A New Partnership - Test 7

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English First 2, Cambridge University Press

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.

passed

achieved

managed

allowed

arranging

running

working

dealing

standards

rates

levels

ranks

obstruct

resist

oppose

refuse

attention

view

interest

attraction

widely

mainly

greatly

fully

put out

turned up

taken out

set up

brought

originated

discovered

born

In 1884, a small engineering firm was (0) ___ in a part of Manchester. Its owner had (1) ___ to complete only two years in formal education yet was still successfully (2) ___ a business. In 1903, he bought his first car but it did not meet his high (3) ___ and, being an engineer, he could not (4) ___ 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 (5) ___ of a wealthy car salesman from an aristocratic background. He was (6) ___ impressed by the car and a meeting was (7) ___ 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 (8) ___ .

A new partnership

settled

established

installed

found

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