FCE GRAMMAR TEST 2 PART 1 (USE OF ENGLISH)

 

 

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

 

1 B: The other linking expressions can't be followed by 'you're not'.

2 C: The other words don't fit the context of the sentence.

3 C: The other verbs do not mean anything in the gap.

4 D: The other verbs to not make a phrasal verb with 'for'.

5 A: This is a very common collocation.

6 D: Only the right answer makes full sense in the context.

7 B: The other words do not collocate with 'worked'.

8 B: The phrasal verb 'taken off is the only one that fits the context.

9 C: The other words do not take the preposition 'from'.

10 B: The other words cannot be followed by 'it as'.

11 A: The other words are not used to mean 'someone visiting a website'.

12 D: This means to invent.

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