1. For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

Use the word

given and other words to complete each sentence, must use between two and five words. Do not change the word given.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years. since
It's years since Ive enjoyed myself so much.

1 It wasn't easy to persuade her to come.

difficulty
I had some ............her to come.

2 Could you please put that cigarette out?

mind
I wonder ...............that cigarette out?

3 I like travelling by train more than going by air.

rather
I ......................than by air.

4 If you work carefully, you won't make so many mistakes.

more
The fewer mistakes ................you will make.

5 He said he was sorry that he had kept us waiting.

apologised
He ...........................................us waiting.

6 The train left on time and we arrived just after that.

already
When ........................................................we left.

7 'I wouldn't take the coach, if I were you', the travel agent said.
advised
The travel agent ..........................................take the coach.

8 I can't swim in that water - it's so cold!

too
The water is .............................................swim in.

9 why not check the meaning of the word in a dictionary?

Look
Why not........................................-up in a dictionary?

10 it would be a good idea if you booked the tickets in advance

better
you...........................................................the tickets in advance

1 He's an enthusiastic football player.

Keen
He's very --------------------------------football.

2 The remark was so unexpected that she didn't know what to say.
such
It ...........................................that she didn't know what to say.

3 A local shop sold fresh fish at one time. It closed down years ago.
used
There was a local shop....................................... fresh fish.

4 You use a saw to cut wood.

tool
A saw ..................wood.

5 It's often quicker to go by underground than by bus.

takes
The bus .................................................. the underground.

6 No one in the world drives as badly as you do!

driver
You're ....................in the world.

7 I tried as hard as I could to make him change his mind

best
I .. make him change his mind.

8 It will be nice to hear from you.

Forward
Im ---------------------------------------------you

9 Could you connect me to the Information Office, please?

put
Could you the Information Office, please?

10 We all moved up so that one person could sit down.

room
We all moved up to ------------------------------------one more person.

1 We couldn't sleep because of the noise from the discotheque.

prevented
The noise from the discotheque ..............sleeping.

2 She's never been to the circus before.

time
It's the...................to the circus.

3 The accident made it impossible for him to work.

able
Since the accident he work.

4 When she heard that she'd won, she began to cry.

broke
When she heard that she'd won, she..............tears.

5 My parents don't like me to stay out late at night.

disapprove
My parents ............................................................out late at night.

6 It was a waste of time writing that letter.

needn't
I ............................................................that letter.

7 There is room for five passengers in our car.

big
Our car .........................................................five passengers.

8 He was very lucky that he wasn't punished for what he did.

get
He was very lucky to .................................................what he did.

9 He was like my father in many ways.

reminded
He.................................... my father in many ways.
10 He was good enough to be a professional player but he gave up the game.
could
He ----------------------------------a professional player but he gave up the game.

1 We all enjoyed the walk even though it rained heavily.

spite
We all enjoyed ............the walk rain.

2 If no one mends the roof, it will collapse.

unless
The roof will collapse................. it.

3 The reason for the delay was a signal box failure.

result
There was a delay a signal box................failure.

4 I'll give you a door key because I may not be in when you get home.
case
I'll give you a door key in............when you get home.

5 I think the rain will go on all day.

set
I think the rain for the day.

6 The exam starts at 9 a.m. Don't be late.

will
Don't come later than 9 a.m. because the exam.............by then.

7 You should really try to smoke fewer cigarettes.

cut
You should really try to smoking

8 I'm leaving at 6 o'clock so you'll have to phone before that.

use
I'm leaving at 6 o'clock so it after that.

9 Switch on the machine and then you can press the 'Start' button.
once
You can press the 'Start' button the...............machine.

10 It's possible that John could help you but he doesn't know about your problem.
might
If John knew about your problem,..................help you.

1 Trains are rarely late in my country.

time
Usually, trains .................in my country.

2 She never stops saying how much she dislikes public transport.
complaining
She .........................about public transport.

3 My flatmate studies history,

share
I...................someone who is studying history.

