Question 1

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

While hiking through the dense Amazon forest, I was bitten by a poisonous snake but luckily our guide had the ______________ so I was back on my feet in no time.

Accepted Answer

antidote

Answer

remedy

Answer

cure

Answer

medicine

Question 2

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

Having lost a lot of blood he ______________and regained consciousness only hours later in the Intensive Care Unit.

Accepted Answer

knocked out

Answer

passed out

Answer

packed up

Answer

went off

Question 3

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

Mike’s so bossy! He’s always ______________around giving everyone orders.

Accepted Answer

strutting

Answer

sprinting

Answer

limping

Answer

skipping

Question 4

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

I was so exhausted after spending the whole day giving my cousins from abroad a guided tour of the sights in the city that I slept like a(n) ______________.

Accepted Answer

log

Answer

pigeon

Answer

baby

Answer

ape

Question 5

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

A special committee has been set up to watch athletes suspected of using performance enhancers like a(n) ______________.

Accepted Answer

hawk

Answer

pigeon

Answer

eagle

Answer

bird

Question 6

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

It is essential to have a routine checkup because an early ______________of a life-threatening disease can go a long way in assisting in its cure.

Accepted Answer

diagnosis

Answer

prognosis

Answer

analysis

Answer

prescription

Question 7

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

The minute Jodie entered the sports hall I waved to grab her attention and ______________her over.

Accepted Answer

beckoned

Answer

grabbed

Answer

patted

Answer

nudged

Question 8

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

When travelling abroad, it is a good idea to have a backup plan because things don’t always go like ______________.

Accepted Answer

clockwork

Answer

wildfire

Answer

wind

Answer

the plague

Question 9

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

______________can be caused by eating too much or too fast.

Accepted Answer

Dehydration

Answer

Laceration

Answer

Congestion

Answer

Indigestion

Question 10

Vocabulary

Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.

Although the players did their best, our team didn’t manage to ______________ for the finals of the World Cup.

Accepted Answer

qualify

Answer

testify

Answer

classify

Answer

intensify

Question 11

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

Bad eating habits tend to ______________ feelings of exhaustion and irritability.

Accepted Answer

aggravate

Answer

alleviate

Question 12

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

To prevent ______________ you need to increase your intake of fluids when working out.

Accepted Answer

dehydration

Answer

indigestion

Question 13

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

A local anaesthetic is used for the extraction of one’s wisdom teeth but mine were so well rooted that I had to be ______________ .

Accepted Answer

put under

Answer

passed out

Question 14

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

It took me a while to ______________ after contracting a mild strain of malaria while travelling in Africa.

Accepted Answer

recuperate

Answer

deteriorate

Question 15

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

I ______________my eyes after working all night on my computer to finish an assignment of mine.

Accepted Answer

strained

Answer

sprained

Question 16

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

Given that I am a ______________ fan of Arsenal, I never miss their home matches.

Accepted Answer

staunch

Answer

firm

Question 17

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

He is a key player without whom my team could not possibly have achieved the ______________ victory it did yesterday.

Accepted Answer

landslide

Answer

avid

Question 18

Vocabulary

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

After ranking number one for a record 237 weeks, Roger Federer, world-renowned tennis champion, finally met his ______________ in August 2008.

Accepted Answer

match

Answer

league

Question 19

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

I was really happy to hear that Ben ______________ for the football team this year because he’s been training very hard.

Accepted Answer

qualified.

Question 20

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

When I was five, I had to wear a sling for three weeks because I rolled off my bed in my sleep and ______________ my arm.

Accepted Answer

fractured.

Question 21

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

In bracing for the pandemic, the government decided that the young and frail were to be ______________ before the onset of winter.

Accepted Answer

inoculated.

Question 22

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

While on holiday, I got a bad case of food poisoning and spent the better part of two days in my hotel room ______________ whatever contents were left in my stomach.

Accepted Answer

vomiting.

Question 23

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

The general practitioner who examined my grandmother said that we would have to ______________ her immune system by giving her lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Accepted Answer

fortify

Question 24

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

After enjoying a leisurely picnic on the banks of the river, the couple ______________ through the forest gathering pine cones.

Accepted Answer

sauntered.

Question 25

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

I will have to ______________ my training if I wish to participate in the Olympic Games next year.

Accepted Answer

intensify

Question 26

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box.

According to this medical journal, migraines are ______________ into seven subclasses.

Accepted Answer

classified.

Question 27

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

Having successfully carried out his duties he was given permission study leave.

Accepted Answer

to take

Answer

to have taken

Answer

in taking

Answer

taking

Question 28

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

Under no circumstances do I support plastic bags when more eco-friendly alternatives exist.

Accepted Answer

using

Answer

to use

Answer

use

Answer

the use

Question 29

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

The company may be receiving a lot of bad publicity at the moment but I do not intend my resignation.

Accepted Answer

to submit

Answer

to submitting

Answer

submitting

Answer

submit

Question 30

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

My husband used to be an FBI agent, but even when he retired, he refused information which was strictly confidential.

