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Final TEST (Class 8)

1. Complete the text with the correct form of the words given. (8)
If your _____application_____ (apply) for a place at university is ____________________
(success), youll need somewhere to live. You should _________________ (immediate) contact
the university and ask for __________________ (inform) about their halls of residence, which
are rooms for students. Most universities dont have enough ____________________
(accommodate) for all their students. If you are _________________ (luck) and the university
doesnt offer you a room, its your _______________________ (responsible) to find somewhere.
Start looking for a room in a shared house or flat. Many students have __________________
(difficult) finding somewhere to live near the university, buti f you are ____________________
(prepare) to travel a few kilometres, you should be able to find a room reasonably quickly.
2. Read the following article about a famous old shop. Some words are missing from the text.
Complete the gaps with one word. (14)
The End of an Era
In January 2009, shoppers (1) ____________ Britain lost an old friend. Woolworths, a shop found in
almost every town in (2) __________ country, closed its doors for the last time, almost exactly one
hundred years after they (3) __________ started up in Liverpool. The shop sold everything from sweets
and toys to clothes, DVDs and things for the house. Perhaps this was the problem. Everything they sold
could (4) _____ bought more cheaply in supermarkets or online and, because they sold so (5)
______________ different things, they didnt offer much choice of any (6) ____________ them.
The end of Woolworths wasnt a huge surprise in the end. One of their biggest selling items (7)
_________ music CDs but as more people bought music online, sales fell. The store was also hit (8)
________ the growth of out of town shopping centres. Woolworths shops (9) ____________ built in the
high streets of towns but fewer and (10) ____________ people were doing their shopping there. In the
first six months of 2008, the shop lost almost 100 million and (11) __________ was obvious that they
couldnt survive.
The decision (12) _______ close was made in November 2008 at the shops started selling everything at
bargain prices. On December 5th, they had the (13) _____________ successful day in their history,
taking 27 million but it was (14) _________ late to save them. The first 207 shops closed on December
27th and the last shops stopped selling on January 6th 2009.

3. Read the story below. For gaps 1-8 choose and circle the correct answers A-D (10)
Mr. Stetson was the richest man (1) _______ town. He had made his money (2) _________ the oil
business and (3) _________ he was living on his own, he never gave money to charity. This is probably
why everybody hated him.
One day he decided (4) __________ a new house built in the most fashionable part of town with a
fireplace in his large living room. When the mason had finished working on the fireplace, he asked Mr.
Stetson (5) ___________ the money he was owned. Im afraid I cant pay you today. You see, I dont
have the exact money, Mr. Stetson said. No problem, but please dont use the fireplace (6) ________
youve paid me, went the answer.
The client agreed unwillingly.
Four hours later the wealthy man phoned the workman, shouting, My house is (7) __________ smoke!
Itold you not to use the fireplace yet, the mason replied. A little later he arrived (8) ________ Mr.
Steatsons house and received his money. He immediately took a ladder, went up to the roof and took out
(9) ___________ heviest hammer. He simply (10) __________ it drop into the chimney breaking the
pane of glass he had built into it.
1. A
at
B
in
C
for
D
by
2. A
in
B
on
C
at
D
from
3. A
even
B
until
C
although
D
where
4. A
to have
B
having
C
to do
D
doing
5. A
B
to
C
from
D
for
6. A
until
B
when
C
because
D
while
7. A
filled of
B
full of
C
filled
D
full
8. A
B
by
C
to
D
at
9. A
her
B
his
C
he
D
him
10. A
let
B
hit
C
did
D
looked

4. Rewrite the story using the correct form of the verb. (16)
Everybody

in

Hastings

knows

(1)______________________

Rita

(park).

Smallburn.

Mrs

Smallburn

Outside
won

her
it

last

home
year.

sparkling
It

is

the

Renault
fifth

car

Clio
she

(2)_____________________ (win). There is a video, television, compact disc system, glasses, silverware and an
enormous bottle of champagne inside her sitting room: all prizes.
In fact, there (3)______________ (be) virtually nothing in Mrs Smallburns house apart from her dog, which she
(4)______________________ (not win). She did not actually win the house she and her family (5)
_______________ (live) in, but seven years ago she (6) _________ (win) another one worth 50,000 which she
(7) _______________________ (sell) two years later for 100,000. For the last sixteen years she (8)
_____________ (be) the Queen of Competitions. Locally she (9) _______________________ (know) as Mrs
Win-a-lot.
Since she gave up her job as a geography teacher sixteen years ago, Mrs Smallburn (10)______________ (become)
much more skilled at winning competitions. She (11)__________________ (enter) about twelve competitions a
month now, down from a peak of about fifty when she (12)_____________________________ (be) younger.

Mrs Smallburn (13)_______________________ (say) that the main disadvantage is the lack of freedom
(14)__________________ (buy) what you want. For example, her dog (15)___________________ (not allow) to
have his favourite brand of pet food. He (16)________________________ (have) a years supply of another brand
Mrs Smallburn won.

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