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UPPER INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST

Choose the correct answers.
Mark ____ four languages fluently.
A speaks
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B looked

D is living

C have been looking

D had looked

B was cleaning

C ve cleaned

D d cleaned

A walked

C has walked

B was walking

D has been walking

They ____ me their plans so I wasnt surprised.

B ve told

C d told

D ve been telling

C ve written

D d written

I ____ four books so far.

A m writing

C lives

She ____ past the shop when I saw her.

A re telling
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B lived

I ____ the house today. Finally it looks nice.

A clean

D has spoke

There it is at last! I ____ for that book for a week.

A look

C was speaking

Her home is in London but she ____ with her parents this week.
A has lived

B is speaking

B wrote

Have you heard him? He thinks hes Mr Perfect! I dont think Ive ever met anybody so
____.
A full of himself

C sophisticated

D outgoing

She says that everything is done wrong, everything is not how it should be. Shes so ____!
A disruptive

B ambitious

B critical

C rambling

D even-handed

C heavy

D full

Shes wearing really ____ make-up today.

A strong

B big

10 Its hard to decide but I think I ____ the train, not the bus.
A take

B m taking

C ll take

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D ll have taken

11 Its a long flight. You leave in the morning and this time tomorrow you ____ across Asia.
A will be flying

B are flying

C will fly

D fly

12 It took a long time to arrange this meeting. I ____ Mr Samuels at 8.00 a.m. tomorrow.
A see

B ll see

C m seeing

D ll have seen

C re preferring

D d prefer

C enthusiasm

D enthusing

13 We ____ to have a quiet night at home tonight.

A d rather

B rather

14 Im feeling really ____ about this new job.

A enthuse

B enthusiastic

15 I feel terrible because I gave ____ her secret by accident.

A in

B away

C out

D up

16 I tried to be funny and ended up just coming ____ as a bit of an idiot.

A across

B in

C out

D through

C dis

D im

17 Im sorry, I must have ____heard you.

A un

B mis

18 Thats how she is: she ____ all day talking to you on the phone if you have the time.
A s spending

B d spend

C used to spend

D ll spend

C absolutely

D pretty

19 That film was ____ fantastic.

A very

B quite

20 ____ go there often as a child?

A Did you use to

C Were you going

B Have you ever

D Have you used to

21 My home is quite modern but I always wanted to live in ____ older city.
A

B an

Ca

D the

22 Our teacher gives us ____ homework at the end of every lesson!

A

B an

Ca

D the

23 His family never had any money and he had a very ____ childhood.
A challenged

B deprived

C poorly

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D problematic

24 I hate it when people ____ me for granted.

A give

B leave

C take

D make

25 Pauls results have been excellent this year. Hes really turned over a new ____ .
A page

B corner

C sheet

D leaf

26 This is the third time youve been in trouble with the police. Youd better change your ____ or
youll be in real trouble soon.
A path

B self

C ways

D ideas

27 The letter was on the table, started but not finished. It looked like he ____ it that morning.
A wrote

B had written

C had been writing

D was writing

C was getting out

D got out

C watched

D had watched

28 I ____ of the bath and went downstairs.

A had got out

B had been getting out

29 They drove past, ____ the police carefully.

A watching

B were watching

30 He knew the way to the university, ____ there several years before.
A have worked

B having worked

C worked

D had worked

31 To be a top sportsman you need exceptional hand-eye ____.

A coordinate

B coordinating

C coordinated

D coordination

32 You can join either group. Do you have a ____ ?

A preference

B preferential

C preferred

preferring
33 The door was locked and there was smoke coming in under it. She looked ____ for another
way out.
A excitedly

B frantically

C merrily

D strangely

34 We had no map and didnt know where we were. I tried to be calm and ____ our options.
A consider

B wander

C wonder

D make out

35 Thank you very much indeed. Your help is extremely ____ to me.
A dear

B expensive

C good

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D valuable

36 He annoyed me at first but now I ____ sharing a flat with him.

A m used

C m getting used

B used to

D m getting used to

37 When youre abroad, avoid ____ around big cities at night.

A travel

B to travel

C travelling

D to travelling

C putting

D to putting

38 I know why it isnt here: you forgot ____ it back.

A put

B to put

39 I had to use a piece of sausage to make the dog ____ back to me.
A come

B to come

C coming

D to coming

40 When she starts reading she just gets totally ____ in the book. Nothing distracts her.
A obsessed

B engrossed

C sucked

D pulled

41 Playing computer games is fine but dont ____ your homework.

A lose

B refuse

C neglect

D stop

42 Ive ____ going on social networking sites. They just took up too much time.
A put off

B let go

C left off

D given up

43 We thought 10 would be enough but it ____ that it was much more expensive.
A turned out

B ended up

C came out

D kept on

44 Why are you here? Youre ____ be meeting Paul now!

A should

B ought to

C supposed to

D allowed to

C was forbidden

D was supposed

45 It was tough but I ____ to do it in the end.

A managed

B could

46 After weeks of work we ____ to find the problem.

A should

C should have

B can

D have been able to

47 The team ____ crossing the desert and reaching the oasis.
A was able to

C succeeded in

B managed to

D was supposed to

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48 I cant believe you just made ____ the whole story! I was sure it was true!
A of

