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3 Complete the second sentence so it means the

Use of English: Grammar same as the first, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. Use between two and five
1 Rewrite these sentences using if. words.

1 I have a bad ankle. That’s why I didn’t play 1 I didn’t save much money when I started work
football yesterday. and I regret it.
_____________________________________ SHOULD
2 Ken was late this morning, so he missed his _________________________ money when I
doctor’s appointment. started work.
_____________________________________
3 I don’t put on weight easily, so I eat a lot of 2 It’s a pity that I can’t visit you in hospital next
cakes and biscuits. weekend.
_____________________________________ WISH
4 People do what Penny says all the time because _________________________ you in hospital
she is bossy. next weekend.
_____________________________________ 3 The form was very difficult to fill in, and I
couldn’t do it.
5 I don’t have any money, so I can’t lend you ten
pounds. SO
_____________________________________ The form was _________________________
that I couldn’t do it.
6 Pete hasn’t got a stomach ache. He didn’t eat
the same as you last night. 4 My dad’s blood pressure was lower than it was
last time.
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My dad’s blood pressure
_________________________ it was last time.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct 5 Don’t rewrite the essay, just correct the
comparative form of the words given. mistakes.
1 Janine is __________ (self-confident) than her NEEDN’T
sister, Marie. Marie thinks she knows _________________________ the essay, just
everything. correct the mistakes.
2 It’s __________ (easy) to get a bank loan now
than it used to be, thank goodness! /5
3 Mark drives __________ (slow) than Carlos
does. He’s very safe.
4 It isn’t __________ (cold) in London as it is in
Paris at the moment.
5 This is __________ (difficult) part of the test.
It’s easy!
6 My broadband speed is much __________
(fast) than it was before. I can get on websites
really quickly.

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4 Complete the text with one word in each gap. 6 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
You are given the first letters.
Are you looking for a relaxing and healthy way to
spend (1) __________ few days, away from the 1 I don’t know if I can exchange this shirt
stress and hassle of modern life? If so, then we because I didn’t get a r__________ for it.
(2) __________ the perfect answer for you. Sunset 2 Zoe is quite a__________ and wants to get to
Health Spa (3) __________ be opening in April, the top of her profession.
right in time for a Spring break. Here at Sunset
3 Do you think they’ll have big d__________ in
you’ll be (4) __________ to relax in our pools and
the sale next week?
saunas, and take gentle walks through the beautiful
gardens. And, of course, (5) __________ will be 4 I’ve really hurt my w__________ and I can’t
many different treatments on offer to help you write easily.
relax and feel wonderful. In fact, there will be so 5 Brian isn’t very t__________. He asked Leo if
much to do at Sunset Spa, you’ll be spoiled for he was worried that he’d failed all his exams.
choice! And, in (6) __________ you’re feeling
run-down or a bit under the weather, there’s a team /5
of health professionals to tell you what you (7)
__________ to do to regain that healthy glow.
Come to Sunset and you won’t be wishing you’d
gone abroad for a holiday, you’ll be enjoying (8)
__________ greatest break of your life.

/8 7 Complete the text with words formed from the

words given.
I admire my brother a great deal because he’s full
Use of English: Vocabulary of confidence and never worries about meeting
new people, (1) __________ (like) me. I am so
insecure. In (2) __________ (add) to this, he has
5 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.
lots of friends and does a lot of leisure activities
1 If you keep getting headaches, you should ___ that he’s excellent at. He’s a (3) __________
for a check-up. (nature) leader and is the president of several
2 Thanks for the loan. I’ll ___ it back by the end societies. As well as this, he’s both
of the week. (4) __________ (create) and good at science. Can
you believe it? He won a young scientist of the
3 Last week I ___ away a lot of old CDs to some
year competition last year. He’s clever but not
classmates.
(5) __________ (push), and that’s great.
4 You look as though you’ve ___ weight. Have
you been eating OK? /5
5 I ___ a bit under the weather, so I think I’ll stay
home this evening.

