Stanley graded multiple choice english tests c2

Graded Multiple-Choice ENGLISH TESTS % II % II Contents Introduction Test a Test b Test c Test d 16 Test 2a 20 Test 2b 24 Test 2c 28 Test 2d 32 Test 3a 36 Test 3b 40 Test 3c 4 Test 3d 48 Composition of tests 52 Introduction This book is one of a series of six Each book grammatical or lexical themes Thus, for corresponds to a level of the Common example, if question 27 of test a deals European Framework of Reference with the difference between the present for Languages - A ( e l e m e n t a r y ) , A2 continuous and the present simple, question (post-elementary), B 1(pre-intermediate), 27 of tests 1b, c and d will all deal with this B2 (intermediate), C1 (early advanced), same theme The questions will be different and C2 (advanced) - and contains twelve each time, of course, but the theme will multiple-choice tests, each test consisting remain the same A question-by-question of fifty questions Mainly, the tests examine description of how the tests are composed a student's knowledge of grammatical can be found at the end of the book structures, but lexical items, such as common idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs and "false It goes without saying that students' friends" are also tested, increasingly from errors should be properly reviewed after intermediate level onwards each test Since tests within a series are thematically similar, students will have The chief advantage of the multiple-choice several opportunities to avoid repeating the format is that it allows tests to be same mistakes and, with regular testing, will administered and corrected relatively quickly make progress Because of the way these A test in this book should not normally tests have been designed, it will be possible take students longer than half an hour to for both teacher and student to see and complete measure that progress with a fair degree of accuracy These tests are intended not only to determine a student's level of knowledge or proficiency at a given moment; they are meant also to be used, at regular intervals throughout a course, as valuable teaching tools in their own right The twelve tests are arranged in three series: tests a - d , tests 2a-2d, and tests 3a-3d Tests 2a-2d are more difficult than tests a-1 d, while tests 3a-3d, based on the complete syllabus at this level, are more difficult again In other words, the three series are arranged in order of increasing difficulty Within each series, however, the tests are of the same degree of difficulty This is because each test in a series is composed of questions on the same stanley publishing Choose the correct answer - a , b , c o r d -­ to complete the following texts Only one I There seems little doubt that unless they answer is correct -7 These days everybody wants to get on TV as an expert Even scientists and doctors it soon, they will fail have jumped on the • D a) can D b ) cannot D a) buckboard Dc)will D b) hackney cab D D d) may c) bandwagon D d) stagecoach They have terrible management But if they could ever together, they D a) set their show D a) the few next D b ) their number D b ) the next few C c ) put their play D D d) get their act D d) a few good Good sense requires that partisan interests for the time being I advise you to clear of the D a) stray D b ) steer D c) be put apart D c) sti c k D d) were set aside D d) veer Let her _ a few tears After that, 10 He was wal k ing so quickl y that s h e almost had to run to D a) shed D a) keep up with D b ) spill D b ) move up with D c) release D c) keep up to D d) sob D d) hold up with -Would you like a cup of tea? him 1 Regardless statesmen come to -I'd love some tea, but I don't want to visit, there's always something for the put you press to report at all Oa)up next to a few D b ) were put apart she'll resign herself to the situation c) casinos D a) be set aside HDTVis expected to reach every home in the country in years would be an unbeatable company D a) which D b ) into it D b ) of what D c) out of it D D d) out D d) of which The house was a mess and the garden hardly looked tidy • D a) either [ b) neither c) whatever -How much you think an apartment would cost in Hong Kong? I haven't got a • D a) c l ue D c) too D b ) hint D d) as well D c) trace D d) tip stanley publishing 13 A meeting of EU foreign ministers should 20 He complained to the waiter that the go some way clarifying the steak, which he had eaten, had been situation overdone and tried to paying for it D D a) get out of a) to D b) get down from D b ) into D c) leave off from D c) towards L ) D d) turn out of by 21 14 It was poverty that had him to she would crime live alone as share an apartment with other people D