Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the gaps
1.
The chauffeur drove at ______ speed of 80 kilometres ______ hour. A. the / a B.
X / an C. a / the D. a / an
2.
As soon as I _________ from university, I _________ a job as a librarian in a museum.
A. graduate/ look for B. will graduate/ will look for
C. graduate/ will look for D. will graduate/ look for
3.
“What was the matter?” - “Something strange______to me while I______home last night.”
A. was happened/ was walking B.
happened/ was walking
C.
was happening/ walked D. was happening/ was walking
4.
He _______ England in 1982 and I _______ him since then.
A. has left/ didn’t see B. has left/ haven’t seen
C. left/ didn’t see D. left/ haven’t seen
5.
Animals ________ oxygen and ________ carbon dioxide
A. breathe in/ gave out B. breathed in/ gave out
C. breathe in/ give out D. are breathing in/ are giving out
6.
‘____ did you spend watching TV yesterday evening?’ – ‘Only 15 minutes because I had so ____ homework’. A.
How long/ many B.
How much/ little
C.
How much time/ much D.
How much time/a few
7.
‘What did you have for breakfast this morning?’ ‘ ______. ‘
A.
Some coffee and a few biscuits B.
A little coffee and a few biscuit
C.
Some coffee and a little biscuits D.
A few coffee and a few biscuits
8.
It isn’t the answer ______ my question.
Please, think it ______.
A. for/ again B. on/ over C. to/ over D. of/ again
9.
Please switch _______ the radio.
I want ________ watch the news ________ T.V
A. off / to / on B. off / X/ on C. on / to/ in D. out/ to/ in
10.
From the graph we can see that house prices climbed ______ during the first half of the year before falling _____ in August.
A. steep/sharp B. steeply/sharply C. steep/sharply D. steeply/sharp
11.
Surfing is an ________ sport.
I’m very _________ in it.
A. excited/ interested B. exciting/ interesting
C. exciting/ interested D. excited/ interesting
12.
The Olympics is probably ________ in the sports calendar.
A. the most exciting sports event B. most exciting sports event
C. sports event the most exciting D. the most sports event exciting
13.
I think French is __________than English but __________ than German.
A. the most difficult/ much easier B. less difficult/ less easier
C. the less difficult/ more easier D. much more difficult / easier
14.
I _____ to the airport to pick up my sister because she decided to take a taxi, so I finished my homework instead.
A. didn’t need to go B. needn’t have gone C. needed to go D. didn’t need go
15.
At first I found it difficult _________ on the other side of the road, but it’s OK now..
A. to get used to drive B. to get used to driving
C. being used to drive D. in getting used to driving
16.
My younger brother lost both his sight and hearing after a severe illness __________.
A. when 20 months old he was B. of his age in 20 months
C. when he was 20 months old D. he was 20 months old
17.
Our teachers often give us a lot of homework and it can sometimes __________ .
A. take me several hours to finish it B. takes me several hours to finish it
C. several hours to take me finish it D. take me to finish it several hours
18.
A GUI allows you _______ a computer without ________ any operating system commands.
A. to use/ know B. use/ knowing C. to using/ to know D. to use/ knowing
19.
We have to keep our costs as small as possible because we have so many ________ trying to take our customers away.
A. competition B. competitors C. compete D. competitive
20.
It is _______ knowledge that you have to drink more fluid when you have flu.
A. common B. popular C. widespread D. updated
April 2014
Stem nå! 