Part 9: Think of one word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.

1.
- If you asked me to arrive at 7, it would __________ me fine.
- White doesn't __________ me. I prefer dark colors like brown and black.
- Finally, they have decided to file a civil __________ against the corporation. The first hearing is due next
week.
2.
- The latest evidence doesn't __________ the initial assumptions. We need to change the way we've thought
about the process.
- I'm really grateful to you for your affection and __________ I received throughout the recovery.
- Chris had to work hard as he had a wife and three children to __________.
3.
- The house on the outskirts of the town was in a sorry __________. It desperately needed renovating.
- For years the two neighboring countries were in a __________ of war.
- Those who came to the airport were able to see a few heads of __________ coming out of the plane to the
accompaniment of the orchestra.
4.
- When in the pub, Frank usually __________ up attractive girls sitting at the tables which makes his wife see
red.
- I'm sorry I'm so busy at the moment. I'm up to my __________ in work.
- You've got to be very careful doing business with that Russian. He's a bit fishy. I advise you to have
__________ in the back of your head.
5.
- She looked scruffy in her tattered coat with a big dirty __________ on the sleeve.
- The town's anniversary was round the corner. To __________ the occasion, the officials built a huge bridge
spanning the two banks of the river.
- You've forgotten to put an exclamation __________ in this sentence. Such a mistake may cost you dearly in
the exam.

Part 10: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LAW

A. The law influences all of us virtually all the time, it governs almost all aspects of our behavior, and
even what happens to us when we are no longer alive. It affects us from the embryo onwards. It governs the
air we breathe, the food and drink we consume, our travel, family relationships, and our property. It applies at
the bottom of the ocean and in space. Each time we examine a label on a food product, engage in work as
an employee or employer, travel on the roads, go to school to learn or to teach, stay in a hotel, borrow a
library book, create or dissolve a commercial company, play sports, or engage the services of someone for
anything from plumbing a sink to planning a city, we are in the world of law.

B. Law has also become much more widely recognised as the standard by which behavior needs to
be judged. A very telling development in recent history is the way in which the idea of law has permeated all
parts of social life. The universal standard of whether something is socially tolerated is progressively
becoming whether it is legal, rather than something that has always been considered acceptable. In earlier
times, most people were illiterate. Today, by contrast, a vast number of people can read, and it is becoming
easier for people to take an interest in law, and for the general population to help actually shape the law in
many countries. However, law is a versatile instrument that can be used equally well for the improvement or
the degradation of humanity.

C. This, of course, puts law in a very significant position. In our rapidly developing world, all sorts of
skills and knowledge are valuable. Those people, for example, with knowledge of computers, the internet,
and communications technology are relied upon by the rest of us. There is now someone with IT skills or an
IT help desk in every UK school, every company, every hospital, every local and central government office.
Without their knowledge, many parts of commercial and social life today would seize up in minutes. But legal
understanding is just as vital and as universally needed. The American comedian Jerry Seinfeld put it like
this, 'We are all throwing the dice, playing the game, moving our pieces around the board, but if there is a
problem, the lawyer is the only person who has read the inside of the top of the box.' In other words, the
lawyer is the only person who has read and made sense of the rules.

D. The number of laws has never been greater. In the UK alone, about 35 new Acts of Parliament are
produced every year, thereby delivering thousands of new rules. The legislative output of the British
Parliament has more than doubled in recent times from 1,100 pages a year in the early 1970s,to over 2,500
pages a year today. Between 1997 and 2006, the legislature passed 365 Acts of Parliament and more than
32,000 legally binding statutory instruments. In a system with so much law, lawyers do a great deal not just to
vindicate the rights of citizens and organizations but also to help develop the law through legal arguments,
some of which are adapted by judges to become laws. Law courts can and do produce new law and revise
old law, but they do so having heard the arguments of lawyers.

E. However, despite their important role in developing the rules, lawyers are not universally admired.
Anti-lawyer jokes have a long history going back to the ancient Greeks. More recently the son of a famous
Hollywood actor was asked at his junior school what his father did for a living, to which he replied,'My daddy
is a movie actor, and sometimes he plays the good guy, and sometimes he plays the lawyer. For balance,
though, it Is worth remembering that there are and have been many heroic and revered lawyers such as the
Roman philosopher and politician Cicero and Mahatma Gandi, the Indian campaigner for independence.

