GRAMMAR TESTS

Test 1

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Snakes in Britain

It is very unusual for a snake to bite anyone in Britain but 1_______ much more afraid of them 2_______
of rats and treat them 3_______ if they come across them. The three kinds of snake that 4_______
survive in the country 5_______ to changing conditions since the age of the dinosaurs. 6_______ is
very large and only one, the adder, which lives off other creatures 7_______ mice, is 8_______ a man.
The first rule in 9_______ with snakes is to leave them alone and the second is to know 10_______ and
which ones are dangerous. Even adders are not aggressive and will just go away as 11_______ as
people give them the chance to 12_______. The 13_______ way to 14_______ bitten, however, is to
wear strong boots and thick socks in the countryside, since 15_______ is quite small. If you are unlucky
enough 16_______ bitten, the important thing 17_______ panic. Just go to the nearest hospital or doctor
18_______ as possible without running. 19_______ that 20_______ in Britain because they have been
stung by bees than from snake bites.
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Test 2

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Gold Mine in Scotland

If you were interested 1_______ a gold miner, you would probably not think 2_______ to Scotland to
begin your career. But 3_______ a gold rush in Scotland a hundred years ago, even though it only
lasted 4_______ a short time. The 5_______ thing about this gold rush was that the man who started it,
a Mr Gilchrist, 6_______ back from Australia after 7_______ many years looking for gold without
success. 8_______, while he was standing on a bridge near his home, he 9_______ that the stream was
shining brightly. He 10_______ surprised to realize that the gold he had been looking for for 11_______
long time was on his doorstep, so to speak. He 12_______ to work immediately but he soon told his
neighbors about his good 13_______ and hundreds of men 14_______ the village, hoping to make their
fortunes, too. After a year or so, the gold had gone and 15_______ but expeditions have been formed
16_______ since then to see where the gold comes from. So far 17_______ 18_______ find the source
and interest has died down 19_______ the greater attractions of the 'black gold' off the Scottish coast,
the oil discovered in the North Sea which 20_______ to provide Scotland with great wealth.

1 A for becoming B in becoming C on becoming D to become

2 A to go B of going C in going D with going
3 A there has been B it has been C there was D it was
4 A during B while C for D since
5 A strangest B most strange C stranger D more strange
6 A has just come B was just coming C had just come D just came
7 A to pass B to spend C passing D spending
8 A One time B One day C One occasion D Once upon a time
9 A noticed B remarked C viewed D accounted
10 A had to be B was to be C should have been D must have been
11 A so B such C such a D a so
12 A came B made C put D set
13 A chance B luck C sort D event
14 A reached to B reached at C arrived to D arrived at
15 A also had the men B also the men had C so had the men D so the men had
16 A from time to time B on different times C for the time being D in different times
17 A anyone B no one C someone D none
18 A has been able to B could C can D is able to
19 A because of B because C for D due
20 A will be probable B will likely C is probable D is likely

Test 3

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Long-Range Weather Forecasting

The British spend 1________ time talking about the weather that it is 2 _______ surprising to find that
many people take 3 ________weather forecasting as a hobby. The Meteorological Office, 4 _______
is responsible 5 _______people 6 _______ the next day, is 7 _______ receiving suggestions from
amateur forecasters, offering 8 _______ Some of 9 _______ people base their forecasts on the
movement of the planets, others on past weather records, and 10 _______ few who use their
observation of conditions in the countryside. Of course the Meteorological Office's computers 11
_______ to be more accurate than one person working 12 _______ , but the computers certainly 13
_______ of mistakes. The small daily variations in British weather are part of more complex patterns
that are 14_______ not clearly understood. An example of this is the monthly long-range weather
forecast the Meteorological Office 15 _______ many years but eventually abandoned. The Office
began these forecasts 16 _______ an experiment and would not have published them if the
Government 17 _______ on it. The trouble was that 18 _______ the Office did not make strong
 claims for these forecasts, people couldn't help 19 _______ notice of them. 'They're just a nuisance,'
said many people after a wet 20 _______ holiday.

