1. Please leave your room key at Reception.
in a shop in a hotel in a taxi in a bus station
2. Foreign money changed here.
in a library in a bank in a police station in a bus station
3. Afternoon show begins at 2 pm.
outside a theatre outside a supermarket outside a restaurant outside a bus station
4. Closed for holidays. Lessons start again on the 8 th January
at a travel agent’s at a music school at a restaurant at a bus station
5. Price per night:
£10 a tent £5 a person
at a cinema in a hotel on a camp-site at a bus station
• In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below. • For questions 6 to 10,choose the correct answer.
Scotland Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (6) ……………… Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are (7) ……………… five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (8) ……………… most famous city.
Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (9) ……………… many forests, but now there are only a (10)………………. . Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful.
6.
on in at up
7.
about between among under
8.
his your its mine
9.
is were was be
10.
few little lot loads
• In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts. • For questions 11 to 20, choose the correct answer.
Alice Guy Blaché Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, (11) ……………… sound and colour. In 1907 Alice (12) ………………. to New York where she started her own film company. She was (13) ……………… successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were (14) ………………. . When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody (15) ……………… her name.
11.
bringing including containing supporting
12.
moved ran entered transported
13.
next once immediately recently
14.
after down behind over
15.
remembered realised reminded repeated
UFOs – do they exist? UFO is short for ‘unidentified flying object’. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, (16) …………….. that is often the (17) …………….. they are reported to be. The (18) ……………… “flying saucers” were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light. Even people experienced at watching the sky, (19) …………….. as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television (20) …………….. went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scientists studying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lights on boats out fishing 16.
because therefore although so
17.
look shape size type
18.
last next first oldest
19.
like that so such
20.
cameraman director actor announcer
• In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. • For questions 21 to 40, choose the correct answer.
21. The teacher encouraged her students ……………….. to an English pen-friend.
should write write wrote to write
22. They spent a lot of time ……………….. at the pictures in the museum.
looking for looking to look to looking
23. Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to ……………….. wrong.
turn come end go
24. ……………….. from Michael, all the group arrived on time.
Except Other Besides Apart
25. She ……………….. her neighbour’s children for the broken window
accused complained blamed denied
26. As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went …………………. the homework with me.
by after over on
27. Whether she’s a good actress or not is a ……………….. of opinion.
matter subject point case
28. The decorated roof of the ancient palace was ……………….. up by four thin columns.
built carried held supported
29. Would it ……………….. you if we came on Thursday?
agree suit like fit
30. This form ……………….. be handed in until the end of the week.
doesn’t need doesn’t have needn’t hasn’t got
31. If you make a mistake when you are writing, just ……………….. it out with your pen.
cross clear do wipe
32. Although our opinions on many things ……………….. , we’re good friends.
differ oppose disagree divide
33. This product must be eaten ……………….. two days of purchase.
by before within under
34. The newspaper report contained ……………….. important information.
many another an a lot of
35. Have you considered ……………….. to London?
move to move to be moving moving
36. It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their ……………….. of vitamins
upturn input upkeep intake
37. I thought there was a ………………… of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.
piece part shadow touch
38. Why didn’t you ………………… that you were feeling ill?
advise mention remark tell
39. James was not sure exactly where his best interests ………………… .
stood rested lay centred
40. He’s still getting ……………….. the shock of losing his job.
across by over through
• In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best fits each space in the texts. • For questions 41 to 50, choose the correct answer.
The tallest buildings – SKYSCRAPERS Nowadays, skyscrapers can be found in most major cities of the world. A building which was many (41) ……………….. high was first called a skyscraper in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and New York has perhaps the (42) ……………….. skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building. The (43) ……………….. beneath the streets of New York is rock,(44) ……………….. enough to take the heaviest load without sinking, and is therefore well-suited to bearing the (45) ……………….. of tall buildings.
41.
stages steps storeys levels
42.
first-rate top-class well-built best-known
43.
dirt field ground soil
44.
hard stiff forceful powerful
45.
weight height size scale
SCRABBLE Scrabble is the world’s most popular word game. For its origins, we have to go back to the 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts, an architect, found himself out of (46) ……………….. . He decided that there was a (47) ……………. for a board game based on words and (48) ………………. to design one. Eventually he made a (49) ………………. from it, in spite of the fact that his original (50) ………………. was only three cents a game.
46.
earning work income job
47.
market purchase commerce sale
48.
took up set out made for got round
49.
wealth fund cash fortune
50.
receipt benefit profit allowance
• In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. • For questions 51 to 60, choose the correct answer.
51. Roger’s manager ………………. to make him stay late if he hadn’t finished the work.
insisted warned threatened announced
52. By the time he has finished his week’s work, John has hardly ………………. energy left for the weekend.
any much no same
53. As the game ……………….. to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave.
led neared approached drew
54. I don’t remember ……………….. the front door when I left home this morning.
to lock locking locked to have locked
55. I ……………….. to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.
disagree avoid dislike object
56. Andrew’s attempts to get into the swimming team have not ……………….. with much success.
associated concluded joined met
57. Although Harry had obviously read the newspaper article carefully, he didn’t seem to have ……………….. the main point.
grasped clutched clasped gripped
58. A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to ……………….. .
enquiry query question wonder
59. The new college ……………….. for the needs of students with a variety of learning backgrounds
deals supplies furnishes caters
60. I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used ………………… dinner at 6pm.
to have to having having have
