ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST
I. A1 LEVEL( 10 questions )
1. She can speak English very _______ .
A. good
B. well
C. goodly
D. badly
2. You should _______ harder to pass the exam.
A. study
B. studies
C. studied
D. studying
3. Where ______ you come from ?
A. does
B. do
C. are
D. is
4. There _____ an apple on the table.
A. are
B. do
C. is
D.will
5. I went to the store ______ some bread .
A. about
B. to
C. for
D. because
6. I work so ________ that I am always tired.
A. hard
B. hardly
C. harder
D. hardest
7. Rice __________ in cold climates.
A. isn't grow
B. doesn't grow
C. wasn't grow
D. aren't grow
8. The children _________ in the yard at the moment.
A. is playing
B. plays
C. play
D. are playing
9. I'm tired of ________ the same work every day .
A. doing
B. do
C. have to do
D. to do
10. Do you want me to ______ some coffee?
A. do
B. make
C. has
D. go
II. A2 LEVEL ( 10 questions )
1.You should do more exercise to _______ fit.
A. go
B. take
C. has
2. She is a _______ teacher. Every student in our school knows her.
A. light
B. famous
C. dark
3. Michael’s mother was ill so he had to _____ her .
A. look for
B. look after
C. look out
4. We decided to leave early _______the party was boring.
A. although
B. so
C. because
5. The song was about the _____________ of death.
A. incomprehensibility B. incomprehensible
6. I spend 5 hours ______ my homework .
A. to do
B. do
7. I really expect ________ you tomorrow.
A. to meet
B. meeting
8. They are all ________ ready for the party.
A. going
B. getting
9. Would you mind ________ the window?
A.open
B.to open
C. incomprehensibly
D. get
D. different
D. look into
D. because of
D. comprehensive
C. does
D. doing
C. met
D. to meeting
C. doing
C.opening
D. putting
D.not to open
10. Mary rarely goes swimming, _______ ?
A. does she
B. is she
C. doesn’t she
D. isn’t she
III. B1 LEVEL ( 10 questions )
1. John said that no other car could go ____________ his car.
A. so fast like
B. as fast as
C. fast than
D. as fastly as
2. Angelica_______ tie her shoes when she was only 3 years old.
A. knew to
B. knew how to
C. was known how to
D. had been known how to
3. I don’t like borrowing money because I hate being in _________.
A. credit
B. poverty
C. experience
D. debt
4. She was looking forward ____________the grandchildren again.
A. to see
B. to seeing
C. to be seen
D. saw
5. All the travel arrangements ________ before we received a letter from him.
A. were being made
B. had been made
C. have been made
D. are being made
6. Before the invention of refrigeration, the ________ of fish and meat was a problem.
A. keeping
B. preservation
C. treatment
D.maintenance
7. I’m not very good at golf – I only ____ it up recently.
A. took
B. got
C.made
D. had
8. The teacher entered the room while the students _______their plan for the excursion.
A. discuss
B. were discussing
C. discussed
D. are discussing
9 . Mike always keeps his promise , so you can rely _____ him .
A. at
B. about
C. to
10. The lights _______ in several villages because of the storm.
A. went off
B. went over
C. went about
D.on
D. went into
IV. B2 LEVEL ( 10 questions )
1. Thousands of _____ packed into the stadium to support their team in the final match.
A. viewers
B. audiences
C. witnesses
D. spectators
2. Her singing career had just begun to _________.
A. take away
B. take off
C.take out
D. take over
3. Candidates are advised to dress formally to make a good impression ______ job interviewers.
A. on
B. at
C. about
D. of
4. Peter was very sick until he took the ____________ medicine that Doctor Staples prescribed.
A .marvellous
B.glorious
C. gorgeous
D. glamourous
5 . A mistake like that will _____ his credibility a lot of harm.
