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tr a didn't use.to drink tr blwasn't use to drinking E c wasn't used to drinking tr dl didn't used to drink 37.. E a use to have EI b used to share EI c am used to having E dl have used

1 Where have you been? Why are you

wearing shorts? tennis?

tr a! Did you use to play

tr bl OiO you play

El cl Have you been playing

tr dl Have you played

2 Hatryhas travelled a lot He

Everyone thought the play was very

funny except Mary She just wasn't in the

Your brother is the laziest person l've ever

known He has never done in his

7 ldidn't knowyou were in hospital lf

l-, lwould have come to visit you

alone.In fact, I actually

enjoy being on my own

Elal use to living

tr a) at the point

tr b) on the point

tr cl to the point

12 l'd like - to tidy up the garage next

Satuqday lt's a terrible mess.

QPI You helPing me

tr b) you to help me i l

tr c) that you help me

tr d) that you'll help me

13 Don't phone between 7 andS otlock.

dinner then and my wife doesnt

like being disturbed when welre eating

El a) We'll be having

tr b) We'll have

E c) We'd have

tr d) We'd be having

14 l've heard a lot about your son He sounds

like a very interesting person.l'm looking

16 She woke up in the middle of the night,

frightened and confused.Then she

recognised her room Slowly she realised

l'm going to a wedding in London next

agreed to act as best man

20 The government has decided to ingrease

the tax on cigarettes

-

from 1 stApril

tr d) spoke with hardness

tr a) what a pity

tr b) such a pity

tr cla such pity

il d) a pain

23 lf I hadn't been so tired, l out

E a) would have gone

tr b) would go

tr c) had gone

D d) was going

heard from her for weeks

-Well, _, as they say.

I a] no news is a good sign

tr b) new news is bad news

E c) no news is a bad sign

tr d) no news is good news

E a) pressing on

tr b) to press on

tr d) to press

-Do you know the girl

a) Did the men PaY

tr b) Did the men Paid

E c) Were the men Paid

tr d) Were the men PaYing

40 They had been married for fifty years and

had stood beside each other

tr a) through the thin and the thick

tr b) through the thick and the thin

fl c) through thin and thick

tr d) through thick and thin

41 There's no point- -'a garage if you

don't have a car to Put in it'

E a) can't boilan egg even

tr b) gven can't boilan egg

E c) can't boileven an egg

tr d) can't even boil an egg

44 Would You

-

the door, Please?

There's a terrible draught

tr a) in the cost of living

tr b)of the cost of living

tr cl in the cost of life

tr d) of the cost of life

lam verY sorryaccept mY aPologies

49, Gina has .- on a lot of weight since

the last time I saw her She used to be

50 We had arranged to meet Bill at the pub

iast night, but he didn't -_ uP'

il a) Put

tr b) turn

E c) knock

tr d) stand

27 Dr Grimskiis,fggture on climate change "

has given us.,all pfenty of .

tr al food for thoughts

tr b) food for thought

tr c) thoughts of food

tr dl thought forfood

28

-Do you want a big bag?

-Yeah, . _ -; I have a lot of stuff here

tr a) the bigger, the better

E bl the bigger, better

tr cl bigger, better

tr dl bigger, the better

29 lt was a stupid thing to say I realise that

now lwish l_ it.

E a) have you been teaching

tr bl have you taught

tr c} had you taught

tr d) are you teaching

32 The pipe burst and there was water

everywhere | _ what to do if Jock

33 Everytime he asks her,to mair:'y him, she

sa)rs no Maybe shet just -:+-.

