Sentence Completion

Question 1:

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below. Write ONE

WORD ONLY for each answer.

A company providing luxury serviced apartments aims

to:

● Cater specifically for (1) _____________ travelers.

● Provide a stylish (2) ___________for guests to use.

● Set a trend throughout the (3) __________ which becomes permanent.

Traditional holiday hotels attract people by

● Offering the chance to (4) ____________ their ordinary routine life

● Making sure that they are cared for in all respects – like a (5)___________

Question 2:

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below. Write ONE

WORD ONLY for each answer.

Studying at the Open University demanded a great deal of (1)__________

Studying and working at the same time improved Rachel's (2)_________

skills. It was helpful that the course was structured in (3)__________ She

enjoyed meeting other students at (4)________________

Question 3:

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE

THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

● The insurance company is able to offer very good rates in different (1)

__________

● The highest rate with comprehensive cover is the (2) ____________

● The customer opts for delivery to the (3) ___________

Question 4:

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below.

Technology experts, government officials, (1)________ and engineers are meeting

this week in Italy. They have (2)_______ in Rome for the first Green Standards Week

conference.

Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development and the International

Telecommunications Union organized the (3)________. The event calls

attention to the need for information and communication technologies to

fight climate change and to build greener, more (4)________ economies.

In recent years, the world has changed because so many people now use

computers, mobile phones, and other kinds of (5)________. But the

increasing use of information and (6)________ technologies, also known as

ICTs, also has led to more pollution, especially greenhouse gas (7)________.

This is mostly because of the energy used to manufacture, transport and

operate such equipment.

Question 5:

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE

THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

● Ministers and officials put the ………. of the agriculture business first.

● Hormones make cattle ………., thus making meat production more profitable.

● The use of hormones was banned over ………. ago in Europe.

● The USA and Canada asked the WTO to declare the ban ………. .

● A Danish study that hormones are over ………. more dangerous than was
previously thought.
 Summary Completion

Question 1:

Listen to the audio and complete the summary below. Write ONLY ONE WORD

for each answer.

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House is famous for its roof's architecture resembling

(1)__________. The opera house was designed by Jørn Utzon from Denmark and it

was built between 1959 and (2)___________.

The roof is covered with more than I million roof tiles which were manufactured

in (3)__________. Every evening the roof is lit up in a (4)_____________ spectacle. The

opera house has a variety of performance halls and theatre and exhibition

spaces. More than (5)___________ shows are staged there every week. Every year,

more than 8 million visitors visit this Australian landmark.

Question 2:

Listen to the audio and complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS for each answer.

The Scottish Beaver Trial

Eileen is spending a short period at the Scottish Beaver Trial on what is called a

5. ………. . She is actually a post-graduate student and her particular area of

research is 6. ………., which is why she finds the beaver project so interesting. On

the project, Eileen has the job studying the 7. ………. behaviors of the beavers.

Eileen was fortunate enough to see some beavers when she went out on an 8.

………. on her first evening in Knapdale. Eileen’s particular task is to 9. ………. the

dams and other things that the beavers make and she has set up what’s called a

10. ………. so that she can observe them more closely.

Question 3:

Listen to the audio and complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN

ONE WORD/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Mongolian Sports Festival

Naadam is a festival of three sports in Mongolia: (1)……………….. horse racing and

archery. This festival is traditionally for men and takes place during (2)………………..

Previously, women were unable to (3)………………. in the festival but now they can

take part in two out of the three sports.

Question 4:

Listen to the audio and complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN

TWO WORDS for each answer.

Shakespeare Festival

Stratford-upon-Avon is a small town in the West Midlands of England around

1).............................. miles from Birmingham. The town was first settled in the
2).............................. by Anglo-Saxon people. The first written mention of the town

dates to after the Norman 3)............................... Lord John Courtances redesigned

the settlement in the 12th century. Many 4)...................................... and tradesmen

moved to the town to take advantage of the weekly market. Shakespeare was

born in Stratford in 1564 and later attended the 5)...................................in the town.

Tourism in Stratford began to take off after David Garrick, an 6).................................,

held a Shakespeare festival in the town in 1769, and tourism is now the town’s

main source of visitors and income.

Question 5:

Listen to the audio and complete the summary below. Write ONLY ONE WORD

for each answer.

I don’t think we have a great (1)______ idea of happiness. Many people imagine that

happiness comes from something (2)______; if you get a new car, a better job, or a

bigger house, you’ll be happy. Whenever I hear the phrase ‘the (3)______ of

happiness’, the image that comes to my mind is of racing dogs chasing a

mechanical rabbit that’s always just out of (4)______. I think a much better goal of

life is to be content. Contentment is an inner feeling of satisfaction that’s not

dependent on external factors. I argue that the goal is to enhance contentment,

comfort, serenity, and (5)______ so that you can roll with the ups and (6)______ of life

and not get thrown off too much. I think it is not realistic to try to be happy all the
time; we’re (7)______ to be sad or blue some of the time; I think that’s part of the

(8)______ experience.

