Inglese Milano

B1- Mock Examinatios

SECTION I
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
1. Jhon …. Me to lend him money! It’s so annoying
a) Asks always
b) Always is asking
c) Is always asking
d) Had been always asking
2. It … when I got up this morning, so I stayed at home
a) Was raining
b) Has rained
c) Has been raining
d) Would rain
3. I apologise for the mess. I… tome to clear up after lunch yet.
a) Wasn’t having
b) Hadn’t had
c) Don’t have
d) Haven’t had
4. Where do you think…. in twenty year’s time?
a) Are you going to be
b) You will be
c) You are being
d) Will you be
5. He stopped … years ago.
a) To smoke
b) That he would smoke
c) Smoking
d) Smoke
SECTION 2
CHOSSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
1. She knew a Little Spanish so she…. To explain her problema to the
pólice in Madrid.
a) Can
b) Could
c) Was able
d) Succeeded
2. Sam,…. wife Works with me, is going to he US on business
a) Whose
b) Who’s
c) Who
d) Which
3. Mr Thompson’s walled…. While he was travelling on the underground
yesterday.
a) Stole
b) Was robbed
c) Robbed
d) Was stolen
4. I … a new car this year if I were you
a) Won’t buy
b) Wouldn’t buy
c) Didn’t buy
d) Haven’t bought
5. He… tea with wilk during his stay in the three years ago.
a) Used to drinking
b) Got used to drink
c) was used to drink
d) got used to drinking
SECTION 3
COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT MEANING REMAINS THE
SAME AS THE FIRST.
1. They made a mistake when they added up the total
A mistake … when they added up the total

a) Has made
b) Was made
c) Was been made
 d) Is made
2. She was angry and put down the telephone receiver bedore he had
finished speaking.
She was angry and... up before he had finished speaking.

a) Hung
b) Got
c) Brought
d) Hold
3. Thieves used forcé yo enter the house while they were away.
Thieves... into the house while they were away.

a) Have been
b) Were forced
c) Kept
d) Broke

4. ‘’Where are you going to stay when you go to London’’ Tom asked
her.
Tom asked her where … to London
a) Was she going to stay when she went
b) Did she stay when she goes
c) She was going to stay when she went
d) You are going to stay when she goes

5. ‘Ok . I’II do it for you¿¿ Sheila told him

Sheila agreed… for him
a) Doing it
b) To do it
c) That to do it
d) That she is doing it.

6. I’m not sure this is my size. Can I put it on to see if it fits?

I’m not sure this ir my size. Can I try…. To see if it fits?

a) On it
b) It up
c) It on
 d) Out it

7. The brochures are produced by a printer

A printer…. The brouchures.

a) Produces
b) Is produced
c) Are producing
d) Has been produced

8. He began driving six hours ago

He………

a) Has driven since six hours

b) Has been driving for six hours
c) Has been driving for six hours ago
d) Is driving for six hours.

9. The soldiers obeyed the officer’s orders

The soldiers … out the officer’s orders

a) Put
b) Carried
c) Got
d) Took

10.Although he had Little money, he offered to pay for her lunch.

In spite…. Little money, he offered to pay for her luch

a) Of have
b) To have
c) He had
d) Of having
SECTION 4
COMPLETE EACH GAP WITH THE CORRECT WORD FORMED FROM THE
WORD IN BRACKETS.
 1. He has the ……annoying…………… habit of interrupting other preople
when they’re talking
2. So much excitement isn’t good for that old woman.
3. Whan she came in late, she closed the door …quietly.. in order not
to wake her parents.
4. I’m afraid he’s …dishonest… it would be a mistake to trust him with
money
5. He was …disappointed.. with the results of his exam.
6. I know the length of the table is 1.20 metres, buy what’s the
..width.. ?
7. ..Homeless people suffer when the weather is freezing and they
have nowhere to sleep.
8. Many Young people have difficulty finding …employment.. after
leaving university.
9. The actors in that film are completely …unknown.. I’ve never Heard
of any of them.
10.Are you sitting ..comfortably.. or would you prefer to sit on the
sofá?

SECTION 5

READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

NOW ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. The passage is about the new speed limits they have introduced in
Ireland
True
False
Doesn’t say

2. Some drivers went down a dead-end Street at 80kph

True
False
Doesn’t say
3. The Irish government thinks they have adequately publicized the
change and the new signs.
True
False
 Doesn’t say
4. For more tan twenty years
a) Ireland has converted to the metric system
b) The distances on road sign were in kilometres, while speed signs
were in miles
c) Preople had to convert the speed limits into kilometres before
they knew the distance they travelled
d) The irish and tourists were confused by speed limits.
5. Which is correct?
a) People were informed by various means before the speed signs
were changed.
b) Preople should drive at 100kph outside primary schools.
c) They are going to publicize the new road signs.
d) Schumacher has mishundertood the new speed signs.
6. They….
a) Break the law because they imitate Schumacher
b) Don’t want Schumacher to race on the motorway
c) Have warned drivers coming from Northern Ireland to be careful.
d) Will punish drivers who don’t convert to kilometres
7. Some of the pólice…
a) Are still using instruments which measure speed in miles
b) Are tolerant of people making mistakes because of the new
signs.
c) Have no intention of exceeding the speed limit
d) Have to convert distances into kilometres before they know the
speed of a car.
8. Which is correct?
a) Ireland first went metric in 1983.
b) Some children have been studying the metric system for thirty
years
c) When Ireland first converted distances into kilometres, they did
not change all the road signs immediately.
d) They have been changing road signs into kilometres for thirty
years.

9. The British government..

a) Has stated that British drivers will not have to drive on the right
in the near furure.
 b) Has no intention of changing the system used on the roads for
the momento.
c) Will probably change the system used on the roads soon
d) Thinks the imperial system is better that the metric one.
10. Which is correct?
a) The Irish think the rest of Europe should change to be in
harmony.
b) If you are using the metric system, you should drive on the left.
c) Irish divers drive on the same side of the road as the British.
d) The British say the Irish can’t drive on the right

SECTION VI

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WORDS IN THE BOX. BE

CAREFUL; THERE ARE 5 EXTRA WORDS

ANKLE – ORDER – FORM – HAIR- RECLAIM – FAVOUR – CLOUD –

BRIGHT – TEMPER- HAIR – WEATHER - GOOD – EYES- FIRM –
WORKING.

Woman: Oh no! The lift’s out of 1 orden again!

Man: Don’tlose your 2 temper You’re always saying you don’t get
enough exercise.Look on the 3 bright side- going up and down the
stairs between offices will be 4 good for you.

Woman: Yes, I know it will, but I’m up to my 5 eyes in work and I

haven’t got time to waste. This week is getting worse and worse

Man: Why do you say that?

Woman: Well, I got back from a business trip to Milan last Tuesday.
When I whent to baggage 6 reclaim , my suitcase wasn’t there!

Woman: Well, I filled in a long 7 form They said my case had

probaby been left in Brussels when I had to change planes. They
told me they would do their best to get it yo me by the end of the
week. I hopa they find it; I had my best suit and my notes in it. I
think I caught a cold in Milan too. I’ve been feeling under the 8
weather since I got back.

Man: You should stay at home if you’re unwell. Look, could you do
me a 9 favour? If you’re going up to the second floor, could you
give this file to jim? I went for a walk in the country a couple of days
ago and I fell and twisted my 10 ankle It’s getting better, but going
up and down stairs won’t it any good.