118 UNIT TESTS Unit 1 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences, 1 10 " 2 B “ ind the way she keeps playing with her hair really Airitating Birritated thrilling D thrilled She was .... to discover that she had won first prize Acexcited Bastonished Clucky D nervous You must have felt Arelieved B upset when all your exams were over. Cinitated D cross The Silence of the Lambs is the most Aterrifying Btertfied Cscared D excited film I've ever Iwas... that Tom could come to the party afterall Aivtating Bnervous Cfurious D alad Who ..... you Michael and Mandy were getting married? Atel Bdidtell Ctold D telling Can you tell me where... @ ticket for tomorrow night's concert? Adolbuy Bbuying Clbuy Dget that we should cancel the meeting? Alsshe agree B She agree C Agrees she D Does she agree Do you know Aifis Bis possible to get to Lilydale by bus? Cifitis Disit What time... tomorrow? ‘Ayou leaving Byouare leaving C you leave D are you leaving have Maria and Stelios been studying English? AHow many time B How many times D How long C How much ‘They used to do extreme sports, ....? Acdidn’t they Bdon't they C used they Dhadn’t they Let's take up hang gliding, ...? Adowe Bletwe Cshaliwe Darewe | hadn't been riding before and could barely... the horse at first Aget into Bget outof Cgeton Daget off 5 6 v7 18 19 20 a 2 2B 24 25 | misread the time on the ticket and we Acaught Bmissed Clost D got on the plane, f you know when you're coming back it would be better to buy a... ticket Afirstclass Bsingle Cretum Doneway If they had been wearing... they might have survived ‘when their plane crashed into the sea Allife-belts Bseat-belts C cabins D yachts How long does it usually take to ... for @ domestic flight? Accheck out B check in € check over D check on ‘They're starting their... by fying to Tokyo. Atravel Byoyage CitripD journey The shop assistant was most... when | told her that ‘there was no price on the jar of olives unhelpful Bhelpless C thoughtful He may not be goad looking but he's one of the most people I've ever met. Alikely Blikeable Cunlikely D likeness D unhelpfully The space mission was launched .... earlier this morning, unsuccessfully B successfully C unsuccessful D successful | don’t know why exactly but I suspect him of being Adishonesty Bdishonestly C dishonest D honesty The organisers... how many people would be attending the course and there were not enough chairs. Acstimated Boverestimated C overrated D underestimated He runs a ver... Business selling spare parts for cars (on the internet, Aprofitable Bprofiting Cprofit D profitably © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 EESCRETIUnit 2 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1. The... in our building often falls asleep at the front desk, Acaretaker B stockbroker C undertaker D bookmaker 2. There was a... on the door who wouldn't et us into the disco. Areferee Blifeguard Cbouncer D wrestler 3 The sink is completely blocked so we'll have to get ln). Aminer Bundertaker Csurgeon D plumber 4 Hehired a Atrafficwarden B caretaker € lifeguard D private investigator 5... a minute! | can’t find my keys. Akeep on BHoldon Goon 6 We... oa concert this Friday. Ago Bhave gone Care going D gone D Cary on 7 {realise as | look at my grandmother that she ... old Aget Bdoes get Cwill get Dis getting 8 Assoon as he Awl get 9 The sun... at different times according to the seasons. ‘Arrises and sets Bis rising and setting Cuil rise and set D rose and set 10 She .... with him again unless he apologises, A.didn'twork Bisn't working C doesn't work D won't work into bed he falls asleep. Bagels Cisgetting D does get 11 ttyou from me. Awillgo B90 Cwon'tgo Doing to Berlin, call my friend Peter and say ‘hello’ 12. She gets fifteen per cent she sell Aszlay Bpension Cbonus ‘on every insurance policy D commission 13 My uncle is thinking of... next year and spending the rest of his life travelling round the world Aretiing B being made redundant C being sacked D being resigned © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 10 try to follow her everywhere she went. “ 5 16 7 18 19 20 2 23 24 25 Before they opened the new factory alot of the young people round here were... the dole. Ain Bon Cup Dat In the interview they asked if | had much with computers, Aeexperiences B experiment D experience experiments | worked all summer but | didn’t save any money. Again Bwin ‘enough to Cpay Dean Many governments have tried to ban Atrade unions Bemployers Csyndicates D employees: There is a special section of the newspaper entirely devoted to job propaganda Bannounces C advertisements D pubiicity She has ...@ position as general manager. Aapplied Basked Csolicited D applied for Hook forward 10 your brochure, Ahead Bheating Chear from you and receiving D hears Ace there any squash... in the area? Agreens Bitches Ccourts D rings People sometimes use baseball... as weapons. Abats Bsticks Clubs D rackets It doesn’t matter which football eam you support the is always in the wrong Bumpire C arbitrator A\linesman D referee I think the... is @ bit too high, don't you? Apitch Bring Cnet Dset , Lwant to explain why the team has not managed to get into the first division, AFinally Bintheend CAttheend D LastUnit 3 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences, 4. Ym not as musical... my sister Mary. Athan Bas Cthat Dike hoastia Bh 2. Experience is often more important Athan Bso Cas D that qualifications. 