D al hardly playing to get

tr b) hardly getting to play :

tr clgetting hard to play

tr d) playing hard to get

34 My computer wasn't working so I took it

back to the shop _.

tr aland had it repaired

tr bland repaired it

tr c) and had repaired it

tr d) for repairing it

35 We waved goodbye to Paul the

train, carrying him away, left the station

tr a) like

tr c) during

tr dl since

36 Life in France seemed strange at first For

example, | _ wine with my food

tr a) didn't use.to drink

tr blwasn't use to drinking

E c) wasn't used to drinking

tr dl didn't used to drink

37 The people - are allprofessionals

D a) t work with

tr bl which I work with

tr c) with which lwork

tr d) with who I work

38 lrt getting late: the children to

1 Look! Somebody the upstairs

2 lused to_ on my head when lwas

younger, but lcan't do it now l'm too old,

-Do you think I should take an umbrella?

-Yes, you'd The weather forecast

said it might rain

EIa) better

tr bl rather

tr c) like

tr d) prefer

4 ltook my car to the garage

tr a)for having it serviced

E d) would have sent

8 lwouldn't like to share an office I

my own office lwork better when l'malone

E a) use to have

EI b) used to share

EI c) am used to having

E dl have used to have

She wanted to knowwhatspare time

tralldid trbldidl

trc)didldo

Ud)ldiddo

E'a) his client to surrender

tr bl that his client surrender

fl c) his client surrendering

tr dl surrendering his client

10.

-Yes, but not in the morning.

tr a) l'llwork

n b) I'd work

D c) l'll be working

El d) l'd be working

14 The burglars got into the house

window at the back

tr d) from the Platform 3

16 She was sitting on the ground, breathing

heavilY ObviouslY she - _-_

18 I haven't received your letter lt might

delivered to the wrong address

tr c) As regards to

tr dl With regard to

21

-What's RoY doing these daYs?

-l don't know He used to write to me

regularly but lhaven't heard from him at

22 They're one of the richest families in the

countrY TheY've got -. .- money that

they don't know what to do with it

EI a) as much

E bl such lots of

E cl so much

E d) such much

23 The view was wonderful lf l*-* my

camera with me, I could've taken some

-We were just talking about you.ls it

true that You've been fired?

E al travels fast

EI b) arrives quicklY

tr c) is worse news

tr d) flies fastest

25 I don't like Johnson and I never have, but,

with atlthe problems he has had recently'

I can't sorry for him

tr a) prevent feeling

n b) prevent to feel

tr c) help to feel

d) helP feeling

26 The boy .-_ - in the accident was taken

to the nearest hosPital

D a) was injured

D b) injured

tr c) who injured

tr d) that injured

27 The new science teacher is certainly, 44:':

with the children She's extremely

popular

tr a) a nice hit

D b) hitting nice

tr c) hitting big

tr dla big hit

28 :When do you want me to come?

We have a lot to do

tr alThe sooner, the better

31 ._- the bad weathef we decided to

go for a drive along the coast

tr alWould you have bought

tr b) naA you bought

tr cl Did you buy

tr d) Would you buy

-When was the last time You ?

-l went to the hairdresser's a month ago.

tr a) cut your hair

D b) cut Your hairs

0 c) had your hair cut

tr dlhad your hairs cut

35

-

lwas hungry, ldecided to find a

restaurant and have a good meal

tr a) Already that

tr bl Put that (:

trclAs

tr d) Like

36 There was no bed in the flat, onlY a

mattress But lquicklY on the

floor

tr a) got used to sleePing

tr blused to sleep

E c) used to sleePing

D d) became use to sleep

37 I recently went back to the town

39 I -

-your"iob several months ago,'but

Iturned it down

Ela) have been offered

tr b) had been offerirlg

tr d) was offered

40 The mysterious woman disappeared' She

simplY vanished into ' air'

tr a) slim

n b) insubstantial

tr c) thin

E d) thick

41 When larrived in Chicago I had no

difficultY a Place to live'

tr a) finding

tr b) to find

D c) that lfound

D d) for finding

42 lwish l- harder when lwas

at school.Then I might have some

tr d) would have studied

Lucy ***.She left five or six weeks ago'

