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TEST P

Bad news

The mass media nowadays are our main source of information

about what’s happening in the world and the impression one __(1)__
from them about human __(2)__ is pretty depressing. My blood __(3)__
rises every time I switch the television on. Apart from gossip about
__(4)__ personalities, the picture they paint of human __(5)__ is that
they are violent and bloodthirsty. They just report crimes, violations
of human rights and the way we are destroying our natural __(6)__.
They rarely report __(7)__ in science or medicine; it’s a bleak picture.
Last night, there was a report about a mass __(8)__ from a prison in
Chicago during which five prison guards __(9)__ dead as the prisoners
were __(10)__ their getaway. Then there was the story of someone
who __(11)__ gunned down by police when he went berserk and
massacred ten innocent __(12)__ in a shopping centre somewhere -
again - in the United States. I see now where Hollywood __(13)__ get
their ideas from. They just turn on the news and they’ve got themselves
a __(14)__ scenario. It seems to me that news __(15)__ have become
a  form of entertainment.

1.

A) takes

B) collects

C) gets

D) draws

2.

A) nature

B) character

C) species

D) persons

3.

A) level

B) impression

C) pressure

D)  temperature

4.

A) film affairs

B) film business

C) show star

D) show business

5.

A) beings

B) characters

C) personalities D) people

6.

A) wealth

B) springs

C)  materials

D) resources

7.

A) breakaways

B) break-ins

C) break-ups

D) breakthroughs

8.

A) break-in

B) break-out

C) breakthrough  D) break-up

9.

A) have been shot

B) have shot

C) were shooting

D) were shot

10. A) taking

B) making

C) trying

D) escaping

11. A) had

B) has been

C) got

D) was got

12. A) by-passers B) passers-by

C)  pedestrians

D)  onlookers

13. A) screenplayers

B) scriptplayers

C) scenewriters

D) screenwriters

14. A) ready-made B) take-away

C) give away

D) high class

15. A) bulletins

B) broadcasters C)  forecasts

D) reporters

TEST R

E-mail or snail mail?

Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements

in communications and yet many people are still very worried __(1)__
using the latest computer technology. I am often __(2)__ to meet
colleagues who still don’t know what the ‘e’ in e-mail stands for and
they are too __(3)__ to ask.

They assume you have to be skilled __(4)__ computers to send a

message via e-mail but in fact it is __(5)__ thing in the world. It is also
__(6)__ to send an e-mail message __(7)__ to send an ordinary letter
or a ‘snail’ message which also takes __(8)__ longer. An e-mail message
is only __(9)__ more expensive than a local telephone call to send; on
top of the call itself you also have to pay a fee to your ‘server’. If you
send a letter by __(10)__ mail it will take a couple of days to get there
whereas an e-mail will not take __(11)__ than a few seconds. Once
you become __(12)__ to using the system you will be __(13)__ at
how much more   

  __(14)__ it is   than   other   means  of communication.

Of course, before you have access to e-mail, you will need a fairly
__(15)__ computer, which can be quite expensive.

1.

A) for

B) about

C) at

D) with as

2.

A) surprising

B) irritating

C) surprised

D) irritated

3.

A) embarrassing

B) embarrassed

C) tired

D) tiring

4.

A) about

B) into

C) to

D) in

5.

A) simplest

B) the more simple

C) simpler

D) the simplest

6.

A) cheaper

B) more cheaper

C) cheapest

D) the cheaper

7.

A) as

B) than

C)  that

D) from

8.

A) much

B) more

C) as

D) lot

9.

A) little

B) slightly

C) less

D) least

10. A) second-hand

B) low-paid

C) part-time

D) first-class

11. A) more long

B) longest

C) as long

D) longer

12. A) capable

B) accustomed C) clever

D) good

13. A) amazed

B) puzzled

C)  experienced D) pleased

14. A) confident

B) certain

C) efficient

D)  skilful

15. A) strong

B) great

C) powerful

D) large

Use of English

Book 2 Part B