Mid-Intermediate Mid-Level Test - Interactive English

Mid-way Test

SECTION 1

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

1	Thanks for the party. It was ______ . I really enjoyed myself.
	happy	fun	funny	joke
2	The film was so ______ I laughed till I cried.
	happy	fun	funny	joke
3	Things that you remember about your past are your _____.
	records	souvenirs	remedies	memories
4	I've got a fever and a headache. I think I've got the _____.
	flu	infection	ill	ailment
5	I never get sick. I'm very _____.
	guilty	healthy	immune	hungry
6	_____ the windows closed. It's very cold outside.
	Remain	Continue	Stay	Keep
7	In a company a manager who is responsible for marketing is the _____.
	manager market	manager marketing	marketing manager	market's manager
8	He was reading a newspaper and saw _____ for a job.
	an announcement	publicity	an advertisement	an appointment
9	When you find a job you like, you have to write a letter to ____ the job.
	apply for	ask for	look for	look up
10	I went to a job interview and had to _____ in a form about my work experience.
	full	fill	complete	write
11	My father is ____. He's sixty-five and doesn't work any more.
	jubilant	sacked	promoted	retired
12	The section of the company that controls the selling of products or materials is the ____ department.
	accounts	selling	sales	public relations
13	You need a ____ to connect your computer to the electricity supply.
	lead	button	screen	switch
14	When we go on holidays we ____ the television. People say it is safer to do this.
	plug in	plug off	unplug	plug out
15	I sit on the sofa and change the TV channels with the ____ control.
	satellite	mobile	automatic	remote
16	We've got satellite television. The satellite ____ is on the roof of our building.
	dish	plate	bowl	disc
17	When I go on business trips I take my ____ computer with me
	mobile	personal	portable	laptop
18	To leave the programme, ____ the "escape" button on your keyboard.
	put	place	pull	press
19	Why are you _______? Are you tired?
	laughing	yawning	staring	blushing
20	Put the drops in your eyes and then ______ .
	frown	blink	smile	wrinkle
21	I looked in her eyes and I knew she was telling the ____ .
	real	true	truth	right
22	Don't ____ to me. I know you broke the window. I saw you do it.
	lie	liar	rely	lay
23	These vegetables were grown in ____ light.
	artificial	fake	false	unreal
24	The shop sold them ____ Rolex watch for only $5.
	artificial	a fake	an untrue	an unreal
25	. I read a ____ of the film in the newspaper, which said it was very good.
	review	critic	script	plot
26	The music in the film was nice. The ____ was written and performed by Elton John.
	script	credits	background	soundtrack
27	She won an Oscar for her ________ as a musician who falls seriously ill.
	acting	performance	show	casting
28	The film stars Al Pacino in the ________ of a corrupt policeman.
	role	paper	play	cast
29	The ____ was very clever. I didn't suspect the murderer until the end of the film.
	crew	plot	history	summary
30	The film is ____ in Paris in the sixties.
	placed	cast	set	situated

SECTION 2

READING

Complete the texts by putting one word in each space beginning with the letter.

For example: To start u____ the computer, ....

To start using the computer, ....

1.
	We are surprisingly at telling whether the expression someone's face corresponds to what they are really . If looks happy, we tend to they are happy. Studies reveal even experts in lie detection like officers and psychiatrists it very hard to when someone is lying to .

Life's simple have the effect stimulating the immune system. The positive effects last for or even days. But a bad smell or a guilty conscience appears to weaken our defences against ailments such as colds and . These claims have been made Arise, a group of scientists and academics who research the benefits of happiness. The scientists say that pleasurable experiences could help the body healthy for three or four days. Consequently, many of small pleasures could have a cumulative effect in stimulating the immune system over a longer period.

SECTION 3

Put the word on the left in the correct place in the sentence.

SECTION 4

Put the words in order to make a complete sentence.

SECTION 5

Correct the text

Cross out the word in each line which is not necessary. (Use the mouse to cross out the word.)

SECTION 6

Complete the text with words from the box (click and drag).

SECTION 7

Complete part 2 of the text with words from the box (click and drag).

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Materials desenvolupats dins l'actuació "Internet a l'aula", emmarcada en el
projecte ARGO, impulsat pel Departament d'Ensenyament i el
Comissionat per a la Societat de la Informació 2000 - 2002