Question

PRACTICE TEST 13
1. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits in the corresponding space. There is an example at the
beginning (0)
(15 points)
In Britain this year (0)
But the (1).
than any
B_ have already been lots of events to celebrate the 'Diamond
Jubilee' - the fact that the country's monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has been on the throne for 60 years.
celebrations are going to take place in early June. On Sunday 3rd June there will be
a parade of hundreds of (2)
along the River Thames in London; while all around the country
there will be street parties, when people living in the same neighbourhood or (3)
will get together
to have food and drink together outside. On Monday 4th June there will be a big concert outside
Buckingham Palace, the Queen's London residence, with (4) of famous singers and bands, and
Tuesday 5th June will be an extra public (5)
to celebrate the Jubilee. Elizabeth, who is now 86,
became queen on 6th February 1952, (6)
the age of 26. The British prime minister, David
Cameron, was not even (7).
then (he is 45). She has been on the throne for (8)
other monarch in British history apart from Queen Victoria, who reigned for 64 years (1837–1901). For
almost all the Queen's life there has been a waxwork model of her at Madame Tussauds in London,
and obviously it is necessary to (9) the models as she gets older; the latest model is the twenty-
third. When the Queen dies the (10) monarch could be her oldest son, Prince Charles, who is 63,
or it could be his oldest son, Prince William, 29, (11). got married to Kate Middleton in 2011.
(William's mother was (12). famous Princess Diana, who died in 1998).
Not everyone in (13) is a strong supporter of the monarchy, but only a minority of
people want (14) replace the Queen, or whoever comes after her, with an elected president. In a
recent opinion poll 69% of the people said Britain would be worse without the monarchy; only 22% said
it would be (15)
0.B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
A.it
A. biggest
A. cars
A. village
A. a
A. day
A. in
A. born
A. long
A. move
A. next
A. which
A. one
A. French
A. to
A. good
B. there
B. smallest
B. trucks
B. tents
B. lots
B. birthday
B. at
B. raised
B. longest
B. run
B. near
B. why
B. the
B. Britain
B. for
C. this
C. youngest
C. boats
C. fields
C. multiple
C. week
C. for
C. moved
C. short
C. destroy
C. almost
C. whose
C. a
C. British
C. and
C. better
D. that
D. bigger
D. bikes
D. country
D. numerous
D. holiday
D. from
D. told
D. longer
D. change
D. nearer
D. who
D. an
D. Brits
D. in
D. older
B.younger

Answer 1

Răspuns:

0-B

1-A

2-C

3-A

4-B

5-A

6-B

7-A

8-D

9-D

10-A

11-A

12-B

13-B

14-A

15-C