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28. The leader of the army against King Charles I in the Civil War in
England was ... .
a. Napoleon
b. Oliver Cromwell
c. Mark Twain
d. Hadrian Wall
29. The capital of Scotland is ... .
a. Glasgow
b. Leeds
c. Cardiff
d. Edinburgh
30. The first English settlements appeared in ... .
a. North America in the 17th century
b. South America in the 17th century
c. Central America in the 16th century
d. America in 18th century
31. The “Mayflower” is ... .
a. the name of a season
b. the name of a flower
c. the name of the first English settlement in America
d. the name of the ship that sailed from Plymouth for the New World
in 1620
32. The official national symbol of the USA is ... .
a. the Statue of Liberty
b. the eagle
c. the turkey
d. the “Mayflower”
33. The capital of Australia is ... .
a. Melbourne
b. Brisbane
c. Sydney
d. Canberra
34. There were ... colonies in America in 1733.
a. 13
b. 7
c. 21
d. 10
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35. The all-England Lawn Tennis Championships are held ... .
a. at Epsom
b. in Wimbledon
c. at Wembley
d. in Glasgow
36. Everyone knows that the Mississippi is the longest river in the USA.
Which river is the next longest?
a. Arkansas
b. Colorado
c. Rio Grande
d. Yukon
37. ... is a person who studies political life in America.
a. American
b. Americanologist
c. Americanologue
d. Americanist
38. Ireland is a republic since ... .
a. 1848
b. 1945
c. 1989
d. 1949
39. Ernest Seton-Thompson is ... writer.
a. an English
b. an American
c. a Canadian
d. an Australian
40. Who is considered “the father” of American literature?
a. Geoffrey Chaucer
b. Washington Irving
c. Irving Stone
d. George Washington
41. When ... was 16, he started work for a newspaper. He visited law
courts and the Houses of Parliament.
a. Jack London
b. Charles Dickens
c. Mark Twain
d. Theodore Dreiser
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42. In what town is the residence of the head of the English Church?
a. Canterbury
b. Manchester
c. London
d. Liverpool
43. What is the nickname of London’s Underground?
a. Metro
b. Subway
c. the Tube
d. the Line
44. ... is a country in North America and a member of the British Com-
monwealth.
a. Canada
b. Greenland
c. the USA
d. Mexico
45. The main Headquarters of the United Nations are in ... .
a. Montréal
b. Washington, D.C.
c. New York
d. London
46. Independence day is a holiday celebrated in ... on July, 4.
a. Canada
b. Scotland
c. Ireland
d. the USA
47. ... is an English writer whose most famous novel is “Robinson
Crusoe”.
a. Daniel Defoe
b. Charles Dickens
c. Jonathan Swift
d. Walter Scott
48. The flag of the United States is called ... .
a. “The Stars and Stripes”
b. “The Banner”
c. “The Union Jack”
d. “The Flag”
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49. Where is New York situated?
a. at the mouth of the Hudson river
b. at the mouth of the Trent
c. on the St. Laurence
d. on the Thames
50. The second largest city in Britain is ... .
a. Leeds
b. Birmingham
c. Glasgow
d. Bradford
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APPENDIX II
ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION
(*THESE ADJECTIVES CAN ALSO BE FOLLOWED BY TO + INFINITIVE.)
