ESL B1+ Level MCQ Test With Answers UPPER INTERMEDIATE TEST 3

SECTION 1

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

Paul: What ______? You’re as red as a tomato!

Susan: Sunbathing in the garden.

The road ______ up and she couldn’t concentrate because of the noise outside.

It’s not worth ______ him to give us a hand. He never helps anyone!

He ______ on the go since the alarm clock ______ off this morning!

She ______ out the cellar when she ______ across an old painting that may be valuable.

The expense of a new car would mean ______ less money for our holiday!

He ______ for hours so it was time he took a break.

Where ______ when ______ to the Convention next week?

If he ______ in time, there ______ a serious accident. It’s lucky he has quick reactions!

Last Saturday, over a hundred people ______ after the disturbance at the football match.

SECTION 2

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

Lock the door when you leave the house, ______?

He promised to pick her up at the station but it slipped his ______ and she had to take a taxi.

He ______ me that he was going to be away this week but I really can't remember!

When he told you he was going to sell his house and live in a tent, he was pulling ______!

______ in the country yet or does she still find it too quiet?

They ______ pleased when their son borrowed their car and had an accident!

If we don’t ______ before it rains heavily again, our bedroom is going to get very damp!

Before putting the bowl of spaghetti on the table, she ______ grated cheese over it.

______ you tidy up afterwards, you can invite your friends round on Saturday evening.

After the party, the room was in a state ______!

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 text and answer the questions.

"TO BE OR NOT TO BE" WARMER – THAT IS THE QUESTION!

Everybody seems to have conflicting views about whether global warming exists or not. The confusion is well-demonstrated by two articles in The Telegraph. On May 21, 2008, the headline read, "Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts" and the article was about how the whole winter sports industry was threatened by lack of snow. Then, on December 18, The Telegraph reported, "The Alps have best snow conditions in a generation!"

According to some scientists, temperatures have dropped, not risen. They say that 1,000 years ago, the earth was hotter than it is now. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies says that December 2007 to November 2008 was the coolest year since 2000 and that the hottest decade of the 20th century was in the 1930s, not the 1990s.

It is also reported that in December 2008, the Arctic ice volume was 500,000 square kilometres greater than it was at the same time the year before and the Antarctic sea ice reached its highest levels since satellite records started in 1979. Instead of on global warming, the UN Environment Program experts blame the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas on the local warming effects of a huge ‘atmospheric brown cloud’ caused by Asia’s increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

On the other hand, scientists at the Copenhagen Climate Congress 2009 modified their 2007 predictions of an eighteen to fifty-nine-centimetre rise in sea levels. They say that the melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are already contributing more and faster to sea levels than they anticipated and, if the trend continues, a rise of a metre or more could be seen by 2100. They strongly advised governments to use the tools they already possessed to deal with the climate change challenge and ‘decarbonise’ economies. In other words, economies should find alternatives to fossil fuels, which produce emissions of carbon dioxide.

Other scientists have invented a novel way of dealing with global warming. They claim the phenomena can be fought by firing trillions of mirrors into space to form one huge mirror which would act as a ‘sun shade’ of approximately 161,000 square kilometres to deflect the sun’s rays. To do this, the mirrors would have to be fired to 1,609,344 kilometres above the earth using an enormous cannon with a barrel of about 966 metres across. They have estimated that the project would cost about €261 trillion! They are already carrying out tests, funded by NASA, and expect to be ready for launching within twenty or thirty years’ time. Perhaps, by then, scientists will come to an agreement about whether the climate is warming or not!

The Telegraph’s two articles _____.

Some scientists claim that _____.

According to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, _____.

In December 2008, _____.

The UN Environment Program experts say that _____.

In 2007, scientists predicted _____.

At the Copenhagen Climate Congress 2009, scientists said _____.

They recommended that governments should _____.

Other scientists wish to _____.

Which statement is correct?