PRACTICE TEST 12
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1.You will hear Alice Brown interviewing Professor Robert Atkins about health scares. For
questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear)
1 How does Professor Atkins feel about the frequency of health scares in the media?
A irritated that the media print nonsense
B reconciled to health scares being a necessary evil
C resigned to the media misunderstanding science
D worried that the health scares might be real
2 What is Alice's attitude to the threat of lethal diseases?
A She worries that new ones will occur.
B She is doubtful that they can be contained.
C She is concerned that they are spread more easily today. D She believes they pose less of a danger today.
3 Professor Atkins believes that the concerns people have today arise from
A a lack of spiritual belief
B being misled by scientists and doctors.
C bewilderment when their assumptions are challenged.
D worry about how diseases are communicated.
4 What do Alice and Professor Atkins agree about when it comes to health scares?
A some businesses have a vested interest in promoting them
B some manufacturers see them as the best form of publicity
C some doctors are at fault for not criticising them sufficiently
D some researchers are looking for publicity
5 What worries Professor Atkins about health scares?
A They could lead to people taking too many pills.
C They might make people disregard potential risks.
B They are more damaging than real diseases.
D They are difficult to disprove.
Part 2: Listen to a lecture and decide whether the statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for
false in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1.American scientists launched the first man-made satellite in human history, Spunik, into space on February 1st
, 1958.
2.Deposites of minerals, oil and natural gas could be found by scientists through using of satellites.
3.Television programs could not be seen simultaneously all over the world without the use of satellites.
4.American space shuttle Challenger exploded during a mission in January 1986, killing seven astronauts; only
one survived.
5.ESA, built by ten European countries together, launched their first rocket, the Arian L3S, in 1979.
Part 3: Listen and write short answers to the questions( WRITE NO MORE THAN 5 WORDS)
1. Why should people try to resolve their problems first before consulting lawyers?
……………………………………………………………………….
2. What is the most common cause of conflicts among neighbours?
……………………………………………………………………….
3. Which type of accommodation usually causes its residents parking problems?
……………………………………………………………………
4. Who should you ring to enquire about your neighbour’s planning permission?
……………………………………………………………………..
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5. What does ASBO stand for?
Part 4. You will hear an interview between a radio presenter called Paula and her guest, Mike James, who is
the presenter of a programme called Pricewise. This is a TV programme which champions consumer rights.
For questions 6-14, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
In 2002, Mike James began working on a (1) ........................................ for a nightly news programme.
Mike says that the programme keeps all correspondence on a (2) ........................................ for future use.
Mike says that it's important that (3) ........................................ read the script carefully.
Mike gives the example of an advert which offered to sell people a (4) ........................................ and some land.
Mike says a researcher was shown a table next to the (5) ........................................ in a restaurant.
Mike talks about a story about ordering food (6) ........................................ from a supermarket.
A supermarket customer was sent (7) .... .................................... instead of what they had ordered.
He was then sent (8) ………………….. to make up for the mix-up.
Mike mentions people complaining about trainers which (9) ........................................ .
Mike says that manufacturers and retailers are worried about poor (10) ........................................
II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer (A,B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. ___________ is a phrase which describes a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is
available will prove to be good or acceptable..
A. Potshot
B. Pepper pot
C. Pot luck
D. Melting pot
2. What stands out from The Voice Kids is that many young children are ______________ with natural talent
for music.
A. bestowed
B. conferred
C. endowed
D. vouchsafed
3. While backpacking in a quiet, traditional region, I came across the seemingly __________ fast food ads
typical of my hometown.