1A so long B such long C so man D so much

2 A even B quite C rather D hardly
3 A up B out C round D over
4 A it B that C what D which
5 A to tell B to say C for telling D for saying
6 A how will be the B how the weather C what will be like D what the weather
weather will be the weather will be like
7 A sometimes B often C always D ever
8 A it advice. B it advices. C to it advice. D to it advices.
9 A this B that C these D those
10A there are a B there are C they are a D they are
11A ought B must C should D might
12A by his own B by himself C for his own D for himself
13A do full B do plenty C make full D make plenty
14A already B no longer C still D yet
15A has published for B has published since C published for D published since
16A to be B being C as D like
17A had not insisted B did not insist C was not insisting D would not have insisted
18A in spite of B although C however D nevertheless
19A paying B taking C to pay D to take
20A week's B week C weeks' D weeks

Test 4

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

English Food

Foreign visitors to England often ask 1 ________ on a good restaurant but when their hosts suggest 2
_______it is usually Italian or French or Indian. 'But I mean a typically English restaurant,' they say. 3
_______ disappoint them, the host answers as best he can. 4 _______ that English people enjoy
their own cooking at home but 5 _______it in public. Even the experts who write articles on food 6
_______ to use the French word 'cuisine', 7 _______ suggests that 'cooking' is inferior. In fact, English
cooking is not 8 _______ bad as people think. The trouble with it, 9 _______ that the most appetizing
typical dishes do not go with wine. At home, English people usually drink either water or beer or even
(10 _______ seem) tea with their meals; in restaurants, they sometimes think they 11 _______ order
wine for the 12 _______ of appearances. 13 _______ a number of exclusive restaurants in Britain are
trying to develop a 'national cuisine.' But their main criterion 14 _______ appears to be to search 15
_______ in ancient cookery books and give the results names like 'Mutton Winchester' - it's amazing
16 _______ in the imitation French name, with the adjective after the noun. Why 17 _______ have
called it 'Winchester Mutton?' At 18 _______ of the scale, there are restaurants in London where you
can have regional working-class specialities. Personally I 19 _______ avoid the two extremes and go to
a pub. Most pubs serve food that goes well with beer and, 20 _______ , who could ask for anything
better?
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Test 5

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Chaos at Heathrow Airport

On the second day of the air traffic controllers' work to rule at Heathrow airport the situation was plainly
going from 1 _______ 2_______ the airport yesterday afternoon, I found 3 _______ of holidaymakers
queuing at check-in points, 4_______ about their flights. The breakdown in talks between the union and
the management 5 _______ an immediate go-slow on Friday night, 6 _______ since escalated into the
threat of a total strike next weekend. A British Airports Authority spokesman, 7_______ the news, said:
'We thought this would happen. The reason 8_______ that the Government refuses to authorize the
twenty per cent salary increase we agreed 9_______ month. We were aware that the rise was not in line
with Government pay policy, but we wanted to prevent 10_______. ' The go-slow, which coincides
11______ holiday weekend of the year, has already caused many flights 12_______. Holidaymakers
faced a long wait before eventually 13 _______ their destinations. June Kenny, of Manchester, was a
typical case: 'We were going to fly to London 14_______ our way to Ibiza, but when we got to the airport
in Manchester, they 15_______ a train. 16_______ airport buses in London so we took a taxi. It
17_______. We've been waiting here all day but we 18 _______ know when our plane will take off.' The
General Secretary of the Union regretted 19 _______ the public inconvenience and blamed the
Government for taking no action. But he added that he was sure the public would sympathize 20
_______ his members' attitude.

1 A bad to worse. B bad to worst. C better to worse. D better to worst.

2 A In arriving at B In arriving to C On arriving at D On arriving to
3 A a thousand B many thousand C several thousand D thousands
4 A seeking some B seeking some C searching some D searching some
information informations information information
5 A led B led to C has led D has led to
6 A that B which C that has D which has
7 A commenting B remarking C commenting on D remarking over
8 A for it is B of it is C for it it's D of it it's
9 A to the union last B to the union the last C with the union last D with the union the last
10 A people to be B people from being C to inconvenience D that people are
inconvenienced. inconveniences. people. inconvenienced.
11 A to the busiest B to the most busy C with the busiest D with the most busy
12 A to cancel. B canceling. C to be cancelled. D being cancelled.
13 A reaching B reaching to C to reach D to reach to
14 A at B by C in D on
15 A said us to catch B said us that we C told us to catch D told us that we
caught caught
16 A They were any B They were no C There were any D There were no
17 A charged us fifteen B cost us fifteen C charged fifteen D cost fifteen
pounds. pounds. pounds to us. pounds to us.
18 A don't already B don't still C already don't D still don't
19 A having caused B to have caused C having caused to D to have caused to
20 A at B in C to
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Test 6

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

What is 'Pop' Music ?

