Name: ______________________________________ Class: ______________________________

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 Weve 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 dont know how long they _____ .
A stay B will be staying C were staying D have been staying
3 We _____ its a good idea to take too much time off work.
A dont think B arent thinking C havent thought D didnt 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 Its important to create _____ good relationship with work colleagues as teamwork is so important.
A the B some Ca 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 cant _____ hearing people arguing with each other.
A beat B stand C allow D agree
13 Unfortunately, hes never _____ his potential, which is a great shame.
A encountered B gained C fulfilled D overcome
14 Sorry Im 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 wasnt _____ 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 wasnt 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 wont B doesnt C wouldnt D hadnt
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 doesnt go C wasnt going D not going
23 I dont 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 couldnt go on holiday with her friends.
A amazingly B seriously C exceptionally D bitterly
27 The new factory is _____ near finished. Itll take another two months at least.
A hardly B somewhere C nowhere D virtually
28 Theres a training course next week for staff to improve their sales _____ .
A technologies B techniques C routines D customs
29 In business its 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, _____ youll be late for the meeting.
A unless B until C otherwise D except
33 Well offer you the job _____ as you realise that its only on a temporary basis.
A providing B as long C unless D in case
34 Weve 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 Ive been racking my _____ to remember that mans name but it still wont 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 doesnt _____ what you say, Im not going to change my mind about this.
A care B concern C matter D mind
42 _____ of what other people think, its 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, whats _____ , it also had its best sales figures ever.
A moreover B plus C more D further
46 Theres 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 shouldnt have done that, he said. APPROVE

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

57 The managers attempt at motivating everyone was __________ and everyone ignored him. LAUGH

58 Today, a term in prison doesnt 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 havent got the __________ idea what youre 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 hes __________ from Scotland. ORIGIN

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

69 It wasnt 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 Its 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 couldnt 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 wasnt (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 Mens Singles tournament.
Strangely (99) __________ , the winner of the competition, Spencer Gore, announced that he
didnt think the game would become very popular because it was quite boring.
(100) __________ wrong he was!

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