Use of English Vocabulary Test C

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Question 1

(Please note: Questions 1-15 are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

The Four-Minute Mile

It is the nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by new ones. Yet in many sports __(1)__, there is a mark which is not __(2)__ in itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes __(3)__ to break it.

A	happenings
B	events
C	games
D	matches

Question 2

Yet in many sports __(1)__, there is a mark which is not __(2)__ in itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes __(3)__ to break it.

A	central
B	major
C	significant
D	considerable

Question 3

Yet in many sports __(1)__, there is a mark which is not __(2)__ in itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes __(3)__ to break it.

A	try
B	try on
C	try out
D	try for

Question 4

The most __(4)__ of these is the attempt to run the mile in __(5)__ than four minutes.

A	known
B	public
C	noticeable
D	famous

Question 5

The most __(4)__ of these is the attempt to run the mile in __(5)__ than four minutes.

A	smaller
B	less
C	lower
D	under

Question 6

In 1945, the mile record was __(6)__ to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds.

A	broken down
B	lessened
C	decreased
D	brought down

Question 7

And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student __(7)__ Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record.

A	entitled
B	called
C	nicknamed
D	known

Question 8

He had been __(8)__ for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the __(9)__ year.

A	trying
B	studying
C	running
D	training

Question 9

He had been __(8)__ for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the __(9)__ year.

A	early
B	previous
C	past
D	former

Question 10

Two other runners set the pace for him, and __(10)__ 250 yards to go, he burst ahead for the finish.

A	on
B	in
C	with
D	by

Question 11

He wrote __(11)__: ‘My body had exhausted all its energy, but it __(12)__ on running just the same.

A	afterwards
B	then
C	next
D	after

Question 12

He wrote __(11)__: ‘My body had exhausted all its energy, but it __(12)__ on running just the same.

A	went
B	continued
C	ran
D	got

Question 13

Those __(13)__ few seconds seemed never-ending.

A	last
B	late
C	latest
D	later

Question 14

I could see the line of the finishing tape. I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save himself from danger. ‘Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. __(14)__ this record has been broken on many __(15)__ since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.

A	But
B	In spite of
C	However
D	Although

Question 15

I could see the line of the finishing tape. I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save himself from danger. ‘Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. __(14)__ this record has been broken on many __(15)__ since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.