Task 1. Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences.

(40 points)
e.g. The ________ eat a lot of fish.
A Japaneses Japanese C Japanese people
1. Jacks just bought a ________ sports car.
A red new fantastic fantastic new red C new red fantastic
2. ________ are friendly, hard-working people.
A A Pole The Poles C Polish
3. Jack ________ because he was so hungry.
A ate quickly quickly ate C ate quick
4. ________ has joined our English class.
A A Chinese Chinese girl C A Chinese girl
5. I think the ________ skirt suits you best.
A green long silk long green silk C silk long green
6. I didnt want to go home because the party ________.
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6. I didnt want to go home because the party ________.
A hadnt been finishing didnt finish C hadnt finished
7. My sister ________coffee.
A doesnt usually drink doesnt drink usually C usually doesnt drink
8. Michaels ________ for work.
A always late late always C lately always
9. My grandparents have a(n) ________ cottage in the country.
A old lovely little lovely little old C little old lovely
10. Ben ________ with Karen for two years when he asked her to marry him.
A had gone out had been going out C has been going out
11. When I got to the theatre, I realized I ________ the tickets at home.
A had left had been leaving C left
12. My little brother ________ about his birthday party.
A extremely excited is is excited extremely C is extremely excited
13. I met my husband when I ________ English in Lithuania.
A taught had taught C was teaching
14. He got out of the car and ________ into the bank.
A was running had run C ran
15. We ________ the exam for about an hour, when the fire alarm went off.
A done d been doing C were doing
16. The government should do more to help ________.
A poor the poor C the poor people
17. Ill take ________, please.
A the green ones the green C the ones green
18. I worked ________ that I finished the job early.
A such hard so hard C so hardly A such hard so hard C so hardly
19. I was at work ________.
A all yesterday day yesterday all day C all day yesterday
20. That was ________ amazing play Ill have to go and see it again.
A a so a such C such an
Task 2. (40 points)
a) Choose the correct word, A, B or C.
21. Its a musical instrument that you hit with sticks.
A piano b drums C trumpet
22. Its somebody who sings or plays an instrument on their own.
A soloist cellist C conductor
23. It describes music that makes you want to cry.
A monotonous catchy C moving
24. Its a group of musicians that play together.
A orchestra choir C beat
25. It describes somebody who sings the wrong notes.
A blow your own trumpet have a good ear for music C out of tune
26. Its a person who writes music.
A conductor composer C drummer
b) Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences.
e.g. I dont drink coffee late at night because it ________ awake.
keeps makes C leaves
27. People who travel through time zones are often ________. 27. People who travel through time zones are often ________.
A jet-lagged sleepy C awake
28. The ________ decided to change the front page of the newspaper at the last minute.
A reporter editor C presenter
29. I went to see the film because it had such good ______.
A forecasts critics C reviews
30. I was so tired last night, I slept like a ________.
A stone horse C log
31. If you want to be a ________, you have to be well-dressed and comfortable on TV.
A newsreader commentator C photographer
32. I forgot to ________ my alarm clock, so I didnt wake up until eight oclock.
A do set C put
33. I caught ________ a very old friend at the weekend.
A up up with C over
34. The article wasnt ______ I spotted a lot of mistakes.
A biased accurate C sensational
35. I like doing the ________ at the back of the newspaper every day.
A crossword cartoon C horoscope
36. I prefer sleeping under a thick ________ during the winter months.
A pillow sheet C duvet
37. The company had a large ______ in the Sunday papers.
A forecast advertisement C cartoon
38. Im lucky because I usually ________ asleep as soon as I get into bed.
A keep drop C fall
39. My parents have a ________ in the afternoon, but I prefer not to sleep.
A yawn nap C nightmare A yawn nap C nightmare
40. The article was definitely ________. There was information missing.
A censored reported C advertised
Task 3. Read the article and choose A, B or C. (20 points)
e.g. According to the writer, when people hear survival stories __________.
A they imagine what they would have done
they dont believe them
they enjoy them more than other stories
41. What does the writer not say about the Marathon des Sables?
A It makes you feel incredibly excited.
It gives you a real sense of achievement.
C Its extremely difficult.
42. When Marco competed in the Marathon des Sables in 1996 __________.
A he used a new route
it wasnt the first time he had competed
C it was the hottest weather ever
43. Why couldnt Marco find his way back to the course?
A He had no way of knowing which way to go.
He was having strange visions from lack of water.
C He was too tired to concentrate on where he was going.
44. Marco attempted suicide because __________.
A he knew someone who had died of thirst A he knew someone who had died of thirst
he thought itd be better than dying slowly without water
C he thought it was the best thing to do if the pain was too much
45. Marco was rescued __________.
A eight days after he got lost
not far from where he first got lost
C by people who had been looking for him
46. When she agreed to sail the yacht from Tahiti, what did Lynn think the job would be?
A She knew it would be easy.
She expected it to be easy.
C She hoped it would be easy.
47. During the first few days of sailing __________.
A Lynn probably regretted accepting the job
the weather was fine
C Lynn heard that there was bad weather ahead of her
48. Lynn wasnt able to sail the yacht in the hurricane because __________.
A the storm was too strong
she wasnt a good sailor
C the weather changed too quickly
49. How did Lynn survive?
A Shed tied herself to the yacht.
The boat wasnt the wrong way up for long.
C She wasnt unconscious for long.
50. Lynn didnt feel like fighting to survive because __________.
A there wasnt enough food A there wasnt enough food
she thought she was going to die
C she was so depressed
Task3. Reading
Weve all heard amazing stories in which people struggle heroically to survive against all the odds. We
wonder what we would have done in similar impossible situations and find it hard to imagine how these people
found the strength to stay alive. The truth, though, is that not all survivors are quite so heroic. As these two
stories show, the will to survive isnt always so strong.