A. invasive
B. infuriating
C. irritating
D. ubiquitous
4. Her colleagues put her _________ a hopeless case, but she proved to be the most talented of all politicians.
A. down as
B. into
C. on to
D. through
5. The mirror __________ broken when I dropped it in the bathroom.
A. got
B. turned
C. grew
D. felt
6. To __________ means to study hard in a short period of time, usually before the exam.
A. pram
B. cramp
C. dram
D. cram
7. It looks like the sky is ________ up. It’s going to be a beautiful day.
A. shining
B. clearing
C. clear
D. clean
8. The sky is ________ this morning, but the sun is supposed to come out by late afternoon
A. moisture
B. humidity
C. overcast
D. cloud
9. Dedication, commitment, and knowledge are ___________of a good teacher.
A. characters
B. celebrities
C. personalities
D. characteristics
10. In ____________, with the benefits of hindsight,, it is clear that this was a bad decision.
A. reflection
B. retrospect
C. status quo
D. a second thought
11. Born into a rich Fmily, he has____________________for nothing all his life.
A. needed
B. required
C. lack
D. wanted
12. Managers claim we are in desperate__________________of greater investment in our industries.
A. requirement
B. excess
C. need
D. lack
13. I seem to be________________in energy this morning
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A. berefit
B. short
C. lack
D. low
14. Recent EC legislation is aimed at removing trade_____________between member states.
A. barriers
B. walls
C. boudaries
D. fences
15. The tabloid newspapers, which are engaged in a _______________war, are all trying to print the most
sensational stories to improve sales.
A. press
B. paper
C. trading
D. circulation
Part 2: Supply the correct form of the verbs in block capitals in brackets to complete the passage. (10 points)
The (1. assert) __________ that mathematics has been a major force in the of modern culture appears to
many people (2. credible) __________or, at best, a rank exaggeration. This (3. believe) ____________results
from a very common but (4. error) __________conception of what mathematics really is. Influenced by what
was taught in school, the average person regards mathematics as a series of techniques of use only to the
scientists, the engineer and perhaps the (5. finance) ____________ . The reaction to such teaching is (6. taste)
__________ for the subject and a decision to ignore it. When challenged on this decision, a well-read person
can obtain the support of authorities. No less than a (7. person) __________than Schopenhauer, the philosopher,
described mathematics as the (8. low) __________activity of the spirit, as is shown by the fact that it can be
performed by a machine. Despite such (9. authority) __________ judgments, the layman’s decision to ignore
mathematics is wrong. The subject is not a series of techniques. These are indeed the least important aspects.
The techniques are mathematics stripped of motivation, (10 reason) ________ , beauty and significance.
SECTION III. READING
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
A Ballooning Challenge
For those people who go out in search of adventure, a long-distance flight in a hot-air balloon is a
particularly exciting (1) _______. Indeed, a round-the-world balloon trip is widely regarded as the (2) _______
challenge. One well-known adventurer, David Hemplemann-Adams would not agree, however. Recently, he
became the first man to (3) _________ the North Pole in a hot-air balloon, a more significant achievement in his
eyes. Given that the distance and altitudes (4) _______ are comparatively modest, you might wonder why the
trip from Canada to the Pole, should present such a challenge.
Part of the appeal was that such a flight had not even been attempted for over a century. In those days,
such expeditions were huge events, with a nation's pride (5) _______ on their success, and so resources were
committed to them. Although he eventually managed to secure a substantial sponsorship (6) _______ from an
insurance company, Hemplemann-Adams had the added challenge of having to (7) _______ sufficient funds for
his trip.
Then, of course, he had to face major survival concerns, such as predicting the weather (8) _______ and
coping with the dangerously low temperatures. But most challenging of all was the incredibly complex problem
of navigation. As the earth's magnetic field gets stronger, only the most (9) _______ of satellite-linked
navigation systems can (10) _______ that one has got to the Pole. Without them, the chances of getting
anywhere near it are extremely slim. Not to mention an even greater problem that weighed on HemplemannAdams' mind: getting back!
1. A campaign
B prospect
C motion
D engagement
2. A ultimate
B extreme
C utmost
D eventual
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3. A meet
4. A engaged
5. A leaning
6. A bargain
7. A elevate
8. A tendencies
9. A sophisticated
10. A approve
B reach
B regarded
B resting
B purchase
B lift
B conditions
B refined
B confirm
C attain
C involved
C waiting
C transaction
C raise
C circumstances
C cultured
C reinforce
D fulfill
D connected
D standing
D deal
D build
D elements
D educated
D support
Part 2. For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
BOOK SURGERY
Before the days of digital storage files and the easy accessible of the internet, almost every family home
boasted a (1) __________ of encyclopedias, a world atlas and a selection of other weighty tomes that (2)
__________ as an invaluable source of reference. Although these hefty volumes have (3) __________ been
rendered obsolete by ongoing technological advances, there is often a genuine reluctance to get (4) __________
of them. Those with attractive binding may find a new use as an (5) __________ design feature, but the rest are
invariably consigned to otherwise empty bookshelves in dusty corners of spare bedrooms.
