PRACTICE TEST

Reading and Use of English

TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour 15 minutes
NUMBER OF PARTS:    7
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS:    52
MARKS PER QUESTION: 1-24: 1 mark each
25-42: 2 marks each
43-52: 1 mark each
TOTAL MARKS: 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL SCORE: 40%

General instructions:

For Parts 1 to 4, you read different texts and do grammar and vocabulary tasks.
For Parts 5 to 7, you read more texts and answer questions that test your reading ability. You will encounter the following text types:  newspapers and magazine articles, journal entries, book extracts (fiction and non-fiction), and promotional and informational material.

You submit your answers and can see the correct answers at the end of this section.

 

Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and choose the correct answer for each gap.

 

 

Part 2

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Part 3

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Part 4

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USE OF ENGLISH TEST

ANSWER KEY:

Part 1
1 - B
2 - A
3 - D
4 - A
5 - A
6 - D
7 - D
8 - A
9 - A
10 - B
11 - B
12 - D
Part 2
13 - in
14 - However / Nevertheless
15 - keep / bear
16 - since
17 - order / advance
18 - have
19 - period
20 - down
21 - during
22 - by
23 - are
24 - as
Part 3
25 - compulsive
26 - gambling
27 - information
28 - users
29 - reinvent
30 - moderation
31 - obsessive
32 - worse
33 - offering
34 - fulfilling
Part 4
35 - apologised for losing
36 - no need to renew
37 - the first time we had
38 - such an interesting film
39 - doesn't matter how much / does not matter how much
40 - spite of the rain
41 - wish I had told
42 - reminds me of

 

Part 5

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Part 6

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Part 7

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