This test assesses
READING SKILLS and ENGLISH IN USE SKILLS
There are sixty questions in this test Each question carries one mark

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN PENCIL ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET

PART 2

  • Circle the correct answer A, B or C
 
7.         George works ________ London.  
A. to                  B. in                  C. for
 
8.         George works ________ the BBC.
A. to                  B. in                  C. for
 
9.         George ________ married to Martha.
A. has               B. gets              C. is
 
10.        They ________ three children.  Two boys and a girl.
A. got                B. are                C. have
 
11.        George ________ drive a car. 
A.  can’t            B. don’t             C. likes
 
12.        George ________ to Cambridge University.
A. studied          B. was              C. went

PART 3

  • Circle the correct answer A, B or C
 
13.        George works from 9 a.m. to 5. p.m. but he ________ a break at 1:30pm to eat lunch.  
A. makes           B. does            C. has
 
14.        Martha likes cats  ________ she hasn’t got one.
A. and               B. but                C. because
 
15.        George and Martha’s house is ________ a big park.
A. next to           B. before            C. in front
 
16.        George and his sons like ________ football in the park.
A. playing          B. making          C. practicing
 
17.        In  George and Martha’s house there are  ________   of books.
A. very much     B. lots               C. many
 
18.        George’s daughter Karen has a ________ job as a waitress on Saturdays and Sundays.           
A. part time        B. full time          C. weekend time

PART 4

  • Circle the correct answer A, B or C
 
19.        In the restaurant, Karen has to ________ the customers and take them to a table.          
A. welcome       B. invite            C. accept
 
20.        The customers ________ Karen what they want to eat and Karen writes their order down.
A. ask               B. tell                C. order
 
21.        Because Karen works at the restaurant she doesn’t have to ________ for lunch.           
A. buy               B. spend                        C. pay
 
22.        Karen can  ________ any extra money the customers leave on the table.
A. change          B. keep            C. use
 
23.        After she finishes school, Karen ________ study restaurant management at university. 
A. likes to          B. would                        C. is going to
 
24.        In the future,  Karen ________ to have her own restaurant in London. 
A. would                        B. hopes                        C. likes

PART 5

  • Circle the correct word or phrase A, B, C or D
 
25.        Oh no! I can’t see my car. I think it ________ stolen.
A. was been      B. must been      C. is been          D. has been
 
26.        Can I ________ twenty dollars until next Monday?   
A. borrow          B. lend              C. give              D. take  
 
27.        Martha looks quite ill; George thinks she ________ to visit a doctor.                
A. must             B. have             C. should           D. ought
 
28.        Please do not drop ________ in the car park.          
A. waste                        B. litter               C. pollution         D. dirt
 
29.        George’s old job didn’t ________ as much money as the job he has now.       
A. give              B. have             C. pay              D. make
 
30.        George and Martha’s house is quite small so they have a limited ________ of space for all their books.
A. number          B. quantity         C. total              D. amount       

PART 6

  • Circle the correct word or phrase A, B, C or D
 
31.        We sat at the back of the theatre but we could still ________ the actors clearly.            
A. observe         B. watch                        C. see               D. look at
 
32.        Karen’s will soon move into her own flat. It ________ redecorated at the moment.       
A. is having       B. is being         C. has been                   D. is going
 
33.        Excuse me? How much will you ________ to repair this watch?       
A. cost              B. like               C. charge          D. spend
            
34.        Martha  ________  with George because he forgot her birthday.        
A. made up        B. gave up         C. fell out           D. got off
 
35.        People who are worried about what they eat often buy ________ food.           
A. green                        B. complete        C. organic          D. environmental
 
36.        The police dropped the case because they had insufficient ________  to prosecute George.
A. proof             B. evidence       C. facts             D. clues

PART 7

  • Circle the correct word or phrase A, B, C or D
 
37.        George has taken  ________ a new hobby – mountain climbing. Martha thinks this is stupid.     
A. up                 B. away                        C. off                 D. out
 
