Test 5
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.
One morning Mr Sherlock Holmes was sitting in his room in Baker Street.
His friend Dr Watson was standing near the window ___ (1) at a walking stick. look
This stick ___ (2) by a strange visitor the day before. The words forget
‘To Dr Mortimer’ ___ (3) on it. Dr Watson had already been examining write
it for half an hour but ___ (4) say anything about it. Suddenly not can
Sherlock Holmes ___ (5), ‘The owner of this stick has a dog which is say
___ (6) than a terrier. I have noticed the marks of a dog’s ___ (7) large, tooth
on the stick. Probably the dog often ___ (8) the stick behind the carry
master.’ ‘I wonder why this man wanted to visit us,’ asked Dr Watson.
‘Well, we soon ___ (9),’ answered Sherlock Holmes. ‘I can hear know
the bell ___ (10).’ ring
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.
School Then and Now Parents and teachers are always making ___ (1) compare
between the time when they were ___ (2) and the child
present ___ (3). They say everything was better than it generate
is today, especially in ___ (4). For example, they say they educate
used to work much ___ (5) in school, and that nowadays, we hard
aren’t very interested. I ___ (6), because we spend hours agree
every day doing homework after our lessons or ___ (7) for revise
___ (8). I wonder if our parents really had to study so much examine
after school every day. In my opinion, it is no ___ (9) to exaggerate
say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason why kids behave
___ (10) in class is because they need to get rid of stress.
3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.
According to а group called The Voices Foundation, everyone has а singing voice as well as а speaking voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be encouraged from an early ___ (1) because it provides the best, and the cheapest, ___ (2) on which to build an understanding of music. ___ (3) the Foundation’s ideas, lies the teaching of the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly. He observed that song can ___ (4) а key part of the relationship between mother and child almost from birth. This is especially ___ (5) of more traditional societies, like those of West Africa, where some small children are ___ (6) to sing literally hundreds of songs, all of which have been learnt by ___ (7). But many modern children first ___ (8) to an understanding of music when they learn to play an instrument, and ___ (9) some teaching of the theory of music is usually а part of this, their relationship with the music on the ___ (10) is often а mechanical one. The ___ (11) of the Voices Foundation is that а natural ___ (12) for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very ___ (13) we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the exploration of music with the voice from the start. The Foundation has, therefore, ___ (14) itself the task of developing а singing-centred musical education programme that could ___ (15) junior pupils all over the world.
1. a) start b) life c) time d) age
2. a) ground b) basis c) root d) plot
3. a) Behind b) Beneath c) Besides d) Between
4. a) grow b) do c) form d) make
5. a) fact b) true c) real d) actual
d) fit 6. a) able b) expert c) skilled
7. a) repeat b) heart c) memory d) mind
8. a) come b) reach c) go d) arrive
9. a) however b) despite c) although d) whether
10. a) lines b) notes c) book d) page
11. a) rule c) trust d) belief b) certainty
12. a) awareness b) touch c) grasp d) feeling
13. a) degrees b) qualities c) measures d) practices
14. a) let b) set c) put d) cut
15. a) benefit b) favour c) gain d) profit
