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Intermediate English Test
Section A Use of English

i Circle the correct answer.

1
Sam’s going to ............... with friends?


A
chat

B
have

C
meet

D
tidy




08
Last year I ............... a lot of business trips.


A
have

B
travelled

C
was

D
went on





2
I’m very ............... on cooking. It’s a great way to relax.


A
fond

B
interested

C
keen

D
serious




09
Could you ............... me up from the airport, please?


A
collect

B
last

C
pick

D
take





3
3 I’m totally fed up ............... politicians at the moment.


A
at

B
from

C
of

D
with




10
Sting has just ............... a new album.


A
had

B
liberated

C
released

D
won





4
It’s a secret and no one knows about it yet so you ............... tell anyone.


A
doesn’t have to

B
don’t have to

C
must

D
mustn’t




11
She ............... her hair when you rang last night.


A
was washed

B
was washing

C
washed

D
washes





5
The doctor says I’m stressed out and that I ............... go on holiday for a month or so.


A
am supposed to

B
don’t have to

C
mustn’t

D
should




12
She doesn’t mind ............... me with my computer.


A
help

B
helping

C
to help

D
to helping





6
Steve ............... chips at the moment because he’s on a diet.


A
eats

B
doesn’t eat

C
don’t eat

D
isn’t eating




13
My case is a ............... heavier but not much.


A
bit

B
lot

C
most

D
much





7
In my job I have to ............... with a lot of difficult customers.


A
act

B
deal

C
make

D
treat




14
Ring me as ............... as you get home, please.


A
early

B
soon

C
unless

D
until








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ii Read the text and fill the gaps with one word only.


My Amazing Sisters

I have two amazing sisters. ............... of them speak French. However, they are both very bad ............... cooking.

At the moment, I’m a bit angry ............... Carla, the younger one, because she hasn’t sent me an email ............... two weeks now.

They are very hard-working and hardly ever take ............... off work and they always ............... their deadlines. Carla is a doctor and she has to work very long ............... . Samantha is an architect and she is also ............... a lot of pressure.

Despite all this, my sisters have a lot of energy. In fact, Samantha is ............... to flamenco classes at the moment. Carla goes to yoga classes twice a week ............... help her relax. She ............... smoke 20 cigarettes a day but now she has given ............... .

Samantha is more creative ............... her sister. In fact, she makes a lot of her clothes ............... . She also really enjoys ............... to art exhibitions.

I think the best thing about my sisters is that they are also best friends.

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Section B Reading

i Read the article and add the titles which best fit to each paragraph.

For Your Protection
The Study Of Indigenous Medicine

Lessons To Be Learnt
The Wisdom Of Animals




1-.............................................................

In Western society there is a widespread belief that animals are not very intelligent. Indigenous peoples, on the other hand, tend to have a lot of respect for other living things and this is often to their great benefit. Native Americans (or the Indians) noticed that when elks, a kind of large deer, were sick, they looked for and ate a certain plant and quickly recovered. This pretty plant is called the purple coneflower or echinacea and is now on sale in every high street chemist all over Britain.

2-.............................................................

Melvin R. Gilmore was the first modern scientist to study how