PRACTICE TEST - HSG 10 (24.4.

2023)
SECTION I: LISTENING (50 points)
Part 1: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD for each answer. (14 points)
STUDY OF LOCAL LIBRARY: POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
• whether it has a (1) _______________ of its own
• its policy regarding noise of various kinds
• how it’s affected by laws regarding all aspects of (2) _______________
• how the design needs to take the (3) _______________ of customers into account
• what (4) _______________ is required in case of accidents
• why a famous person’s (5) _______________ is located in the library
• whether it has a (6) _______________ of local organisations
• how it’s different from a library in a (7) _______________
Part 3: Listen to someone talking about gymnastics. Are these statements true (T) or false
(F) according to the speaker? (10 points)
No. Statements T F
16. Broadstone Park is now a wilderness.

17. The NWT gets its money from the Montague family.

18. Initially, the most important task is clearing overgrown plants and trees.

19. One of the jobs that volunteers can do is publicise the NWT.

20. Volunteers can usually get a lift to the Marsh.

Part 4: You will hear Leonie Steiner talking to an interviewer about her work as a music
teacher in a school. For questions 21-25, choose the best answer (A, В or C). (10 points)
21. Leonie started giving music lessons _______
A. for the pleasure of seeing others learn.
B. because she needed some extra money.
C. to see if she was suited to teaching.
22. Leonie most likes to teach students who _______
A. have great natural talent at an early age.
B. need good teaching to develop their talent.
C. have previously been taught badly.
23. Leonie thinks the problem with singing in schools is that ________
A. many students are too embarrassed to sing.
B. few students want to learn how to sing.
C. singing is not often taught in them nowadays.
24. Leonie believes her success as a music teacher is a result of _______
A. choosing a particular age group of children to teach.
B. the training she received as a student teacher.
C. a natural ability to communicate with young people.
25. What decision did Leonie find difficult to make? _______
A. to turn down the offer of a job abroad
B. to refuse promotion in the school
C. to continue teaching when she felt tired
SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 points)
Part 1: Choose one word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle its
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer. (20 points)
26. As I lay in my cabin, I heard the gentle sound of waves _______ against the hull.
A. gushing B. seeping C. lapping D.
gurgling
27. The boss is on holiday, which explains why everyone is so relaxed. When the cat's away,
________.
A. the mice will dance B. the mice will play C. the hens will lay D. the
rats go stray
28. You can shout at me until you’re ________ but I will not change my mind
A. blue in the face B. red in the years C. green in the grass D. pink
in the nose
29. Orwell wrote a book about his experiences as a homeless, penniless tramp, when he was
________ in Paris and London.
A. up and running B. down and dirty C. down and out D. high
and mighty
30. Sam’s not worried about the maths exam because he knows all the formulas.
A. inside out B. upside down C. from tip to toe D. from
head to tail
31. You know what I want and I know what you want. So let’s not waste each other’s time
by________.
A. beating about the branches B. blimbing the branches
C. going up the branches D. beating about the bush
32. Would you like _______ you this evening? I could give you the latest news.
- That would be very kind of you.
A. me phoning B. that I phone C. me to phone D. that
I phoned
33. When it came to actually opening the safe and stealing the money, Diane couldn't go
_______ with it.
A. on B. off C. through D. up
34. When you joined the firm, I bent _______ to help you. And what thanks did I get?
A. myself downwards B. myself backwards C. over backwards D. backwards
and forwards
35. Our hosts had prepared a _______ meal to celebrate our arrival.
A. lavish B. generous C. profuse D.
spendthrift
36. The speech attacked American policy in _________ was later considered to be part of a
campaign to undermine the government.
A. which B. that which C. that D.
what
37. They _______ the solution quite by chance.
A. struck upon B. hit upon C. struck up D. hit
off
38. We did some mountain-biking and I had a _______ at waterskiing as well.
A. throb B. spike C. jab D. stab
39. Apart from the _______ cold or flu, I've been remarkably healthy all my life.
A. odd B. irregular C. timely D.
opportune
40. You must admit, it was a queer thing _______ so soon after his wife's death.
A. for him to do B. that he did C. that he would do D. for
his doing
41. He scratched his chin and _______ the way he always does, as though making a simple
decision was the hardest thing in the world.
A. sighed and sobbed B. hemmed and hawed C. flipped and flopped D. grinned
and groaned
42. The soldiers were ordered to shoot anyone they caught _______ the deserted homes.
A. raiding B. looting C. stealing D.
embezzling
43. There is nothing I would like more than _______ taken on by our company.
A. that you are B. for you to be C. if you are D. only
your being
44. I'm sure she's arrived safely In Hong Kong by now, but why not phone her to _______?
A. unload your mind B. put your mind at rest C. unwind your mind D. take a
rest in mind
45. Only in Australia _______ on to its pre-crisis market share of 45%.
A. the company has held B. has the company held C. the company has a hold D. the
company is holding

Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Part 2: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
gap in the same line. (10 points)
46. Safety tests on old cars have been ____________________ throughout Europe. STANDARD
47. We eventually began the ____________________ task of sorting through his papers. LABOUR
48. Children normally feel a lot of ____________________ about their first day at school. ANXIOUS
49. He was ____________________ from a wound in his shoulder. BLOOD
50. Her first novel, ____________________ More Innocent Times, was published in 1977. TITLE
51. There is a(n) ____________________ simple explanation of what happened. SUPPOSE
52. The government has a policy of letting the____________________ - ill be cared for in MIND
the community.
53. I'm not____________________ to being treated like this. CUSTOM
54. Hundreds of mature trees were ____________________in the storm. ROOT
55. A UN force has been sent in to try and ____________________ the area worst affected PEACE
by the civil war.
Your answers:
46. 47.
48. 49.
50. 51.
52. 53.
54. 55.

Part 3: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. There are 10 mistakes in the
text. Identify each mistake, write it down and give your correction. (10 points)
Line 1 Research has found that children took on a supermarket trip make a purchase request
Line 2 every two minutes. More than $200 million a year is now spent on advertising
Line 3 directly to children, most of them on television. That figure is likely to increase and
Line 4 it is in the supermarket aisles that the investment is most likely to be successful. For
Line 5 children, the reasons behind their parents' decisions about that they can and cannot
Line 6 afford are often unclear and arguments about how bad sugar is for your teeth are
Line 7 inconvincing when compared with the attractively and emotionally persuasive
Line 8 advertising campaigns. According to Susan Dibb of the National Food Alliance,
Line 9 'Most parents concerned about what they give their children to eat and have ideas
Line 10 about what food is healthy —although those ideas are not always accurate.
Line 11 Obviously, such a dialogue among parents and children is a good thing, because if
Line 12 the only information children are getting about productivity is from TV advertising,
Line 13 they are getting a very one-side view. Parents resent the fact that they are competing
Line 14 with the advertising industry and are forced into the position of repeated
Line 15 disappointing their children.' The Independent Television Commission, which
Line 16 regulates TV advertising, prohibits advertisers from telling children to ask their
parents to buy products.
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction

SECTION III: READING (60 points)