a) brought D a) as soon D b ) driven D b ) as much D c) so much D c) induced D d) sooner D d) compelled 22 My aunt has always loved solitude So The sudden, tragic death of the young Don't tell him the answer Let him princess sparked off a feeding in for himself the media D a) work it out □ 16 D a) spasm b) t h i n k it about D b ) turmoil L c ) cut it out D c) frenzy D d) puzzle it off D d) fever The message of the book of Ecclesiastes 23 In the hands of a reckless driver, a car is becomes a simple: weapon poor, we all have to die □ a) lethal D a) or rich or D b ) fatal D b) if rich or D c) mortal D c) whether rich or D d) deadening D d) neither rich nor 24 17 According to the new minister, reform on this scale ca n n o t be envisa g e d , _ implemented, The new personnel manager had to deal without e nth u siasti c pu blic s uppo r t with a strike threat on her first day Talk D a) yet less about being thrown in at the end! D b ) let alone D a) steep D c) leave alone D b ) deep D d) not mentioning D c) far Dd)low 25 That boy's always been in trouble Sooner or later he's going to in pr i son 18 Would you say this film is worth ? M ark my words D a) seeing D a) wind up D b ) being seen D b ) grow up D c) to be seen D c) turn out D d) live up D d) to see This job requires for hard work 26 We all tend to take the com fo rts and conveniences of modern life for D a) a capacity D a) given D b) an ability D b ) granted D c) a faculty D c) acquired D d) a skill D d) awarded tanley publishing 27 If you in arriving late, you'll be 33 Reporters often investigate the lives of celebrities simply on the that they fired might discover something scandalous □ a) persevere □ b) □ □ d) □ insist b) c) prevail □ c) persist □ d) off-shot 28 The committee chose him because he the right man □ a) upshot □ up-chance off-chance 34 -Listen! for the job ' Why don't we take the children to the zoo this weekend? Great minds think alike I was just a) was felt to be about to suggest the same thing □ b) □ c) was felt that he was felt that he was □ a) 'dbeen thinking L b ) 've thought □ d) felt that he were D c) 've been thinking □ d) 'm thinking 29 Through , small businesses have become the victims of greedy bankers 35 crisis D a) no fault on their own CJ b) □ c) The US and its allies hoped to resolve the □a) □ b) not their own fault no own fault of theirs bolstering the embargo in by □c on □ d) with ) □ d) no fault of their own 30 the difficulty of the task, I shall 36 ook! the waiter charged us for four L be lucky to complete it by the end of the desserts when we only had two We've year been ! □ a) □ □ □ Regarding a) ripped up □ b) b) Presuming c) □ d) Given torn off □ c) ripped off □ d) torn up Accepted This development is highly desirable, 31 Sue's life is a mess And she seems quite because it marks the return of the UN unable to herself together □ a) □ □ a) put □ b) push d) build 38 32 The doctor gave me pills to the pain □ not least b) not less □ c) no less □ d) not last D e ) pull □ to the area a) relieve □ b) lighten □ c) calm □ d) rid We started off w a l k i n g , but after an hour we had slowed down to a snail's pace □ a) heart y □ b) sharply □ c) briskly □ d) crisply il staley publishing 39 All the other people at the meeting, 45 Harry down Sue's phone number without exception, were wearing suits and address on a scrap of paper and and ties In my jeans and tee-shirt I stuck thrust it into his breast pocket out like a □ □ □ □ thumb [ a) sore [ b) swollen [ c) throbbing □ a) spotted b) dotted c) slotted d) jotted d) wounded 46 -How much butter you want, Mrs 40 41 Pupils said they preferred hearing a story Russell? read out to them Half will do, thank you it themselves □ □ a) than reading C a ) of a pound b) to reading D b ) pound □ □ c) than read [ c) the pound d) to read □ I know you're pressed for time, Harold, but you think we could 47 Andrew was talking so much that none of the other participants in the discussion in a could get a word in quick meeting before lunch? □ □ d) a pound a) crush □ a) sideways c) □ c) press □ □ □ d) squeeze □ di b) nip 42 The windows don't fit very well It makes 48 the room awfully _ □ □ □ a) sidelong edgeways obliquely Back in 1979, the revolution was in full swing , not the slightest trace of it remains breezy Cl a) Later thirty years b) ventilated □ c) winded □ d) b) b) Thirty years onwards [ c) Thirty years away draughty [ d) Thirty years on 43 The new airport was constructed in the of fierce opposition from 49 There's something I have to tell you You see environmentalists □ □ I ••• I I -Come on, it out I haven't got all a) face day b) teeth □ c) tooth and nail L a) gob □ d) fangs □ b) hawk C c ) spit 44 The earthquake has caused great loss C