ELET PRACTICE 3 Name ______________________________________

Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank. (9) _____ these days. (18) The meal was very expensive. Look at the
a) I never a newspaper buy _____!
b) I never buy a newspaper a) ticket
(1) Roberta _____ from The United States.
c) I buy never a newspaper b) receipt
a) are
d) Never I buy a newspaper c) invoice
b) is
(10) I _____ watch TV tonight. d) bill
c) am
a) am (19) How many _____ of trousers have you got?
d) be
b) go to a) items
c) going to b) pairs
(2) What’s _____ name?
d) am going to c) sets
a) -
(11) I wish I _____ more money! d) times
b) his
a) have (20) Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil
c) him
b) had looking really _____.
d) he
c) would have a) tanned
(3) My friend _____ in London.
d) was having b) sunned
a) living
(12) _____ be famous one day? c) coloured
b) live
a) Would you like d) darkened
c) lives
b) Would you like to Read the text below. For questions 21 to 25, choose
d) is live
c) Do you like
(4) Where _____? the best answer (a, b, c or d).
d) Do you like to
a) works Tom
(13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday. Heavier than air flying machines are impossible,’ said
b) Tom works
a) on the well-known scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. Thomas
c) Tom does work
b) in Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943, was wrong too
d) does Tom work
c) at when he said that he thought there would be a world
(5) I _____ coffee.
d) by market for only five or so computers.
a) no like
(14) I _____ eighteen years old. Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is very
b) not like
a) am difficult to predict what the world will be like in 100,
c) like don’t
b) have 50, or even 20 years from now. But this is something
d) don’t like
c) have got that scientists and politicians often do. They do so
(6) ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two
d) - because they invent things and make decisions that
years ago.”
a) Did you ever go
(15) I _____ a headache. shape the future of the world that we live in.
a) am In the past they didn’t have to think too much about the
b) Do you ever go
b) do impact that their decisions had on the natural world.
c) Have you ever been
c) have But that is now changing. An increasing number of
d) Are you ever going
d) got people believe that we should live within the rules set
(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.
(16) Do you _____ a uniform at your school? by nature. In other words, they think that in a world of
a) the most big
a) carry fixed and limited resources, what is used today will not
b) the bigger
b) wear be there for our children. We must therefore look at
c) the biggest
c) use each human activity and try to change it or create
d) the more big
d) hold alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules for this
(8) A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn’t eat
(17) ‘What time is it?’ ‘I have no _____.’ are set by nature, not by man.
meat.
a) idea
a) who
b) opinion
b) what
c) answer
c) which
d) time
d) whose
(21) What was Lord Kelvin suggesting?
 a) It is difficult to make accurate b) to wearing b) a little
predictions. c) wear c) few
b) It would be possible for people to fly. d) is wearing d) a few
(29) Harry _____ his father’s car when the (37) Did you hear what happened to Kate? She
c) It would be impossible for people to fly. accident happened. _____.
a) was driving a) is arrested
d) There would only be a few computers. b) drove b) arrested
(22) According to the text, which of the following c) had driven c) has been arrested
statements is TRUE? d) has been driving d) is being arrested
a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were (30) I was wondering _____ tell me when the next (38) I usually _____ up at about 7.30.
good friends. plane from Chicago arrives? a) go
b) The world does not have unlimited a) could you b) be
natural resources. b) can you c) do
c) Our children will not make predictions c) if you could d) get
about the future. d) if could you (39) I _____ football every week.
d) It is easy to predict what the world will (31) If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him, a) play
be like 20 years from now. wouldn’t I? b) go
(23) shape (line 11) is closest in meaning to: a) saw c) do
a) do b) had seen d) have
b) create c) have seen (40) My sister _____ the cooking in our house.
c) look at d) would have seen a) does
d) move (32) I like your hair. Where _____? b) makes
(24) The article suggests we should live in a _____ a) do you have cut c) cooks
way. b) have you cut it d) takes
a) selfish c) do you have cut it (41) Don’t forget to _____ the light when you
b) sustainable d) do you have it cut leave the room.
c) predictable a) turn up
d) scientific (33) I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His b) turn in
(25) Choose the best title for the article. office light is still on. c) turn off
a) Predictions and more predictions! a) have worked d) turn over
b) work (42) She was in _____ when she heard the tragic
b) Politicians and scientists c) be working news.
c) A sustainable future for our children d) to work a) crying
d) New inventions (34) John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, b) tears
(26) Harry can _____ English. _____ I find hard to believe. c) cries
a) to speak a) which d) tearful
b) speaking b) who (43) He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer,
c) speak c) whose but no one believed him.
d) speaks d) that a) reassured
(27) I’m not interested _____ sports. (35) What _____ this weekend, Lance? b) informed
a) for a) will you do c) insisted
b) about b) are you doing d) persuaded
c) in c) will you have done (44) Could you _____ me that book for a couple of
d) to d) do you do days, please?
(36) The weather has been awful. We’ve had very a) lend
(28) She likes _____ expensive clothes. _____ sunshine this summer. b) owe
a) wearing a) little c) borrow
 d) rent (48) According to the text, fair-trade travel is all (56) I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food
(45) Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house about… in the fridge!
these days! a) making money for charity. a) wasn’t eating
a) taking b) money from tourism going to local b) didn’t eat
b) spending people. c) hadn’t eaten
c) having c) travellers getting a good deal. d) hasn’t eaten
d) doing d) a great cultural experience. (57) I regret _____ harder in school.
