TEST 1

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Seven-year-old Samantha Green (A1) ... a local hero after rescuing an eleven-year-old boy from an icy
death. Local schoolchildren always look forward to the cold months of January and February when they can go
skating on the frozen lake. It seems strange but the children (A2) ... to this dangerous place despite the
warnings of the parents and teachers not to do that.
Though they are aware of the dangers there (A3)... a great number of accidents involving youngsters
lately. It was sunny last Sunday, but Martin Brown (A4) ... no notice of the weather change. Hardly (A5)... six
or seven steps in his new skates when he fell through the ice. Samantha and her friends (A6) ... home when
they heard his cries. They rushed to the lake at once. Knowing it was likely for the ice to crack further,
Samantha crawled towards him on her hands and knees. She got to Martin just in time and he (A7) ... to a safe
place by means of a rope which the children (A8) ... from their scarves.
A1.
1) considered
2) has considered
3) is considering
4) is considered
A2.
1) are drawn
2) had been drawn
3) are drawing
4) have drawn
A3.
1) are
2) were
3) had been
have been
A4.
1) was taken
2) took
3) didn't take
4) hadn't taken
A5.
1) he has made
2) he made
3) had he made
4) was he making
A6.
1) had gone
2) were going
3) went
4) have been going
A7.
1) dragged
2) had dragged
3) was dragged
4) has been dragged
A8.
1) were making
2) have made
3) have been made
4) had made
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Having spent three days trapped on an ice floe ( ), explorer Ben Miller was finally
rescued last night. Wanting to become the first man to walk solo from Canada to (A9) ... North Pole, he set
(A10) ... last April, alone and unaided. Having no way of transporting possessions, he took very little with him
apart from camping equipment, a mobile phone, and a shovel (). made (A11) ... good progress at first
but then experienced a number of setbacks. The longest day of the year was approaching, which meant that the
temperature was starting to rise. The ice gradually started to melt around him preventing him (A12) ... going
forward or back. Feeling desperate, Ben searched around him. He didn't have any advanced technical
equipment, so he had to rely on (A13) ... common sense. He took out his shovel and dug a runway in the ice. He
then took (A14) ... photo of the runway and sent it to a rescue team via his mobile phone. The pilot succeeded
(A15) ... landing on the narrow strip of ice saving Ben (A16) ... almost certain death.
9.
1)
2) an
3) the
4) 10.
1) 2) out
3) up
4) in
A11.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) A12.
1) of
2) off
3) to
4) from
A13.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) A14.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) A15.
1) at
2) with
3) in
4) A16.
1) out of
2) of
3) from
4) against
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17. The hot curry made ... for the iced water.
1) me reaching
2) me reach
3) I reach
4) me to reach
A18. Walking to Jane's office, I stopped ... the way several times.
1) to ask
2) ask
3) asking
4) asked
A19. Mary hired a babysitter... she could go out.
1) so as
2) in order
3) as long as
4) so that
A20. This time you need to think ... about which course you want to do.
1) much more carefully
3) a lot more careful
2) far careful
4) far carefully
A21. The ... speech made a great impression on the soldiers.
1) commander's-in-chief
3) commander-in-chief
2) commander-in-chief s
4) commander's-in-chief s
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22. A great number of recipe books (1) nowadays contains (2) ideas for (3) healthy meals that can be prepared
quickly and easily (4).