d) hiss of life As p.m on Sunday , the official death toll stands at 24,000, but many people are still unaccounted for □ a) to 50 Poor people often fall to unscrupulous money lenders □ a) prisoner L b) for [ b) scapegoat □ □ □ c) from d) tanley publishing since L c ) prey d) sacrifice Choose the correct answer - a, b, c o r d -­ to complete the following texts Only one answer is correct D o l have to my maths this very So how did he react when you told him you wanted a divorce? minute? -He didn't an eyelid □ □ C c ) bat you may □ d) flicker d) Yes, you need The discussion didn't solve any of our □ a) They're going to hold the vote • □ □ □ problems, but at least it the air □ blink C b ) wink b) No, you mustn't □ c) Yes, □ □ a) a) No, you needn't cleared b) fixed a) one week on Friday b) on Friday in a week c) in a week on Friday D d) on Friday week [ c) cleaned □ d) graced As a result of washing the jeans in very hot water, they had to a child's T h e school principal proposed that size Edward a scholarship □ a) faded □ b) shrunk □ c) reduced □ d) dwindled □ a) be awarded □ b) were awarded □ c) is awarded □ d) can be awarded If the door has jammed, there's no point 10 My grandfather was killed in the war, so my grandmother had to seven in trying to force it open You'll probably children by herself just the handle off! □ □ □ □ □ □ a) gouge b) raise up b) pluck D c) c) wrench □ d) raise out bring out d) drag 11 a) bring up Given _ t h e city has been through He's jogging to lose a little weight recently, a degree of caution is quite □ a) started in □ b) got on □ c) taken up □ d) got up understandable Oa)all □ b)which □ c) that D d) all what Will the present management be criticised as incompetent and wasteful? We have an early flight so we'll have to The company a spokesperson said get up at the of dawn □ □ a) crack □ □ □ b) hopes not [ c) rift c) does not hope □ □ d) does not hope it a) hopes it not b) cleft d) chink stanley publishing 13 4, 20 The producer defends his flm Sylvia hadn't eaten anything for hours, saying it is based on irrefutable historical so it wasn't surprising that she in documents the middle of the gym class Da)on D a) passed out D b)with D b ) passed away D c) by D c) threw out Dd)in D d) threw off There are poisonous snakes in the area so 21 received his prize than he left the podium it is essential to be on the for any D a) As soon as he had s i g n s of movement in the undergrowth D b) No sooner had he D a) guard c) D b ) outlook As soon had he D d) No sooner he had D c) alert 22 D d) alarm I thought I saw somethin g moving in the shadows, but there's nothing 15, There's some kind of crisis at the factory there It must have been a of my The boss wants me to go down there and imagination · D a) production D a) work it off D b ) fi gme nt D b) sort it out D c) vision D c) straighten it on D d) fabrication D d) screw it up 23 16 Far from fi nd i ng the job too demanding , Many Europeans want nuclear weapons she seems to the challenge it entirely p resents D a) e l i m i n a t i n g D a) relish D b) be eliminated D b ) savour D c) eliminated D c) cherish D d) that should be eliminated 17 It's very foolish to think you can go D d) luxuriate into any kind of negotiations unprepared and 24 The former minister's diaries, from perfect, provide the most accurate s im p l y play it • version of the events leading up to Mrs D a) off the cuff Thatcher ' s down fall that we have D b ) hands down D a) when far D c) by ear D b l while far D d) on the wing D c) far however 18 He declared that working in the same office as her was D d) whereas far in a small cupboard with a swarm of killer bees 25 Good teachers don't their p upils , but treat them, as far as p ossible , as Perhaps he was exaggerating slightly e q uals D a) like to be trapped D b ) like being trapped □a) D c) like trapping D b ) talk down to D d) as to be trapped D c) stoop down to pin down D d) play down He left the office early on the unlikely that he had a sick friend to visit Of course, it may have been true D a) excuse 26 I soon got the of the new machine D a) hang D b ) motive D b ) sway D c) claim D c) string D d) pretext D d) drift ey publishing 39 It doesn't any good to on 45 When property prices more than doubled past misfortunes We must put the past in their area, they realised they were behind us and look to the future sitting on a ' D a) land mine D a) abide O b ) d w e ll D b) gold line D c) delay D c) land line D d) linger D d) gold mine 40 His test results are not very H e 46 41 so quickly, the accident wouldn't have been so catastrophic does well one week and badly the next D a) consistent D a) Had they not been driving D b l consequent D b ) Should they not have