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The paintings Were (2)... ina period around 30,000 years ago, when early humans first started to create rock art and various (3)... of this have been found in caves in Western Europe. Very few people have (4)....... Seen the Chauvet paintings because they are located (8) ....... inside an inaccessible underground cave system. But those that have say that they are very Impressive, showing anitials (6)... Murse9, 1 that the artwork is good enough to (7) ...... modern compositions. 9 and vows, and, When they saw such spectacular beauty, however, the first scientists to (8) the Chauvet paintings missed some other important (9) The walls of the cave are also marked with a series of lines and symbols, that were initially (10)... a8 insignificant. The latest research has shown that, on the (11)......., these marks form a sort of code and may represent humankind’s first steps towards the development ot writing. The uldest exannple of wil ‘The new research at Chauvet is (19) people to rathink their ideas about whan written communication first started. iy iscovered before this was only 5,000 years old. 1A keen B fair © bright D_ sharp 2 A constructed B produced C manufactured D_ invented 3 A illustrations B models © cases D_ examples 4 A effectively —B actually" = C eventually D_ honestly 5 A deep B thick © far D dense 6 A bymeansof B apartfrom C aswellas D_ such as, 7 A tival B compare compete D_ oppose 8 A artive B reach c meet D_ know 9 A imstances & matters © _ceetalls, D issues 10 A_ believed B rwysed — thought D. agreed 41 A contrary B opposite instead D_ otherwise 12 A resulting —B_having © making D_ causing TEST 1, PAPER 3. USE OF ENGLISHaoe Weslaco) Tip Strip Question 2: The word you are looking for ceatsa fred expression with ‘in’ and ‘fact’. Question 5: Only tne of these words ‘an be followed by the preposition ‘to! inthis context. ‘Question 10: Which of these verbs means 'go in the arection of when followed by ‘for? Question 11: Oniy one of these words creates a common expression with the two prepositions. Part1 For questions 1~12, read the text below and decide which answer (A. B. C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, mark your answers on the separate anewor chest. Example: 0 A have B_ make Cc do D gain Where to go whale watching Ina recent survey, people were asked to list the experiences they would most like to (0)... before they died. In response, a surprising (1)....... f people mentioned that they'd like to see whales in their natural habitat. In (2) fact, this is an ambition that can be (3)... relatively easily. Itis (4) .. that the seas around Iceland are home to over 5,000 orca or killer whales, as they are sometimes known. But their behaviour, and therefore your chances of seeing them, varies (6) .... to the season. In summer, the whales have a (6)....... to hang out near the coast and can be seen swimming up fjords and inlets. During the winter months, however, the animals are generally to be found (7) ....... out at sea. (9) ...... Season you chouse {ur your trip, whale watching tripe are very easy to organise and there's a (9) ....... chanee you'll get to 00 othor whale apccics too. Besides Iceland, another option is to (10)....... for northem Norway between October and January. Orcas arrive here at this time of year in (11) ....... of large shoals of herning, which are an important (12) ...... of their diet. If you're lucky, you might even see some spectacular displays of the northern lights during your time there. 1A amount B number © quantity D crowd 2 A teal B me © honest D actual 3A answered B rewarded © Honoured D fulfilled 4 A cotimated B counted guessed D totale 5 A aucuuiny —B depending ¢ relying D agreeing ® A custom B tendency © habit D trend 7 A longer B wider © broader D. further 8 A Whenever B Whoever C Whichever © D_ However 9 A fine B_ good © bright D great 10 A head B set © point D pick 14. hunt B follow © pursuit D seek 12 A. thing B food © meal D part 38 TEST 2, PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISHoe) USE OF ENGLISH Part 1 For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best ‘its each gap. There Is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 A called B_ known C titled D_ mentioned Cae ee ee The Gesture Interface What's (0)...... the Gesture Interface is the latest idea in the field of personal technology, and it's a areat one. At the (1) ...... «if we want mobile (2)........ to the Web. we have to travel around with thinas like laptops, smartphones and e-readers in our bags or Pockets. The inventor of the Gesture Interface has (3)... up with a way of doing this using only something we've (4)....... around with us for millions of years — our hands. The idea is (8)....... on simple technology that is already in existence. (6)... carrying around the usual hardware, you have a small wearable device on your hands. This contains a projector, a camera and wireless technology to (7)... you to the Web. It also has sensors which read and interpret simple hand gestures. For example, when you want to (8)... a photograph, simply make a frame around the image with your hand and click your fingers. The device (9)........ Out what you want and operates the ‘camera. It you want to (10)....... @ Book, then the device projects the pages onto the palm of your nana. It a great idea and I think it's very (14) ...... to become a euccese. When I told my teenage son about it, he couldn't (12)... to start using one. 1 A. present B moment current D minute 2 A tine B entry © access D link 3 A come B thought © found D done 4A delivered —B fetched = C_brought D carried 5 A based B started © founded D begun 6 A Along with B Instead of Except for D Apart from 7 A sign B download ¢ log D connect 8 A make B take © do D get 9 A works B reckons = G_ meets. D_ knows 10 A research —B_refer © consult D seek 11 A probable B_ bound © likely D_ possible 412 A long B wait © stand D hope 58. TEST 3, PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH