Beginner - Intermediate level (6)

51. A shooting star …… a fast streak of light in the night sky, lasting …… just a second. Also called a meteor, it …… not a star, but a small piece of rock or metal that burns up as it …… the Earth’s atmosphere. 

• a) looks alike / four / be / enters 

• b) looks like / for / is / enters 

• c) is looking like / for / are / has entered

52. In October 2017, astronomers in Hawaii …… something surprising. A strange …… was moving through the solar system. They had seen many …… before, but this …… something different. 

• a) un-saw / objective / asteroid / were 

• b) saw / object / asteroids / was 

• c) is seen / objection / asteroids / has been

53. Volcanoes can …… when pressure deep underground forces hot, liquid rock, magma in other words, from inside the Earth up to the surface. An eruption …… out clouds of ash and molten (melted) rock into the air around it. 

• a) be erupted / blasted  

• b) be being erupted / is blasting

• c) erupt / blasts

54. A river of fire is an erupting volcano that can produce fountains of red hot lava that run down its sides, burning everything in their path. When an eruption blows off the top of the volcano, lava may also form a lake in the crater that is left behind. 

What does the word ‘their’ is referred?

• a) volcanoes  

• b) fountains of red hot lava 

• c) paths

55. The deepest part of the ocean …… (11 km) under water. Just like on dry land, the ocean floor …… . The deepest …… are called trenches. Not much lives at these cold, dark depths, but there …… much more life in the zones above. 

• a) is 7 miles / has mountains and valleys / parts / is  

• b) is 7 mile / has mountains and valley / part / is 

• c) are 7 miles / has mountain and valleys / parties / are

56. Water heated by hot rocks can ……. the sea bed through large cracks in the Earth’s crust. Grains of minerals in the water …… smoke. The grains ….. and quickly harden into chimney like towers up to 200 ft (60 m) high. 

• a) spring out off / make it looks like / pile over 

• b) spring out of / make it look like / pile up

• c) spring in of / makes it look likes / piles down

57. The droplets ….. larger and heavier, then ….. to the ground as rain. This water ….. into rivers, which flow from the land back to the sea. This never-ending journey ….. the water cycle. 

• a) gets / fall / runs / are called 

• b) get / fall / runs / is called

• c) get / falls / run / is called

58. 

The geology teacher: ‘When the water ….. get too large and heavy, they fall as rain. ….. above high mountains often freezes the water, which then falls as hail or …… .’ 

Jack: ‘Oh! That’s interesting.’

• a) droplets / Old air / now 

• b) droplets / Cold air / snow 

• c) droplet / Gold air / know

59. A: ‘….. your teacher give you way too much …..?’ 

B: ‘He doesn’t. Just about 10 to 15 ….. every day.’

• a) Does / homework / exercises

• b) Do / homeworks / exercise

• c) Does / homeworks / exercises

60. A: ‘….. these projects bring you ….. or it’s just a waste of time?’ 

B: ‘You don’t get it. Please, stop ..… .’

• a) Do / benefits / complaining

• b) Does / benefit / complaining 

• c) Doesn’t / benefits / to complain