ESL C1 Level MCQ Test With Answers ADVANCED TEST 1

C1 MOCK EXAMINATION - Use of English and Reading Sections

SECTION 1

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

I can’t believe it! Do you mean to tell me that Barry ……….. money from the till all this time?

They went on holiday while their house ______.

You can try asking him for help but it ______ you any good.

The flat was deserted but it was obvious that somebody ______ there.

If he ______ the 8.10 train, he would be here by now.

He promised me the car ______ by Friday, but it wasn’t.

She ______ her ticket while she ______ to catch the train.

Only when they switched on the light, ______ the mess.

By the end of this year, he ______ in that house for fifty years.

______ you the job, would you accept?

Section 2

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

Sarah and John are very late. They ______ lost.

Susan has received top marks in all of her classes. She is ______.

The bank robber promised that nobody would get hurt, ______ they did as he ordered.

John admitted to ______ a mistake.

Chris decided to try and ______ a new firm.

As long as you live within ______, you won’t have problems with debts.

Joan’s very practical, isn’t she? She’s really ______.

Christine is always running ______ after the children. She has so much energy!

If you ______ your eyes open, you’ll see many interesting animals on the savannah.

Upbringing is very important in forming your ______ to the world.

Section 4

(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.)

Fill the gaps in the passage with words formed from the ‘root’ words below.

WOMEN FAIL TO BALANCE CAREER AND HOME LIFE

Two in every three women want to quit the rat race as they try to juggle the ______ demands of work and home, a survey has found.

Trying hard – but failing – to achieve a balanced life is the greatest obstacle to a woman’s ______, according to the survey of 2,000 women with an average age of 38.

The survey presents complex findings to the ______, whose policies have been designed to encourage most mothers to work.

A document from the Women and Equality Unit said women with young children should go to work. It suggested that mothers who stayed at home were failing to pay the state back for the cost of their time at school or university. Working mothers were “maximising returns on public and private investment in ______ and training,” it said.

Measures to help those wanting more time at home included increased maternity pay, extended maternity leave and paternity leave and new rights on flexible hours. Yet the survey for Top Sante Health and Beauty magazine found that women were often frustrated because they could not cope with work and home life. Much of women’s anxiety appears to come from the ______ high standards set by so-called “supermoms”.

Three-quarters of women surveyed, whose average total household income was £39,000, said their lives were not what they thought they would be. Six out of ten complained that their sex lives and social lives were ______.

Marina Gask, the editor of Top Sante, said: “The ‘have it all’ dream has turned into a ‘do it all’ nightmare.” In reality, most women struggle to look after their families and hold down a demanding job to make ends meet. Despite their hard work, many are up to their necks in debt, feel ______ drained, financially ______ and unsatisfied sexually and socially.

Despite their hard work, many are up to their necks in debt, feel ______ drained, financially ______ and unsatisfied sexually and socially.

The endless ______ of elegant celebrities left most women feeling imperfect.

Their poor body image played on their minds and ruined their ______ of everyday life. Unlike their grandmothers, they are no longer prepared to accept ageing. As a result, more women than ever are turning to the extreme option of cosmetic surgery which they regard as a quick fix to their body problems.

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 underline the correct answers to each question.

ROAD WARRIORS: WHY GUYS ACT MACHO

If you drive on American motorways, you’ve probably noticed that, more and more often, bullets are coming through your windshield. This is a common sign of Road Rage, which opinion-makers have decided is a serious problem, currently ranking just behind global warming and several points ahead of Asia.

How diffuse is Road Rage? To answer that question, researchers at the National Institute of Traffic Safety recently did a study in which they drove on the interstate motorway system in a specially equipped observation van. By the third day, they were deliberately running other motorists off the road.

“These people are MORONS!” was their official report.

That is the main cause of Road Rage: the realization that many of your fellow motorists have the same brain structure as a peanut. The most common example, of course, is the motorists who feel a need to drive in the left-hand or “fast” lane, even though they are going slower than everybody else. Nobody knows why these motorists do this. Maybe they belong to some kind of religious cult that believes the right lane is sacred and must never come in direct contact with tyres. Maybe one time, years ago, these motorists happened to be driving in the left lane when their favourite song came on the radio, so they’ve driven over there ever since, in the hope that the radio will play that song again.

But whatever makes these people drive this way, there’s nothing you can do about it. You can blow your horn at them, but it will have no effect. People have been blowing their horns at them for years: it’s a normal part of their environment.

In addition to Road Rage, there is the experience of Car Park Rage, which occurs when a motorist pulls into a crowded supermarket car park and sees people get into their car, clearly ready to leave, so they stop their car and wait for the other to leave the spot, and …. Nothing happens! They just stay there! WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY DOING IN THERE??!! COOKING DINNER??? Who knows? Perhaps they only do it to annoy.

When people finally get into the supermarket, they often experience Shopping Trolley Rage. This is caused by the people – and you just KNOW these are the same people who always drive in the left-hand lane – who routinely manage, by careful placement, to block the entire aisle with a single shopping trolley.

What makes the supermarket congestion even worse is that shoppers are taking longer and longer to decide what to buy, because every product in the supermarket now comes in an insane number of styles and sizes. For example, orange juice… for just one brand of orange juice, the shopper must decide between Original, Homestyle, Pulp Plus, Double Vitamin C, Calcium or Old Fashioned. Once that’s decided, then there’s the decision about 33 cl, a half litre, one litre, one and a half litres or two litres or double pack size. TOO many choices. This creates ‘Too Many Products Choice Rage’. A complaint to the producer will lead to experiencing ‘Automated Phone Answering System Rage’ (“… for questions about Pulp Plus in the one-litre size, press 44. For questions about Pulp Plus in the two-litre size, press 45. For questions about…”)

The point is that there are many causes for rage in our modern world, and if we’re going to avoid unnecessary violence, we all need to “keep a cool head on our shoulders”. So let’s try to be more considerate, OK? Otherwise…

Road Rage is ______.

The researchers at the National Institute of Traffic Safety decided that Road Rage is caused by ______.

In this case, “peanut” refers to _____.

People who drive slowly in the fast lane are thought to be _____.

Blowing your horn at these people _____.

The reason people don’t move from their parking space at supermarkets is _____.

The people who cause Shopping Trolley Rage _____.

The reason why supermarkets are so crowded and slow is _____.

The writer advises the reader to _____.

What is the overall tone of the article?