Note/Table/Form Completion

Question 1:

Listen to the audio and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE

Well known for: (1) _________

Complex consists of: concert rooms

theatres

cinemas

art galleries

public library

restaurants

(2) _________

Historical background: 1940 – area destroyed by bombs 1960s – Centre

was (3) _________ .In (4) ________ – opened to public, managed by: (5)

___________. It is open: (6) _________ days per year.

Question 2:

Listen to the audio and complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Day Time Event Venue Ticket price

Monday 7.30 p.m. ‘The Magic

(1) _________ … from £8.00
and
Flute’ (opera
Tuesday
by Mozart)

Wednesday 8.00 p.m. (2) ‘__________’ Cinema 2 (3) __________

(Canadian

film)

Saturday 11 a.m. to (4) ‘__________’

Gallery 1 Free
and Sunday 10 p.m.
(art exhibition)

Question 3:

Listen to the audio and complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

 PACKHAM’S SHIPPING AGENCY – Customer Quotation Form

Name: Jacob (1)___________

Address to be collected from: (2) _________ College, Downlands

Rd Town: Bristol

Postcode: (3) ________

Size of container:

Length 1.5m

Width (4)_______

Height (5)______

Contents:

Clothes

(6)________

(7)________

Total estimated value: (8) £__________

Question 4:

Listen to the audio and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN

TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Yavari: The Incredible Ship

Today

Where you can see the ship now: close to a (1) _______ At Puno Bay in

Peru. What visitors can do:

• Take a (2) ________

 • Sleep on the ship

History

Year when the ship was built: (3) ________

Main material used in building the ship: (4) ________

How it was transported to Peru by sea in small sections

How it was transported across Peru:

• By (5) ________

• On horseback

Working Life

Raw material carried by ship:

• Precious metals

• (6) _______

The type of engine first fitted on the ship: (7) _______

Question 5:

Listen to the audio and complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS AND for each answer.

Introduction to species
The Tiger Shark

• Preferred habitat: near to the 31______________

• Typical food: other sea creatures but also 32______________

produced by humans

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

• Origin of name: its dark bands

• Size: 6.5 meters (maximum)

• Raine Island area: studies show tiger sharks are mainly found here during

the 33______________ (when turtles are nesting)

Questions 34-38

Complete the flow-chart below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Pieces of 34______________ were attached to lines as bait

The lines were 35______________

The hooked shark was brought to the 36______________ and secured

The shark was measured and tagged, and tissue removed for research

Larger sharks: an acoustic tag was fitted or a 37______________ was attached

The shark was 38______________ and could be tracked

 Answer Key

Sentence Completion

Q1)

1. Business
2. Kitchen
3. World
4. Escape
5. Baby
6. Chocolates

Q2)

1. motivation
2. time management
3. 29 modules
4. 30 summer school(s)

Q3)

1. all-inclusive packages
2. premium rate
3. port

Q4)

1. policymakers
2. Gathered
3. Conference
4. Environmental Friendly
5. Electronic Device
6. Communication
7. Emissions

Q5)

1. profits
2. grow faster
3. 20/ twenty years
4. illegal
5. 200
 Summary Completion

Q1)

1. sails
2. 1973
3. Sweden
4. colorful
5. 40

Q2)

1. internship
2. biodiversity
3. building
4. boat
5. measure
6. camera trap

Q3)

1. warriors or skillful warriors (must be plural) or skillful men

2. colorful clothes or traditional clothes or distinctive clothes (three possible options but no
more than two words possible for the answer)
3. 11 13 July / 11th 13th July

Q4)

1. 22
2. 7th Century
3. Conquest/conquest
4. merchants/local merchants
5. King’s New School/king’s new school/Kings New School/kings new school
6. actor

Q5)

1. cultural
2. external
3. pursuit
4. reach
5. resilience
6. downs
7. supposed
8. Human
 Note Table Completion

Q1)
1. classical music (concerts)
2. (a) bookshop
3. planned
4. 1983 / (the) 1980’s
5. (the) City Council
6. 363
Q2)
1. (the) Garden Hall
2. Three Lives
3. £4.50
4. Faces of China
Q3)

1. Mkere
2. Westall
3. BS8 9PU
4. These 3 variations are acceptable:
0.75 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (wide)
¾ m (wide)
75 cm(s) (wide)
5. These 4 variations are acceptable:
0.5 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (high/deep)
half metre/meter (high/deep)
½ m (high/deep)
50 cm(s) (high/deep)

6. These 2 answers can be written in either order:n(some) books

7. (some) toys
8. 1,700

Q4)

1. (big) hotel
2. guided tour
3. 1862
4. iron
5. train
6. wool
7. steam (engine)

Q5)

1. coast(s)/shore
2. garbage/rubbish/waste
3. summer
4. fish
5. checked
6. boat
7. camera
8. released/freed