Writing Part 1-2 Set 1

Complete the text below by writing a suitable word from the list in each space provided. There
are 20 ga ps but 25 words are given. Use each word once only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

Going Home for Lunch

The worst thing that (O) happened to me recently was going home for lunch, ...............................(1)
than eating at work. My children did not know 1 was coming home and ...............................(2) used
most of the bread on hand, and so all 1 had to make a sandwich with .............................(3) two thin,
crumpled pieces of crust.
.................... (4) 1 was eating my tattered sandwich and trying .....................................(5) relax, the
telephone rang ......................(6) was for my daughter, who was in the bathroom; she called down
that 1 ....................(7) get the name and number. 1 ......................(8) this, but only after .....................
(9) minutes of searching for an unbroken pencil .......................(10) a pen that worked. /
As soon as 1 sat ...............................(11) again, someone knocked on the front door. It was a neatJ{y
dressed couple .....................(12) bright eyes who wanted to know ......................(13) 1 believed in a
higher power in life and ................................(14) like to talk about it. 1 tried to be polite as 1 got rid
................... (15) them and went back to eat.
Minutes later 1 had to break up a fight ...........................(16) my two young sons ........................(17)
what program they were going to watch on television. As a last straw, my daughter carne
downstairs and asked me if 1 ......................(18) leave for work early ......................(19) that 1 could
drop her off in town to do ......................(20) shopping.

about
although
as
between
could
did
down
has
had
if
it
much
of

or
rather
several
should
so
some
th:at

there
to
were
which
with
would

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 1

Mark the correct answer on the answer sheet. Only one answer is correct.
21. Nick suggested .....................................to a pub.
that we should go
C) us to go
us going
D) to us to go

A)
B)

22. .. .......................hard working she may be, she'll never be as elever as Einstein.
A)
Although
C) Despite
B)
Anyway
D) However

23. 1 can't type with my long nails. They need ....................................

A)
cutting
C) to be cutting
B)
cut
D) to cut
24. She didn't talk to me until 1 finally .......................................to her.
A)
didn't apologise
C) apologised
B)
haven't apologised
D) have apologised
25. That dog doesn't move. It seems ....................
A)
he sleeps
B)
to be sleeping

C) to sleep
D) having slept

26. By the time we get to the cinema, the film .....................~ ..........
A)
will have started
C) will start
B)
would have started
D) would start

27. I've heard this poern so" "'"'' " '''''' ""'"'''' that 1 could quote from it any time!
A)
B)

many time
mu ch times

C) many times
D) mu ch time

28. I'm sure that my car runs .....................................than yours.

A)
more faster
C) much more faster
B)
much faster
D) much more fast
29. The man refused .....................................the policeman his name and address.
A)
to tell
C) telling
B)
tell
D) to be told
30. It's time .......................................offthe TV.It's midnight already.
you switched
C) for switching
you should switch
D) you have switched

A)
B)

31. The guests are coming in an hour. 1 ..................................put the meat in the oven.
've better
C) 'd like
'd better
D) 'd rather to

A)
B)

32. He was wondering how he ....................................get the paint off his elothes.
A) can
C) would
B)m~
D)will
33. lill saw her boyfriend ...............................hand in hand with another girl.
A)
to walk
C) walked
B)
walking
D) to be walking

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47. 1 can't find my umbrella. 1 ...........................it on the train.
A)
left
C) should have left
B)
am sure to leave
D) must have left

48..................................................."Have you ....................Peter

the car?"
"No, 1 've done it myself."
A)
made / repaired
C) had / repair
B)
had / repaired
D) made / to repair
49. What did your family live on ..................................your father was unemployed?
A)
mean time
C) during
B)
while
D) in the time
50. You were very rude ..................................the secretary. You should apologise.
A)
at
C) to
B)
with
D) on

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Mark the correct answer on the answer sheet. Only one answer is correct.
21. Let' s feed this cat first, ...........................
A) shall we?
B) cant we?

C) don't we,
D) could we?

22. Don't worry. I'm quite used to ..............................and I've never had an accident yet.
drive
C) drove
driving
D) have driven

A)
B)

23. Completely ............................., 1 went to bed without having dinner.

A) exhausting
13) 1 was exhausted
24.

25.

