UNIT 1 TEST 1

I. PRONUNCIATION 22. All the passengers were made ________ their seat belts during the turbulence.
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from a. buckle b. to buckle c. buckling d. for buckling.
the others. 23. ________ good ice cream, you need to use a lot of cream.
1. a. machine b. change c. teacher d. choose a. Make b. Making c. To make d. For make
2. a. condition b. option c. suggestion d. relation 24. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.
3. a. believe b. readily c. friend d. pleasure a. to let me to borrow b. to let me borrow
4. a. good b. gossip c. game d. geometry c. let me borrow d. let me to borrow
5. a. trust b. mutual c. number d. uncertain 25. They ________ good friends, but they've fallen out recently.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS a. used to be b. would be c. were d. are
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the C. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be
sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. changed for the sentence to be correct.
6. It was so relaxing to be ________ old friends. 26. Whatever happened, I didn't want to lose friendship of Vera. (with)
a. in b. between c. among d. around A B C D
7. She's made friends ________ a little girl who lives next door. 27. The basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand
a. to b. of c. by d. with A B C
8. The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves. and to control nature. (and control nature)
a. on b. of c. in d. for D
9. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust. 28. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendship.(friendships)
a. basic b. fragile c. mutual d. blind A B C D
10. The company expects ________ from its employees. 29. Simon finds it hard for making friends with other children. (to make friends)
a. constancy b. quality c. interest d. loyalty A B C D
11. I've got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends 30. Not longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made
a. close friends b. acquaintances c. neighbors d. partners A B C D
12. Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take. primarily by individuals.
a. affair b. event c. aspect d. feature III. READING
13. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship. A. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
a. romantic part b. important part c. difficult part d. interesting part terms words came pieces touch change
14. They ________ a close friendship at university. last experience talk accent get make
a. created b. became c. promoted d. formed Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (31) experience. Some
15. We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home. have changed so much that you can hardly recognise them: they speak with a
a. brought up b. turned up c. grew up d. took up different (32) accent, are interested in different things and all you can do is make
B. Choose the word or phrase -a, b, c, or d -that best completes the sentence. small (33) talk and hope they'll go soon. Others, though you might have been out of
16. He finds it ________ lasting friendships. (34) touch with them for years, are just the same as they always were - it's as if you
a. difficult to make b. difficulty in making (35) last saw them yesterday.
c. is difficult to make d. difficult making Before you know it, you're exchanging (36) words about your families and
17. You ________ any friends if you ________ talking like that. friends, and setting out the (37) pieces for another game of chess. A few change for
a. will win/ carry on b. won't win/ carry on the better. There's one person that I (38) get on with very well now, though we weren't
c. wouldn't win/ carried on d. would have won/ had carried on on speaking (39) terms for our last two years at school. One day, we met at a party
18. The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two countries and made it up and (40) came engaged the same evening.
a. promote b. promoting c. to promote d. being promoted B. Read the passage carefully, then decide whether the following statements
19. People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends. are true (T) or false (F).
a. trusted b. has trusted c. was trusting d. had trusted The proverb 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.' means that we shall know who
20. How can you let such a silly incident ________ your friendship? our real friends are when we are in need. Those who desert us when we are in
a. wreck b. to wreck c. wrecking d. that wrecks difficulty are just unfaithful friends.
21. It has become necessary ________ water in the metropolitan area because of the A true friend would remain with us whether we are rich or poor. Some people be
severe drought. friend the rich, simply for the sake of getting benefits from them.
a. rationing b. ration c. to ration d. to have rationed
 It is useless to have insincere friends because these friends remain with us as
long as we are rich or powerful. It is better to have one or two good friends rather than
having hundreds of insincere ones.
A true friend will stand by us in our trials and tribulations. He will be a great source
of consolation and comfort in our troubles. So we must be careful in choosing our
friends. It is difficult to choose a sincere friend overnight; it takes years for us to find a
sincere friend.
41. Real friends share everything we need. T
42. Unfaithful friends stop being our friends when we are in trouble. T
43. A rich friend is always a true friend. F
44. A true friend is always loyal to us and support us through our difficulties. T
45. It's not worth having a lot of friends. F
46. It may take a lot of time to find a real friend. T
IV. WRITING
From the four words or phrases - a, b, c or d, choose the one that best
completes the sentence.
47. ________the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury and disease.
a. To commit the Red Cross b. The Red Cross to commit
c. Committed to the Red Cross is d. The Red Cross is committed to
48. It is possible ________ may assist some tree in saving water in the winter.
a. the leaves are lost b. when leaves have lost
c. that the loss of leaves d. to lose leaves
49. It can sometimes ________a home.
a. to take months to sell b. take several months to sell
c. selling takes several months d. to sell taking several months
50. Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and so did their children.
a. so do their children b. neither did the children
c. also the children d. so did their children