1. A recent ... of a language learning magazine has consulted a number of experts. A. issue B. printing C. version D. volume
2. Their advice may prove invaluable for those ... a language course. A. wondering B. thinking C. looking D. considering
3. One suggestion is that you ... whether you are likely to be successful at learning a language.
A. assess B. review C. balance D. survey
4. Therefore you must make sure that the course on offer leads to a ... qualification.
A. recognised B. understood C. valued D. regarded
2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 6 points A symbol is a word or even a picture that may be familiar in (1)…life, DAY
but possesses specific connotations over and above its standard and obvious
meaning. It points to something vague or (2)…, something which is MYSTERY normally hidden from us or may even be quite (3)…. COMPREHEND
3. Fill in each blank with one word suitable in the context.
And now on The Crime Programme an update on another unsolved crime, the armed robbery of the jewellery warehouse in London which we reported on six months ago. Police are anxious to establish the identity of a man, believed to (1)… one of the gang members, (2)… purchased a green lorry in March of last year, six months before the robbery, from a garage in Brentwood. The garage’s suspicions were aroused (3) …the man paid in cash for the lorry, and then registered it under a false company name. Significantly, the notes were handed (4)… in mixed denominations. As police explained to us, one would normally (5)… a large wad of banknotes to 6… been obtained from a bank, in (7)… case the notes would all be neatly arranged in piles of the same denomination.
(8)… short, the man may have paid for the lorry with money from a previous robbery.(9)… looked again at video evidence of the robbery, police now know that the lorry was (10)… to block the entrance of the warehouse, stopping any other vehicles from entering, so that the robbery could be carried out more easily.
4. In each line of the following text there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or it does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each line find this extra word and then write it on your exam sheet. 6 points
1. A new cinema should have been discussed and debated for seven or eight years before it finally happened, so it’s great to actually be here and see it.
2. I would have known I’d be working on the opening night! I’d have loved to see all the celebrities!
3. No sooner had we arrived when the computer in the box office broke down, so I hope that’s not going to be typical.
4. Very often are there problems in the first few days with a new cinema, but I’ve seen nothing yet.
5. Little understand people just how difficult it must be to run a ten-screen cinema successfully. 6. I’m really do hope they succeed, because I’ve seen some great films here already.
5. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given and that the meaning stays the same. Do not change the word given. 4 points
use
John likes to do his own………what to do.
2. Micky said he was ill as he didn’t want to go to school. be
Micky pretended………wouldn’t have to go to school.
3. Regrettably, Kate couldn’t cycle to work any more when she moved to London. missed
Kate……… cycle to work when she moved to London. 4. I have seen all of his films except Look Back. only
Look Back is……… I haven’t seen.
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1. Choose the correct form. Give your answer on your exam sheet. 4 points 1. The report suggested…up links with local companies.
A. setting B. making C. doing D. joining
2. Parental influence tends to…as children get older.
A. reduce B. subside C. sink D. decline
3. He took to his studies like a …to water.
A. fish B. crab C. duck D. swan
4. It is important for international business executives to have…with other cultures.
A. empathy B. comprehension C. knowledge D. feeling
2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 6 points 1. The speech was so…that many people got up and left before the end. INSPIRE
2. Most people use computers for complicated…these days. CALCULATE 3. There are many… activities that promote team-building. COLLABORATE
3. Fill in each blank with one word suitable in the context. 10 points
The polar bear is under threat because its hunting season at the North Pole is being shortened by thinning Arctic ice. Data gathering by US Navy submarines using sonar technology (1)…the depth of Arctic sea ice is now an average of 1.3 metres less than it was in the 1970s, (2)… it to break up earlier in the year. (3)…to the Canadian Wildlife Service, the sea ice season in western Hudson Bay has been reduced by three weeks (4)… the last 20 years. (5)…has serious implications for wildlife in the region, since Arctic mammals use the sea ice (6)…an extension of the land. Polar bears, for example, roam the frozen water (7)…a constant search for seals, their main (8)…of food. But (9)…sea ice breaking up earlier, the seals are becoming harder to find. As (10)…, the polar bear population has not declined significantly, but female bears are already giving birth to fewer cubs.
4. In each line of the following text there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or it does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each line find this extra word and then write it on your exam sheet. 6 points
1. The oldest of exam certificate ever found in Britain is a fascinating 2. object. It dates back from almost two thousand years to the era when 3. the country was under the Roman rule. This certificate, which is in 4. actually fact two bronze sheets once threaded together, survives in 5. the form of fragments, and the same name of the soldier to whom it was 6. been awarded is no longer visible. However, enough of the text can be read.
5. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given and that the meaning stays the same. Do not change the word given. 4 points
1. It was the most exciting day of his life. more
He………exciting day.
2. We have received no letters from her since she left home. sent
She………since she left home.
thinking
My tutor’s comments on my essay started………written.
4. She lived in London some years ago, but she lives somewhere diffent now. live
She………moved now.
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