C) being exhausting
D) exhausted

The ice looks too thin .........................on.

A) to have walked
B) to walk

C) walking
D) having walked

Politics .........................an uncertain'career.

A) are
B) were

E) is
F) have been

26. The accident was his fault. He ..................................so quickly yesterday.

A)
shouldn't have driven
c) mustn't drive
B)
shouldn't drive
D) can't have driven
27. Do you know what made her .........................her mind?
A)
to change
C) changing
B)
to have changed
D) change

28. 1.. .........................reading Robin Cook's latest nove1 since Christmas.

Nh~e~~
B) had been

C)~
D) was

29. If they ..........................a map, they would have lost their way.
A)
hadn't had
C) don't have
B)
haven't had
D) didn't have
30. The teacher told the class not to make ...............................noise.
A)
so much
C) su ch a lot
B)
so many
D) such plenty
31. Who saw the accident ...........................?
A) happen
B) happened

C) to happen
D) to be happening

32. When 1 left secondary school 1 thought .......................a university education was important for me.
A) get
C) having got
B) 1 was getting
D) getting

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46. 1 didn't speak to the shop assistant in Paris because 1 don't speak .........................Freneh.
A)
little
C) some
B)
a little
D) any
47. The receptionist couldn't give us any .........................information.
A)
further
C) farther
B)
furthest
D) farthest
48. 1 ................your uncle tomorrow, so 1 will give him your note.
A)
have seen
C) going to see
B)
will have seen
D) am seeing
49. He is staying at .......................Intercontinental Hotel in ................Coronation Street.
A)
an / the
C) the / the
B)
the/D) -/50. The temperature is ..................freezing point.
A)
under
C) behind
B)
below
D) between

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 3

Mark the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet. Only one answer is correct.
21. "When did you last speak English?" "1 ....................English since 1 was at school."
didn't speak
C) haven't spoken
don't speak
D) wasn't speaking

A)
B)

22. Doctors say we shouldn't eat vegetables with .....................salt on them.

a lot of
C) a few
Several
D) many

A)
B)

23 . You are getting fatter and fatter. By the end of the semester you ......................out of your shirt.
will grow
C) have grown
are growing
D) will have grown

A)
B)

24. She talks ..............than 1 do.

A) fastly
B) more fast

C) more fastly
D) faster

25. "What's that noise? Is it a car?" "No, it ...................a car."

A) can't be
B) mustn't be

C) isn't certainly
D isn't at all

26. The car ..............is my brother's.

A) being serviccd
B) what is serviced

C) is being serviccd
D) which services

27. You are drinking your third cup of coffee. How many cups ......................a day?

A) did you drink

B) you drink

C) do you drink
D) have you drunk

28. Y our compsition is weak. It really needs .....................

A) to rewrite it
B )to be rewriting

C) that you rewrite it

D) rewri ting

29. It's time ..............the topic of your presentation.

A) you choose
B) you should choose

c) you will choose

D) you chose

30. This coffee is ...................

A) too hot to me to drink

B) too hot to drink for me

C) to me too hot to drink

D) too hot for me to drink

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44. I didn't invite my neighbour to my party last night, but I wish I ...............
A)
did
C) would
B)
had
D) invited
45. I found it difficult to sleep with the noise at night and ......................
A)
so my room-mate did
C) so did my room-mate
B)
also did my room-mate
D) did my room-mate also
46. I don't think the car ..................yet.
A) has repaired
B) has been repaired

C) is repairing
D) had been repaired

47. She........... play in the bathroom.

A) told her daughter not to
B) told her daughter to not

E) said her daughter not to

F) said to her daughter not

48. "When ................for England?" "In two day's time."

A)
are you leaving
C) were you leaving
B)
have you left
D) did you leave
49. When he carne two minutes ago everybody else .....................
A)
had already arrived
C) has already arrived
B)
have already been there
D) were there
50. You will have to get ...............to work on crowded buses in Budapest.
A)
used to go
C) to use to go
B)
to use going
D) used to going

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 4

Mark the correct answer on the answer sheet . Only one answer is correct.
21. The doctor suggested ................................~ .........a few weeks' rest.
A)
to me to have
C) have
B)
that 1 should have
D) to have
22. He didn't answer the invitation, ........................................was very rude.
there
C) that
what
D) which

A)
B)

23. Your shoes are dirty. They really need ................................

to c1ean them
C) that you clean them
to be c1eaning
D) c1eaning

A)
B)

24. Y oung children .....................................good language learners.

A)
are saying to be
C) have said being
B)
are said to be
D) were said being
25. It was .......................funny film that we laughed a lot.
C) so
D) very

A) su ch
B) such a

26. .. .....................................Americans don't know any foreign languages.

