Welcome to Mr Aslanov’s CEFR lessons – LEVEL B2 Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses with us!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 LEXICAL & GRAMMAR COMPETENCE – TEST 9 Side by Side Melissa dropped into a chair in front of her manager’s cherry veneer desk. ‘I don’t know how
people with kids can do this job,’ the 25yearold radio advertising sales rep said. Her boss, Laurie
Thompson, had heard such selfdoubt before. Her six salespeople at Connoisseur Media in Erie
often popped into her office to give vent to their Q1_____ about a tough day of coldcalling. Laurie
nodded. She didn’t have children, Q2_____ herself instead to a sales career, running marathons,
cycling, sailing and spending time with her husband. ‘I don’t think I’ll ever have kids, though that
would really disappoint my parents,’ Melissa said. ‘Why? Because you’re Q3_____ only child?’
Laurie asked. Melissa said her parents would be disappointed because they Q4_____ for grandkids.
Then she added, almost as an afterthought, ‘I was adopted.’ From the time she was tiny, Melissa
knew that she was adopted. Her new parents were always open with their daughter about where she
came from. Along the way, Melissa grew Q5_____ to questions from people who had learnt she
was adopted. So she wasn’t at all Q6_____ about answering her boss that afternoon. ‘Have you
ever had a desire to meet your real parents?’ Laurie asked. ‘Not really,’ Melissa said. ‘It’s not that I
don’t want to. It’s just that I haven’t got around to it. And I don’t feel like I’m missing anything.
My parents are wonderful.’ Melissa laughed and was about to leave when Laurie asked her another
question. ‘When were you born?’ ‘April 14, 1981.’ Then, feeling she’d taken Q7_____ enough of
her boss’s time, Melissa said goodbye and headed home. Some people can drink several cups of
coffee with few side effects.
Q1. A) happiness
B) joy
C) frustrations
D) tears
Q2. A) preparing
B) concentrating C) involving
D) devoting
Q3. A) —
B) the
C) a
D) an
Q4. A) wanted
B) needed
C) desired
D) longed
Q5. A) accustomed
B) annoyed
C) anxious
D) ashamed
Q6. A) conscious
B) hesitant
C) interested
D) reluctant
Q7. A) in
B) over
C) on
D) up