4 My neighbour often plays loud music and it really irritates me.

always
My neighbour ...........loud music and it really irritates me.
5 The bus service in our city becomes more inefficient every year.
getting
The bus service in our city...............and more inefficient.

6 That blouse and skirt are a perfect match. goes

That blouse................your skirt.

7 In the end, the motorway was a great success.

turned
The motorway ..................a great success.

8 He is often in a bad mood.

rarely
He is .............good mood.

9 My old teacher never fails to greet me when he sees me in the street.

hello'
My old teacher ........................when he sees me in the street.

10 You moan about the weather all the time and it gets on my nerves.
are
You ....................about the weather.

1 I wish 1 knew the owner of this car.

whose
I wish............is.

2 Driving on the right is a new experience for me.

used
I.............................

3 There was a time when people didn't watch TV.

use
Years ago, people................on the right.

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 I haven't always smoked so much.

use
I...............so much.

7 I find it diffcilit to adjust to living here.

get
I...............living here.

8 We went to the seaside every summer when I was a child.

would
When I was a child,............the seaside every summer.

9 Learning Chinese isn't so difficult for me now.

getting
I ....................Chinese.

10 I went to school in this building.

used
This is the building .....................to school.

1 My sister is not old enough lo ride a bicycle.

too
My sister ........ ride a bicycle.

2 Peter's idea was to stay in and watch a movie on TV.

suggested
Peter ...........................a movie on TV.

3 I She forgot to post the letter.

remember
She ...............................the letter.

4 I will never forget lying on the beach in Mykonos.

always
I..............on the beach in Mykonos.

5 I am not on speaking terms with Bruce.

stopped
I ..........................to Bruce.

6 I talked to Mary and then went home.

stopped
On the way home .................to Mary.

7 Unfortunately, you have not passed the test.

regret
We ...............have not passed the test.

8 I wish I had married Mary!

regret
I...............................Mary.

9 We could hear voices next door.

talking
We........................next door.

10 I'd appreciate it if you were a bit quieter,

try
Could ...................less noise, please?

11 What a shame we didn't go to Paris instead.

gone
If .......................Paris instead.

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 (/) in the space on the right. If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word in the space on the right. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).

YOUNG DRIVER
Oliver Niesewand, 22
0 I passed through my test three weeks ago, so I
00 still drive with a certain amount of caution. My mother
1 gave to me her car, and I get some help with tax and
2 insurance because it's so much expensive. I think
3 cost and crime are the most negative aspects of
4 owning a car, and you have to realise about how
5 powerful and possibly dangerous a car can be. I
6 enjoyed the learning to drive and my instructor was
7 very patient and uncritical. I've been noticed that
8 other drivers are not as patient as when you don't
9 have L-plates* any more. I haven't had any accidents
10 or near misses yet - the worst thing that could happened
11 was when I broke out a wing mirror during a lesson.
12 A near miss is probably a good thing because it
13 makes you to be more careful. Safe driving has a lot to
14 do with attitude. In my opinion, 17 is too young to
15 begin learn to drive. Perhaps 20 would be a better age.

3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
FIRST READ THE SMALL PRINT
When you take out travel insurance, you usually just accept the little form which the clerk
pushes (0) ...across the counter. You fill it all (1) make out a cheque
and, (2) return, you receive a thin sheet of paper with very small print. But
nobody ever expects that anything could really (3) wrong. It always
(4) to someone else! Well, my family is that someone else!
I (5) never forget the phone call from my daughter who was
(6) holiday abroad. It began: 'Mummy, something awful's happened.' Her
hotel room (7) been burgled and all her luggage stolen. Fortunately, she
was insured and she reported the matter (8) the police at the time. The
insurance company, however, wanted not only the police report, (9) also
receipts for everything stolen (10) they would recognise her claim.
(11) nearly all her clothes were from a chain store, we had no receipts.
Other items stolen had (12) gifts - a camera from her grandparents two
years (13) a necklace from her boyfriend. It took (14) nearly
three months of writing letters to get any offer from the company at all.
A fight like this teaches you one very important lesson - before you take out insurance,
make (15) you read the small print!