Most
C) The most of
Most of
D) The most

A)
B)

27. The traffic is terrible. By the time 1 get to the university, the lecture ...............................
A) will start
C) has started
B) is starting
D) will have started
28. Those people seem ....................................for the post office to open.
A)
they are waiting
C) having waited
B)
to be waiting
D) to wait
29. .. ...........................awful the weather is today!
A)
What
C) So
B)
How
D) Very
30. The cashier saw a customer ....................................the shop without paying.
A)
left
C) to leave
B)
leaving
D) be leaving
31. How ................................have you tried to phone him?
A)
long ago
C) long time
B)
many times
D) much time
32. The Chinese ..............................................an interesting history.
A) have
C) is having
B)h~
D)areha~ng

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46. .. ...............................she needs is a good rest.
A)
That
C) The thing what
B)
What
D) Which
47. I'd like to be notified about the costs ...........................on my account.
A)
include
C) includes
B)
included
D) includng
48. I'm afraid .................................nothing 1 can write about this topic.
A)
it is
C) that is
B)
this is
D) there is
49. 1 can't find my bank card. I ............................it at home.
A)
forget
C) should have left
B)
was sure to forget
D) must have left
50. Y OUf roses ............................better if you watered them more often.
A)
would grow
C) would have grown
B)
grew
D) will have grown

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 5

Mark the correct answer an the answer sheet. Only one answer is correct.
21. . .... easy to make mistakes when you learn a new language.
A)
There's
C) It's
B)
This is
D) That's
22.

The weather isn't ..... to go swimming.

A) enough nice
B) nice enough

C) rather ni ce
D) so nice

23. Is this the first time that your brother ...............to our city?
A)
was
C) is
B)
have been
D) has been
24. The passers-by saw the truck driver ..... the stray dog.
A)
run down
C) to run down
B)
had run down
D) ran down
25. Here is the magazine ..... I was talking about.
A) of what
C) B) what

D) of which

26. " What ..... when your mother fainted ?" "1 calIed our doctor."
A)
were you doing
C) have you done
B)
did you do
D) had you been doing

27.
A)
B)

When my husband managed to find a free parking space a lady protested that she ....
longer than us.
has waited
C) had been waiting
has been waiting
D) waited

28. Our new colIeague telIs funny jokes. He always ..... when we feel a bit low.
A)
makes us laugh
C) makes us laughing
B)
gets us laugh
D) makes us to laugh
29. Bill dear, it's rather cold today. 1 think ..... a warm jacket when you go out.
A)
you' d rather take
C) I' d rather take
B)
you'd better take
D) you take
30. I'm afraid Miss Jones ..............She moved out last weekend.
A) doesn't live here more
C) li ves here not long
B) no longer lives here
D) doesn't live here longer
31. Excuse me, could you please tell me if ..... for Southampton?
A)
the next train willleave
C) the next train leaves
B)
does the next train leave
D) is the next train leaving

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44. Don't move from your seats until the plane ...............
A)
will stop
C) won't stop
B)
hasn't stopped
D) has stopped
45. Not a week goes by without someone ..... on false charges.
A)
arresting
C) being arrested
B)
to be arrested
D) is arrested
46. I'm getting worried about Tom. He .................an accident.
A)
may have had
C) might had
B)
may be having
D) might be having
47. When Mary arrived 1 was about .....
A) leave
B) to leave
48. " ..... did Mr Brown miss the meetings last month?"
"Pour times."
A)
How many
C) How long
B)
How much
D) How often
49. If you want to know more about the exam, you ..... see
your tutor.
A) rather C) should
B) prefer D) better
50. He never understands what we mean, ..... ?
A)
does he
C) do
we
B)
doesn't he
D)
don't we

C) leaving
D) to leaving
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Writing Part 1-2 Set 6

