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Multiple-Choice

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Written by
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Contents

Introduction 3

Test 1 a 4

Test 1 b 8

Test 1c 12

Test 1d 16

Test 2a 20

Test'2b 24

Test 2c 28

Test 2d 32

Test 3 a 36

Test 3 b 40

Test 3 c 44

Test 3d 48

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Introduction

This book is one of a series of six. Each book grammatical or lexical themes. Thus, for
corresponds to a level of the Common example, if question 27 of test 1a deals
European Framework of Reference with the difference between the present
for Languages - A 1 (elementary), A 2 continuous and the present simple, question
(post-elementary), B 1 ( pre-intermediate), 27 of tests 1b, 1c and Id will all deal with this
B 2 (intermediate), C1 (early advanced), same theme. The questions will be different
and C 2 (advanced) - and contains twelve each time, of course, but the theme will
multiple-choice tests, each test consisting -
remain the same. A question by-question
of fifty questions. Mainly, the tests examine description of how the tests are composed
a student's knowledge of grammatical can be found at the end of the book.
structures, but lexical items, such as common
idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs and "false It goes without saying that students'
friends" are also tested, increasingly from errors should be properly reviewed after
intermediate level onwards. .
each test Since tests within a series are
thematically similar, students will have
The chief advantage of the multiple- choice several opportunities to avoid repeating the
format is that it allows tests to be same mistakes and, with regular testing, will
administered and corrected relatively quickly. make progress. Because of the way these
A test in this book should not normally tests have been designed, it will be possible
take students longer than half an hour to for both teacher and student to see and
complete. measure that progress with a fair degree of
accuracy.
These tests are intended not only to
determine a student's level of knowledge
or proficiency at a given moment; they are
meant also to be used, at regular intervals
throughout a course, as valuable teaching
tools in their own right. The twelve tests
are arranged in three series; tests 1 a-1 d,
tests 2a-2d, and tests 3 a-3d. Tests 2a- 2d are
more difficult than tests 1a-1d, while tests
3a- 3d, based on the complete syllabus at
.
this level, are more difficult again In other
words, the three series are arranged in order
of increasing difficulty. Within each series,
however, the tests are of the same degree
of difficulty. This is because each test in a
series is composed of questions on the same

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 H Choose the correct answer — a, b , c or d —
Test 1a to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.

1. I haven't decided yet whether to buy a 7. House prices dramatically in

second-hand car or a new one. I it. recent years.

a ) 'm thinking about a ) rose

b) think about it b) were rising
c) ’m thinking of c) have risen
d) think of it d) are rising

2. There was no one in the control room at 8. The captain's magnificent performance
all, made me suspicious. an example to the rest of the team.
a ) that a ) gave
b) the which b) set
c) the what c) made
d) which d) laid

3. What a coincidence this is! It's so strange
that you be staying in the same
hotel as us.
a ) should
b) must
c) ought to
d) can
4. This sweater is made of wool.
a ) pure
b ) a pure
c) some pure
d) a piece of pure
5. For years, the government has been
corruption within its own party.
It 's time that that changed.
a ) making a fat view of
b) taking a blind look a
c) taking a fat look at
d) turning a blind eye to
6. After one naturally wants to put
one's feet up and relax.
a ) a hard day's work
b) the hard work of a day
c) a hard-working day
d) a day's hard working
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9. Not only the accident, he later
denied that he had been driving the car.
a ) he failed in reporting
b) did he fail to report
c) was he failing in reporting
d) he was failing to report
10. We need someone who is a good
engineer as well as an efficient manager.
In my opinion, this candidate is .
a ) neither
b) none
c) not one or other
d) neither one nor other
11. The river has risen to level for this
time of year. I've never seen anything like
it.
a ) an extremely surprised
b) an extremely astonished
c) a surprisingly extreme
d) an extremely surprising
12. Perhaps you'd like dinner with me
some evening?
a ) to have
b) having
c) that you have
d) our having
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20 It's not my fault! I can't what
singing is absolutely . .
happened I mean, I wasn't even there
when it occurred!
a ) out of this life
b) beyond this world a ) be blamed for
b) blame for
c) out of this world
c) be blamed of
d ) beyond this life
d ) be blamed by
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4. I didn't expect you here. You've .
21 Her meeting with the Dalai Lama was the
never accepted any of my invitations of her life. After that, nothing was
before . the same for her .
a ) turning point
a) seeing
b) turning moment
b) to see
c ) pointed moment
c ) that I see d ) critical turn
d ) my seeing
.
22. The old man is very ill To be perfectly
' 5 . It 's your own fault if you feel terrible this frank with you, I don't think he will live
morning. You so much last night. the night.
a ) during
a ) shouldn't have eaten
b ) until all
b ) hadn't to eat c ) through
c) wouldn't have eaten d) while
d ) mightn't have eaten
23. —Will you be home late tonight ?
16. What you are saying is very interesting, —I'm afraid _ The meeting won't
but it to our situation. start until 6 .
a ) is impertinent a ) so
b ) has no accordance b ) it 's so
c) has no relevance c) of it
d ) is uninvolved d ) that's it
24. Have you ever thought to
17. Fiona, students, often works late . somewhere like Canada or Australia to
start a new life ?
a ) as most
a ) on emigrating
b ) like most
b ) about emigrating
c) like the most of the c) in emigrating
d ) as the most of the d ) to emigrate

18. I endless problems with that car

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25 She took a course in telemarketing
improving her employment
the whole ten years I owned it . prospects.
a ) had a ) with a view to
b) was having b) with a regard to
c) have had c) in respect of
d) had had d ) in consideration of
26. If it 's all the same to you, I'd rather you
19. I want is to know is your name. television while I'm reading. It 's
very distracting, you see.
a ) All
a ) aren't watching
b) All what
b ) didn't watch
c) Whatever c) won't watch
d) All whatever d ) wouldn't watch
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27 It was essential to submit the plan the .
33 She suggested to lunch on
following day. Therefore, he was Sunday .
near exhaustion, he went on working late a ) us to come
into the night. b) us that we come
a ) whereas c) to us that we should come
b) while d) to us our coming
c ) however
d) though
34. Experts are into the cause of the
28. The bridge was collapsing and the train was explosion.
plunging into the ravine. But Superman a ) seeking
arrived , as usual, caught the train in b) researching
his arms of steel and carried it to safety. c ) inquiring
a ) in the nick of time d) investigating
b) in the fullness of time
c) on the spur of the moment
35. at the hotel when there was a
d) in the heat of the moment
power cut.
29. Vincent felt angry. The vandals had a ) We had arrived hardly
scratched his new car badly. b) Hardly had we arrived
a ) It isn't to wonder c ) Hardly we had arrived
b) It’s not a wonder d) Scarcely we had arrived
c) It isn't wonderful
d) It 's no wonder
36. In the next lesson, I you how to
prepare chicken in a lemon sauce.
30. She listened Roger read to her in a
low voice. a ) will have shown
a ) meanwhile b) show
b) at the same time c ) will be showing
c) while d) am showing
d) whereas
37. Kim asked Ben to come to dinner .
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31 We had arranged to meet at 8 o'clock but
he didn't until half an hour later. a ) if he'd like
a ) show off b) will he like
b) stick up c ) would he like
c) turn up d) if he liked
d) put in
38. The next morning the battery was dead
32. You and your big mouth! It was supposed .
and Marian couldn't
to be a secret. You told her!
a ) make the car started
a ) shouldn't have
b) have the car started
b) ought to haven't
c) musn't have c ) get the car started
d) needn't to d) have the car start
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39. They've made us a lot of promises but 45. When I came back from Columbia,
I don't trust them. As far as I'm concerned, the customs officer empty my
a bird in the hand is worth . suitcase.
a ) two in the bush a ) made me to
b) made that I
b) two birds flying
c) obliged me
c) two in the tree
d) made me
d) a whole flock flying
46. to make a decision right away.
40. Because he had to go back to work, Tom Take a few days and think the matter over
could stay with us two weeks. first.
a ) during only a ) There isn't a need
b) for only b) It's not needful
c) It isn't needed
c) only during
d) There's no need
d) throughout only
47. Physically, I after my mother, but
- 1 . 1 climbed the slippery stairs with great my sister doesn't look anything like her.
care. I nearly fell twice.
j
a ) run
a ) Even though b) put
b) Even thus c) take
c) Thus d) look
d) Even so 48. The room was so hot and airless that
several people and had to be
42. — Do you ever wish you to
university? revived.
—Yes, but my parents couldn't afford it. a ) dropped out
a ) went b) passed away
b) would go c ) dropped away
c) were going d) passed out
d) had gone
49. The dentist told me that when the effect
of the anaesthetic I might feel a
43 . It to be seen whether I have made
the right decision or not. little pain. But it was more than a little.
a ) continues a ) dropped off
b) remains b) went out
c) stands c) wore off
d) keeps d) turned out

50. When I first met him, he _ as a very

44. Where were you? I thought you indecisive person. He didn't seem to
for me. know what he wanted at all.
a) will wait a) went across
b) will have waited b) passed off
c) were going to wait c) came across
d) are waiting d) passed across
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 l* "• Choose the correct answer — a, b , cord —
Test 1b / . ?:
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to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.

1 . All right, then, you try to fix the 7. The company many problems in
television! But what you're doing. its 50- year history, but it is flourishing
a ) I hope you know now.
b) I'm hoping you know a ) faced
c) I hope you knew b) was facing
d) I wish you knew c) has faced
d) has been facing
2. I watched the play until the end of the
first act, I felt I had seen enough. 8. I gave them time to make a
I got up and left. decision.
a ) at which point a ) spacious
b) until when b) lavish
c) at that point c) extensive
d) at what point d) ample

3. —You like to look over these 9. Rarely have been faced with such
papers if you have time. a daunting problem.
—Yes, just leave them on my desk, please. a ) a minister can
a ) might b) can a minister
b) should c) should a minister
c) ought to d ) a minister should
d) could
10. Frank and Bill both applied for the job.
was successful although both had
4. What did he tell you? Did he give you
that we can use ? the right qualifications.
a ) any informations a ) Neither
b) some informations b) None
c) any information c) Not one or other
d) any piece of information d) Neither one nor another

11. Following the storm, the electricity

5. I don't want to decide until I know all the company will be working all- out to repair
facts. Until then, I intend to . the
a ) keep a broad mind a ) damage caused
b) be in two minds b) caused damage
c) keep an open mind c) damage provoked
d) keep a broad mentality d) provoked damage

6 . He returned home after a in 12. Let's not rush into this. I my

Cyprus. parents before we do anything.
a ) weekly holiday a ) would rather talk to
b ) week 's holiday b) 'd rather that I talk to
c) holiday of a week c) 'd rather that I talked to
d ) weeks' holiday d) had rather talk with
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13 . I have about that film. The 20. He an excellent guide.
photography and special effects were a ) is said to be
outstanding, but the acting was pathetic. b) is they say
a) jumbled sentiments c) says to be
b) contrasted feelings d) it is said is
c) mixed feelings
d) contrasted sentiments 21. At first I thought it was a good idea. But
4. —It's your car, not mine. You don't expect then I began to have .
it, do you? a ) second doubts
— Well yes, actually I was rather hoping
, b) second thoughts
you would. c) doubtful seconds
a ) me cleaning d) thoughtful doubts
b) that I clean
c) me to clean 22. Lots of people are interested
d) that I would clean money.
5. This is very strange. The parcel we sent a) of making
you have arrived by now. Perhaps b) in making
it 's got lost in the post. c) to make
a) may d) for making
b) should
c) can 23. Gemma will be coming home next week.
d) ought .
At least we hope
' 6 . The former porn-movie star said that she
the opportunity to demonstrate a ) so
that she was entirely capable of playing a b) it
serious role in a serious film. c) it's so
a ) greeted d) it's it
b) cheered 24. I'd been driving for several hours, so
c) welcomed I decided to stop a cup of coffee.
d) rejoiced
a ) having
17. Paul, Jane really enjoys gardening. b) to have
a ) Not like c) for having
b) Different from d) that I have
c) Unlike
d) Different to 25. If you wash that pullover in boiling water,
‘ 8. She very badly whenever she it will .
stayed in hotels or other people's homes. a ) crumple
a ) was sleeping b) shrink
b) slept c) contract
c) had slept d) dwindle
d) could sleep 26. Listen here, young man. It 's high time
you working a bit more seriously.
19. you don't want to come with Don' t you realise that you've already
us, you'll have to stay with your wasted the first five weeks of term?
grandparents.
a ) started
a ) Whereas b) start
b) However c) are starting
c) While
d) should start
d) Since
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27 He's incapable of seeing anyone's point .
33 He admitted seriously ill and
of view but his own . what you say, would need an operation.
he just stubbornly refuses to listen . a) to me that he was
a) Regardless b) me that he was
b) Whereas c) to me being
c) No matter d) me being
d) Even though
.
34 My ex-wife carried on talking to my boss,
28. A 10% pay increase is quite out of the in my direction .
without even
. We can barely afford the 2% we're
offering you now . a ) blinking
b) squinting
a) blue
c) glimpsing
b) matter
c) affair d) glancing
d) question
.
35 Not until my secretary phoned me
29. Following the success of his last two films, out about the merger .
that Cameron's latest blockbuster a ) had I found
is another box -office winner . b) I found
a) it's no surprise c) I had found
b) it isn't to surprise
d) did I find
c) it's no astonishment
d) it isn't to amaze
36. Next January, I in this company
.
30 I bought a computer game which had .
for 4 years
very advanced graphics, jI soon a) am working
became bored with it . b) 'll work
a ) Even though c) have worked
b) So even
d) 'll have been working
c) Even so
d) Hence
.
37 Tom's mother forbade in bed.

