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Part 1
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer ( А, В, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:

A major В frequent C similar D various

The Eighth Wonder of the World

The Thames Barrier is a 0 _____ part of the flood defence scheme for protecting London 1
_____ rising water levels. The defenses 2 _____ include raised river embankments and
additional flood gates at strategic points, including the Barking Barrier. The unique
structure that is the Barrier spans the 520-metre wide Woolwich reach and 3 _____ of 10
separate movable gates, each pivoting and supported between concrete structures
which house the operating machinery.

When raised, the four main gates 4 _____ stand as high as a five storey building and as
wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each 5 _____ 3700 tonnes. During the first twelve
years of 6 _____, the Barrier has been closed twenty nine times to protect London.

7 _____ the Barrier from the comfortable cafeteria. Picnic on the riverside embankment.
Enjoy beautiful views from the riverside walk. Visit the shop which stocks a large
selection of souvenirs, books and Barrier information.

There is a children’s play area suitable for 4- to 12-year olds, located adjacent to the
riverside walk. A visit to the spectacular Thames Barrier is a 8 _____ experience.

1 A against B for C between D with

2 A and B also C still D too

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 3 A consists B includes C involves D contains

4 A which B every C each D none

5 A measures B costs C calculates D weighs

6 A operation B surgery C vacation D profession

7 A Sight B View C Hear D Explore

8 A forgettable B memorable C forgetful D memorised

Part 2
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your
answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.

Example: IN

Datamac
Datamac was the greatest machine 0 _____ the world. Its business 9 _____ facts: it
accepted 10 _____, stored them, tested them and delivered them.

It was located in Tokyo, where it received messages and questions from all 11 _____ the
world. It sent answers to every town and city in every 12 _____. An army of workers fed it
with facts all the time. Other workers moved about inside Datamac and 13 _____ after it.

Datamac had a very special duty. It was in 14 _____ of all the facts about every person in
the world. Each day it brought these four million facts together, and answered the
question: “15 _____ will happen tomorrow?” Every city in the world received report for its
own part of the country. And the complete World Report 16 _____ to the Chief of the
Correction Force in Tokyo. John Williams had been Chief for only three weeks. By now he
was not afraid of the World Report every morning. It was just a pile of papers, fifteen
centimetres thick.

Part 3
For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of
the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: ENTHUSIAST

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 Being a DIY 0 _____ I was happy to take on the challenge of 17 0.ENTHUSE
_____ an old but 18 _____ cottage. 17.MODERN
I had been given the 19 _____ by a man who used to be an 20 18.DELIGHT
_____ of mine before he stopped working for me. 19.INVITE
20.EMPLOY
The cottage needed to be changed 21 _____, and my friend had 21.EXTEND
to remove all his 22 _____ before I could starts. 22.POSSESS
23.ARRANGE
The requirements for such a task are many and before any 23
24.TRANSFORM
_____ could be made some organisation was needed. The final
24 _____ was worth the effort though.

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Part 4
For questions 25-30, 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. Here is an example (0).

Example:
0.They think the owner of the house is in France.
THOUGHT
The owner of the house _______________ in France.

Example: 0. IS THOUGHT TO BE

25. The hairdresser did Mary’s hair last Tuesday.

HAD
Mary _______________ last Tuesday.

26. Andrew’s job is to supervise all the employees of the company.

RESPONSIBLE
Andrew _______________ all the employees of the company.

27. Harry reads faster than his little sister.

READER
Harry _______________ his little sister.

28. “I didn’t steal the lady’s purse”, said the boy.

DENIED
The boy _______________ the lady’s purse.

29. It was our first trip to Italy so we were very excited about it.
TIME
It was the _______________ to Italy so we were very excited about it.

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30. “Whose car is this?” he asked.
BELONG
“Who _______________ ?” he asked.

Part 5
You are going to read an extract from the novel, “Alice in Wonderland”. For questions 31-36,
choose the answer (А, В, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling,
and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle,
saying to herself ‘That’s quite enough – I hope I will not grow any more – as it is, I can’t get
out at the door – I do wish I hadn’t drunk quite so much!’

Alas, it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had
to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this, and she
tried the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curled
round her head. Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out
of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself ‘Now I can do no more,
whatever happens. What will become of me?’

Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger:
Still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever
getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.

‘It was much pleasanter at home,’ thought poor Alice, ‘when one wasn’t always growing
larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t
gone down that rabbit hole – and yet… and yet – it ’s rather curious, you know, this sort
of life! I do wonder what can have happened to me! When I used to read fairy-tales, I
fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here l am in the middle of one!
There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when l grow up, I’ll w
rite one … but I’m grown up now,’ she added in a sorrowful tone; ‘at least there’s no
room to grow up any more in here.’

‘But then,’ thought Alice, ‘will I never get any older than I am now? That’ll be a comfort,
one way … never to be an old woman …. but then … always to have lessons to learn! Oh, I
shouldn’t like that!’

‘Oh, you foolish Alice!’ she answered herself. ‘How can you learn lessons in here? Why,
there’s hardly room for you, and no room at all for any lesson books!’

