‘TRUNG TAM oy GIAO DUC ALPHA NGUYEN PHU THO rc (Ou 9Ha NBANON or sinh gidi Tiéng Aa 1 HS Kd, gidt & HS céic Adi chuyén Anh TT uuy Bugis 1917 aus 204 Suenp 19a pinMyc LUC Phin I: Ngir phip I Idioms & Expressions Il, Phrasal verbs TIL. Unreal tenses and subjunctives IV. Past modal auxiliaries Y. Verb following by ~ ing or infinitive VI. Anicles VIL. Verbs followed by prepositions sit VII Prepositions following adjetives, and in prepostional phrases Phin II: Practice tests Practice test 1 Practice test 2 Practice test 3 Practice test 4 Practice test $ Practicetiest 6 Practice test 7 Practice test 8 Practice test 9 Practice test 10 Phin I: Dip én. 15 19 4 4a PHANI NGU PHAP L IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS + be no concem / business of somebody’s // be none of somebody's gh Vidu: - It no business of yours how much I earn a month (Tt kiém ra mbt thdng bao mbidu én thi chi can he git anh) + Who I go out with atthe moment is none of your business. (7étgn ‘hd wit ai thi ching lien quan git anh cx) + have no intention of doing something: khing o6 ¥dinh lim g 6 ‘Vida: ~ We have no intention of applying for jobs at that company. The salary there isto low. (Ching 11 Khong 083 dink xin vide cg ty db Tien huang 0 dé thip qua) + to’ short of something: higu khog di “Vid: = fm a bit shor of cash atthe moment. Hin gid to thi tién mat) + be‘eut out for somebody/something // 0 be cut out to be something: & tinh ch hay Kha ning rt ph hop dé lim gi Vidu: = She wasn't a great journalist She was more eut out for television reporting. (C3 ta Hing ph lt mbt hs bio Hom. Ci tam png ‘en tape hinh th hp Rd ning hon.) ~ Why did be join the army? He's not really cutout to be a soldier Tai sao anh ta lal np nga? Anh ta sinh ra Khong phd tim mot nui Tinh) Z + it comes as no surprise to somebody that: ai dé cha ngac nhién gi v8 Vidu: ~ It came as no suprise to us tat he filed inthe exam. He hhad never studied hard enough. (Ching 161 cha cim thay ngac mhién i vé ‘ie anh a thi hing. An ta chaz ba gu hoc hah cham chi dg mic) + nowhere to be found: tim du cing khing ra ‘Vidur ~ They searched the house but the necklace was nowhere 0 be found. (Ho lu ang en hg Hg tim ras dy huyén i cd) +e nthe rd fr spetigting something en he mod todo someting mn in a =m inthe moo for going out and having a goed time, (oi im thd mun ra Bhs ni dé di choi mt ie cho 48 dt) business: khOng lién quan gi dén ai d6, ai do khong e6 quyén biét Eu-51e said she wasn't in the mood to sing. (Cé dy ho og sin Khiu vi.) % (do something) with a view to something / doing something: véi ch Ja, nhim mye dich dé. by Vidu: - He is painting and decorating the house with a view jp seling it for « good price. (Anh dy som vd trang iri lai can mh mh dich dé bin cho dire gid) hi + make a dash for: lo vé pha, chay x6 v8 uring no 46. VVidu: - When seeing many strange people around, the deer made dash for shelter. (Kh thy cb nhiéw mudi la & chung quanh, nitmg con hoe 4 chay x6 di tim noi dn np.) = We jumped into the ear and made a dash for the fey. (Chong inhi ln bt vs ao 16 ben phi.) + fall into disrepute: i mang ting x4u, bi mang tai tiéng Vi.dy:- Since the scandal, the school has rather fallen int di (ie gy c6 vu be, nha trvdng phiin no bj mang tai tiéng.) + take a risk inby doing something: liu Iinh lam chuyén gi 46 \Vidu: - If you want to become rich quickly, you should take a risk by investing your money in that company. (Néw ban mudn trénén gid ob mot cich nhanh ching, ban nén ligw dw te én cia minh cho céng ty dé) + take it for granted that: dinh nih ring, tin ring edi gl s® xéy ra mi ‘khong kiém tra cho chic. Vidu: - We took it for granted that there would be some roms svailaie atthe hotel but we were wrong. (Ching ti dink minh Ii @ 6 di hing a thich san nhug héa ra sai) = He took it for granted that he would get the job, and so he ‘was very suprised when he didnt. (Anh ta dink ninh s@ nln dieoc vide nn rit ngac nhién kh rd cube khing deve) + asa last resort: ch bim viu eudi cing Vidu: - Nobody wanted to lend me the money. As a last resort! asked my brother and luckily he was able to help me. (Khéng a ‘muin cho 16i mucom tin Toi the hat dng anh ré nhue la ehd bam vi cut ig vs may min anh dy da cb thé ghip tt) js Te rs tans ihr ee re + - A good teacher should treat all her pupils on the same’ (gid ven ie min db inh ding voi mo hoe sink) + eto eli Sonim maetnecn pen over somebody/something: repute en Vidy: - It should be given priority over other matters atthe moment, (Vige nity nén dieze dinh quyén wu tin hom bt cit vin d8 nao Kinde vio thet diém ni.) + in awe of something/somebody: kinh sg Vidu: - | lived in awe of my father until I was atleast fifteen. (Toi sing trong niém kinh sc cha tt cho dén kh it ra 101 dhege 15 tu.) = When first working here, I was in, awe of all the modem ‘machines which were quite strange to me. (Thoat du lam viée 6 day, ti cb cm gid rat so 4dt ca nhitng may mbc hién dai rdt xa la di v6i wi) + at one’s disposal: ¢6 sin cho ai sit dung theo y muén. Vildu: - Students have a well-stocked library at their disposal. (Sinh vigm e6 mot th vign mhiéu stich dé st dng.) im puta seeretary at my disposal. (Cong ty dik riéng cho 161 mt th kj dé sai Khién.) Bai ap ting dung For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given. This word must not be altered in any way. 1. She has always a good relationship with the children. got 2. At first the new computer made me feel a bit afraid. 3. There's no point in phoning Caroline - she's away. time 4, William decided that an actor's life was nat for im. cut '5. You can try to get Lim to lend you his ear but you wontt succeed.7. [only called the police when I had tried everything else. 8, Women in this factory work under the same conditions as men, 9. I don’ think he's likely to telephone this late at night. doubt 10. assumed that you would ask for a reference. granted 11. Any correspondence from the London office must be dealt with before osher mater priority 12, Youid fee! better if you had a quiet holiday. do 13. As [intended to expand my shop, I made an offer for the premises nxt oor. 14. Jenny didnt fe! like going tothe party. mood. 15, The prisoner was recaptured as he rushed towards the gate. ash "6 Sarl it was dangerous for you to hte-hike al that way alone. 17. Ms Scot is proud of her cooking Prides: 18.Gerald never had enough to live on until he married that rich businesswoman, short 19. The president arranged for me to se his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked. disposal 20. Since the company’s methods were exposed in a newspaper, people have lost their good opinion of it disrepute 21. What Rachel does in her spare time doesnt concern me. business 11. PHRASAL VERBS hrasal verbs with COME = happen (xy a, dién ra) come across find or meet by chance (in ct tly, in cap) : + make @ particular impression (go ra dn tim, gy mgt dn tong) come a tack (x4 vio, xbng vio tin ebng) come by obtain (68 duge, v6 duge,kiém dive) come down with: become ill fom (me bgnb,ng3 bénh) come in for: recevelsuffer (ha due, himg chu iy) come into: inherit thta huimg duge, tha ké due) come out: show sympioms (ctr chimg, 1 a) come round regain consciousness (tin ahi tinh) come round to = begin to accept (bit tha nhn, it dcp nn) come up with = produce (dua ra, cung cp) a tp ing dung 3 Choose the appropriate phrasal verb 10 complete the following hen it fist opened, En-9you this painting? It's very like one thay 2. How exactly di ‘was reported stolen 3. Give him time, He's sure to a1 ‘a small fortune when my uncle died but T managed tp squander most of it, T'm ashamed to say cour way of thinking in the end, 5. As soon as I opened the garden gate, the dog bared. 6. Onthe very first day ofthe holiday he 7. In desperation we employed a private detective and he some quite valuable evidence. 8. She as rather nervous at the interview but I don't think we should count that against her. us with teeth ina rash. 9. How did it that you were travelling on that train to Istanbul? 10. When 1 after the accident, I couldnt remember what had happened. 1, Both the children measles at the beginning of the summer and we had to postpone our holiday. 12. We ‘some marvellous deserted beaches on our touting holiday in south west Ireland, * Phrasal verbs with GET = eetat suggesvimply (ngu ¥, him J, muén noi digi) getaway with: escape punishment (thodt duge su trimg phat) esate {manage/ survive (xoay x6 dupe, sng diye). = get down depress (ha gu, Kim cho ai suy sup) =geton be on friendly terms (hia hop véi ai 48) ~eetoutof, avoid (trintrnh, tinh Khe) ~~ get over recover from ‘hoi phue, binh phuc) get round ‘Persuade (thuyét phuc, gat ai Lim theo ¥ minh) + get round to. find time for (c6 thoi gian dé lim gi) = get through ‘make contact with (lién lac vai ai) Bai tp teng dung fe ‘the appropriate phrasal verb to complete the followits answering your ltr 2. Frankly, I don't know how he 3. He nearly always managed to pretending he had a bad back 4. Considering how litle they've got in common, its surprising how well they together 5. How's your mother? Has she 6. Did you phone your solicitor? Ne engaged on the small amount he earns. doing the heavy work by her operation yet? 1 couldn't the line was 7, ‘The job itself is well paid and interesting, but commuting to the City every day really me 8. I's no use trying to mind he never changes it, 9. I can't see quite what youre, specific? 10, So, he's finally been arrested for tx fraud. I'm surprised he managed to it for so long, him with charm. Once he's made up his Could you be a bit miore * Phrasal verbs with PUT put about: circulate information (tung tin) put across: communicate (truyén dst, lim cho ai higu duge ahi kha niing giao tip) put down to; attribute to (cho 1a, quy cho, la do) = put forward — : suggest (dura ra mot y kién, d2 nghi) put off discourage (Lim ai ng lng, lim ai nhut chi khong ‘mudn lam gi dé na) = postpone (ri hod Iai) = puton pretend (gid vo, gi b6) = put out inconvenience (khién cho ai cim thiy bit ign) = put up + provide accommodation (cho ai & Iai nh) ut up with = tolerate (chiu dyg) Bai tip sing dung Choose the appropriate phrasal verb to complete the following sentences. L, Don't let me you . film does have its good points. ‘poing to see it.I mean, the Entidea that there should be a At the meeting someone - tadent representative on the committe. e He did scem a bit shor-tempered, I agree. 1 to overwork, : 4. must not prepared 10 your inefficiency any longer. You're fired! 5. Thank you. I'd love to stay for dinner, as long as it won't you atall the meeting until everyone's 6. Well just have to back from holiday 1. The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy. It wasn't very wel by the lecturer. 8. If your sister can me itll save the cost of @ hotel room forthe night. 9. She it that she was thinking of leaving the company and, as a result, she received several offers from rival organisations. 10. He didnt really hurt his leg, you know. He limped a bit, but he was only it to get our sympathy © Phrasal verbs with SET set about : begin to deal with (bit di lam gi d) start and seem likely to continue (bit du va s@ kéo di sau 5) -setin «set off: cause to explosion (nd, gay nd, lam cho nd) start a journey (én dugg, khoi inh) : i start something happening (lim ai bat cus, bit iu noi dn mot é ti thich tha.) -setout = intend (dr dint) display (trinh bay, trig bay, pho bay) set to: begin atask with determination (bit dau lao vio) setup: establish (tinh lp, thiét lp, xy dug) ~ set (up) on : attack/eause to attack (tn cng, xii ai tin céng) Bip song dung Choose the appropriate phrasal verb to complete the following sentences 1, Itooks as ifthe rain has -- forthe rest of the day. 2. If you could +» Your specific proposals in a letter, we will sve them our attention een 3. Don't you dare come near my house or Il. the dog. you! 4. Could you give me some advice, please? I'd like to know how to claiming a tax allowance, 5. Itwe at dawn, we should reach the coast by midday. The whole family energetically and by the end! of the morning most ofthe weeds had been cleared from the garden. 7. twas just the funny way he spoke which me ing. I couldn’t help i a scheme to help small businesses with advice, ‘any fireworks to near tothe house, will you? 10. He originally to beat the land speed record, but weather conditions were unfavourable. * Phrasal verbs with TAKE take after = resemble an older relative (gibng mt ai 46) take in understand/grasp(tép thu dug, higu duge) make narrower (bp {io quan... I) deceive (lira gat, Wadi) imitate (bit chute, nai theo) sccept (responsibilty ete) (dim nh trich nim) + obtain something officially issued (nhén duuge, durge cp) take conto of (gp quin, mus i mt cos kin doa) like instinctively (¢6 tin cm, yéu mén) adopt as a hobby (bit du m@t tha tiéu khign) + shorten (et ngin Iai [40 quan)) + challenge (thich tic, thir thich) Bai tip ing dung Choose the appropriate phrasal verb to complete the following sentences. Making any changes if necessary. 1. He only sow Bolf because his doctor told he would have to get 2. When I first heard the announcement, I was too busy cooking to : : properly. 3. Our local pub hasn't had the same atmosphere since it was by one ofthe big breweries. £-13.You should see the way he 2 4. He's a marvellous mimi Prime Minister -i ny ell round the waist, sf, But YOU feel its tg, 5. The jacket fits it He .e for it to be 6. My daughter's nota bit like me, She seems f0 her father ay she acts Don't let him you The truth i that he's never done ; 8. However keen you are to make a sucess of the business, its importan, " fore work than you can reasonably manage. each other immediately with his hard luck store, an honest day’s work in his li 9, When our in-laws first met they and they've been friends ever since. 10. Thank you for that explanation of union views but there is one point i like © you on, iT may, Is it eal true to say...? 11. Do you have trouble obtaining your copy of Teacher's Weekly? Why not a regular subscription and be sure of receiving each edition ‘soon a it's published? 