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2. Choose the correct option.
1. Sarah has always been interested
a. about
b. for
1. - Who were you talking to? - Timothy. He’s a friend
music.
c. in
2. Did you do all these beautiful drawings? You’re so
a. create
a. my
!
b. creative
2. Jane wanted to go
lifestyle, you will
a. inactive
b. vital
4. My son is very fond
a. with
c. physical
b. during
5. Why don’t we relax and just enjoy
a. us
b. give it a go
a. children’s
b. wins
c. childrens
a. workouts
c. at
?
b. ourself
6. Parents are responsible for their
my brother at Scrabble.
7. Many people believe that
c. How is
c. ourselves
c. get in touch
c. gains
on animals must stop.
education.
b. childrens’
7. Would you mind telling me
in shape?
a. how do you stay
b. how you stay
b. experiments
c. communities
c. how stay you
8. The basketball team has
8.
great results in the
the end, Mary took so long to do her hair that
we missed half the concert.
tournament so far.
a. succeeded
a. In
b. achieved
c. managed
b. At
c. Of
9. I’m sorry I can’t have coffee with you at 3 o’clock. I’m
9. Politicians make decisions that
b. effect
all our lives.
working
c. affect
a. from
10. You should expect to pay about £20 per person
b. in
12:00 to 6:00.
b. between
10. My mother wonders
a. whether ready we are
average at this restaurant.
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b. What is
a. while
office.
a. beats
he look like?
the summer.
c. about
with my manager but he wasn’t in his
a. do wonders
c. -
4. My daughter has been studying every day
pets, especially dogs.
b. of
6. Dad always
b. at
a. What does
c. myself
home because she was tired.
3. I’ve never met your boss.
eventually put on weight.
a. on
b. mine
a. to
3. Doctors say that if you have a(n)
a. apply
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c. creativity
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c. at
to get married.
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c. whether we are ready
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1. Which school do your children
a. apply
so much every summer. This year has been
1. It
very wet.
a. hasn’t rained
b. isn’t raining
c. doesn’t rain
?
c. attend
to buy herself a new flat?
a. participate
b. afford
3. I don’t understand why Chris
2. Ben is excited because he
the game at the
moment.
a. is winning
b. has won
c. wins
c. progress
out of college
a month before graduation.
a. dropped
b. skipped
3. This is the second time I
this film. It’s amazing!
a. am seeing
b. have seen
c. see
c. failed
4. You don’t have to take any extracurricular activities.
4. - Look at your clothes! They’re really dirty!
- That’s because I
with the dog in the garden.
a. play
b. have played
c. have been playing
.
They are
a. compulsory
b. optional
c. inevitable
5. Alan has been playing truant so often that he’s fallen
5. Nancy
to the city centre by bus. She usually
takes her bike.
a. hardly goes ever
b. hardly ever goes
c. goes hardly ever
with his studies.
a. on
b. back
c. behind
6. Why do you think these changes will be
to the
company?
a. benefit
6. Mum will be home soon and I haven’t finished all my
chores
.
a. already
b. yet
c. still
b. benefiting
c. beneficial
7. Exams are designed to test how well you can do
7. My parents have
on Monday.
a. gone to
.
a. heart
b. pressure
c. question
8. For more information on university tuition
b. fees
c. costs
difficult customers.
b. for
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c. in
so much work.
c. involved
b. been to
c. been in
9. - Are you good at tennis? - Yes, I’ve been playing since
I
eight.
a. was
b. am
c. have been
9. Shop assistants sometimes have to deal
a. with
Liverpool. They’ll be back
8. We met the Watsons in 2001, so we
them for years.
a. know
b. have known
c. have been knowing
, please
contact the student services centre.
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2. How can she
under
Date:
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of accepting it.
a. thinks
b. thinking
c. is thinking
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1. I believe it’s a good idea to keep family
a. traditions
2. The
b. civilisations
1. When I was a child, I
alive.
c. ancestors
b. artefact
c. revolution
2. All the guests
c. in
a. talked
4. Jill
b. consider
c. identify
way we communicate.
b. Part and parcel
a. in
a. was used to
b. got used to
5. I didn’t own a car
last year.
clean water at all times.
b. at
c. to
a. ran
of the
b. destructive
c. destruction
b. had run
a. be driving
advances will enable us to travel to other
8. I
c. were running
b. drive
c. driving
a glass while I was doing the housework
yesterday.
b. science
c. scientist
a. broke
9. Do you
b. invaluable
c. worthless
10. The city of Troy was one of the most
a. already
10. The kids
work at the bakery or have you quit?
b. yet
finished playing with them.
a. significant
a. put
c. fragile
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c. still
their toys back in the box after they had
archaeological discoveries of the 19th century.
b. relevant
b. had broken
c. was breaking
and
threw it away.
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into the kitchen to
on the left.
9. The thief realised that the necklace was
a. valuable
c. yet
7. If you want to live in England, you will have to get used to
planets.
a. scientific
c. used to
see what it was.
rainforests.
8. Future
b. until
6. We heard a loud noise, so we
7. Many people are worried about the
a. destroy
b. was talking
spend a lot of money on clothes but now she
a. by the time
c. Over the course
6. Pets should have access
?
can’t afford it.
of time, technology has completely changed the
a. With the aid
c. had left
c. had talked
to be the greatest football player
of all?
5.
b. left
3. Were you listening while the teacher
b. on
a. examine
by the time we arrived.
a. were leaving
the cost.
4. Who do you
b. had visited
c. was visiting
3. Whether we go on holiday abroad or not depends
a. to
my grandparents every week.
a. would visit
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. I am
1. Could you please tell me what time the flight from
my mother to come and stay with us for
a few days next month.
a. waiting
Rome
b. expecting for
c. expecting
a. going to arrive b. arriving
2. During the summer, we went to a small island where no
3. The
b. vehicles
- Which
c. attractions
3. Perhaps we
the mountains.
b. remote
4. Which is the best
a. will be going
4. The concert
b. landmark
b. down
6. Whenever I need to
of money?
a. about to
7. My job involves dealing with hundreds of problems on
a. nor
. The rooms were small
b. and
a. will have had
b. inspiration
9. Do your homework now,
c. inspirational
a. or else
each
b. will be having
a. each other
c. stared at
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you can’t go out to play.
b. or otherwise
10. Neil and Beth haven’t seen
other angrily.
b. looked
c. or
c. will have been having
in the city of Paris.
10. At the beginning of the match, the boxers
on the
dinner then.
b. disappointing
9. Many painters have looked for
c. neither
8. Don’t call me between 6:00 and 7:00. We
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computer in your room.
c. budget
and there was no pool.
a. disappointment
of them work. Can I borrow
7. You can watch the film either on the TV
. It’s quite stressful.
8. I found the hotel very
c. on the point of
yours, please?
a. all
b. duration
forget people’s names
b. bound to
6. I have three pens but
b. get away from
c. be packed with
a. gazed
b. will start
occasionally.
the hustle and bustle of the
a. burst into
a. inspire
c. are going
by the time we get to the stadium.
5. As you grow older, you’re
c. out
city, I just go to my grandparents’ village.
a. basis
b. will go
c. will be starting
5. What are we going to do when we run
a daily
c. other
to Spain next year. I’d really like
a. will have started
c. accommodation
a. away
b. ones
to see Madrid.
c. ideal
to get to Manchester by car?
a. route
?
a. one
holiday for me is spending a week skiing in
a. picturesque
c. arrives
2. - Look at that beautiful dress in the window!
are allowed. It was so quiet!
a. excursions
?
c. else
for a long time.
b. each the other c. each another
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1. A daily
a. workout
c. community
b. experiment
d. institution
2. Georgia is going to
a. attend
11. Exercising regularly is
can help you have a better life.
a. vital
3. All Lilly is interested
b. for
a. folklore
is clothes. That’s the only
4. There is no
c. with
b. fortnight
of the
c. field
13. The microchip caused a(n)
d. about
difference between these two
d. section
in computer science.
a. empire
c. artefact
b. revolution
d. quantity
14. David had a(n)
perfumes.
with his girlfriend last week.
a. significant
c. oral
They haven’t spoken to each other since.
b. extracurricular
d. fragile
a. pressure
5. Some popular tourist resorts are not
for little
a. massive
c. ideal
b. all-inclusive
d. outdated
6. Sitting too close to the TV screen will
b. question
c. disappointing
b. disappointed
d. disappointment
a. keep
negatively.
b. lose
a. affect
c. have an affect
17. Finally, Richard has
b. effect
d. have an effect
a famous actor.
different
kinds of problems.
a. on
b. for
8. The ancient Egyptian
c. about
d. with
c. mankind
b. civilisation d. ancestor
9. I did my best to prevent the accident but under the
circumstances, it was
.
a. inevitable
c. incredible
b. stunning
d. relevant
10. Our country’s economy depends
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c. on
c. burn
d. put
his dream to become
c. managed
b. succeeded
d. enabled
with you yesterday but
you weren’t in the office.
world.
a. duration
weight.
a. achieved
18. Mrs Maden tried to
was one of the oldest in the
.
a. disappoint
16. My doctor told me that I have to
your eyes
7. Part of being an adult means dealing
c. argument d. matter
15. When Dad read my essay, he was very
children as they are too crowded.
