Test "EXPLORE THE WORLD"

Grade 11

Test 4

1. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box below.

no-go            skyline            compact            remote       stretched              skyscrapers             deprived residential             ghost town                 ancient          shanty towns

1. It’s an ______ city. It was founded over 2000 years ago.

2. It’s a seaside resort, but we stayed there in the off-season, so it was more like a _____ . It was absolutely dead!

3. What I like about Amsterdam is how _______ it is. I mean, you can walk round it very easily.

4. It’s a huge _____ city – it goes on for miles and miles.

5. She’s from some place called Batagal, in a really _____ part of Siberia.

6. All around the outskirts of Johannesburg there are these huge sprawling _____. They’are really rough. They are like complete _____ areas for the police.

 7. It’s a nice place. It’s just a _____ little provincial town where nothing much ever really happens.

8. As you come across the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan _____ is just incredible – all those _____ everywhere! It’s really exciting.

9. It’s a very poor area – one of the most run-down, ____ areas of the city.

2. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions or particles.

 If you want to do more than just lounge (1) ... on the beach this summer, and you don’t enjoy staying (2) ... busy hotels, why not visit the Eco-Lodge? This holiday resort, which is situated in the beautiful region of Sweden, is different (3) ... other places. Accommodation is provided in simple wooden huts built deep in the forest. The resort is known (4) ... its varied outdoor activities, ranging (5) ... fishing to mushroom collecting. Anyone drawn (6) ... observing wildlife in the forest can take one of the guided tours and see wild animals in their natural habitat. At the Eco-Lodge, visitors have the chance (7) ... get a taste (8) ... a simple life, surrounded (9) ... magnificent scenery. It’s an opportunity to enjoy an environmentally friendly holiday. Just remember – the resort is very popular, so it’s better to book (10) ... advance.

3. Complete the text with the correct item.

With its spectacular mountain scenery, Austria is a popular tourist destination both in summer and in winter. One of the greatest sights of the Eastern Alps is the World of the Ice Giants, which 1. ____ regarded as especially worth visiting. It is the largest system of ice caves in the world. The huge number 2. _____ caves found there were carved out of rock over thousands of years by an underground river. When the caves 3.____ first explored in 1879, huge ice formations, amazing frozen waterfalls and huge icicles were found. So far, over 40 kilometres of tunnels 4. ____ been explored. The World of the Ice Giants is visited 5. ____ about 200,000 people a year and has been open to the public 6._____ 1920. Back 7._____, anyone who was interested 8._____ seeing the impressive ice formations 9._____ to make a tiring 90-minute journey up the mountain on foot. Today, however, the entrance of the ice cave can easily 10.____ reached by cable car. People are 11.____ to visit the cave between May and October. But even then, the temperatures inside the caves are so low that visitors are advised 12.____ dress warmly.

 1. a)was b)is c)had been d)is being

2. a)off b)in c)of d)about

3. a)was b)have been c)are d)were

4. a)have been b)were c)are d)has been

5. a)at b)over c)by d)with

6. a)since b)for c)by d)in

7. a)there b)then c)were d)that

8.a) by b)with c)about d)in

9. a)ought b)have c)had d)were

10. a)have been b)has been c)was d)be

11. a)welcome b)greeted c)allowed d)sent

12. a)for b)to c)about d)with

4.Complete the sentences with the verbs given in brackets in the right verb tense.

1. Luke, can I borrow your pen, or ___________________ (you / use) it at the moment?
2. By the time he ________________ (go)  to the meeting, it had begun for 15 minutes.
3. My girl friend arrived after I _____________________ (wait) for her about half an hour. 
4. In the past, voyages ________________ (be) very rough and often dangerous, but things ___________________ (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.
5. Shirley _______________________ (do) her research for the next few weeks.
6. This time next week, we _____________________ (finish) the chemistry project.
7. I love this film. It’s the fifth time I ________________ (see) it.
8. We _____________________ (drive) along Route 1 when he saw the fantastic Golden Gate Bridge.