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For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Inthe exam you mark your answers on a separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A going B. getting C making D setting
‘Whose wave power is it?
Construction ofthe world's biggest wave-energy installation is (0)... ahead off
the coast of Cormwall in southwest England. More than twenty-one milion pounds’
(1)... of funding has been agreed for what is (2) Wave Hub, a giant
electrical terminal on the seabed ten miles off the coast. Wave Hub will allow @
number of different wave-onergy devices operating in the area to transmit the energy
they generate along a high-voltage undersea cable, back to the shore.
(Once itis in (3)... operation, Wave Hub is (4)... to support the largest
concentration of wave-energy machines anywhere in the word. It wil also mark an
enormous (6)... forward in the development of wave power, which has tended
06)... behind its cousins in the other main (7)... of renewable energy
technology: wind power and solar power,
But surfers in the southwest have (8)... concerns about the project. Cornwallis
Britain's principal surfing region (9)... of the size ofthe Atlantic rollers hitting the
beaches there, and surfers are concemed that the energy taken from the waves may
(10)... a reduction of as much as eleven percent in the height of those waves
‘when they (11)... the shore. But an independent study reported this week that any
effect on wave height will probably be much less than the surfers had (42)...
© A going B getting © making D setting
1 A amount —B_value © worth D quantity
2A refered Balled © entitled D known
3A whole B full © entire 1D. thorough
4 A iikely B probable plausible =D surely
5A tread B strike © pace D step
6 A lag B leave © drag D delay
7A limbs B branches wings D_ prongs
8 A explained —B spoken expressed _—-D_ commented
9 A because —-B account = ©_reason D thanks
40. A_ upshot B result © conclude iD arise
11 A artve B realise © reach D achieve
12 A scared B worried © frightened —-D_ fearedPart 2
For questions 13-27, 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 you write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer
sheet.
Example: [0 || S| E | T
‘Spacemen's autographs
Only twelve astronauts actualy () .... fot on the moon during the US Apollo space
programme between 1969 and 1972. Some have since (13)... household names
= like Neil Armstrong, (14) ..... made the original ‘giant leap for mankind’ and Buzz
{Adrin, his co-plot on that mission. The other ten are less well-known, even (15)
‘each made his own contribution to the programme.
But to Paul Prendergast, a postal worker from London, they are all pioneers, worthy
[Link] mentionad in the (16)... breath as the great explorers of earier eras,
(17)... 48 Christopher Columbus. Paul's fascination (18)... the subject began
2000 (19) ..... he attended a convention for people (20) ..... hobby is collecting
autographs, There he met Alan Bean (fourth man on the moon) and Ed Mitchell
(sixth), As he remembers: ‘There were television stars there, people from Bond
‘movies, and 50 (21) ....« But these men had walked on the moon. | headed straight
(22)... to meet them and ask for their autographs.’ For a collector, the challenge of
(23)... hold ofthe remaining ten proved irresistible,
‘Yet Paul's quest was never going to be entirely straightforward, After (24)...
cat that time, only nine of the astronauts were stl alive and two (25) .... given UP
signing autographs years before. Paul eventually (26)... fo achieve his goals,
(27)... by establishing contacts with other collectors, by buying from reputable
dealers and by attending specialist auctions.Part 3
For questions 28-37, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end
‘of some of the lines fo form a word that fis in the gap in the same line. There is an
‘example at the beginning (0).
In the exam you write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer
sheet.
Example: [o]/E | x[c]alv[a[t|[i]o[n
‘The world’s oldest perfume
‘Archaeologists working at an (0) ....0n the island of Cyprus, EXCAVATE
hhave discovered whal are thought to be the word's oldest known
‘perfumes. Remnants of fourteen diferent fragrances were found
ina (2a)
(29)... on the site ofan ancient perfumery. The bulking was EARTH
of mixing jugs, bottles and stils which were SELECT
destroyed by an earthquake neariy four thousand years ago, at a
time when Cyprus already enjoyed a (80)... as @ centre of REPUTED
perfume-making.
‘After undergoing scientific (31) ....., the perfumes were found to ANALYSE.
contain a range of (32)... available ingredients, such as extracts LOCAL.
‘of anise, pine, coriander, lemon, orange, bergamot, almond and
parsley, amongst others,
Having (33)... what each perfume contained, the scientists then IDENTITY
‘set about remaking them using (34) ..... echniques to find out TRADITION
what they would actually have smelt ike. They first (35)
the extracts, then mixed them with alive oil in clay jugs before distilling
up GRIND
them. This method is the one recorded by writers in Ancient Roman
times. Although (36)
imple by today’s standards, the resulting ADMIT
aromas provide us with an olfactory window onto the ancient world,
{and are evidence ofthe loving craftsmanship that must have been
applied by their (37) CREATEParts
For questions 43-50, complete the second sentence so that ithas a similar meaning
{othe first sontonce, using the word given. De net change the word given. You
‘must use tween three and aie words, mnauding the wr Gen Here tan
Sxample (0).
Exampl
© Chice would only eat a pizza if she could have # mushroom topping.
‘on
Choe ...., a mushroom topping when she ate a pizza,
‘The gap can be filed with the words ‘insisted on having’, s0 you write:
© | [_ INSISTED ON HAVING
In the exam you write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate
43 Thore wore a lot of things to think about before we made our decision.
Lote of things needed ...... consideration before we could make our decision.
|44 Could | ask you if you'd mind looking after my dog while 'm away on holiday?
WONDERING
1. willing to took after my dog while I'm away on holiday?
45 | know that it was wrong of me to get angry in front of the children.
Lost
| know that | should... In front ofthe children.
46. I you need any further information, please call me.
HESITATE,
you need any further information, .....me@ callIthasnt snowed quite as much this year as it did last year.
SLIGHTLY
‘This year, there has ...... than there was last year.
Unless the team's performance improves, they may find they have to resign
‘rom the league.
FORCED
tthe team’s performance doesn't get... resign from the league.
| don't mind whether we go to the seaside or not this year.
DIFFERENCE
doesn't... whether we go to the seaside or not this year.
It's possibie that the burglars got into the building by forcing open a fire exit,
GAINED
“The burglars may .... by forcing open a fre exit