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Choose the correct answer: 1. This cake is not .. good the cake my mother makes at home. A) more / than D) such / that B) so / that C) on / at E) as / as Com"lete the conversations: 11. 1ve : ,ow long have you been out of work2 3yron: -m not out of work now. -ve #ust started a new #ob. 1ve: 3yron: answered an advert in the "a"er. A) (ave you had any experience) B) *hat sort of occupation did you have in mind before you started the !ob) C) (ow did you find the !ob) D) Is it a full+time !ob in a newspaper) E) (ow did you lose your previous !ob) 12. Thomas: -m hungry! -ll get two hamburgers and a coke. 4ould you like something to eat2 5ulia : . Thomas: )h! how about a cu" of tea then2 5ulia : 6ure! why not. A) I don,t want anything to eat B) -hat sounds good. I want the same/ C) I,m afraid I haven,t had anything to drin#/ D) *hat do you mean) E) 0es. please/ I haven,t eaten anything since yesterday/ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Choose the best o"tion: 13. 7ou haven-t been able to study and the teacher asks you a 8uestion that you can-t answer. 7ou give your e'cuse to the teacher a"ologetically: A) *hy do you always as# me) B) I won,t answer your uestion/ As# another student/ C) Excuse me. sir/ I had a headache and I couldn,t study/ D) I didn,t study/ I #now I,m going to fail anyway/ E) 1y father told me not to study. so I didn,t/ 1$. 7ou borrowed your sister-s camera without her "ermission and you broke it. 7ou try to a"ologi9e to her and say that you will get it re"aired soon! but she critici9es you for taking it without asking and says: A) I,m terribly sorry2 I,ll buy you another one soon/ B) 0ou should have let me #now before borrowing it/ -hen it would have been less upsetting for me/ C) Don,t worry2 you are always doing the same thing/ I,m used to it/ D) If it were a good camera. it wouldn,t have bro#en down/ E) *hy don,t you get it repaired for yourself and I will buy a new one for myself/ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 nsert the most suitable sentence: 1%. :ong ago the "eo"le of the 6outh 6eas sailed the &acific )cean in giant canoes. .. . Today these islands are known as )ceania. The 2% /// islands in )ceania are very small and only a few thousand are inhabited. A) -hey traveled great distances and settled on thousands of islands. including (awaii/ B) (owever. in 3456 7ueen 1ary agreed to give up her throne to protect her people from overseas threats/ C) *hen people from places all over the world come to live in the 8/'/A/ they enrich the nation/ D) -he culture of the island is uni ue/ E) -he 7ueen is remembered today for her bravery and struggle to #eep (awaii from being ta#en over by foreign settlers/

2. After one year the university he gave .. his studies because his family moved .. another country. A) in / out / up B) at / up / to C) for / off / in D) by / away / into E) with / out / towards 3. f you .. not to tell anyone else! much "aid for the #ewelry. you how

A) would promise / will be telling B) promised / shall tell C) promise / will tell D) had promised / tell E) have promised / would have told $. n recent years! modern farming .. to many "arts of the world. A) expanded C) will be expanding E) will have expanded B) expands D) has expanded

%. &rimary education from the age of si' is in many countries. A) abolished B) deceitful C) obligatory D) privileged E) informal (. )nly a mechanic can estimate the true of the damage to the car. A) depth B) extent C) access D) admission E) excess

*. f human beings come too close to a nest! the birds it tem"orarily. A) disperse D) sweep B) offend C) evacuate E) abandon

+. ,e was from his #ob for not coming "unctually every day at nine o-clock. A) deprived B) retired C) promoted D) frustrated E) dismissed Choose the sentence: .. As soon as answer that best com"letes the

"honed her .. .

A) I would hope to get a telephone call from her B) she had waited at the station for over an hour C) I would have told her what to do D) she was very determined to uit her !ob E) I apologi"ed for my mista#e 1/. ! decided to get a ta'i.