3. They've only got a... more copies of the book left. Afar Bmuch Clot Dfew 4 They say that things often get better Amorebad Bworse Casbad Dsobad before they get st 5. She seems much... since she broke up with Tim, ‘Amore happy Bhappy Chappier D happiest 6 She is one of .... people | have ever met. ‘Armost inteligent B a most inteligent aa Cthe more inteligent D the most inteligent 3.4 7. His parents died when he was very young so he was by an aunt Agrown up Brought up C taken after Ditaken care 8 Ihave always... my older brother for his courage and honesty : Ataken up B taken after C looked after s D looked up to ae & 9 Welll have to find someone to we're away on holiday. Abxing up Bgeton Clook after Dgrowup our plants while 10 Even very active children often stop playing sport when they i eye Atelloff Bbringup Clookup Darowup as 11 I haven't been .... Pete lately. A getting up to B getting on with 6 CC getting through to D getting round to _ 12 We used to went out Aget through to Bget over C get up to Det on with, all sorts of things when our parents 120 3 “4 15 16 ” 18 9 20 an 2 23 24 25 The conductor bus. Atold Bsaid Cshouted Dried the boys off for misbehaving on the Don't be so... ! He was only joking. Asensible Bsenseless sensitive D insensitive My sister has just... sixteen, Atumed Becompleted Cbecome D had You all... you're having a wonderful time. ‘Allook as Book that Clook so D look asif My father... abit bald but he's still very handsome. Aisgoing Bhas Cishaving D goes How .... is your brother? Ahigh Btall Clong Dheight — She .... long dark hair and blue eyes, Ais Bhasgot Cis getting Dis going My brother and my..... have just had twins Asisterinlove Bsisterinlow Csister-inlaw D politcal sister Just think! Next month you'll be .... and it seems lke only yesterday you were a baby. Alinyour teens Bin your teenage Cat your teens D teenager She's very... . She gets to work at 7.30 and almost never leaves before 6.00. Aworker Bworked Cworking-hard D hard-working | don’t think you should be so... with the children Watching television for half an hour a day won't do them any harm. Astubborn Bstrict Creliable B thoughtful twas very whole week. Agenerous Bambitious Cmodest D thoughtless of you to lend us your car for the twas very without asking, Alloyal Bsersitive Cselfconfident D naughty of you to eat the last lice of cake © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 EUESRTETTEUnit 4 test Choose the best alternative to fil the gap in each of the following sentences 11 The twentieth century has seen some extraordinary discoveries A scientific Bscientist. Cscience D scientifically 2. There is some controversy over wha is responsible for the .... of penicilin, Adiscovery B creation 3 Nobody knows if the ina private collection Areally Breal C realistic Cinvention D revolution ‘Mona Lisa isin the Louvre or D realistically 4 My uncle works as a research pharmaceutical company. Acchemist B chemical forabig chemically D chemistry 5 Many people are reluctant to use .... that cause damage to the environment, productions B products Cproduce D manufacturing 6 She'sa very A practical person who enjoys fing things. B practically € practise D practice 7 Would you like ... you up from the station? Awe picked Bus picking Cus to pick Dus to picking 8 look more... my mother than my father as | grow older Athan Bsimilar Cas Dike 9 What about doing something we've never done before going bungee jumping? Asuch Bas Clike D such like 10... getting up early n the morning? ADoyoulike BAreyou like Clikeyou D You like 11 In the summer | like... at least two weeks at the seaside with frends. Aspend Btospending Ctospend D spent M2 A? B: He's a bit taller than me and he’s got fair hair ‘AWhat is your brother like B How is your brother lke ‘What is your brother How is your brother © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 (GERSELIEY B “ 5 6 "7 8 9 20 a 2B 25 I"ve got so much spare time now I'm thinking of taking anew hobby lke stamp collecting. Ain Bup Coff Dover | wish he'd let us make some of the decisions instead of completely taking .... all our meetings. Ain Boff Cover Dup | don’t think they'll be taking ... any more teachers this term because there aren’t many students. Aon Bin Cup Dover High risk sports have realy taken Aup Boff Cin Don I'm going to take a couple of days help my sister move house. Aoff Bover Cout Dup ‘next month to | had to give up going to aerobics. It was much time, giving Bgetting putting D taking up too Everyone laughed when he took well the teacher so Aover Bup Cout Doff have never met ‘Asuch a rude |... @ bath when the doorbell rang Ahad Bhave Chavehad D was having person in my life Bsotude Csuch rude Bruder She ... the door when she realised the keys were inside the car Abas already locked Bis already locking Chad already lacked _ already locked. First she... all her papers in order. Then she began to ite the letter. Aput Bwasputting Chad put Dhas put It was such a shock to receive a letter lke that Ainthe red Binthe pink Cout of the blue Dover the moon | knew that something walked into the room. Ahuge Bmassive was going on as soon as | Cvast Dodd 121Progress test Units 1-5 1 Multiple choice cloze Circle the alternative that best fits each of the gaps in this text. The first one (0) has been done for you. My friend’s wedding My friends Laura and lan (0) got married last Saturday. It was a lovely (1)... The music was wonderful and the (2) sang beautifully. The (3)... looked absolutely stunning in a ‘white sik dress