. .
31 The sky is already dark It must be a) that he smoked
for 8 o'clock. b) him to smoke
a ) closing on c) him smoking
b) getting up d) that he would smoke
c) getting on
d) closing up .
38 I was having difficulty reading, so
I decided to go to an optician and
.
32. The plane is late It .
by now
a ) had to land a ) make my eyes tested
b) could land b) test my eyes
c) must have landed c) get my eyes tested
d) should have landed d ) test the eyes for me
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39. Do me this favour and I'll not forget it. 45 . —Did you repair the car yourself ?
You scratch my back and I'll yours. — No, I at the garage.
a ) rub a ) had it made
b) scratch b) made it done
c) scrape c) got it made
d) scrub d) had it done

40. We're not doing anything the 46. surprise that Montgomery won
weekend. Why don't you come and see the battle. He was the better general and
us? he was commanding seasoned troops.
a ) over a) It's no
b) during b) It's not the
c) throughout c) There's no
d) by d) There isn't a
The building had been extremely well 47. The concert had to be when the
constructed was very difficult to lead guitarist fell ill the day before.
demolish.
a) called out
a ) and alternatively b) shut down
b) and consequently c) shutoff
c) but nevertheless d) called off
d) but however
48. I must now. I think I can smell
42. Michael acts as if he all the something burning in the kitchen.
answers, but what can he possibly know ? a) ring up
a) was knowing b) hang about
b) know c) ring off
c) knew d) cut off
d) had known
49. The government has decided to
A 3 It was such a funny sight that I couldn't smoking in public places.
face. a ) crack up on
b) back down with
a) keep a straight
c) back up with
b) maintain a straight
d) crack down on
c) keep a smooth
d) maintain a serious 50. As the robbers drove off, the bank
manager shouted, "You'll never
never though I my holidays in
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with this. The police will catch you in the
hospital, but here I am.
end!"
a) will spend
a) get away
b) was spending
b) get off
c) would be spending
c) be away
d) had spent
d) make off
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 Choose the correct answer — a, b , cord —

Test 1c to complete the following texts. Only one

answer is correct.

1 . Of course, you're Sandra, aren't you ? 7. She in this house for more than 30
you now. You're Jason's sister. years. Naturally, she doesn't want to leave
it.
a) I'm recognising
a) was living
b) I recognise
b) lived
c) I've recognised
c ) has been living
d) I'm knowing d ) had been living
2. There is one person here tonight to 8. Resign if you want to! I assure you, no one
I owe more than I can ever say. will any tears when you go.
a ) whom a ) pour
b) who b) shed
c ) which c) leak
d) that d) spill

3. Everything is going well for us, so I 'm as 9. left the station, when there was a
happy as be at the moment. deafening explosion.
a ) might a ) Hardly had the train
b) could b) Hardly the train had
c) The train barely had
c) must
d) Scarcely the train had
d) should

4. There that he was guilty, yet 10. The twins disappeared on Christmas Eve,
he was convicted by a jury and sent to 1995. of them was ever seen again.
prison. a ) None
b) Not one or other
a) were no proofs c ) Neither one nor another
b) were no evidences d) Neither
c) was no proof
d) wasn't any piece of proof
11. Volunteers are needed urgently. Any
5. I haven't read any articles on this subject should contact their local police
for years, so I'm with recent station without delay.
developments. a) people are interested
a ) out of touch b) people interesting
b) out of step c ) people interested
c) touch and go d) interesting people
d) a soft touch
.
12 Before we take any drastic action,
6. As he sat in the dentist's waiting room, he I legal advice.
leafed though a . a ) 'd prefer getting
a ) womanly magazine b) 'd rather to get
b) magazine of women c) would better get
c) women's magazine d) would prefer to get
d) womens' magazine
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3. —How do you know that Roger took your 20. The police could not explain the burglary
money? because, althought the thieves had
— Because I . When I came into the
. opened the safe, nothing away.
room, I saw him holding my purse. a ) had been taken
a) took him red-handed b) was being taken
b) caught him with red hands c) had been removed
c) took him with red hands d) was stolen
d) caught him red-handed
21. Alistair is a very impulsive person.
4. Later I learned that they objected He often makes extremely important
the meeting before a decision had been decisions , without consulting
taken. Some of them were accusing me of anyone, and then regrets them later.
irresponsibility.
a) on the spur of the moment
a) that I leave b) in the nick of the moment
b) that I left c) in the nick of time
c) my leaving d) on the spur of time
d) to my leaving
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5 . — I ' ve done the washing up for you. 22. She was the impression that we
— Oh, you really ! How kind! disliked her. I wonder where she got that
a ) shouldn't have idea.
b) mustn't a) beneath
c) didn't b) onto
d) didn't have c) under
d) with
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6. In _ of value for money, this is the
best car I've ever bought.
23. — Do you think Louella will bring her new
a ) terms boyfriend?
b) the light . He's a dreadful bore.
c) view
a ) don't hope so
d) regards b) hope not
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You think this matter is unimportant, c) don't hope it
I think it is absolutely essential to d) hope not so
our survival.
a ) despite 24. They couldn't help whenever the
b) whereas teacher wasn't watching them.
c) in spite of a ) laughing
d) whereat b) to laugh
c) themselves from laughing
3 . When Neil was in hospital, we him
d) them from laughing
twice a day. It was clear to everyone that
his condition was deteriorating.
25. Most of the shareholders were in
a ) were visiting at the Annual General Meeting.
b) had visited
a ) assistance
c) visited
b) presence
d) have visited
c) appearance
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9. — happens, I want you to know
always depend on us.
d ) attendance
that you can
—Thank you. That 's very reassuring. 26. It was a wretched party. I wish I
a ) Happen what a ) didn't go
b) Whatever b) haven't gone
c) No matter it c) hadn't gone
d) Anything d) wouldn't go
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27 stupid he may be, he is not a .
33 Jane promised me up at 5 o'clock .
coward. a ) to me that she would pick
a ) Whatever b) to me to pick
b) Although c) to me she'd pick
c) However d) me that she would pick
d) Whereas

28. To teenagers, anyone older than 30 is

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34 She does what she wants to do, showing
little for the feelings of others.
definitely over the .
a) regard
a) moon
b) sensitivity
b) hill
c) awareness
c) top
d) perception
d) odds

29. in buying such an expensive
computer if you don't intend to use it a
lot.
a ) There's no point
b) It 's no point
c) It isn't any point
d) There's not a point
35. his leg, he also injured his
shoulder.
a) Not only he broke
b) Not only did he break
c) He broke not only
d) He didn't break only

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36 I won't be able to meet you at the
.
30 I understand your point of view weekend. I for my exam next
I can't possibly agree with it . Monday .
a ) Even though
a ) 'll have studied
b) Although b) 'll be studying
c) Meanwhile c) 'll study
d) However d) study

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31 If you'd like to stay the night, we can .
37 When I described my symptoms, Francis
in the spare room. advised a doctor immediately.
a ) put you up a ) me seeing
b) set you up b) me to see
c) get you down
c) me that I see
d) set you down d) me I should see

32 . —I met your brother at the fair. .

—You my brother.I haven't got 38 Rosaline spilt wine on her silk dress and
one! had to .
a ) can't meet a ) make it dry-cleaned
b) can't have met b) dry-clean it
c) couldn't meet c) have it dry-cleaned
d) mustn't have met d) clean it in dry

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39 We don't know what 's going to happen, .
45 The old men of the village, who formed a
so let's not start counting our chickens kind of council, understand that
before they're . we should leave as soon as possible.
a ) hatched a ) made us
b) born b) made us to
c) scratched c) made that we
d) brooded d) forced us

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40 I felt ill a few days, but was fine .
46 I'm afraid of getting tickets for the
after that . Bob Dylan .
concert They'll have sold out
a) during by now.
b) over a) it's no chance
c) for b) there's no chance
d) throughout c) it's not a chance
d) there are no possibilities
41. The trade unions have lost much of their
power. their political importance .
47 She always her brother if anyone
must not be underestimated . criticised him. She wouldn't let anyone
a) Even though say a bad word against him.
b) Even thus . a) took up by
b) stood up for
c) Thus
d) Even so c) got up for
d) got out by
42. —Do you think I should apologise?
—I think it'd be better if you .
48. This meat has a funny smell I think it may
a) should have .
b) would a) gone off
c) did b) taken off
d) had c) gone down
d) seized up
.
43 After she had made several disastrous
decisions, people began to her .
49 I expected the music to be wonderful, but
judgement . it didn't up to my expectations.
a) disbelieve a) jive
b) suspect b) climb
c) wonder c) live
d) question d) mount

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44 He was sure that the next series of .
50 Many pensioners have to very
medical tests _ that he was in little money .
perfect health . a) get by on
a) will have shown b) get on with
b) showed c) live by on
c) were showing d) live off with
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Test Id
1. I'm going to buy a new swimming
costume. My old one me any
more.
a ) isn't fitting
b) can't fit
c) doesn't fit
d) isn't matching
2. At the beginning of the second half,
Liverpool scored their fifth goal,
Leeds gave up completely.
a ) until when
b) at that point
c) at which point
d) at what point
3. We can't possibly play in this rain. We
as well cancel the match.
a ) may
b) can
c ) could
d) should
4. In his final year at school, Tim made
a) many progresses
b ) a lot of advances
c) many advances
d) a lot of progress
5 . The boss knows that some employees
are making personal phone calls during
working hours, but he prefers to
a ) make a fat view of
b) take a blind look at
c) take a broad look at
d) turn a blind eye to
6. He is serving a sentence for armed
robbery.
a) ten-years
b) ten-year
c ) ten year 's
d) ten years'
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Choose the correct answer — a, b, c or d —
to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.
7. When still in his twenties, Wilfred _
several years travelling around the
Arabian peninsula.
a ) has spent
b) was spending
c) has been spending
d) spent
8. Unpopular government policies have
given to widespread public
discontent.
a) rise
b) grounds
c) cause
d) consequence
9. No sooner the door than I realised
it was locked.
a ) had I reached
b) I had reached
c) I reached
d) that I reached
10. He doesn't do the cooking, the
washing-up or any other household
chore.
a ) nor he does
b) nor does he do
c) neither does he do
d) neither he does
11. After half an hour of doing nothing, the
it. started to get restless.
a ) bored children
b ) children bored
c) boring children
d) children boring
12. I think this child is seriously ill. for
a doctor ?
a ) Hadn't you better sending
b) Hadn't you better send
c) Hadn't you better to send
d) Wouldn't you better to send
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13 When the burglar was away on holiday, .
20 The room was exactly like the mind of the
somebody broke into his flat and stole .
person who occupied it It was a mess .
.
everything It was a case of . Books and papers and empty beer cans
everywhere .
a ) poet's justice
b) divine justice a were scattering
)
c) poetic justice b) scattered them
d) poetic licence. c) scattered themselves
d) were scattered
14. Don't let to post the letters .
They're really important. .
21 Julia is the of her mother. They
a ) me forgetting look exactly alike.
b) me to forget a ) living image
c) that I forget b) living picture
d) me forget c) spitting image
15. Thank goodness the lifeguard saw you . d) spitting picture
You 22. —But why did she tell your wife?
a) must have drowned —She did it _ spite, pure and
simple.
b) might have drowned
c) had to drown a ) out of
d) may have drowned b) by
c) out from
16. Competition winners will be selected
d) for
from a bag containing all the
correct entries . 23. —She won't have read the letter yet,
a ) at hazard will she?
b) at random .
You only posted it this
c) in disarray .
morning The Royal Mail isn't that fast!
d) by fluke a ) doubt so
b) don't doubt it
17. According to the study, the boys
c) doubt it not
preferred to play computer games in
d) doubt it
their spare time the girls preferred
to read or talk to their friends. .
24 I regret .
that old car It was a
a) unlike serious mistake. And a false economy,
b) whereas too.
c) despite a ) to buy
d) meanwhile b) buying
c) that I buy
' 8. It took me a while to notice, but then d) my buying
.
I did Everybody at me What.
terrible thing had I done? .
25 Personal problems were in her
a ) stared mind .
b) was staring a ) uppermost
c) had stared b) supreme
d) would stare c) principal
d) superior
•
9 We no longer have any choice in the
.
matter We have to have the roof
.
26 I wish I that old painting I found
repaired, it costs . .
in the attic It would be worth thousands
now .
a ) however a ) didn't sell
b) no matter that b) hadn't sold
c) whatever c) wouldn't sell
d) anything that d) wouldn't have sold
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27. hard we tried to please our .
33 My neighbour informed a large
mother she was never satisfied.
, crack running down the outside wall of
my house. It had apparently appeared
a ) Whatever during the night.
b) No matter what
a ) me that there was
c) Whereas b) to me that there was
d) However c) me on there being
d) to me of there being
.
28 When Rita was promoted to sales
34. It isn't the funniest film I've ever seen.
manager, she was . I would say it's amusing at best.
a ) over the hill a ) softly
b) up in the clouds b) mildly
c) over the moon c) modestly
d) in the seventh moon d) barely

