1. For the past three days she _ in a bad mood.

b) already
a) were c) still
b) have been d) just
c) was
d) has been 9. _ you ever visited an African country?
a) Was
2. The values of a people, their customs, and their b) Did
perceptions of the world _ their language. c) Have
a) are influenced d) Are
b) be influenced
c) influencing 10. _ me to pick up the mail on my way back!
d) influence a) Mention
b) Remember
3. ‘You live in a huge house, don’t you?’ ‘Yes, but I c) Remind
_!’ d) Make
a) didn’t use to;
b) wouldn’t; 11. Nancy’s car is _ than mine, but Ben’s car is _
c) use not. car.
d) not used a) the most expensive / more expensive
b) more expensive / the most expensive
4. Her curiosity made her _ questions _ c) expensiver / expensivest
a) to ask / nobody else would ask d) most expensive / the more expensive
b) ask / anybody else wouldn’t have asked
c) ask / nobody else would have asked 12. “_ do you go on holiday?” “In August, next
d) to ask / anybody else wouldn’t have asked year.”
a) What
5. We never saw him again because soon afterwards b. How
he died in Singapore _ blood-poisoning. c) When
a) off d. Whose
b) for
c) with 13. It _ a great shock to everyone because he hadn’t
d) of said a word for 10 years.
a) is
6. Martina Navratilova _ into one of the world’s b) will be
greatest tennis players. c) was
a) excelled d) are
b) played
c) developed 14. Older children don’t always _ with their new
d) established brother or sister at first.
a) look after;
7. I _ your laptop next week because I have a very b) grow up;
important presentation. c) bring up;
a) should be taken d) get on
b) may have to take
c) must have been taking 15. I _ English since I was at school.
d) could have taken a) speaking
b) don’t speak
c) didn’t speak
8. The train has probably left _. d) haven’t spoken.
a) yet
16. Neither of them was at all _ by this sort of c) the, _, the
behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other. d) A, a, the
a) deterred
b) defeated 24. They rented a car so it would be easier to _ the
c) disturbed new city.
d) denied a) get on
b) get around
17. A man whose wife is dead is a _ c) get
a) spinster d) get in
b) widow
c) widower 25. If you don’t know the police emergency phone
d) bachelor number, you could look it _ in the phone directory.
a) Into
18. _ you please close the door. b) On
a) Could c) up
b) Shall d) after
c) Might
d) Do 26. Vestile rele nu-i fac pe oameni fericiti.
a) Bad news don’t make people happy,
19. Each girl is choosing a doll for _. b) Bad news doesn’t make people happily.
a) yourself c) Bad news don’t make people happily,
b) ourselves d) Bad news doesn’t make people happy.
c) themselves
d) herself 27. _ your child’s hunger for knowledge with this
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20. Carol speaks so fast that it’s _ to understand her. a) Satisfy
a) difficult b) Fulfil
b) easy c) Meet
c) slow d) Encounter
d) wrong
28. In the 1960s, pop art _ to discover artistic
21. There are too many people on Earth, so many significance in the commercial artefacts of
countries have a problem with _. consumer culture.
a) genetic engineering a) seeking
b) habitat b) to seek
c) farming c) has sought
d) overpopulation d) sought

22. Jeff was ill last week and he _ go out. 29. The ink left a _ on the white table-cloth.
a) needn’t a) colour
b) can’t b) fault
c) mustn’t c) stain
d) couldn’t d) colourful

23. _ stone picked up by _ child on the banks of _ 30. These exercises are _ in the exam.
Orange River in South Africa in 1866 was a big a) the difficulties
diamond. b) the most difficult
a) a, the, the c) the difficult
b) A, a, _ d) most difficult