New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary

Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:

Working parents

Reliable studies have shown that children of parents who both go out to work have no more problems than children with one parent staying at home. My personal 0 _____ is that both parents should go out to work if they wish.

Some parents invest so much in a career that they cannot 1_____ to give it up. Others have to work because of economic 2 _____. There are several options when it 3 _____ to choosing childcare from child minders to the kind neighbour 4 _____ the street. No 5 _____ how good the childcare may be, some children protest if their parents aren’t around. Babies become dependent on parents and close family 6 _____, so parents should make sure they allow 7 _____ time to help their child settle in with their new career.

Remember: if parents want to 8 _____ the best for their children, it’s not the quantity of time they spend with them, it’s the quality that matters.

Part 2

For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.

Example: BEEN

Daniela: Skateboard champion

I’ve always 0 _____ an outdoors kind of girl, and 9 _____ a kid, I’d get up to all sorts of stuff with my friends – climbing trees and messing about in the woods. As we got older, my friends started doing other things 10 _____ shopping and listening to music, but I still loved being outside and needed a new challenge.

11 _____ was my brother who first got me 12 _____ skateboarding. I’d seen him practising on his board hour after hour, and to 13 _____ honest, I used to think it was uncool. But when he showed me some amazing tricks he could do one day, I had to give it a go.

I’ve got a competitive streak, so I watched loads of skateboarding clips online and got out on my board whenever I could – even 14 _____ it was dark – in order to compete 15 _____ my brother. It obviously paid 16 _____ because I beat him in a competition last month!

Part 3

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: OBSERVATION

The London Eye