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TEST 3
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (active or passive):

A: How long 1………………………………..………..(you/ work) here?

B: For three years. I 2…………………………………………..(leave) last year.

A: 3………………………………………………….….(you/meet) Sarah?

B: Oh, yes. I 4…………………………………………….…..(know) her for several months. She

5………………………………………..(be) in my dance class. We 6…………………………………………(go) to the same
class every Tuesday since January.

A: 7……………………………………….…….(the phone/ ring)?

B: Yes, but I 8……………………………….……………..(cook) dinner, so I 9……………………………..…………(not/

answer) it.

A: Why didn’t you give him the news?

B: By the time I found out, he 10………………………………..…………(already/ leave). (10p)

II. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words, and keep the
same meaning of the two sentences:

1. I can’t remember anything he said. have

I ………………………………………………………………………….. he said.
2. It wouldn’t be a good idea to make him angry. better
You ………………………………………………………..…………… make him angry.
3. It would be nice to work for myself; then I would have more freedom. worked
If ………………………………………………………………..……….. for myself, the I would have more freedom.
4. We last went abroad in 2005. been
We ………………………………………………………………..……….2005.
5. That’s the best meal I have ever eaten. never
I ………………………………………………………………………..…...such a good meal.
6. I’m happy to teach you how to use the software. mind
I ……………………………………………………………………………..you how to use the software.
7. Would you like to go for a drink tonight? like
He asked…………………………………………………………………..to go for a drink that night.
8. Why don’t you use a dictionary to find unfamiliar words? up
You could……………………………………………………..…………..the dictionary.
9. Matt seems to be naturally good at playing the piano. talent
Matt seems to…………………………………………………………..playing the piano.
10. The Simpson twins both look exactly the same to me. tell
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I can’t …………………………………………………………..…………the Simpson twins.

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III. Use the words in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line:

The Value of Commercials

How many 0……famous…….. caramel-coloured soft drinks can 0. FAME

you think of? Probably no more than two. Why, then, do they 1. ADVERTISE 1.
spend millions of pounds on 1…………….their products each 2. CUSTOM 2.
year? Surely their 2……………..would still buy them without the 3. COMPETE 3.
commercials? In fact, it is because there is so little 3…………… 4. USE 4.
that they feel it is 4………….to spend so much on promotion. 5. FASHION 5.
They are not so much trying to increase their market share as 6. LATE 6.
to keep it. Commercials help to keep a product 5……………... , 7. DECIDE 7.
and this keeps people buying it. If the actors in the commercial 8. POWER 8.
aren’t wearing the 6………….clothes, young people will think 9. VALUE 9.
that the product isn’t ‘cool’ , and may make the 7…………not to 10. WORLD 10.
buy it anymore. Commercials undoubtedly have a
8……………effect on what people purchase. For many
companies, they are an extremely 9……..way of getting their
message to a 10………….audience of consumers.
(10p)

IV. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which word A,B, C, D best fits each
space.

Cheese

Most of us take cheese for 0……granted.. . When we go to the supermarket, we expect to see a
1…… of different types of cheese to choose from. But have you ever wandered how these
differences 2………about? Cheese has been produced and eaten for many thousands of years. No
one knows for sure how we 3………….how to make cheese, but some animals, like lambs,
produce cheese naturally in their stomachs. It’s possible that our 4……….found this cheese-like
5………in the stomach of a dead lamb or calf and liked the taste. Certainly, cheese is very
practical. Milk 6…………very quickly, but turning it into a 7…………means that it can be kept for
much longer. Cheese is also healthy, being full of protein, calcium and 8………acids. Cheese can
be made from the mil of animals such as goats, sheep, cows, and 9……..horses and reindeer. By
10……..the most popular cheese in the world is Cheddar, and English cheese made from cow’s
milk. The amount of water and fat used in the production of cheese 11……….whether it is hard
or soft. The flavor of cheese 12…… on the kind of bacteria used in the ripening process. All
cheese had bacteria in it, but this is not 13…….. to humans. The holes in Swiss cheese are made
by bacteria that 14…….… a certain gas. Roquefort and other blue kinds of cheese are blue
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because they have a mould in them. Once 15…….., this is quite safe to eat. (15p)
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0. A. given B. granted C. read D. said

1. A. sort B. range C. variation D. distribution
2. A. take B. are C. go D. came
3. A. discovered B. invented C. worked D. succeeded
4. A. elders B. descendants C. ancestors D. peers
5. A. sort B. material C. substance D. type
6. A. goes off B. takes out C. takes in D. ends up
7. A. figure B. form C. shape D. solid
8. A. famous B. noteworthy C. essential D. significant
9. A. still B. even C. yet D. too
10. A. far B. long C. high D. deep
11. A. determines B. means C. decides D. says
12. A. derives B. results C. relies D. depends
13. A. bad B. harmful C. destructive D. unhelpful
14. A. set in B. make up C. give off D. hand out
15. A. again B. more C. over D. up

V. Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use only ONE word:

The Jungle
We 0…can… all imagine an intrepid explorer, cutting his way 1……………………..…… a thick
jungle. But 2………………………………….exactly is a jungle, and where are the great jungles of the
world? One definition 3………………………………………jungle is ‘an area of thick tangled plant
growth at ground level.’ But, as this could also refer 4………………………………………your garden
when you haven’t had time to cut the grass for a week 5……………………………………two, the
term ‘jungle’ 6………………………………..generally reserved to describe dense rain forests in
tropical regions. However, some large forests in subtropical or even warm temperate
regions are sometimes described 7……………………………...jungles. The major jungles
8……………………………..found in Central and South America, Africa and South East Asia.
9……………………………….…are also jungles in North Australia, and even parts of the USA,
10……………………………………... as Florida. 11……………………………..…it is rarely as hot as in the
desert, the temperature in the jungle is always warm. Jungles are also categorized by their
heavy rainfall, their darkness at ground level- due 12………………………………... the inability of
sunlight to break through the thick vegetation- 13………………………………….the wide variety of
plant and animal species found in them. As 14……………………………………..been widely reported
recently, the great jungles of the world are now facing their greatest danger: humans. Each
year, somewhere 15……………………………….….seven and twenty million hectares of jungle are
destroyed. (15p)
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Key
I II III IV V
1. did you work 1. have forgotten 1.advertising 1. B 1. through
everything
2. left 2.had better not 2.customers 2. D 2. what
3.have you met 3.I worked 3.competition 3. A 3. of
4.have known 4.haven’t been abroad 4.useful 4. C 4. to
since
5.is 5.have never eaten 5.fashionable 5. C 5. or
6.have been going 6. don’t/ wouldn’t mind 6.latest 6. A 6. is
teaching
7.has the phone rung 7. if I would like 7.decision 7. D 7. as
8.Was cooking 8. look unfamiliar words 8.powerful 8. C 8. are
up in/ look up unfamiliar
words in
9.Didn’t answer 9. have a talent for 9.valuable 9. B 9. There
10.Had already left 10. tell the difference 10.worldwide 10. A 10. such
between 11.A 11. Although/
While
12.D 12. to
13.B 13. and
14.C 14. has
15.A 15. between

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