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TEST 12

GRAMMAR GRAMMAR GRAMMAR

1. "Could you look over my English essay?" 6. "What did the doctor advise?"
" ______ I'd like to, I'm really short of time." "He recommended that she _______her
a. That much medicine."
b. So much as a. take
c. More than b. takes
d. As much as c. took
d. did take
2. "I followed the recipe, but it doesn't taste as
good as when Helen made it." 7. "Was it difficult to prepare last month's
"How _______ to taste?" budget?"
a. it is supposed "Yes, _______a great deal of work."
b. does it suppose a. it is requiring
c. suppose it is b. it requires
d. is it supposed c. it requiring
d. it required
3. "How do you like our new house?"
"It's very nice, _______ I don't like the area 8. "George is the biggest liar I have ever
very much." encountered."
a. since "Never in my life _____such exaggerations!"
b. though a. have I heard
c. otherwise b. do I hear
d. even c. I did hear
d. I've heard
4. "Who's going to represent us at the
conference?" 9. "These children are driving me crazy."
"I've decided to _______ Gerald." "Well it _______ good to scream at them all
a. sending the time."
b. sent a. does no
c. have sent b. doesn't any
d. send c. won't any
d. doesn't
5. "Did your neighbours call the police?"
"Yes. It was after 12 o'clock and we were 10. The Wellington's are very rich, aren't they?"
causing _______." "I don't know about now, but they certainly
a. disturbances _______ ."
b. a disturbance a. used to
c. disturbing b. are used to being
d. to disturb c. used to being
d. used to be

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CLOZE CLOZE CLOZE

The extinct mammoth was similar to living 11. a. that c. are

b. being d. since
elephants in the body skeleton, though
12. a. because c. that
mammoths differed from them and from each b. is d. are

other in skull shape, tusk form and molar 13. a. there c. it

b. thus d. often
structure. So many _11_ the differences in
14. a. there c. elephants
these body parts and so
b. must d. actually
great _12_ the variation within single species that
15. a. one c. which
_13_ is little agreement on how many kinds of b. them d. all

mammoths _14_ existed. There appear to be 16. a. of c. and

b. that d. for
three major groups to _15_ they may be
17. a. another c. and
consigned. One comprises relatives of the b. others d. because

African 18. a. not c. now

b. recently d. only
elephants, _16_ which the straight-tusked
19. a. these c. certain
mammoth is the best known; _17_ contains b. other d. more
relatives of the Asiatic elephants, and a third,
20. a. had c. once
comprises a number of extinct species. The b. became d. they

first two groups occur _18_ in the old world;

members of the third have been found in southern

Africa as well as in southern North America. The

North American

Imperial mammoth attained a shoulder height of

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VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY

21. I only bet on horses when the ______are high. 26. She tried to _______ the politician.
a. percentages a. gamble
b. ratios b. covet
c. fractions c. bribe
d. odds d. entail

22. She was the supervisor of the men's section,

27. Much of South America is covered in
but has now been _______ manager of the
_______, green jungles.
whole store.
a. lush
a. discharged
b. beset
b. motivated
c. designated c. towered

d. recurred d. deliberated

23. Aids is so _______ that people have become 28. Answer the question. Don't try to _______the
frightened and anti-social. issue at hand.
a. mandatory a. emit
b. simultaneous b. detach
c. susceptible c. endow
d. contagious d. evade

24. The walls must be completely clean, so you

29. Don't get yourself all upset. They'll be here
must _______ them.
_______.
a. slash
a. at the finale
b. brush
b. by and by
c. splash
d. scrub c. the later the better
d. sooner than later

25. Don't touch your lipstick because you will

_______ it. 30. Can prohibition really act as a _______to
a. spurn vandalism?
b. infect a. deterrent
c. mingle b. precaution
d. smear c. regression
d. concentration

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READING READING READING

Laughing usually does not occur until after the 31. According to the passage ...
a. the joyful laugh is the result of a joke.
20th week of life, and during the first year it is a
b. the comic laugh shows good humour.
reflex form of behavior. Individual differences c. laughter may not always be heart felt.
among children are seen in the frequency rather d. the differences in children can be seen in
how they laugh or smile.
than in the actual form of smiling and laughing.
Human laughter has been classified as that derived 32. It would be correct to say that laughter ...
a. springs from a variety of sources.
from joy or from comedy, as a social phenomenon, b. does not occur until after 1 year of life.
as a release from tension and as a symptom of c. is easier when we are by ourselves.
d. can cause ridiculous situations.
pathology. The joyful laugh, a bubbling over of good
humour, commonly occurs in children and adults in 33. What kind of laugh would a young child be
most likely to have?
a state of well-being; the comic laugh is directed at a a. The type associated with the relief of
joke or ridiculous situation. Laughter as a social tension.
b. Laughter as a social gesture.
phenomenon involves a wide range of social
c. A joyful laugh.
reactions, we laugh more easily in a group, for d. Laughter associated with pathological
conditions.
example, than when alone, and laughter sometimes
is merely a social gesture. The laughter associated 34. Which of the following would be classified
with relief of tension has sometimes been explained under pathological classifications of laughter.
a. Laughing because you survived a bad
biologically; since the facial muscles are ordinarily accident.
not necessary for the active preservation of life, the b. Laughing because someone you dislike
has lost his wallet.
excess energy set up by emotional stimulation spills c. Laughing because you've just won a new
over into activity of the facial and respiratory car.
d. Laughing because you drove through a
muscles in a way that does not interfere with other red light and weren't caught.
activities of the body. Laughter associated with
35. From the passage we may conclude that...
pathological conditions can be caused by organic a. Laughter has been divided into 5
pathology of the brain or, it has been suggested, by classifications.
b. Laughter is a form of reflex behavior.
the expression of unconscious tendencies in
c. One is less likely to laugh when alone.
psychopathological states. d. Laughter is contagious.

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HOMEWORK DERIVATIVE CHART HOMEWORK DE

NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB ADVERB MEANING/SYNONYM

beset full of
bribe give money for favors
brush clean, comb
concentration deep thought
contagious contaminating / infectious
covet desire
deliberate on purpose
designate name
detach separate
deterrent obstacle
discharge give off, dismiss
emit dischange, give off
endowed gifted
entail involve, include
evade avoid
finale end
fraction small part
gamble play lucky games
infect contaminate
lush abundant / rich
mandatory compulsory
mingle mix
motivate give incentive
odds chances
percentage ratio
precaution care
ratio percentage
regression reversion
recur happen again
scrub wash vigorously
simultaneous at the same time
slash cut
smear spread / smudge
splash wet with water
spurn avoid, shun
susceptible vulnerable
tower be very high

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