driven D c) invariable D c) Were they not driving D d) unerratic [ d) -How much rice should I make? -Well, a good rule of is to cook two handfuls per person D a) wrist b) thumb D c) palm d) knuckle 47 If they didn't drive Many of the present working population lost out education and training in the past D a) of D b ) from D c) with D d)on 48 We're under a lot of pressure at work but 42 -Was it a good concert? Maggie seems to take it all in her • Yes , i t was fantastic She's so calm and methodical D a) Factually D a) pace D b ) In actuality D b ) gait D c) As a matter of fact D c) stride D d) Of fact D d) tread 43 Sooner or later you'll have to get a job You can't just go on living your 49 Apparently, they're going to build a big office block on that plot of land parents forever D a) void D a) off Ob)on D c) out of D b ) disoccupied D c) hollow D d) vacant D d) up to 50 After about ten minutes it was obvious 44 Matthew is always fault with other that we no longer had much to say to people, although his own work is far from each other and our conversation began perfect to out D a) seeking D a) peter D b) searching D b ) phase c) fnding D d) putting publishing D c) fade D d) trickle 43 Choose the correct answer - a , b , c o r d - to complete the following texts Only one answer is correct Don't to any conclusions before He says he'll lend us a few hundred quid provided you know the full facts of the matter paid back by the end of the month D a) dive D b ) leap D a ) he got C c) 0y D b ) he'll get D d) rush D c) he's L d) he'd be I think my problems at work the fact that I never really wanted to go into Nobody knows who his new girlfriend is yet, but I'm going to try and accountancy as a career in the first place it out of him D a) spring from D b) stir from D a) whistle D c) spark off D b)worm D d) gush from D c) work D d) snu ff Flawed the American dream may have become, its lure is irresistible to Wheat and coffee are major tradin g many D a) as though D a) co mmodities L b ) as D b ) articles D c) while D c) materials D d) however D d) stocks The existence of the USSR determined 10 The cand i date' s insistence on security US foreign policy for the of six and i mmigration was seen by many as a decades desperate, attempt to win over right - wing voters D a) the largest part D b ) majority D a) fast-stitch D c) better part D b ) f ast - tri c k D d) bulk D c) last - ploy D d) last - dit c h How many people understand the of high finance? Even the experts 11 admit they don't know it all They have confessed no more than half a kilo of slightly enriched uranium D a) ins and outs D b ) bolts and nuts D a) to have D c) nit and grit D b ) of havin D d) screws and washers D c) to havin g d) having Tell the General I'll leave tomorrow -I'm afraid the General D a) had rather you left at once 12 Western Europe in now saddled more than 1 % unemployment D b) would rather you'll leave D a) for D c) would rather you left D b ) by D d) had rather you'll leave D c) up to D d) with stanley publishing 44 13 14 This is the biggest deal we've ever 20 I hope they can find someone to replace me at work I wouldn't want to leave them □ a) pushed out □ b) pushed up □ c) pulled on □ d) pul led off in the □ a) lurch □ b) swerve □ c) toss □ d) pitch The medical centre contacted some 2,000 21 people had operated □ □ □ □ Rest assured, gentlemen, your safety all other considerations in my a) for whom the surgeon mind, even fi n a n ci a l considerations b) whom the surgeon □ a) □ b) c) the surgeon outweighs outclasses d) on whom the surgeon C c ) outdoes [ d) outsh i n e s I won't tell anyone My lips are • □ □ □ □ 16 22 The need 17 of fi x i n g up , it's home c) plugged to be very happy here d) clenched □ □ □ a) O b) Y ) c n the co ntrar y et S till briefcase so as not to attract thieves d) M oreover a) battered 23 Porsches and B entleys have been put at b) hammered his □ □ lot and I'm glad to have it I t h i n k we're going D □ □ a b) locked He carries all his documents in a old at's a bit sma ll , I know, and it does fl a) sealed disposal, certainly makes a c) trampled change d) punched be made a) can't help □ b) are bound to H onda □ a) the which □ b) which □ c) whereby it □ d) that Even in the best-run campaigns, mistakes □ om his fr 24 Taking a wrong tu rn, the patrol into a group of heavily-armed enemy soldiers □ c) are obliged to □ a) blundered □ b) plundered □ c) blurted □ d) bungled [ d) can't avoid but 18 The proposed changes nothing less than a revolution in our political 25 ook, this matter isn't really so importan t L system I t h i n k you're making a m o u n t a i n out of 19 □ a) account for □ b) account to □ c) amount to □ d) arrive to The government has rightly