via You are going to read an article. Some words are missing from the text. Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (1-8). Then write these words on the lines below. There is an example (0) at the beginning. THE MILLAU VIADUCT ‘The new 1.6-mile long motorway bridge across the Tarn valley at Millay was opened by President Chirac yesterday. The A75 motorway was praised as a monument to Gallic @ (engineer) power. “The bridge will serve as a symbol of a modern France,” M. Chirac said. ‘The curving bridge, designed by Lord Foster of Thamesbank, is a highway through the (south) Massif Central from Paris to the Mediterranean. “The Millau viaduct is a magnificent example in the great French tradition of fearless works of art, a tradition begun at the tum of the 19" and 20" centuries by the great Gustave Eiffel”, said the President. The Eiffage (2) (construct) company built and financed the bridge. ‘The Millau Viaduct makes French history because it is the first big civil engineering work financed entirely by private money. Eiffage provided the (3) (financial) in return for a 75-year concession. With car fees varying between £3.20 and £4.60 according to the season, it is expected to start making a profit in a decade. The bridge is expected to carry an average of 10,000 vehicles a day, with a peak of 25,000 during the summer holidays. “The bridge is, above all, of colossal (4) (elegant),” said Libération. Lord Foster, 69, used the words “sculpture in a landscape” for the structure, which was visited by half a million sightseers during its construction. "A work of Man must fuse with ©) (natural),” Foster said yesterday. “The tallest of the bridge’s piers is 343m high, 19m more than the Eiffel Tower. The pillars had to look like they had grown from the earth. The bridge could not look as if it had been attached to the scenery. It had to rise out of the landscape with the (6) light) of a butterfly.” Lord Foster is also the (7) (design) of the Millennium Bridge in London, which had to be shut down for (8) ____ (structure) reinforcement after three days. It was reopened two years later. Unusually for such a big project as the Millau viaduct, there were no serious accidents during construction. : @ (The Times, 15 December 2004, p. 30) .2rgincering. ©)» a. (Oeste @ Oar % 8) ... @ . 73via You are going to read a short text about volleyball. In most lines there is one unneces- ‘sary word. Itis either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Read the text and then copy the unnecessary word in the space provided after each line. ‘Some lines are correct, indicate them with /. The task begins with two examples. WHY I LOVE VOLLEYBALL (0) 1 like activities that are inexpensive, natural and need cooperation (©) between people. One such an activity is volleyball. It is accessible, (J) easy, social and inexpensive, it is played by millions of throughout (2) the world on beaches, in parks and outside factories. Volleyball is so (3) relatively easy to leam and to play. You can begin at adolescence (4) and continue to play until your seventies. It was invented by for both (8) the fit and the unfit. In the outdoor season volleyball is free way. (© The equipment thing consists of a net and a ball. As there is no bodily (contact, injuries are rare. People, old and young can be easily play (8) together. Volleyball is a very egalitarian sport. This is because of (9) the more active and less active functions are continuously rotated. (10) Volleyball requires, above all, good human communication. I can see (1) volleyball as a social contract between six people for the long duration (12) of the game. I see this contract as the goal.WW/3. You are going to read an article. Some words are missing from it. Write the missing words fon the dotted lines after the text. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example (0) at the beginning. IDOLS AWAIT GLOBAL PRIZES. It's football award time again. In the next 24 hours, Andrei Shevchenko, the AC Milan striker, should (0) the Ballon d'Or, or European Footballer of the Year Award. A week later, FIFA will hand out its own prize, the World Player of the Year Award, which will @ to cither Shevchenko, Henry or Ronaldinho. ‘The European Footballer of the Year prize, awarded (2) ______ the magazine France Football, dates back to 1956, when it crowned Sir Stanley Matthews. Matthews was 4 at the time. It ought to be obvious that his age alone would most probably prevent the possibility that he was the (3)___ footballer of 1956, particularly since Ferenc Puskas and Alfred Di Stefano were in their prime. But Matthews was famous, at a time @ international football broadcasting was limited. He also played in the most widely publicised match of the year, England’s 4-2 win over Brazil at Wembley. France Footballs prize is awarded by 52 journalists, each representing a different UEFA nation. They choose their top five (5) from a shortlist of 50, selected by the ‘magazine, FIFA have beaten their system. Now, in addition (6) national team coaches, national team captains get a vote. The vast majority of voters choose the names everyone is already familiar i) . And that’s the problem, They simply base opinions on news reports, much the way fans do. ‘The (8) of the English or German football (9) who vote for the Ballon d’Or is prepared with information. But what about the journalists from Latvia or Iceland or Bosnia? (10) ___do they form their opinion? Apart from their local leagues, they mostly watch highlights of the top players. In that sense, not that much has changed since Matthews won the award. More than his abil- ity or his achievements, those who voted for him rewarded the way that ability and achievement was made known to the rest of the world. Which is pretty much what today’s voters are doing. (The Times, 13 December 2004, p. 22) O) weed get. ©... gh @ . (eae @ . @) @ o @ . (Q0)ee © ..wa You are going to read an article about Euro Disney. Some words are missing from it. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (ad) for each gap (1-9) in the text. Write the letter of the appropriate answer in the box below. There is one example (0) at the beginning. THE LOSS OF EURO DISNEY Euro Disney has admitted that its annual losses more than doubled the last 0) year as the company was hit by rising costs. ‘The operator of Europe’s biggest tourist attraction reported a net (1) of £100.9 million for the year to September 30. The loss is (2) an expected deficit of about 100 million Euro. Andre Lacroix, chairman of Euro Disney, said: “The company’s annual (3) reflects ‘4 poor attendance and low income in (4) difficult year for the European tray- el and tourism (5) ‘We remain committed to the future of Disney Paris.” Euro Disney blamed much of its declining fortunes on the royalty payments (an agreed por- tion of the income) to Walt Disney Co. for the use of (6) such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy. The royalty payments (7) 57.7 million Euro to 30 September compared with 8.1 million Euro in the first quarter of the previous year, Visitor numbers were low at 12.4 million, although spending per visitor increased by 5 per cent. Hotel accommodation incomes fell (8) 3 per cent. The amounts of income rose by 5 per cent to 531.2 million compared with the year before. The loss looks to reduce new (9) (The Times, 10 November 2004, p. 47) (0) a) capital b) academic ©) financial ) monetary (2) a) loss b) miss ©) growth 4) saving (2) a) more b) about ©) around 4) above (3) a) effect b) result ) resume 4) outcome (4) a) other b) one ©) another 4) simitar (5) a) trade b) activity c) enterprise 4) industry (6) a) characters 'b) personalities ©) animals _¢) roles (7) a) have been b) were ©) had been 4) are (8) a) with tte ©) by 4) on (9) a) default b) developers ©) activities 4) developments 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 i 8 9 c 59