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Task 3
• You are going to read an article about young people cleaning up a small river. Some
words are missing from the text.
• Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) for each gap (19-26) in
the text.
• Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the white box.
• There is one example (0) at the beginning.

YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes rewards kids who have made a positive difference
(0) _______ their community and the planet. Every year, the Barron Prize chooses ten
winners nationwide. One of last year's winners is Whitney Boulton, an
18-year-old from New York, who organized a "Stream Team" (19) _______ up a local
stream.

Whitney was inspired to (20) _______ action while on a walk in her town. She passed a
stream (21) _______ her father had known as a child. "He always talked about the stream,
and I remember him saying how full of life (22) _______ ," Whitney said.
But the stream she saw was very different. "When I saw the stream I was very surprised that
it had become motionless (23) _______ to trash." The stream was now filled with tires,
bicycles, shopping carts, and an old refrigerator.

Whitney organized (24) _______ 50 student volunteers with boots, gloves, and trash bags.
She even had an 18-meter-long truck (25) _______ to the site! Whitney and her team cleaned
4.8 kilometers of the stream. "I think the most inspiring thing is that
kids really care about each other and the environment. So if you (26) _______ an idea, you
will be amazed by what you and your peers can achieve by working together,"
Whitney said.

(www.nationalgeographicnews/kids)

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0) A at B for C to D with 0) C

19) A cleaned B to clean C cleaning D and clean 19)

20) A get B do C take D make 20)

21) A that B in which C where D what 21)

22) A it has been B was it C has it been D it was 22)

23) A compared B according C similar D due 23)

24) A over B so many C more D such as 24)

25) A to bring B brought C bring D bringing 25)

26) A would have B had C have D will have 26)

8 pont

This is the end of this part of the exam.

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Task 1
• You are going to read an article about Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson. Some
words are missing from the text.
• Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) for each gap (1-7) in the
text.
• Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the white box.
• There is one example (0) at the beginning.

IRON MAIDEN'S SINGER RESCUES BRITISH TOURISTS

IRON Maiden rock singer Bruce Dickinson turned superhero on Saturday to rescue
British holidaymakers left in Egypt (0) ______ Britain's third largest tour operator
collapsed.

The heavy metal hero, who is also a Boeing 757 pilot, (1) ______ a specially-chartered
Monarch Airlines flight from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to London
Gatwick Airport.

XL Leisure Group, the tour operator, (2) ______ on Saturday, leaving some 85,000 British
holidaymakers stranded abroad. (3) ______ almost 12,000 people have been brought back as
part of an airlift mission.

“I (4) ______ my job. I was called out like a lot of other pilots to help and I was honestly
happy (5) ______ that,” Dickinson said.

Dickinson, 50, said next he was off to the Greek island of Kos to rescue (6) ______ stranded
holidaymakers.

The Iron Maiden frontman (7) ______ a captain with Astraeus, a British charter airline, for
nine years. He qualified as a pilot in the 1990s.

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0) A whenever B then C after D because of 0) C

1) A was flown B been flying C has flown D flew 1)

B went D turned the

2) A came true C got lost 2)
bankrupt corner

3) A Since then B Later C Long ago D For weeks 3)

A could just B was just C would just D was just

4) 4)
do doing do done
5) A that I must B being done C to do D to be done 5)
do
6) A any other B some more C every other D no more 6)

7) A is being B is C was being D has been 7)

7 pont

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Task 1

• You are going to read a joke. Some words are missing from the text.
• Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) for each gap (1-8) in the
text.
• Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the white box.
• There is one example (0) at the beginning.

NEW SON-IN-LAW

A very successful businessman had a meeting with (0) ______ new son-in-law.

“I (1) ______ you into the family,” said the man. “To show you (2) ______ we care for you, I
am making you a 50-50 partner in my business. All you (3) ______ do is go to the factory
every day and learn how it all works.”

The son-in-law interrupted. “I hate factories. I (4) ______ stand the noise.”

“I see,” replied the father-in-law, “Well, then (5) ______ in the office and take charge of some
of the business.”

“I hate office work,” said the son-in-law. “I can’t tolerate sitting (6) ______ a desk.”

“Wait a minute,” said the father-in-law. “I (7) ______ just made you half owner of a money-
making industry, but you don’t like factories, and won’t work in an office. What (8) ______
to do with you?”

“Easy,” said the son-in-law. “Buy me out.”

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0) A a B some C his D other 0) C

1) A greet B congratulate C welcome D meet 1)

2) A that much B so much C as much D how much 2)

3) A have to B needn’t C were to D can’t 3)

4) A couldn’t B shouldn’t C can’t D mustn’t 4)

A you’re D you’ve
5) B you’ll work C you worked 5)
working worked
6) A below B along C over D behind 6)

7) A have B already C had D not 7)

8) A am I trying B should I C am I going D I am going 8)

8 pont

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Task 2
• You are going to read an article about crows. Some words are missing from the text.
• Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) for each gap (10-19) in
the text.
• Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the white box.
• There is one example (0) at the beginning.

A MISUNDERSTOOD BIRD

Crows are often misunderstood, and their intelligence level (0) ______ greatly underrated.
The crow, however, doesn’t deserve the bad reputation (10) ______ we humans have given
it.

Humans make and use tools to ensure that (11) ______ lives are comfortable. What a lot of
people don’t know about the crow (12) ______ that this bird has a talent which is actually
one of the defining characteristics (13) ______ being human: the ability to make and use
tools. This surprising discovery suggests that the crow has as high a level of intelligence
(14) ______ a chimp.

Crows will use sticks to get bugs or other food out of small cracks. They can even bend a
piece of wire into a hook (15) ______ they need one for the task at hand. They (16) ______ to
drop hard shelled nuts onto sidewalks to crack them. And if this is (17) ______ successful,
they throw them into a direct line of traffic so a passing car will crack the nut. In addition to
this, they (18) ______ changing traffic lights and pedestrian crossing signals for safe time
periods when they can get their meal (19) ______ the danger of being run over by passing
cars.
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0) A was B has C is D can 0) C

10) A as B that C what D why 10)

11) A there B these C then D their 11)

12) A - B might C is D like 12)

13) A to B how C at D of 13)

14) A than B as C then D but 14)

15) A so B unless C if D though 15)

16) A have learnt B had learnt C shall learn D would learn 16)

17) A fully B not C ever D just 17)

18) A watch B look C see D find 18)

19) A except B accept C without D over 19)

10 pont

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