Cumulative Exam 3 P2-S

Revision 2023 Spring

1GRAMMAR REVISION for CUMULATIVE EXAM 2

CLOZE TESTS

Text 1. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

JUST JUICE
Can giving up food really improve your health?
Joanne Fullerton spent a week at a retreat center to find out.

When I arrived at the Just Juice Retreat Center, I was feeling a bit nervous. I was going to do a seven-day fast,
drinking only fresh organic fruit and vegetable juices. I’m the type of person (1) ______ eats three meals a day and
can’t wake up without a cappuccino, so the idea of living on juice for a week was rather terrifying.

After checking in, I was taken to the guest house (2) ______ everyone was staying. Louise, the person who I
was sharing a room with, had 4 previous retreat experiences, and she looked (3) ______ than anyone I’d ever met.
According to Rachel Carr-Hill, the woman (4) ______ fasting programme we were following, going without food is
one of (5) ______ things we can do for our health. The food that we usually eat (6) ______ toxins that stay in our
bodies and stop our digestive system from working properly. When we fast, our body doesn’t have to digest food, so
it has time to get rid of these toxins.

The first day (7) ______ with yoga at seven o’clock and then we had “breakfast” – a big glass of carrot juice.
We spent the day listening to talks about health, having massages and relaxing, with a different juice meal every
three hours. On day three, the headache I that I was suffering from got much (8) ______, and this was also when I
started to appreciate the significance of going without food.

1. a) which b) --- c) who d) when

2. a) when b) that c) which d) where
3. a) healthier b) healthy c) the healthier d) the healthiest
4. a) which b) that c) whose d) who
5. a) best b) the best c) better d) good
6. a) has contained b) will contain c) contains d) is containing
7. a) is starting b) has started c) started d) starts
8. a) bad b) good c) better d) worse
Text 2. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Students of English as a foreign language often ask teachers (1) _____ newspaper to read. They naturally
suppose (2) _____ reading an English newspaper will be a good way of improving their knowledge of the language,
but they are frequently disappointed because they (3) _____ understand popular newspapers and think the 'quality'
newspapers will be even (4) _____.

In fact, the opposite is usually the case. Popular newspapers are written for people who haven't got (5)
_____ time for reading and who, perhaps, do not read fast or enjoy reading (6) _____ people who buy 'quality'
newspapers, so the editors try to attract the readers' attention with sensational headlines in big black type. (7) _____
headlines do not explain the content of the news item underneath. On the contrary, (8) _____ often aim to puzzle
the reader so that he will have to read the item to find out the meaning of the headline! Apart from that, they use
double meanings, and this usually confuses a foreign reader. Editors are also afraid (9) _____ the readers will not be
patient (10) _____ to read a long paragraph. Therefore, almost every sentence becomes a paragraph in itself, which
is another disadvantage for the student of English as a foreign language.

1. a) where b) whether c) which d) that

2. a) when b) whether c) what d) that
3. a) will not b) must not c) should not d) cannot
4. a) most difficult b) more difficult c) difficult d) difficulty
5. a) much b) many c) few d) little
6. a) very much b) too much c) as much as d) not enough
7. a) --- b) The c) A d) An
8. a) its b) their c) it d) they
9. a) how b) whether c) that d) what
10. a) enough b) as c) too d) such
Text 3. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

The company’s annual report shows that unfortunately, our sales figures are much (1) ____ than those of
the previous year. This is no surprise, but what is (2) ____ alarming is that a number of our (3) ____ clients have
switched to another supplier. We are aware that there are (4) ____ expensive suppliers than ourselves, but cost may
not be (5) ____ factor in our clients’ decision to switch suppliers. One former client, for example, has said that their
new supplier is not only (6) ____ efficient but also offers a better all-round service. Reports like these are as (7) ____
low sales figures. If we cannot compete (8) ____, we will not survive. We have to make every effort to convince our
clients that we can still give them (9) ____ value for their money than anyone else.

1. a) as low b) low c) more low d) lower

2. a) a lot of b) the least c) further d) more
3. a) the oldest b) older c) more old d) as old
4. a) little b) less c) more d) least
5. a) as important as b) more importantly c) the most important d) much less
6. a) much less b) far c) better than d) more
7. a) less worry as b) the least worrying c) more worrying than d) worrying as
8. a) more effectively b) as effectively as c) the most effective d) more effective
9. a) best b) better c) good d) well
Text 4. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time in mid winter, when the snowflakes were falling from the sky, a beautiful queen sat at her
window. The snow looked so beautiful that she thought, "I wish I had a child as white as snow.” Soon afterward she
had a little daughter and they called her Little Snow-White. However, the queen died, and the king (1) ____ marry
again since the little child needed a mother. Unfortunately, (2) ____ his good-hearted first wife, his new queen was
an evil woman, who was jealous of Snow-White’s beauty. Moreover, the new queen was a witch. Finally, she called a
huntsman and said to him, "You (3) ____ Snow-White out into the woods to stab her to death. The huntsman took
Snow-White into the woods, but she began to cry, and begged him to spare her life. The huntsman took pity on her
because she was so innocent, and he thought, "Wild animals will soon eat her anyway. I'm glad that I (4) ____ her."
Therefore, he set her free.
Snow-White was now all alone in the great forest. She ran over sharp stones and through thorns the entire
day. Finally, she (5) ____ find a little house where there was a little table with seven little plates, seven little spoons,
and against the wall there were seven little beds. The house belonged to the seven dwarves. Then, the seven
dwarves came home and found her sleeping. Also, they saw that all the food on the table was gone. That is why they
thought, “The poor girl (6) ____ very hungry.” The dwarfs pitied her and let her stay. They said to her, “If you cook
and keep everything clean and orderly, you can stay here, yet you will be alone during the day. You (7) ____ watch
out for strangers!" Unfortunately, the evil queen learned that Snow-White was still alive, so she began to make an
evil plan to kill her. She made a poisoned apple, disguised herself, and went to the dwarves' house and knocked on
the door. Snow-White did something very stupid, which she (8) ____ and went to the door. When she opened the
door, the queen said, “I am very tired. (9) ____ I come in and sit for a while?” Snow-White agreed and bit into the
apple given by the queen in return for her help. After that, she fell to the ground dead. That evening when the
dwarves returned home from the mines, they saw Snow-White lying on the floor, and she was dead. They were very
angry with her since she let a stranger in despite their warnings. One of the dwarves said, “Snow-White (10) ____
our death too. From now on, we won’t help stupid strangers who open the door to everybody.” Thus ended the
story and they lived happily ever after.

1. a) had to b) mustn’t c) ought to d) didn’t have to

2. a) due to b) similar to c) like d) in contrast to
3. a) couldn’t take b) can’t take c) must take d) must have taken
4. a) shouldn’t have killed b) can’t have killed c) don’t have to kill d) may not kill
5. a) can b) could c) can’t d) couldn’t
6. a) can’t have been b) ought to be c) must have been d) could be
7. a) ought to b) shouldn’t c) might d) can’t
8. a) didn’t have to do b) shouldn’t have done c) can’t have done d) could do
9. a) Should b) Do you think c) May d) Why not
10. a) must have causedb) didn’t have to cause c) could have caused d) shouldn’t have
 ANSWER KEY

TEXT 1.
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. c

TEXT 2.
1. c 2. d 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. c 10. a

TEXT 3.
1. d 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. d 8. a 9. b

TEXT 4.
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. c