B up

C out

D for

49 You think youre really clever but I can ____ through your story.
A think

B go

C see

D look

50 If a story has ____ characters and a clever plot then its sure to be a good read.
A real

B honest

C trustworthy

D believable

51 The language of the book seems a bit ____ at times, but it is a great read nonetheless.
A evil

B unnatural

C cruel

D moving

52 Credit cards are dangerous. You can ____ a huge bill very easily.
A run up

B run out

C run down

D run through

53 She asked when ____ me again and I said the following week.
A she can see

B she would see

C can she see

D would she see

54 She insisted ____ to the theatre instead of the cinema.

A going

B of going

C on going

D to go

55 He suggested ____ to phone as emails were not working.

A me trying

B trying

C to try

D me to try

56 My teacher ____ getting such good results.

A congratulated

C congratulated me on

B congratulated on

D congratulated to me on

57 I cant resist chocolate, its such a ____ .

A tempting

B tempted

C tempt

D temptation

58 When she was spotted by the music studio executive she was living in a small town in
complete ____ .
A obscure

B obscurity

C obscuring

D obscured

59 Im going to get married, have three children and live until Im 100 according to the ____ .
A mime

B juggler

C illusionist

D fortune-teller

C dressing room

D backstage

60 The film broke all sorts of records at the ____ .

A box office

B stalls

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61 After the flat ____ it will look a lot better.

A is being cleaned

B has been cleaned

C was cleaned

D will be cleaned

62 The car ____ this weekend so we can use it next week.

A is repaired

C is going to be repaired

B would be repaired

D had been repaired

63 This groundbreaking technology ____ in almost all new computers now.

A is being used

B has been used

C has been being used

D was being used

C face

D mouth

64 This meal is absolutely ____-watering.

A eye

B throat

65 The computer has been a great labour-____ device.

A aid

B saving

C developing

D free

66 ____ the old version was unreliable, this one is much better.
A However

B In spite of

C Despite

D Whereas

67 ____ the fact that we are earning more money, we are not really happy.
A Despite

B In spite

C However

D While

C to being

D being

68 James doesnt like ____ told what to do.

A be

B not be

69 If we ____ go to school on Saturdays then I wouldnt have time for anything else.
A must

B have to

C had to

D didnt have to

70 Pay attention to the teacher when she ____ the task.

A explains

B explained

C will explain

D would explain

C ve been

D d be

C can

D could

71 If we had taken the train we ____ there by now.

A were

B d been

72 This is boring! I wish I ____ go somewhere else.

A would

B should

73 If only I ____ harder at my studies! Id have a better job now and live in a nice flat.
A worked

C was working

B had worked

D should have worked

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74 It is very hard to ____ modern banknotes.

A kidnap

B blackmail

C forge

D embezzle

75 Thats a really nice computer but I bet it ____ an arm and a leg.
A cost

B pay

C spend

D take

C spend

D earn

C in where I live

D what I live in

76 I usually eat my lunch at my desk to ____ time.

A take

B save

77 The town ____ is much smaller than this one.

A which I live

B where I live

78 The teacher ____ English was inspiring and thats why Im a translator now.
A who I taught

B that I taught

C which taught me

D that taught me

C that

D you

79 Who is the man ____ brought here?

A what you

B which you

80 There is the ____ of a completely green house in the near future.

A plan

B view

C prospect

D imagination

C Have me know

D Know me

81 ____ if I can help you, OK?

A Make me know

B Let me know

82 Theres no need to be ____. Its not funny, you know.

A sarcastic

B indignant

C suspicious

D apprehensive

83 Its a very ____ house, the nearest neighbour is three kilometres away.
A empty

B airy

C cosy

D secluded

84 We live in the centre of town, opposite a(n) ____ marketplace so it can be quite noisy.
A lonely

B isolated

C bustling

D frequent

85 We ____ to the garage, which saved us some time.

A neednt have gone

C mustnt have gone

B didnt need to go

D couldnt have gone

86 The Academy Award is expected ____ to an American director this year.

A that it goes

B to go

C going

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D to have gone

87 Mozarts death is thought to ____ by a fever.

A be caused

C have been caused

B cause

D have been being caused

88 The criminals ____ be hiding somewhere in Ireland.

A are said to

B are saying to

C have said to

D will say to

89 Theres a really nice restaurant near here but I cant ____ to mind exactly where it is.
A get

B think

C call

D pull

90 Thats a very ____ observation! Id never have thought of that.

A light

B clear

C outspoken

D astute

91 She makes me laugh. Shes so clever and ____ in what she says.
A outspoken

B innovative

C inscrutable

D witty

C alter

D switch

92 This is getting boring. Lets ____ the subject.

A adjust

B change

93 My parents think I spend too ____ time on the computer but Ive just got so much work to do
on it that I dont have any choice.
A many

B few

C little

D much

94 I spent a good ____ of money on that holiday, I hope it was worth it.
A amount

B lot

C majority

D deal

95 Please take some if you want. Its not a problem, weve got ____ a few.
A quite

B many

C hardly

D almost

96 ____ of my parents works so money is a problem.

A Either

B None

C Both

D Neither

97 This newspaper is huge! I cant even find the entertainment ____ .

A chapter

B section

C episode

D issue

98 I go to a club every week to do ____ with my fitness instructor. Its exhausting!

A exercise

B exercises

C aerobic

D aerobics

99 If we want to open a club then we have to find really good ____ .

A building

B home

C premises

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D premise

100 The film star ____ to journalists for privacy.

A appealed

B asked

C called

D wanted

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