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d. physical
newspaper in the morning.
d. perform
thing she’ll talk about.
a. in
b. constant c. inactive
12. My uncle always reads the sports
from university in June.
b. graduate c. fail
to your well-being.
a. get in touch
c. come in handy
b. bump into
d. do wonders
19. The
of living in the countryside is quite low
these days.
a. fee
b. price
c. cost
20. Oh, no! The washing machine has broken
d. money
again.
I should buy a new one.
tourism.
a. up
d. at
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c. over
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classes.
a. entering
c. playing
b. skipping
d. progressing
22. Timothy got a perfect
a. goal
c. score
with doing the housework every day.
a. in
a. win
a ship.
a. equally
c. occasionally
b. aboard
d. effectively
b. high motivated
d. motivated high
b. earn
c. gain
a. misunderstood
c. considered
b. examined d. revealed
37. Their journey will begin in Norway and they will
up in Turkey.
a. sign
25. No one believed that the flood would cause so much
b. catch
38. We are
.
c. end
d. make
good weather at the weekend.
a. destroy
c. destructive
a. expecting for
c. waiting for
b. destroyed
d. destruction
b. waiting
d. expecting
26. There is a wide
of smartphones to choose from
39. As you grow older, you need to make more effort to keep
at this shop.
a. course
b. matter
27. The school’s first
c. aid
in
d. variety
b. collaboration
d. grade
c. fit
d. activity
are allowed on the Greek island of
Hydra, so the locals use donkeys to get around.
28. I’d like to meet people from other cultural backgrounds so
as to
b. health
40. No private
times.
c. priority
.
a. shape
is to keep students safe at all
a. curriculum
a. vehicles
c. routes
b. motorways
d. excursions
41. This course is
.
. You don’t have to take it if you
a. set off
c. broaden my horizons
don’t want to.
b. take a stroll
d. cross the border
a. remarkable
c. optional
so that we won’t have to
b. compulsory
d. academic
29. We bought a holiday
worry about finding flights and hotels.
a. package
c. landmark
b. accommodation
d. attraction
30. That box
42. The trains in France are very
a kid.
c. involves
b. contains
d. participates
31. The village was so
b. picturesque
d. remote
32. This ring is
c. accurate
b. punctual
d. vast
you?
about it.
c. magnificent
a. complex
43. I speak German fluently. Would you like me to
that very few tourists knew
a. narrow
a. learn
c. teach
b. teach to
d. learn to
44. You don’t have to help me. I’m perfectly
as it’s made of plastic.
a. able of
c. capable of
d. capable to
c. invaluable
b. able to
b. valuable
d. worthless
45. James hopes to become a
a. gazing
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care of myself!
a. value
33. Stop
. They always arrive
and leave on time.
all the photographs from when I was
a. includes
d. beat
it carefully.
the Olympic team.
c. highly motivated
d. out
36. The archaeologist took the ancient coin in his hand and
athlete and he wants to get into
a. motivated highly
c. up
a lot of knowledge.
d. basis
23. My brother is a sailor, so he spends months
b. on
35. Working for a small company is an opportunity to
on his test.
b. point
24. Jonathan is a
34. I’m fed
people on the bus. It’s rude!
a lot of books.
b. looking
a. history
c. staring at d. seeing at
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1. There isn’t much traffic in the city
a. at
b. during
2. I’ve
c. between
the summer.
12. Do you know what time
mall?
d. while
watched this film three times. Let’s choose
another one.
a. still
3. It
b. yet
c. already
c. smell
b. is smelling
d. smells
4. While Nina
a. studied
c. had studied
b. had been studying
d. was studying
Day is celebrated on March 8
b. be going to
d. is going to be
a. else
c. another
b. other
d. another one
each other in Sweden
Romania twice so far.
b. been to
c. been in
a. not want
c. am not wanting
b. don’t want
d. not wanting
17. Karen used to live
a. in
a. had met
c. have met
b. met
d. were meeting
21 Cannon Street, but she
you when he receives your
a. calls
c. will call
b. has called
d. is calling
a. have ever eaten
c. ever have eaten
b. ever eaten
d. have eaten ever
.
a. walks never
c. never walks
b. doesn’t never walk
d. never doesn’t walk
b. at
a. sang
c. used to singing
b. was singing
d. got used to sing
d. through
at a bank.
a. works
c. doesn’t work
b. work
d. not work
a sightseeing tour
of Rome.
a. will be taking
c. going to take
b. will have taken
d. will take
21. Before we came here, we
Carla.
a. have visited
c. were visiting
b. are visiting
d. had visited
Monday.
c. in
d. to
funny songs all the time.
20. This time next week, we
her dog in the afternoon.
10. I’ll join the gym
c. at
19. Both my father and my mother
8. This burger is delicious! Actually, it’s the best I
9. Monica
b. on
18. As a child, Vivian
message.
22. Please, help
board games, but he loves them now.
to some biscuits. I’ve just
baked them.
a. used to hate
c. was used to hate
a. you
c. your selves
b. would hate
d. got used to hating
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to talk to you right now.
c. Womens’ d. Womens
.
moved to the suburbs last year.
7. I suppose Mr Smith
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c. going to be
16. Leave me alone! I
70 years ago.
11. Barry
in
a. going to
a. gone to
every year.
a. on
d. close the stores
15. We’ve
th
6. Hugh’s grandparents
b. the stores do close
14. If my uncle can’t fix my bike, I’ll ask somebody
having fun at the zoo.
a. Women’s b. Women
c. the stores close
trouble tomorrow.
for the exams, her classmates were
5. International
a. do the stores close
13. Max has broken the classroom window. He
d. never
wonderful in here! Are you making pizza?
a. has smell
on Saturdays at this
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35. - Are you going to buy the blue coat?
23. - Where are your parents going on holiday?
- They’re going
a. on
- It’s too expensive. I’ll buy
my grandmother’s hometown.
b. at
c. in
d. to
24. Why are your eyes red? Have you
?
a. cried
c. been crying
b. crying
d. cry
by then.
c. won’t have finished
b. won’t have finish
d. will have not finished
waking up early.
a. be used to
c. have used to
b. used to
d. get used to
c. how
d. when
c. From
29. In my opinion, a day at the beach
b. cut him
d. himself cut
asleep.
a. already fell
c. had already fallen
b. has already fallen
d. was falling already
English for two years. He really
a. learns
c. is learning
b. has been learning
d. was learning
39. What will you be doing tonight
d. By
b. between
7:00 to 9:00?
c. among
d. from
c. great is always
b. is always great
d. always great is
30. Would you mind telling me
.
.
a. always is great
c. whether did I do
b. if I did
d. whether did I
d. by their selves
c. Either
a. are driving
c. are going to drive
b. will have been driving
d. will drive
c. be bound
b. going
d. is on the point
this leather jacket since she was
a teenager.
d. Both
for 7 hours straight.
a. is due
42. My sister
the dinner party.
33. Penny’s husband
b. by their own
to arrive?
