Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "Gardening" №2

GARDENING. Choose the correct answer.

1. The garden was surrounded by ....... wire.

barbed
pricked
spiked
scratched

2. Our villa in Greece is on the top of a hill overlooking some olive ....... .

fields
groves
orchards
meadows

3. The sack with the vegetables was far too heavy for me to carry, so I ....... it across the floor.

dragged
drew
trailed
threw

4. If I ....... you again in my orchard, looking for pears, you'll be sorry!

catch sight of
make eyes at
see through
take a view of

5. Mrs Lazy's garden had been badly neglected and was completely ....... with weeds.

coated
enclosed
overgrown
suffocated

6. Digging the garden is a very ....... task.

conscientious
exerting
industrious
laborious

7. If you want this apple tree to bear good fruit next year, you will have to ....... it.

axe
fell
nip
prune

8. All the farmers are in a terrible ....... because of the water shortage.

attitude
constitution
disaster
plight

9. I like sitting over there in the shade in the middle of that ....... of trees.

bundle
clump
scrub
stack

10. I was startled by the sound of a twig ....... on the window.

creaking
pattering
rustling
tapping

11. If you want a beautiful lawn, you will have to ....... it.

hoe
mow
prune
uproot

12. Our garden has become a ....... since the house was abandoned, with weeds growing everywhere.

desert
moor
swamp
wilderness

13. A last swing of the axe sent the old tree ....... to the ground.

bursting
crashing
rushing
roaring

14. In our garden, we can sunbathe on the ....... in the summer.

field
flowerbed
lawn
meadow

15. I was able to see the garden through a ....... in the hedge.

cleft
gap
groove
slot

16. Keep out! ....... will be prosecuted!

Entrants
Newcomers
Transgressors
Trespassers

17. Can you hold the ladder ....... while I climb up and pick the apples?

firm
rigid
solid
steady

18. The ....... windows opened onto the garden.

Dutch
English
French
Spanish

19. That old apple tree ....... us from the sun on hot days.

fences
prevents
shades
warns

20. How do you ....... his sudden interest in gardening?

account for
give
mean
suggest