SECTION 1: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

1. Most university students _________ on campus in their first year.

A. lives B. live C. are living

2. From this graph we can see that the economy _________ at the moment.

A. improved B. improve C. is improving

3. GMT _____ for Greenwich Mean Time.

A. looks B. makes C. stands

4. I _________ want to be a practising doctor but now I'm more interested in research.

A. was used to B. used to C. would

5. I finished my essay yesterday but _________ it in to the tutor yet.

A. I've given B. I haven't given C. I didn't give

6. I don't know whether to accept the job offer. It's _________.

A. a difficult decision B. the difficult decision C. difficult decision

7. Computers first ___ ___ use in the early 1950s.

A. took in B. gave off C. came into

8. The government has released some _________ data showing how schools are not
providing an adequate education to our children.

A. shocking B. shock C. shocked

9. _________ people live in the countryside than 100 years ago.

A. Less B. Few C. Fewer

10. When you write your essays you _________ copy ideas from books without
referencing them properly.

A. mustn't B. don't have to C. have to

11. Doctors have _________ us to cut down on salt in our diets if we want to reduce the
risk of getting heart disease.

A. insisted B. suggested C. advised

12. My parents encouraged _________ this course.

A. me to do B. me doing C. me do

13. Who _______ about the surprise party?

A. let the cat out of the bag

B. smell a rat

C. have a cow

14. When Linda was a child she had an ______ friend called Booboo.

A. imaginable

B. imaginary

C. imaginative

15. The head teacher _________ is responsible for secondary education has just
arrived.

A. which

B. who

C. what

16. These drugs are the best medicine available at the moment, _________ they are
expensive, unfortunately.

A. although

B. because

C. so

17. Learning a foreign language is important because it helps you to understand other
cultures better. _________ it can be a useful skill in many areas of work.

A. However,

B. Despite this,

C. In addition,

18. The _________ of dark red spots is one of the first signs of the disease.

A. appearance

B. appearing

C. appear