TEST 2

CLOZE: VOCABULARY

INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

The death of Fred Hill was recorded by a (01)........................... article in the Times newspaper. Fred was 74 years old
and died in prison. He was in prison for the 32nd time. Why?. (02)........................... for any great crime, but for a reason
you may find difficult to understand. You see, Fred was a motorcyclist who (03)........................... to wear a crash
helmet.

He believed that he was a safer motorcyclist (04)........................... a crash helmet. More importantly, he believed that,
right or wrong, the decision to wear a crash helmet was his to (05)........................... . It was not for the State to tell him
(06)........................... to do. So Fred went out on his old motorbike with no helmet, over and over again.

The police (07)........................... him. They (08)........................... a blind eye when they could. But often they had no
choice. And in the court they had no choice (09)........................... to send him to prison because he refused to pay the
fines. They usually (10)........................... him 30 days. But the last time, they gave the old man two months. Some way
through the sentence, Fred suffered a heart attack and died.

Was he heroic? If he was, he was a most unlikely hero. But perhaps we do need someone to (11)........................... out
for the little liberties, the sort of (12)........................... which the greater boring mass of "public opinion" considers too
silly, too undignified, not worth (13)........................... about. The sort of thing there are no votes in for
(14)............................ Fred Hill stood for an individual freedom, which is a freedom to do things that the
(15)........................... generally considers to be silly, harmful, immoral or unnecessary.

01. main editorial front leading

02. Never Neither None Not

03. rejected refused differed disagreed

04. less without minus except

05. do settle take decide

06. what how so that

07. recognised knew acquainted sympathised

08. made turned closed had

09. and other option but

10. held did imprisoned gave

11. look see be make

12. thing event object something

13. concerning bothering feeling suffering

14. someone none any anyone

15. public people other commons

CLOZE: STRUCTURE

Complete with the word that best fits the space.

A FOLK STORY WITH MEANING

Nasrudin made a bet that he could spend a night on a mountain, despite the ice and snow. The bet was accepted.

Nasrudin took a book and candle and sat (01).................. the coldest night he (02)................... known. (03)....................
the morning, he was half-dead as he went (04).................... to the village to claim his money.

"Did you have (05).................... at all to keep you warm?" The people in the village asked him, "Not (06).................. a
candle?"

"Yes, I had a candle."

"Then the bet is (07)......................"

Nasrudin did not argue.

Some months later he invited the same people (08)................ a feast (09)..................... his house. They sat. They waited.
Hours (10)....................... They started to mutter (11)....................... food.

Nasrudin said: "Let's go and see how it is getting (12)...................."

They all went (13)....................... the kitchen. They found a huge pot of water. (14)..................... the pot a candle was
burning. The water was tepid.

Nasrudin said: "It is not ready (15)........................ I don't know why - it has been there since yesterday."

RE-PHRASING

Complete the second sentence, using between two and five words, including the word given. Do not change that word in
any way.

01. Ken does not work half as much as he used to.

hard

Ken used to work .............................. he does now.

02. The experts thought that the cost of petrol would rise next year.
expected

The cost of petrol .............................. next year.

03. Some people who start smoking find it difficult to stop.

always

It .............................. to stop smoking once you have started.

04. If he isn't careful, he is bound to end up in hospital.

him

His carelessness is bound .............................. in hospital.

05. Because of his illness he could not work effectively.
impossible

His illness .............................. . him to work effectively.

06. Scotsmen will never give anything to waiters.

tip

No .............................. waiter.

07. Mary said, I do not want to get married yet."

rather

Mary protested that she ............................. married yet.

08. Mothers must try hard to understand.

best

Mothers must .............................. understanding.

09. The younger you marry, the greater the chance you will be unhappy.
likely

The younger you marry, the .............................. be unhappy.

10. I was wrong to argue with him.

mistake

.............................. to argue with him.

ERROR CORRECTION

KING KONG

01. Mr Bill Racey is a used old car dealer near Birmingham, England.

02. He bought, second-hand, a seven-metre high tall statue of King Kong,

03. the well-known Hollywood monster-gorilla. Mr Racey decided

04. to give his company another name. He would second name it

05. after the bought statue, and call it the King Kong Kar Kompany.

06. The day after he opened his business under the new name, Mr Racey

07. got a letter from the business-names section of the local government.

08. They told to him that he was not allowed to use the name, King Kong.

09. They said him that it looked as if he was patronised by the Royal Family,

10. that the Queen and her relations were among his customers.

11. Mr Racey was upset. He said that he would complain up

12. to the Queen. He explained that there was not being the slightest chance

13. of confusion. He had the gorilla over on the roof of the garage, and

14. it was dressed up as the Santa Claus. There was no way

15. that it could be mistaken for a member of the Royal Family.

WORD FORMATION

To fill the spaces, use a word formed from the words in the list below.

A WASTE OF GOOD EARTH

In the middle of Wales is the village of Lackerpandy. It has a population of 4,500.

The village is rather scattered. It spreads over eight kilometres in each (01).................. But, conveniently, especially for
its 4,500 (02).................. , it has 13 graveyards. Twelve of these are empty. The (03).................. is the (04)..................
burying ground for Lackerpandy's people.

The graveyards - that is, the empty graveyards - have a total area of over 500 acres, You could grow a lot of potatoes on
500 acres, as one of Lackerpandy's citizens explained. It appears, as a result of a government (05).................. , that the
new graveyards were financed by the village council. Most of the work was done by a local (06).................., a friend of
the mayor, and a private building (07).................. .

Speaking to the (08).................. of the (09).................. committee, Mr Dai Jones, the new mayor, provided an
(10).................. . He said that the old mayor, Mr Tommy Davis, had a serious problem. He said, "Mr Davis was very
worried about his own death. And so, whenever a new cemetery was suggested, he just couldn't say no."

01. direct 06. business

02. inhabit 07. contract

03. thirteen 08. law

04. tradition 09. inquire

05. investigate 10. explain

ANSWERS

INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM ANSWERS

1. leading
2. not

3. refused

4. without

5. take

6. what

7. knew

8. turned

9. but

10. gave

11. look

12. thing

13. bothering

14. anyone

15. public

A FOLK STORY WITH MEANING

1. through / out
2. had

3. by / in

4. back / down

5. anything

6. even

7. off / void

8. to

9. at

10. passed

11. about
 12. on

13. into

14. beneath / under

15. yet

A WASTE OF GOOD EARTH

1. direction
2. inhabitants

3. thirteenth

4. traditional

5. investigation

6. businessman

7. contractor

8. lawyer

9. inquiry

10. explanation

REPHRASING

1. twice as hard as
2. is expected to rise

3. is not always easy

4. to put him

5. made it impossible for

6. Scotsman will (ever) tip a

7. would rather not get

8. do their best to be

9. more likely you are to

10. It was a mistake/I made

ERROR CORRECTION

1. old
 2. tall

3. –

4. second

5. bought

6. –

7. –

8. to

9. him

10. –

11. up

12. being

13. over

14. the

15. –

ERROR CORRECTION KING KONG

01. old

02. tall

03. -

04. second

05. bought

06. -

07. -

08. to

09. him

10. -

11. up

12. being
13. over

14. the

15. -