USE OF ENGLISH

TEST A 2. A) perform B) do C) make D) have

What teenagers do with their money 3. A) keen B) wanting C) interested D) delighted
Thirteen-year-olds do not spend as much money as their parents
4. A) does B) causes C) happens D) makes
suspect - at least not according to the findings of a __(1)__ survey,
Money and Change. The survey __(2)__ three hundred teenagers, 13- 5. A) dress B) wear C) put on D) have on
17 years old, from __(3)__ Britain.
By the time they __(4)__ their teens, most children see their 6. A) evident B) sure C) definite D) clear
weekly allowance rise dramatically to an amazing national average of
£5.14. Two thirds think they get __(5)__ money, but most expect to 7. A) requested B) questioned C) enquired D) asked
have to do something to get it.
8. A) character B) quality C) nature D) point
Although they have more cash, worry about debt is __(6)__ among
teenagers. Therefore, the __(7)__ of children __(8)__ an effort to save 9. A) thought B) regarded C) considered D) wondered
for the future.
Greater access to cash __(9)__ teenagers does not, however, 10. A) For instance B) That is C) Such as D) Let’s say
mean that they are more irresponsible __(10)__ a result. The economic
recession seems to have encouraged __(11)__ attitudes to money, 11. A) say B) talk C) discuss D) chat
even in the case of children at these ages. Instead of wasting what
12. A) However B) Although C) Despite D) Therefore
pocket __(12)__ they have on sweets or magazines, the 13-year-olds
who took __(13)__ in the survey seem to __(14)__ to the situation by 13. A) at B) in C) on D) by
saving more than half __(15)__ their cash.
14. A) character B) being C) somebody D) nature
1. A) late B) recent C) latest D) fresh
15. A) easy B) possible C) likely D) probable
2. A) included B) contained C) counted D) enclosed

3. A) entire B) all over C) complete D) the whole TEST C

4. A) reach B) get C) make D) arrive The four-minute mile
It is the nature of athletic records that they are broken and their
5. A) acceptable B) adequate C) satisfactory D) enough place is taken by new ones . Yet in many sports __(1)__, there is a
mark which is not __(2)__ in itself, but which becomes a legend as
6. A) gaining B) heightening C) increasing D) building
athletes __(3)__ to break it. The most __(4)__ of these is the attempt
7. A) most B) maximum C) many D) majority to run the mile in __(5)__ than four minutes.
In 1945, the mile record was __(6)__ to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds.
8. A) make B) do C) have D) try And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student
__(7)__ Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record. He had
9. A) among B) through C) between D) along been __(8)__ for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2
seconds the __(9)__ year.
10. A) like B) as C) for D) in
Two other runners set the pace for him, and __(10)__ 250 yards
11. A) aware B) knowing C) helpful D) cautious to go he burst ahead for the finish. He wrote __(11)__: ‘My body had
exhausted all its energy, but it __(12)__ on running just the same.
12. A) cash B) money C) change D) savings Those __(13)__ few seconds seemed never-ending. I could see the
line of the finishing tape. I jumped like a man making a desperate
13. A) part B) place C) share D) piece attempt to save himself from danger. ‘Bannister’s time was 3 minutes,
59.4 seconds. __(14)__ this record has been broken on many __(15)__
14. A) reply B) answer C) respond D) return
since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.
15. A) from B) as C) of D) for
1. A) happenings B) events C) games D) matches

