GENERAL english TEST
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1) Water [boils/is boiling/to boil] at a temperature of 100°C.
2) In some countries [it is/is/there is] very hot all the time.
3) In cold countries people wear thick clothes [to keep/for keeping/for to keep] warm.
4) In England people are always talking about [the weather/a weather/weather].
5) In some places [it rains/there rains/it raining] almost every day
6) In deserts there isn ́t [any/the/some] grass.
7) Places near the Equator have [warm/the warm /a warm] weather even in the cold season.
8) In England [the coldest/colder/coldest] time of year is usually from December to February.
9) [Most/Most of/The most] people don ́t know what it ́s like in other countries.
10) Very [few/little/less] people can travel abroad.
11) Mohammed Ali [won/has won/is winning] his first world title fight in 1960.
12) After he [had won/has won/was winning] an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer.
13) His religious beliefs [made him/made him to/have made him] change his name when he became champion.
14) If he [had/would have/has] lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.
15) He has travelled a lot [both/and/or] as a boxer and as a world-famous personality.
16) He is very well known [all over/all in/in all] the world.
17) Many people [believe/is believing/are believing] he was the greatest boxer of all time.
18) To be the best [in/from/of] the world is not easy.
19) Like any top sportsman Ali [had to/must/should] train very hard.
20) Even though he has now lost his title, people [will/did/would] always remember him as a champion.
21) The history of [the aeroplane/aeroplane/an aeroplane] is
22) [quite a/a quite/quite] short one. For many centuries men
23) [had tried/try/are trying] to fly, but with
24) [little/a little/few] success. In the 19th century a few people
25) succeeded [in flying/to fly/into flying] in balloons. But it wasn ́t until
26) the beginning of [the previous/this/next/that] century that anybody
27) [was/were/is] able to fly in a machine
28) [which/who/what] was heavier than air, in other words, in
29) [what/which/who] we now call a ‘plane’. The first people to achieve
30) ‘powered flight’ were the Wright brothers. [Theirs/His/Their] was the machine which was the
31) forerunner of the Jumbo jets and supersonic airliners that are [such a/such/so] common
32) sight today. They [could/should/couldn't] hardly have imagined that in 1969
33) [not much/not many/no much] more than half a century later,
34) a man [would be/will be/had been] landed on the moon.
35) Already [the man/a man/man] is taking the first steps towards the stars.
36) Although space satellites have existed [for/since/during] less
37) than forty years, we are now dependent [on/from/of] them for all
38) kinds of [information/informations/an information]. Not only
39) [are they/they are/there are] being used for scientific research in
40) space, but also to see what kind of weather [is coming/comes/coming].
41) By 2020 there [will/would/must] have been satellites in space for fifty
42) years and the ‘space superpowers’ are planning to [have/make/let]
43) massive space stations built. When these [are/will be/will have been]
44) completed, it will be the first time [that/where/of] astronauts will be
45) able to work in space in large numbers. [For/Apart/Except] all that,
46) in many ways the most remarkable flight [of/above/at] all was
47) [that/it/that one] of the flying bicycle, which the world saw on television,
48) [flying/to fly/fly] across the Channel from England to France, with nothing
49) [but/apart from/than] a man to power it. As the bicycle-flyer said,
50) “It ́s the first time [I've realized/I realized/I'm realizing] what hard work it is to be a bird!”
51) Many teachers [say/say to/tell] their students should learn a foreign language.
52) Learning a second language is not the same [as/like/than] learning a first language.
53) It takes [a long time/long time/long] to learn any language.
54) It is said that Chinese is the world ́s[hardest/harder/more hard] language to master.
55) English is quite difficult because of all the exceptions [which/who/what] have to be learnt.
56) You can learn the basic structures of a language quite quickly, but only if you [are willing/will to/are wanting] to make an effort.
57) A lot of people aren ́t used [to studying/to study/to the study] grammar in their own language.
58) Many adult students wish they [had started/would have started/would start] their language studies earlier.
59) In some countries students have to spend a lot of time working [on/by/in] their own.
60) There aren ́t [any/no/some] easy ways of learning a foreign language in your own country.
61) Some people try to improve their English by [listening to/listening/hearing] the BBC World Service.
62) [Living/Live/Life] with a foreign family can be a good way to learn a language.
63) It ́s no use [trying/to try/in trying] to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.
64) Many students [would rather not/would rather prefer not/would rather not to] take tests.
65) Some people think it ́s time we all [learnt/should learn/learn] a single international language.
66) Charles Walker is a teacher at a school in Norwich. He [joined/has joined/joins]
67) the staff of the school in 1988 and [has been working/worked/works] there ever since.
68) Before [moving/to move/move] to Norwich, he taught in Italy and in Wales, and before that
69) he [was/was being/has been] a student at Cambridge University.
70) So far he [hasn't been/wasn't/isn't] in Norwich for as long as he was in Wales,
71) but he likes the city a lot and [would/should/could] like to stay there for at least
72) another two years, or, [as/how/which] he puts it, until his two children
73) [have/will have/will be] grown up a bit. He met his wife, Kate, in 1982
74) while he [was living/was to live/had been living] abroad for a while, and they got married
75) in 1986. Their two children, Mark and Susan, [were/are/have been] both born in Norwich.
76) Mark, [who/which/he] is four, has just started
77) at nursery school, but [his/their/her] sister
78) [will be staying/stays/shall stay] at home for another couple of years,
79) because she is nearly two years [younger/more young/the younger] than him.
80) Charles and Kate [used/are used/use] to live in the country,
81) but now they have children, they [have moved/move/moved] into the city.
82) Charles wanted a house [near/next/close] the school
83) [to/for/in order] get to work easily. Unfortunately,
84) [the/a/that] one the two of them really wanted was too expensive,
85) so they [had to/must/should] buy one a bit further away. By the time the children
86) [go/will go/will have gone] to secondary school,
87) [which/what/that] Charles and Kate hope will be in Norwich,
88) the Walkers [will have been/will be/have been] living there for a least fifteen years.
89) They can ́t be sure if they[will stay/do stay/stay], but if they
90) [don't/didn't/won't], their friends won ́t be too surprised.
91) John ́s coming to see you,[isn't he/wasn't he/hasn't he] ?
92) It ́s been a long time since you ́ve seen him, [hasn't it/isn't it/haven't you] ?
93) He ́s due to arrive tomorrow, [isn't he/won't he/will he] ?
94) He won ́t be getting in till about 10.30, [will he/is he/isn't he] ?
95) You met him while you were on holiday, [didn't you/weren't you/haven't you] ?
96) I think I ́m expected to pick him up, [aren't I/don't I/are you] ?
97) No doubt you ́d rather he stayed in England now, [wouldn't you/didn't you/shouldn't you] ?
98) Nobody else has been told he ́s coming, [have they/has he/is he] ?
99) We ́d better not stay up too late tonight, [had we/didn't we/have we]?
100) I suppose it ́s time we called it a day, [isn't it/didn't we/don't I]?