been its health policy □ a) □ a) a foothill □ b an a n t h i l l □ c) a hillock □ d) a molehill ) 26 The company managed to last economic depression y b cutt the ing its workforce t a k i n g to task □ a) □ b) taken to task for □ c) taking to the task of surmount □ b) override □ c weather □ d) oat out ) [ d) taken for the task of fl aey publishing 45 27 According to a spokesperson, the results 33 make to the government's If the exit doors , t h e people could've escaped from the burning hall determination to carry out the reforms it □ a) hadn't been blocking has been elected to carry out □ b) hadn't blocked □ a) little or nothing different [ c) weren't being blocked □ D b) little or any difference d) hadn't been blocked D c) little or no difference □ 34 He doesn't give us credit for much d) little or less difference intelligence In fact, he treats us as if we 28 He suggested a all raving idiots meeting so that the workers could be allowed to decide □ a) the matter themselves □ □ a) to call □ b) calling □ c) were b) are [ c) were being □ d) should be to hold 35 There was a lot of talk about reforming □ d) he would call the financial system, but in the end 29 Do not include pence in your tax calculations These should be governments around the world simply _ to pressure from bankers and to the nearest pound For example: £ financiers And nothing was done becomes £ □ a) rounded down □ b) squared off □ c) □ d) averaged out roughed out 36 30 I grew up in this old house, so I know every of it □ a) checked down □ b) caved in □ c) bottomed out □ d) backed off Our business relationship had been going from bad to worse Finally, we decided to call it □ a) hook and sinker □ b) lock, stock and barrel □ c) step and stop □ b) quits □ d) nook and cranny □ c) □ d) forgoes We took the scenic route, a road which and dissolve the partnership □ a) drops packs - the coast for fifty miles 37 On this issue, there has recently been a □ a) hugged □ b) surrounded □ c) adjoined □ d) bordered _ in public opinion □ a) □ drift b) shift E c ) turn 32 I can't understand why Tom hasn't arrived □ d) motion yet I suppose he " breakdown or a puncture or something 46 38 The inspector a ticket □ a) could be having □ b) might have had □ b) made me that I buy □ c) might have been having □ c) made me buy □ d) could have been having □ d) had me buying □ a) made me to buy stanley publishing 39 In the past, girls tended to behind 45 pyjamas on and make it ' boys in maths and science But no longer L □ □ a) lag b) linger □ c) abide □ d) dawdle OK, you two, it's bedtime Get your a) snappy □ b) snazzy □ c) catchy □ d) lively enough money, we would've gone 46 40 We must everything we can to by air that the goods arrive on time □ a) assure [ b ) secure □ c) ensure □ d) ascertain □ a) Were we having □ bl Had we had D c) Except for having □ d) l f w e had 47 What you take people We wish you every happiness That ' Do you think anyone is deceived by this wretched charade? □ a) goes of itself □ b) speaks without words □ c) □ d) L a ) in D b ) for D speaks for itself c) off D d ) up goes without saying 48 Three of the original five candidates have 42 I've never seen such an employee He's now thrown in the That leaves arrogant, lazy, incompetent, insolent, only Calderwood and you in the running stupid , he's quite useless Da)towel □ a) In few words □ b) rag L b ) To sum it all □ c) chamois □ c) In short □ d) duster □ d) In little 49 43 The guards were instructed to out working but I have to ask you an important question harsh punishment to troublemakers □ a) mess □ b) mite □ c) might □ a) interfere □ b) molest [ c) bother d) mete We've had some □ □ SO 44 I'm sorry to you while you're d) intrude She's one of those people who are always with the and asking questions about other machines people's private lives □ a) outbreaks □ b) reverses □ c) □ d) setbacks backdowns stanley publishing □ a) poking around □ b) digging up D c) prying out □ d) spying on 47 Choose the correct answer a, b, c o r d -­ to complete the following texts Only one answer is correct He's by no unintelligent He's passed □ a) consideration □ b) way □ c) means □ d) manner I d o n ' t like the way that Dennis is always □ □ □ □ trying to trouble between us □ a) dish out □ b) rub up □ c) □ his fierce Had it not been opposition, the law might well have been simply as lazy as sin, that's all! a) but b) without c) only d) for I found your grandmother up in the attic She was around looking for an old photograph album she had as a girl □ a) poking [ b) worming stir up □ □ d) spark out c) sniffing d) snuffing He was undoubtedly making progress, rather slowly □ a) b) notwithstanding □ c) however □ d) I've discovered that one of my fought at the famous