Bethany or I will help you organise
32. By 11 o’clock, we
c. by themselves
well this term,
a. did I do
b. Or
a. on them own
41. Could you tell me what time the train from Liverpool
Mrs Jones?
a. Neither
c. cut himself
40. Mrs Brennan’s daughters can clean the whole house
b. For
31. Don’t worry!
a. cut
a. at
10 o’clock.
a. Since
while he was cooking.
enjoys it.
28. - How long have you been waiting here?
-
d. one another
38. My best friend
left this huge box on my desk.
b. where
b. an other
37. By the time we got home, the baby
26. When he first started working, Mitch found it hard to
a. who
c. that other
36. - Do you know what happened to Mr Peterson’s finger?
a. won’t be finishing
27. I wonder
a. another one
- I think he
25. Don’t pick me up at 6:00 today. I
.
a. has been having
c. has
b. has had
d. is having
43. Neither the footballers nor their coach
happy
with the result of the match.
a. were
44. Where
b. are
c. is
d. have been
? I need to give him these notes.
for a job these days.
a. Frank has gone
c. went Frank
a. searching
c. searches
b. has gone Frank
d. has Frank gone
b. is searching
d. searched
45. The last time I
34. - Do you like the book I gave you?
- Yes, but I haven’t finished it
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.
c. just
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b. have gone
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3a. Match the headings (A - G) with the appropriate paragraph. The first heading has been done as an
example. There are TWO headings which you do not need.
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Example: G. Attractive and practical
Once called “the bridge that couldn’t be built”, the Golden Gate Bridge is a wonder of the modern world. This magnificent
suspension bridge (a bridge supported from above by thick cables) is perhaps the most famous tourist attraction in California
and connects the city of San Francisco with Marin County on the other side of San Francisco Bay. It is one of the most beautiful
bridges in the world, and until 1993, it was also the tallest. Before its construction, San Francisco could only be reached by ferry,
a situation which was very inconvenient for the people who lived there. Today, over 40 million cars cross the bridge each year!
1.
Although ideas for a bridge across San Francisco Bay had been around since the late 1800s, serious planning and designing
only began in 1929, when Joseph Strauss was made chief engineer on the bridge project. However, he had never built such a
large suspension bridge before, so he asked a number of experienced engineers, architects and geologists to help him with the
design. For example, Charles Alton Ellis was the engineer responsible for most of the technical work, while the art deco style
and easily recognisable orange colour of the bridge were proposed by the architects Irving and Gertrude Morrow.
2.
Getting the project started was not at all easy. First of all, building the bridge was going to cost a lot of money, and secondly,
there were organisations and people who did not really want a bridge to be built across San Francisco Bay. One of the main
opponents of the project was the US Navy, who wrongly believed that a bridge would create problems for ships leaving and
entering the bay. The organisation which owned the ferries that crossed the bay was also against the idea because it believed
that the bridge would affect its business negatively. What’s more, many experts thought it would be impossible to build such
a long suspension bridge.
3.
Nevertheless, work on the bridge eventually began in 1933. Joseph Strauss, who was in charge of the whole project, insisted
on strict safety measures. So, a safety net, which saved the lives of nineteen workers, was placed underneath the bridge from
one end to the other. The builders who worked on the bridge were among the first construction workers ever to wear hard hats
and special goggles. They were also given hand and face cream to protect their skin from the strong winds. In 1937, people were
allowed to walk across the bridge for the first time and it was opened to vehicles one year later. The Golden Gate Bridge was
finished ahead of schedule and, amazingly, cost much less than its designers had originally expected.
4.
On May 24th, 1987, hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the bridge to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The organisers
of the anniversary celebrations expected around 50,000 people, but almost 500,000 turned up. The enormous weight of all
the people crossing the bridge caused the central section of the bridge to bend 3 metres downwards towards the sea. Things
became worse as there was also a strong wind blowing that day, and the roadway started to move from side to side. People
started panicking and running off the bridge as quickly as they could. However, engineers say the bridge would never have fallen
down because suspension bridges are built to bend upwards and downwards, as well as move from side to side.
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A. A frightening event
B. The construction years
C. Assistance from other experts
D. The opening celebration
E. Different opinions
F. Outdated equipment
G. Attractive and practical
3b. Now, answer the questions that follow.
5. The word closest in meaning to inconvenient
in paragraph 1 is
.
a. unusual
b. important
c. annoying
d. beneficial
6. What does the author say about the Golden Gate Bridge?
a. It is the tallest bridge in the world today.
b. It was designed in the late 1800s.
c. Joseph Strauss played a significant role in its construction.
d. Thousands of specialists were employed in its construction.
7. They in paragraph 4 refers to
.
a. safety measures
b. the builders
c. hard hats
d. special goggles
8. Cars were permitted to cross the bridge for the
first time in
.
a. 1933
b. 1936
c. 1937
d. 1938
9. What happened during the anniversary celebrations?
a. Too many people tried to cross the bridge.
b. A part of the bridge fell into the sea.
c. The wind caused the bridge to bend downwards.
d. People got lost on the bridge.
10. What is the main purpose of the passage?
a. to compare the bridge to other suspension bridges
b. to warn people against walking across the bridge
c. to criticise the methods used in the bridge’s construction
d. to provide general information about the bridge
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. Casey went on a
1. I think hip-hop music is more popular with
and spent a fortune.
a. debt
a. the young
b. shopping spree
c. young
c. window shopping
2. I’m not really keen
a. about
2. Your
outdoor sports.
b. for
3. Nathan is a very
sense.
a. make
b. give
4. The
in good condition, so we don’t need to buy
any new stuff.
c. offer
a. furniture are
. They’re
b. supervise
c. supervision
people used to travel during the 19th century
because it was difficult and very expensive.
c. match
a. Little
It was a real
.
a. discount
b. offer
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8. There isn’t
from helping children to learn.
b. Twenty minutes is
milk left in the fridge, so I can’t make
a cake.
c. satisfaction
a. much
? - Yes, I got it for my cousin’s
9. Hardly anyone
b. many
c. a lot
enough money to buy that car.
It costs thousands of pounds.
b. outfit
10. You should always get a receipt for any
a. goods
c. Few
c. Twenty minute is
wedding last week.
a. trend
b. A few
a. Twenty minutes are
c. bargain
8. She decided to become a teacher because she gets a lot
b. satisfied
b. there wasn’t no one
c. there was no one
7. - Your sofa is stunning! - Thanks! I bought it at half price.
9. - Is that a new
in the room, but then I saw you
a. there was anyone
6.
b. fit
a. satisfy
c. furnitures are
sitting in the corner.
me.
of
b. furniture is
5. At first, I thought
6. I would look awful with short hair. That style doesn’t
a. suit
b. the Greek language
c. Greek language
too young.
a. supervisor
is difficult because it has
a. the Greek
c. extravagant
5. You can’t leave the kids at home without
c. trousers are
complex grammar.
4. I’ve been trying to read this article for the last 5 minutes
but it doesn’t
b. trouser are
3. Many students say that
friend. I can always trust him
b. cautious
in the wardrobe, Michelle.
a. trouser is
c. on
with my secrets.
a. reliable
.
b. the young people
b. purchases
c. brand
a. doesn’t have
you make.
b. have
10. The police want to solve a(n)
a. amount
c. supplies
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. I know who stars in the new box-office hit but I have no
1. Ben agreed
idea what the
is about.
snacks.
a. review
b. rehearsal
c. plot
2. Without doubt, this new board game will
a. be into
b. appeal to
3. This restaurant is the perfect
a. buying
all ages.
the drinks for the party if I got the
b. to buy
2. Little Nina stopped
c. sell out
some ice cream.
for a romantic
a. complaining
dinner.
c. buy
when I promised to give her
b. to complain
c. to complaining
3. You are only 8 years old! You are not old enough
a. belief
b. venue
4. As the plane
c. rumour
your own decisions.
a. for making
the airport, we could see the lights
of the city from above.
a. approached
5. The
b. rejected
4. Vanessa spent a lot of time
c. captured
a. to prepare
he had done.
b. set
5. It was rude of him
c. cast
a. not to say
6. I need to apply for a new passport because mine is no
a. valid
b. outstanding
a. to hurt
c. remaining
a. use
got up and cheered.
b. viewers
c. audiences
8. Apart from having the same hair colour, I
b. make
9. My father felt quite
a. to waste
c. have
10. The little boy was
a. fascinate
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c. to not say
yourself!
c. hurt
a tablet.
c. to use
all your money
b. wasting
c. wasted
my medicine twice a
day.
a. take
c. extraordinary
b. to take
c. taking
10. If Dan wants to keep his job, he should get used
early.
by all the fireworks.
b. fascinated
b. hurting
9. The doctor says that I must
during my wedding and he
b. emotional
b. not saying
on it.
nothing
actually started crying.
a. upsetting
hello when he came in.
