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Choose the correct alternative.




1. There is a problem when you forget where dreams end and______ real world begins.

a) − c) the

b) a d) an

2. Do you often put ______ until tomorrow what you could do today?

a) of c) down

b) on d) off

3. Is it important to you to succeed ______ your career?

a) at c) for

b) in d) because of

4. My mother passed her driving test yesterday. She ______ to drive for two years.

a) learn c) has been learning

b) was learning d) had been learning

5. Pubs are often ______ places to eat well and cheaply in Britain, and they also try to serve tasty British food.

a) well c) the best

b) better d) most

6. ______ we recommend you our favourite places to eat in Moscow? - It's very kind of you.

a) Must c) Ought

b) Can d) May

7. They say that ______ British eat only traditional British food in their homes.

a) − c) the

b) a d) an

8. Surely food is as ______ a part of our culture as our landscape, our language, and our literature.

a) many c) the most

b) more d) much

9. From the time of ______ Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.

a) − )

b)the d) an

10. English kitchens, like the English language, absorbed ______ ingredients from all over the world - chickens, rabbits, apples, and tea.

a) the )

b) − d) an

11. The British always ______ food from abroad.

a) import c) have imported

b) has imported d) imported

12. We live in a global village, but how ______ do we know and understand each other?

a) good c) best

b) better d) well

13. In the Middle East you ______ take care not to admire anything in your hosts' home. They will feel that they have to give it to you.

a) must c) should

b) can d)could

14. You should not expect the Japanese to shake ______.Bowing the head is a mark of respect in Japan.

a) hand c) a hand

b) hands d) the hands

15. In Japan the first bow of the day should be ______ than when you meet thereafter.

a) low c) lowest

b) the lowest d) much lower

16. We ______ for three hours when we saw the house in the distance.

a) drive c) drove

b) were driving d) had been driving

17. When they got outside, the rain ______ already to snow.

a) turn c) has turned

b) had turned d) would turn

18. Agatha Christie ______ at home. She didn't go to school.

a) has educated c) had educated

b) had been educated d) was educated

19. Agatha Christie is possibly the world's most famous ______ writer.

a) historical c) detective story

b) short story d) criminal story

20. Pablo Picasso didn't like going to school unless he was allowed to take one of his ______ pigeons with him.

a) father's c) fathers

b) fathers' d) father

21. What is the world's biggest office? - I think ______ Pentagon is the largest office in the world.

a) − )

b) the d) an

22. They ______ across a field when they were attacked by a bull.

a) walked c) had been walking

b) have been walking d) were walking

23. He ______ for a job for months, but he could find nothing.

a) looked c) had been looking

b) was looking d) has been looking

24. John felt tired. He ______ all day to prepare for the party.

a) worked c) was working

b) had been working d) has been working

25. ______ of the guests have arrived yet.

a) None c) Either

b) Neither d) Somebody

26. ______ people go to the cinema these days. They prefer to see films at home.

a) Fewer c) Little

b) Less d) The least

27. ______ policeman in the country is looking for the killer.

a) Each. c) Everybody

b) Every d) All

28. What I like about London is the fact ______ it never sleeps.

a) that c)then

b) than d)because

29. I found it difficult to get around London when I first came, but I ______ to it now.

a) used c) use

b) am used d) have used

30. Born in Holland in 1853, Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world's most famous ______.

a) writers c) painters

b) poets d) musicians

31. There aren't many people at the stadium now, ______?

a) are they c) are there

b) aren't there d) aren't they

32. She works harder than I ______ to work at her age.

a) used c) was used

b) am used d) had used

33. ______, whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was an American short story writer.

a) J. London c) 0. Henry

b) E. Hemingway d) G. B. Shaw

b) London d) Poet's Corner

34. If you ______ in a warmer climate, you won't get so many

colds.

a) live c) have lived

b) will live d) will be living

35. He told her not to eat it, explaining that there ______ a risk of food poisoning.

a) is c) will be

b) was d) has been

36. What is the antonym to the word "small"?

a) tiny c) large

b) poor d) little

37. She said to me, "I saw this film yesterday".

a) She said that I had seen that film the day before.

b) She said that she saw this film the day before.

c) She said that she had seen this film yesterday.

d) She told me she had seen the film the day before.

38. Where have you been? Your clothes ______ wet and dirty.

a) are c) has been

b) is d) will be

38. The first person who ______ chocolate to Europe was Cortes, who was an explorer.

a) brings c) brought

b) has brought d) had brought

39. It isn't clear how far the ozone layer ______ by aerosol sprays.

a) is damaged c) was damaged

b) has been damaged d) damaged

40. The rich should pay ______ tax than the poor.

a) more c) least

b) less d) most

41. My brother ______ interested in medicine since he was a child.

a) is c) has been

b) was d) had been

42. We arrived ______ England at Gatwick Airport at 9 o'clock yesterday.

a) to c) at

b) in d)for

43. This cafe used to be much ______ before they opened the new one next door.

a) popular c) most popular

b) more popular d) the most popular

44. Next May they ______ with this team for ten years.

a) will play c) will be playing

b) will have played d) will have been playing

45. Don't start reading the other books until you ______ this one.

a) have finished c) will finish

b) finishes d) will have finished

46. A small sum of money ______ from the cash today, and nobody knows who has done it.

a) steal c) was stolen

b) has stolen d) has been stolen





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