LANGUAGE LEADER UPPER INTERMEDIATE
UNIT TEST 6B
A Circle the correct word in the sentences.
0 The room was silence / silent. Nothing could be heard.
1 He couldn’t see anything in the darkness / glare.
2 He spoke in a voice that was only just cry / audible.
3 The sudden flash /gleam blinded him for a moment.
4 I wish I could identify the tune he cries / whistles.
5 If you strike / strain a match we might be able to see something.
6 There was a sudden yell / shriek. Someone was very frightened.
7 If you shout in a cave you may hear the shrieks / echoes.
8 Don’t let the wax from the candle / lamp burn your hand.
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B Identify the extra word in the following sentences.
0 Look there, I’d like to make a proposal.
_there__
1 You’ll find it is good value for some money.
__________
2 I need more of time to think about this.
3 I wasn’t expecting to be pay as much as that.
4 Could I suggest we meet towards you the end of next month?
5 If you included the more information about your colleagues, it’d make it more interesting.
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C Add used to, use to or would to the following sentences.
0 I used to believe that my parents didn’t understand me. Then I became one.
1 We ___________ always be sent to bed before seven o’clock when we were children.
2 People didn’t ___________ spend hours on the Internet because there wasn’t very much on there.
3 I’m sure I’ve seen you before. Did you ___________ take the early train to London?
4 Didn’t you ___________ live with Sarah in Harlow?
5 When we were at university, we ___________ go home every weekend.
D Read the sentences and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
0 Science fiction is almost always set in the future.
a a romance b science fiction c a thriller d a memoir
1 It is better to see __________ on the stage than read it in a book.
a poetry b a blog c a play d memoirs
2 For the last four years, he has been keeping a __________ , showing everything that has happened on his journey round the world.
a a memoir b an essay c a diary d a history
3 Her __________ is more interesting than other people’s accounts of her life. .
a history b biography c essay d autobiography
4 Before he died, John Smith wrote a book of __________, in which he discusses many of the political theories of the twentieth century.
a critics b essays c memoirs d blogs
5 His __________ are a collection of the many interesting experiences he had in his life as a diplomat.
a novels b plays c memoirs d essays
6 Although the audience loved it, the __________ hated and gave it terrible reviews.
a dramatists b judges c biographers d critics
7 I have always wanted to write __________ . Preferably, it will be about a murder mystery.
a a crime story b an essay c a romance d a diary
8 I’ve just written a short book of __________. I am hoping that someone will put them to music and make them into songs.
a plays b memoirs c novels d poems
9 As he can’t write himself he is going to employ a __________.
a ghostwriter b critic c novelist d judge
10 He has kept us all up to date on his __________ on the Internet.
a history b blog c essay d thriller
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E Put the following verbs in their correct form in the right spaces.
lie step see wait put hide watch
walk look shoot close turn out notice
The man closed his book and 0 put it on the table. He looked down the street to the house and 1________________________ that someone 2________________________the light in the bedroom. He 3________________________for this impatiently and now it was time to move. He stood up and 4________________________ onto the street. He looked round, hoping no one 5________________________ him. As he was turning to look behind him there was a sudden noise and he felt a sharp hot pain in his thigh. The next thing he knew, he 6________________________in a hospital bed. He immediately sat up and 7________________________around. Where were the letters he 8________________________in his shoe. If any one found them there would be trouble. And who 9________________________him while he 10________________________ towards Celia’s house? Who knew he 11________________________ her from that cafe? He lay back down and 12_______________________ his eyes. One thing he was sure of was he had to get out of there fast.
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