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3 Complete the second sentence so it means

Use of English: Grammar the same as the first, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. Use
1 Report the comments made by your between two and five words.
driving instructor John using the correct 1 They will build stronger sea walls here because
form of these verbs. of the danger of tsunamis.
BUILT
ask warn advise ask congratulate
remind Stronger sea walls _______________________
because of the danger of tsunamis.
1 ‘Remember to turn left at the roundabout.’ 2 Children watch too much TV these days, and
_____________________________________ that is a problem.
2 ‘You’re driving too fast.’ THE
_____________________________________ ____________________ children watch too
3 ‘What does that sign mean?’ much TV these days.
_____________________________________ 3 James finished one book and immediately
started another.
4 ‘Can you read that number plate, please?’
SOONER
_____________________________________
____________________ one book than he
5 ‘It’s a good idea to check your mirror.’
started another.
_____________________________________
4 Do you have a spare blank disc I could use?
6 ‘You drove well today. Well done!’
WONDERING
_____________________________________
I ____________________ a spare blank disc I
could use.
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FOR
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the Dave _________________________ my DVD.
sentences. There is one mistake in each 6 The science programme was shown on TV last
sentence. One sentence does not have a night and it was made by schoolchildren.
mistake. WHICH
1 This TV needs to repair. The science programme,
_____________________________________ _________________________ was shown on
TV last night.
2 I don’t remember what did I tell you.
_____________________________________ /6
3 It was claimed that the fire had been planned by
the shop owner.
_____________________________________
4 I suggested Tom watching the new DVD.
_____________________________________
5 Angelina Jolie, who she is going out with Brad
Pitt, appears in the new film.
_____________________________________
6 The animals were being photographed as they
tried to escape from the tsunami.
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4 Complete the text with one word in each 6 Complete the sentences with the correct
gap. alternatives.
Readers of our magazine were recently sent a 1 There was a report on the bomb blaze/blast in
survey in (1) __________ they were asked the centre of London today.
whether they thought celebrities (2) __________ 2 The minister made a plea/pledge to reduce
be allowed privacy in their personal lives. The taxation in his speech at the weekend.
results are published in this edition and are very
3 The people living in the flooded area were
interesting. Most people believe that people who
evacuated/spread to a nearby town.
are in the public eye and depend on the public for
their income, (3) __________ as film stars, 4 The new factory will axe/boost the economy in
singers, etc should not object to being our area.
photographed when they are out at restaurants or 5 My PC crashed/deleted last night, and I’ll need
shopping. However, a majority of readers think to get my friend round to repair it.
that journalists and photographers should not
invade celebrities’ homes or gardens or follow /5
them (4) __________ they are on holiday. Had we
known (5) __________ you felt so strongly about 7 Complete the sentences with words
this perhaps we would have avoided publishing formed from the words given.
this week’s gossip spread on Jackie and Dave
LeMar, (6) __________ are pictured on pages five 1 The weather forecast warned of __________
and six on the beach in Barbados! They do look (torrent) rain at the weekend.
happy though, don’t they?! 2 Sometimes normal TV programmes are
interrupted with information about __________
/6 (break) news.
3 The teacher usually gives us useful
__________ (feed) after our end-of-term tests.
Use of English: Vocabulary 4 I didn’t think that Greta’s __________
(perform) in the play was very realistic, did
you?
5 Complete the sentences with the correct
nouns. You are given the first letters. 5 We’ll hear about the __________ (come) of the
talks on the news tonight.
1 Can you remember the l__________ to that
new song we heard this morning? /5
2 The continued rain weakened the hillside and
there was a bad l__________ in the area
yesterday.
3 I was reading the o__________ in this
morning’s newspaper and I saw that a former
prime minister had died on Monday.
4 Several c__________ have been taken to
hospital after a collision between three cars on
the motorway.
5 The scientists thought that the new type of flu
would become an e__________ but luckily
they were wrong.

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8 Choose the correct alternatives to
complete the text.
Hi Ben,
Wow, you (1) ___ a great trip last Friday. I
hope you’re feeling better now. As you know, the
class went to see Romeo and Juliet, the
Shakespeare (2) ___, at the Roundhouse Theatre.
It was a brilliant evening. The acting was superb,
and for the first time, I really felt that I understood
what Shakespeare was saying. It was set in the
future, at a time after a lot of natural disasters have
devastated the land and everyone is living
underground. I know it (3) ___ mad, but it works.
