Use of English Vocabulary Test H
Question 1 |
(Please note: Questions 1-15 are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)
Shopping In Japan
Unlike millions of Britons, who will not know how much the Christmas turkey, child’s bicycle and the January sales have __(1)__ them until the credit card bill arrives, the Japanese __(2)__ to settle up before they’ve even __(3)__ their shopping list.
A | lost |
B | cost |
C | charged |
D | priced |
Question 2 |
Unlike millions of Britons, who will not know how much the Christmas turkey, child’s bicycle and the January sales have __(1)__ them until the credit card bill arrives, the Japanese __(2)__ to settle up before they’ve even __(3)__ their shopping list.
A | prefer |
B | desire |
C | enjoy |
D | select |
Question 3 |
Unlike millions of Britons, who will not know how much the Christmas turkey, child’s bicycle and the January sales have __(1)__ them until the credit card bill arrives, the Japanese __(2)__ to settle up before they’ve even __(3)__ their shopping list.
A | written about |
B | written off |
C | written out |
D | written up |
Question 4 |
The Japanese like to improve on every idea, even if the idea is cash. So they have been __(4)__ about the pre-paid card.
A | keen |
B | enthusiastic |
C | exciting |
D | eager |
Question 5 |
It __(5)__ the bother of banknotes and it saves the Japanese __(6)__ the fear of being in __(7)__ to someone else.
A | does away with |
B | does out of |
C | does without |
D | does out |
Question 6 |
It __(5)__ the bother of banknotes and it saves the Japanese __(6)__ the fear of being in __(7)__ to someone else.
A | of |
B | from |
C | for |
D | by |
Question 7 |
It __(5)__ the bother of banknotes and it saves the Japanese __(6)__ the fear of being in __(7)__ to someone else.
A | payment |
B | bill |
C | debt |
D | interest |
Question 8 |
It __(8)__ with the convenient pre-paid telephone card and has __(9)__ through train ticket cards, taxi cards, and supermarket cards all the way to McDonald’s hamburgers cards.
A | opened |
B | invented |
C | introduced |
D | started |
Question 9 |
It __(8)__ with the convenient pre-paid telephone card and has __(9)__ through train ticket cards, taxi cards, and supermarket cards all the way to McDonald’s hamburgers cards.
A | followed |
B | developed |
C | changed |
D | turned |
Question 10 |
Few Westerners can understand why anyone __(10)__ want to give money to a supermarket or a department store __(11)__ by buying a pre-paid card.
A | would |
B | will |
C | may |
D | must |
Question 11 |
Few Westerners can understand why anyone __(10)__ want to give money to a supermarket or a department store __(11)__ by buying a pre-paid card.
A | in time |
B | in front |
C | in future |
D | in advance |
Question 12 |
But credit companies are held under some suspicion in Japan. People have traditionally preferred cash and will happily stroll the streets with quite large __(12)__ of money in their pockets.
A | savings |
B | sums |
C | deposits |
D | masses |
Question 13 |
The fact that street crime is fairly __(13)__ helps.
A | seldom |
B | slight |
C | rare |
D | slow |
Question 14 |
Pre-paid cards are now as __(14)__ as chopsticks and twice as convenient.
A | common |
B | usual |
C | regular |
D | often |
Question 15 |
About 500 million cards were sold in the first five years after they became __(15)__.
A | prepared |
B | possible |
C | ready |
D | available |
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