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 /z/ 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. [TO]
2. Their willingness to employ me immediately without another interview took me
___________________ surprise. [BY]
3. We have spent a fortune _________________ our new house, but I think it was worth it. [ON]
4. A computer chooses the lottery numbers ___________________ random. [AT]
5. Our house has been ___________________ the market for two months but we haven’t been
able to sell it yet. [ON]
6. Final-year students are _________________ a lot of pressure to pass their exams. [UNDER]
7. My brother and I don’t have anything ___________________ common. [IN]
8. Although he seems rather aggressive at times, he is very kind ________________ heart. [AT]
9. The final search ________________ evidence at the scene of the crime proved fruitless. [FOR]
10. The children couldn’t take their eyes __________________ the performing dolphins. [OFF]
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 belongs C. who it belongs to D. to who it belongs
belong to
3. What he told me _____, so I asked him not to mention it any more.
A. sounded terrible B. was sounded C. sounded terribly D. was sounding
terrible 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
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
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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 are B. of who are you C. of whom you are D. who you are
fond fond fond fond of
15. _____ is common knowledge.
A. Cats to eat B. For cats eating C. That cats eat D. Those cats
mice mice mice 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
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 _____________. [EASE] EASY
2. Our neighbours look down on us. They are a bit __________. [SNOBBISH] SNOB
3. I can see it’s you in the front of the picture, but who’s that in the BACK
_______________________? [BACKGROUND / BACKDROP]
4. Don’t just stand there on the _______________________, come in and meet DOOR
everyone! [DOORSTEP] [in the doorstep] [bậc thềm]
5. Thousands of buildings fell down during a severe _________. [EARTHQUAKE] EARTH
6. I’m _______________________ with my new sister. She’s so cute! [DELIGHTED] DELIGHT
7. The island is only _______________________ by boat. [ACCESSIBLE] ACCESS
8. Harry Potter was so _______ written that many children love it. [IMAGINATIVELY] IMAGINE
9. When I was at school, I decided to study __________. [ENGINEERING] ENGINE
10. Appearances can be _______________________. [DECEPTIVE] DECEIVE
11. Come _______________________ you like. [WHENEVER] WHEN
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12. Civil war eventually led to a permanent ___________ of the country. [DIVISION] DIVIDE
13. We’ve only just moved into this ___________ and we don’t know many people yet. NEIGHBOUR
[NEIGHBOURHOOD]
14. He was very _______________________ for not returning my call. [APOLOGETIC] APOLOGISE
15. There was a large _________ against nuclear power yesterday. [DEMONSTRATION] 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 the to be on every Saturday afternoon at ten past the five.
2 really 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 to start, we all went to home so we could watch it. The programme
5 who was about a time lord who travelling through space and time
6 and in a police telephone box and which was far bigger inside
7  than it looked from the outside. Doctor Who and his assistant
8 a were always in a danger from aliens and monsters so we
9 much often got very much frightened while we were watching it. The
10  Doctor’s greatest enemies were the “Daleks’, a kind of robot
11 all that moved all around on wheels. They were so terrifying that
12 seen I had seen many nightmares about them. After the programme had
13 been been finished, we would talk about it before playing football
14  again. I have recently seen an episode on video and it looks
15 was old-fashioned now, but it was used to be the best programme on TV.
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.
is + no difference //is not any difference + between
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.
it + was / would be + necessary for
3. “What’s the height of the mountain?” Lee asked his father. (HIGH)
Lee asked his father ............................................................................................................ was.
how high the mountain
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.
any (more) + paper left
5. I wished I’d done more to help. (HAVING)
I regretted .............................................................................................................. more to help.
not having done // having not done
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) ___________________ [IN] the sale of
cards and paper for (2) ___________________ [WRAPPING/PUTTING] 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) ___________________ [OF] charity, and special ‘charity card shops’ are often set up in
temporary premises in the weeks before Christmas. Many birthday cards (4)
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___________________ [ARE] available, to cater (5) ___________________ [FOR] 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)
___________________ [ON] them, and cartoon-style illustrations. Others are more sober, with
reproductions of famous paintings or attractive original designs. The usual (7)
___________________ [GREETING/MESSAGE] 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) ___________________ [SUCH] as chicks, eggs, lambs, spring flowers, etc. (9)
___________________ [OR] have a religious theme.
Cards are produced for every ‘milestone’ in a person’s (10) ___________________ [LIFE]. There
are special cards for (11) ___________________ [AN] 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) ___________________ [OTHERS], for example, ‘get well’ cards for
people who are ill, express sympathy.
Birthday and Christmas cards often have words (13) ___________________ [LIKE] ‘For Mum’,
‘For a Lovely Wife’, ‘For my Darling Husband’, ‘To a Wonderful Granddad’ printed on the front of
the card. There are (14) ___________________ [ALSO/MANY/SOME/OTHER] 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) ___________________ [AS] examples of bad taste, they are still very popular.

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