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