Test 15 mins English

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TEST 15 MINS ENGLISH 11A
Use the proper tense/form of verbs in parentheses. Write your answer in the space provided : 
The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising. Why .. this (1. happen) ......................... One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process. After all, there (2. be) ......................... ice ages and long periods of warmth, so we could just (3. experience) ......................... another warming trend. This kind of answer (4. have) ......................... more supporters a few years ago. What scientists now (5. believe) ......................... is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, human .. gradually (6. change) ......................... the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We (7. create) ......................... an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, (8. let) ......................... heat from the sun through and then (9. hold) ......................... it in.  temperatures and sea levels (10. keep) ......................... rising? The general answer is unfortunately yes. 
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1. is .. happening	2. have been
	3. be experiencing	4. had
	5. believe	6. have . been changing/ have been . changing
	7. have created	8. lets
	9. holds	10. Will  keep
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TEST 15 MINS UNIT 6 
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. 
A. obvious	B. notorious	C. credulous	D. numerous
A. dialect	B. diagram	C. diagonal 	D. diamond
A. Europe	B. monument	C. province	D. minority 
A. obsolete 	B. complete	C. compete	D. deplete
A. consent	B. obstinacy	C. condolence	D. equality 
 A. trigonometry	B. explanatory	C. immediately	D. democracy
 A. legislature	B. repository	C. magnificent	D. mistake
 A. argumentative	B. psychological	C. contributory	D. hypersensitive
 A. photograph	B. payroll	C. accent	D. regretful
 A. majority	B. ceremony	C. astronomy	D. investiture
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1.	A.	obvious	B.	notorious	C.	credulous	D.	numerous
2.	A.	dialect	B.	diagram	C.	diagonal 	D.	diamond
3.	A.	Europe	B. 	monument	C. 	province	D. minority 
4.	A.	obsolete 	B.	complete	C.	compete	D.	deplete
5.	A.	consent	B.	obstinacy	C.	condolence	D.	equality 
 A. trigonometry	B. explanatory	C. immediately	D. democracy
 A. legislature	B. repository	C. magnificent	D. mistake
 A. argumentative	B. psychological	C. contributory	D. hypersensitive
 A. photograph	B. payroll	C. accent	D. regretful
 A. majority	B. ceremony	C. astronomy	D. investiture
Test 15 mins. UNIT 5
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Supply the correct form of the word in brackets.
Increasing, smoking is regarded as an (1) (society) habit.
(2) (participate) sports are becoming more popular.
Please don’t buy (3) (standard) goods. They won’t last for long.
She (4) (mind) left her umbrella on the bus.
Although she often disagreed with me, she was always (5) (courtesy).
Put the verbs in brackets into a correct form.
When the painter felt the ladder (1) (begin) (2) (slip) he grabbed the gutter (3) (save) himself form (4) (fall).
Try (1) (avoid) (2) (be) late. He hates (3) (be) kept ...(4) (wait).
She told me (1) (look) through her correspondence and (2) (take) out any letters that you had written her. I didn’t like (3) (look) through someone else’s letters but I had (4) (do) as she said.
It’s no use (1) (try) (2) (interrupt) him. You will have (3)(wait) till he stops (4) (talk).
I used (1) (ride) a lot but I haven’t had a chance (2) (do) any since (3) (come) here ~ I ride sometimes. Would you like (4) (come) with me next time ?
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