2. A) central B) major C) significant D) considerable

TEST B
Becoming a nurse: the interview 3. A) try B) try on C) try out D) try for

The reality of an interview is never as bad as your fears. For some 4. A) known B) public C) noticeable D) famous
__(1)__ people imagine the interviewer is going to jump on every
tiny mistake they __(2)__ . In truth, the interviewer is as __(3)__ for 5. A) smaller B) less C) lower D) under
the meeting to go well as you are. It is what __(4)__ his or her job
6. A) broken down B) lessened
enjoyable.
C) decreased D) brought down
The secret of a good interview is preparing for it. What you wear
is always important as it creates the first impression. So __(5)__ 7. A) entitled B) called C) nicknamed D) known
neatly, but comfortably. Make __(6)__ that you can deal with anything
you are __(7)__. Prepare for questions that are certain to come up, for 8. A) trying B) studying C) running D) training
example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most
important __(8)__ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, 9. A) early B) previous C) past D) former
what other careers have you __(9)__? What are your interests and
10. A) on B) in C) with D) by
hobbies?
Answer the questions fully and precisely. __(10)__, if one of your 11. A) afterwards B) then C) next D) after
interests is reading, be prepared to __(11)__ about the sort of books
you like. __(12)__, do not learn all your answers off __(13)__ heart. 12. A) went B) continued C) ran D) got
The interviewer wants to meet a human __(14)__, not a robot.
Remember, the interviewer is genuinely interested in you, so the 13. A) last B) late C) latest D) later
more you relax and are yourself, the more __(15)__ you are to succeed.
14. A) But B) In spite of C) However D) Although
1. A) reason B) idea C) explanation D) excuse 15. A) times B) times C) occasions D) incidents

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 TEST D 7. A) landlord B) possessor C) owner D) tenant
Traffic Lights 8. A) experimented B) tried
C) experienced D) tested
The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer.
It was installed __(1)__ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It __(2)__ 9. A) managed B) succeeded C) achieved D) completed
like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. __(3)__,
10. A) capable B) possible C) able D) good
it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident __(4)__ further
development until cars became common. 11. A) still B) only C) just D) yet
__(5)__ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green __(6)__
12. A) Either B) Also C) Each D) Both
were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, operated
__(7)__ hand from a tower in the __(8)__ of the street, were installed 13. A) employed B) worked C) staffed D) teamed
in New York in 1918. The __(9)__ lights of this type to __(10)__ in
14. A) lastly B) at last C) in the end D) finally
Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street
and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed __(11)__ 15. A) missing B) disappeared C) lost D) left
year later.
In the past, traffic lights were __(12)__. In New York, some lights
had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just __(13)__ TEST F
silently, but would ring bells to __(14)__ the sleeping motorists of
On your bike!
the 1930s. These are gone and have been __(15)__ by standard models
which are universally adopted. If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space,
my __(1)__ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative __(2)__
1. A) outside B) out C) out of D) outdoors of transport. Cycling is probably the cheapest and healthiest way of
getting __(3)__ in our congested city centers. __(4)__ it is convenient
2. A) resembled B) looked C) showed D) seemed
and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive __(5)__ on a
3. A) However B) Therefore C) Although D) Despite cold wintry morning. It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus
or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their
4. A) forbade B) disappointed C) avoided D) discouraged
way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting
5. A) New B) Recent C) Modern D) Late in yet __(9)__ traffic jam. In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening
pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more
6. A) methods B) ways C) systems D) means
health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s
7. A) by B) with C) through D) in __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__
the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars. __(15)__ cycling
8. A) middle B) heart C) focus D) halfway
is not as risky as it looks at first sight, there are more and more
9. A) original B) primary C) first D) early accidents involving cyclists.
10. A) show B) appear C) happen D) become
1. A) advice B) warning C) plan D) solution
11. A) a B) in the C) in a D) the
2. A) method B) way C) means D) instrument
12. A) various B) particular C) rare D) special
3. A) on B) through C) over D) about
13. A) change B) alter C) vary D) move
4. A) Despite B) In spite C) Although D) Even as
14. A) rise B) raise C) wake D) get up
5. A) choice B) advice C) propose D) transport
15. A) reproduced B) replaced C) removed D) remained
6. A) enter B) be C) travel D) get
7. A) even B) however C) though D) and
TEST E
8. A) approval B) envy C) angry D) criticism
The best stone in the world
9 A) other B) more C) another D) longer
In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing
10 A) truth B) reality C) fact D) event
artificial stone in southeast London on a __(1)__ at Pedlar’s Acre,
south __(2)__ the river. The family were __(3)__ running a successful 11 A) round B) down C) over D) together
factory in the south-west of England. Within a year of moving __(4)__
12 A) while B) despite C) as D) in spite of
the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to
__(5)__ on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected __(6)__ to 13 A) favor B) agreement C) belief D) approval
become the most permanent stone ever made. The product developed
14 A) refuse B) criticize C) deny D) think
by the factory’s former __(7)__, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay.
The two women __(8)__ with his recipe, and __(9)__ in creating a new 15 A) Even thoughB) However C) Whereas D) Although
kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof.
The advantage of Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly
breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be __(10)__ to
survive in all weather conditions for many years. The National Gallery,
the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace __(11)__ display their
original ornaments made of Coade Stone. __(12)__ mother and
daughter were clever businesswomen. They __(13)__ only the top
artists of the day to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.
After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory
survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it __(14)__ closed. With it
went the Coade Stone recipe which was __(15)__, and has never
been rediscovered.