It has always been difficult 1_______ whether 'popular music' means music written for the people or is
simply music that 2_______ The same problem of definition exists with jazz. So many different types of
music have been called jazz 3_______ that it is hard to say 4_______ Jazz has always been considered
5 _______ black music but when I first 6_______ it, I used to hear white bands playing music that was
 like Louis Armstrong's in the 1920s. I found out afterwards that they learnt to do this by playing his
records 7_______ until their style was 8_______ his for them to imitate him. Since then white singers
9_______ Bod Dylan have rediscovered their own folk tradition, instead of 10_______ black roots. But
the main changes since 1960 have been social and technical. One is that young people have more
money 11_______ records at an earlier age than they 12_______, so Tin Pan Alley, the 'pop' music
industry, aims 13_______ teenage audience. 14_______ that electronic equipment has developed
15_______ extent that technicians are now 16_______ sound to produce recordings that are quite
different from a live performance. But the real problem with 'pop' music is that Tin Pan Alley has always
worked against 17_______ a genuine music of the people. It takes everything original and natural out of
it and 18_______ cheap commercial imitations. 19_______ the American folk singer, Woody Guthrie,
said: "They've always 20_______ the second-rate songs. They've never wanted to play the good ones.'

1 A that I decide B or deciding C for me to decide D for me decide

2 A like the people. B the people like. C likes the people. D the people likes.
3 A at one or another B in one or another C at one time or D in one time or
time time another another
4 A really what is it. B what it really is. C what really is it. D what really it is.
5 A being B as being C to be D that it is
6 A gave an interest in B gave an interest to C took an interest in D took an interest to
7 A once and again B over and over C more and more D the most times
again times possible
8 A close enough at B close enough to C enough close at D enough close to
9 A as B like C for example D for instance
10 A borrowing from B to borrow from C borrowing of D to borrow of
11 A for spending in B for spending on C to spend in D to spend on
12 A used B used to C usually had D would
13 A at B to C at the D to the
14 A Another is B One other is C Another it's D One other it's
15 A in so great B to so great C in such an D to such an
16 A can mix B able of mixing C capable to mix D capable of mixing
17 A its being B it to be C being it D that it was
18 A replace it for B substitutes it for C replaces it with D substitutes it with
19 A As B Like C How D Such as
20 A liked better B better liked C preferred D rather had

Test 7
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct

The Changing Face of the British Pub

According to Government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs 1 _______, though the kind of pub they 2 _______ be
different and their reasons 3 _______ there vary, too. Nowadays they often take their wives or girl-friends, which used 4 _______.
The fact is that the typical English pub is changing, partly 5 _______ the licensing laws not being so strict as they were, but also
because publicans are trying 6 _______ away with the old Victorian image of the pub and instead provide couples with an atmosphere
where they 7_______. Pubs 8 _______ to open except at certain times. 9 _______ they were usually 10 _______ with men
drinking 11 _______ beer as possible in the time available. But 12 _______ is rapidly becoming 13 _______. Curiously enough, the
old British Licensing laws, 14 _______ found so objectionable and absurd, were originally introduced as a temporary measure to stop
workers 15 _______ in the First World War. After, the strong puritanical element in Parliament took16 _______ the law and retained it.
Opening hours are no longer limited to eight hours 17 _______ day; the publican can now choose which hours 18 _______. And
these days you can even get a cup of coffee if you 19 _______ beer. But in spite of this the Puritans 20 _______ that a pub could
become a respectable place.

1 A quite regular B rather regular C quite regularly D rather regularly

2 A go can B go may C go to can D go to may
3 A for going B in going C why they go D that they go
4 A to be not the case. B not to be the case. C to be not the fact. D not to be the fact.
5 A because B because of C in that D for the reason of
6 A doing B to do C making D to make
7 A both can enjoy. B both can enjoy C can both enjoy. D can both enjoy
themselves. themselves.
8 A used not B would C were not used D were used not
9 A As the result B For a result C It was the result D The result was that
that
10 A covered B crowded C full D plenty
11 A so much B so many C as much D as many
12 A this kind of pubs B that kind of pub C those kinds of pub D these kinds of pubs
13 A a past thing. B a thing of the past. C an out-of-date thing. D a thing out-of-date.
14 A that foreigners B that strangers C which foreigners D which strangers
15 A drinking B drink C to drink D that they drink
16 A advantage of B advantage out of C profit of D profit out of
17 A a B the C for D one
18 A fit him better. B fit him best. C suit him better. D suit him best.
19 A would rather it to B would rather it than C prefer it to D prefer it than
20 A never would dream B never would dream C would never dream D would never dream
to admit of admitting to admit of admitting