All the characters are using really advanced
technology, and Romeo and Juliet communicate
by phone and laptops! Obviously, they belong to
different political groups and they’re (4) ___ from
seeing each other, but it makes a lot of sense. The
language has also been (5) ___, so it’s much easier
to understand and identify with the characters.
Having said that, I know you like your
Shakespeare (6) ___, so maybe you’d have hated
it! Anyway, we’ve got to write an assignment on
the interpretation of the play, so I’ll lend you my
notes if you like.
Will you be back to school tomorrow? If so, see
you then.
Love,
Paulette
1 A lost B avoided C missed D failed
2 A track B play C gig D plot
3 A imagines B sounds C feels D appears
4 A denied B refused C banned D accused
5 A upgraded B uploaded C updated D uplifted
6 A common B natural C traditional D customary
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Reading
9 Read a review of a new film. Choose the
correct alternatives to complete the
sentences.
The camera focuses on a single shoe, a child’s
shoe, which is lying in the middle of an empty
road. It casts a shadow on the tarmac. We can feel
the intensity of the sun and its glare. Could the
shoe have been flung from a car window or
perhaps thrown by an angry toddler from the
pavement? Who knows? We don’t, not yet. The
camera gets closer, and we can see that there are
spots of red on the toe of the shoe, blood. Then we
realise that what we thought was shadow on the
road is something different. The colour changes
from deep purple to dark red. We start to feel the
tension. The camera widens its focus and we
understand that the street is completely empty.
There is no one on the pavement. The shop doors
stand open, but nothing moves, not even an old
crisp bag or a leaf in the breeze. And then the
silence hits us, total absence of sound, and we
shiver. This is how Sam Pickering’s new disaster
movie opens, and the shivers don’t stop there; the
film is packed full of very scary moments. In my
opinion, this is a very special film, and I’m going
to use a word that doesn’t figure often in my
vocabulary. I think it’s a masterpiece.
The effect of this amazing film depends on
shock and surprise, so I do not intend to say much
more about the plot beyond the fact that it is very
clever and very, very frightening. I’m not the sort
of person who suffers from nightmares but I must
admit after seeing Final my sleep was uneasy for
several nights. Pickering manages to touch us in
all the most sensitive places and plays on our
deepest fears. I defy anyone to leave the cinema
with a smile on their faces. It’s definitely not a
feel-good film.
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Final benefits from having a superb cast, led by
Oscar® winner Brian Sneddon as the retired police
captain and Faye Hunter as his troubled teenage
daughter. There is a particularly tender scene
between the two of them after the death of Brian’s
wife, Zena. However, for me, the biggest pull of
the film is the use of advanced special effects. I
cannot praise them enough. They are clever,
magical, memorable and, most importantly, used
in a way that carries the message of the film
forward, not, as happens so often these days, an
added extra. Through the camera’s eyes we see the
power and majesty of nature from the depth of a
tsunami to drought-besieged deserts and yet this
still cannot match the destructive power of man.
Do not wait to see this film on DVD. It
demands to be seen on the big screen, and if it
doesn’t claim a whole shelf of awards this coming
year, I shall walk barefoot through the desert. No,
on second thoughts, considering the subject matter
of the film, maybe not! But seriously, this is one
film NOT to be missed. It’s an education, a visual
feast and a true masterpiece.
1 The focus of the opening scene of the film is
A a child.
B an object.
C the weather.
2 The film Final
A raises new concerns.
B looks at the power of nightmares.
C exploits natural worries.
3 The writer of the review particularly admires
the special effects of the film because
A they use advanced technology.
B they improve the story.
C they are so good that you don’t notice them.
4 From the review we might guess that the film is
about
A the fight between nature and human beings.
B life in a small town.
C the after-effects of a natural disaster.
5 The writer of the review
A likes deserts.
B is impatient to see the DVD.
C recommends seeing the film at the cinema.
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Listening
10 You are going to hear five people
talking about gadgets that they couldn’t
live without. Listen and match the
speakers 1–5 with the statements A–F.
There is one extra statement you do not
need.
A My favourite gadget is not that reliable.
Speaker ___
B My favourite gadget doesn’t irritate other
people. Speaker ___
C The cost of my favourite gadget doesn’t matter.
Speaker ___
D I use a lot of gadgets in my daily life.
Speaker ___
E A lot of people are envious of my favourite
gadget. Speaker ___
F Losing my favourite gadget wouldn’t be a total
disaster. Speaker ___
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Writing
11 Write an opinion essay with this title:
Children should be taught to use a computer as
soon as possible.
Write 180–250 words.
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