LEXICAL-GRAMMAR TEST №19

4 year
THE NATURAL WORLD
Read the text and decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase.
Whenever we read about the natural world nowadays, it is generally to be given
dire predictions about its (1) ... .......... destruction. Some scientists go so (2) ............
as to assert that from now on, the world can no longer be called 'natural', insofar as
future processes of weather, climate and all the interactions of plant and animal life
will no longer carry on in their time-honoured way, unaffected by humans. There will
never be such a thing as 'natural weather' again, say such writers, only weather affected
by global warming. It is hard to know whether to believe such (3)….of doom, possibly
because what they are saying seems too terrible to be true. There are other equally
influential scientists who argue that climate, for example, has changed many times
over the (4)… , and that what we are experiencing now may simply be part of an endless
(5)… of change, rather than a disaster on a global (6)…. .
1)A coming B close С imminent D nigh
2)A much B deep C long D far
3)A prophets B champions С warriors D giants
4)A generations B millennia С centuries D eras
5)A revolution B circle С round D cycle
6) A measure B scale C proportion D extent

Choose the right variant A, B, C or D.

7. About 100 people …….. outside the theatre for tickets when we got there.
A were queuing B queued C have queued D queue
8. This time last week I …….. to Athens.
A have driven B have drove C was driving D have been driving
9. Next month, the National Theatre …….. a new production of Hamlet.
A are putting on B shall put on C put on D putting on
10. ……… a successful author one day.
A I’m being B I’m going to be C I go to be D I be
11. Shall I take your letters to the post office? …….. there anyway.
A I will go B I’ll have gone C I’ll have been going D I’ll be going
12. It …….. be weeks before the building is actually finished.
A must B would C ought to D could
13. You …….. even have lost your job by then, who knows?
A should B may C can D will
14. They’d rather go somewhere else, ……… they?
A hadn’t B didn’t C wouldn’t D would
15. You’ve got three sisters, …….. ?
A have you got B don’t you C isn’t it D haven’t you
16. If she …….. her driving test, she would have bought a car.
A would have passed B has passed C passed D had passed
17. I wouldn’t have left him the money if he …….. desperate.
A has not been B wasn’t been C hadn’t been D couldn’t be
18. I do wish you ……… make less noise.
A to B will C did D would
19. I wish we …….. on the same flight tomorrow.
A were travelling B will travel C would travel D had travelled
20. …….. I suggest, I know he will disagree.
A No matter B Whenever C Whatever D However
21. I’d rather …….. there by car, if you don’t mind.
A went B go C to go D going
22. The message was written in the sand …….. a stick.
A through B from C with D by
23. Bill …….. before having his photo taken.
A cut his hair B got cut his hair C got his hair cut D got hair cut
24. The judge asked the witness …….. give her more information.
A him that he B if he could C that he could D him whether to
25. They asked if ……… always wanted to be a doctor.
A did she B had she C did D she had
26. The car swerved to avoid ……… the pedestrian.
A hitting B to hit C that it hit D not to hit
27. My teacher admitted ……... the answer to the question.
A to no know B that he not know C that he didn’t know D that not knowing
28. I bought a………. shirt.
A silk striped blue and white B silk blue and white striped C blue and white, silk and striped D
blue and white striped silk
29. John bought Maria a pair of …… gloves.
A leather black B black and leather C black leather D leather and black
30. …….. behaviour will get you into trouble with the director.
A Such B Such a C So D Like