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MARK 099

Name: ……………………………………………

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PART I: Choose the best answer

0 A. lends B . passes C. spends D. puts

0 A B C D

COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL?

In Britain, the average young person now (0)................. more money on games each year
than on going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this (1) ................. a bad thing? For
years, newspaper reports have been (2) ................. that children who spend too much time
playing computer games become unsociable, bad-tempered, even violent as a (3) .................
But new research, (4) ................. out in both Europe and the USA, suggests that the opposite
may be (5) .................
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to
(6) ................. certain skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games (7) .................
the brain work harder in certain ways, like (8) ................. sounds and movements quickly
and identifying what they are. The fact that people play the games repeatedly, (9) .................
that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore (10) ................. to become
highly developed.
Social skills may benefit too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first-person shooter
games (11) ................. Counterstrike are better than non-players when it (12) ................. to
building trust and co-operation, and that this (13) ................. them to make good friendships
and become strong members of their communities. So rather than (14) ................. up
computer games, perhaps young people (15) ................. to spend more time on them?
1 A necessarily B certainly C fully D nearly
2 A speaking B informing C telling D saying
3 A product B result C reason D conclusion
4 A worked B thought C turned D carried
5 A exact B true C fact D precise
6 A repair B advance C improve D amend
7 A make B force C push D keep
8 A realising B noticing C imagining D solving
9 A means B asks C brings D causes
10 A surely B probable C likely D possible
11 A in order to B such as C due to D as well as
12 A requires B goes C involves D comes
13 A supports B helps C shows D serves
14 A giving B ending C taking D stopping
15 A bound B should C due D need

PART II
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which oest fits each space. Use only one
word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0)

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

19-year-old Becky Benfield is (0)........... ONE ....... of a small number of teenage

businesspeople to make it (16) .................. the finals of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Award. The competition is designed to encourage young people to set (17).................. their
own businesses by awarding a prize to the young businessperson (18) .................. impresses
the judges most with (19) .................. they have achieved. The winner (20) ..................
receive an all¬ expenses paid business-class trip to the USA worth £5000.

Becky runs a company (21) .................. imports and sells model horses to collectors and
museums. Collecting the horses (22) .................. been Becky’s childhood hobby and two
years (23) .................. her parents encouraged her to create a website where people
(24) .................. buy and sell them. The business has been a great success and Becky now has
(25) .................. own office and employs four members of staff.

At first, (26) .................. Becky did not find it easy. She had difficulty opening a business
account at the bank because she was not old (27) .................., and nobody was prepared to
lend her the money she needed to (28) .................. her business started. Fortunately for
Becky, her parents are also businesspeople who run an engineering company, and they
(29) .................. willing to help her financially. Perhaps this explains (30) .................. all this
years finalists in the competition also come from business families.
PART III: A CARBER IN COMPUTERS

When the boom in the (0).........INFORMATION ........ technology (IT) industry INFORM
was at its height in the late 1990s, it was easy for (56) ................. young computer GIFT/
(57) ................. to get jobs without having any formal qualifications. PROGRAMM
E
In those days, (58) ................. and experience were seen as more valuable by
ABLE
(59)................. than certificates. Indeed, enthusiastic teenagers often knew as
EMPLOY
much, if not more, about the latest (60) ................. than university graduates.
DEVELOP
Today, an (61)................. computer fan is much less likely to get a job than
QUALIFY
someone who has done a (62)................. course of some kind, at least with any of
TRAIN
the large (63)................. But young people who have (64) ................. hands-on
ORGANISE
experience may still get work, (65) ................. with smaller companies which may
USE
also be willing to help them further their education.
SPECIAL

PART IV: Use the given word rewrite the following sentencs without changing their
meaning

31. Delphine likes to play computer games. enjoys

Delphine...................................................................................................computer games.
32. I don't think you ought to write in that book. were
If I...........................................................................................................write in that book.
33. Learning the names of all the world's rivers seems pointless to me. see
I cannot...........................................................learning the names of all the world's rivers.
34. Ian was a great fan of Shakespeare's plays as a teenager. keen
As a teenager, Ian ............................................................................. Shakespeare's plays.
35. Chloe finds it hard to do her maths homework on her own. difficulty
Chloe .............................................................................her maths homework on her own.
36. Would you like to go to a university open day? Interested
Would you.................................................................................. to a university open day?
37. After I graduate, I'd like to become a vet. ambition
It .......................................................................................................a vet after I graduate.
38. Janice can't wait to hear Tom's story. forward
Janice is...........................................................................................................Tom's story.
39. Paul has a dear memory of his first day at school. remembers
Paul clearly...............................................................................................for the first time.
40. Glerrys is willing to help her brother with his homework. mind
Glenys.............................................................................. her brother with his homework.
THE END