A weekend in Tenerife
The weekend was a disaster. Have you ever (0) bedVt 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
(1) we stayed. Laurence chose it from the travel agent's brochures (2) it's near the
airport and we were due to arrive late (3) night. Well, that seemed to make sense but it turned
(4) 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 a 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 are made
(7) powdered coke; it's volcanic, you see. Apparently, only a few years (8) it was
(ust a barren shoreline and then some businessmen decided to build a resort (9) and now it's
Blackpool beside the Atlantic. There's a main street (10) is always choked with traffic and lined with
the most vulgar bars, cafes and discos you ever saw, with deafening music and flashing lights and greasy cooking
smells all round the clock. (11) from that there's nothing except block after block of high-rise hotelsand apartments. It's
a concrete nightmare with (12) any trees or grass. We didn't realize how horrible (13) 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.

YOUNG SKATER
I was born and brought (0) W?. just outside Bristol and (1) the
ages of seven and fourteen, I spent far more of my waking hours on the ice rink
(2) I did at home.
When I was six, we went to Bournemouth on holiday and saw an ice show and from
was opened, I (6) skating lessons and I never looked back.

Within a couple of years, I was skating (7) three hours before

school, (8) lunchtime and then (9) the evening again.
(10) the time I was nine, I was doing this at (11) three orf our
times a week.
Mum and Dad used to (12) it in turns to (13) ..'...' me up at 5 a.m.
with a cup of tea. Fortunately I wasn't the (14) one in the family needing all
this attention because I had two elder brothers (15) were already doing
their own thing. One was a musician and both were sportsmen.

VILLAGE LIFE
The land around their village is rocky and the soil is poor. Julia and her husband worked
hard in the fields but they could not produce (0) ...ENOUGH.. food to feed their family
or buy the things they (1) Julia's husband was forced to look
(2) work in South Africa. There was no work in Lesotho because there
were so (3) factories and businesses. Many families in Lesotho are
(4) the same situation. (5) a man has a lot of land or
animals, he has no choice (6) to leave his wife and children and get
a job (7) from home.
Julia's husband (8) to get home and see his family about once a year
but the children are growing up fast and they (9) recognise their father.
Their mother has to (10) all the family decisions. She is the one who keeps
them (11) order, makes sure they do not go hungry and comforts them
when they are sick or unhappy. Julia's parents help (12) looking after
the youngest children and (13) some of the housework but they are
(14) weak to work in the fields now. Julia has to plough, sow, weed and
harvest the land (15) herself, while she waits anxiously for the next
envelope containing money from her husband.

BALLOON RIDE
Larry Walters intended to 0) make . only a short trip when he took off from
Long Beach, California, 1) in a garden chair which was attached
2) 45 balloons filled (3) helium. Instead, the ropes
4) secured his chair to the ground broke and he shot up to 16,000 feet.
5) startled airline pilots eyed the strange flying machine, Larry began to
6) a little chilly. He shot at several of the balloons 7) an
airgun he 8) taken with him and began to descend. When the balloon
ropes became entangled in a power line, Larry was finally 9) to return to
earth after more than an hour.
Larry 10) rescued, uninjured, as his chair hung from the power lines. 'The
part that was frightening 11) the last 300 feet, with the rooftops coming
up so fast', he said afterwards. 'I fulfilled my dream but I wouldn't do this again
12) anything.'
The US Federal Aviation Administration is determined to see that he does not.
An inspector said, 'We know that he broke some part of the law. As 13)
as we decide which part it is. some charge 14) be filed. If he
15) a pilot's licence, we'd suspend that, but he hasn't.'

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

AMELIA EARHART
The (0) disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the American APPEAR
airwoman, is one of the world's (1)------ -------- mysteries. SOLVE
After Amelia made the first solo (2)----- --------- across the FLY
Pacific in 1934, she made frequent public (3)---- --------and APPEAR
even received (4)--------to the White House. INVITE
When she was at the (5)---------of her fame, she came HIGH
under increasing (6)---- from the public to go on to PRESS
even greater (7)--------- and, in 1937, she decided to try to ACHIEVE
fly around the equator. Her first attempt was (8)--------- SUCCESS
but two months later she tried again, (9)-------- by her COMPANY
I navigator, Fred Noonan. Soon after their (10)---------- DEPART
I from Papua New Guinea, near the end of their journey, the plane
I vanished without trace.

