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HEM For questions 1-15 read the text below and decide which answer A, By C oF D best fits each space, Circle your answer. AN UNHAPPY HOLIDAY Julia and James had a church wedding in the eatly spring. For their honeymoon they went on a(t in the Greek islands. It was a very modern (2) and there was even a swirrming paol on one of the (3) They had an enormous (4) __ with a bathroom and a bedroom. Julia was a bit (5) about travelling by ship | because she'd seen the film wtanic a few weeks before, She wanted 10 (6) that there were enough lfejackets and lifeboats berore they left the port justin case anything (7+. wrong For some reasoniames found this very (8) and they started 10 (8) the most terrible rows. on the very first day. Julia could hardly beliove that this was the sare rhan she had (10) in love with a year before. He had never shown any sign of being so(11 _ when they were just going (12) ‘together. She began to (13). ever having married Fim, To make matters even worse, James started to (14) with some of the other young women on board. He danced with one of these wornen all evening on the last night and that rhade Julia decide that the only solution was to-split (15). with James and start her life all over again, TAvoyage Bruise © Ctravel—_D journey 2 ferry Banker Cline yacht 3 Acecks Badocks —Cstoreys floors 4 Aconpartment B flat Croom — Decabin S Asenstive Brenous Cfedup overcome 6 Aprove Beontirm — Csecure Dcheck 7 Add Bmade Chad Dwent 8 Airntation —Biritated Citing Dinrtate 8 Aight Bao Cmake — Ohave 1OAfet Bialen — Cfound fault 11 Aimpatient — B unconscious C surprising D thriling 12A away B over € through D cut 13A repent Bregret_ Cleve Dr respect 1aatit B fight —C fit float 15 A away Bout Cup Depart BBB lio the gaps inthe following text withthe cowrect for ofthe word in cata. | always wanted to be a great (1) SCIENCE I had these dreams of ciscovering a (2) REVOLUTION ‘new drug that would save the lives of hundreds of people Unfortunately, | was never very good at @ at school and | kept producing CHEMIST these Rornble smells and the teacher used to very css with me After a while, | decided | would become an @ ‘and design an amazing new INVENT © which would become a household PRODUCE name. My parents were quite encouraging, but told ime to be a litte more (6) and not REAL quite so (7) ‘A few weeks laterihad AMBITION a brillant idea for a pen that, atleast @ “would write upside down. To my THEORY @ 2 fiend of mine pointed out that DISAPPOINT it was not a new (10) DISCOVER HIB For questions 1-15 read the text below and think of the word which best its each space. Use only foe word in each space. There an example atthe beginning (0). SPORTS Though they are very diferent in (0) al sorts of ways cricket and baseball are aso quite similar. o they are both played with very hard balls, some ofthe players have to wear 2, to protect ther hands and to help B)coen catch the bal. Golfers wear ther t00, but (@) need thera to stop their hands sipping on the (5) In racket sports (6) tennis, squash and badminton a good grip i essential a¢ wll o strength, speed, stamina and, in the case of modern tennis, height. Tal players have a tremendous advantage when they serve because they can hit the ball at @) great speed that their opponents are lucky to get the ball back over the @ tes (10) important to keep your cool. Lots of plays lose concentration ita linesman says a ball they have returned is (1) Occasionally the (12) will overrule the decision and say thatthe Bll was in after al There's not often any doubt whether someone (3) scored a (14) or nat in football, but players sometimes disagree (5) ‘the referee over penalties. THE ART OF FENCING . 1 AGILE Fencing is @ popular sport thar demands (1) «: and quick reflexes. It is, (2) .., the modern 5: HANG version of the (3)... duel and the weapons that are used are the modern (4)... ofthe evervday | 5 TRADLTION swords of the past. The “foil’ is the weapon distinguished by its (5) .... and hits are made only on the trunk of the body, not the limbs or head. The ‘epée’ is most like the old dueling —| 5 yyeppy sword and is stiffer and more solid. It is (6) . with this to make hits anywhere on the body, 4 EQUIVALENCE © PERMIT head or limbs, The sabre’ is like the old cavalry sword and has proved its (7) .ineuttingas | 9 eepECrE well as thrusting. Fencers wear masks and thick waistcoats for (8)... from injuries which can |g prorger TD) Complete the gaps in the following sentences with ‘one of the words from the box in the correct form. ‘glory decathlon setback pull tesume put competitor bronze comeback set 1 Twas amazing. They oo... out a winner by scoring in the last minute. 2 After being 3-0 down they made an ama; and finally drew 3-3. 3. Jack Reeves has... a new world record for the second time this year. 9 ALWIL econ training as soon as my ankle injury has healed up, 5 After many she will be entering her first major competition for some time in the summer. 6 Tmafraid he was not very happy about being the medallist. He could only think of gold 7 Do you know the ten different events that make up the. ? 8 It’s the never-ending pursuit of which keeps these athletes training month after month. 9. Don’t you have to be pretty big to be good at the shot .. 10 ‘Two of the race. failed to turn up for the [BS For questions 1-10, 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. 1 ‘ll send you a postcard from Greece,’ he said promised He 8 postcard from Greece 2 Could you possibly help me with this box? mind Would ........... with this box? 3. ‘I won't speak to Tom,’ she said. refused She to Tom. 4 ‘Ihave never seen the woman before,’ he sad denied He the woman before. 5 "Yes, | think we should invite Sue to the party t00,’ she said agreed She su. invite Sue to the party. © Have you thought about getting a holiday job this summer? considered Have you a holiday job this summer? 7 ‘We'll look after your cat while you're away if you like,’ he said, offered He our cat while we were away. 8 You shouldn't give them the impression you don’t want the job. avoid You should ......... them the impression you don't want the job. 9 ‘OK. I've been going out with another girl,’ he sad admitted He ‘out with another girl 10. | am fairly sure | will pass all my exams this year. expect \ all my exams this year.

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