NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ___________________

CHOOSE: A, B, C or D.

1. The listening exam tests your ……… skills in English.

A. advocate B. aural C. Circulation D. Colloquial

2. While she waited for the dentist, she ............. through some magazines.

A. browsed B. conveyed C. drafted D. edited

3. She wrote a …….. summary of the marketing plan that fit on a single page.

A. illiterate B. controversy C. concise D. edition

4. I don't understand this letter from the lawyer because it's full of legal ……..

A. linguistics B. lyrics C. legends D. jargon

5. I prefer reading ……… ; poetry is much harder for me to understand.

A. prose B. manual C. non-fiction D. issues

6. Always be sure to read the ….. on your contract before you sign it.

A. slogan B. reference C. rumour D. small print

7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is usually known by its …….., NATO.

A. consonant B. verse C. acronym D. vowel

8. The word `cool' is popular ….. for great.

A. verse B. oral C. quote D. Slang

9. Barry is writing a …… on medieval poetry for his doctorate.

A. autobiography B. dissertation C. hardback D. poetry

10. When I ……… my report, I discovered that two diagrams were missing.

A. proofread B. outline C. research paper C. manuscript

11. The doctor's surgery is at the end of the ……; it's the last door on the right.

A. countryside B. estate agent C. fence D. corridor

12. Their country house has extensive ….. with a lake and guests' cottage.

A. landing B. lawn C. grounds D. hedges

13. The bank gave us a …… to buy our new home.

A. mortgage B. property C. lawn D. slum

14. She came back from England last year and has ….. here ever since.

A. restored B. renovated C. occupied D. resided

15. We closed the ……. to keep out the sun and heat.

A. study B. shutters C. bed-sit D. borough

16. We took the ……; it was much faster than driving through town.

A. threshold B. bypass C. urban D. community

17. Getting home at rush hour is a problem because of the ….. on the roads.

A. borough B. disrepair C. congestion D. double glazing

18. The government can improve the country's …… by building roads and adding

electricity lines.

A. infrastructure B. exterior C. one-way system D. open-plan

19. We put the tools into the …… when we finished working.

A. premises B. shed C. estate D. storey

20. We bought two new kitchen …………: a microwave oven and a toaster.

A. cells B. networks C. devices D. appliance

21. If you don't refrigerate food, the …… will grow and spoil it.

A. compound B. bacteria C. fluid D. virus

22. Engineers say that the …… of carbon monoxide from cars is high.

A. fuel B. gadget C. microchip D. emission

23. Some students got into trouble for ….. into the university's computer system to

check exam results.

A. hacking B. deleting C. installing D. researching

24. All the electrical connections for my calculator are stored on a single ……

A. microscope B. laptop C. microchip D. Network

25. She spent four years ….. the history of sailing.

A. accessing B. downloading C. researching D. modifying

26. People worry about the long-term effects of …….., such as the genetic modification

of vegetables

A. cloning B. biotechnology C. synthetic D. digital

27. I must upgrade my computer - my ….. and software are both out of date.

A. filter B. hardware C. machinery D. gene

28. Whenever you want to surf the Web, you need to connect to the Internet by …….

A. modification B. website C. modem D. virtual reality

29. Electronic ……. includes security cameras that record people entering and leaving

the building.

A. tampering B. software C. machinery D. surveillance

30.The safari goes through …… desert until you reach the game reserve.

A. altitude B. arid C. blizzard D. current

31. Egypt's Aswan ……….. is built across the Nile River.

A. earthquake B. downpour C. dam D. weather

32. The force of the current has caused the ………. of the river bank.

A. erosion B. eruption C. flood D. frost

33. We sailed down the river to the …… but didn't go out to sea.

A. gorge B. estuary C. Mainland D. ridge

34. The rain turned to ……… as the temperature dropped.

A. steam B. tide C. sleet D. humidity

35. When the snow starts to …… in the spring, the water level rises in the rivers.

A. rise B. peak C. frost D. thaw

36. Trees do not grow in the Canadian ………. because the ground is always frozen.

A. tundra B. coastline C. cliff D. volcano

37. We drove through the ….. desert.

A. barren B. frosty C. fertile D. drizzle

38. The farmers hope the ….. doesn't last too long; this season's crops may not

survive.

A. continent B. drought C. drizzle D. chill

39. The storm seems to be turning into a real ……..

A. glacier B. dune C. gale D. equator

40. We swam to the …… and back to shore.

A. region B. summit C. wilderness D. reef

1. B

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. A

6. D

7. C

8. D

9. B

10. A

11. D

12. C

13. A

14. D

15. B

16. B

17. C

18. A

19. B

20. D

21. B

22. D

23. A

24. C

25. C

26. B

27. B

28. C

29. D

30. B

31. C

32. A

33. B

34. C

35. D

36. A

37. A

38. B

39. C

40. D

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