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
PHOTOGRAPHIC SPORT
With landscape (0) photos , you can take your time to set PHOTOGRAPH
up your (1) Shooting sports pictures, on the COMPOSE
other hand, requires quick (2) and fast reactions. DECIDE
It may seem a difficult technique to master but it just
takes (3) and lots of film to become PRACTISE
(4) The secret is a good position, SKILL
(5) and a tripod to support a long lens. PATIENT
(6) photographers use telephoto lenses to PROFESSION
home in on the action without getting too close to it and you
can (7) this lesson yourself. A long lens is a APPLICATION
good (8) but you may need to move closer INVEST
(9) if you've only got a compact camera. PHYSICAL
Remember, in many sports there are set plays which
(10) you to compose and focus your camera at the ABLE
peak of the action.
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 (/) in the space on the
right. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space on the right. There are two examples at
the beginning (0 and 00).

TIME OFF Sandy Murray, 29, air stewardess

0 Working when everyone else has got time off is all
00 part of the job. I never mind if I must have to work on
1 a Saturday night because of I know I'll have time off
2 later in the week when I will get back. I've been flying
3 on long-haul routes for six years now, so I don't
4 really get excited about the going away. I know I'm
5 going to feel tired when I get up to the other end
6 after a busy night's flight and very little sleep. It's
7 not as difficult work, but it's hard to keep smiling for
8 so long. Still, the passengers have been paid a lot of
9 money for the flight so they deserve it, and I know I'll
10 have a good time once after we've landed. I'm fortunate
11 because I don't have too much of trouble with jet-lag.
12 I have a few hours' sleep when I get to our destination,
13 then I get up, have got a full day out and about, and after
14 another night's sleep I'm fine. Soon I've got four nights
15 in Rio. I hope that to go up Sugar Loaf Mountain and
the rest of the time I'll probably sit by the pool.

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 (/) in the space on the right. If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word in the space on the right. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).

A YEAR IN SOUTH AMERICA

Nicola spent the year between leaving school and going to university teaching English and helping in an orphanage in
Ecuador.
0 I was met at the airport by my host family. There was .........................
00 a girl, Christina, who was at my age, and a son who ......... ..........
1 was away at the university, so I slept in his room. .........................
2 My week was varied. On Mondays and Wednesdays .........................
3 I taught English at a college where my first pupil who was ...........................................
I 4 a man of 35 years. On Thursdays I taught children at a ........................
5 private school. Some of the classes got really noisy
6 but I used a whistle which it was very effective in
7 keeping them more quiet. On Tuesdays and Fridays,
8 I worked at an orphanage where I had played with the
9 children and helped with the cooking. It was a nice place
10 and the children all were beautifully looked after.
11 Language wasn't much of a problem since I had been
12 learning Spanish for five years ago, which helped me
13 get around on buses and go for shopping. Coming
14 home was strange. The first week was wonderful but
then I began to be miss South America. Now I'm looking forward to my university course in Latin American studies.

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 A desiring B trying (c) hoping D expecting

ROBOTS
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been (0) .... for the invention of a machine that would
do all the necessary jobs (1) .... the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (2) .... by robots, why not
boring and repetitive household chores too?
For a long time the only people who really (3) .... the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up
(4) .... a major difficulty. That is, housework is
(5) .... very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot
(6) .... one task endlessly (7) .... it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run the (8) .... factory. A housework
robot, on the other (9) .... , has to do several different (10) .... of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (11) ....
all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs.
(12) .... , there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to (13) .... the robot locate objects and
avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is (14) .... is the software - the programs that
will (15) .... the machine.

