GE PROGRESS TEST 1 LEVEL 2

BIFA 8
Time allowed: 30 minutes
Part 1: Vocabulary

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

1. Could you please send me details of courses and ________ ?

A. fees B. money C. tickets D. fares
2. Nowadays, many young people are ________ of wearing jeans.
A. pleased B. keen C. fond D. interested
3. Wearing uniforms encourages students to be proud ________ their school.
A. with B. for C. of D. at
4. Internet users sometimes have to________ method
A. pain B. suffer C. ache D. bore
5. If we ________ wasting electricity, we will have to pay a lot next month.
A. turn on B. live on C. go on D. come on
6. We should use public buses ________ of motorbikes or cars.
A. instead B. change C. because D. in spite
7. Lan and Maryam________ at least once every two months.
A. with B. correspond C. from D. write
8. Your trousers are tom. You should buy ________
A. some new pair B. a new pair C. new ones D. a new one
9. He asked me if I________ at that school.
A. am studying B. studied C. will study D. study
10.The ao dai is the traditional ________ of Vietnamese women.
A. trousers B. skirt C. jeans D. dress
11. If you are a student, you can get a discount ________ books.
A. on B. in C. for D. at
12.She left without ________ goodbye.
A. say B. said C. saying D. to say
13.My parents saw me________ at the railway station.
A. in B. with C. off D. up
14.This school has an excellent ________
A. reputation B. repute C. reputable D. reputed
15.I won't go unless you ________ me the money back.
A. paid B. to pay C. pay D. paying

Part 2: Grammar

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

1. Male office workers……………..wear a suit and tie, which is obligatory to enter the
company.
A. must B. have to C. ought D. can
2. You ……..send personal mails if you want to. The company doesn’t mind.
A. can B. must C. need D. should
3. how long …..that watch?
For almost a year. I think I love it.
A. Do you have B. Have you had C. Have you been having D. Did you have
4. How long………in Greece?
For three months. He came back yesterday.
A. Has Dan spent B. Did Dan spend C. Does Dan spend D. Has Dan
been spending
5. The smart phone looks ……., but the problem is the battery doesn’t last nearly …….
A. As nice as/ as B. much nicer/ as C. much nicer/ as long as D. much nice/
long as long as long
6. Personally, I’d rather have an earphone that wasn’t……..and was slightly ……….
A. Thinner than/ B. As thin/ heavier C. As thin/ heavy D. Thinner than/
heavier than as heavy
7. When I was in high school, I had afternoon lessons, so I could get up late. Now I have
morning lessons and I …………….up early.
A. Used to get B. Am used to get C. Am used to getting D. Used to
getting
8. I spend my weekends ……….
A. revise B. to revise C. revising D. revised
9. You are………to hand it in on Monday, but, frankly, nobody else is going to do that.
A. must B. supposed C. allowed D. can
10. Paul……his leg when he fell down the stairs.
A. broke B. was breaking C. had breaked D. breaks

Part 3: Reading

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Petroleum is also called crude oil. Petroleum is a thick and black liquid. It (16)________
mainly of hydrocarbons. It is mainly (17)________ in the Middle East, United States, South
America, and Russia. It is the (18)________ important world energy source. It (19)________
38% of the world's energy at present. Petroleum can be separated (20)________ less complex
but more useful (21)________ by fractional distillation. The (22)________ is called oil
refining. Petroleum resource is (23)________ and non-renewable. Most of it would
(24)________ out within 70 years. Burning petroleum gives out carbon dioxide. Carbon
dioxide can (25)________ global warming and air pollution.

1. A. focuses B. combines C. agrees D. consists

2. A. found B. pulled C. picked D. thrown
3. A. most B. best C. more D. much
4. A. hires B. presents C. supplies D. lends
5. A. with B. into C. after D. for
6. A. recipes B. compounds C. mixtures D. ingredients
7. A. quality B. process C. difference D. change
8. A. shortened B. limited C. restricted D. weakened
9. A. run B. sell C. use D. consume
10. A. arouse B. cause C. lead D. result
Part 4: Sentence transformation

Use the words given to rewrite the sentences.

1. "How about going to the cinema tonight?", said Anne

suggested
Ann   to the cinema.

2. My advice to you is to talk to your parents.

would
If   talk to my parents.

3. Barry wasn't strong enough to lift the box.

have
Barry didn't   to lift the box

4. They started the company in 1997.

set
The company   1997

5. I think Jean really likes Simon.

keen
Jean   Simon.