PART 1: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points) Section 1. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 p) 1. Hats like this may have been fashionable in the 60’s, but now they are __________ the times. A. beneath B. under C. over D. behind 2. Don’t be angry with Sue. All that she did was in good __________. A. hope B. belief C. idea D. faith 3. Not only were the little children __________ with this nasty cold. We had a few adult patients, too. A. afflicted B. imposed C. injured D. aggravated 4. In the ___________ of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all time. A. requirement B. demands C. assistance D. interests 5. It was decided that the cost of the project would be ___________ so it was abandoned. A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive 6. Sending out e-mails that people haven’t asked for to ___________ addresses is often known as ‘spamming’. A. sufficient B. multiple C. countless D. widespread 7. Two colleagues are talking with each other about their work at the office. Jane: “How is our production department doing?” Lynn: “___________” A. It is running on a very tight schedule. B. Yes, I would not like to hear people complain. C. I would hate to deal with unhappy customers. D. Yes, that is the one. Did we start production on it yet? 8. - Why did you ___________ and mention the party to Roger? - It was supposed to be a surprise. A. have kittens B. put the cat among the pigeons C. let the cat out of the bag D. kill two birds with one stone 9. We cannot afford to carry members who are not ____________. A. doing things by halves B. making a meal of it C. knowing beans about it D. pulling their weight 10. In many places in Wales, we found that place-names in English had been ___________ with green paint - the work of ardent Welsh Nationalists. A. suppressed B. disguised C. obliterated D. destroyed 11. Evelyn tends to buy things on a ___________ without thinking first whether she’s going to need them or not. A. wick B. wit C. whim D. wham 12. He tries to ___________ himself with everyone by paying them compliments. A. ingratiate B. please C. gratify D. commend 13. My sunburnt nose made me feel rather ___________ for the first few days of the holiday. A. self-effacing B. self-centered C. self-conscious D. self-evident 14. My decision to leave university after a year is one I now ___________ regret. A. harshly B. painfully C. keenly D. heavily 15. Peter: “I love your garden!” John: “Thanks. Yes, I suppose I’ve always ___________.” A. seen the wood for the trees B. turned over a new leaf C. had green fingers D. let nature take its course Section 2. Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 p) The stairlift It’s ironic that very things that are supposed to provide access to the (1) ____________ floors of 1. UP buildings-stairs-often, in fact, make them (2) ____________. For many elderly people and others with limited 2. ACCESS (3) ____________, getting upstairs can be a daily problem to be (4) ____________. However, stairlifts have 3. MOBILE been helping people solve that problem since they first appeared in the USA in the 1930s. Designs have (5) 4. COME ________________ many changes over the years and stairlifts have become 5. GO (6) _____________ safer and easier to use. Most consist of a seat which moves along rails that run along 6. the wall. PROGRESS The user controls how (7) ____________ the seat moves along the rails as it travels from the bottom of the stairs to the (8) ____________ at the top. In today’s models, the (9) ____________ is controlled by computers to give a smooth ride and the components are designed to (10) ____________ constant use. Many people have been given a new lease of life by the stairlift. 7. RAPID 8. LAND 9. MOVE 10. STAND PART 2: READING (60 points) Section 1: For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 p) CROCODILE FARMS When Andy Johnson (1) ________ Britain’s first ever crocodile farm in 2006, he came under fierce criticism from animal rights groups, opposed to the factory farming of wildlife. However, Johnson, who also farms cattle, pigs and lambs, (2) _______ that his motivation for starting a crocodile farm was for (3) _______ environmental reasons. He wants to protect wild crocodiles from being poached, and he is primarily interested in their meat, not their skins. “By supplying Europeans with home-produced crocodile, we can (4) _______ the market value of illegally supplied crocodile meat,” he claims. Johnson says the meat “has a mild flavour- it’s low fat, high protein, very healthy and humanely produced”. His crocodiles are housed in tropical heated room that measures around 20 and 30 metres, so they have plenty of room. However, Dr Clifford Warwick, a reptile biologist, (5) _______ concern: “Their biology and behaviour do not (6) _______ themselves to a captive life. The animals may seem peaceful and relaxed, but an animal behaviourist can see that they are stressed.” In the last century, many species of crocodiles were hunted to the (7) _______ of extinction as trade in their skins flourished. Some 300,000 Australian saltwater crocodiles were killed between 1945 and 1973. The alligator suffered in a similar (8) _______, although both species are now protected and their (9) _______ are slowly rising. Worldwide, the legal trade in crocodilian skins (crocodiles, alligators and Caymans) has roughly tripled since 1977, rising to a million or (10) _______ animals by 2003. The majority of these are framed animals, but upwards of 90,000 are killed annually in the wild. 1. A. put out B. gave off C. set up D. brought about 2. A. ascertains B. insists C. insures D. convinces 3. A. purely B. utterly C. cleanly D. finely 4. A. downsize B. downplay C. undercut D. undergo 5. A. expresses B. gives C. speaks D. arises 6. A. let B. owe C. make D. lend 7. A. frontier B. edge C. side D. line 8. A. luck B. destination C. chance D. fate 9. A. groups B. numbers C. counts D. volumes 10. A. some B. many C. more D. such Section 2: For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 p) Society does not encourage crying as a form of (1) __________ expression. The shedding of tears to make people feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The (2) __________ race is the only species that sheds emotional tears. What (3) __________ does crying serve? It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the (4) __________ of stress. Scientific studies have revealed that emotional tears contain a chemical which is one of the body’s natural (5) __________ killers. The chemical is not found in tears (6) __________ as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that tears may (7) __________ to remove substances that accumulate in the body under stress. This would explain why many people feel much better after crying. As a result of the view that it is not (8) __________ to cry, men tend to hold back their tears. This may explain when men develop more stress - related diseases than women. (9) __________ emotion, be if a feeling of sadness or happiness, is stressful. Tears are therefore shed as a response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is natural to cry. Indeed, it may be (10) __________ to hold back tears. PART III: WRITING Some people think that a school teacher’s role is to motive and inspire students. However, others believe that a teacher’s primary role is to pass on knowledge. What is your opinion? Write an essay of 200-250 words to highlight your opinion on this matter. Give reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.