Part 1: Fill the blanks with one of four options to complete the passage (10 points)
Jean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, became famous for
his theories on child development. A child (66) ____, he became interested in the scientific study
of nature at an early age. He developed a special fascination for biology, having some of his
work published before graduating from high school. When, (67) ____ 10, his observations led to
questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and
published some notes on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the (68) ____ that this would
persuade the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked. Piaget was (69) ____ on a path
that led to his doctorate in zoology and a lifelong conviction that the way to understand anything
is to know how it evolves.
Piaget went on to spend much of his (70) ____ life listening to and watching children,
and poring over reports of researchers who were doing the same. He found, to put it (71) ____,
that children don’t think like adults. After thousands of interactions with young people often
barely old enough to talk, Piaget began to suspect that behind their cute and seemingly illogical
(72) ____ were thought processes that had their own kind of order and their own special logic.
Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, deemed this a discovery “so simple that only a genius
could have thought of it.”.
Piaget’s insight opened a new window into the inner workings of the mind. Several
new fields of science, among them developmental psychology and cognitive theory, came into
being as a result of his research. Although not an educational reformer, he championed a way of
thinking about children that provided the foundation for today’s education reform movements.
One might say that Piaget was the first to (73) ____ children’s thinking seriously. Others who
shared this respect for children may have fought harder for immediate change in schools, but
Piaget’s influence on education remains deeper and more pervasive.
Piaget has been (74) ____ by generations of teachers inspired by the belief that
children are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge, as traditional academic thinking had
it, but active builders of knowledge - little scientists who are constantly creating and testing their
own theories of the world. And while he may not be as famous as Sigmund Freud, Piaget’s
contribution to psychology may be longer lasting. As computers and the Internet give children
greater autonomy to explore ever larger digital worlds, the ideas he (75) ____ become ever more
relevant.
66. A. prodigy B. talent C. genius D.
gifted
67. A. aging B. age C. be aged D.
aged
68. A. purpose B. target C. hope D. aim
69. A. launched B. introduced C. led D.
initiated
70. A. professional B. academic C. vocational D.
whole
71. A. shortly B. succinctly C. clearly D.
simply
72. A. sentences B. speech C. words D.
utterances
73. A. get B. take C. make D.
have
74. A. respected B. revered C. venerated D.
adored
75. A. created B. believed C. pioneered D.
propagandized

Your answers:
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

Part 2: Fill each of the blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 points)
Mother Nature’s wildest children have, over millions of years, (76) ______ some
extraordinary abilities. Now mankind is applying some of these to solve problems that have (77)
______scientists for years. Tony Brennan was working on ways to stop naval ships gathering sea
algae and barnacles when he got an unexpected (78) ______ from one of the deadliest species
known to man – sharks. Sharks have a unique (79) _______ that means sea algae or barnacles
can’t get a (80) _______ on their skin. That’s because their skin consists of a series of teeth-like
scales that allow them to (81) _______ through the ocean depths without collecting material that
might slow them down. Tony wondered whether shark skin couldn’t (82) _______ other
organisms like the kind of bacteria that causes over 100,000 hospital infections in the USA every
year. It turns out that Tony was right and his research led one company, called appropriately
enough, Sharklet, to produce a coating that (83) _______ light switches, door handles, and other
frequently used surfaces in hospitals germ-free. (84) _______ self-satisfied mankind might feel
about its invention and level of technological competence; it should never forget that Mother
Nature is a first-class inventor in her own (85) _______.
Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