1. A) territory B) place C) ground D) plot

2. A) to B) of C) from D) than
3. A) already B) just C) yet D) however
4. A) at B) in C) to D) on
5. A) go B) carry C) get D) run
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 TEST G 1. A) lost B) cost C) charged D) priced
Picture this 2. A) prefer B) desire C) enjoy D) select
Getting friends and family to pose for photos is hard enough, but
3. A) written about B) written off
how would you cope with a rabbit, an owl or a butterfly that simply
C) written out D) written up
__(1)__ to keep still?
Simon King, wildlife film-maker and photographer, says you don’t 4. A) keen B) enthusiastic C) exciting D) eager
need any formal __(2)__ to get started. The whole __(3)__ is that
photographing wildlife should be fun. Simon offers the following 5. A) does away with B) does out of
__(4)__: C) does without D) does out
Specialize from the start. You’re more likely to get good __(5)__
sooner if you __(6)__ on one type of wildlife - insects for instance - 6. A) of B) from C) for D) by
__(7)__ than just going off to the woods or park with your camera and
7. A) payment B) bill C) debt D) interest
snapping whatever you see.
__(8)__ something that isn’t hard to photograph. Choosing an 8. A) opened B) invented C) introduced D) started
animal that’s hard to __(9)__, or will run away if it sees you __(10)__
unnecessary problems. How about flowers, or a group of birds? 9. A) followed B) developed C) changed D) turned
__(11)__ second-hand camera shops and local papers for quality
__(12)__. You don’t need to __(13)__ a fortune - Simon started with 10. A) would B) will C) may D) must
just a second-hand camera that cost around £30. But you will need a
11. A) in time B) in front C) in future D) in advance
single lens reflex camera.
Remember it’s the __(14)__ photograph that counts, not just the 12. A) savings B) sums C) deposits D) masses
subject. __(15)__ you’re composing a picture and try to be as artistic
as possible. 13. A) seldom B) slight C) rare D) slow

1. A) disobeys B) dislikes C) refuses D) avoids 14. A) common B) usual C) regular D) often

15. A) prepared B) possible C) ready D) available

2. A) training B) education C) exercise D) lecture

3. A) thought B) idea C) dream D) plan

TEST I
4. A) lessons B) facts C) warnings D) tips The personal trainer
What does a personal trainer do?
5. A) progress B) luck C) results D) events
I meet each client to discuss what he or she is looking for. It could
be __(1)__ from improving general fitness to losing - or, in a few
6. A) think B) concentrate C) limit D) depend
cases, - __(2)__ weight. I then devise a training program for them
which I think will __(3)__ them to achieve their __(4)__. If they’ve had
7. A) more B) other C) better D) rather
anything __(5)__ with them, say a back __(6)__, I speak to their doctor
who will __(7)__ me what not to do. If someone eats and drinks too
8. A) Decide B) Pick C) Prefer D) Collect
much, it’s easy to suggest they __(8)__ , but if that doesn’t __(9)__, I
look at their diet. I prefer to train on a one-to-one __(10)__, though I
9. A) spot B) notice C) meet D) glance
do sometimes work with __(11)__ if they are friends and want to train
10. A) creates B) starts C) puts D) leads together.
Who needs a personal trainer?
11. A) Visit B) Look C) Find D) Search I think most people do. A trainer will __(12)__ you to try __(13)__.
You achieve 20 per cent more than you could training alone, no
12. A) instruments B) equipment C) material D) tools __(14)__ how dedicated you are. I’ve got a lot of Americans on my
books, and I actually prefer them. __(15)__ most Brits, who still haven’t
13. A) cost B) make C) spend D) lose really got the idea, Americans know how to work out.