Test 8

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Tarka the Actor

1 _______ an otter to be a film star was the 2 _______ 3 _______ producer-director David Cobham when he embarked on bringing
Henry Williamson's classic novel Tarka the Otter 4 _______. The main Tarka role 5 _______ a hand-reared otter called Spade.
Spade was born in Suffolk and 6 _______ the age of three months was taken over by his permanent handler, Peter Talbot. Spade was
'imprinted' on Peter - 7 _______, the otter came to 8 _______ a parent and wherever Peter went, Spade followed. This meant that the animal 9
_______ work loose in rivers and along banks with no fear that he would abscond, 10 _______ Osla, the young female who played Whitetip.
Osla, an orphan cub from the Shetlands 11 _______ mother had been 12 _______ by a car, was not so tame and a big enclosure 13 _______
built for her scenes. Animals 14 _______ to act, but they can be made 15 _______. When David Cobham wanted shots of Tarka 16
_______ the river bank and then pausing, 17 _______ sniffing something, Spade 18 _______ taken to the scene in a box that could be opened
by a 19 _______. When cameras were ready, the box would be opened, Peter would call and 20 _______.

1 A Training B The training C To train D The train

2 A most tricky work B trickiest job C more tricky work D trickier job
3 A against B facing C opposite D in front of
4 A fact. B life. C stage. D screen.
5 A has been played by B has been played for C was played by D was played for
6 A at B in C on D with
7 A in another word B otherwise C that is D it is to say
8 A remark him as B remark him for C regard him as D regard him for
9 A can B could C may D might
10 A different to B not as C not like to D unlike
11 A who B which C whose D her
12 A run over B overrun C taken over D overtaken
13 A must be B must have been C has to be D had to be
14 A cannot B may not be able C must not D ought not be able
15 A react. B to react. C reacting. D that they react.
16 A to run along B to run through C running along D running through
17 A like he is B like he were C as if he is D as if he were
18 A has been B used to being C was used to be D would be
19 A radio signal. B radio's signal. C signal radio. D signal of the radio.
20 A off would Spade B off would come C out would Spade D out would
 come. Spade. come. come Spade.

Test 9

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

The Village School

Cattistock is 1 _______ people mean 2 _______ a typical English village. It has some 580 inhabitants, a pub called The Fox and
Hounds, a results Tudor church and a Victorian village school. The only blemish is a closure notice which the country council has
pinned to 3 _______ door. Unless the notice is lifted, 4 _______ is unlikely, that door will probably shut for the 5 _______ the
summer. And unless the parents then take over the building and the primary schooling of the children - as 6 _______ at Madingley in
Cambridgeshire have done - 7 _______ pupils will join larger classes at Maiden Newton two miles away. If Cattistock 8 _______
survive as something more than a home for its oldest inhabitants and for the middle-aged, middle-class immigrants 9 _______ children
have 10 _______ school, it needs to attract more young couples. And 11 _______ drawn them to Cattistock in the past is the presence
of a successful school on their doorstep. 12 _______ little doubt that 13 _______ its size, and because of it, Cattistock Primary School
has 14 _______ 15 _______ a headteacher and one assistant, it is a cheerful building in the very center of the village. Parents are 16
_______ the place all the while, helping with cookery and crafts and listening 17 _______. And 18 _______ children in the school
are 19 _______ average a year ahead in the reading age. 'That's not a middle-class phenomenon, 20 _______ the way', says
the acting headmaster. 'It's spread throughout the school. What we lose in competition we gain by close attention'.

1 A that most B what most C that the most D what the most
2 A as B like C by D for
3 A a school B a school's C the school D the school's
4 A what B that C but D which
5 A last time in B latest time in C last time on D latest time on
6 A these B those C these ones D those ones
7 A about thirty B around thirty C thirty or so D thirtyish
8 A is to B has to C shall D will
9 A which B whose C of whom D who's
10 A already left B yet left C already left their D yet left their
11 A that which has often B that which often has C what often has D what has often
12 A It is a B It is C There is a D There is
13 A as well despite B as well in spite C both despite D both in spite
14 A done a good job. B done a good work. C made a good job. D made a good work.
15 A Staffed by B Staffed with C It is staffed by D It is staffed with
16 A on and off B in and out of C up and down D to and fro
17 A the children reading. B to the children C the reading D to the reading
reading. children. children.
18 A it results that B the result that C for a result D as a result
19 A for B by C in D on
20 A by B in C on D through