1 A around B through C for D over

2 A made B managed c succeeded D given
3 A took B gave c did D showed
4 A to B for c against D on
5 A hardly B seriously c surely D actually
6 A carries out B carries over c carries away D carries off
7 A since B while c when D until
8 A total B whole c full D all
9 A side B part c hand D view
10 A types B ways C methods D systems
11 A for B from C by D with
12 A Moreover B However C Besides D Therefore
13 A assist B allow C help D enable
14 A missing B short C left D needing
15 A order B practise C perform D operate

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
SHIPWRECK
On 19th March 1967, (0) .the.. oil tanker Torrey Canyon' ran aground on Seven Stones Reef, off the coast of Cornwall,
England. Days later, the wreck was blown
(1) in an airstrike by the Royal Airforce. (2) that time, the cargo of 50,000
tonnes of oil (3) spilled into the sea, making a gigantic oil slick. The oil killed at
(4) 25,000 birds and damaged hundreds of beaches. (5) 1975, the
'Showa Maru' ran aground near Singapore. (6) salvage ships could reach her
she had lost 3,000 tonnes of oil - and that was only a small (7) of the oil she was
carrying! The 'Showa Maru' is not one of the world's largest tankers. What (8)
happen if the 'Globtik Tokyo' broke (9) ? There are lots of other ways that small
amounts of oil (10) get into the sea - from the engines of pleasure boats, for
(11). The search (12) oil can make our surroundings (13) pleasant in other
ways too. Construction yards and oil rigs can (14) a beautiful view. The fuel for
cars is made (15) the oil in refineries and unfortunately refineries are difficult to hide.

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an examp at the beginning (0).
PREPARING FOR EXAMS
For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an examp at the beginning (0).
PREPARING FOR EXAMS
The most important rule of exam (0) preparation is to start your PREPARE
(1) early - don't leave it until the last few days REVISE
before the exam.
Revise regularly and use a (2) of methods to VERY
help you learn and remember. Read your lesson notes
(3) and highlight any points which are CARE
(4) important.SPECIAL
Be aware of your (5) and weaknesses and ask STRONG
your teacher to suggest (6) practice exercises in ADDITION
areas of the language where you lack (7) CONFIDE
You could ask a friend to test you (8) - on your OCCASION
vocabulary or on your (9) verbs, for example. As REGULAR
the exam approaches, you might also find it (10) HELP
to answer some questions under exam conditions.

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

MARCONI
Guglielmo Marconi (1874- 1937) was an Italian (0) SIENCE _ SCIENTIST
and the (1) of the first practical system of radio INVENT
telegraphy. In 1895 he (2) in transmitting radio SUCCESS
signals over a (3) of over two kilometres. DISTANT
The next year he came to London and was given (4) ENCOURAGE
by William Preece, chief (5) of the post office. ENGINE
1897 saw the (6) of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph FOUND
Company and the beginning of his (7) In 1899 he FAMOUS
made the first telegraphic (8) between England CONNECT
and France. The (9) telegraph which he sent on HISTORY
that occasion is preserved in the museum of Radio France in Paris.
Marconi's greatest triumph was in 1901 when he
(10) transmitted the first radio signals across the SUCCESS
Atlantic Ocean.

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning
(0). Example: 0 A desire

ADVENTURE TRAVEL
le traditional (0) .... for exploration - to boldly go where no man has gone before - has become a little out of (1) .... now.
Corners of the world which have not been explored are
rare indeed. They do (2) however, and - from polar regions to tropical rainforest,
from 8,000 m. (3) .... in the Himalayas to submarine caves in the Caribbean - the attempts to discover them continue.
The increasing (4) .... in exploration is reflected in the growth of companies which (5) .... in holiday-length expeditions
to the foothills of the Himalayas, Africa and South America. Such tours are unlikely to (6) .... real danger but they offer
(7) .... challenge to allow the traveller some of the achievement of full-scale exploration.
The line (8) .... exploration from vacation is difficult to draw now. Expeditions may (9) .... from packaged adventures
along well-known (10) .... to a demanding assault on some remote mountain face where survival (11) .... on good
training, technical (12) .... , judgement and good luck. As one climbing enthusiast (13) .... it: 'Some people can get I full
satisfaction (14) .... admiring a mountain from a safe distance (15) .... others might only be satisfied by actually
climbing the mountain.'

