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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
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1 C 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 D 8 B 9 B 10 D 11 D 12 B 13 D 14 C 15 B 16 B 17 D
18 A 19 C 20 A 21 D 22 B 23 D 24 A 25 C

1 (un)feasibility 2 triggering 3 unsettling 4 focusing 5 unapologetically/apologetically 6 invaluable

7 disorientated 8 intensity 9 half-heartedly

1 shouldn’t/should not have invited 2 whom/who I’ve/have met once 3 minority of people supported/were
for 4 each have our 5 looked as if she was 6 you would have called 7 have let me know 8 don’t/do not
mind you getting/being/that you’ve been 9 wouldn’t/would not have been 10 Were the company to go 11 I
like best/most about being 12 high time you started 13 did she know that they were 14 no circumstances
are you to/should you 15 near as expensive as I (had) 16 they wouldn’t/would not get to see 17 excited at
the prospect of 18 ’re/are under no obligation

LISTENING
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1 B 2 C 3A 4C 5B 6C

READING
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1G 2B 3D 4C 5K 6 F 7 J 8 E 9 A 10 L 11 I 12 H

WRITING
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Dear Sir/Madam,

My wife and I have just returned from one of your highly-acclaimed ‘capital breaks’ in Vienna (21–29 July )
and are extremely disappointed with this recent experience. [4]

To begin with, the accommodation was not at all what we had been lead to expect from the information given in
your brochure. You advertise that all rooms are in a four-star hotel with air conditioning and en-suite bathrooms
but instead we were finding found ourselves booked into a three-star one/hotel that lacked all of the promised
facilities. Regarding As for the staff, they were noticeably absent for the duration of our stay. Rarely was were
our calls to reception answered and only once, when seeking assisteance at reception, were we finding did we
find it manned. Added to this, housekeeping staff were virtually non-existent and our bed was only made once
while we were there. [11]

Even more dissappointing was the fact the eEnglish-speaking tour guide promised in your brochure have had,
we discovered, recently left and no replacement had been appointed. Given our limited knowledge of gGerman
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and it being our first time in Vienna, we felt completely at a loss when trying to find our way around the city
sights. I would like to remind you that we did paid pay [OR: did paid] a higher premium to cover the cost of the
guided tours and, consequently, expect this to be reimbursed. [7]

To sum up, we are highly dissatisfied with the holiday provided by your company and are feeling feel that your
brochure gave a misleading description of what includes was included. As you could may/will appreciate, our
holiday experiences does not in any way live up to the promises made in your customary customer guarantee. I
would therefore be grateful if you will could/would give this matter your prompt attention and get back to me in
due course. [8]

Yours faithfully,

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