USE OF ENGLISH - PART 1- Multiple Choice- Cloze Test - SAMPLE # 1

Part  1  Multiple-choice cloze test  

SAMPLE  #1

For questions 1-12 read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

0        A   take              B   sail            C   take off            D   pick

0	A        B        C        D

My Dutch holiday

It was the first time I had ever been to Holland before and when I set off to (0) …..the ferry in early September, I never (1) …..  what adventures lay ahead of me.

In order to (2) …… the most of my time, I had carefully planned a route to (3) ….. a number of small islands as well as some pretty countryside. I reached Wijkam See, a (4) ….. starting point for cyclists where a local tourist office gave out information. I headed off along one of Holland’s many cycle tracks which (5) ….. out of town and made my way to Holtheim, where I had planned to spend my first night.

From personal (6) ….., when you are travelling on your own unexpected and often pleasant surprises tend to crop up and this trip was no (7) ….. . I popped into a local bar in the outskirts of Amsterdam for a coffee and ended up chatting with a really friendly man who turned (8)…..  to be the owner of the only restaurant in the village. He insisted on (9)….. me for lunch. Not only that, but he (10)….. two enormous glasses of beer to celebrate!

After a delicious lunch, Johann (11) …..  me luck on the rest of my cycling trip and gave me the address of a friend in Amsterdam who would (12) ….. me up for the night. Not a bad start to my first day in the Netherlands.

1   A  wondered     B  doubted    C  imagined    D   realized

2   A  take              B  gain          C  serve          D  make

3   A  consist         B contain      C  include        D  conclude

4   A  appropriate   B adequate   C convenient   D  capable

5   A  lead              B reach         C  ride             D  join

6   A  knowledge    B  belief        C  experience   D  viewpoint

7   A  contrast        B difference   C opposite        D  exception

8   A into                B  in               C  up                D  out

9   A  arrange        B  inviting       C  paying         D  give

10  A  asked          B  ordered      C  demanded   D  fixed

11  A  hoped          B  sent           C  wished         D  expected

12  A  put               B  pass          C  stay              D  keep