8. It’s a nice jacket but it’s not worth
else in common with my sister.
a. do
b. preparing
7. My mother doesn’t know how
7. When the marathon runners entered the stadium, all the
a. spectators
for her presentation.
6. If you jump off that wall, you risk
.
longer
c. to make
c. prepare
of the play thanked the director for everything
a. release
b. making
a. to wake up
c. fascinating
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. Cats make me
1. You should
a. detect
. I think I’m allergic to them.
b. sneeze
c. boost
2. The longest beach in the world is in Brazil. It
a. supporting
for
2. That
241 kilometres.
a. decreases
b. upgrades
b. made
4. Fiona can’t stop
a. collapsing
- Yes, you
c. did
from
c. expose
a. bake
b. companion
8. I
a. outbreak
.
9. You
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Now, everyone is worried.
a. can’t have told
b. mustn’t have told
c. shouldn’t have told
of food poisoning at this
10. Your room needs
b. comfort
b. don’t need to cook
c. needn’t cook
b. contagious
resort.
c. ought not
so much food for my guests as no one felt like
a. needn’t have cooked
c. ensured
c. dizzy
10. There has been a(n)
b. mustn’t
eating.
a beautiful view of the mountains.
a. frustrating
c. Ought
be at the office right now. I saw her at the
a. can’t
c. recovery
9. If you sit out in the sun for too long, you will feel
we go for a walk?
mall a minute ago.
me that our room has
b. insured
c. have baked
b. Would
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in a matter of days.
8. The hotel receptionist
a. assured
b. baked
a. Shall
c. back up
7. It isn’t a serious disease, so everyone expects Jeremy
to make a full
some biscuits. It smells wonderful
6. It’s a lovely warm evening!
b. pass on
c. didn’t have to
in here.
my flu to anyone else.
a. condition
b. couldn’t
5. Mum must
b. prove
c. can
hear what the actors were saying.
a. can’t
6. I didn’t go to work today because I don’t want to
a. pass away
b. might
4. The audience made so much noise in the theatre that we
depression.
a. suffer
c. can
.
a. could
c. spreading
5. A large number of people in the UK
b. ought
3. - Could I borrow your dictionary for a moment, please?
. She must have caught a cold.
b. coughing
c. support
be Mary at the door. She said that she would
a. must
more harm than good.
a. brought
b. to support
come to see me today.
c. extends
3. He tried to give the accident victim first aid but, in the end,
he
your children whatever they decide
to do.
a. to clean
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. Tim knew that not having a university degree would be
1. - What does that sign say? I can’t read a word.
?
- Really? When was the last time you
a. had your eyes checked
b. had checked your eyes
c. were checked your eyes
to his career.
a(n)
a. breakthrough
b. obstacle
c. progress
2. The local council has decided to
the old library
2. Mandy wants to have the living room
modern style.
a. redecorate
b. redecorated
into a youth centre.
a. install
b. invest
c. convert
3. I didn’t like the book because the plot was
a. predictable
b. prediction
.
about the plans to move the company to another
4. I
building, which annoyed me.
a. didn’t inform
b. wasn’t informed
c. wasn’t inform
technology which will allow it to fly without a pilot.
5. We need to
b. distant
c. ordinary
up with a brilliant idea for our
presentation next week.
a. catch
b. keep
5. Mr Donovan says that he’ll
tomorrow.
a. have his assistant
c. get his assistant
c. come
6. On the first day of the sales, hundreds of shoppers
into the shop as soon as the doors opened.
a. rushed
b. struggled
7. Electric cars are very
c. reacted
because they don’t use
b. economic
a. features
c. economical
8. Everyone did so badly in the test that our teacher made us
it.
a. retaking
b. to retake
c. retake
, such as a state-of-the-art camera.
b. networks
9. My job interview was over in a
b. command
10. How do bees
each other?
a. contact with
c. communicate with
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mainly of
9. The cast of the new science-fiction film
teenagers.
a. consists
b. is consisted
c. be consisted
of minutes.
a. track
c. matter
b. communicate
b. make his assistant to
your computer?
7. Did you get your brother
a. repair
b. repaired
c. to repair
8. The advertisement claims that this smartphone has many
innovative
call you with the details
to check out of the hotel at 12:00 at the latest.
6. We
a. be supposed
b. are supposed c. supposed
much petrol.
a. affordable
c. redecorating
3. Did you know that most of the Earth’s surface
in water?
a. be covered
b. covered c. is covered
c. predict
4. The design for the new aeroplane uses
a. sophisticated
in a more
a beneficial effect on
10. Having a pet is known
people’s health.
a. have
b. to have
c. to having
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1. The central library is an interesting
a. feature
b. scam
of my town.
c. rumour
10. This book is about a rich businessman and a poor
2. - What are you doing? - I’m reading a
a. make
of a novel
a. fiction
c. literature
b. review
d. rehearsal
3. In her speech, the headteacher
the importance
a. approached
c. stressed
b. upgraded
d. released
4. The experiment produced some
d. expect
5. Liana loves wearing those designer boots even though
c. trend
b. shopping
d. outfit
a. plot
d. up
c. supposedly
b. approximately
d. unfairly
a. distant
c. cautious
b. extravagant
d. overwhelming
9. The ambulance arrived in a(n)
c. crew
c. break up
b. come up with
d. come out
will be watching the championship
a. audience
c. spectators
b. public
d. viewers
b. terrifies
18. It doesn’t
experience for me.
c. terrifying
d. terrified
sense for us to set off at 6:00 in the
morning. It’s only a two-hour journey.
a. make
b. offer
19. Anthony had to
c. do
d. have
for years in order to become a
successful singer.
a. direct c. extend
b. detect
d. struggle
20. Every time she
, she felt a pain in her throat.
a. matter
c. command
a. coughed
c. collapsed
b. track
d. edge
b. fainted
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17. Travelling by aeroplane is a
driver and never goes over the
speed limit.
d. had
finals on TV.
believe that our new business will be a success.
a. firmly
d. fit
c. gave
b. set
16. Millions of
three children and did
c. in
c. go
place on 14th October
b. was
15. We need to
a full-time job at the same time.
8. Dylan is a(n)
b. match
me.
fell in love.
victim.
a. fashion
b. on
d. venue
14. The two actors met on the
b. unexpected
a. out
b. breakthrough
a. took
results, which
c. expectation
6. My mother brought
c. hassle
1066.
a. expected
they look strange. She is a(n)
a. department
a. suit
d. are
for the annual conference yet.
13. The Battle of Hastings
shocked the scientific community.
2
c. have
12. This dress is too small. It doesn’t
of revising throughout the academic year.
7. I
b. do
11. We haven’t booked a
online.
a lot in common.
salesman who find out they
d. obstacle
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21. Everyone thinks the company’s state-of-the-art
smartphone will sell
fast.
a. up
c. away
b. out
34. The spy kept looking behind to
that no one was
following him.
22. Japanese cars are considered
d. off
a. insure
c. assure
as they rarely
b. ensure
d. sure
break down.
35. Unfortunately, doctors say that the virus has
a. emotional
c. reliable
all over the country.
b. frustrating
d. upsetting
a. decreased
c. converted
b. spread
d. boosted
23. I heard you were ill. I wish you a quick
.
a. outbreak
c. depression
b. recovery
d. session
36. Clean the wound immediately so that it doesn’t become
.