Part 3: Read the passage and choose one of four options to answer the questions. (10 points)
A smart irrigation sensor that gives plants only as much to drink as they need can
increase tomato yields by more than 40 percent. The sensor has been developed by Yehoshua
Sharon and Ben-Ami Bravado at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's faculty of agriculture in
Rehovot, Israel. The researchers say that their system not only increases the yield of crops, but it
also dramatically reduces water usage - by up to 60 percent for some crops.
At the heart of the system is an electronic sensor that dips onto a plant leaf and measures
its thickness to an accuracy of 1 micrometer. 'A leaf's thickness is dependent on the amount of
water in a plant/ says Sharon. 'A healthy leaf is 60 percent water.' A thin leaf is a sure sign that
the plant is suffering stress because it is thirsty, and stress is bad for yields.
The sensor consists of two plates, one fixed and the other spring-loaded, which together
grip the leaf. The moving plate is connected to a small computer that regulates the voltage in an
electrical circuit. As the leaf's thickness changes, the plate moves, causing a change in the
voltage. This signal is fed to a processor that adjusts the plant's water supply.
Unlike conventional irrigation systems, which water crops periodically, the Israeli system
waters the plants continuously, but adjusts the flow to the plant's needs. 'The idea is to give the
plant the proper amount of water at the correct time, according to what the plant requires,' says
Sharon.
Field studies show the system increases the yields of several crops while reducing
consumption of water. Yields of grapefruit increased by 15 per cent while needing 40 per cent
less water. For peppers, the yield rose by 5 per cent while water usage fell by 60 per cent.
Tomato plants yielded 40 per cent more fruit while consuming 35 per cent less water.
"It is an interesting idea", says John Sadler, a soil scientist at the US government's
Agricultural Research Service in Florence, South Carolina. 'Other researchers have measured
stress by measuring a plant's temperature or stem thickness. But I haven't heard of anyone doing
irrigation at such a refined level,' he says.
But Sadler is a little surprised by the figures for water savings. 'They would depend on
the technique you're comparing these results with,' he says. Sharon says the savings are based on
comparisons with the Israeli government's recommendations for irrigating crops.
He admits that the system has to be very reliable if it is to be effective. "Because the
plants are watered continuously they are more susceptible to sudden changes in water supply",
he says. "This means our system has to operate very reliably".
The researchers have founded a company called Leafsen to sell the new irrigation system,
and they hope to start marketing it within the next few months.
Question 86: Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. The irrigation sensor can reduce the need for water in some plants.
B. A leaf's thickness is dependent on the amount of water in a plant.
C. The conventional irrigation systems water the plant continuously.
D. Leafsen is the company that sells the new irrigation system.
Question 87: According to the passage, the sensor is operated by _________.
A. a computer B. a plate C. a spring D. a
voltage
Question 88: "the heart" in the second paragraph means _________.
A. the centre B. the smallest part C. the most important part D. the most
accurate part
Question 89: The word "fixed" in paragraph 3 is similar in meaning to _________.
A. having a leaf B. stuck by glue C. not empty D. not
moving
Question 90: Which of the following in NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. The new system helps reduce the water amount plants require.
B. The new system is welcome by US scientists.
C. The new system needs more time to become usable.
D. In order for the system to be effective, it has to be very reliable.
Question 91: The phrase "at the correct time" in paragraph 4 mostly means _________
A. at the time being C. when the time is accurate
B. when the plants require D. when the yields are increased
Question 92: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as benefited from the new system?
A. Tomatoes B. Peppers C. Grapefruits D.
Eggplants
Question 93: When a plant is thirsty, _________.
A. its yield is raised B. it is suffering stress
C. it has healthy leaves D. it can reduce its water usage
Question 94: The word "they" in the second last paragraph refers to _________.
A. plants B. changes C. researches D.
crops
Question 95: How is John Sadler's attitude to the new system?
A. Critical B. Doubtful C. Ironical D.
Appreciative
(Source: "Insight into IELTS extra" by Vanessa and Clare McDowell)
Your answers:
86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

Part 4: Choose the correct heading for each paragraph (20 points)
 List of Headings
i A fresh and important long-term goal
ii Charging for roads and improving other transport methods
iii Changes affecting the distances goods may be transported
iv Taking all the steps necessary to change transport patterns
v The environmental costs of road transport
vi The escalating cost of rail transport
vii The need to achieve transport rebalance
viii The rapid growth of private transport
ix Plans to develop major road networks
x Restricting road use through charging policies alone
xi Transport trends in countries awaiting EU admission

