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Language Test 4A Unit 4

1 Complete the text with the correct forms of the words in brackets.

THE END OF ANOTHER DREAM

The inspiration for the poem came (come) to me as I 1___________ (walk) down by the river.

It 2___________ (not/be) my first trip there, 3___________ (walk) along the path there three

times already that week without any ideas coming to me, but this time 4___________ (be)

different. It 5___________ (not/come) to me immediately: I 6___________ (already/walk)

there for some time when I 7___________ (see) a small black plastic bag down by the water,

then another and another and another. Somebody – or perhaps many people – 8___________

(throw) these bin bags down there, full of old clothes, bits of food, paper, tins, bottles and all

sorts of unpleasant things. Looking at the bags, suddenly I 9___________ (feel) inspired and
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___________ (begin) to write. I 11___________ (describe) the scene in detail, and hurried

home to email my poem to a publisher as soon as I 12___________ (can). When the reply
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___________ (come) I 14___________ (already/ think) about how rich and famous I would

be and I 15___________ (read) the reply excitedly: ‘Dear Mr Pinter, Let me be honest. Your

poem is not only about rubbish, it is rubbish. Best Regards, Jonathan Cutter.’

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2 Complete the sentences with the missing words.

I can see a sign but I can’t m a k e o u t what it says.

1 After the accident he _ i _ _ e _ badly when he walked.

2 He looked so strange I couldn’t help but _ _ _ r _ at him.

3 He just sat there and _ _ n _ _ r _ _ what to do next.

4 We _ a _ _ e _ _ u _ to her but she didn’t hear us.

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3 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in capital letters.

I have a very good relationship with my brother. RELATION

1 I’m terribly forgetful but luckily my boss is very _________ of it. TOLERATE

2 As a writer, he’s not very _________, you never know what he’ll produce. CONSIST

3 I love that film. There are so many wonderful _________ in it. PERFORM

4 Well, does anybody have any _________ as to how to deal with the problem? SUGGEST

5 This instruction manual is in Chinese! It’s completely _________. USE

6 Recent medical _________ have given hope of better medicines to deal with a number of

diseases. DEVELOP

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4 Complete the sentences with the adverbs from the box. There is one extra adverb that
you do not need.

gradually rudely continuously slightly nervously eerily strongly

Outside, it was cold but she opened the window slightly to let in some air.

1 A light rain fell _________ from morning to night.

2 The old house was _________ quiet and she felt afraid.

3 At first things were very tense but then _________ we started to relax.

4 Afraid that it might be bad news, she _________ picked up the phone.

5 ‘What do you think you’re doing?’ he asked _________.

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