Part 1


Where can you see this notices?

Please leave your room key at Reception.
in a shop in a hotel in a taxi

Foreign money changed here
in a library in a bank in a police station

AFTERNOON SHOW BEGINS AT 2PM
outside a theatre outside a supermarket outside a restaurant

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
Lessons start again on the 8th January
at a travel agent's at a music school at a restaurant

Price per night:
£10 a tent
£5 a person
at a cinema in a hotel on a camp-site




In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.

Scotland

Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is most famous city. Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called 'Ben Nevis'. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there many forests, but now there are only a . Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful.



In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.

Alice Guy Blaché

Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, sound and colour.

In 1907 Alice to New York where she started her own film company. She was successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were . When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody her name.

UFOs - do they exist?

UFO is short for 'unidentified flying object'. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, that is often the they are reported to be. The "flying saucers" were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light. Even people experienced at watching the sky, as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scientists studying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lights on boats out fishing.



In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

The teacher encouraged her students to an English pen-friend.
They spent a lot of time at the pictures in the museum.
Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to wrong.
from Michael, all the group arrived on time.
She her neighbour's children for the broken window.
As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went the homework with me.
Whether she's a good actress or not is a of opinion.
The decorated roof of the ancient palace was up by four thin columns.
Would it you if we came on Thursday?
This form be handed in until the end of the week.
If you make a mistake when you are writing, just it out with your pen.
Although our opinions on many things , we're good friends.
This product must be eaten two days of purchase.
The newspaper report contained important information.
Have you considered to London?
It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their of vitamins.
I thought there was a of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.
Why didn't you that you were feeling ill?
James was not sure exactly where his best interests .
He's still getting the shock of losing his job.