Unit 9 : Deserts : Test 3

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

If the deserts are ________ managed, there may be troubles for scientific expeditions.

1. loose
2. loosen
3. loosening
4. loosely

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined

I am afraid that the company is in deep trouble. ________, we are going to make some people redundant.

1. Therefore
2. However
3. But
4. And

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Most deserts are enormous sandy areas.

1. mysterious
2. narrow
3. immense
4. aerial

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

We often enjoy walking barefoot across the damp __ to the water's edge.

1. sand
2. sanding
3. sandy
4. sandily

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ she could not say anything.

1. So upset was she that
2. So upset was she
3. However upset was she that
4. Therefore upset was she that

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

In the northern part of the Simpson Desert, the dunes are parallel.

1. mysterious
2. steep
3. plenty of sand
4. similar in some ways

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined

We have not yet won; ________, we will keep trying.

1. moreover
2. however
3. therefore
4. so as

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ sand covers only about 20 percent of Earth's deserts.

1. A
2. An
3. The
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ she could not say anything.

1. So upset was she that
2. So upset was she
3. However upset was she that
4. Therefore upset was she that

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

A ________ is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people.

1. slope
2. dune
3. spinifex
4. camel

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Many tall and wide mountain ranges do not let much rain get ________ the desert.

1. into
2. away
3. out
4. from

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The first part of the test was easy; the second, ________, took hours.

1. therefore
2. but
3. so
4. however

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The hill was so ________ that it took us more than five hours to climb up.

1. sloping
2. enormous
3. arid
4. stable

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I wanted to go a more ________ route across Montan

1. north
2. northerly
3. northerner
4. northernmost

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Deserts have ________ reputation for supporting very little life, but in ________ reality deserts often have high biodiversity.

1. a / Ø
2. the / the
3. a / the
4. the / a

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

He told me not to do it; ________, I did it.

1. Therefore
2. So
3. But
4. However

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Several deserts are a quite vast and uninhabited ________.

1. plain
2. territory
3. corridor
4. shrub

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Everyone is ready for the discussion, ________ him.

1. however
2. but
3. so
4. therefore

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. remained
2. explored
3. separated
4. travelled

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I wanted to give him some money after he helped me with the car ________ he absolutely refused to accept it.

1. so
2. but
3. therefore
4. and so

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The ________ of a cliff, or mountain, is a vertical surface or side of it.

1. face
2. border
3. crest
4. lake

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Do it ________.

1. so do you want
2. but as you want
3. however you want
4. therefore you want

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. enormous
2. rough
3. enough
4. double

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ you prepare for the exam, there will still be a few questions on which you won't be sure of the answer.

1. So much as
2. Much but
3. However much
4. So much

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Camels have one or two humps used ________ storing water and foo

1. to
2. for
3. over
4. at

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. loose
2. smooth
3. food
4. flood

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. three
2. south
3. southern
4. both

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. society
2. geography
3. dry
4. sandy

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Camels were often used _______ transportation by people of the desert.

1. as
2. with
3. to
4. about

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________, I cannot keep pace with Johnny.

1. So I have tried hard
2. I have tried hard so
3. However hard have I tried
4. However hard I have tried