LISTENING (50/200)

Part 1. Listen and complete the form below

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for each answer

Product Incident Report

Example: Answer

Product: Rice cooker

Model Number: 1:……………………………………

Price of the product: 2: …………………………………..

Name of the branch: City Centre

Problem: 3: …………………………………..

Customer’s Information Details

Name: 4: …………………………………..

Address: 84 Park Road

Postcode: 5: …………………………………..

Card’s expire Date: 6: …………………………………..

Method of Compensation: Refund

Shopping Frequency: 7: …………………………………..

Part 2. Listen and complete the following passage. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in

each blank.

Hi, there, everyone. I hope Ron (1) …………………………… at the meeting before lunch. Any

question? …. Just in case you’re not sure, I’ll give you the details about the trip today and about

what you will be doing tomorrow. (2) ……………………………, this journey should take about

7 hours, so we (3) …………………………… we’ll be in Newcastle at 8’oclock this evening.

There’ll be dinner as soon as we get there. The camp manager normally makes us (4)

…………………………… Bolognese, there is always plenty of (5) ……………………………,

so you should sleep pretty well. There are two people to a tent, and make sure you get the right

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one! Erm, the camp manager’s got a list of which tent you will be in, so don’t worry. They are

clearly marked. Tomorrow, we have to be (6) …………………………… at 7:30 for breakfast.

We start work at 9:00 am. We’ll need at least a few hours to get things ready. The festival opens

at 1:00 in the afternoon, and you’ll get a chance to go and see some of the bands playing. Please

let your supervisor know when you want your 2 hours off. Anyway, I hope we have a good trip,

and I am sure the festival’s going to (7) ……………………………. If you have any question,

please (8) …………………………… to ask.

Part 3.True / False statements

Listen to a report on football and decide whether the following statements are True / False

1. Fans should sit down when watching a game at top football clubs.

2. Football stadiums are used only during football season because the grass pitch needs time to

recover.

3. Spectators are allowed to touch football players on the pitch if they are close enough

4. A season ticket does not mean you can watch all the matches played by your club in one

season.

5. Most fans must buy a meat pie and a drink at half- time.

Part 4. MCQ questions

You will hear some airport announcements. Circle ONE letter that represents the correct answer

to each.

1. To board the flight to Bangkok, passengers must go to………………..

A. section BD-221 B. the arrivals area

C. the Roberts building D. gate 42

2. The number of the flight to Kiev is……………….

A. CL-525 B. SL – 225S C. SL-525S D. CSL-525

3. The departure of the flight to Chengdu has been delayed by……………

A. 15-30 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 30 minutes D. 50 minutes

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4. How long will the flight VD-624 to St Petersburg?

A. 30 minutes B. 30 minutes longer than originally expected

C. 4 hours D. 5 hours 10 minutes

5. Airport tax

A. must be paid at a machine near immigration

B. is more expensive for international passengers

C. can be paid at the immigration desk

D. is not payable by domestic passengers

LEXICO –GRAMMAR (40/200)

Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (20 questions)

1. The increased pay offer was accepted although it ___________ short of what the employees

wanted

A. fell B. arrived C. came D. ended

2. His poor handling of the business ___________ on negligence.

A. bordered B. edged C. approached D. neared

3. Price increase are now running at a(n) ___________ level ò thirty percent.

A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top

4. This monument is ___________ to the memory of the distinguished former students.

A. erected B. dedicated C. commissioned D. associated

5. To begin study chemistry at this level, you must already have proved your ability in a related

___________

A. line B. discipline C. region D. rule

6. The stage designed was out of this ___________ but unfortunately the acting was not so

impressive.

A. moon B. planet C. world D. earth

7. I ___________ on the grapevine that George is in the line for promotion.

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A. heard B. collected C. picked D. caught

8. ___________ the US superiority at that time, it was probable that any threatened US response

would have deterred the Soviet Union.

A. If B. Given C. Although D. Since

9. They have made a ___________ plan to build a suspension bridge over the river

A. bald B. bound C. bold D. bare

10. In the 1850’s Harriet Beecher’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” became the best seller of the

generation, ___________ a host of imitators.

A. inspiring B. inspired C. inspired by D. to inspire

11. After so many years, it is great to see him___________ his ambition.

A. get B. realize C. possess D. deserve

12. The review committee ___________ three practicing lawyer s and a retired businessman.

A. consists B. comprises C. is made up D. encloses

13. I ___________ doubt whether he will actually carry out his threats.

A. highly B. deeply C. absolutely D. seriously

14. When the funds finally ___________, they had to abandon the scheme.

A. faded away B. clamped down C. petered out D. fobbed off

15. The team won the championship four years ___________

A. running B. passing C. following D. rotating

16. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep last night, so I’m not really on the ___________ today.