Test 10

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Pantomime

Pantomime, the traditional Christmas entertainment for children in Britain, has never, 1_______ I know, become popular abroad, 2
_______ the comic techniques employed in it 3_______ a clown of Italian origin, Joseph Grimaldi, 4 _______ the early
nineteenth century made him the best-loved man in the British theatre. Unfortunately, pantomime is almost 5 _______ anyone who has
never seen it as the game of cricket. I once spent half an hour talking about cricket to a foreigner. At last, he could not help 6 _______
me. I had just said that the ball sometimes traveled 7_______ hour and 8 _______ this time he was sure I was making fun of him. He
thought I had been talking about croquet. Pantomime, then, is the theatrical representation of a fairy story, like Cinderella, but 9 _______
in a number of stage conventions that have developed over the years. These conventions, 10_______ they seem quite normal to
children who are used to them, are 11 _______ more complicated than you might expect. 12_______, the hero (such as the Prince in
Cinderella) is played by a girl. 13 _______, in case you 14 _______ wondering how 15 _______ But Cinderella's sisters are played
by men, and so on. What is most surprising is that pantomime not only survives in 1980 but that it is 16 _______. The main reason for
this is that 17_______ to participate. They must 18 _______ the hero if the villain is coming and some of them go 19_______ to meet
the comedian. 'How old are you?' asks the comedian. 'I'm twelve.' 'That's funny. When I was 20 _______ I was thirteen.' Children love
it.

1 A as far as B as much as C of what D to the extent that

2 A however B nevertheless C although D in spite of
3 A own a great deal of B own a great deal to C owe a great deal of D owe a great deal to
4 A which B which C whose D whose
performances in performances on performances in performances on
5 A as difficult to B as difficult to C so difficult to D so difficult to
explain explain to explain explain to
6 A interrupting to B interrupting C to interrupt to D to interrupt
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8 A at B for C by D in
9 A its attraction lays B its attraction lies C it's attraction lays D it's attraction lies
10 A as B for all C yet D while
11 A quite B fairly C rather D just
12 A At first B In principle C In the beginning D To start with
13 A Also is the heroine B Also the heroine is C So is the heroine D So the heroine is
14 A can be B are C will be D would be
15 A far sex changes B far can go sex C long sex changes D long can go sex
can go! changes! can go! changes!
16 A as popular as ever. B as popular as never. C so popular as ever. D so popular as never.
17 A it's given the chance B it's given to C to children is D children are given
to children children the chance given the chance the chance
18 A announce B advertise C warn D threaten
19 A into the scene B into the stage C on to the scene D on to the stage
20 A the age of you B your age C the same age D the same age that
than you you

Test 11

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Collecting Animals

1________ no idea of the hard work and worry that go into a collecting 2_______ the fascinating birds and animals that they pay
3_______ in the zoo. One of the questions that 4 ________is how I became an animal collector 5_______ The answer is that I have
6_______ animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was 7_______ with any clarity was not the conventional 'Mamma'
or 'Dadda', but the word 'Zoo', 8_______ repeat 9_______ in a shrill voice until someone, 10_______ shut me up, would take me to the
zoo. When I grew a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great number of pets, ranging from owls to sea-horses, and I spent all my
spare time exploring the countryside 11_______ fresh specimens to12_______ to my 13_______ Later on I went for a year to
Whipsnade Zoo, 14_______, to get experience of the larger animals, 15_______ lions, bears, bison and ostrich, 16_______ were
not so easy to keep at home. When I left, I luckily had 17_______ to be able to finance my first trip and I 18_______ regularly ever
since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and 19_______, it is certainly a job which will appeal 20_______ who love
animals and travel.

1 A Most people has B Most people have C The most of D The most of
people has people have
2 A travel to produce B travel for C trip to produce D trip for
producing producing
3 A to see B for to see C for seeing D for to seeing
4 A I always am B I am always C is always asked D is asked always
asked asked to me to me
5 A on the beginning. B primarily. C in principle. D in the first place.
6 A always been B always been C been always D been always
interested in interested on interested in interested on
7 A able to say B capable to say C able to tell D capable to tell
8 A that I used B which I used C that I would D which I would
9 A one time and B one time after C over and over D for time after
another another again time
10 A in order B in order to C in order that D for
11 A in search for B in search of C on search of D on search for
12 A add B enlarge C increase D build up
13 A pets collection. B pet's collection. C pets' collection. D collection of pets.
14 A as a keeper B like a keeper C as a student D like a student
student student keeper keeper
15 A as B as the C such as D such as the
16 A what B who C whose D which
17 A enough money of B enough of my C of my proper D of my own
my own proper money money enough enough money
18 A am going B was going C have been going D was going to go
19 A full of disillusions B full of C plenty of D plenty of
disappointments disillusions disappointments
20 A all these B all those C to all these D to all those