24. You need to be careful around wild animals because
you never know how they might
a. react
b. rush
.
c. fade
25. The 1960s was a(n)
d. spot
b. remaining
d. extraordinary
a. in
c. compensation
b. charge
d. supply
a. capture
to his clients and
c. ordinary
b. contagious
d. groundbreaking
b. patient
d. playwright
a. progress
d. for
to send our son to a private
b. goods
d. timeless
d. spent a fortune
30. Our new flat is the most expensive purchase we have
42. You deserve a
.
d. spent
credit card if that’s OK.
b. in
32. I
c. by
d. on
dizzy, so I found a seat and sat down.
a. felt
b. caught
c. sneezed
a. policy
c. reward
b. belief
d. remedy
a. immune
c. digital
b. network
d. motion
d. shot
a. invest
c. install
b. update
d. operate
45. The young director’s first film was a box-office
a. special
c. latest
a. effect
c. scene
b. leading
d. common
b. hit
d. release
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44. I have a little money but I don’t know how to
33. Most sports are quite safe as long as you use your
sense when you do them.
for all your hard work.
43. Taking vitamins strengthens the
- Yes, of course, madam.
a. for
.
b. went on a shopping spree
b. rising
31. - I’d like to pay
d. means
a. got into debt
c. went window shopping
c. got
c. disease
41. - Did you buy anything? - No, I just
having two for myself.
b. done
since
c. companion
c. outstanding
a. made
d. tend
a. therapist
a. worthwhile
ever
c. star
school.
29. I gave my second mobile phone to my nephew because
it wasn’t
that Ed had stolen
b. prove
40. We don’t have the
going to the gym on my own.
c. on
d. with
her husband passed away.
a. devoted
b. in
c. at
39. Mrs Green’s dog has become her closest
wants the best for them.
a. to
b. under
my wallet.
.
a. expense
28. I wasn’t keen
d. infected
38. There was no way I could
26. All orders over £50 are delivered free of
27. As a lawyer, Bruce is totally
b. sophisticated
risk of flooding during heavy rains.
were numerous amazing artists.
c. valid
c. innovative
37. Houses which have been built near this river are
time for rock music as there
a. wireless
a. determined
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1. We can’t make omelettes for everyone. There are only
11. - What did you do about the broken shelf?
- We had
eggs in the fridge.
last week.
a. little
c. few
a. replaced it
c. been replaced it
b. a little
d. a few
b. it replaced
d. it to be replaced
2. Did Blake offer
12. This computer hasn’t been used at all. It is covered
Mrs Reed’s bags?
a. carrying
c. carry
b. to carry
d. to carrying
3. All of the passengers should
dust.
a. in
their seat belts.
b. by
13. There’s
c. of
room for a dining table in the kitchen, so
a. to wear
c. wearing
let’s put one in the living room.
b. wear
d. be wear
a. any
4. Did you know that
is spoken by half a billion
d. from
b. no
c. many
d. much
14. - Would you like to go out tonight? - No, I’d rather
people?
in.
a. the Spanish
c. the Spanish language
a. to stay
c. I stay
b. Spanish language
d. the language Spanish
b. staying
d. stay
5. These songs were written
Alex and Eddie.
a. by
c. -
b. from
d. of
6. There’s no milk left. Derek must
15. - Could I borrow this pen? - Of course you
a. can
b. may
16. The dishes need
the whole bottle
last night.
c. could
.
d. are able
. Is there any hot water?
a. be washed
c. be washing
b. to wash
d. washing
a. have drink
c. has drunk
b. drink
d. have drunk
7. Is Quentin old enough
a motorbike?
a. give
c. be given
a. for riding
c. to ride
b. be give
d. given
b. riding
d. ride
17. Don’t ask any questions yet. You will
instructions
about the test soon.
18. You don’t need to get a babysitter for the kids. I’ll
8. My sister won’t let me
her laptop.
take care of them.
a. to touch
c. to touching
a. get Brenda
c. have Brenda to
b. touch
d. touching
b. have Brenda
d. make Brenda to
9. It’s not worth
about things that you can’t fix.
19. We should all try to support
a. worrying
c. worry
a. homeless
c. the homeless people
b. to worry
d. you worry
b. the homeless
d. the people homeless
10. - My tooth is killing me today. - You
to see a
20. There are
dentist.
4
.
hobbies you can take up. How about
painting?
a. should
c. had better
a. a lot
c. lots of
b. must
d. ought
b. a lots of
d. plenty
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34. My wife’s
you lend me your car for a couple of hours,
please?
been left on the plane. What should we
do now?
a. Should
b. Would
22. We will have
c. Shall
d. May
as soon as possible.
a. post the invitations
c. the invitations post
b. posted the invitations
d. the invitations posted
b. to visit
d. us visit
24. Hillary
b. luggages has
d. luggage have
to come out
next month.
Ellen and Rita.
c. us to visit
c. luggage has
35. The fifth season of this series
23. - What do you want to do this evening? - I suggest
a. visiting
a. luggages have
a. supposed
c. be supposed
b. is supposed
d. has supposed
36. I’ve just done the ironing. Your
. Her bike isn’t here.
in the wardrobe.
a. trouser is
c. trouser are
b. trousers are
d. trousers is
a. must left
c. can’t left
b. can’t have left
d. must have left
a. have to order
c. have ordered
information on this website.
b. to order
d. ordered
25. You won’t find
a. many
b. a few
26. Don’t forget
a. to lock
c. much
37. We needn’t
d. some
38. I promised
the door before you go to bed.
b. locking
27. The employees were
c. lock
all this food. I’m not very hungry.
d. to locking
leave early on New Year’s Eve.
Christie’s secret to anybody.
a. not tell
c. not to tell
b. to not tell
d. to tell not
39. You shouldn’t spend so much time
a. let to
c. allowed to
a. on playing
c. playing
b. let
d. allowed
b. to play
d. on play
28. Ten
enough to prepare a fresh salad.
video games.
40. I used the coffee maker only two minutes ago. It
a. minute is
c. minute are
be broken now!
b. minutes is
d. minutes are
a. must
29. We really look forward
you again.
a. seeing
c. to seeing
a. to cook
b. see
d. to see
42. Wait! There’s
b. can
c. mustn’t
41. Will you get somebody
b. cook
for your guests?
c. cooking
a. no thing
c. anything
a. repair
c. to repair
b. nothing
d. something
b. repaired
d. repairing
31. I need your opinion. What
a. will
b. ought
43. You
d. may
32. When we first moved to London, we had very
a. must
c. needn’t to
b. don’t have to
d. couldn’t
44. Damascus is known
money.
a. little
help me with these exercises. I can do them
on my own.
I wear to the opera?
c. shall
b. a little
33. Georgia’s tablet
c. few
one of the oldest cities
in the world.
d. a few
a. that is
yesterday, and now nobody
b. it is
45. It’s difficult
knows where it is.
d. cooked
I need to do before we go.
a few days ago.
30. Jenny had the oven
d. can’t
c. to being
d. to be
about my feelings.
a. disappeared
c. was disappear
a. for me to talk
c. for me talking
b. be disappeared
d. was disappeared
b. to talk for me
d. for me talk
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CLIMBING MT KILIMANJARO
Mt Kilimanjaro is located inside the Kilimanjaro National Park, in northern Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and its
peak is covered in snow and ice all year round. The lower parts of the mountain are surrounded by thick jungle, where a lot of
wild animals live.
Tanzania is very close to the equator, the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. Due
to its location, Tanzania does not have a hot summer and a cold winter; instead, it has a dry season and a wet season. In fact,
there are two wet periods, one from March to May and another in November. The best time to climb Mt Kilimanjaro is during the
driest months of the year, between July and September, when there are clear days. However, because of its great height, Mt
Kilimanjaro creates its own weather, which is unpredictable. It can be clear and sunny one minute, and cloudy and raining the
next. Therefore, no matter when you climb, you should always be prepared for wet days and cold nights.
Kilimanjaro was first climbed by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889. Meyer had attempted to climb it two years
earlier, but he failed because he did not have the proper equipment. He made a second attempt in 1888, but this was also
unsuccessful. Today, approximately 40,000 people try to climb the mountain every year. About half of them fail mostly because,
due to their inexperience, they make the mistake to take the short route and rush to complete the climb without giving their
bodies time to get used to the low oxygen levels on the mountain. The safest way to climb is to take your time and use one of
the longer routes. Further advantages of these are that the scenery along the way takes your breath away and you don’t need
to be an experienced climber or have special equipment to get up them.
