USE OF ENGLISH
Read the sentences below. For questions 1-20
decide which answer (a, b or c) fits best each gap.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
1. ___________ to see the doctor yet?
A. Have you gone
B. Did you go C. Have you been
2. Jack is very ___________ . He never remembers
his wife's birthday.
A. mindless
B. forgetful C. absent-minded
3. Could you tell me what time
A. the class finishes?
B. does the class finish? C. will the class finish?
4. Paul failed his driving test because he
A. hasn't practised enough.
B. wasn't practising enough. C. hadn't practised enough.
5. When you go to university you will have to ___________ to studying a lot on your own.
A. be use B. get use C. get used
6. A man has been arrested for hooliganism.
He ___________ in Dundee police station
A. has been held
B. is being held C. is held
7. Aspirin is believed
A. to reduce the risk of cancer
B. that it reduces the risk of cancer
C. to be reduced the risk of cancer
8. How often do you ___________
A. service your car?
B. have your car service?
C. have your car serviced?
9. How are you ___________ your parents?
A. getting on with
B. getting away C. going with
10. My New Year's resolution is to go on a diet.
This time next year I ___________ some weight.
A. will have lost
B. will be losing C. will lose
11. I'm ___________ the weather.
It's been wet and cloudy every day for three weeks.
A. fed up with
B. upset about C. let down by
12. Sorry we are so late. ___________ on the way here
was really bad.
A. A traffic
B. Traffic C. The traffic
13. Tessa suggested ___________ a bit longer.
A. waiting
B. to wait C. that we will wait
14. Graham refused ___________ the question.
A. answering
B. to answer C. answer
15. Oh no! It ___________ be seven o clock already! Jill will be here in fifteen minutes!
A. mustn't
B. should 't C. can't
16. 'I think Greg's out.
He didn't answer the phone.' '
But he ___________
couldn't hear it.' B. might not have heard it.' C. might have not heard it.'
17. Do you think I will still ___________ for Nabuko in five year's time?
A. work B. be working C. working
18. If only I ___________get so nervous before exams.
A. don't
B. didn't C. wouldn't
19. If Ed had given up smoking ten years ago,
he ___________ thousands of pounds.
A. would save
B. would have saved C. would be saved
20. Be careful! It's been raining and the roads are very
A. slippery B. icy C. soaked
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