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Part 1
For questions 1-5, read and choose the correct answer.
1. Where can you see this notice?
Please report to the A) at the supermarket
reception immediately B) in a market
upon arrival. C) at a hotel
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2.
DISCOUNT DAY NEXT A) There’s a big sale coming next Monday.
MONDAY! B) Most of our products will cost less after Monday.
Hundreds of our items will be
C) All our products will cost less on Monday.
on sale. Don’t miss it!

3. What does the text say?

Take one tablet
A) You should take three tablets per day.
three times a day with your
B) You should eat after taking the tablets.
meal.
C) You should take a tablet for three days.

4. What are you asked to do?

Please queue here A) Wait in line until you are shown where to sit.
until someone takes you B) Go straight to your seat.
to your seat.
C) Go to your seat and wait for someone there.

5. According to this notice,

Outside opening hours, use the A) You can’t always use the ticket machines.
ticket machines in the lobby. B) You cannot buy tickets outside opening hours.
C) Tickets are available outside opening hours.

Part 2
Read the text. For each question (6-10), choose the correct answer.

Paddington Bear
Paddington Bear 2, a live action animation film released in 2017, brought the character of Paddington
renewed international popularity. Paddington, however, is not as young as you would imagine. In fact, he was
first brought to life by the British writer Michael Bond in 1956, who noticed a lonely teddy bear sitting on a
shelf in a London store on Christmas Eve. He then wrote a story based on this sad-looking little bear. A Bear
Called Paddington was published in 1958 and following its great success Bond went on to write twenty other
books featuring Paddington as the friendly bear from Peru, dressed in a duffle coat, carrying around an old
suitcase and always wanting more marmalade. In the first story, Paddington is found at Paddington station in
London by the Brown family, with a note stuck to his coat that reads “Please look after this bear. Thank you.”
He is thus given the name Paddington Brown. We only find out later that his real Peruvian name is Pastuso.

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 Bond initially wanted to have Paddington come from Africa, but his editor explained that there are no bears
in Africa, so Bond opted for Peru as the birthplace of Paddington, since it is there that the spectacled bear lives.
Polite, kindhearted and cutely clumsy, Paddington is also known for the deep serious look he gives people
he finds annoying or unfair.
Two decades after being written into existence, Paddington became a toy, reaching iconic status in British
culture. So much so that the first item to travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and

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France in 1994 was a Paddington Bear toy. Today, aged sixty-one, Paddington seems to still be going strong,
charming new generations of children worldwide!

6. Paddington became famous in ..... .

A) 2017 B) 1958 C) 1956

7. When was the first Paddington toy launched?

A) the seventies B) the fifties C) the nineties

8. Paddington can be described as ..... .

A) rude B) fair C) impatient

9. In the original story Paddington was born in ..... .

A) Africa B) France C) Peru

10. Paddington was sent through the Channel Tunnel between the United
Kingdom and France because he was ..... .
A) cute and clumsy B) polite C) a British symbol

Part 3
Read the first sentence. For the second sentence, choose the best answer for each gap (11-15)
so that the meaning stays the same.
11. Your mother wants you to be on time.
Your mother asks you ..... .
A) not to be late B) to be not late C) to be late

12. “Come in, don’t stand in the rain,” said Lisa.

Lisa ..... into the house.
A) invited us B) introduced us C) put us

13. I told my teacher I would not be there next class.

I ..... from the next class.
A) apologized myself B) excused myself C) announced myself

14. Tell Ann I’ve said hello.

Can you ..... to Ann?
A) send my news B) say my hellos C) pass my greetings

15. Tom is much better than Tim at tennis.

Tim is ..... than Tom at tennis.
A) way worse B) less C) more worse

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 Part 4
Read the sentences. For each space (16-20), choose the correct answer.
16. The whole family likes to plan their holidays ..... detail.
A) in B) to C) for

17. They are ..... arguing! They should really break up.
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A) often B) forever C) sometimes

18. She has her mind ..... on winning the match.

A) set B) sat C) blocked

19. Michael has a ..... for blonde girls.

A) stuff B) thing C) dream

20. I wish my mum would make more ..... meals!

They are much healthier.
A) home-cooked B) ready-made C) housework

Part 5
For each question (21-50), read and choose the correct answer.