with pearls around the neckline, She was carrying a (4)... of roses and orchids. She had asked her three sisters to be (5) ... and they looked very pretty as well ‘There was one awkward moment when it seemed that the (6)... could not find the rings, but in the end it turned out that he was only pretending not to know where they were, The (7)... was held in a huge tent on the village green. All the (8)... enjoyed themselves thoroughly, There were some very funny 9)... as well. | bet Laura and lan got a surprise when they drove off to go on their (10)... and heard all those tin cans that we had tied on the back of their car. lan had to (11). t0 stop all the noise, Laura actually looked a bit (12)... But we only did it for fun, No one knows exactly where they've gone but a friend is (13)... after an’s flat Until they get back. They're planning to live there until they (14)... something a bit (15) © Ahad Bare Cgot Ddid 1 Amarriage Bengagement matrimony D wedding 2 Achoir Borganist Csingers Dband 3 Awife Bfiancé Cbride D groom 4 Abunch Branch Ccollection D bouquet 5 Acompanions Bridesmaids Cassistants D helpers 6 Abestman Bbest friend best boy D best fellow 7 Aparty Bmeal Cfood Dreception .) 4... ~ 8 Aguests Binvited Chosts Dfriends o> 9 Atalks Bspeeches C discourses D speaking iPr, 10 Aholiday B vacation Choneymoon D break 11 Aslow out Bslow down € slow through D slow over 12 Aannoying Bannoy Cannoys D annoyed 13 Ataking Blooking going D watching 14 Awill find Bare finding Cound D find 15 Amorebig Bbig Cbigger D biggest (15 marks) 2 Open cloze Filleach gap with one suitable word. The first one (0) has been done for you. A rewarding job All the members (0) of my family have interesting and rewarding jobs. My sister works as (1) the local council. She gets a (2) job though the (3)... is tot very good and she finds it difficult to save any money. She studied (4)... three years at university and she often goes on training (5)... so she has very good (6)... now. She has also gained a lot of experience with (7)... sorts of people. She is much (8) patient than |am and almost (9)... loses her temper, even ‘with the (10)... abusive or unpleasant clients social worker with of satisfaction from her In our area a lot of people have been (11) and this has caused a lot of social problems, Many families live (12) (13)... They certainly do not have very (14) redundant the dole and this means they find it hard to get left over to spend on entertainment, Children and young people in our neighbourhood often get really (15)... because they have nothing to do after school, so my sister started a club for them (15 marks) © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 EEEEEETIE3 Key word transformations Use the word in bold and the words given to write a second sentence with a similar meaning, 1 ‘will not alow you to go to the party,” she sai. refused She go to the party. 2. Her spoken Italian is better than her Spanish speaks She speaks Spanish, . 3 Why don’t you wear your hair in the same way as me? like Why don't you mine 4: ‘I idn’t eat the cake,’ she sa, that ‘She denied the cake, 5 The plane took off before we got to the airport, when The plane to the airport 6 Tony types more carefully than Peter. as Peter does Tony. 7 There is no other country in the world with a city 25 spectacular as Rio de city Rio de Janeiro in the world 8 {don't play tennis as well as my brother. better My brother me. 9 Don't lie about the money. lies Don't about the money, 10 ‘Why don't you take up jogging?’ said my doctor. encouraged My doctor jogging. (20 marks) © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 4 Error correction Read each line of this text carefully. in some lines there is an extra word that should not be there. Circle this word Ifthe line is correct put a tick at the end of the line, The first two lines (0 and 00) have been done for you. Taking up tennis 0 did nar really enjoy €® playing sports much when to 00 Iwas atthe chook | suppose this was because we dd 1 not ely have very good prysical cation vache, 2. They wer avaye shouting a us ara eng to ue to try 3 harder. you acked them what dd you had to do bo prone 4. they could never ave you a goed aie When le choot {etartd playing ates with some endo, Tomy area surprise oved tol. became a compete tena addict, mes a week | played so 5 ‘ 7 sometimes playing a3 many as fu a 1 vertualy became quite a good payer The only 8 problem wae that wart verya ft ana cc equerty started 10. 0 getting al sorte of injuries, Fs wae my elbow and then 11. my shoulder. Once | managed to get over of those to 12 problems my knees started to give me the trouble. My only 13. consolation is that even the to players euffer from these 14 injures too. OF course | can't compare myse¥ to someone AS tke ae Marina ngs bey ave sone ft sane pons (15 marks)5 Word formation ea Complete this text with the correct form of the words in capital letters atthe end of each line. The first one (0) has been done for you. Aburglary . When I got home | knew (0) immediately that someone had broken into the fat in my (1)... . The signs that the locks had been forced were (2)... . Because 1 as (3). thatthe burglars might stl be there | ang the police first. Burglars can be (4)... when surprised and it would have been very (6)... to put myself : into a potentially (6)... situation instead of making. 