A. make
B. take
C.have
D.do
6. Monkeys belong to the group of animals ________ as primates.
A. knowing
B. being known
C. known
D.knows
7. Action films with big stars tend to_______ great public attention.
A. achieve
B. show
C. attract
D. reach
8. The presenter started his speech with a few_______ jokes to build rapport with the audience.
A. whole-hearted
B. light-hearted
C. soft-hearted
D. kind-hearted
9. When the manager of our company retires, the deputy manager will ______ that position.
A. stand for
B. take over
C. catch on
D. hold on
10. They were among the first companies to exploit the ______ of the Internet.
A. potential
B. prospect
C. possibility
D. ability
V. C1 LEVEL ( 10 questions )
1. It is advisable that the apprentice should be ___________to learn the ins and outs of the new job.
A. permissive
B. noticeable
C. acceptable
D. observant
2. Several measures have been proposed to__________the problem of unemployment among university
graduates.
A. exasperate
B.impose
C. complicate
D. tackle
3. You shouldn't lose heart; success often comes to those who are not ______ by failures.
A. left out
B. switched off
C. went off
D. put off
4. The operation of the newly constructed plants is likely to lead to______ environmental consequences.
A. far-reaching
B. far-gone
C. far-off
D. far-flung
5.During the lecture, the student took down ________ quantities of notes.
A. copious
B. voluminous
C. extended
D. detailed
6.Could I have some sip of your water just to ______ my thirst .
A.mitigate
B.attenuate
C. quench
D. deteriorate
7.My doctor advised total ________ from strong or alcoholic drinks until my health had shown
a tremendous improvement.
A. abstinence
B.absorption
C.distension
D.dissension
8. The authorities were struggling to keep ________of all the new information.
A. abreast
B. side
C. aisle
D. path
9. An accomplished chef himself, Ronald is _____ about his use of ingredients and spices, especially when
preparing feasts.
A. creditable
B. receptive
C. feasible
10. When he saw me coming, he ______ in the other direction.
A. headed for
B. took off
C. passed out
VI . C2 LEVEL ( 15 questions )
D. particular
D. came about
1. Like most successful politicians, she is _________ and single-minded in the pursuit of her goals.
A. irresolute
B. pertinacious
C. ambivalent
D. vacillating
2. As the final chords rang round the auditorium, the entire school rose in _______applause; the tour had
started well.
A. rapturous
B. voluptuous
C. innocuous
D. serendipitous
3. Literary readings can sometimes seem_________ , but we are trying to make them more attractive to more
people.
A. holistic
B. myopic
C. esoteric
D. perfunctory
4. The media nowadays is often accused of _________ people’s privacy.
A. infringing on
B.imprinting in
C. impinging on
D.indulging in
5. His room was _______ decorated in gold and silver, whereas his brother's was extremely plain and dowdy.
A. ostentatiously
B. tantalisingly
C. simplistically
D. benevolently
6. The older generations find contemporary art utterly _______.
A. impenetrable
B. pre-eminent
C. impassable
D. inveterate
7. There's only a________ of people who oppose the proposal.
A. whopping
B. walloping
C. smattering
D. hulking
8. Rubber bullets are designed to _________ people rather than kill them.
A. discombobulate
B.emulate
C. emancipate
D. incapacitate
9. These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the ________flood victims.
A. abandoned
B.destitute
C.dilapidated
D.indolent
10. The new law was greeted with ________ by those who saw it as an infringement on their rights and
freedoms.
A. opprobrium
B. complacency
C. equanimity
D. salubrity
11. The __________ atmosphere of the concert created a sense of excitement among the audience.
A. somber
B. boisterous
C. placid
D. austere
12. We entered a beautiful valley through which the river ________ takes its course .
A. circuitously
B.gregariously
C. felicitously
D.garrulously
13. His ____________ grandfather had bought the land as an investment, guessing that there might be gold
underground.
A. perspicacious
B. astigmatic
C. injudicious
D. unsagacious
14.I'm sorry for leaving your name off this list. It was done ________.
A. incongruously
B. vehemently
C. inadvertently
D. deliberately
15. She has always been ________ to me, and I can't understand why she suddenly became so hostile.
A. inscrutable
B. accommodating
C. garrulous
D. effervescent