Complete the text below by writing a suitable word from the list in each space provided. There
are 20 gaps but 25 words are given. Use each word once only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

The London School of Contemporary Dance

The London School of (O) Contemporary Dance ..............(1) founded in 1966 and
offers a three year course in ..................... (2) the major aspects of dance: for example,
choreography, technique, music theory and practice, Tai Chi, teaching ballet .(3)
more students .com~ from alI ................................(~) the worl~ to study ~e~ Teachers, too, a:e
international: MISS VIOla Farber, for Instance, IS an Amencan who ...........................(5) to teach In
France. She feels +b~ .... (6) the school gives students 'an experience .....l!Y.l:::~ .. (7) is
unusual and rare and wonderful'. She tries to explain wh~~~ ... 0 .. (8)a growing interest in
dance: 'In today's society people feel they need .. :1<9..00 .... (9) something that's very personal.
In my job, 1 have the satisfaction of 1!!.,(~ .... (10) people change. People take what 1 give
..... J0. .........(11) a teacher and do something with it that 1 might not even ..............~ .. (12)
imagined.'
Dance . ~.)j .. h(.. (13) exciting but it is also hard work. ..... ~ .. (14) of the students
says: 'It .~ .... (15) gets any easier. In the first year,,'you're training your body, in the
second, you're learning steps and you think, '1 can dance.' .. :fLI.f-.Y. .............(16) in the third year you
forget ~~~S. (17) the technique and actually dance. You've got ..........................~8) a balance of
the two, which is very difficult.'
To dance well ~ chaIlenge to dancers, and dance itself faces a challenge, that is, to
reach wider audiences ..... ~ .... (19) it has done before. This school is one of the pioneers in
extending the frontiers of dance as .........0.-1 .......(20) popular art form.

a
about
all
and
are
as
both
have
having
like

one
over
seeing
than
that
then'
there is
to do
to have
to see

may be

used

n~ver
6f

was
which

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32.

A) What do you think who we saw yesterday?

B) Who do you thi nk did we see yesterday?
C) Who do you think we saw yesterday?
D) What do you think who did we see yesterday?

33. Mother carne into the house ..... by our next door neighbour, Miss Busybody.
A)
following
C) was followed
B)
followed
D) was following
34. Whenever my father was angry, he ..... out of the room without a word.
would walk
C) used to walking
was used to walking
D) should walk

A)
B)

35. I wouldn't like to go by car. Let's take the bus instead, ..... ?
don't we
C) do we
shall we
D) wont we

A)
B)

36. If only ..... ! It' s been raining now for over a week.
A)
it stops
C) it would stop
B)
it had stopped
D) it has stopped
37. The phone is ringing. It ..... Susan - she never rings me at this time of the day.
A)
can't be
C) must be
B)
shouldn't be
D) would be
38. Are you sure Moscow is ..... from Budapest than London?
farthest
C) as far
farther
D) more far

A)
B)

39. Its time you ..... to pass your driving test. We've spent a fortune on your driving lessons.
will manage
C) to manage
managed
D. manage

A)
B)

40. You will find the tests difficult, unless..... them regularly.
A)
you don't practise
C) you will practise
B)
you practise
D) you won't practise
41.

I'm afraid I can't tell you where .............

A) the keys can be found
B) can the keys be found

C) find the keys

D) can you find the keys

A)
B)

42. It's a long time since my friend last ..... his family.
has visited
C) had visited
visited
D) hasn't visited

A)
B)

43. Do you think they would have better chances if they ..... the application?
have submitted
C) submitted
would submit
D) submit

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 5

Complete the text below by writing a suitable wordfrom the list in each space provided. There
are 20 gaps but 25 words are given. Use each word once only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