A. mark B. fringe C. ball D. weakness

17. We know people are generally more aware of the importance of ___________ a healthy and

active lifestyle than they were.

A. leading B. taking C. doing D. making

18. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but he ___________ to the

occasion wonderfully.

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A. raised B. rose C. fell D. faced

19. Mr Pike is certainly a ___________ writer, he has written quite a few books this year.

A. prolific B. fruitful C. fertile D. successful

20. ___________ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which

it was created.

A. Ranks B. The ranking C. To be ranked D. For being ranked

Part 2. Write the correct form of each word in the numbered space provided

1. The victims of the mistaken bombing are just the latest ___________ of the increasingly

bloody war. (casual)

2. A gesture of ___________, the commission tested our products, too (partial)

3. The project went over budget because of ___________ at the planning stage (calculate)

4. We have___________ obligations to control prices. (contract)

5. He insisted that his project be ___________ by the Council thought it was costly and

impractical. (prior)

6. The destruction caused by Alzheimer’s disease has been likened to the ___________ of the

hard drive, beginning with the most recent files and working backward. (erase)

7. A popular type of vaccine contains living ___________ that have been caused harmless.

(organic)

8. Foreign language learning is ___________ an issue that has attracted a lot of attention (Argue)

9. If you look on the other side of the cup you will find a small ___________ with the name of the

original manufacturer. (grave)

10. The fact that numerous factories dumping waste into the area’s rivers has led to high level of

___________ (toxic)

Part 3. Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them

The BBC World Service on radios claims a regular worldwide audience of some 25 million for its

English language programmes. It is funded directly by the British Foreign Office, despite any

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Government attempt to control the content of programmes are vigorously fought off. It is

broadcast around the world and nobody who has access to a radio with short wave need be

without it. The archetype listener today is under 30, male, likely to be the second or even third

language. Few women tune in, which is why there is no women’s programme including in its 24-

hour services. The biggest and the most important of the news programme is Newshour, a 60-

minute survey of world news which goes out at night at 10 p.m.British time. This slot cannot

please everyone but be the optimum time to catch any listeners having breakfast in Hongkong or

settling down during the night in West African. It can recommend to anyone who wants to

understand the world, not just Britain. At any rate, which is its aim and certainly by comparison,

most British domestic news programmes seem trivial and parochial.

Part 2: Read the text below and use only ONE word to fill in each space.

Invisible Highways

Virtually (0)….every……sacred site in the prehistoric world was linked with others, both major

and minor, by a radiating network of straight lines. Few were as elaborate or as easily detected in

their heyday as the Anasazis’ strange highways in America. Most, (1) ………….. the Ley lines of

Europe, were invisible – which (2) …………….. them, in a way, all the (3) …………….

mysterious. In a rare case, like the vast drawing-board that covered the desert floor at Nazca,

Peru, entire sites were devoted to creating miles of straight lines and, (4) ……………… more

bewildering, very precise pictures that (5) ……………be appreciated only from the air.

In cultures that had (6) …………… a magical sense of the continuous life rolling through

the whole of creation – which today we sterilise and alienate by calling it the “environment”- the

lines, visible or invisible, (7) …………… to have meaning. The role they played has been the

greatest enigma of all in the study of ancient sacred places. It was also, (8) …………… a handful

of researchers have now (9) ……………to realize, by far the biggest clue (10) …………… the

meaning and use these sites, and it was staring them in the face all the time.

Part 3: Read the passage then choose the best answer (A, B, C, D) to each question that follows.

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WRITING ( 50/200)

Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the

original sentence.

1. There is a very good chance that the company ran up those debts intentionally.

The company could ………………………………………………………………………………

2. The gun going off was the signal for everyone to panic.

As soon as…………………………………………………………………………………………

3. As far as I know, this has never happened.

To………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. In a nutshell, Joseph’s not up to the job.

The long and ………………………………………………………………………………………

5. What alienated the workforce was that management never consulted them.

It was the …………………………………………………………………………………………

Part 2. Use the word(s) given in bracket and make any necessary additions to write a new

sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. DO

NOT change the form of the given word(s).

1. His exam results will determine what choice he has for further education. (dependent)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. If by chance you are arrested, you don’t have to say anything. (under)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. The new minister seems to be excellent at fielding awkward questions. (flair)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. They have narrowed the many applicants down to three. (short)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. He made unsuccessful attempt to buy the company. (without)

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