test designed by Fowler

Here is another usage test designed by Fowler .(Fowler ,1978). Read it and notice how the M/C items are designed to fit a passage.

Instructions
Read the following carefully, then fill in the numbered spaces with the correct option below.

One of the ……(1) …… Programmers ……(2) …… television
in Britain is called "That Life" . Its main job is to draw attention to ways …… (3) …… the public may be cheated by companies. The programme is so popular that millions of people watch it ……(4) ...... and the team running it get 2000 letters …… (5) ……week from people complaining about …… (6) …… bad products and tricks used by salesman to make people …… (7) …… things they do not really want .

For example , salesman offer to …… (8) …… to pay improvements to their houses …… (9) …… means that if the improvements are badly carried out , the owner still cannot …… (10) …… Since the programme began , such techniques have suddenly stopped.

1. A. more popular B. most popular
C. popularer D. popularest

2. A. for B. in
C. on D. at

3. A. in which B. for which
C. on that D. every Sunday night

4. A. the Sunday nights B. all Sunday nights
C. all the Sunday nights D. with that

5. A. by B. in
C. the D. a

6. A. such things like B. such things as
C. the nights such as D. the things as

7. A. buy B. to buy
C. buying D. that they buy

8. A. lend people money B. borrow people money
C. lend to people money D. borrow money to people

9. A. what B. that
C. which D. who

10. A. complain B. complains
C. to complain D. complaining

Simple Completion (Supply Type)
This type of programmer test consists of a sentence , from which a grammatical element has been removed , and a key word between brackets.


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