B2+ Test Series (29) Name: ______________________ Score: ______/100

A. Phonemes: Choose the word whose italicised part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. salary B. vacant C. patient D. label
2. A. transit B. credit C. determine D. crisis
3. A. conserve B. preserve C. service D. resource
4. A. encountered B. involved C. discarded D. recycled
5. A. bankrupt B. unsatisfactory C. unable D. united
B. Word stress: Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. A. arrival B. museum C. surroundings D. grandparents
2. A. property B. monument C. abundance D. resident
3. A. encounter B. occupy C. purify D. alternate
4. A. inhabitant B. dormitory C. community D. photography
5. A. artificial B. mysterious C. immediate D. competitive
C. Prepositions: Fill in the blank with ONE correct preposition.
1. Most nouns form their plural in –s, but there are a lot of exceptions __________________ this rule.
2. Their willingness to employ me immediately without another interview took me _________ surprise.
3. We have spent a fortune _________________________ our new house, but I think it was worth it.
4. A computer chooses the lottery numbers _________________________ random.
5. Our house has been ___________ the market for two months but we haven’t been able to sell it yet.
6. Final-year students are _________________________ a lot of pressure to pass their exams.
7. My brother and I don’t have anything ____________________________ common.
8. Although he seems rather aggressive at times, he is very kind _________________________ heart.
9. The final search _________________________ evidence at the scene of the crime proved fruitless.
10. The children couldn’t take their eyes ______________________________ the performing dolphins.
D. Grammar: Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
1. Julia wasn’t feeling very well, so the teacher gave her _____ homework to do than me.
A. fewer B. less C. little D. least
2. This isn’t my rucksack. I don’t know _____.
A. who does it B. whom it C. who it D. to who
belong to belongs belongs to it belongs
3. What he told me _____, so I asked him not to mention it any more.
A. sounded terrible B. was sounded C. sounded D. was sounding
terrible terribly terribly
4. I saw Rob in the room next door a few minutes ago. He _____ there.
A. could yet still B. must yet still C. shall still be sitting D. must still be sitting
5. _____ surprised the policemen the most was the correct behaviour of the fans.
A. Which B. What C. That D. Who
6. Our grandfather says he’d much sooner _____ by ship than by plane.
A. travel B. travels C. to travel D. travelled
7. It was the first time I _____ an amazing sculpture like that.
A. saw B. was seeing C. have seen D. had seen
8. The new trainee is rather inexperienced. Little _____ about chemicals.
A. does he know B. he does know C. he knows D. did he knew
9. Why do you always turn off the light so late? I wish you _____ to sleep earlier.
A. go B. will go C. would go D. should go
10. All children look forward to _____ by Santa Claus.
A. visit B. be visited C. visiting D. being visited

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11. “Who often _____ in your family?”
A. cooks B. cook C. does cooking D. do the cooking
12. Let me know about your decisions before putting them into practice. _____?
A. shall you B. will you C. can you D. would you
13. As a child, I _____ drink milk. Now, I love it. Especially cold.
A. not used to B. used to not C. did not use to D. did not used to
14. Adam Clark, _____, has been in my good books ever since I met him.
A. of that you B. of who are C. of whom you D. who you
are fond you fond are fond are fond of
15. _____ is common knowledge.
A. Cats to eat mice B. For cats eating mice C. That cats eat mice D. Those cats eat mice

E. Guided Cloze: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
Capitals
The capital of a country is (1) _____ chief city. It is the place (2) _____ the members of the government
meet and where the king or president lives. Some capitals (3) _____ for hundreds of years, (4) _____
others are still being built. London has been a capital city (5) _____ the eleventh century. In Anglo-
Saxon times, Winchester was the capital of England, but when William of Normandy became king, he
made London his capital, and he (6) _____ there. In 1788, the thirteen states of North American
joined together to (7) _____ the United States. Each state hoped that one of its own towns (8) _____
the capital, but it was decided to build a new one on land that was not part of the states. It was called
Washington, (9) _____ George Washington, the president of the United States. A (10) _____ thing
happened in Australia. When the Commonwealth of Australia (11) _____ in 1901 the first capital was
Melbourne, but a new city – Canberra – was built, (12) _____ became the capital in 1927. Brazil and
Pakistan have also built new capitals. Moscow was the capital of the old Russian empire (13) _____
the emperor Peter the Great built a new city (14) _____ after himself – St. Petersburg. Since 1918
Moscow (15) _____ the capital of Russia, while St. Petersburg is now called Leningrad.

