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GRAMMAR 5 I never realised that ________ elephants

1 Complete the sentences with the correct don’t eat meat.
word(s). 6 ________ Lake Windermere in the Lake
Example: The children have eaten all of the District is the largest lake in England.
biscuits. 7 At nearly 7,000 metres, Aconcagua is the
all of all of the all highest mountain in ________ Andes.
1 Neither Tim ________ Alastair can come 8 Shakespeare must have been ________
on Friday – they’re too busy. genius to write all those plays.
or and nor 9 I’m going to ________ university tomorrow
2 The talk isn’t just for university students – to hear a talk on genetics.
________ can come. 10 It’s 11.00 and you’ve been up since 6.00.
All Anyone All of students You really should go to ________ bed.
3 ________ people in the crowd had come to
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see the fireworks.
Most of the Most the The most
3 Underline the correct word(s).
4 It’s a shame that there aren’t ________
Example: Although / In spite of the exam was
places left on the cruise.
hard, I still passed.
any some no
1. Book early in order to / for get tickets at
5 We try to go for a walk ________ day, and
the lowest prices.
sometimes do a long one on Sundays.
2. In spite of / Although the cost, I’m really
all every all the
glad we flew first class.
6 Kevin’s mum offered us some sandwiches,
3. I phoned the hotel so as / so that they
but ________ of us were hungry.
would know we’d be arriving late.
no any none
4. We enjoy playing tennis, even though /
7 Helen’s a vegetarian. She doesn’t eat
despite we’re not very good at it.
________ fish or meat.
5. You should take the exam, though / in
either both neither
spite of you’ll need to study hard for it.
8 ________ in this room belongs to me – it
6. I ignored her mistake so as not to / to not
was completely empty when I took it.
embarrass her.
Most of Everything All
7. Politics is / are a dirty business
9 There’s ________ milk. Do you like black
sometimes.
coffee?
8. The Shard is a famous London building,
none no any
made mostly of the glass / glass.
10 You can have either cream ________ ice-
9. Bring two trousers / pairs of trousers in
cream with your fruit.
case you need to change.
nor or and
10. Would you like a piece of / a toast with
10
that coffee?
11. Do you have any advices / advice about
2 Complete the sentences with a / an, the, travelling in Mexico?
or – (no article). 12. I live on the outskirts / on an outskirt of
Example: My brother has just bought a new
Los Angeles.
computer.
13. Do you have a pair of / a shorts I could
1 Let’s go to the coast today. I feel like I need
borrow if it’s hot tomorrow?
to see ________ sea.
14. All the staff in the travel agency was /
2 It’s 9.30. Matt will be at ________ work by
were very helpful.
now.
3 Is there ________ choir practice next 14
week?
4 ________ M1, opened in 1959, is the
oldest motorway in Britain.
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct 12. These tablets help with my headaches but
words. they have some strange s________
whenever whenever whatever whichever effects.
however wherever whoever 13. Helium is the only element that can be gas
Example: Whenever I see roses, I always think or liquid but never s________.
of you. 14. My uncle needed a blood t________ after
1 Order ________ you want to eat – I’m he was injured in a car crash.
paying! 15. Pharmacists say they need to do more
2 ________ we travel, by train, bus, or car, r________ into the new drug.
it’s not going to be cheap. 16. People who work with chickens are the
3 ________ I ask, they all say the same thing most likely to be i________ by the virus.
– we’re going in the wrong direction. 17. Sometimes one scientist comes up with a
4 I’m a freelance journalist so I can work for theory, and another one p________ it
________ newspaper I want to. later.
5 You’ll find friendly people ________ you go 18. Scientists have to c________ out repeated
in the world. experiments to check the results are
6 I don’t have children in school now so I can reliable.
go on holiday ________ I want to. 19. On my walk I came across a g________
who was studying the rocks on the south
6
coast.
Grammar total 40 20. ‘Eureka!’ is a word that’s still associated
with major scientific d________.
VOCABULARY
20
5 Complete the words in the sentences.
6 Write the words in brackets with the
Example: A chain is a group of shops owned
correct prefix or suffix.
by the same company.
Example: someone who can speak two
1. It’ a huge chain with over a thousand
languages (lingual) = bilingual
b________ across the country.
1 a main character in a book or film who isn’t
2. We’ve kept the business small but it’s
heroic (hero) = ________
time now to e________ into bigger
2 the area around where you live
markets.
(neighbour) = ________
3. The annual board meeting is held in the
3 not getting a high enough salary (paid) =
h________ office in London.
________
4. I had to close the shop because it wasn’t
4 somebody that doesn’t smoke any more
making a p________.
(smoker) = ________
5. What’s the name of that actor? He’s in
5 to sleep longer than you intended to
that TV c________ for coffee.
(sleep) = ________
6. We do b________ with companies all over
6 something that’s paid for before you use it
the world.
(paid) = ________
7. If we don’t act soon we’ll be taken
7 to say a word wrongly (pronounce) =
o________ by a multinational company.
________
8. If a sportsperson e________ a product, it
8 food that is still a bit raw (cook) =
can go wrong if they start to perform
________
badly.
9 the economic system run for private profit
9. Don’t believe those adverts, they’re totally
(capital) = ________
m________.
10 the result of making something better
10. If we m________ the two companies, it
(improve) = _______
will cost less to run one big company.
11. I wouldn’t volunteer to be a g________ 10
________ in a drug trial unless I was
desperately ill.
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7 Choose two words and put them together 1 decision ________

