NEF Advanced Quicktest / nef_adv_quicktests_04

Tick ( ) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

Example: A  I saw Millie at the cinema the other night. B  ________ of the cinema, have you seen the

new Bond film?

A  Saying  ■    B  Talking  ■    C  About  ■

1I think we should go out tonight. ________, it’s your birthday.

A  All above  ■    B  After all  ■    C  To sum up  ■

2________ the whole, I think office workers have more back problems.

A  On  ■    B  In  ■    C  To  ■

3I lost my credit card, but ________ I was able to cancel it before anyone used it.

A  at least  ■    B  in other words  ■    C  I mean  ■

4OK, I’ll call Sergio. Oh, ________, do you think we should make a dinner reservation?

A  talking about  ■    B  all in all  ■    C  by the way  ■

5A  Did you see the news on TV last night?

B  No. ________, I don’t even own a television. A  The fact  ■    B  In fact  ■    C  To fact  ■

6I wasn’t invited to the party. ________, I wouldn’t have gone. I’m too busy.

A  In any case  ■    B  In case  ■    C  That is to say  ■

7As I was ________, if you go on holiday next month, you’ll miss the meeting in Rome.

A  talking  ■    B  telling  ■    C  saying  ■

8As far as transport ________, you can rent a car at the airport and drive to the meeting.

A  is concerned  ■    B  concerns  ■    C  is the concern  ■

9If you had brought the map, we ________ lost. A  will be  ■    B  wouldn’t be  ■    C  aren’t  ■

10Can we use your father’s holiday flat if he ________ there?

A  isn’t staying  ■    B  isn’t stay  ■    C  don’t staying  ■

11________ you feel if Helena didn’t phone you?

A  How do  ■    B  What do  ■    C  How would  ■

12Had I known I was going to win the lottery, I ________

stopped working sooner!

A  would have  ■    B  had  ■    C  ’m  ■

13If we ________ more money, we could buy a bigger house.

A  would have had  ■    B  had  ■    C  have  ■

14Will you please let me ________ what I am saying? A  finish  ■    B  finishing  ■    C  to finish  ■

15We expect my aunt Laurie ________ next April. A  visits  ■    B  to visit  ■    C  visiting  ■

16I advise you ________ to your teacher about the problems you’re having.

A  would talk  ■    B  should talk  ■    C  to talk  ■

17I ________ to think you don’t like the book I wrote. A  ’d hate  ■    B  ’m hating  ■    C  have hate  ■

18I remember my mother ________ me bedtime stories when I was a child.

A  read  ■    B  reading  ■    C  to read  ■

19If you ________ paying attention, you would have heard the announcement.

A  ’d been  ■    B  ’re  ■    C  would have been  ■

20We’ve ________ for a band to play until midnight.

A  persuaded  ■    B  expected  ■    C  arranged  ■

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VO C AB U L ARY

aTick ( ) A, B, or C to complete the sentences about history and warfare.

Example: The ________ shot from hidden positions and killed a lot of enemy soldiers.

A  shields  ■    B  siege  ■    C  snipers  ■

1After years of fighting the two leaders signed a peace

________.

A  surrender  ■    B  treaty  ■    C  defeat  ■

2You use a ______ to shoot an arrow.

A  bow  ■    B  spear  ■    C  missile  ■

3A ________ is a very large gun.

A  coup  ■    B  cannon  ■    C  sword  ■

4There was a ________ so that peace talks could be held.

A  survivor  ■    B  ceasefire  ■    C  revolution  ■

5All of the ________ were evacuated from the war zone, but the soldiers had to stay and fight.

A  forces  ■    B  troops  ■    C  civilians  ■

6________ are people who must leave their homes because of a war.

A  Refugees  ■    B  Casualties  ■    C  Allies  ■

7The rebels stopped fighting and ________. The civil war was over!

A  defeated  ■    B  surrendered  ■    C  besieged  ■

8The bridge was ________ to stop the enemy from receiving supplies.

A  blown up  ■    B  declared  ■    C  overthrown  ■

9The soldiers ________ the museum and stole a lot of national treasures.

A  withdrew  ■    B  retreated  ■    C  looted  ■   

10The soldiers ________ the enemy leader and put him in prison.

A  broke out  ■    B  shelled  ■    C  captured  ■

b Tick ( ) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

Example: When I’m away from the computer, I feel

________ and edgy.

A  harmless  ■    B  tense  ■    C  enormous  ■

11I’d rather see a film on ________ than on TV.

A  the big screen  ■    B  film review  ■    C  period films  ■

12I thought the most interesting character in the film was the ________.

A  premiere  ■    B  plot  ■    C  female lead  ■

13This is an original painting; it isn’t some

________-produced poster.

A  mass  ■    B  first  ■    C  hand  ■

14Mariah is ________ an expert on Scottish history.

A  entirely up to  ■    B  a bit of  ■    C  complete  ■

15I bought a ________-hand car last year for €2,000. A  last  ■    B  second  ■    C  long  ■

16I’m afraid my parents are a bit narrow-________

about who I should marry.

A  made  ■    B  minded  ■    C  behaved  ■

17When I first got a computer I was ________ on surfing the Internet.

A  hooked  ■    B  anxious  ■    C  tense  ■

18Greg is seeking ________ for his sunbed dependency.

A  an enormous high  ■    B  addiction  ■    C  treatment  ■

19Mr Miyazaki was really helpful ________ me when I first arrived in Japan.

A  to  ■    B  on  ■    C  about  ■

20I’m not too keen ________ Internet dating. A  of  ■    B  for  ■    C  on  ■

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P R O N U N C IATI O N

aWhich word has a different sound? Tick ( ) A, B, or C.

Example: A  high  ■    B  compulsive  ■   

C  addiction  ■

1A  edgy  ■    B  gambling  ■    C  siege  ■

2A  coup  ■    B  loot  ■    C  bow  ■

3A  dialogue  ■    B  short-sighted  ■    C  gun  ■

4A  capture  ■    B  stick  ■    C  challenging  ■

5A  through  ■    B  arrow  ■    C  overthrow  ■

bWhich is the correctly stressed syllable? Tick ( ) A, B, or C.

Example: A  victorious  ■    B  victorious  ■    C  victorious  ■

6A  sequences  ■    B  sequences  ■    C  sequences  ■

7A  conditioned  ■    B  conditioned  ■    C  conditioned  ■

8A  overwhelmingly  ■    B  overwhelmingly  ■    C  overwhelmingly  ■   

9A  compulsive  ■    B  compulsive  ■    C  compulsive  ■   

10A  dependencies  ■    B  dependencies  ■    C  dependencies  ■