Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I had been sitting __1__ in my usual compartment __2__ at least ten minutes, waiting __3__. The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start __4__ and I often thought that I could have __5__ in bed a little longer or had __6__ cup of tea before __7__ Suddenly I heart someone shouting __8__ the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man __9__ put out his hand to stop her but she run past him and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the train started.
“I nearly missed it, __10__?” the girl said. “How long does it take to __11__ London?”
“It depends on the __12__” I said. “Some days it’s __13__ others.” “I’ll have to __14__, __15__ late again tomorrow,” she said. “It’s my first day __16__ with a new firm today and they told me that the man __17__ is very strict. I __18__ him yet so I don’t know __19__ but he sounds a bit frightening.
She talked about her new job __20__ the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My __21__ secretary had just left so I must be her new boss __22__ only fair to tell her.
“Oh, dear,” she said.” __23__ mistake! I wish I __24__”
“Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late that __25__”
- A) for myself
- B) only myself
- C) by myself
- D) in my own
- A) for
- B) during
- C) since
- D) meanwhile
- A) the train to start
- B) for the train start
- C) the train’s start
- D) for the train to start
- A) on their hour
- B) on time
- C) at their hour
- D) at time
- A) lain
- B) laid
- C) lied
- D) lay
- A) other
- B) some other
- C) another
- D) one other
- A) I had left the home
- B) leave from home
- C) leaving home
- D) to leave home
- A)at place
- B) on duty
- C) for control
- D) in post
- A) haven’t I
- B) don’t I
- C) wasn’t I
- D) didn’t I
- A) get to
- B) arrive to
- C) reach to
- D) make to
- A) driver to the engine
- B) driver engine
- C) engine’s driver
- D) engine driver
- A) far slower that
- B) much slower than
- C) a lot more slow than
- D) a great deal more slow than
- A) mend me the watch
- B) mend me my watch
- C) have my watch mended
- D) have mended my watch
- A) in order not are
- B) so as not to be
- C) for not being
- D) so that it’s not
- A) at job
- B) in job
- C) in work
- D) at work
- A) I’m going to work for
- B) what I’m going to work for
- C) for which I’m going to work
- D) which I’m going to work
- A) didn’t meet
- B) haven’t met
- C) didn’t know
- D) haven’t known
- A) what he is like
- B) what is he like
- C) how he is
- D) how is he
- A) through
- B) by
- C) on
- D) in
- A) proper
- B) own
- C) same
- D) self
- A) There was
- B) That was
- C) It was
- D) Was
- A) What a terrible
- B) What terrible
- C) How terrible
- D) So terrible a
- A) had known
- B) have known
- C) knew
- D) would have known
- A) so will the mine be
- B) the mine will be, too
- C) So will mine
- D) mine will be, too
Hello, Mary! I __26__ you before now but I __27__ so hard at the office that I didn’t have time. My boss __28__ to holiday tomorrow and he __29__ arrange everything before he __30__ If he had given me sensible instruction I could have done the work next week. But you __31__ the same problems with your boss. Anyway, __32__ two tickets for the new play at the Grand Theatre on Saturday __33__ and see it together?
- A) should have rung
- B) must have rung
- C) had to ring
- D) ought to ring
- A) must work
- B) must have worked
- C) have had to work
- D) ought to work
- A) will go
- B) is going
- C) shall go
- D) shall be going
- A) wants that I
- B) would that I
- C) would like that I
- D) wants me to
- A) leaves
- B) shall leave
- C) will leave
- D) is leaving
- A) have to have
- B) can have
- C) ought to have
- D) must have
- A) they have been given to me
- B) I have been given
- C) I am given
- D) they are given to me
- A) May we go
- B) Do you like to go
- C) Shall we go
- D) Will we go
- The lift is out of _____ so we’ll have to walk.
- A) function
- B) order
- C) running
- D) work
- Dinner will be ready _____ but we have time for a drink before than.
- A) currently
- B) lately
- C) presently
- D) suddenly
- What do you _____ to do about the problem now that this solution has failed.
- A) attempt
- B) think
- C) pretend
- D) intend
- We have _____ for a new secretary but we haven’t had any replies yet.
- A) advertised
- B) advised
- C) announced
- D) noticed
- I’ve _____ for the job and I hope I get it.
- A) appointed
- B) applied
- C) presented
- D) succeeded
- He threw the box out of the window and it fell to the _____ outside.
- A) flat
- B) floor
- C) plain
- D) ground
- 100 competitors had _____ the race.
- A) put their names for
- B) entered for
- C) put themselves for
- D) taken part
- I’m very _____ to you for your help.
- A) grateful
- B) agreeable
- C) pleased
- D) thanks
- He’s so mean that he wouldn’t give a beggar a _____ of bread.
- A) peel
- B) shell
- C) crust
- D) skin
- Will you be able to come to the party? I _____ .
- A) believe yes
- B) am afraid not
- C) don’t hope so
- D) don’t expect
- I never expected you to turn _____ at the meeting. I thought you were abroad.
- A) A round
- B) on
- C) in
- D) up
- The plane is just going to take _____.
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but one does not. Choose one that does not.
- A) knees
- B) peace
- C) freeze
- D) keys
- A) home
- B) sum
- C) crumb
- D) come
- A) straighter
- B) greater
- C) water
- D) later
- A) ache
- B) shake
- C) steak
- D) weak
- A) another
- B) bother
- C) brother
- D) mother
I __51__ don’t believe in ghosts __52__ my experience at the Rose Inn. __53__ I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made me __54__ uncomfortable since then I __55__ the inn late at night and asked __56__.