Example: Answer:
Paragraph F vii
What have been the trends and what are the prospects for European transport systems?
A. It is difficult to conceive of vigorous economic growth without an efficient transport system.
Although modern information technologies can reduce the demand for physical transport by
facilitating teleworking and teleservices, the requirement for transport continues to increase.
There are two key factors behind this trend. For passenger transport, the determining factor is the
spectacular growth in car use. The number of cars on European Union (EU) roads saw an
increase of three million cars each year from 1990 to 2010, and in the next decade, the EU will
see a further substantial increase in its fleet.
B. As far as goods transport is concerned, growth is due to a large extent to changes in the
European economy and its system of production. In the last 20 years, as internal frontiers have
been abolished, the EU has moved from a “stock” economy to a “flow” economy. This
phenomenon has been emphasised by the relocation of some industries, particularly those which
are labour intensive, to reduce production costs, even though the production site is hundreds or
even thousands of kilometres away from the final assembly plant or away from users.
C. The strong economic growth expected in countries which are candidates for entry to the EU
will also increase transport flows, in particular road haulage traffic. In 1998, some of these
countries already exported more than twice their 1990 volumes and imported more than five
times their 1990 volumes. And although many candidate countries inherited a transport system
which encourages rail, the distribution between modes has tipped sharply in favour of road
transport since the 1990s. Between 1990 and 1998, road haulage increased by 19,4%, while
during the same period rail haulage decreased by 43,5%, although – and this could benefit the
enlarged EU – it is still on average at a much higher level than in existing member states.
D. However, a new imperative-sustainable development – offers an opportunity for adapting the
EU's common transport policy. This objective, agreed by the Gothenburg European Council, has
to be achieved by integrating environmental considerations into Community policies, and
shifting the balance between modes of transport lies at the heart of its strategy. The ambitious
objective can only be fully achieved by 2020, but proposed measures are nonetheless a first
essential step towards a sustainable transport system which will ideally be in place in 30 years‟
time, that is by 2040.
E. In 1998, energy consumption in the transport sector was to blame for 28% of emissions of
CO2，the leading greenhouse gas. According to the latest estimates, if nothing is done to reverse
the traffic growth trend, CO2 emissions from transport can be expected to increase by around
50% to 1,113 billion tonnes by 2020 ，compared with the 739 billion tonnes recorded in 1990.
Once again, road transport is the main culprit since it alone accounts for 84% of the CO2
emissions attributable to transport. Using alternative fuels and improving energy efficiency is
thus both an ecological necessity and a technological challenge.
F. At the same time greater efforts must be made to achieve a modal shift. Such a change cannot
be achieved overnight, all the less so after over half a century of constant deterioration in favour
of road. This has reached such a pitch that today rail freight services are facing marginalisation,
with just 8% of market share, and with international goods trains struggling along at an average
speed of 18km/h. Three possible options have emerged.
G. The first approach would consist of focusing on road transport solely through pricing. This
option would not be accompanied by complementary measures in the other modes of transport.
In the short term it might curb the growth in road transport through the better loading ratio of
goods vehicles and occupancy rates of passenger vehicles expected as a result of the increase in
the price of transport. However, the lack of measures available to revitalise other modes of
transport would make it impossible for more sustainable modes of transport to take up the baton.
H. The second approach also concentrates on road transport pricing but is accompanied by
measures to increase the efficiency of the other modes (better quality of services, logistics,
technology). However, this approach does not include investment in new infrastructure, nor does
it guarantee better regional cohesion. It could help to achieve greater uncoupling than the first
approach, but road transport would keep the lion’s share of the market and continue to
concentrate on saturated arteries, despite being the most polluting of the modes. It is therefore
not enough to guarantee the necessary shift of the balance.
I. The third approach, which is not new, comprises a series of measures ranging from pricing to
revitalising alternative modes of transport and targeting investment in the trans-European
network. This integrated approach would allow the market shares of the other modes to return to
their 1998 levels and thus make a shift of balance. It is far more ambitious than it looks, bearing
in mind the historical imbalance in favour of roads for the last fifty years, but would achieve a
marked break in the link between road transport growth and economic growth, without placing
restrictions on the mobility of people and goods.
Questions 96 – 100: Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-E from the list of
headings below.
96. Paragraph A _______
97. Paragraph B _______
98. Paragraph C _______
99. Paragraph D _______
100. Paragraph E _______
Questions 101 – 105: Do the following statements agree with the information given in the
reading Passage?
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
101. _____ The need for transport is growing, despite technological developments.
102. _____ To reduce production costs, some industries have been moved closer to their relevant
consumers.
103. _____ Cars are prohibitively expensive in some EU candidate countries.
104. _____ The Gothenburg European Council was set up 30 years ago.
105. _____ By the end of this decade, CO2 emissions from transport are predicted to reach 739
billion tonnes.
(Source IELTS 10- Test 2 – Reading Passage 2, p 22)
Your answers:
96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
101. 102. 103. 104. 105.

Part 5: You are going to read a magazine article about students who traveled around
Australia alone during their long summer vacation. For questions 106- 115 choose from the
students (A-D). The students may be chosen more than once. ( 10 points)
Which student mentions
106. a daily activity that was not enjoyable alone?
107. a good way of keeping travel plans flexible?
108. appreciating not having to waste time organizing practical details?
109. becoming more tolerant of other people?
110. feeling better after keeping in touch with others?
111. having doubts at the beginning of a trip?
112. liking not having to agree an itinerary with others?
113. meeting people with a similar outlook on life?
114. missing having someone to help with decision-making?
115. the advisability of going for the best accommodation you can afford?

