Unit Test 9

Answer all the questions. There is one mark per question.

language

1 Choose the correct option.

1 The Spyder's brakes are a great/lot deal more efficient than the Zoomster's.

2 In fact, they are lot/much more powerful.

3 The Zoomster storage space is about half/fifty percent as large as the Spyder's.

4 The Spyder's acceleration is about ten percent slower/more slowly than the Zoomster's

5 It was quite a lot/little harder to turn the handlebars to steer.

6 An incandescent bulb consumes many/much more watts than a CFL bulb.

7 Furthermore, the CFL bulb lasts more than six times as long/longer as an incandescent one.

8 This building design consumes far less/least energy than the other one.

9 That building is by easily/far the most interesting of the three designs.

10 The Swiss Re Building is the least/most tall of the three buildings.

11 It also has the most few/fewest storeys of all the buildings

12 My new office is slightly larger/as large than my old one.

13 The braking system on this vehicle is far/by far safer.

14 The production costs are little/much higher than last year.

15 The Hearst Tower has the most/more extensive floor area of the three buildings.

16 My new car is twice as economical as/more economical than my old car.

17 Our new building is a great deal/by far the most innovative in the world.

vocabulary

2 Complete the sentence with a word formed from the word in capitals at the end.

18 Can you see the __________ building on the plan? CIRCLE

19 The __________ of the bike is a very important feature. STABLE

20 The __________ on this bike is better than on the others. SUSPEND

21 The building has a __________ shape. CONE

22 The __________ design is quite unusual for this product. RECTANGLE

23 You need to look at the __________ to see what the outside of the building will look like. ELEVATE

3 Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

width/elliptical/angle/perpendicular/inclined/vertical/solid

24 The __________ line represents the floor plan.

25/26 The__________ axis of a graph is __________ to the horizontal axis.

27 The maximum __________ of the building ( 40m) is at the 16^th floor.

28 The Leaning tower of Pisa used to be the most __________ tower in the world.

29 The swimming pool is enclosed in an oval or __________ building.

30 The building stands at a strange__________.

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