The marathon runner
Thrilling yet terrifying, the Marathon des Sables is arguably the worlds toughest foot race. Competitors
attempt a six-day 150-mile run across the Sahara desert in temperatures of over 100 degrees. Just imagine
getting lost. That, however, is exactly what happened to an Italian policeman called Marco Contadino, a
regular competitor, when he took part in the race in 1996. A sandstorm developed as he was running, which
covered the marks of the course he was following with sand. Marco should have stopped and waited for the
storm to calm down, but he kept on, desperate to stay in seventh place in the race, only to find that when the
wind dropped he could no longer see the course. He reached for his water bottle and found there were only a
few drops left in the bottom of it.
For three whole days Marco tried to find his way back to the course, with barely any water and no idea what
direction he was heading in. He started to visualize the agonising death he would soon have to face. A friend
had once told him that dying of thirst was the worst of all possible deaths. Fearing such a long and painful
death, he decided to cut his wrists with a knife. But, short of water, his blood was thick and would not flow. In
desperation, he headed out into the desert one more time, expecting to die. Five more days passed until,
miraculously, a group of Tuareg nomads found him and took him to a village. Marco discovered he was in
Algeria, 130 miles away from the race course. Algeria, 130 miles away from the race course.

The yachtswoman
As an experienced sailor, Lynn Walker knows nothing is ever certain on the high seas. However, when she
took on the job of sailing a luxury yacht from Tahiti to San Diego, she must have believed that it would be one
of the less complicated trips she had done. Little did she know that after a week of calm sailing the weather
would change dramatically, bringing a tropical depression from Central America to blast the yacht with 50-foot
waves. Lynn found herself battling against Hurricane Raymond. It was an unequal battle, and the boat soon
turned over.
Lynn was unconscious for a long time. When she did finally come round, she realized that the boat had
miraculously righted itself, and that she had been saved by the lifeline connecting her to the boat. She had
tied it to herself moments before the boat had first gone under the waves. Tragically, she could see Simon,
her boyfriend, lying dead in the water.
There was plenty of food on the boat, and the weather was calm again, but Lynn could only feel an
overwhelming sense of hopelessness. She found that she couldnt eat, and simply sat on the soaking wet
deck. It was as if she had given up, and was waiting to die. Then, all of a sudden, a voice in her head told her
to survive. She managed to put up a makeshift sail, and consulting the surviving charts on the boat, somehow
sailed to Hawaii.