E a) no more works here

tr b) now doesn't work here

fl cl doesn't work here anY more

tr d) doesn't anY more work here

l'll do the shoPPing when

E a)for other one '

tr b,lfor another one

tr c) of another one

tr d) ofother one

46 ldon't enjoy my job any more' ltt so

boring ReallY, l'm fed uP ._ - it'

48 They used to be good friends, but then

they- - Now theY don't even sPeak

to each other any more

D a) droPPed out

tr bl droPPed off

tr c) fellout

tr d) fell off

49 The workers have accePted the

management's offer and the strike they

planned has been

tr a) called off

D blcancelled off

El c) cut off

tr d) cut uP

50 lf you want to lose weight, the first thing

you must do is on alcohol' Or stoP

drinking comPletelY, if Possible'

tr a) droP down

tr b) drop out

E c) cut out

1 My uncle is an actor He

-

in severalfilms

tr a) has appeared

tr b) has been appearing

Elcl was appearing

we _ stop and get some petrol

soon.The tank is almost empty

tr b) had better

tr cl had rather

tr d) would rather

tr al to cut my hair

tr b) for having my hair cut

tr c) to have my hair cut

tr d) for cutting my hair

5 You want to be a doctor?We were

the impression you wanted to be an

When lfinish rny studies, in _, I want

to go and live in the country

l-l al three year's time

You wouldn't have gone into the bank if

you'd known the police were watching it,

E al weren't you

tr bl didn't you

E c) wouldyou have

tr d) would you

1 1 The detective saw that the girl was

of crying He offered her his

-Can you manage the luggage by

yourself or would you like

-

you?

-l can manage, thank you

El.a) that I help

l3 DoYouttrinkYou'll this jobten

years from now?

16 We were extremely tired at the end of

19 Why are you always talking about

money? MoneY isn't *- - -., You know'

20 The new rules and regulations will

21 I can't ask him that I the man'

E b) never know

tr c) know hardlY

tr d) hardlY know

22 I haven't seen her for that l've

forgotten what she looks like'

tl a) a such long time

fla) first come, first served

tr b) first coming, first serving

E! c) last come, not served

.tr d) last come,last served

25 I know I locked the door before I went to

bed l clearlY remember* it'

27. Thank for all your help, Jim Let me know

if I can ever

tr a) make you a good turn

tr b) do you a good turn

E c) turn you a good do

tr d)Oo you a nice turn

Of course you can come with us.

E a) More, merrier

tr b)Most, merriest

tr c)The most, the merriest

D d)The more, the merrier

lwish my grandmother so far

tr a) have you written

tr b) have you been writing

tr clAiU you write

tr d) were you writing

I was really tired, I couldn't get to

sleep I kept thinking about my problems

E al sane and safe

tr bl safe and sane

tr clsound and safe

tr dl safe and sound

34

-Then you should go to the optician,s

E a) and test your eyes

tr bl and get your eyes tested

D c) to test your eyes

tr d) and get tested your eyes

35 one gets older,life becomes moreand more difficult

DalAs

tr b) During

tr c) ln the measure that

tr dl to the measure that

36 I didn't tike New York at first t simply

in such a big city But now lcan,t

imagine living anywhere else

Ela) didn't use to live

tr b) didn't used to live

E c) wasn't used to living

fldlwasn't used to live

helpline was not very helpful She didn,tunderstand anything about my Internetconnection

fI a) which I spoke to

tr b) to which I spoke

tr c) to who I spoke

tr d) lspoke to

Mark my words Your grandfather

pay his telephone bill soon or they'll

39 -Flowmanltchildren in Cftj.qa

and India every daY?

Some astounding number, I suPPose

41 What's the Point a dog or cat if

you aren't willing to look after it?

