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C1.1 Level Test

1. Complete the text with the synonyms in italics.

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3. Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

a) When you passed the town hall clock, did you notice/were you noticingwhat

time it was?

b) Last night my neighbours were shouting/would shoutfor hours and I couldn't

get to sleep.c) When you lived in London, did you use to travel/were you travellingby bus?

d) Everyone was having a good time, although not many people danced/were

dancing.

e) Jill was really hungry because she didn't eat/hadn't eaten all day.

f) Before we went to the theatre, we called in/had called in at George's cafe for a

pizza.

g) It took a while for me to notice, but then I did. Everyonestared/was staringat

me. What had I done wrong?

h) Nobody bothered to tell me that the school decided/had decidedto have aspecial holiday on Friday.

i) I was trying/triedto get in touch with you all day yesterday. Where were you?

j) A: Excuse me, but this seat is mine.

B: I'm sorry, I didn't realise/hadn't realisedthat you were sitting here.

4 Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

a) Once/Afterwards I'd read the manual, I found I could use the computer easily.

b) It was more than a month before/untilI realised what had happened.

c) I managed to talk to Carol just as/while she was leaving.

d) It wasn't until/up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.

e) George always let me know by the time/wheneverhe was going to be late.

f) I was having a bath at the time/that time, so I didn't hear the doorbell.

g) We bought our tickets and five minutes after/laterthe train arrived.

h) According to Grandpa, people used to dress formally those days/in his day.i) Everyone was talking but stopped at that time/the momentMr Smith arrived,

j) The letter still hadn't arrived by/untilthe end of the week.

5 Put one suitable word in each space.

Unlikely as it may seem, there has now been expert confirmation that wild

pumas and lynxes are (1) ..at. large in parts of Britain, rather than

being the figments (2) some wild imaginations. Previous

sightings (3) such large cats had been put down

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(4) exaggeration. (5) all, the argument went, some

people are prone (6) seeing flying saucers and Loch Ness

monsters, particularly when (7) the influence of one drink too

many. Some newspapers were suspected (8) having made

(9) stories such as that of the Beast of Exmoor, an animal which

is responsible (10) the deaths of hundreds of sheep over the past

ten years. But experts have now come (11) with proof that such

stories were (12) earnest after all. The animals are

(13) all likelihood pets which have escaped (14)

small zoos, or been abandoned (15) their owners. Because the

keeping (16) such animals is severely restricted

(17) the terms of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976,

owners of unlicensed animals might not report an escape (18)

fear of prosecution. Britain's only surviving native species, the wild cat, is

confined (19) Scotland. After examining hair samples, experts

now say that the Beast of Exmoor in the South of England is (20)

doubt a puma or lynx, both of which are normally native to the Middle East

and Asia.

6 Put one suitable word in each space.

a) My cousin George is obsessed ..with keeping fit.

b) Many frozen foods are deficient vitamins.

c) They say that there is an exception every rule.

d) It was very good Sue to drive us to the airport.

e) Breaking his leg put Peter's football career jeopardy.

f) The same rule applies, irrespective how much you have paid.

g) With total disregard her own safety, Ann jumped in to rescue

the dog.

h) I'm afraid you are not eligible a pension until you are 65.

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7. Choose one of the topics and discuss it in about 300 350 words.

a) Do you agree or disagree with the capital punishment?

b) "We are slaves of the world we're living in".

c) Discuss the advance of technology from the past up to the present.