June 2007
Task 1. Read through the following text . Seven paragraphs have been removed from the text. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap 1 - 7. Write your answers in the box provided below the texts.
Fancy a cuppa Java?
While tea, cocoa and fizzy drinks are popular, few other beverages approach the popularity of coffee. It is estimated that the people of the world drink more than a thousand million cups of coffee every day.
The story began about nine hundred years ago, somewhere in Ethiopia, when a shepherd noticed that his goats became much livelier when they went to a particular area to feed.
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The berries were very strong and bitter, and after a while the people of the Arabian peninsula discovered that the best way to take them was to first cook them slowly over a fire, and then boil them in water. They called this drink 'qahwa'.
Task 2. For questions 1-20, read the text below and think of ONE WORD which best fits each space. Write the words in the ANSWERS TABLE below the test.
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin, an American composer, conductor and performer, was born (1) ______opera-singer parents in New York, (2) ______his father, Robert McFerrin Sr., was the first African-American male soloist at the Metropolitan Opera. Bobby’s first love was (3) ______clarinet, but he switched to piano when he had to get braces.
Task 3.Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Indicate the letterA, B, C, or D against the number of each item for the word or phrase you choose and write your answers in the table provided below.
1. / He has just...... the button on to the coat.
A. sewed / C. sown
B. sew / D. sowed
2. / You …………………………on the floor. There was a mattress in the living room.
A. needn’t have slept / C. may not have slept
B. can’t have slept / D. couldn’t sleep
Task 4.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that its meaning is as close as possible to the sentence printed before it.
Example: They'll do the job by Friday.
The job......
Answer: The job will be done by Friday.
1. / This steak has a strange smell; you’d better throw it away.This steak smells ………………………………………………………………….
2. / I can’t believe Jack would be so unreasonable as to dive without a partner.
I can’t believe Jack would be unreasonable ......
Task 5.For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the word given. The word must not be altered in any way.
Example:She could hardly see.
VIRTUALLY
Answer: She was virtually blind.
1. / We could only admit we were guilty.BEYOND
......2. / Helen tried very hard but she couldn’t remember ever having met that man.
RECOLLECTION
......Task 6.The word in capitals at the end of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Write the answers in the table provided below.
Example: You can always rely on Barbara. She is very ...... DEPEND
Answer: You can always rely on Barbara. She is very dependable.
A feeling of ...... came over him when he lost his job, his wife left him and hishouse was flooded. / HELP
The degree of ...... between these countries is so little that they should be treated as
belonging to two separate categories. / COMPARE
Task 7. In most lines of the following text, there is ONE unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit with the sense of the text. Read the text , underline each unnecessary word and then WRITE THEUNNECESSARY WORD in the space provided down the right margin on the appropriate numbered line( lines 1-20) . Some numbered lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (V) .
ANSWERS:Banks are failing to address to the needs of Britain's poor and are going against the Treasury's wishes by not properly promoting basic accounts for those jobless on low incomes, according to an influential consumer body. The chief City regulator's consumer panel it said that if the government was serious about tackling up financial exclusion, then "much more must be done" to promote access on to basic bank accounts. / 1)______
2)______
3)______
4)______
5)______
6)______
Task 8. Choose the word (from A, B, C, or D) which best defines the underlined idiom and write your answers in the table provided below.
1. / The point is not how to describe this trend, but rather how to buck it.A. resist / C. join
B. strengthen / D. promote
2. / When at large this criminal may be particularly dangerous.
A. in crowd / C. cornered
B. under drugs / D. free
Task 9.Choose the word which best defines or is a synonym of the underlined word and write the correct answer A, B, C or D in the table provided below.
1. whopping / A. huge / B. aggressive / C. painful / D. loud
2. fluctuation / A. disappearance / B. destruction / C. reversal / D. change
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