E a)on having

tr b) in having

El c) to have

tr dl that you have

42 lwas wrong not to take your advice

lwish | to You

E al hasn't rePlied Yet

tr b) yet hasn't rePlied

E c) hasn't replied still

tr d) hasn't still rePlied

44 How old were You when You learnt

49 lknow it's a diffrcult decision, but you

have to make it sooner or later You can't

1 I the book you lent me, but

I haven't finished it yet ltt very

interesting

I a) read

tr bl have been reading

tr c) have read

tr d) had been reading

2 Roger was an excellent tennis player

when hewas young He anybody

tr a) was able to win

tr bl could win

E c) knew to beat

tr dl coufd beat

3 You have a very high temperature lthink

you- go to work today

tr a) hadn't better

tr b) had better not

tr c)would better not

tr d) wouldn't better :

4 I have to go to a photographer to

for a new passport

tr a) get rny photo out

i, I b] get my photo taken

6 Although we're very busy at work, we

intend to take a _ in of August

EIa) fortnight holiday

tr c) would haven't happened

tr dl wouldn't have happened

8 When we were kids, we swimming

in a river near our home

-Whydid you go there?

-lwent curiosity.lwanted to see

what was happening

tralby

tr b) for

EI c) out of

E d) out from

12 They wanted_ what he was doing

in their garden at that time of night

E al the boy explaining

tr b) the boy to explain

tr c) that the boy explain

tr d) that the boy expfained

13. lfyouneed to contact me, - -at,the

Sheraton Hoteluntil FridaY

What did you do after school?

tr al that you left

tr d) the room number 504

16 Mitdred was angry with me She said she

for me for three hours

Ela) waited

tr b) had waited

fl c) was waited

tr d) had been waiting

lheard from -.' -*_*that the Personnel

manager is going to retire

tr a) a colleague of mine

D b) a colleague mine

tl c) a colleague of me

tr d) one colleague of mine

When we got to the stadium, we

found that the game What a

disappointment!

tr a) is cancelled

I b) had been cancelled

n c) they had cancelled

of these recqn! $9-\teloPments, we

have decided to install security cameras

It was book that I staYed awake all

night to finish it

E a) such an entertaining

tr b) such an entertained

tr c) a so entertaining

tr d) a so entertained

lcouldn't have bought the car.

tr al didn't lend

tr b) hadn't lent

D c) wouldn't lend

D dlwouldn't have lent

24 Abird in the hand is worth

tr a) a hundred flYing

tr b) two birds flYing

E c) two in the bush

tr d) two with one stone

27 Recent tur,moil,in the Middle East has ,.,

led to yet another dramatic increase in

the price of petrol Motorists have been

-l see you have prepared everything for

your journey When do you want to leave?

I have a long way to go

tr a) The sooner, the better

tr b) Sooner, better

tr c) The soonest, the best

[l d) Soonest, best

29 Sometimes lwish | -*-_ science at

university instead of literature and

-ls that so? How much money

and how much are you going to need?

tr a) have you saved

fl b) have you been saving

E d) were you saving

31 He had hurt his leg badly

,

somehow or other he managed to

stagger back to the camp

E a) However

E b) In spite

fl c) Even though

D d) Afthough

32 The castle is said to be one of the finest of

its kind in Europe and we would certainly

,B$gtFi o na i s wo rki n g ha rd atJearn i ng,Ch i n ese.

'lr'will be worth it in the

36 When I moved to Scotland, lcouldn't

understand anyone at first At that time,

I _- the'Scottish accent

tr a) didn't use to hear

tr b) didn't used to hear

D c) wasn't used to hear

E d) wasn't used to hearing

37

-You look very pale, David What's

wrong?

is going to close in three months

fl a) where lwork in

tr b) that lwork !n it

tr c) in what lwork

n d) | work in

-According to the weather forecast, it's

going to freeze tomorrow

-Then you'd better put on some warm

Whatt a smart girl like Joan doing with a

fellow like Philip? He's as thick as * -.

She got married in 2001, when she was

only seventeen Now she wishes she

They started repairs on the road a month

agq but they **-.-*.