F. People sometimes make comments that characterize lawyers as professionals whose concerns put
personal reward above truth, or who gain financially from misfortune. There are undoubtedly lawyers that
would fit that bill, Just as there are some scientists, Journalists and others In that category, But, In general, it
is no more Just to say that lawyers are bad because they make a living from people's problems than it is to
make the same accusation In respect of nurses or IT consultants, A great many lawyers are involved in
public law work, such as that Involving civil liberties, housing and other Issues. Such work Is not lavishly
remunerated and the quality of the service provided by these lawyers relies on considerable professional
dedication, Moreover, much legal work has nothing to do with conflict or misfortune, but is primarily
concerned with drafting documents, Another source of social disaffection for lawyers, and disaffection for the
law, is a limited public understanding of how law works and how It could be changed. Greater clarity about
these issues, maybe as a result of better public relations, would reduce many aspects of public
dissatisfaction with the law.

Questions 1-6
The reading Passage has six paragraphs A-F
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

List of Headings
i. Different areas of professional expertise
ii. Reasons why it is unfair to criticize lawyers
iii. The disadvantages of the legal system
iv. The law applies throughout our lives
v. The law has affected historical events
vi. A negative regard for lawyers
vii. public's increasing ability to influence the law
viii. growth in laws

1. Paragraph A ________________
2. Paragraph B ________________
3. Paragraph C ________________
4. Paragraph D ________________
5. Paragraph E ________________
6. Paragraph F ________________

Questions 7-8
Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO of the following statements does the writer make about legal skills in today's world?
A. There should be a person with legal training in every hospital.
B. Lawyers with experience in commercial law are the most in demand.
C. Knowledge of the law is as important as having computer skills.
D. Society could not function effectively without legal experts.
E. Schools should teach students about the law.

Questions 9-13
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Lawyers as professionals. People sometimes say that (9)________________ is of little interest to lawyers,
who are more concerned with making money. This may well be the case with some individuals, in the same
way that some (10)________________ or scientific experts may also be driven purely by financial greed.
However, criticizing lawyers because their work is concerned with people's problems would be similar to
attacking IT staff or (11)________________ for the same reason. In fact, many lawyers focus on questions
relating, for example, to housing or civil liberties, which requires them to have (12)________________ to
their work. What's more, a lot of lawyers' time is spent writing (13)________________ rather than dealing
with people's misfortunes.

Part 11: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each
space.

If you’re the proud parents of a toddler or preschooler, you are probably aware of the (1)_____ of
speech development. It seems almost as though virtually overnight those heart-warming gurgles and coos
have (2)_____ into words and, later, into coherent sentences. According to recent research, language
development begins much sooner than any of us had ever suspected. It is now (3)_____ believed that babies
can hear while they are in the womb and this explains why babies that are only hours old can distinguish
between their own mother’s voice and the voices of other women.
 Language development is grounded in imitation. Babies (4)_____ language by listening to those
around them and then copying the sounds and speech (5)_____ that they are exposed to. Most child
psychologists are of the (6)_____ that babies respond better to ‘‘baby talk’’ - speech that is (7)_____ pitched
and melodious. They stress, however, that baby talk should be spoken in (8)_____ and that a combination of
baby talk and normal conversation is the ideal way to promote language development.
Some parents worry that their toddler is (9)_____ behind its peers when it comes to speech
development. Experts are quick to advise them, however, that these (10)_____ starters will gradually catch
up with their more communicative counterparts.

1. A. miracle B. sensation C. revelation D. marvel

2. A. converted B. switched C. turned D. adapted
3. A. mutually B. routinely C. normally D. commonly
4. A. obtain B. get C. gain D. acquire
5. A. schemes B. patterns C. models D. designs
6. A. idea B. mind C. concept D. notion
7. A. high B. strong C. shrill D. loud
8. A. moderation B. limitation C. restraint D. measure
9. A. lagging B. lingering C. loitering D. dallying
10. A. late B. belated C. delayed D. slowed