SECTION A.
LISTENING
Part 1 (10 x 2 = 20 points). Listen to the talk and fill in the gaps. Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A
NUMBER.
1. 1917 2. expensive 3. Harvard 4. lawyer 5. similarities
6. congressman 7. ending 8. office 9. shot 10. wives
Part 2 (10 x 2 = 20 points). Write T for true and F for false in the boxes below.
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
Part 3 (10 points).
Questions 1 - 4
1.police officer 2. law 3. practical 4. training
Questions 5 - 7
5. A 6. C 7. E
Questions 8 - 10
8. well-paid 9. famous people/ celebrities 10. (a) detective
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1 (15 points). Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
A C A D B B C A B D C D B D C
Part 2 (10 points). Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the numbered boxes.
Line Mistakes Corrections
1 2 is
2 3 will would
3 4 just such
4 7 Like Unlike
5 8 but and
6 10 is are
7 12 blooded blood
8 13 willing unwilling
9 15 society social
10 16 why what
SECTION C. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1 (15 points). Read the passage below and decide which answer best fits each gap.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C A D A B B D C B C A B D B A
Part 2 (15 points). For questions 1-15, choose from the people (A – D).
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
D D C D C A D B D C B B D B A
Part 3 (10 points). Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A C C B D D C D B
Part 4 (15 points). Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank.
1. born 2. interested 3. made 4. enough 5. take
th
6. which/that 7. sixteenth/ 16 8. really/ very/ 9. next/following 10. However/
extremely/ absolutely Nevertheless
11. continue 12. as 13. Space 14. through 15. themselves
Part 5 (5 x 2 = 10 points). Choose the most appropriate heading from the list A-H for each part
1. H 2. F 3. D 4. B 5. C
SECTION D. WRITING
Part 1 (5 x 2 = 10 points). Use the word in brackets, complete the second sentence.
1. The boy was on the point ][ of crying when he was punished by his mother.
2. In few other books is this problem ][ discussed so well./ will we see this problem ][ so well discussed.
3. I cast my mind ][ back to what had happened all those years before.
4. It can’t have ][ been Mrs. Smith you saw because she’s in Singapore.
5. Andrew has a reputation ][ for being a very good cook.
Part 2 (20 points). Write your letter (about 80-100 words), suggesting how you will both spend the day
together.
+ Cover all information: 10 + Grammar and vocabulary: 8 + Style and format: 2 points.
points. points.
Part 3 (30 points).
+ Style: 5 points + Content: 15 points + Grammar and vocabulary: 10 points