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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 1
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
Last June my brother __1__ a car. He had had an old scooter before,
but it __2__ several times during the spring. “What you want is a second
– hand Mini,” I suggested. “If you give me the money,” he said, “__3__
one tomorrow.” “I can’t give you the money,” I replied, “but what about
Aunt Myra. She must have enough. We __4__ her since Christmas but
she always hints that we __5__ go and see her more often.”
We told our parents where we were going. They weren’t very happy
about it and asked us not to go. So __6__ But later that same day
something strange __7__. A doctor __8__ us that Aunt Myra __9__ into
hospital for an operation. “__10__ go and see her at the same time,” said
my mother. “You two go today, but don’t mention the money.”
When we __11__ Aunt Myra __12__ “I’m not seriously ill,” she said,
“but the doctor insist that __13__ to drive my car. You can have it if you
promise __14__ me to the seaside now and again.” We agreed, and now
we quite enjoy our monthly trips to the coast with Aunt Myra.
1.
A) wanted to buy
B) wanted buying
C) liked to buy
D) liked buying
2.
A) was breaking down
B) was breaking up
C) had broken down
D) had broken up
3.
A) I get
B) I’m going
C) I’m going to get
D) I’ll get
4.
A) are not seeing
B) haven’t seen
C) didn’t see
D) don’t see
5.
A) should
B) shall
C) would
D) will
6.
A) that we haven’t
B) that we didn’t
C) we haven’t
D) we didn’t
7.
A) occurred
B) took the place
C) passed
D) was there
8.
A) rang for telling
B) rang to tell
C) rung for telling
D) rung to tell
9.
A) had gone
B) had been
C) has gone
D) has been
10. A) We may not all
B) We can’t all
C) All we can’t
D) All we may not
11. A) have come there
B) were arriving
C) got there
D) came to there
12. A) was seeming quite happily
B) was seeming quite happy
C) seemed quite happily
D) seemed quite happy
13. A) I’m getting so old
B) I’m getting too old
C) I get so old
D) I get too old
14. A) taking
B) bringing
C) to take
D) to bring
15. Can this camera ________ good photos?
A) make
B) to make
C) take
D) to take
16. Who was the first person ________ today?
A) spoke to you
B) you spoke to
C) you spoke
D) whom you spoke
17. I can’t find the book ________ .
A) nowhere
B) everywhere C) anywhere
D) somewhere
18. There was a house at ________ .
A) the mountain foot
B) the foot of the mountain
C) the feet of the mountain
D) the mountain’s foot
19. A person who talks to ________ is not necessarily mad.
A) himself
B) oneself
C) yourself
D) itself
20. I’ll be 13 tomorrow, ________ ?
A) am I
B) aren’t I
C) won’t I
D) will I
21. Did you hear ________ Julie said?
A) what
B) that
C) that what
D) which
22. Spanish people usually speak ________ than English people.
A) quicklier
B) more quicklier
C) more quickly
D) more quicker
23. That old lady can’t stop me ________ the tennis match on my radio.
A) to listen
B) listening
C) listen to
D) listening to
24. I haven’t got a chair ________ .
A) to sit
B) for to sit on
C) to sit on
D) for sitting
25. ________ at the moment, I’ll go to the shops.
A) For it doesn’t rain
B) As it doesn’t rain
C) For it isn’t raining
D) As it isn’t raining
26. Bill drinks ________ whisky.
A) any
B) none
C) too many
D) so much
27. ________ are very intelligent.
A) Both of them B) Both them
C) Both they
D) The both
28. In a shop ________ customers.
A) it is important pleasing
B) it is important to please
C) there is important pleasing
D) there is important to please
29. Don’t leave your shoes on the table.
A) Put off them!
B) Take them off!
C) Pick them off!
D) Pick up them!
30. ________ in my class likes the teacher.
A) All persons
B) All pupils
C) Everyone
D) All people
31. We expected about 20 girls but there were ________ people there.
A) another
B) others
C) some
D) more
32. Your bicycle shouldn’t be in the house!
A) Take it out!
B) Get out it!
C) Put it off!
D) Take away it!
33. What time does the bus ________ Bradford?
A) go away to
B) go away for C) leave to
D) leave for
34. She ________ be Canadian because she’s got a British passport.
A) can’t
B) isn’t able to C) mustn’t
D) doesn’t need
35. “Our daughter ________”, they said.
A) was born since three years
B) is born for three years ago
C) was born three years ago
D) has been born since three years ago
36. When ________ English?
A) has he begun to study
B) has he begun study
C) did he begin to study
D) did he begin study
37. Do you want some cheese? No, ________ .
A) I’ve some still
B) I still haven’t much
C) I don’t want
D) I’ve still got much
38. Brenda likes going to the theatre and ________ .
A) so do I
B) so go I
C) so I like
D) so I am
39. ________ from London to Edinburgh!
A) How long there is
B) What a long way it is
C) What distance is there
D) How long is
40. He’s a good guitarist, but he plays the piano ________ .
A) quite well
B) too hardly
C) very good
D) much better
41. When you go to the shops, bring me ________ .
A) a fruit tin
B) a fruits tin
C) a tin of fruit
D) a tin of fruits
42. Molly doesn’t eat fish.
A) So doesn’t John.
B) Neither does John.
C) John doesn’t too.
D) John doesn’t that either.
43. The airport is five miles ________ .
A) away from here
B) from here away
C) far from here
D) far away from here
44. Please ask ________ and see me.
A) to Bill come B) Bill to come C) to Bill come
D) Bill come
45. She always buys ________ my birthday.
A) anything nice to
B) anything nice for
C) something awful to
D) something awful for
46. Aren’t they friends ________ ?
A) of yours
B) of you
C) to yours
D) to you
47. She hardly ever eats ________ potatoes.
A) or bread or
B) bread or
C) neither bread or
D) neither bread nor
48. This is the record we ________ .
A) like so much
B) are liking so much
C) like it much
D) are liking it much
49. She’s going to buy ________ new trousers.
A) some pair of B) some
C) a couple of
D) this
50. Is she going to school? No, ________
A) she doesn’t
B) she’s cycling
C) she gets by bus
D) to the shops
Intermediate test 1
Book 1 Part E
