TEST 10

A FLIGHT TO REMEMBER

Read the text below and decide which word, A, B, C or D, best fits each space.

I always remember the toy plane that gave us so much pleasure during a sunny summer holiday on the coast of North
Wales. We stood in a field (1) ………… the top of the cliffs, and time (2) ………… again we hurled the little glider
towards them, into the warm sea (3) ……….… . It always took a similar flight path, curling upwards, looping the loop
above our heads and landing in the grass (4) ………… us.
Gradually we became more daring. Each flight (5) ………… nearer the edge of the cliffs, and the wind always (6)
…………our little plane back. Finally, standing right at the edge, I (7) ………… to hurl it seawards with all the power I
could muster.
It (8) ………… out that I’d made the mistake of defying fate and the elements just once too (9) ………. This time the
plane failed to return. It darted downwards towards the waves then levelled off a metre or two above the spray. Seagulls
flew close to examine it as it (10) ………… its unsteady way out to sea.
And that’s the last I saw of it. It (11) ………… into the distance, with only the flock of inquisitive birds to tell me that it
was (12) ………… in the air.
I suppose it soon came down and got torn (13) ………… by the sea. Even so, our main (14) ………… as we turned for
home was joy at having (15) ………… such a glorious final flight.

1 A by B at C to D up
2 A or B yet C and D but
3 A wind B draught C water D breeze
4 A behind B beyond C nearby D among
5 A began B was C flew D travelled
6 A brought B took C landed D returned
7 A thought B decided C commenced D tried
8 A worked B turned C broke D went
9 A frequently B much C many D often
10 A journeyed B floated C flew D made
11 A hovered B went C departed D disappeared
12 A now B staying C still D yet
13 A open B about C apart D up
14 A idea B attitude C feeling D sense
15 A ended B achieved C done D produced

OPEN CLOZE

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each
space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

ACROSS THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT

The train took me to Mersa Matruh on the Mediterranean from where I began my journey to the Nile valley near Luxor.
(0) __This/It___ is one of the most arid regions on earth – there are places that have not seen rain ( 1) __________ 40
years – but the landscape is fantastic.
Dunes (2) __________ to heights of 500 feet and there are sands of (3) __________ imaginable colour, amazing sunsets
and grotesque rock formations. You get giant rocks on stalks that look (4) __________ 60 foot-high mushrooms (5)
__________ the bases have been worn away by sandstorms. It is like walking (6) __________ the surface of Mars.
You might go for days (7) __________ seeing anybody, then you will come to an oasis, such as Siwa, (8) __________
there are 250,000 palm trees and a couple of villages. When you’ve been for (9) __________ long without seeing a tree
or blade of grass everything seems so intense – the colour, the smell of water, the presence of people. I woke one
morning (10) __________ see the sky black with thousands of flamingos migrating north; it is at moments ( 11)
__________ as this that you feel an intense connection with nature.
After completing the first stage by jeep, I travelled with a Bedouin companion and five camels for the remainder of the
journey. The (12) __________ difficult part of the trip was crossing the Great Sand Sea where you can sink up to your
thighs (13) __________ the soft sand. We lost two of the camels there. During the trip we lived ( 14) __________ a diet
of tinned sardines, onions and bread, (15) __________ we baked in the sand. By the end, all I wanted to do was relax on
a slow boat back to Cairo.
REPHRASING

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given and other words
to complete each sentence. You must use between two and five words. Do not change the word given.

1. I can’t move until I’ve sold my house. unable

Until I’ve sold my house …………………………………………………. move.

2. My parcel hasn’t arrived yet. received

I still ……………………………………………………………………… my parcel.

3. After this, I won’t give you any more warnings. last

This is …………………………………………………………………… give you.

4. The dry weather is killing all the plants in my garden. dying

All the plants in my garden ………………………………………… the dry weather.

5. The mouse frightened him. scared

He ……………………………………………………………………………the mouse.

6. He couldn’t stop quickly enough to avoid the accident. time

He couldn’t ……………………………………………………………… the accident.

7. It looked as if the carrots were bad. appeared

The carrots ……………………………………………………………………… bad.

8. I was lost so I asked the way. because

I ……………………………………………………………………………… I was lost.

9. I’m hungry enough to eat two lunches. so

I’m ………………………………………………………………………… two lunches.

10. The return fare is double the single fare. twice

The return fare ………………………………………………………… the single fare.

ERROR CORRECTION

Some of the lines in this exercise are correct; others have a word which should not be there. Which lines are correct?
Which are wrong, and what is the unnecessary word.

1980: THE UNEMPLOYED

01. At the other end of the country, the same thing has been happening

02. to thousands of the blue-collar workers. Most of them start off angry.

03. After six months, when they calm down

04. as the dole becomes routine. The next stage is “couldn’t care less”.

05. It gets more worse as the years roll by. They believe

06. they are failures, and there is no much point to anything. But,

07. unlike the thirties, there are no any physical hardships.

08. The dole keeps everyone alive, just. One said:

09. ”I don’t think the money they give you does let you live. All it lets you do is to linger.”
10. These emotional and mental hardships can be so far worse

11. than the physical. In every one dole queue there are young long-haired types,

12. all on the dole themselves, giving out leaflets, trying to stir up

13. enthusiasm for a demonstration. But no one is any interested in demonstrating.

WORD BUILDING

BRITAIN & GREECE FESTIVAL

Lord Byron, champion of Greek (O) independence, could hardly DEPEND

have imagined it. Today, years after his (1) ….. , 2 mil- DIE

lion of his compatriots, although less (2) ….. , make HERO

the annual (3) ….. to Greece for the ‘Britain and Greece PILGRIM

Festival’.

The (4) ….. Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN

(5) ….. of the strong links between the two countries, CELEBRATE

but also as ‘an (6) ….. to those who wish to create INSPIRE

new links,’ a (7) ….. that 2004 and the Athens Olym- REMIND

pies are not too far away. Everything about the festival highlights

the theme of (8) ….. . The commercial exhibition ‘Part- PARTNER

ners in Trade’ will focus on (9)…… goods and ser- INDUSTRY

vices, design, travel and software (10) ….. including DEVELOP

opportunities for ‘Olympics 2004′.

ANSWERS

A FLIGHT TO REMEMBER
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. D
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. B
KEY ACROSS THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT

1. for
2. rise
3. every
4. like
5. because/as/since/where
6. on
7. without
8. where
9. so/this/that
10. to
11. such
12. most/really
13. in
14. on
15. which
KEY
1. …… I’m / I shall be unable to ……
2. …… haven’t received ……
3. …… the last warning I’ll / I shall ……
4. …… are dying because of / due to ……
5. …… was scared of / by ……
6. …… stop in time to avoid ……
7. …… appeared to be ……
8. …… asked the way because ……
9. …… so hungry (that) I could eat ……
10. …… is / costs twice (as much as) ……
ERROR CORRECTION

02 .the

03. when

04. more

06. much

07. no

09. to

10. so
11. one

13. any

word building

BRITAIN & GREECE FESTIVAL

56 death
57 heroically
58 pilgrimage
59 British
60 celebration
61 inspiration
62 reminder
63 partnership
64 industrial
65 development(s)