Module 1 Test B
Grammar
Complete each sentence with one of the words in the box
about / for / to / from / about / with / in / from
1 Don’t bother __________ calling him. He won’t come anyway.
2 In the third term I could choose from a range of subjects. I opted __________ Art.
3 We are hoping that the programme will appeal __________ teenagers.
4 I think your problems all stem __________ your lack of organisation.
5 I think this company would benefit __________ a new organisational structure.
6 You’re so calm! Do you ever get nervous __________ anything?
7 This homework isn’t so good. It’s riddled __________ errors.
8 He succeeded __________ finding the information on the Internet after looking for hours.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb
9 I’d have told you about it if I_________________________(see) you this morning.
10 By the time I left the party I _________________________(talk) to everyone.
11 By this time next year, I _________________________(be) here for two and a half years.
12 I wish he’d hurry up! We _________________________(stand) here for nearly an hour.
13 By the time you get this, I _________________________(finish) the second part of my trip.
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Complete the sentences with the correct word: for, since or just
14 He’d been learning French __________ he went to high school. He was tired of it.
15 I’ve known him for ages – __________ I was at school, in fact.
16 By next June I’ll have worked here __________ fifteen years.
17 “What have you been doing?” “I’ve __________ been watching a film on TV.”
18 It was good timing. I’d __________ arrived at the shop when they opened the doors.
Complete the second sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first.
Use the words in bold
19 The police think that she was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident.
thought
She ____________________________________________________________.
20 People have recently commented that the city is getting more dangerous.
said
It ____________________________________________________________.
21 The door looks like it was opened with a false key.
appears
The door ____________________________________________________________.
22 Sportswriters believe that Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer of all time.
believed
23 The magazines all reported that the singer had got married.
reported
24 They could award five marks for execution.
awarded
Five marks ____________________________________________________________.
25 Some people said that she had been there all morning.
claimed
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Vocabulary
Complete the sentences
26 “Do you know how to get to the park?” “Sorry, I haven’t the faintest __________.”
27 “Do you know anything about Sean O’Casey?” “Sorry, I’ve never __________ of him.”
28 “Where does the bus leave us?” “I don’t know off the __________ of my head. I’ll check.”
29 “Can you show us around Malaga?” “Sure, I know it like the back of my __________.”
30 “Excuse me, where’s the nearest bank?” “I’m fairly __________ it’s down that street there.”
31 “Can you help me with my algebra?” “Sorry, I know next to __________ about algebra.”
32 “Do you know anything about this computer?” “I know it inside __________.”
33 “Have you heard that poem before?” “I know it __________ heart. I learnt it at school.”
34 “What time does it start?” “I don’t know __________, but I can check for you.”
35 “Do you know who the first president was?” “Sorry, I haven’t a __________ about history.”
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Complete the sentences with prefixes
36 He can play any sport. He’s __________talented.
37 “Do you do any sports?” “No, I’m really __________fit, I don’t do anything at all.”
38 They’re the team we really want to beat, our __________rivals.
39 “Are you going to vote in the election?” “No, I never do, I’m __________political.”
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Match the beginnings with the ends of the words
40 de
handedly
41 single-
motivated
42 mono
paid
43 under
lingual
Complete the spaces in the text
From an early age it was obvious that Muhammad Ali had the (44)__________ to be an amazing boxer and when he won the Olympic gold medal it was obvious he was heading straight for the (45)__________. During his career he had some hard times and had to (46)__________ a lot of barriers. He regularly had to (47)__________ with racism and he was stripped of his world title when he refused to fight in the Vietnam war. On his return to boxing, many said he would never regain his heavyweight crown. However, he pursued his (48)__________ to become champion again and he regained his title when he beat George Foreman in Zaire in 1975 in a fight which became known as the “Rumble in the Jungle”. Ali is proof that if you (49)__________ with something and if you believe in what you can (50)__________, you can go far.
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