Test 1

READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 30 minutes)

Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B , C or 0 ) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

0 A esteemed B viewed C regarded D believed

A B C D
0
c::::J c::::J c::::J -

The camera never lies

Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories, (0) ........ himself to be a
rational man, a scientist even. But in 1920, when he saw photographs of fairies taken in
a garden (1) ..... ... , he thought he was seeing scientific proof that these tiny creatures
really existed. He published the photographs alongside an article he wrote, (2) ........
fairies as supernatural wonders. It was not until 1939 that the two ladies who took the
photos admitted these were (3) ......... They simply cut out pictures of fairies from a book
and (4) ........ them among flowers. The results are (5) .. ...... beautifu l. But the simplicity
of the trick (6) .. ... ... a basic principle of photography, that the camera cannot lie.

But'it can, and always could. Today, we are used to computer software (7) ........ us
to rework our digital images and it is a (8) ........ that photography ever had a true
age of innocence. From the moment cameras began capturing reality, that reality was
being altered.

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 Reading and Use of English

1 A venue B setting c background D surrounding

2 A calling B naming c attributing D acknowledging

3 A false B faulty c fake D fictional

4 A arranged B spaced c settled D distributed

5 A categorically B unavoidably c substantially D undeniably

6 A weakens B undermines c demolishes D dismantles

7 A letting B supporting c enabling D empowering

8 A fantasy B legend c dream D myth

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Test 1

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.

Online passwords - what everyone should know

When (0) .... .... comes to online security, we all know what we ought to do: choose a different,

random set of letters and numbers for every email account, shopping site or bank account. But

hardly (9) .... .. .. does this, because memorising them all is impossible. So we use the same familiar

words for every site, (10) ... ..... a pet's name or, even worse, the word 'password', occasionally

remembering to replace the letter 0 with a zero, or choosing to (11) ... ..... use of a capital letter.

Even if we opt (12) .. ... . .. a random group of letters such as 'fpqzy', there is now software available

which can make a thousand guesses per second, enabling a hacker to get to your password in

just under four hours.

Interestingly, (13) . . . . . . . . increasing your password to twenty random letters, you increase a

hacker's guessing time to 6.5 thousand trillion centuries. The problem is that you would (14) ..... ...

no chance of ever remembering those 20 letters. The solution, apparently, is to come (15) .... .. . .

with three or four short, unrelated words and work (16) ........ a way to remember them. Easy!

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 Reading and Use of English

Part3

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 I I I N I c I R IE I A I s I I I N IG IL I I
Y

Too many climbers on Mount Everest

Mount Everest in Nepal is becoming (0) . ....... popular as a destination INCREASE

for adventure tourism. During the month of May, (17) ........ weather FAVOUR

presents a number of safe opportunities to make the climb. As a result, the

sheer number of climbers has brought an (18) .. ...... problem, potentially EXPECT

even more dangerous than low temperatures and changeable weather -

overcrowded conditions. The fact that there are so many climbers, many

of them complete (19) ........ , means that at times people are queuing for BEGIN

hours to reach the summit.

This hazard has led to calls for stricter assessments of new learner climbers,

as in their (20) . .. ..... to reach the mountain's summit such inexperienced DESPERATE

climbers are sometimes ignoring the advice of their Nepalese guides, which

may (21) ........ everyone's lives. DANGER

Perhaps one (22) .. . . . ... would be to make the charges for climbing SOLVE

the mountain so high that only a few people could afford the climb. Or

(23) ...... .. , one could ban the use of artificial oxygen and local guides, ALTERNATE

leaving Everest to the very best (24) .. ...... . Extreme, maybe, but it may just MOUNTAIN

prove necessary.

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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 three
and six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).

Example:

0 James would only speak to the head of department alone.

ON

James ............. .. .. ........... ..... ...... to the head of department alone.

The gap can be filled with the words 'insisted on speaking', so you write:

Example: 01 INSISTED ON SPEAKING

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

25 'You should stop your children watching so much television,' Mary's sister told her.

LET

Mary's sister advised her .. ................ ...................... so much television.

26 The local council wants to impose a ban on driving at more than 30 kilometres per hour
anywhere in this area.

ILLEGAL

The local council wants to .. ....... ... .... .. .. .. ... ... .. .... ...... at more than 30 kilometres per hour
anywhere in this area.

27 Tom missed his plane because he was late leaving for the airport.

TIME

If only ... .... .... ... ..... .. ..... ..... ... ...... for the airport, he wouldn't have missed his plane.

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28 The guidelines for the appointment of new staff need to be thoroughly revised.

THOROUGH

There needs .. ..... ........... .... .......... ........ the guidelines for the appointment of new staff.

29 The employment rate rose gradually as the economy began to recover.

GRADUAL

There ......... ..... ....... .. .. .. ... .... ...... the employment rate as the economy began to recover.

30 The change in the company's logo didn 't make any difference to the majority of its
customers.

CONSEQUENCE

The change in the company's logo .. ............. ... .............. ........ to the majority of its
customers.

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