Part 1
For Questions 1-10, read the text below and choose which answer A, B, C or
D best fits each space.
Elvira couldn't believe it! She 0. ... the part. For two weeks, the movie director
hadn't been 1. ... to make up his mind between two people. He had been sitting
on the fence about picking her. Elvira really wanted the 2. ... of the famous
comic. It 3. ... like a glove. What a perfect 4. ... ! At the tryout, the director
really liked her jokes. He could barely 5. ... a straight face when she told the
joke about the elephants. On the first day of rehearsals, Elvira 6. ... to a flying
start. The director enjoyed her songs. The crew laughed at all her jokes. Elvira
was thrilled, but the afternoon rehearsal was a disaster. She forgot the words to
her songs. Even worse, she sang off-key, and her tap-dance 7 was the biggest
disaster of all. The director was impatient.If she didn't improve, he might regret
his choice. Elvira would be in the doghouse. She thought that she might get fired,
and, if she did, she didn't know how she'd make ends meet. She didn't have
much money saved. Of course, she did have her part-time 8. ... at the theater.
"Half a loaf is better than none," her cousin Tasha always said. She was 9
that she was going to have to face the music 10. ... moment, and she didn't mean
facing her songs. She thought the director might replace her.
Example 0.
got
B) has
C) have D) was
1. A) can
2. A) play
3. A) suit
4. A) match
5. A) got
6. A) put off
7. A) daily
8. A) work
9. A) play
10. A) any
B) has
B) played
B) fit
B) suit
B) have
B) got off
B) routine
B) career
B) keep
B) some
C) able
C) role
C) match
C) fit
C) has
C) turn off
C) system
C) job
C) hope
C) both
D) is
D) hero
D) can
D) able
D) keep
D) push off
D) rule
D) duty
D) sure
D) a