35. Only after sending the e-mail that

29. I'm afraid but to ask him to resign . I hadn't added the attachment I wanted
to accompany it.
a) it's no alternative
b) there's no alternative a ) I noticed
b) I had noticed
c) it 's not an alternative
c) did I notice
d) there's not a remedy d) had I noticed

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30 We are unlikely ever to find a cure for the .
36 Next month I your mother for
common cold, . .
twenty years And we've been married for
sixteen of those .
a ) however we try hard a ) will have been knowing
b) we try however hard b) am knowing
c) we try hard however c) know
d) however hard we try d) will have known

37. David apologised the last three

.
31. Enough is enough I'm not going to .
training sessions He said he had been
with her rudeness any longer . in bed with the flu for two of them and
a) put along visiting sick relatives for the third.
b) get along a ) that he didn't attend
b) not having attended
c) put up
c) that he hadn't attended
d) get up d) for not attending

.
32 This meat is a bit burnt You. it for .
38 The students didn't understand the
so long . purpose of the experiment and had to
a ) didn't ought to cook
them .
a ) make it explained to
b) mustn't have cooked
b) have it explained
c) oughtn't to have cooked c) have it explained to
d) shouldn't to have cooked d) make it explained
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39. Don't before you come to them. 45 . The children were exhausted. The gym
teacher had run around and
a ) cross your fingers
around the field for an hour non- stop.
b) cross your bridges
c) bear your crosses a ) made them to
b) made them
d) cross your bears
c) obliged them
d) them to run
40. He was a militant socialist his life.
46. —Listen. I have an alternative suggestion.
a) during
—No. My mind is made up, so the
b) throughout matter any further.
c) for a ) it's no point to discuss
d) over all b) there's no point in discussing
c) it isn't any point in discussing
41 . There was no heating in the building. d) there isn't a point in discussing
, the workers had to be sent home. 47. The plan to build a new motorway _
a) By consequence due to lack of money.
b) Subsequently a ) dropped off
c) Consequently b) dropped away
d) Otherwise c) fell through
d) fell away
42. This is an awful hotel. I wish we to 48. We had intended to go out last night, but
the Hilton instead. we were so tired we didn't so we
stayed home.
a ) would go
b) had gone a ) feel it up
c) went b) feel up to it
d) should go c) live up to it
d) live it up

43. With it is obvious that our

j 49. —What would you say Margaret 's main
approach to the problem was completely qualites are ?
—Well, for one thing, she's an excellent
wrong. judge of character. She can people
a) retrospect immediately if they try to deceive her.
b) afterthought a ) see into
c) review b) look through
d) hindsight c) look into
d) see through
44. The meeting place in the main 50. The police have announced that they are
hall, but it had to be cancelled. going to illegal gambling.
a) will have taken a ) crack down on
b) would take b) crack up on
c) was to take c) drop down on
d) is due to take d) step up to

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 Choose the correct answer — a, b , cord —
to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.

1 . Hurry up, James! Our train if we 7. Calls from people trying to sell us things
don't get to the station soon. we don't want are a real .

a ) will have left a) ache in the neck

b ) will be leaving b) ache in the back
c ) will leave c) pain in the neck
d) has left d) pain in the back

2. put the phone down than it rang 8. There are two supermarkets in the town
again. but of them sells fresh fish.
a ) No sooner I had a ) none
b) Just as I had b) neither
c) I had just c) no one
d) No sooner had I d) either

3. I out if Louis hadn't mentioned 9. — How long in Greece ?

—Two years altogether, before moving to
the subject in passing.
Italy.
a ) would never have found
a) have you lived
b) never had found
b) did you live
c ) would have never found
c) had you lived
d) had never found
d) did you used to live
4. The film is based on a true story,
10. The cast several times before
but most of it is fiction.
leaving the stage to wild applause.
a ) loosely
b) casually a ) bowed
c ) faintly b) inclined
d) lightly c) reverenced
d) crouched
5. I've had this car for 12 years, but now I'm
having more and more problems with it. 11. When her sister left home, Louise finally
Clearly it 's . had a bedroom .
a ) on its hind legs a ) all to her
b) got its back up b) for her only
c) got its heart set c) for only herself
d) on its last legs d) all to herself

6. We hadn't there being so much 12. James didn't have the right
traffic, and we missed the plane. qualifications, he was offered the job.
a ) bargained on a ) Although
b) factored on b) Even so
c) counted with c) Even that
d) accounted with d) No matter
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13 . Most people who work in publishing start 20. Although the play is set in Saudi Arabia,
at the bottom. The important thing is to of the characters are Saudis. It's
get your . Then you can work your mainly about expatriates living there.
way up. a) few
a ) arm in the opening b) a few
b) hand on the handle c) fewer
c) foot in the door d) less
d) nose to the grindstone
21. — Were they angry about the decision ?
—It certainly seemed When it
' 4 . — What 's wrong with Granddad ?
was announced, they got up and stormed
— He only has a mild cold, but to listen to
out of the room.
him you'd think he was .
a) so
a ) at the doors of death b) it was so
b) at death's door c) so it was
c) in at the death d) so they were
d) a foot in death's door
cricket in the 22. —I feel like a few days off, but I really
' 5 . They tried to stop need the overtime.
park but it was the only place where we —The problem with you is that you
could play. always want to have .
a ) us playing a) the butter and its price
b) us to play b) another bite of the cherry
c) that we play
c) your cake and eat it
d) that we played d) more than you can chew
16. With her excellent qualifications it's not 23. The government is making every effort to
surprising that she being treated
a diplomatic crisis.
as an inferior at work.
a ) avert
a ) molests
b) hinder
b) exasperates c) impede
c ) resents d) deviate
d) embitters
24. If I it with my own eyes, I wouldn't
' 7. We went to a number of that few have believed it. But I did see it, and it
tourists ever visit. was real!
a ) places out- of- the-way a ) wasn't seeing
b) out-of-the-way places b) hadn't seen
c) out of the way places c) didn't see
d) places out of the way d) couldn't see
' 3. The team had been trying to win the 25. We've been struggling with the same
competition for years. Last year, they problem for years, and we still haven't
finally . a solution.
a ) brought it off a) come up with
b) brought it on b) come in for
c ) carried it away c) come down on
d) carried it on d) raised up
26. It's possible that I'll fail the economics
- I don't know Harry all that well, but I do exam in June, I'll probably re- sit it
bump into him . in September.
a) every now and then a ) at which point
b) every once and again b) in which case
c) each now and then c) by which time
d) each once and again d) at which time
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27. —I didn't know that Robert knew .
33 We asked two children for directions but
Christine. of them knew where the hotel
— Oh, yes. She's an old of his
was.
from their time together at university.
a ) fire a) none
b) smoke b) both
c) blaze c) neither
d) flame
d) each
28. the expression on his face, I'd say
he wasn't too pleased to see us. In fact, I'd .
34. That's not my car Mine's a one.
say he was furious.
a ) blue small Japanese
a ) Judging by
b) Japanese small blue
b) As for
c) Provided with c) small blue Japanese
d) Seeing as d) Japanese blue small

29. the wrong bus, Mark found 35. Finally, we had to to legal threats .
himself in an unfamiliar part of the city . a ) apply
a) Because taking
b) resort
b) On taking
c) intend
c) To take
d) Having taken d) recur

30. —Have you had a busy day ? You look .

36 Can you give me a list of been
exhausted. invited?
—Yes, it was the first day of the sale. We
were rushed off our . a) whose
a ) legs b) the who's
b) toes c) who's
c) feet d) whoever that's
d) tootsies
37. —Do you know Karen's phone number ?
.
31 I haven't got any ideas at the moment, —No, not off the .
but when I I'll let you know. a ) top of my head
a ) will b) front of my brain
b) will do
c) side of my block
c) do
d) edge of my crown
d) will have

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32 I'd rather you me while I'm .
38 A white sports car outside the
speaking. I'll answer your questions bank.
afterwards. a ) dropped off
a ) didn't interrupt b) came off
b) wouldn't interrupt
c) drew up
c) won't interrupt
d) don't interrupt d) pushed up

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39. He kicked the .
over the goal .
45 Despite his disability, he tried to lead
a) ball high
possible .
b) high ball a ) as normal life as
c) ball highly b) his life as normal as
c) so normal life as
d) ball will height
d) as normal a life as
40. Sheila was unable to participate in the
race .
a leg injury
.
46 The contract hasn't actually been signed
yet, but everything looks positive. I think
a ) owed to we can safely say it's .
b) owing to a) on the bounce
c) caused by b) in the boot
d) because owing c) touch and go
d ) in the bag
41. He played Wimbledon for the
first time last year and reached the semi- .
47 I'm not your version of events,
but I think that you have interpreted
finals.
them wrongly .
a) in a) discussing
b) on b) disapproving
c) to c) disputing
d) at d ) differing

42. She paints for pleasure, not .

48. You're not a child any more It 's time you
because she wants to make any money faced your responsibilities.
out of it . a ) about at
a) directly b) towards
c) on to
b) fully
d) up to
c) singly
d) purely 49. We had intended to form a company to
.
market the device Unfortunately, our
43. If she wasn't so aggressive, we get
plans fell at the last moment due
on a bit better. to financial difficulties .
a) can maybe a) down
b) might b) off
c) may c) through
d) shall d) away

44. — So, are you going to buy that flat or 50. —Have you fixed that dripping tap I told
not ? you about ?
—I'm not sure yet.I'm about it. —No,I've been busy with other things .
a ) between two minds
I haven't got it yet .
b) between two stools a) away with
b) up to
c) in two minds
c) round to
d) in two ideas
d) over with
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.
to complete the following texts Only one
* ’ answer is correct .

