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Instituto Integrado Francisco Serrano May ___ 2010

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Muñoz
MARIA ELENA
ENGLISH TEST SUÁREZ
11º
Student: ____________________________________________ Grade: _________ Date ______________
Comparative Adjectives 12. He thinks he’s _____________ than me because he
1. She's beautiful I agree, but her mother is ______ speaks good English
A a problem a) more clever
B beautifuller b) clever
C more beautiful c) the cleverest
D most beautiful d) cleverer
2. Diana was much taller ___ Charles.
A to 13. The desk top computer was ____________ than the
B as laptop
C than a) cheaper
D like b) cheapest
3. Texas is big but Alaska is _______ . c) the cheaper
A bigger d) the cheapest
B cold
C biggest 12. His house is _________________ than mine:
D biger a) biggest
b) bigger
4. This one is better ___ that one. c) more big
A to d) most big
B like
C than
D as
Reading Comprehesion
5. Karen is ______ than her sister.
a) young Piranhas
b) younger Scientists in the UK have announced that the piranha fish's
c) more young reputation 15) __________ a fearsome 16) __________
d) youngest may well not be deserved. The fish, which is found in the
Amazon in Brazil, have been portrayed as deadly 17)
6. The mouse is the ______ animal in the zoo. __________ that work in shoals to overwhelm their prey
a) small and strip it of its flesh in seconds.
b) smaller However, 18) __________ from St Andrews University say
c) smallest that piranhas are omnivores that mainly eat fish, plants and
d) more small insects. They form big groups not to hunt but to defend 19)
__________ against other predators, according to the
7. Barbara is as ______ as Janet. team.
a) intelligenter "Previously it was thought piranhas shoaled as it 20)
b) intelligent __________ them to form a cooperative hunting group,"
c) more intelligent said Professor Anne Magurran. "However, we have found
d) most intelligent that it is primarily a defensive 21) __________."
Piranhas can be attacked by animals 22) __________
8. The dog is ______ than the hamster. dolphins, caimans and large fish, so forming a shoal is a
a) large good way of 23) __________ being killed. Piranhas of 24)
b) larger __________ age stay in the middle of the group for 25)
c) largest __________ and the 26) __________ of the shoal 27)
d) more large __________ according to the level of 28) __________.
When the water level is high, the fish form small groups as
9. Everyone in our family sings beautifully, but my mother is there is space to escape, but when the water level drops,
the ______ singer. they form large groups as protection against 29)
a) good __________.
b) more good
c) best
d) better Options
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10. A knife is ______ than a spoon. a. as
a) dangerous b. as if
b) more dangerous c. as though
c) most dangerous d. since
d) dangerouser 16
a. kill
11. It was raining _____________ than ever. b. killer
a) hardest c. murderer
b) the most hard d. murder
c) harder 17
d) hardlier a. carnivore
b. carnivorous
c. carnivors a. no
d. carnivores b. Though
18 c. After
a. expert d. Since
b. expertise 33. They will come back _______ their work is over.
c. experts a. though
d. expectant b. who
19 c. while
a. them d. when
b. themselves 34. _______ it was raining, I took my umbrella.
c. it a. If
d. itself b. As
20 c. then
.. able d. Though
b. ables 35. He works seriously _______ become an engineer.
c. enable a. so
d. enabled b. that
21 c. in spite of
a. behave d. in order to
b. behaviour 36 _______ some were dancing, others were watching
c. misbehaviour TV.
d. misbehaviours a. Till
22 b. Since
a. such c. as
b. as d. While
c. like 37. Most people didn't like the film _______ it was boring.
d. as such a. because
23 b. after
a. prevent c. if
b. preventing d. yet
c. avoid 38. I would like to see Venice _______ I die.
d. avoiding a. if
24 b. after
a. reproduce c. before
b. reproductive d. though
c. reproduction 39. I will tell them not to come _______ we can work in
d. reproductively peace.
25 a. so that
a. protection b. if
b. protecting c. despite
c. protect d. because
d. protective 40. He went to prison _______ he had killed a man.
26 a. before
a. rate b. because
b. size c. if
c. amount d. but
d. dearth 41. _______ the bad weather, the plane couldn't take off
27 on time
a. different a. Instead of
b. differ b. In spite of
c. differs c. Because of
d. defer d. otherwise
28 42. _______ the rain, the barbecue party was a success.
a. risk a. but
b. fate b. Instead of
c. destiny c. In spite of
d. chance d. Because of
29 43. You can have fish _______ meat if you prefer.
a. predator a. in spite of
b. predators b. instead of
c. predatory c. because of
d. predate d. after
44. You will not find a job _______ you have passed your
Connecting words exam.
30. _______ it is very cold, it is not freezing. a. therefore
a. As b. so
b. Though c. till
c. Because d. then
d. if 45. You will either work _______ leave the firm.
31. It was Sunday and _______ most shops were closed. a. so
a. since b. therefore
b. therefore c. or
c. but d. if
d. though
32. _______ you refuse to work, I will not give you a
present.
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