in the correct order with and or or to 2 launch ________
make phrases. 3 profit ________
Example: butter / knife / bread bread and 4 multinational ________
butter 5 merge ________
1 pieces / things / bits 5
_____________________ 10 Match the words with the same sound.
2 sick / exhausted / tired exposed poisoning lethal drug salt geneticist
_____________________ Example: discover drug
3 lightning / thunder / rain 1 peace ________
_____________________ 2 dose ________
4 law / rules / order 3 physicist ________
_____________________ 4 donor ________
5 all / less / nothing 5 volunteer ________
_____________________
5
5 11 Underline the stressed syllable in the
8 Order the words to make sentences. words in bold.
Example: and / storm / during / absolutely / Example: We ex|port nearly half of what we
the / lightning / the / incredible / thunder / produce.
was 1 This area has some wonderful local pro|
The thunder and lightning during the storm duce – you must try the cheese.
was absolutely incredible 2 The airline company agreed to re|fund my
1. answers / them / didn’t / or / I / the / I / booking fee.
guessed / so / know / less / more 3 There has been a huge in|crease in the
__________________________________ number of takeovers this year.
__________________________________ 4 We’re im|por|ting too much of our energy
2. later / to / you’re / you’ll / sooner / that / at the moment.
or / have / admit / wrong 5 This is a very mul|ti|cul|tu|ral area of the
__________________________________ city.
__________________________________
3. so / result / wait / see / have / uncertain / 5
the / we’ll / is / and / to 12 Underline the stressed syllable.
__________________________________ Example: ex|pand
__________________________________ 1 ge|o|gra|phic
4. of / were / missing / safe / fortunately / 2 phy|si|cist
the / children / and / sound / both / 3 bi|o|lo|gy
discovered 4 vo|lun|teer
__________________________________ 5 ad|di|tive
__________________________________ 5
5. a / successful / take / give / are / all /
question / relationships / and / of Pronunciation total 20
__________________________________ G, V, and P total 100
__________________________________
5
Vocabulary total 40

PRONUNCIATION
9 Match the words with the same sound.
digital business company slogan false import
Example: promote slogan
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READING
Read the article about a British engineer. Five sentences have been removed. Which sentence A-F
fits each gap (1-5)? There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

