FINAL TESTS

TEST 1

1. The two sisters are very much … .

a. alike b. unlike c. like d. as
2. I haven’t heard … news about John lately.
a. few b. many c. much d. fewest
3. On no account … in.
a. must they be let b. they must be let
c. they mustn’t be let d. they must be let not
4. I have had two important exams, both of … were very
difficult.
a. whom b. that c. whose d. which
5. I am not used to … difficult issues.
a. deal to so b. have to deal with so
c. dealing with such d. have dealt with such
6. It’s time we … to the station.
a. to go b. having gone c. went d. going
7. Choose the correct translation of the following:
Cât de mult ți-ar afecta afacerea dacă n-ai avea acces la
internet o zi?
a. How much would it damage your business unless you had
no Internet access for a day?
b. How much it would damage your business if you would
have no Internet access for a day?
c. How much would it damage your business if you had no
Internet access for a day?
d. How much would it have damaged your business if you
wouldn’t have no Internet access for a day?
8. I’m incredibly late, … ?
a. I am not b. aren’t I? c. isn’t it d. I shouldn’t
9. We’d discussed this issue before, …?
a. didn’t we b. had we c. wouldn’t we d. hadn’t we
10. … the report by tonight?
a. Will you have finished b. Had you finished
c. Have you finished d. You will have finished
11. Charlie rolled his eyes and wondered if his friend … his
mind.
a. had lost b. has lost c. have lost d. losing
12. … all humans, Able, Baker and Charlie wanted … their
living standard.
a. Similar/to improving b. Likely/have improved
c. Like/to improve d. As/improving
13. He was so funny that I couldn’t help … him.
a. laugh at b. laughing at c. laugh d. not laughing
14. A 300 - … international photo catalogue can provide
images for every conceivable use.
a. pages b. page c. of page d. of pages
15. Trade between Britain and other countries has … steadily
from 33% of exports to 50%.
a. risen b. rose c. raised d. arisen
16. Money … value in time.
a. lose it’s b. loses its c. loose its’ d. loses their
17. You needn’t ... a dictionary.
a. use b. to using c. using d. used
18. I look forward … you.
a. for seeing b. to see c. seeing d. to seeing
19. We’d rather they … in the pool.
a. to swim b. swam c. swimming d. swum
20. Something with no value is … .
a. hard worthy of anything b. worth hardly of nothing
c. hardly worth anything d. hardly worth nothing
21. Choose the correct translation of the following:
Nu văd ce te impiedică să adopţi propunerea lui.
a. I can hardly see what prevents you from adopting his
proposal.
b. Hardly I can see what prevents you from adopting his
proposal.
c. I can hardly see what prevents you adopt his proposal.
d. I can hardly see what prevents you to adopt his proposal.
22. What did you mean on the telephone when you … that
you … me to call you?
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a. say/had been expecting b. have said/are expecting
c. said/had been expecting d. said/expect
23. “He doesn’t speak French”. “…”.
a. She does either. b. Neither does she.
c. Either she does. d. Neither she is.
24. I’d rather … nothing than … old movies on television.
a. doing/watching b. did/watched
c. do/watch d. done/watched
25. Dave denied that they had been disturbing the others.
a. “We don’t disturb the others.”
b. “We haven’t been disturbing the others.”
c. “We haven’t disturbed the others.”
d. “We aren’t disturbing the others.”
26. No sooner … a degree in Italian … she went on to study
Spanish.
a. had Alice completed/than b. Alice has completed/that
c. has Alice completed/after d. Alice will complete/than
27. A cliché ceases to communicate with the same force it had
….
a. when first use b. when use first
c. when first using d. when first used
28. Regardless … what you have read in the tabloids, there is
no Area 51.
a. of b. by c. off d. from
29. … your level of proficiency, this is a book … on your
shelf – or better still, on your desk.
a. No matter how/worth to have
b. Nevertheless/worthy to having
c. Besides/worth of having
d. Whatever/worth having
30. În mitologia greacă, Meduza transforma în piatră pe
oricine o privea în ochi.
a. According to Greek mythology, anyone who glanced into
the eyes of Medusa was turned to stone.
b. The ancient Greeks believed that Medusa was capable of
turning people to stone by looking at them.
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c. It’s believed that Medusa in Greek mythology was turned
into stone when people looked into her eyes.
d. Medusa is a Greek goddess who is believed to turn
anything she looks at to stone.

Final Tests Key

Test 1
1.a 2.c 3.a 4.d 5.c 6.c 7.c 8.b 9.d 10.a
11.a 12.c 13.b 14.b 15.a 16.b 17.a 18.d 19.b 20.c
21.a 22.c 23.b 24.c 25.b 26.a 27.d 28.a 29.d 30.a