QUESTIONS 1-5

Where can you see these notices?

QUESTION 1:

Please leave your
room key at Reception.

QUESTION 2:

Foreign money
changed here

QUESTION 3

AFTERNOON SHOW
BEGINS AT 2PM

QUESTION 4

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS

Lessons start again on
the 8th of January

QUESTION 5

Price per night:

$10 a tent
$5 a person

QUESTIONS 6 – 10

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.

Scotland

Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (6) ……………… Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are (7) ……………… five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (8) ……………… most famous city.

Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (9) ……………… many forests, but now there are only a (10) ………………. .

Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful.

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QUESTIONS 11-15

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.

Alice Guy Blaché

Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, (11) ……………… sound and colour.

In 1907 Alice (12) ………………. to New York where she started her own film company. She was (13) ……………… successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were (14) ………………. . When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody (15) …………….. her name.

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QUESTIONS 16-20

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.

UFOs – do they exist?

UFO is short for ‘unidentified flying object’. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, (16) …………….. that is often the (17) …………….. they are reported to be. The (18) ……………… “flying saucers” were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light.

Even people experienced at watching the sky, (19) …………….. as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television (20) …………….. went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scientists studying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lights on boats out fishing.

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QUESTION 21-40

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

QUESTION 21

The teacher encouraged her students ……………….. to an English pen-friend.

QUESTION 22

They spent a lot of time ……………….. at the pictures in the museum.

Question 23

Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to ……………….. wrong.

Question 24

……………….. from Michael, all the group arrived on time.

QUESTION 25

She ……………….. her neighbour’s children for the broken window.

QUESTION 26

As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went …………………. the homework with me.

QUESTION 27

Whether she’s a good actress or not is a ……………….. of opinion.

QUESTION 28

The decorated roof of the ancient palace was ……………….. up by four thin columns.

QUESTION 29

Would it ……………….. you if we came on Thursday?

Question 30

This form ……………….. be handed in until the end of the week.

QUESTION 31

If you make a mistake when you are writing, just ……………….. it out with your pen.

QUESTION 32

Although our opinions on many things ……………….. , we’re good friends.

QUESTION 33

This product must be eaten ……………….. two days of purchase.

QUESTION 34

The newspaper report contained ……………….. important information.

QUESTION 35

Have you considered ………………. to London?

QUESTION 36

It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their ………………. of vitamins.

QUESTION 37

I thought there was a ………………… of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.

QUESTION 38

Why didn’t you ……………….. that you were feeling ill?

QUESTION 39

James was not sure exactly where his best interests ………………… .

QUESTION 40

He’s still getting ………………. the shock of losing his job.

QUESTIONS 41-50

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best fits each space in the texts.

The tallest buildings – SKYSCRAPERS

Nowadays, skyscrapers can be found in most major cities of the world. A building which was many (41) ………………… high was first called a skyscraper in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and New York has perhaps the (42) ………………… skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building. The (43) ………………… beneath the streets of New York is rock, (44) ………………… enough to take the heaviest load without sinking, and is therefore well-suited to bearing the (45) ………………… of tall buildings.

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SCRABBLE

Scrabble is the world’s most popular word game. For its origins, we have to go back to the 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts, an architect, found himself out of (46) ………………… . He decided that there was a (47) ………………… for a board game based on words and (48) ………………… to design one. Eventually he made a (49) ………………… from it, in spite of the fact that his original (50) ………………… was only three cents a game.

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QUESTIONS 51-60

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

QUESTION 51

Roger’s manager ………………. to make him stay late if he hadn’t finished the work.

QUESTION 52

By the time he has finished his week’s work, John has hardly ……………….. energy left for the weekend.

QUESTION 53

As the game ……………….. to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave.

QUESTION 54

I don’t remember ……………….. the front door when I left home this morning.

QUESTION 55

I ………………. to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.

QUESTION 56

Andrew’s attempts to get into the swimming team have not ………………. with much success.

QUESTION 57

Although Harry had obviously read the newspaper article carefully, he didn’t seem to have
……………….. the main point.

QUESTION 58

A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to ……………….. .

QUESTIION 59

The new college ………………. for the needs of students with a variety of learning backgrounds.

QUESTION 60

I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used ………………… dinner at 6pm.