epreuve d`anglais - Concours Advance

EPREUVE D'ANGLAIS
Durée : 30 minutes
Utiliser la grille de réponses jointe (une seule bonne réponse par proposition).
Il est préférable de ne pas répondre plutôt que de répondre au hasard. Des points négatifs sont attribués à des
réponses fausses.
1. The discounted price was so attractive that I ____________ one customer five pairs of shoes yesterday.
A. selled
B. sold
C. sale
D. selt
E. No correct answer
D. best
E. No correct answer
D. agree
E. No correct answer
2. I believe she's ____________ candidate for this job.
A. the better
B. the worse
C. the best
3. I'd love to buy a new car but I can't ____________ it.
A. afford
B. attend
C. allow
4. Thank you for ____________ Express Airways. Can you please hold the line?
A. to call
B. call
C. calling
D. called
E. No correct answer
5. We're sorry but none of our travel agents are ____________ at the moment.
A. agreeable
B. disposable
C. attainable
D. available
E. No correct answer
C. has gotten
D. will get
E. No correct answer
6. I have to go home now. It ____________ late.
A. gets
B. ‘s getting
7. I have to work late this evening. Can you ____________ the kids at school for me please?
A. pick on
B. pick out
C. pick down
D. pick at
E. No correct answer
D. warship
E. No correct answer
8. What was your ____________ with your mother like?
A. internship
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B. leadership
C. relationship
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9. I wouldn't mind going out if it ____________ warmer.
A. were
B. had been
C. would be
D. will be
E. No correct answer
10. We don't have this battery in stock right now but you can ____________ it online.
A. command
B. order
C. deliver
D. register
E. No correct answer
D. not slam
E. No correct answer
11. How many times have I told you ____________ the door!
A. to don’t slam
B. to slam not
C. not to slam
12. Several countries have applied for membership of ____________.
A. the european union B. european union C. the European Union
D. European Union E. No correct answer
13. Our domestic market isn't big enough. We need to expand our sales ____________.
A. overseas
B. over-seas
C. oversea
D. oversee
E. No correct answer
D. attached
E. No correct answer
14. I can't open the document ____________ to this email.
A. joined
B. followed
C. locked
15. I'm sorry but you have already ____________ too much cash from your bank account.
A. withdrew
B. withdrawn
C. withdraw
D. withdrawing
E. No correct answer
C. am telling
D. will tell
E. No correct answer
C. journal
D. new
E. No correct answer
D. in
E. No correct answer
16. I haven't finished yet. I ____________ you when I am ready to leave.
A. tell
B. told
17. Did you watch the ____________ yesterday?
A. informations
B. actualities
18. Hurry up! The report must be finished ____________ 8 o'clock.
A. during
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B. on
C. by
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19. They ____________ for an hour when the bus finally arrived.
A. had been waiting
B. were waiting
C. would wait
D. waited
E. No correct answer
20. In order to save disk space, you should only ____________ the data you need.
A. back out
B. back up
C. back down
D. back in
E. No correct answer
D. does he want
E. No correct answer
D. in spite of
E. No correct answer
21. Who's the man at the door? What ____________?
A. is he wanting
B. he wants
C. wants he
22. I had to go to work ____________ I wasn't feeling very well.
A. although
B. despite
C. despite of
23. The government has undertaken a new security ____________ against terrorism.
A. politic
B. politics
C. policy
D. political
E. No correct answer
D. on
E. No correct answer
D. use to loving
E. No correct answer
24. Some people are very good ____________ learning languages.
A. for
B. at
C. in
25. I rarely eat ice-cream now but I ____________ it when I was a child.
A. was used to love
B. use to love
C. used to loving
26. There are plenty of hotels. It ____________ hard to find a place to stay.
A. doesn’t have to be
B. shouldn’t be
C. would be
D. should be
E. No correct answer
D. taking
E. No correct answer
D. will you live
E. No correct answer
27. If the printer isn't answering, try ____________ it off and on again.
A. working
B. tearing
C. turning
28. Where ____________ before you moved to Paris?
A. have you lived
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B. did you live
C. are you living
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29. Her assistant ____________ a raise after all the hard work he's done this year.
A. deserves
B. reserves
C. deters
D. rewards
E. No correct answer
30. He told his boss that he was late because he was ____________ in a traffic jam.
A. catched
B. catching
C. caught
D. coughed
E. No correct answer
31. The company promised ____________ the new phones ____________ tomorrow.
A. to have … installing
B. to have … installed C. to make … install
D. to get … install
E. No correct answer
32. The staff would need ____________ course before using this new planning software.
A. a formation
B. a sustaining
C. an entertaining
D. a training
E. No correct answer
D. I never meet
E. No correct answer
D. as good than
E. No correct answer
33. Do you know my brother John? No ____________ met him before.
A. I’ve ever met
B. I ever met
C. I’ve never met
34. The movie was great but not ____________ the book.
A. better as
B. good as
C. good than
35. Before making a reservation, we need to know how many people will ____________ the seminar.
A. agree
B. attend
C. attempt
D. assist
E. No correct answer
36. You don't have to wear a suit but you ____________ be properly dressed.
A. had to
B. shouldn’t
C. would
D. must
E. No correct answer
37. Where did you get that book? I borrowed it ____________ a friend at school.
A. at
B. to
C. from
D. upon
E. No correct answer
38. The European Space Agency says its comet lander, Philae, has ____________ and contacted Earth.
A. wake up
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B. woke up
C. waked up
D. waking up
E. No correct answer
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39. If you hadn't frightened it, the dog ____________ you
A. wouldn’t attack B. won’t attack C. won’t have attacked D. wouldn’t have attacked E. No correct answer
40. I need to buy ____________ version of this software for my new computer.
A. an outdated
B. an updated
C. a departed
D. a degraded
E. No correct answer
41. It's difficult to communicate with him because he speaks very ____________ French.
A. little
B. few
C. many
D. a little
E. No correct answer
D. strong
E. No correct answer
D. won’t get married
E. No correct answer
42. Most dictators become obsessed with power and ____________.
A. rich
B. famous
C. wealth
43. Can I take my Friday off? My brother ____________ next weekend.
A. is getting married
B. got married
C. is married
44. We may never find ____________ the truth about what happened.
A. up
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B. out
C. over
D. into
E. No correct answer
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