The artist Brian Dettmer could, (6) __________, come to their rescue. He has come up with an ingenious
way of giving such books a new (7) __________ of life. Using what he calls ‘book surgery’, Brian creates a
sculpture out of (8) __________ redundant volume. After sealing the edges of the book, he painstakingly cuts
into the surface to create intricate patterns (9) __________ 3D. He never adds anything to his creations,
however, for the skill (10) __________ both in making precise incisions and in knowing exactly how much
material to take away.
Part 3. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 94 DAYS
In February 2001, at the age of 24, Ellen Mac Arthur became the youngest and fastest ever woman to sail
round the world. After 94 days alone on board her yacht Kingfisher, she finished second to Michel Desjoyaux
of France in the single-handed Vende Globe event.
In sport, like life, the winner is usually feted, and runners-up quickly forgotten. This time the roles were
reversed and it was Ellen, weighing just 50 kilos and barely 1m60 tall, that really captured people's
imaginations and emotions. One newspaper in France, where she was and is a real heroine, summed up the
national mood there with the headline 'Well done, Michel, brave Ellen'.
As with many spectacular achievers, the signs were there from an early age, even in the unpromising
nautical terrain of landlocked Derbyshire. Her great-grandparents were sailing people and a great-uncle was a
merchant seaman, but any real link with the sea is tenuous. There was, however, an Auntie Thea who lived on
the east coast of England and had a 26-foot sailing boat called Cabaret. It took just one trip on the open sea with
her aunt to spark off Ellen's lifelong passion. She was eight years old. After that she began saving her pocket
money and spent all her spare time reading sailing books in the library, absorbing information like a sponge.
With her savings and the help of her grandmother she bought an 8-£00t fibre glass dinghy, and from that
moment on there was no keeping her away from the water.
Sailing round Britain single-handed at the age of 18 was just the start; Ellen had long since set her sights
on the Vende. But finding the money to undertake round-the-world voyages is no easy feat. She wrote 2,000
letters requesting sponsorship and received just two replies, from the Kingfisher company who were looking to
expand into France. And in terms of race preparation, if thoroughness was the key to success, Ellen could
certainly be considered one of the favourites. In the eight months leading up to the start of the race, she sailed
no fewer than 60,000 miles at the helm of her 60-£001 Kingfisher, far more than the rest of the fleet put
together in the same period.
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During her three months at sea MacArthur negotiated deadly icebergs, gigantic waves and gale-force
winds. She endured the freezing cold of the Antarctic and suffered the blistering heat of the windless doldrums.
Racing conditions meant sleeping in 10-minute bursts, a survival suit that stayed on for weeks at a time and
hands and wrists covered in sores and cuts. Food was dried or frozen. Water came from a desalinator, which
passes sea water through a membrane. 'You don't really wash in the icy waters of the southern ocean,' she
laughs. 'Anyway, there's no one to tell you that you smell.'
As Kingfisher crossed the finishing line Ellen was surrounded by hundreds of spectator boats and a
cheering crowd of 200,000 lined the shore. Stepping off her yacht she looked remarkably composed and seemed
to take the change from solitude to public adulation very much in her stride. Her thoughts, she later confessed,
were on the realization that she had fulfilled the ambition that had dominated her life for the previous four or
five years. 'Throughout that time my sole focus had been crossing the finishing line, and in the fastest possible
time.' Now she could savour that moment.
But despite MacArthur's belief that everyone who finishes the Vende is a winner, she still feels a sense of
disappointment that, having taken the lead from the eventual winner Michel Desjoyaux 10 days from the finish,
she did not quite have the energy or good fortune to turn her advantage into victory. 'You have to believe you
can win from the start,' she asserts. 'Deep down you're a competitor, you don't climb the mast and come back
black and blue just for a cruise. You do it because it's a race.'