38.        George’s father, Albert, was a mountain climber, too – it’s a family ________ .             
A. custom          B. tradition          C. habit             D. history
 
39.        George’s brother, Alan, earns a ________ as a fashion designer.
A. job                B. career           C. living                        D. profession
 
40.        Alan and his partner Rupert often ________ to tropical countries in the winter.
A. visit              B. travel            C. explore         D. tour  
 
41.        Alan and Rupert   ________ a successful design business.
A. run                B. hold              C. do                D. make
 
42.       Alan and Rupert do not live in the city centre; they live in a quiet, leafy, residential ________ .   
A. suburb           B. outskirt          C. periphery       D. side

PART 8

  • Circle the correct word or phrase A, B, C or D
 
43.        Certain medicines can now help to ________ the lives of the elderly; Albert, for example.
A. delay                        B. expand          C. stretch           D. lengthen                     
            
44.        Martha is so ________ to criticism that you can’t say anything to her!            
A. conscious      B. sensitized      C. sensitive       D. aware           
            
45.        George and Martha’s house is in a very ________ location – close to the shops and to public amenities.
A. convenient     B. comfortable    C. suitable         D. favourable      
 
46.        George hasn’t yet ________ all his ambitions. It is now unlikely he ever will. Martha feels let down.
A. managed       B. made                        C. succeeded     D. achieved       
 
47.        George has ________ no free-time at the moment – he is working too hard. He is not happy.
A. hardly                       B. almost           C. slightly          D. barely
 
48.        Karen would like to ________ her job for another one. This is unlikely to happen.
A. give              B. replace          C. find               D. change 

PART 9

  • Circle the correct word or  phrase A, B, C, D or E
 
49.        Karen always gives a big ________ of relief when she finishes work at the restaurant.
A. scream          B. gasp            C. sigh              D. snort                         E. cry
 
50.        Karen is lucky to have a job, ________ in mind the current economic situation.            
A. taking                        B. giving                        C. having          D. bearing          E. knowing
 
51.        Karen’s restaurant requests that ________ wear formal clothes.          
A. diners                        B. visitors          C. consumers    D. eaters            E. users
 
52.        Karen’s restaurant won the ________ “Restaurant Of The Year” award in 2016.
A. known           B. prestigious     C. prize             D. valuable        E. recommended
 
53.        Alan and Rupert’s design business ________ markedly from other businesses in the field.                     
A. contrasts        B. compares      C. differs            D. changes        E. distinguishes
 
54.        Alan and Rupert ________ on the idea of creating fashion designs only for young men.
A. struck                        B. hit                 C. dawned         D. climbed         E. came

PART 10

  • Circle the correct word or phrase A, B, C, D or E
 
55.        Alan and Rupert eventually became multi-millionaires by ________ of very hard work and quite a bit of good fortune.
A. effect            B. cause                        C. reason          D. virtue                        E. combination
 
56.        Given the economic uncertainty, it _______ best for Alan and Rupert to wait until after Brexit before buying a retirement property in Taormina.
A. ought to be     B.  might be       C. should be      D. can be           E. shall be
 
57.        Alan always _______ Rupert with Taormina because that was where they met.
A. reminds         B. partners         C. links             D. relates           E. associates
 
58.        Sadly, George and Martha’s marriage has now quite irretrievably broken ________ .
A. down                        B. out                C. up                D. off                 E. away
 
59.        Predictably, Martha could provide little evidence to ________  up her extraordinary and frankly lurid claims about George’s private behaviour.          
A. back             B. hold              C. put                D. build              E. show
 
60.        Many of George and Martha’s friends have suspected George of being really rather odd for quite some time now; so this ________ apparent plausibility to Martha’s otherwise astonishing accusations.
A. lends             B. provides        C. allows           D. offers             E. supplies