monitoring test for the 11th year students

Our teacher makes ____ homework every day.

I don't mind ___ the party.

I ___ my bus so I had to wait for the next one.

The train ___ yet. It's only 3.25 p.m.

This ___ be a beautiful, unspoilt resort in the past.

The buiscuits are ___ ! I won't eat them.

We'll go out ___ it rains. I don't want to get wet!

This time tomorrow , we'll ___ by the sea.

The Carpathians are a mountain ___ in Europe.

_____ electricity can be produced naturally.

My uncle, ____ wife is Canadian, lives in Toronto.

Mind you don't ___ yourself on the hot pan.

If only I ___ on holiday.

If you hadn't talked during the exam, the teacher wouldn't ___ you to leave.

It's a very popular programme, with over two million ___ .

He told me that there ___ an accident the day before.

She asked me where ___ going.

Be careful, we ___ by those two men over there

His kindness really ___ my day!

Have you ___ your eyes checked?

She didn't study much but she managed to scrape ___ her finals.

I don't want to fall ___ with my homework.

My dad ___ always hide the newspaper so that no one could read it before he did.

We ___ to have computers when I was your age.

I can't afford ___ my girlfriend to the cinema this weekend.

We should spend more time ___ exercise.

He urged ___ down to work.

I thought Tom was so calm you couldn't make him angry, but yesterday he lost his ___.

You need to be ___ in this job. You should plan everthing carefully.

I was amazed when I got to Venice. I ___ how beautiful it was.

We were late for the show. We ___ as usual.

My mum has got a new phone, ___ she hasn't learned how to use it yet.

The couple ___ wedding it was looked so happy.

What's that ___ building over there? It looks awful.

Is there any bank ___ walking distance from here?

I'll never have enough money for a flat. I'll still ___ with my parents when I'm forty!

When we get to New Zealand, we'll ___ nearly 19,000 kilometres.

___ of the people at the reception were from the bride's family.

My parents couldn't come to the party. ___ of thenm were ill.

On my birthday I always ___ myself to a piece of chocolate cake.

Sometimes it's better to pay ___ for something more expensive. The quality is usually much better.

Don't be late for the party, ___?

Let's celebrate our good luck, ___?

It's very kind of you but you ___ have bought me a present.

I ___ to have gone out on the night before my exam.

Reading 1

Read the text given below. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (A-F) to each part (1-5). There is one heading you don’t need to use.

A A watery grave.

B Running out of time.

C Choking to death.

D Nature can heal.

E No trees – no life.

F We can do it.

We have spent thousands of years fighting for our survival. Yet now we have discovered that our planet is under threat and, to make matters worth, it’s all our fault.

(1)…                      [A watery grave., Running out of time., Choking to death., Nature can heal., No trees- no life., we can do it.]

The rainforests are dying, rare plants and animal species are disappearing, rivers and seas are being contaminated, crops are falling to grow, people are dying of hunger and the air is being polluted. It’s time we woke up to these problems and started repairing the damage.

(2)…                     [A watery grave., Running out of time, Choking to death., Nature can heal., No trees – no life., We can do it.]

One of the major problem is the destruction of the rainforests in South America. They are home to half species and to millions of people. Moreover, the rainforests clean the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and giving out oxygen. The trees are being cut down for paper or to make room for cattle farms. As a result, birds and animals lose their homes and die. This destruction is also bringing about changes in the climate, air pollution, flooding, drought and famine. If we continue to burn and cut down the rainforests as we are doing now, the earth will never be the same again.

(3)…                      [A watery grave., Running out of time., Choking to death., Nature can heal., No trees – no life., We can do it.]

Another big problem is water pollution. Do you like swimming in the sea or drinking a cool glass of water on a hot day? These simple pleasures may soon become a thing of a past. Factories are polluting our rivers and lakes with dangerous chemicals. Oil tankers are realizing thick, black oil into our oceans. Tons and tons of industrial and domestic waste are poured into our seas. Consequently, sea life is threatened with extinction.

(4)…                      [A watery grave., Running out of time., Choking to death., Nature can heal., No trees – no life., We can do it.]

Air pollution is another important issue. The cars and factories in and around our cities are giving off dangerous fumes. In the past few years, more and more people than ever before have developed allergies and breathing problems. If we don’t do something now, our cities will become impossible to live in.

(5)…                      [A watery grave., Running out of time., Choking to death., Nature can heal., No trees – no life., We can do it.]

Fortunately, it is not too late to solve these problems. We have the time, money and even the technology to prepare the way for a better, cleaner and safer future. We can plant trees and adopt animals. We can create parks for endangered species. We can put pressure on those in power to take action. Together we can save our planet. All we need to do is to open our eyes and act immediately.

Reading 2

Read the text given below. Decide if the statements (1-10) are T (true) or F (false).

BRITAIN IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLASS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Britain has been proved to be the dunce of Europe when it comes to learning foreign languages, according to a recent report by the European Commission. More than half of other Europeans can speak at least one foreign language, and often two. However, 66% of the British population has absolutely no knowledge of any language apart from English and 51% thought that it would be “too difficult”.

Not everyone seems to have such a negative attitude. Compare these figures with Luxembourg, where only 2% could not speak a foreign language. Or Sweden, Denmark and Holland, where 80% of the population claims to speak English. To be fair, not all the other European countries were as good at languages. Fifty-six percent of the Portuguese, 53% of the Spanish and 51% of the French spoke only their own languages. According to the report, 18% of Britons claimed some knowledge of Spanish and 10% some German. None of this was in evidence recently when the British Tourist Centre (BTC) carried out a little experiment.

BTC hired researchers to pretend to be monolingual Spanish and German speakers. They had to contact hotels to ask questions about accommodation. Eighty-five per cent of the hotels contacted were unable to answer even one question in Spanish, and 90% were unable to answer anything in German. Even more embarrassingly, many of the hotel stuff thought ‘Deutsch’ meant the same as ‘Dutch’.

Unsurprisingly, the representative from the BTC was not pleased. The European Commission report found that 69% of people across the EU believed that everyone in the Union should be capable of speaking English as a foreign language. Is that really an excuse for our ignorance?

Taken from Premium Learning

1. British has proved to be the leader of Europe when it comes to learning foreign languages.       [True, False]

2. Less than half of the other European countries cannot speak another foreign language.       [True, False]

3. Not all other European countries were as good at languages as Sweden, Denmark and Holland.       [True, False]

4. Two percent of people in Luxembourg speak a foreign language.       [True, False]

5. The BTC experiment concluded that less than 18% of Britons spoke Spanish or German.       [True, False]

6. Besides England, Portugal speaks the lowest number of foreign languages.       [True, False]

7. Ninety percent of hotel stuff contacted could not answer questions in German.       [True, False]

8. Many of the hotel stuff in Britain thought Deutsch meant Dutch.       [True, False]

9. The representative from the BTC was not pleased that minority of people speak English in the EU.       [True, False]

10. At the end of the text, ‘our’ is a pronoun referring to the Britons.       [True, False]