E a) haven't finished yet

tr b) yet haven't finished

flc) haven't finished still

tr d) haven't stillfinished

I didn't want to speak to him, so

I pretended *-.- the newsPaper

I hate this place in summer.The streets

are so crowded _tourists that it's

48 We didn't manage to discuss everything

on the agenda because we *- time

E b) ran out of

! c) jumped out of

tr d) jurnped out from

49 I prefer to go to the airport alone ldon't

like it when people come to -.

D a)give me off

tr c) see me away

tr d) give me away

You can always count on HarrY He'll

l -Who the computerand when did

2 A woman phoned this morning, asking if

she _to the manager

E al was able to speak

I b] can speak

El c) could speak

tr d) may speak

'/

3 ldon't remember_ the accident My

mind is a complete blank

Suddenly a man ran out in front of the

car Fortunately,l_ in time

D a) could stop

B b) would stop

El c) was abfe to stop

tr d) could have stopped

on both sides

tr a) take and give

tr b) give and give

fl cl take and take

tr d) give and take

8 I asked the taxidriver to slow down She

That looks like a bad cut You put

a sticking plaster on it.

tr al'd rather

tr bl'd better

E cl'll better

tr d)'ll should

11 I don't mind home if I have tq but

lU rather get a taxi

l'd like to say how happy I am to

be here this evening

fla) Before all

flb) First of all

tl cl The first of it

tr d) First thing first

10.

t 3 The-bo)rs wanted to put up their tent in,

the garden and I so.

E a) allowed them to do

El b) let them to do

E c) allowed them doing

tr d) let them doing

14 Let's say you found a purse in the street

El blwould you do

fl c) are you doing

tr dlwere you doing

15 Would you mind Your voices,

21 Wouldn't it be great to visit world?

E a) every country of the

fl blevery country in the

tr c) allcountries in the

tr d) all countries of the

22 Have you seen my pyjamas? | can't find

E a) just can't be exPlained

tr b) just can't exPlain itself

E c) can't just be exPlained

fl dl can't just exPlain itself

ls that

_-?

Can I have a quick look atit?

il a) the paper of today

D b) the today Paper

fl c) the todaYt Paper

-Remember * Alan tomorrow

27

the middle of the forest, far away from

everyone and everything?

Why can't people be more careful?

tr a) dining roomS carpet

tr b) dining room carpet

EI c) carpet of dining room

tr d) dining rooms'carpet

29 The timetable has been changed, but

nobody seems to know the this

tr al pulling your feg

tr b) taking your hair

tr c) pulling your hair

tr d) taking your: leg

Itook two big books with me on holiday,

Moby DickandWarand Peace, but ldidn't

read

-.

El a) neither of them

tr b) either of them

EI c) either one or other

tr d) neither one or other

33

-You're right,lf lhad known he was so

boring, Icertainly

E al didn't invite

tr bl hadn't invited

tr c) mightn't have invited

tr d) wouldn't have invited

Eric is so complacent, so smug He thinks

-lt3 simple | _ too fast and

I couldnt stop in time

37 The boss wants to have a meeting to

Apparently, they're awful

E aldiscuss

n bldiscuss about

E c) discuss of

tr dldiscuss regarding

We know you're guitty Why don't you

confess? You'llfeel a lot better'when you

qet it

D a) offyour chest

tr bl out ofyour chest

E cloff your heart

tr d) out ofyour heart

tr dl will build itself

40 Come on!We must hurrY.We have

41 The children have to go to school

tomorrow ltt time theY *,- .