Test 12
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Rudyard Kipling

Intellectuals still feel uncomfortable about Kipling. His name 1 _______ identified with imperialism since the beginning of the
century, so he is a writer they would rather you 2 _______ talk about. It is true the George Orwell, who had 3 _______ colonialism
himself and hated it, said: '4 _______ that Kipling's view of life can be accepted by any civilized person.' But he added that no one who
5 _______ a Fascist 6 _______ have read and understood him. 7 _______ a racist, as Kim shows, though he certainly believed the
 British had a responsibility to administer India for the 8 _______ of law and order. What he does not seem 9 _______, as Orwell points
out, 10_______ 'an empire is primarily a money-making concern.' Kim is not popular in India. But how often do the people of any country accept
a foreigner's picture of them 11 _______ accurate? Yet 12 _______ that Kim is about love, the affection between Kim, the Irish orphan, and his
two substitute 'fathers', the Tibetan lama and the Muslim horse-trader. 13 _______ come out of the book far better than the English. Kipling
admired men of action, 14 _______ ones with a daily responsibility to carry out. His ideal is the Roman centurion in Puck of Pook's Hill,
defending Hadrian's wall against the barbarians. The centurion knows how 15 _______ but 16 _______ he gets any thanks or not, he does his
job. Like all conservatives, Kipling was a pessimist 17_______ heart. We know 18 _______ history that the centurion's effort was in
vain. But there is no reason for 19 _______ enjoyed The Jungle Book when we were young, 20 _______. It is not a Fascist tract.

1 A is B has been C was D had been

2 A don't B didn't C not D not to
3 A experimented B experimented the C experienced D experienced the
4 A It is no use B It is no point C There is no point D There is no use to
pretending pretending to pretend pretend
5 A accused Kipling B accused Kipling C charged Kipling D charged Kipling
to be of being to be of being
6 A may B might C can D could
7 A Neither he was B Nor he was C Nor was he D He wasn't, either
8 A sake B reason C need D necessity
9 A he had realized B that he realized C to be realizing D to have realized
10 A is B is that C it is D it is that
11 A as B for C being D to be
12 A is the fact B it is the fact C the fact of the D the fact of the
matter is matter it's
13 A The both B The both of them C Both they D They both
14 A especially the B especially those C specially the D specially those
15 A corrupt is the B corrupt the C much corrupt is D much corrupt the
Empire Empire is the Empire Empire is
16 A even B though C if D whether
17 A at B by C in D to
18 A from B from the C of D of the
19 A being ashamed of B being ashamed to C be ashamed of D be ashamed to
having have having have
20 A as seem to be B like seem to be C as some critics D like some critics
some critics. some critics. seem to be. seem to be.

Test 13

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Girl Composer

When World Premiere for Elizabeth 1 _______ 2 _______ Christmas week, 14-year-old Elizabeth Lane will be able to relive one of the most
exciting nights of her life. The program was recorded at a concert to open series of 3 _______ concerts given by the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra at Croydon in Surrey. But 4 _______ made the evening extra-special for Elizabeth was the thrill 5 _______ her own Sinfonietta
for Strings being played by the world-famous orchestra. 'It was a wonderful evening,' she said, 'and I shall remember it 6 _______ my life.' This
was the first time the orchestra 7 _______ music written by 8 _______ young composer and Elizabeth had actually started work on her
Sinfonietta when she was only eleven. This was certainly a remarkable achievement for 9 _______, but Elizabeth thrives on the complexities of
orchestration. She has been composing almost from the time when her mother taught 10 _______ piano 11 _______ three years old. 12
_______ she's feeling creative or not, much of Elizabeth's week is devoted to 13 _______ music. 'And when I've written something, I
usually play it 14 _______ the piano so my parents can criticize. 'When they realized that Elizabeth had 15 _______ musical talents, the family
moved to Somerset 16 _______ attend the Wells Cathedral School for Gifted Children. 'Now I have all my schooling at home and when I'm
not 17 _______ I spend the time working 18 _______' Eventually she hopes to 19 _______ as a composer and she already has six
commissions to complete 20 _______ next summer.