battle of the Boyne albeit □ I've been tracing my family history and in 1690 □ □ □ whilst a) ancestors b) predecessors c) descendants d) forerunners Labouring under the scorching sun, 20,000 prisoners died 10 constructing the infamous railway I can't go out wearing something like that I'd be the □ a) as far as □ b) towards □ c) up towards □ d) as many as □ □ b) laughing stock d) laughing gas When several companies showed interest in buying the film rights to his novel, he 11 □ a) □ □ upped the ante □ b) scooped the bag □ c) caught the fat one □ d) hit the jackpot This new medicine is supposed to be very strong, so □ a) □ b) hope you'll feel □ c) □ better tomorrow wish you felt wish you'll feel d) desire you feel His idea is for us to the airport in separate cars knew he had 48 a) make-me-laugh c) laughter maker □ of the neighbourhood a) to drive b) that we drive c) to be driving D d) driving 12 You'd better ask the doctor to give you a few shots while you're it □a) □ b) in at Oc)on □ d) with staley publishing This new computer away with the 20 Federer had been making a habit of winning Wimbledon Then Nadal arrived need for a keyboard It's voice-controlled and Federer finally met his _' 14 □ a) makes □ b) puts □ c) does □ d) sets □ a) bout [ b) meet □ □ She reminded him c) trial d) match There has been a the cat in the sales of new houses since mortgages became □ a) feeding □ b) that he feed □ c) to be feeding □ d) to feed more difficult to obtain □ □ □ a) dive b) downfall c) slump L d) crash 15 The tournament isn't over yet, not by a 22 , a person's character is formed by long ' 16 □ a) talk □ b) chalk □ c) walk □ d) the age of eight At least, that's what I've always heard □ a) To a great extent □ b) In a great extent □ c) To a great measure □ d) In a great measure hawk Her parents always tried to a 23 , t h e r e are journalists who simply sense of integrity and decency in her □ a) infuse □ b) instill □ c) □ d) □ a) As it seems incredible □ b) May it seem incredible □ c) Much as it seems incredible □ d) Incredible as it seems inlay inset The trail □ make things up! For them, fiction is a lot easier than fact of late for easier access 24 □ b) has been widened □ c) □ d) Rather than take his time to think about the questions, the interviewee a) used to be widened out the first answer that came into his head □ a) blundered □ b) blurted □ c) bungled □ d) botched was widened was widening H o w much you spend on groceries? -It probably out about £ a 25 week □ a) impossible to understand accounts □ b) averages □ c) □ Have you tried to read the guarantee? There's so much legal that it's □ □ □ amounts d) sums a) mumbo jumbo b) bongo bongo c) abracadabra C d ) okey-dokey You're up the wrong tree I had 26 I advise you to take to ensure that nothing to with Faisal getting fired all your property is adequately insured □ a) climbing □ b) working □ c) barking □ d)jumping tanley publishing □ □ □ □ a) dealings b) c) steps actions d) means 49 27 It was a fantastic film □ I enjoyed it 33 It's not my fault if your favourite tee­ shirt shrunk in the wash a) endlessly Whose fault is it then? If you hadn't □ b) unendingly □ c) without end □ d) no end washed it in boiling water, it ' E a) wouldn't've shrunk [ b) shouldn't have shrunk L c ) hadn't shrunk 28 We don't want in a traffic jam □ a) □ b) to risk to get caught D d) wouldn't've been shrinking risking to get got 34 I hate driving If it's all right with you, I'd much rather you You don't mind, □ c) to risk getting caught you? D d) to risk that we get caught D a) are driving L b ) drove 29 c) will drive Losing weight _down to two simple D d) ought to drive ideas: exercise more and eat less □ a) simmers 35 When are we going to get rid of all these D b ) boils empty cartons? 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I wouldn't him, C a ) output D a) put it past D b ) outcome b) think it through D c) outbreak D c) pass it over D d) breakout D d) rub it up taoley publishing 51 Composition of Tests The tests in this book are arranged in three series (see Introduction) The tests within a series tests a, b, c and d, for example -all follow the same pattern, presenting questions on the same grammatical or lexical themes The way in which the tests are composed, and the themes dealt with in each series, are shown below Composition ofTests a, b, c and d 21 22 Phrasal verbs: put out (cause 23 etc Uses of so, not, either, neither, etc Idiomatic expressions:jump on the 24 Expressions of time: in o few years, a 25 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: 26 10 27 11 12 28 30 Linking words and expressions: given, since, apart from, for all, never mind, let irrespective, given, granted, etc alone, etc Idiomatic