The public will now be hoping to see a suitable encore, some new feat of endurance to justify her celebrity
status. For Ellen can no longer claim, as she did in her post-race press conference, to be the simple Derbyshire
girl with 'no mobile, no credit cards, no money, no nothing'; she is a heroine and an inspiration to others of her
generation. As if to reinforce this, and despite her reluctance to take on this role, she later commented: 'If there's
one thing I've learned in this past year, it's that deep down in your heart, if you have a dream, then you can and
must it happen.'
1. The word feted in the second paragraph means
A. to make somebody pleasant.
B. to praise somebody.
C. to make somebody happy.
D. to give somebody a reward.
2. At the time of her achievement we learn that Ellen
A. enjoyed only short-lived success.
B. was more famous in France than anywhere else.
C. attracted more attention than Michel Desjoyaux.
D. became popular because of her size.
3. The word landlocked in the third paragraph means
A. having no seaport.
B. having no fresh water .
C. having no land.
D. having no sea coast.
4. Where did Ellen's initial interest in sailing come from?
A. She came from a family of sailing enthusiasts
B. She went to see one of her relatives.
C. She read widely on the subject.
D. She lived near the sea.
5. The word single-handed in the fourth paragraph means
A. without any help from anyone else.
B. using only one of one's hands to row.
C. on a boat with only one paddle.
D. on a boat with only one sail.
6. What do we learn about Ellen at the start of the race?
A. People thought she had a very good chance of winning.
B. She was a more experienced sailor than the other racers.
C. She had been waiting for this moment since she was 18.
D. She had gone to great lengths to achieve her ambition.
7. The writer suggests that one cause of discomfort for Ellen at sea was
A. the shortage of water.
B. her failure to sleep.
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C. extremes of temperature.
D. a lack of cooking facilities.
8. According to the writer, when Ellen finished the race, she was
A. overwhelmed by her new-found fame.
B. surprised by the number of people who came to greet her.
C. able to reflect on her achievement.
D. delighted to be amongst people again.
9. According to the writer, Ellen
A. thinks she deserved to win the race.
B. has mixed feelings about the outcome of the race.
C. knew she would win the race.
D. thinks Michel Desjoyaux was lucky to beat her.
10. Which of the following views does the writer express in the last paragraph?
A. She has the power to motivate.
B. She has no right to fame yet.
C. Her comments lack depth.
D. She needs to change her lifestyle.
Part 4. For questions 1-10, read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
One Who Hopes
A. Language lovers, just like music lovers, enjoy variety. For the latter there's Mozart, The Rolling Stones and
Beyonce. For the former there's English, French, Swahili, Urdu ... the list is endless. But what about those poor
overworked students who find learning difficult, confusing languages a drudge? Wouldn't it put a smile on their
faces if there were just one simple, easy-to-Iearn tongue that would cut their study time by years? Well, of
course, it exists. It's called Esperanto, and it's been around for more than 120 years. Esperanto is the most
widely spoken artificially constructed international language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the
pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published his Unua Libro in 1887. The phrase itself means 'one
who hopes'. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to
promote peace and international understanding.
B. Zamenhof, after ten years of developing his brain-child from the late 1870s to the early 1880s, had the first
Esperanto grammar published in Warsaw in July 1887. The number of speakers grew rapidly over the next few
decades, at first primarily in the Russian empire and Eastern Europe, then in Western Europe and the Americas,
China, and Japan. In the early years, speakers of Esperanto kept in contact primarily through correspondence
and periodicals, but since1905 world congresses have been held on five continents every year except during the
two World Wars. Latest estimates for the numbers of Esperanto speakers are around 2 million. Put in
percentage terms, that's about 0.03% of the world's population - no staggering figure, comparatively speaking.
One reason is that Esperanto has no official status in any country, but it is an optional subject on the curriculum
of several state education systems. It is widely estimated that it can be learned in anywhere between a quarter to a
twentieth of the time required for other languages.