Accepted Answer

to divulge

Answer

divulging

Answer

to have divulged

Answer

having divulged

Question 31

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

I am not so ambitious as to be interested in pursuing a career which would involve me long hours.

Accepted Answer

working

Answer

in working

Answer

to work

Answer

work

Question 32

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

Given that I need some time to regain my strength, I would prefer on a working holiday this year.

Accepted Answer

not to go

Answer

not be going

Answer

not go

Answer

not going

Question 33

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

There’s no point to get an extension because the tutor will not give you one.

Accepted Answer

trying

Answer

in trying

Answer

to try

Answer

to trying

Question 34

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

Can you please explain to me why mentioned that before?

Accepted Answer

you haven’t

Answer

wasn’t

Answer

hadn’t you

Answer

haven’t you

Question 35

Grammar

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

The basketball players promised their best to win next Saturday’s game.

Accepted Answer

to do

Answer

doing

Answer

they do

Answer

they could do

Question 36

Grammar

Rewrite the sentence using the beginning given. Use the introductory verbs in the box.

"Please, please, don’t tell my mother that I’ve been skipping classes", the boy said to me.

The boy .

Accepted Answer

The boy begged me not to tell his mother that he had been skipping classes.

Question 37

Grammar

Rewrite the sentence using the beginning given. Use the introductory verbs in the box.

"Well done! Your performance was spectacular and deserves a standing ovation", Mary said to us.

Mary .

Accepted Answer

congratulated us on a spectacular performance, saying that it deserved a standing ovation

Question 38

Grammar

Rewrite the sentence using the beginning given. Use the introductory verbs in the box.

"How about going on a skiing trip next weekend?" my friend asked me.

My friend .

Accepted Answer

suggested us going on a skiing trip the following weekend.

Question 39

Grammar

Rewrite the sentence using the beginning given. Use the introductory verbs in the box.

"I will never spend such a huge sum of money without asking you first", said my wife.

My wife .

Accepted Answer

My wife promised that she would never spend such a huge sum of money without asking me first.

Question 40

Grammar

Rewrite the sentence using the beginning given. Use the introductory verbs in the box.

"I’m sorry I forgot to inform you about the important meeting regarding your proposed business trip abroad," my personal assistant said.

My personal assistant .

Accepted Answer

freetextm

Question 41

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

I consider (lie) to your parents about your whereabouts to be not only terribly irresponsible of you but also morally wrong.

Accepted Answer

lying.

Question 42

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

You were (replace) Andy as a guest speaker at the conference but your services will no longer be required.

Accepted Answer

to have replaced.

Question 43

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

He tried hard (clinch) the deal but it fell through and he was forced to come home empty handed.

Accepted Answer

to clinch

Question 44

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

Having told so many lies she was not in a position to (remember) what she had said to her colleagues at work.

Accepted Answer

to remember

Question 45

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

She was right (take up) the job offer because an opportunity such as this only arises once in a lifetime.

Accepted Answer

to have taken up.

Question 46

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

Her father regretted (tell) her about the savings account he had opened forher when she was a baby because she kept on nagging him to give her the money.

Accepted Answer

telling.

Question 47

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

She was used to (train) six hours and never complained about all she had to be deprived of in order to become a swimming champion.

Accepted Answer

training

Question 48

Grammar

Complete the sentence using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

Although Albert Einstein is believed (have) early speech difficulties, he was a top student in primary school.

Accepted Answer

to have had.

Question 49

Reading

Read carefully the article about how to keep fit, happy and healthy. Then, match the gaps with the phrase/sentence which best fits them.

Question 50

Listening

Listen carefully to the news about Bush Medicine. Then, choose the corect answer.

Aboriginal people in Australia ...

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=vzn7mppnRKw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Accepted Answer

use plants, seeds and fruits to make medicine

Answer

used to use plants, seeds and fruits to make medicine

Answer

don’t use traditional medicine

Question 51

Listening

Listen carefully to the news about Bush Medicine. Then, choose the corect answer.

The final goal of the research is ...

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=vzn7mppnRKw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Accepted Answer

to sell these traditional remedies

Answer

to see if these remedies really work

Answer

to market these products in Australian shops

Question 52

Listening

Listen carefully to the news about Bush Medicine. Then, choose the corect answer.

Wadeye is ...

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=vzn7mppnRKw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Accepted Answer

a very large aboriginal community in Australia

Answer

the largest aboriginal community in Australia

Answer

A town where only aboriginal people live

Question 53

Listening

Listen carefully to the news about Bush Medicine. Then, choose the corect answer.

Native plants are NOT used as...

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=vzn7mppnRKw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Accepted Answer

tooth paste

Answer

cosmetics

Answer

soap

Question 54

Listening

Listen carefully to the news about Bush Medicine. Then, choose the corect answer.

According to researchers, ...

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=vzn7mppnRKw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Accepted Answer

they think the research will be successful

Answer

they are sure the research will be successful

Answer

it’s too early to say if the research will be successful

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