TEST 2: USE OF ENGLISH

For questions 1-12, read the text on the right and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) from below best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam you mark your answers on a separate answer sheet.


Example:

(0)

A

goes

B

calls

C

passes

D

titles

Sudoku

 

Are you a fan of the popular logical puzzle that (0)_____ by the name Sudoku? (1)_____ you're not, the chances are you know somebody who is. Once (2)_____ known outside Japan, this addictive brain teaser has become a common feature of newspaper puzzle pages all over the world.

Sudoku's great success (3)_____ much to its simplicity. The game (4)_____ for neither mathematical ability nor (5)_____ knowledge and there are just a few sentences of straightforward instructions to read before you can play. The only skill required is the ability to (6)_____ the difference between nine different symbols, and these don't even have to be numbers.

Some clever marketing has helped the game. Western newspapers worked (7)_____ at promoting the game. Without this, it is unlikely that it would have (8)_____ off and become quite such a runaway success. The game also (9)_____ from its Japanese name that made people in many parts of the world (10)_____ it as a superior kind of puzzle compared to those you usually find in newspapers and magazines.

But the popularity of Sudoku reached a peak in 2006, if the number of (11)_____ on one leading website is anything to go by. Newspapers responded by (12)_____ up with new kinds of logical puzzles, all with simple rules and Japanese names. But for true Sudoku fans, only the real thing will do.

1	A	Apart from	B	Even if		C	In spite of	D	Regardless
2	A	thinly	B	rarely		C	hardly	D	briefly
3	A	results	B	thanks		C	owes	D	lends
4	A	expects	B	demands		C	requests	D	calls
5	A	general	B	normal		C	usual	D	ordinary
6	A	copy	B	match		C	notice	D	recognise
7	A	tough	B	hard		C	strong	D	heavy
8	A	got	B	taken		C	given	D	passed
9	A	promoted	B	improved		C	benefited	D	increased
10	A	believe	B	regard		C	think	D	consider
11	A	hits	B	clicks		C	strikes	D	shots
12	A	setting	B	putting		C	making	D	coming