UPSTREAM UPPER INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 TEST

I. Fill in the sentences with the words below:

currencies, expand, figure, increasing, issues, pace, proficient, suit, target,
worldwide
1. She clenched her teeth against the steadily pain.
2. The concert attracted a television audience of over a billion people.
3. Before you can study at a British university, you have to be in English.
4. ""We need $30,000 to get the project started.'' ""How close are you to that ..?''
5. The Euro will eventually replace European national ..
6. Global warming and youth crime are the key in the election campaign.
7. The area has become a prime . for supermarket development.
8. This method involves students learning at their own ..
9. Make sure you choose a computer that . your needs.
10. The business was growing rapidly and beginning to abroad.
II. Fill in with:
accents, body, language, native, speech, talk, tongue
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It was obvious from Luke's .. language that he was nervous.

The book is aimed at learners of English rather than speakers.
Dialects are spoken with pronounced regional .
The official .. of Ghana is English.
More than one-fifth of the population had German as their mother ...
We stood around making small .. until the guest of honor arrived.
He said he used the phrase as a figure of ., and did not mean to imply she was
a coward.

III. say, speak, talk or tell?

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Can you .. the difference between sparkling wine and champagne?

Larry isn't afraid to .. his mind, even in front of the boss.
Promise you won't . a word to anyone?
'Let's not politics now,' said Hugh impatiently.
Stop trying to .. me what to do all the time.

IV. touch, hold or contact?

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I'm out of . with modern medicine.

Over the years we just lost .. with each other.
I must get . of Vanessa to see if she can babysit.
. the line, please, and I'll put you through to our sales department.
Everyone who came into with Ann felt better for knowing her.

V. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions:

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I bumped _____ Jean in town.

Who are you waving _____?
"You can go if you want, but I'm staying," Denise said glaring _____ him.
Do you ever hear _____ Jack?
Mary was there, chatting _____ her mother.
James leaned over to whisper something _____ Michael.
"The weather's so nice, I'm thinking of calling in sick tomorrow," she said, winking
_____ me.
8. People use more than words when they communicate _____ each other.
9. 'He's down here!' she shouted _____ Alison.
10. I'm going to write _____ the manager about this.
VI. Use the verbs below in their correct form to complete the sentences below:

brush, call, cut, get, hang(x2), pick, put, run, switch

1. Always _____ off your computer when you've finished.

2. Could you _____ me through to Eddie?
3. At last I managed to _____ through to one of the managers.
4. _____ on! I'll be back in a minute.
5. I don't know what happened - we just got _____ off.
6. I was in a phone box and my money ______ out before I'd finished.
7. If a caller is rude, just ______ up.
8. Can you ask John to _____ me back when he gets in?
9. I must _____ up on my French before I go to Paris.
10. I _____ up a few words of Greek when I was there last year.
VII. Fill in the sentences with the words below:
avenue, basis, colossal, feature, fuss, interpreter, medium, rehearse, sensitive, sticky,
thinking, workload
1. This is the .. behind the company's new public relations campaign.
2. An important of Van Gogh's paintings is their bright colours.
3. If I'm going to make the speech, I'll need an .
4. Children are failing exams and dropping out of school in numbers.
5. We hired another secretary to handle the increased ..
6. The director made us . the opening scenes over and over.
7. DVDs have quickly become an extremely popular .. for film viewing.
8. The president wants to explore every towards peace in the region.
9. They wanted a quiet wedding without any ...
10. The issue of equal school funding remains a .. political issue.
11. We will create new incentives to follow environmentally .. strategies and
behaviour.
12. I'm saving money on a regular ..

VIII. Use these verbs in the correct form to complete the sentences below:
blend, clap, giggle, lean, sign, weep, whisper, whistle, yawn, yell
1. You don't have to - there's no one around.
2. Fred stood up, and stretched.
3. The music blaring in the bar was forcing us both to to be heard.
4. I heard this song on the radio and I've been it all day.
5. She for the loss of her mother.
6. What are you two girls . about?
7. A crowd gathered to watch the runners, .. their hands and urging them on.
8. He .. to the maid to leave the room.
9. Children love the play because it the human and animal worlds.
10. Joe was .. against the school wall, smoking a cigarette.