ENGLISH test 1I. Choose the word or phrase (A. B. C or D) which best completes each sentence. 1. He was rather .......... me. He just said "No".

a. short with b. crude to c. rude with d. tactless to 2. I knew she wasn't going to like what I was going to say, so I tried to find a .......... way of saying it.

a. civil b. diplomatic c. flattered d. well-mannered.3. Don't you think it's rather .......... asking him to lend more money when you still haven't paid back what you've already owed him?

a. cheeky b. hostile c. unpleasant d. crude 4. Don't be so ..........! Where did you learn such bad languages?

a. ill-mannered b. crude c. tactless d. nasty 5. It's not very.......... to talk with your mouth full.

a. tactful b. gentle c. polite d. educated 6. I find his behaviour towards me quite ........... . He treats me like an idiot.

a. offending b. insulting c. crude d. ill-mannered 7. I'm sorry about all the .......... things I said to you.

a. hostile b. abrupt c. nasty d. short 8 The interview went very well. Everyone was very .......... to me.

a. pleasant b. flattering c. tactful d. diplomatic

II. Fill each blank with the suitable form of the word given in brackets. 1. I lost my temper because he was being so .......... and was refusing to accept that he was wrong, despite all the evidence. (head)2. She's so .......... that she won't let anything stand in the way of her ambition. (mind)3. Her sudden disappearance is rather ........... . (puzzle)4. I'm .......... as to how such a thing could have happened. (bewilder)5. The instructions are very.......... . I can't tell what I'm supposed to do. (confuse)6. The police were .......... .Why should anyone want to steal a waste paper basket? (mystify)

III. Fill in the numbered blanks one missing word. One step beyond automated machines is the (1)........ robot, the heart and brain of which is

the microcomputer. (2)........ most automated machines, industrial robots can be programmed to do a (3)........ of tasks that are usually accomplished by human factory (4)....... . Like their human counterparts, industrial robots can be switched (5)........ one job to another and can be programmed to handle new (6)........ . Thus far, robots have found their greatest use in assembling mechanical components. (7)........ they are swiftly branching from basic assembly operations to construction and mining, and their glamorous use of all, the exploration of oceans and (8)........ space.

IV. In the following passage, one word or two has been omitted from every line. Find and write it after the word in front. The first has been done for you as an example:

An enormous increase in urban development go ahead whatever we do, and we have remember that the new cities devour space. People now acquire far goods and things. There is a greater density of household goods; they demand more services as sewage and drainage. Above the car changes everything: rising incomes an rising populations can urban car density increase by something like four or five per cent in decade; traffic flows rise fill whatever scale of highways are provided for them.The car tempts people further out and then gives the appallingproblem of getting back. It makes them believe they spend Sunday in Brighton, but it makes impossible for them to return before two the morning. People go further and further away to reach open air and countryside, continuously recedes from them, and just as working weeks decline and they begin to have more time leisure, they find they cannot get to the open spaces or the recreation or the beaches which now have the time to enjoy.

1. development will2.............................3.............................4.............................5.............................6.............................7.............................8.............................9.............................10...........................11...........................12..........................13..........................14..........................15..........................

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V. In each of the following extracts from a newspaper there is a misprint. Find the word which is wrong and also write down which word should have been used instead. TEST 15 P 89 Example: Gardens dug, widows washed, and chimneys swept, in Swansea area. Answer: Widows - windows 1. He told police officers that he had met a man with a ginger bear in the pub who had offered him £100.2. We should all take care of our wildlife as, with the treat of a nuclear war hanging over us, we should be happy while we can and try to protect all birds.3. With escalating fuel bills it is essential that your home is properly insulted.4. Forecast: some bright intervals with shattered showers.5. Have your Christmas dinner with us in our intimate restaurant with log fires burning and good wood being served.6. Unlike most cats, Mrs. P. explained, hers-owing to an eye injury-could hardly pee at all in the dark.7. Enjoy our large airy rooms for small families. Home-type food, diets catered for Scandinavian pastries, home-made pies, country fresh eggs. Hospital is the aim here.8. She lectures on nutrition and health. But they say she is inconsistent and will eat five deserts in a sitting.

CAU 3,6,8 TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 U48VI. Rewrite these sentences as similar as possible in meaning to original sentences, using the word given. This word must not be altered in any way. 1. You should think about the price before you decide whether to buy it or not. consideration 2. He's not sure whether to go or not. minds 3. I've considered the advantages and disadvantages and I've decided not to go. weighed 4. Considering that she's only just started, she's doing very well. bearing 5. She's not sure whether she wants to marry him or not now. second 6. I was going to argue with him, but I decided that it was a bad idea. better7. I'm thinking that I might leave the country, but I haven't decided yet. considering 8. When I agreed to do this, I didn't think that it would be so expensive. Bargain

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Key to test

I.1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A

II.1. pig-headed 3. puzzling 5. confusing 2. single-minded 4. bewildered 6. mystified

III.1. industrial 3. variety 5. from 7. However2. Unlike 4. workers 6. tasks 8. outer

IV. 2. have to 7. in a 12. two in3. far more 8. rise to 13. countryside, which 4. services such 9. gives them 14. as their 5. Above all 10. they can 15. time for 6. can make 11. makes it 16. which they

V.1. bear beard 2. treat threat 3. insulted insulated 4. shattered scattered5. wood food 6. pee see 7. Hospital Hospitality 8. deserts desserts

VI1. You should take the price into consideration before you decide to buy it or not.2. He's in two minds about whether to go or not.3. I've weighed (up) the pros and cons and I've decided not to go.4. Bearing in mind that she's only just started, she's doing very well.5. She's having second thoughts about marrying him now.6. I was going to argue with him, but I thought better of it.7. I'm considering leaving the country, but I haven't decided yet.8. When I agreed to do this, I didn't bargain for it being so expensive.

VII. From T3 05 1 - e 2- d 3 - e 4- c

VII. From T4 0514. D 15. B 16. D 17. C 18. N19. YES 20 YES 21 NOT GIVEN 22 F 23 C24 J 25 I 26 C

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