practice test 2

I )       Vocabulary.

1.       The____ cats that are still found in some remote places are distantly related to our friendly domestic companions.

A. savage   B. wild   C. fierce   D. untamed

2.       He says he would write an English course book if he could find a(n)____ to deal with the less interesting parts.

A. accomplice   B. collaborator   C. confederate   D. partner

3.       A force of desperate men burst out of the besieged city and ____the army that had surrounded them.

A. won    B. defeated    C. broke down    D. submitted

4.       There is often so much traffic on the main thoroughfares that motorists may be able to travel faster on ______roads.

A. subordinate    B. minor    C. district   D. local

5.       Most people were no longer listening to his long ______story.

A. boring   B. tiring   C. annoying   D. weary

6.       The forecast predicted ______weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is just what we have had.

A. variable   B. various   C. differing   D. fluctuating

7.       The bus company apparently ignores the many ______about unpunctuality and overcrowding of buses.

A. reclamations   B. claims   C. objections   D. complaints

8.       The prisoner ______that he had assaulted a policeman.

A. refused   B. rejected   C. contradicted   D. denied

9.       Nobody has been able to explain the ______of this commonly-used expression.

A. reason   B. starting-point   C. cause   D. origin

10.   The dog felt very ______when his owners left the house, dressed for a long walk.

A. disillusioned   B. disappointed   C. deceived   D. cheated

Key:

1B 2B 3B 4B 5A 6D 7A 8D 9D 10B

I )           Transformation work: rewrite each of the following sentences by using the underlined word(s), the word(s) should not be changed in any form

1.      I didn’t see the carnival procession this year.

miss

2.      It would have been better if he had worn thicker clothes.

should

3.      He gave me permission to publish his memoirs.

agree

4.      He advised me to return home as soon as possible.

suggest

5.      They both said hello when they met.

greet

6.      I shall not travel to Paris before next Monday.

postpone

7.      Perhaps he didn’t hear what you said.

might

8.      He works in his garden most of the day.

spend

9.      He described his flat to me.

like

10.  I was going to answer his question when there was a knock at the door.

prevent

Key:

1.                  I missed seeing the Carnival procession this year.

2.                  She should have worn thicker cloths.

3.                  He agreed my publishing memoirs.

4.                  He suggested my returning home as soon as possible.

5.                  They greeted with each other when they met.

6.                  I’m postponing my journey to Paris until next Monday.

7.                  He might not have heard what you said.

8.                  He spends most of the day working in his garden.

9.                  He told me what his flat was like.

10.              A knocked at the door prevented my answering his question.