expressions: not have a clue, 13 Prepositions: to, towards, by,frcm, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: drive someone to crime, etc 31 32 17 Idiomatic expressions: get thrown in at 18 Infinitive or gerund? the deep end, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: relieve pain, contract a disease, etc 33 Idiomatic expressions; on the off-chance, 34 Verb tenses: present perfect continuous, etc past perfect, etc Elliptical phrases: whether (we are) rich or poor, etc Phrasal verbs: pull oneself together, fork out (spend), etc Phrasal verbs: work something out, sort something out, etc 52 Possessive structures with own: my own car, etc Linking words and phrases: regardless, 14 16 Passive constructions: it is thought that etc 29 etc 15 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: persist in doing something, etc Phrasal verbs: keep up with, catch up with, etc Idiomatic expressions: rake something for granted, etc steer, stray, shrink, reduce, infest, invade, crave, reclaim, etc Phrasal verbs: wind up, end up, talk down to, etc week on Sunday, etc Link words and phrases: /er alone, while, much less, etc bandwagon, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: a lethal weapon, etc inconvenience), take up (start doing), Idiomatic expressions: feeding frenzy, fgment of one's imagination, etc radiate, prone to, apt to Expressing preference with just as soon; and sequential action with no sooner Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: shed, spill, wrench, gouge, billow, Phrasal verbs: get out of doing, poss our, come down with, etc Uses of the subjunctive; formulaic subjunctive (be that as it may), etc 20 Idiomatic expressions: ger one's act together, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: a capacity for hard work, etc Modal verbs: con, cannot, may, should, etc 19 35 Prepositions: blame someone for doing something, etc 36 Phrasal verbs: rip off (cheat), cut back on, etc stanley publishing 37 Adjectives and adverbs: comparatives and 38 42 10 43 44 Phrasal verbs: take it out on someone, run someone down, etc Phrasal verbs: squeeze something in, take 11 Idiomatic expressions: swallow the bait, have someone over a barrel, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: a draughty room, to mope about, etc Subjunctive in formulaic expressions: be that as it may, come what may, etc Expression of preferences with prefer, something on, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: on the quiet side, etc would rather, etc 41 Idiomatic expressions: like a sore thumb, etc 40 somewhat, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: walk briskly, a pervasive smell, etc 39 Adjectives modified by adverbs or adverbial expressions: by far, every bit as, superlatives 12 Infinitive or gerund? Idiomatic expressions: in the teeth of 13 Possible confusion of there is and it is opposition, etc 14 Passive structures: a man to be trusted, etc Prepositions and prepositional phrases: 15 concerning, regarding, with respect to, in Phrasal verbs: talk someone into /doing) something, etc connection with, etc 16 45 Phrasal verbs: jot down, make out (write), Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: emir a sound, act as a deterrent, etc etc 17 46 Use and omission of definite and indefinite Idiomatic expressions: spill the beans, like a bear with a sore head, etc articles 18 47 Idiomatic expressions: get a word in Prepositions and clauses dependent on prepositions edgeways, etc 48 19 Both, neither, all, none, much, many, etc 20 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: Expressions of time: over the next ten years, ten years on, etc blatant disregard, etc 49 Phrasal verbs used as exclamations and 21 Phrasal verbs: ca/I something off, fall our 22 Idiomatic expressions: a blot on the warnings: mind out!, watch out!, etc with someone, etc 50 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: to fall prey to someone, etc landscape, make no bones about something, etc 23 Adverbial expressions: as such, at that, so Composition of Tests 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d much as Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: 24 bungle something, wield power, etc Impersonal passive sentences with believe, expect, fear, hope, A little, a few, enough with quite, good, 26 Phrasal verbs: allow for, run something by 27 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: hang on someone's every word, etc Phrasal verbs: pick on someone, play at 28 etc heart grow fonder, Idiomatic expressions: kick the bucket, nip something in the bud, Idiomatic expressions: absence makes the tanley publishing Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: someone, etc