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Task 1
• You are going to read an article about new technology in art. Some words are missing
from the text.
• Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (1-8).
• Then write the appropriate form of these words on the lines after the text.
• There might be cases when you do not have to change the word in brackets.
• Use only one word for each gap.
• There is an example (0) at the beginning.
RAIN ART
Most people would laugh if you told them they could go for a nice walk in the (0) ________
(pour) rain — without getting wet. But that idea has become reality, (1) ________ (thank) to
an amazing show which allows art (2) ________ (love) to walk in falling water without getting
soaked to the skin.
The art installation, titled the Rain Room, uses a 3D camera system that creates a
(3) ________ (careful) designed path through the heavy rain, (4) ________ (base) on the
movements of visitors.
Hannes Koch, the (5) ________ (design) of the Rain Room told CCTV News: “I think the
initial idea didn’t have much to do with rain; it had to do with how visitors (6) ________
(image) it would feel to be inside rain but to be (7) ________ (protect) from it.”
The Rain Room (8) ________ (exhibit) has attracted thousands of visitors to the Barbican
Centre in London. A permanent version of the Rain Room has opened at the Yuz Museum in
Shanghai.
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Task 2
• You are going to read an article about a new kind of family therapy. Some words are
missing from the text.
• Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) for each gap (9-16) in the
text.
• Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the white box.
• There is one example (0) at the beginning.
Parents who give up their phones (0) ______ dinner will be rewarded with free meals for their
kids at a British restaurant chain. In December, Frankie & Benny’s is running its “no-phone”
campaign as they (9) ______ to see more families who pay attention to each other at the dinner
table.
“We looked at various ways we (10) ______ encourage people to communicate with each other
at the dinner table, and (11) ______ that giving families the chance to put down their phones
for a (12) ______ of hours is a great opportunity to bring them closer to each other,” a Frankie
and Benny’s spokesperson explained.
Psychologist Susan Atkins agrees, saying: “By putting away screens parents (13) ______ the
message that their children are important to them … Parents are role models in everything that
they do, so by talking to their kids (14) ______ reading and typing messages they are teaching
their kids when and where technology use is appropriate.”
If parents want to use the promotion, they (15) ______ put their phones in a special box before
the meal begins. After dinner, the phones will (16) ______ to them, and their children’s meals
will be free of charge.
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Task 3
• You are going to read an article about a lost wallet. Some words are missing from the
text.
• Your task is to write the missing words on the dotted lines (17-25) after the text.
• Use only one word in each gap.
• There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Hunter Shamatt had just arrived in Las Vegas when he realized he had lost (0) ________ wallet.
It contained $60, a $400 paycheck, his bank card and his identification card. He was very upset,
but he didn’t want to make a big deal of it because it (17) ________ his sister’s wedding
weekend. He thought he might have lost it on his Frontier flight from Omaha to Vegas, so he
called the airline and reported (18) ________ missing. No luck.
After the wedding, a package arrived (19) ________ his home. It contained his wallet —
completely intact — with a note (20) ________ said:
“Hunter, I found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Vegas – row 12, under seat F. Thought
you might want it back. All the (21) ________ , Todd.”
And below that: “P.S. I rounded your cash up to an even $100 so you could celebrate getting
your wallet back. Have Fun!!!”
It took Hunter Shamatt a few minutes to believe (22) ________ the note said. He wanted to
thank the kind stranger, so he posted a picture (23) ________ the note on Facebook with a
message asking (24) ________ help to find Todd. Within days, he was in contact with the man,
identified in local media reports as Todd Brown of Omaha.
“Sir, what you’ve done for me is unheard of. I (25) ________ expected to see my wallet again,
let alone with $40 more. Thank you so much, I’ve got student loans and it makes all the
difference.”
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