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ENGLISH IN USE
10p 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given.
1. My parents last spoke to me a month ago.
I .. my parents for a month. HEARD
2. Perhaps your family left early last night.
Your family ......last night.HAVE
3. Lets play backgammon, he said.
He ..backgammon.SUGGESTED
4. This is the town where he was born.
This is the ... born. IN
5. We ate everything except the dessert.
The only thing ........... the dessert. EAT
10p 2. Read the text and use the words given in capitals to form words that fit in the numbered
gaps. The words are given in the order in which you need to use them.
1. FRIEND 2. STRENGTH 3. ACTION 4. LITTLE 5. CONTRIBUTE
6. WILLING 7. NECESSARY 8. REAL 9. PHILOSOPHY 10. MEASURE
True (1) ... depends on give and take. But what does this really mean? Some
people (2) ... believe that friendship is a (3) ...in which each
partner gives something to the other. According to this model, what each friend contributes is
measured and compared to make sure that the relationship is equal. If one friend gives (4)
... than the other, there is a problem. By contrast, others argue that no two people
are ever exactly the same; so, there will never be equal (5) ... . But there can be
an equal (6) ... to help and support each other. This is a different model of give
and take. It depends on equal attitudes but not (7)...equal actions. This model
may be more flexible and (8) ... than the first one, but it is also more (9)
... . However, some still doubt that human relationships can ever be perfectly (10)
... .
10p 4. Fill the gaps in the text below with ONE suitable word.
Thousands of love padlocks fixed to an ancient bridge in Rome, the Italian capital, have been cut
off to save the structure (1) . damage. For years teenage lovers (2)
. Written their initials on padlocks and locked them to the bridge. They have then
sworn eternal love for each other and (3) . the key into the Tiber river below. The
habit has also become popular at other bridges around the world, particularly in Paris. The padlock
idea was first inspired by characters in the 2006 Italian teenage novel I Want You by Federico
Moccia. In the book, a young couple place a bicycle lock around a lamppost on the Milvian bridge
and throw the key into (4) . Tiber. The famous bridge was first built in 206 BC and
is one of the oldest in Rome. It was the scene of an important Roman battle in AD 312. In 2007 a
lamppost on the ancient bridge nearly collapsed under the (5). of the love
padlocks and special posts were put (6) . for the locks. But last month officials said
enough was (7) . . We decided to remove the padlocks to restore decorum to the
bridge, said the local area president, Gianni Giacomini. (8) . The habit started, the
residential neighbourhood has become a busy centre for late-night bars and city officials said that
86% of local people wanted the (9) . to go. They promised to give the padlocks a
place in a Rome museum and said they (10) . create a spot near the bridge where
locks could be left in future.