Test 15
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.
The White House In Washington, D.C., 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is а
very special address. It is the address of the White House, the home of
the president of the United States. President Washington never _____ (1) in live
the Presidential Palace. The _____ (2) president to live there was John one
Adams, the _____ (3) president of the United States, but his wife Mrs Adams two
really _____ (4) her new house because it was not warm enough! not like
In 1812 the United States and Britain _____ (5) to war. Many buildings go
_____ (6), including the Presidential Palace. After the war James burn
Hoban, the original architect, partially _____ (7) the president’s home. rebuild
To cover the marks of the fire, the building _____ (8) white. Since paint
that time it _____ (9) as the White House. Nowadays the White House know
_____ (10) lots of tourists from all over the world. attract
2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.
More and more animals are fighting for _____ (1) nowadays, and it is not survive
only _____ (2) who are to blame. Thousands of fish die every hunt
year as а result of the _____ (3) _____ (4) of waste in legal, dump
rivers by factories all over Europe. _____ (5) are often carried investigate
out to discover who is _____ (6) for these ecological disasters, response
but even when the offenders are found, the _____ (7) for this punish
kind of _____ (8) is not as severe as it should be. Factories will only reform behave
once the public _____ (9) to stop buying their products, and not before. threat
It is the only _____ (10) to а very serious problem. solve
3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.
If you tried to visualise a Paris caf e, you would probably _____ (1) plates of golden croissants and cups of steaming hot coffee. Whatever you picture, a teapot is _____ (2) to be part of the scene. Although the _____ (3) of taking afternoon tea is in many _____ (4) an English custom, its popularity is now _____ (5) through Paris. Tea salons have been fashionable in Paris _____ (6) early this century. One of the oldest tearooms in Paris, ‘Angelina’, was _____ (7) in 1903. The atmosphere has a charming turn-of-the-century feel and the menu includes a mouth-watering _____ (8) of cream cakes, meringues and almond macaroons. Tearooms in Paris are unfortunately often overlooked by tourists snared by the bright lights and bistros. But for those who know, tea drinking in saloons is serious _____ (9). Menus often give you _____ (10) descriptions of the teas’ _____ (11), or even what time of the day is _____ (12) for drinking a certain tea. For serious connoisseurs there is only one tearoom _____ (13) visiting ‘Marriage Freres’. In this sunny tearoom you’ll be surrounded by towering green plants and _____ (14) by white-suited waiters. In the adjoining shop, enormous chests of China tea are displayed alongside old canisters containing 350 _____ (15) of tea from more than 30 countries.
1. a) think b) imagine c) consider d) figure
2. a) rarely b) not c) unlikely d) hardly
3. a) means b) fact c) view d) habit
4. a) ideas b) ways c) types d) forms
5. a) spreading b) moving c) going d) swelling
6. a) for b) until c) since d) before
7. a) founded b) set c) run d) found
8. a) mass b) selection c) mixture d) collection
9. a) affair b) trade c) business d) commerce
10. a) tiny b) particular c) special d) detailed
11. a) origins b) births c) sources d) beginnings
12. a) conventional b) relevant c) appropriate d) reliable
13. a) right b) worth c) deserving d) worthy
14. a) shown b) ordered c) served d) brought
15. a) makes b) variations c) types d) breeds
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