And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a
conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and
stopped to listen.

‘Mary Ann! Mary Ann!’ said the voice. ‘Fetch me my gloves this moment!’ Then came a

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little pattering of feet on the stairs. Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her,
and she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she was now about a
thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it.

Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened
inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure.
Alice heard it say to itself ‘Then I’ll go round and get in at the window.’

‘That you won’t’ thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just
under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air. She
did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken
glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-
frame, or something of the sort.

Next came an angry voice – the Rabbit’s – ’Pat! Pat! Where are you?’ And then a voice she
had never heard before, ‘Sure then I’m here! Digging for apples, your honour!’

’Digging for apples, indeed!’ said the Rabbit angrily. ‘Here! Come and help me out of this!’
(Sounds of more broken glass.)

‘Now tell me, Pat, what’s that in the window?’

‘Sure, it’s an arm, your honour!’

‘An arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that size? Why, it fills the whole window!’

‘Sure, it does, your honour: but it’s an arm for all that.’

31. Why didn’t Alice leave the house when she noticed she was growing?
A. She couldn’t find her way out.
B. She was already too big.
C. She was hiding from the Rabbit.
D. She was comfortable there.

32. As she grew, Alice had to

A. keep changing position.
B. break the roof of the house.
C. be very gentle.
D. climb up the chimney.

33. Alice had a long conversation with

A. the Rabbit.
B. herself.
C. an old woman.
D. Pat.

34. Mary Ann is most likely

A. the name of the Rabbit.
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B. what the Rabbit calls Alice.
C. Alice’s little sister.
D. Alice’s friend.

35. Before the Rabbit called him, Pat was spending his time
A. doing something secret.
B. hiding from the Rabbit.
C. doing something silly.
D. growing food.

36. Why does the Rabbit argue about what they see in the window?
A. He knows that Pot is foolish.
B. He can’t see it clearly.
C. He can’t believe his eyes.
D. He is trying to trick Pat.

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Part 6
You are going to read a magazine article about one person’s experience of being aware while
she is dreaming, called lucid dreaming. Six sentences have been removed from the article.
Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use. 37 __.

Lucid Dreaming
The other night I experienced a lucid dream. In the dream I was sitting gazing into our
fish aquarium. I peered in closely, examining our spotted suckerfish. I often gaze at him
because he never moves much in the daytime. I watch him to see if he is OK. As I stared
at him, suddenly I noticed there were two more suckerfish! They were identical to the
original.

37 __. Then I wondered where they could have come from. As I pondered this I abruptly
realised that I must be dreaming! 38 __. I jumped up and looked around. There were
other people in this dream with me. I had a husband, a son and a dog. Before looking at
the fish, I had been going along, living my daily life in a mundane fashion. The last thing I
had remembered doing was feeding the dog and kissing my little boy on the head while
he played on the kitchen floor.

As i looked at these people, I realised it wasn’t my real husband or either of my real

children – I excitedly blurted out at them that we were all dreaming. 39 __. I yelled again
“We are dreaming!” As I became even more self-conscious, I announced that I could test
my theory by flying.

If this really was a dream, I should be able to fly! So I jumped up and flew to the ceiling. I
can still see the look on the man’s face as he watched me float up to the ceiling.
Unfortunately, as I watched the fear and doubt on his face, I began to fall. I sank all the
way back down and landed with a hard thud on the floor. When that happened, I began
to doubt my own perception and lost my awareness as I fell back into a regular dream
state.

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The above is an example of lucid dreaming. 40 __. You are aware that you are dreaming,
while dreaming. If you have ever had it happen to you spontaneously, you understand
how exciting it is, the heart races with excitement at your prospects.

Gazing at something in your home or on your body, such as your hands during your
regular workday is a technique used by dream researchers to induce lucid dreaming.
Another technique is to continually ask yourself throughout the day if you are
dreaming. 41 __. On another occasion just before becoming lucid in a dream, I noticed
that my kitchen cupboards were the wrong colour, which alerted me. The duplicated fish
are another example.

Stephen LaBerge, the pioneer of lucid dreaming research, suggests that once you can
become lucid, there is no limit to what your imagination can create in a dream. 42 __. You
can even try out things you’ve always wanted to try and see what it is like. It has been
discovered, and my experience supports this, that when you do become lucid, it is
extremely difficult to stay that way. Research has shown though that the more you do it,
the better at it you get and the better your control is. Often a few seconds of lucidity is
all that is manageable. It is still a thrilling experience.

A. “Of course!” I said; that explains this.

B. At first I was startled and shocked, surprised that there were more.
C. It truly is amazing, from flying, to inventing, to art.
D. After waking from the dream and becoming lucid, I remember gazing at my hands
and noticing that they were an odd shape.
E. My husband looked at me, perplexed.
F. If you develop these habits – if you happen to be in a dream state while looking at your
hands – you will be tipped off when your hands look odd.
G. Lucid dreaming is the state of being conscious in your dreams.

Part 7

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