Use of English
Multiple Choice - Example 4
B2 First Exam
Part 1
For questions 1–8, 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 late B previous C closing D final
Dr Joseph Bell
Dr Joseph Bell was a distinguished Scottish doctor and professor at Edinburgh University in the (0) _______________ nineteenth century. He had remarkable powers of observation and deduction. This (1) _______________ him to accumulate useful information about patients in a very (2) _______________ space of time.
He was very good at (3) _______________ where his patients were from by identifying small differences in their accents. He could also (4) _______________ a patient’s occupation from marks on their hand. He claimed to be able to (5) _______________ a sailor from a soldier just from the way they moved. If he identified a person as a sailor he would look for any tattoos that might assist him in knowing where their travels had (6) _______________ them.
Dr Bell’s skills for observation and deduction (7) _______________ a great impression on his students, particularly on one called Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle went on to create the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, whose character was (8) _______________ on that of Dr Bell.
1 A enabled B authorised C guaranteed D caused
2 A small B rapid C narrow D short
3 A showing off B working out C setting down D turning up
4 A relate B acknowledge C solve D determine
5 A change B differ C distinguish D constrast
6 A transported B brought C conveyed D taken
7 A set B made C formed D put
8 A applied B established C based D written
Answers
Dr Joseph Bell was a distinguished Scottish doctor and professor at Edinburgh University in the (0) LATE nineteenth century. He had remarkable powers of observation and deduction. This (1) ENABLED him to accumulate useful information about patients in a very (2) SHORT space of time.
He was very good at (3) WORKING OUT where his patients were from by identifying small differences in their accents. He could also (4) DETERMINE a patient’s occupation from marks on their hand. He claimed to be able to (5) DISTINQUISH a sailor from a soldier just from the way they moved. If he identified a person as a sailor he would look for any tattoos that might assist him in knowing where their travels had (6) TAKEN them.
Dr Bell’s skills for observation and deduction (7) MADE a great impression on his students, particularly on one called Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle went on to create the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, whose character was (8) BASED on that of Dr Bell.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. C