1 A question B date C order D practice

2 A appear B Occur C arise D exist
3 A peaks B tops Cpoints Dcrowns
4 A popularity B enthusism Cinterest Dsuccess
5 A specialise B feture Cadvertise Darrange
6 A consist Bsuffer Cinvolve D propose
7 A sufficient B slight Ccertain Dsome
8 A cutting B dividing Cparting Dconnecting
9 Astrech B reach Cinclude Drange
10 A sites B ways C routes D resorts
11 A requires B relies C stands D results
12 A method B art C practice D skill
13 A put B said C told D mentioned
14 A for B from C at D in
15 A however B otherwise C despite D while

MINOR ILLNESSES
Most people can do minor (0) .... in the home - such as mending a fuse or (1) .... on a button. Most car owners know
how to change a wheel (2) .... they have a puncture.
This booklet will help you to (3) .... with minor illnesses at home. Helping yourself will help the doctor at the same
time. It explains simple (4) .... for minor illnesses and accidents which are (5) .... to occur (6) .... time to time. In some
(7) .... there is nothing a doctor can do that the patient cannot do (8) .... as well.
This booklet will help you to know when you can treat yourself and (9) .... the doctor valuable time to help patients who
are more (10) .... ill, and when you really need to (11) .... the doctor.
We hope you will find this booklet useful. At the back there is a list of simple medicines which (12) .... will be helpful
to have (13) .... hand.
And remember, whenever you are really anxious or ill, advice can be (14) .... over the telephone. (15) .... you need do is
ring the practice number.

1 A stitching B fitting C fixing D knitting

2 A while B if C unless D until
3 A react B manage c handle D cope
4 A solutions B drugs c treatments 0 operations
5 A normal B likely c expected D possible
6 A on B by c from 0 at
7 A cases B occasions c events D types
8 A quite B thoroughly c fully D just
9 A save B spare c free 0 make
10 A badly B urgently C fatally D seriously
11 A command B call C insist D require
12 A they B there C it D you
13 A at B in C by D from
14 A told B sent C passed D given
15 A Only B All C That D Simply

GOODDIES 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 (/). If a line has a word which should not be there, write
the word.

Made of money?
ndV6 o A couple were walking down Oxford Street when they have stopped
S 00 to look in a jeweller's window. The woman, who was young and
1 attractive but a little bit also vain, said she'd love to have a pair of
2 diamond ear-rings. The man, who was not very well off, was madly
3 in love with the girl and didn't want to lose her. Suddenly he did took
4 a brick out of his pocket, smashed the window and grabbed the
5 ear-rings, then which he gave to the woman. She gave him a big hug
6 and a smile and they carried on walking. A little further down the
7 street they stopped at again another jeweller's and the woman saw
8 a beautiful diamond ring which she said she would love to have on
9 her finger. The man took up another brick from his pocket, smashed
10 a hole in the glass, grabbed at the ring and handed it to the woman,
11 who was, of course, too delighted. A few minutes later, they found
12 themselves standing outside yet another jeweller's window and
13 the woman looked at a pearl necklace of which she said would look
14 gorgeous round her neck. The man turned round angrily to the woman
15 and said: 'That's enough, you must think I'm made of bricks.'

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 twenty years'
(0) imprisonment yesterday after a court in the northern city of PRISON
Thessaloniki in Greece found him (1) of trying to GUILT
smuggle ten kilograms of Turkish heroin into Greece.
David Murray, who is (2) and a father of a young boy, EMPLOY
was arrested last September on the Greek-Turkish border after
special police (3) . discovered the heroin 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 Turkey. He DESTINY
said he had accepted the job because he (6) ' DESPERATE
needed the money'. Once in Turkey, his (7) ' : ' asked EMPLOY
him to take the car to Greece. Murray was not given an
For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word which fits
in the space on the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