12. The problem with losing weight, [find is that all your clothes need to be IIL, UNREAL TENSES AND SUBJUNCTIVES 1. Iestime 1s rime vi 1's high rime dang Gage theo sau boi ce dng teh ul Khe dan (simple past) hay qué kh tgp din (past continuous), mg db 1 king dé cp dén hinh dng hay sy vie xy ra trong qua kit ma dB ip én mt vge ne phi lm o hig Vidu: —Itstime welt + tS high time Iwas / were going. Cong ni trong cic cu dtu ki, were dupe sit dyng cho tht cee nat yl aga a cag Bo * Present DE didn td mot use mun ti vi i (unreal i act ie ‘x thit 6 him tai (unreal in press ng dang leh qu i om (ast simple), qu Kn tip ee Mid -1 wish Uhad a motorbike, {dont have one now.) eu I wish you werent leaving. (You are leaving.) = wish I was going on holiday with you (Lam not going.) * Would and Could Ta ding would va could sau wish é dim ta mt ude mubn twang li lu: «I wish you would leave = wish could come on holiday with you next year. Would hum duge sit dung 48 & cép dén mit thoi quen gay phiém th cho ng Khe hay Khidn ng Khe ph em thy bye minh Vidu: -I wish you wouldnt make such a mess = Isish you all would forge totum off the iat before leaving * Past DE dim td mot we mud tei voi sw tht & qua kh (unreal in past), ta sir dung dng tir chia thi qua khit hon thn (past perfect) sau Wish ‘Vid =I wish I hada' eaten so much, (ate so much.) = She wishes she had come to the airport to see you off (She didn’t come to the airport.) __ Thong thutmg nev ta sit dung edu trie nly voi only dB bidu 16 si bite ‘Vid - IF only [hadn't bought this second-hand eae (I bought this second...) = Ifonly I had apologise to her yesterday. (I didn't apologise, to her yesterday) * Hope DE ude mun mot sy vige e6 kha ning s® xiy ra trong tuong Iai, {hing thuimg ta st dung dong tt Hope. Bong ti theo sau Hope e6 thé chia & ¢hihign tai don (Gimple present) hay th tum lai dom (simple future). Vid: - hope it doesnt rain tomorrow. ~ Lhope hel stop talking soon! 3.14 rather prefer Gollowed by a clause) *Térather (Cing ging nhu dng tr Wisk, dng tr trong mah d di theo sau Pd ‘rather durge chia 6 thi qua Khir dom d8 48 cép dén mt vin 48 & hign ta. Cha tent de i dung id mot thigh ac dn 8 mt hh dg Vid: ~ I'd rather you did't smoke in here. EN-15Sie jhur mot bo phén cha cdu didy 4; ta theo sats Tub ln pha c6 tanned ei 1d prefer you not to £0 4.Asif. As though * Real and unreal eb. Sau 4s fv As though wa c6 thé sir dung th hi ti dom néu sy vig ue dé cip “i tac thu bin (eal). Nou st vig Gupe dB ey al, hing thit 6 ign ti (oneal) hi ta si-dung th qu Kh dom Vid ~ He acts as if eis in charge (He is in charg) =H acts site were in charge. (He is’ in charge) DEA’ cip dn sve ti tht qu i,t ig thi qu ki on thinh sa As As tho Vid: You look as i'you had just seen a ghost. (You did't see) = Leela fan express tain had hitme. (didnt hit) | 5 Suppose and Imagine * Understood conditions | i de Sure maine mt gn ca ctu iui age nga higu ngim chi khng cin phi pt bi Vi du: - Imagine we won the pools. (means: Imagine what would we do if we won the pools.) = Suppose someone told you that I was a spy! (means: Suppost Someone old you that Iwas apy, what would you say?) jp aie Sing nh cia di kia, kita ding Suppose va: Imagine d& dt ‘ip dén mit su vige 6 Kh ning s xiy, ta c6 thé ding thi hin ta. ‘Vi.du: - Suppose it starts raining, what will we do? * Present or past Néu duge sit dung 48 néi dén mpu i ast dang th ut Kh odnthinh sau suppose vd inatine eso ‘ai thi a sir dung thi qué kit don = Neu gid dn 18 6 Vidu:- Imagine we had never met ~ SaPpose we went to Wales fora change. 6, Formal subjunctives * Insisting, demanding ete Sau nhiing dng tr nhu la demand, insist, suggest, require, bang thd ich 6 thé dhece sie dung 6 phong céich trinh trong ~ 6 nga la dng tie dhege dé os dang nguyén miiu Khong c6 "10" Vidu: - They demanded that he leave at once. Sau It is necessary that, It is essential that, Its important that. sit dung dang nay ‘Vi du: - It is essential that you arrive before six. * Less formal usage Trong ede ng ednh ft trinh trong hom thi ta thém should true dong tir nguyén miu, hoge ding cd trée nguyén mu c6"t Vidu: - They demanded that he should leave, = They demanded that he lef. (Chi sir dung trong ngit can thin mit) = IL is essential for you to arrive before six. * Bing thii céch cdn duye sir dung trong ce eum ti €6 dinh nu: God save the Queen! Be that as it may... Come what mar cing Bai tap tng dung A. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase. 1. Lwish you ‘making so much noise late at night! 2. I'd rather the children ‘on the television without permission. 3. Suppose half the money I owe you. Would that satisfy you? 4. Thope get into trouble on my account. 5. This is an awful hotel. I wish we. to the Grand instead, 6 Wisabsolutely ‘you contact head office in advance. 1. 8 9, I think i’s high time we locking all the windows at night. Would you rather 1 the luneh, if you feel tired? wish my ear 4s fast as yours. 10.1 prefer you. . smoke in here, if you don’t mind. B. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so ‘thatthe meaning stays the same. 1. Do you ever regret not going to university? WISH E11172. should really be leaving. TIME PREFER 4 XSi ate answers, though be pretends ©. ACTS 5. Td lowe tbe able to go with you the opera. WISH 6. Tish {hadn't sold that old painting. PITY RATHER 7. Tt would be better if you didnt stay ong. 4. The Toute inased on our wearing dak suits. WEAR ‘9. Why do you have to complain all the time? WISH. 10.1.don't want to goto the meeting, RATHER © Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning says thesame. 1. Itwould be nice tobe abe toy I wish 2. wish hadn't heard that. Pd rather you : 3. Everyone wished they had listened more carefully to the lecture. ee 4, Unfortnatly I've got to work late tonight. Dio se oe 5. Isitbetter for me to leave? ‘Would you... oi 6. Isa pity Tean’t borrow your ca. | wish you would... 7. Wereally mast discuss this again, 1s important that. 10, Jack prefers me not to say anything about the missing money. jack would rather IV. PAST MODAL AUNILIARIES 1. Had to and must have Had to Ia inh thie qué Khir cia must va duge sir dung dé dé cép dén sx bit buge 6 thoi dim qua kh Vid: Sorry I'm late, Ihad to post some letters, Dang phi djnh eta Had fo la didn't have to, dmg 48 din ta su khong bit bude trong qui kh Vidu: I didn’t have to goto work yesterday because it was a national holiday Must have duge sit dung dé difn t& mot st vige hie hin dA xay ra trong aqua kt ‘Vidu: Someone must have taken it (I'm sure they did.) 2, Should have and ought to have ‘Should have v’s ought to have o6 thé sit dung thay thé cho nau. ‘Tasit dung should have hay ought 10 have * dé dign a mot vige dng I nén lim trong qué ki Viidu: You shouldn't have bought a second - hand ear. It cost you a lot of money to have it repaired. + db dik wh mot sy vige ma ding I ra d8 xiy rai. ‘Vid: The parce I sent you should have arrived by now: * dé m6 ta mot sy tinh ed (diing véi be va tinh te) ‘Vidu: I was strange that you should have been stay hotel last yar. * 6 din ta Joi cm om lich sr khinhn due qua hay st giip 40, ‘Vi: A* I've done the washing-up for you (Oh, you really shouldn't have, Luu J Khi noi edu ny, ng digu phai 10 ra thin mat boi vi day khong ‘hai la mat cu sit dung d& chi teich hay phe binh neu Khe 3. Could have Could have duge sit dung dé 42 cfp én mgt kha nang trong qua Khir Say mot ie c6 Nady trong gud Kh md nei nl King che chin ‘Vidu: David could have won the race if he had tried It could have been Sue, I suppose. (uncertainty) E11-194. Might have and must have ud Khir ma ng May but no one answered. SRE Might have gop, i khong che Kim, SF Vi du: I phoned her yes! cout shopping. I'm not sure. N6 edn duge sir dung a8 sung tye nbd Kong 1 Vi.dy: You might have drowned! Might have known ‘would li mét thank net dupe sit dung dé difn ay tii dpe phdn eta ngudin6i trade mot thoi quen xu cha neu i du: I might have known that he would be late © Must have durge sit dung 48 dién td mot sw vige chic hin da xdy py trong qua kh. (Nguoi ni chic chin la digu 468 xay ra.) ‘Vi du: Someone must have taken it. (I'm sure they did.) Itmmst have rained heavily lastnight. Everything is wet ip tong dung A. Choose the most suitable words underlined 1. That can’t have been/ shouldn't have been Nick that you saw. 2. You had to give! might have given me a hand, 3. caught the later train because [had to see! must have seem a cient 4. {suppose Bill should have los might have lost his way. 5. [I dida’t refuse the cake, as it must have been/ would have been rude. 6 1 8 9. inti mgt vige 06 thé ay ra trong qué ky | don’t know who rang, but it could have been’ must have been Jim. Iwas odd that you should have bought would have bought the same cx 1 asked them to eave but they couldn't! woulda’t go. Wa pity you dia’t ask because I could help’ could have helped you. 10. t's your own fault, you can’t have shouldn't have gone to bed 30 lat B. Complete each sentence witha suitable word or phrase. Don’t worry that Caroli late, he. | begged David to accept some money, but he ‘That was a lucky escape! YOU rus Iwas supposed to be a secret! You | spent last week a the beach because I didn't. ‘The plane is late. It landed by now. M00 os nssess et my brother, haven't ‘There is only one solution. The butler a 20-Eu 54 9. Itwas lovely. We better holiday 10. So it was you who set off the fire alarm fora joke! I known, C. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a modal auxiliary and so that the meaning stays the same. LL. The police refused to do anything about my noisy neighbour. Jean's boss was extremely kind to her. 3. Why didn’t you back me up. ‘Our worrying so much was a waste of time. to have opened the fridge! In just not possible forthe: George knew how to ride a bieycle when he was five. 7. I wanted to go tothe party, but it was snowing hard 8. Itwould have been possible for Helen to give us a lift 9. It's possible that the last person to leave didn't lock the door. 10. Schoo! uniform wasn't compulsory at my school, V. VERBS FOLLOWING BY -ING OR INFINITIVE 1. Verbs followed by ether -ing or infinitive wth to (to-nfinitive) * Can't bear, hate, like, love, prefer ‘Cac dong tir trén due sit dung voi ca V-ing ln infinitive trong 46 Like to thyomg dug sit dung dé 48 cp din mot y thich theo thoi quen. Vi dy: We like to go out to lunch on Sunday. [Not lke to th tong dong nahi wi think it wrong to ‘Vi dy I don't like to disturb colleagues at home. En-2intend, plan, propose, start to-infinitive thi Kho hay t-nfnitve th King wy simend, plan va propose ob * Attempt, begin, continue Khi s kde bigt hay urge theo sau boi that * Forget, remember - Forget to do something (qué _du: I'm sorry. I forgot to tum of jung ede dong to fi Cie dng ay dbi vé nahi in Khong lam chuyén gi 46.) ff the light before leaving 1 promise I won't do it again 3 Forget doing something (quén (Khon lim mio dé d& digm ra trav d6.) ‘Vi du: You said you lent me money last month. 1 forget borrowing ~ Remember to do something (hs pha lim chuyén gi 46.) ‘Vi du: Did you remember to post the letter for me? = Remember doing something (nha dén mot vige hay hanh ding 8 xay a sabe 46.) ‘Vidu: I remember meeting that man before but Tam not sure where set him. Ca hai dong tir forget vi remember déu 06 thé duige theo sau bii thar + | sinh dé } ‘Vid: I remembered that I had to pay the phone bill. | *Ty | = Thy 1o do something (eb ging hay n8 lye lam chuyén gi €6 o6 thi thsh c6ng ay thit bai.) | Vidu: | tried to war him but it wast late, | = Try doing something (si lim mt vie gi 46.) | ghd dén) mot hanh d@ng hay vig. "ip: Heve you tied Windautig o Try taking aa eprn You'l fe beer Ree ~ Go on + V-ing (tiép tuc lim mt hanh ding nao 46.) ‘Vidas She wen on working even hough it wast, = Go on + infinitive c6 10 i i ni bY ees (su tip nds, tinh High tue eta mot Ie ae wae ee : ny nly dng nghia voi el sau: The Prime continued his speech by praising the Chaneellon nt” i m-En * Mean Mean + to-infntive (cb § hay 6 inh lam gi) ory, I meant to tell you about the party Mean + V-ing (bao ghm mt vige gi 46.) du: If catch the eaey train it will mean getting up at 6 00, * Regret Regret to do something thimg duge sit dung trong céc nat ch tinh trong, dio dat Vly him tide Khi sip sia pha lam mit vige gd. Vi-du: We regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful = Regret doing something (hit tike, hit hd v8 movie gi dé da xay ra.) ‘Vidu: I egret being so rude to you yesterday. * Stop Stop todo something (ding aid lim mt vige gi 6.) ‘Widu: Jane stopped 0 check the ol level in the engine. = Stop doing something (thoi Khng lis mgt inh dOng gi 46 ns.) Vid: The baby has stopped waking up during the night now. * Hear, see, watch - Kh theo sau bi infntive King e6 fo (bare-infinitive) thi hinh dng, theo sau eée dong tr twén di duge chim ditt hay 46 la mot hnh dng dim (anh dng xiy’ra vi chim dit hiu nh tai mgt thoi diém.) ‘Vidu: We watched all the cars ross the finishing line T saw her break the window. Kh theo sau be V-ing thi in dng d6 dang xay ra hay vin con dang ‘igp din. Vidu: 1 heard someone coming up the stairs. I saw them going for a walk in the park some days ago. 2. Verbs with an object, followed by either ~ing or to-infintive * Allow, forbid, permit ~ Néu theo sau céc dng tir nay la mt tn ng0t thi ta sir dung to-infinitive ‘Vi du: My father didn’t allow me to smoke in his room. = Néu sau che dng tr ny khéng e6 tin ngd thi ta sir dung dng dang V-ing. Vids The school does not allow smoking. * Consider = Taddiing consider v6i to-infnitive d& dig t& mt y kién. E1-3Vd: Ses considered to beth ns pianist ofr Beeston, fing c ni nd ddng nghia véi think about Peraite rating to Canada, ‘Vi du: At one point I considered 3. Verbs normally followed by to-infii Cc dng tir dupe lige ké sau dy thu Agree, appear, arrange, attempt, ask choose, dare, decide, demang Rare accel vac Cerca pains Gee Fn meu Cai: ig de aa aa ore eo nes no Se ie alae ae ee a erent mae ET iplstal wy laura cn ng tie nay e6 thé duge theo sau bai nguyén miu 66 hay khéng 6 “to” rept baa up fata el rig dure theo sau boi to-infinite * Make thé chi dng ta ding “make + har-infntive” nhumg o thé bi dong dng: “make + to-nfntive” ‘Vi d:- They made me leave (active) We shall have to make do. (ective) The University of Leeds. ‘The Tower of London, The Isle of Man, * Superlative form ‘Trée ede dang so sinh bic mht taluon lubn ding “the”. ‘Vid: This is the most expensive hotel in town. tis the big est project I have ever work in. 2. Indefinite articles: “a’an” Ta si dung ‘rig hop sai: * Jobs: Tony is a builder. Mr. Clark is a doctor. * Inmcasuring: Three times a week; Fifty kilometres an hour, $3.50 8 kilo; $14,000 « year. rong. cée nei cinh trinh trong thi ta ding “per” dé thay thé cho agai es: “a/an”(mgo tir khOng xc dinh) trong ce En1-29‘ people: A Me JOE “so ries ong ruimg hop nay 8 nbd nh ing np Ta st dung “oa ie ni khdng he bit dn dn Jone 3. Zero articles 2 trugmg hop sau: Taking ding mgo trong cae 7 DOP athew Smith is one of my avout artists. + suvets: Green Road, Godwin Stet Lin The High Steet, The Strand * Spont: Football, emis * Subjects Mathematics, chemistry i f Bai tp ing dung | ‘A. Ineach space put *a/an” or “the” or leave the space blank Ithas been announced that fr (1) ‘month there hasbeen 2) rise in (3) ® unemployed, rather than (5) ... bbeen predicted. (6) rise was blamed on (7) « contiuing uncertainty ver (8) ~. government economic pot worse time for (10) and couldn't come at (9) enn Prime Minister, who is facing (11 ) «growing. criticism third consecutive number of fall that hl (2) ~-way (13) "present crisis is being handleé 0 ge MPs ei cing (3) sei (6 resent devaluation of (17) sas in interest ates, (19) 20 sil expects 20) vs eevey of the economy 0 tke te icc ee oni a a Dine ing ino 3). housing market is B. Correct the errors in these sentences. 1. Itsnota first-class accommodation unless it has a private bathroom. 2. Onthis record twins play piano duet. 3. The halfway through meal we realised what waiter had sai. 4. ifthe Mrs. ler phones, say Tm away on tp. 5. There isa wonderful scenery in estem part of Turkey 6. Cocker spaniel is one of most popular pet dogs 7. Thetis poing tobe fog and a cold weather ll the next week. 8. The burglaries are definitly om increase 9, 1 spent very Interesting holiday atthe Lake Coniston in England 10, We are against war in general, so of course we are against war like this between superpower and developing country G Choose the most suitable word underlined. A dash (-) means that no article is needed. 1. Helen doest't the! - cream eakes sold in a the local bakery. 2, The! = basketball is fast becoming a/ the popular sport worldwide. 3, We could see that the/ - Alps were covered in the! = snow: 4, Isa/= long time since L met a/ = lovely person like you! 5. 