Getting to the top of Kilimanjaro is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many climbers. Nevertheless, while thousands
of people climb it successfully, a small number unfortunately die on the mountain every year. Consequently, it is important to
do your research and educate yourself on all the difficulties and dangers you may come across during the climb. You will be on
the mountain for at least 5 or 6 days, so you must be fully prepared, both physically and mentally, for your expedition.
You also need to hire an experienced guide and support team to accompany you, as they will know what actions to take in order
to ensure your health and safety. According to Tanzanian law, you must have a guide and at least two porters (luggage carriers)
with you on the mountain, even if you wish to climb it alone. There is a very good reason for this law, since there are numerous
routes and paths up the mountain, many of which are dangerous, and only the guides are familiar with the ones that are safe to
use. In addition, climbers have to bring their own tents, food and cooking equipment with them as there are very few facilities
on the mountain, so a support team is essential.
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1. At the top of Mt Kilimanjaro,
.
6. What does the author say about the short route?
a. there is a national park
a. It doesn’t require mountain-climbing equipment.
b. there is always snow
b. It is extremely overcrowded.
c. there is a thick jungle
c. It is the safest way to reach the top.
d. there are many wild animals
d. It would be better to climb it slowly.
2. What does the word it in the second paragraph
7. What is the author’s opinion about climbing
refer to?
Mt Kilimanjaro?
a. Tanzania
a. It is not at all difficult.
b. the equator
b. It is easier than other climbs.
c. Tanzania's location
c. It does not require much preparation.
d. a cold winter
d. It is challenging but worthwhile.
3. According to the text, when do climbers generally
8. Which of the following is closest in meaning to
experience the best weather?
familiar with in the fifth paragraph?
a. in April
a. keen on
b. in May
b. supportive of
c. in August
c. accustomed to
d. in November
d. annoyed with
4. What does the author say about the weather on the
9. The smallest group which is allowed to
mountain?
climb the mountain consists of
a. It often changes suddenly.
a. 2 people
b. It is usually clear but cold.
c. It is quite easy to predict.
b. 3 people
d. It is generally dry.
c. 4 people
d. 5 people
5. When did Hans Meyer first try to climb the
10. What is the main aim of the text?
mountain?
a. in 1886
a. to complain
b. in 1887
b. to criticise
c. in 1888
c. to advise
d. in 1889
d. to compare
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1. An attempt was made to
2. Choose the correct option.
1. Mr Marshall,
the criminal, but he
managed to escape.
a. capture
c. disrupt
a. that
2. My boss found it funny that he was wearing exactly the
b. identical
a. due to
c. similar
b. for
a. so as
c. of
4. It was
a. legal
b. illegal
6. The lawyer asked the man why he had
a. done
b. made
7. Although she was
a. leaves
c. evil
the crime.
6.
c. committed
c. potential
8. The detectives are continuing their
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a. as
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b. that
b. like
c. which
a dog all
c. as if
at the dinner table with all my family around me,
a. I sat
c. sentenced
b. Sitting
c. Having sitting
10. By the time we got to the cinema, the film
a. had started
wasn’t my fault.
b. charged
c. In spite
I felt truly happy.
.
a. blamed
b. Despite
week.
c. investigation
me for breaking his skateboard, but it
c. is leaving
8. Let your dad rest! He has been working
they had arrested and the burglary, she was immediately
10. Glenn
b. will leave
7. I know a restaurant
9. As the police found no connection between the woman
b. disguised
the company, we will all be sad.
of her success as a singer, she still stays in touch
a. However
murder.
a. released
b. such a cold
with her old friends.
, the poor lady was sent to
b. distinction
day that the children didn’t want to play
5. When Catherine
.
b. innocent
a. outcome
c. so that
c. such cold
prison.
a. guilty
c. on account
I could talk to him in
b. in order
a. so cold
c. lively
5. According to UK law, you mustn’t sell cigarettes to
anyone under the age of 18. It’s
a virus.
outside.
album will come out in May.
b. alive
c. whose
person.
4. The jazz band have announced that their new
a. live
b. because
3. I went to Alan’s office
the good weather and went
for a run in the park.
a. on
b. who
2. The problem with your computer is
jacket as me.
3. I took advantage
owns the bookshop across the
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. Now that Gina has finished her studies, she’s looking for
1. Hurry up! If we
job.
a(n)
a. didn’t
a. overnight
b. previous
2. The average daily
a. wage
3.
c. permanent
b. don’t
2. I’m really tired. I wish I
at this company is £60.
b. salary
leave soon, we’ll miss our flight.
have to go to work today.
a. didn’t
c. income
c. won’t
b. wouldn’t
c. don’t
your own business is not as easy as you might
3. You’d better not
think.
Julie right now. She will
probably be sleeping.
a. Making
b. Running
c. Earning
a. called
4. During the interview, they asked me a lot about my
4. If I were rich, I
qualifications.
a. firm
b. formal
5. As a supervisor, Jenny is aware
a. would buy
the problems
b. for
5. Tony wishes he
a. passes
c. about
b. flexible
a. rather than
c. decent
7. Freddy spends money all the time, but no one knows how
he
b. makes
8. Mr Davidson is the oldest full-time
b. employer
a. control
at our factory.
10. Linda is
a. regarded
a. didn’t go
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go to
c. to
it.
b. wouldn’t ruin
out alone.
b. don’t go
c. not go
9. In some shops, you can’t return a product unless you
the receipt for it with you.
a. don’t have
c. case
10. It’s high time we
as an expert in the field of 18th century art.
b. indicated
b. than
8. It’s midnight. I’d rather you
of everything that goes on in the store.
b. terms
b. passed
c. hadn’t ruined
c. turns
9. Our manager, Mrs Kelly, is nearly 75 years old but she is
still in
his driving test last week.
a. didn’t ruin
He has been working for us for 30 years.
a. employment
c. bought
7. It would have been a good party if the boys
a living.
a. takes
b. will buy
the cinema.
one to wear to the wedding?
a. fixed
a big house and travel around the
6. I would prefer to watch TV at home tonight
6. That old suit of yours looks terrible. Don’t you have
a
c. call
world, as well.
c. temporary
in her department.
a. of
b. to call
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our car. We don’t need it
anymore.
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c. implied
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1. This is the worst summer
2. Choose the correct option.
1. Steve has come up with a
we’ve had in years;
there’s been so little rain.
a. blizzard
a. five-years
b. drought
2. The village lacked economic
c. deforestation
2. Amy isn’t
, so most of the young
b. habitats
3. Burning fossil
a. amazingly
c. gases
a. less
b. implemented
b. evolution
6. Many old cinemas have
c. conservation
7. The abandoned house seemed
a. threatening
b. threaten
8. Governments worldwide are now
b. taking
a. renewable
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airports in Europe.
b. most busiest
.
b. accurate aren’t always
8. House prices have been getting
over the last
few years.
a. higher and highest
c. doing
b. highest and highest
c. higher and higher
9.
the information he gave the police was useless.
a. Most
c. extinct
the
b. Most of
c. The most
10. This politician’s views on the issue of employment are
tragic car accident on the motorway.
a. for
b. hardly watch
c. always aren’t accurate
c. threat
10. The terrible weather conditions are to blame
any TV these days.
c. busiest
in the dark.
.
b. mild
c. the least
7. The weather forecasts on this website
c. vanished
9. There are many different theories explaining how
dinosaurs became
b. least
a. busier
air pollution.
a. making
money than I did
6. Heathrow Airport is one of the
and new state-of-the-art
b. imported
c. amazed
c. watch hard
of wildlife in the
ones are taking their place.
a. reversed
b. amazing
a. hard watch
region.
a. flora
!
5. Apart from the news, I
c. established
5. Measures are being taken for the
c. too tall
last month.
.
a. banned
b. enough tall
4. This month, I have saved
4. Buying and selling endangered species should be
completely
to reach the top shelf.
- Yes, that sounds
global warming.
b. fuels
c. five-year
3. - How about going to New York next week?
c. resources
may be one of the main causes of
a. fumes
plan for his business.
b. five years
a. tall enough
people left.
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2. Choose the correct option.