2 phone call Two policemen arrived soon after. Their (7) really impressed me. (8)... not @ lot had been taken, but the flat was in a (9)... mess, with things, allover the floor. The police were VETY(10) no sg and even helped me pot things away. oh sown teehneeies OF Pz IMMEDIATE ABSENT MISTAKE WORRY © VIOLENCE RESPONSE DANGER EFFICIENT FORTUNE TERROR UNDERSTAND 2 (10 marks) + © Pearson Education Ltd 2000Unit 6 test Choose the best altemative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1. Have you checked all your... fo make sure there are no mistakes? Acalculates B calculators D calculations C calculated 2 Ive always been completely around new cities. at finding my way Auseless Buseful Cuse D usefully 3. What's the main... between your country and Britain? Adifferent Badifference Cdiffer D differently 4. She has a lot of really fatty foods Abealthy Bhealthily Cunhealthy D unhealthily habits like smoking and eating 5 She was sent out of the examination room because the examiner caught her Asneaking Blying C cheating D copying 6 He is doing a science... at the University of Edinburgh Adegree Beertiicate Ctitle D career 7) The teacher told us tc Ato Bat Cin Dby 8 IF don’t write you a note to say you have a doctor's appointment, the teacher will think you are playing Atruant Cfortime D hard to get heart rm the irregular verbs Bthe fool 9 Could you speak back of the room, abit? We can't hear you at the Aout Bloud Cover Dup 40 I can’t remember Mary's number. (ll have to ... in the phone book Allook it Blook it up Clook for D look it out 11. The older children used to... on him in the playground at lunch time, Aget Bhit Cheat Dpick 12 Slow down a bit. can’t so fast Akeep Bhold Cget up with you when you walk. D wo © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 B “ 5 6 "7 8 19 20 2 2 23 24 25 Can you help me work maths problems? Aout Bin Cup Doff the answers to these We're always playing tricks on Pete because he takes 2965 10... On Aget Bkeep Cpick D catch ‘The traffic policeman let her... with a warning though she was driving way over the speed limit. Aup Bon Coff Dout Don't forget Alocking Block Clocked D to lock the front door when you leave. the window a bit? Copen opening Would you mind Atoopen Bopened \ can hardly remember seeing Btosee Csee Dsaw The bouncer refused Alet Cletting D of letting this film before usinto the club, Btolet Do you enjoy ... foreign languages? Astudy Bstudying Ctostudy D with studying We stopped the picnic, Abuy Bforbuying Cbuying D to buy They plan Atovisit some fruit at the market on the way to the islands on their next trip. Buisiing Ctovisiting D visit He was very thrilled when he heard he had... the Alailed Bapproved Cpassed D won Wm sorry but | than coursework with you. | think exams are better Aagree Bam agree Damnot agree don’t agree ‘my opinion, students shouldn't have to repeat the year if they fail their exams. AFom BAt COn Din IPE}N By Unit 7 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1 10 " 2 3 Most of the ... were unimpressed by his latest film, Acitics Beriticsing Creviews D comments It was so embarrassing when Romeo forgot his. 9 the second act. Apaper Bpart Clines Dscript I hope the fim has @ happy ending Bend Cfinale D finish I's surprising the performance went so well after only thee Aauditions B rehearsals C applauses D directions The person... the orchestra was @ young woman in her early twenties, ‘Acomposing Bdirecting Cconducting D leading Throughout the city there are artists Asculpts by leading local Bsculptors sculptures sculpted Their latest... is available on the internet. ‘Addisk Brecorded long playing D album You should... to get a bit more exercise. Atry Bhavetry Ctotry D trying You ought... for the part of Juliet. cn auditioning B have audition C audition Dito audition | oo better go. It's very late Awould Bhave Cdid Dhad 9 IFoo. you, Ud revise the script Awere Bwouldbe Chavebeen Dam I... a single Johnny Depp film since Edward Scissorhands. A.don't miss B.am not missing didn’t miss D haven't missed a famous person? ‘AHave you ever met B Do you ever meet Did you ever meet D Are you ever meeting “ 15 6 a 18 19 2 2 23 24 25 We have had our cat Asince Bfrom Cago Just over a year. Dior | haven't had time to go to the gym... lasses started at the university Aor Birom Cago D since 2 Your hairis wet. Atesitrained BHasit been raining € Did train D Does it rain to get through to Carls all aftemoon but the line is stil engaged Alhave tied Bi tried CI had tried Di have been tying a lotof time with my cousin lately Alhave been spending Bispent Ci spend D1 was spending she tried not to eat any sweets, she stil put oon weight. ‘AOn the one hand B However D Despite Even though In spite of... tired, she went on working AShe felt Btofeel Cshe feels D feeling another cat will be company for him, but on the ther they might not get on. AHowever B Despite COn the one hand D Although lt may be the middle of July... that doesn’t mean it won't be wet in Ireland Aut B despite Cin spite of Deven though in that new Stephen King film, Ctertifying D tertfied was absolutely Ateror Btertfic Stage fright is a very common... problem. psychological B psychology C psychic D psychologist : Most people are frightened .... in public at frst. Aspeak Bto speaking Cof speaking D for speaking © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 ETSYUnit 8 test Choose the best alternative to fill he gap in each of the following sentences, 1 The A bracelet felt slightly too tight around my wrist. B vest. € belt D brooch 2 She knitted him two warm .... to wearin the winter, Asandals