1. There isn’t _____ of starting any day than with fried eggs and bacon.

  • a more better way
  • a bit better way
  • far better way
  • a much better way

2. By 2030 China _____ more buildings than there currently exist in Europe.

  • will have built
  • will build
  • is building
  • builds

3. If you are not paying an adviser a fee, _____ he gives you bill be worthless.

  • advice
  • advices
  • the advices
  • the advice

4. Woman: “I’m Laura Miles from London office. How do you do?” Man: “_____.”

  • Hi, Laura!
  • Pleased to meet you, Ms Miles.
  • Hello, everybody!
  • What do you want?

5. White boys from sink estates are _____ new poor in modern Britain, an official report says.

  • the
  • a
  • an

6. One is definitely unhappy when he _____ choose between eating and beating.

  • can
  • need
  • must
  • my

7. Report in a medical journal shows that today’s children are the first in British history to be _____ thantheir parents.

  • less healthy
  • the least healthy
  • the less healthy
  • least healthy

8. The music business is _____ by a particular style and sound than ever.

  • least defined
  • less
  • the least defined
  • less defined

9. To license photos for commercial use the USA, you need _____ permission the people you are photographing.

  • being written
  • writing
  • written
  • to write

10. The actress couldn’t go into detail about what she _____

  • learnt
  • had learnt
  • has learnt
  • was learnt

11. Without wealth people often worry about making ends _____

  • to meet
  • meeting
  • met
  • meet

12. The speech of Edinburgh reflects the city’s history as vividly as its architecture ______

  • does
  • is
  • do
  • has

13. Two-thirds of men questioned, _____ that they wanted a wife who could manage the family finance for them.

  • says
  • said
  • say
  • are saying

14. We won’t learn anything about keeping children safe unless we _____ more closely at individual circumstances.

  • won’t look
  • will look
  • look
  • don’t look

15. Friends are people who don’t care _____ you feed them or not, they just come to see you.

  • whatever
  • whether
  • either
  • rather

16. Queen Victorian’s letters make her the most knowable ______British monarchs.

  • in
  • among
  • with
  • between

17. The more we carry, the more likely we _____ something sooner or later.

  • will drop
  • drop
  • has dropped
  • would drop

18. The Internet is supposed _____ a lot of couples.

  • to have introduced
  • to introduce
  • introduced
  • introducing

19. Tea tree oil _____ now for its antiseptic properties.

  • is known widely
  • to know widely
  • are widely known
  • is widely known

20. Move start of the past, such as Ginger Rogers and Paulette Goddard didn’t have children because they were scared that taking time out

  • has ruined
  • will ruin
  • _____ their star status.
  • ruined
  • would ruin

21. Life has it ups and downs, nothing in life _____ forever.

  • was lasting
  • is lasting
  • lasts
  • last

22. In India, the history of wine can be traced to the culture’s _____ religious writing.

  • elder
  • oldest
  • eldest
  • older

23. The way a person speaks is important, because it immediately lets others _____ his level of education and intelligence.

  • assess
  • to assess
  • assessing
  • to have assessed

24. It is important to be in the right place _____ the right time to take advantage of the situation.

  • on
  • at
  • for
  • in

25. You _____ be a teacher or a computer expert to enjoy learning with children.

  • won’t need
  • need
  • needn’t
  • don’t need

26. _____ women see macho-looking men as less faithful, less warm and potentially poorer fathers.

  • an
  • a
  • the

27. Our conversational style and content _____ by immigrants, by imported films, as well as by TV shows and by fashion.

  • are influenced
  • is influenced
  • influence
  • has influenced

28. Women spend three years of their life _____ to go out.

  • dress up
  • dressing up
  • dressed up
  • having dressed up

29. Nobody hnows exactly how astrology works, but it _____

  • has
  • is
  • does
  • will

30. It has been proved that planets _____ influence human characters.

  • shall
  • need
  • my
  • should

31. Under a new points-based system for immigrants, non – EU citizens will be unable _____ a job in Britain.

  • getting
  • not getting
  • not to get
  • to get