14. A) big B) all C) whole D) full 1. A) nothing B) everything C) anything D) something

15. A) Think B) Guess C) Invent D) Imagine 2. A) adding B) gaining C) putting D) finding

3. A) help B) ensure C) let D) organize

TEST H
4. A) hope B) intention C) aim D) wish
Shopping in Japan
5. A) ill B) bad C) off D) wrong
Unlike millions of Britons, who will not know how much the
Christmas turkey, child’s bicycle and the January sales have __(1)__ 6. A) wound B) hurt C) injury D) accident
them until the credit card bill arrives, the Japanese __(2)__ to settle
up before they’ve even __(3)__ their shopping list. 7. A) persuade B) advise C) suggest D) order
The Japanese like to improve on every idea, even if the idea is
8. A) cut out B) cut off C) cut back D) cut down
cash. So they have been __(4)__ about the pre-paid card. It __(5)__
the bother of banknotes and it saves the Japanese __(6)__ the fear of 9. A) work B) function C) manage D) advance
being in __(7)__ to someone else.
It __(8)__ with the convenient pre-paid telephone card and has 10. A) way B) method C) basis D) style
__(9)__ through train ticket cards, taxi cards, and supermarket cards
all the way to McDonald’s hamburgers cards. 11. A) crowds B) couples C) twins D) doubles
Few Westerners can understand why anyone __(10)__ want to
12. A) move B) push C) make D) insist
give money to a supermarket or a department store __(11)__ by
buying a pre-paid card. But credit companies are held in some suspicion 13. A) stronger B) better C) more D) harder
in Japan. People have traditionally preferred cash and will happily
stroll the streets with quite large __(12)__ of money in their pockets. 14. A) matter B) point C) way D) doubt
The fact that street crime is fairly __(13)__ helps.
Pre-paid cards are now as __(14)__ as chopsticks and twice as 15. A) Compared B) Contrary C) Different D) Unlike
convenient. About 500 million cards were sold in the first five years
after they became __(15)__.

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TEST J 3. A) crossed B) discovered C) passed D) joined
The fall guy 4. A) let alone B) not only C) without even D) not counting
Nick Gillard earns a living working as a stuntman on films and TV
5. A) back B) out C) off D) down
shows but his first __(1)__ of show business was trick-riding circus
horses when he was just 12 years old. Four years later he got the 6. A) took B) spent C) had D) stayed
chance to __(2)__ in his first film. ‘I really enjoyed working on the
film,’ Nick remembers, ‘so I started asking how I’d __(3)__ becoming 7. A) whether B) unless C) either D) if
a stuntman.’ Nick couldn’t just __(4)__ as a stuntman straight away.
First he had to get __(5)__ by the British Stunt Register, which 8. A) low B) weak C) mild D) light
represents stunt professionals in Britain. To do this he had to reach
9. A) sparkling B) glowing C) flickering D) flashing
instructor __(6)__ in six sports including skiing, riding and gymnastics.
Since qualifying __(7)__ the age of 19, Nick has worked on many 10. A) full of B) in C) down with D) on
movies and he has doubled for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Safety and timing are all-important for stunt professionals - they 11. A) scenery B) view C) sight D) outlook
plan everything down to the __(8)__ detail. ‘We take the utmost
__(9)__. It’s not like being an actor where you can __(10)__ the shot 12. A) alongside B) close C) besides D) ahead
again if it goes wrong. It’s got to work first time.’ Nick has __(11)__
13. A) ending B) final C) finishing D) last
some terrifyingly dangerous stunts. For one film he jumped across a
bridge in a speed boat, and in Alien 3 he was __(12)__ on fire, without 14. A) crying B) cheering C) shouting D) screaming
air, for more than two minutes. Filming on location __(13)__ him all
__(14)__ the world, often for months __(15)__ a time. 15. A) broke out B) let out C) set off D) went off

1. A) lesson B) experiment C) attempt D) taste

TEST L
2. A) play B) practice C) perform D) show
Night visitor
3. A) go on B) go about C) go by D) go for
She put the key in the keyhole as quietly as she could but she
4. A) put up B) establish C) set up D) introduce found it __(1)__ as the door was old and rusty. As she __(2)__ opened
the door, it squeaked __(3)__ on its old hinges. ‘I wish they’d oil the
5. A) applied B) allowed C) agreed D) accepted thing a bit more __(4)__,’ she muttered to herself __(5)__. She closed
the door __(6)__ behind her and then tiptoed __(7)__ across the
6. A) line B) level C) measure D) mark room. Unfortunately, this time it was the floorboards that betrayed
her as they creaked __(8)__ with every step she took. It had been so
7. A) in B) on C) at D) by
__(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been
8. A) tiniest B) lowest C) least D) lightest about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had
__(11)__ replaced the original floorboards. Helen’s heart began to
9. A) caution B) care C) attention D) guard beat __(12)__. It was one o’clock. Helen’s parents must have gone to
bed __(13)__. This was most unusual. Rarely __(14)__ to bed before
10. A) have B) make C) give D) take she got home. No sooner had she put her foot on the first stair __(15)__
she heard a muffled voice call out, ‘Who’s there? Is that you, Helen?
11. A) made B) done C) led D) given