Bslippers Cshorts D scarves 3. You can't go out in the street in those proper shoes on, slippers Put some Bbraces Cleggings D shorts 4 In New York some women wear trainers in the street and put on .... when they get to work. A flippers B high-heeled shoes C slippers D wellington boots 5 She doesn't usually wear much jewellery. Just an antique pinned on the collar of her jacket. Abracelet Best Cbrooch D braces 6 Ohno! It's pouring outside and | haven’t got my A.dungarees Bowtie Craincoat D waistcoat 7 He had to give... tennis because of a shoulder injury. Aff Bup Caway Dback 8 Tom, could you give .... the books? There should be enough for everyone, Aoff Bup Caway Dout 9 The pile of burning rubbish gave smell a very unpleasant Aoff Bback Cup Daway 10 (was furious when | discovered my mother had given afl my old dolls Aup Bin Coff Daway 11 Alright. lgive.... Tell me the answer because I'l never guess it. Aaway Bin Cout Doff 12 | always ty to be polite but my face sometimes gives what | realy think Aaway Bin Cout Dback © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 B “ 5 16 ” 18 9 20 a 2 23 24 25 Would you mind giving me borrowed? Aback Bin that book you Coff Daway People say high-heels are quite cornfortable once you to them, Ause Bused Cgetused Dbe used When | was a litle gil, my grandmother... me wonderful fairy stories every night. Ause to telling B would tell D use to tell Cused to telling My grandparents... playing cards before we had a TV. Avwould enjoy B were enjoying C used to enjoy D used to enjoying He got so used... with his friends by e-mail that he hardly ever wrote any letters, Ato communicate _B communicate Communicating D to communicating Don't tell me your name again. t's ‘Aon the tip of my tongue Bin my mouth Cat my fingertips D off my chest He criticised her in the meeting and I'm afraid she's really taken it Arochest. Btobrain Ctomind Dtoheart She's had a Asore Bache in her lett shoulder for a week now. hurt Dpain He was so badly injured that they had to bring on a and carry him off the football pitch. Astretcher Bhammock Cbed O bunk \n some countries you don't need a doctors... 10 ‘buy antibiotics. Arecipe Borescription C receipt, and checked that he Drote The nurse took his was comfortable, Biever Cheat A temperature D thermal You .... smoke on Iberia fights anymore. couldn't Bmightn't Ccan’t D didn’t You .... be hungry again. We've just had lunch! Amighth’t Bmustn't Cmaynot D can’tUnit 9 test ‘Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences, 1 We must get Aan Bt ‘new furniture for the living room, Capiece Dsome tt 2. You don't need football and tennis. equipment to play sports like Amany Bsome Cmuch Dan 3. Have you had .... news from Irene? | haven't heard from her for ages. Aany Ba Cthe Dapiece 4 Ive got so .... 10 do that | don’t know where to begin, Amany works Buwork Cworks D much work 5 He's got... friends. r se Aa great deal of Da great deal 6 Would you like... cake? Aaanother slice of |B another sheet of a Canother lump of | D more of Bagreat many of Ca great many 7. The vet refused to put their cat ried Aout Cy Dover er 8 I'm afraid it’s such a small flat that we don’t have any oom to put our friends B down Adown Bin Cover Dup im (15 marks) © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 SECRETE5 Word formation ‘Complete this text with the correct form of the words in capital letters at the end of each line. The fist one (0) has been done for you. Out of work Since my brother has been (0) unemployed he has gradually become more and more (1)... suppose it's because he doesn't have tobe $0 (2)... anymore, He doesn't have the same (3)... routine as the other members of the family. We all get up quite eal, (4)... before 7 arm. shower have a 6)... breakfast and leave for work or school before my brother gets up. We ty to be (6)... of his (7). buti’s not abways easy. OF course wwe all feel very (8)... towards him, because i's not his fault that most ofthe (9)... at the factory lst their obs. (10)... levels were above average but people are not buying so many cars © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 EMPLOY FORGET system pay PREFER HEALTH TOLERATE BEHAVE SYMPATHY TECHNOLOGY PRODUCE (10 marks) EaUnit 11 test Choose the best alternative to fil the gap in each of the following sentences. 1. Don’t take that road. There's always very along there. Ahard Bstrong_ C powerful 2. She's so... skinned that nothing offends her. Ahard Bthick Cstrong D heavy traffic Dheay 3. Thistea is too water? Ahard Bthick strong D heavy for me. Could you bring me some hot 4 He's avery... smoker, He gets through two and a half packets a day. Astrong Bheay Cthick Dhard 5. You shouldn't go into Aa Bthe Can D- sea if you've gota cold 6 They went canoeing on visited Brazil Aa Bthe Can D- ‘Amazon when they 7. Hundreds of people climb .. Aa Bthe Can D- ‘Mount Everest every year. 8 Itisone of..... smallest populated islands in the Mediterranean, Aa Bthe Can D- 9 People say ... love makes the world go round, Aa Bthe Can D- 10... mobile phone has made communication much easier. AA Bihe CAn D- 11 I think in polities. Aa Bthe Can D today's students should be more involved 12. Pete .... that today is our anniversary. He told me he ‘wouldn't be home till after 10 p.m. Acan'thave forgotten _B must have forgotten Cust forget D can’t forget 43 suppose |... ent the book to Simon, but I'm almost “ 5 6 v7 8 19 20 2 2 24 25 sure I didn Armight Bcould Cmusthave D might have You .... that man our phone number. | didn’t trust him atall ‘A must not have given CC might not have given B should not have given D could not have given He ..... at school this afternoon because the headmaster phoned to ask where he was ‘A might have been C could have been B must have been D can't have been You... the night if you had wanted to. ‘Acould have stayed _B can have stayed ‘Cust have stayed can't have stayed The hot weather has made the A.drought ‘even worse. Biamine Cfloods D hail Fortunately only three passengers suffered minor ‘Aburs Binjuries Cpains D damages The government have declared a state of... after yesterday's earthquake. Acisis Burgency Cemergency D danger like AIDS, Binfirmities Complaints D diseases Scientists are working to find a cure for Alls Thousands of... are fleeing the war in the north Arefugees Bemployees Cescapees Demigrants They have closed the centre of the city to traffic because A.overpopulation B contamination C pollution D famine People were injured by .... stones the size of tennis bals. Asleet Bhail Cgale D snow A... of wind blew my hat off Agust Bdraft Cpuff D breeze Don't bring those clothes in off the line yet. Theyre still abit Abumid Brmild Cdamp D cool © Pearson Education Ltd 2000Unit 12 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1m sorry | wasn't home when you phoned. | Ahave to Bmust Chad to D should 2 You... Keep your passport in a safe place at al times Amust Bhaveto Chadto D need go out. 3. Teachers often weekends. work in the evenings and at Ahave to Bhave of Deed 0 Cust 4 You... to buy your own racket, The tennis coach can lend you one Amustn’t Bdon’thave Cneedn’'t D no need 5. |... to pay full fare, University students get discounts, (on public transport there, needn't Bneedn’thave Cdidn’tneed mustn't 6 You... 80 much food. There was plenty in the fridge already, ‘A.don't need to buy B don’t have to buy mustn't buy D needn't have bought 7 can get pay rent. Aby Bdown Cover (on alot less now that | don't have to D through & We've got two cats and they get ‘Adown Bthrough Cby Don very well together 9. couldn't get... to Wendy so I left a message on her answering machine, Aover Boy Cthrough Dup 10 He never realy got... his relationship with Jenny. Aover Bby Cthrough Dup 11. So what have you been getting away? ‘Adown to Bawaywith Cthrough to Dup to 12. Lam..... furious with Charlotte. How could she forget our wedding anniversary? Aabsolutely Bextremely Cvery D terribly while I've been © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 B 4 15 16 7 18 9 20 a 2 2B 24 25 | haven't had a chance to read anything apart from the in today’s paper. Aheadings Bheadiines captions D titles How many television .... do they have in your country? Acanals Boumbers Cways D channels | wish the papers weren't aways 50 full of royal family about the Agossip Brumour slander D chat My favourite radio... is Radio 3. ‘Acanal Bchannel Cstation D way Do you know what... Radio 3 is on? Afrequency Bline Cail D position The Suns a newspaper with a A distribution of over three milion. Birculation Ccoverage D sales Can you pass me the ... control? | want to see if my favourite soap has started Afar Bremoved Cdistant D remote he is very generous, he can be a bit arrogar times, ADespite B Although Cin spite of D Moreover She is hard-working and efficient. ..., she has had several years’ experience of this kind of work A Furthermore BNot only CHowever DAs well as vas she very rude to my mother, but she insulted ry father too, AFurthermore B As well as DNot only Cin addition to Despite ... alittle arrogant, he is actually extremely shy, Aheseems Bof seeming Cseeming D to seem passing all her examinations, she won a major tennis tournament this month. An addition B Moreover CNot only DAs well as | was feeling very tired party. Atherefore Bso Checause Das | decided not to go to theUnit 13 test i Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1 Look Aup Bdown Cover Dout | That shelf is about to fall down. 2. {'m terribly sorry but we haven't got any copies of the book in stock. They sold ... early this morning. ‘Aover Bup Cthrough Bout 3. Arude boy... his tongue out at me, ‘Astuck Bput showed D took 4 | was completely... out after running so far. exhausted Brun Cworn D rubbed 5 If you... a cloth over the cage, the parrot falls asleep, ‘Awill put Bput Chad put D would put 6 | wouldn't have booked the court if... me you couldn't play today. Ayou tell Byou would tell ¢ you would have told D you had told 7 If she ....a bit more cooperative she'd be much easier +o work with, ‘Aare Buwere Cwould be D would have been 8 If the boat... at 7 p.m, you should have plenty of time ‘0 get the 7.30 bus. Awillarrive Barrives Carrived D would arrive 9 I won't be able to come to the party sive mea lf. someone can Alf Bunless C provided Das ong as 10 If hadn't gone to bed so late... so ted this moming Awouldn't have felt B hadn't felt Cwouldr’t be feeling D didn't feel 11. Some exercises every morning unless you notice that the pain is getting worse. ADo 8 You would do € You would have done D You do 12. Our new cat is black with white Apaws Bhooves Cwings Dclaws 13 As the elephant walked along he swung his... from side to side. Abeak Btrunk Cfin Dhump ce) “ 5 6 "7 8B 9 20 21 2 23 24 25 The lion... when the keeper tried to make him go back into his cage. Abarked Bneighed Cmooed D roared | think it’s time you ..... and told im you think things, should be changed ‘Attook the bull by the horns _B put the cat among the pigeons C killed two birds with one stone D got out of the rat race Why did you .... and mention the party to Roger? It was supposed to be a surprise A put the cat among the pigeons Bilt the cat out of the bag Chave kittens D kill two birds with one stone I must be true, f heard it straight from the... mouth. Aborse’s Bdog's Ccamel’s D cat's | know you'te upset about breaking up with Tony but there are plenty more ‘Abhorses in the stable 8 cows in the field tigers in the 200 fishin the sea Half way up the mountain there was a... where climbers could stay over night. Abungalow Bhut Ccottage D bedsit It took them over an hour to put up their Ahut Bient Ccaraven D bungalow He lives in a tiny Asuburb Bcity Ctown Duillage Up in the mountains. He likes to spend his holidays ying on a beach and she likes to spend hers walking in Aacountry Bsome country C country D the country Have you seen the exhibition at that new... in the high street? Agallety Btheatre Cathedral D stadium Competition from goods produced with cheaper labour has meant that many .... have closed, Amarkets Bfactories Cstadiums D galleries The royal wedding was celebrated in the magnificent sisteenth-century Acathedral B theatre Cmarket D gallery © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 IER aUnit 14 test Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences. 1. The puppy was... 3o much I nearly dropped him, Asniggering B chuckling Cwriggling B giggling 2 Wewere two hours. Ainvited Bordered C instructed that the flight would be delayed for D informed 3. He managed to... the branch of a tree and avoid being swept away by the flood waters, Aclutch Bagrasp Chug munch 4 That man next to me on the bus must have been a My wallet has gone, Ashoplifter_B pickpocket 5. The murder took place in the main street in the middle of the day, but there were no Awitnesses B prosecutions hijacker D kidnapper judges D juries 6 Hewas to France when he was caught trying to catch a plane Aarrested B put on probation C executed D acquitted 7 Skilled... have produced perfect copies of many of the world’s famous paintings, A muggers Biorgers Crapists D smugglers 8 The judge released him on in court again next week but he'll have to appear Abail Bsentence Cpunishment D fine 9 My mother used to make... letters to all our relatives in Canada, Amewrite Bmeriting that |wrote D me wrote 10. The doctor told him he would be allowed next day. Ago Btogo Cagoing D to going home the 11 My grandfather wouldn't let my mother... at University, Astudying Bto study Cstudy D studied 12 We were made..... our hands over our heads. Aputting Btoput Cput Dto putting © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 TET B 4 5 6 v7 8 19 20 a 2 2B 24 25 Only three of the hostages .. so far Abhave released Bare released Care being released D have been released All mobile phones must... during the flight. Asswitch off | Bhave switched off C be switched off D been switched off Your luggage might ... to another airport. ‘Asend Bsent Ce sending D have been sent All the exam results month to candidates by the end of the ‘Awl have sent B will have been sent D will be being sent wall send {had no idea of the time because my watch ‘Awas being repaired B was repaired Cwas repairing Dis repairing When we arrived we .... by our tour guide wlio told us ‘which bus to take to our hotel Aweremet Bmet Cdid meet Dmeet We made .... the nearest port when we heard the storm warning. Aout Bfor Cup Dof ‘What do you make .... Wendy? I think she's a bit strange Aout Bfor Cup Dof Instead of telling her where he'd really been, he made a complicated story, Aup Bfor Cout Dof He made... that it was his own work, but it was easy 10 see that he had copied it from a book, Aout Boi Cup Dor ‘We had a terrible row a few years ago and we stil haven't made it Aout Bfor Cup Dof | can make .... 2 bed in the spare room if you'd lke to stay the night. Aout Bup Ctor Dot We'll make... for lost time if we keep working for 3 couple more hours Aout Bo Cfor DupProgress test Units 11-15 = le choice cloze Circle the alternative that best fits each of the gaps in this, text. The first one (0) has been done for you. The media of my Lately | seem to be so tired at the (0) end of the day that | can't even manage to read the (1)... in the newspaper before | start to fall asleep. | used to read the papers from cover to cover and discuss the stories, articles and the (2) with my colleagues at work the next day. |also used to enjoy doing the crossword (3)... at the back of the newspaper and | used to get a laugh out of some of the (4) Of course | always buy quality papers and not those dreadful things full of gossip and (5)... It seems incredible toe that they have (6)... figures in the millions when they really are rubbish. {don’t watch much TV though there seem to be mote and mote (7)... to choose from all the time, Unfortunately, you have to pay or buy a special (8)... to receive most of them, ‘They do have some good films and some really excellent (9) so | am sometimes tempted to spend the extra money. On the other hand, there is so (10) on the Internet that TV will probably disappear altogether in 2 few years time. I've got a computer with an Internet information available connection and | spend quite alot of time looking for information about the various (11)... that interest me. | also stil sten to a lot of news (12)... on the radio and this lets me keep up with what's going on in the world. One