Read the text below. For questions 46 to 50choose (49) According to the text, there are _____ a) not studying
companies that are operated on principles as b) not to study
the best answer (a, b, c or d).
well as profits. c) to not study
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that they take a) a few d) not have studied
their environmental commitments seriously, but often b) no (58) Surely Sue ___ you if she was unhappy with
they do not respect their social and economic c) some old your work.
responsibilities to the local community. So is it d) many a) will tell
possible for travellers to help improve the lives of (50) Choose the most appropriate title for the b) would have told
locals and still have a good holiday? article. c) must have told
The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has a) Holidays from heaven d) had told
pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The b) Cheap adventure holidays (59) Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____
philosophy behind fair-trade travel is to make sure that c) Fair-trade holidays particularly quiet!
local people get a fair share of the income from d) Great holiday deals a) neither they aren’t
tourism. The objectives are simple: employing local (51) Who _____ in that house? b) either they aren’t
people wherever possible; offering fair wages and a) does live c) nor are they
treatment; showing cultural respect; involving b) lives d) neither did they be
communities in deciding how tourism is developed; c) does he live (60) We had expected that they _____ fluent
and making sure that visitors have minimal d) he lives English, but in fact they didn’t.
environmental impact. (52) I’ll call you when I _____ home. a) were speaking
a) get b) would speak
Although there is currently no official fair-trade b) ’ll get c) had spoken
accreditation for holidays, the Association of c) ’ll have got d) spoke
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard to d) ’m getting (61) I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!
produce responsible tourism guidelines for its (53) If you _____ me, what would you do? a) I don’t have to work
members. Some new companies, operated as much by a) was b) I didn’t have to work
principles as profits, offer a fantastic range of holidays b) would be c) not to work
for responsible and adventurous travellers. c) were d) no working
d) have been (62) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk
(46) Tourism Concern… (54) I don’t know where _____ last night. about _____ subject that comes up.
a) is a tour operator. a) did he go a) whatever
b) is a hotel. b) he did go b) whenever
c) is a charity. c) went he c) wherever
d) his a chain of hotels. d) he went d) whoever
(47) Which of the following is NOT one of (55) John and Betty are coming to visit us (63) I always _____ milk in my coffee.
Tourism Concern’s objectives? tomorrow but I wish _____. a) have
a) Good pay for local people . a) they won’t b) drink
b) Showing respect for local cultures. b) they hadn’t c) mix
c) Saving tourists money. c) they didn’t d) make
d) Protecting the local environment. d) they weren’t (64) I _____ TV every evening.
a) watch
 b) look at students have only a limited grasp of the most basic a) newspaper.
c) see rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning, blamed in b) dictionary.
d) hear part on an increasing dependence on ‘automatic tools’ c) novel.
(65) Can you give me a _____ with my bag. such as computer spellcheckers and unprecedented d) guidebook.
a) leg access to rapid communication using e-mail and the (73) Kathy Rooney carried out research to see…
b) back Internet. The problem is not confined to the US, but a) if students could spell certain words.
c) hand applies also to students in Australia, Canada and b) how widespread the use of computers is.
d) head Britain. c) if academics were in touch with their
(66) Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in Students were regularly found to be producing students.
_____ that you’re not as young as you used to incomplete or rambling, poorly connected sentences, d) how dictionaries can help students.
be! mixing metaphors ‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, (74) them (line 35) refers to:
a) thought devalued words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. a) spellcheckers
b) question Overall they were unclear about appropriate b) computers
c) mind punctuation, especially the use of commas, and failed c) people
d) opinion to understand the basic rules of subject/verb agreement d) dictionaries
(67) The breath test showed he had consumed and the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and (75) According to Beth Marshall, students today…
more than three times the legal limit of ‘they’re’. a) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.
alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____. Kathy Rooney, editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, b) like using spellcheckers.
a) trespassing ‘We need to be very concerned at the extent of the c) mispronounce and misspell words.
b) mugging problems with basic spelling and usage that our
c) speeding research has revealed. This has significant implications d) are not as knowledgeable as they were in
d) drunk driving for the future, especially for young people. We thought the past.
(68) The meeting was ___ and not very interesting. it would be useful to get in touch with teachers and (76) Choose the best title for the article.
a) time-wasting academics to find out what problems their students a) Standards of spelling and grammar
b) time-consuming were having with their writing and what extra help they b) Dictionaries of the future
c) time-using might need from a dictionary. The results were quite c) Students don’t know their ‘there’ from
d) out of time shocking. We are sure that the use of computers has their ‘they’re’
(69) After the movie was released, the main _____ played a part. People rely increasingly on automatic d) Automatic tools
point was its excessive use of violence. tools such as spellcheckers that are much more passive
a) discussion than going to a dictionary and looking something up.
b) speaking That can lull them into a false sense of security.’
c) conversation Beth Marshall, an English professor, said, ‘The type of
d) talking student we’re getting now is very different from what
(70) There have been several big _____ against the we were seeing 10 years ago and it is often worrying to
use of GM foods recently. find out how little students know. There are as many as
a) campaigns 800 commonly misspelled words, particularly pairs of
b) issues words that are pronounced similarly but spelled
c) boycotts differently and that have different meanings – for
d) strikes example, “faze” and “phase”, and “pray” and “prey”.’
Read the text below, For questions 71 to 76 choose
the best answer (a, b, c or d). (71) grasp (line 6) is closest in meaning to:
a) ability
Standards of spelling and grammar among an entire b) use
generation of English-speaking university students are c) understanding
now so poor that there is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their d) skill
written use of the language, the publisher of a new (72) We can infer from the style of the text that
dictionary has warned. Its research revealed that this article was printed in a…