Test di inglese

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Part 1: Grammar
For questions 1-45 read the sentences and then choose from the list a-d the best word or phrase to fill the blank.

1.	The lift is out of _____________ so we'll have to walk.
		a) function	b) order
		c) running	d) work

2.	What do you _____________ to do about the problem now that the solution has failed?
		a) attempt	b) think
		c) intend	d) pretend

3.	We have _____________ for a new secretary but we haven't had any replies yet.
		a) advised	b) advertised
		c) announced	d) noticed

4.	I've _____________ for the job; I hope I get it.
		a) appointed	b) presented
		c) applied	d) succeeded

5.	He's so mean he wouldn't give a beggar a _____________ of bread.
		a) skin	b) peel
		c) shell	d) crust

6.	I never expected you to turn _____________ at the meeting, I thought you were in France.
		a) around	b) on
		c) up	d) in

7.	He _____________ me by two games to one.
		a) won	b) beat
		c) gained	d) conquered

8.	His office is on the third _____________ of the building.
		a) ground	b) floor
		c) level	d) flat

9.	I'm _____________ I didn't pass the exam but I'll do better next time.
		a) deceived	b) despaired
		c) disappointed	d) disillusioned

10.	The lecture was so _____________ that everyone fell asleep.
		a) bored	b) boring
		c) tired	d) tiring

11.	When she _____________ she wants to be a doctor.
		a) ages	b) grows
		c) increases	d) grows up

12.	I'll call _____________ you at 8.30 and drive you to work.
		a) in	b) for
		c) at	d) up

13.	Would you _____________ holding this box for me while I open the door?
		a) object	b) matter
		c) like	d) mind

14.	He has some very _____________ habits. He always has a bath with his clothes on.
		a) foreign	b) strange
		c) rare	d) uneven

15.	If you don't know a word look it _____________ in a dictionary.
		a) up	b) out
		c) after	d) for

16.	I've bought some lovely _____________ to make myself a new dress.
		a) stuff	b) tissue
		c) material	d) costume

17.	The meeting _____________ at midnight and we all went home.
		a) stopped up	b) broke up
		c) stopped off	d) broke through

18.	She's staying in the youth _____________ in Bridge Street.
		a) lodge	b) house
		c) home	d) hostel

19.	He _____________ the letter carefully before putting it in the envelope.
		a) folded	b) bent
		c) curved	d) turned

20.	I _____________ to inform you that there's nothing more we can do.
		a) resent	b) respect
		c) regret	d) reassure

21.	We're having our house _____________. The decorators are coming next week.
		a) made over	b) done in
		c) done up	d) done away with

22.	I'll put the tulips in this _____________ They'll look pretty there.
		a) mug	b) vase
		c) crystal	d) bucket

23.	Did you _____________ the exam last year?
		a) take place in	b) go in for
		c) form part of	d) enter into

24.	He _____________ his head, wondering if he would ever solve the problem.
		a) scraped	b) screwed
		c) wounded	d) scratched

25.	I couldn't _____________ the meeting as I was too busy.
		a) attend	b) assist
		c) attempt	d) present

26.	The 2^nd World War _____________ in 1939.
		a) broke up	b) broke off
		c) broke out	d) broke open

27.	The bank is offering a _____________ to anyone with information about the robbery.
		a) reward	b) premium
		c) prize	d) present

28.	I enjoyed the cake very much. Could you give me the _____________?
		a) prescription	b) recipe
		c) receipt	d) menu

29.	She's very pretty but those kind of looks don't really _____________ to me.
		a) call	b) attract
		c) fancy	d) appeal

30.	He lost his _____________ and hit me.
		a) mood	b) sense
		c) temper	d) manners

31.	I fell in love with him at first _____________.
		a) look	b) scene
		c) view	d) sight

32.	One of the water _____________ has burst - there's water all over the kitchen.
		a) pipes	b) tubes
		c) straws	d) channels

33.	He's a nice dog. He won't do you any _____________.
		a) harm	b) hurt
		c) ill	d) bite

34.	There could have been a war over it but in the end reason _____________.
		a) counted	b) survived
		c) prevailed	d) induced

35.	The factory has increased its _____________ by 10% this year.
		a) product	b) output
		c) make up	d) exposure

36.	We finally _____________ an agreement after much hard negotiation.
		a) drove	b) arrived
		c) did	d) reached

37.	I _____________ on seeing the manager. The service in this hotel is appalling.
		a) persist	b) insist
		c) assist	d) incest

38.	The door _____________ when it opens. Can you put some oil on the hinges?
		a) creaks	b) cracks
		c) rustles	d) rumbles

39.	She's the most _____________ secretary I've ever had.
		a) working	b) practised
		c) industrial	d) efficient

40.	I'm sorry to _____________ you while you're working, but I do need to ask a question.
		a) molest	b) bother
		c) interfere	d) intrude

41.	They're building a tower block on that piece of _____________ land.
		a) vacant	b) void
		c) hollow	d) blank

42.	The prince _____________ power on the death of his father.
		a) presumed	b) resumed
		c) consumed	d) assumed

43.	He's _____________ drink and can't work any more.
		a) taken up	b) gone to
		c) taken to	d) gone for

44.	There has been a serious _____________ of the disease in the North West.
		a) outcome	b) outrage
		c) outbreak	d) output

45.	We're flying to Paris _____________ tomorrow.
		a) over	b) the day over
		c) the day after	d) after



Part 2: Sounds
In questions 46-50 three words have the same sound but one does not. Choose the one that does not.

Example:
		a) go	b) so
		c) show	d) do

46.		a) spear	b) wear
		c) dare	d) prayer

47.		a) crime	b) climb
		c) limb	d) rhyme

48.		a) freeze	b) ease
		c) seize	d) lease

49.		a) stuff	b) cough
		c) rough	d) enough

50.		a) palm	b) calm
		c) warm	d) harm




Part 3: Vocabulary
Questions 51-55: for each of the following phrases, four suggested explanations of the meaning are given; only one of which is correct. Choose the correct one.

51.	We have something in common.
		a) We're partners	b) We're both ordinary.
		c) We like each other.	d) In one way, we're similar.

52.	I'm fed up with it.
		a) I've eaten enough.	b) I'm getting too fat.
		c) I'm tired of it.	d) I'm worn out.

53.	I'll let you off.
		a) I'll help you to escape.	b) I won't punish you.
		c) I'll take you off the field.	d) I'll leave you outside.

54.	He's out for a profit.
		a) He's interested in getting money.	b) He's not going to make any money.
		c) He's abroad on business.	d) He's doing it for nothing.

55.	He asked me out.
		a) He wanted me to go outside.	b) He told me to meet him outside.
		c) He had some questions for me when I got outside.	d) He's invited me to go on a date with him.



Part 4: Expressions
For questions 56-60, choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

56.	Don't _____________ because you're losing the argument.
		a) change the subject	b) pull the wool
		c) alter the theme	d) vary the time

57.	The children are all well except for Jack. He's been a bit _____________ these last few days.
		a) out of condition	b) off colour
		c) out of the weather	d) off health

58.	He didn't mean it seriously; he must have been _____________.
		a) twisting your arm	b) pulling your leg
		c) taking the sense	d) tapping your elbow

59.	What a strange creature, it looks like a _____________ a moose and a deer.
		a) mix of	b) mix between
		c) cross between	d) half of

60.	Children are likely to get _____________ if no one cares about their upbringing.
		a) out of hand	b) away from the hand
		c) out of the hand	d) away from hand

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