Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

Write your answer A,

B, C or D in the numbered boxes.
1. ___________ the weather forecast, it will rain heavily later this morning.
A. On account of B. According to C. Because of D. Due to
2. I read the contract again and again __________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.
A. in view of B. in terms of C. with a view to D. by means of
3. It's a shame they didn't pick you up, but it doesn't _______ out the possibility that you
might get a job in a different department.
A. strike B. cancel C. draw D. rule
4. I reckon Mark is ________ of a nervous breakdown.
A. in charge B. under suspicion C. on the verge D. indicative
5. Many local authorities realize there is a need to make _______ for disabled people in
their housing programs.
A. assistance B. conditions C. admittance D. provision
6. It turned out that we _________ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by
several hours.
A. hadn't B. should have C. mustn't have D. needn't have
7. All three TV channels provide extensive _________ of sporting events.
A. coverage B. vision C. broadcast D. network
8. No matter how angry he was, he would never ________ to violence.
A. resolve B. recourse C. exert D. resort
9. ________ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in
which it was created.
A. Ranking B. To be ranked C. Being ranked D. In order to be ranking
10. _________, the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. By and large B. All together C. To a degree D. Virtually
11. I am afraid that you have _________ the deadline, so we can't take your application
into account.
A. missed B. met C. delayed D. put off
12. The main aim of the campaign is to raise _______ of the issues involved.

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A. knowledge B. awareness C. attention D. acquaintance
13. After so many years, it is great to see him _________ his ambitions.
A. get B. realize C. possess D. deserve
14. It was confirmed that the accident was caused by human ________.
A. error B. slip C. fault D. blunder
15. The roadworks made ________ to the hotel from the main road difficult.
A. entrance B. approach C. access D. ways in

Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. UNDERLINE the mistake and WRITE

THEIR CORECT FORMS in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been
done as an example.
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still 0. __ interrelated ____
with us and still closely interrelating. Most American marriages, particular 1. ________________
first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and 2. _________________
affection rather with practical considerations. 3. _________________
In the United States, parents do not arrange marriages for their children. 4.__________________
Teenagers begin date in high school and usually find mates through their own 5. _________________
academic and social contacts. Though young people feel free to choose their 6. _________________
friends from different groups, almost choose a mate of similar background. 7. _________________
This is due partly to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their 8. _________________
children, but they can usually influence choices by voicing disapproval for 9. _________________
someone they consider suitable. 10._________________
However, marriages of members of different groups (inter-class, interfaith, and
interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater mobile of
today's youth and the fact that they are restricted by fewer prejudices as their
parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in
armed forces, or pursue a career in a bigger city. One away from home and
family, they are more likely to date and marry outside their own social group.
III. READING
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write
your answer in the numbered boxes.
The Mysterious Isle

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In the early morning of 23 January, 2009, the most powerful storm for a decade hit western France.
With wind speeds in (1) ________ of 120 miles per hour, it flattened forests, (2) ________ down
power lines and caused massive destruction to buildings and roads. But it also left behind an
extraordinary creation. Seven miles out to sea at the (3) ________ where the Atlantic Ocean meets the
estuary of the River Gironde, a small island had (4) _________ out of water. Locals soon gave it the
name The Mysterious Isle. What was so remarkable, (5) ________ its sudden apparition, was the fact
that the island (6) _________ intact in what is often quite a hostile sea environment. It could well
become a permanent feature.
Scientists (7) ________ realised that the island's appearance (8) ________ a unique
opportunity to study the creation and development of a new ecosystem. Within months,
it had been colonised by seabirds, insects and vegetation. Unfortunately, however, they
were not alone in (9) ________ the island attractive. It became increasingly difficult to
(10) ________ the site from human visitors. In its first year, day trippers came in
powered dinghies, a parachute club used it as a landing strip, a rave party was even held
there one night.
1. A. surplus B. advance C. excess D. put
2. A. fetched B. brought C. carried D. sent
3. A. scene B. mark C. stage D. point
4. A. risen B. growth C. lifted D. surfaced
5. A. in spite of B. instead of C. apart from D. on account of
6. A. prolonged B. remained C. resided D. preserved
7 A. quickly B. briskly C. hastily D. speedily
8. A. delivered B. awarded C. proposed D. offered
9. A. regarding B. finding C. seeking D. deciding
10. A. prevent B. preserve C. protect D. prohibit

Part 2: Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and write your answers
in the corresponding boxes provided below the passage.
Enjoy the benefits of stress!
Are you looking forward to another busy week? You should be according to some experts. They argue
that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not only good for us, but essential to survival. They say
that the response to (1) _________, which creates a chemical called adrenal in, helps the mind and body
to act quickly (2) ___________ emergencies. Animals and human beings use it to meet the hostile
conditions which exist on the planet.
Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life, what is surprising is that we are yet to develop
successful ways of dealing with them. (3) ________ the experts consider the current strategies to be
inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that (4) ________ of trying to manage our response to
stress with drugs or relaxation techniques, we must exploit it. Apparently, research shows that people (5)
________ create conditions of stress for (6) _______ by doing exciting and risky sports or looking for
challenges, cope much better with life's problems. Activities of this type have been shown to create a lot
of emotion; people may actually cry or feel extremely uncomfortable. But there is a point (7)
_________ which they realize they have succeeded and know that it was a positive experience. This is
because we learn through challenge and difficulty. That's (8) _________ we get our wisdom. Few of
us, unfortunately, understand this fact. For example, many people believe they (9) _________ from
stress at work, and take time off as a result. Yet it has been found in some companies that by far (10)
__________ healthiest people are those with the most responsibility. So next time you're in a stressful

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situation, just remember that it will be a positive learning experience and could also benefit your
health!