A23. The assignment (1) for Monday (2) is to read the chapter two (3) in (4) your textbook.
A24. Its (1) no limit on (2) the amount of money that may be brought into (3) the US (4).
A25. For this exercise, it is best (1) to lay down (2), or sit with both feet (3) on the floor (4).
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Have you ever noticed how compulsive () shoppers are never in a hurry when they are
hunting for something to buy? Now, I don't want to be unkind to these people, but it has always struck me that
this sort of person must, in some ways, be able to (A26) ... up with the most incredible boredom. I, myself, am
an extremely reluctant shopper. I only have to (A27)... a glimpse of the window of a large department store as I
flash past in a taxi and I am immediately seized by a desire to be a million miles away.
To be (A28) ..., I think it has something to (A29) ... with the fact that I was once wrongly (A30) ... of
shop-lifting. It (A31) ... without saying that I was completely innocent of the charge of stealing anything, but
the experience left me with the feeling of unfairness and helplessness. Even now I sometimes have nightmares
about (A32) ... in vain to ruthless detectives that I was not a shop-lifter.
A26.
1) put
2) get
3) catch
4) make
A27.
1) throw
2) catch
3) note
4) notice
A28.
1) true
2) right
3) reliable
4) honest
A29.
1) be
2) do
3) put
4) go
A30.
1) guilty
2) fined
3) accused
4) criticised
A31.
1) has
2) makes
3) does
4) goes
A32.
1) persuading
2) asking
3) protesting
4) arguing
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33. I can't stop worrying about my exam tomorrow.
1) So can I.
2) I'm sure you'll do well.
3) Can you?
4) You never are.
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34. That would be great. Thanks a lot.
1) Would you please help me?
2) Would you mind telling me what you're doing in here?
3) Wouldn't it be great if I could go abroad?
4) Would you like a lift to the station?
35. Shouldn't I?
1) You should come back a little earlier.
2) You'd better stay at home tonight.
3) You shouldn't take more than three of those pills a day.
4) You won't have finished the job by next Monday, I'm afraid.
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1. One day last summer, when Joey had been arrested yet again for yet another burglary, his solicitor
went down to the police station to see him. He sat down opposite him in the interview room, sighed and asked
him straight: "Joey, why do you do it?" And Joey looked straight back and told him, "I dunno. It's money you
know..." Joey was then 11 years old. Soon afterwards, he became famous when, in October last year, he was
locked away in a secure unit ( ) outside Leeds where he was three years younger than any other
inmate ().
2. Joey grew up with his father, Gerry, a Southern Irish labourer who has not worked regularly for
years, and his mother, Maureen, also Irish and barely literate. The neighbours remember Joey playing in the
street, running around with his two smaller brothers, banging on the door to ask for cigarettes for Gerry. They
say he was a nice kid. They remember him cutting school, too, and thieving, but they don't remember it well.
Gerry says he's not too sure when Joey first broke the law. He thinks he stole some crisps for dinner when he
was four. In Gerry's family, there has often been trouble with the law: minor crimes, the occasional fight, a
succession of brothers and uncles behind bars.
3. By the time he was 10, thieving was the only game Joey knew. He had 35 arrests behind him and the
social workers decided he had to be locked up. They had tried taking him into care but he had simply walked
out of the homes where they put him so he was sent to the secure unit at East Moor outside Leeds. He liked it
there. It is not like a prison. It is more like a school with extra keys. Hidden there, far from his usual