12. A) put B) caught C) set D) lit 1. A) hardly B) easy C) hard D) easily

13. A) takes B) brings C) flies D) fetches 2. A) slowly B) loudly C) careful D) noisy

14. A) about B) through C) across D) over 3. A) lightly B) noisily C) softly D) gently

15. A) at B) on C) for D) in
4. A) frequent B) oftener C) sooner D) frequently

5. A) with angry B) angry C) angrily D) from anger

TEST K
Yachtswoman 6. A) shyly B) efficiently C) carefully D) fast
Lisa Clayton’s dream was to become the first woman in history to
7. A) softly B) gentle C) finely D) shortly
sail single-handed, non-stop and unassisted around the world. On 17
September 1994, she set sail in Spirit of Birmingham on what could
8. A) aloud B) loud C) loudly D) allowed
have been the final __(1)__ of her life. Here are some of her notes on
the journey.
9. A) along B) long time C) long D) a long time
Day 182
The loneliness got worse __(2)__ the day. When you haven’t
10. A) probably B) certainly C) definitely D) may not
__(3)__ a ship or land for four months, __(4)__ talked to anyone, it
really gets you __(5)__. The sense of isolation is frightening.
11. A) rarely B) scarcely C) never D) occasionally
Day 217
I __(6)__ a lot of my trip feeling frustrated and frightened, __(7)__
12. A) fastly B) more faster C) more fast D) faster
it was because of the __(8)__ winds, a broken heater or the sharks. I
remember thinking, ‘This is crazy!’ The sun was out, the sea was
13. A) early B) more earlier C) the earliest D) more early
__(9)__ and here I was __(10)__ tears! Then I saw the most wonderful
__(11)__- a 12m whale which swam __(12)__ the boat for hours.
14. A) they went B) they did go
Day 286
C) they have gone D) did they go
Two days before I crossed the __(13)__ line a helicopter came out
scanning the seas for me. That’s when I finally thought, ‘I’m going to
15. A) then B) than C) that D) there
do it.’ About 50 boats escorted me into the harbor where thousands
of people were waiting, __(14)__ me on. And, as I docked, fireworks
and cannons __(15)__. It was just mad!

1. A) excursion B) travel C) journey D) tour

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TEST J 3. A) crossed B) discovered C) passed D) joined
The fall guy 4. A) let alone B) not only C) without even D) not counting
Nick Gillard earns a living working as a stuntman on films and TV
5. A) back B) out C) off D) down
shows but his first __(1)__ of show business was trick-riding circus
horses when he was just 12 years old. Four years later he got the 6. A) took B) spent C) had D) stayed
chance to __(2)__ in his first film. ‘I really enjoyed working on the
film,’ Nick remembers, ‘so I started asking how I’d __(3)__ becoming 7. A) whether B) unless C) either D) if
a stuntman.’ Nick couldn’t just __(4)__ as a stuntman straight away.
First he had to get __(5)__ by the British Stunt Register, which 8. A) low B) weak C) mild D) light
represents stunt professionals in Britain. To do this he had to reach
9. A) sparkling B) glowing C) flickering D) flashing
instructor __(6)__ in six sports including skiing, riding and gymnastics.
Since qualifying __(7)__ the age of 19, Nick has worked on many 10. A) full of B) in C) down with D) on
movies and he has doubled for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Safety and timing are all-important for stunt professionals - they 11. A) scenery B) view C) sight D) outlook
plan everything down to the __(8)__ detail. ‘We take the utmost
__(9)__. It’s not like being an actor where you can __(10)__ the shot 12. A) alongside B) close C) besides D) ahead
again if it goes wrong. It’s got to work first time.’ Nick has __(11)__
13. A) ending B) final C) finishing D) last
some terrifyingly dangerous stunts. For one film he jumped across a
bridge in a speed boat, and in Alien 3 he was __(12)__ on fire, without 14. A) crying B) cheering C) shouting D) screaming
air, for more than two minutes. Filming on location __(13)__ him all
__(14)__ the world, often for months __(15)__ a time. 15. A) broke out B) let out C) set off D) went off

