PART I.

LISTENING
Question 1. Listen to the passage and then fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS. (20 pts)
Cavers explore the underground places such as mines and (1) …………………….. as well as
caves.
When cavers camp underground, they choose places which have both space and (2)
………………… available.
In the UK, the place Mike likes best for caving is (3) ………………………. .
As a physical activity, Mike compares caving to (4) ……………………….. .
Cavers can pay as much as £20 for a suitable (5) ………………………….. .
Cavers can pay as much as £50 for the right kind of (6) ………………………, which is worn on
the head.
Mike recommends buying expensive (7) ……………………….. to avoid having accidents.
Caving is a sport for people of (8) ………………………….. and backgrounds.
Some caves in Britain are called “places of (9) …………………………” .
The need for safety explains why people don’t organise caving (10) …………. .
Your answers:
1. ……………………………………. 6. …………………………………….
2. ……………………………………. 7. …………………………………….
3. ……………………………………. 8. …………………………………….
4. ……………………………………. 9. …………………………………….
5. ……………………………………. 10. ……………………………………

Question 2. Complete the table below, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer. (10 pts)
Apartments Facilities Other information Cost
Rose Garden Studio flat Example: £219
Apartments Entertainment programme:
Greek dancing
Blue Bay Apartments large salt-water - just (1) ………… metres from £275
swimming pool beach
- near shop
(2) ……………… terrace watersports £490
Apartments
The Grand - Greek paintings - overlooking (4) ………….. (5) £ ………………
- (3) ………….. - near a supermarket and a disco
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
Question 3. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the
following questions. (10 pts)
1. How often does Sarah paint now?
A. three days a week B. five days a week
C. every evening D. Once a month
2. Sarah earns enough money from her painting to ……………………… .
A. give up her computing job B. pay for her flat and car
C. pay for her artist’s materials D. travel around the world
3. What pleased Sarah most about her painting holidays?
A. seeing beautiful scenery B. meeting other artists
C. receiving individual teaching D. going hiking
4. Which of these has Sarah done?
A. painted people in Greece B. painted sunrises in Scotland
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5. After watching Sarah’s video, the audience will ………………………… .
A. fill in a questionnaire about the talk B. look round an art exhibition
C. have a break and a drink D. paint birds in natural habitats
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
PART II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Question 4. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below. (20 pts)
1. ……………… gene in the human genome to be thoroughly understood, many human diseases could
be cured or prevented.
A. Each B. Since C. If each D. Were each
2. It could have been a lot worse …………………… there.
A. when he had not been B. for he had not been
C. whether or not he had been D. had he not been
3. Professor Alan insisted that every student ……………… their report by Friday.
A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. had finished
4. At school he had a good academic record, also ……………… at sports.
A. prevailed B. excelled C. surpassed D. achieved
5. They are unlikely to find any new evidence because so much time has ……………… since the crime.
A. spanned B. postponed C. lapsed D. elapsed
6. My mother ……… when she found out that I’d forgotten to do the washing-up again.
A. stood her ground B. hit the ceiling
C. felt off color D. made my blood boil
7. Only during the early 20th century ……………… in the United State.
A. liquor was prohibited then B. that liquor was prohibited
C. was liquor prohibited D. when liquor was prohibited
8. ……………… a scholarship, I entered the frightening and unknown territory of private education.
A. to award B. to be awarded C. having awarded D. having been awarded
9. Jane was full of ……………… towards her stepmother.
A. retribution B. resentment C. reprisal D. vengeance
10. I caught the last bus by the skin of my ……………… .
A. teeth B. leg C. neck D. mouth
11. I read the contract again and again ……………… avoiding making spelling mistakes.
A. in terms of B. with a view to C. by means of D. in view of
12. The confident trickster ……………… the old lady out of her life savings.
A. swindled B. robbed C. deceived D. misled
13. It was with a ……………… heart that she said goodbye to all her colleagues.
A. solemn B. heavy C. dismal D. grim
14. In front of the gate ……………… the guard.
A. did B. does C. did stand D. stood
15. They live in a very ……………………. populated area of Italy.
A. sparsely B. scarcely C. hardly D. barely
16. He was given a full set of golf …………………… as a retirement present
A. bats B. clubs C. sticks D. posts
17. ……………… I can’t make the presentation myself, I’ve asked my assistant to be prepared to do it
for me.
A. For B. In the event that C. Only if D. On the other hand
18. The current political …………… of our country is favorable for foreign investment.
A. climate B. weather C. temperature D. state
19. Someone who is out of work and claiming money from the government can be said to be
……………… .
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20. ………………, he felt so unhappy and lonely.
A. Despite of his riches B. Rich as was he
C. Rich though he was D. Despite of the fact that he was rich
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ………..…
11. …………… 12. ………… 13. ………… 14. ………… 15. ..…………
16. …………… 17. ………… 18. ………… 19. ………… 20. ………..…
Question 5. Give the correct form of the words in parentheses. (10 pts)
1. It’s undeniable that the (DIAGNOSE)……………… of the local incompetent healer was responsible
for her sudden death.
2. We won’t be allowed onto the ferry because it had been (BOOK) ……………… .
3. A renewable resource is one that may be replaced overtime by natural process or is (EXHAUST)
……………… .
4. It is said that the problem of rapid climate change has been caused by too drastic (FOREST)
……………… .
5. The mother of the child hurried (BREATH) ………… to her neighborhood drugstore.
6. It was found that some aromas made people feel drowsy, others made them feel (LIFT)
……………… .
7. The workers who were (SIZE) ……………… during the recession badly need help from the
government.
8. Jack was accused of stealing some (CONFIDENT) …………… documents.
9. She was so surprised that she was unable to speak. She was (SPEECH) …………… with surprise.
10. Many people who wanted tickets were disappointed because the organisers had (ESTIMATE)
…………… the singer’s popularity.
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ………..…

