Gold Advanced Full Placement Test

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Gold Advanced Full placement test

1 Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.

Example: Where C for your next holiday?

A do you go B have you gone C are you going D go you

1 We’ve been living in Brighton since we _____ to England three years ago.

A have come B have been coming C were coming D came

2 My parents are coming this weekend but I don’t know how long they _____ .

A stay B will be staying C were staying D have been staying

3 We _____ it’s a good idea to take too much time off work.

A don’t think B aren’t thinking C haven’t thought D didn’t think

4 No _____ had I said it than I realised it was the wrong thing to say.

A quicker B rather C sooner D earlier

5 Julia hated _____ small talk with the professors as she never knew what to talk about.

A making B having C doing D chatting

6 The person to _____ we were speaking seemed to have all the information we needed.

A which B who C whose D whom

7 It’s important to create _____ good relationship with work colleagues as teamwork is so important.

A the B some C a D –

8 You could tell that the speaker was nervous from her _____ voice.

A husky B monotonous C deep D wobbly

9 Was that the building _____ the factory used to be?

A when B how C where D which

10 His _____ good looks are what have made his fortune.

A juvenile B puerile C infant D youthful

11 I hate _____ when you keep interrupting me.

A it B how C that D for

12 He can’t _____ hearing people arguing with each other.

A beat B stand C allow D agree

13 Unfortunately, he’s never _____ his potential, which is a great shame.

A encountered B gained C fulfilled D overcome

14 Sorry I’m late, I stopped _____ the shopping on the way home.

A doing B to do C to doing D out to do

15 Jennifer _____ advantage of all the opportunities she was given and has done very well.

A achieved B had C gained D took

16 He wasn’t _____ in getting the job he wanted but he was offered another job in the same company.

A succeeding B successful C succeeded D successive

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17 He _____ to New Zealand to work but he decided to go to America instead.

A should go B must have gone C supposed to go D could have gone

18 You _____ that it wasn’t going to be easy to become a doctor – everyone warned you.

A might realise B can have realised C should have realised D must have realised

19 The TV company is looking for people to take _____ in a new reality show.

A part B place C point D pity

20 I wish she _____ always criticise what everyone else is wearing.

A won’t B doesn’t C wouldn’t D hadn’t

21 Many people would _____ spend their money than save it at the moment.

A prefer B wish C fancy D rather

22 He often regrets _____ abroad when he was younger.

A not to go B doesn’t go C wasn’t going D not going

23 I don’t think he looks at all _____ his father, do you?

A like B as C similar D alike

24 This lesson is _____ more interesting than the last one.

A so B far C great D deal

25 Alan Grintley is a _____ relative of mine. He was my great-great-great-grandfather.

A far B common C distant D close

26 She was _____ disappointed when she realised that she couldn’t go on holiday with her friends.

A amazingly B seriously C exceptionally D bitterly

27 The new factory is _____ near finished. It’ll take another two months at least.

A hardly B somewhere C nowhere D virtually

28 There’s a training course next week for staff to improve their sales _____ .

A technologies B techniques C routines D customs

29 In business it’s important to build up a good _____ with your customers.

A rapport B affiliation C association D membership

30 Some people just seem to be _____ of reading instructions correctly.

A inefficient B incompetent C incapable D inexpert

31 In the _____ of a fire, leave the building immediately.

A case B occasion C event D exception

32 You should leave now, _____ you’ll be late for the meeting.

A unless B until C otherwise D except

33 We’ll offer you the job _____ as you realise that it’s only on a temporary basis.

A providing B as long C unless D in case

34 We’ve got to _____ in mind that we have a very limited budget for the refurbishment.

A consider B hold C carry D bear


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35 They _____ several tests on the new equipment to check for safety.

A carried out B fulfilled C achieved D enacted

36 I’ve been racking my _____ to remember that man’s name but it still won’t come.

A mind B thoughts C brain D ideas

37 _____ concerned me about the trip was the lack of security.

A That B It C What D Which

38 Jean was terrified _____ making a mistake.

A with B by C for D of

39 We were _____ leave for the airport when the phone rang.

A going B about to C just to D due

40 The _____ of the research into the use of painkillers was to prove that many of them are addictive.

A outcome B effect C sequel D influence

41 It doesn’t _____ what you say, I’m not going to change my mind about this.

A care B concern C matter D mind

42 _____ of what other people think, it’s important to follow your heart in these matters.

A Regardless B Concerning C Regarding D Nevertheless

43 The old door _____ noisily as she tried to shut it.

A croaked B shuffled C buzzed D creaked

44 We _____ of taking the train to London but we took the car instead.

A are thinking B would think C were going to think D were thinking

45 The company won an award this year and, what’s _____ , it also had its best sales figures ever.

A moreover B plus C more D further

46 There’s no _____ that the global climate is changing but how much of that change is due to human activity is debatable.

