698 Outcomes Placement Test

Outcomes Placement Test
1. I’m 18 and my brother is 20, so he’s ........ me. 11. She was so upset that she burst ........ tears.
A) the oldest of A) into

B) older than B) out
C) as old as C) with
2. Carl’s very ______. He’s never late, and he never 12. Where did you go ........ holiday last year?
forgets to do things.
A) for
A) reliable B) on
B) patient C) to
C) strict
13. Ocean currents ........ play an important part in
3. We stayed in a lovely villa ........ the sea. regulating global climate.
A) it overlooks A) are known to

B) overlooked B) thought to
C) overlooking C) are believed that they
4. Not until the 1980s ........ for the average person to 14. My cousin ........ getting a job in Bahrain.
own a computer.
A) would like
A) it was possible B) is planning
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B) was it possible C) is thinking of

C) was possible
15. I can’t ........ your hair, because I haven’t got any
5. Jan ........ her arm on a hot iron. scissors.
A) broke A) brush
B) burned B) cut
C) sprained C) wash
6. Tomorrow’s a holiday, so we ........ go to work. 16. I wish I ........ have an exam tomorrow!
A) have to A) don’t
B) mustn’t B) didn’t
C) don’t have to C) won’t
7. I usually ........ swimming at least once a week. 17. The government plans to ........ taxes on sales of
luxury items.
A) go
B) do A) increase
C) play B) expand
C) go up
8. My friend Siena ........ to Russia last year.
18. When I first moved to Hong Kong, life in a different
A) went country was very strange, but now I’m used ........
here.
B) has gone
C) has been A) living
9. This is ........ area, with a lot of factories and B) to live
warehouses.
C) to living
A) an agricultural 19. There ........ milk in the fridge.
B) an industrial
A) is some
C) a residential
B) are some
10. If I ........ well in my exams, I ........ to university.
C) is a
A) will do; will go
B) will do; go
C) do; will go
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20. Criminals are people who are guilty of ........ the law. 29. Photographers and designers need to be very ______.
A) breaking A) creative
B) cheating B) fit
C) committing C) annoying
21. Why on earth isn’t Josh here yet? ........ for him for 30. The global financial crisis, ........ is forcing lots of small
over an hour! businesses to close, does not look set to end soon.
A) I’m waiting A) it
B) I’ve been waiting B) that
C) I’ve waited C) which
22. “It’s pouring down, and it’s freezing.” 31. There ........ a terrible accident if the pilot hadn’t
reacted so quickly.
What are the weather conditions?
A) had been
A) high winds and snow B) was
B) heavy rain and cold temperatures C) would have been
C) thick cloud but quite warm
32. -- “Are you ready to order?”
23. ........ feeling OK? You don’t look very well.
-- “Not yet – I’m still looking at the ______.”
A) Do you
B) You are A) bill

C) Are you B) menu
C) service
24. Daniel’s hair is getting far too long; he should ........
soon. 33. “My job is never boring.”
A) cut it The speaker’s job is always ______.

B) have cut it
A) interesting
C) have it cut
B) popular
25. Mandy works for a computer software company. She
C) difficult
got ........ recently, and so now she’s an area
manager. 34. I’ve been working here ........ about the last two
years.
A) made redundant
B) promoted A) during
C) a raise B) for
C) since
26. I can’t hear you – it’s ........ noisy in here.
35. “It leaves from Platform 2 at 4.15.”
A) too
The speaker is talking about ______.
B) too much
C) too many A) an airline flight
27. Jamal has just sent me ........ to arrange plans for this B) a train
weekend.
C) a taxi
A) a blog 36. I went to a lovely ........ last Saturday. The bride was
my best friend when we were at school.
B) an email
C) a website A) anniversary
28. I promise I’ll call you as soon as I ______. B) marriage
C) wedding
A) I arrive
B) I arrived
C) I’ll arrive
37. “I’ve got a headache.” “Maybe you ........ to take an 44. Do you want ........ the match tonight?
aspirin.”
A) watching
A) should B) watch
B) ought C) to watch
C) don’t
45. Researchers claim the new discovery is a major ........
38. The patient had an ........ to insert metal pins in his in the fight against malaria.
broken leg.
A) breakthrough
A) injection B) investigation
B) operation C) progress
C) X-ray
46. The Maths problem was really difficult and I just
39. She won a seat in parliament at the last ______. couldn’t ........ the answer.
A) general election A) check in

B) opinion poll B) set off
C) referendum C) work out
40. I’m surprised you didn’t get upset. If someone said 47. When I was a child, I never ........ about the future.
that to me, ........ really angry.
A) have worried
A) I’m B) used to worry
B) I was C) was worrying

C) I’d be
48. A local politician has ........ charges of corruption
41. This used to be ........ part of the city, but since the made by the opposition party.
old buildings were renovated it’s become a very
fashionable area. A) accused
B) blamed
A) an affluent
C) denied
B) a run-down
49. ........ worries me about society today is how
C) a trendy
completely we have come to depend on technology.
42. Cassie went to bed early because she was ______.
A) That
A) tired B) What
B) stressed C) Which
C) relaxed
50. Cats and dogs are usually kept as ______.
43. In the 1960s, computers were ........ expensive that
ordinary people couldn’t afford them. A) farm animals
B) wild animals
A) so
C) pets
B) such
C) too
Answer Key:
1: B 26: A
2: A 27: B
3: C 28: A
4: B 29: A
5: B 30: C
6: C 31: C
7: A 32: B
8: A 33: A
9: B 34: B
10: C 35: B
11: A 36: C
12: B 37: B
13: A 38: B
14: C 39: A
15: B 40: C
16: B 41: B
17: A 42: A
18: C 43: A
19: A 44: C
20: A 45: A
21: B 46: C
22: B 47: B
23: C 48: C
24: C 49: B
25: B 50: C

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A) the oldest of A) into

A) it overlooks A) are known to

B) was it possible C) is thinking of

B) You are A) bill

A) cut it The speaker’s job is always ______.

A) general election A) check in

B) I was C) was worrying

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