5. Diana has af = degree in the! - engineering from the! - University of London, 6. Al the/ = present moment, the! = man seems to have the/ an_ uncertain fue 7. The! = problem for the/- today's students is how to survi 8. ‘The! = French enjoy spending holidays in the! - countryside. Please do not tum on athe. water-heater in a/ th. bathroom, financially. 10, Sue bought a/he, Picasso ! was ting you about the! = last week. en-31the, or leave the space blank. Parliament at next election, 1 had to stand in. D. Ineach space put a/an oF 1. I'm going to stand for When I left station, ey for. taxi for Jong time 3. We took. trip around London and saw Tower Bridge 4 appiness of the majority depends On-.--hAY Work fgg sre most isin roads in this part of COUN filly, line of | roads built by Romans, 6. Have you got. latest record by’ Gipsy Kings? 7. Ifthad time, I would like to take up archery. 8 We spent pleasant evening having drink at Robin Hood 9. Nile lows right through city. 10. summer I spent in USA was one Of sno bestia my life E. Imeach space put a/an or the, or leave the space blank. 1. Go down Kingston Street and turn right into. Road. | 2 shopping. I's Jeast lean do. | 3. 1 dont like ilk in coffee. | 4. She was first woman to cross Atlantic im coo | canoe. . Jim became. furniture salesman after leaving | 6 At ve Busy dAY, on sleep is } F. Correct the errors in these sentences, 1 The time you spend onthe relaxing pastime is good for you: 2. Don't you work inrecont shop in High Street? 3. A new campaign against he smoking is directed at the young women, 4. The leader of the team is usualy called captain 5. Ahalf'the time I get phone eal fs wrong number. 6. I-saw brilliant rock band perform at the Isle of Wight rock festival 7. Do you know what the difference there is between the stoat and the ‘weasel? 8, Atthe halftime the both teams seemed ina difficulty. 9. The earthquake could easly damage the Channel Tunne! 10. A painting [like best isthe one not fora sale. G. In each space put a/an or the, or leave the space blank. 1. Please wateh cabin attendant as she demonstrates .n-un USe of oxygen mask, 2. Paul spent. Dhalf of his fein a. Far East 3. You have to use at Teast pint and... half of milk. 4. Dick has _ Sore throat and is taking 5s. 6 1. Be astronaut but .PREPOSITIONS VIL. VERBS FOLLOWED BY PREFO! 1. Ding tic theo sau bai gift seit Jbsorbed in something (especially absorbed in her work/ @ book) to be engrossed in something to implicate someone in something to involve someone in something to result in something to specialise in something to succeed in something 2. hing te theo sau boi git te for to account for something to allow for something (to take into consideration) to apologise for something/someone (on their behalf: Let me apoioge | for Jack.) | to blame someone for something to care for something/someone f to cater for something/someone to charge someone for something (make them pay f to count for something (especial: I count for nothing inthis company) to earmark sometingfor a paricular use to pay for someone/something 3. Ding tit theo sau boi gidi tir of to accuse someone of something ‘to convict someone of something to remind someone of something to suspect someone of something 4. Bing te theo sau boi gid te with 10 acquaint someone with something enn ‘to charge someone with something to clutter it : wih lr wih something (seal passive ‘The room was elute! to coincide with something to collide with ‘© comply with something ing to concern with something (ysually passive: be concerned with) to.confront someone with something to confuse somcone/something with someone/something, to cram with something (especially passive: be erammed with) to deal with someone/something to discuss something with someone to face with something (especially passive: be faced with) to ingratiate oneself with someone to meet with something (especially: meet with an accident) to pack with something (especially passive: be packed with) to plead with someone to provide someone with something to tamper with something to trust someone with something S. Doing tie theo sau bei gi te from to bar someone from a place to benefit from something to derive something from something, to deter someone from something to differ from something to distinguish one thing from another thing (also: distingus two things) to distract someone from something, to exempt someone from something to expel someone fom a place to reftain fom something to resign from something to result fom something to stem from something to suffer from something to translate one language fromfinto another language Ding tic theo sau boi gibi tie on to base something on something to blame something on someone ‘to entre something on something (usually passive: be centred on) to concentrate something on something s EM- 35,: cone/something wo to elaborate on something to impose on someone to insist on something/someor to pride oneself on something ing tic theo sau bai git te against to insure something against something to protest against something Ding tic theo sau boi gid tr gbout to agve about something te beconcmed abou somthing be worse about) to boast about something to decide about something to dream about something to protest about something Ding tc theo sau boi gibi tr out to phase something out 10, Bpng tit theo sau bi git te to glance at something to guess at something to hint at something to marvel at something 1. Ding te theo sau Bi git te to answer to something (especially: answer toa desription) 10 appeal to someone (beg): I appeals to me. (lik the idea.) ‘© apply oneself to something (She applied herself to her studies) to apply to something (This rule doesn't apply to you.) to atend to something saidheard to attibute something tos to commit oneself to somethi eee sad i conkee sancttng thing (especially passive: be commit to devote oneself to something to prefer one thing to another hing to rect to something 36-617 3 spend on some .e doing something. | to refer to something (This number refers to the next page-) someone (The doctor ref to be resigned to some to resort to something tosee fo something (meaning make sue itis done) to subject someone to something red me 10 a specialist) to succeed to the throne toe used to doing something Bai dp tong dung Choose the most suitable word underlined I discussed with him We believe that our radio programmes should eater to eater fr all tastes, ‘The police tried to blame the aceident on Harry! for Harry “The Minister is resigned to having to cancel to have to eancel the scheme. ‘Carol was sitting in a corner engrossed in’ with checking the figures, ‘They accused Helen off with stealing the gold bullion. ‘Several youths have been barred frony tothe disco for rowdy behaviour. ‘The victim had been subjected to/ witha vicious unprovoked attack, ‘The bus roiled down the slope and collided with into a van, Everything now depends fromy on the weather tomorrow morning he matter with him afternoon, See 10. Complete each sentence with one suitable preposition I really prefer just about anything ‘watching television, This year’s conference coincided two other major conventions Is it possible to insure my bike ‘The problem stems vo thet? wo» the governments lack of action. ‘When | asked Jean, she hinted the chance ofa promotion for me. Being tich doesn't count ...mor-0-e uch on a desert islan. I pleaded. _ John to change his mind, but he wouldnt listen. Tean’t stand the way she is always boasting her wealthy parents. 9, My grandfather is always confusing Madonna soo» Maradona, 10, Could yeu please cefrain “smoking in the lecture hall. 1, Dave's pockets were crammed empty chocolate wrappers. en-37the mistake. 12. Everyone tried to blame Janet med 3. When I retired, I devoted myself a 14, Tim was exempted military se USE Of his ia theatres and concert h 15. Mary specialises designing theatres and concert halls 16. That creep! He is always trying to ingratiate himself. tea 7. The Prime Minister refused to elaborate What he had gy catlier. 18. I'm afraid thatthe parking regulations apply everyone, si, 19. On ts first voyage, the Titanic met disaster 20, I'm really not used being treated like that! 21. wish you'd stop arguing politics all the time 22. Could you deal this problem Tm rather busy. 23, The lights are designed to deter burglars approaching the hase | 24, Your plan doesn't allow changes in the weather. 25. I would like to protest your treatment of the staff, 26, Damage to the building resulted an unusually high wind, 27. We really marvelled Helen's conjuring tricks. 28, Lam not really concerned that side of the business 29. The Minister is also implicated the scandal 50, The company is commited sng salaries and impr conditions. . Put one word in each space. Each word isa form of a verb listed ae beginning of this unit. The idea of marriage doesnt tome. We... in finding Ann's house atthe second attempt. However poor I was I would not... to steating. Have you for the wind speed in your calculations? He confessed when he Was... with the evidence. You need to yourself moe to your work. Alan himself on his punctuality 15 enn from doing my work by the muse. for breaking your electric dri 0. fr everyone's lunch yesterday. D. Rewrite each sentence so that it ‘that the meaning stays the same. 1. Peter always trusts me with his secrets. IN ‘contains the word in capitals, and so 2. A true story forms the basis of Mary's ne el ON 3. [don understand the reference ofthis phrase. TO 4. There were alot of people onthe bus. WITH 5. You were in my dreams lastnight. ABOUT 6. Danny was asked 1o leave the school fr bad behaviour FROM 7. This house brings home to mind! OF 8. Tina rewrote the French book in Spanish, FROM 9. Christmas and roast trkey go together in my mind. WITH 10. think a rest would do you good. FROM. |. When he has to face a crisis, Tony panies. FACED 12, Collecting stamps gives me alot of pleasure. DERIVE 13, The arrested man did not look the same as the wanted man ANSWER 14. The facts of the case were familiar tothe lawyer. ACQUAINTED 15. The deaths of over fifty people were caused by the storm. RESULTED 16, We have given winter equipment tall the soldiers. PROVIDEDith. GUESSED 7. We ean only make a guess about row the money digy You havea explained exacly diag ACCOUNTED 10,000 cs pilowopbers is pponed to have sai this. ATTRIB 20, Brian is good at looking afer the sick. CARE E. Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 1, T would never have ‘Jim of being the culprit See conics —C.supected Demi 2. How did Sheila tothe news oer award? Se Bees, Coons. | =D 3. Someone hasbeen with he ok ofthe ash box Rauteing. Bécding” tampering —D, may 4 Dont wom about he uch. twit Avucceed apply Cecte Dist 5. More than two hundred police ofcers are na, investigation, | ‘Absorbed Brengosied specialised. inh! | 6 The trouble with Jean is that she with sport | A.obsessed —B. packed matched Dida | 7. Tony's parents decided that he couldn't be ... joe With money. Acquainted —B.complied ——_C. rusted Dim 8 Pauline an Helen orn On Ou saying for lunch, t a Covaiaran B. insisted : D. concentrated 9 Lanett ees ne : oe Biprovided faced D.met Sa eo emiingcoleagies ccm C.impased OD. VII. PREPOSITIONS FOLLOWING ADJECTIVES, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND IN A Actives + prepositions (Gii te theo sau cd tink te) 1.Of aftaid of, ashamed of, are of, capable of, conscious of, fond of, fll of, be good of (someone to do something), indicative of, respective Of jealous of 2 About: annoyed about, anxious about, certain about, excited about, pleased about, right about, sorry about, upset about, wrong about 4 With: angry with (a person), annoyed with (a person), bored with commensurate with, connected with, be good at dealing with, happy with. Jncompatible with, obsessed wit, pleased with, preoccupied with 4.At: angry at (# person), annoyed a (a person), be bad at, be good a, surprised at $.On: keen on 6.2: addicted to, attentive to, gratefil 1, kind 10, immune to, impervious to, indifferent to, liable to (likely to suffer from), martied t, prone to 7. By: baled by, bored by, detained by, distressed by, plagued by, shocked by, surprised by & For: early for, eligible fo, famous for, late for, liable for (legally responsible), ready for, responsible far, sorry for 9.1m: deficient in, experienced in, implicated in, interested in 10, Frome absent ftom, derived from, diferent fom, safe from, missing from B. Nouns + prepositions (Gidi tit theo sau ede dank tt) 2.On: an authority on (expert), ban on, comment on, effect on, influence on, restriction on, axon 2.To: access to, an alternative to, an attitude to, an exception to, a solution to, theet fo, witness to J.Over: be in authoiy over, have control over, be indispute over something 4. With; contrast with, be indispute with someone, encounter wit, ik ‘wih, quarel with, relationship with ‘For: admiration for, caving for, eredit for, cure for, desire for, disregard for, provision for, recipe fo, respect for responsibility for, room for, sympathy for EU-atbined in all keibood nang in collaboration with, in comet C.Gie cum tc bit din bing Ie fs_ in advance in the bal ‘any case, in charge of, in the charge of 8 emand, in d ith, in comfort, in decline, in deman Fae : aaa rem inthe end, be in favour of something, Be in favoy ofa ear of (being affid of, in (good) condition, in ham coe shay or another, n practice in recogni high spirits, in jeopardy, in one wa i in response to, in shot in theory, in time, in trouble, in turn a f, with iment to, with regard to, yg dispute, in distress, in ge 2 With: with the exception of 3. Ate at any rate, at ful, at frst sight, at the first/second atten. the end, at large 4.0m: on average, on approval, on a regular basis, on behalf of the contrary, on good terms, on loan, on the market (forsale), on (is) my con offer, on purpose, on the verge of ‘S Beyomds beyond belt, beyond a joke, beyond the shadow od & Barby concidence by mise, bythe ine, by righ, by spe | 7. For: for fear of (because something might happen), for if, mai Jong, fo the foreseeable future, forte time being $. Outof: out of breath, out of contol, out of danger, out of doo, of focus, out of luck, out of the ordinary, out of pocket, out of pace ofall proportion, out of reach, out of stock, out of work 9, Under: undet age, under the circumstances, under contol, unde ve ‘of, be under the impression tht, under the influence of, under (a law) n= ‘obligation, under pressure, under repair, under stress, under suspicion 10, Without: without a chance, without delay, without exception, wit! word [ 11, Within: with the ls, within teach 12. After: after all Bai tp tng dung A. Choose the most suitable word underlined 1. Diane showed a complete disregard for/ ‘with her own safety. é LE eet hnlah Uata state, ‘or Romeo and Juliet it was love ith first sig 4 Thy woul It meine p beset es ee under 5. Our house has been tv on the market for months. 2-En 6. ou sre perfectly capable for) of making your own bed, I would have ‘bought! 7. We walked on tiptoe for fiom fear of being discovered. This is one ofthe exceptions of othe rule Tam surpe ed al by you, forgetting your briefcase like that 0. We met a the hotel comple by/from coincidence. B. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so ‘that the meaning stays the same. 1. Please send the letter as Soon as possible. DELAY, 2. You have to pay two months! rent before you move in. ADVANCE 3. Wegeton very well wth our nextdoor neighbours. TERMS 4. Everybody wants Pauline as an after-dinner speaker. DEMAND 5.1 accidentally picked up the wrong suitcase atthe apart MISTAKE 6. The whole team was in a happy mood. SPIRITS 2 7. [realised had said Something wrong.” CONSCIOUS 8. Yourenot lucky today. tm aiaid. OUT 9. You cant get tothe village in winter because ofthe sow, ACCESS 10.