1. A) lesson B) experiment C) attempt D) taste

TEST L
2. A) play B) practice C) perform D) show
Night visitor
3. A) go on B) go about C) go by D) go for
She put the key in the keyhole as quietly as she could but she
4. A) put up B) establish C) set up D) introduce found it __(1)__ as the door was old and rusty. As she __(2)__ opened
the door, it squeaked __(3)__ on its old hinges. ‘I wish they’d oil the
5. A) applied B) allowed C) agreed D) accepted thing a bit more __(4)__,’ she muttered to herself __(5)__. She closed
the door __(6)__ behind her and then tiptoed __(7)__ across the
6. A) line B) level C) measure D) mark room. Unfortunately, this time it was the floorboards that betrayed
her as they creaked __(8)__ with every step she took. It had been so
7. A) in B) on C) at D) by
__(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been
8. A) tiniest B) lowest C) least D) lightest about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had
__(11)__ replaced the original floorboards. Helen’s heart began to
9. A) caution B) care C) attention D) guard beat __(12)__. It was one o’clock. Helen’s parents must have gone to
bed __(13)__. This was most unusual. Rarely __(14)__ to bed before
10. A) have B) make C) give D) take she got home. No sooner had she put her foot on the first stair __(15)__
she heard a muffled voice call out, ‘Who’s there? Is that you, Helen?
11. A) made B) done C) led D) given

12. A) put B) caught C) set D) lit 1. A) hardly B) easy C) hard D) easily

13. A) takes B) brings C) flies D) fetches 2. A) slowly B) loudly C) careful D) noisy

14. A) about B) through C) across D) over 3. A) lightly B) noisily C) softly D) gently

15. A) at B) on C) for D) in
4. A) frequent B) oftener C) sooner D) frequently

5. A) with angry B) angry C) angrily D) from anger

TEST K
Yachtswoman 6. A) shyly B) efficiently C) carefully D) fast
Lisa Clayton’s dream was to become the first woman in history to
7. A) softly B) gentle C) finely D) shortly
sail single-handed, non-stop and unassisted around the world. On 17
September 1994, she set sail in Spirit of Birmingham on what could
8. A) aloud B) loud C) loudly D) allowed
have been the final __(1)__ of her life. Here are some of her notes on
the journey.
9. A) along B) long time C) long D) a long time
Day 182
The loneliness got worse __(2)__ the day. When you haven’t
10. A) probably B) certainly C) definitely D) may not
__(3)__ a ship or land for four months, __(4)__ talked to anyone, it
really gets you __(5)__. The sense of isolation is frightening.
11. A) rarely B) scarcely C) never D) occasionally
Day 217
I __(6)__ a lot of my trip feeling frustrated and frightened, __(7)__
12. A) fastly B) more faster C) more fast D) faster
it was because of the __(8)__ winds, a broken heater or the sharks. I
remember thinking, ‘This is crazy!’ The sun was out, the sea was
13. A) early B) more earlier C) the earliest D) more early
__(9)__ and here I was __(10)__ tears! Then I saw the most wonderful
__(11)__- a 12m whale which swam __(12)__ the boat for hours.
14. A) they went B) they did go
Day 286
C) they have gone D) did they go
Two days before I crossed the __(13)__ line a helicopter came out
scanning the seas for me. That’s when I finally thought, ‘I’m going to
15. A) then B) than C) that D) there
do it.’ About 50 boats escorted me into the harbor where thousands
of people were waiting, __(14)__ me on. And, as I docked, fireworks
and cannons __(15)__. It was just mad!