A refusing B denying C ignoring D rejecting

47 I loved the film, _____ the scenes of violence, which were too graphic for me.

A apart from B instead of C rather than D as opposed to

48 She wished she _____ some warm clothes with her as the weather was unseasonably cool and she was frozen.

A was bringing B had brought C could bring D brought

49 Jo _____ some interesting proposals at the meeting this morning.

A put back B put away C put up D put forward

50 Have you taken all the factors into _____ in your calculations?

A issue B account C advantage D allowance

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2 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in capitals.

51 The police need to find __________ that the man was in the flat at the time of the burglary. PROVE

52 You need to get __________ for your travel expenses from the department manager. AUTHORITY

53 His behaviour at that time was __________ stupid. He should have known better. CREDIBLE

54 Gemma pushed the doorbell and waited __________ for someone to answer. NERVE

55 He shook his head in __________ . ‘You shouldn’t have done that,’ he said. APPROVE

56 Young children tend to ask __________ questions about anything and everything around them. END

57 The manager’s attempt at motivating everyone was __________ and everyone ignored him. LAUGH

58 Today, a term in prison doesn’t seem to act as a much of a _________ to potential criminals. DETER

59 The __________ of alcohol is not allowed on the streets of this town. CONSUME

60 I haven’t got the __________ idea what you’re talking about. SLIGHT

61 There must have been some kind of __________ – this is not the model I ordered. UNDERSTAND

62 The hotel prides itself on a very high standard of __________ . CLEAN

63 Unfortunately, his application for the course was __________ . SUCCEED

64 Although they are completely different __________ , they get on well with each other. PERSON

65 Who has been the most __________ person in your life so far? INFLUENCE

66 It was very __________ of her to send me flowers after the accident. THOUGHT

67 He lives in Ecuador now but he’s __________ from Scotland. ORIGIN

68 She said she’d seen a __________ character hiding in the bushes behind her house. SUSPECT

69 It wasn’t until later that they realised the __________ of the events they had just witnessed. SIGNIFY

70 The police asked him for some kind of __________ when they stopped his car. IDENTIFY

71 The room was small, dirty and painted in an __________ shade of grey – awful! APPEAL

72 Please make sure you take all your __________ with you when you disembark. BELONG

73 It’s important to give young children __________ when they are trying new things. ENCOURAGE

74 The country is seeing a gradual __________ of the social system. EVOLVE

75 The witnesses’ statements were __________ , so the police couldn’t make an arrest. CONTRADICT

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3 Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

The history of tennis It is almost impossible to pin (76) __________ one point in history when tennis began. As

far (77) __________ as the 12th century, there was a French game called Paume (Palm)

(78) __________ players used the palm of their hands to hit a ball over a net. (79) __________

fact, further investigations have revealed that similar games (80) __________ played by both

the Ancient Greeks and Romans and (81) __________ is thought that the Romans brought the

game with them as they invaded Europe just over 2,000 years (82) __________ . The game

(83) __________ to be played against the walls of buildings and castle keeps, as

(84) __________ as inside and outside monasteries and other church buildings.

Today there is still discussion as to (85) __________ the game came to (86) __________ known

as tennis. One theory holds that it came from the Anglo-Saxon tenetz, (87) __________ means

‘Take this! Play!’ or it could have been from the French word tenir, meaning ‘to hold’, but no

one is absolutely sure.

However, it wasn’t (88) __________ the 14th century that the leather gloves used to protect the

hands when playing developed (89) __________ small rackets – although some people credit the

invention of the first racket (90) __________ the Italians in the 16th century. From this time

tennis was played with a racket (91) __________ of the hand, and was played inside, not

outside. It became very popular with Henry VIII, who had his own tennis court and, as a

(92) __________ , it became (93) __________ as the Game of Kings. It was also extremely

popular in France with religious men and (94) __________ is evidence that the Bishops

(95) __________ receive a gift of tennis balls on Easter Day from the parishioners. In England

it was called ‘real tennis’. Two centuries later, in 1873, a Major Walter Wingfield invented a

new game called Sphairistike, a Greek word which meant ‘playing ball’, and it was played on

hourglass-shaped courts on the lawns of wealthy English people.

Today, the most famous tennis tournament is (96) __________ at Wimbledon, which is where

the court shape we recognise today (97) __________ born. The very first championship was in

1877 and, (98) __________ today, only 22 players entered the Men’s Singles tournament.

Strangely (99) __________ , the winner of the competition, Spencer Gore, announced that he

didn’t think the game would become very popular because it was quite boring.

(100) __________ wrong he was!

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