Test 17

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Underline the correct answer:

1. She’s not as intelligent as/than her sister.

2. The film was not such/so good as I had expected.

3. The twins don’t wear the same/like clothes as each other.

4. She works as/like an accountant in a local bank.

5. She is getting richer and richer/more rich every year.

Choose the correct variant:

6. We hadn’t expected the trip to be ......... exhausting.

A) such B) so C) such a D) like this

7. ......... behaviour will get you into trouble with the director.

A) Such B) Such a C) So D) Like

8. There were ......... people at the party there was no room to move.

A) so much B) that much C) so many D) such many

9. The bill was much ......... expensive for me to pay on my own.

A) very B) too C) high D) quite

10. I don’t have ......... to speak now.

A) enough of time B) plenty time C) enough time D) a time

11. She’s ......... sensitive to other people’s problems.

A) a quite B) quite a C) quite D) the quite

12. It was ......... good result but you could’ve done better.

A) rather B) a bit C) a little D) a fairly

13. We had ......... nice meal last night.

A) very B) too C) rather a D) quite

14. She’s ......... too thin for her part in the play.

A) lot B) a bit C) little too D) little

15. She ......... rather moody at the moment.

A) behaves B) likes C) grows D) seems

16. I felt so ......... when my parents turned up at John’s party!

A) shy of B) shameful C) shamed D) embarrassed

17. I felt so ......... as I sat outside the dentist’s, thinking it would be really painful.

A) bad-tempered B) embarrassed C) nervous D) frightening

18. I would never cheat – I would be ......... of being caught.

A) worried B) anxious C) afraid D) nervous

19. We watched a very ......... programme on television last night which made us laugh a lot.

A) amusing B) enjoying C) tiring D) sympathetic

20. Don’t be so ......... – you can call me Pete.

A) formal B) typical C) tiresome D) afraid

Use the word given in capitals and a suffix from the box to form a word that fits in the space:

-less -ful -able -itive -ible -ous

21. Your handwriting is completely illegible – you shouldn’t be so .................. (CARE).

22. Do you have any books .................. (SUIT) for young children?

23. Although she was told the operation would be .................. (PAIN), she still felt very nervous about it.

24. I didn’t mean to upset you – perhaps you’re just a little too .................. (SENSE).

25. She ought to write things down if she’s so .................. (FORGET).

READING

Read this product information from the side of a tube of SunPro after-sun cream:

SunPro after-sun treatment is the first and only after-sun product with the dry skin healing power of natural soy. The cooling lotion soothes and revitalizes sun-exposed skin on contact and helps minimize the short-term effects of sun damage.

With an exclusive blend of natural soy, anti-oxidants and a multi-vitamin complex, the non-sticky lotion minimizes flaking and peeling, and helps reduce the signs of redness and irritation caused by the sun. The unique formula also contains emollients to provide 12-hour moisturization and help replace moisture lost by sun exposure.

Directions: Apply generously to sun-exposed skin.

• Cools and soothes skin

• Minimises signs of short-term sun damage

• Absorbs quickly

• Non-sticky

Find words in the description that mean:

1. Gives life back to

2. Recipe

3. Goes into the skin 

4. Water, humidity

5. Adhesive

6. Something which causes itching

7. Owned only by us

8. Helps to calm, relax

9. Mix

10. Put on

Answer True or False for the following questions:

11. This product can help you for a long time into the future.

12. Only this company uses natural soy in an after-sun product.

13. Your clothing may stick to your body after use.

14. This cream can also help to replace moisture lost whilst sunbathing.

15. You should use on all the body together.

USE OF ENGLISH

For Questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space:

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

Some say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in 24 hours, or you may prefer to take (1)……... time and do it in 5 weeks. What are we talking about? Believe it (2)……... not, these periods (3)……... time refer to language learning courses that promise excellent results in less time (4)……... it takes to say 'Bonjour'! However, the advertisements of these companies are not necessarily (5).......... best guide and if you don't know what to look (6)......... in a good course you could be left with little (7)……... than a large bill A complaint was recently made (8)……... SpeedLearn Systems and the company has been forced to remove its claim that its technique is ten times better than any (9)……... method. The Managing Director of SpeedLearn Systems said " (10).......... we still believe our claim is true, we are willing to change our advert. But the fact remains, if you (11)……... 3 hours (12)……... day for 5 weeks on our language course you will soon be speaking the language. What we (13)……... have done was to make (14)……... clearer in the advert. Then we wouldn't (15)……... had these annoying complaints".