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I Structure of the language and vocabulary 1) How long ago ____________ his first film ? a) has he made c) has he been making 2) b) did he make d) would he make

Never before _________________ this ! a) have I seen b) did I see c) I saw d) I have seen

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She _________________ two good films this week. a) see b) has seen c) sees d) has been seeing

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He ____________ in London for 2 years when the war broke out. a) was living b) lived c) has been living d) had been living

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Elvis ____________ for years, but lots of people are still buying his records. a) has died b) is dead c) dead d) has been dead

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If I _____________ enough time Ill come and see you next week . a) had b) have c) will have d) would have

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He denied __________ the question . a) to have asked b) asking c) he has asked d) to ask

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Would you mind ____________ louder ? a) speaking b) to speak c) and speak d) speak

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I must be careful _______________ her. a) to not disturb b) in not disturbing c) not to disturb d) of not disturbing

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Charles succeeded _________________ the game. a) to win b) win c) winning d) in winning

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I am used _______________ coffee at breakfast. a) drink b) to drink c) to drinking d) drinking

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He used ______________ a lot when he was working. a) smoke b) to smoking c) to smoke d) smoking

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Its no use _____________ its all over now. a) crying b) to cry c) cry d) to crying

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There is no point _______________ now, we have time. a) to leave b) leaving c) of leaving d) in leaving

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His wife could not bear ______________ anymore and left him. a) his drink b) his drinking c) that he drinks d) him to drink

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They all suggested _____________ early. a) to start b) starting c) being started d) having to start

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_________________ in public was the difficult part. a) Speak b) The speaking c) Speech d) Speaking

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Id rather stay than ___________________. a) go b) to go c) going d) I go

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She insists that he ______________ a tie for the wedding. a) wears b) wear c) had worn d) was wearing

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It is vital that he ___________________ the password . a) remembers b) remembered c) will remember d) remember

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If I _____________________ you I would do it now. a) was b) am c) were d) had been

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If only I __________________ that before the test ! a) knew c) have known b) had known d) would have known

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I wish you ________________ come and dine with me. a) will b) would c) had d) have

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To _________________ it may concern. a) who b) whos c) whose d) whom

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He works as ________________ pilot for ______________ airline company. a) a/a b) a/the c) a/an d) the /the

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He was caught travelling on the train without __________________ ticket. a) the b) a c) no d) none

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______________ English cooking isnt as bad as ______________ French say. a) 0/the b) The/0 c) The/the d) An/the

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__________________ to be two options. a) They exist b) It exists c) It seems d) There seem

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This old man lives ____________________________. a) on his own b) on himself c) by his own d) on him

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He visits them once every __________________ week. a) two b) another c) other d) both

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This is _______________ of your business. a) not any b) no c) nothing d) none

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I like _________________________ of humour. a) their sense b) their senses c) the sense d) sense

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Everyone must have ______________________ ready. a) his boarding pass c) ones boarding pass b) their boarding pass d) their boarding passes

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She gave ___________________. a) a speech of two hours c) a two-hour speech b) a two-hours speech c) about a two hour speech

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He helped a ____________________ walk back home. a) blind b) blind people c) blind person d) blind one

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If you look __________________ youll see it. a) close enough b) enough close c) nearly enough d) closely enough

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John and Mary are very much ____________________. a) unlike b) alike c) likely d) like

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There were _________________ people at the meeting. a) hundreds b) a hundred of c) hundreds of d) hundred

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The weather was __________________ worse than expected. a) very b) quite c) extremely d) rather

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The ticket was ___________________than I thought. a) cheapest b) the cheapest c) far cheaper d) the cheaper

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I need to ______________________ money to buy a car. a) lend b) hire c) rent d) borrow

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Each diamond is __________________thousands of pounds. a) valued b) valuable c) valid d) worth

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He has a cottage on the _______________________ of the Thames. a) bank b) landing c) shore d) coast

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I know you have to go, I wont ______________ you too long. a) retard b) withdraw c) withstand d) keep

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Please __________________ your seat belt. a) attach b) tie c) bind d) fasten

II Reading Comprehension Choose the word that best fits in the blank The Next New Thing ( Newsweek, December 2001) by Stephen Levy Weve been waiting ____46_______ for the day when we and our machines are ____47_______ without ____48__________. Finally, the pieces are coming together. And life wont be______49_______. Is it finally time for the Wireless Big Bang, when all our devices, appliances and gadgets suddenly blend into a big mixture of connectedness, and everything and everybody is __________50____________with each other instantly and persistently ? Relax, the answer is________51______. We have yet to endure the futuristic vision of internet refrigerators that____52______the alarm when the milk is low. We do not _____53__________receive instant messages from the store after lingering at the store window for 40 seconds ( If you walk in now, that leather sofa in your field of vision is 10% off ). And we have yet to contemplate the _______54______ of privacy that being on, all the time will entail. 46) 47) 48) 49) 50) 51) 52) 53) 54) a) for centuries a) attached a) wires a) different a) in harmony a) of course a) blow a) actually a) loss b) since 1999 b) tied b) ropes b) similar b) in keeping b) never b) sound b) currently b) gain c) for years c) wired c) chords c) better c) in touch c) not c) set c) recently c) win d) since the war d) connected d) ties d) the same d) in agreement d) no d) rise d) really d) improvement

Read the following text and choose the answer that best fits the text. Give only ONE answer per question. Ask any unmarried, overworked middle-class person looking for love, and he or she will tell you it all seems hopeless. Finding Mr or Mrs Right is harder than ever. In the 1950s, the median age of marriage for women in the United States was 20, and it was not much more for men. Most well-educated women met their husbands at university, where there was an ample supply of suitable partners. Men could do the same, or find a wife in the suburbs where they grew up, or marry a girl in the office. The marriage age has crept steadily upwards since then. A rising divorce rate means that more older people are searching for love for a second or third time. And in the past quarter of a

century there has been no reliable institution where you can search for a prospective mate. Places like singles bars or health clubs often have much to be desired. Of course, there is always the workplace, where so many Americans seem to be spending an increasing amount of their time. But the lawyers are busy thwarting that possibility : insurers against sexual-harassment litigation are starting companies where they ought to have nodating policies. So what is a single person to do ? The answer, it appears, is to think like a company. You should outsource your social calendar to one of an increasing array of sophisticated matchmaking services that provide assisted dating . Its Just Lunch (IJL) is a firm that arranges pre-screened lunch dates for busy professionals. IJL customers pay $1,000 a year for a minimum of 12 dates. 55) Finding a partner today in the USA is very difficult because : a) - there are fewer available men around b) - men are not what they used to be c) - people no longer get married when theyre young d) - women prefer to live on their own More people are now looking for partners because : a) - more people become single after getting divorced b) - men and women both attend university c) - people are more choosy than in the past d) - people live longer Singles bars are not the right places to meet partners because : a) - there are only men there b) - people go there just to drink c) - the air there is full of smoke d) - the text implies that people cannot meet there partners who are serious about marriage Finding the right partner at work is in fact harder now because : a) - people are overworked b) - workers are getting older and older c) - working people are getting divorced d) - flirting at work is discouraged People can find partners thanks to IJL because a) - they can eat there b) - they pay a lot of money to join c) - IJL candidates are carefully selected d) - they drink a lot at IJL parties People should easily find partners at work because : a) - they spend a lot of time there b) - companies encourage marriage c) - companies pay for health club fees d) - a lot of people there get divorced

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