The Town Crier

A man in ancient Greece who possessed a good pair of legs and a strong voice had (O) a chance
of employment in the advertising business. The shopkeepers of long ago, ............................ (1) many
others since, discovered that they soId more ..........................(2) they called attention to their goods,
and this was especially true if the shop was not ................................(3) one of the busiest streets and
would not easily ...................(4) noticed. These tradesmen, ...................(5), sometimes employed a
crier to walk through the city, calling out the news that certain goods were for sale in a certain
shop. The same custom has gone ..................(6) for thousands of years and has not ......................(7)
died out.
The public criers employed .........................(8) the traders were also a common sight in early
England. These town criers were sometimes known ........................(9) bellmen because they carried
bells as they walked through the streets, ringing ..................................(10) loudIy to call attention to
............. (11), and then shouting out their information ................................(12) was a fairly effective
way of advertising in the days when ........................(13) people could read, and bell men ..................
(14) powerful voice were more useful than the written word. The shopkeepers themselves used
............. (15) own strong voice in the market place, .........................(16) shouting to gether as loudly
as possible ...................(17) make themselves he ard above the terrible noise made by the others.
A man ...................(18) lives in a modern city of ten compIains .........................(19) noise, but he is
wrong if he thinks that it is ....................(20) new problem in the world.

a
ali
although
as
be
because
by
few
for
had
if
in
is

like
of
on
their
them
themselves
therefore
this
to
which
who
with
yet

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33. As it ........................dark, 1 tried to work faster.
A)
was getting
C) gets
B)
is getting
D) has got
34. You ...............................to the party yesterday.
A)
ought to come
C) had come
B)
should come
D) ought to have come
35. I didn't have a party on my birthday, but I wish I ...............................
A)
did
C) would
B)
had
D) went
36. I'd .............................we left on the 4 o'clock train.
A)
better
C) prefer
B)
rather
D) like
37. It's time ...................................that letter.
A)
you post
C) for posting
B)
you should post
D) you posted
38. He agreed ......................me the letter by registered post.
A)
sending
C) to send
B)
with sending
D) send
39. He has been waiting .................................for half an hour.
A)
the train to start
C) the train's start
B)
for the train to start
D) for the train start
40. If I ..........................better exam results, I would have trained to be a doctor.
A)
have had
C) would have
B)
had had
D) would have had
41. The hostel has changed a lot recently. Most ofthe rooms ...............................
A)
have redecorated
C) are redecorating
B)
have been redecorated
D) had been redecorated
42.

He's lived in Budapest ....................

A) when he was young
B) ever since he was bom

C) from September
D) before he moved to the country

43. The students wanted to know if .....................to take their exam in September.
A)
they will allow
C) they have allowed
B)
they allow
D) they would be allowed
44. 1 learnt hard for the exam and ...............................
A) so Peter did
B) also did Peter

C) so did Peter
D) did Peter also

45. You will have to get ..............................early when you start working next month.
A) used to wake up
C) to use to wake up
B) to use waking up
D) used to waking up

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 4

Complete the text below by writing a suitable word from the list in each space provided. There
are 20 gaps but 25 words are given. Use each word once only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

George Bernard Shaw

G. B. Shaw sometimes (O) said things just to make people laugh or think; sometimes he meant
every word that he said. So .............................(1) was not always easy to understand him. Was he
laughing ......................(2) us or not? That was .........................(3) question. He said that Shakespeare
was not a great writer, but he was ..........................(4) sure that George Bernard Shaw was.
Shaw carne ........................(5) Dublin in Ireland, went to London in 1876, and there wrote in the
newspapers ........................(6) music and plays. He also talked ....................................(7) the time about
everything. The things that he said were different from .......................................(8) said by others. Many
people did not like him.
It was not long ........................(9) he was writing plays .........................(10). A lot of the things in the
plays surprised the people .................................(11) went to see them, and they left the theatre angry and
uncertain. The plays ......................................(12) everyone think. Before Shaw's time most of the people
who went to the theatre to see a play never thought about it .............................(13) they went home.
One of Shaw's plays, Pygmalion, is about a girl who .........................................(14) never learnt to speak
English weIl. Higgins (a college man) hears ..........................................(15) in the streets. He is studying
English sounds, and is very interested in her way of speaking. He takes a lot of notes ...............................
(16) she speaks. He says that he ..........................(17) teach her to speak well, tie will show that any
girl can .......................................(18) made to speak weIl. She is not very pleased, but he takes her to the

great London houses ................................(19) meet rich people. She does not like speaking wen, and
sometimes goes back to her old ways. This makes Higgins angry, ...............................(20) the people in
the theatre laugh.

about
after
ali
at
be
before
but
from
had
has
her
him
himself

it
made
quite
sometimes
the
there
those
to
when
which
who
will
would

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31. I'm sorry 1 can't answer your question, 1 ..................
A)
wasn't listening
C) don't hear
B)
haven't listened
D) wasn't hearing
32. 1 can't find my identity card. 1 ...............it at home.
A)
forget
C) should have left
B)
am sure to forget
D) must have left
33. If! had known that you were in hospital, 1 ...................you.
A)
would have visited
C) had visited
B)
visited
D) have visited

A)
B)
35.