1 A is given B is shown C will be given D will be shown

2 A in TV for B on TV for C in TV during D on TV during
3 A Wednesday night B Wednesday night's C Wednesday's night D Wednesday nights
4 A what B which C that which D the thing what
5 A to hear B to listen C of hearing D of listening
6 A all B all during C for all D through all
7 A played B were playing C have played D had played
8 A so B a so C such D such a
9 A someone B anyone C whoever D whatever person
10 A her B to her C her the D to her the
11 A with B at C being D having
12 A If B Whether C It makes no D All the same
difference
13 A play B the play C playing D the playing
14 A by B in C on D with
15 A such great B such a C so D so great
16 A to B for her C so as to D so that she could
17 A doing academic B making academic C doing academic D making academic
work work work work
18 A in a thing musical. B on a thing musical. C in something D on something
musical. musical.
 19 A earn her life B win her life C earn her living D win her living
20 A in B by C in the D by the

Test 14

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Visions of the Future: Huxley and Orwell

Visions of the future in modern fiction are seldom optimistic. What 1 _______ makes them so depressing? Are most creative artists 2
_______ heart or is it simply that they see 3 _______ in technical progress? I 4 _______ to favor the second alternative if it were not for
the fact that earlier writers like Jules Verne and H.G.Wells do not seem 5 _______ their misgivings. The 6 _______ books of this kind in
English are Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and 1984, by George Orwell. Although there are superficial resemblances between them, they
are not really very much 7 _______ Huxley's Britain in 2500 is a well-organized sensual paradise but it offers 8 _______ . Human
beings are conditioned from their artificial birth to fulfil a social role. Only on an Indian reservation in New Mexico 9 _______ unchanged. They
thought it was not worth 10 _______ the trouble to educate the Indians in the new methods. Orwell's book carries the message that once the
world becomes divided between dictatorships, human beings can be made 11 _______ they are told to. Children are instructed 12 _______
their parents. Adults like the hero, Winston Smith, are employed to rewrite history 13 _______ that the dictatorship was right. There is no
escape. Any attempt to express 14 _______ an individual is discovered and the person is brainwashed. At 15 _______ time when Orwell
wrote 1984, it was long before his death, Orwell published this warning to 18 _______ realize that all dictatorships are basically the same.
The 19 _______ crime in the world of 1984 is to think for oneself, instead of accepting what 20 _______ by the state.

1 A it is B is that C is it that D it is that

2 A at B by C in D with
3 A little to approve B a little to approve C little to approve of D a little to approve of
4 A will incline B will be inclined C would incline D would be inclined
5 A to have shared B be shared C sharing D that they shared
6 A better-known B best-known C more known D most known
7 A alike. B like. C similar. D different.
8 A very little scope to B to the individual C a very little scope D to the individual a
the individual. very little scope. to the individual. very little scope.
9 A life remains B the life remains C does life remain D does the life remain
10 A to make B making C to take D taking
11 A do however B do whatever C to do however D to do whatever
12 A to spy at B to spy on C spying at D spying on
13 A for to show always B for always showing C so that it always D so that it will always
will show show
14 A one as B one like C oneself as D oneself like
15 A a B the C that D this
16 A for intellectuals to B that intellectuals C for intellectuals D that intellectuals
admire admired to marvel marveled
17 A it as B it being C of it as D of it to be
18 A let people to B make people to C let people D make people
19 A most dreadful B more dreadful C dreadfulest D dreadfuler
20 A you are told B one is told C you are said D one is said

Test 15
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

Visions of the Future: Boulle and Wyndham

Huxley and Orwell are not the only modern writers 1 _______ the future and seen disaster. But neither in Brave New World 2 _______ in 1984
3 _______. It plays a major part, however, in The Planet of the Apes and its sequel (at least 4 _______ the film versions taken from Pierre
Boulle's original book are concerned). In Boulle's story there was a planet where apes and men had changed 5_______ in society. In the film,
however, this theme was linked to 6 _______, 7 _______ more topical. The astronauts eventually realize that they have returned to Earth two
thousand years later. If men have resigned themselves 8 _______ the slaves of apes it is because of a nuclear catastrophe. A more subtle
treatment of the same theme occurs in John Wyndham's novel, The Chrysalids. The hero is a boy growing up in a strict Puritanical community
rather like a pioneering settlement in the American West. Only as the novel develops 9 _______ that the strange laws of the community, 10
_______ that babies born with any physical abnormality are immediately killed, are hardly explicable in 11 _______. What 12 _______ a
community in northern Canada 13 _______ of years after an atomic war. Here the effects have been comparatively light but the boy's uncle,
who has been a sailor, tells him of voyages south where 14 _______ but blackened ashes. Wyndham, in spite of 15 _______ seem to you like
total pessimism, has a message of hope, too. The boy, 16 _______ his cousin, the girl he loves, and a few friends, 17 _______ telepathic gifts.
Their ability to read 18 _______ thoughts saves them from his father's anger and they make mental contact with some people in a place called
Seeland, which has also escapes 19 _______ effects of the holocaust. When the children appeal for help, the Seelanders rescue them.
Seeland, 20 _______, is what we call New Zealand.

