B2 Use of English Test 9 – multiple choice gaps

A new partnership

In 1884, a small engineering firm was (1)…………… in a part of Manchester. Its owner had (2)…………… to complete only two years in formal education yet was still successfully (3)…………… a business. In 1903, he bought his first car but it did not meet his high (4)…………… and, being an engineer, he could not (5)…………… having a go at improving it. By the following year he had designed a new car himself, and then started manufacturing this model. One of his cars came to the (6)…………… of a wealthy car salesman from an aristocratic background. He was (7)…………… impressed by the car and a meeting was (8)…………… between the two of them at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. The meeting was a success and the two men decided to go into business together. The name of the manufacturer was Henry Royce and that of the wealthy aristocrat, Charles Rolls – and so the world-famous brand, the luxurious Rolls-Royce, was (9)…………… .

1   A   settled          B   established      C   installed           D   found

2   A   passed          B   achieved          C   managed         D   allowed

3   A   arranging     B   running             C   working            D   dealing

4   A   standards     B   rates                 C   levels                D   ranks

5   A   obstruct       B   resist                 C   oppose             D   refuse

6   A   attention      B   view                  C   interest            D   attraction

7   A   widely           B   mainly              C   greatly              D   fully

8   A   put out         B   turned up        C   taken out         D   set up

9   A   brought        B   originated        C   discovered       D   born