SOLO TRAVEL IN AUSTRALIA

A. Phil Morston
I remember sitting in the plane thinking to myself: ‘What have I let myself in for?’. The first few
days were scary: I was all on my own on the other side of the world with nothing planned. But I
soon met up with people to travel with. Of course, some you get on with, others you don’t.
Some, for example, had every day planned out day in minute detail, when in practice things can
change and it’s great to have the freedom to go with the flow. And that’s easy enough to do. You
can take the Oz Experience bus down the west coast, jumping off whenever you want, then
catching the next bus when you’re ready to move on again. Being away for a year, you do
occasionally get lonely. To cheer myself up, I’d sit down and write a fortnightly email home
about everything I’d been up to.
В. Leila Stuart
Without doubt, you meet all sorts of people when travelling alone. I even made a friend on the
plane out there. Some people are keener to make friends than others, of course, but if someone’s
chosen to do the same type of trip as you, you’ve probably got lots of ideas in common. The
advantages of a pre-planned tour are that you can get an agency to take care of all the
arrangements, which can be time-consuming to do yourself – but it does mean that you’re tied to
a predetermined itinerary, which wouldn’t suit everyone. There’s also the safety aspect in terms
of the places you visit often being very remote. If you go off trekking in the wilds of a foreign
country alone, it could be difficult to get help if things went wrong.
C. Danny Holt
Travelling solo creates opportunities to meet people. There’s no substitute for sharing the
experiences of the day with a companion, and being alone forces you to seek someone out. I’d
never have met so many people if I’d been travelling with friends. There’s also the wonderful
freedom to do what you like, when you like, without having to convince anybody that it’s a good
idea. However, there are downsides; meal times are something I’ve never really got to grips with
in all the years I’ve travelled alone. But my advice would be to give solo travel a go – it can be
very liberating. Maybe try a short trip to begin with, just in case it’s not for you. Another thing is
stay in the nicest places your budget permits. Miserable hostels can really spoil a trip. And if you
really are happy being anti-social, a pair of headphones can ensure the person in the next seat
doesn’t bore you to death on the plane!
D. Kerry Winterton
Fun as it is, travelling solo also has its low points, including occasional loneliness and the
pressure that you’re under to make your own mind up about everything. I chose to travel alone
because I wanted to do something different, but I did miss people from home, and sometimes fell
out with other travellers I’d teamed up with along the way. But I learnt to accept that some
people have different attitudes to mine; that you have to put up with irritating people in hostels
and accept not having as much privacy as you’re used to at home. The best thing for me about
travelling alone was that it was a brilliant experience that enhanced my independence and helped
me feel more self-assured. I knew I was on my own, which made me make more effort to speak
to people and by doing so I made lots of great friends.
(Source: FCE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge English)
Your answers
 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
111. 112. 113. 114. 115.

SECTION IV. WRITING (50 points)

Part 1: Rewrite sentences beginning with the given words (10 points)
116. I was surprised Sarah couldn't do the maths problem because it was very easy.
The maths problem______________________________.and I was surprised Sarah couldn't do
it. (PLAY)
117. I can spend more time with my grandchildren when I retire. (FREE)
Retirement____________________________________________ more time with my
grandchildren.
118. You shouldn’t talk to people who will not listen. (FALL)
You shouldn’t ___________________________________________________
119. Although found guilty, Robson continued to insist that he was not. (PROTEST)
Although found guilty, Robson continued
___________________________________________________
120. To tell the truth, market competitions sometimes become very fierce. (RED)

_____________________________________________________________________________
Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. (10 points)
121. I won’t go all that way to visit him again on any account!
On no account _____________________________________________________
122. I wasn’t surprised when they refused to pay me.
As I _____________________________________________________________
123. We have credited the money to your current account at this bank.
We have placed _______________________________________________________
124. Your silly questions distracted me.
You drove __________________________________________________________
125. Edward eventually organized himself and started work.
Edward eventually got his _____________________________________________
Part 3: Essay writing (30 points)
Should students spend much more time on history at schools nowadays? To what extent do
you agree or disagree with this statement? Give example and explanation of your viewpoint.