A Night Out In Bristol For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A,

B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). If you're in Bristol on a weekday evening and 0. fancy a lively, boozy night out without getting too badly 1.______ off you could do worse than to try Fandangos, the new nightclub complex on Lower Guzzlemore Street. Before eleven o'clock, prices are quite 2.__________ and you can get a 3._____ of four drinks for around a tenner. If like me, you're a bit of a 4.___________ it could even set you back less than that. But for the heavyweights, more often than 5.___ , they run some kind of drinking competition at some point in the evening. On the evening I visited they were offering a free pint to anyone who could 6.____ their first pint in one' guaranteed to leave even the most hardened heavyweight with a 7.________ the next day. On most nights, the dress 8.____ is fairly relaxed although they do seem to draw the line at torn jeans. If, on the other hand, you're looking to 9.___ away from it all and enjoy a quiet beer or two in somewhere a little more off the 10.______ track, The Pickwick Brewery Tap on Regents Muse might be more to your liking. Despite the rather unoriginal name, this charming little pub is not the fake tourist 11.____ that you might expect. Most nights the other customers are nearly all locals and regulars but from 12.____________ they do get bus loads of pensioners taking over the place for an hour or two in the late afternoon. Answers A wish B hope A stolen A reasonable A hand A weak-drinker A not B lifted B respectful B round C fancy D dream C taken C realistic C pack D ripped D resistible D stack D soft head

B lightweight C low consumer D sometimes C draw D drain

B ever C never B down B head-bang

A stomach A sore-brain

C heavy-head D hangover D restriction

A plan B rule C code A run B get C go D put

A well-known

B toursit

C beaten

D popular

A trap B hole C den D ground

A now and then Art

B time to time C here and now

D day to night

Time Remaining on this Test For questions 1 - 12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an examples at the beginning(0). Art 0. has always been a controversial topic of conversation and is a subject which is sure to raise many an argument. Whether you have a passion 1.___ sculpture or are crazy 2._____ abstract art, we have to agree that there is a place for all genres. One of the most controversial artists of our time is the French performance artist, Orlan. She 3.______ a scandal with her first work, "The Kiss of the Artist", in which she sold kisses to the audience, and 4.___ actually fired from her teaching job as a direct result of this. Once she got a taste 5.___ shocking the public, though, there was no stopping her and she often found herself in 6.____ water following one of her exhibitions. Abstract art is often not thought of as "proper art" and sometimes it's hard to tell if a painting is either upside 7.____ or the wrong way 8._____ However, art doesn't always have to be controversial or cutting egde. Many people take 9.__ art as a hobby and a way of relaxing. Self expression is a form of relaxation and many people believe that once you 10.____ it a try, you will never give it 11.__ The question is, how can you tell if someone really does like your painting or whether they are just telling a little 12._____ lie? Please enter your answers in CAPITALS. Lower case answers will be marked as incorrect.

CCTV
For questions 1 - 10, 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. There is an example at the beginning (0). 0. visitors to the UK are often quite surprised at just how VISIT many 1.________ cameras there are. Some of these cameras SECURE are 2._________ owned and used to watch over shops, offices PRIVATE and 3.__________ buildings when they are not in use. But the INDUSTRY 4.________ of CCTV cameras, as they are called are placed in MAJOR city centres and public buildings to 5.______ the safety of the SURE general public. Local governments and the police share the 6.______________ for the camera's operation and maintenance

RESPONSIBLE and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end. What is even more surprising is how 7.___________ these EFFECT cameras are at preventing 8.________ activity. According to CRIME one leading 9.__________ , only three percent of crimes are POLITICS solved using evidence from CCTV recordings. Many people now think that the government could spend the same money more 10.________ on having a few extra police USE officers on the street. Please enter your answers in CAPITALS. Lower case answers will be marked as incorrect. Answers

Cooking A Stew For questions 1 - 8, 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).

In my opinion you need to put more salt in this stew. ASK If 0. you ask me there isn't enough salt in this stew. Walter sits in front of the television for too many hours a day. SITTING Every day, Walter spends 1._____________________ in front of the television. People in Britain used to have more dogs than any other pet. ANY Dogs are not the most 2._____________________ in the UK It really would best if you reported it to the police right away. BETTER You really 3.____________________ to the police right away.

The manager told me I had to take off my shoes before I entered the restaurant. INSISTED The manager 4._______________ my shoes before I entered the restaurant. Our teacher told us to enjoy the sunshine as much as possible while the weather was nice. MOST Our teacher told us to 5.________________ the sunshine while the weather was nice. Every morning, I have to to go to the paper shop and collect the newspapers. FETCH Every morning it's my job 6.________________________ the paper shop. He was late because of a traffic jam in the City Centre. BEEN If he hadn't got stuck in a traffic jam in the City Centre 7.________________________ late. I think generally, women are better than men at learning languages. WHOLE I think on 8.______________________ successful than women at learning languages. Answers