thing that annoys me though is that the (13)... seem to change al the time and sometimes | have a lot of trouble finding my favourite station. Of course the problem could be that | haven't got the (14)... in the right position. That reminds me. | must remember to get some new (15)... could hardly hear a thing when | tried to tune in this morning a6 so they must be running out.» wo a © Acnding Binal Cend D finish 1 Abeadings Btities Captions D headlines Aopinion Beditorial C comment D ctitiasm Agames Btasks C puzzles D activities Acdrawings Bcartoons C comics D sketches 2 3 4 5 scandal Bdishonour embarrassment D shame 6 Aseling Bdistribution Cissue D circulation 7 canals Bchains CchannelsD numbers B Aantenna Bplate Cdk D pole 9 Adocuments B documentaries C documentals D documented 10 Amany Balot Cmuch Dadeal 11, Amatters Bsubjects Cthemes sections 12 Abroadcasts B publications C announcements D proclamations 13 Apositions B frequencies CchannelsD routes 14 Aazcrial Bcontol Cattery D dial 15 Abatteries Bcharges Cpills D electricity (15 marks) 2 Open cloze Fill each gap with one suitable word. The first one (0) has been done for you. si The joy of pets {have three pets that (0) give me great pleasure. Itis often (1) ..... that people with pets live longer because (2) osu with animals relaxes you. Just stroking the soft (@) ... ofan animal ike a cat reduces your blood pressure and prevents heart attacks. Fortunately my cat loves (4)..... stroked. When you stroke her she (5) ..... loudly to show her appreciation. She likes playing but sometimes (©)... gets too excited and scratches me with her sharp o © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 [IERSCRELIS| have (8) ... more active relationship with my dog, King. 1 often take him (9) abit fed (10) ... with us because in winter his (11)... leave ‘muddy marks all over the kitchen floor. He keeps the house safe, though, and ahways (12) fora run in the park. My mother gets, loudly whenever he hears someone coming up the drive. Once he sees that it's someone he knows he is very friendly and wags his (13)... to show he's pleased to see them. My third peti (14... parot called Robinson Crusoe. Because ofthe cathe has to (15)... keptin a cage but | spend at least an hour a day playing with him (15 marks) 3 Key word transformations Use the word in bold and the words given to write a second sentence with a similar meaning 1 You must not write anything in the middle column on the anower sheet supposed You anything in the rig the answer sheet, 2 Itwas not necessary to get up so early needn't We so eatly 3. I don't mind if you don't wash ail the clothes. have You all the clothes 4 Ido not want you to write to me again. must You tome again 5. Doing some kind of exercise every day is essential for me. need 1 some kind of exercise every day. 6 They were forced to wash all the cishes in the hotel kitchen. © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 had They. all the dishes in the hotel kitchen. 7 No one said you had to pay back all the money now. need You pay back all the money now. 8 His mother would not allow him to go to the dance, let His mother to the dance. 9. She foiced him to give her all his money. made she her all his money. 10 I regret selling my old car. wish 1 my old car, (20 marks) 4 Error correction Read each line of this text carefully. In some lines there is an extra word that should not be there. Circle this word, Ifthe line is correct put a tick at the end of the line. The first two lines (0 and 00) have been done for you. Studying law © Wen fret went toDunverity etude lam tough (00 both my mather and older eister have scien degrees ow 11 no-one ele inthe family had ever been studied law before and my parents were very proud of me, The problem was that | dd no realy krow exactly wha anyers did do. thad a ery romantic ideas about going to cour ta defend peopl who had been foley accused of commiting the exes, Limagined myself the those lanyers on TY, arguing with the judge an the prosecution layer and convincing to lury that my olen was imocent. After only couple of weeks of very long and dificult lectures | am realised vi10 thar a lot ofwhs> a lanyer does is very practical and not 11 av all romantic, Nevertheless, have began to understand 12. tha to studying law was interesting and worthwhile For other 18. reasons. For example, you lear lot of about consumers! 1A rights, With tc this kid of knowedge you can realy 15. help people. Lam very glad about I chose to study law.“ (15 marks) f Bit oo ES RaEH ANE aati age 9 ht ‘ Apayes 5 Word formation ~~" — . Complete this text with the correct form of the words in capital letters at the 2 <=: end of each line, The fist one (0) has been done for you : Earthquake damages city centre a ~ The (0) detection ofan earthquake measuring five DeTEcT aren con the Richter scale caused panic but no (1). although sure Ai " there was some (2)... damage to many older STRUCTURE : builéings. A (3)... issued by the Ministry of a STATE al the Environment sid that food (4)... centres ‘ DISTRIBUTE have been established. Charitable (6)... are ORGANISE helping to provide shelter for the (6)... families SS FORTUNE provided by aid organisations but (8)... financial ig ADD (9)... are needed. Those wishing to make even e Donare the smallest (10) .... should call 0171 4503456, . ‘CONTRIBUTE i” Fao marks) 5 Z > wea er a es. , ‘ sine yeiewrin wane @ : ots) © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 (IERTCTELIE