TEST I

I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Very seldom he (make) the effort to contact his friends.

2. We all wish the authorities (prevent) the flood before our houses were ruined.
3. Susan would rather her daughter (not/lie) to her about doing her homework last week.
4. June would prefer (give) money to charity rather than spend it on clothes.
5. If only we (realize) sooner that some endangered species were about to become extinct!

II. Complete the gaps in the next text with a noun formed from the word given in brackets.

Important social changes are taking place in the areas of marriage and the family. There are global revolutionary
changes going on in how we think of ourselves and how we form ties and (1) (CONNECT) with others. What
most people call the traditional family was in fact a transitional phase in family (2) (DEVELOP) in the 1950s.
By then the idea that romantic love was the best (3) (FOUND) for marriage as an economic contract. The family
has since changed further. In the traditional family the married couple was only one part of the family system.
Ties with children and other relatives were equally important in day-to-day (4) (EXIST).Today the couple is at
the core of what the family is. While statistically marriage is still the norm, for most people its (5) (SIGNIFY)
has completely changed.

III Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
above it. Begin each new sentence with the words suggested.

1. It is such a pity John can’t join us.

If only……
2. Paul and Jane moved to Paris two years ago.
It is……..
3. Our students can finish the test in twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes should……….
4. We haven’t seen a movie in a long time.
It is……..
5. It’s a pity you can’t join us.
If only…….

IV. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Only one answer is correct. Write down the
number of the sentence and the letter of the chosen answer (e.g. 1. A).

1.Congratulations…..your twenty-fifth birthday!

a) at b) with c) on d) for
2. Next June we…..married for ten years.
a) shall have been b) have been c) shall be being d) shall be
3. ‘ Which would you like with your steak pie, peas or beans?’ ‘……, thank you.’
a) not one b) neither c) none d) neither ones
4. Only when I got home…..I had left my keys at the office.
a) I realised b) I have realised c) did I realise d) have I realised
5. At that moment who……into the room but his first wife.
a) was walking b) did walk c) should walk d) walked
6. You…..so rude to my sister yesterday. Why were you?
a) might not be b) needn’t have been c) didn’t need to be d) couldn’t be
7. I bought two antique……carpets.
a) red wollen Persian b) wollen red Persian c) Persian wollen red d) red Persian wollen
8. Peter’s jacket cost…..Jack’s.
a) twice more than b) two times more as c) twice as much as d) twice more as
9. They are all ……
a) woman-street-cleaners b) women-street-cleaners c) woman-streets-cleaners d) women-streets-cleaners
10. I kicked him hard……
a) on his leg b) on the leg c) into his leg d) in his leg

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 TEST II

I. Read the text below and decide which variant would best fit each space.

Construction of the world’s biggest wave-energy installation is getting ahead off the coast of Cornwall in
southwest England. More than twenty-one million pounds’ (1)…of funding has been agreed for what is (2)…as
Wave Hub, a giant electrical terminal on the seabed ten miles off the coast. Wave Hub will allow a number of
different wave-energy devices operating in the area to transmit the energy they generate along a high-voltage
cable undersea cable, back to the shore. Once it is in (3)…operation. Wave Hub is (4)…to support the largest
concentration of wave-energy machines anywhere in the world. It will also mark an enormous (5)…forward in
the development of wave power, which has tended to (6)…behind its cousins in the other major branches of
renewable energy technology: wind power and solar power.

1. A amount B value C worth D quantity

2. A referred B called C entitled D known
3. A whole B full C entire D thorough
4. A likely B probable C plausible D surely
5. A tread B strike C pace D step
6. A lag B leave C drag D delay

II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
Two brothers, Prometheus and Epimetheus, lived in Ancient Greece. They had upset the gods (1) …… giving the
gift of fire to humans and now the gods wanted to punish them. The gods created a beautiful woman called
Pandora. Prometheus refused to marry her (2) ……he knew that the gods wanted to take their revenge on him.
But Epimetheus thought that she was (3) …… beautiful to cause any trouble, so he (4) …… to marry her. They
lived happily together (5) …… one day Mercury arrived carrying a magnificent box. He wouldn’t tell them what
was in the box but he said that they must (6) …... open it. Pandora (7) …… longing to know what was in the
box. Finally she could resist no (8) ….. and she opened the box. The gods had filled it (9) …… all the bad things
they could think of – illness, unhappiness and death. Pandora screamed as they all flew out. She tried to close the
box but it was too (10) ……
III. Choose the best alternative:
1. Only on very rare occasions does he give/he is giving you a word of praise.
2. What did/should he do but kiss her.
3. His name is Robert, but we call him Bob on/for short.
4. What a lot of people. Do you think there will be enough food to go over/through?
5. He was let to play/was allowed to play in the street.

IV. Think of one word which can be used to complete all three sentences in each group below.

1. No sooner had his wife been allowed to leave hospital than he arranged for a nurse to ……..her at home.
When I was a child, we had to ……..church every Sunday.
I’ll join you for a drink a bit later, but there are a few matters I must ……to before leaving the offic
2. Apparently this has been the wettest autumn in living ……. .
She has set up a charitable fund in……..of her husband.
Having a photographic ……….., she finds it easy to remember faces.
3. I would like to take …………..with the remark you made in your editorial about Gaelic speakers.
While thumbing through a back ………..of “The Financial Times” in the dentist’s waiting-room, Mike came
across his dream job.
Every time he suggests they should see a cousellor, his wife manages to evade the ………
4. Once the management has decided on the ……..of events for the training day, a letter will be sent to all staff.
The President gave the ……………………for a holiday to be declared to celebrate the birth of his son.
I’d asked them to deliver the fridge but it never arrived, and when I enquired the company said they had no trace
of my ………… .
5. My previous neighbour always ………that she knew a lot of famous actors, but I’m not
sure it was true.
After the business trip, John made sure he ……….his expenses promptly.
Loss of habitat and damage to the environment has ………the lives of many animals.

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Vince, Michael (2009) First Certificate Language Practice, Macmillan
- Vince, Michael (2009) Advanced Language Practice, Macmillan
- Culegeri de teste de tipul examenelor Cambridge-First Certificate, Advanced (penrtu proba Use of English)
- Manuale scolare cls.IX-XII (gramatica si vocabular)