absent from
accustomed to
addicted to
afraid* of
amazed at/by
angry, annoyed*, furious*
at/about (+ the cause of
this feeling)
angry, annoyed, furious with (+
the person who caused this feeling)
anxious about (= feel
nervous/worried about sb/sth)
anxious* for (= waiting impatiently for sth)
ashamed* of
astonished at/by
available for (+ purpose)
available to (+ person)
aware of
bad/good at (= ability) bad/good
for (= effect on
health)
bad/good to (= behaviour
towards/treatment of the
object) based on
bored with
capable of
characteristic of
close to
concerned about (= worried
about)
concerned with [= involved in)
conducive to
confident of
content* with
contrary to
convenient for
conversant with
crazy* about
crowded with
curious* about
deficient in
dependent on
devoid of
different to/from
different than (US English)
disgusted with/at
eager* for
engaged* in (= working
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in/involved in)
kind to
engaged to (= promised to
marry)
excited* about
faithful to
famous for
fed up with
fond of
fraught with
glad for (= pleased for sb)
glad of (= grateful for sth) good
at/for/to
grateful for (+ the cause of
this feeling)
grateful to (+ the person
who caused this feeling)
guilty of
harmful to
hopeful of
impervious to
impressed with/by
lacking in
late for
made by (+ the
person/company who
produced it)
made for (+ its purpose)
made from (+ original material
which has been transformed)
made of (+ original material which
is still visible)
nervous of
obedient to
obvious to
opposed to
pleased at/about(+ something
general, e.g. your recovery/the
inflation figures)
pleased with (+ something
personal, e.g. my exam
results/my new jacket)
popular with
inclined towards
incumbent upon
inherent in
intent on
interested* in
jealous of
keen* on
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prone to
proud of
ready for
related to
reminiscent of
responsible for
riddled with
scared of
superior to
shocked at
short of
similar to
sorry about (+ the cause of
this feeling)
sorry for (+ the person you
feel sympathy towards)
subject to
successful in
sufficient for
suitable for
sure of
terrified of
tired of
typical of
upset about/by/over {+ the
cause of this feeling)
upset with (+ the person who
caused this feeling)
worried about
worthy of
wrong with
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KEY
ENTRY TEST
1 a 2 c 3 b 4 d 5 b
6 c 7 b 8 d 9 b 10 b
11 a 12 b 13 d 14 d 15 b
16 c 17 d 18 d 19 a 20 b
21 b 22 c 23 d 24 d 25 d
26 d 27 a 28 c 29 d 30 d
31 painter 32 willingly 33 furious 34 overpriced 35 enable
36 description 37 permission 38. mathematician
39 archaeologist 40. simplified
1–8 Tenses
9–11 Modals
12, 13 Conditionals
14–16 Passive
17–21 Prepositions
22–25 Degrees of Comparison
26–30 Articles, Nouns
31–40 Suffixes, Prefixes
PART 1.
ARTICLES
1 2
1. –
2. a, –
3. a
4. –
5. the
6. a, the
7. the
8. the
9. a
10. –
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1. the, a, the, the
2. the, the, the, the
3. -, a, the
4. the, –
5. the, –, the
6. -, the
7. –
8. the, the
9. the, the, a, the
10. a, –
3 4
1. the, the
2. the, –
3. the, the, the
4. the, a
5. a, –
6. a
7. a
8. the
9. the, a, the
10. a
1. –
2. -, the, the
3. the, the
4. the, –
5. a/the, the, –
6. a, –
7. -, –
8. –
9. the, the
10. the
5 6
1. the
2. –, a
3. -, the, a
4. the, the, the/a
5. the
6. -, –
7. a
8. a, –
9. the
1. a, the
2. –
3. the, the
4. the, –, –, –, –, –, the
5. the, the, an
6. the
7. a
8. -, –
9. the
10. -, the, an
7 8
1. the
2. the
3. a
4. –
5. the, the
6. the
7. the, the
8. the
9. the, the, the
10. a, a
1. a
2. a, the
3. –
4. –
5. a
6. -, –
7. the, the
8. the, a
9. –
10. the, –, –
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9 10
1. the
2. the
3. –
4. –
5. the
6. the
1. (f)the
2. (d)a
3. (a) the
4. (e) the
5. (c) a
6. (b) the
7. the
8. an
9. a
10. the
11. the
12. the
13. a
14. a
15. a
16. –
17. –
18. a
NOUNS
1 2 3
1. is
2. is
3. is
4. are
5. are
6. are
7. is
8. are
9. is
10. are
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1. are
2. are
3. is
4. is
5. are
6. are, are
7. are
8. are
9. is
10. is
1. are
2. is
3. are
4. is
5. is
6. are
7. is
8. is
9. is
10. are
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