{ don't want us to have a quarrel YOU DERIVED DOORS 12. [ike to spend alt of time inthe open ai. 13,1 dont think you mean what you say about helping me. EARNEST 14, Paul went to see the bank manager about geting aloan. VIEW 15, This miserable weather init runny any more! JOKE 16 it’ uncemtain wisther the band’s tour will tke ple. BALANCE En-43a a tiation. SOLUTION, 17. L wish T knew what to do fk to th iyom the hotel. WITHIN 18, You can walk to the station easily fo “/giiedal tor her services. RECOGNITION 19, Karen received a medal for her ser jabtsashe is under age. LIABLI 20, You have to pay your son's Put one suitable preposition in each space. 1 Helen bad grest tration hn 2 Tmataid fmaot er god sims 3, The favourite dropped outa th race carly stage 4. Twas. ze the impression that you liked Indian food. her history teacher, 5. The minister stated that no real altemative the pla existed. 6. This town is famous. its hand-woven carpets, 7. Your performance this term contrasts very favorable. las term's | 8. Many young people become addicted drags tr ignorance 9. Apparently a qumber of army officers were implicated... | plot f 10, Carol doesn't have a very good relationship ber moth D. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning s* the same. 1. After trying tice, Ivan broke the record when he tried the third time Ivan broke the ree0rd os ns 2. The meeting will probably be cancelled Intend nla 3. Considering your position, we won't press charges. Unibet poe i ee 4. Eventually you will beable to walk quite normally. 1 The soldiers entered the caste while it was dare 44-EIT Under 8. Speaking for my colleagues, I would like to thank you On 9. thought you had accepted was under 10. Everyone was exhausted apart from Sally with E. Choose the most suitable word or phrase. LL ttwas very good you to help Dave with his homework A for Bio ith D.of 2. Nothing the ondinary ever happens here A from Bout of C. about D. within 3. The union and the management are in over working ‘conditions A.advance —B.practice collaboration D. dispute 4. After running up the stairs I was quite breath Aoutof ——B.from C.without —_D. beyond '. I'm afraid that ths incident could put your career here |A. beyond ajoke B. in jeopardy C.ineamest—_D. at fault 6. We are ‘no obligation to change goods which were not purchased here, A. with Bw Conder D.at 7. Itseems to be your boss who is ny fat At B, under Co with D. for 8. I'st00 late t phone Jill at work, at any. A. case B.time C.sination De rate 9. Tina isan authority Bycantine architecture. A for Bon Cw Dain 10. reckon Martinis. _~ ofa nervous breakdown, A. incharge B. under suspicion onthe verge D. indicative Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase. 1 Freddy vote the book in. three of his colleagues. 1-46 1 8 9. 10, The company asked Ann to work for them Mary sueldenly let the room : ehuldse leaving home at such an early age fe fourteen ne Goods are sent you on sed bef payment is due re It took Sally a tong time to find 3 job with he abilities ey are all out Most ofthese photos ar terrible, they are 8 so well have to take the long way round. The bridge is . to the charges made against you? What have you to say That wasn't an accident, you did iton basis, 46-EN PHAN II PRACTICE T ESTS PRACTICE TEST 1 1. PHONETICS 4. Pick out the word whose underined prt is pronounced diferent fom those of the other words, ‘ Eee 1. A-canary B. share C. baron. pharaoh, 2. A.chaperon —B. charity. challenge _D. Charlie 3. A. furl B. fur Ce. furrier 4. A.telecast telemetry C. telescope. teleology 5. A.complete B. command C.common D. community B. Underline the stressed syllable of he following words 6.telepathy 7. hermaphrodite 8. honorary 9. requiem 10, sibilant IL. VOCABULARY A. Choose the best word from A, B, Cor D that fits each blank. 1, The hotel room was.. furnished with only @ bed, a ‘wardrobe and an ancient armchair. A.thinly Bi sparsely C.lightly D. sketchily 2. The main disadvantage to our house is thatthe only. to the ‘garden is through a bedroom. ‘A.passage B.doorway _C. access D. communication jin one hundred students being 3. The demonstrator arrested. ‘A.culminsted Beruptod escalated. concluded 4. Although he was a hardened criminal, his one. cn feature Was his love of children. i A.saving redeeming C. recovering. sequitingit place-names in E glish und 6. tn many places in Wales we 004 (Gent Welsh Nation been swith greet a obliterated D. destroyed A-suppressed 8. diss when she retired that she had hardly 7. She took up so many hobbies Whe” 5 ae + atherhand D-at hand hoes ite Biigland 3 CEE 8. He was a hardened criminal without 4 SCP fork pity Direpoch _Cremose__D. penance 9, We might just as well have stayed at home the enjoymey wwe had. A. on account of Bas faras forall D, conceming 10, Dont stick your elbows out when you ea therm in by yr | sides A. tuck B.bend C place D.tum 11. Nothing was arranged it wa all ery. A.takeaway —B,wornout —C.slapdash—_D. slap up 12. She gave me the same advice. youd Alike than Cas D. who 13. He was. with an extaordnary musical ability Aceosued Brentused —C.entated endowed 14, Not being able to find my phone number is a pretty excuse for not contacting me. Afragile ——B. frail C. feeble D. faint 15, Fearing for his life heen noth muggers for mercy. Pe plentad 1 Bapeatimeda ts srt D. begged 16, I am sorry to have bothered you - 1 was under the. sll you wanted me to call you. os a B miscaleulation misconception D. misapprehension 17. A special committee W2S SE UP 10.ecnnunarar.om the problet football hooliganism, A investigate inform 18, Afr the ash fod, all the dine ee D. report storm water. ete overflowing “ A. from B with Be ros 48-E11 19, The factory is working below i of essential materials. ee eae Aran B, scope c capacity. density 20. Ifthe work-force respected you, you wouldnt need to your authority 0 often Pee A. assert B.affirm —C. maintain init B. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. st a e 1, The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat (hear), What ashame 2, She's quite an (oo)! 3, His family suffered from his (expend). 4. The (edit) staff consists of tn experienced journalists 5. This leads to more pressure being put on the (adequate) public transport system. 6, Switzerland isa (mountain) county. 7. The nineteenth-century faith in the power of science is now very ssn (question). 8. A person with an (Gnferior) complex. can be very disagreeable 8. There was loud (Caugh) as the clown fll off the ladder. 10, Although he is now middle-aged, he still looks quite ... (youth. C. In most line of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. Find this word. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (\) sxample: 0, when. 00.0 SHELL SHOCK (0. Intimes of touble when snails nave the perfect escape, 00 but retreating into a shell does not always guarantee 1a survival For the land snail, Arianta arbustorum, 2. faced with local climatic warming inthe Swiss city 3 of Basle, having had a shell has not helped abit. “4 Between 1903 and 1991 this sail became really extinct En-49around the ety. All eight at 16 out of 29 localities opal ‘vere killed off by urban a ee ss agent oa 11 hy ha endian: Te onl ilrence 13 mee hea and in cers pry ite habitats 14 drum id utr test were guitaiically 15) seamer Tedience was ofenjut ov warm pec 16 Saas hs yer diene was. eet vas huge 11. GRAMMAR A. Put one suitable preposition in the blank of each sentence. 1. My cousin George is obsessed keeping fit 2. Many frozen foods are deficient. vitamins. 3. They say tha thee isan exception. cevery rule. 4. Itas very good... Sue to) 5. Breaking his leg a second time put Peter's football career ....u.— eopardy. 6. Don't worry, the whole situation is. 7. The same rule applies, respective paid, 8. With complete disregard the sea to rescue the dog, 9. Tm afraid you are not eligible 10. There were no ripe apples control ‘how much you hie -- her own safety, Ann jumped in ~-apension until you are 65 reach, so I moved the lade, 'B. Put cach verb in parentheses ino an appropri ie ae abe a Bey os gust ext yea, oF the year afl, an those @), tcl. Provided of cone that te pone you @). 6 =a ‘ of Rock and Roll (3) 2° Elvis Presley Fan Club, Although the Kilt (hon ®) (visi) Gracelands, the house where Qn ule) his fetal bear tack, twie ithe Neve “The first time I (10), (borrow) the money from my MM 1a) (0 work) then Be 280 112) vB) En. But two years agp 1 (12) ee mmried and Gace then tsp (wor) nm husband’ Chriss garage Chris and 1 (14) : , (go) together last year, and we as) (think) of spending two or thee months in the USA next year 106) {always want) to vist some of the places where Elvis (1?) (pesfom), Like Las Vegas for example Jean says tha Elis (18) tbe) her obsession ever since she (19) (be) ten yeas old, and she (20) (ova) every single one of his records, good and bad IV. READING A. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion. THANK GOD SOMEONE'S MAKING WAVES ‘The natural world is under violent assault from man. The seas and rivers are being poisoned by radioactive wastes, by chemical discharges and by the dumping of dangerous toxins and ra sewage. The air we breathe is polluted by smoke and fumes from factories and motor vehicles; even the ran is poisoned. Its litle wonder forests and lakes are being destroyed and everywhere wildlife is disappearing. Yet the destruction continues Governments and industies throughout the world are intensifying their fons to extract the earth’ mineral ices and to plunder it living resources ‘The great rainforests and the fiozen continents alike are seriously threatened, And tis despite the warnings ofthe scientific community and the deep coneem of million of ordinary people Despite the fact, oo, that we ean crete environmentaly-lean industries, hhamess the power of the sun, wind and waves for our energy needs and ‘manage the finite resources ofthe cart in a way that wil safeguard our future and protect all the rich variety of life-forms which share this planet with us But there is sill hope. The fires of desiton ars being challenged across ybe-and at the spearhead of this challenge is Greenpeace. ees ee cvironnen isin danger, Greenpeace has made aan Its ‘scientific presentations and peaceful direct actions at sea and on land have Eu-3tet vareness that Greenp. sustres into an awarené of shocked governments and industries in ‘ oss word to re samiation and Support of mili Those actions, ton, have wor the aa can ee Now you can strengthen the thin & esd by joining Greenpeace today ing waves. heard in defense ofthe living Thank God someone's m 4 made? 1. Which one ofthese statements sno a iaoking waters polluted. —B, Radioactive waste poisons the gy C-Scuagetont processed. D-Cars and factories poison the a, 2. The writer. forests and lakes are being destroyed, | unsure why Ais suprised that B.isun wonders why D.anderstands Why 3. Rainforests are being destroyed because govemments and indus, ‘A. are unaware of what they're doing wrong, B. are rich and powerful C. choose to ignore criticism. D. basically care about the environment 4. The earth's resourees.... A. should only be for people, C. will last forever, 5. Governments and industes.. ‘A. don't know what Greenpeace thinks. B. are forced to understand the problems by Greenpeace. can easily ignore Greenpeace 1D. misunderstand what Greenpeace thinks. B, ‘can be made to last longer. D. belong to just humans and B. You are going to read a magazine article about an actress. Se paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose the most suittb! ‘paragraph from the list A-H for each part (1-6) ofthe article. There i ‘extra paragraph which you do not need 10 use. There is an example ott beginning (0). ‘A: didn't Tike school and 1 spent most of my time in my head. One of teachers noticed that. She'd say, "Tm not sol be wn ed sy, going to repeat that for Fores bee src iin sayay No dub shel et me C. Against hundreds of other actors, Nyree was given the part, She had no hesitation in giving up eve everything to act and within two years had been brought to England by a famous film producer, : By the time she let schoo, Nyree had passed all he required Sl, Nyce had pase all the required exams for teaching ballet. She had her own dane tao and enjoyed her work. But something tld her that at some stage she would have to leave New Zealand find fl satisfaction EE, Nyree was bom on the north island of New Zealand, Her father was a butcher who later became a developer and a businessman. She was given the Maori name of Ngaire which was later changed to its present English form as nobody could pronounce it F. Sadly, that didn’t happen. “My parents were like oil and water,” explains \Nyree. “They simply couldnt live together. My fathee's work kept him away from home but I think it was partly because he found it difficult to live with my mother.” G. That was followed by another successful show called Look Who's Here at the Fortune Theatre and a BBC television series, Madame Bavary. Four years later, in 1967, came The Forsyle Saga, the series which became addictive, not justin Britain, but all over the world H. “It stopped me dead and instead of joining the other performers | walked down to the front ofthe stage to find out what that noise was.” o- NYREE'S STORY “Aer an upbringing n New Zeland and spl aeting in her own coy, Moree Datn Porter made London er ome Interview y Alan Ol Nyree Dawn Porter made her frst stage appearance at the age of three. Pe pr of aid in a ater production of Noo Ak: she ‘walked onto the stage and into the lights to delighted applause and laughter, LH. (0)... En-53ex since and in a long, SUCCESS gy, ed her OF eceived plenty Fevisin, she has received plenty of and ont That noise” has ch both on the theatres A warm and affe; are spa on or og tne she ws an only chil, her sister, Merle Isabel, came alo complete. cay he the happy family should have fe ©). | {AS areul, Nyee remembers er childbood as being sad but productive. had nervous slammer and was s0 shy and quiet that her teachers beciy| extremely worried about he. She found her release through books, pany and bale. @) ‘A teacher named Jim Goodsll came to her rescue by encouraging her td well and by making her president of the drama club. A second influent person was another teacher, who had spent a lot of time in England a France. Her enthusiasm helped Nyree to use her natural gift for French she also encouraged her to ac. , ee “L was acting in a local amateur production when @ woman cam 1 ‘dressing room and asked me if I had ever considered acting as a carcet. 8 was the wife of a leading actor atthe New Zealand National Theatre, Het had broken down outside and tat was the only reason she had eome i $+ azranged for me tory fora role in an American comedy called The 5 saad fr inan American comedy called Te ).. Sale ed “loved London and my ae 4 introdvtion to Harel Vincent Wate ‘came when I was given @ be st the Leatherhead Theatre: | dancing” ©. S4-En Nyree Dawn Porter has lived here ever since, a works in Australia ‘adopted England, and we have adopted her. She has though she does visit her old home and regularly V. USE OF ENGLISH A. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each Blan. CROCODILES Crocodiles see well, thei eyes ate (O)ooBeo--.ith thre eyelids cach having a different function. Tei eyeballs slide back out of (1) way during an attack. Should the lose one oftheir eight centimete long teeth, a replacement is alvays ready. A crocodile may go through ©. thousand teeth during a lifetime of over seventy yeas. Crocodiles cannot chew, as thei eth are (3) only to peneate and hold. These animals can attack at any (3) ofthe year, but they are more active in the warmer months and when in (5) of mates. Underwater, crocodiles (6) their vitims at the waters ©. by sensing any movement in the water. Once they have @ hold on their victim, they drag it deep into the water to (8). it They then crush and swalow i Many batles occur over mates. About six weeks afer mating, the female bere rennnn est, often om aver Bank and (10) nn. about fy ‘eggs She then seals the nest for protection and also asa way of ay .. code temperature. Afler ten to twelve weeks the baby ‘crocodiles come out ofthe eggs: only about one percent of these 2) it to adulthood, as thousands die in flooding or are eaten ‘by fish or bigger crocodiles. In an (13) a.-onf0 ensure a source of aa) ‘animals, crocodile farms have been (15)... Vast industry now exists in rocodile skin and meat. D. fitted 0. Acfound equipped C. stocked ed 1. Ahamis ——Bodange?s—C.jnjuy’s D damages 2. A. various B. several C. considerable prea 3. A. composed B. constituted C. designed styh 4 atime B.phase C.monh D interval S Adscovey Bihunt — C.explortion search 6. A. prefer. ‘B.accept —_C. propose D. choose 7. A. border Brim Cede D. shore 8A sink Bidrown — C.capsize Doak B15comanufactures. —D. produces 9. Avinsalls —-Bemakes Dies Recs ee ee Dp 11. A domi Baing © imposing D contin orang ee com a Bmie CE ami WA rence sion Comintn © Di lteraty erat ees D hay 15. pot peace stood Complete the folowing ace by writing in eack Blanka suabe yy Tae only ome word foreach Blank (CHILDREN AND CONVENIENCE FOODS } ‘owadays, parents often fee! guilty (0) they don't give thy chlien healt food for (1) Single meal. Packaged foo, | fopenty own (2) junk food but (3) may f Fee par cnly ins. OF couse ctlden shoud et wel, ® Treats should also e relaxed, enthusiastic and compae wr aly ic tay ‘And its essential (5). erie (6) put of bappncs remember that most parents of your hhere to stay and they can be a valuable aid toe Parents must seek out the best and cin .. ‘a balance between real food and practicality. Wi @. these convenience foods, you can balance out the meal o, adding something fresh and home-made. igs ‘Wien your children beg for ice-cream, give (10). : yoghurt with fresh fruit. Indeed a home where the fruit bow a, sefiling regularly is a home (12) people 2 vsll Th ervial point is balanee. (13) is at stake is your cil: gastronomic happines- and your (14). “sanity, C Foy each ofthe following sentences, writ a new sentence as smi possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word giver Capt le. These words mast na Sealed ape 1. The police arived asthe thieves were committing the rime. RED-HANDE? This is theft time ve see he ina lite SET 5. Its unlikely he'l be picked for the Olympic swimming team. ; eiee 6, Hels different rom his brother in almost allrapocta” NT BEARS 7. Andrew doesn't claim to have ait of musical talon. PRETENCE, 8. We were lucky to find somewhere to park so quickly. STROKE 9, I wonder where Harry is now - Thaven't seen him for years BECOME, 10. This is a subject that Jack and I disagree about EYE D. Finish each ofthe following sentences in such a way that i as similar as possible in meaning tothe sentence printed before it. 1. “Attendances atthe exhibition ave been down this year. ‘The exhibition 2. They declared war on te pretext of defending their tertoril rights The €X€US enn 3. never miss out oma cup of coffee wen I vis ber fa She 4. Ifwe wait long enough well get what we want Wsjust 5, The brochure gives hardly any useful information. Precious i 6. Trudy was quite relieved wien se found out the truth. Teas som ee Sota 7. What put me off the idea was simply how expensive it was going tobe. The sheer : 8. The government shouldnt lt this situation get worse This state. ce es 9. We were all shocked by his reaction. His reaction eame eo 10. Ifyou were inthe situation Ifyou put in, yout fel the same. VL ITION : GoM eee aan ‘The advantages and disadvantages of living in a big city os. ‘En1-37PRACTICE TEST 2 1. PHONETICS A. Pick out the word whose those of the other words. sundetined partis pronounced differently fy danger D- change ¢ 1 'A.ransom —B.ancien i 2 Aad Cabeord —Deabsent Ri RR eC mead) Dl eA ce comraane Cia, Dea | Shige we my. De Bi Uinertine theses sie ofthe followin 0 6. although 1 eomfable 8. algraph SF dactylgam 10 cnesura H. VOCABULARY “A. Choose the best word from A, B, Cor D that fits each blank, {LI had my car examined thre times now but no mechanic has been she to the problem. : A pinpoin. B.focus —C.specify _D. highlight 2. Our hosts had prepared a. _meal with seven courses fo celebrate our arrival ‘A-generous—B. profuse C.lavish _D. spendthrift 3. Texplained that I wanted 0... ny legal right to cons solicitor. Accolertain —Bexercise C. grant. insist 4. We were all rather in WE. the new computers when ts) arrived A. about Bibefore — C.by D.of 5. The case was. nny the judge for lack of evidence. A disallowed B. dismissed. abandoned D. discarded soe few tears she'll resign herself to B.split ~-vthe regular writen work, you will be required to submi® C.sobbed _D. released 9. He was so He sm OT my Quon tt Knew be Aeffuive Brelse elaine C.aluive Devi 10. There is no for ha i" Ther hard Work snd perstermee if you ant Acalemaive 8 sbsiute 11 People inthis ig have gotan napa for now ‘inexorable Bicviuble Cnsiebe Date 12. arly ha est down he was et i Acwben Bian Gate Dat 13, Many cilten who get ito tole in thet ely tees g0 on 10 ‘become, offenders, = - Apert BisisentC.consisenD.resstant M4, Rae sltns i hoy a uly wo gavel one overcome thi > nls of boty ower ecu Ainetior B.imemnal”” C.inweted.D. inte 15. Here san example ofan ancien cee beaut B.tnyC.patered Denote 16. Even the other conviets consid itor, A. guilty B, hard-biten C. heinous D. hell-bent 17. Working with the mentally handicapped requires considerable ‘of patience and understanding. ‘A. means B.resourees C. stocks _D. provisions 18, The book took me the. part of a year to write A. most B. greatest C.best —_D. largest 19, Lutter. onsen ‘Your argument. In my opinion, you have distorted the facts. ‘A.confound —B. dispute C. decline. refute 20. | offer you my most ‘apologies for offending you as 1 Biserile C.candid—_D. abject B. Use the correct form ofeach ofthe words given in parentheses to fll in ‘the blank in each sentence. ANTHROPOLOGY (One of the most (0) challenging... (challenge) aspects of the science of anthropology comes fom its fieldwork Certainly, ia its ies nf) asa profession, anthropology was distinguished by {te “Sonsenaraion on so-called. “primitive societies’ in which social En1-59Soe eae Q. (institute) appeared, 1 interaction to be conducted almost (3) Such societies, it was fel, provided 5 (see) int the workings of society that contrasted with necks er more highly developed societies. There was als; Sense thatthe ways of life represented by these smaller societies were rapiqy ©. {appear and that preserving & The (6) (commit) of anthropologists © the firsthayg collection of data led them to some of the most (7) (acces) places on earth, Most often they worked alone. Such lack of contact ig, bother people created feelings of intense (8) lonely) in some anthropologists, especially inthe early stags of fieldwork. Nevertheless, hs process of (9) {Gmmense) in a totally alien culture continues ip atiract men and women to anthropology, and is (10). (deny) te most effective way of understanding in depth how other people soe the world record of them was a nag C In most line of the following text, thee is ether one spelling o on punctuation error. Write the correctly spelled word or show the corres ‘punctuation. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with atck \) “Avwell-known sient once gave a publi ctaeon astronomy. He deseribe 0 tow the earth orbits round the sun and how the sun, nt obits around the entre ofa vast coletion of stars calle our aly” At the end of he lecture, Sit old ad at the ack othe room go up and sid: “What you have told tis rubbish? The wor irl flat pate enporedon the beck ofa ant toroise” The scent gave a superior mile before replying, “What i the trois standing on” “Youre very clever, young man, very clever, sid theo lady, "Butts oroise all he way down ™ Most people woul ind the picture four universe a an infnite tower of tortoises rather ilo, but why do we thik, we know beter? What do we know about the univers and how do we know i? Recent breaihroughsin physiques, made posible pat by fantastic new technologies suggest answers to some of our eldest questions. One ay se ners nay eon vio asthe ing he sun oF perhaps as riiculous 5 tower of tne: only te (chatever ‘that maybe) will tell, Sar 1. It safe to hide here. We won't ont give you 2. My mum told me : ee : for coming home late from school 3. Sony I'm ate. Something cropped at the office 4. You can rely on het. She won't let you ‘Nick was taken to court but he got 6, It was surprising how quickly that fashion caugh shion caught 7. Don't worry. sor it 8, [don't really hitit with my new bos. 9. Don't eat that sausage. I think it's gone 10. Shell come round when the anaesthetic wears B. Put each verb in parentheses into an appropriate form. Employees protesting at the planned closure of the Magnet electronics factory have begun protest outside the factory in Brook Road. It o, (reveal) last week that production at the factory, where ‘over 3000 local people (2), employ), (3). (teansfer) to the Magnet plant in Luton next month. “Why (4) (we nat inform) about this earlier?” We (5). (only tell) about this two days ago, said Marjory Calder, representing the workforce. “I's about time companies such as this (Gsnnnsenrnon( star) thinking about how local communities . {affect) by their policies. Most people here are buying houses. How (8) (their morgage payments keep up)? And how are we going to find jobs? I wish I (9) vc onn(how).” Reg Reynolds of Magnet (10)... 108k) what (11) enn(€0) 10 help those who (12). “make) redundant, “he majority of our employees (13) wonwn(0ffet) work at ‘our plant in Luton,” he told our reporter, “and every effort (U4)ecunnomnancectmake) over the past month to offer early retirement to those who qualify.” When he (15). (question) about why the workers (16) ‘oonis-edaot tell) about the closure cartier, he revealed that the company (17), vo (promise) a government loan to keep the factory open, but that atthe last minute it (18). (decide) not 0 provide the loan after all. “So don't blame the company, we've done our best.” Local MP Brenda Stone (19). {ask) to raise the matter in the House of Commons, and told us that, a ieee 20 (send) 10 the Minister responsible within the next days. En-6IV. READING A. Read the passage and answer the questo the best suggestion. John Hobday sat on the edge characteristic boyshness, He wait and then spoke with careful informality se a by oma we. Aaa mati ft, am my he said with the half-humorous urchin smile that he used for such jokes Only his secretary, Veron, pve the fl lw Be expected I Was ag poing to be an easy meeting, he decided. "So T'm not going t0 waste you Stach sot of wll” he went on." just thought.” He paused and bg vith his pencil against the desk while Mes Serutton moved her chair fussy but of the sunlight “Ready?” he asked with an over-elaborate smile, “Rig Then well start again. As I was saying, wee all very busy, but all the same thought it was time we had afte meeting. Ive been here a week now and although I've had some very helpful chats with each of you in tum, we\e never had a chance to pet together and outline our plans." None of the tre ‘who formed his audience made any response. Veronica thought, he hast ct the tone right, he doesn't realise that he's coming up against deeper loyalis with these people, loyalties to scholarship and ideas. She almost felt lke Jetting him fend for himself, but old habits were too strong “Tm sue its what everybodys been wanting,” she said in her deep vost. She had gauged righty, his moment of uneerainty had gone, her fut bark had guided him atthe euciel moment, Mes Serutton tried to discomft him. She ristled the papers on her lap and whispered audibly to Majo Sarson, “Our plans. is plans for us would be more honest.” But it wa 2 late, she had missed her chance. John merely frowned at the interruption and it was Mrs Scrutton who was left with burning cheeks, hiding het embarrassment by lighting ash cigarette “As you know." John went on, and Veronica could tell by the lou! trumpeting, shetorical note of his voice that he was onee more the confide ‘selesman lost in the dream world of the grandiose schemes he was putt ae Sas re at fe ‘for the Gallery. I'm not an cope dana Mn ee oe tink that's possibly why Sir Harel executors chose me for the jb, They felt the Gallery had already got ‘weight of scholars and ee ya gh experts, wha it needed was a man with adminis experience, whose training ad led him to take an overall view of things, © think shall sty widely rater than decply. Tha why they got me i ‘going 10s absluclyGank with you.” tosing back a Jock of ns which follow By choosing of the desk and swung his left leg iy sed forthe staf to get settled in their sea 2-11 avy hair from his forehead, he stared : ad, he sare at his audience with a widesy appeal, “I need your help. Without my staff I can ‘get nowhere.” ra aioe Sarson wince slg Al John’s voice got on his nerves, oe ee 1 What manner did John Hobday adopt o address the staff of the Gallery? A. He attempted to put them at their ease B. He spoke slowly and carefully. CC. He interspersed his talk with jokes D. He was deliberately patronising, 2. How did John Hobday respond when Mrs Srutton moved her chair? ‘A. He concealed his displeasure B. He took no notice of it C- He displayed his annoyance D. He encouraged her with a smile 3. Why did Veronica help him out when she saw he was having difficulties? ‘A. She liked him and wanted t help. B. She fet it was her duty to suppor ie She felt sorry fr him, 1D. She believed in what he was trying odo. 4. How did Veronica view the schemes John Hobday was proposing? ‘A. They were necessary forthe survival of the Gallery B, They were too ambitious and unrealistic C. They would make the Gallery a lot of money. D. They represented a long-held dream of his. 5. Which of the following statements correctly describes the feelings of the siafl? A. They disliked everything that John Hobday stood fr. BB. They resented Jobin Hobday’ arrival ina positon of author C. They were indifferent to anything John Hobday had 0 say D, They felt that John Hobday was not an expert. B. You are going to read extact from an article. Seven paragraphs have ‘been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one ‘which fits each gap (1-2). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. ‘A. This means that they have to know how to converse aeross the boundaries Of professional jargon, with minds that may at first soem quite alien EIL-63ommunication, but itis 4 the importance of €0 2 ey Everybeny is clear about and traditional conversation i very diffe B However, his emote nean abolishing unemploymeny, 7 is too simple a go derma jos that it enari has tobe seen asa work ofa, with tf they p tention to thee staf’ deepest ambitions, they voy fealise thar there were many other services that hotels could provide, By they are restrained by the accountant, who say that firms, in order ‘maximise ther profits, should eancntrate on one core activity D. This is because there as been no serious rethinking of what a hotel, since the days ofthe Ritz, with ts nneteemth-century idea of Tuxury, A hot is not just a place where travelers slep, but a United Nations in minianre People fom allover the work meet at hotel, though they usually pas ec other in silence FE. Having looked at those areas, 1am now focusing on the search for moe satisfying ways of earning a living. There is no shortage of experts devotig themselves to prolonging the life and increasing the income of corporates and institutions. But auditing ou finanes is not enough: we need to make audit of ourselves as buman being too, and discover with what sort of People we want to spend ou ives F, Meanvbile, the business coporations and public institutions in which these people work are slimming. The pansceas of decentralised decise ‘making, increasing skills and. performance-elated rewards have m succeeded in winning commitment from employees. In Britain, only ¢ percent of employees “are strongly ofthe view that their values and thos of their organisations are very similar” G. This question is crucial, For however briliant your skills, if they malt you a bore, unable to converse with those outside your speciality, if yous 0 busy with detail that you have no time to acquire wisdom or exerise ‘imagination of humour, then no amount of status or financial reward vi compensate for your inadequacy asa human being. 1H. Hotels know so litle abou thee guess - and often about thei staff though they spend vast sums on sophisiated IT systeme the att vnsophsicted data they cle. Managers cling wo novons of es service based on far to simple a view of what produces noice satsfacti Produces ‘guest satisfaction Sica Work Theodore Zeldin looks at how our working hcl tt et a character and relationships. Noe cced aie oes 2 seu toagenuc ar ena eae oe a ‘unprecedented influence, are troubled by doubts about their profession's: escranacg aaic eata eee eee ic rircnanen egies isamieaeeos tee ‘managers, who once gloried in their status, ae, as a European, study reveals, Se cae in eee ae eet err ae es eee ee ee a eer oa ‘my method to the major preoccupations of our time ~ happiness, love, Pee @. Nife could change En-6sine 10 perce f he wi eee Man hl iti lively people pu up with low prestige, low salaries ig ©. Fare foreigners too, Keen to leam A larg proportion of hotel sta are foreigners "0p, en 10 lea language and discover a new civilisation, but they have the most super wuld be cultural centres, get relations with their guests. Hotels could b o intermediaries between the guest and the city, genuine hosts bring together people who have not met. Hoteliers could use the knowledge of | ‘many students they employ, instead of giving them only menial tasks, ©, The time has come to rethink what this erm denotes ~ from a human, nota a financial angle = and to move on from traditional categorisation. For me ‘wor is a relationship. Now that many people are not content with relay bused on obedience, and regard work as an assertion of independen temperament, they must be given chance to design their own joby a choose their own colleagues, even ther customers, within the limiss practicality and profitability ee. 4 : ‘This isa more intimate encounter, which erates a bond of respect beves the participants, and is valued as @ way of geting inside another pent skin, with the likelihood that one will be changed by the experience. I ‘more than a relaxation, because it is the most effective means of establishirg equality. Everytime you havea conversation which achieves that the wa ischanged bya minute amount V. USE OF ENGLISH ‘A: Read the following text and circle which word best fits each blank. __THELANGUAGE OF TEARS Some sce 9 wee? is uniquely human form of emotional reao® ‘aquatic past - but this does not seem very kel re on xem ery kl. We cy from he mae ‘numberof reasons. Helpless babs a ht they ae i mgy er uncom Jul also ry just to atract parental ate ‘we enter this (1) into tears has shown that they (1) eee ) a natural painkiller called sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to fee! better. Weeping can increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (9) Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (10) activity. Because some people still regard it as a an Of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished when they ery. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically Tears of emotion also help the body (12) itself of toxic chemical (13) for there is more protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, ealms and can be very enjoyable - (14) the popularity of the highly ‘emotional films which are commonly (15) ‘weepies”. It seems ‘that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together. Devidence _¢. result 0, A. witness D. display 1. world Bplace —C.eath Dspace 2. A-communicate B. persuade C. inform —D. demonstrate 3. A.evolve B. change C. develop D-alter 4. A. doing B. making C. getting —_D. having 5. A-better B.fine C.good. Dwell 6 A.validity —Betruth = C.reality reason 7. A.contain —Bretain. —C-hold keep 8, A.strugeling B.fighting C. opposing D. striking 9. A.construct B.achieve C. provide _D. produce 10. A. curing B treating C. healing _D. improving 1. A. hint B.symbol C.feature Design 12, A. release Bord C.loosen De expel B.waste leftovers D.tremains B remark C. distinguish D. regard Benttled C.subtited D. called B. Fill each ofthe numbered blanks inthe passage with one suitable word. Sense the word “advertising” means “() In its simplest attention to something”, o notifying oF informing (2). eee Something. You can averse by Gleswmcasvns of mouth, ante intomaly and ocala wow ineuring eA BA if you want to inform a large (5). Eu-@7ore (6). of the word, by (7 iter t Shop, design @ I notice in a local newsagents shop design 4 ESC 9) newspaper, you are en x Paper eto the attention of MOTE people they nd tends and te word fu ran! ‘a placard around, even (14) X ey sunt However, you mig avy erin fats and (17) S mbit of emphasis or fae ig win 8 oa casera he fas (1) ia peoples entions And couse 20), i aovamy avout averting inca patos For each ofthe following sentences, writ mew Sentence srg posi tn meaning ote orga sentence, bu sing the ord gi Capital eters These rds mast nt beard in an We) Ticks ast vel was nel when he ied some space in a loca information you wish to commun you simply (11). You could (12). someone to (13). local radio and (15) be (16). to simply ee svmene WITHOUL 2. All the hostages were released yesterday by the kidnappers. B: aA oy 3. John was shocked to hea that he had fled bis driving test. a CAME 4. He said he disproved of people who smoked es s zi - EXPRESSED 5. He's very likely t come es B See ROBABILITY 6 Me sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you leave. WITHOUT 7. That ort of behaviour is deplorable, in my opinion - APPROVE 8. The new lecturer was unpopular with his students, 1. His efforts to find a solution didn’ He shouldn't 2, The number of road accidents f There 3. She is now leading a notmal lite as a rom social workers, If she 4. A work permit wil only be issued on receipt of the correct documents Not 5, Didn't you realise that he was only pretending? Didn't it ? 6, The completion of the work was scheduled for last week ‘The work was 10 7. They'll soon find out what she's been doing, Tewon’t al 8, Most newsagents these days have ice-cream available all summer. Iee-cream can 9.1£1 have plenty of warning 'l willingly baby-sit for you Provided YOU -rwnmomnrnernan 10. Ashe grew older, he became more and more forgetful, The o ‘deserve such savage criticism. as soared in recent months. result of all the support she received VI. COMPOSITION Write a composition (from 200 o 250 words) about the following topic: What should we do to solve the housing problem in big cities? E11 -69pRACTICE TEST 3 1. pHONETICS - Sete ah word we andere pat 1 POROUS Gig cp al raaoaalearere ARE 1. Adlets Baie Cohonesty De thythm 2 A dishonour Dts Clee meagre 4 Atom Becombatant C. comber D. subtlety Sees Bame Cramer D- danger B. underline the stressed sya ofthe following words 6. pharmaceutical 7, arthmetics 8. mysterious 9. infantryman 10. kaleidoscope H. VOCABULARY A. Choose the best word from A, B, Cor D that fits each blank, 1. Having decided to rent a flat, we. contacting all ‘accommodation agencies in the city. A setto Bisco —C.setout D. set about 2. Don't thank me for helping inthe garden. It was... easur be working out of doors. A. plain B. mere C. simple D. sheer 3. The school authorities. the child's unruly behaviour oni parents’ lack of discipline. Avattbute —Beaccuse blame D, ascribe 4. Aller months fit rung the couple do accept that they were 5 be ape B. incompatible C, dissident D. disaffected ty sunburnt nose made me feel rather _ days of the holiday. es A-selfeflacing B.selfcenred C self-conscious D. f wus D. self-evident 6. The peace of the public fi ns Public library was bby the sound of? Ane s C. demolished — D. shattered 4, Aaheahee sete .s block offceain seas" bots erected. " ‘A.barrages —B barricad 8. Inthe nds of areca Ade egies 70-E 9, What the company needs is a variety of roles A. variable actor who can take on a B. changeable C.versatle diverse 10. With heir modem ihe tout thy Son the older A-outstipped B.caughtup C. overran. exceeded. 11. The feuding families have been, enemies for years. A. sworn B. promised C.cursed blood 12, Not only was there no tea, there was no food either. Aand B. nor . but D.s0 13. He so much harm on the nation during his -gime that ithas never fully recovered. Avindicted —B.infered induced inficted 14, Please dont nnn it amiss if] make afew suggestions for improvement. A. think Beassume —C. take D. judge 15, Its a shame they didnt pick you, but it doesnt. ut the possibilty that you might get a job ina different department. A.rule B. strike cancel D. draw 16. When facing problems, itis important io keep a sense of : ‘A. proportion B. introspection C. relativity, comparison, 17. The hotel, though obviously grand in its day, appeared rather neglected and sonia When we checked in, Actumbledown B.downeast C.rundown —_D, down-and-out 18. In order to explore the ity sem Heft my luggage at the station. ‘A.unladen —B.unencumbered C.undetered D. unrestrained 19, ‘The air-sea search operation is continuing although hopes of finding survivors are dissolving _D. reducing 1B. Use the correct form ofeach of the words given in parentheses tll in ‘the blank in each sentence. cee (hy) made ithard for her to speak in pubic. annoy) habit of borrowing, books and then(forget), ent am. 3. Remind me of my appoint town, a trip into the mountaing 4. For one who has spent his ie in Wer P 8 ay fats vonrcxpect) delayed at the office and wa 5. He had been {expect) delay ee (appoint) with the dentist (popular) {save) under the floor, ina hurry wo keep his. Recently health foods have incre#s The old lady hid all her. The gas from the chemical factory was extremely. Unless something is done about unemployment, the. far the future is not good. 10. The. ‘(conclude is thatthe plan will fail ein. (tar (looky I C. Im most line of the following text, there is ome unnecessary word. i either grammatically incorrect or does not ft in with the sense of thew, Write the unnecessary word in the space next to the question numiy licate these lines with a tick (\). WANTED “Wanted” ran a small ad In The Times. “Assistant for the famous cookery | writer. Three-month contract - £400". The ad was answered by a young) i ‘woman, recently widowed and with a small baby, desperate to for work of any kind. The hours were long and £400 seemed very little for three ‘months’ of employment. But she was desperate and she got the job. I proved harder than she had been anticipated, asthe famous writer proved 4s tyrannical, ungrateful and a slave-drver. The first week of helping to him was almost more than te young woman could stand. Only did the ht ofthe bread that she was puting in her baby's mouth prevented ber eving fom te jb, At the end of he irs tele weak she Wt vena lift to home by the cookery writer's secretary. On the way home she confided ow desperately she had needed the job and dmited bow welcome would it be even the miserable £400 was mentioned in the i think you quite understand for him £400". Local students have been bar demonstration The police have charged her Local people have Football fans went the rampage in the centre of Norwich last She claimed thet the selling of hab a s ‘contro The car left the road and crashed Several guests atthe hotel were robbed 10, David, 19, has been sleeping ‘months. ed taking part inthe ving without due care and ¢stgaton for an im the causes ofthe fire. eht 4 5 6. é bit-forming drugs was getting jewellery and money. ‘2 park bench for the past six B. Put each verb in parentheses into an appropriate tense. ‘The statistics on the safety of ying (1). comforting. It 2). (Seem) thatthe chances of being involved in an accident (3) (be) a million to one - the equivalent of flying safely every day for 95 years. Try telling that to the white-faced, petrified acrophobic, who (4). (see) every frown on a stewardess’ face as a portent of disaster. For some years now, psychologist Henry Jones 6). (tey) to tell them, and he (6), (do) a ot more besides. He (7) (develop) both theory and practice for treating air travel anxiety. Apparently, it (8) (be) a widespread phobia. ‘One American survey (9). (put) it as the fourth most common (be) immensely fear, preceded only by. snakes, eights and storms. Jones (10).. usuunndhave) neatly 500 clients during the last decade, Before they (It). (come) 10 him, some of his cles 03) (never fy), ethers (13). (have) just one tad experience after years of fying. One man (14), (take) over 200 fight a year for five years and (15)soonn-nea(0ever wor) up il hen ‘Then, one day on a flight to Chicago the pilot (16. (amuse) ‘that they (17)... ogo) to turn back because of an engine fault, The man (18). he) pane tack and ime ‘of the. plane in. midair. Aer Jones’ course, the man Boe (ma) hs fey nd ont) wy aeain. TV. READING Zs A. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion. Eu-73doses. But I wasn't alw, “always relaxed. For yeas, hotels and restaurants were {YS = nila me would be given sips of tea gy ther unwrapped a parcel of bread 4 she smugeled pieces to my bry maybe a token cake, and my brother a thir eup, while under te able my mot ter that she'd brought from hore, and burr tat Sh out om ee wares wasn ooking. The fogs discovery, exposure, and ignominious expulsion stayed with me well nt foenties ‘and. memories of that and similar embarrassments come by whenever I stay in hotel ‘ T always erry my bags myself it avoids the tp. I¢S not the money. yg skill I've never mastered, lke my parents, who started staying in hotels wg Twas in my teens and at my most thin-skinned. Arriving atthe hotel wy fraught with anxiety: there was always the uestion of “the tip”. Dad wou probably have his shilling ready before he'd even signed the register, ng ‘when the porter had shown them up to the foom would give it to him, x foften as not misjudging the moment, not waiting til his final departure bt Slipping it to him while he was demonstrating what facilities the room hata offer- 50 the tip came as an unwelcome interruption. ‘My parents liked the social side of hotel life. Not that there ever e anything in which they'd dream of participating, only there'd be more tse. ‘They'd station themseives onthe sofa and watch what went on other pepe living ther lives, and envying the accomplishment with which they led tes ‘And without realising it, my mother would make up stories about peopl: “You see that woman over there? I think she's the owner of the hotel, and that fellow with her must be her nephew.” And when the woman came ® next day by herself, she'd say, “Oh, I see the owner's here, She must hie -quarrelied with her nephew” forgetting it was all invention in the first place. My parents never went to - sil less gave - a party. The education th ‘always regretted not having would have had cocktails on the syllabus, a! small talkand the ability to converse, andthe necessary accomplishmen! zing thine oe does not mein, Some people are at ease wth themsehS mh a ot sae Wi ‘My parents thought this kind of ease ‘produced by education. They didnt see that, what disqualified them ™ it ‘delight in these eccentriciies and ceased be embarrassed by them, my patents still 7 i ‘imagined were my aspirations for them, re ee 74-1 syinions tad changed they been when Iwasa iat mater ey ene” 07 aE As pete uvayesoet en nervosa hem Be tough hat he and is amiy ee dt eve C. He was ashamed ois pen en ee D, Ot ppl coud sey ha bg cons wh em ie se oer yang sol a ney Aone efi oh ane meveemg es C Hijet meaty adits olay tik D. a cae imo lcs ssn ‘is wah el Wanye wt FL Hs est EGS Oe a ppb lg 2 A pan bobs fale ey ites er oa al hl tote Tat giao trons cy et Db nse pls te tome ote Tae et eee oe cee Pa teeth botany Sp ee inca en emeee oe ee Neer ciara te Bes eats tate woe beg ah eter ple 5. nite pssge asa whole he wer dewribes hip Ah Dinca C wnmligen Dambious B. You are going 10 read a magazine article. Sie paragraphs have been removed for heel Chote lrom te paragraph 4G thon whch is senna ty thre onecarepargaph nich odo not nec Se A. Cana polo in he UK no his apex 1.00 pri plying in Seen eet egies Pls he ss of erm canoe Set hc ony toe ama se iy wh ce ‘more than he ‘to teach both general canoeing as well as polo skills. 8 Dateien ebm tn tes fom a far al a Soubampton an Division Toni oui ort and south There ae leagues for women and under 18's, ¥ ain isle Asp of the oes . Gradually, pol canoeing became an end in So Pe mses of teaching, poles or gates would ee ‘of gates were held and the sport of poo! slalom Eu-75itish National Championship ‘across Europe and in Ausiy 1985 with the creato eventies there was a BY D. By te aly sevetes er ed : lg | rd was taken in na Te caged wo enter the National Championships, during play a “Around 30 years ago eanosss decide to move indoors tothe como an onvenienoe of the swimming pool for ining. Initially these pool sessions tree used to inroduce beginners tothe sport and to give more experienced anocss the chance to perfect more advanced techies w, 5 Paddlers compete in a hed to bead race, wth two identical courses being st up down te length ofa pool. The course is defined by pairs of ples Hag the mette apart which must be nepoitd ina specific onder and direction. o ; ure Orhers looking 1 ato thei general teining took a different route a ‘many pools they introduce a ball 10 provide extra interest. Before 10 IE Jara eben of tr oe wo eee ene le. ¢ y Goals are sored in 1x 1Smetes net goal suspended 2 metres, above # ends. A waterpolo ball sun = ends wae pol als sed and he canoes ae just 3 metres, fon for ). ‘The game ise resembles bakes on water, excpt Tor the start th = ln up topos els oft pool fing each aera referer tows be one member of ach eam sprint fo it ito the centre of me pool O} The 1 organised in four divisions. As wi ional leagues feed into a series of national leagues, which are ‘aememertyrs ae Pool Slalom there is a National jampionship, run on a knock-out basis, The atmosphere, from the local eliminating rounds tothe finals, is always excellent Y. USE OF ENGLISH A. Read the following text and circle which word bes fits each blank. ‘Ask anyone over forty to make a comparison (1). the past and the present and nine (2) ten people wil tll you that things have been getting (3) ‘worse for as long as they can remember Take the weather for example, which has been behaving rather strangely lately. Everyone remembers that in their childhood the summers were ©. hotter, and that winer always included (5). falls of snow just when the schoo! holidays had started. OF course, the food in, days was far superior to, as nothing was imported and ‘everything was ffesh. Unemployment was (7). the pound really was worth something, and you could buy a (8). house tven if your means were 0). ‘And above all. people were ao) vos beter in those day, far more friendly, not iene to Crime or violence, and spent their fee ie making model boas and ending theirstamp clletons (11) thm ging tthe television eren for hours on end. Av we know tht his pct of the past (12) annot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and osperty which prove that is notte, why that we all fave a (Byrnes to iealse the pas? Is this simply nostalgia? Oris it Tuber that wo need to believe in an image of the world which is (9) {he opposite of what we se around us? Whichever itis a lease it teaves us wih 2 nagging Fsig thatthe present could be beer, and pethaps (15), sere elle more ential about the way we ive LAmwith Cotetween Dain 2.A.outof Cor D. from 3Aou C virally D-steaily 4-Acnotonly Beatleast — C.rely D. considerably S.A.tavish Babundant C: bulky D. pric 6 A.most Beaty Cos D. former TAL B. negligible —C. miniature 8A miding Bszetle Cedi 9.A.medioere B. confined rationedD. whatsoever so oe oa 12.A. simply B. hardly C.especially specifically 13.4 © Beustom C. tendency D. practice s. C. makes D. encourages 15. A. reassures B, supports B. Fill each of the numbered blanks inthe passage with ome suitable wor, Between about 9 months and perhaps 15 months infants become mo diversified as human beings; they are now so clearly but various, affected(). the environment in’ which they ag Q. ‘eared tat it becomes increasingly difficult to categorize their development (3) to age. So for some people the tem, “toddler” will apply). ‘any infant under three andl a hal ©), it will appear only to apply (6), tom) ‘months. Being a toddler isa (7). toddler is between babyhood and_childhood,(8) adolescent is between childhood and adulthood, 1 ‘often stereotyped as a rebel- as one (10) upbringing, the background, the restrictions he (11) ssn a child; in the(12), way the toddler is often stereotyped like being an adolescent. The as the Tikely t (13)... «8 problem to his parents, He too reaches a stage Moen he resents and fights the absolute power and conttl which his mother had (15) him when he ws 16) baby. HE t00(1 Ten. for new fields as). to exercise a new sense of power, a new sense of sl ‘But there the similarity has (19). are ready for self determination; toddlers are(2),. its limits. Many adolesexs 78-E11 4, know I can convince Dave that Im right about this matter “ BRING 5. He's different from his brother in almost ll respects BEARS 6, We wouldnt want to restrict the freedom ofthe students in any way IMPOSE 7. suddenly realized the meaning ofa “freebie DAWNED. 8, I wanted o learn Russian before I visited Moscow WITHOUT 9, When I noticed it was formal dress, it was too lat UNTIL 10. Dont panic about something so trivial MOUNTAIN D. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is s similar as possible in meaning (othe sentence printed before it 1. The house was so badly damaged in the fre thet it could be repaired. ‘The house was oo, 2. He told me my request was unreasonable, He said, “You ean hardly bee 3. Twas exasperated when the appointment was cancelled once again, Imagine. Seabee 4. You won't reach the station in less than twenty minutes. twill take ea 5. took my caro the garage last Saturday Thad. = ae 6. ‘The collision didn't damage my car much Not a great - 7. What has this experience taught you? What conclusions. = : §. To pass the time, | looked through some magazines. A “ 2 9. He declare his disapproval ofthe behaviour of some of his supporters. He bet it ae a 10, Just thinking about his face a hat moment makes me laugh. The very. z resprayed it EL-79VL COMPOSITION Write a composition (150 words) about the, How important is se following topic: p-study? PRACTICE TEST 4 1. PHONETICS A. Pick out the word whose underlined partis pronounced differently from ‘those of the other words. 1 Acdebt Bib absorb. absent 2 A.wicked B.hatred -C.sacred_—_D. looked 3. A.delicate B.concentrate C. private. accurate 4. A.carringe B. voyage —C. massage __D. dosage 5. A.lauh B.plough —-C.enough cough B. Underline the stressed syllable ofthe following words 6.courageous 7. pharmaceutical 8. impediment 9. realizable 10, interviewee I. VOCABULARY A. Choose the best word from A,B, Cor D that fs each Blank. 1. meant to sound confident tthe etersew but Tm ata as dogmatic ‘A.came out B.camethrough — C. came off 2. The switchboard at Television Cente was complains about the programme that they had o take on extra sta A.overun —B.overcome C. overwhelmed. D. overhauled 3. She had ‘ind which kept her alert and well-infor®! ‘ven ind age ‘Aan examining B, a demanding 4. The police decided 10 nn D. came over ty C-anenguiring D. a querying the department store after the had recived bomb waning . Toe pet eae Ccevie Diexpel il coe il oer sa me in the row A-jmting Licking C.cbmeng. * D.alating 80-E11 6 “Frankly, I couldn careless he said wit A-twitth —B flick i toad at a partiulriy ambitious man, A inclination Bhat C.ctaraier "D, tendency 8. After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance further losses. A for B. from C. against D. towards 9, He still suffers fiom a rare topical disease which he ‘while in Africa. Acinfected —B. complained C.guined ___D. contracted 10. 1 was proud to be out for special praise for my performance Avselected — B.singled separated. ditinguished 11, When money into the slot, be sure to use undamaged ci Aconinsering B.havinginsered C.to insert D-inserting 12. The mother sat by her shill’ bedside al night. Acasleep BL slesp C steeping —_D.overslept 13, 16S much more expensive if you we the phone at rate Achigh Ba busy peak Dibeavy 14. The politician gave a press conference to deny the charges that had been athim. ‘AvtargetedB.levelled__—C.aceused__D. blamed 15. People in financial diffeulies sometimes fal... 10 unserupulous money lenders. ‘Acprey — B.fool scapegoat —_D. sacrifice 16. Ifyou. too mach of your energy onthe climb, youl have none left for the descent A.spend Ble Goexpend invest 17. He was caught using forged bank notes to pay for goods and charged with e A.deception —B. fraud . embezzlement D. theft 1. Seed oh mir 8 ntl youve ha 19, ee ea eae ee Fre oC al) aah 20, Although I explained the situation he did't seem to Se ee aords in capital in the se ia one of the words in capital in the secong B. Complete the sentences » column. = In most line of the followin fext, there is one unnecessary word. Its Sither grammatically incorrect or does pont Sees OF does not it in with the sense ofthe tex |i care ew a answers telow. Some lines are correct, Indicate these lines with a teh \), incriminate him | / he | | ) 2. Only with hard work will Mr, Forbes be able to| SLOWLY | Oe regain of the company. | 0. exactly 3. Mrs. Walker has retumed the wallet to is) IN [When I told an architect fiend that was waiting a bref book on opera, ‘owner. te asked if t would tll him "what he was missing” The feling ofthat | 4. The isospital owes the government twenty million | FEATURES, | he was missing something was a step in the exactly right direction, bu dollars for the. cof the new wing. | the fact that he had lived in England for 45 years without setting his | 1 | 5. Maria told her professors that she could not | PREPARED | foot in the theatre for an opera performance was a reflection on the |2. | mata sala that pe ply the eso he marty of ele ‘plein Britain. The basic appeal of oper is tothe heat, if not the | 4 6. Having asked to speak at the convention, Dr. | CONSTRUCTION| | | Pead, and the British find the outpouring of emotion and passionate | 5 (Cesagrande. 900 not | | | metody: feel a litle embarrassing. Unlike for the Italians, the Germans | 6 7. Never before have so many people been........~Work | TALENTS ‘nd the French, the British have no native operatic tradition of long | 7. a today. Standing, and s0 this opera hss remained largely suspect foreign | 8. | import, which indulged in by the rich, and condemned by intellectuals | 9 | on the old premise that “anything too silly to be said, could be sung”. | 10. | Opera is not really something like that at all. The half of its origins may | 11 | be aristocratic, but the other haf are firmly rooted in the songs, stories | 12 and dances of such popular entertainment through the centuries. 8, The artist was asked to show some paintings at the | DEFENDANT contest because the judges had been told of his... 9. Having finished... the detectives began to | ATTEND discuss the case 10. Ms. Sierra offered Mr. Amstrong the position | ACCEPT because she had fai is capabilities 11, Only because it was interesting work did | EVIDENCE Jerome onthe job. 12. The screaming bum vietims were. the ground for medical attention, 13, This car has many.......including : devices, air condition ee, BPS. ORGINAL M1. GRAMMAR A. Put one suitable preposition or adverb in each of the following blanks. Unlikely as it may seem, there has now been expert confirmation that or Beta rahe than wil puma ayes are (Usage imparts of Britain rae th ring he Rments O).nes-e, sme wild imaginations. Previos sightings ‘CONTROL nt llc tea eee | LUNCH Ot ach fe Suge as al teen pt don ‘Aeeal i SF i exaggeration. (5). I the argument went, Some people are P improper ancl ecode st into fr keeping | OUT OR © 9 ig aes and Loch Nes ont, pricy eee wien Oo mg satmence of one dink 10 roany. Some Hievaompera were stepcbed (3) esac baying made (9) everett ea amour, nana whch sons (10) . ‘the deaths of hundreds of sheep over the past fen years. ‘es es eedwith proof that such stories w But experts have now come (11). ete (Ogee a tera Tania ar (13) ww ke : ai small 2003, oF been aband Pets which have escaped (14). lone as) their overs. Because the Keeping (16) such animal, is severely restricted a7 the Dangerous Wild unlicensed animals might not report an escape (18) fear of prosecution. Britain's only surviving native feline species. the wild cay, , confined (19), Scotland. After examining hair samples, expe, ow say that the Beast of Exmoor in the South of England i, (20) the shadow of a doubt a puma or lynx, both of which animals are normally native to the Middle East and Asia Animals Act of 1976, owners op B. Put each verb in parentheses into an appropriate tense. Farmers, as we all (1). (know), (2) hhard time of it in Britain lately, and (3) (turn) to new ways of earning income from their land. This (4) . (involve) not only planting new kinds of crops, but some strange ways of making money, the ‘most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you (5)... (hear) me correctly! A farmer in the West of England now (6) (hold) sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 have) ¢ people (7) (tum up) to watch the proceedings. *! ©. (pass) the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,” one punter told