1. A) excursion B) travel C) journey D) tour

2. A) from B) by C) since D) at

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 TEST M 8. A) ought not have B) must not
C) couldn’t have D) would have
A hectic time
9. A) taken B) fetched C) brought D) had
Dear Trevor,
I know it’s been ages since I wrote to you but I’ve been very busy 10. A) could B) able C) knew D) managed
__(1)__ we decided to move into the country. The house in the village
11. A) information B) solution C) suggestion D) investigation
is not quite ready __(2)__ but as you can imagine __(3)__ the last few
weeks we’ve had to chase up builders and plumbers and we’ve __(4)__ 12. A) took B) passed C) wrote D) made
got a long way to go.
13. A) part B) care C) place D) control
It’s been such a long time since we __(5)__ to work on it. I’ve
almost forgotten how long it’s been exactly. We must have started it 14. A) qualification B) education C) experience D) travel
about seven years __(6)__ and we’ve __(7)__ spent a small fortune on
15. A) bring B) choose C) have D) take
it. We are __(8)__ living in our rather cramped flat where you __(9)__
us a few years ago but it __(10)__ to get unbearable and we __(11)__
to moving out. We are still __(12)__ around from morning __(13)__
TEST O
night and it’s been particularly hectic __(14)__ the last week. Anyway,
__(15)__ all this was going on Karen fell and sprained her ankle which The big day
was the last thing we needed!
Whatever candidates may think about examiners, they are not in
fact __(1)__ monsters, dripping red ink instead of blood, but ordinary
1. A) every time B) ever since C) while D) before
people who will do their best to pass candidates as __(2)__ as candidates
2. A) still B) already C) yet D) soon follow certain basic rules of the game. Many candidates are __(3)__ in
the First Certificate not because their English is __(4)__ but because
3. A) for B) as C) while D) since
they are __(5)__ about the requirements of the examination. Before
4. A) yet B) already C) nearly D) still you __(6)__ for the examination, make sure you know what is expected
of you; you are __(7)__ to do well unless you answer all the questions
5. A) have started B) start C) did start D) started
set, and don’t include __(8)__ material. Don’t start writing as __(9)__
6. A) before B) ago C) previous D) since as you get the paper - think first, write __(1O)__! If part of an answer
is incorrect, you __(11)__ cross it out and write the preferred answer
7. A) still B) not C) already D) yet
neatly above it. If your handwriting __(12)__ illegible, it will be
8. A) already B) still C) yet D) longer difficult for the examiner to give you credit for it, __(13)__ it is right
or __(14)__. You will also lose marks if your essay is written in an
9. A) were visiting B) have visited
__(15)__ style for the type of writing and intended audience.
C) had been visited D) visited
10. A) begun B) is beginning C) begins D) begin 1. A) insensible B) unsensible C) unsensitive D) insensitive
11. A) have looked B) looked forward 2. A) much B) far C) long D) soon
C) will look forward D) are looking forward
3. A) unhappy B) inaccurate C) incorrect D) unsuccessful
12. A) rush B) rushed C) rushing D) be rushed
4. A) inadequate B) misguided
13. A) and B) into C) till D) through C) illegible D) misunderstood
14. A) during B) from C) in D) while 5. A) ill-informed B) informed C) dissinformed D) mal-informed
15. A) in B) during C) while D) for 6. A) will sit B) would sit C) have sat D) sit
7. A) improbably B) impossible C) unlikely D) unlucky
TEST N 8. A) irrelevant B) illiterate C) indirect D) illogical
The mystery of the Marie Celeste 9. A) quickly B) immediately C) fast D) soon
We spotted the Marie Celeste drifting in mid-Atlantic on December 10. A) after B) afterwards C) later D) slower
5, 1872. Since the ship looked damaged, the captain said the three of
11. A) will B) would C) should D) have
us __(1)__ board her at once __(2)__ investigate and __(3)__ him back
any information we could get hold of. We __(4)__ climb on board 12. A) was B) were C) be D) is
without too much difficulty but we couldn’t see any sign of life
13. A) however B) whenever C) whether D) if
anywhere. The crew of the Marie Celeste __(5)__ have abandoned
ship __(6)__ the ship’s small lifeboat was missing. Some navigational 14. A) no B) none C) false D) not
equipment which a ship of that kind __(7)__ had on board was also
15. A) unappropriate B) misappropriate
missing. The crew __(8)__ had much time to abandon ship because
C) inappropriate D) disappropriate
they had not __(9)__ with them many of their personal possessions.
Luckily, we __(10)__ to find the ship’s log which helped us a great
deal in our __(11)__. The last time the captain of the Maria Celeste had
__(12)__ an entry in the ship’s log was November 21. Something
extraordinary must have taken __(13)__ between this date and
December 5. The captain of the ship, Benjamin Briggs, had extensive
__(14)__ of the high seas so what had made him __(15)__ the decision
to abandon ship in the middle of nowhere?

