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96. A) cleared
B) feared
C) beard
D) heard
97. A) shoes
B) goes
C) blows
D) knows
98. A) wait
B) state
C) great
D) heat
99. A) among
B) wrong
C) rung
D) sung
100. A) broad
B) load
C) showed
D) road
Intermediate test 5
Book 1 Part E

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Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I had been sitting __1__ in my usual compartment __2__ at least ten
minutes, waiting __3__. The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start
__4__ and I often thought that I could have __5__ in bed a little longer or
had __6__ cup of tea before __7__ Suddenly I heart someone shouting
__8__ the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train.
The man __9__ put out his hand to stop her but she run past him and
opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the
train started.
“I nearly missed it, __10__?” the girl said. “How long does it take to
__11__ London?”
“It depends on the __12__” I said. “Some days it’s __13__ others.”
“I’ll have to __14__, __15__ late again tomorrow,” she said. “It’s my first
day __16__ with a new firm today and they told me that the man __17__
is very strict. I __18__ him yet so I don’t know __19__ but he sounds a bit
frightening.
She talked about her new job __20__ the way to London and before
long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My __21__
secretary had just left so I must be her new boss __22__ only fair to tell
her.
“Oh, dear,” she said.” __23__ mistake! I wish I __24__”
“Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late
that __25__”
1.
A) for myself
B) only myself
C) by myself
D) in my own
2.
A) for
B) during
C) since
D) meanwhile
3.
A) the train to start
B) for the train start
C) the train’s start
D) for the train to start
4.
A) on their hour
B) on time
C) at their hour
D) at time
5.
A) lain
B) laid
C) lied
D) lay
6.
A) other
B) some other
C) another
D) one other
7.
A) I had left the home
B) leave from home
C) leaving home
D) to leave home
8.
A) at
B) by
C) in
D) on
9.
A)at place
B) on duty
C) for control
D) in post
10. A) haven’t I
B) don’t I
C) wasn’t I
D) didn’t I
11. A) get to
B) arrive to
C) reach to
D) make to
12. A) driver to the engine
B) driver engine
C) engine’s driver
D) engine driver
13. A) far slower that
B) much slower than
C) a lot more slow than
D) a great deal more slow than
14. A) mend me the watch
B) mend me my watch
C) have my watch mended
D) have mended my watch
15. A) in order not are
B) so as not to be
C) for not being
D) so that it’s not
16. A) at job
B) in job
C) in work
D) at work
17. A) I’m going to work for
B) what I’m going to work for
C) for which I’m going to work D) which I’m going to work
18. A) didn’t meet
B) haven’t met
C) didn’t know
D) haven’t known
19. A) what he is like
B) what is he like
C) how he is
D) how is he
20. A) through
B) by
C) on
D) in
21. A) proper
B) own
C) same
D) self
22. A) There was
B) That was
C) It was
D) Was
23. A) What a terrible
B) What terrible
C) How terrible
D) So terrible a
24. A) had known
B) have known
C) knew
D) would have known
25. A) so will the mine be
B) the mine will be, too
C) So will mine
D) mine will be, too
Hello, Mary! I __26__ you before now but I __27__ so hard at the
office that I didn’t have time. My boss __28__ to holiday tomorrow and
he __29__ arrange everything before he __30__ If he had given me
sensible instruction I could have done the work next week. But you __31__
the same problems with your boss. Anyway, __32__ two tickets for the
new play at the Grand Theatre on Saturday __33__ and see it together?
26. A) should have rung
B) must have rung
C) had to ring
D) ought to ring
27. A) must work
B) must have worked
C) have had to work
D) ought to work
28. A) will go
B) is going
C) shall go
D) shall be going
29. A) wants that I
B) would that I
C) would like that I
D) wants me to
30. A) leaves
B) shall leave
C) will leave
D) is leaving
31. A) have to have
B) can have
C) ought to have
D) must have
32. A) they have been given to me B) I have been given
C) I am given
D) they are given to me
33. A) May we go
B) Do you like to go
C) Shall we go
D) Will we go
34. The lift is out of _____ so we’ll have to walk.
A) function
B) order
C) running
D) work
35. Dinner will be ready _____ but we have time for a drink before than.
A) currently
B) lately
C) presently
D) suddenly
36. What do you _____ to do about the problem now that this solution
has failed.
A) attempt
B) think
C) pretend
D) intend
37. We have _____ for a new secretary but we haven’t had any replies
yet.
A) advertised
B) advised
C) announced
D) noticed
38. I’ve _____ for the job and I hope I get it.
A) appointed
B) applied
C) presented
D) succeeded
39. He threw the box out of the window and it fell to the _____ outside.
A) flat
B) floor
C) plain
D) ground
40. 100 competitors had _____ the race.
A) put their names for
B) entered for
C) put themselves for
D) taken part
41. I’m very _____ to you for your help.
A) grateful
B) agreeable
C) pleased
D) thanks
42. He’s so mean that he wouldn’t give a beggar a _____ of bread.
A) peel
B) shell
C) crust
D) skin
43. Will you be able to come to the party? I _____ .
A) believe yes
B) am afraid not
C) don’t hope so
D) don’t expect
44. I never expected you to turn _____ at the meeting. I thought you
were abroad.
A) A round
B) on
C) in
D) up
45. The plane is just going to take _____.
A) away
B) out
C) off
D) up