Module 1 Test A
Grammar
Complete each sentence with one of the words in the box
about / for / to / from / about / with / in / from
1 You’re so calm! Don’t you ever get nervous __________ anything?
2 I think this company would benefit __________ a new organisational structure.
3 We are planning this advertising campaign to appeal __________ a cross-section of society.
4 This report is a complete disaster! It’s riddled __________ mistakes.
5 I wouldn’t bother __________ cleaning up. The cleaner is coming tomorrow.
6 In my first year at university I opted __________ Medieval History.
7 I think your problems all stem __________ your lack of organisation.
8 It was really expensive but I have finally succeeded __________ booking the flight to India.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb
9 By the time you get this, I _________________________________(finish) the second part of my trip.
10 In December, I _________________________________(work) here for two and a half years.
11 By the time I left the party I __________________________________(see) everyone.
12 I wish he’d hurry up! We ______________________________(wait) for nearly half an hour.
13 I’d have told you about the meeting if I _________________________________(see) you earlier.
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Complete the sentences with the correct word: for, since or just
14 By next September I’ll have been married __________ ten years.
15 “What have you been up to?” “I’ve __________ been reading an article by Stephen Pinker.”
16 He’d been learning French __________ he went to high school. He was tired of it.
17 I’ve known him for ages – __________ I was at school, in fact.
18 It was amazing! I’d __________ scored the goal when the referee blew the whistle.
Complete the second sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first.
Use the word in bold
19 Sportswriters believe that Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer of all time.
believed
It ____________________________________________________________.
20 People have recently commented that the city is getting more dangerous.
said
21 Some people stated that he had been seen at the scene of the crime.
claimed
22 The police think that she was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident.
thought
She ____________________________________________________________.
23 The newspapers all wrote that he had been murdered.
reported
He ____________________________________________________________.
24 They could deduct two points for bad spelling and punctuation.
deducted
Two points ____________________________________________________________.
25 The car looks like it was hit from the side.
appears
The car ____________________________________________________________.
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Vocabulary
Complete the sentences
26 “Do you know who the first president was?” “Sorry, I haven’t a __________ about history.”
27 “What time are we getting there?” “I don’t know off the top of my __________. I’ll check.”
28 “What do you know about Seamus Heaney?” “Nothing, I’ve never __________ of him.”
29 “Will you show us around Malaga?” “Sure, I know it like the __________ of my hand.”
30 “What time is the show?” “I don’t know __________, but I can check for you.”
31 “Have you heard that poem before?” “I know it by __________. I had to learn it at school.”
32 “Do you know anything about tax law?” “I know it __________ out. I used to be a solicitor.”
33 “Can you help me with this programme?” “Sorry, I know __________ to nothing about it.”
34 “Excuse me, where’s the nearest bank?” “I’m fairly __________ it’s down that street there.”
35 “Do you know how to get to the Imperial Hotel?” “Sorry, I haven’t the __________ idea.”
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Complete the answers to the questions with prefixes
36 “You’re paid really well, aren’t you?” “No I’m _____________ paid for what I do.”
37 “Do you do any sports?” “No, I’m really ______________fit, I don’t do anything at all.”
38 “Did they help you with the project?” “No, I ____________-handedly prepared and wrote it.”
39 “How’s work?” “Not great. I’m a bit bored and ____________motivated at the moment.”
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Match the beginnings with the ends of the words
40 multi-
rival
41 arch-
talented
42 sub-
political
43 a
standard
Complete the spaces in the text
From an early age Muhammad Ali pursued his (44)____________ to be the world heavyweight boxing champion. It was obvious as a child that he had the (45)____________ to be an amazing boxer and when he won the Olympic gold medal it was clear he was heading straight for the (46)____________. During his career he had some hard times and had to (47)__________ with racism and (48)___________ a lot of barriers, not least when he was stripped of his world title when he refused to fight in the Vietnam war. On his return to boxing, many said he would never regain his heavyweight crown. However, he won the title again when he beat George Foreman in Zaire in 1975 in a fight which became known as the “Rumble in the Jungle”. Ali is proof that if you believe in what you can (49)____________ and you (50)____________ with something, you can go far.
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