C. As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic language. Whilst it is
described as 'a language lexically predominantly Romanic', the phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and semantics
are based on the western Indo-European languages. For those of us who are not naturally predisposed to tucking
languages under our belts, it is an easy language to learn. It has 5 vowels and 23 consonants. It has one simple
way of conjugating all of its verbs. Words are often made from many other roots, making the number of words
which one must memorise much smaller. The language is phonetic, and the rules of pronunciation are very
simple, so that everyone knows how to pronounce a written word and vice-versa, and word order follows a
standard, logical pattern. Through prefixing and suffixing, Esperanto makes it easy to identify words as nouns,
verbs, adjectives, adverbs, direct objects and so on, by means of easy-to-spot endings. All this makes for easy
language learning. What's more, several research studies demonstrate that studying Esperanto before another
foreign language speeds up and improves the learning of the other language. This is presumably because
learning subsequent foreign languages is easier than learning one's first, while the use of a grammatically simple
and culturally flexible language like Esperanto softens the blow of learning one's first foreign language. In one
study, a group of European high school students studied Esperanto for one year, then French for three years, and
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ended up with a significantly better command of French than a control group who had studied French for all
four years.
D. Needless to say, the language has its critics. Some point to the Eastern European features of the language as
being harsh and difficult to pronounce, and argue that Esperanto has an artificial feel to it, without the flow of a
natural tongue, and that by nature of its artificiality, it is impossible to become emotionally involved with the
language. Others cite its lack of cultural history, indigenous literature - "no one has ever written a novel straight
into Esperanto" - together with its minimal vocabulary and its inability to express all the necessary
philosophical, emotional and psychological concepts.
E. The champions of Esperanto - Esperantists - disagree. They claim that it is a language in which a great body
of world literature has appeared in translation: in poetry, novels, literary journals, and, to rebut the accusation
that it is not a 'real' language, point out that it is frequently used at international meetings which draw hundreds
and thousands of participants. Moreover, on an international scale, it is most useful - and fair - for neutral
communication. That means that communication through Esperanto does not give advantages to the members of
any particular people or culture, but provides an ethos of equality of rights, tolerance and true internationalism.
F. Esperantists further claim that Esperanto has the potential - were it universally taught for a year or two
throughout the world - to empower ordinary people to communicate effectively worldwide on a scale that far
exceeds that which is attainable today by only the most linguistically brilliant among us. It offers the
opportunity to improve communication inbusiness, diplomacy, scholarship and other fields so that those who
speak many different native languages will be able to participate fluently in international conferences and chat
comfortably with each other after the formal presentations are made. Nowadays that privilege is often restricted
to native speakers of English and those who have special talents and opportunities for learning English as a
foreign language.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A - G from the list of headings below.
List of Headings
i. A non-exclusive language
ii. Fewer languages, more results
iii. Language is personal
iv. What's fashionable in language
v. From the written word to the spoken word
vi. A real language
vii. Harmony through language
viii. The mechanics of a language
ix. Lost in translation
1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
3. Paragraph C
______
______
______
4. Paragraph D
5. Paragraph E
6. Paragraph F
______
______
______
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage? Write_
YES
if the statement agrees with the information
NO
if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN
if there is no information on this
7. Supporters of Esperanto say it gives everyone an equal voice.
8. Esperanto is the only artificially-constructed language.
9. Esperanto can be learned as part of a self-study course.
10. Esperanto can be used equally in formal and casual situations.
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Part 5: Read the text, identify which section A–F each of the following is mentioned. Write ONE letter A–
D in the corresponding numbered space provided. Each letter may be used more than once. (1.5 pts)
THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON THAT IS FASHION
A
Each day as we prepare to meet our world we perform a very popular ritual: getting dressed. This may
mean only adding a daub of war paint or freshening a grass girdle. Or it may be the painstaking ceremonious
robing of a monarch. For most of us, however, it means the exchange of nightwear for day clothes. Although
nakedness does still exist in some isolated communities, there appears to be no society that is entirely composed
of totally unadorned human beings. The desire to alter or to add to the original natural state is so prevalent in the
human species that we must assume it has become an inborn human trait. When did it begin? It certainly
precedes recorded history. Bodily covering was probably the first man-made shelter and the human skin the
earliest canvas. Standing erect with his arms and hands free to function creatively, man must have soon
discovered that his anatomical frame could accommodate a wide variety of physical self-improvements. His
shoulders could support a mantle to protect him from the elements. To stand out above his peers and indicate his
superior position, he found his head could be excellent foundation for adding stature and importance.