Part 3: Read the following passage. For question 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D). Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to
an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media
hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case, that it depends on which
expert you listen to, or which statistics you study.
Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting warmer, with one of
the world's leading weather predictors stating that air temperatures have shown an increase of just
under half a degree Celsius since the beginning of the twentieth century. And while this may not sound
like anything worth losing sleep over the international press would have us believe that the
consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the opinion that what we are seeing
is just part of a natural upward and downward swing that has always been part of the cycle of global
weather. An analysis of the views of major meteorologists in the United States showed that less than
20% of them believed that any change in temperature over the last hundred years was our own fault-the
rest attributed it to natural cyclical changes.
There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in understanding weather. The
effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation, the seas and oceans, gases such as methane and
ozone, or even solar energy are still not really understood, and therefore the predictions that we make
using them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was predicting that the likely
effects of global warming would be a raising of world temperature which would have disastrous
consequences for mankind: "a strong cause and effect relationship between the current climate and
human alteration of the atmosphere". He has now gone on record as stating that using artificial models
of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible. In fact, he now believes that, rather than
getting hotter, our planet is getting greener as a result of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect
of increasing vegetation in areas which in recent history have been frozen wastelands.
In fact. there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather models have become
more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature have been cut back. In addition, if we look at the
much reported rise in global temperature over the last century, a close analysis reveals that the lion's
share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man began to 'poison' his world
with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the
twentieth century.
So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from billboards and television
news headlines, claiming that man, with his inexhaustible dependence on oil-based machinery and ever
more sophisticated forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of 'greenhouse gas emissions,
poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer? Doubters point to scientific evidence.
which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two percent come from man-made sources, the
rest resulting from natural emissions.
Who, then, to believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the car at home, to buy re-usable
products packaged in recycled paper and to plant trees in our back yard? Or the sceptics, including, of
course, a lot of big businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a mountain
out of a molehill? And my own opinion? The jury's still out as far as I am concerned!
1. The author __________
A. believe that man is causing global warming.
B. believes that global warming is a natural process.

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C. is sure what the causes of global warming are.
D. does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are.
2. As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that _________
A. occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to.
B. the facts always depend on who you are talking to.
C. often the facts depend on which expert you listen to.
D. you should not speak to experts.
3. More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the opinion that _________
A. global warming should make us lose sleep.
B. global warming is not the result of natural cyclical changes but man-made.
C. the consequences of global warming will be devastating.
D. global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes.
4. Our understanding of weather __________
A. leads to reliable predictions.
B. is variable.
C. cannot be denied.
D. is not very developed yet.
5. Currently, Dr James Hansen's beliefs include the fact that _________
A. it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models.
B. the consequences of global warming would be disastrous for mankind.
C. there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of the atmosphere.
D. Earth is getting colder.
For questions 6-10, write in the corresponding numbered boxes with YES, NO, or NOT GIVEN:
Yes if the statement agrees with the information in the passage
No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage
Not given if there is no information about the statement in the passage.
6. At the same time that computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated, weather
forecasters have become more expert.
7. Most of the increase in global temperature happened in the second half of the twentieth century.
8. The media wants us to blame ourselves for global warming.
9. The media encourages the public to use environmentally friendly vehicles, such as electric cars to
combat global warming.
10. Many big businesses are on the side of the sceptics as regards the cause of global warming.
IV. WRITING
Part 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence before it .
1. Although Mary was exhausted, she agreed to join in the activity.
→ Exhausted ......................................................................................................
2. We'll let you know as soon as we have received the information.
→ The .................................................................................................................
3. You can only really master a language if you use it regularly.
→ Only by ...........................................................................................................
4. It's nobody's fault that the match was canceled.
→ Nobody is to .................................................................................................
5. I don't intend to apologize to either of them..
→ I have no ..........................................................................................................

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Part 2: Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence 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. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. (0) has
been done as an example.
0. Fiona refused to wear her old dress. (not)
Fiona said that ________ she would not wear ________ her old dress.
1. As long as he could see, Kevin really didn't mind where he sat in the stadium. (difference)
→ As long as he could see , ____________________________________ where he sat in the
stadium.
2. Somebody should have told us that the date had been changed. (informed)
→ We should ___________________________________ the change of the date.
3. Jane's family persuaded her to enter the competition. (talked)
→ Jane was ____________________________________ the competition by her family.
4. We never imagined that Julian might be planning to resign from his job. (occurred)
→ It never __________________________________ Julian might be planning to resign from his
job.
5. Sally was all ready to leave the office when her boss asked her to type up a report (point)
→ Sally was ________________________________ the office when her boss asked her to type up
a report.