.
The rush first began in 1848 when a carpenter named James Marshall discovered
gold on the property of John A. Stutter in the Sacramento Valley. Hired to build a
sawmill on the banks of the Amarican River, Marshall had hardly begun work when he
started finding nugget after nugget gold. News of the discovery at Stuttet’s mill spread
quickly, and soon thousands of persons were laying claims in the area. These people,
called “ forty – niners”, rushed in from all over the world. In just two years, the
population of california increased from about 26,000 to 380,000, Consequently,
Californiawas officially admitted to the union as a state, in Stemper of 1850. The free –
spending style of the successful miners helped to turn communities such as Sacramento
and San Fancisco into prosperous towns. Those who were not so lucky became farmers
and rachers in the Central Valley of California.
1. what is the best title for this passage?
a. Famous gold Rushes.
b. The forty – nines.
c. The lure of gold
d. The california Gold Rush of 1849.
2. According to the passage, people join gold rushes because………………
a. They are graranteed overnight wealth.
b. Gold hold a magical power for everyone.
c. They believe they have a chance of becoming affuent.
d. Thay have very active imaginations.
3. According to the passage, where was gold first discovered?

3 a. some b. a c. the d. one
4 a. earth b. ground c. space d.
world
5 a. same b. just c. exactly d. very
6 a. stay b. go c. make d. put
7 a. since b. so c. but d.
because
8 a. can b. numbers c. values d.
prices
9 a. can b. vould c. might d.
should
10.a. with b. up c. until d. for
IV/ Fill in each gap in the passage lelow with one suitable word.
One of the greattest (1) …………for foreign students in American universities is
the lecture system. The professor (2) ………….and the students take (3) ……… These
notes are later used to study for (4) …………… .If the notes aren’t good, it will be (5)
………… for the student to (6) ……… for a subsequent exam. It is not easy to take
good notes from a lecture in a (7) …………. Language. You try to write every (8)
…………. The professor says, then you are writing at the same time the professor is
lecturing, this kind of note (9) means that you will fall far (10) ……… the lecture, and
the notes wiil be confused. They may be (11) …………. For later study.
What can you do to take better notes? The first skill to learn is how to write only
the most (12) …………. Words, not whole sentences. (13) ………… words are the ones
that present new information. The most important words are often the focus of intonation.
They are usually emphssized by pith change, and this should be your signal of (14)
………. Content words, like nouns and verds, are usually be focus of information, so
your notes should be almost entirely (15) …………. Words. Remember that you need
information, not sentences.
V/ Use the word to make sentences.
1. Please/not forget/put/names/on them.

3.d 7. b 11. a 15. c 19. d
4. a 8. a 12.b 16. b 20. c
II.
1. d 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. b
III.
1. b 3. c 5. b 7.c 9. a
2. a 4. d 6. a 8.d 10.c
IV.
1. difficulties 6. prepare 11. useless
2. Lectures 7. Foreign 12. Important
3. Notes 8. Word 13. Significant
4. Examinations 9. taling 14. importance
5. hard 10. Behind 15. content
V.
1. Please don’t forget to put your names on them.
2. Although they are brothers, they don’t look alike.
3. I really don’t want any dessert.
4. It’s never too late to go back to school.
5. Jeff bought a twenty – dollar sweater for half price.
6. Studying all night is good for neither your grades nor your heatth.
7. We’ll have to leave at eight o;clock to get to the office before nine.
8. Mary has losta lot of weigh on her diet.
9. I appereciate your offering me a ride.
10. They were lucky to get the only two seats left for the play.
VI.
1.It took (us) 5 hours to get to London.
2. She’s not used to staying up late.
3. I suggeest (that) you look for another job.
4. If he had been more careful, he wouldn’t have lost his money.
5. They haven’t visitted me for five years.