Intertwined with these motivating factors and building on them was the human instinct for creative expression,
an outlet for aesthetic spirit.
B
Changes in needs and outlooks often blur the purposes that originally gave articles of human raiment a
raison d’être. Vestiges are relegated to tradition; others undergo a kind of mutation. The sheltering mantle, for
example, can become a magnificent but cumbersome robe of state. Amulets, their symbolism lost or forgotten,
become objects of decoration to show off the wearer’s wealth. Man is a gregarious creature. And although
innovations and changes may be initiated by individuals, the inspiration that triggers them grows out of the
innovator’s environment, and their acceptance or rejection is determined by his society. Nothing so graphically
reflects social and cultural patterns as the manner in which individuals within a society alter their original
appearance.
C
Fashion can be a powerful force. Societies evolve for themselves a set of rules, and most people,
consciously or subconsciously, do their best to conform. The nonconformists, those who do not wish to join in
this game, must either sever their relationship and go it alone or suffer the consequences. These regulations are
hardly capricious. Their roots are in the foundation of a society which, although composed of individuals,
develops an identity of its own and an instinct for self-preservation. A homogeneity in dress is a manifest
catalyst, a visible unifier of a social group. Because this is so, costume if read properly can give us an insight
not only into the class structure of a social organization but also into its religion and aesthetics, its fears, hopes
and goals. Today our clothes continue to reflect our anxieties and how we try to cope with them. Our society is
rapidly becoming global. The recent worldwide rage for jeans is an example of this new universality and the
wholesale movement to break down past barriers – geographical and social.
D
“Fashion is the mirror of history,” King Louis XIV of France correctly observed. But if one were to
transpose a fashion into another era, it would be unlikely to make sense. How, for example, could an
Amazonian Indian or a Roman senator rationalize a hoop skirt, a starched ruff, or a powdered wig? Yet
scrutinized through the specialist’s lens, such vagaries of dress can help chart the course of social mores, moral
codes, the march of science and the progress of the arts. This would explain why the genealogy of clothes
receives the rapt attention of the psychologist, sociologist, economist, anthropologist and art historian, each
posing the same question: “Why do people wear what they wear?” Why, indeed, have human beings chosen to
transform themselves so astonishingly? For the sake of the flesh or the spirit? For themselves and their own
inquisitive nature or for the eyes of beholders? What has driven them? Ambition? Fear? Humility? There is and
can be no single adequate response.
Which section
explains why non-mainstream fashion risks the possibility of social disapproval?
makes the point that fashion cannot be taken out of its historical context?
Your answers
1. ________
2. ________
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suggests a temporal link between wearing clothes and painting the body?
explains that certain clothes eventually become recognized as merely of historical
interest?
suggests that someone might dress in a particular way in order not to attact attention?
suggests that clothes could be used to assert social standing?
mentions a fashion item which reflects a trend in society?
mentions clothes being put on in a very elaborate manner?
mentions satisfying one’s own curiosity as a positive motive for dressing in unusual
way?
offers an explanation for the way in which dress codes originate?
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
IV. WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets so that the meaning stays the same. You must use
between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given.
1. I don’t know why Fred made such an extraordinary decision. (prompted)
=> I don’t know _________________________________________ a decision.
2. Inefficient treatment of customers creates a bad impression of the company. (reflects)
=> Treating customers with a lack ______________________________________ the company.
3. The organizers planned everything as carefully as they could possibly have done. (utmost)
=> Everything was planned _______________________________________ by the organizers.
4. Coming second didn’t make her feel any better because she only wanted to win. (consolation)
=> Coming second _______________________________________ was all that mattered to her.
5. I promised him that the situation would not be repeated in the future. (word)
=> I ____________________________________ no repetition of the situation in the future.
Part 2: You have read an article in a newspaper about someone you know. Write a letter to the editor as
follows.
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describe the article,
explain what details were wrong in the article and what the correct ones are,
suggest what he/she should do about the article.
You should write at least 150 words.
Part 3: Write an essay about the following topic.
Events like the Olympic Games and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing
international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. Do you agree or disagree?
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