Five-Minute Tests

Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
Nowadays, the USA is (1)________ seen by millions as the Promised Land.
Gone are the days when you (2)________ buy US citizenship for one dollar. Yet, even though entry is strictly (3)_________ refugees continue to find freedom and people from poorer countries a better way of life.
(4)________ always, it remains a magnet to the ambitious and the energetic who are ready to commit themselves to the land that gives them a second (5)_________.

1.	A. still	C. already
	B. yet	D. always
2.	A. might	C. could
	B. had to	D. were able
3.	A. limited	C. finished
	B. over	D. ended
4.	A. How	C. However
	B. Though	D. As
5.	A. occasion	C. choice
	B. chance	D. case

 

1	2	3	4	5

Key:1. A; 2. C; 3. A; 4. D; 5. B

Six articles the are missing from the text. Write them in.
What do you think of when you hear word economics? Money, certainly, and perhaps more complicated things like business, inflation and unemployment. Science of economics studies all of these, but many more things as well. Perhaps you think that economics is all about decisions that governments and business managers take. In fact, economists study decisions that we all take every day. They study reasons for our decisions. They look at effects those decisions have on our lives and our society.

Key:
What do you think of when you hear the word economics? Money, certainly, and perhaps more complicated things like business, inflation and unemployment. The science of economics studies all of these, but many more things as well. Perhaps you think that economics is all about the decisions that governments and business managers take. In fact, economists study the decisions that we all take every day. They study the reasons for our decisions. They look at the effects those decisions have on our lives and our society.

Complete the text. Use one of these verbs in the proper form.

After (1)____________ in their luggage, they (2)___________ through Customs. Their flight (3)___________ from Gate 4. The plane (4)___________ off on time and they (5)__________ to Moscow two ours later.

Key: 1. checking; 2. went; 3. went; 4. took; 5. got

Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. He ___________________ (train) harder this year and his results are better.
2. Why are you so wet? ______________ (it/rain)?
3. I can’t make a report in French. I ________________ (not/learn) it very long.
4. A: You look tired. B: Yes, I _________ (prepare) my project work.
5. Sorry, I’m late. I ______________ (help) my mother...

Key: 1. has been training; 2. Has it been raining? 3. haven’t been learning; 4. have been preparing; 5. have been helping