1. A. it B. its C. it’s D. their

2. A. that B. which C. where D. in where
3. A. have been B. had been C. have been D. have been being
established established establishing establishing
4. A. so B. now C. during D. meanwhile
5. A. because of B. as C. since D. for
6. A. was crowned B. crowned C. had been crowned D. has been crowned
7. A. have become B. become C. becoming D. being
8. A. be B. become C. will become D. would become
9. A. behind B. after that C. after D. being after
10. A. same B. similar C. familiar D. similarly
11. A. was formed B. was form C. could be formed D. would be formed
12. A. that B. where C. which D. in which
13. A. until B. not until C. and D. so
14. A. calling B. called C. was called D. which called
15. A. has again been B. has again become C. again become D. is again

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F. Word forms: Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the word in the right column.
1. Young children seem to master computer games with __________________________. EASY
2. Our neighbours look down on us. They are a bit ___________________________. SNOB
3. I can see it’s you in the front of the picture, but who’s that in the BACK
________________________?
4. Don’t just stand there on the ___________________________, come in and meet DOOR
everyone!
5. Thousands of buildings fell down during a severe ______________________________. EARTH
6. I’m ______________________________ with my new sister. She’s so cute! DELIGHT
7. The island is only ______________________________ by boat. ACCESS
8. Harry Potter was so __________________________ written that many children love it. IMAGINE
9. When I was at school, I decided to study ______________________________. ENGINE
10. Appearances can be ______________________________. DECEIVE
11. Come ______________________________ you like. WHEN
12. Civil war eventually led to a permanent __________________________ of the country. DIVIDE
13. We’ve only just moved into this ________________________________. NEIGHBOUR
14. He was very ______________________________ for not returning my call. APOLOGISE
15. There was a large ____________________________ against nuclear power yesterday. DEMONSTRATE

G. Editing: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word
that should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( ) next to the number. If a line has a word which should not
be there, write the word. There are two examples at the beginning.
Doctor Who
Example 1:  One of the television programmes that I can remember watching
Example 2: it when I was young it was called Doctor Who. It used
1 _________________ to be on every Saturday afternoon at ten past the five.
2 _________________ For me, it was the most really exciting series on television.
3 _________________ My friends agreed with me. When it was time for Doctor Who
4 _________________ to start, we all went to home so we could watch it. The programme
5 _________________ was about a time lord who travelling through space and time
6 _________________ in a police telephone box and which was far bigger inside
7 _________________ than it looked from the outside. Doctor Who and his assistant
8 _________________ were always in a danger from aliens and monsters so we
9 _________________ often got very much frightened while we were watching it. The
10 _________________ Doctor’s greatest enemies were the “Daleks’, a kind of robot
11 _________________ that moved all around on wheels. They were so terrifying that
12 _________________ I had seen many nightmares about them. After the programme had
13 _________________ been finished, we would talk about it before playing football
14 _________________ again. I have recently seen an episode on video and it looks
15 _________________ old-fashioned now, but it was used to be the best programme on TV.

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H. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
1. My views on this subject are exactly the same as yours. (DIFFERENCE)
There ........................................................................................ my views on this subject and yours.

2. Sara knew that her brother had to leave by 5 o’clock. (NECESSARY)

Sara knew that ............................................................................ her brother to leave by 5 o’clock.

3. “What’s the height of the mountain?” Lee asked his father. (HIGH)
Lee asked his father .................................................................................................................. was.

4. The secretary said that they had run out of paper for the photocopier. (LEFT)
The secretary said that there wasn’t ............................................................... for the photocopier.

5. I wished I’d done more to help. (HAVING)

I regretted ..................................................................................................................... more to help.

I. Open Cloze: Fill in the blank with a suitable word to complete the passage.
Greetings Cards
In Britain, greetings cards are sold in chain stores and supermarkets, in newsagent’s shops,
corner shops and, increasingly, in shops that specialise (1) __________________ the sale of cards
and paper for (2) __________________ presents in. The variety of cards available represents the
many aspects of British family life, with cards that are appropriate for every conceivable occasion.
The most common cards are birthday and Christmas cards. Many Christmas cards are sold in aid
(3) ____________________ charity, and special ‘charity card shops’ are often set up in temporary
premises in the weeks before Christmas. Many birthday cards (4) __________________ available, to
cater (5) _________________ different ages and tastes. Some, especially ones for young children or
for people celebrating a particular birthday, have the person’s age on the front. Many have comic
messages printed (6) __________________ them, and cartoon-style illustrations. Others are more
sober, with reproductions of famous paintings or attractive original designs. The usual (7)
__________________ on a birthday card is ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Many Happy Returns’ or ‘Best Wishes
for a Happy Birthday.’
Some people also send special cards for Easter and New Year. Easter cards either portray images
of spring, (8) __________________ as chicks, eggs, lambs, spring flowers, etc. (9)
_____________________ have a religious theme.
Cards are produced for every ‘milestone’ in a person’s (10) __________________. There are
special cards for (11) __________________ engagement, a marriage, a new home, a birth, success
in an examination, retirement, a death in the family, etc. Some are ‘good luck’ or ‘congratulations’
cards. (12) ________________, for example, ‘get well’ cards for people who are ill, express sympathy.
Birthday and Christmas cards often have words (13) __________________ ‘For Mum’, ‘For a
Lovely Wife’, ‘For my Darling Husband’, ‘To a Wonderful Granddad’ printed on the front of the card.
There are (14) __________________ special cards for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, as well as
cards for Valentine’s Day (14 February) with hearts, cupids, etc. Many of these contain rather banal
sentimental verses. Although they are often laughed at (15) __________________ examples of bad
taste, they are still very popular.

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