Test 31
Pronunciation
1.
a. sweater
b. clean
c. leather
d. weather
--> b
2.
a. receive
b. beige
c. receipt
d. seize
--> b
3.
a. cord
b. port
c.
cloth
d. clothe
--> d
4.
a. breathe
b. leather
c. lean
d. cheat
--> b
5.
a. dull
b.
bull
c. stuffy
d.
bumpy
--> b
6.
a. pan
b. bag
c. chance
d. sad
--> c
7.
a. head
b. cheese
c. cheap
d. cheat
฀ a
Find the mistakes
8. Cotton used to rank first between Alabama’s crops, but it represents
only a fraction of the agricultural production now.
a. Cotton
b. rank
c. between
d. represents only
฀ c
9. Salmon lay their eggs and die in fresh water, although they live in salt
water when most of their adult lives.
a. lay
b.
although c.
when
d. adult lives
฀ c
10. To building their nests, tailorbirds use their bills as
needles. a. building
b. nests
c. their
d. as
฀ a
Grammar and Vocabulary
11. If we had known that you were there, we ..................... you a
letter. a. would write
b. would have write
c. would have
written
d. had written
฀ c
12. America’s first globe maker was James Wilson, who ............. and
blacksmith in his earlier life.
a. farmer had been
b. had been a
farmer c. farming
d. being a farmer
฀ b
13. They keep .................... about an old friend they met
yesterday. a. to talk
b. talk
c.
talking
d. talked
฀ c
14. Napoleon ............... the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in
1801. a. attacked
b. is attacking
c. has attacked
d. attacking
฀ a
15. If we had checked the petrol before we started, we ....................
here. a. wouldn't stop
b. wouldn't have
stopped c. would have
stopped
d. would stop
฀ b
16. Norman E. Borlaug was the first agricultural scientist to ………………
the
Nobel Peace
Prize. a. receive
b. have
c. take
d. accept
฀ a
17. It's twelve o'clock. It's high time we ....................!
a. leave
b. left
c. to leave
d. leaving
฀ b
18. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes .............. in
school for students’ future adjustment to society.
a. when
cultivated b.
cultivated