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Vocabulary and Structures test 3 Name: .. Time allowed: 90 minutes Part I. vocabulary. I. Supply the correct form of the words given in BOLD. 1. Most of what youve written in your composition has nothing to do with the questions and therefore . 2. There was some .. about who should be team captain. 3. You obviously .. when I set the homework. Youve done the wrong exercise. 4. He claimed he had won the lottery, though most people who knew him suspected he had obtained the money . 5. Derek always behaves . You can never trust him to arrive on time. 6. His childish and behavior often gets him into trouble at school. 7. I keep telling you are .; those trousers are far too tight for you. 8. The parents, who had left the children alone in the house, were accused of behaving 9. These potatoes are ; you should have boiled them a bit longer. 10. He always asks me what I think he should do. He seems . of making his own decisions. II. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets. The Microwave oven Perhaps the most (0)(USE) and convenient of all domestic 0. useful.. appliances is the microwave oven. You do not need to be a (1) (SKILL) 1. .. cook or a (2) (TECHNOLOGY) genius to operate one, and you can 2. .. produce extremely (3) (TASTE) meals at the touch of a button. Many of 3. .. us would now feel rather (4) (HELP) and unable to cope without one. 4. .. The man we have thank for this modern cooking miracle is (5) 5. .. (INVENT), Percy LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945. Ten years (6) (LATE) the first domestic 6. .. microwave made its (7) (APPEAR). This rather bulky contraption needed 7. .. an (8) (ELECTRICITY) and a plumber to install it and was the same size 8. .. CAPABLE COOK RESPONSIBLE WEIGHT MATURE RELY HONEST AGREE UNDERSTAND RELEVANT

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as a fridge. At over $1,000 in 1955, it was not immediately (9) 9. .. (SUCCEED). Not until 1967, when the countertop model became (10) 10. .. (WIDE) available, did sales start to improve. III. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. A live broadcast of any public event, such as a space (0) (FLY) .flight.. or sporting occasion, is almost (1) (VARIABLE) .. accompanied by the thoughts of a (2) (COMMENT) This may be on television, along with the relevant pictures, alternatively on radio. The technique involved (3) (DIFFERENT) .. between the two media, with radio broadcasters needing to be more explicit and (4) (DESCRIBE) because of the absence of visual information. TV commentators do not need to paint a picture for their audience; instead, their various (5) (OBSERVE) should add to the images that are already there. There will sometimes be silences and pauses in a TV commentary, although these are becoming (6) (INCREASE) rare. Both types of commentators should try to be informative, but should avoid sounding (7) (OPINION). . In sports commentaries, fairness and (8) (IMPART) to both sides is vital, but spontaneity and enthusiasm are valued by those watching or listening. Sports commentators usually broadcast live in an essentially unscripted way, although they may refer to previously prepared materials such as sports statistics. Because of the (9) (PREDICT) nature of live events, thorough preparation in advance is vital. The Internet has helped enormously with this aspect of the job. Anyone interested in becoming a commentator should have excellent (10) (ORGANISE) .. skills, the willingness to work irregular hours, and a strong voice. IV. Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the two-word verbs below. Each verb is used only once. bring out lay down close down go round make up to sit on sift through work out check over do with.

1. Business was so bad that they had to ________________ two factories. 2. Next year, we intend to ____________ several new products. But at the moment, we are still testing them. 3. The operator monitors the pressure by _______________ the readings on these gauges. 4. Calculations which used to take ages can now ______________ in a few seconds. 5. You give the computer a command and it will _________________ the data for you until it finds the information you need. 6. People only ________________ him because of his wealth. 7. He _______________ my letter for months, why doesnt he answer it? 8. This car could ________________ a good polish. 9. There should be enough sweets to ___________________. 10. It is quite clearly _________________ that only amateurs can take part. V. Circle the best answer. 1. My father .. when he found out that I had damaged the car.

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A. hit the roof C. made my blood boil A. roar A. teeth A. mouth A. rushing A. plum B. bath B. head B. leg B. missing B. centre

B. saw pink elephant D. brought the house down. C. bucket C. nose C. neck C. jumping C. star D. pour D. arm D. teeth D. beating D. apple

2. The sky got very dark and soon it began to .. down. 3. If you want a flat in the centre of the city you have to pay through your .. for it. 4. I caught the last bus by the skin of my . 5. The accident was caused by a driver the traffic light. 6. She would do anything for her youngest son. He was the of her eyes. 7. - By the way, have you heard the one about the Welshman, the Irishman and the pig? - Yes, we have. That joke is as old as A. Solomon A. a pancake A. a punch A. a fighter B. the hill C. a dinosaur D. Jupiter D. a bell D. pound notes D. an athlete 8. Of course he likes you! Its as plain as B. the knob on your door C. the nose on your face B. a poppy B. a fiddle C. a sunflower C. a frog 9. Kathy was as pleaded as .. when she heard she had passed the exam. 10. Honestly, Pam, ever since Ive given up smoking I felt as fit as .! VI. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets. The first ever film (1) (make) . in 1895 and the first commercially successful movie released was The Great Train Robbery in 1903. The end of the age of silent films (2) (mark) by the success of the first talkie, the Jazz Singer, in 1927, and the arrival of color was added to the popularity of the cinema. Between 1930 and 1945 the cinema industry in the USA (3) (become) . an entertainment factory which (4) (control) .. by Hollywood studios. But it (5) (say) ... that since the 1940s the most significant advances in cinema have been achieved elsewhere. The British film industry (6) (expand) .... after the war, but fewer films (7) (make) . in the UK today, mainly because the money that is needed to f inance them cant (8) (find) .. easily. In the 1980s the home video recorder was invented and many people predicted the death of the cinema. For a few years audiences (9) (decrease) . alarmingly and dozens of cinemas went out of business, but recently more people are attracted back to the cinema. It (10) (hope) . that this growth will continue and cinema can return to its golden age. VII. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets.

