Consolidation 1 For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Ae xample0 A far B individual ©remote D separate PAST MEMORIES Iwas raised ona farm in a(n) (0) __remote village in the 195Cs. The winter months were endless and everything was covered in now.1was always () forthe warmer weather to come When spring (2) __. . everything came alive - flowers would bloom and the animals would come out of hibernation. follow the bear tracks and search fo them, Once, however, (3) an angry mother bear who saw me (4) —_____ athreat.6)__. ithe sight of the bear I did what my father had told me. | stood stil until she stopped growling end walked away. The trick was effective, but looking back now, I realise thet the situation was (G) more serious than | thought at the time, By the age of twelve, had lots of camping (7) +5 lused to go camping with my dog ‘on my schoo! holldays. We would spend days (8) the forest, catching fish for dinner, Cs at the frogs and the (10) ‘of birds and the insects hopping up and down on the surface of thewater. Of course, this was possible only during the warm months. When autumn came, everything went quiet, which was quite an ____inthose parts. wasnt long (12) the animals disappeared, the birds flew south and the snow took over. The place became deserted onceag: 1 Aken B coger wating D enthusiastic 2 A approached B reached appeared D arrived 3 A dealt with B came across reached D found out 4 Alike Des ¢ someas D such as 5 Aln B By cat Don 6 Avery B quite C50 D far 7 A quolitications B skills qualities D experience @ A exploring B detecting C researching D investigating 9 A looking B noticing watering D observing 10 A swarms B bunches thocks D sets 1 Aordinary B usual € familiar D regular 2 Aunti B after € since D beforeunitQ5 ‘fer questions 13-24, 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). BALLOONING Nowadaysthe(o)__™ast__ common balloontlights are usually for pleasure or sport, but did you know that ballooning began a3) science in the 18th century? Itall started in 1783, (14) __ the Montgolfier brothere were looking (15) the properties of smoke. What (16) thelr attention was the fact that smoke could make things rise, They experimented for a year or so(t7) they were ready to show their Invention to everyone. On their first attempt, they filled a silk bag ae) hot air froma fire. The balloon rose more than 1.5 km into the (19) Five months later, In November 1783, history was made once more when the first right carrying passengers left the ground. The volunteers took off from Paris and remained in the alr for over twenty minutes. Soon afterwards, scientists all over Europe became interested, (20) the potential of ballooning, and it wasn't long before the activity became very popular. a of enthusiastic fans also experimented with ballooning and contributed to Its development. In the 19th century, {gas balloons were used for many (22) purposes, the most important one heing polar exploration, Inthe twentieth century, hot-air ballooning was re-introduced, Example:0 When | was younger, | played tennis every Sunday. used When! was younger, used to play tennis every Sunday. 35 How long have you been living in your new house? moved Howlongisit eee ______ your new house? 36 The police questionedall the eye-witnesses but they didn't find anyone capable of describing what exactiy naa nappenea. tone The police questioned all the eye-witnesses, of describirg what exactly had happened, 37 His computer game acdiction Is getting worse. and Hes getting = computer games, 38 She went out after finishing the housework. until She didn't go out _ the housework, 39 | heard that neither of the defendants was found guilty in yesterday'strial innocent heard that In yesterday's trial 40 John feels he doesn't share many interests with his new penfriend, little John feels h Eee his new pentriend. 41 The shop where he works i inthe city centre. which Theshop__ is inthe city centre. 42 He is the most talented player in the team, as None of the players in the team hes.SECTION 2(KCCE format) Grammar ‘Ghoose the correct answer. 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