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Part 1

For questions 1 – 8, 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).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

0 A report B describe C inform D tell

A B C D
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The oldest leather shoe in the world

Archaeologists (0) …..... that a perfectly preserved 5,500-year-old shoe has been discovered in a

cave in Armenia in south-west Asia. It is (1) to be the oldest leather shoe ever found.

The shoe was made of a single piece of leather, stitched at the front and back, and was shaped to fit

the wearer’s foot. It had been (2) …..... with grasses, either for warmth or to make sure it kept its

shape. ‘The shoe is relatively small but we can’t say for (3) whether it was worn by a man or a

woman,’ says Dr Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist on the research (4) .............‘We thought at first that it

was about 600-700 years old because it was in such good shape.’

Shoes of this type from later periods have turned (5) ...….. in archaeological excavations in various

places in Europe, and shoes of a very similar design were still being used on the Aran Islands off the

west coast of Ireland as (6) …..... as the 1950s. It’s (7) …..... a style which (8) …..... popular for

thousands of years.
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1 A accepted B regarded C assessed D believed

2 A stuffed B loaded C pushed D blocked

3 A clear B specific C true D certain

4 A class B force C team D company

5 A over B into C up D about

6 A recently B lately C presently D immediately

7 A correctly B exactly C precisely D obviously

8 A held B stood C remained D lasted

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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).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: 0 S I N C E

From black pepper to chilli pepper

In the 15th century, Europeans knew nothing of the chilli pepper, but they held black pepper in high

regard and had used it in cooking (0) …….. Greek and Roman times. Ships travelling east brought

the black pepper from the Spice Islands in South East Asia but this (9) …..... a long time. In 1492,

Christopher Columbus was asked to find a shorter route to the Spice Islands, going westwards

(10) …..... than eastwards, and so he set (11)............ from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean.

Columbus didn’t succeed (12) …….. finding the Spice Islands but he (13)............. manage to reach the

Americas. There he (14)............ across another pepper; the chilli, which had been used in cooking in

South America for thousands of years. Soon (15) …….. Columbus’s voyage, large quantities of

chillies were being shipped back to Spain from the Caribbean. Later, people realised that chillies

would actually grow in southern Europe and it wasn’t long before fresh chillies were (16) sale in

European markets.
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Part 5

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).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: 0 M E M O R A B L E

Family bike fun

National Bike Week was celebrated last week in a (0) …….... way with a MEMORY

Family Fun Day in Larkside Park. The event (17) …….... to be highly PROOF

successful with over five hundred people attending.

Larkside Cycling Club brought along a (18) …….... of different bikes to VARY

demonstrate the (19) …….... that family members of all ages can get from ENJOY

group cycling. Basic cycling (20) …….... was taught using conventional bikes. SAFE

There were also some rather (21) ............. bikes on display. One-wheelers, five- USUAL

wheelers and even one which could carry up to six (22)............. , were used for RIDE

fun.

The club also gave information on how cycling can help to reduce (23) …….... ENVIRONMENT

damage. They also provided (24) ............ as to how people could substitute the SUGGEST

bike for the car for daily journeys. The overall message was that cycling is

great family fun and an excellent alternative to driving. By the end of the day

over a hundred people had signed up for membership.

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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 A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.

DRIVEN

We ....................................................................... a very friendly taxi driver.

The gap can be filled by the words ‘were driven into town by’, so you write:

Example: 0 WERE DRIVEN INTO TOWN BY

Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

25 Paula can’t wait to hear the band’s new album.

FORWARD

Paula is really........................................................................ the band’s new album.

26 Buying a daily newspaper seems pointless to me.

POINT

I can’t ........................................................................ a daily newspaper.

27 Daniel thought the flight would be more expensive than it actually was.

NOT

The flight ........................................................................ as Daniel thought it would be.

28 It’s a shame I’m not able to come to your party on Saturday.

COULD

I ....................................................................... to your party on Saturday.

29 There were no trainers left in Denzel’s size anywhere on the website.

SOLD

The website had........................................................................ trainers in Denzel’s size.

30 Gwenda deleted her sister’s photographs by accident.

MEAN

Gwenda ........................................................................her sister’s photographs.

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