Test11-12A The sea and Mountains
1 Underline the correct words to complete the text.
About three years (0) / age / ago / aged /, something (1) / terribly / terror / terrible / happened to me. Those six hours of terror have broken my body and soul. You think I am a very old man – but I am not. It took less (2) / that / than / then / a single day to change my hair from black to white. One day, my two brothers and (3) / I / me / my / were coming back from the islands, our boat full of (4) / fish / fishes / fishing /. All at once, the horizon was covered with a cloud and in (5) / less / lest / least / than a minute we were in a terrible storm. An enormous wave covered our boat and my (6) / young / younger/ youngest / brother fell overboard. Our boat survived and I was trying to recover when my(7) / old / eldest / elder / brother put his mouth close to my ear and screamed out the(8) / horror / horrific / horrifying / word‘Whirlpool!’ With the wind and the waves we were going in the (9) / directly / direct /direction / of the whirlpool and (10) / nowhere /nothing / anyone / could save us!
(10 marks)
2 Match the words from the box with the temperatures.
warm mild hot freezing cool cold30°C – 35°C =____hot____
22°C – 25°C = ______
15°C – 20°C = ______
5°C – 8°C = ______
3°C – 0°C = ______
-10°C – 0°C = ______
(5 marks)
3 Write the words in the box beside the definitions.
monsoon glacier thundersnow breeze frost
0____snow____ the cold white substance that sometimes falls from the sky in very cold areas.
1 ______a light wind.
2 ______a period of very heavy rain, especially in India and Asia.
3 ______a cold white powder on the ground, cars etc. during very cold weather.
4 ______the loud noise during a storm.
5 ______a large amount of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain.
(5 marks)
4 Write the verbs in the Present Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Past Simple to complete the sentences.
0 You look tired. _____Did_____ you _____sleep_____ well last night? (sleep)
1 The goldfish looks hungry. ______you ______it yet? (feed)
2 ______you ______the name of Tom’s new girlfriend? (know)
3 I ______for this company since 1979. (work)
4 How many times ______you ______the window before it broke? (hit)
5 Leo ______often ______Linda these days. (not visit)
6 I ______you for ages! (not see)
7 Mozart is dead. He ______many yearsago. (die)
8 How many symphonies ______Mozart ______before he died? (compose)
9 I ______a text message to my boyfriend every day since we met. (send)
10 How much ______you ______for that painting? (pay)
(10 marks)
5 Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in the Active or Passive.
0 The Statue of Liberty ______was given______ to the people of America by the people of France. (give)
1 They ______from Cuba in a small boat in 1983. (escape)
2 Edgar Allan Poe ______in 1849. (die)
3 The Winter Olympic Games ______in Africa. (never organise)
4 Everest ______after Sir George Everest. (name)
5 The summit ______on May 29 1953 by Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hilary. (reach)
6 Nicholas Cook ______a letter to the Blue Mountain Resort. (write)
7 In this music you can hear at this moment, the guitar ______by Carlos Santana. (play)
8 When you arrive, you ______from the airport by Frank’s Taxis. (collect)
9 I can’t find my bicycle. I think it ______. (steal)
10 This exercise ______by me. (finish)
(10 marks)
6 Who is speaking? Underline A, B, or C.
0 ‘I’ve lived in London all my life.’
A Someone who was born in London and still lives there.
B Someone who was born in London and spent three years at university in Belfast before returning to London.
C Someone who moved to London as a child.
1 ‘I love living in London.’
A Someone who used to live in London.
B Someone who lives in London now.
C Someone who wants to move to London.
2 ‘I lived in Berlin for many years.’
A Someone who moved from Berlin to Munich a few years ago.
B Someone who is living in Berlin now.
C Someone who has lived in Berlin since she was 15 years old.
3 ‘I went into space three times.’
A An astronaut who is still working.
B An astronaut who has retired.
C An astronaut who died last year.
4 ‘I’ve been at this school for six years.’
A Someone who has just left the school.
B Someone who was at the school for six years.
C Someone who is going to leave the school soon.
5 ‘My kitchen was painted three weeks ago.’
A Someone who is still painting the kitchen.
B Someone who paid another person to paint the kitchen.
C Someone who finished painting the kitchen three weeks ago.
(5 marks)
7 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions and adverbs.
0 I’m terrified _____of_____ heights.
1 I don’t mind being ______my own.
2 They found the bones of a dinosaur that was ______two million years old.
3 The temperature is ten degrees ______zero on the coldest winter day.
4 I never think ______getting old.
5 It’s freezing! Don’t go outside ______putting a coat on.
(5 marks)
50Total
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