DESERTS
TEST 1
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently
from the rest.
1.
a. grasses
b. stretches
c. comprises
d. potatoes
2.
a. lie
b. wide
c. circle
d. comprise
3.
a. compound
b. route
c. house
d. south
4.
a. dune
b. hummock
c. shrub
d. buffalo
5.
a. west
b. between
c. growth
d. which
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.
6.
________ Sahara of ________ Africa is the world's largest desert.
a.
Ø
/ the
b. The /
Ø
c. A / an
d. The / an
7.
Deserts can be defined as areas that receive ________ average annual
precipitation of less than 250 mm.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d.
Ø
8.
The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost
6 kilometers.
a. developed
b. separated
c. lay
d. located
9.
A _______ is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation.
a. dune
b. desert
c. sandy area
d. shrub land
10.
Deserts are often composed of ________ and rocky surfaces.
a. water
b. trees
c. oil
d. sand
11.
Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the center of
Australia.
a. dunes
b. valleys
c. lands
d. areas
12.
Deserts are also classified by their ________ location and dominant
weather pattern.
a. geographical
b. aerial
c. sandy
d. facial
13.
Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not ________ a
mystery in our time.
a. hidden
b. intended
c. remained
d. attained
14.
Deserts take ________ one-third of the Earth's land surface.
a. up
b. on
c. over
d. after
15.
The Simpson Desert was named _______ Mr. Simpson, President of the
South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
a. with
b. at
c. after
d. for
16.
In 1953, Peveril Meigs divided desert regions ________ Earth ________
categories according to the amount of precipitation they received.
a. through / in
b. from / with
c. on / into
d. in / for
17.
More and more ________ are very excited at discovering as many
interesting things in the deserts as possible.
a. explores
b. explorations
c. explorers
d. exploratory
18.
Can you make a ________ estimate of how much our expedition in the
desert may be?
a. rough
b. roughly
c. roughing
d. roughen
19.
After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed
by a ________ disease.
a. mystery
b. mysterious c. mysteriously d. mysteriousness
20.
I want to work as an interpreter in the future, ________, I am studying
Russian at university.
a. but
b. so
c. however
d. therefore
21.
I am going shopping for food this evening ________ I do not have to go
at the weekend.
a. so
b. but
c. however
d. moreover
22.
When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything,
________ cry.
a. but
b. and
c. so
d. however
23.
Mrs. Lindon has ________ that she is unable to get a job.
a. but not enough education
b. so little education
c. however little education
d. such little education
24.
That small car, ________, is advertised in many current magazines.
a. so inexpensive and comfortable
b. however inexpensive and comfortable
c. inexpensive but comfortable
d. and inexpensive but comfortable
25.
We live in the same building ________ we have hardly seen each other
a. and
b. therefore
c. but
d. so
26.
I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn't have it.
a. and
b. but
c. therefore
d. so
27.
Anna needed some money, ________, she took a part-time job.
a. furthermore
b. moreover
c. however
d. therefore
28.
Julie has a guitar ________ she plays it really well.
a. and
b. so
c. but
d. therefore
29.
My fingers were injured ________ my sister had to write the note for me.
a. and
b. however
c. so
d. but
30.
The concert was cancelled ________ we went to a nightclub instead.
a. so
b. however
c. so on
d. but
Error Identification.
31.
Desert is a large area of land that has very little water however very few
A B C
plants growing on it.
D
32.
Rain falls occasionally in deserts so desert storms are often violent.
A B C D
33.
The Nile River, the Colorado River, but the Yellow River flow through
A B
deserts to deliver their sediments to the sea.
C D
34.
Deserts may have underground springs, rivers, or reservoirs they lie
A B
close to the surface, or deep underground.
C D
35.
Most
plants in deserts have adapted to sporadic rainfalls in a desert.
A B C
environments
D
