Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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This test has four parts. You will hear each part twice. For each part of the test,
there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check
your answers.
1. The dry weather had a negative effect ____________ the potato crops.
A. in B. on C. at
2. Janet told Mary not _________ sad.
A. be B. being C. to be
3. We always avoid __________ with each other about money.
A. to argue B. arguing C. argue
4. Where have you been? We’ve been ___________ you.
A. looking for B. looking after C. looking at
5. Can you remember when ___________?
A. were you born B. you were born C. you had born
6. Janet was _______ her new jeans.
A. dressing B. wearing C. putting
7. There is a special _________ for students on Thursdays.
A. price B. cost C. money
8. They danced to some very ________ music.
A. good B. faster C. nicest
9. Tania had a _________ breakfast then rode her bike to the pool.
A. short B. ready C. quick
10. She __________ most of the morning swimming and reading.
1.
A. Equipment is available for a maximum
of 15 minutes at any time.
B. When the gym is crowded, there is a
time limit for using the equipment.
C. At busy times you may have to queue
to use the equipment.
2.
A. Don’t turn the lights on until it’s necessary.
Will the last person to B. Switch the lights on when you’re in the
leave please switch off room.
the lights C. Don’t leave the lights on if the room is
3.
Lousie, What should Louise do?
Suzie rang. The photo shop has A. take some new photos of Suzie
lost all her photos of your trip to B. give Suzie some photos
Vienna and she’d like copies of C. help Suzie find her photos
yours.
Mum
4.
Photocopies have come down A. Some photocopies are now cheaper than
in price! they were.
B. There are changes to the prices of all
(Black and white only- colour
photocopies.
copies no change) C. There is no longer any colour
photocopying here.
5.
We’re staying at the Plaza Hotel. How does Sabrina feel about the Plaza
It’s not the hotel we wanted but Hotel?
it doesn’t matter because the one A. She’s disappointed with it.
is nearer the beach and I’m B. She wishes it was nearer the beach.
spending all my time there. C. She thinks it has an advantage.
Sabrina
As well as spending many hours in the pool, Ana also makes time for studying and for
friends. ‘I have lots of friends who swim and we’re very close. It’s much easier to
have friends who are swimmers because they also have to get up early to practise like
me and they understand this kind of life. But I’m not so different from other
people my age. In my free time I also enjoy going to the movies and parties. There
Ana is becoming well known in Australia and she believes it is important to get more
young people interested in swimming. ‘I don’t mind talking to journalists and having
my photograph taken. But last year I was on TV and that was much more fun.’
Example:
0. Ana’s home is in Melbourne.
In Venice, there are no roads, only canals, so you have to get around on foot or by
boat. I live on a canal in the Rialto area in a house that was built in 1588 for the Muti
family, who were merchants in the silk trade. In the mid-eighteenth century, it was
home to the Vezzi family, who made things like plates and bowls in fine china and
became rich sending these around the world. These merchants’ houses in Venice are
like palaces. Their owners had to have space to show off their goods, but the building
also had to be an office, a factory, a store and a home. My house came into our family
in 1919, when it was bought by my grandfather. He died before I was born but he was
the director of a museum where I often do research on old documents. On some of
these, I’ve seen notes in his handwriting, so, in a strange way, I met him through these
documents.
Sadly, the population of Venice has dropped from 120,000 in the 1950s to about
60,000 now. This doesn’t include the thousands of tourists who come to visits. I
welcome the tourists but unless something is done to stop everyday shops like
bakeries and chemists from disappearing, the city will die. I want people who love the
city to come here to live and work and give Venice back a life that is not just about
tourism.
21. What is the writer’s main reason for writing the text?
A. to persuade more tourists to visit his city
B. to give readers the history of his home town
C. to say what he feels about his birthplace
D. to describe some important moments in his life
22. The family who first owned the writer’s home
A. used to buy and sell silk.
B. produced plates and bowls.
Question 6
This is part of a letter you have received from your English friend.
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