Subiecte test engleza

1. Choose the correct answer and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next

to the number indicating each sentence.                                                                           4 points

According to the Publications Department, it will be two years before the new Handbook .

A. completes     

B. is completed

C. will be completed         D. completed

The President’s plane touched down in Mexico City on Wednesday, two days after he . .

A. would have arrived    B. had been to arrive C. was due to arrive

By the end of this month I . a member of this club for ten years.

D. arrives

A. will be     

B. will be being      C. will have been

D. was

Helena’s not really a party animal, so I doubt whether she . . ..

A. comes B. will come C. will have come

D. had come

2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each gapped line to form a word that fits in the

space in the same line. Write these words on your exam sheet.  6 points

You can leave the money with him as he's totally . TRUST

John Glenn took great personal risks in his search for . . KNOW

Good role models don't think about being rewarded . for their charity work. FINANCE

3. Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the text makes sense. 10 points

The British are widely considered to be a very polite nation, and in (1) respects this is

true. An Italian journalist once commented (2) . the British that they need no fewer than four

“thank you’s” to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I am here.” The

second accompanies the handing (3) of the money. The (4) . , again from the conductor,

means “(5) . is your ticket”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the ticket.

4. Each of the following lines contains an unnecessary word. Identify these words and write

them on your exam sheet.

Mr. George Wilton, a schoolmaster of Epping, England, has been got in trouble.

6 points

It seems he told to his class of 9-year-old girls to write kidnap letters and demands for ransom.

One of the parents, a Mrs. Virginia Waters, said, “We only discovered

this dreadful thing during an evening class then for some of the mothers in knitting.

The notes were pinned up to the classroom wall.”

Another parent, the Mrs. Joan Dripper, said, “My child’s note read,

‘I have kidnapped your daughter and demand £25.’

5. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the

same 4 points

I felt that it had been a mistake to write the letter.

I regretted ever

Although it rained torrentially all day, we all enjoyed the excursion.

Despite .

I went down with flu as soon as I had recovered from bronchitis.

No sooner

The Manager is not to be disturbed.

On no account .