A FORTY- FIVE MINUTE TEST
Date of testing:


Name: ………………………………………………………….
Class:...........................................................................................
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
Question 1: A. A. finished B. marched C. stopped D. robbed
Question 2:A. letters B. books C.cats D. accidents
Question 3 : A. death B. Eaten C. deal D. feat
Question 4: A. stop B. post C. offer D. from
Question5 : A. Asian B. basketball C. tennis D. solidarity
II.Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Question 6 : Do you know when the 2006 Asian Games took place?
A. happened B. deepened C. added D. struggled
Question 7 : She has one of the biggest _________ of stamps in Britain.
A. collection B. collections C. collective D. collector
Question 8 : The paintings _________ Mr. Brown has in his house are worth around $100.000
A. whose B. which C. what D. whom
Question 9: Fencing was introduced for the first time _________the 13th Asian Games.
A. at B. in C. to D. on
Question 10 :My uncle, who is an …………guitarist, taught me how to play.
A. unimpaired B. Accomplished C. ill-educated D. unqualified
Question 11 : It was me who………you last night.
A. calls B. called C. call D. To call
Question 12 : Linda: "Excuse me! Where`s the post office?" Maria: "______."
A. I`m afraid not B. Don`t worry C. Yes, I think so D. It`s over there
Question 13 : -A: Where is your sister? -B: She is busy_________ dinner in the kitchen.
A. of cooking B. to cook C. cooking D. cook
Question 14: .___________ who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979
A. It was Jane Byrne B. Jane Byrne C. That Jane Byrne D. When Jane Byrne
Question 15 : The man _________ his car outside hasn’t come back for it yet.
A. who left B. who he left C. whom he left D. whose
Question 16 : The man a black suit is a football referee.
A. to wear B. wearing C. who wear D. wears.
Question 17 : Who was the first person _____________ the South Pole?
A. reached B. to reach C. who reaches D. had reached
Question 18 : The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied
A. busy B. relaxed C. comfortable D. free
Question 19 : The singer was ________________ on the piano by her sister.
A. played B. performed C. Accompanied D. helped
Question 20 : Alfred Nobel invented dynamite
A. It was Alfred Nobel that dynamite was invented
B. It was Alfred Nobel that was invented dynamite
C. It was dynamite that Alfred Nobel was invented
D. It was dynamite that was invented by Alfred Nobel
III.Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
Question 21 : Fossil fuels will be exhaustin a relatively short time.
A B C D
Question 22 : : It was Mrs Lanwho was give a lot of friends by her students.
A B C D
Question 24 : He works at Heathrow Airport, that is one of the big airports in the world.
A B C D
Question 25 : The girlwho name`s Alice gave you this letter.
A B C D
IV.Choose the best option to complete the blanks in the following passage:
Becoming a collector of something is very interesting. The most interesting is (1)______ stamps because there are so many to choose from. Stamp-collecting (2)______ a hobby of millions of people all over the world for more than some hundred years. Nobody (3)______ how many stamps there are in the world. The (4)______ problem of all for the beginner is just which stamps to collect, as there are so many and nobody could collect them all. Many people collect stamps of one country, perhaps the one they live (5)______ or small group of countries, or a theme. "Thematic collection" means gather all stamps in connection with an idea.
Question 1:. A. collect B. collection C. collects D. collecting
Question2: A. is being B. has been C. was D. is
Question 3: A. have known B. are