1 A to have looked to B which have looked C to have looked into D which have looked
to into
2 A either B or C neither D nor
3 A was responsible the B was the atomic C the atomic bomb D the responsible was
atomic bomb. bomb responsible. was responsible. the atomic bomb.
4 A as far as B for so much as C in that D in the extent that
5 A places B the places C each other's place D their place
6 A the one that is of B the nuclear war's C this of nuclear D that of nuclear
nuclear war one war war
7 A making them B making them to be C that made them D that made them to be
8 A to become B to becoming C to grow D to growing
9 A we begin to B we begin C do we begin to D do we begin
understand understanding understand understanding
10 A one of them is B one of them it is C one of which is D one of which it is
11 A past terms. B the past terms. C the past's terms. D terms of the past.
12 A is describing B Wyndham is C is describing D Wyndham is
Wyndham is describing is Wyndham it is describing it is
13 A a few hundreds B a few hundred C some hundreds D some hundred
14 A anything can be seen B nothing can be C it can be seen D it can be seen
seen anything nothing
15 A what can B that can C what may D that may
16 A the same that B similar than C also like D together with
17 A has exceptional B has especial C have exceptional D have especial
18 A themselves B each other's C oneself's D each other's
19 A from the worse B from the worst C out of the worse D out of the worst
20 A it turns out B it turns up C that turns out D that turns up

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Test 1

1. A 6. B 11. B 16. D
2. C 7. D 12. B 17. C
3. D 8. A 13. D 18. D
4. A 9. D 14. B 19. C
5. D 10. C 15. A 20. A

Test 2

1. B 6. C 11. C 16. A
2. B 7. D 12. D 17. B
3. C 8. B 13. B 18. A
4. C 9. A 14. D 19. A
5. A 10. D 15. C 20. D

Test 3

1. D 6. D 11. A 16. C
2. D 7. C 12. B 17. A
3. A 8. A 13. D 18. B
4. D 9. C 14. C 19. B
5. C 10. A 15. A 20. A

Test 4

1. D 6. B 11. A 16. D
2. C 7. A 12. C 17. B
3. D 8. B 13. C 18 C
4. B 9. A 14. D 19. A
5. A 10. A 15. D 20. D

Test 5

1. A 6. D 11. C 16. D
2. C 7. C 12. C 17. B
3. D 8. A 13. A 18. D
4. A 9. C 14. D 19. A
5. B 10. B 15. C 20. D

Test 6

1. C 6. C 11. D 16. D
2. B 7. B 12. B 17. A
3. C 8. B 13. C 18. C
4. B 9. B 14. A 19. A
5. C 10. A 15. D 20. C

Test 7
 1. C 6. B 11. C 16. A
2. D 7. D 12. B 17. A
3. A 8. A 13. B 18. D
4. B 9. D 14. C 19. C
5. B 10. B 15. A 20. D

Test 8

1. A 6. A 11. C 16. C
2. B 7. C 12. A 17. D
3. B 8. C 13. D 18. D
4. D 9. B 14. B 19. A
5. C 10. D 15. B 20. D

Test 9

1. B 6. B 11. D 16. B
2. C 7. C 12. D 17. B
3. C 8. A 13. C 18. D
4. D 9. B 14. A 19. D
5. A 10. A 15. A 20. A

Test 10

1. A 6. B 11. C 16. A
2. C 7. C 12. D 17. D
3. D 8. C 13. C 18. C
4. C 9. B 14. B 19. D
5. B 10. D 15. A 20. B

Test 11

1. B 6. A 11. B 16. D
2. C 7. A 12. A 17. A
3. A 8. D 13. D 18. C
4. B 9. C 14. C 19. B
5. D 10. B 15. C 20. D

Test 12

1. B 6. D 11. A 16. D
2. B 7. C 12. C 17. A
3. C 8. A 13. D 18. A
4. A 9. D 14. A 19. A
5. B 10. B 15. B 20. C

Test 13

1. B 6. A 11. B 16. D
2. D 7. D 12. B 17. A
3. A 8. D 13. C 18. D
4. A 9. A 14. C 19. C
5. C 10. C 15. A 20. B

Test 14

1. C 6. B 11. D 16. A
2. A 7. A 12. B 17. C
3. C 8. A 13. D 18. D
4. D 9. C 14. C 19. A
5. A 10. D 15. B 20. B

Test 15

1. C 6. D 11. D 16. D
2. D 7. A 12. B 17. A
3. B 8. B 13. C 18. B
4. A 9. C 14. B 19. B
5. A 10. C 15. C 20. A