1. The accident has been widely reported in the
1. Could you
local
a. say
.
a. press
b. commercial
2. That film was
c. journalism
university. - Really? So
a. I have decided
b. complicated
c. adorable
4. This advertisement is
a. it took
from miles away.
b. visible
c. extensive
b. heartbreaking
b. broadcast
6. Nothing you can say will
a. hadn’t helped
her with the chores
c. don’t help
the staff about the
6. He apologised
Billy to go clubbing
b. persuade
a. more often than not
b. that he informed
c. to inform
c. removed
not telling me about his plans
sooner.
a. about
c. separate
b. for
7. Only when I moved abroad,
how
c. on
how much my family
means to me.
it will affect me.
a. did I realise
b. needless to say
b. I realised
c. realised I
8. Carlton has to finish his essay tonight,
c. regardless of
a. hasn’t he
8. The director was getting tired
the actress treating
the rest of the cast badly.
b. at
9. Are you doing anything
b. exciting
b. like
b. doesn’t he
please? - Yes, of course. Here
a. is you
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c. excitement
?
c. has he
9. - Can you lend me your reading glasses for a moment,
c. from
this weekend?
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c. it did take
b. didn’t help
a. informing
on TV?
7. My best friend always tells me the truth,
a. likely
b. did it take
5. The manager refused
tonight.
a. excited
to make Mark’s cake.
company’s profits.
5. When was the first football match
a. of
c. I have
the previous week.
as it encourages the public
c. unauthorised
a. represent
!
4. My mother complained that I
to believe that this low-quality product works miracles.
a. misleading
c. tell to
b. have I
3. Patty asked me how long
3. The top of the mountain is
a. bombarded
b. tell
2. - I have decided to study language and literature at
. I couldn’t stop laughing.
a. hilarious
a. contrasting
me where the nearest bank is, please?
!
b. are you
c. you are
your doctor about all your
symptoms.
to forget things.
a. you to tell
c. alike
c. that you tell
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1. Choose the correct option.
1. It is
to drive any vehicle on the roads that is not
11. After the
a. coverage b. vastness c. disaster
insured.
a. guilty
2. The man
a. linked
b. innocent
c. legal
d. illegal
all the doors before leaving the building.
b. featured
c. secured
control
the farm.
a. of
b. for
responsible for the
d. indicated
c. earned
5. Canada is known for its
b. unauthorised
d. qualified
d. got
14. The city centre is perfect for pedestrians at weekends
because cars are
winters as the
c. corrupt
c. flexible
d. harsh
b. brainwashing
d. press
c. living
d. working
the man about the
c. devastating
b. extinct
d. sparkling
a. interrogated
c. inferred
b. persuaded
d. implemented
18. A recent
d. of
room with only one small window that
showed that 47% of consumers say that
technology is making their lives easier.
issues our planet is facing.
a. recruiter
c. survey
b. reference
d. controversy
19. The huge fire was
didn’t let the sun in.
c. gloomy
c. broadcast d. bombard
next year.
the environmental
c. on
b. fool
17. Many changes to the educational system are going to be
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16. The detective wanted to
in the 17th century.
9. Most adolescents are aware
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d. vanished
a. employer b. job
d. decent
8. The dodo, a bird which lived on the island of Mauritius,
a. disguised b. crucial
b. dominated
a. question
c. evil
10. It was a
c. banned
burglary.
a. outcome
b. about
a. regarded
15. - How is the
that was expected.
a. for
then.
anything yet.
7. Our political campaign did not have the positive
became
for the job since he has an
c. newsworthy
owner took excellent care of it.
b. previous
d. advent
a. sufficient
6. One of the reasons we bought this flat is because the
a. desired
b. ratio
his
temperature can fall to -30°C.
b. marine
c. requirement
MA in Economics.
business entirely on his own.
a. mild
a. promotion
d. about
4. For more than a decade, my grandfather
b. made
of all our toys.
13. This employee is well
c. on
d. evolution
12. As manager of the marketing department, Hector is
3. Mr Garth makes all the decisions here because he is in
a. ran
, the area had no electricity for days.
d. potential
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a. fixed
c. complicated
b. visible
d. misleading
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a serious
33. Many products, such as hairsprays, used to release
crime.
greenhouse
a. done
b. made
c. broken
d. committed
21. A large number of computers are
into my country
a. effects
c. represented
b. imported
d. established
22. How do you put up
a. with
c. at
to life
c. charged
d. sentenced
c. matters worse
b. an effort
d. a sale
25. All lawyers must
a. took
a. forecast
their clients in court to the best
b. occur
26. Lots of people
c. capture
the environment for granted and
b. make
27. According to the
c. have
d. preserve
advantage of his opponent’s
on TV, this cream will do wonders
c. commercial
b. journalism
d. distinction
28. We have to
a. employ
c. employee
b. employer
d. employment
c. for
scene as quickly
b. order
d. investigation
a. resource
c. biodiversity
b. conservation
d. agriculture
.
left the police station after they managed
a. offenders
c. suspects
b. authorities
d. identities
qualifications.
a. temporary
c. contrasting
b. permanent
d. formal
stop in Rome, so we took a
d. at
a. full-time
c. imaginative
b. part-time
d. overnight
43. In this fairy tale, the witch
c. predator
31. The drivers blamed the accident
d. union
stroll in the beautiful streets of the city.
start buying bottles of water.
32. This law provides
c. eruption
c. injustice
42. The train made a(n)
constantly being
continues for another week, we will have to
b. on
b. habitat
a. crime
40. The two
asked about his personal life.
b. drought
d. caught
due to
41. This position does not require any
don’t have enough staff.
b. of
c. brought
to prove that they had done nothing wrong.
two new designers soon since we
29. The actor had become tired
b. got
as he could.
d. set
a. agency
a. for
c. function
39. The main source of income for my family is
for your skin.
a. blizzard
b. disrupt
38. The police officer rushed to the
d. defend
never recycle.
30. If the
the problem of
deforestation.
of their abilities.
a. from
d. implies
37. Orangutangs are losing their natural
, I started shouting at her.
a. up my mind
a. take
b. separates
mistakes and eventually won the game.
b. blamed
a. indicate
c. removes
36. The tennis player
24. Last night, I got into an argument with my wife and, to
make
part of Bangladesh from India.
a. reverses
a. tackle
imprisonment.
a. accused
d. gases
shoplifting.
d. in
23. Yesterday, Colin Peterson was
c. fumes
35. A lot of shops install cameras to
your dog’s constant barking?
b. for
b. fuels
34. The Muhuri River
from China.
a. bonded
known as CFCs.
the thick fog.
c. about
a. comes
d. region
b. brings
c. turns
44. Stephen Hawking is considered a(n)
d. breaks
scientist in
the field of physics.
d. at
a. leading
for threatened plants and
b. hilarious
45. We should respect everyone
animals.
the villagers into stone.
c. extensive d. firm
their age.
a. protect
c. protected
a. needless to say
c. more often than not
b. protective
d. protection
b. regardless of
d. to a great extent
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1. What colour do you get if you
a. will mix
b. mix
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orange and green?
c. would mix d. mixed
2. My cousin has moved to Los Angeles
to become
a. as
b. for
3. The Louvre,
c. in order
d. so that
is the largest museum in the world,
is located in Paris.
a. that
b. where
4. You look
c. who
a. wonderfully
c. wonderful
b. interested
d. interestingly
b. very wonderfully
d. enough wonderful
land animal on Earth.
a. the most heaviest
c. heavier than
b. the heaviest
d. the most heavy
the chores when I asked him to.
a. to do
c. that he did
b. doing
d. he would do
15. The waiter recommended
the homemade
lemonade.
the other teams
did.
a. to us trying
c. for us to try
b. us to try
d. that we try
16. Don’t talk to me
you were my boss. I’ll do
a. sooner than
c. more soon than
whatever I want.
b. sooner from what
d. the soonest of
a. as
c. like if
b. as though
d. like
6. Mrs Raul
that she had come to the UK a month
before.
