English testing level C – Exam 1 1. Food prices have been ________ steadily for at least twenty years. (A) rising(B) raising(C) lifting(D) growing2. I’ll have to study very hard, ________ I can pass the exam. (A) in order(B) so that(C) therefore(D) such3. You ________ to eat if you don’t feel like it. (A) needn’t(B) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 2 1. Is there ________ bread for all the sandwiches we have to make? (A) correct(B) enough(C) plenty(D) equal2. Teaching is not a(n) ________ which pays very well. (A) post(B) work(C) employment(D) occupation3. No, the letter didn’t come through the post. It was delivered personally, ________ hand. (A) with(B) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 3 1. It’s an awful ________ your wife couldn’t come. I was looking forward to meeting her. (A) harm(B) sorrow(C) shame(D) shock2. There is a fault at out TV station. Please do not ________ your set. (A) change(B) adjust(C) repair(D) switch3. Don’t touch the cat, he may ________ you. [...]

English testing level C – Exam 4 1. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to ________ the match till Sunday. (A) put off(B) cancel(C) play(D) put away2. Call in and see our ________ of spring fashions today. (A) reputation(B) election(C) selection(D) production3. We have no ________ in our files of your recent letter to [...]

English testing level C – Exam 5 1. English people are thought ________ less friendly than people from the Mediterranean. (A) to be(B) been(C) be(D) being2. – Mary: Would you give this note to Mr Tomlinson, please? – Ross: Sorry, I can’t. He doesn’t ________. (A) any more work here(B) any longer work here(C) work [...]

English testing level C – Exam 6 1. Her husband treated her badly. I’m surprised she ________ it for so long. (A) put up with(B) put off(C) put through(D) put up2. The bank manager ________ me to open a deposit account as soon as possible. (A) warned(B) advised(C) suggested(D) approved3. Oxfam tries to send food [...]

English testing level C – Exam 7 1. – Grace: I wish your parents invite us for holiday. – Monty: They can’t. They have ________ to accommodate us and the children too. (A) such a small house(B) a too small house(C) very small a house(D) too small a house2. When they had ________ the new [...]

English testing level C – Exam 8 1. They have ________ the old castle and it is now a luxury hotel. (A) transformed(B) undone(C) remade(D) constructed2. I ________ so much last night: I feel terrible. (A) shouldn’t have eaten(B) mustn’t have eaten(C) needn’t have eaten(D) didn’t have to eat3. He stole one of the officers’ [...]

English testing level C – Exam 9 1. I can’t understand how your father managed to ________ that man. He had deceived all the rest of us. (A) see against(B) see through(C) see to(D) see out2. Our car is much older ________ than yours. (A) model(B) pattern(C) manufacture(D) form3. I ________ in bed all night [...]

English testing level C – Exam 10 1. There’s something wrong with my watch: it’s ________ fifteen minutes in the last twelve hours. (A) won(B) progressed(C) advanced(D) gained2. If you are ________ to customers, they’ll walk out of the shop. (A) brush(B) rough(C) rude(D) rusty3. The air in the house felt cold and ________ after [...]

English testing level C – Exam 11 1. The explorers walked all the way along the river from its mouth to its ________. (A) cause(B) well(C) source(D) outlet2. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realised that he was a man of considerable ________. (A) ability(B) possibility(C) future(D) opportunity3. It is ________ knowledge in the [...]

English testing level C – Exam 12 1. The little girl wouldn’t go into the sea ________ her father went too. (A) except(B) but(C) also(D) unless2. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me. (A) front(B) start(C) early(D) near3. She ________ to take her neighbour to court if he didn’t stop making [...]

English testing level C – Exam 14 1. Buy the new ________ of soap now on sale: it is softer than others! (A) model(B) brand(C) mark(D) manufacture2. My uncle took ________ golf when he retired from work. (A) on(B) up(C) over(D) after3. There has been a rather worrying ________ ten per cent in our profits [...]

English testing level C – Exam 13 1. ________ goes the bus; now we will have to walk! (A) On time(B) At once(C) There(D) Early2. She is very important to him. He wouldn’t get ________ without her. (A) over(B) by(C) down(D) round3. The Blackhams live in the house ________ the blue door. (A) with(B) where(C) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 16 1. – Joan: Could I have another spoonful of your delightful pudding? – Maud: Oh dear, there doesn’t seem to be ________. (A) some left(B) any left(C) left any(D) leaving some2. I shall go on working on the farm ________ I can. (A) through(B) as long as(C) during(D) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 15 1. The shop assistant was ________ helpful, but she felt he could have given her more advice. (A) entirely(B) exactly(C) quite(D) totally2. The meal was excellent; the pears were particularly ________. (A) flavoured(B) delicious(C) tasteful(D) desirable3. Are there any seats left for this evening’s ________ of “Carmen”? (A) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 17 1. It will ________ rain later so we should go and have our picnic now. (A) preferably(B) probably(C) likely(D) usually2. I would have cleaned the house if I ________ you were coming. (A) knew(B) would have known(C) had known(D) have known3. Dave and I have ________ to meet [...]

English testing level C – Exam 20 1. Last year the potato harvest was very disappointing, but this year it looks as though we shall have a better ________. (A) product(B) outcome(C) amount(D) crop2. He was in ________ of a large number of men. (A) management(B) leadership(C) charge(D) direction3. He was born during the war, [...]

English testing level C – Exam 18 1. He opened the letter without ________ to read the address on the envelope. (A) worrying(B) caring(C) fearing(D) bothering2. – Fay: The headmistress wants you in her study. – Ivy: She’s here already. I didn’t think she ________ till tomorrow. (A) will be coming(B) was coming(C) is coming(D) [...]

English testing level C – Exam 19 1. They all take too much ________ of his kindness and generosity. (A) profit(B) advantage(C) benefit(D) use2. Don’t worry about trying to catch last train home, as we can easily ________ you up for the night. (A) take(B) put(C) set(D) keep3. Our car is very old, but I [...]