ESL B1 Level MCQ Test With Answers INTERMEDIATE TEST 2

B1 – MOCK EXAMINATION SECTION 1

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

In general, he ____ about personal matters with strangers.

We ____ the gates to open at 7:00 yesterday but the concert was cancelled at the last moment.

He decided to leave the company because he _____ with his boss.

It’s hard to work nights when you ____ during the day.

I don’t mind _____ on the condition that you do the washing up!

SECTION 2

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

When you meet the Queen, you ____ certain types of protocol.

It’s relatively safe to visit that city. ____, you should avoid large crowds.

He asked me what time ____ because he had a train to catch.

I’m sure that if you ____ hard, you’ll see the results in one year.

Things seem ____ more expensive with each passing week!

SECTION 3

Choose the correct alternative to complete the second sentence so that the meaning remains the same as the first.

Somebody will explain your absence to the manager when he comes in on Monday. Your absence ______ to the manager when he comes in on Monday.

The police will investigate the crime. The police will ______ the crime.

I wasn’t expecting him to arrive unexpectedly like that. I wasn’t expecting him to ______ like that.

“Do you want to go to the cinema with me?” he asked her. He asked her whether ______ to the cinema with him.

“No! Not me! I didn’t take your money,” he told his colleague. He denied ______ his colleague’s money.

My computer stopped working at the moment when I needed it most.

My computer ______ at the moment when I needed it most.

There have been many changes made to the musical arrangement.

They ______ many changes to the musical arrangement.

They started to go to the Health Spa in 2003. They ______ 2003.

I hope you don’t mind taking care of my dog while I’m away.

I hope you don’t mind ______ my dog while I’m away.

They played the match in spite of the rain.

They played the match ______.

SECTION 5

(Please note: The following questions are related to a specific reading passage, which is available solely before the first question. Remember, it may be helpful to refer back to the reading text while answering the questions to ensure accuracy.)

Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question.

Have you ever thought that within a single afternoon, you could lose your sense of security? That happened to me, and I’m still paying for the consequences of somebody else’s action. The feeling of security and serenity, that everyone should have, is often brutally taken away for just a few dollars. Unfortunately, this happens again and again all over the world, and it is hard for the victims of criminal actions to find their serenity again.

It was just a day like any other. My best friend and I were in her shop. I had been out shopping that day and I’d decided to go and see her. It was the middle of the afternoon and we were both happy and making plans for the weekend.

Suddenly a man entered the shop. There was something about him that was strange. He didn’t look like one of her usual customers. However, my friend welcomed him politely and asked if she could help him. He had something in his hand in his pocket. We couldn’t see what it was. He ordered us to go to the back of the shop and he pulled his hand out of his pocket. We were shocked to see he had a gun!

We were so afraid that we could hardly understand what was happening. Naturally, we obeyed him. The really terrifying thing was that he seemed so calm and so used to this kind of action. “Don’t say a single word and do exactly as you are told,” he said. He gave us precise orders and kept telling us that he could kill us at any time. He took the money from the cash desk, from our bags and then asked for our jewellery. We gave him everything he wanted. He was unemotional while he was bringing his “job” to a conclusion. Finally, after a few more interminable minutes, he left.

From the moment that man walked out of that shop, I have not been the same person. I do not feel safe. I often check to see if someone is following me and am careful not to have valuables with me when I’m out of my house. I now avoid certain parts of town where I went without problems before.

Perhaps I am being silly. After all, apart from being robbed, nothing happened to my friend and me. We were lucky. However, that man seemed ready to kill us as though we were insects if we didn’t obey him. This possibility has stayed with me since that horrible day. Now I am sure only of one fact; I blame this man, not for having taken my jewellery, but for having taken away my innocence.

According to the text, _____.

The woman _____.

Which statement is correct?

The speaker understood that the man had a gun when _____.

The speaker found it particularly frightening that _____.

The man did NOT take _____.

Until the end, the robber remained _____.

From the moment the man left the shop, the speaker believes _____.

Which information is NOT in the text?

The speaker is angry with the robber because _____.

SECTION 6

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

Complete the conversation.

Kerry: Do you think the music that young people are so ______ on today is as good as the music we were listening to ______ in the 1970s?

Kerry: Do you think the music that young people are so ______ on today is as good as the music we were listening to ______ in the 1970s?

Phil: It’s rather a difficult question to answer. If I say “no”, then someone in their ______ can accuse me of being another ______ person who can’t see anything good in what’s happening today.

Phil: If I say “no”, then someone in their ______ can accuse me of being another ______ person who can’t see anything good in what’s happening today.

Phil: It’s just my ______ opinion but no, I don’t think the music is as good today as it was then.

Kerry: Yes, I have to ______ with you.

Kerry: It just doesn’t seem to be as catchy or vital and I think the most ______ thing is that it’s here today and gone tomorrow.

Kerry: Most of it is so ______; there doesn’t seem to be much originality in it!

Phil: I think there’s a lot of very ______ and unusual music to be found on the Internet but it’s hard to find without a record company promoting it. Unfortunately, most of these artists never become famous.

Kerry: Well, I don’t care if young people think Pink Floyd are ______. I love listening to them on my iPod!