Test 15

Read the text below and decide which word or phrase, A, B, C or D best fits each space. Underline the correct
answer. Only one answer is correct.

Going to live in the country

I have lived in cities (1) .......... my life and so I can't imagine myself living in the country, (2)
.......... from almost all forms of entertainment (3) .......... from television. The country people I
have come into (4) .......... with have never (5) .......... me the impression that I would be
welcome there, either. Instead of (6) .......... you with a cheerful hello, (7) .......... you might
expect from watching TV serials, they ignore you (8) .......... they know you are related to
someone in the village.
(9) .......... I don't blame them for that. I can see why they don't like townspeople (10) ..........
them to change their ways. Newcomers from the towns like the country but usually don't (11)
.......... their living there. They regard sheep (12) .......... sweet, harmless animals but for country
people sheep (13) .......... a practical purpose, providing meat and wool. As an old countryman
said to me: If some townsman interferes with my work but he can't (14) .......... one kind of tree
from another, I tell him to mind his own (15) .......... .

1 A all B for all C the whole D for the whole
2 A avoided B cut off C separate D turned away
3 A apart B besides C except D only
4 A contact B junction C meeting D touch
5 A given B made C produced D shown
6 A greeting B nodding C signalling D waving
7 A that B what C as D like
8 A except B provided C unless D whether
9 A Above all B By all accounts C All the same D At any rate
10 A demanding B expecting C insisting D suggesting
11 A do B earn C gain D win
12 A as B for C like D to be
13 A comply B follow C respect D serve
14 A decide B describe C say D tell
15 A affair B business C job D living
KEY: 1A 2B 3A 4A 5A 6A 7C 8C 9C 10B 11B 12A 13D 14D 15B