21. My daughter is quite sick. She has a bad cough, a high fever and a ..... nose.
A) rainy B) dropping C) runny D) flowing E) flying

22. Find the odd one.

A) Ottawa B) Vienna C) Budapest D) Istanbul E) Canberra

23. Which is the longest river in Europe?

A) The Danube River B) The Nile River C) The Rhine River
D) The Volga River E) The Tagus River

24. He sat ..... the piano while she played.

A) next B) above C) beside D) along E) besides

25. Mom’s cookies smelled ..... .

A) badly B) delicious C) well D) normally E) horribly

26. Match the verbs to the nouns to make similes:

1. swim like a. a light
2. sleep like b. a dog
3. go out like c. a fish
4. eat like d. a bird
5. work like e. a log
A) 1a/ 2b/ 3c/ 4d/ 5e B) 1c/ 2a/ 3e/ 4d/ 5b C) 1c/ 2e/ 3a/ 4d/ 5b
D) 1b/ 2c/ 3d/ 4a/ 5e E) 1c/ 2a/ 3e/ 4b/ 5d

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27. What’s the opposite of grumpy?
A) clever B) clumsy C) caring D) cloudy E) cheerful

28. What are the missing words in the dialogue?

Anna: What shall we have ..... lunch?
Pete: Let’s eat ..... fish and chips.
Anna: What do we need to ..... ?
Pete: Well, we haven’t got ..... fish but we have some potatoes.

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A) at/ one/ get/ – B) for/ any/ shop/ some C) for/ some/ buy/ any
D) on/ –/ give/ more E) during/ a/ cook/ no

29. Rihanna’s ..... album is already a big success.

A) last B) later C) latest D) less E) least

30. Which two words do not sound alike?

A) air – heir B) hour – our C) now – know D) right – write E) whole – hole

31. Finish the saying that English-speaking parents may use when they tuck in their children:
“Good night, sleep tight, ..... .”
A) let the moon shine bright B) don’t get into a fight C) have a wonderful night
D) don’t let the bedbugs bite E) until you are woken by light

32. Peter, ..... a Metalica CD when you come to my house!

A) bring B) go C) run D) take E) drop

33. Harry was ..... a nice boy that everyone liked him.
A) that B) so C) such D) very E) even

34. Can you help me ..... a new dress for the party?
A) try B) choose C) look D) decide E) want

35. Complete the dialogue:

Shop assistant: ..... this dress, madam?
Client: Yes. How much ..... ?
A) Would like/ is costing B) Do you like/ does it cost
C) Would you like/ is it costing D) Do you like/ is it costing
E) Do you want/ it costs

36. I drove around for ages but couldn’t find a car ..... .
A) room B) parking C) maker D) pool E) park

37. After work we go to the gym to work ..... .

A) at B) up C) out D) in E) over

38. Her flight ..... off at 5 pm, so she’s ..... for the airport at 3 o’clock.
A) will take/ leaving B) is taking/ leave C) takes/ left
D) is taking/ leaving E) takes/ going to leave

39. Athens is the city ..... the first modern Olympic Games took place.
A) that B) when C) which D) where E) whose

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 40. At the end of the course all the students must ..... an exam.
A) do B) take C) give D) make E) run

41. Find the odd one out!

A) waist B) elbow C) wrist D) chin E) ache

42. The word below has been scrambled. Put the letters in order to get the name of a(n) ….. .
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GEHGODHE

A) occupation B) flower C) clothing item D) animal E) vegetable

43. I know Paris like the ..... of my hand. I’ve been there three times so far!
A) front B) back C) palm D) finger E) face

44. Because he works ..... a farm, Carl always goes to bed very early and gets up ..... dawn.
A) at/ on B) on /at C) at/ in D) on/ in E) in/ on

45. Which is the first month of the year to have exactly 30 days?
A) January B) February C) March D) April E) May

46. Sally: Mum, I’ve got to be at school in ten minutes.

Mum: Don’t worry, dear! I’ll ..... you a lift if you want.
A) go B) give C) take D) bring E) pull

47. Match the nouns in the two columns to make compound nouns.
1. sea a. cloth
2. feed b. keeper
3. house c. fish
4. cat d. back
5. table e. food
A) 1c/ 2b/ 3d/ 4e/ 5a B) 1b/ 2d/ 3a/ 4c/ 5e C) 1e/ 2b/ 3a/ 4d/ 5c
D) 1a/ 2e/ 3d/ 4c/ 5b E) 1e/ 2d/ 3b/ 4c/ 5a

48. United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on ..... each year.
A) March 8th B) November 20th C) September 15th D) June 1st E) January 23rd

49. To make any dairy product you need ..... .

A) paper B) meat C) cloth D) glass E) milk

50. I feel relief now! My best friend has just ..... back.
A) came B) brought C) get
D) stopped E) come

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