TEST L Night visitor She put the key in the keyhole as quietly as she could but she
found it __(1)__ as the door was old and rusty. As she __(2)__ opened
the door, it squeaked __(3)__ on its old hinges. ‘I wish they’d oil the
thing a bit more __(4)__,’ she muttered to herself __(5)__. She closed
the door __(6)__ behind her and then tiptoed __(7)__ across the
room. Unfortunately, this time it was the floorboards that betrayed
her as they creaked __(8)__ with every step she took. It had been so
__(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been
about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had
__(11)__ replaced the original floorboards. Helen’s heart began to
beat __(12)__. It was one o’clock. Helen’s parents must have gone to
bed __(13)__. This was most unusual. Rarely __(14)__ to bed before
she got home. No sooner had she put her foot on the first stair __(15)__
she heard a muffled voice call out, ‘Who’s there? Is that you, Helen?
1.
A) hardly
B) easy
C) hard
D) easily
2.
A) slowly
B) loudly
C) careful
D) noisy
3.
A) lightly
B) noisily
C) softly
D) gently
4.
A) frequent
B) oftener
C) sooner
D) frequently
5.
A) with angry B) angry
C) angrily
D) from anger
6.
A) shyly
B) efficiently
C) carefully
D) fast
7.
A) softly
B) gentle
C) finely
D) shortly
8.
A) aloud
B) loud
C) loudly
D) allowed
9.
A) along
B) long time
C) long
D) a long time
10. A) probably
B) certainly
C) definitely
D) may not
11. A) rarely
B) scarcely
C) never
D) occasionally
12. A) fastly
B) more faster C) more fast
D) faster
13. A) early
B) more earlier C) the earliest
D) more early
14. A) they went
B) they did go
C) they have gone
D) did they go
15. A) then
B) than
C) that
D) there
Use of English Book 2 Part B