etc something, etc proceeds from a sale, etc and irregular plurals (criteria, stimuli) rather, 25 etc Punctuation! Nouns only used in the plural (premises, guts) Link words and expressions: regardless of despite, no matter, etc 29 etc Relative clauses with whom, whose, whereby, etc 53 30 Phrases containing numbers, fractions, Composition ofTests 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d percentages, etc 31 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: Phrasal verbs: drive at, let up (stop), get electronic components, etc by,etc 32 Phrasal verbs: rule something out, spark Constructions with so and such off, spring from, etc 33 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: Linking words and expressions: as for, as take one's mind off one's troubles, etc far as, regarding, concerning, etc 34 Proverbial expressions: too many cooks Comparatives and superlatives spoil the broth, etc 35 Idiomatic expressions: get on like a house Prepositional expressions: make it to, on fire, etc time off, be alone in, off the coast, etc 36 Verb tenses after / wish, I'd rather, etc Inversion after negatives and words with negative value Conditional structures not using if: were it not for, had there not been, but for, etc 37 Discourse markers: come to think of it, mind you, etc Phrasal verbs: work itself out, snap out of it, etc 38 Phrasal verbs: get over (believe), go along with someone, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: deficiency of a mineral, etc 39 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: newspaper circulation, etc 10 Idiomatic expressions: keep up with the Joneses, etc 40 Idiomatic expressions: be in the doghouse, bock to the drawing board, etc 41 Verb tenses 42 Idiomatic expressions: put all one's eggs 11 12 Phrasal verbs: make up for something, make out (distinguish), etc 44 13 46 Idiomatic expressions: grow by leaps and bounds, like it or lump it, etc 16 17 18 Phrasal verbs: abide by, add up, amount to, etc 19 Idiomatic expressions: thin on the ground, go out of one's woy, etc 20 Idiomatic expressions: be at o loss, have oil the makings of, leave someone in the Phrasal verbs: tear someone away from Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: Verb tenses: present perfect for future, etc lurch, etc something, while away the time, etc 50 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: plough money into a business, etc Phrasal verbs: see someone out, clear off, etc 49 15 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: pay damages, etc 48 Various kinds of clauses Idiomatic expressions: gift of the gab, great minds think alike, etc 47 14 Prepositional expressions: out of, in for, etc Phrasal verbs: stir up /trouble), blow over, etc Idiomatic expressions: make funny faces, as fresh as a daisy, etc 45 Prepositions and prepositional phrases: bar none, saddled with, etc in one basket, etc 43 Gerund or infinitive? 21 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: convey one's thanks, etc dismantle a tent, etc 22 Discourse markers: all in all, on the other hand, etc S4 stanley publishing 23 Various kinds of clauses 24 Phrasal verbs: be bent on, black out, blunder into, etc 25 Idiomatic expressions: make mincemeat out of an opponent, etc 26 27 45 Idiomatic expressions: something on a shoestring, etc 46 Conditional structures not using if 47 Prepositions and prepositional phrases 48 Idiomatic expressions: a sob story, take Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: in something in one's stride, full swing, etc Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: 49 pay a compliment, etc Adjectives and adverbs: accordingly, consequently, hardly, etc 28 Infinitive, gerund or that-clause? 29 Phrasal verbs: bottom out, bring about, etc 50 Phrasal verbs: pander to, peter out, poke around, etc round up, round down, etc 30 Idiomatic expressions: like looking for a needle in a haystack, etc 31 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: usher in a period of calm, etc 32 Perfect infinitives used with modals: shouldn't have done, shouldn't have been doing, etc 33 Third co n d i t i o n a l : if+ past perfect, conditional perfect 34 Subjunctive after certain structures: it's (high) time, if only, etc 35 Phrasal verbs: butter someone up, cash in on something, etc 36 Idiomatic expressions: one good turn deserves another, etc 37 Vocabulary, collocations, false friends: be pressed for time, etc 38 Gerund, infinitive or that-clause? 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Since tests within a series are thematically similar, students will have The chief advantage of the multiple- choice several opportunities to avoid repeating the format is that it allows tests