17. Last week, we met a man
a. said us
b. told
c. told us
b. didn’t live
d. hadn’t lived
8. Little Jim can’t sleep
the lights are on.
b. as long
d. if not
9. The Dark Knight is
b. so
d. such
c. will throw
b. threw
d. would throw
excursion.
c. take
b. to have taken
d. have taken
c. deep disappointed
b. deeply disappointing
d. deeply disappointed
d. Despite
sweet now.
that spicy
a. little
11. I have an awful stomach ache. I wish I
food last night.
with the student’s behaviour.
a. deep disappointing
21. You should have put
b. Although c. In spite
a trip to Budapest next spring or
a. to take
20. The teacher was
the terrible weather, we had a great time on the
a. However
b. few
22. Julia said that she
honey in my tea. It’s too
c. less
c. couldn’t eat
a. had found
c. found
b. hadn’t eaten
d. wouldn’t eat
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a. throw
19. Would you rather
amazing film that I’ve watched
c. so an
c. whose his d. whose
next autumn?
it six times.
a. such an
b. who’s
18. If this weren’t my dad’s favourite jacket, I
c. couldn’t live
c. unless
a. who his
so far away!
a. doesn’t live
a. supposing
brother works at your
gym.
d. told to us
7. I miss my sister so much. If only she
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c. interesting
14. Brian refused
d. which
today. Have you had your hair cut?
5. Leo and I completed the project
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a. interest
13. The African elephant is
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35. You used to do sports professionally,
Vince so excited.
a. I have seen
c. seen I have
a. weren’t you
c. used you
b. have I seen
d. have seen I
b. hadn’t you
d. didn’t you
24. Mr Evans is almost 80. He’s
to play basketball
36. This organic shampoo is
than my old one.
a. more better
c. much more better
b. more good
d. much better
with the kids.
a. enough old
c. too old
b. old enough
d. old too
25. My father wanted to know how old
37. I really like your shoes. Actually, they’re
.
a. were my friends
c. my friends were
b. to be my friends
d. my friends be
26. This is the drawer
a. that
27.
Samantha keeps her jewellery.
b. where
c. which
d. in that
a famous musician.
c. No matter how
b. In spite of
d. Whereas
early tomorrow, I’ll definitely join you.
a. finished
c. finish
b. will finish
d. would finish
c. being
30. The headteacher ordered the pupils
c. cleaning up
b. to clean up
d. must clean up
31. The football match has been cancelled
32. The boy
the heavy
c. due to
the wedding rings is my nephew.
c. is carrying
b. he is carrying
d. who carrying
a. will leave
c. leave
b. are leaving
d. left
Ray has his own smartphone, he’s always using
a. Despite
c. However
b. Even though
d. Nevertheless
some help with the recipe, I called my
a. Needed
c. Having needed
b. I needed
d. Needing
c. funniest and funniest
b. funny and funnier
d. funnier and funnier
a taxi, we would have missed our flight.
a. don’t take
c. hadn’t taken
b. didn’t take
d. wouldn’t take
girls in Agatha’s class live in the same
a. Most
c. Most of
b. The most
d. The most of
44.
.
a. funny and funny
, I would visit a doctor as soon as possible.
a. Were you
c. Were I you
b. If I you
d. Were I be you
45. John is one of the few children I know who prefers books
video games.
by the long journey, we went straight to our hotel.
a. Exhausting
c. We were exhausted
a. to
c. from
b. Exhausted
d. Having exhausted
b. than
d. rather than
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the office.
neighbourhood.
33. I don’t hate this comedian anymore. His jokes are
34.
d. big enough to fit
43.
d. on account
a. carrying
becoming
b. big enough fitting
42. If we
rain.
b. since
c. enough big to fit
mother-in-law.
the
a. clean up
me?
a. enough big fitting
41.
d. been
playground.
a. because
d. the same with
his brother’s.
late home because Mum will get
b. to be
b. similar to
40.
really angry.
a. be
c. same to
39. I’ll send you a message as soon as we
a. Although
29. We’d better not
mine.
a. similar with
38. Are these jeans
talented you are, it takes lots of work to become
28. If I
?
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3. You are doing research for a class presentation and find this article about tigers.
Read the article carefully and answer the questions that follow.
WILD TIGERS
Tigers are the largest of all the wild cats and are well known for their power and strength. They live alone and aggressively
defend the large areas of land they inhabit. They are excellent hunters and travel many miles to find prey, such as deer,
buffalo and wild pigs, usually at night. They stalk their prey, which is to say they patiently lie in wait, and slowly but
surely approach their victims close enough to attack them with a sudden, deadly jump. Despite their terrifying reputation,
most tigers avoid humans. However, a few may occasionally become dangerous man-eaters; these animals are often sick,
unable to hunt normally, or live in areas where their traditional prey has vanished.
Not so long ago, there were nine tiger subspecies, but three of these became extinct during the 20th century. Over the
last 100 years, hunting and forest destruction by humans have reduced global wild tiger populations from approximately
100,000 to between 4,000 and 6,000. According to a study sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global wild
tiger population reached a record low of around 3,200 animals in 2010. The distressing results of the study led countries
where tigers are found to begin implementing conservation programmes that aim to double the number of tigers living in
the wild. (A)
Like all wild tigers, Siberian tigers were also on the road to extinction in the 20th century. However, a number of the
conservation programmes that have been established are making every effort to save this tiger subspecies and, since the
early 2000s, their numbers have nearly doubled, now counting almost 600. These tigers live in the vast, frozen forests of
eastern Russia, northern China and Korea, where the extreme weather conditions make it ideal for them as hardly any
humans live there. (B) Also, due to their size and power, they have no predators in their natural habitat. Unfortunately,
though, Siberian tigers are still hunted for their skin and body parts, which are often used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Another success story, similar to that of the Siberian tiger, is about the Bengal tigers inhabiting Nepal, a mountainous
country in southern Asia. (C) In fact, according to the results of Nepal’s most recent tiger survey, there are now an estimated
250 wild tigers in the country, nearly twice the number recorded in 2010. The survey covered a route more than 2,700 km
long, including protected areas along the border between Nepal and India. These areas are an important ecosystem that’s
also home to rhinos, elephants and nearly seven million people. The Bengal tiger is found mainly in India
and it is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies with more than 2,500 left in the wild. (D) Because of
its beauty, as well as its cultural and religious significance, the Bengal tiger is the national animal of
India and Bangladesh.
These two cases are major accomplishments for tiger conservation programmes. Nevertheless,
it is essential that all key tiger habitats be constantly surveyed, protected and expanded so
as to ensure this species’ complete recovery and long-term survival.
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1. What does the author imply about tigers in the
6. According to the text,
first paragraph?
.
a. there are more Bengal tigers than any other tiger
a. They are the largest of all land animals.
subspecies
b. They do not hunt in groups.
b. there were fewer than a hundred tigers in Nepal in 2010
c. They get sick easily.
c. Bangladesh and India are cooperating on a tiger
d. They find food quickly.
conservation programme
d. Nepal’s tiger conservation programme has had little
2. What is TRUE according to the second
success
paragraph?
a. There are only three tiger subspecies left.
7. Which of the following is closest in meaning to
b. Tiger populations decreased during the 20
significance in the fourth paragraph?
th
a. function
century.
c. There are 100,000 tigers in the wild.
b. importance
d. The number of wild tigers has doubled
c. purpose
d. interaction
since 2010.
3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to
8. At which point in the text would the following sentence
distressing in the second paragraph?
best fit?
a. impressive
“This country is close to becoming the first to double its
b. various
wild tiger population since 2010.”
c. controversial
a. (A)
d. upsetting
b. (B)
c. (C)
4. What is NOT mentioned about the Siberian
d. (D)
tiger?
a. It inhabits huge forests.
9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
b. It is the largest tiger.
a. the tiger’s diet
c. It lives in a cold habitat.
b. why the tiger is hunted
d. It shares its habitat with almost no humans.
c. the tiger’s importance to its ecosystem
d. how humans have affected tiger populations
5. Which country has the highest population of
Bengal tigers?
10. What is the main aim of the text?
a. China
a. to point out how strong and powerful tigers are
b. Nepal
b. to stress that tiger conservation programmes are
c. India
necessary
c. to describe tiger habitats in detail
d. Bangladesh
d. to compare the Siberian tiger with the Bengal tiger
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