LANGUAGE LEADER UPPER INTERMEDIATE
FINAL TEST A
A For questions 1–15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits the space.
In September, I’m going to university but at the moment I am 0 in two minds about where to go and what to study. My personal choice would be to study theatre in Rome. I have a very open personality, I am full of self- 1 ___________ and people say that when they talk to me they can’t 2___________. So, studying theatre would be a great idea as I could be an actor, or even a 3___________. In addition, living in Rome sounds so 4___________. Life in Italy is totally 5___________ to life in England but I think I can 6___________the different 7___________ and ways of life there. The only big problem for me is the 8___________ in Rome. There are just too many cars! The university does provide a 9___________ service to the university but friends tell me it still takes two hours. Another problem is my parents. I think it is highly 10___________ that they will 11___________me going to Italy and studying theatre. They want me to study International Politics in York. Their 12___________for this is that they want me to be a highly 13___________ academic. I must admit, I am interested in 14 ___________but I’d rather study theatre. Still, I’d better 15___________doing some more work because if I don’t pass my exams I won’t be going anywhere!
0 a out of my mind b making up my mind c in two minds d keeping an open mind
1 a confidence b defence c development d respect
2 a speak louder than words b get a word in edgeways c hear it on the grapevine d on the same wavelength
3 a poet b critic c ghostwriter d dramatist
4 a frustrated b isolated c intriguing d inadequate
5 a criticised b different c moving d impossible
6 a approve of b consent to c participate in d adjust to
7 a cuisines b climates c customs d geography
8 a traffic congestion b mindless vandalism c open spaces d crime rate
9 a barge b shuttle c scooter d tram
10 a unnecessary b ineffective c unlikely d mistrust
11 a relate to b get on with c succeed d approve of
12 a motive b profile c assessment d false impression
13 a praised b different c unexpected d qualified
14 a natural resources b psychology c human rights d hierarchy
15 a get down to b put up with c fall out with d get used to
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B For questions 16–30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
When you visit 0___the_____Louvre Gallery in Paris you find yourself face to face with one of the greatest mysteries in the art world. For hundreds of years, no one has known 16___________ the woman in Da Vinci’s famous painting ‘The Mona Lisa’ was. No one knows 17___________she was rich or poor, fact or fiction. Her identity 18___________ caused 19___________ argument over the years. 20___________the back of the painting had 21___________signed or dated, investigators may have been able to discover Mona Lisa’s identity. In addition, there is 22___________record of a commission for the portrait in Da Vinci’s papers. Supposing there was a note in his paper, would 23___________ have helped us find this mystery women’s identity? Maybe the answer can be found in the fact that the painting 24___________ to be called ‘La Gioconda’. German scientist Veit Probst thinks so. He has 25___________ he knows who Mona Lisa 26__________. He is sure that she is Lisa Gerardoni, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant 27___________Francesco del Giocondo. Probst 28___________ journalists that her identity 29___________revealed by a note that belonged to a former owner of the painting. His scientific article on this issue will 30___________ published next month.
C For questions 31–40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word in bold and other words. You must use between two and five words in total.
31 I could give you my boat for a month. Where would you go?
imagine
________________________my boat for a month, where would you go?
32 They drove for ten hours and then saw the coast.
driving
They ________________________ten hours before they saw the coast.
33 I finally managed to convince him to come.
succeeded
I finally ________________________ come.
34 It’s not possible for him to finish the report by ten.
finished
He ________________________ the report by ten.
35 What time is it?
know
Do you ________________________?
36 ‘Is the train arriving at eleven tomorrow?’
arriving
She asked ________________________ at eleven the next day.
37 David says he will do it so it won’t be necessary for you to go.
need
David says he will do it so you ________________________ to go.
38 Someone comes and cleans our carpets twice a year
have
We ________________________ twice a year.
39 The exhibition will take place at Thornley Castle. The exhibition will close on Monday.
which
The exhibition ________________________, will take pace at ...
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