1. He is thought deeply depressed at I 7. If I'd known he'd been fired, I wouldn't

the time, but he recovered later. have asked him how things were going at
a) to have been .
work I really , didn't I?
b) that he was a) put my paw in it
c) to be b) set my mark on it
d) that he became c) put my foot in it
d) set my seal on it
2. Only after speaking to him for ten
minutes . 8. Our two children are very alike _ . of
a) did she realise who he was them has red hair and blue eyes .
b) she realised who he was a) Either
c) did she realise who was he b) Every one
d) she realised who was he c) All
d) Each
3. If a detective him from an
-
identikit picture, Simpson wouldn't be in 9. By this time next week, Mandy her
prison today. .
exams and we can all go out to celebrate
a) hadn't recognised
a) will be finishing
b) didn't recognise
b) will have finished
c) wasn't recognising
c) is going to finish
d) couldn't recognise
d) will finish
.
4 Unfortunately the clerk to tell me
.
that my ticket was not valid on Fridays . 10 The pilot spoke to the passengers to
a ) ignored
their fears .
b) disregarded a) soothe
c) omitted b) dissipate
d) missed c) deter
d) allay
5. She's the kind of person who says one
thing to your face and something else 11. I'm not surprised they 're splitting up.
They never really talked .
a) in your back a) to one another
b) behind your head b) to one and to other
c) behind your back c) to themselves
d) behind your face d) the one to other

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6 I bumped into Patrick at the supermarket. .
12 We can't seem to save any money,
He was asking you. hard we try!
a) by a) no matter how
b) after b) what matter how
c) on c) hard how
d) upon d) whatever
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'3 . I've been to more than twenty interviews. 20. Much of the early history of the country is still
I feel like I'm banging my head .unknown. For example, we know about
the early patterns of settlement.
a) on a dead doorway
b) on an iron curtain a ) little
b) less
c) against a brick wall
c) a little
d) against a stone threshold d) not much
' 4. What nonsense! You're talking .
21 Liz will provide all the food for the party At.
a) off your head
least, she promised .
b) out your earholes a ) so
c) through your hat b) she would
c) it would be so
d) down your nostrils d) so she would
' 5. She suggested
about my problem .
to the manager
22. —I'm going to try to fix the computer myself.
— Are you sure that's a good idea ? You don't
a ) me to speak know anything about electronics.You may be
b) that I speak biting off more than you can .
c) me speaking a ) digest
d) me that I speak b) chew
c) munch
'6 . I don't understand why you want to make d) crunch
a about such atrivial matter . .
23 The problem with Louella is that she is
a ) trouble to give up immediately when faced
b) stir .
with any problem If only she had a little
c) fuss more self-confidence and perseverance!
d) number a ) apt
b) habitual
' 7. The actors gave a . c) subject
d) susceptible
-
a) performance run-of-the mill
.
24 We would in Cardiff if we hadn't
b) run of the mill performance found someone buy our previous house
to .
c) run-of-the-mill performance
a ) still have lived
d) performance run of the mill b) still be living
c) live still
' 3. Her parents died when she was d) have lived still
.
still a child She was by her
.
25 Listen, Bill, something urgent has .
grandparents . I won't be able to meet you for lunch
a) borne up after all .
b) brought up a ) risen up
c) brought off b) come up
d) raised up c) jumped up
d) dropped off
' 9. Why don't we have yoghurt ? It's as
good as cream and much healthier, too . .
26 I didn't finish work until after 10,
everybody else had already gone home .
a ) each bit a) by which time
b) every part b) in which time
c) each part c) in which case
d) every bit d) by which point

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27. —There's a rumour that the Prime .
33 There is point in continuing this
Minister accepted a bribe. discussion if you aren't prepared to make
— Well, you know what people say: any concessions.
there's . a) little
a ) no fire without smoke b) a little
b) no flame without fire c) small
c) no smoke without fire d) a small
d) no fire without flame
34. —Do you live in a flat ?
28. Something had obviously amused him —No,I rent house down near the
because he was quietly to himself . railway station.
a ) groaning a ) a furnished old large
b) grunting b) an old furnished large
c) squealing
c) a furnished large old
d) chuckling
d) a large old furnished
29. over his shoulder, he could see the
.
two constables still chasing him
.
35 Their relationship has become so
unbearable for each of them that it is now
a) Glancing too late to the situation.
b) To glance
a ) recover
c) In glancing . b) cure
d) With glancing
c) heal
30. —What did the boss think of your d) remedy
suggestion?
—He didn't even bother to read it. He just 36. party is elected will have to deal
rejected it . with major economic problems.
a) hand over fist a ) Any which
b) out of fist b) The which
c) out of hand c) No matter which
d) through his fingers d) Whichever
31. I've never managed to beat Greg at chess
yet, and I don't suppose I . He's just .
37 I've read the instruction book that came
with the media player, but I can't make
too good .
a ) will ever
.
of it It's totally incomprehensible.
b) never will a ) head nor foot
c) ever will b) head nor tail
d) will never c) head nor feet
d) tip nor top
.
32 Kim can be so irritating at times. Even so,
I wish I my temper with her this 38. Try not to make too much noise. The baby
morning . has just .
a ) didn't lose a ) pushed off
b) haven't lost b) pulled up
c) wasn't losing c) dropped of
d) hadn't lost
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39. They were forced to their holiday. .
45 Miss McCrea was anyone could

a ) cut shortly
.
have had She never lost her temper with
even the stupidest pupils .
b) cut short
a ) as patient teacher as
c) shortcut b) so patient a teacher as
d) shortly cut c) so patient teacher as
d) as patient a teacher as
40. the meeting being at two o'clock,
. .
46 I'm not sure whether to believe you or not
I won't have time to have lunch with you
but I'm going to give you the . At .
a) With ,
least for the time being .
b) For a ) benefit of the doubt
c) Because b) profit of the doubt
d) Owing c) profit of the proof
d) benefit of the proof

41. There had been a serious accident .

47 She was on her throughout the
the motorway near Swindon . interview because she didn't want to say
anything stupid.
a) in
b) on a) defence
b ) lookout
c) along
c) caution
d) at d) guard

42. This must be a terrible time for the poor 48. The confidence trickster's story was
quite improbable, but a large number of
woman I really . for her . people it nevertheless .
a ) sympathise a) dropped for
b) pity b) lapped up
c) feel c) fell for
d) commiserate d) ate up

49. What are you exactly ? Are you

43. She'd have won the race if she _ at implying that I had something to do with
the last hurdle. the robbery?
a ) hadn't tripped and fallen a ) coming at
b) didn't trip and fall b) getting about
c) coming about
c) wasn't tripping and falling
d) getting at
d) hadn't tripped and fell
50. — I haven't seen you for donkey's ages.
44. I'm completely out of my in the What have you been getting ?
French class.I need to go down level.
a — Oh, nothing much really Same as.
usual.
a) reach a) up to
b) height b) round to
c) depth c) away with
d) range d) over with

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Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d —
Test 2c B
B
.
to complete the following texts Only one
answer is correct .

1. As soon as he saw the man behind the 7. Don't take what he says too seriously He's .
desk, he realised he _
to the wrong only .
room. a) feeling your foot
a ) came b) taking your hair
b) had come c) pulling your leg
c) was coming d) knocking your knee
d) had been coming
2. one cigarette when he reached for
8. —Which one of these two umbrellas is
yours?
the packet and took another . That's mine over there.
a ) Hardly had he finished a) None
b) Only he had finished b) Neither
c) Not only he had finished c) Not one or other
d ) He had finished hardly d) Not one or another
3. Henry beat me at tennis. But he if
he hadn't cheated so much with the line
.
9 The play until 8:30, so I think we
have time to eat something first.
.
calls
a) won't be starting
a ) couldn't do it
b) isn't starting
b) couldn't have done it
c) wouldn't do it c) shall not start
d) wasn't able to do it d) mightn't start

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4 Parker has always had a tendency .
10 The next morning David started out
to the importance of minor on what to be a very eventful
problems. journey .
a ) augment a ) resulted
b) multiply b) arose
c) exaggerate c) turned
d) heighten d) proved
.
5 Jim's changed a lot since he was .
11 Arriving very early in the morning, we
promoted. I think the power has had the whole beach to .
his head. a ) us only
a) gone to b) us alone
b) gone over c) ourselves
c) shaken d) only us
d) taken it into
.
12 They managed to find their way out of
.
6 Their predictions were not by the jungle not having a map or
subsequent events. In fact, the very compass.
opposite occurred . a) despite of
a ) carried out b) even though
b ) borne off c) nevertheless
c) borne out d) in spite of
d) carried off
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13. I don't know how I'm going to tell my dad 20. Because of the awful weather, the play
that I failed my maths exam. He's going to was poorly attended, but people
who came had an excellent evening.
a ) go through the walls a) the few
b) hop to the ceiling b) a few
c) shoot out the window c) few
d) hit the roof d ) the less
‘ 4 . I got a huge surprise lastweek. My cousin
21. —Do you think the Chancellor will increase
from Australia arrived on my doorstep, taxes on alcohol and cigarettes again ?
completely . He was the last . In my view, they're expensive
person in the world I expected to see.
enough already.
a ) in the red
a ) hope not
b) red, white and blue b) don't hope so
c) in a blue moon c) hope it's not
d) out of the blue d) don't hope it's so
•
5 . It 's your mother 's birthday next week.
22. I get on well with my mother-in-law. We
her a present!
on most things.
a) Remember to buy a ) are all eyes
b) Remember buying b) keep our eyes peeled
c) Recall to buy
c) see eye to eye
d) Recall buying d) meet each other 's eyes
' 6. He often gives the impression that 23. He has been with the company for thirty
he doesn't care about his work. But years, but the management has now
appearances can be , you know. decided to with his services.
Ken's a really hard worker. a) discard
a ) deceptive b) dispense
b) tricky c) disuse
c) deceitful d) dismiss
d) fraudulent 24. If Hilary hadn't looked out the window
at that moment, she the thieves
•7
. Her just slouched in front of the trying to break into her car.
television while she did all the work. a) wouldn't have spotted
a ) brother good-for-nothing b) didn't spot
b) good-for-nothing brother c) hadn't spotted
c) good for nothing brother d) wouldn't have been spotting
d) good brother for nothing 25. It's been more than ten years since we had
- l see a lot of young people with this new
the living room . I'm fed up looking
at it. Let 's redecorate it completely.
hair style. It seems to be .
a) made up
a) piling up b) counted up
b) bringing off c) brought off
c) catching on d) done up
d) coming off
26. The meeting might go on for several
• Jimmy doesn't like my cooking, but it hours, I'll not be home in time for
doesn't bother me. I say. dinner, I'm afraid.
a ) Everyone to his own a ) at which point
b) Each to his own b) by which time
c) Each one his own c) in which case
d) Everyone's his own d) with which time

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27 Most of my mates go for a drink after 33. —Tell me, is Phyllis a nurse or a dentist?
.
work, but I don't Going to the pub isn't — . She's a psychiatrist.
really my . a ) None
a ) glass of beer b) Not one or other
b) slice of cake c) Nor one nor other
c) cup of tea d) Neither
d) bread and butter
.
34 I've just bought a table.
.
28 In the of any real evidence
against the three men, the case had to be a ) lovely wooden coffee
dropped . b) wooden lovely coffee
c ) lovely coffee wooden
a) scarcity
b) absence d ) wooden coffee lovely
c) lack
d) want .
35 Many of our procedures are on
those used in Japanese companies .
29. early for her appointment, Betty
a ) moulded
began to leaf through the pile of old
magazines.
b) modelled
c) adapted
a ) Having arrived
d) formed
b) By arriving
c) Because arriving
d) Once arrived 36. one of you broke the window will
have to pay for it.
30. —How's the new job going,Tom?
—Fine, thanks. But everything’s very new. a ) Whoever
It'll take me a couple of weeks to b) Whichever
I expect. c) Whatever
a ) put my foot in it d) What
b) put my foot down
c) get cold feet
d) find my feet
.
37 The children were no trouble at all. They
were .
.
31 —They 're very happy with their new flat. a ) like gold dust
—They .
It 's a beautiful place to live . b) as good as gold
a ) should be c) golden boys
b) should d ) glittering like gold
c) will
d) could be
.
38 Why don't you and see us the next
32. I hate work. If only I have to go! time you're in the area ?
a ) won't a ) draw up
b) didn't b) drop off
c) don't c) drop in
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 9 Realising he would arrive for the 45. fifty planes an hour land at
meeting, he phoned to warn the others. Heathrow.
a) late a) As many as
b) lately b) As much as
c) with delay c) So many as
d) delayed d) As many that

I couldn't hear myself thinking all 46. If I were you, I'd take out some travel
the noise in the room . insurance, just to be .
a) because a ) safer than sorry
b) what for b) on the safe side
c) for c) for safety first
d) for that d) in the safe seat

Talks are to be held Downing .

47 Since they had stopped serving meals, we
Street. had to ourselves with sandwiches.
a) in a ) settle
b) on b) content
c) to c) please
d) at d) make do

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•
48. If the worst comes to the worst, we've got
had a and successful career. our savings to . .
a) shortages a) fall back on
b) disabilities b) fall down on
c) deficiencies c) rest upon
d) snags d) rest off on

it.
*3. If the train hadn't been late,I 49. A six-month suspended sentence! He was
a ) wouldn't catch lucky to so lightly .
b) wouldn't be able to catch a) get out
c) wouldn't manage to catch b) come off
d) couldn't have caught c) get off
d) come out
Seeing that he had failed the exam, he
went to the nearest pub to drown his .
50 It was a good idea but I'm afraid it didn't
quite .
a ) pains a ) come off
b) griefs b) come up
c) troubles c) rise up
d) sorrows d) rise off
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 Choose the correct answer — a, b , c or d —

Test 2d to complete the following texts. Only one

answer is correct.