36.

34. He won't be able to understand you .............very slowly.

unless you speak
C) if you wouldn't speak
would you not speak
D) unless you'll speak
You ............to the party yesterday.
A) ought to come
B) should come

C) had come
D) ought to have come

He was in a hurry. 1 saw him ..............a taxi.

A) took
B) taking

E) to take
F) be taking

37. If you ..................to town tomorrow, will you do some shopping for me?
A)
went
C) will go
B)
are
D) Go
38. 1 ................John to paint the kitchen.
A) had
B) made

C) let
D) Got

39. Look! Two boys .................

A) fight
B) are fighting

E) is fighting
F) are being fighting

40. You'd better ..................the parcel by registered post.

A)
to send
C) send
B)
sending
D) sent
41. "Have you ever met Tom?" "Yes, we ..................at the concert."
A)
met
C) were meeting
B)
have met
D)had met
42. "You .................go into the room. The notice says: No entry."
A)
needn't
c) don't need
B)
mustn't
D) aren't able
43. He wanted to know............ .
A) that when it would be over
B) that what time it would end

C) when it was going to end

D) when was it ending
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Writing Part 1-2 Set 3

Complete the text below by writing a suitable word from the list in each space provided. There
are 20 gaps but 25 words are given. Use each word once only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

Home and Health

FOR YEARS, scientists have (O) suspected that substances in indoor air ............................. (1) cause
cold- or flu-like symptoms in humans. Research ..............................(2) blamed this "sick building
syndrome" on everything from carpets to insects. Georgia researchers ..................................(3) now
pointing a finger at .........................(4) thing to blame: mould *, which they say can release toxic
substances called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air.
More than four years ............................ (5), Sidney Crow of Georgia State University and his
colleagues examined 75 homes and .............................(6) buildings in the Southeast to discover the
causes .....................(7) sick building syndrome ............................ (8) mould was a prime suspect, the
researchers found that "sick" buildings (in ........................... (9) at least 20 percent of occupants have
symptoms) ........................ (10) necessarily have more mold than healthy ones. They noticed,
.................... (11), that many of the "sick" structures had a very unpleasant smell- .................................
(12) the researchers began testing the air for odorous chemicals.
Their investigation turned up VOCs known .............................. (13) irritate the eyes and nose
and VOCs that leave people sensitive to colds ................................... (14) other illnesses. Lab tests of
mouldy samples from the buildings showed the microbes emit VOCs ...............................(15) waste
products in certain environments. To confirm his case, Crow is now trying to link specific
illnesses to the VOC mixtures he found in buildings and to determine .......................................... (16)
conditions inspire mould to make VOCs .
.................... (17) best way to avoid mould is to prevent .................................(18) growth in
heating and air-conditioning systems by c1eaning filters frequently. Crow also recommends
having systems inspected regularly. "Systems ..................................(19) are properly designed and
maintained rarely have ......................(20) problem," says Crow.
*mould (mold -V.S.)
a
ago
although
and
another
are
as
before
can
don't
didn't
for
has

= pensz

however
is
its
like
of
other
so
that
the
to
what
which

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33. The landlady asked me .........................a week's rent in advance.
A)
to pay
C) paying
B)
to have paid
D) pay
34. You have said hardly ...........................during the seminar.
A)
something
C) nothing
B)
anything
D) much
35.. .....................train tickets are cheaper, 1 still prefer coaches.
A)
Although
C) Despite
B)
Since
D) In spite of
36. I would rather you ..........................the cinema tickets in advance.
A)
buy
C) will buy
B)
bought
D) would buy
37. Mary got the job. She ...........................a good impression.
A)
should have made
C) must to make
B)
must have made
D) had to make
38. If only we ..........................the tyres before we left! Now we have a puncture.
A)
have checked
C) checked
B)
had checked
D) would have checked
39. Our neighbour always practises the violin early in the morning, ..........................annoys us.
A)C) which
B) that
D) what
40. 1 don't like playing sports and 1 don't enjoy watching them ..............
A) neither C) too
B) either D) also
41. Each of the students was busy with
A)
his
B)
theirs