In surveys to find out who the most important Britons of all time are, Isambard Kingdom Brunel often
comes out on top. This famous engineer was noted for the creation of the Great Western Railway and a
series of famous steamships. The son of noted engineer Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Isambard K. Brunel was
born in Portsmouth, England on April 9, 1806. His father was working there on the block-making machinery
of the Portsmouth Block Mills. The young Brunel was sent to France to be educated at the College of Caen
in Normandy and the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris. He rose to prominence when, aged 20, he was appointed
as the resident engineer of the Thames Tunnel, his father’s greatest achievement. The first of its kind ever
built, Isambard spent nearly two years trying to drive the horizontal shaft from one end of it to the other.
(–––– 1 ––––)
In the meantime, Brunel moved on. In 1833, he was appointed engineer of the Great Western Railway, one
of the wonders of Victorian Britain. Running from London to Bristol (and a few years later, to Exeter), the
Great Western contained a series of impressive achievements, such as viaducts, stations, and tunnels, that
ignited the imagination of the technically-minded Britons of the age. Brunel soon became one of the most
famous men in Britain.
(–––– 2 ––––) He used his prestige to convince his railway company employers to build the Great Western,
at the time by far the largest steamship in the world. It first sailed in 1837. The Great Britain followed in
1843, and was the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Building on these successes, Brunel turned to a third ship in 1852, even larger than both of its predecessors.
The Great Eastern was cutting-edge technology for its time — it was the largest ship ever built until the RMS
Lusitania launched in 1906 — and it soon ran over budget and schedule in the face of a series of difficult
technical problems. The ship is widely perceived as a waste of money. (–––– 3 ––––)
Besides the railway and steamships, he was also involved in the construction of several lengthy bridges,
including the Royal Albert Bridge near Plymouth, and an unusual telescopic bridge in Bridgwater. He also
designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, but did not live to see it constructed. (–––– 4 ––––) Work
started in 1862, and was complete by 1864, five years after Brunel’s death.
In 1843, while performing a conjuring trick for the amusement of his children, he accidentally swallowed a
coin which became lodged in his throat. (–––– 5 ––––) Eventually, at the suggestion of his father, Sir Marc,
Isambard was strapped to a board, turned upside-down, and the coin was jerked free.
Brunel suffered a stroke in 1859, just before the Great Eastern made its first voyage to New York. He died
ten days later and is buried, like his father, at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. His son, Henri Marc Brunel,
also enjoyed some success as a civil engineer.

tunnel for several years, though it was

A His colleagues and admirers felt the bridge eventually completed.
would be a fitting memorial, and started to
raise new funds and to amend the design. E A special medical tool failed to remove it,
B Though a failure at its original purpose for as did a machine to shake it loose created
passenger travel, it eventually found a role by Brunel himself.
as an engineering ship. F Even before the Great Western Railway
C The initial group of engines ordered by was opened, Brunel was moving on to his
Brunel to his own specifications proved next project to build ships which could sail
unsatisfactory. across the Atlantic.
D Two severe incidents of flooding injured
the younger Brunel and ended work on the Reading total 10
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WRITING
Write a report on the following topic.
‘The role of television in modern life’
Write 140-180 words. Include the
following information:
 say what you think the role of
television in modern life is
 how you think the role of
television has changed in recent
years
 explain what you think the
advantages of television are.
Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 20

LISTENING
1 Listen to five people talking about their
favourite adverts. Which does each
person say about the advert?
A Some people can identify with this
situation.
B It’s a situation we’ve all been in to a lesser
extent.
C It may encourage people to get involved in
something.
D The advert is actually a warning.
E It’s effective because it just focuses on
what the product does.
F It’s memorable because it’s so silly.

Speaker 1 [ ]
Speaker 2 [ ]
Speaker 3 [ ]
Speaker 4 [ ]
Speaker 5 [ ]
5
2 Listen to a marketing expert talking
about advertising and underline the
correct answer.
1 Advertising a product is important for a
company because it helps tell them what
the public think / helps them to make
more money / helps increase interest in
the company’s other products.
2 According to Ryan, advertising a banking
service is completely different from / a
little similar to / exactly the same as
advertising a car.
3 Ryan says that advertising may be
described as art because it is mainly done
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by artists / it is seen by the public / it

requires imaginative thinking and ideas.
4 The most successful adverts are simple /
original / humorous.
5 ‘Targeting’ in advertising means
communicating with a certain type of
person / reaching a certain level of
creativity / achieving a certain number of
sales.
5
Listening total 10

Test total 130