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.docxI. READING COMPREHENSION TEST.
Pet cats.
For questions 1-5 choose the most appropriate answer (A, B, C or D).
Did you know that if you want your pet cat to live as long as possible you should choose an ordinary female cat, keep a close eye on her in spring and summer, and make sure that she is not black, or black and white? It has been discovered that male cats wander further from home, and of the large number of cats killed on the roads in spring and summer, a surprisingly high percentage are black or black and white.
Did you know, too, that domestic cats regard their owners as fellow members of the cat family and make more sounds to us than they do to other cats when living in groups? They have worked out that we communicate by sound – and so learn a vocabulary we will understand to get their message over.
The way cats have learned to live with, and be looked after by, man, without losing their hunting and killing abilities or their mental independence, is a good reason for studying them, some scientists say.
A study of the suburban cat in Barking in Essex showed that outside the home they adopted the same hunting and exploring habits as wild cats. The female cats covered a territory limited to house and garden, while male cats travelled over an area ten times as large.
Though many people think the opposite, a cat is very practical about defending its territory. Its attitude depends on its confidence about the cat it faces, following the experience of its previous meetings. Females and young males often hide when fierce adult males turn up on their territory.
Female cats seem to feel no tension between their affectionate relationships with humans and their life ‘in the wild’. It is the male cats which occasionally show signs of anxiety indicating that they are suffering from restrain.
1. Why do cats make a wider range of sounds when communicating with people?
A. They are used to doing this with other cats.
B. They are taught to do so by their owners.
C. They are copying human behavior.
D. They wish to be considered human beings.
2. Why are domestic cats of special interest to scientists?
A. They are fierce and clever hunters.
B. They have been domesticated for a very long time.
C. The have lost all traces of wild behavior.
D. They lead both wild and domesticated lives.
3. In what ways are wild cats and domestic cats alike?
A. They cover a wide territory.
B. They tend to fight.
C. They hunt and explore.
D. They like to be alone.
4. When on their own territory cats …
A. … hide from all strange cats.
B. … allow only familiar cats to cross.
C. … chase larger cats.
D. … allow fiercer cats to cross.
5. Compared with female cats, male cats tend to …
A. … be mostly black or black and white.
B. … show less affection to humans.
C. … hunt more successfully.
D. … suffer more frequently from nervous strain.
II. Choose the correct item.
Test 1. Telephone vocabulary quiz.
1. When you pick up the phone to call someone you hear a ……….. .
A. ringer
B. dial tone
C. receiver
2. If I'm not at home leave a message on my ………. machine.
A. directory
B. answering
C. dial
3. Sally must be talking to her mom because I have been getting a ………. for two hours.
A. answer
B. chat
C. busy signal
4. I never answer my ………. while I'm driving.
A. cordless
B. cell phone
C. pay phone
5. Mark always turns his ………. off when he is studying.
A. ringer
B. other line
C. call display
6. I'm busy right now. Can you ………. later.
A. hang up
B. call back
C. telephone back
7. You have to ………. "0" for the operator.
A. answer
B. hang up
C. dial
8. I have a ………. so I can do the dishes and chat at the same time.
A. receiver
B. busy signal
C. cordless
9. You will need a quarter or a phone card if you want to use the ………. .
A. cell phone
B. pay phone
C. pager
10. I know it was my boyfriend who called because I have ………. .
A. dial phone
B. call display
C. directory
Test 2. Incomplete sentences. Late again.
1.Do you know …….. time it is?
a. which b. what c. when d. how
2.No. I have ……. idea.
a. any b. no c. not d. some
3.It’s time you got…… .
a. on b. in c. over d. up
4.I don’t believe you. You can’t be……. .
a. right b. accurate c. precise d. definite
5.I am telling that you must……. .
a. haste b. hasten c. hurry d. quick
6.Or what? ……. on? Tell me.
a. Get b. Come c. Take d. Put
7.Simply that you are going to be …… for work.
a. late b. later c. lately d. latest
8.I think there’s something you’ve……. .
a. forgiven b. forbidden c. forsaken d. forgotten
9.No, it’s you ……. to tell me.
a. bend b. turn c. corner d. curve
10.Remember that there’s no work today …….. it’s Sunday.
a. for b. while c. because d. however
Test 3. Incomplete sentences. On my mobile.
1.Hello – I’m just …… out my new mobile.
a. testing b. probing c. finding d. trying
2.Or yes. Are you …… away?
a. distant b. long c. far d. quite
3.Not really. I’m quite …… .
a. nearer b. near c. next d. nearly
4.You …… very clear.
a. sound b. ring c. hear d. noise
5.Well, I did …… a lot of money on it.
a. dispense b. pass c. spend d. dispose
6.Tell where are you at the ……. ?
a. time b. second c. hour d. moment
7.I’ve already told you I am in the …… .
a. place b. area c. spot d. location
8.Well, this is very interesting but I am very …… .
a. busy b. occupied c. hurried d. active
9.Don’t …… - I’ll see you very soon.
a. concern b. care c. worry d. mind
10. Or there goes the front bell. Or it’s you! I might have …… .
a. thought b. believed c. considered d. guessed