PART 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap

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PART 2

For questions 9 – 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

e.g. (0) since

PART 3

For questions 17 – 24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

e.g. (0). COMMONLY

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PART 4

For questions 25 – 30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).

Example:

0     A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN

We…………..were driven into town by………….. a very friendly taxi driver.

25    Paula can’t wait to hear the band’s new album.

FORWARD

26. Buying a daily newspaper seems pointless to me.

POINT

27. Daniel thought the flight would be more expensive than it actually was.

NOT

28. It’s a shame I’m not able to come to your party on Saturday.

COULD

29. There were no trainers left in Denzel’s size anywhere on the website.

SOLD

30. Gwenda deleted her sister’s photographs by accident.

MEAN

PART 5

You are going to read an article about a woman who trains actors in fighting skills. For questions 31 – 36, choose the answer which you think fits best according to the text.

31. In the first paragraph, the writer is aware of

32   How does the writer feel when Kate mentions the tin can?

33 When Kate and the writer repeat the fight scene from Noises Off, we learn that

34 What does the phrase ‘no small order’ (line 22) tell us about stage combat?

35 What does the writer tell us about the sword fight in the play Richard III?

36 What does ‘it’ refer to in line 30?

PART 6

You are going to read a newspaper article about the man who designed the recycling symbol. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A – G the one which fits each gap (37 – 42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

PART 7

You are going to read part of the autobiography of a surfing instructor. For questions 43 – 52, choose from the sections (A – E). The sections may be chosen more than once.

Which paragraph…