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8 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the

text.
Reading
I’m convinced I’m a shopaholic. I’m not addicted 9 Read a blog about weight concerns from which
to anything else, at (1) ___ not that I’m aware of, some sentences have been taken out. Choose the
but when it comes to shopping, I literally can’t correct sentences A–F to fill the gaps. There is one
stop. I get an idea in my mind of an outfit that I sentence you do not need.
want to buy and then I set off to the (2) ___ street
to look for exactly what I’d (3) ___. Of course, I The messages today’s young people are
can’t find exactly what I want (unless I’m very receiving about health and weight are very mixed.
lucky, that is) but I find myself buying all sorts of On the one hand, we read about the terrible
clothes as I carry on my search. And as for dangers of obesity and eating too much fast food.
(4) ___, well, I simply can’t say no. Is this normal? (1) ___ Such conflicting information can be
I end up going home with bags of shopping, confusing. What is certain is that as a society we
having spent much, much more than I’d intended, have become overly obsessed in one way or
and most of which I don’t really like when I look another about our weight.
at them again at home. I’m sure normal people (2) ___ This will bring us health problems in
would then return to the shops and get (5) ___, but abundance in the future. We’ll suffer from heart
not me. I have to keep everything I buy just in case problems, circulation problems; you name it, a
it comes in useful. I mean, you never know when a heavy person will get it. We learn that the UK has
pair of bright green shoes with matching socks one of the heaviest populations in the world and
might be appropriate for a fancy dress party, do we’re treated to pictures of large men and women
you? I (6) ___ someone would take away my going in for surgery to lose weight when their
credit card. I think that’s the (7) ___ cure for what endless diets don’t work. There are continual
I’ve got. Is anyone else showing the same (8) ___? programmes on TV about how to cook healthily,
1 A less B once C least D most how to avoid food full of calories and fat and what
not to eat for school lunches. Don’t put on weight
2 A high B big C important D first
is the common mantra that we see everywhere we
3 A believed B thought C hoped D imagined look.
4 A refunds B receipts C bargains D bills There are also warnings about trying to become
5 A discounts B receipts C refunds D cash too slim. One reason for this is the misconception
6 A hope B like C wish D fancy that slim is beautiful. Magazines are full of
airbrushed models that look as if they haven’t
7 A single B only C excellent D favourite
eaten a good meal for weeks. (3) ___ To be
8 A treatments B results C risks D symptoms fashionable, you have to be thin. Most clothes
designed today are aimed at the skinny person and
/8 just don’t look the same if you’re over a certain
size. Celebrities don’t help by madly dieting to
regain their shape after having a baby. Many
young people feel pressured into keeping slim.
And of course, there are all the doctors and TV
programmes telling us not to get fat, or else ...! But
what about when people lose too much weight to
try to imitate their role models? What happens
when it becomes an obsession? In the way that
eating can be an obsession for the overweight, not
eating can become an obsession for the
underweight too. (4) ___ Not eating can lead to
illness which can lead to hospital and permanent
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It seems to me that the pressures on people

today to be healthy and yet look good are intense.
Am I the only one who thinks that advice is getting
a little out of hand? (5) ___ Currently it’s a mine
Writing
field, particularly for parents. If a parent suggests 11 Write an essay giving arguments for and against
that a child should cut down on chocolate because this statement:
they’re putting on weight, there’s a danger that the
child will go the other way and diet obsessively Very clever children should be taught
because they don’t want to get ‘fat’. So, perhaps separately from other children.
we should simply stop obsessing. Oh, and of
course, lose the skinniest of the very skinny Write 180–250 words.
models! What do you think?
_____________________________________
A This is portrayed as an enviable way to look. _____________________________________
B Today, you can’t escape the warnings about _____________________________________
being overweight.
_____________________________________
C If teachers, parents and doctors focused more
on a common sense approach, I feel we’d all be _____________________________________
better off for it. _____________________________________
D However, surveys have shown a different _____________________________________
result. _____________________________________
E The dangers are just as great, if not greater. _____________________________________
F But then we’re also constantly hearing about _____________________________________
the possibly fatal results of dieting too much. _____________________________________

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_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Listening _____________________________________
_____________________________________
10 You are going to hear four people talking
about buying something in another country. Listen _____________________________________
and match the speakers 1–4 with what the _____________________________________
statements in A–F. There is one extra statement _____________________________________
you do not need.
A The item I bought did not survive. Speaker ___ /7
B I was disappointed with what I bought.
Speaker ___
C I bought this in spite of the expense.
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Speaker ___
D This isn’t original, but it brings back good
memories. Speaker ___
E This was an unusual purchase for me.
Speaker ___
F This item can usually make me feel better.
Speaker ___

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