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Practice test
Combine the following sentences by changing the second sentence into a relative clause
1. I remember the day. I was afraid to use my new computer then.
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2. I work in an office. In my office, the software changes frequently.
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3. The secretary can give you the information. She sits at the first desk on the right.
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4. The Southam Chess Club meets weekly on Friday evenings. It has more than 50 members.
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5. Professor Johnson is to visit the university next week. I have long admired him.
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6. The playground wasn't used by those children. It was built for those children.
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7. People often suffer from backache. Their work involves standing for most of the day.
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8. They climbed up to the top of a large rock. They got a good view from there.
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9. A doctor has had to retire through ill health. We know him.
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10. Jane has sold the old car. She was given it by her father.
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11. Thanksgiving is a time. Everyone eats turkey in America then.
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12. The island's two million inhabitants have been badly affected by the drought. Most of the island's inhabitants are peasant farmers.
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13. Dr Rowan has had to do all his own typing. His secretary resigned two weeks ago.
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14. I would like to thank to my tutor. I would never have finished the work without her.
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England was one of the first countries to _________.
a. industry b. industrial c. industrialize d. industrialization
14. Their _______ is rejected due to some problems of pollution.
a. suggest b. suggestion c. suggestive d. suggestible
15. We all regard pollution as a _______ matter to human beings.
a. serious b. seriously c. seriousness d. seriousful
16. Human beings are adding more and more pollutants ________ the environment.
a. from b. for c. on d. to
17. You should make sure __________ what you have just told us.
a. in b. on c. over d. of
18. Forest destruction results _________ floods and air pollution.
a. from b. about c. in d. into
19. It is automobile industry _____ contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
a. where b. in which c. that d. whom
20. ________many species of animals have become extinct. a. There are many reasons for which
b. Many reasons for which
c. The reasons for that d. For which reasons
21. We should do something to save those animals ____ hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies.
a. those are b. which are c. which is d. that is
22.______________________________________ Farmers use more and more them to grow better crops but harm
the environment.
a. powerful chemicals who help b. which powerful chemicals help
c. powerful chemicals which help d. powerful chemicals help
23.__________________________________________________ Water is one of the most precious resources for our
life.
a. we depend on which b. which we depend c. on which we depend d. on that we depend
24. ___ are very dense, warm, and wet, are havens for millions of plants and animals.
a. Rain forests b. Rain forests, that
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Motor vehicles are a major cause of air pollution. They (36) ____ a lot of exhaust fumes. In big cities this pollution has
reached levels (37) ____ pose a threat to the health of the city dwellers. Some cities have already (38) ____ their residents to
wear gas masks when they venture onto the streets. The only way to reduce this pollution is (39) ____ to reduce the number of
vehicles on the roads. This is easier said (40) ____done for every few people would want to sacrifice the convenience of having
their own transport.
Factories and industrial plants are largely (41) ____ for pollution of air, water and land. The wastes they discharge into
the rivers and land destroy both. The smoke they emit pollute the air. (42) ____ they must do is to find ways to reduce their
wastes. Also, they have to treat their wastes so that they are less harmful. All these things are required if we are to see any (43)
____ of pollution. At the rate things are going, however, we see an increase in pollution instead.
36.a.send b.emit c.give d.need
37.a.where b.whose c.that d.this
38.a.made b.threatened c.let d.advised
39.a.obviously b.obvious c.necessary d.unlikely
40.a.and b.than c.by d.or
41.a.useful b.necessary c.responsible d.good
42.a.What b.However c.How d.Although
43.a.production b.destruction c.construction d.reduction
We can develop alternative sources of power, and (44) _____ we try we'll never succeed. Instead of burning fossil fuels
we should be concentrating (45) _____more economic uses of electricity, because electricity can be (46) _____ from any source
of energy. If we didn't waste so (47) _____ energy, our resources would last longer. Unless we do research on (48) _____
energy, wind power, wave power, tidal power, hydroelectric schemes etc, our fossil fuels will run (49) _____, and we'll all freeze
or starve to death. Other countries are spending much more than us on research, and don't forget (50) _____ energy from the
sun, the waves and the wind lasts for ever. We really won't survive unless we (51) _____ working on cleaner, safer sources of
energy.
44.a. if b. although c. unless d. because
45.a. on b. about c. with d. of
46.a. done b. produced c. taken d. prevented
14. Because of forest destruction some rare animals cannot survive, let alone ______
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a. produce b. production c. productive d productivity
15._______________________________________________ The people in our village are leading a life.
a. peace b. peaceful c. peacefully d. peacefulness
16._________________________________________ Human beings are changing the environment
all respects.
a. at b. for c. in d. upon
17. Air pollution interferes ______ our body's ability to process oxygen.
a. with b. on c. to d. over
18. We should do something immediately to save many kinds of rare animals ______ extinction.
a. away b. from c. in d. with
19._____________________________________________________ I personally think that it is easy to understand
time is relative.
a. the reason b. the reason for that c. for which reason d. the reason why
20. __________concerns about wildlife never keeps a wild animal as pest.
a. Anyone that b. Anyone which c. Anyone for whom d. Anyone those
21.___________________________________________________________________ Did you listen to the lecture on
the environment by Dr. Pike, __________________________________________________
a. whom I have ever told you about b. about that I have ever told you
c. I have ever told you d. that I have ever told you
22. _______ want to use rain forests are cutting them down without any hesitation.
a. People who b. People which c. People whom d. Who
23. The man showed us the cage _____ he kept a fierce lion.
a. which b. that c. in which d. in that
24. Those villagers __________near the forest chop down hardwoods to sell for high prices.
a. live b. who live c. whom live d. for whom to live
25._________________________________________________________ We have just had an exploration through that
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c. I’ve finished reading the long Arthur Hailey’s novel. d. I finished the reading long novel with Arthur Hailey.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Conservation is the protection and wise management of the environment. People practise conservation (36)
_____ the environment can preserve their needs and the needs of all other living things. (37) _____ conservation, all
the resources necessary for life would be damaged, wasted, or destroyed.
Conservation also (38) _____ a concern for the quality of the environment, so that people can enjoy living. It
means (39) _____ the environment comfortable and safe to live in. A healthy (40) _____ includes clean streets and
highways with open spaces in cities for parks and playgrounds.
36.a. when b. so that c. because d. in case
37.a. Without b. Despite c. But d. Because of
38.a. makes up b. goes over c. involves d. lacks
39.a. causing b. doing c. providing d. keeping
40.a. environment b. population c. pollution d. preservation
Read the passage carefully and, choose the correct answer.
Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources. You know that plants are valuable natural resources. Coal, oil,
and metal ores are examples of other natural resources. Natural resources are the materials found in or on the earth that are
useful to man. Why should we carefully use our natural resources then?
Every year we mine millions of tons of coal, use millions of barrels of oil, and cut down thousands of acres of forests.
But the earth produces only a limited amount of these natural resources.
Coal and oil were formed thousands of years ago, and the supply is gradually running out. That is why we must use
our natural resources as carefully and wisely as we can. We must make them last as long as possible.
41. What is conservation ?
a. the overuse of our natural resources b. the waste of our natural resources
c. the wise management of our natural resources d. the prevention of enriching our natural resources
42. Which of the following IS NOT an example of natural resources?
a. coal b. oil c. metal ores d. barrels
43. We must use our natural resources carefully and wisely because _____.
a. the supply is gradually running out b. we use millions of barrels of oil
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5. The photographs which were published in the newspaper were extraordinary.
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6. The experiment which was conducted at the University of Chicago was successful.
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