FINAL TEST IN ENGLISH FOR C1.

1 LEARNERS

Name Petar Mitrevski

I. CLOZE VOCABULARY

From the words listed below, choose the ones which best fit the
space, A, B, C or D.

PARROT RUSTLING

Parrots and macaws have become so (01) costly..... that special varieties of
these birds are (02) ..reaching....... up to £9,000 each on the black market
in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia
can cost £7,500 a pair.

The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (03)...high......
increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and
Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been
stolen. Some thefts have not been (04)....publicized..... in an effort to
prevent further (05)..incidents........ Parrot rustling, as it is known among
bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and
exports of (06)....exotic..... birds became (07).....hardly.... controlled.

Quarantine controls, (08)...accompanied...... with the scarcity of many types

of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America,
have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under
(09).....warranty..... This has sent prices to (10)...record...... levels.

Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to

dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (11)...take...... serious risks to
capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves
(12).....misappropriated.... two parrots after picking their (13)....way.....
through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large
flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely
(14)....aggressive....., and has been (15)......known... to kill humans with
blows from its powerful legs.

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01. A. costly B. extinct C. outlandish D. rare

02. A. raising B. reaching C. lifting D. fetching

03. A. acute B. peak C. sharp D. high

04. A. published B. publicised C. advertised D. told

05. A. happenings B. incidents C. acts D. activities

06. A. unusual B. uncommon C. exotic D. strange

07. A. tightly B. hardly C. toughly D. grimly

08. A. coupled B. doubled C. attached D. accompanied

09. A. warranty B. guarantee C. licence D. law

10. A. unknown B. unheard C. record D. highest

11. A. sustain B. assume C. take D. make

12. A. thieved B. robbed C. misappropriated D. stole

13. A. way B. road C. path D. lane

14. A. aggressive B. fighting C. bad-tempered D. rough

15. A. heard B. known C. considered D. able

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 II. CLOZE USAGE

Complete with one word only in each space.

HEALTH AND CIGARETTES

In many Western countries, girls are more (01) ......likely....... to smoke

than boys. It's the girls who want to look "tough and grown-up." The result
is that (02) ......the....... lung cancer in American men has fallen
(03) ......for....... the first time in 50 years, the disease is
(04) .......common...... in women. The decrease in the disease among men
is attributed to a decrease in smoking among men (05) .......since...... the
government's first warning of a (06) .......connection...... between cigarettes
and disease in 1964. On the other hand, lung cancer is now expected to
overtake breast cancer (07) .......as...... the principal fatal cancer among
women. (08) .......If...... your son or daughter is a non-smoker, there is
another good (09) ......reason....... for rejecting a smoker as a life-long
mate. Smokers don't just ruin their own health by (10) .........smoking....
up. They are a menace to (11) .....others........ Second-hand smoke is lethal.
As the 18th report on smoking by the United States Surgeon General
(12) ......stated....... it: "Involuntary smoking is a (13) .........cause.... of
disease, including lung cancer, in healthy non-smokers." (14) .........As.... to
the report, at home, the children of parents who smoke
(15) ........experience..... the effects in their respiratory systems. Smokers
make their own kids sick.

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III. WORD FORMATION

Complete with a word formed from those in the list.

John Lennon

Lennon, if he is a symbol of anything, is a symbol of ......children.... (1 -

CHILD), of play. He believed you could change the world. If you made the
right gesture, a (2 - TRANSFORM) .....transformation..... might take place.
His life has become a myth, and high claims are made for him. He said that
the Beatles were better known than Jesus Christ, which seemed to Christian
(3 - CHURCH) ......churches.... a (4 - SENSE) ....non-sense...... and (5 -

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RESPONSIBLE) .....irresponsible..... thing to say, but he was probably right.
The (6 - IRONY) ....ironic...... thing is that, by his violent death, he seems
himself to have been elevated from musician, from supreme exponent of
rock and roll, to the rank of prophet, shaman, myth. His wife, Yoko Ono, still
serves as the (7 - MAID) ......maiden.... of the myth, the keeper of the
relics. She says: "He certainly wasn't a person who kowtowed or tried to
preserve himself by shutting up. It's a very precious thing, I think, very (8 -
COURAGE)....courageous..... : this man who said it in a way for all of us.
People identified with him because he said the truth, especially the truth
they could not say."

Northern Ireland

For thirty years Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, was divided,
torn by (9 - SECT) .......section... riots, blasted by car bombs, patrolled by
armoured cars. A whole (10 - GENERATE) ....generation...... grew up in the
city knowing nothing else but what the Irish (11 -
EUPHEMISM) .....euphemistic.... call "the troubles". The place suffered not
only from violence, but from poverty, low (12 -
EXPECT) .....expectations....., lack of incentive, lack of a future.

The young complained of (13 - VICTIM) .....being victims ..... by the police
and security forces. But the (14 - HARASS) ........harassment.. by terrorists,
Catholic or Protestant, could be much worse. The example is given of one
15-year-old Catholic boy with 85 offences behind him. He fled from Northern
Ireland after being told that the IRA was waiting at his home. Six cushions
had been laid out in his sitting room in(15 - PREPARE) ......preparation.... for
a (16 - PUNISH) .....punishing..... shooting - elbows, knees and ankles. This
was a country where the concepts of law and order no longer had any
meaning.

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IV. GRAMMAR REVISION

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. We need some copies of the report for our meeting. I have

printed (print) some for you.

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 2. Henry was typing (type) up sales report all day yesterday,
he must be exhausted.

3. Laura had finished (finish) her meeting in

London with the client by 2 pm.

4. Unfortunately, the supplier has not produced (nor

produce) enough delegate packs for the conference yet.

5. Everyone knew about the event because the firm has been
advertising (advertise) the product launch party for
months.

6. This time next week James will be starting (start) his

new position at Henfield and Sons.

7. I’m so sorry that I didn’t see you there, how long were you waiting
(you wait) to see Mr. Henderson?

8. Out workload has become (become) more and

more unreasonable, the deadlines are totally impractical.

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V. Fill in the gaps with these words.

leadership qualifications apprentice position trade

course technical on-the-job

Not interested in doing an academic degree?

Prefer to follow the on- the -job route to finding a job?
The we have the trade for you! At the City College you can
learn almost any course from beauty therapy to plumbing
and engineering and work towards gaining qualifications in
your chosen field. We also provide technical training on one of our
many placements. If you want to work as a(n) apprentice , we
can help. Or, if you fancy yourself in a(n) leadership role, working in a(n)
position of responsibility, management training is available too.

20 points/

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 Total points 120 /

Mark:

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