Lexical-Grammar Test

FORM 9

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D  (11 points):

Filming Everest

Film-maker David Breashears (1) _______ already climbed Mount Everest three times when he (2) ______ to make a film, so that audiences could share his (3) ______.

He set off on this nine-week adventure the following spring, with his photographic equipment and with six climbers from (4) _______ the world. (5)______ the conditions were hard and dangerous, with temperatures of - 40 C, the climbers made good (6) _____. Then, when they were just one thousand metres from their goal, there was a terrible (7) ______. The team didn`t give (8) _____, however. They hid in a tent on the mountainside until it passed.

Thirteen days later they (9) _____ the top.

“I was so tired that it was (10) ______ to enjoy our success at first”, said David.

“Climbing Everest is difficult enough but filming made it (11)_____ harder. I am really proud we did it in the end!”

1.   A had                      B  has              C  was                     D  did

2.   A invited                B  decided        C  organised            D  requested

3.   A acts                     B  events          C  occupations         D  experiences

4.   A along                  B  above          C  about                   D  around

5.   A although              B  because       C  since                   D  unless

6.   A improvement       B  progress      C  increase               D  development

7.   A  climate               B  storm           C  weather               D  air

8.   A  out                     B  back            C  away                   D  up

9.   A  arrived               B  landed         C  reached               D  entered

10. A  impossible          B  unable         C  unfit                    D  improbable

11. A  ever                    B  more            C even                     D  as

12. I hope to see my parents ______ the weekend.

a) over               b) at         c) in         d) to

13. We waited and waited; _____ the end we decided to go back.

a) at            b) on               c) in         d) for

14. They talked over the telephone _____ half an hour.

a) for          b) at         c) in         d) by

15. Don’t ask me to play – I’m not good _______ computer games.

a) with               b) at         c) in         d) about

16. Did he fall _____ stairs?

a) from       b) off               c) down           d) of

17. Steve lives next door ________ number 45.

a) in           b) on               c) at         d) by

18. I saw a taxi ______the end of the street.

a) in           b) at         c) on        d) from

19. Sign your name ______ the bottom of the page.

a) at            b) on               c) in         d) from

20. Could you lend ________ your watch?

a) my                b) me               c) mine

21. When I looked in the mirror, I didn’t recognize __________.

a) myself           b) me               c) my

22. That umbrella is …

a) her               b) she              c) hers              d) your

23. I can’t find my keys ___________.

a) anywhere              b) nowhere              c) somewhere

24. “Do you know Dan?” – Yes, __________ knows him.

a) everybody             b) anybody              c) nobody

25. I can lend you ________ money.

a) a few           b) a little          c) no

26. They have done the exercise.

a) What have they done?         c) What done they?

b) What they have done?         d) What have done they?

27. Choose right variant

a) an old tiny black box           c) a black tiny old box

b) a tiny black old box             d) a tiny old black box

28. His work is well-paid but doesn’t give him ________ satisfaction.

a) many           b) much           c) a lot of         d) little

29. People play ___ cricket in South Africa, ___ Australia and ___ Sri Lanka.

a) a, -, -            b) -, the, -         c) the, -, -         d) -, -, -,

30. Most of the Earth’s surface _______ with water.

a) covers          b) is cover               c) is covered            d) cover