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Welcome to Test Your English!

Test 1

Time: 30 minutes
Top score: 60

Questions 1-5

Where can you see these notices?
For questions 1 to 5, mark one letter А, В or С.

Please leave your room key at Reception.

A in a library

В in a hotel

С in a store

Foreign money changed here

A in a zoo

В in a bank

С in a school

AFTERNOON SHOW
BEGINS AT 2PM

A outside a theatre

В outside a factory

С outside a restaurant

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
Lessons start again on the 8 th January

A at a parking lot

В at a music school

С at a supermarket

Price per night:
£10 a tent £5 a person

A at restaurant

В in a hotel

С on a camp-site

Questions 6-10

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.
For questions 6 to 10, mark one letter А, В or С.

Scotland

Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (6) ....... Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.
There are (7) ...... five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (8) ...... most popular city.
Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called 'Ben Nevis'. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (9) ..... many forests, but now there are only a (10) ......
Scotland is not a big country, but it is very beautiful.

6	A	on	В	in	С	at
7	A	about	В	between	С	among
8	A	his	В	your	С	its
9	A	is	В	were	С	was
10	A	few	В	little	С	lot

Questions 11-20

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 11 to 20, mark one letter А, В, С or D.

Alice Guy Blache

Alice Guy Blache was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema while working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. That was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use a number of new inventions, (11)..................sound and colour.
In 1907 Alice (12)...................to New York where she started her own film company. She was (13)..................successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were (14)....................When Alice died in 1968, almost nobody (15)..................her name.

11	A	bringing	В	including	С	containing	D	supporting
12	A	moved	В	ran	С	entered	D	transported
13	A	next	В	once	С	immediately	D	recently
14	A	after	В	down	С	behind	D	over
15	A	remembered	В	realised	С	reminded	D	repeated

UFOs - do they exist?

UFO is short for 'unidentified flying object'. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, (16).................that is often the (17).................they are reported to be. The (18).................. "flying saucers" were observed in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his report decided it had been a trick of the light.
Even people experienced at watching the sky, (19).................as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television (20).................went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Researchers t studying this phenomenon later discovered that in that case they were only lights on boats out fishing.

16	A	because	В	therefore	С	although	D	so
17	A	look	В	shape	С	size	D	type
18	A	last	В	next	С	first	D	oldest
19	A	like	В	that	С	so	D	such
20	A	cameraman	В	director	С	actor	D	announcer

Questions 21 - 40

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
For questions 21 to 40, mark one letter А, В, С or D.

21	The professor encouraged his students ............... to an English-speaking pen-friend.
	A	should write	В	write	С	wrote	D	to write
22	We spent a lot of time ............... at the pictures in the gallery.
	A	looking	В	for looking	С	to look	D	to looking
23	Nick enjoys science lessons, but all his experiments appear to ............... wrong.
	A	turn	В	come	С	end	D	go
24	............... from Chris, all the group came on time.
	A	Except	В	Other	С	Besides	D	Apart
25	They ............... their neighbour's children for the broken gate.
	A	accused	В	complained	С	blamed	D	denied
26	As Fred had missed the history lesson, his friend went ............... the home assignment with him.
	A	by	В	after	С	over	D	on
27	Whether she's a good actor or not is a ............... of opinion.
	A	matter	В	subject	С	point	D	case
28	The decorated dome of the ancient residence was ............... up by four thick columns.
	A	built	В	carried	С	held	D	supported
29	Would it ............... you if we arrived on Tuesday?
	A	agree	В	suit	С	like	D	fit
30	This document ............... be handed in until the end of the month.
	A	doesn't need	В	doesn't have	С	needn't	D	hasn't got
31	If you make a mistake when you are writing, just ............... it out with your pen.
	A	cross	В	clear	С	do	D	wipe
32	Although our views on many cases ..............., we're good friends.
	A	differ	В	oppose	С	disagree	D	divide
33	This food must be consumed ............... four days of purchase.
	A	by	В	before	С	within	D	under
34	The journal report contained ............... essential information.
	A	many	В	another	С	an	D	a lot of
35	Have you considered ............... to Mexico?
	A	move	В	to move	С	to be moving	D	moving
36	It can be a good idea for students who lead an active way of life to increase their ............... of vitamins.
	A	upturn	В	input	С	upkeep	D	intake
37	I thought there was a ............... of envy in her reaction to my good fortune.
	A	piece	В	part	С	shadow	D	touch
38	Why didn't he ............... that he was feeling ill?
	A	advise	В	mention	С	remark	D	tell
39	Seremy was not sure exactly where his best interests ................
	A	stood	В	rested	С	lay	D	centred
40	She's still getting ............... the shock of losing her job.
	A	across	В	by	С	over	D	through

Questions 41 - 50

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 41 to 50, mark one letter А, В, С or D.

The tallest buildings - SKYSCRAPERS

Nowadays, skyscrapers can be found in most major cities of the world. A building which was many (41)....................high was first called a skyscraper in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and New York has perhaps the (42).................... skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building. The (43)....................beneath the streets of New York is rock, (44).............. enough to take the heaviest load without sinking, and is therefore well-suited to bearing the (45)....................of tall buildings.

41	A	stages	В	steps	С	storeys	D	levels
42	A	first-rate	В	top-class	С	well-built	D	best-known
43	A	dirt	В	field	С	ground	D	soil
44	A	hard	В	stiff	С	forceful	D	powerful
45	A	weight	В	height	С	size	D	scale

SCRABBLE

Scrabble is the world's most popular word game. For its origins, we have to go back to the 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts, an architect, found himself out of (46).....................He decided that there was a (47) ,..................for a board game based on words and (48)...................to design one. Eventually he made a (49)...................from it, in spite of the fact that his original (50)...................was only three cents a game.

46	A	earning	В	work	С	income	D	job
47	A	market	В	purchase	С	commerce	D	sale
48	A	took up	В	set out	С	made for	D	got round
49	A	wealth	В	fund	С	cash	D	fortune
50	A	receipt	В	benefit	С	profit	D	allowance

Questions 51 - 60

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
For questions 51 to 60, mark one letter А, В, С or D on your Answer Sheet.

51	Alice's manager ................ to make her stay late if she hadn't finished the work.
	A	insisted	В	warned	С	threatened	D	announced
52	By the time she has finished her week's work, Sane has hardly ................ energy left for the weekend.
	A	any	В	much	С	no	D	same
53	As the game ................ to a close, the disappointed audience started to leave.
	A	led	В	neared	С	approached	D	drew
54	Alex doesn't remember ................ the front door when he left home this morning.
	A	to lock	В	locking	С	locked	D	to have locked
55	We ................ to other people borrowing out books: they always forget to return them.
	A	disagree	В	avoid	С	dislike	D	object
56	Logan's efforts to get into the swimming crew have not ................ with much success.
	A	associated	В	concluded	С	joined	D	met
57	Although George had obviously read the magazine report carefully, he didn't seem to have ................ the main idea.
	A	grasped	В	clutched	С	clasped	D	gripped
58	A lot of the views put forward in the scientific thesis were open to .................
	A	enquiry	В	query	С	question	D	wonder
59	The new school ................ for the needs of scholars with a variety of learning backgrounds.
	A	deals	В	supplies	С	furnishes	D	caters
60	My friend finds the times of English meals very strange - he is not used ................ dinner at 6pm.
	A	to have	В	to having	С	having	D	have