1 . This isn't the first time people 7. When the police want you to confess
taken aback by his outrageous behaviour. [ to something, they always tell you how
good you'll feel once you. .
a ) were
b) are a) open up your breast
c ) have been b) hand it off your heart
d) had been c ) bring it off your breast
d) get it off your chest
2. Not only wine on the carpet, but
she also broke six glasses. 8. When you reach the fork in the road, you
can go . They both lead to the
a ) she spilled village.
b) she had spilled a) either way
c ) did she spill b) the two ways
d) she was spilling c) the both ways
d) each way
3. You're the one who left the map in the
car! If you it with you, we wouldn't 9. Do you think you that report by
be lost. the end of the week ?
a ) had brought a ) ’ll have finished
b) should have brought b) 'll be finishing
c) brought c) might be finishing
d) might have brought
d ) 're finishing
4. Police have not yet revealed the
10. I think you're being pessimistic.
details of the case.
a ) total a) abundantly
b) whole b) unduly
c) overall c) worthlessly
d) full d) undeservedly

5 . She must be suffering a great deal, but 11 . The two men hated with such
she puts a on it. passion that it was hard to see how they
a ) courageous face could ever be reconciled.
b) good head a ) one another
c ) strong heart b) one the other
d) brave face
c) themselves
6. The crisis was by the Finance d ) the one the other
Minister 's sudden and wholly unexpected
resignation. 12. difficult it may seem now, you'll
be glad you did it in the end.
a ) brought out
b) brought about a ) Whatever
c) factored on b) However
d) borne out c) No matter what
d) Although
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3 . — Why 's Maria so angry ? 20. It will take time, but I'm sure you'll
— I have no idea. I asked her if i could be able to learn how to read Japanese
leave early and she came down on me eventually
like a ) little
a ) a ten-ton true b) not less
b) a steamroller c ) much
c) a ton of bricks d) a little
d) a bag of cement 21. — Do you still smoke ?
i. If you can't afford to live on your own, —I have to admit I've tried to give
you may just have to and ask your it up several times, but without success.
parents if you can return to live with a) so
them for a while. b) it's so
a) gulp down the bait c) I do
b) drink the cold waters d) it is
c) quaff your self-regard 22. Sorry, I 'm afraid I have to cancel our lunch
d) swallow your pride engagement. I'm up to my in work
seem to be at the moment.
—The photocopier doesn't
working. a) eyes
—Why don't you try b) head
c) nose
a) to plug it in
b) plugging it in
d) brow
c) plugging in it 23. Rodney isn't exactly keen on exercise, but
d) to plug in it he isn't to the occasional walk in
of action ? the country.
6 What is the best
a ) repugnant
a ) path
b) course b) reluctant
c) measure
c) contrary
d) averse
d) policy
'
The woman they interviewed was quite 24. If the driver his seat belt, he might
calm and spoke in a about the be alive today.
explosion. a ) was wearing
a) fact of the matter way b) had been wearing
b) matter-of-fact way c) wears
c ) matter of fact way d) wore
d) way as a matter of fact 25. The government has recently a
great deal of criticism for sending troops
Before the end of the meeting, I feel
another small matter. to the area.
l ought to
a ) come in for
a ) plant down
b) bring up
b) gone out with
c ) raise up
c) sat down to
d) bring off
d) carried away with
26. I hadn't seen Laura for nearly ten years,
- — Did you take all these marvellous I'd got married and had three
photos yourself ? children. I was amazed to see that she
— That 's right. of them. hadn't changed at all.
a Each and
) all a ) at which point
b) All and each b) during which time
c ) Each and every one c) in which case
d) All and every d) at which time
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27 This is the new mp4 player We've only . .
33 We're having a cocktail party for
.
got one left in the shop They 've been close friends next Friday.
selling like . a ) a few
a ) honey doughnuts b) few
b) tasty pastry c) some small
c) smart tarts d) a little
d) hot cakes
34. There was a rug beside the bed .
28. Last year our company had record sales,
a ) soft lovely woollen
We all our competitors.
b) lovely soft woollen
a) excelled c) woollen soft lovely
b) outweighed
d) soft woollen lovely
c) outdid
d) overdid .
35 It suddenly her mind that she had
promised to go out with someone else.
29. , the boy was able to squeeze
through the narrow opening in the fence. a ) struck
a ) Out of slimness b) hit
b) Being slim c) crossed
c) Because being slim d) touched
d) Slimly
36. wins the contract to build the
30. — I hope those drunks aren't going to tunnel will have a very difficult task to
cause any trouble . perform.
.
—Don't worry I'll call the police if they a ) The who that
b) Who that
a ) get their hand in c) Whoever that
b) do a hand's turn d) Whoever
c) give a big hand
d) get out of hand 37. If I do the shopping when I take your
mother home, I'll kill two birds
.
31 Henry isn't a very good footballer now
a ) at one shot
and, in my opinion, . b) with one bullet
a ) he never wil c) on one fire
b) he will be never d) with one stone
c) he never will be
d) never will he 38. All the hotels were full We.
sleeping in the car.
.
32 It's time you up your mind . a ) finished up
a ) make b) closed down
b) have made c) ended up
c) made d ) wound down
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39. John looked up and smiled at me .
45 The difference was not to be
worth arguing about.
a ) friendly
a ) as small as
b) in a friendly way b) so small as
c) with a friendly manner c) so small like
d) with friendliness d) as small that

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46 Why don't you stop and say what
*0. able to get
the snow and the fog, I wasn't
to the airport on time. .
you think Just get to the point, will you?
a ) bashing about the bush
a ) For b) beating about the bush
b) What with c) beating the bush
c) Because d) bashing the bush
d) Owing with
.
47 Serious crimes are occasionally
committed in the area, but they
Archie owns a hardware shop the
are incidents, not part of a
corner of Church Street and Bridge Street . widespread problem.
a) in a ) solitary
b) on b) detached
c) isolated
c) at
d) unique
d) around
48. —What's going on between you and
2 I contacted him with a _ to setting a Helen? Have you two with each
date for the meeting. other again ?
a) regard
—No, we're just not speaking to each
b) view
other, that's all.
a ) fallen in
c) purpose b) fallen out
d) aim c) dropped out
d) dropped in
43. If a train strike on Monday, 49. —How old do you think Perkins is? ,
i mightn't be able to come. —Oh, he must be getting eighty
a) there'll be
I'd say .
a) away with
b) there was b) about at
c) there had been c) down to
d) there's d) on for

- We should this great opportunity . 50. Many people were astonished when
a) do the most of .
George W Bush was elected for a second
b) make the best of .
term They just couldn't .
c) make the most of a ) get over it
b) get it over
d) make the best from c) get it over with
d) make it over
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 Choose the correct answer — a, b , c or d —
.
to complete the following texts Only one
answer is correct.

1. After a few days, the cheese began to .

7 I've to tell her to clean the kitchen
a pungent smell . .
again It 's still filthy.
a) give off a ) a mind and a half
b ) let off b) two halves of a mind
c) send off c) half a mind
d) put out d) two minds

2. —Which one can I have ?

.
8 It was pleasure to be working out
of doors after five long years locked in a
—Take your mate. It's first come,
cell.
first served.
a ) plain
a ) choice b) sheer
b) pluck c) mere
c) vote d) simple
d) pick
.
9 He hadn't the slightest idea hear
.
3 The hotel room was furnished: from her again.
,
a bed a wardrobe and a plain wooden a ) of how he will
chair . b) of when he would
a ) sparsely c) on how he would
b) thinly d) on when he would
c) lightly
d) sketchily .
10 The Japanese used to buy American cars
as a way to express themselves.
selling to Japanese consumers was ever
4. Nadal's left knee, was badly
injured some time ago, is now all right. easy.
a) which a) Not that
b) what b) No what
c) that c) Not what
d) it d) No that

.
5 They with friends in the country .
11 His statement about no truth in
when they heard the news. They left the allegations was difficult to believe.
immediately. a ) there had been
a ) stayed b) there was
b) had stayed c) there having
c) have been staying d) there being
d) had been staying
.
12 The manager was to stress that
6. I put up with her parking on my spot for a the company had no intention of cutting
while, but finally I had it with her . jobs.
a ) out a ) at pains
b) plain b ) in pain
c) mere c) at great pain
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13. Hardly anyone had known, .? 20. We're planning a party for Julia's birthday,
a ) had one but don't let It 's a surprise.
b) hadn't they a ) on
c) had they b) out
d) had he c) off
d ) up
' 4. Sorry I'm late. I was in the traffic.
21. bet on that horse, he would have
a ) held out
won £ 22,000.
b) held up
c) kept up a ) Had he
d) let down b) Was he to have
c) Should he
5 . The school authorities the child's d) Were he to
behaviour on a total lack of discipline.
22. If you park in the General Manager 's
a ) blame space, you'll soon get your orders.
b) attribute
c) accuse a) battle
d) ascribe b) standing
c) marching
' 6. He hadn't expected such an d) out of
outcry.
23. The committee asked that the accident
a ) to be investigated thoroughly.
b) to have a ) be
c) there to be b) would be
d) it being
c) should have been
— If they invite you to dinner, don't take
d) has been
wine. They 're teetotal.
— Are they? I'll . 24. He his car repaired at the
moment.
a) take that on account
a ) has
b) bear that in mind
b) is having
c) keep that in view
c) is making
d) keep account of that d) makes
' 3. Nor, the officials claimed, the way 25. I very much his sarcastic
to peace . comments.
a) does the agreement pave a ) resented
b) the agreement paves b) molested
c) the agreement doesn't pave c) grudged
d) the agreement isn't paving d) objected
- The sound of a tap kept me awake 26. To everyone's surprise, Cynthia
all night. her engagement just before the wedding.
a ) dripping a) broke up
b) lapping b) broke off
c) seeping c) broke out of
d) dropping d) split up
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27. — Did you see the way Jonathan spoke to 33. The problem is that council
his wife? environmental health departments have
— Yes. It was wasn't it? I never
j
. So there's simply too much work.
knew he was such a jealous type. a) too few staff
a ) a true eye-test b) too few staffs
b) an unblinkered eyepiece c) too little staff
c) 20/20 hindsight d) too few a staff
d) a real eye- opener
34. —Will you the baby for a moment
28. The accused denied trying to blackmail while I make a phone call?
his alleged victim over £ 50,000 in —Of course. No problem at all.
unmarked bills. a ) control
a ) into handing b) settle
b) out of handing c) mind
c) to hand d ) attend
d) that he should hand
29. Accepting the job in Glasgow will 35. John wondered if she had undergone
plastic surgery. She certainly looked a lot
mean the family and moving to
younger than her years.
Scotland. We'll also have to find a new
school for the children. a ) fifty odd
a) dislodging^ b) fifty- odd
c) odd fifty
b) supplanting
c) transposing d) fifty 's odd
d) uprooting
36. Whether France would be off
30. Only 35% of are still studying full without the European Union is a moot
time. question.
a ) 17-years-olds a ) good or better
b) 17-year olds b) best or worst
c ) better or worse
c) 17-year- olds
d ) more or less than
d) 17-years olds
37. He only took golf because his
31. He's always the government, but
doctor told him he would have to get
then he never votes in the elections. of nothing
some exercise . Now he thinks
a ) shooting off else.
b) calling out
a ) up
c) running down
b) over
d) calling off
c) on
d) off
32. —Why do you think we were chosen
to make the presentation ? I mean, we
don't have much experience doing 38. Is this your first day here ? Well, don't
presentations. worry. You'll be spending a couple of
—I don't know. It's just the , weeks with someone who knows the
I suppose .
a ) luck of the draw a ) cords
b) draw of the luck b) lines
c) stroke of the luck c) ropes
d) luck of the stroke d) hawsers
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39 It's more than twenty years since I worked | .
45 She's got about people keeping
in Germany, so my German is pretty .
their dogs under control In fact, she's
now. fanatical about it.
a) rusty a) a bull by the horns
b) scratchy b) a cat in the bag
c) sloppy c) ants in her pants
d) scruffy d) a bee in her bonnet
.
40 They had been so helpful to her that
she could do was to say thank 46. —Where are we going to get the money ?
you. —Desmond will lend us a few pounds
a ) the last he's been paid.
b) the least a) so long
c) the less b) whereas
d) at least c) notwithstanding
41. .
—I'm not going to be treated like this I've d) provided
had enough! Do you hear ?
47. A good friend is one who will
—Now calm down Don't . . you when you're in trouble. You know
a) sink the ship
what they say: a friend in need is a friend
b) make the waves
indeed.
c) hit the rocks . a ) stand up to
d) rock the boat
b) stand over
.
42. I've been playing tennis for years If this c) stand by
complete beginner beats me,I'll never d) back up

a) look up to it
.
48 The River Breem rises in the hills to the
north, then south-west to the sea.
b) take after it
c) cut down on it a) pours
d) live it down
b) discourses
c) drips
43. There were so many people me in d) flows
the crowd that I couldn't hold the camera
steady.
.
49 When I came after the accident,
I couldn't remember a single thing that
a) jerking had happened .
b) jostling
a) about
c) agitating
b) off
d) colliding
c) round
d) over
44. When she left school Sheila wanted to
go in for politics, and , involving .
50 I used to be criticised a lot when I started
herself in the nuts and bolts of local this job but it doesn't bother me now It's .
campaigns . like water off a .
a) so did she a ) duck 's beak
b) she went in b) parrot 's back
c) so she did c) duck's back
d) so she went d) parrot's beak
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 Choose the correct answer — a , b , c or d —
to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.