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1. I dont think his articles deserve (1) (read) . 2. It was our fault to keep her (2) (wait) so long. We (3) (inform) her in advance. 3. Its no use (4) (ask) . the students (5) (keep) .. quiet. They cant help (6) (make) .. a noise and we cant help but (7) (lock) ourselves in a separate room way from the noise. 4. I would rather you (8) (not/ be) absent from class yesterday. 5. Neither the industry or the garbage disposal (9) (account) . for the pollution in this city. 6. Mind your mouth (10) (say) .. such a bad thing. Part II. Structures I. Rewrite the sentences. 1. I rarely sleep in the afternoon. -> Im not in . 2. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out. -> Not for . 3. It seems that no one predicted the correct answer. -> No one 4. My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night. -> My grandfather didnt have .. 5. I was not well enough to play football that day. -> I didnt feel .. 6. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard. -> However .. 7. Andrew is the most generous person I have ever met -> Ive yet 8. She never seems to succeed even though she studies much. -> Much 9. I never thought that I would win a prize -> It had 10. Suppose we make no changes at all for the time being? -> What .? 11. Its rumoured that we will have a new manager. -> Rumour has .....

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12. My salary is half what I would be in the job I was offered in Jan. -> If 13. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week. -> There .. 14. Her hobby is one thing that she does not intend to give up. -> She has .................................................................................................................. 15. Immediately after their arrival, things went wrong. -> No sooner II. Rewrite the following sentences. 1. Stop criticizing everybody! (DOWN) -> Dont . 2. Terry has just insured her life. (OUT) -> Terry .. 3. In the end it was discovered that Joe was the thief. (OUT) -> . 4. I need a calculator to arrive at the total. (OUT) -> . 5. I met your friend David the other day. (INTO) -> . 6. I think youve been overcharged, old son! (OFF) -> . 7. I think we should increase the pressure on her to resign. (UP) -> . 8. I wont allow swearing in my classroom (FOR) -> . 9. The company was bought up by a large multinational. (OVER) -> . 10. Your story is different from the facts. (WITH) -> . 11. Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme. (DISAPPROVAL) -> Local residents 12. He can hardly read at all. (VIRTUALLY) -> He . 13. His arrival was completely unexpected. (TOOK) -> His .. 14. She is a student good at mathematics. (FIGURES) -> She .

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15. I think we ought to permit him to do whatever he chooses. (HAND) -> I think

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Key III. 61. invariably 62. commentator 63. differs 64. descriptive 65. observations 66. increasingly 67. opinionated 68. impartiality 69. unpredictable 70. organizational IV. 1. close down 2. bring out 3. checking over 4. be worried out 5. sift through 6. make up to7. has been sitting on 8. do with 9. go round 10. laid down V. sach Test your idioms. VI. Tong on tap KT tieng Anh Page 97. VII.

1. to be read/ reading 6. making VIII.

2. waiting 3. should have informed 4. asking 5. to keep 7. hadnt been 8. accounts 9. must have forgotten 10. saying

2. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard. However hard she works she never seems to succeed. 3. Andrew is the most generous person I have ever met Ive yet to meet anyone who is more generous than Andrew 4. She never seems to succeed even though she studies much. Much as she studies, she never seems to succeed. 5. I never thought that I would win a prize It had never crossed my mind that Id win a prize. What if we make no chages. Rumour has it that we will have a .. If I had taken the job I was offered in Jan, I would be earning twice as much as I am now. There has been a considerable fall in the value of sterling in the past week.

11. Stop criticizing everybody! (DOWN) Stop running everybody DOWN. 12. Terry has just insured her life. (OUT) Terry has just taken OUT insurance on her life. 13. In the end it was discovered that Joe was the thief. (OUT) It turned OUT that Joe was the thief. 14. I need a calculator to arrive at the total. (OUT) I need a calculator to work OUT the total. 15. I met your friend David the other day. (INTO) I ran INTO your friend David the other day. 16. I think youve been overcharged, old son! (OFF) I think youve been ripped OFF, old son. 17. I think we should increase the pressure on her to resign. (UP) I think we should step UP the pressure on her to resign. 18. I wont allow swearing in my classroom (FOR) I wont stand FOR swearing in my classroom. 19. The company was bought up by a large multinational. (OVER) The company was taken OVER by a large multinational. 10. Your story is different from the facts. (WITH) Your story does not tie in WITH the facts
Local residents expressed their disapproval of the new traffic scheme. He is virtually unable to read. His arrival took us completely by surprise She is a student having a head for figures.

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