1. Listen! Someone at the door. A knocks b knocked c has knocked d is knocking

DTM TEST - 1

1. Previous year Nargiza ... speaking English every day.

A) practice B) practices

C) is practicing D) practiced
2. What is Mike going to do after he ... school?

A) will have finished B) had finished

C) will finish D) finishes
3. You are driving quite well.

Who … to drive a car?

A) did you teach B) taught you

C) you taught D) does you teach

4. If you were ever in trouble, I would give you all the help you ... .

A) will need B) needed C) need D) would need

5. I … about the last night’s football match.

A) thought B) was thinking

C) am thinking D) think
6. I have repeated you plenty of times. I … you.

A) do believe B) believing

C) do believed D) believed being
7. The house was in great disorder because he … it.

A) was redecorated B) has redecorated

C) redecorates D) was redecorating
8. I don’t know if Jane … to the next meeting.

A) comes B) had come

C) would come D) will come
9. Everybody was silent while she …

A) was sanging B) is singing

C) was songing D) was singing
10. How many poems … Pushkin … ?

A) had/written B) -/wrote

C) has/written D) did/write
11. Choose the correct answer.

Why … you … ? What has happened to you ? .

A) do/cry B) did/cry C) have/cry D) are/crying


12 - 15. Read and answer the following four questions about the text.

Life in Colonial times could be very difficult for many families. The right weapons or tools for a job made it little easier. A sickle is a tool with a sharp blade. It has a short, wooden handle. It was used to cut grass or grain. Sickles were very helpful when clearing tall grasses for a new home or garden. An ax, or axe, is another useful tool. Colonial axes had long wooden handles. The top of each axe was made out of hard silver. It could be used for chopping wood. If you wanted to build a cabin, you needed an axe. Pistols and rifles were just as important as the other tools. They were used to protect families from wild animals and bandits. Rifles were also used for hunting. They had long, wooden barrels. They were very heavy. Tools and weapons were important for getting food, staying safe, and making life easier. Life depended on good tools.

12. What is this text about?

A) tools and weapons we used for getting food, staying safe, and making life easier

B) tools and weapons necessary for life during Colonial period.

C) agriculture and hunting in Colonial times

D) people who lived in Colonial times
13. It is pointed out in the passage that … .

A) sickle was used for cutting grasses and wheat

B) pistol had long barrels and used for getting food

C) rifle was used for chopping wood

D) axe was used to protect families from wild animals
14. It is obvious in the passage that … .

A) life depended on good axes and sickles

B) axes were used for building house

C) pistols were very heavy

D) we live in wooden cabins
15. This passage was probably written to …

A)inform the reader about iron axes

B)teach how to use a sickle and hunt the animals

C)show the importance of tools and weapons to the Colonial families

D)entertain the reader with funny information