Question 6. Each sentence has ONE mistake, find out and correct it. There is an example at the
beginning. (10 pts)
Example: If it rain, we won’t go out tonight.
rain → rains
1. Never in the history of humanity has there been more people living on this relatively small planet.
2. When the U.S. government’s library was burned by the British in 1814, former President Thomas
Jefferson donated 6,487 of their own books to start the present-day Library of Congress.
3. Surrounded by forested mountain slopes are the town of Telluride, a former gold-mining town 7,500
feet above sea level.
4. So extensive the lakes are that they are viewed as the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.
5. The amount of women earning Master’s degree has risen sharply in recent years.
6. When a Vietnamese wants to work part-time in Australia, he needs to get a work permission.
7. Some methods to prevent soil erosion are ploughing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees on
unproductive land, and rotating crops.
8. All almost the electricity for industrial use comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.
9. The girl whom I borrowed the dictionary asked me to use it carefully.
10. It is often said that the British talks about the weather more than any other people in the world.
Answers:
1. ……………………………………. 6. …………………………………….
2. ……………………………………. 7. …………………………………….
3. ……………………………………. 8. …………………………………….
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5. ……………………………………. 10. ………………..………………….
Question 7. Fill in each blank with a suitable particle or preposition. (10 pts)
1. She talked me ……………… going with her even though I didn’t want to.
2. My mum told me ……………… for coming home late from school.
3. We don’t know yet how we’ll solve the problem but I'm sure someone will come …………… with a
solution soon.
4. He asked her to marry him but she turned him ………………… . He felt very sad.
5. After a week on the run, he gave himself ……………… to the police.
6. Jake’s left home so we should do ……………… his bedroom now.
7. Hopes of a peace settlement began to fade ……………… as the two sides refused to compromise.
8. She looks ………………… on people who haven’t been to college.
9. Firefighters were ……………… the scene immediately.
10. Don’t worry. The pain should wear ……………… fairly soon.
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ………..…

PART III. READING

Question 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word(s) to each of the questions. (15 pts)
People’s personalities (1) ……….. considerably from one another (2) ……….. there are no two
alike. Our ingrained characters which (3) ……….. the patterns of our behavior, our reactions and
temperaments are unparalleled (4) ………… account of the diversified processes that (5) ……….. our
personality in the earliest (6) ……….. of human development.
Some traits of character may to some (7) ……….. be hereditary simulating the attributes that (8)
…….. our parents. Others may stem (9) ……. the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy
in this way reflecting the parents’ approach towards (10) …….. their offspring. Consequently, the
environmental factor (11) …….. a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating (12) …………..
behavioral systems making an individual more prone to comfort to the patterns that (13) ………..a prize.
Undoubtedly, human personality (14) ……….. the most profound and irreversible formation
during the first period of its development, yet some characteristics may still be subject (15) …………..
considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations.
1. A. distinguish B. converge C. vary D. differentiate
2. A. however B. as C. thus D. due to
3. A. denote B. resolve C. inflict D. determine
4. A. to B. with C. on D. in
5. A. mould B. design C. conceive D. fabricate
6. A. states B. instants C. stages D. terms
7. A. scope B. area C. extent D. length
8. A. pertain B. recognize C. associate D. identify
9. A. from B. to C. in D. for
10. A. breeding B. rearing C. growing D. yielding
11. A. makes B. does C. finds D. plays
12. A. plenty B. certain C. little D. lots
13. A. yearn B. deserve C. wish D. necessitate
14. A. under acts B. undertakes C. undergoes D. underlies
15. A. on B. of C. for D. to
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ………..…
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PART IV. WRITING
Question 9. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it.
1. We were very impressed by the new cinema but found it rather expensive.
Impressed …………………………………………………………………………………..
2. The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.
Only when ………………………………………………………………………………….
3. John’s rudeness to Mrs. Brown was quite inexcusable.
There is …………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Were Mike not so affluent a man, Ann wouldn’t be dating him.
But …………………………………………………………………………………………
5. His description of the incident was completely different from what really happened.
His description of the incident bore ……………………………………………………….
Question 10. Rewrite the following sentences with the given word. The given words can’t be
changed.
1. Most people know that Britain’s economy is heavily dependent on North Sea oil.
COMMON
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime.
RED-HANDED
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. We were lucky to find somewhere to park so quickly.
STROKE
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason.
ACCOUNT
………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. I preferred to take a course in psychology instead of wasting my time at the mathematics department.
RATHER
………………………………………………………………………………………………