tr b) are in bed

tl c) are to bed

EI d) were in bed

42 lnthe kitchen there was a table

tr a) lovely wooden round

tr b) lovely round wooden

tl c) wooden round lovelY

E d) round wooden lovelY

I really didn't expect the exam lt

was a complete surPrise

E almore and more exPensive

tr blalways more exPensive

l-l c) each time more expensive

tr d)each time expensiver

The pay rise is supposed to be a secret,

but everybody knows about it Clearlysomeone has let the***-* out of the

We must carry a thorough

investigation into the causes of the riot

this We'll soon have none left

2 The immigration officialasked

visiting the United States

D a) to us why we were

tr bl us why we are

tr c) to us why we are

tr dl us why we were

3 Christopher and I have known for a

long time We were in the army together

during the war

tr a) each other

tr b) one the other

E cl ourselves

trdlus

4 We're having a party Saturday Do

you want to come?

tr a) the

tr c) on the

E d) on next

We've got plenty of time We " Let's

have a nice cup of tea, shallwe?

E a) mustn't leave yet

tr bl haven't yet to leave

D c) don't have to leave yet

tr d) needn't to leave yet

I don't'want to be disturbed, so don't calt

9.,The building was destroyed in the

fire has now been rebuilt

lmplementation of this plan will be

difficult and expensive , we have

no guarantee that it will work

13 "j,", ' isnlt allowed in this part of ' '',' ,.

the factory because highly volatile ,

substances are used here and there's

always the danger of an explosion

tr a) To smoke

tl bl The smoking

tr c) Smoking

tl d) No smoking

14 I didn't know you were in hospital lf

tr al I knew

tr b) lwas knowing

tl c) | knew it

E d) l'd known

15 Would you mind * your fingers on

the table like that? lt's very irritating

-Do you still play golf every weekend?

-No, l'm far too busy these days I can

only play

D a) from time te when

E b) now and then

tr c) then and now

n d) from when to time

includes unlimited technical assistance

, and a three-year gua.rantee

-l can't find a babysitter for this evening.

him, but she let the opportunity pass.

tr a) had maybe spoken

tr b) could maybe speak

El cl can maybe speak

tr d) might have spoken

21 Have you read anything CharlesDickens?

tralof

U blfor

trdlby

22 t consider the car _ _ of getting from

point A to point B, nothing more

E a) as some means

tr b) like a means

El c) as a means

tr d) like some means

23, They were supposed to play football

yesterday but the match

El a) was calling it off

tr b) called itself off

tr c) they called it off

E d) was called off

I heard that

-

has been cancefled

E al next week's meeting

tr b) the meeting of next week

tr c) the next-week meeting

tr dl next weeks'meeting24

25 His name's Archibald, but everybody calls

26 The conversation was incredibly boring

but out of politeness I Pretendedintgrested

tr a) being

trb)tobe

tr c) that lwere

tr d) to being

", ';27

-Do you go to the ftrairdreefiFr,',s often?

-Nq I usually cut my hair ';[ .ltt

cheaper and more convenieffi,

tr a) on myself

tr b) myself alone

tr c) by my own self

tr dl myself

2S A prolific author, Rosset publishes a

book every year, and sometimestwo such books in the same Year.

-Which policy should we adoPt?

tr a) good at making

tr b) good at doing

tr c) good in making

tr dl good in doing

30 All three of Cecil's children attend private

schools.lt must cost him

tr a) a cheek and a chin

tr b) an arm and a leg

tr c) an eye and a nose

\ 5 d) an eye from his face

31 We all have to do something to save the

planet And everybody knows this But

nobody wants to be the first to make a

32 There are two smatl shops at the end of

the street but

tr a) neither of them

tr b) not one or other

tr c) not one or another

fl d) none ofthem

33 lf theparent*hadnt paid the rorsollll.'o

they- seen the children again

E a) never might have

tr b) could never have

tr c) had never

tr d) might never havd

I spent you gave me EverY Penny

tr al the whole money

tr b) every money

tr c) allthe money

tr dlall money

35 - in half an hour.ls that OK?

-Make sure you do.

tr al I come back

tr b) I'm going back

tr cl l'll come back

The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for

months lt was really

-Have you prepared what you're going

to say in the meeting?