1. If the management its promise, 7. When Billy found out he was colour blind,
there will almost certainly be another he was very disappointed. He had
strike. on becoming a pilot, you see.
a ) goes back on a ) aimed his eyes
b) goes back from b) fixed his view
c) lets down on c ) set his sights
d) lets off on d) aimed his prospect

2. The train was nearly half an hour late, but 8. My grandmother had mind, which
.
isn't it? kept her alert and well-informed even in
I suppose that that 's
old age.
a ) par for the course
b) the matter of course a) an examining
c) up to the par b) a demanding
d) course for the par c) a querying
d) an enquiring
3. The main disadvantage of our house 9. I don't know I've never been
*
is that the only to the garden is there.
through the main bedroom.
a ) what is Kenya like
a ) access b) what Kenya is like
b) passage c) how is Kenya
c) communication d) how Kenya is like
d) right of way
10. Too bad we told Robert. I'd rather we
4. Three candidates will be short-listed for to him the other day.
the post, but we do not know a ) hadn't talked
a) whom b) didn't talk
b) those c) weren't talking
c) which d) wouldn't have talked
d) what ones
11. In this instance, there is some
5 . The space programme more than disagreement _ Dubai is in breach
$ 25 billion since 2002. of international law.
a ) costs a) as to whether
b) cost
b) whether
c) has cost
c) as if
d) is costing
d) as whether or not
6. — Old Sammy has won two million on the
pools. 12. She's a real miser. Getting money from
— I don't believe you. You're . her is like trying to get .
a ) having me off a ) blood from a stone
b) having me on b) blood from the stones
c) putting me out c) water from a stone
d) putting me off
d) water from the stones
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13. Let 's go to the beach now, we ? 20. He'll soon get his disappointment.
a ) don't a) over
b) out of
b) will
c) away from
c) shall d) through
d) should
21. in the West, scientists would have
14. I don't with the idea of long prison carried out a multitude of tests.
sentences for non-violent crimes. a ) Should the accident occur
a ) keep b) Had the accident occurred
c) Were the accident to occur
b) sit d) Had the accident to occur
c) hold
d) set 22. Sales are up. We're our
competitors.
15. We can't eat this bread. It 's a ) gaining terrain from
a ) rotten b) gaining ground on
c) winning earth from
b) mouldy
d) gaining terrain on
c) rancid
d) fungal 23. The US opposed the granting of extra aid
wasted.
16. I can't wait for him any longer. I would a ) lest it be
like here at once. b) least it should be
a) that he come c) less it be
b) he comes d) though it be
c) him to come
d) him coming 24. What's this parcel doing here? You should
it sent last week.
17. I've finally finished paying back my car a ) have
loan. That 's a I can tell you. b) have had
a ) millstone off my mind c) have made
b) burden off my brain d) make
c) weight off my mind
d) load off my head 25. There were threatening in his
words.
18. They parted at the checkpoint. a) connotations
know he would never see her again. b) overtones
a) He little did c) associations
b) Little did he d) accusations
c) Little he did
d) He did little 26. It was clear from his big ears and long
nose that he took his father rather
' 9 . The rain is really down! We can't than his mother, who had very delicate
possibly go out in it. features.
a) splashing a ) after
b) gurgling b) off from
c) trickling c) down from
d) pelting d) up to

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27. —I can't understand these operating . .
33 Release this man There against
manuals at all. him.
—It's hardly surprising. They're as clear as a) is no evidence
b) is no proof
a ) sludge c) are no evidences
b) ooze d) are no proofs
c) mud
d) clay 34. Police have warned people to be
28. After a while, the flat was silent again. when strangers call at the door.
The baby had cried himself . His a ) choosy
mother sighed with relief. b) bewared
a ) sleeping c) cagey
b) to sleeping d) wary
c) into sleeping
d) to sleep 35. The question is whether an ban

29. She was able to my argument

on tobacco advertising actually works .
effectively by quoting statistics that were a) all-in
more recent than mine. b) all-over
a ) counter c) all-throughout
b) retaliate d ) all-out
c) reciprocate
d) confront .
36 So you're both coming? All the .!
a ) best
.
30 Naturally, there is a great deal of anxiety
b) more
about ongoing in the area.
c) most
a ) jobs' losses
b) job's losses d) better
c) job losses
d) jobs lost .
37. He's a marvellous mimic You should
see the way he takes the Prime
31. Having decided to rent a flat, we set Minister .
contacting all the estate agencies
in the town. a ) up
a ) out b) off
b) to c) over
c) about d) on
d) off

.
32 In a negotiation, let the other party make
.
38 You're not the only one who's worried
about redundancy. We're all in the same
.
the first offer Never show your
too early .
a ) deal a ) bath
b) deck b) gondola
c) card c ) boat
d) hand d) canoe
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39 Naturally it as strange that my .
45 This news about the minister 's
front door was open when I got home . .
resignation is completely reliable I got it
from the the minister herself.
a) occurred to me
a ) donkey's teeth
b) struck me b) camel's spit
c) appeared to me c) monkey's lips
d) seemed d) horse's mouth

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40 They have two daughters, the is
.
46 The longer we waited for take-off, the
more exasperated we became . the
studying medicine in Poland. children, they were simply impossible to
a) younger of whom control.
b) youngest of whom a) As for
b) As regarding
c) younger of who
c) As much as
d) youngest of which d) As refers to

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41 The team has got off .
47 His jokes seemed to be going very
well with his audience, if their laughter
a) with flying colours was any indication .
b) to a flying start a) off
c) on a good footing b) along
d) with sound footings c) by
d) down
.
42 He has promised to the matter.
.
48 A pipe had burst and water was
a ) look out of .
out of it with great force If he didn't do
b ) look down on something fast, the whole house would
be flooded.
c) look into
a) seeping
d) view off on b) trickling
c) gushing
43. " What do you expect me to do about it ?" d) pelting
he said with a of his shoulders . .
49 He came a small fortune when his
a ) shrug uncle died, but he managed to squander
b) twitch
most of it within a few years.
a) onto
c) flick b) up with
d) hunch c) off with
d) into
These are the screws you're looking for.
*4. — .
50 Nigel isn't the sort of person who
— ! You have really sharp eyesight! criticises management decisions The .
a ) So are they truth is he wouldn't say boo to a
a ) goose
b) It's so
b) duck
c) So they are c) dodo
d) So are there d) sparrow

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to complete the following texts. Only one
answer is correct.

1. I'm afraid I have some bad news. There 7. Why do you want to move ? You'll be
aren't enough lifejackets to go to find a nicer house than this
a ) about one.
b) round a ) put hard
c) through b) hard set
d) on with c) hard put
d) set hard
2. Emma has seen that film so many times
8. The company was finally declared
that she knows the dialogue .
bankrupt. It had debts it could
a ) inside out never repay.
b) outside in
a ) entailed
c) upside down
b) incurred
d) downside up
c) involved
d) committed
3. I ' ve had my car examined several times,
but so far no mechanic has been able to
9. The Chinese ambassador explained how
the problem.
for developing nations to reduce
a ) focus levels of greenhouse gases.
b) pinpoint
a) much harder it would be
c) specify
b) much it would be harder
d) highlight
c) harder it would be
d) harder it will be
4. I really don't know of the two
brothers is smarter. They're both brilliant. 10. I don't enjoy playing tennis with Peter.
a ) what one he's much of a tennis player,
b) whom because he isn't.
c) which a ) No that
d) the which b) No what
c) Not what
5. She her purse for the past two d) Not that
hours.
11. I just don't think he's a good friend
a) has been looking for
b) was looking for a ) that you have
c) has looked for b) to have for you
d) was looking c) for you to have
d) for your having
6. I remember the first time I met John. We
immediately, and we've been 12. Just imagine, if I won the lottery... Now
friends ever since. that would be something to
about.
a) struck it off
a) keep track
b) struck it up b) sign cheques
c) hit it off c) dig deep
d) hit upon it d) write home
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13. He'd rather not have been trusted with 20. Mellors isn't as honest as he to be.
that money, he? a ) makes out
a ) wouldn't b) makes up
b) hadn't c ) gives over
c ) had d) gives off
d) would
14. I know I promised to help you move 21. a company, the Mormon Church
flat this weekend and I'm really sorry to would rank about 110th on the Fortune
, but there's an emergency at work 500 list of industrial firms.
and I'm going to be too busy to help you. a ) Were it
a) leave you down b) If it had been
b) drop you down c) If it was not
c) let you off d) Had it been
d) let you down
15 . A special committee was set up to 22. We've been with thousands of
on the problem of football hooliganism. new enquiries.
Its recommendations would form the
a ) bombed
basis of future government policy.
b) hit like a bomb
a ) report c) bombarded
b) inform d) shelled
c) investigate
d) research
23 . The miners sent him a message
16. All the following week, I waited to demanding that he his position.
me. But she didn't. a ) must explain
a) for her to come b) explain
b) that she should come c) explains
c) for her coming d) ought to explain
d) that she might come
a question 24. The late owner in the early 1990s.
i 7 . Giving up smoking is mainly
of a ) had the house built
a) spirit over matter b) made the house built
b) mind over matter c) had the house to be built
c) mind over material d) made the house to be built
d) spirit over material
25. My eyes kept away from the page.
S . She knew exactly what she didn't want
and . They didn't want Harry 's a) lapsing
mother to move permanently into their b) digressing
tiny flat with them. c) rambling
a) neither did Harry d) straying
b) nor did Harry
c) so did Harry 26. He's never acted before so naturally
d) Harry did he's a bit nervous. But he'll his
nervousness once he's on stage. It's
'
9. There was a loud sound as the nothing to worry about, just butterflies.
bathwater ran down the plughole.
a) take over
a ) seeping
b) get through
b) gurgling
c) lapping
c) get over
d) pelting d) take off

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27 .
33 A bomb in the city centre caused
It's been nothing but trouble. a ) many damages
— Well, that's easy to say . b) a lot of damages
a) with retrospect c) much damages
b) from a back view d) a lot of damage
c) with hindsight
d) looking backways .
34 The new law comes into January .
a ) force in
28. She groped the dark tunnel, inch
b) effect on
by inch . c) vigour in
a ) herself out of d) statute on
b) her way out of
c) along the way of
d) away from
.
35 The company has laid off
employees.
.
29 I think I've got a of dust in my eye . a ) a hundred odd
Can you see it? b) a hundred-odd
a ) speck c) an odd hundred
b) sliver d) a hundred's odd
c) splinter *
d) grain .
36 The epidemic lasted the part of
a year, but was finally brought under
.
30 The population is aging inexorably. By control.
2020 there will be 30% fewer in
a ) larger
the American workforce. b) better
a ) 25-years-olds c) bigger
b) 25-year olds d ) longer
c) 25-years olds
d) 25 -year -olds
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37 Don't let him take you _ with his
.
31 When I started my business, I had to take
.
hard luck stories He only wants your
money.
.
out a bank loan It took me four years to
pay it a ) on
b) in
a) off
c) over
b) out
d) off
c) up
d) over
.
38 We've got four people off sick this
.
32 Against all the , the pilot managed morning, so it 's ail hands I'm
to land the plane safely on the Hudson afraid.
River. a ) across the ocean
a ) chances b) on board
b) odds c) on deck
c) likelihoods d) to the ropes
d) edges
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39. I was surprised to see Dame Judith in 45. —Eddie likes the sound of his own voice,
the play. I thought she had given up the doesn't he?
stage . — Yes, he does. He could talk the hind
a ) for good legs off a . .
b) for one time a) donkey
c) at all b) monkey
d) perpetually c) heifer
d) jackass
40. A former US marine claims to have
46. He had found her to be a highly
committed 50 unsolved murders, _
intelligent pupil, somewhat
while on parole from prison.
immature.
a) most of which
a ) whether
b) the bigger part of which
b) if
c) most of them
c) whereas
d) the majority of which
d) otherwise

41 . Despite the present difficulties, 47. He joined an Internet dating site, but
economists are hoping the economy will so far it hasn't come a suitable
in the first quarter of next year. partner.
a) go into free-fall * a) round to
b) gradually nosedive b) up with
c) plummet softly c) by
d) make a soft landing d) across
48. Moisture from the fish had
42. Because of the fog, I couldn't quite through the paper bag and made the rest
what the notice said. of the shopping damp.
a ) lookout a ) seeped
b) seek out b) gushed
c) make out c) lapped
d) make up d) gurgled
49. None of the children would to
43. After the accident, he was charged with
breaking the window.
driving.
a ) stand up
a ) heedless
b) hand up
b) bold
c) own up
c) rash
d) pack in
d) reckless

—You've got a really bad temper !

