Тест по английскому языку

Выберите правильные ответы на вопросы из предложенных вариантов.

1. Formal:The registration fee for the examination is approximately $20.

Informal: Have you got an _____ on Tuesday?

a.examine

b.examin

c.examen

d.exam

2. Formal: If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact our local _____.

Informal: You shouldn't have let that slimy sales rep in.

a.representative

b.reporter

c.reptile

d.replica

3. Formal: There are certain exceptions to this such as pregnant women.

Informal: Is Madonna _____ again?

a.pregny

b.preggy

c.preggers

d.pregs

4. Formal: The teasing in the _____ made him sick with anger.

Informal: It's just like being back in the dorm.

a.dormouse

b.dormitory

c.dormancy

d.dormie

5. Formal: This book is full of useful information on the subject of gardening.

Informal: For more _____ mail me at nina@efl.ru.

a.infor

b.inform

c.inf

d.info

6. Formal: She peered over her _____.

Informal: Throw away your old specs, they're no good.

a.specialists

b.specialties

c.spectacles

d.species

7. Formal: This technology has proven very successful in laboratory experiments.

Informal: Russia's future must be high skill, high wage and high _____.

a.techny

b.techy

c.techno

d.tech

8. Formal: His conduct was not entirely _____.

Informal: He worked as a freelance journalist for a couple of years before going pro.

a.profound

b.professional

c.proactive

d.prostrate

9. Formal: All bedrooms en suite, colour TVs, telephone, mini bar, hairdryers.

Informal: Ouch! I've dropped the _____!

a.fone

b.phone

c.tele

d.phoney

10. Formal: Cover the bowl and place it in the _____.

Informal: The milk's in the fridge.

a.frigerator

b.refrigerator

c.refrigerant

d.frigid

11. Formal: This is an easy to read article that describes how television works.

Informal: Tired of the _____? Buy a book!

a.televy

b.tele

d.telle

e.telly

12. Formal: Please do not stand too close to the _____.

Informal: He kept talking into his mike as she made her way out of the room.

a.microphone

b.microbe

c.microclimate

d.micron

13. Formal: The tablets are the real treatment and the diet restrictions can be ignored.

Informal: He's now on _____ for life.

a.tas

b.tabls

c.tables

d.tabs

14. Formal: _____ is a sauce that consists of egg yolk, vegetable oil, vinegar or lemon juice and various other ingredients.

Informal: Here's the recipe for home mayo.

a.mayonnaise

b.mayor

c.mayon

d.mayoress

15. Formal: We manufacture a wide range of ammunition.

Informal: Need good shooting _____? Visit our shop!

a.ammy

b.amm

c.ammo

d.ammun

16. Formal: The rebels are ready for _____.

Informal: My demob came up and I left the army with mixed feelings.

a.demobilise

b.demobilize

c.demobilisation

d.demoralisation

17. Formal: It is the best gymnasium in the city. Free weights and machines.

Informal: I work out in the _____ five days a week.

a.gymnas

b.gymny

c.gim

d.gym

18. Formal: He has no _____ claims on the child.

Informal: All of our pictures come from legit sources.

a.legitimate

b.legitimism

c.legitimatise

d.legitimist

19. Formal: Messalina, Roman Empress of Clauctius, is the most famous of all nymphomaniacs.

Informal: Help! A _____ is after me!

a.maniac

b.nym

c.nympho

d.nymph

20. Formal: We offer 27 recipes for chocolate _____.

Informal: You can store this tasty pud in the fridge for up to seven days.

a.pudding

b.puddle

c.puddock

d.pudge

21. Grass is usually ____.

a.black

b.red

c.green

d.blue

22. The Russian flag is white, blue and ____.

a.red

b.yellow

c.green

d.black

23. Chocolate can be bitter, milk and ____.

a.yellow

b.red

c.light brown

d.white

24. Ivory is a shade of ____.

a.blue

b.black

c.brown

d.white

25. Bones are ____.

a.red

b.white

c.blue

d.brown

26. Fill in the blanks in this simple but famous poem:

a.Roses are ____.

b.Violets are ____.

c.Sugar is sweet.

d.And so are you.

e.red, yellow

f.blue, red

g.red, blue

h.green, blue

27. He took off his ____ jacket and leaned out of the window.

a.punter green

b.hunter green

c.grunter green

d.counter green

28. Which of the following words is NOT used to describe a shade of white:

a.mouse

b.antique

c.oyster

d.cream

29. The baby's smooth ____ skin glistened in the sun.

a.cobalt

b.steel grey

c.ivory

d.emerald

30. Which is the odd one out?

a.off white

b.appliance white

c.flower white

d.snow white

31. A ____ of grey was visible on her ageing skin through the thick layer of make-up.

a.sort

b.hint

c.promise

d.shade

32. His skinny, somewhat ____ hands were trembling.

a.yellowish

b.more yellow

c.yellowly

d.yellower

33. She was always the ____ of the family; she had disappointed them all.

a.blue dog

b.red cow

c.black sheep

d.white crow

34. She hit him hard on the face and gave him a ____ eye.

a.black

b.brown

c.red

d.green

35. I only see him ____, I don't know what are his whereabouts for the time being.

a.in black and white

b.out of the blue

c.once in a blue moon

d.black and blue

36. We got the warning about the thunderstorm completely out of the ____.

a.white

b.black

c.red

d.blue

37. There's so much ____ in getting out of this country that we are thinking of abandoning the immigration process altogether.

a.red tape

b.blue paper

c.white tape

d.green paper

38. The boss gave us the ____ light for starting this rather daring project.

a.yellow

b.black

c.blue

d.green

39. His boss disapproves of him telling ____ jokes at business meetings.

a.off-colour

b.colourful

d.transparent

e.colourless

40. Tom is such a ____ - he won't even look down the ski slope.

a.red neck

b.green nose

c.yellow belly

e.black back