EXERCISE
Exercise is essential in promoting general good (0) ...health . . HEALTHY
It helps in controlling or losing (1) and also in WEIGHT
stress (2) and preventing illness. Through regular MANAGE
exercise we (3) not only our external muscles but STRONG
also our heart and lungs. Exercise (4) the risk LESS
of heart disease which is a threat to men over 50 and,
(5) to younger men and women. INCREASE
Regular exercise also affects our (6) on life. It LOOK
allows us to get rid of (7) anxiety and frustration. TENSE
During exercise the brain releases (8) chemicals POWER
called endorphins, which are associated with (9) HAPPY
and relaxation, so exercise taken regularly improves the
(10) of your body and of your mind. FIT
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 (/). If a line has a word which should not be there, write
the word.

Leave it at home

Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting

around. This is still true when you will drive along a quiet country
1 road or a modern motorway. As far as you getting from one place
2 to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story. Whenever
3 I 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
5 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
7 weather. 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 it is about twenty minutes away on foot. On the way back, however,
12 it is all uphill and I 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 - I 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 (0) neighbourhood t which makes a nice change after living 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) , 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 SUIT
is only five minutes walk from our house to the nearest
(10) station. GROUND
Kids watch more TV
A study into children's television (0) viewer habits reveals VIEW
that children whose parents have a high level of (1) 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 to (4) and a lack of other kinds of POOR
(5) in the area. Discos, cinema, theatre and sports ENTERTAINMENT
(6) 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.
Getting away from it all
How many times have you come back from what was meant to be
a (0) relaxing holiday and said, 'If only I 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)
trip needs planning and veo careful (4) this is PREPARE
hard work. Hav'ing set off. you will probably have to spend hours
in stuffy airports because of (5) delays. END
(6) , as everyone knows, is itself a stressful experience
for most people. Finally, you arrive in an (7) environment FAMILY
with perhaps no (8) whatsoever of the local language. KNOW
It is 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
(10) or where you are staying to a taxi driver! WAIT
Fill in the blanks with suitable words suggested by the word in brackets.
Ex.: She has green eyes and FIERY red hair (FIRE)
1. During our grandparents (child), people generally travelled from place to place by train.
2. air travel was in its (infant), and most ordinary folks at that time could not afford a car
3. furthermore, there was something romantic and (drama) about a train journey.
4. the locomotives were huge, gleaming monsters which gave out a wonderful variety of (ordinary) noises.
5. for about a hundred years, the train was not only the most popular, but the most (practice) form of transport.
6. now, (fortune) (in my opinion), the age of the railway seems to have passed.
7. many lines in Britain have been closed because they were (economy) to maintain.
8. and other countries, too, complain that their railways operate at a (lose).
9. so now we can be carried (easy) from one place to another.
Write the word you think appropriate in each blank space.
When Michelle was -------1)--------school her friends and teachers would never -----2--------guessed how shed turn out.
---------3) only daughter of a postman, she -------4-------up in a small village near Lyons in France. When she won a
place -------5--------Bordeaux university to ------------6------------Humanities, her parents were delighted that she was
-----------7---------to have the educational opportunities the had --------8-----. They hoped she ------9-------be a school
teacher. ------10--------things didnt happen quite as they ------11------wished. When she finished her studies, Michelle
----------12-------her driving test, bought an old car and -------134-------fascinated with engines. She decided to
--------14--------a course in car maintenance which --------15-------thirteen weeks.-----------16--------the end of the
course, she -------17-------told that of all the students she had -----------18------the most progress. She now works in a
local garage---------19------a mechanic and, in a few years, would like to open a garage of her ------20------.

1 A hoped B guessed C wondered 0 told

2 A come B carry C show D turn
3 A singular B only C individual D lonely
4 A came B raised C grew D started
5 A won B arrived C applied D entered
6 A failed B avoided C lacked D dreamed
7 A things B matters C future D life
8 A liked B expected C claimed D pretended
9 A made B gave C presented D took
10 A fascinated B interested C enthusiastic D excited
11 A from B for C of D in
12 A spent B covered C lasted D passed
13 A of B from C beside D by
14 A success B advance C achievement D progress
15. A begin B open C introduce D make