own drawing.
C) an
D) -

42. When you heat metal, it ...............

E) expa
nds
F) expa
nded
A) is expanding
B) has expanded
43. How much does it cost to have a suit ......................?
A)
to clean
C) cleaned
B)
clean
D) cleaning
44. If you ..................take more exercise, you ..................get fat.
A)
didn't / will
C) don't / would
B)
hadn't / would
D) don't / will
45. "If 1 were you, I'd talk to the manager." "That's ..........................I'm going to do."
A)
which
C) that
B)
D) what

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Writing Part 1-2 Set 2

Complete the text below by writing a suitable word from the list in each space provided. There
are 20 gaps but 25 words are given. Use each word on ce only. The first one is done for you as an
example.
Write the correct words in the chart on your separate answer sheet.

Skiing
Skis have been (O) used in Scandinavia for 4,500 years. In order ...................(1) move across snowcovered land in winter the people there ...................(2) to have skis. Skiing was never thought of
'" ...........(3) a sport, but now it is the best known winter sport. For most people skiing means
going down mountain slopes, but the Scandinavians ..................(4) enjoy cross-country skiing, and
ski-jumping in fact began before downhill runs. Downhill skiing is .......................(5) tiring ..............
(6) you have to walk up the mountain again on your skis! Life ....................(7) made much easier for
skiers ..............(8) ski-lifts were invented.
Skiing is now a big tourist business, not only in countries ....................(9) Switzerland and Austria
but also in a ...............(10) South American countries, J apan and many other places. . ................(11)
more people ski these days because there are cheap organised holidays at skiing centres .
.......... (12) a fixed price the tourist gets a 'package' holiday ..........................(13) includes an travel,
hotel and meals - and sometimes skiing classes, ski-lifts and the hire of skis. Beginners .....................
(14) enjoy skiing from almost the first day, but for anyone thinking of a skiing holiday, two
points are ................(15) remembering. The first is training. In many countries .....................(16) are
special practice slopes, with 'snow' made ....................(17) nylon bristles. Starting to use the right
musc1es ...............(18) leaving home can be a great help. .. .. .. ................(19) second is insurance.
Breaking ...............(20) bone in a foreign country can be very expensive, and it is best to insure
against this.

a
as
because of
befo re
can
few
for
had
ha:ye beee
if
like

many
much

of
rather
still
than
the
there
fhey
to
was
what
when
which
worth

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34. My neighbour' schildren ..........................................to the zoo several limes.
have been taken
C) had taken
have taken
D) was taking
35. I love ..............................in this part of the city because it is so quiet.
A)
to be living
C) lived
B)
living
D) being lived

A)
B)

36. I'm not .........................................so much.for a sandwich and a glass of beer.

used to pay
C) used to paying
to use to pay
D) use paying

A)
B)

37. As he .....................................I couldn't ask him anything.

A)
already leaves
C) has already left
B)
will already leave
D) had already left
38. If I were you, I wouldn't go out in .......................weather.

g~

~?i~C~a~ad

~~:ha~ ~ad

39. I wish it ...........................rained on my wedding day last week.

A)
won't
C) hadn't
B)
wouldn't
D) wouldn't have
40. He ...........................at the crowd when the accident ............................
A)
was looking / happened
C) looked / was happening

B) was looking /was happening D) looked / happened

41. He wanted to know ............................my car.

A) if I have bought
B) whether did I buy

C) where I had bought

D) where did I buy

42. I am in love with that Irish girl, and ...................

my brother is too
C) so is my brother
so my brother is
D) also my brother is

A)
B)

43. I'd like to meet a man ..............................speaks Esperanto.

who
c) it
which
D)-

A)
B)

44. Don't answer back to your parents, ......................................you?

do
C) don't
will
D) won't

A)
A)

45. On the way home I met ................................friends on the train.

A)
a few
C) alittIe
B)
much
D) little
46. I have spent half of my money on a keyboard and .................................half on computer games.
A) the other
C) another
B) the another
D) some

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