ADVANCED EXPERT CAE test A

Module 1 test Name:

Score: %: Grade: Pass: Total:

I. Choose the best option: A, B, C or D. Write your answer in an answer sheet. /10
1. He resigned from a …… job as economic adviser to the Prime Minister.
2. She was …… by the gas company for the damage to her house.
3. So when are you two going to tie the ……?
4. As an Englishman who'd lived for a long time in France, he felt a certain conflict of …… when the two countries
played soccer.
5. There were tickets available last week, but he …… by waiting till today to try to buy some.
6. I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too …… .
7. £50 would help to …… the training of an unemployed teenager.
8. He bought me dinner to …… being so late the day before.
9. The glass …… into a thousand tiny pieces.
10. There has been a slight …… in our plans.
A B C D ANSWER SHEET
1. passable flippant high-profile fair-minded 1.
2. choked reimbursed delved anticipated 2.
3. rabble knot notice publicity 3.
4. whims sanctuaries allegiances expertises 4.
5. messed about missed the boat hit the roof tied the knot 5.
6. pliant cerebral persistent resistent 6.
7. heap subsidise supplant pluck 7.
8. miss out catch up with get round to make up for 8.
9. clutched raided detached shattered 9.
10. get-together hardship setback trade 10.
II. Use appropriate forms of the following words to complete the sentences. /6
1. Product is essential to the future of the company. DIFFER
2. He was a hard-working, if , student. EXCEPTION
3. The whole village was by her second marriage. SCANDAL
4. I didn't find any of the characters in the film . BELIEVE
5. Let's not the situation - we need to hear both sides of the JUDGE
story first.
6. Is it right to say all the crimes he committed were simply the result of his BRING
?
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Use between 3 to 6 words,
including the word given. /7

1. I'll be home late. until

I late.
2. Owing to illness, Sally was unable to sing the solo, as arranged.
have
Sally was but she fell ill.
3. I've been in this company for almost three years. will
 By the end of the month in this company for three
years.
4. About 100 people were waiting for the late bus.
arrived
By were about 100 people waiting.
5. Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.
about
Scientists are a vital breakthrough.
6. I don't suppose you have heard the news.
won't
You the news.

7. Sylvia asked if I wanted more pudding, but I said I couldn't eat any more. had
When Sylvia offered me more pudding enough.
ADVANCED EXPERT CAE test B
Module 1 test Name:
Score: %: Grade: Pass: Total:

I. Choose the best option: A, B, C or D. Write your answer in an answer sheet.

/10

1. I think she just thought I was being …… .

2. Peanuts can …… a small child.
3. The next time you visit, can you give me more ……?
4. We booked the holiday on…….
5. When the truth ……, there was public outrage.
6. She is a …… offender and has been arrested five times this year for shoplifting.
7. Small children can often feel …… when a new brother or sister is born.
8. Will Western industry ever …… Japanese innovations?
9. After she left school, she went to college to learn a …… .
10. You can …… the hood if you prefer the coat without it.
A B C D ANSWER SHEET
1. high-profile flippant fair-minded passable 1.
2. anticipate delve reimburse choke 2.
3. rabble publicity notice knot 3.
4. whim allegiance strain expertise 4.
5. messed about rounded off came out turned down 5.
6. persistent pliant cerebral worthwhile 6.
7. heaped supplanted subsidised overcharged 7.
8. make up for catch up with get on with get hold of 8.
9. get-together hardship trade setback 9.
10. shatter clutch raid detach 10.
II. Use appropriate forms of the following words to complete the sentences. /6
1. I have a lot of reading to complete before the end of term. ASSIGN
2. The idea rapidly gained in political circles. ACCEPT
3. Her sudden from the championship caused a lot of press
speculation about her health. WITHDRAW
4. he just forgot to send the letter. PRESUME
5. I felt that the whole project was researched. SUFFICIENT
6. Many trains are subject to because of the flooding. CANCEL
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Use between 3 to 6 words,
including the word given.
/7
1. About 100 people were waiting for the late bus.
arrived
By were about 100 people waiting.
2. Owing to illness, Sally was unable to sing the solo, as arranged.
have
Sally was but she fell ill.
 3. Sylvia asked if I wanted more pudding, but I said I couldn't eat any more. had
When Sylvia offered me more pudding enough.
4. I've been in this company for almost three years. will
By the end of the month in this company for three
years.
5. Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.
about
Scientists are a vital breakthrough.
6. I'll be home late. until
I late.
7. I don't suppose you have heard the news.
won't
You the news.