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SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (7 points)

PART 1: Choose the option (A,B,C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers

in the numbered table below.

1. Our country is rich ________ natural resources.

A. of B. with C. about D. in

2. The idea to ________ a visit to the local council residence was welcomed by all the visitors.

A. pay B. do C. go D. walk

3. In his anxiety to make himself________, he spoke too loudly and too slowly.

A. understand B. understanding C. understood D. to understand

4. ________ for the fact that he was working abroad, he would willingly have helped with the

project.

A. If it hadn’t been B. If it had been C. Had it been D. Hadn’t it been

5. Some animals are on the ________ of becoming extinct.

A. edge B. verge C. side D. tip

6. The play is very long but there are three ________

A. intervals B. breaks C. rests D. naps

7. The last lecture ________ completely over my head.

A. got B. went C. was D. left

8. Could I pick your ________ on the subject before the meeting?

A. brains B. head C. intellect D. mind

9. I was prepared to lend my brother some money but he turned ________ my offer.

A. back B. up C. out D. down

10. I ________ with the performances but I got flu the day before.

A. was to have helped B. helped C. was to help D. had helped

11. The dying man’s speech was so________ that no one was able to interpret his last request.

A. incoherent B. indiscreet C. nonchalant D. impotent

12. Very soon I found some other people to ________ and we began to write songs.

A. keep up with B. team up with C. talk through with D. get along with

13. ________ chair the meeting.

A. John was decided to B. It was decided that John should

C. There was decided that John should D. John had been decided to

14. I thought about the problem but I couldn’t ________ a solution.

A. come in for B. come across C. come up with D. come out

15. ________, they slept soundly.

A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was

C. Hot as was the night air D. Hot although the night air was

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PART 2: Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. There

is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the numbered table below.

Is your school just as you wanted (0)_______ to be? Or are there things you and your classmates (1) ________

change, given the opportunity? This is your chance to express your ideas about (2) ________ the ideal school is like.

Our competition is open to (3) ________ student between the ages of twelve and eighteen. You can enter (4)

________ an individual or your whole class can work together on a team entry. Your entry can take any form – a piece

of writing, a picture, or even architectural plans. It is

completely (5) ________ to you. What we are looking for is evidence (6) ________ originality, imagination and,

above (7) ________, the genuine views of young people.

By (8) ________ part in this, you will help in a study being carried out at a leading university. All work entered (9)

________ the competition will be kept at the university and used in research. Entries cannot be returned (10)

________ of this. But it also means that, even (11) ________ you do not win, your views will still be heard and will

remain for future educationalists to study.

Entries must reach us no (12) ________ than Friday 30 April. Winners will receive valuable prizes of computer

equipment and software for their schools.

PART 3: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word

which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). If the line has a word that should not be there, write

the word at the end of the line. There are two examples at the beginning.

0 Congratulations on winning of the tennis championship! You must be of 00 very pleased, especially since the prize is quite a lot of money. √ 1 What are you going to …