LISTENING (2 pts)

1C 2C 3A 4B 5B 6D 7A
8. (volunteering) charity 9. (Their) comfort zones 10. Improvisation (skills)
11. (high) school 12. Matchgirl (./dot/com) 13. Team sport(s) 14. May
15. 1976 16. Broken bones 17. Hairpins 18. Chewing gum
19. Red Heads 20. perfectionist
LEXICO – GRAMMAR
PART 1 (1 pt)
1D 2B 3D 4A 5B 6C 7C 8D 9C 10A 11C 12 A 13C 14B 15B 16D 17D 18C 19D 20C
PART 2 (0.5 pt)
1. on/upon/in/by/round 2. In 3. Through 4. In 5. For
6. away/off 7. By 8. Off 9. At 10. About
PART 3 (0.5 pt)
1. voluntary 2. Behavior 3. Recipient/receiver 4. Impersonal 5. Obligations
6. disapproval 7. Refusal/refusing 8. Generosity 9. Approximately 10. Significant
PART 4 (0.5 pt)
1. industry  industrialised 2. other  others
3. is  is not 4. back  again
5. divorce  in divorce 6. How  what/ it  0
8. trustworthy  trust 11. rating  rated
12. fair  fairly 13. in  on
READING
PART 1 (0.5 pt)
1. So 2. Than 3. On 4. making 5. To
6. View 7. Better 8. taken 9. Once/when/if 10. place
PART 2 (0.5 pt)
PART 3
1. D 2. C 3.B 4. D 5. A (0.7 pt)
1B 2A 3B 4C
6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D
5D 6C 7A
PART 4 (1.3 pts)
1. D 8. FALSE
2. A 9. less
3. C 10. social
4. E 11. watched
5. FALSE 12. observer
6. TRUE 13. Nutcracker
7. TRUE
WRITING
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed
before it. (0.5 pt)
1. The man only woke up after the fire was out.
Only after ________________________________________.
the fire was out did the man wake up
2. You should consider the fact that he hasn’t spoken French for years.
You should make allowances _________________________.
for the fact that …
3. He is proud of being such a good gardener
He prides _________________________________________.
himself on being such a good gardener
4. Neil frequently breaks his promises
Neil frequently goes__________________________________.
back on his promises/word
5. For an athlete of his strength and speed, winning should be easy.
For such ___________________________________________.
a quick and strong athlete, winning should be easy.
Part 2: Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets so that the meaning stays the same. (0.5 pt)
1. I didn't get home late so Dad wasn't upset with me. BOOKS
I ___________________________________________________ if I’d got home late.
Would have been in Dad’s bad books
2. They all assume that Penny will provide hospitality. GRANTED
Everyone ____________________________________________ Penny will provide hospitality
Takes it for granted that
3. It isn’t Suzie's fault that the window got broken. BLAME
Suzie _______________________________________________ the window.
Isn’t to blame for breaking/having broken
4. I passed the exam, but only just! SCRAPE
I managed ____________________________________________ the exam
To scrape through
5. I have got such a lot of work at the moment that I can’t afford to take the day off. SNOWED
I ______________________________________________ at the moment so I can’t afford to take the day off.
Am/have been snowed under with/at work
Part 3: Essay writing (1.5 pts)