A) As I had no idea about the identity of the driver B) $eali"ing I would never get on a bus during this rush hour C) %o matter how practical it may seem D) &nce I understood that it would ta#e me very few minutes to wal# to wor# E) 'o beautiful was the weather that

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1(. n fact! the s"ider is a great engineer. . . n a lifetime a single s"ider will "roduce several kilometers of it. They use it to catch food. They use it to wra" their eggs. And many s"iders use it as a lifeline! which sto"s them from falling. A) 'piders produce sil# of strength . but only 9/99: millimeters thic#/ B) -a#e the spider web for example. it is so common and can be found in every garden/ C) It also bites and its bite is poisonous/ D) It is valuable to man because it eats large amounts of insects/ E) -he radials of the web are connected between the base lines and the centre of the web/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ncome in the ;.6. is distributed une8ually. Although the ;.6. is considered to be a middle0class society! the "oorest of the country earn only % "ercent of the income while the richest earn $$ "ercent of the income. n 1..+! 11 "ercent of ;.6. adults and 21 "ercent of ;.6. children were at "overty levels. <any of these "eo"le lack the education necessary to hold down a #ob in this technological society. &rices for necessities like food and housing have increased more ra"idly than the minimum wage. Conse8uently! the "oor have become "oorer in terms of their ability to "ay for these necessities. 1*. The main to"ic of the "assage is the . . A) rich living in the 8/'/ B) poverty of poor children C) une ual distribution of income in the 8/'/ D) reason why the government provides food for the poor E) ideal life of American citi"ens 1+. According to the "assage! being well0educated is essential to . A) find a good !ob B) improve the understanding of society C) overcome the problems of the environment D) get food and shelter E) distribute the income evenly +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Choose the best sentence to com"lete the dialogue: 1.. Ann: .. 3rian: =o! that-s not necessary> A) Could you bring some more material) B) Can you help me) C) 'hall I pac# your suitcase) D) Do you have any problem) E) Is my partial success important for you) 2/. A: . 3: Two miles downstream. A) Couldn,t it be built near here) B) (ow long does it ta#e to get there) C) -he roc# formation here is suitable. isn,t it) D) Do you thin# it is a long way from ;ondon to ;eeds) E) *here will the new bridge be constructed) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks in the te't: Cuba has great "otential resources! both agricultural and mineral! but it-s mainly ?21@ that ?22@ .. . The island is in normal years the world-s largest "roducer of sugar! ?23@ . only by the Aussian Bederation. 4hen Castro came to "ower! Cuban sugar accounted for about one0fifth of world "roduction and one0third of world e'"orts. The climate and ?2$@ of the soil of Cuba are very well suited for sugar0cane! and the island was ?2%@ .. source of su""ly to the ;nited 6tates. 21. A) one B) the further C) the former D) latest E) the later

22. A) was developed B) has been developed C) have developed D) has developed E) have been developed 23. A) rivalled B) rivaling D) has rivaled 2$. A) many D) none C) was rivalled E) rivals

B) much C) the number E) plenty

2%. A) the nearest B) more C) nearer D) much more near E) the most +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bind the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in bold: 2(. left her a note last time in case she thought someone had "inched her watch. A) I left her a note last time so that she would thin# someone had pinched her watch/ B) 'o as to avoid misunderstanding. I left her a note last time saying that someone had pinched her watch/ C) A note left by me last time could have prevented her from thin#ing that someone had pinched her watch/ D) If only I had left her a note last time. then she wouldn,t thin# someone had pinched her watch/ E) I left her a note last time. otherwise she might have thought someone had pinched her watch/ 2*. To me! the weather never seems as bad abroad as it does at home. A) <or me nowhere abroad is the weather more pleasant than it is at home/ B) -he weather always seems better abroad than it,s at home to me/ C) I don,t expect the weather to be worse abroad than at home/ D) *hen compared to the pleasant weather abroad the weather at home seems uite better to me/ E) Everywhere I,ve been. the weather doesn,t seem any better than it,s at home/