ENGLISH TEST GRADE 11- PART 1

part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (15 points)

1.  These figures give you some idea of the cost of …..  your car for one year.

  A.  controlling                B.  handling                 C.  managing                D.  maintaining

• A
• D
• C
• B

2.  It can take up to three months to ….. a man to do this specialist work.

  A.  guide                         B. raise                       C.  train                         D.  learn

• A
• B
• D
• C

3.  In today’s paper it ….. that we shall have an election this year.

  A.  says                           B.  admits                   C.  expresses                 D.  proposes

• D
• C
• B
• A

4.  I had to pay ….. on a carpet I bought in through the Customs today.      

  A.  taxes                         B.  rates                       C.  fines                        D.  duty

• A
• D
• C
• B

5.  Tropical diseases are comparatively ….. in Europe.

                

•  scarce   

•  slight

•  rare     

•  few

6.  The charges charged by the architect for the plans of the new building were unusually high.

  

• hire
• sum
• FEES

• price

7.  It takes a great deal of__________for the class to travel abroad.    

•  organisation

• arrangement

• expense

• Abusiness

8.  You shouldn’t eat so many sweets. They’re ….. for you.     

  A.  bad                           B.  unhealthy                 C.  unsuitable               D.  disagreeable

• B
• C
• D
• A

9.  I wondered whether you would like to _______, to the theater tomorrow.   

                                           

• A.  visit    

•   C.  go out  

•       B.  go  away  

•          D.  walk out

10.  Do you think he is ….. of doing the job?     

• capable

• competent   

•  able   

•  suited