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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).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Exampl
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B waited C expected D predicted
mae cD
VINYL ATTRACTION
Nobody ever really (0)... my Uncle Peter to make a lot of money. When he (1)
school, he didn’t have any plans for a future career, and he got a job in a
second-hand record shop that was supposed to be temporary. Peter's mother
couldn't (2)... it. Her other two children had both (3) ... to get places at university,
and she was quite (4) ... hat a young person needed a good education to get on in
life. To (5)... things even worse, this was the time when records made of vinyl were
being phased out, and everyone wanted to buy CDs. It looked as though Uncle Peter
‘would soon be looking for (6)... somewhere else.
And then, all of a (7) ..., Unele Peter's luck changed. He announced he was going to
start collecting records and set (8) .... a mail order business selling rare records. |
have to admit that nobody really (9)... him seriously at first. We just couldn't believe
that old records would ever have any (10) .... again. Who would be interested in a
technology that's out of (11) .... ? Vinyl records have since become collectors’
(12)... and Unele Peter is now a very rich man,
1 Acompleted —_B concluded Cleft Dended
2 Acomeover —_B take over € get over D pass over
3 Aachieved B succeeded Caccomplished —D managed
4 Aconvinced ——_B persuaded Cdetermined —__D convicted
5 Aget B make bring Drive
6 Awork Bijob C career D profession
7 Ronce B moment C sudden D minute
8 Aup Bout Coff Din
9 Atook B believed C thought D gave
10 Aworth B price Ccost D value
11 Atime B period Cote Depoch
12 Aobjects B items C things D possessions
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PAPER 4 Listening
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For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0)
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example: [0] WHO
AGRICULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Professor Emma Thomas is an archaeologist (0)... Specialises in the study of the
Neolithic and Mesolithic periods. The Mes period extended from 9,000
(13) 5,200 years ago, and the Neolithic period came after that, lasting until
about 2,500 BC. Human beings were living in Britain during (14) of these
periods.
Professor Thomas and her colleagues have been involved (16) ...... the analysis of
stone age skeletons to discover more about (16) ...... way Ancient Britons lived.
“Studying bones can tell us (17) deal about our ancestors,’ says Professor
‘Thomas. ‘We know for a fact that Mesolithic people ate a seafood diet, while Neolithic
People had a preference (18)... plants and animals, We are what we eat, and the
change from fish to meat is recorded in the bones.’
Itis still a mystery why people just gave (19) eating fish. One explanation might
be the influence of migrants from Europe, (20) ........ brought new ideas over to
Britain. “Ancient Britons changed their diet after the Europeans arrived,’ says
Professor Thomas. ‘It was a time of big changes. (21) ancestors stopped
hunting and started growing crops. Farming methods (22) Imported from
Europe. People would no longer rely (23) ...... wild foods; they could control what
‘they ate and what they grew.’ This marked the beginning of agriculture (24)
Britain,
reat
FOE Test 3 >> PAPER 3 Use of Englisn >» Part2 51For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example
at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example: [0 "ANNOUNCEMENT
Sailing away
‘One Sunday morning Aunt Emily made an (0) ........ She
told us (25) ..... that she was going to take us on a cruisel
| was surprised, knowing how (26)... a holiday like that
‘could be. We weren't a (27) family, but we had put some
‘money aside over the years, 50 in the end we used some of our
(28) «nn for the holiday.
‘When the day of our (29)
and thrilled to see how huge and (30) ..
‘Our cruise liner sailed el
began. But it was such a (31)
lly came, we were delighted
. the ship looked.
jantly out to sea and our holiday
'
‘There was so little to do on board. The (82)... almost drove
us mad. We visited several ports, but we didn’t have the (83) ns
to do what we wanted. We had to follow a very tight schedule of
guided tours and visits to museums. It was a (84)... holiday!
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For questions 35-42, complete the socond sentence so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You
‘must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an
example (0)
Example: 0 I'll be vory happy when I go on holiday.
FORWARD
tam on holiday.
‘The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’ so you write:
[0] LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet,
35 ‘I'm sorry I'm late again,’ he said.
APOLOGISED
Ho
36 She looks like my cousin Mary.
REMINDS
She ‘my cousin Mary.
37 If you have enough money for the fare, why not travel first class?
AFFORD
Ifyou .. why not travel first class?
38 Someone is going to redecorate the kitchen for us next month,
HAVE
We are going
39. Could you speak up because | can't hear you properly?
MIND
Would ns . up because I can't hear you properly?
40 My grandmother became deaf when she was about 60.
SINCE
My grandmother ..
she was about 60.
41 We advise customers to buy their tickets in advance.
‘ADVISED
Customers ....
42 It’s such a pity | didn’t see that film on television last night.
wish
Wee ~~ that film on television last night.
FOE Test 5») PAPER 3 Use of English >> Forts 531