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Multiple Choice: Use of English-B2

This document provides an overview of the Netherlands and English language exam. It consists of multiple choice questions, an open cloze activity, word formation questions, and key word transformations. The multiple choice questions cover topics like geography, history, and culture of the Netherlands. The open cloze activity provides sentences with blanks to be filled in with one word each. The word formation questions ask the test taker to use word parts to form new words that fit in blanks. And the key word transformations involve rewriting sentences using the given word to maintain similar meaning.

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Multiple Choice: Use of English-B2

This document provides an overview of the Netherlands and English language exam. It consists of multiple choice questions, an open cloze activity, word formation questions, and key word transformations. The multiple choice questions cover topics like geography, history, and culture of the Netherlands. The open cloze activity provides sentences with blanks to be filled in with one word each. The word formation questions ask the test taker to use word parts to form new words that fit in blanks. And the key word transformations involve rewriting sentences using the given word to maintain similar meaning.

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USE OF ENGLISH-B2

MULTIPLE CHOICE
For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)
best fits each gap. EXAM DESCRIPTION
The Netherlands
Welcome to the Netherlands, a tiny country that only extends, at its broadest,
312 km north to south, and 264 km east to west - (1) ... the land area increases
slightly each year as a (2) ... of continuous land reclamation and drainage. With
a lot of heart and much to offer, 'Holland,' as it is (3) ... known to most of us
abroad - a name stemming (4) ... its once most prominent provinces - has more
going on per kilometre than most countries, and more English-speaking
natives. You'll be impressed by its (5) ... cities and charmed by its countryside
and villages, full of contrasts. From the exciting variety (6) ... offer, you could
choose a romantic canal boat tour in Amsterdam, a Royal Tour by coach in The
Hague, or a hydrofoil tour around the biggest harbour in the world -
Rotterdam. In season you could visit the dazzling bulb fields, enjoy a full day on
a boat, or take a bike tour through the pancake-flat countryside spiced with
windmills. The possibilities are countless and the nationwide tourist office,
which is on hand to give you information and (7) ... reservations. You'll have (8)
... language problems here, as the Dutch are true linguists and English is
spoken here almost universally.

1. A) so B) despite C) in spite of D) although

2. A) whole B) consequently C) rule D) result

3. A) regularly B) occasionally C) commonly D) unusually

4. A) in B) from C) on D) of

5. A) historic B) historical C) historically D) historian

6. A) at B) in C) on D) for
7. A) sit B) catch C) do D) make

8. A) few B) a few C) little D) a little

OPEN CLOZE
Read the text below. Think of the word which best fits in the gap. You can only
use one word in each gap.
The average life span
Life span, also known as life expectancy, is a statistical measure of the average
amount of time a living being is expected to live.
Human life expectancy can be very different depending (1) _______________
where you were born and how wealthy your family is. Nowadays, it ranges (2)
_______________ around 50 years in most African nations to almost 90 in
Southern European countries and Japan.
Sadly, butterflies are among the organisms with the shortest life span. Some
species only live (3) _______________ a day. However, some species of
butterflies can live (4) _______________ to several months.
What would you say is the maximum lifespan for an animal? And which one
would that be? Well, the honor belongs to the Greennland shark, which
averages 300 hundred years but some specimens have lived over 500 years.
They were alive when the Byzantine Empire (5) _______________ still a
thing!
However, when it comes (6) _______________ life expectancy, no living
being can beat trees. Some trees can grow (7) _______________ into their
thousands, with Tjikko trees in Sweden holding the title of organism with the
longest lifespan. Some of these trees are 10,000 years old. 10,000!!! They were
already (8) _______________ the planet when our species was still living in
caves.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

WORD FORMATION
Read the text below. Use the numbered words given to form a word that
fits in the gap with the same number.

The rise of robots


The rise of robots in our near future is (1) _______________.(DENY) We
can all agree that it is bound to happen so the question that remains is «Do
we want it to happen?»
Robotics has experienced an unprecedented (2)
_______________(GROW) in the last few years, making real what a few
decades ago only seemed science fiction yet that doesn’t mean we are
ready or even (3) _______________(REMOTE) aware of what is to come.
When people are surveyed (4) _______________(REGARD) robots, (5)
_______________ (CONSIST)two problems arise in every poll
worldwide. First, many people are afraid or even (6) _______________
(ANXIETY)that a robot may take their jobs within a few years. The other
concern stems from robots that look very much like humans and are more
intelligent than us.
Although robotic vacuum cleaners taking over our society seems fairly (7)
_______________ (LIKE)for our (8) _______________(GENERATE),
who is to say fully abled robots will not control our grandchildren’s.

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS


For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
EXAM DESCRIPTION
1) It wasn't Mark that you met in the shop.
HAVE
It Mark that you met in the shop.

2) She was just going to have her breakfast when the phone rang.
ABOUT
She was just breakfast when the phone rang.

3) Steve didn't manage to complete his work.


FAILED
Steve his work.

4) How long has she been studying English?


BEGIN
When studying English?

5) George wrote his last novel five years ago.


WAS
It George wrote his last novel
.
6) Nobody took any notice of his bad behaviour.
ATTENTION
Nobody his bad behaviour.

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