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Task one: KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS
For questions 110. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including
the word given.
Example:
They had extinguished the fire by the time the fire brigade arrived.
put:
The fire had been put out by the time the fire brigade arrived.
1. Has Rita resigned from her job?
given
I wonder ..her job.
2. Im sure you were proud of your sons success.
must
You proud of your sons success.
3. I started studying English three years ago.
for
I three years.
4. The football players training is still going on.
finished
The football players ..yet.
5. I do not intend to make any more mistakes.
intention
I any more mistakes.
6. Please behave as if you were in your own house.
make
Please.. home.
7. The lifeboat rescued everyone on board the boat.
rescue
It was a lifeboat that everyone on board the boat.
8. We had too little time to do the homework.
not
There .us to do the homework.
9. It was necessary to send the letters special delivery.
be
The letters ..special delivery.
10. What attracted you to this part of the country?
find
What .this part of the country?
Task two: MULTIPLE-CHOICE CLOZE
For questions 115, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
SHOP TILL YOU DROP!
Attitudes (0) .shopping have changed dramatically over the last decade or so. There was a time
when shopping was a means to an end, not an occupation in its own right. Some people argue that we have
become a society of big-time (1) . , and that nothing but spending money makes us happy. On
the other (2) . , anyone who has worked hard to (3) .money surely has the right to
spend it (4) . whatever they wish. Provided that we are prepared to (5) . enough of
our money for a rainy day, there seems little wrong with using the rest to (6) .for things that
give us pleasure. For some people, however, spending money has become a serious business. It will take
more than a few hours (7) .to persuade them that they should not do this. The delights of
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A at
A consumers
A face
A earn
A for
A put through
A buy
A suggestions
A beams
A audiences
A goods
A worthless
A into
A become
A made
A share
B about
B producers
B side
B gain
B on
B put off
B pay
B truths
B foundations
B spectators
B sales
B useless
B round
B grown
B done
B receive
C towards
C suppliers
C view
C win
C with
C put out
C spend
C warnings
C stores
C customers
C resources
C penniless
C about
C raised
C sent
C hand
D of
D manufacturers
D hand
D beat
D at
D put by
D purchase
D recommendations
D shelves
D consultants
D incomes
D pointless
D through
D lifted
D put
D part
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7B
14D
15 A
2 with
9 which
3 is/was
10 against
4 any/much
11 up
5 out/off
12 if
6 more
13 off
7 What
14 and
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