1. A) have B) had to C) could D) ought

2. A) in order that B) so that C) in order to D) for to
3. A) take B) get C) carry D) bring
4. A) couldn’t B) managed C) unable D) were able to
5. A) can’t B) must C) hadn’t D) could
6. A) since B) on account of
C) as a result of D) owing to
7. A) shouldn’t B) should have
C) shouldn’t have D) should be

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 TEST P 1. A) for B) about C) at D) with as
Bad news
2. A) surprising B) irritating C) surprised D) irritated
The mass media nowadays are our main source of information
about what’s happening in the world and the impression one __(1)__ 3. A) embarrassing B) embarrassed
from them about human __(2)__ is pretty depressing. My blood __(3)__ C) tired D) tiring
rises every time I switch the television on. Apart from gossip about
__(4)__ personalities, the picture they paint of human __(5)__ is that 4. A) about B) into C) to D) in
they are violent and bloodthirsty. They just report crimes, violations
of human rights and the way we are destroying our natural __(6)__. 5. A) simplest B) the more simple
They rarely report __(7)__ in science or medicine; it’s a bleak picture. C) simpler D) the simplest
Last night, there was a report about a mass __(8)__ from a prison in
Chicago during which five prison guards __(9)__ dead as the prisoners 6. A) cheaper B) more cheaper
were __(10)__ their getaway. Then there was the story of someone C) cheapest D) the cheaper
who __(11)__ gunned down by police when he went berserk and
massacred ten innocent __(12)__ in a shopping centre somewhere - 7. A) as B) than C) that D) from
again - in the United States. I see now where Hollywood __(13)__ get
their ideas from. They just turn on the news and they’ve got themselves 8. A) much B) more C) as D) lot
a __(14)__ scenario. It seems to me that news __(15)__ have become
a form of entertainment. 9. A) little B) slightly C) less D) least

1. A) takes B) collects C) gets D) draws 10. A) second-hand B) low-paid

C) part-time D) first-class
2. A) nature B) character C) species D) persons
11. A) more long B) longest C) as long D) longer
3. A) level B) impression C) pressure D) temperature
12. A) capable B) accustomed C) clever D) good
4. A) film affairs B) film business
C) show star D) show business 13. A) amazed B) puzzled C) experienced D) pleased

5. A) beings B) characters C) personalities D) people 14. A) confident B) certain C) efficient D) skilful

6. A) wealth B) springs C) materials D) resources 15. A) strong B) great C) powerful D) large

7. A) breakaways B) break-ins
C) break-ups D) breakthroughs

8. A) break-in B) break-out C) breakthrough D) break-up

9. A) have been shot B) have shot

C) were shooting D) were shot

10. A) taking B) making C) trying D) escaping

11. A) had B) has been C) got D) was got

12. A) by-passers B) passers-by C) pedestrians D) onlookers

13. A) screenplayers B) scriptplayers

C) scenewriters D) screenwriters

14. A) ready-made B) take-away C) give away D) high class

15. A) bulletins B) broadcasters C) forecasts D) reporters

TEST R
E-mail or snail mail?
Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements
in communications and yet many people are still very worried __(1)__
using the latest computer technology. I am often __(2)__ to meet
colleagues who still don’t know what the ‘e’ in e-mail stands for and
they are too __(3)__ to ask.
They assume you have to be skilled __(4)__ computers to send a
message via e-mail but in fact it is __(5)__ thing in the world. It is also
__(6)__ to send an e-mail message __(7)__ to send an ordinary letter
or a ‘snail’ message which also takes __(8)__ longer. An e-mail message
is only __(9)__ more expensive than a local telephone call to send; on
top of the call itself you also have to pay a fee to your ‘server’. If you
send a letter by __(10)__ mail it will take a couple of days to get there
whereas an e-mail will not take __(11)__ than a few seconds. Once
you become __(12)__ to using the system you will be __(13)__ at
how much more __(14)__ it is than other means of communication.
Of course, before you have access to e-mail, you will need a fairly
__(15)__ computer, which can be quite expensive.

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