50. —How far is it from here to Manchester.
*4 .

— , it's true. But with good reason! —Well, about 20 miles as the flies.
a) crow
a ) So have I
b) bird
b) It 's so
c) hawk
c) So is it
d) magpie
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Test 3d |
to complete the following texts Only one
answer is correct .
.

1. When it came to actually opening the 7. We did some mountain-biking and I had a
safe and stealing the money, Diane at waterskiing as well.
couldn't go with it . a ) throb attempt to do sth that is unlikely successful

a) on b) spike
b) off c) jab
c) through do sth difficult d ) stab
d) up
8. Apart from the cold or flu, I've
2. When you joined the firm, I bent
been remarkably healthy all my life.
to help you. And what thanks did I get ?
a) myself downwards a ) odd cảm vặt

b) myself backwards b) irregular

c) over backwards try hard to do sth helpful c) timely
d) backwards and forwards d) opportune

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3 Our hosts had prepared a meal to .
9 Sally didn't know when she had
celebrate our arrival. run out of money.
a) lavish a ) what she would do
b) generous b) what would she do
c) profuse c ) what did she do
d) spendthrift d) what she did
4. The speech attacked American policy
.
10 He had a reason for doing it, but precisely
in was later considered to be will probably never be known .
part of a campaign to undermine the
a ) which reason was it
government . b) what that reason was
a ) which c) which was that reason
b) that which d) which that reason was
c) that
d) what 11. You must admit, it was a queer thing
so soon after his wife's death .
.
5 Are you growing a beard or something? a ) for him to do
How long ago b) that he did
c) that he would do
a ) have you shaved yourself d) for his doing
b) had you last shaved
c) did you shave yourself 12. He scratched his chin and the
d) did you last shave way he always does, as though making a
simple decision was the hardest thing in
6. They the solution quite by chance. the world.
a) struck upon a ) sighed and sobbed
b) hit upon b) hemmed and hawed
c) struck up c) flipped and flopped
d) hit off d) grinned and groaned
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13 No one saw him enter the building, 20. The dog was by a bus and killed.
a ) knocked over
a) did one b) tripped over
b) didn't they c) run down
c) did they d) run over
d) did he or she
21. for the President's determined
14. The judge with a warning. resistance, the agreement might well
a ) got Tom off have been signed.
b) let Tom down a ) If it was not
c) let Tom away b) Should it not have been
d) let Tom off c) Had it not been
d) Were it not
15 . The soldiers were ordered to shoot
anyone they caught the deserted 22. They took a lot of in the press for
homes. delocalising the factory to China.
a) raiding a ) flak strong criticism

b) looting b) flecks
c) stealing c) flaks
d) embezzling d) flick

16. There is nothing I would like more than 23. He left about two hours early,
taken on by our company. caught in a traffic jam.
a ) that you are a ) least he should be
b) for you to be b) less he be
c) if you are c) though he be
d) only your being d) lest he be

17. I'm sure she's arrived safely in Hong 24. The mechanic had a hard time
Kong by now, but why not phone her to a) making the car going
.7 b) getting the car going
a ) unload your mind c) to get the car to go
b) put your mind at rest d) to make the car to go
c) unwind your mind
d) take a rest in mind
25. I don't think he has a single
on to its pre - feature.
18. Only in Australia
crisis market share of 45%. a) redeeming
a) the company has held b) saving
b) has the company held c) recovering
c) the company has a hold d ) acquitting
d) the company is holding
26. Aware that his pension will be small, he
•
9. As I lay in my cabin, I heard the gentle a part of his salary for his old age.
sound of waves against the hull.
a ) sets apart
a ) gushing b) sets aside
b) seeping c) puts up
c) lapping tiếng vỗ nhẹ d) puts apart
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27 I've been doing the same job for fifteen .
33 Commentators claim that China has made
years now and I feel I'm in a . with regard to human rights, but
I really need a change. it should not be forgotten that it had a
a ) slot very great deal to do in the first place.
b) furrow a ) a lot of progress
c) pothole b) much progresses
d) rut c) a lot of progresses
d) many progresses
.
28 As a loyal Manchester supporter, she felt
herself obliged to shout hoarse at .
34 If the men respected you, you wouldn't
the final. need to your authority so often.
a ) herself until a ) affirm
b) herself to be b) assert
c) herself c) maintain
d) her to be d) inflict

29. Once he had achieved his sales target for 35. The first 2 members of the mission
the year, he seemed to lose the to
arrived at the weekend.
.
sell
a) 50 strong
a ) propulsion
b) impetus b) 50-man strong
c) effort c) 50-strong
d) cause d) 50-strong men

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30 According to initial reports, there will be .
36 London's investment houses are rather
a sharp cutback in . worse their own affairs than their
clients.'
a ) Whitehall's defence spending
b) Whitehall defences' spending a ) for managing
c) Whitehall defence's spending b) to manage
d) Whitehall defence spending c) in managing
d) at managing
31.1 wanted to sound confident at the
interview, but I'm afraid I came as .
37 The problem with losing weight is that, if
dogmatic. you succeed, all your clothes need to be

a ) out
b) through a ) shaken off
c) over to seem to be a particular type of person b) let down
d ) off c) made down
d) taken in to make a piece of cloth narrower
.
32 It was the first time he had played in
a major tournament but Woods was a .
38 The people in the accounting department
resourceful man and he had a few tricks make sure that not one penny is wasted .
They certainly run a tight .
a ) under his hat a ) space
b) behind his back b) fist
c) up his sleeve c) ship organize well, operate efficiently

d) inside his waistcoat d ) shop

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39. My sunburnt nose made me feel rather 45. This shopping centre used to be quite
for the first few days of the good but look at it now. It 's really
holiday. a) down in the dumps
a) self-effacing b) gone to the dogs
b) self-conscious c) down and out
c) self-centred d) out and about
d) self-evident
46. Business confidence has now begun to
40. Weatherstone, Weatherstone & Jones is
improve, from a very low level.
the law firm in the country.
a) notwithstanding
a) tenth-larger
b) albeit
b) tenth-largest
c) largest tenth c) however
d) number -ten largest d) whereas

41. Sylvia passed her exams with flying 47. Give him time. He's sure to come _
. In fact she was top of her class. to our way of thinking in the end.

a) buttresses a ) along
b) dragons b) across
c) colours c) round
d) ensigns d) on

42. Our success in the final more than 48. Rain was falling on my collar and
all the hours of hard work. unpleasantly down my neck.
a ) makes out of a) lapping
b) makes up for b) trickling
c) takes over from c) pelting
d) takes away from d) dropping

43. The case was by the judge for lack 49. —The weather seems to be up.
of evidence. —Yes, the rain has stopped at last.
a ) disallowed a ) owning
b) discarded b) playing
c) abandoned c) putting
d) dismissed d) picking

