HSG.2022.TEST 5.NEW
LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 5. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered boxes.
1. He bought the cottage ________ renovating it and then selling at a large profit.
A. with a view to
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B. with a target of
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C. his goal being
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D. aiming to
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2. When friends insist on ______ expensive gifts, it makes most people uncomfortable.
3. The vase is definitely not _______, but just a very good imitation.
A. real
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B. factual
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C. genuine
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D. true
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4. I like that photo very much. Could you make an _____ for me?
A. increase
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B. enlargement
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C. extension
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D. expansion
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5. Do you think you can meet the _________ given by our teacher ?.
A. deadline
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B. line
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C. dead
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D. face
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6. April is the month when many European trees _________ into leaf.
A. burst
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B. spring
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C. turn
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D. jump
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7. The hotel didn’t __________ my expectations.
A. get up to
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B. get down to
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C. come up to
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D. come down to
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8. __________ we’ve been having!
9. The facilities of the old health centre __________
A. is as good or better than the new centre. B. are as good or better than the new centre.
C. are as good as or better than the new centre. D. are as good as or better than those of the new centre.
10. ________, you need to achieve a score of 60% or more.
A. To pass this test
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B. For being passed this test
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C. In order pass this test
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D. So that to pass this test
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11. Did you have any problems __________ our house?
12. I don’t want to sound like I’m __________ the law, but if you don’t keep the noise down, you’ll have to leave.
A. putting in
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B. passing over
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C. laying down
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D. giving over
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13. Juliet: “Do you have a minute, Dr Keith?” Dr Keith - “_______________”
A. Well. I’m not sure when
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B. Good, I hope so
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C. Sure. What’s the problem?
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D. Sorry, I haven’t got it here.
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14. Don’t __________ me, but I think most modern art is a load of rubbish
A. quote
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B. report
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C. paraphrase
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D. attribute
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15. Jane: “Have you heard John’s getting married again?” Betty: “Really? Who _________?”
A. about
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B. to
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C. at
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D. for
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16. Helen: “ Would you mind lending me your bike?” Mary: “_______________”
A. Yes. Here it is
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B. Not at all
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C. Great
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D. Yes, let’s
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17. “Did you sleep well?” “Yeah, like a __________”.
A. horse
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B. fish
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C. drunk
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D. log
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18. Douglas took __________ of his meeting with the Prime Minister to argue his case.
A. opportunity
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B. effect
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C. advantage
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D. chance
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19. I don’t think it would be wise to try to make Max change his mind about divorcing Barbara. Well, in his place I __________ her at all.
20. Many species of wild life are __________ of extinction
A. on risk
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B. on the verge
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C. on the side
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D. in dangers
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Part 6. Choose the word from the box and add a suitable preposition before or after the word to complete the following sentences. There are two words that shouldn’t be used. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
1. Gold is ___________ brass in colour.
2. I must speak to someone responsible. Who’s _____________ here?
3. His failure in the game took his friends ____________.
4. Jane’s new friend is a Scorpio, and he likes cats, so they have a lot ____________.
5. He was ___________ his brother’s success.
6. Zoos were very popular, but now many people think it’s wrong to keep animals ________.
7. As there’s no cream, so we have to be _____________ milk.
8. I’m tired of staying at home on Sunday. Let’s go out ______________.
9. I'm afraid Tom's _______ . But Jack's in. Would you like to speak to him?
10. At school we used to have to learn bits of Shakespeare _____________.
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Part 7. Give the correct form of the word in bold to complete the passage. Write your answers in the numbered spaces.
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Ask any adult over forty to make a comparison between the past and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily (1) __BAD__ for as long as they can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in their youth the summers were (2) __CONSIDER__ hotter, and that winter always included (3) __ABOUND__ falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. (4) __EMPLOY__ was negligible, the money in your pocket really was worth something, and you could buy a (5) __SIZE__ house even if your means were limited. And above all, people were somehow nicer in those days, and spent their free time on innocent (6) __PURSUE__ making model boats and tending their stamp collection rather than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know, this figure of the past simply cannot be true, and there are plenty of (7) __STATISTICAL__ dealing with heath and (8) __PROSPER__ which prove that it is not true. So, why is it that we all have a (9) __TEND__ to idealize the past and to be so (10) __CRITISIZE__ of the presents?
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Part 8. The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
We are descendants of the ice age. Periods of glaciation have been spanned the whole of human existence for the past 2 million years. The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the most dramatic climate changes in the history of the planet. During this interglacial time, people caught up in a cataclysm of human accomplishment, including the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Over the past few thousands years, the Earth’s climate has been extraordinarily beneficial, and humans have prospered exceeding well under a benign atmosphere.
Ice ages have dramatically affected life on the earth mostly from the very beginning. It is even possible that life itself has significantly changed the climate. All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and eventually store it in sedimentary rocks within the earth’s crust. If too much carbon dioxide is lost, too much heat escapes out into the atmosphere, thus causes the earth to cool enough for glacial ice to spread across the land.
In generally the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been equalized by the input of carbon dioxide from such events as volcanic eruptions. Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, all of which release stored carbon dioxide. This energizes the greenhouse effect and causes the earth to warm. If the warming is significantly enough, the polar ice caps eventually melt.
The polar ice caps drive the atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems. Should the ice caps melt, warm tropical waters could circle around the globe and make this a very warm, inhospitable planet.
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