1. Vocabulary Test 1. There is only a time left. A. some B. few C. little D. any 2. John is person I know. A. the more intelligent B. more intelligent C. the most intelligent D. most intelligent 3. It s to save part of your salary every month. A. insensitive B. sensible C. sensitive D. senseless 4. She goes to work car. A. by B. on C. with D. In 5. The price of petrol has recently. A. risen B. lifted C. arisen D. raised 6. Don t help him. He can manage by. A. himself B. own C. self D. alone 7. You haven t many mistakes so far. A. done B. make C. made D. put 8. This car is very. It uses very little petrol. A. economic B. economy C. economical D. economics 9. He walked straight out of the meeting without saying. A. nothing to someone B. something to nobody C. nothing to anyone D. anything to anyone 10. Her presentations always begin time. A. on B. at C. for D. in 11. He writes very. A. good B. better C. best D. well 12. The work group wants to present united approach to their manager. A. a B. the C. an D. some 13. He s hoping to money from his bank. A. let B. loan C. borrow D. lend 14. The dashboard and bumpers are made plastic. A. with B. of C. to D. by clean.time@orange.fr 1/6
15. He sold his shares just time, before the market crashed. A. by B. on C. at D. in 16. If you are looking for a job, consult the in the newspaper. A. advertising B. announcements C. advertisements D. propaganda 17. She to the airport at five o clock. A. arrived B. reached C. entered D. got 18. The advice my lawyer gave me was. A. valueless B. worthy C. priceless D. invaluable 19. The strike resulted in the of the factory. A. close B. finish C. closure D. ending 20. My car s. I must get a mechanic. A. broken down B. out of order C. gone off D. in a crash 21. The radio is too loud. Please turn it. A. round B. on C. down D. up 22. They launched the new product the fall in demand. A. although B. even though C. in spite of D. opposite of 23. Highly skilled people are able to a high salary. A. command B. require C. control D. order 24. He was so tired. He stopped down. A. sit B. to sit C. sitting D. to sitting 25. What does he do for a living? He a manufacturing company. A. leads B. makes C. runs D. conducts 26. Don t believe him he s very persuasive. A. so B. in spite of C. even if D. despite 27. She hasn t got any money. I haven t got any. A. too B. either C. also D. neither 28. It depends you. A. for B. at C. on D. by 29. What s the current exchange rate? I ll in the Financial Times. A. look it up B. look after it C. look over it D. look it through clean.time@orange.fr 2/6
30. It was beautiful painting. A. such B. such a C. a so D. so 31. What colour your car. A. has B. looks C. is D. does 32. Money is very important to people. A. most of B. most C. many of D. the most 33. This is the sales director, and next to him is the marketing manager. They are French. A. all B. each C. also D. both 34. They are accustomed eating the local food. A. with B. in C. to D. on 35. He me he would come to the meeting. A. told B. explained C. said D. tell 36. She lost her pen and asked us to look it in our office. A. after B. for C. to D. at 37. In Switzerland, people need money to live on. A. a few B. a lot C. many D. a lot of 38. They didn t give us news about the crash. A. many B. much C. a lot D. a few 39. Mercedes, Ford, Renault and Toyota are all of cars. A. types B. marks C. kinds D. makes 40. Early retirement is a way of cutting work force avoiding redundancies. A. by B. during C. despite D. while clean.time@orange.fr 3/6
2. Grammar Test 1. Petrol 10% cheaper 18 months ago. 2. Johnson Plc the market last year. 3. John used for a marketing company. 4. Can you come to the meeting on Friday? No, I m sorry. I next Friday in London. 5. Where James? He works in New York. Enter Work Spend Work 6. Hurry up! It s time we or we ll miss the taxi. Leave 7. Despite production difficulties they launch the new product last month. able to 8. The number of unemployed people at the moment. Increase 9. When the telephone rang he in his office. Work 10. The market research clearly indicates that there definitely a greater demand for these products in the future. 11. They really ought more money on advertising. Spend 12. Smoking in many restaurants nowadays. Forbid 13. As well as products in the UK, the company exports to other parts of Europe. Sell 14. By the end of this year, the company in existence for over thirty years. 15. Water at 0 C, alcohol doesn t. Freeze clean.time@orange.fr 4/6
16. He s a pensioner now. He last week. 17. You re late, we for ages. Retire Wait 18. I couldn t speak to him because he to the meeting yesterday. Come 19. I walk if the taxi hadn t arrived. Have to 20. I didn t read the article you sent me as I realised I it before. Read 21. The Managing Director in the USA since January. 22. They two new products since last year. Launch 23. Fifty employees redundant last year because of the increased use of technology. Make 24. It is unlikely that income tax before next year. Reduce 25. I wish I a new car last year when the prices were lower. Buy 26. Do you mind if I? Not at all! 27. Do you want me to be there for nine o clock? No, you but you can if you d like to. Smoke Need 28. You me your telephone number, but you forgot. Give 29. You ll soon get used to in Madrid. Live 30. The company would have been in a better position if they a wider range of products. Develop 31. By the end of this month he English for six months. Study clean.time@orange.fr 5/6
32. If I you, I would renovate the plant. 33. If we reduce production costs, we higher profits. Make 34. I didn t go out in case he. 35. If only he to his colleagues! 36. His face was very red because he. 37. We think sales their target next year. 38. Why is he so late? I m not sure. He the train. Telephone Listen Run Reach Miss 39. His financial advisor told him his shares. Sell 40. The plane was late. It at 8.30 but didn t get in until 9.30. Arrive clean.time@orange.fr 6/6