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Test 1

Part 5
Questions 26-35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Example:

0 A was B is C has D had

Answer: A B C D
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Alexander Graham Bell


Alexander Graham Bell (0) born in
Scotland in 1847. His father, an expert on speech, :ÿ

(26) a way of teaching how words


(27)
(28)
be pronounced. He translated the
of words into straight or curvy lines.
m
Alexander (29) to be a teacher and, when his
mother went deaf, he started to be (30) in
how deaf people communicate. In 1870, because his
children were in poor health, Alexander and his family
moved to the United States. He hoped that a warmer

....
(31) would be better for the whole family.
It was while he was teaching deaf children there (32) ... he invented a new
machine. It was very (33) to the human ear itself, and Bell discovered it
could carry human speech (34) a wire from one place to another. It was not
long before the telephone was a part of (35) our lives!

26 A grew B built C developed D worked


27 A ought B should C might D would
28 A calls B voices C noises D sounds
29 A trained B became C educated D taught
30 A amazed B interested C surprised D excited
31 A geography B season C climate D weather
32 A so B because C since D that
33 A likely B similar C same D accurate
34 A above B about C along D around
35 A any B each C all D every

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Test 2

Part 5

Questions 26-35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:

0 A very B so C too D such

Answer: A B C D
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THE ART OF DRAWING


Drawing has always been a (0) popular
hobby. Young children draw with a pencil as
(26) as they can hold one. Drawing is
often seen as a special skill, and it is
(27) that some people seem to
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draw perfect pictures without any effort. Yet

.........
drawing, like writing, can be (28) ; you
can draw accurately if you work really hard at it. y
Drawing is first (29) all about looking carefully. It sounds easy to say thafi
you (30) to do is look at things, but it really is that simple. The best way TB
draw a familiar (31) is to imagine that you are looking at it for the first 1
(32)

Nowadays there are (33) courses and materials available than ever before
(34) means that you can experiment to improve your skills. The only
(35) is your imagination.

26 A fast B immediately C soon D shortly


27 A true B actual C exact D real
28 A discovered B made C learnt D reached
29 A of B in C from D for
30 A should B need C must D could
31 A topic B subject C area D person
32 A period B term C moment D time
33 A more B many C plenty D much
34 A who B what C where D which
35 A final B end C limit D finish

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Test 3

Part 5
Questions 26-35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:

0 A over B above C up D ahead

Answer: A B C D
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Cave Paintings in Australia


A cave containing (0) 200 paintings was discovered in the Wollemi National Park,
Australia, eight years ago. Some of the paintings are (26) least 3,000 years old.
(27) is even more surprising is that the cave was found by chance by someone

....
walking in the area. However, the site of the cave was so difficult to reach that it
(28) a long time before researchers could visit it.

The exact location of the site has to be (29) secret. This is to (30) the cave
from being visited by sightseers who do not (31) how easy it is to (32) tl
paintings.

The paintings show people and animals, (33) birds, lizards and other Australian
animals that can (34) be seen today. According to researchers, (35) its
recent discovery, nobody had visited the cave for around 200 years.

26 A in B of C to D at
27 A How B What C Why D Which
28 A lasted B spent C took D finished
29 A remained B set C controlled D kept
30 A prevent B miss C escape D avoid
31 A catch B realise C dream D feel
32 A waste B injure C damage D upset
33 A involving B adding C including D consisting
34 A yet B already C ever D still
35 A by B after C until D on

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Test 4

Part 5
Questions 26-35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Example:

Answer:
A known

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A B C D
B named

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C called D thought

The Driest Place on Earth

.. .. .. . . .
The Atacama Desert in Chile is (0) as the
driest place on Earth. It is almost 1,000 kilometres
(26) length, lying between the Pacific
Ocean and the Andes mountains. Under a centimetre
of rain (27) annually, and the centre is so
dry (28) scientists have never recorded
, V. 1291 rain there.
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•: Over a million people (30) live in the
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. Atacama today. Most live on the coast, which is also
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home to teams of astronomers who are there to


(31) advantage of the clear skies. In the north, farmers grow tomatoes with
water they have collected from underground rocks. However, for (32) . . . who
have their farms on higher ground, the water comes from melting snow.
People generally seem to (33) knowledge about what the desert has to offer,
but in (34) , there is plenty to do - from seeing the amazing natural sights to
playing golf, one of the more recent activities (35) tourists to the region.

26 A by B at C to D in
27 A pours B falls C sinks D lowers
28 A as B that C when D than
29 A any B no C some D little
30 A totally B exactly C actually D finally
31 A have B make C get D take
32 A those B these C them D they
33 A fail B lose C miss D lack
34 A case B turn C fact D time
35 A arriving B attracting C approaching D arranging

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