Grammar Test 15

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

1. News of this technological development ________ some years ago.

A) has been published B) was published C) published D) have been published

2. Since the early 1980s, we________ aware of the devastating effects of large-scale environmental pollution.

A) are B) have been C) are being D) will be

3. Reptiles, such as snakes, lizards and tortoises, spend ________ hours in the sun to generate body heat.

A) lots B) a lot C) many D) much

4. New technologies always ________ within them both threats and opportunities.

A) contain B) are contained C) containing D) have been contained

5. If Columbus ________ about Marco Polo’s trip to China, he ________ to sail there by crossing the Atlantic.

A) did not read/would not try B) had not read/would not have tried

C) would not have read/had not tried D) would not read/would not try

6. Brazil’s Amazon forest is disappearing ________ scientists previously imagined.

A) as fast than B) less faster than C) fastest than D) faster than

7. John Stuart’s expedition succeeded ________ a huge desert.

A) to discover B) discovering C) in discovering D) discover

8. Most of us enjoy a good night’s sleep, but we ________ not realize just how important sleep is.

A) must B) should C) may D) can

9. I think that was the last bus. ________ look for a taxi.

A) We needn’t B) We’d better C) We’re able to D) We don’t have to

10. ________ all those contradictory data, the researchers had some difficulty trying to interpret them in a proper way.

A) Collected B) Having been collected C) Having collected D) Being collected

11. Contained within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the geologically important and historically controversial Olduvai Gorge, ________ the anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered numerous specimens of the fossil remains of early humans.

A) which B) where C) that D) whom

12. The researchers are wondering how long ________ in tap water.

A) chlorine stays B) does chlorine stay C) does chlorine stays D) if chlorine stays

13. Scientists predicted when ________ by measuring movements in the Earth.

A) the volcano will erupt B) will the volcano erupt

C) the volcano would erupt D) would the volcano erupt

14. Modern recycling methods ________ to save energy on board the Freedom Ship.

A) will use B) will be using C) will have used D) will be used

15. Frogs lay large numbers of eggs, because ________ likely that predators will eat most of them.

A) they are B) it is C) there is D) there are

1. 2. Vocabulary tests

Vocabulary Test 1

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Sound Advice for Language Learners

A recent (0)…B….. of a language learning magazine has consulted a number of experts in the (1)……..of second language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for those (2) ……..a language course. One suggestion is that you (3)…….. whether you are likely to be successful at learning a language. Did you enjoy studying languages at school, for example? Do you have enough time to learn a language? The major (4) …….. will be your own time and effort. Therefore you must make sure that the course on offer leads to a (5) …….. qualification. Also, be realistic in your (6)…… . If you don’t set achievable aims you are most likely to give up. Do not be deceived (7)…….. thinking that the most expensive courses are the best. (8)…….. around to get the best possible value for money. You should also bear in mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly you forget it. Sandra Miller, a French teacher, tried to teach herself German by enrolling on a (9)…….. course. Already fluent in four languages and with a sound knowledge of teaching methodology her chances of (10)…….. progress were high. Three years (11)…….. she remembers very little. She feels her biggest mistake was not to follow (12)…….. her first experience. “I should have consolidated what I had learnt by continuing to study, even if it were by myself.”

0 A series B issue C programme D release

1 A domain B branch C field D area

2 A wondering B thinking C looking D considering

3 A assess B review C balance D survey

4 A charge B cost C price D valuation

5 A recognised B understood C valued D regarded

6 A sights B ends C objects D goals

7 A by B about C into D in

8 A Nose B Push C Run D Shop

9 A rapid B crash C quick D fast

10 A achieving B doing C gaining D making

11 A on B forward C from D onward

12 A up B on C through D out