TEST 6 I Choose the best answer: 1. Many wild animals are now in danger of ............ A. death B. disease C. survival D. extinction 2. If doctors could discover the ____for cancer, they could save millions of people's lives. A. success B. reason C. remedy D. effect 3. One of the worst...........that mankind has ever had is cancer. A. situation B. diseases C. conditions D. accidents 4. We would...........lung cancer if people give up smoking. A. finish B. get rid of C. kill D. cancel 5. Mark went to the party...........he wasn't invited. A. because B. in spite of C. however D. although 6. This shirt is...........small for me to wear. A. so B. very C. too D. most 7. Thousands of people...........being employed in the textile industry. A. have B. are C. has D. is 8. If she...........so conceited, we'd like her more. A. weren't B. isn't C. hasn't been D. wouldn't be 9. I received a lot of presents...........my eighteenth birthday. A in B. on C. at D. during 10. Nam feels...........because he did very badly on his last test. A. happy B. happily C. unhappy D. unhappily 11. I like listening to the music programme...........the radio. A. above B. in C. through D. on 12. She's scared of living...........her own in a big city. A. by B. on C. for D. in 13. There are more than 6000 living languages,...........which English is the most widely used. A. of B. for C. about D. on 14. English is regarded as an effective...........of international communication. A. method B. solution C. result D. medium 15. It is said that...........is better than cure. A. health B. remedy C. prevention D. surgery 16. You can use my telephone...........you pay for the calls you make. A. as long as B. although C. however D. whereas 17. I liked the book very much...........I didn't have enough money to buy it. A. because B. while C. but D. unless 18. Life in the city is much more...........than that in the country. A. expense B. expenses C. expensive D. expand 19. We were planning to have a picnic but ..........., it was raining heavily. A. fortune B. fortunately C. fortunate D. unfortunately 20. The...........is the place where a particular species of animals is normally found. A. habitat B. surrounding C. region D. area 21. The...........of this city has increased rapidly in the recent years. A. number B. population C. crowd D. total 22. The girl...........photo was in the paper today lives in our street. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 23. Have you got a...........carpet than this? A. cheaper B. cheap C. cheapest D. the cheapest 24. When I...........my new house, I...........for a telephone. A. was buying/ asked B. were buying/ were asking C. bought/ asked D. bought/ was asking 25. She...........to go on a diet. A. advised B. advises C. advising D. was advised 26. Alice started playing tennis ............ A. for 2 years B. since 2 years C. 2 years ago D. in 2 years 27. What would happen to our lives if the forest did not ............ A. destroy B. exist C. take place D. occur 28. Many species of rare animals have already become ............ A. disappeared B. dangerous C. extinct D. decayed 29. She will be disappointed...........she gets the jobs. A. but B. unless C. because D. if 30. We don't like that film. It is very............ A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boredom 31. He is starting...........French. A. to learn B. learning C. learns D. learnt 32. Jack doesn't mind...........at night. A work B. works C. working D. to work 33. There are fifty...........for this job. A. applicants B. apply C. applications D. applying 34. My sister is...........at cooking than I am. A. good B. well C. better D. badly 35. My mother is...........doing her housework now. A. busy B. busy with C. busy in D. busy to 36. Roma used to be a...........businessman. A. successive B. success C. successful D. success 37. Her uncle is a...........on that ship. A. sail B. sailor C. sale D. sailer 38. The dog,...........had been very quiet, suddenly started barking. A. who B. whose C. which D. it 39. You must give...........smoking if you don't want to get lung cancer. A. in B. on C. by D. up 40. We've made great...........in economy in the past few years. A. result B. effect C. business D. progress II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps: William Shakespeare was the (41) writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. (42) the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (43) was eight years (44) than himself. A few years later he moved to London, (45) he worked as a actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (46) thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford (47) 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (48) into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (49) and so on. So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (50). 41. A. great B. greater C. greatest D. greatly 42. A. at B. in C. on D. by 43. A. whom B. who C. whose D. which 44. A. old B. elder C. eldest D. older 45. A. which B. where C. when D. place 46. A. write B. writes C. written D. wrote 47. A. in B. on C. at D. by 48. A. did B. done C. made D. make 49. A. death B. died C. die D. to died 50. A. days B. months C. years D. century III. Phonetics 51. A. add B. sad C. image D. black 52. A. crops B. fertilizers C. strikes D. cigarettes 53. A. brought B. thought C. bought D. drought 54. A. ensure B. leisure C. television D. pleasure 55. A. eat B. lean C. ear D. easy IV.Identify the mistakes 56 .The official delegation will arrive at Geneva next Monday. A B C D 57. What is the most important thing in really life? A B C D 58. She continued writing after she had supper. A B C D 59. The woman was killed by a heavy stone. A B C D 60. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience. A B C D