Use of English Vocabulary Test L
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.)
Night Visitor
She put the key in the keyhole as quietly as she could but she found it __(1)__ as the door was old and rusty.
A | hardly |
B | easy |
C | hard |
D | easily |
Question 2 |
As she __(2)__ opened the door, it squeaked __(3)__ on its old hinges.
A | slowly |
B | loudly |
C | careful |
D | noisy |
Question 3 |
As she __(2)__ opened the door, it squeaked __(3)__ on its old hinges.
A | lightly |
B | noisily |
C | softly |
D | gently |
Question 4 |
‘I wish they’d oil the thing a bit more __(4)__,’ she muttered to herself __(5)__.
A | frequent |
B | oftener |
C | sooner |
D | frequently |
Question 5 |
‘I wish they’d oil the thing a bit more __(4)__,’ she muttered to herself __(5)__.
A | with angry |
B | angry |
C | angrily |
D | from anger |
Question 6 |
She closed the door __(6)__ behind her and then tiptoed __(7)__ across the room.
A | shyly |
B | efficiently |
C | carefully |
D | fast |
Question 7 |
She closed the door __(6)__ behind her and then tiptoed __(7)__ across the room.
A | softly |
B | gentle |
C | finely |
D | shortly |
Question 8 |
Unfortunately, this time it was the floorboards that betrayed her as they creaked __(8)__ with every step she took.
A | aloud |
B | loud |
C | loudly |
D | allowed |
Question 9 |
It had been so __(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had __(11)__ replaced the original floorboards.
A | along |
B | long time |
C | long |
D | a long time |
Question 10 |
It had been so __(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had __(11)__ replaced the original floorboards.
A | probably |
B | certainly |
C | definitely |
D | may not |
Question 11 |
It had been so __(9)__ since the old house had been built - it had __(10)__ been about two hundred years before and for all Helen knew they had __(11)__ replaced the original floorboards.
A | rarely |
B | scarcely |
C | never |
D | occasionally |
Question 12 |
Helen’s heart began to beat __(12)__.
A | fastly |
B | more faster |
C | more fast |
D | faster |
Question 13 |
It was one o’clock. Helen’s parents must have gone to bed __(13)__.
A | early |
B | more earlier |
C | the earliest |
D | more early |
Question 14 |
This was most unusual. Rarely __(14)__ to bed before she got home.
A | they went |
B | they did go |
C | they have gone |
D | did they go |
Question 15 |
No sooner had she put her foot on the first stair __(15)__ she heard a muffled voice call out, ‘Who’s there? Is that you, Helen?
A | then |
B | than |
C | that |
D | there |
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List |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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