%* Yabba dabba doo Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there, Ifa line is correct, puta tick (). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Duck Tales: The Movie the ¢ Viewers who enjoy the Disney's famous cartoon Y 00 characters will enjoy Duck Tales: The Movie. This new 1 Disney production is a great movie for to take the kids to 2. during all the holidays. In spite of a few hostile reviews, 3 audiences up and down the country have been queuing 4 up to see it. Init stars some of Disney's most popular 5. creations: Uncle Scrooge and his crazy nephews Huey, 6 Dewey and Louie. After years of s 7 Scrooge ha 8 of the legendary thief, Collie Baba, But when the treasure slips through his fingers and Scrooge comes back home empty-handed, except for an old lamp in which, of course 11 contains a magic Genie, Scrooge’s nephews will try to 12 change their lives as they come up with more and more 13 things for the Genie to do. However, the evil Metlock also 14 wants to get hold of the lamp. Sparks fly away as Merlock 15 does everything he can to steal the Genie. wrching, stingy Uncle at last discovers the fabulous lost treasure Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Fame and fortune Macaulay Culkin, now a (0) —_youtthfiel__ «wenty year old, became one of the most (1) and well-paid stars in Hollywood while he was still an (2) Now he has grown up, he can look back on a 3) which reads like a fairy-tale. ‘There are indeed few American children who can claim to have been the most famous child in the world. This was the case with Culkin after his (4) in Home Alone in 1986. Although this film made him a (5) name, his first © movie had come a couple of years earlier when his 7) _ in Rocket Gibraltar earned him very @ reviews from the critics, who are not noted for their (9) __ towards child stars. Culkin’s career did not end with Home Alone, As a (10) he went on to appear in a number of more serious films YouTH FAME ADOLESCENCE CHILD APPEAR HOUSE SUCCESS PERFORM FAVOUR KIND ‘TEENUnit 7 VOCABULARY Word formation 1 Complete this table. verb adjective noun popularize popular invent 1 2 1 producer 2 famous 1 creation 2 respond responsive decide suburb pleasant prepare nature originate origin historie/al ‘appear Ee ae employ 1 employer 2 3 translate 1 2 2 Complete these sentences using one of the words from the table above in each space. 1 Would you like to live in the centre of town or in the 2 2 He to be very serious, but in fact he has a great sense of humour. 3 she is now, but she was out of work for over a year 4 Tourists to Barcelona can visit a great number of ‘monuments 5 Can you this letter from English into Halian? 6 The Indians were the ___ inhabitants of America 7 My country olives and citrus fruits and exports them to other countries 8 What would you say is the most__TV programme in your county? 9. When you have a panty, you have to do aloof ______ beforehand. 10 The of the telephone revolutionized communication between people. 5% In good company Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one ‘word in each space. After each space you are given a clue to the kind of word that is missing, Regrets Most of us (0)__@Y€ __(aursiliary verb) always forgetting important dates, apart (1)_ (preposition) the lucky Few (2) Gelative pronoun) are blessed with a good memory or the ability to organize @ Geflexive pronoun) so they don't forget important obligations. How many times (4) auxiliary verb) we all said, T wish T had remembered! How (5)__ (adverb of frequency) have we offended people by failing to remember (6) _____ (pronoun) birthdays or name days? o Conjunction) they say it doesn't matter, we know, deep down, that we (8) Cauxiliary verb) hurt their feelings. We can always try to make it (9) (preposition) to them next time but unfortunately the damage has (10) Cauxiliary verb) done and our relationship with that person. ay ___ (modal verb, future) never quite be the same again. (On the other hand, we sometimes do (12) ____ very or 1002) much for someone else because wged (13) _ an (auxiliary verb) involved we may find it difficult to say ‘no’ when they ask us to (15) want to please them and then feel we have dan (pronoun) own interests in so doing, When friends (do ot make?) them a favour, but true friendship should mean that we can say ‘no’ without risk to the relationship. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 3 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. ifa line is correct, put a tick (V7) if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Positive thinking 0 0 Positive thinking does not mean you to have to find every / 00 idea absolutely wonderful. It does mean you have to be 1 ready to explore an idea and to try and bring out whatever 2 good features it may has. The next step might be to find 3 the weaknesses in case the idea and to try and strengthen them, rather than for using them simply as an excuse for rejecting the whole idea. Finally, the idea, after it has been explored, may not be used up because there is a better one or because, good though it is, it is not the suitable There is nothing wrong with being positive about an idea at first and then rejecting it later, when you can see that 10 it won't to work. It is easy to be negative and critical and 11 it is time we had showed less respect for this kind of 12 destructive thinking and emphasized on creative thinking 13. more, We should first make ourselves list the positive things 14 about an idea before we criticize it, Too much talent is wasted in the negative thinking. So remember ~ think positive!Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 unit 2 4 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. My ideal job One thing I know is that I wouldn't like to have an (0) geeupation that has anything to do with physics, (1) oor maths; Tam not the (2) type at all. In fact, at school I was a complete (3) in these subjects. Neither am I very 200d at dealing with people, nor am 1 (4) . $0 jobs in| business, administration and (5) don't really interest me either. Moreover, I find it (6) to be surrounded by a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving creative work or (7) skills of some sort. I'd like to have the chance to work outdoors (8) travelling too. I am not (9) rich but I would like to have a (10) to live comfortably. and perhaps do a bit of concerned about becoming income ~ enough Questions and question tags occupy CHEMIST SCIENCE, FAIL AMBITION MANAGE IRRITATE ART OCCASION PARTICULAR REASON 5 Complete the questions in the questionnaires below, then choose one of the questionnaires and write your awn answers, ‘You and clothes 0 Do you dress before breaks rate? usually dress before breakfast 1 you wear the same kind of clothes five years ago as you do today? 2 someone ese buy your cates for you? 3 You ever bought anything and then no worn 2 5 does it take you to get diese inthe mominge 5 do you wear when you got© a pany? pairs of shoes do you ha4 The good, the bad and the unbearable Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Leave it at home 10 Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of geting Wil 09 around. This is sill rue when you will drive along a quiet country modem motorway. AS far as you getting from one place to another in the city ix concemned, is a diferent story, Whenever 1 road or a 2 3. want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home 4 and go on foot. It often turns out to be much more quicker. I still make the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an efficient means 6 of a transport. The other day my wife was feeling a bit under the ther, She had been having terrible headaches for some long, 8 time and she decided she couldn't take it anymore and asked from 9 me to give her a lift to the doctor, whose surgery is in the centre 10 part of town, We live in a suburb in the old quarter of the city and 11. itis about twenty minutes away on foot. On the way back, however, ___ 12 itis all uphill and 1 must to admit it can be exhausting, especially on a 13 hot day. Reluctantly I got the car out of the garage and we set it off, 14 me muttering about the wonders of taxis. My heart was sank as we __15 hit the first traffic jam ~ 1 knew we were beginning a long journey Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line Far from the madding crowd? We live in a new residential area on the outskirts of London. It is a quiet «oy neighbourhood which makes a nice change afer ling NEIGHBOUR in one of the noisiest (1) of London for many years. SUBURBAN ‘The house is set in beautiful (2)___, though there is one SURROUND fairly major (3) problem: a chemical factory about ENVIRONMENT five miles away in the (4) zone, Unfortunately, INDUSTRY the waste from the factory has caused serious (5) POLLUTE of the atmosphere and the river. Another (6) is the ADVANTAGE night life ~ there isn’t any. IF you want (7) 4 you have ENTERTAIN to invent it yourself or drive into (8) London, with all CENTRE the hassle of finding a (9) parking space. Luckily, it surt is only five minutes walk from our house to the nearest ao) _ station. GROUND 14soos A Culture shock GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Use the articles a and the more than once, A day in Spain ‘The morning in Spain lasts (0) __44#if__ two o'clock, when itis time for lunch. After that there's @ siesta and the afternoon begins at about five o'clock. At eight o'clock people begin thinking about having (2) ____ drink and so the evening begins. Dinner is served from nine o'clock and the evening may continue well into the night. ‘There's no town, large or small, without (3) ____ main square and it is () __ great public festivities take place. (5) square is the heart of community life. In the past, the entrances fo the square used to © blocked so that it could serve as a bullring, something which is still done (7) villages where they do not have their own bullring In the cities, bars are popular meeting places where one goes for (8) __ aperitif at lunch-time, to drink a lass (9) wine with friends and to try the tapas, which may be anything (10) olives to seafood. After work comes the fertulia or informal club hour (11) __ men gather and, (12) —_ a glass of wine, discuss (13) news, politics and football or tell jokes. The end of the aftemoon is (a4) ___ people often have a cup of chocolate or, in summer, (15) refreshing, cold drink and churros: delicious, twisted fritters. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2. For questions 115, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. if a line is correct, put a tick (¥) Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. An international summer camp of _ 0 Forthe last few of years, my children have been going to a summer camp 00 in northern Greece called Skouras Camp. They always seem to have a good time, so if you're wondering what to do with the kids for three weeks this summer, you could do worse than send them up to this, beautiful camp on the shores of the A& an Sea, If your children, like mine, are keen on adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras 19%* Culture shock Camp will keep them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy them, Skouras is an international camp with our children from all over the world, My children have made friends with children of their own age from Poland, China, Denmark and the United States. Naturally they do get lots 9. of opportunities to practise their English as English is the only language spoken. 10 ‘The Camp it is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. tis 11 and huge (120 000 square metres) and is just a stone's throw away from the clear, 12 blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just five minutes to walk to the golden, 13 sandy beach on the foot. The programme is packed with exciting activities for 14 children. Apart from the usual water sports, my kids’ favourite activities are horse 15 siding and table tennis. Other sports include basketball, volley-ball and athletics. ‘The Camp ends with a sports contest in the las week which all parents are invited to attend. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line ‘to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. A tip round Europe The British are (0) _considered 1 be among the worst tippers in CONSIDER the world but is that because they simply don't know the rules? Customs differ between countries, so it is not (1) SURPRISE that in Tokyo they do things (2) from London. DIFFERENT In British restaurants, for example, a tip is (3) GENERAL included in the bill and this is the case in most (4) NORTH European counties, In some Mediterranean countries, such as Greece and Spain, the customer is expected to pay a little extra for S e. As for bars and pubs, again customs SATISFY vary. In Britain, one (6)___ does not have to pay a tip in ‘CERTAIN pubs, while in hotel bars it is (7)__ common to leave FAIR your small change behind. This is the case in (8)___too, GERMAN but in France you leave a tip only when drinks are brought to your table, In the (9) __of European counties, with the MAJOR ao) of Ireland where it applies only in top hotels, EXCEPT porters receive a tip for carrying your luggage to your room for you.> Comic genius Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (¥). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. iit A sense of humour —%__ 0 Have you noticed how ofien people are happy to hear the same joke, 10¢ _ 00 over and over again? One reason, of course, is that they have not 1 probably forgotten the details of the joke, but I am sure it also has | 2 something to do with getting at the same pleasure more than once. So 3 when a person who has just started telling a joke asks his audience, 4 ‘Do you know i” or Have you heard it before?” people must always : 5 answer something like, ‘t doesn’t matter, let's hear it again.’ It is not such 6 surprising that i a joke is worth hearing, itis worth hearing several times. | 7 Think it was Ogden Nash who once said that itis probably better to have 9 tongue-in-cheek no doubt, that although that people who possess a sense 10 of humour have a good time, they do never actually achieve anything 11 important, whether good or bad. This, thought Nash, is because when 12 people with a sense of the humour begin to do anything important, they 13 can't help noticing how so funny they look doing it, so they stop to have 14 2 good laugh at themselves. As a result, what might to have been a 15 great achievement is left unfinished, Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the jokes below. Use the word given in capitals atthe end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 1 The boss of a big company brought all his (0) __ employees together EMPLOY 8 an infectious disease than to have a sense of humour. He argued, 4 and told them he had an (1) to make. He told them he had ANNOUNCE some good news and some bad news for them. ‘It is my (2) PLEASE é to announce,’ he said, ‘that we have kept to all (3) __ GOVERN i regulations and we haven't broken any laws.’ Everyone smiled with i o “The bad news,’ he continued, “is that SATISFY a 2 What are the (5) for any young person who wishes to (QUALIFY become a (6) ? He should be able to foretell what is going POLITICS to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year and have the | @ afterwards to explain why ABLE ; 3 A judge, in sentencing a (8) recently, said: Tm going to give CRIME you the maximum (9) Tm going to let you go free, so you PUNISH can worry about taxes, inflation, (10) bills and everything else, ... ELECTRIC 26Talking sense GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. How do we see in 3D? When we look across a field, how (0)_0_we know that one distant object is bigger than another @ that one object is behind another, not in (2) of i? In 3) words, how do wwe see things in three dimensions, in proper relation to (4) other, instead of seeing everything ‘lat”? ‘The answer is that (5) Wwe see things, we see them not (6) with our eyes but with o minds as well: we see things (8) the light of experience. Our minds and memories help @) to interpret what we see, For instance, experience gives us an idea about the size ao) things. A man (11) 4 boat some distance from the shore looks much smaller a2 a man on the beach. But you don't think (13) one is a very large man and the aay a very small man. What you say to yourself is that one man is nearby and the other is as) away. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are Correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (/) Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. How do bats know where they are going? —4___ 0 Amodd thing about bats is that they do not have a good 1 00 eyesight, although they have to hunt for their food during the night, In fact, bats do not rely on their eyes to find out their way. They use a kind of radar system which works like this: when they fly, bats make high-pitched sounds which are so high that human beings cannot yet hear them. The echoes from these sounds are thrown back to the bat while itis still in to the air. The bat can tell whether the echo came from an object nearby or much far away and it will change the direction of its flight to avoid to crashing into the object. Bats depend on flying more than 10 most animals. While birds and insects also fly, they have 11 and the ability to walk about if necessary. However, a 12 bat cannot walk very easily because of its limbs and 13 feet are not suitable; it cannot even stand very easily 14 So itis actually then easier for a bat to hang upside 15 down from a branch than to sit on it LTTE 31 pt ————s%& Talking sense i Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line iia to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. All about owls For thousands of years the owl has been a (0) __@veadure which CREATE has had a special (1) for people. Primitive people had MEAN many superstitions about the owl, (2) because of the MAIN strange sound of the cries it makes. In many parts of Europe, the hooting of an owl is (3) __ to be an omen of death ‘THINK In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of () soit w was closely linked with the female (5) Athena Gop ‘The owl is a bird that really comes to life at night and its whole body is (6) suited to this way of living SPECIAL An owl has very (7) hearing and a remarkable SENSE @) to see in the dark. If there are any other animals ABLE around at night, it will hear them (9) sand because the IMMEDIATE owl is so G0) of its territory, it will frighten them away PROTECT with its strange hoot Comparative and superlative adjectives Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is too young to ride a bicycle, 1 Objects that are close are clearer than objects that are distant clear Distant object close objects, 2 This month's test and last month's test were equally ea just This month's test last month’s test 3. My brother lives nearer to me than my mother does. far My brother does not from me as my mother does.Unit 7 practice: Use of English, Part 4 or questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line, Some of the lines are “correct, and some have a word which should not be there. if line is correct, put a tick (v7) line has a word which should not be there, write the word, sbourg ¢ 0 Strasbourg has always been an important European city. ¢ 00 Thanks to a favourable geographical position ~ at the 1 crossroads of waterways and overland routes ~ the area 2 on which the Strasbourg now stands has been inhabited 3 for since the Bronze Age, In the Middle Ages, it was an 4 important economic centre and it has gradually grew so 5 strong that by the fifteenth century it had become a free 6 republic, It grew more sicher and richer in the sixteenth 7 century and welcomed free thinkers and refugees from 8 Switzerland, Italy and France, These newcomers have 9. greatly enriched the city's cultural life. In 1697, Strasbourg 10 has became part of France, Germany conquered it in 1870 11 and it was only returned to France after the end of the First 12 World War. It was again occupied by Germany in the Second 13 World War and suffered some great destruction. In 1949, the 14 city was been chosen to be the headquarters of the Council 15 of Europe, and since 1979 it has been come the seat of the European Parliament to which, at present, fifteen countries send representatives. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Madame Tussaud’s Madame 7 saud's is one of the most popular (0) __ attractions in, ATTRACT. London and as it is very (1) in summer, make sure crowD You get there early. This famous and highly (2) ENTERTAIN ‘museum contains lifelike wax figures, which are (3) ‘CONTINUE brought up to date. On display are (4) models of REAL famous people, from the latest pop stars to (5) figures, HISTORY You can also see today's politicians and the most well-known TV © you (7) You can buy a combined ticket which will allow PERSON to both the Museum and the Planetarium next. = ADMIT door. The Planetarium is open (8) from 10.00 am to Day 5.30 pm and (9) are given every hour. Baker Street is PRESENT the (10) underground station for both attractions, NEAR 37“8 Sherlock Holmes — The Mystery of % ~ the Creeping Man GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Holmes rides again Thad (0) __H_ seen Holmes for some time and had no idea what he had been doing since the last time we @ worked together on the Case of the Creeping Man. He was in a chatty mood (2) morning and settled me into the low arm-chair on @) side of the fire, while he sat (4 in the opposite chair, puffing away at his pipe as usual. Suddenly, the door flew open and a huge man burst (5) the room, It (6) have been funny if he hadn't looked ( frightening, with his sullen, dark eyes with a gleam of malice in them and his muscular figure. The man immediately asked which (8) us was Master Holmes, The famous detective raised (9) __ pipe with a smile. Ob, i's you, is it” said our visitor. Well, you keep your nose a0 of other people's business.’ Holmes asked the stranger to go (11) 1've handled your sort before now,’ the man continued, ‘so just watch (12) _ ” He swung his huge fist under my friend's nose, Holmes examined (13) __ closely with an air of great interest. It may have aa my friend’ cool response (15) calmed down a little my picking up the poker, but our visitor then Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (V). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Acclose look Sherlock Holmes had just been bending over a microscope for a long. time, Now he has straightened himself and looked at me in iumph, He informed me that the objects he had been examining had glue on them, “There's no doubt about microscope and agreed that, apart from some of hairs and dust, there 4 were traces of glue clearly visible. We had been found the objects scattered in a field near the body of the dead policeman, A cap which belonging to the accused was also found at the crime scene, .” he said, Iwas looked through the but he had denied that it was his, The accused was a picture framer who habitually handled glue. The case Holmes was investigating, in was not one of his own; Inspector Merivale of Scotland YardI said Holmes, Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 10 had asked my friend to look into the murder. In so doing, Holmes had had 11 discovered the importance of the microscope in the work of a detective. 12 Holmes then told me he was expecting a new client to arrive but that 13 the man was so late. Suddenly he asked me if I knew anything about 14 racing. I admitted I occasionally was spent some of my war pension on 15 betting on the horses but I rarely won anything, ‘Then I'll need your advice, 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Unsolved mysteries Thave a (0) briefcase full of papers which describe cases Sherlock Holmes has investigated. Some are (1) since there were no final (2) for the mysteries in question. A problem without a (3) wo Among these (5) which one morning s: ‘may interest the but will offer litle to the general reader. stories is that of the yacht Alicia, led into the mist and (6) forever, the vessel and the crew were never seen again. Then there was the case of the well-known (7) was found (8) contained a remarkable worm, unknown to science up to that point, Luigi Persano, who ‘mad with a jar in front of him. ‘The jar Apart from these mysterious cases for which Holmes did not find solutions, there are those which various (9) people ‘would rather not see in print and those which might affect the ao than for any man alive. of Holmes himself, for whom I have more respect Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 BRIEF FAIL EXPLAIN SOLVE SPECIAL FINISH APPEAR JOURNAL COMPLETE INFLUENCE REPUTE, 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bicy too My sister is broken After ___too young to ride a bicycle. 1 First he entered the house through the window and then he stole the jewels. _ the house through the window he stole the jewels, 43% Mysterious monsters Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (¥). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Is ita bird or is it a plane? Yo Some 1 2 3 In 1655, a Portugese man appears to have been transported within seconds from one country to another by some mysterious forces, ‘The man was for doing business in the Portugese colony of Goa in India when suddenly he found himself back in Portugal. He was which may or may not have been fair, and he was been, condemned to death, The authorities in Portugal at the time tended to explain things according to their religious beli knowledge of the world. Their world included witches, magicians and put on i$ well as and their devils, who they were believed to be enemies of the Church and authority. One of the characteristics by which these evil creatures could have be recognized was that they were able to fly through the air, We do not know about whether the man from Goa was carried ils of the case through the air or not. There are no surviving dl although that the evidence at the time was thought to be good enough to convict him, Since the seventeenth century, many other cases have been reported in the which people have claimed to have flown through the air. Nowadays most of people do not believe in witches and magicians and UFOs are offered as an alternative explanation. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line, The men and women who vanish w often read or hear about people (0) _ésappearing _, some of DISAPPEAR whom come back again, while others vanish forever. It has been suggested that these people were taken by aliens; some go (1) WILL while others are 2) by the visitors from outer space KIDNAP It is not surprising that those who do come back after a mysterious 3) ___ find it difficult to make people accept their ABSENT wo EXPLAIN We can only wonder what has (5) __ _ happened to those REAL who never return, There is one story from the nineteenth century of the « ¢ c accused of (9) a local farmer with a (10) _ 0 7) 8) of a certain Mr Rhys. When he failed to return after DISAPPEAR PEND RCH him, Fortunately for Davies, there was MURDER. and this man KNOW an evening in the company of a friend, and failed to discover him, his friend, John Davies, was of such mysteri persuaded everyone involved that Rhys had actually been taken away by alien creatures. 48What's in a face? MMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH m practice: Use of English, Part 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Reading faces “Hippocrates, the father of medicine, believed (0) __#hat personality and physical appearance @ together, Even in our own times, researchers (2) tried to prove that a person's characteris somehow connected (3) the way they look. Psychologists often divide people two types: those that are short and fat and those that are tall and thin, People in the frst group tend to be shorter (5) average and as they grow older they (6) fatter, Although, in general, these people tend to be cheerful extroverts, (7) ___ mood may suddenly change and they become either depressed (8) inward-looking, Criminals o of the short, stocky type, for (10) Nero, Napoleon and Mussolini. Tall, thin people usually (11) smallish heads, long noses and bony faces. As far (12) their personality is concemed, they tend to be both shy (13) bad-tempered. They often suffer (14) stress and avoid physical activity, although (15) they do take part in sports, they are generally very good often fall into this group and many dictators have also Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (V). line has a word which should not be there, write the word _ Get your hair cut! for _ 0. sty mother was very interested for in my hair. She would watch it ¥ 00 growing very carefully until it had got to a length which she thought was scandalous. Then she would start hinting that it was time to "must get it cut. In those days (I was a teenager then) I was very fond oof my many hair. You might say I was very attached to it and I hated to be parted from it. The longer it grew, the better I felt it. My hair was thick and curly and 1 was afraid 1 would look ridiculous without it When I was a little, women in the local corner shop used to admire it and wish they had hair like mine one; instead they had to go and have had their hair curled at the hairdressers. I was therefore proud of my mop of black, curly hair. When 1 ignored about my mother's 10 hints she would ask, tongue-in-cheek, whether I intended to Jnger or a priest. (Orthodox priests let their hair to HET 11 become a pop 53%* What's in a face? 12. grow long.) When her litte jokes became threats and were combined 13. with my father’s commands to go and get off my hair cut without 14 further delay, 1 gave them in, I would then spend a few months feeling 15. miserable until my hair had grown, Then, once again, my mother would start complaining Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line, Show me your face and I'll tell you who you are People have for a long time held the (o)__ Belief that the face is in some way a reflection of (I)__. There is nothing @ or mysterious about it: we all have different physical (3) and therefore our (CHARACTER wo is unique. How you feel about yourself also has APPEAR a direct influence on your facial (5) If, for example, you EXPRESS have a lot of (6) self- . this will show in your face, CONFIDENT From ancient times, this (7) between particular ‘CONNECT features and aspects of personality was made, and a systematic study of, the (8) __developed and became known as physiognomy, RELATE Physiognomy has proved that people's faces (9)______ reflect. ACCURATE people's characters. For those who don’t find the idea convincing, let us take the example of (10) ‘twins, who not only look alike but IDENTITY also behave in a similar way. Either ... of, both Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 and, not only ... but also, neither ... nor 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bieycle. too My sister i too young to tide a bicycle 1 Idd not enjoy the performance and Idi’ like the theatre neither Tliked the theatre. 2 She is mean and bac-tempered. but Not she Fs also bac-tempered 54Unit 77 am practice: Use of English, Part 4 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line, Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (¥). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. ‘The sandwich 0 John Montague, the eleventh Earl of Sandwich, was so keen 00 on the gambling that he could not drag himself away from the 1 card table, even for a meal. Once he has spent 24 hours playing cards without once getting up to eat or drink. Instead, to stop himself from feeling hungry during the game, he had his servants, make to him a special ‘portable’ meal, made up of a piece of cold ‘was nothing original in putting a piece of bread round vegetables or even if round a lump of meat. It had been done for as long as bread itself had existed. However, it was this famous incident that it gave the 9 snack a name: the sandwich, The first written record we have of the 10 _use of the word in this sense goes back to 1762, The word was 11 well off established by the middle of the nineteenth century and 12 even began to be used as a verb whose meaning ‘to put something 13. between two things of another type’, as in the, ‘I found myself 14 sandwiched between a crowd of football fans and a brick wall.” 15 Also, someone who carries away two advertising boards over his shoulders came to be known as a ‘sandwich man’ 3 4 5 beef berween two slices of a toast. Ther 6 7 8 ‘Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 -3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line __ to form a word that fits in the space in the same line, Eat more fruit and vegetables! A recent report on the (0) eating habits of children in Briain BAT ‘suggests that children from the age of three to strong (1) for vegetables and only eat LIKE 2 amounts of fruit and vegetables at Christmas. SUFFICE (een show a ‘One researcher says not eating (3) may have PROPER Serious consequences on a child's (4) and physical SPEAK development, resulting in poorer performance at school One (5) to give children extra iron and vitamins but SOLVE. in the long run it is more (6) ____ if children get the right EFFECT ingredients in their (7) _____ diet. DAY ® _ | parents choose food for their children that is, FORTUNATE ‘quick and (9) to prepare, rather than food which is fresh CONVENIENCE and healthy. (10) . itis difficult later to get children to. CONSEQUENCE change their habits. 59A “12 "The power and magic of dreams gy 4 GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 ‘11 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. ‘The world of dreams 1 Most people feel that when they dream, they (0) __@Y€_ carried off to another world.) the our daily lives, (3) _______ our whole mind contrary, dreams are often connected (2) wo filled with something, when we are either very upset (5) when we are in good reality in symbols. It is often said that we benefit (7) spirits, a dream will represent (6) dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself when things (8) wrong, Dreams are therefore (9) _____kind of escape, almost a holiday from (10) life, with its fears and responsibilities. It is, QD “a strange (12)______of holiday because whether we have a wonderful rime or whether it tums (13) to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever, ay you are one of those people disciplined enough to write (15) down as soon as you wake up, Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are rere and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa lines correct, put a tick (¥). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Bruce's dream 7 9 Bruce came over to my table at breakfast and asked whether he Fo 00 could to join me, Without waiting for my reply, he sat down and ‘within seconds started telling me about the dream he had been had the night before. I really wanted to have a quiet breakfast without talking much, but I muttered a polite “That's interesting’ as Bruce explained that he had had dreamt that he was a pilot and was fying some passengers to a remote holiday destination in the Bahamas. Told him I needed some and more coffee because I found it dificult to wake me up otherwise and have a proper conversation. He 8 carried on with the next episode of his dream which, he said, was 9 the most interesting part. One of the passengers had turned out tO ~~ 10 be a terrorist and had hijacked the plane. Bruce explained me that he — 11. had been reading a book about a hijack and he said the dream must12, have come about as a result of this. He also told me he was too 13 scared of flying. I tried to change the subject by asking if he was 14 planning to go anywhere interesting in the summer and that was my 15. most big mistake, He went on to tell me in great detail that his dream had always been to visit the Bahamas. He asked whether I had ever been to the Caribbean and explained that it wasn't really all that exper Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 110, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line, ‘The world of dreams 2 While some dreams (0) AéSappear forever, other dreams come APPEAR back again and again, which for the (1) is like going DREAM back to the same place for a (2) 1 doing the same VACATE things. We do not only ‘go back’ to (3) experiences. ENJOY but also t0 ones. An example of a nice dream is PLEASURE when we are doing something very (5) + like winning SUCCESS a prize, while a common nightmare is when we are making fools of O in public or being in a situation from which itis SELF o to escape. Perhaps, then, we should not see POSSIBLE dreams as an escape from (8) but as an extension REAL of it. In dreams, we (9) continue to occupy ourselves USUAL with whatever pleasure or problems we have had during the day, while we were (10) So, rather than freeing us from everyday WAKE life, dreams lead us back to it ported speech and reported questions 4 Complete this dialogue, which is based on the text in exercise 2. Use between one and four words each space. Bruce: Ah, good moming Mary. Mind if (1) Mary: I was just finishing my breakfast. Bruce: You know, 12) the stra Mary: Oh, really. Bruce: Shall I tell you about it? Well, I dreamt that I was a pilot and 1 @) you see, to the Bahamas, Mary: How interesting, 1 could do with another cup of coffee. 1(4) proper conversation if 1(5) Bruce: Yes, The next part of the dream (6) passengers (7) Mary: You don't say! Bruce: Yes, you see, 1(9)__ gest dream last night to be a terrorist and he (8) _? Thanks. this plane, difficult to have a enough coffee inside me, don’t you? interesting part, You see, one of the the plane. this book about terrorism and I reckon that’s why I 65%* Goodies and baddies Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (7). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Made of money? have 0 Yo A couple were walking down Oxford Street when they have stopped to look in a jeweller’s window. The woman, who was young and attractive but a litle bit also vain, said she'd love to have a pair of diamond ear-rings. The man, who was not very well off, was madly in love with the girl and didn't want to lose her. Suddenly he did took a brick out of his pocket, smashed the window and grabbed the cear-rings, then which he gave to the woman. She gave him a big hug and a smile and they carried on walking, A little further down the street they stopped at again another jeweller’s a beautiful diamond ring which she said she would love to have on her finger. The man took up another brick from his pocket, smashed a hole in the glass, grabbed at the ring and handed it to the woman, and the woman saw who was, of course, too delighted. A few minutes later, they found themselves standing outside yet another jeweller’s window and the woman looked at a pearl necklace of which she said would look ‘gorgeous round her neck. The man turned round angrily to the woman and said: “That's enough, you must think I'm made of bricks.” Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Smuggler’s reduced sentence [A British man was convicted and sentenced to owenty years" ) _tmprisonment __ yesterday after a court in the northem city of PRISON, Moyale in Kenya found him (1) of trying to Guttr smuggle irory tusks into Kenya David Murray, who is (2) and a father of a young boy, EMPLOY ‘was arrested last September on the Kenyan-Ethiopian border after special police @) discovered the tusks in his car. INVESTIGATE A court spokesman said that Murray, a (4) of RESIDE ‘Manchester in England, told the court that he had been hired to deliver the car from England to a (5) in Ethiopia, He DESTINY said he had accepted the job because he (6) DESPERATE needed the money’, Once in Ethiopia, his (7) asked EMPLOY him to take the car to Kenya, Murray was not given an 70@ for this change of plan, but did it anyway EXPLAIN, Murray's (9) ‘managed to persuade the court to give LAW him the reduced sentence of twenty years because he has not been’ involved in a (10) _ __ activity before, CRIME Used to/would + infinitive, be/get used to + -ing; relative clauses Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given 0. My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle too My sister is too young to ride a bicycle 1 wish I knew the owner ofthis car. whose Tevish 2 Driving on the right is a new experience for me. used 1 on the right 3 There was a time when people didn't watch TV. use Years ago, people Vv 4 His father would disappear for days. habit His father had for days. 5 Our part of town has a serious crime problem, neighbourhood We live has a serious crime problem. 6 [haven't always smoked so much, use I so much 7 [find it difficult to adjust to living here. get I living here. 8 We went to the seaside every summer when I was @ child. would ‘When I was a child, the seaside every summer. 9 Leaming Chinese isn't so difficult for me now. getting I Chinese. 10 1 went to school in this building, used This is the buildingMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH :xam practice: Use of English, Part 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. TV choice Grandstand (BBC 1, 10.55 am) In today’s programme you can join Steve Rider for a morning session of snooker coming (0) __fY0M _ the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. If you prefer something (1)___a bit more action, then stay switched (2)___for the Rugby League Cup Final (3)__t Helen’s (the favourites) and the Bradford Bulls, which (4) be broadcast live from Wembley at 2.30 pm. FDR: Fear Itself (BBC 2, 8.05 pm) This is (5) second in a four-part series (6) the life of American President Franklin D Roosevelt. Tonight’s episode looks at the period in Roosevelt's life when he contracted polio, a dis ase (7) would have put an end to most careers, let alone that (8) ‘4 man who was hoping to become President of the United States. This fascinating documentary shows ® Roosevelt fought back with great determination and optimism and not (10) got back ‘on his feet again, but also walked triumphantly (11) the White House. ‘You ANC Nothing Yet (Channel 4, 12.05 am) This is an opportunity to enjoy a one-off performance a Pieter-Dirk Uys, the Jewish-Afrikaner comedian (13) satire has long been a thorn in the side of South Africa's political leaders, all of (14)__he makes fun of, although he admits he a5) difficulty with his Nelson Mandela impression, im practice: Use of English, Part 4 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (V). AA girl of ten has been become famous overnight after she was chosen to play a leading role in a major film. Alice Coulthard, who lives in Muswell Hill, was spotted by a talent scouts at a drama school in Hornsey. Now she has been being asked to play one of the four children in the film ‘The Cement Garden, which is based on the book by Ian McEwan. In the film she will to play the part of a twelve-year-old, locked away in her own ‘world of books and thoughts. Alice’s parents are delighted, ‘We had a few doubts about at first, but now we are very pleased,’ said her 40-year-old father, Michael, a computer manager. The Cement Garden which has been tured into a screenplay by director and screenwriter 759 Andrew Birkin, who wrote The Last Boys, an award-winning BBC series 10 Producer Ene Vanaveski who said: ‘We went to all the theatre schools, 11 but when we saw Alice she was just the right for the part.’ Mr Birkin said 12_he was impressed by both of Alice's acting skills and her natural, unspoilt 13. personality. Alice has been taking on drama lessons for three years, 14 though she has been interested in acting since she was five. She has now 15 got her own agent and has started to go to other auditions. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line ‘to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. j Kids watch more TV A study into childrens television (0) __Wiewwiing habits reveals view that children whose parents have a high level of GD EDUCATE tend to watch less television than children from less educated family (2)____ The report also suggests that a high rate BACK of TV watching amongst children in poorer (3) areas SUBURB and in the provinces, compared to those living in large urban centres, is often due t0 (4) and a lack of other kinds of POOR ()____ in the area, Discos, cinema, theatre and sports ENTERTAIN (© ____ offer children in urban centres a wider range of ACTIVE pastimes, which leads to far (7) hours being spent FEW in front of the box. (8) comedies and adventure (COMMERCE films are children's (9) programmes, while twenty FAVOUR per cent of children said they preferred (10) films VIOLENCE and thrillers. Verbs followed by infinitive or -ing form (gerund) Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, inciuding the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bieycle. too My sister is too young to tide a bicycle 1 This TV is too expensive for us to buy atthe moment afford We _ this TV at the moment% The end of intelligence? Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (7). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Brain training be. v 0 00. Do you remember how at school certain subjects seemed be impossible to understand? However much the teacher tried to explain geography, for example, you still did not grasp even though the basics? Now some psychologists are suggesting that learning difficulties may lie in the way the subjects are been presented rather than being a failure on the part of the children. According to a method that called NLP (don't worry what the letters stand for now), people fall into groups depending on how they do leam best ~ through sight, sound or feeling. For example, a visual child will to learn best through diagrams, an auditory child through spoken words, while a kinesthetic child will benefit most from and practical examples. It is easy to find out at which group your child belongs to, All you have to do is ask him or her 4 question, such as ‘What was your day at school like? According to the new theory of NLP, the way the child will answers will tell you whether they lea through sight, sound or feeling, So, a visual child, when answering, will look up to your right, whereas an auditory child will look from left to right. A child that has learns best through feeling will look down to the left and right before giving an answer. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1~10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Seven-year-olds fail test A study by the National Foundation for (0) __Edecational esearch EDUCATION of 3 400 seven-year-old pupils shows an (1) _ of basic IGNORE maths and English which imply (2) BELIEVE ‘The results, which were published recently, show that one in seven children lack basic (3) _ of maths and KNOW cannot even do simple multiplic ion, such as 5 X 5. The results also show that a (4) of the children in this age group THREE cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5) ___ EXPRESS such as halfand a quarter, refer to. Moreover, only half of the children had any (6) of the decimal system for money UNDERSTAND and only one in thirty could (7)__ read the temperature ACCURACY ‘on a thermometer. Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of three Sop (8) is. Loar As regards English, more than a quarter have not learnt to read with any ©) and have problems with the alphabet; CONFIDE meanwhile another 25% are (10) to spell easy words, ABLE like can, man and hot16° Good luck, bad luck __ GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. ‘Happy New Year! One of the most important days of the year is the first of January and itis celebrated (0) __All”_over the world. It isthe time of year 1) people get together and eat and drink a lot and generally behave with warmth and affection (2) ich other. In London, on the stroke @) midnight before the New Year begins, people gather in Trafalgar Square and not (4)___celebrate in (5)___ usual ‘way but also sometimes throw themselves into the fountain under Nelson's column. In Spain, people eat © grape for each of the twelve strokes of midnight. No one knows exactly (7) the custom of celebrating the New Year began, Some people believe (8) was the Chinese who started it © say it was the Romans. In China, they celebrate New Year, which is (10) a different ime from that in the West, (11) only for one day but for several days. A special custom in some countries is (12)__ make so-called ‘New Year’ resolutions’. This means you make a big decision to improve your life in (13) way by stopping any bad habits you may (14) For example, people say they will stop smoking, they will work harder, they will do (15) best to pass their exams, and so on. Its pity that the optimistic spirit of New Year often does not last very long! Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Science or superstition? Itis difficult to come up with a reliable (0) definition _ of the word DEFINE superstition, but basically itis a (1) in something that BELIEVE is not true. We all believe in some things for which we have no ) = but can these beliefs be referred t0 as PROVE superstitions? Throughout history, human (3) have BE Accepted theories which tured out to be false, but the people who _ believed them were sometimes not (4) aval. In all periods. SUPERSTITION history, people have had to find (5)___ for things with, EXPLAIN the (6) they have had and so beliefs that we today find KNOW ey%* Good luck, bad luck crazy seemed quite (7) at the time. For example, the REASON famous and very (8) scientist Aristotle thought that INFLUENCE the world was flat and for many centuries (9) on TRAVEL, Jong voyages were (10) about falling off the edge of ANXIETY the world. st and second Conditionals (1): zero, Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 3 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bieycle. too My sister is too young to tide a bicycle, 1 On rainy days we don't go out, stay When home. 2 You should not answer any of the police's questions. refuse IF the police ask you questions, them, 3 Lwon't buy @ new suit unless I get a pay rise. i 1 will only 1 get a pay rise. 4 Iwould welcome a change of job. could If change my job. 5A change of job would do you good. ifr _ change jobs 6 All you have to do to switch the light on is press this button. comes If you press on, 7 You should ignore strangers asking for money ignore If strangers ask them. 8 Going on holiday is the best way to relax. want oo should go on hoy. 9 Don't break that vase because you'll have to pay for it 88Unit 77 Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Ifa line is correct, put a tick (7) If line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Anew hobby 2M finished university several years ago and I've been gota degree in ave 00 economics, Before that 1 have studied graphies and worked in an 2 1 advertising agency for a short time. I realized very quickly that by trying. to persuade people to buy things they didnot really need was not my cup of tea, My university degree allowed me to get a job working for various charities so then I have worked for Oxfam and War on Want, which both campaign against hunger in the world and try to help poor counties stand! on their own two feet, My ideal job would to be to work for an organisation like Greenpeace as a press officer or something like, After all these years, Ihave never lost interest in drawing and painting and 1 have done recently taken up a hobby: 1 attend ar classes atthe local 10. college every Monday and Friday, They are teach us to use watercolours 11 and Thave already painted a couple of landscapes and sil ifes. There 12. are very various people on the course, mostly middle-aged like me. 13. think we're there for because we're all a bit bored with our lives and 14. our jobs and want to do something other than going to the pub or 15. sitting in front of the TV like as a vegetable. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line Idon’t know much about art Ofall the (@) __¢rificisMS __ made of modem art, perhaps the most crime common is that it is not found (1) enough. This REAL ro) is offen expressed in different ways, but the COMPLAIN @ always comes down to the belief that the closer ARGUE art is to life, the (4) it is. The more like a photograph Goop a painting is, the more gifted the (5) ‘It looks so real,’ ART people say (6) ‘This is why modern painters are ADMIRE, __ often accused of being (7! to paint and are sometimes ABLE, ‘even accused of (8) the public. If we accept this way CHEAT of assessing art, then we would have to come to the itis full of CONCLUDE, a0 models of famous people ~ must contain greater UFE amt than the Louvre. o that Madame Tussaud's ~ becaus8 One small step GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one ‘word in each space. Yuri Gargarin On 14th April 1961, a young Russian cosmonaut made history by becoming the first man (0) to be in space. Seven years later, and just two weeks before the anniversary (1) his historic orbit around the Earth, he was killed (2) a plane crash. This remarkable man was Yuri Gargarin. Gargar @ bom in Gzantsk in Russia and he began to train (4) 4 pilot while he was still a student (5) university. When he finally qualified as a pilot he (6)__ made an officer of the Soviet Airforce. He became a cosmonaut in 1960. The space race (7) the United States and the Soviet Union had already begun some years (8) , but while the Americans were still getting ready to send, o first satellite into space, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 round the Earth. In 1961, Russia took the world by the first man in history to travel in space: Yuri Gangarin. (12) first manned space flight lasted only 108 uprise again (10) launching the Vostock rocket into space, inside (11) was minutes, which is (13) very long when you bear in mind that, nowadays, astronauts (14) months, if not years, in space. After his death in a test flight (15) the age of 34, his hometown of Gzantsk was renamed ‘Gargarin’ in his honour. ‘am practice: Use of English, Part 5 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. A close-up of the Moon Inthe (0) __Héneteenth century and for most of the twentieth NINE century up to the 1950s, the exploration of the Moon was carried out by the use of (1) telescopes. This research POWER provided (2) information about the visible side of the VALUE ‘Moon but it was only in October 1959 thatthe (3) SEE side of the Moon was revealed to the world. Photographs taken from the Soviet Lunil 11 (4 showed that the SPACE © side of the Moon was, in fact, not very different HIDE from the near side. The (6) landing of unmanned SUCCESS 97%* One small step spacecraft by the USA and the Russians in the 1960s and finally the landing of the first man on the Moon in 1969 made possible the direct of the Moon’s surface. The Apollo astronauts EXPLORE collected rocks and sent thousands of photographs back to @ in Houston. They set up instruments which HEAD calculated the Moon's (9) and through the use of laser MEASURE beams they discovered the exact (10) between the DISTANT Moon and the Earth, Future (2): future perfect simple, future perfect continuous, future continuous Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 3 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0. My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is too young to ride a byte This time next week, we'll be on the beach in Majorca, lying This time next week on the beach in Majorca. 2 This is my twentieth year working in this office. working By the end of this year, 1 in this office for twenty years 36th May is our first wedding anniversary married ‘On 6th May for one year. 4 There's a test for all classes tomorrow morning. doing All the pupils tomorrow morning, 5. Y'm going to finish writing my third letter by Friday written By Friday ny third letter 6 If you don't need your bike tomorrow, can I borrow i? using If you your bike tomorrow, can I borrow it? ‘The new school will be ready by October. j built ‘The new school by October. 8 [have tickets for the theatre tomorrow so I can't come for a meal be can’t come for a meal tomorrow because tothe theatre.Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (V). If line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Journey of my dreams Y 0 Until a few months ago, Colin, my husband, was looking for a job without Big 00 big success and feeling life had lite to offer to him, Now, after winning the 1 Lottery, we are rich and are both in a postion to enjoy our leisuretime as we 2 have never been able to do in our lives before. Our children are being grown 3 up and living abroad so we have no one to share out our good fortune with, 4. Anyway, we have decided to go on a long cruise. Colin came home a few 5 days ago with a huge pile of some colourful brochures for exotic holidays, the 6 kind of holiday 1 thought only film stars went on, not people like us. Now it 7. will be me lying on the deck of a luxury liner, sipping my Campari and sunbathing 8 as we will sal 10 some far-off destination. The idea of a swimming pool on a ship 9 is something more I have only read about. We started looking through the 10. brochures last night, for finding all those mythical places very tempting. It is hard to 11. believe that the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal will not just still be pictures in a book, 12. but that we could actually be there, standing inside and having our photograph 13 taken so we can show people back in home that we have really been, Of course 14. we will have to buy a new camera; our little Kodak hasn't been working good 15. since our Harry's wedding, which was ten whole years ago. And when I think of the washing machine we couldn't afford to get repaired six months ago Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line ‘to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Just a bit of fun? For many people, playing card games is one of the most (@ __enjoyable ways of spending their leisure time. Indeed, in ENJOY some cultures card games and even an element of (1) GAMBLE. amongst friends and family is quite common on certain special ‘occasions, such as New Year's Eve. (2) at cards is WIN a bit like having your fortune told ~ itis a) bit of fun. HARM Even if you don't win, you can take comfort in sayings, such as o at cards, lucky in love.’ Itis often Luck © to watch someone who has never played cards AMUSE before beat all the experts. This is called (6) luck* BEGIN and it adds to the fun, Some people find it 7) just FASCINATE watching a game of cards, while others find the whole thing incredibly (8) if they are not taking an active par. BORE O) . for some people card games become an FORTUNATE ao that they cannot control ADDICT 10320 An American dream gx GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. A world language ‘The English language is big business: every day more and (0) _MOF€ __ people around the world are leaning English (1) a foreign language and more and more people (2) making a living from providing English in various forms, including teachers, writers and publishers. (3) Britain, the English language is one of the country’s (4) important sources of income. English is quite unique in the history (5) the world’s languages: an amazing one in seven people in the world speak (6) Which makes it undoubtedly the first world language in history. (7) English, Latin, French and Greek were also to some extent international languages (8) none of them ever managed to reach either the number of users that English has (9) the incredible range of situations in (10) English is used toclay. For example, 75% of the world’s correspondence and 60% of the world’s telephone conversations are carried (11) in English. Chinese also has a billion speakers, but «aay 4 Chinese businessman meets a Spanish colleague at a conference, they (13) almost certainly use English as the medium of communication, (14) Chinese or Spanish. English has also become the language of science: two thirds of scientists write (15) research papers in English and the majority of doctors in the world learn English as part of their studies. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (7) If line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Looking for a job cig This year I celebrate twenty years as being an English teacher. I am often Y 00 asked how I chose this career. In fact, I didn't choose it: I drifted into it, like a lot of such other people who have become English teachers. When I finished university what I have really wanted to do was act ~ the theatre was, and still is, my first love. [tried to get it into drama school and nearly managed it. I don’t think my acting was the problem, In one drama school it was my singing one; the director said a successful actor needs to be able to both sing and dance. I have never been very good at either. He sat at the piano while 1 tried to sing a much well-known tune ~ I was not Pavarotti, At another school,- 8 Twas foolish enough to admit I didn't have any money with which to pay up the 9) fees for my training, so even if though they thought I could act, they couldn't 10 see how I was going to pay my way. I had reached a dead end. Then I saw 11a poster in the university English department which advertising jobs for teachers 12. in Italy. I had always wanted to go to Italy because I had heard of so much about 13. it from my father. He had been bom in Italy and ran a small pizzeria in Camden 14 Town, Just for fun a friend and I we decided to go along to the interview in 15. London, though we had not been inside a classtoom since we left school Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Hollywood forever? Apart from television, the cinema is the most popular form of () entertainment ‘or most people because it is sill relatively ENTERTAIN ae Hollywood is, of course, the capital of the EXPENSE @__ cinema industry. Hollywood movies make up NATION G) _______ 75% of all the films we watch at our local cinemas. ROUGH Although we may find it difficult to remember the names of @) __ and French film stars, Hollywood stars, such as ITALY 7 Sylvester Stallone and Meryl Streep are (5) names HOUSE tf _ allaround the world. Moreover, only Hollywood seems to make certain kinds of films (6) SUCCESS om are one example but we can also include westerns, MUSIC. although for a time ‘spaghetti westerns’ (made in Italy) were quite @ with cinema goers. But cowboys and Indians are FASHION really a Hollywood (9) and they are still going strong SPECIAL, afterall these years. Such films, however, have not remained ao by time and changes in attitudes. The cowboys ‘TOUCH are no longer always the goodies as they were in the 1940s. Verbs followed by infinitive with or without to Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bieycle. too ‘My sister is too young to ride a bicycle.o* Potato races Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (¥). Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word. ‘The king of sports? Y 0 The stadium is only a few minutes away from where I live so T usually 1200 go to matches on the foot. I put on my team’s colours and set off with a couple of friends from work. I al: to the comer and the tal floodlights come into view at the top of the main stand of the stadium. By the time we will get to the stadium, there are big enough crowds, all heading in the same direction, As soon as we get inside, the chanting begins and the suspense builds up. I have been to a lot 6. of games which were utterly boring: the weather was such cold and drizaly 7 and the game finished in a goal-less draw, After going games like that, some 8 fans express their disippointment through acts of violence but I just look ahead 9 to the next game. Violence on and off of the pitch is the biggest problem in 10 football, but the behaviour of some of the stars also gives the game a bad name. 11 If we take Maradona of Argentina: he was, as everyone knows it, a great 12. player but he got involved with drugs and was excluded from the 1994 World 13 Cup after he failing a drugs test. Another of the greatest players was the 14 Englishman George Best, but again the pressure of being a star was too great 15. for him, He tumed up to drink and retired when he was only twenty-six. feel a sense of excitement as I turn Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. ‘The Olympics: another view co __Walike las Olympics because (D Tsee the whole thing asa—-BASIC nost people, I took no interest whatsoever in the UKE for big business, Lam sure my views are not typical of how the @ of sports fans feel about the Olympic Games. In my MAJOR opinion, the commercialization of sport through (3) SPONSOR and () is causing the Games serious damage. ADVERT During the event, television is full of (3) ____ for expensive COMMERCE trainers, clothes and sports (6) ____ aimed. EQUIP o at teenagers, whose parents can ill afford to buy PARTICULAR them such things. What I also find (8)___ is the way. DISAPPOINT teams are now called after the company that sponsors them. Finally, there is the (9) way in which gold medallists RIDICULE. become well-known (10) overnight and make a lot of PERSON money appearing in adverts for trainers or breakfast cereal 1142 Holidays are bad for your health _ GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space A weekend in Tenerife ‘The weekend was a disaster, Have you ever (0) EEN __ to Tenerife? Given a choice between Siberia and a four-star hotel in Playa de las Americas, I'd choose Siberia any day. Playa de las Americas is the name of the resort @ wwe stayed. Laurence chose it fom the travel agents brochures (2) __ its near the airport and we were due to arrive late @) night. Well, that seemed to make sense but it turned, o to be the most awful place you can imagine. Playa is the Spanish (5) beach, but the resort doesn't have a beach, not what I'd call a beach, anyway — just strip of black mud. (6) the beaches in Tenerife are black because the whole island is basically an enormous lump of coke and the beaches made powdered coke; it’s volcanic, you see. Apparently, only a few years (8) it was just a barren shoreline and then some businessmen decided to build a resort (9) and now its Blackpool beside the Atlantic, There's a main street (10) is always choked with traffic and lined with the most vulgar bars, cafés and discos you ever saw, with deafening music and flashing lights and greasy cooking smells all round the elock. (11) ___ from that there’s nothing except block after block of high-rise hotels and apartments, Isa concrete nightmare with (12) any trees o grass. We didn’t realize how horrible a3) was immediately because it was dark (14) we arrived and the taxi from the airport took (15) by what seemed to me to be a suspiciously roundabout route, Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (v). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. A room with a view out 0 When I arrived on the island the first thing I had to do was find out ¥ 00 somewhere to stay. Although the harbour was crowded with hotels and houses who offering rooms (with hot water and panoramic views), | preferred to head straight for one of the small hotels recommended by my guide book. So that with my pack on my back, I struggled up the steep hill that led to the Sunview Hotel. It was a hard work and I wished I had taken a taxi, as although it was still only May the weather it was already very hot. To make things worse, the Sunview was completely booked up% Holidays are bad for your health 10 u 12 3 4 15 and I had to continue my search. The owner, who was friendly and helpful, told me I should have phoned earlier but he also told me that where I would find a vacant room, I have followed his directions and came to a little, concrete block, with a big sign saying ‘Rooms’ hanging from an olive tree in the front yard. Luckily, they already had a couple of free rooms and I chose the one with the best view, After I having a quick shower, I set out to explore the town. Arriving in May meant I could to avoid the crowds, which in the high season fill the narrow streets. Now I nearly had the place to myself, except for a few German tourists and except elderly English couples who were staying in the Fou sar hotel just outside the town. Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Getting away from it all How many times have you come back from what was meant to be a@)___Yélaxing holiday and said, ‘If only 1 had stayed at home!” RELAX Why are holidays often more (1) than staying home? STRESS It is not actually very (2) that foreign travel is tiring and SURPRISE it is not just because of the distances involved. A (3) SUCCESS trip needs planning and very careful (4) = this is PREPARE hard work. Having set off, you will probably have to spend hours in stufly airports because of (5) delays. END o as everyone knows, is itself a stressful experience FLY for most people. Finally, you arrive in an (7) environment FAMILIAR with perhaps no (8) whatsoever of the local language. KNOW Itis almost like becoming a child again: one feels so (9) HELP and stupid. Imagine not being able to explain what you want to eat to a cao) or where you are staying to a taxi driver! WAIT Expressing wishes and regrets; inversion Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, 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 two and five words, including the word given. 0. My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is too young to ___ tide a bicycle, 1 What a shame we didn’t go to Paris instead. gone If 120 Paris instead,