ENGLISH TEST

PART 1
Read the text and complete each blank with ONE suitable word from the list
supplied. Then write your answers in the answers sheet. Each word can be
used only ONCE. Three of these words are not to be used. The first one has
been done as an example.

VETERINARIANS TRY ACUPUNCTURE

As alternative approaches like acupuncture and herbal (0) REMEDIES

(Example) have moved into the mainstream for humans, veterinarians
have made those same techniques (1) __________ available for pets. Animal-
care officials say pet owners have been convinced by their own positive
experiences that their pets should also enjoy the (2) __________ of
alternative techniques. “Seeing is believing,” said Ms Wortman, a pets
hospital administrator, standing near a row of scented candles on the new
clinic reception desk. A Japanese fountain, soft lights and walls painted in
soft tones increase the calming atmosphere of the clinic, which has a 24-
hour-a-day (3) __________ room for pets. The renovations have a (4)
__________ effect on pets and it is just as important to create a setting where
owners also (5) __________ relaxed. Still the push for the new treatments –
also known as holistic or complementary medicine – has not come so much
from vets, whose medical training is still acquired in the rigours of the
Western scientific tradition. Despite broadening acceptance, alternative
medicine for animals faces (6) __________. The American Veterinary Medical
Association said in recent guidelines on alternative medical techniques for
animals that the organization is “open to their consideration.” But it
stressed that the quality of research into different methods varies, saying
some practices “may (7) __________ from current scientific knowledge.” An
animal acupuncturist said one positive experience with alternative
techniques can be enough to convince (8) __________. Ms Chartrand treats
her cat with aromatherapy when she gets sick. “I do holistic things for my
body. So I thought, (9) __________ exciting that they’re doing this for
animals.”

BELIEVERS DOUBTERS SKEPTICISM WHAT BENEFITS

EMERGENGY
INCREASINGLY STRESSFUL DIFFER FEEL REMEDIES THERAPEUTIC
HOW

PART 2.
Choose the best option A, B or C
10. How many people _________ in 17. We __________ got two
your family? children
A. are they A. haven´t
B. Is B. don´t have
C. are there C. hasn´t

11. What time is it? 18. __________ Bogotá?

A. Ten and a quarter A. Since when you live in
B. a quarter past ten B. How much time you are living in
C. fifteen after 10 o´clock C. How long have you been living in

12. How much __________ where 19. Bogotá is the most attractive
you live? city __________
A. do houses cost A. I´ve ever seen
B. does houses cost B. I´ve never seen
C. cost houses C. That I saw already

13. What__________ in London last 20. I´m sorry. I haven´t done my

weekend? report__________
A. you are doing A. yet
B. did you B. until the present
C. did you do C. already

14. I´m going to Acampo 21. __________, what would you

__________ some food. spend it on?
A. to buy A. If you had a lot of money
B. for to buy B. If you will have a lot of money
C. for buy C. If you have a lot of money

15. What time __________ 22. When I lived in France,

tomorrow? I__________ a lot of wine
A. do you leave A. was used to drink
B. you are going to leave B. used to drinking
C. are you going to leave C. used to drink

16. We´re having a party at 23. I __________ my sister on

__________ Friday.
A. the Andrea´s house A. am visiting
B. a house of Andrea B. will visit
C. Andrea´s house C. visit
Answers
PART 1
1. Increasingly
2. Benefits
3. Emergency
4. Therapeutic
5. Feel
6. Skepticism
7. Differ
8. Doubters
9. How

PART 2
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11. B
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. A

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