Mid Test

SECTION 1

VOCABULARY

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

Principio del formulario

1 In winter I often wear _____________ boots.

baggy cropped flared ankle-length

2 __________ coats are best for the cold weather.

sleeveless winter high-necked flared

3 Some women find it difficult to walk in __________ shoes.

spiky ankle-length platform baggy

4 A three-piece suit consists of a jacket, trousers and a ________.

cardigan waistcoat coat beret

5 James has cut his beard into a _________.

goatee sideburn mohican quiff

6 Flared trousers and platform shoes were the _________ in the 1970s.

trendy fashionable in in thing

7 They've bought an old Victorian house and they're going to ____________ it up
themselves.

give set make do

8 They only ____________ up the company ten years ago but they've already got
fifty shops around the country.

give set make do

9 The weather had been glorious __________ in the north

all the for the whole week in the week during the
week week
10 They're going off to Tenerife ________ six days at Christmas.

during for since in

11 If you want to stop a car, put your foot on the ________.

brake windscreen clutch accelerator

12 They had a puncture on the motorway and had to __________ onto the hard
shoulder to change the tyre.

pull out pull into pull over pull up

13 A ride in someone else's car is called a _____.
 lift hard shoulder motorway dual
carriageway
14 We ____________ London early in the evening.

arrived got left headed

15 The train arrived ________ Paris an hour late.

at in to for
16 If you are half asleep and half awake you are _________.

dozing having a nightmare having a snoring

nightcap
17 I can't think of a solution to that just now. I'll have to _______________.

sleep over sleep it off. oversleep sleep on it

18 What's the matter with Andy today? He hasn't said a word all morning. I think he
just __________________.

slept like a got out of the wrong slept it off slept on it

log side of the bed
19 In this game the _____ is to score as many points as possible.

goal object target purpose

20 The _____ of the course is to improve students communicative skills.

end target aim object

21 My daughter is going to ______ at a friend's place tonight.

sleep it off sleep in sleep with sleep over

22 The ____________ on his face suggested that he was not amused by my joke.

appearanc expression complexion impression

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23 In the dark it was difficult to make out his ________.

features characteristics marks looks

24 Dracula has a moustache and ________ eyebrows.

hooked ruddy pointed bushy

25 Many of these people are _________ because of the lack of job opportunities.

excited exciting depressed depressing

26 As the monster cried, from its big sorrowful eyes a few large ________ tears fell.

water watery waterless waterlike

27 Do you want a glass of water to ____________________ that aspirin?

liven up soak up wash down do without

28 It's a well paid job, but I could ____________________ having to get up at five
o'clock every morning.

do without turn out go for hold

together
29 There's a ____ on the local radio tonight about consumer rights.
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30 When pay negotiations broke down, the workers staged a _______________ in
protest.

phone-in workout walkout getaway

31 Three prisoners escaped in a _____________from the local jail.

breakdown outbreak breakout break-up

32 The government has announced __________ in public spending.

setback cutbacks input breakouts

33 Mum didn't eat much. She used to _______________ the food on her plate.

wolf down knock back pick at sip

34 Dad liked drinking beer while eating, and he'd usually _______________ about
three bottles before we got to desserts.

knock back wolf down devour gorge

35 Is there enough pasta left for me to have a second _______________?

lump helping slice pinch

SECTION 2

READING TEXT

Complete the texts by putting one word in each space beginning with the letter.

Principio del formulario

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We Rockhampton early in the evening and for Hamilton,
where we were going to get the overnight ferry to Coff's Harbour. We
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Hamilton before 8.30, and made our way towards the ferry terminal.
g d
When we there we were informed that our ferry had been .
l
It eventually at one in the morning, but we didn't mind because we
w a
were finally on the to Alaska. We in Coff's Harbour shortly
d
before 7am the following morning and south west towards
Washington, where we were going to spend the night with friends. We
m
it to Washington late in the afternoon, and after an enjoyable
s
evening, we got an early night. We out early the next morning. We
g
wanted to to Perth for an early lunch, which we did, then we
h
down the west coast towards Port Waikato. When we were
m
our way to Port Waikato we got a puncture,but we still managed to
r
the cottage by nightfall.
SECTION 3

GRAMMAR

Put the word on the left in the correct place in the sentence.

SECTION 4

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

Principio del formulario

1 The monster as if it was going to cry.
2 She was supposed to phone today, but she .

3 If I taken more money with me I would have stayed in

America for another month.
We visited the beach, returning after two hours to find the car
4
broken into.
5 improve the service they are modernising the trains.
6 When I lived in Brisbane I worked a taxi driver.
7 Yubbies eat out a lot but go to fast food restaurants.

8 Share prices rose slowly in April, but dramatically in

the first week of May.
9 That restaurant isn't as good as it used to be.

10 Not only a house in town, they have also bought a

house in the country.

SECTION 5

Put the words in order to make a complete sentence.

SECTION 6

Correct the text.

Cross out one word in each line which is not necessary.

SECTION 7

Put the words in the box in their correct place in the text (click and drag).

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