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Language Needs Analysis - Approximates to Certificate in Advanced English ( CAE )

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1. He ........ extremely difficult standards for himself.
	made	set	built	put up	I don't know
2. That was the first time I'd gone skiing, so I didn't think I'd take ........
	to it	it up	it out	it over	I don't know
3. Time and ........ the boxer aimed devastating blows at his opponent.
	later	next	then	again	I don't know
4. Children have achieved a ........ of success using this new reading method.
	level	stage	step	degree	I don't know
5. He ........ to buy tickets because he'd been given a free visitor pass.
	didn't need	needed	needn't have	hadn't to	I don't know
6. If ........ I hadn't spent all my money, I might have been able to put more aside in the bank .
	really	then	only	before	I don't know
7. He was completely silent during the meeting, apart from making the ........ remark or two.
	odd	strange	one	unique	I don't know
8. The software provides a ........ of options for the advanced user.
	variation	scope	range	scale	I don't know
9. Your English will improve if you ........ speak it in class.
	increasingly	regularly	steadily	at times	I don't know
10. Penicillin is a ........ recent discovery
	generally	comparably	relatively	considerably	I don't know
11. You should be on your ........ against pickpockets in this part of town.
	protection	watch	guard	care	I don't know
12. In some cultures it is polite to raise one's hand to ........ attention.
	attract	find	obtain	hold	I don't know
13. In the last century many headed west in the search ........ gold.
	of	over	to	for	I don't know
14. Forest fires can cause devastation ........ a wide scale.
	in	on	at	by	I don't know
15. It looked ........ there wasn't anyone in the building
	as if	like if	though	like that	I don't know
16. In the examination the use of dictionaries is ........
	forbidding	forbidden	forbade	forbid	I don't know
17. ........ you like to be met at the airport, or will you get a taxi ?
	Will	Could	Should	Would	I don't know
18. Two youths, seen ........ about the bank prior to the robbery, were later picked up by the police.
	hanging	staying	standing	walking	I don't know
19. She's late! I wrote down the directions to our house for her, so she ........ have got lost getting here.
	needn't	couldn't	mustn't	mightn't	I don't know
20. I've always regretted not ........ the violin when I was younger.
	learning	to learn	to learning	going to learn	I don't know
21. You can get wonderful views of the waterfall. It's a well known beauty ....... .
	place	spot	position	scene	I don't know
22. This group of musicians has been ........ the clubs in the north of England for the last three months.
	travelling	performing	touring	attempting	I don't know
23. I'm in the ........ every month now. I simply can't afford to buy luxuries
	red	pink	black	green	I don't know
24. He could have helped us but it now appears that he's had a change of ........ .
	mind	hand	plan	heart	I don't know
25. Now that the fog has lifted and the sun is shining it ........ rain after all.
	mightn't	couldn't	wouldn't	mustn't	I don't know