PRACTICE TEST 01

I. Fill in each blank with one word

1. Many people nowadays find it .difficult to make both ends meet
2. How are you getting in your new job?
3. We dont .. out much hope for the missing climbers
4. Is there juice to go round?
5. If you ..happen to see her, could you please ask her to call me?
6. Never become addicted .cigarette
7. Life is full ..surprise, isnt it?
8. If you had a choice..marrying for love or marrying for money, which would you do?
9. He is unlikely to put the plan into
10. Help.. to a drink while I am getting ready
11. You shouldnt blame for what happened
12. clever he may be, I dont think he will solve the problem
13.. hard he tried, he couldnt finish his work
14. As. as I can see there is no advantage in further discussion
15. As a of bad teaching, I made slow progress
16. Meals at the restaurant are often ..in fat and calories
17. He can speak German..great ease
18. There was something wrong with his leg so he walked with great..
19. It .no difference to me whether you come or not
20. I . to people criticizing me unfairly
21. Busy he was, Melissas father still played with her
22. ..matter how hard he tried
II Rewriting
1 It is no good crying like a baby (POINT)
2 The book wasnt as good as he had hoped (EXPECTATIONS)
3 There is no point in you phoning Caroline- she is away (TIME)
4 Without skillful surgery, he wouldnt have survived the operation (THANKS)
5 It isnt our habit to eat so early (USED)
6 She was surprised when he suddenly asked her to marry him (TOOK)
His sudden marriage.surprise
7 Mr Jones was shocked to hear that his son had failed the exam (CAME)
It. to hear that his son had failed the exam
8 I never thought of borrowing money from him (OCCURRED)
It from him
9 You really should learn to drive (HIGH)
It is to drive
10 You must remember to lock the drawer, whatever you do (ACCOUNT)
On the drawer
III Fill in each blank with one word
The World Trade Organization (WTO), 1 on January 1, 1995, aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely
as 2 , making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes 3 can be settled. In the five
years in its founding, the WTO has become well known 4 one of the worlds most powerful economic
organizations, taking its place alongside the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The system old global rules
5 international trade , however dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT) was formed after World War II. As time went 6 ,it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks
the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of effective system to settle disputes.
After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994, the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth 7 the WTO,
complete with an effective system to settle disputes and to 8 new rules covering trade in services and intellectual
property. 9 after seven years of talks and with 22,500 pages of agreements reached, problems remained, especially in
the difficult-to-deal-with 10 agriculture and services.
IV. Complete the sentences, using the verbs and prepositions provided. Make any necessary changes
Find turn come- get put look up with down across out on up
1. They went to the bus station to the time of the next bus to Edinburgh
2. When they were clearing out the attic, they. their grandmothers old school books

3. She didnt with her boss so she got another job

4. I cant the children s behavior any more. Im leaving
5 He was s..for the job because of his dirty appearance and long hair
6 A baby was .. by the little sister while they went to the cinema
7 They finally at the meeting at twelve o clock just as everybody else was leaving
8 What does this word mean, Jane?
I have no idea, youd better ..it.. in the dictionary
9 Tom offered Daisy a lift but she because she wanted to go by bus
10 Finally they what he had said was quite true
V. FIND 10 MISTAKES AND CORRECT THEM
Music is clearly different from language. People can, nevertheless, use them to communicate things especially their emotions
and when with speech in a song, it is one of the most powerful mean of communication that humans have. But what, biologically
speaking, is it? If music is truly distinct from speech, then it ought have a distinct processing mechanism in the brain one that
keeps it separate from the interpretation of other sounds, include language. The evidence suggests that such a separate
mechanism does, indeed, exists .
Scientific curiosity about the auditory system dates back to mid-19th century. In 1861 Paul Broca, a French surgeon, observed
that speech was impaired by damage to a particular part of the brain, now known like Brocas area. In 1874 Carl Wernicke, a
German neurologist, makes a similar observation about another brain area and was similarly immortalized. The location of
different language-processing tasks in Broca areas (found in the brains left temporal lobe, above the ear) was one of the first
pieces of evidence that different bits of the brain are specialized to make different jobs.
VI. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS PROVIDED
1. Tom was accused of stealing some____ document. ( CONFIDENCE)
2. This morning I ____ and was late for work. (SLEEP)
3. I ____ met an old friend of mine last week (EXPECT)
4. ____ is destroying large areas of tropical rainforest (FOREST)
5. A holiday in America can be ____ cheap (SURPRISE)
6. There was a ____ of coffee because thousands of coffee trees in Brazil froze (SHORT)
7. Barbara is very ____ about birds. She knows a lot about them (KNOW)
8 He made a very quick ____ from his operation (RECOVER)
VII. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS
1. That letter, he said, is ____ with me
A. to do nothing B. nothing do to C. to nothing do D. nothing to so
2. I wont pay 20 for the coat, it isnt worth ____
A. that much all B. that all much C. all that much D. much that all
3. I felt in ____ and took out some money
A a pocket my coat
B my coat pocket C my coats pocket
D my pocket coat
4 A notice on the gate said Be aware ____ the dog
A for
B of
C to
D from
5 When you cross the road, be careful of ____
A the traffic
B the traffics
C a traffic
D. traffics
6 Some diseases ____ quickly from one person to another
A move
B catch
C spreadD get about
7 He went to the factory____ check the progress of the work
A for the purpose B by reason of
C so far as
D in order to
8 Why are you staring ____ me? she asked
A on
B over
C at
D to
9 He likes to go for a holiday ____ his wife
A without
B less
C exceptD unless
10 We are going on a picnic ____ tomorrow
A the day after
B the next after
C next day after D after
11 There was ____ enough cake for all of us to have a very small slice
A just
B quite
C really
D hardly
12 Mr White ____ the company in the way he wanted to
A owned
B ruled
C ran
D commanded

KEY
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1 very 2 on
3 hold 4 enough
5 do
11 others
12 however
13 however
difficulty
19 makes
20 object
2
2 The books didnt come up to his expectation
6 took her by surprise
7 came as a shock to Mr jones
8 never occurred to me to borrow
9 high time you learned
10 on no account must you forget to lock
3
1 founded
2 possible
3 can 4 as
4
1 find out
2 came across 3 get on
look up 9 turned down 10 found out
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them it
mean means
ought ought to
exists exist
mid the mid
like - as
makes made
Broca brocas
make - do
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confidential
overslept
unexpectedly

6 to
7 full 8 between
9 practice
10 yourself
14 far 15 result
16 HIGH
17 with
18
21as/though
22 No

5 for

6 by

7 to

8 set/form

9 even/ until

4 put up with

5 turned down 6 looked after

deforestation

surprisingly

10 areas

7 turned up