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Exam practice
Reading and Use of English Part 4
For questions 1 — 6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including
the word given. Here is an example (0).

0 Those working with pre-school age children will probably find the course interesting.
INTEREST
The course is likely to be of biterest to those working with pre-school age children.

1 During the winter I prefer watching football to playing it.

SOONER
During the winter I it

2 Karen says it takes less than an hour to drive there, but I'm sure she has got it wrong.
MUST
Karen says it takes less than an hour to drive there, but she a mistake.

3 Students wishing to enrol on the course should complete all sections of the application forrn.
REQUIRED
Students wishing to enrol on the course in all sections of the application
form.

4 I wish I had considered the question more carefully before answering.

THOUGHT
I should the question more carefully before answering.

5 The factory has been able to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% in the last year.
SUCCEEDED
The factory back its CO2 emissions by 50% in the last year.

6 It's a long walk home, so I advise you not to miss the last train.
BETTER
It's a long walk home, so the last train.

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 Exam practice
Reading and Use of English Part 2
For questions 1 - 9, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

The origins of chess

A great (0) deat has been written about the origins of modern chess and them
(1) still considerable debate about the subject. (2) theory most widely
accepted is that its earliest ancestor was Shaturanga, a game played in India from around AD 600.
(3) with modern chess, Shaturanga was played on a board with 64 squares. Pieces such
as kings, queens and knights were able to move in different ways with (4) aim of capturing
other pieces and, at the end of the game, the opponent's king. Unlike chess, it was played by four people.
In the form in (5) it is played today, chess appeared in southern Europe around the end of
the fifteenth century. Today, chess has become one of the world's (6) popular games. It is
played by millions of people both informally and in tournaments, and (7) number of people
playing online (8) increasing with access to the Internet.

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 Exam practice Determiners and quanitifiers

Listening Part 2
acial You will hear a woman called Janet Naylor talking about her experience as a volunteer in Tanzania.
For questions 1 - 8, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Janet can now do voluntary work because she is free of (1)

Most of Janet's friends were (2) by her decision to volunteer.

Janet disagrees with people who say that she is (3) the people she is trying to help.

Janet advised on a project to improve (4) in a farming community.

The scheme aimed to make the villagers less (5) on outside assistance.

The villagers had relied on (6) from charities to survive.

Janet's job was to help the villagers sell any (7) crops.

Janet believes that the (8) of the village have been changed dramatically by the scheme.

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 Exam practice Adverbs and adjectives

Reading and Use of English Part 3

For questions 1 -8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Sleep patterns

It is estimated that around one in five people have a sleep

(0) &sorter of some kind, affecting their ability to get ORDER
enough sleep. In particular, people who are (1) WEIGH
- an increasing problem around the world - often suffer from sleeping
difficulties. Most of the results of this lack of sleep are relatively minor,
such as tiredness, irritability and (2) and the FORGET
effects are not long-lasting. However, longer-term sleep deprivation can
have more serious consequences and can be (3) HARM
to physical and mental health. For example, it can result in high blood
pressure and can affect a person's (4) , reducing ALERT
their ability to think and respond quickly.
Recent (5) research has shown that people SCIENCE
need seven to eight hours of sleep on average, although this figure is
on such factors as age and health. For DEPEND
example, for infants the (7) is much higher, about REQUIRE
16 hours a day, while older people tend to sleep less deeply and for a
shorter time, often needing about the same amount of sleep as they do
in late (8) CHILD

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