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Test Upper intermediate

I. Choose the correct answer: (20p)1. Kate. hard recently.

Yes. She is taking her exams next month.

a) has been studying b) has studied c) studied2. .. is very good for you.

a) Swim b) Swimming c) To swim

3. Im afraid we have had to the flight because of bad weather conditions.

a. stop b. cancel c. take off 4. Im really .to the party. All my old friends will be there.

a. thinking about b. enjoying c. looking forward

5. He solve the problem, although it was difficult.a) was able to b) could c) couldnt

6. Would you like to watch the film with me?

No thanks. Id rather.. my book.a) read b) reading c) to read

7. This room.. last week.

a) was decorated b) will be decorated c) decorated8. Is Sue coming with us? I. Shes pretty busy these days.

a) imagine so b) dont think so c) suppose so9. If I won the lottery, I whatever I liked.

a) will buy b) can buy c) could buy10. I took the bus to work because my car. at the moment.

a) was being serviced b) is being serviced c) is serviced

II. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs: (10p)

A new addiction .. 1) (recently/emerge) to soap operas and the worlds first clinic to treatpeople obsessed with the soaps 2) (open) next week. Victims .3) (come) from every walk of

life from company directors to cleaners. Symptoms of addiction .. 4) (include) refusing to miss an

episode and watching recorded episodes again and again. One victim .. 5) (explain) how he ..6)(become) addicted five years ago. His obsession . 7) (be) so bad that he 8) (be) unable to

keep a steady relationship. When my friends 9) (come around), I was more interested in the soaps.

It was almost as if the people on TV .. 10) (become) my friends instead.

III. Continue the following conditional sentences: (10p)

1. If I knew the truth, 2. She wouldnt have been here .

3. If I had had the money,

4. I would have told you sooner, ..

5. If it rains,.

IV. Rewrite the sentences: (20p)

1. I didnt kill Mark Foster! he said.

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2. Someone is repairing the garden fence.

3. Im not going to tell you what happened, he said to her.

4. The boss is going to give us a pay rise.

5. Ill call the police if you dont leave me alone, she cried.

6. People make pancakes from flour, eggs and milk.

7. You stole the money! she said to him.

8. The police are questioning the suspects.

9. Did your next door neighbours see the thieves?

10. Ill phone you as soon as I arrive, Wendy, he said.

V. Write (on a different piece of paper) the middle paragraph of this narrative.(120-150 words) (3p)Jason was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something

positive to say.

Jason lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him

that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.