me, “and I (9) (think) T4 have a look, 1(10) (not believe) it was serious, to tll you the truth.” According to a regut Visitor. betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. “At proper horse races everyone (11) (already study) the form ofthe horses in advance, and there are clear favourites. But nobody (12) (bear) anything about these sheep! Most people (13) (fing) i sic ttl one tm aot any cee aye watch the races, and I must admit that 1 (18) » (find) it quite exciting. In atypical race, half dozen sheep (16) . . (race) downhill ‘over a course of about half a mile, Food (17)... (wait) for them a the other end of the track, I ought to ada! The sheep (18) . (rut) surprisingly fast, although presumably they (I (not eat) for ® while just to give them some motivation At any fat he Gor aod 20) = (Obviously ir judgit can deonstireae ae day out at the races, judging bY } | IV. READING A. Read the passage and ans the best suggestion 1 got a bit of news last wee exact. It came (0 pass that for so my birth date verified from 'r the questions whicl, follow by choosing that took weeks off my life. Four, to be me damnfoo! oficial purpose I had to have b the Registrar General's records, and the certificate shows that | was bom on 17 July ofa year that T need not specify That is all very well. Except for the fact that for my ene life up used tha moment hd supposed hat as sown te enor a tang sat. admitedy of ro pra inpartace the crnog of Man, is nevertheless recorded on every official paper, minute, chronicle ai fe endorsed on every one of my sixteen passports itis enshrined in mouldering stacks of dokumentiin dozens of counties, itis a date hallowed by the year and accepted without question by one and all - excep, it now seem, the Registra General As a revelation it hardly ranks. Iti none the less an od feeling to be officially tht much younger than one had for so long believed ‘There is a curious, meaningless mystery about it How, for example, could my parents have beleved'to the end of thet days that they had had thei fistbom in June, and not ly? Is nt the sort of mistake that one would expecta mother o make. is tru that {sprang 2 bit untimely from the womb, a trace premature, pehaps a litle foolishly impatient to join the human rae, but my parents would presumably have teen aware of this. Unless of course my arval was so inconspicuous that nobody even noticed for a month, This theory does not square withthe family legend that I howled horibly and virally without a break for the first year of my life, and thatin fact we were required to move house atthe instance of our exhausted neighbour. | still find it difficult to believe that my father and mother would have waited four solid weeks before trudging along, ‘to get me on the index, and then to have falsified the entry. _ “Anyhow, that is the technical situation. The question is what to do about it now. To put the record siraght I should have to comect about a milion dossiers all over the world, arousing suspicion wherever-I went and oaks ping msl Dakss yl tary i bres di take these things seriously. It hardly seems worth it for a simple m think the anne ig to Kep the whole ting que a hanes secret beeen Sree oe Rep ss June July business still haunt me. Why have 1 Some questions about this June Cenyaing poe of ‘been kidded for so long? Could it be that I was some possibly ENL-85ad to be obfuscated in this way noble blood, the truth of whose birth ep Ca my parents have both hada simultaneous attack oF ame a Meanwhile, what shall 1 do with my borrowed time? It is like y, beginning of those novels in which some atricken fellow Steps out of hospital having been told that he has but a month to live. I have been iq f that I have an extra month to live. Unless, of course, the Registrar Gener hhas boobed. It was, afterall, quite atime 1. What does the writer say in the first paragraph has been his reaction ty ‘what he has been told? [A. He feels that i is the sort of thing that happens to other peopl too 'B. He thinks that it may cause hima lot of inconvenience He is somewhat disturbed by being informed of it. . He has decided to give no thought to the matter 2. The writer says that his parents ‘A. were unlikely to have lied about the date of his birth, BB, may have become confused shortly aftr his birth, CC. once told him something he later found to be untrue. D. were normally very clear about important dates. 3. The writer has decided that it would be best for him to ‘A. take no action whatsoever. B. have only the most important documents amended. . investigate the matter further. D. ask the Registrar General to take no further action. 4. The writer concludes in the las wo paragraphs that ‘A he will enjoy the idea of being a month younger. 5. he is unlikely to forgot this incident for a long time. ‘Che knows ess abou his pat than he thought he di. D. he may no really have been born on 17 July, 5 Which ofthe following best describes the tone ofthe passage? 8. You are going to read « newspoper article about sleqp. Seven poragrap! mn removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fis each nape paragraph which you do not need to se, A. Beyond this, certainties blur into theories. It is often suggested, for trample, that sep repairs oly tsar ar atunes oslo ee es he frontal section of the brain that controls speech and ereativity. But all ofthis may happen more quickly during relaxed wakefulness, so no one is really BB Part ofthis interests in slep in general: in its rhythms its uses and in problems with sleeping. But a central preoccupation remains. “People need tore sleep.” says one leading sleep researcher. “People cut back on sleep ‘when they're busy. They get upto early to avoid the rish hour." . By the 17th century, however, as anificial light became more common, the rich began to switeh to the more concentrated, and economically more efficient, mode of recuperation that we follow today. Two centuries later, the industrial revolution pushed back the dusk for everyone except some country-dvellers, by making most people work longer hours in lighted buildings. D. The sleep researchers seem intrested in this theory. But the laborstry is not funded to investigate such matters. Its sponsors H want its research to lead to practical solutions such as deciding where Take «Break signs should be placed on motorways, and how different kinds of food and drink can affect driving and sleepiness. E. A coffee might have helped. Two cups, Dr Reyner says, even after no sloep at all, can make you a safe driver for half an hour or more. She recommends a whole basket of alertness products: tablets, eneray drinks, caffeinated chewing gum. Shift workers, she is quite sure could probably tse them. 4 F, Moreover, people may have had different sleep patterns in the past. history profesor has investigated noctumal British life between 1500 and 1850 and discovered that sleeping routines were very different. People went to bed at nine or ten, then woke up ater midnight, after what they called their “first sleep”, stayed awake for an hour, and then had their “nhoming slp" |. There is one extra slares; and the air is warm. 1-87st thoroughly tes are perhaps most thoroughly tested jy Pivy campus in the English Mil ory has investigated, among mat H. In Europe, such propositions small, unassuming building on 2 uve The university sleep research labors e : lor, the effects of airport nig subjects, the effects of fatigue on sailors the effects Of SiPOF nosey sleepers, and the dangers of motorway driving for Magging drivers, ea oS land Tiredness, it is often claimed, has become the modem condition, As iy richer, busier countries have grown, so sleeplessness and anxiety have ag, ‘grown in the popular psyche. Research in the USA has found 40 milton ‘Americans to be chronically affected, and some recent best-selling novelsig Britain have featured insomniacs as protagonists, ot sleep resear) laboratories as their settings. ©. = Recently, a sleep researcher tried an experiment. He offered his subjees the opposite of the moder routine. “I allowed them to sleep for up to I¢ hours a night for a month, It took them three weeks to reach an equiltrita of eight-and-a-quarter hours. That indicates a great rebound of sleep - sie that they hadnt been getting.” ©. : For guinea pigs, they advertise in the student newspapers. Subjects picked up by taxi, paid £5 an hou, and asked to adjust their sleeping paters according to instructions. Dr Louise Reyner provides reassurance: "Sone people are quite worried, because you're puting electrodes on their hed and they think you can see what there dreaming ora thinking.” Bon ; __ The young men all deny they are going to fall asleep. Dr Reyner his ‘Video recording of one trying not to. At frst the person at the wheel is ve bei wet and leary ees determinedly fixed on the windscreen, Then begins every now and again; then for longer, and more of With a slight drop of the hea. Each nod grows heavier than the as. TE 88-01 o. But apart from these findings wi wih any kind of cersiny? t's ppammals, acording oa daly eye Zilferentsiages of unconseioveen at else do we know about human sleep oows that humans sleep, like other Dnce asleep, they switch between four om stage one sleep, the shallowest, to thus preventing injuries. ae jowever, there is @ song degre of ceainty among scientists that siomen sleep for alfan hour longer than men sed thar ns smn, and that older people require less sleep though they dont kaow why. When asked wha les i for some sleep researchers reply in cosmic ters: "Seep ia acc to evel tuooeh fine without injury ©. i 2 ‘The interlude was a haven for reflection, remembering dreams, or even night-time thieving. The poorest were the greatest beneficiaries of time, Mle time existence, On. shee “Yet beyond Europe and Amerie, te old pater sas widespread until quite recently, and according to a leading artropologst, in some non ester settings there are still na rigid bedtimes. People go to bed for a few hours, and then get up again. The idea ofa night's solid sleep does not apply. For certain tribal societies, human and animal noises and the need to supervise the fire and watch out for predators combine to make continuous sleep impossible, It seems that peopl all round the world ar bay in need ofsleep, ‘ Y. USE OF ENGLISH Se ularly over the last twenty years. In 1900, in the twentieth century, pat ie aa there were 7.000 piano manufactures (0) ios in eis homes, At a toe, six people inthe US was @)- of the piano business, (4) ape costae ‘ E11-89ing a piano. Today, however rman mi li ean ao ssa ote ea on ywnershp, the craftsmanship ang cere ean ene nha a Seer en ne ee from (1), itwas inthe carly 19005 In the (12). ‘wo decades, the US piano (13)... has been faced with intense (14). from the Koreans andj Japanese, the (15). having already comered twenty perce the US market (16). Yamaha and Kawai pianos a, . in Hamamatsu, Japan, where Yamaha is manufa more pianos are made per year than in (18). other part of world. But US manufactures have risen quiCKlY 10 (19). challenge. Piano companies are increasing their engineering know-how aay with their expertise in marketing. These firms are (20)...monu te efficient, profitable methods, and new products that consumers can mae easily afford, such asthe practical spinet, a much smaller and cheaper io than the grand, 1A. including B. the C.whose DD. many 2Acvery — Babou the D. those 3.A:related _B. participated C. concemed _D. involved 4.A.which Band cit D.even S.A.almost Boonly —C.fewer_—D east 6A. Although B. At Despite. By TAof B. between C. fiom D.the BAin Boof Creating DD. made 9.A.helps B.maintainC lead D. makes 10.A1f B Which ©. This D. Looks 11.A what B. that when D. last 12. A early B. past C.next Deen 13-A-company B.which C.industy M4 Actaiala £7 Bloat a 'S.Aones — Bstares cP a are 16.A.by Bito ke pe V.Atime Biter yh ae 1BAthe Be any pan DEE 19. A.meet —_B, defeat arty D. some 20.A.now "Bima Cte D. their c. developing D. becoming B. Fill each of the numbered by The worry about salt is that smically, salt (2) lanks in the the passage with one suitable word. it may (1), ; 4 igh blood presue cs Sin Oo nd onde ions boty af sport fr many pyle sa a West nly need salt, we ae salt betas tay sl beta for us, Although the idea of a (7°) eee pressure(8). back to 2000 BC, there is still no scientific 0). 85 to whether this is so or not. One reason for this 0), to agree is that individual salt intake (11), enormously from dy 10 dy, and orale measures of ncaa 0 come (12 Those wi believe that salt does (13) pressure (14) to the high incidence of high blood pressure in countries that eat avery (15). dict. In Japan, fr intane, where salted fish is an important part of the diet, high blood pressure and (18)evmnnnnenne complications are common, (17) -- among some Amazonian and Afican tribes, which have low intake of salt they axe almost (18). to high blood But (19). there is this neat relation between salt intake and the incidence of high blood pressure between countries, it doesn't seem to apply (20)... those countries themselves. Studies, for instance, of ‘couples who have a similar salt intake don't show any consisteney in how often they develop high blood pressure, For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in ‘capital letters. These words must not be altered in any way. 1. He talked about nothing except the weather. 2. nthe end, | felt had been ight eave the cla. 5. In the nent few yeas wel probably Pollution6. Selling antiques made him a it! Dae D hat goes wrong werything th 7. The new manager blames me for everythin PICKING 8. They sold the ear for £1,500. 7 : WENT scr Mongolia are not exactly be 0ks on animal diseases in Outer Mongol t exactly best sll, 9. Book “a 10, We shall have an in-depth discussion about these recommendations at, next meeting, FULL D. Finish each ofthe following sentences in such a way that iti as simi ‘as possible in meaning othe sentence printed before it. y 1. Although Christopher was the stonger of the two, his attacker so overpowered him. Despite his ~ 2, What a surprise o see you her! Fancy. a 3. dont intend to apologise weiter of them, Thave. i a 4. It was Only When I eft home tht I realised how much my father mean 0 Not unt fe - 5. The only reason the.pany.was a siccess was that a famous film st amended. Had it not “ ae 6. No matter how hard | tried I couldnt open the door. Try. ‘ 7. The eis were very impressed by her porfo er performance made... 8. When are the coune : pat he omni ging to do someting about the city's aie {thigh time something 9. didnt realise who he was ut = Only ltr. eae 2-En Te value of sterling has f fallen consider nei iderably in the past week yi. COMPOSITION Write a composition vords) about the following topic: Everyone has different opinions about w ae What these qualities do you think are moa Why are these qualities important? Discus, it makes someone a good parent. t necessary to be a good parent? ws, giving examples. PRACTICE TEST 5 1. PHONETICS: A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other words. 1. A.storage -Biencourage garage —_D. shortage 2A. what B. mausoleum C. saw D. warm 3. A. rabbi Brack Drank 4. A tise B. rinse C.browse —_—D. bruise 5. A.home B. tomb comb D.dome B. underline the stressed syllable of the folowing words 6. internship 7. interrupt 8. moustache 9. fraternal 10. European I. VOCABULARY A. Choose the best word from Ay By Cor D that fits each blank. 1. The company was declared bankrupt when i Rad. o.n.nnone