Use of English Part 1 Unit 6 B2

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Use of English Part 1

Part 1: Multiple Choice Cloze

What's tested?

• semantic precision (word with right meaning in the context)
• collocation (common word pairs)
• complementation (word fits grammatically)
• phrasal verbs (combinations of words and prepositions)
• linkers

Skim the text (2 minutes)

Friendship apps

There are (0) ..... of reasons why you might want to use one of the many friendship apps currently (1) ..... . You may, for example, have moved to a new city, where there is (2) .....  nobody you know. Perhaps you're the only single person in your group and you'd (3) ..... go to a concert with someone than spend the evening at a dinner party with cosy couples. Or maybe you just want to (4) ..... your circle of friends - friends you actually meet up with, as opposed to those you know online.

Skim the text (2 minutes)

Friendship apps

For  (5) ..... we may have hundreds of virtual friends, many of us have just a handful of real-life ones. Whilst social media should arguably (6) ..... some of the blame for this, supposedly causing us to lose our ability to communicate face to face, there are other factors. We're working (7) ..... hours than ever before, with little time left over for socialising, and we're also spending more time living alone, (8) ..... marriage in favour of the single life. No wonder friendship apps are increasingly in demand.

What is the text about?

Question 0

A various      B several        C plenty              D number

Friendship apps

There are (0) ...C.. of reasons why you might want to use one of the many friendship apps currently (1) ..... . 

Do not waste time answering question 0!

Read each question carefully and try to predict the answer

There are (0) ...plenty... of reasons why you might want to use one of the many friendship apps currently (1) ..... .

Perhaps you're the only single person in your group and you'd (3) ..... go to a concert with someone than spend the evening at a dinner party with cosy couples.

1. disposable
2. available
3. enjoyable
4. suitable

You may, for example, have moved to a new city, where there is (2) ..... nobody you know.

You may, for example, have moved to a new city, where there is (2) ..... nobody you know.

1. absolutely
2. completely
3. perfectly
4. entirely

Perhaps you're the only single person in your group and you'd (3) ..... go to a concert with someone than spend the evening at a dinner party with cosy couples.

In recent years, more and more coffee chains have been (3) ..... the same policy in place.

1. putting
2. developing
3. making
4. setting

Since busy staff have no time to (4) ..... a conversation, they are required to ask customers what they are called.

Since busy staff have no time to (4) ..... a conversation, they are required to ask customers what they are called.

1. draw into
2. spark off
3. strike up
4. break out

Names are written on coffee cups and then called out, while customers wait in (5) ..... .

Names are written on coffee cups and then called out, while customers wait in (5) ..... .

1. queue
2. row
3. turn
4. line

However, many customers do not wish to be on first-name (6) ..... with their barista.

However, many customers do not wish to be on first-name (6) ..... with their barista.

1. titles
2. phrases
3. labels
4. terms

Not only do they see this as a real (7) ..... of privacy, they also dislike having their name misspelt and called out incorrectly.

Not only do they see this as a real (7) ..... of privacy, they also dislike having their name misspelt and called out incorrectly.

1. disturbance
2. threat
3. invasion
4. assault

For these reasons, staff often (8) ..... themselves having to write names such as Voldemort and Darth Vader on the cups.

For these reasons, staff often (8) ..... themselves having to write names such as Voldemort and Darth Vader on the cups.

1. discover
2. find
3. catch
4. admit

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