44. — I've been waiting for ages. 50. I must have eaten something that was off.
. We were just round the corner.
.
I was as sick as a all night.
a ) So we have a ) parrot
b) We have so b) penguin
c) So have we c) dodo
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Composition of Tests
The tests in this book are arranged in three series ( see Introduction ). The tests within a series
— tests la, 1 b, 1 c and 1 d, for example — all follow the same pattern, presenting questions on the
same grammatical or lexical themes. The way in which the tests are composed, and the themes
dealt with in each series, are shown below.
Composition of Tests la, 1b, 1 c and Id
1 Verb tenses: present simple or present
continuous.
2 Defining and non-defining relative clauses,
including with prepositions: at which point,
in which case, etc.
3 Modal verbs: should, ought to , might, may ,
could , etc. Idiomatic usages.
4 Countable and uncountable nouns: wool ,
information, proof, progress .
5 Idiomatic expressions: turn a blind eye to ,
keep an open mindt be out of touch.
6 Genitive case and 's with periods of time: a
day's work , etc.
7 Verb tenses: past simple, present perfect
simple and continuous.
8 Vocabulary and common collocations: set
an example, ample time, shed tears, give rise
to.
9 Inversion of subject and verb after negative
adverbials: not only , rarely, seldom, never ,
etc.
10 Both , neither , neither ... nor , not ... nor .
11 Word order with participle adjectives: a
pleasing result , bored children, etc.
12 Infinitive after would like, had better , would
rather , would prefer , etc.
13 Idiomatic expressions: out of this world ,
mixed feelings , catch someone red -handed ,
poetic justice.
14 Expect to do, expect someone to do, object to
someone doing, let someone do.
15 Modal verbs referring to past actions:
should have done, could have done, etc.
16 Vocabulary and common collocations:
relevance to a subject, welcome an
opportunity , in terms of, at random .
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17 Comparisons and contrasts with like, unlike,
whereas , etc.
18 Verb tenses: past continuous or past
simple ?
19 Subordinate clauses with all, since,
whatever , etc.
20 Verbs in the passive voice.
21 Idiomatic expressions: be the turning point ,
have second thoughts , etc.
22 Prepositions in certain expressions: live
through, interested in , under the impression,
out of curiosity .
23 Use of so and not to avoid repetition: / think
so, I hope not , etc.
24 Infinitive or gerund after the verb?
25 Vocabulary and common collocations: with
a view to, shrink , in attendance, uppermost.
26 Present and past subjunctive after certain
expressions: I'd rather , it's time, suppose . . . ,
etc.
27 Concessive linking words: though, whereas ,
in spite of, however , whatever , etc.
28 Idiomatic expressions: in the nick of time, out
of the question, over the hill, over the moon .
29 Use of it and there in common expressions:
it's no wonder , it's no use, there's no point ,
etc.
30 Connecting sentences and ideas within
sentences.
31 Phrasal verbs: turn up, get on for , put
someone up, put up with.
32 Modal verbs referring to past actions:
should have done, couldn't have done, etc.
33 T/iof-dauses in reported statements after
verbs like tell , suggest , admit , promise,
inform.
34 Vocabulary and common collocations:
inquire into, glance, have regard for , etc.
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words: not only, rarely, seldom , never , etc . bring about.
36 Verb tenses: future, future continuous,
future perfect simple and continuous.
37 Reported speech, including with verbs like
forbid, advise, apologise for .
38 Have something done, get something done.
39 Proverbial expressions: have one's cake and
eat it, you scratch my back , etc.
40 Prepositions used to express duration: for ,
over , during, throughout.
41 Connecting sentences and ideas within
sentences with even so, consequently ,
hence, etc.
42 Present and past subjunctive after certain
expressions: I'd rather, it's time, suppose..., etc.
43 Vocabulary and common collocations: it
remains to be seen, keep a straight face, etc.
44 Verb tenses: the future seen from the past;
was/were to + infinitive (I was to go).
45 Causative structures: make someone do
something , have someone do something.
46 Use of it and there in common expressions:
it's no wonder, it's no use, there’s no point,
etc.
47 Phrasal verbs: take after , call off, stand up for ,
fall through (plan ).
48 Phrasal verbs: pass out, ring off , go off (food ),
feel up to.
49 Phrasal verbs: wear off, crack down on, live
up to, see through.
50 Phrasal verbs: come across as, get away with,
get by on, crack down on.
Composition of Tests 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d
1 Review of verb tenses: future perfect, past
perfect, perfect infinitive, etc.
2 Inversion after negative or semi-negative
introductions:hardly , only , no sooner , etc.
3 Conditional sentences of various sorts.
4 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: based
loosely on, omit to do, etc.
5 Idiomatic expressions: one one's last legs ,
behind one's back ,etc.
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6 Phrasal verbs: bargain on, ask after , bear out,
7 Idiomatic expressions: a pain in the neck , put
one's foot in it, etc.
8 Quantifiers: each, every, either, neither , none,
etc.
9 Review of verb tenses: past simple, future
perfect, future continuous, etc.
10 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
soothe fears, prove to be, etc.
11 Pronouns: object, reflexive and reciprocal.
12 Expressions of concession: although,
however , no matter , etc .
13 Idiomatic expressions: get one's foot in the
door, bang one’s head against a brick wall,
etc.
14 Idiomatic expressions: be at death's door ,
talk through one's hat, etc.
15 Structure after verbs: gerund, infinitive or
tfiof-clause.
16 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
resent, fuss, deceptive, course (of action).
17 Hyphenated noun phrases used
adjectivally: a matter -of-fact manner , etc.
18 Phrasal verbs: bring off , bring up, catch on.
19 Every and each in idiomatic expressions:
every now and than, each and every one, etc.
20 Use of few, a few, the few, little, a little, etc.
21 Short answers with so and not (I think so, so
I hear , I hope not ) and ffiof-clauses.
22 Idiomatic expressions: have one's cake and
eat it, etc.
23 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: avert,
apt to, dispense with, be averse to .
24 Various types of conditional sentences .
25 Phrasal verbs: come up (occur ), come up with,
come in for.
26 Relative clauses introduced by phrases like
in which case, at which point, during which
time, etc.
27 Idiomatic expressions: an old flame, no
smoke without fire, etc.
28 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
judging by, chuckle, in the absence of, outdo.
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30 Idiomatic expressions: put a brave face on,
etc.
31 Omission of words after auxiliary verbs.
32 Subjunctive for hypothetical situations,
after wish, I'd rather , if only, supposing . . . ,
etc.
33 Quantifiers: each, every , either , neither , none,
few , a few , little, a little, etc.
34 Word order when several adjectives
precede a noun.
35 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: resort
to , remedy a situation, etc.
36 Relative pronouns: whoever , whatever ,
whichever one, etc.
37 Idiomatic expressions: off the top of one's
head , not make head nor tail of, etc.
38 Phrasal verbs: draw up, drop off, drop in, end
up.
39 Adjectives and adverbs.
40 Various way of expressing cause: because
(of ), due to, owing to, for , what with, etc.
41 Prepositions of place: in, on , at .
42 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
purely , feel for someone, etc.
43 Various types of conditional sentence.
44 Idiomatic expressions: be in two minds , be
out of one's depth , etc.
45 Comparison of adjectives with as ... as and
so ... as to.
46 Idiomatic expressions: be in the bag , etc.
47 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
dispute, on one’s guard , etc.
48 Phrasal verbs: face up to, fall for , fall back on,
fall out with.
49 Phrasal verbs: fall through, get at , get off
(with something ), get on for .
50 Phrasal verbs: get round to , get up to, come
off , get over something.
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Composition of Tests 3a, 3b, 3 c and 3 d
1 Phrasal verbs: give off, go back on , go round,
go through with, etc.
2 Idiomatic expressions: take one's pick , be par
for the course, etc.
3 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
sparsely furnished , access to, pinpoint a
problem, etc.
4 Defining and non- defining relative clauses.
Relative and demonstrative pronouns.
5 Usage of verb tenses: past simple, present
perfect, past perfect continuous, etc.
6 Phrasal verbs: have it out with someone, have
someone on, etc.
7 Idiomatic expressions: have half a mind to ,
set one's sights on, etc.
8 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: sheer
pleasure, an enquiring mind, etc.
9 Word order in direct speech and indirect
questions.
10 Asides with not that instead of not that that
means that ; interpolated clauses.
11 Nominalisation (noun clauses).
12 Idiomatic expressions: be at pains , get blood
from a stone, etc.
13 Question tags after anyone, nobody , let's,
etc.
14 Phrasal verbs: hold up (delay ), hold with
(agree ), etc.
15 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
blame on, mouldy bread, report on, etc.
16 Infinitive propositions: / want him to come,
etc.
17 Idiomatic expressions: bear something in
mind, mind over matter , etc.
18 Inversion of subject and verb following a
negative: neither , nor , little, only , etc.
19 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
words describing the movement of liquids.
20 Phrasal verbs: let on about something, get
over something , etc.
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21 Inversion in hypothetical conditional 41 Idiomatic expressions: rock the boat , make
clauses. waves , get off to a flying start, etc.
22 Idiomatic expressions with military 42 Phrasal verbs: live something down, look into
overtones: get one's marching orders, take a (investigate ), etc.
lot of flak , etc. 43 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: jostle,
23 Subjunctive in verbal and other jerk , shrug, twitch, reckless, heedless, etc.
constructions: ask that something be done, 44 Use of so to echo another speaker 's
lest something occur , etc. statement: so did I , so I did , etc.
24 Causative structures: have/ get something 45 Idiomatic expressions: have a bee in one's
done. bonnet, take the bull by the horns, etc.
25 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: 46 Linking words and expressions: provided
resent, threatening overtones, redeeming (that ), so long as, etc.
feature, etc. 47 Phrasal verbs: stand by someone, come up
26 Phrasal verbs: break off, take after , etc. with (find ), etc.
27 Idiomatic expressions: an eye -opener , as 48 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends:
clear as mud , etc. words describing the movement of liquids.
28 Resultative structures: blackmail someone 49 Phrasal verbs: come round (regain
into doing something , etc. consciousness ), come into (inherit ), etc.
29 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: 50 Idiomatic expressions referring to birds: as
uproot one's family , counter an argument , the crow flies , like water off a duck's back , etc.
etc.
30 Compound nouns (six-year -olds ) and nouns
used as adjectives ( job losses ).
31 Phrasal verbs: run down (criticise), set about
(start), etc.
32 Idiomatic expressions related to gambling:
luck of the draw , show one's hand , etc.
33 Countable and uncountable nouns: staff,
evidence, etc.
34 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: mind
the baby, assert one's authority, etc.
35 Composite adjectives: thousand -odd , all -
out, etc.
36 Irregular comparatives: better off, all the
better , worse at, etc.
37 Phrasal verbs: take up (start ), take off
(mimic ), etc.
38 Idiomatic expressions related to the sea:
learn /know the ropes , be in the same boat ,
etc.
39 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: rusty ,
strike one as strange, etc.
40 Comparatives and superlatives: little-less -
the least , etc.
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Graded Multiple-Choice
ENGLISH TESTS

l .a
Test 1a
ll.d 21 a Jl.c 4 l .d l .a
Test 1b
11.a 21.b 31.c 41.b l .b 11.c
Test 1c
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21.a 31.a 41.d
2.d 12 a 22.c 32.a 42.d 2.a 12.a 22. b 32.d 42.c 2.a 12.d 22.C 32 , b 42.c
3.a 13.c 23.a 33.c 43.b 3.a 13.c 23.a 33.a 43.a 3.b 13.d 23.b 33.d 43,d
4.a 14.b 24.b 34.c 44.C 4.c 14.c 24. b 34.d 44.c 4.c 14. d 24.a 34.a 44.d
5.d 15.a 25.a 35.b 45.d 5,c 15.b 25.b 35,d 45.d 5.a 15.a 25.d 35.b 45.a
6a . 16.c 26.b 36.c 46.d 6.b 16.c 26.a 36.d 46.a 6.c 16.a 26.c 36.b 46.b
7.c 17.b 27.d 37.a 47.c 7.c 17.c 27.c 37.b 47.d 7.e 17.b 27.C 37.b 47.b
8.b IK .a 28.a 38.c 48.d K.d 18.b 28.d 38.C 48.C 8.b 18.c 28.b 38.c 48.a
9,b I 9.a 29.d 39.a 49.c 9.b t 9.d 29.a 39.b 49.d 9.a 19. b 29.a 39,a 49.c
lO.a 2Q.a 3Q.c 40.b SO.c lO.a 2Q.a 3Q.c 4«.a SO.a lO.d 20.a 30.d 40.c SO.a

Test 1d Test 2a Test 2b

l .c I l .a 2 l .c 3 l .c 4 l .c l .a 11 .d 2 l .a 31.c 4 Id l .a I l .a 21.b 3l .c 4 l .b
2.c 12.b 22.a 32.c 42.b 2d 12.a 22.c 32.a 42.d 2.a 12.a 21b 32.d 42.c
3.a 13.C 23.d 33.a 43.d 3.a 13.c 23.a 33.c 43.b 3.a 13.c 23.a 33,a 43.a
4.d 14.b 24 b 34.b 44.C
, 4.a 14. b 24. b 34.C 44.c 4.c 14.c 24.b 34.d 44.c
5.d 15 .d 25.a 35.c 45. b 5d
, 15.a 25a 35.b 45.d 5.c 15.b 25.b 35.d 45 d
6.b 16.b 26.b .36 d 46 b
, 6, a 16.c 26.b 36.C 46.d 6.b 16.C 26.a 36.d 46,a
7.d 17.b 27.d 37.d 47.c 7.c 17.b 27.d 37.a 47.c 7.c 17.c 27.c 37.b 47.d
8.a 18.b 28,c 38.c 48.b 8.b 18.a 28.a 38.c 48.d K .d 18.b 28.d 38.c 48.c
9.a 19.c 29.b 39.b 49.d 9.b 19.a 29.d 39.a 49.c 9.b 19.d 29.a 39.b 49.d
lO.b 20.d 30,d 40.b 50.a lO.a 20.a 30.c 40.b SO.c 10.a 20.a 30.c 40.a 50.a

Test 2c Test 2d Test 3a

l .b 11.c 21.a 31.a 4 l .d l .c 11.a 21.c 31.c 41.c l .a 11.d 21.a 31.c 41 .d
2.a 12.d 22.c 32.b 42.c 2.c 12.b 22.a 32.c 42.b 2d 12.a 22.c 32.a 42.d
3.b 13 d 23.b 33.d 43.d 3.a 13.c 23.d 33.a 43.d 3.a 13.c 23.a 33.c 43.b
4.c 14 d 24.a 34.a 44.d 4,d 14 b 24.b 34.b 44.c 4.a 14.b 24.b 34,c 44.c
5.a 15.a 25.d 35.b 45.a S.d 15.d 25.a 35.c 45.b 5.d 15.a 25.a 35.b 45.d
6.c 16.a 26.c 36.b 46.b 6.b 16.b 26.b 36.d 46. b 6.a 16.c 26.b 36.c 46.d
7.c 17.b 27.c 37.b 47.b 7.d 17.b 27.d 37.d 47.c 7.c 17.b 27.d 37.a 47.c
8,b 18.c 28.b 38.c 48.a K.a 18.b 28.c 38.c 48.b K .b 18.a 28,a 38.c 48.d
9.a 19.b 29.a 39.a 49.c 9.a 19.c 29.b 39.b 49.d 9.b 19.a 29,d 39.a 49.c
lO.d 20.a 30.d 40.c 50.a lO.b 20.d 30.d 40.b 50.a lO.a 20.a 30.c 40.b 50.c

Test 3b Test 3c Test 3d

l .a tl .a2 l .b 31.c 41 b l .b 1 l.c 2 I .a 31.a 41.d .
lc 1 l.a 21.c 3l .c 41.c
2.a 12a 22.b 32.d 42 ,c 2 .a 12.d 22.c 32.b 42.c 2.c 12.b 22.a 32.c 42.b
3a 13.c 23.a 33.a 43.a 3.b 13.d 23.b 33.d 43.d 3.a 13.C 23.d 33a 43.d
4.c 14.c 24.b 34.d 44.c 4.c 14.d 24.a 34.a 44.d 4,d 14.b 24.b 34.b 44.c
5c . 15.b 25.b 35.d 45.d 5.a 15.a 25.d 35,b 45.a 5.d 15.d 25.a 35.c 45.b
6.b 16.c 26.a 36.d 46.a 6.c 16.a 26.c 36.b 46.b 6.b 16. b 26. b 36.d 46. b
7.c 17.c 27.c 37.b 47.d 7.c 17.b 27.c 37.b 47.b 7.d 17.b 27,d 37.d 47.c
S.d 18.b 28.d 38.C 48.c 8.b 18.c 28.b 38.c 48.a 8a 18.b 28.c 38.c 48.b
9.b 19.d 29.a 39.b 49.d 9.a 19.b 29.a 39a 49.c 9a 19.C 29.b 39.b 49.d
lO.a 20.a 30.c 40.a 50.a lO.d 20a 30.d 40,c SO.a lO.b 20.d 30.d 40.b 50.a

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This is one of a series of books of multiple-choice English
language tests. The series covers all six levels of the
Common European Framework, from A1 to C2, with one
book devoted to each level.

The twelve 30-minute tests in each book are graded by

difficulty and can be easily administered and corrected.
But these are not simply tests to determine a student's
knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. They are
designed also to be used as valuable teaching tools in
their own right, permitting teachers and students to
review the most common structures and difficulties of
English and to monitor their progress as they go.

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