Test

Form 11

I.Read and complete the text below. For each empty space choose the correct answer.

                                                                                   A Message to the Stars

Our planet Earth is one of nine planets (1) ___ around the Sun, a fairly small and ordinary star, which lies in the (2) ___ areas of the Milky Way galaxy. There are about 250 billion stars in our galaxy and billions of galaxies in the (3) ___ . People have always rendered about the possibility of (4) ___ life forms on other planets. In recent years this has become (5) ___ scientific speculation. Some scientists (6) ___ that there must be large numbers of stars with planets which could support living intelligent beings. Perhaps we will never know. The nearest star is 4,3 light years away. A light year is the distance covered by light travelling at about 186,000 miles a second in one year. It would take the fastest Earth (7) ___ about 40,000 years (8) ___ the nearest star.

For a number of years radio telescopes have been trying (9) ___ signals from outer space, so far without success. There are millions of radio frequencies, and there is no reason why a completely alien civilization should not use a different type of communication, such as X-rays or even a type of wave we have not yet (10) ___ . Suppose contacts were made with beings 300 light years away. By the time we had sent our reply and received their response, the Earth would be 600 years older. It would be an interesting, but rather slow-moving conversation!

1   A  returning       B  replacing       C  revolving       D  reflecting

2   A  inner             B  outer              C  farther            D  outside

3   A  universe        B  world             C  planet            D  globe

4   A  wise              B  interesting      C  intelligent     D  clever

5   A  critical          B  severe             C  extreme        D  serious

6   A  believe          B  behave            C  belong          D  accept

7   A  aircraft          B  spacecraft       C  handicraft     D  space satellite

8   A  to go              B  to reach          C  to arrive        D  to come

9   A  to pick up      B  to raise           C  to lift             D  to scoop

10 A  found             B  opened           C  discovered    D  looked for

II. Choose the correct variant.

1.      The old woman … very well there.

               A  is been looked   B  will look after   C  will be looked after

2.       We saw her … along the street yesterday.

A   walk                  B  to walk              C  walked

3.       She is a woman … by everybody.

A  respecting          B  respected           C  having  respected

4.       Thank you for … me know about it in time.

               A  let                      B  letting                C  had  let

5.       I wish he … yesterday.

A  come                  B  came                  C  had come

6.       If  I … the answer, I would tell you.

A  know                 B  had  known         C  knew

7.       You … be joking. Nobody buys two Rolls Royces. It’s too expensive.

A  have to              B  must                    C  should

8.       He told me he … to France.

A  never was         B  had never been     C  will never be

9.       Nancy is good … English.                     

A  in  B  of  C  at                                          

10.She made us … for several hours.           

A  to wait  B  wait  C  to be waiting