“ There’s nothing left,” he said, “__57__ to sleep in Number7.”
“ Why not?” I said. “What’s wrong with it?”, I was so tired that I would have slept __58__.
“Nothing,” he said slowly. “ but something happened there a few months ago.”
Every old inn has __59__ strange stories, so I thought that __60__ he told me about it, the better. I was willing to listen to anything for __61__ a bed to sleep in.
“A man came here late at night, __62__ you,” the landlord said. “I thought there was something odd __63__ him because he kept looking __64__ his shoulder while he was signing his name in the book. He asked me __65__ have and I offered __66__” “__67__ a man who has said he’ll kill me,” he said suddenly. “With a knife.” He looked __68__ that I thought I had better __69__ him to his room. I locked the door and left him __70__. The next day we __71__ him dead, with a knife beside him. He had __72__” the landlord said. “or someone else had done it. Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?”. “Well,” I said. “__73__ is following me. But I wish you __74__ the story in morning __75__ I’ll sleep here on the bar if you’ve got a couple of blankets.”
- A) Already
- B) Yet
- C) no longer
- D) still
- A) Even though
- B) even after
- C) although
- D) in spite
- A) At least
- B) At last
- C) At first
- D) At once
- A) To feel
- B) feel myself
- C) feel
- D) that I feel
- A) arrived to
- B) arrived at
- C) reached to
- D) reached at
- A) room of the landlord
- B) room from the landlod
- C) the landlord a room
- D) the landlord for a room
- A) If you didn’t like
- B) If you don’t like
- C) Unless you are liking
- D) Unless you’d like
- A) anywhere
- B) somewhere
- C) nowhere
- D) in whatever place
- A) his
- B) its
- C) their
- D) the
- A)so soon as
- B) as soon as
- C) the soonest
- D) the sooner
- A) the sake of
- B) the lack of
- C) the need of
- D) the wish of
- A) as
- B) like
- C) the same that
- D) similar with
- A) with
- B) of
- C) about
- D) around
- A) through
- B) back
- C) over
- D) after
- A) what room could he
- B) what room he may
- C) which room could he
- D) which room he could
- A) to him the number 7
- B) to him number 7
- C) him number 7
- D) him the number 7
- A) It’s
- B) There’s
- C) That’s
- D) He’s
- A) to be so frightened
- B) so frightened
- C) with such fright
- D) with such fright
- A) to bring
- B) to take
- C) bring
- D) take
- A) by himself
- B) by his self
- C) only himself
- D) in his own
- A) met
- B) knew
- C) found
- D) uncovered
- A) cut himself the throat
- B) himself cut the throat
- C) his throat cut
- D) cut his throat
- A) None
- B) No one
- C) Anyone
- D) Any one
- A) told me
- B) had told me
- C) would tell me
- D) would have told me
- A) As it is
- B) Like it is
- C) Being like that
- D) Being as that
“Darling! There’s hardly any petrol left in the tank. I __76__ it up before we left home. __77__ a garage quite near but I __78__ drive carefully until we __79__ there. If only I __80__ the petrol before we started out! Damn! I __81__ this to happen for the last ten minutes. I’ll have to push the car to the side of the road because we __82__ if we leave it here. But I can’t imagine what __83__ to let this happen.
- A) must have filled
- B) should have filled
- C) would have filled
- D) had to fill
- A) There may be
- B) It may be
- C) There can be
- D) It can be
- A) like better
- B) would better
- C) had better
- D) prefer
- A) shall get
- B) will get
- C) are getting
- D) get
- A) checked
- B) would have checking
- C) had checked
- D) have checked
- A) am expecting
- B) expect
- C) have been expecting
- D) was expecting
- A) will be fined
- B) will fine
- C) will be being fined
- D) will be fining
- A) was I thinking about
- B) I was thinking about
- C) did I think about
- D) I thought about
- He _____ me by two games to one
- A) beat
- B) conquered
- C) gained
- D) won
- His office is on the third _____ of the building.
- A) floor
- B) flat
- C) ground
- D) level
- How long are you thinking of _____ in this country?
- A) reminding
- B) staying
- C) resting
- D) inhabiting
- I don’t want to go into the sea. I’d rather lie on the _____.
- A) coast
- B) beach
- C) bank
- D) seaside
- I’m _____ . I didn’t pass the examination but I’ll do better next time.
- A) deceived
- B) despaired
- C) disillusioned
- D) disappointed
- The lecture was so _____ that everyone went to sleep.
- A) boring
- B) bored
- C) tiring
- D) tired
- I _____ an answer to my letter within a few days.
- A) hope
- B) wait
- C) look forward
- D) expect
- When he _____ he wants to be an architect.
- A) ages
- B) grows
- C) grows up
- D) increases
- It’s on the top shelf, out of _____.
- A) distance
- B) reach
- C) touch
- D) attempt
- He’s worked so _____ that he deserves a rest.
- A) roughly
- B) intensive
- C) hardly
- D) hard
- They’re staying with us _____ the time being until they find a place of their own.
- A) during
- B) in
- C) since
- D) for
- I‘ll call _____ you at 8.30 and give you a lift to work.
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but one does not. Choose one that does not.
- A) blood
- B) stood
- C) flood
- D) mud
- A) word
- B) third
- C) stirred
- D) lord
- A) war
- B) bar
- C) far
- D) star
- A) eyes
- B) prize
- C) lies
- D) buys
- A) build
- B) mild
- C) wild
- D) child
