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
--
on
in
at
Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are
--
about
between
among
five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is
--
his
your
its
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
--
is
were
was
many forests, but now there are only a
--
few
little
lot
. 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,
--
bringing
including
containing
supporting
sound and colour.
In 1907 Alice
--
moved
run
entered
transported
to New York where she started her own film company. She was
--
next
once
immediately
recently
successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were
--
after
down
behind
over
. When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody
--
remembered
realised
reminded
repeated
her name.
UFOs - do they exist?
UFO is short for 'unidentified flying object'. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers,
--
because
therefore
although
so
that is often the
--
look
shape
size
type
they are reported to be. The
--
last
next
first
oldest
"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,
--
like
that
so
such
as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television
--
cameraman
director
actor
announcer
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
--
should write
write
wrote
to write
to an English pen-friend.
They spent a lot of time
--
looking
for looking
to look
to looking
at the pictures in the museum.
Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to
--
turn
come
end
go
wrong.
--
Except
Other
Besides
Apart
from Michael, all the group arrived on time.
She
--
accused
complained
blamed
denied
her neighbour's children for the broken window.
As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went
--
by
after
over
on
the homework with me.
Whether she's a good actress or not is a
--
matter
subject
point
case
of opinion.
The decorated roof of the ancient palace was
--
built
carried
held
supported
up by four thin columns.
Would it
--
agree
suit
like
fit
you if we came on Thursday?
This form
--
doesn't need
doesn't have
needn't
hasn't got
be handed in until the end of the week.
If you make a mistake when you are writing, just
--
cross
clear
do
wipe
it out with your pen.
Although our opinions on many things
--
differ
oppose
disagree
divide
, we're good friends.
This product must be eaten
--
by
before
within
under
two days of purchase.
The newspaper report contained
--
many
another
an
a lot of
important information.
Have you considered
--
move
to move
to be moving
moving
to London?
It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their
--
upturn
input
upkeep
intake
of vitamins.
I thought there was a
--
piece
part
shadow
touch
of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.
Why didn't you
--
advise
mention
remark
tell
that you were feeling ill?
James was not sure exactly where his best interests
--
stood
rested
lay
centred
.
He's still getting
--
across
by
over
through
the shock of losing his job.