Test C1

Level C1 Advanced
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Intestazione

C1 – MOCK EXAMINATION

SECTION 1

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

1. I can’t believe it! Do you mean to tell me that Barry ……….. money from the till all this time? *
2. They went on holiday while their house ……….. *
3. You can try asking him for help but it ……….. you any good. *
4. The flat was deserted but it was obvious that somebody ……….. there. *
5. If he ……….. the 8.10 train, he would be here by now. *
6. he promised me the car ……….. by Friday, but it wasn’t. *
7. She ……….. her ticket while she ……….. to catch the train. *
8. Only when they switched on the light, ……….. the mess. *
9. By the end of this year, he ……….. in that house for fifty years. *
10. ……….. you the job, would you accept? *

SECTION 2

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

1. Sarah and John are very late. They ……………. lost. *
2. Susan has received top marks in all of her classes. She is ………………….. *
3. The bank robber promised that nobody would get hurt, ……………. they did as he ordered. *
4. John admitted to ……………………… a mistake. *
5. Chris decided to try and …………………………… a new firm. *
6. As long as you live within ……………….., you won’t have problems with debts. *
7. Joan’s very practical, isn’t she? She’s really ……………….. *
8. Christine is always running ………………… after the children. She has so much energy! *
9. If you ………………….. your eyes open, you’ll see many interesting animals on the savannah. *
10. Upbringing is very important in forming your ……………. to the world. *

SECTION 3

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

2. He was caught because the detective recognised him on the video tape.

If the detective ……… (A) on the video tape, ……… (B) caught.

2. Sally is happier when she goes to the gym often.

The more ………(A) to the gym, ……...(B)

SECTION 4

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

SECTION 5

Read the passage and underline the correct answers to the following questions.

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, 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….

1. Road Rage is…… *
2. The researchers at the National Institute of Traffic Safety decided that Road Rage is caused by…… *
3. In this case, “peanut” refers to …… *
4. people who drive slowly in the fast lane are thought to be … *
5. Blowing your horn at these people…. *
6. The reason people don’t move from their parking space at supermarkets is…… *
7. The people who cause Shopping Trolley Rage … *
8. The reason why supermarkets are so crowded and slow is….. *
9. The writer advises the reader to …… *
10. What is the overall tone of the article? *