environment, he was a child again. He played with lego. He practised writing. He woke up feeling ill in the
night and cried on the principal's shoulder.
4. Joey is due to be released from the secure unit in February. Everyone who has dealt with him is sure
that he will go straight back to his old ways. They have two options: lock him up or let him go. Everyone
knows the danger of locking up a child: it floats him in a pool with older criminals. Yet letting him go is no
better, not when it means returning to the dirty streets of the city. Joey is not the only child like this. Every
English city has them. Joey just happens to be the famous one. He's bright and he's brave and the psychiatrists
agree he is normal. He is, by nature, anxious to please. In the secure unit now, he conforms with everything
around him. If you throw a child into the sea, it will drown. If you throw it into an English ghetto, it will grow
up like Joey.
A36. Joey became famous because
1) he had committed so many burglaries.
2) he was always being arrested.
3) he was the youngest inmate in the secure unit.
A37. What can the neighbours recall about Joey?
1) He smoked cigarettes.
2) He was a bully.
3) He ignored school.
A38. Why was it decided that Joey should go to a secure unit?
1) He refused to give up thieving.
2) He kept running away from the homes.
3) He was too old for the children's home.
A39. What does the writer think is the main cause of Joey's behaviour?
1) He is a victim of his own circumstances.
2) He has been forced to behave in an anti-social way.
3) He has been badly treated by the police.
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40. environment (3)
1) scenery
2) ecology
3) company
A41. anxious (4)
1) afraid
2) disinterested
3) willing
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42. They had tried taking him into care .... (3)
1) ....
2) ....
3) ....
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(43)____I studied Theatre Arts at university and had intended to end up working as a stage manager
in a theatre. However, during one summer holiday I did some voluntary work with a children's theatre group
and I met a number of casting agents - people whose job it is to look for children to take part in any new
production. They do this by holding auditions - which are rather like interviews - where they can assess a
child's acting ability.
(44)____It was fascinating sitting in on the auditions. Children whom I thought were brilliant, who
could sing and dance and had such confidence were not always the ones who got the parts. The casting agents
would explain that one of the things they were looking for was how photogenic the child would appear in front
of the camera, so each audition is videoed and watched on a monitor at the same time as the child is performing
live.
(A45)____Three people usually sat in on each audition and the director made the final decision. The
schedule was always very tight and auditions were held in a different place each day for a period of up to two
weeks at a time. So they were constantly on the move and might audition up to a hundred young hopefuls in
one day. I spent two days accompanying children to these auditions, and it was that experience that attracted me
to the profession. However, when I first left university I worked as a personal assistant to the Production
Manager of a children's animation and cartoon company. Then one day I heard that a TV company was looking
for a casting agent and I applied for and got the job. (A46)____I was prepared for the hard work and the travel
but one thing that I was completely unprepared for was the emotional strain of the job. You arrive at the hall

where the auditions are being held to be greeted by hundreds of young people all desperate to be chosen. And
sometimes, however good they are, they are simply not right for the part, so you end up disappointing the vast
majority of these kids.
(A47)____In an ideal world you'd like to be able to offer everyone a job. But it is a very competitive
world and if you can't survive these knocks early on when you're still a teenager, the chances are you've picked
the wrong profession. But if you believe in yourself and you can cope with these setbacks, it is worth
auditioning over and over again. Sometimes people wait years before they get through an audition and there are
no guarantees that you'll succeed in this business.
(A48)____But on the positive side there's enormous job satisfaction to be gained from choosing the
right actors for a new production. I know that all the hours I've spent this last month will have been worth it
when the first episode of this new soap is broadcast, and perhaps some of these new young faces will go on to
become big names in the years ahead.
43-45 (1-4).
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1) Selecting the final cast for a new soap opera
2) The purpose of an audition
3) Looking good on the screen
4) The pressures in holding auditions
46-48 (1-4).
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1) Choosing an alternative career
2) Determination is essential
3) Chance of stardom in future
4) Turning down promising actors

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PUBLIC, AMBITION, AIM, DETERMINE
Hollywood star Bubbles Pratt claims that it was never her intention to become so famous. It all
happened accidentally, she says in an interview in Why? magazine. According to Bubbles, she wasn't (B1) ...
and in fact when she was younger she led a rather (B2) ... life. She just wanted to enjoy herself and before she
found fame she didn't have the (B3) ... to reach the top. She says that she never looked for (B4) ... intentionally.
(B5-B6).
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5. It was clear that I would not make it to the play on time. I tried to call to my girlfriend, but she had
already left home! I got to the theatre during which the interval in the play. I went in and my girlfriend was
sitting in her seat!
B6.I asked her how she had got in. She said that she started getting there very worried when she realised I
was late. She thought that it would be stupid to wait outside, so she went to the box office and luckily they
were able to tell her which seats I had bought and let her in. So at least one of us saw it the whole musical!
(B7-B9). ,
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Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholic, many of the festivals that they take (B7) ... in
are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (B8) ... to practise and more modern Christian elements. (B9)
... was perhaps the Mayas' ability to adapt and change that made it possible for them to survive to the present
day.
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10.I wouldn't want () of my parents to know I have a boyfriend.
B11. Read this and tell me if it () sense.
B12. Little is known about the accident, ( )?