TEST – B2

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1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I’d never have got to the railway station on time if I ________________ (take) the bus.
2 We could have finished much earlier if we ______________ (have) fewer breaks.
3 You __________________ (not crash) the car if you hadn’t been using your phone.
4 I wouldn’t eat there if I ________________________ (be) you. The service is awful.
5 Trevor __________________ (not go) on the trip if he’d known how much it was going
to cost.
6 If you __________________ (spend) less on clothes, you might be able to rent a nicer
apartment.
7 If I was rich, I ______________________ (travel) around the world.
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2 Underline the correct verb forms.

1 You’d know what to do if you were listening / ’d listened to her instructions properly.
2 I wouldn’t go / wouldn’t have gone to his leaving party even if he’d asked me.
3 I’d help you fix your bike if I’d known/ knew how to do it.
4 You’d be able to enjoy the sun today if you’d done / ’d have done your work
yesterday.
5 We’d have cleaned / ’d clean the house if you’d told us you were coming today.
6 You wouldn’t be so hungry now if you’d eaten / ’d have eaten a good breakfast.
7 You wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been here now if you hadn’t worked hard.
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3 Complete the words in the sentences. (Feelings)

1 Mark had been unemployed for three months and was d_____ to find a job.
2 I was s________ when I heard that he’d died. He was so young!
3 I was very o________ when Mary said she couldn’t understand my accent.
4 We were so g________ when Barry offered to help us clear up the mess.
5 I get really n________ before giving a presentation, but I’m OK once I’ve started.
6 They must have been d________ when their house was flooded a second time.
7 I was so o________ with emotion I burst into tears.
8 I’ve been digging this garden for hours. I’m completely sh________!
 9 Harry felt h____________ when he went away on his own for the first time.

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4 Complete the sentences with one word.

1 Investing money in the stock market is never safe – you’re taking a ________.
2 You don’t need to rush – take ________ time and enjoy your meal.
3 Don’t expect so much from Jane – you must take into ________ that she’s still young.
4 You should take more care ________ yourself. You don’t eat properly.
5 I’ve always wanted to take ________ in a charity event.
6 The wedding will take ________ at the church on 12th July.
7 Do you think you take ________ your mother or your father in character?
8 You should take ________ of the low exchange rates and get some dollars now.
9 The plane took ______ exactly on time.

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5 Complete the sentences with rather or better.

1 You'd ___________stay here until the storm passes.

2 I'd ____________work outside than have to be in an office all day.
3 Would you _______________wait until you've had longer to think about it?
4 We'd ______________not ring them now. They're probably putting the baby to bed.
5 I'd __________________have a window seat, please.
6 You'd _________________stay in and study tonight. You've got an English test tomorrow.

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6 Complete the sentences with likely or probably.

1 The traffic is terrible so I'll ______________be late this morning.

2 Climate change is______________to affect us all by the end of the decade.
3 I'll call them if you like, but they aren't ___________to be in.
4 The concert tickets are ____________ sell out very quickly.
5 I'll _____________find out if I've passed or not by the end of the day.
6 You've ___________________heard this joke before, but I'll tell you anyway.

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7 Complete the sentences with the correct particle.

1 We'll need to set ____________early if we want to miss the traffic.

2 My mum told me__________for leaving footprints on the carpet.
3 Hold _______tightly to your bag. There are a lot of pickpockets around here.
4 Take a deep breath and try to calm __________. It's not worth getting upset about.
5 In the event of an emergency, all staff should get _________of the building as quickly as they
can.

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8 Complete the sentences with past modals.
1 Nobody answered the phone at the clinic. It ____________closed early.
2 I _________________revised more for my exams. I think I'll fail!
3 I didn't know you were going to Sarah's party yesterday. You ___________________told me!
4 It __________________been Bradley I saw at the party. He didn't recognise me at all.
5 I can't believe Jimmy hasn't arrived yet. He ______________caught the wrong train.

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9 Read the article about survival. Five sentences have been removed. Which sentence A-F
fits each gap (1-5)? There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

Survival stories
We’ve all heard amazing stories in which people struggle heroically to survive against
all the odds. [----1----] The truth, though, is that not all survivors are quite so heroic.
As these two stories show, the will to survive isn’t always so strong.
As an experienced sailor, Lynn Walker knows nothing is ever certain on the high seas.
However, when she took on the job of sailing a luxury yacht from Tahiti to San Diego,
she must have believed that it would be one of the less complicated trips she had
done. Little did she know that after a week of calm sailing the weather would change
dramatically, bringing a tropical depression from Central America to blast the yacht
with 20-metre waves. Lynn found herself battling against Hurricane Raymond. [----2-
---]
Lynn was unconscious for a long time. When she did finally come round, she realized
that the boat had miraculously righted itself, and that she had been saved by the
lifeline connecting her to the boat. [---3----] Tragically, she could see Simon, her
boyfriend, lying dead in the water.
 There was plenty of food on the boat, and the weather was calm again, but Lynn
could only feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. She found that she couldn’t
eat, and simply sat on the soaking wet deck. It was as if she had given up, and was
waiting to die. Then, all of a sudden, a voice in her head told her to survive. She
managed to put up a makeshift sail, and consulting the surviving charts on the boat,
somehow sailed to Hawaii.
Another story is set in the thrilling yet terrifying Marathon des Sables, arguably the
world’s toughest foot race. Competitors attempt a six-day 250-km run across the
Sahara desert in temperatures of over 45 degrees. Just imagine getting lost. That,
however, is exactly what happened to an Italian policeman called Marco Contadino,
a regular competitor, when he took part in the race in 1996. [-----4-----] Marco should
have stopped and waited for the storm to calm down, but he kept on, desperate to
stay in seventh place in the race, only to find that when the wind dropped he could
no longer see the course. He reached for his water bottle and found there were only
a few drops left in the bottom of it.
For three whole days Marco tried to find his way back to the course, with barely any
water and no idea what direction he was heading in. He started to visualize the
agonising death he would soon have to face. A friend had once told him that dying of
thirst was the worst of all possible deaths. Fearing such a long and painful death, he
decided to cut his wrists with a knife. But, short of water, his blood was thick and
would not flow.. [---5----] Five more days passed until, miraculously, a group of Tuareg
nomads found him and took him to a village. Marco discovered he was in Algeria, 130
miles away from the race course.

A She had tied it to herself moments before the boat had first gone under the waves.
B A sandstorm developed as he was running, which covered the marks of the course he was
following with sand.
C In desperation, he headed out into the desert one more time, expecting to die.
D Something went wrong, and soon disaster struck.
E It was an unequal battle, and the boat soon turned over.
F We wonder what we would have done in similar impossible situations and find it hard to
imagine how these people found the strength to stay alive.

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