- Choose the alternative which best completes the following sentence. "Before ... hope, let's ask for help".   giving up

- Choose the alternative which best completes the following sentence. "If Derek wanted to succeed in that job, he ... more effort to impress his boss".   would make

- Choose the alternative which coherently completes the following dialogue. Customer: "Can you take me to the city centre as quickly as possible?" Taxi driver: "If I take the shortest route, I'm afraid there'll be a lot of traffic at this time of the day". Customer: "...".   Please choose the route with the least traffic

- Choose the alternative which coherently completes the following dialogue. Customer: "I've been told that there's a public transport strike tomorrow. I don't know how I'll manage to get to the station". Taxi driver: "..." Customer: "That's a really useful advice!".   You can book a taxi by calling the taxi rank

- Choose the alternative which coherently completes the following dialogue. Taxi driver: "Good morning Madam, where would you like me to take you?" Customer: "..." Taxi driver: "What a good idea!".   I've written the address on this piece of paper because I can't pronounce it properly

- Choose the alternative which correctly replaces the word in inverted commas. "If you need to `go' to the airport you can take a bus or book a taxi.   get

- Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the word in square brackets and which does not change the meaning of the sentence. "I can [see] by your tan that you've been on holiday".   tell

- Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the word in square brackets and which does not change the meaning of the sentence. "She [remembered] seeing a man outside the shop that night".   recalled

- Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the word in square brackets and which does not change the meaning of the sentence. "The question is [irrelevant]!".   inappropriate

- Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the words in brackets and which does not change the meaning of the following sentence. "Ned was [severely reprimanded] by his boss for his miserable performance in Marketing".   hauled over the coals

- Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the words in brackets. "After a day of negotiations, the ambassadors still [could not see eye to eye]".   they did not agree

- Choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the word in square brackets and which does not change the meaning of the original sentence. "Farm production has been [boosted] by the use of fertilizers and upgraded methods of controlling plant and animal diseases".   increased

- Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in brackets. "When the telephone salesman told me I could buy some concert tickets for only $10.00 if I gave him my credit card number, [it seemed a little fishy to me], so I hung up the phone".   I thought the phone salesman was dishonest and I felt suspicious of him

- Choose the correct meaning of the phrase in brackets. "Wow! [It's raining cats and dogs] today! I wish I'd brought my umbrella!".   It's raining heavily

- Choose the correct meaning of the word in square brackets. "We arrived too late. The party was [over]".   finished

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Always consult your dictionary to ... the meaning of words".   look up

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Another victim of the bomb attack ...".   has just died

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Bill drunk a ... while he was at the market".   glass of water

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "By the time ..., they will have already received news".   he arrives

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "I have already apologized! Don't ... me!".   jump all over

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "More people live in New York ...".   than in Washington

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Sound comes in waves, and the higher the frequency, ...".   the higher the pitch

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "The cost of living has really gone up lately, ...?".   hasn't it

- Choose the group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Today, a midwife is a qualified nurse ... extra training in obstetrics".   who has had

- Choose the most appropriate answer to the following question. "May I pay by credit card?".   Of course

- Choose the noun that is closest in meaning to the word in brackets and that does not change the meaning of the sentence. "This is a clear [instance] of his laziness".   example

- Choose the phrase which best completes the following sentence. "You woudn't have thought it, ...?".   would you

- Choose the right alternative to complete the following sentence. "If I find a job, I ... buy a new car".   will

- Choose the right alternative to complete the sentence. "Is this Judy's book?". "No, it's ...".   ours

- Choose the right answer to the following question. "Do you like Japanese food?".   Yes, very much. I can also cook Japanese food

- Choose the right synonym of the word between square brackets. "My secretary is very [fast] in doing things".   quick

- Choose the right synonym to the word between square brackets. "He is always very [kind]".   polite

- Choose the right synonym to the word between square brackets. "The prisoner wanted to [escape]".   run away

- Choose the right synonym to the word between square brackets. "The show has been very [amusing]".   entertaining

- Choose the word or group of words that best replaces the word in square brackets of the following sentence. "I hope he will be able to do the job [properly]".   in the right way

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "... your biggest faults is impatience".   One of

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "I never drink at lunch". "Neither ...".   do I

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "I'd like ... information about this product".   some

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Is that David's car parked outside?". "The grey one? No, it's ...".   mine

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Three-dimensional art forms include sculpture, architecture and ...".   jewellery

- Choose the word or group of words which best completes the following sentence. "Would you like ... pasta?".   some more

- Choose the word or phrase which best fits into each blank. "A Viennese journalist, writing ... the end of the eighteenth century, observed that these serenades occurred almost every fine summer evening".   towards

- Choose the word or phrase which best fits into each blank. "On the Eve of the more common name-days, especially on St.Anne's Eve, the streets fairly ... with serenading parties".   swarm

- Choose the word or phrase which best fits into each blank. "To his eager mind and ears this was the doorway to a new world ... at intervals in his choirboy days through church and salon windows".   glimpsed

- Choose the word that best replaces the one in square brackets of the following sentence. "I will go for a [journey] in the United States".   trip

- Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word in square brackets and that does not change the meaning of the sentence. "We arrived too late. The party was [over]".   finished

- Choose the word which best completes the following sentence. "Mr Faye designs colourful Christmas wrapping ...".   paper

- Choose the word which best completes the following sentence. "My friends gave me a surprise party, ... was good of them".   which

- Choose the word which best completes the following sentence. "They ... go to the seaside next summer".   will

- Choose the word which best completes the following sentence. "They are jealous ... your success".   of

- Choose the word which best completes the sentence. "The audience had mixed feelings ... the film".   about

- Choose the word which best fits into the blank space. "Vienna's climate, the Italian ... in her culture and the love of her citizens for music and for being amused, had made her for centuries a city of serenades and serenaders".   vein

- Choose the words which best complete the following sentence. "... Florida?".   Have you ever been to

- Choose the words which best complete the following sentence. "On Sundays, when I was a child, I ... early and go fishing".   would get up

- Complete the following dialogue. A: "What shall we do this afternoon?" B: "Let's go to the bookshop. I've got ... books to buy for that new course at the university".   some

- Complete the following sentence with the right word. "I haven't seen Rita ... I was 12".   since

- Complete the following sentence. "By the time he gets to the office, the meeting ... over".   will be

- Complete the following sentence. "I don't like children ... are noisy".   who

- Complete the following sentence. "This morning he got to work very late. And so ... I".   did

- Complete the sentence with the correct word or words. "... not allowed to touch the statues".   You're

- Complete the sentence with the correct word. "We stayed in Frankfurt ... a month".   for