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2 Test Paper Name

I. Choose the correct item

1 In Britain, ............ authorities are responsible for handling the budgets of public services.
A regional B native....................C local D resident
2 You’ll have to go into the bank if you want money, the cash machine isn't ............ correctly.
A practising B serving. . C exercising D functioning
3 It’s time the government ............ a stand against tax evaders and began prosecuting them.
A had B took C got D gave
4 I’d like to make ............ for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.
A improvements B corrections....... C amends D adjustments
5 I don’t want to sound like I’m ............ the law, but if you don’t keep the noise down, you'll have to leave.
A putting in B laying down C passing over D giving over
6 The painting’s value goes ............ economic measurement; it also has sentimental value.
A far from B ahead of C beyond D outside
7 It's the government’s responsibility to ............ for the sick.
A care B treat C guard D cure
8 Sharon ............ the old man when she did some volunteer work at the shelter.
A friend B became friends Cmade friends D befriended
9 Nathan is taking part in a research ............ on the effects of GM foods.
A job B task. . C mission D project
10 America holds ............ elections every four years.
A presidential B president C presiding D presided
11. Pete’s so ............! I wish he’d think things through a little more carefully.
A impulsive B repulsive.......................C compulsive D expulsive
12. Susan’s been walking around with a ............ look in her eye ever since she met Jeff; it must be love!
A dreamer B dreamy.........................C dreamed D dreamful
13. A ............ family consists of parents and their children.
A concentrated B single C............solid D nuclear
14. I hardly ever see my best friend any more; we’re slowly ............ apart.
A drifting B hovering.......................C wandering D roving
15. Teachers aren't forbidden from giving private lessons to students, but it is ............ upon.
A scowled B frowned........................C grimaced D glowered
16. I know your name is ‘Jim’. When I called you ‘Tim’ it was just a ............ of the tongue.
A slide B skid C......................skim D slip
17. Grandma says there wasn’t a ............ of truth in that story Grandad told last night about being a war hero.
A speck B crumb...........................C dot D grain
18. One of the ............ influences on teenagers today is the media.
A heaviest B sturdiest........................C strongest D hardest
19. West Ham United .... a good result away from home at the weekend, despite playing the second half with only ten men.
A succeeded B earned..........................C achieved D won
20. Among his colleagues, he was known for being irritable and ............ .
A quarrelsome B quarrelful......................C quarreling D quarreler

II. Underline the correct item

1 Politicians today have to be highly articulate / artful / artistic / articulated.
2 The managing director has just arrived and he looks as though he wants / does / means / has business.
3 I’ve agreed to work at the dog shelter twice a week on a(n) voluntary / unpaid / free / optional basis.
4 There are reductions for pensioner / old / major / senior citizens and students.
5 The government has voiced its commitment to equal / similar / unbiased / same opportunities in the workplace.
6 I’ve heard that stress can shoot / fire / kick / trigger off an asthma attack.
7 Thanks for lending me your umbrella, it really came in used / handful / handy / needy.
8 The town centre is full of shops selling a variant / diverted / various / diverse range of goods.
9 Kelly will be fine, she comes from a very steady / solid / stable / settled family.
10 They have been searching all night. There’s only a faint shimmer / glimmer / shine / glint of hope that they will be found alive.
III. Fill in the gaps with ONE word.
1 .................................................... my better judgement, I agreed to lend him my car.
2 Unemployed people tend to feel cut ....................................................................... from the rest of society.
3 Roy was passed ................................................................. for promotion in favour of a younger colleague.
4 When my parents passed .............................................................. they left me the house and a sizeable amount of money.
5 George decided to take the law ..................................................................... his own hands and find the culprit.
6 The film was based ............................................................................ a short story by Ernest Hemingway.
7 It’s not so much a lie .................................................................. an exaggeration when he says he used to be a spy.
8 ...................................................... the surface, he appeared to be a very ordinary man, when in fact he was quite an adventurer.
9 Although she has been dead for almost forty years, the legend of Marilyn Monroe lives .................................................... .
10. The government have just brought ........................................ a new law whereby car owners have to pay to drive in the city centre.
11. Soon after the thief …………………..selling his stolen goods, he was arrested for robbing the shop.
12. Melinda is quite well-off because her mother left her her stocks and shares when she passed……… .
13. Having witnessed a fatal accident, you could be called to………….evidence in a court of law.
14. They decided to ……..against the lawyer’s advice and take the matter to court.
15. It is forbidden for those on…………… to leave their country of residence.

IV. Give English definitions for the following

1. embezzlement
2. libel
3. fraud
4. jaywalking
5. mugging

V. Turn into passive

1. Why have they given him a promotion?

2. Nobody has ever slept in this bed.

3. It seemed that the news shocked him.

4. She likes people telling her how beautiful she is.

5. They say he is feeling better.

6. They had to send for a doctor that night.

7. you cannot rely on him.

8. Had they agreed upon the terms?

9.People think he has just moved to Spain

10. People are using too much plastic nowadays.

VI. Turn into causative

1. Did the doctor set Grey’?

2. Ask the cook to prepare the vegetables.

3. He used to employ a chef who coked his meals.

4. She hates asking people to do her shopping.

5. The gardener was pruning Bob’s bushes.