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2a and 2b
Open cloze
For questions 115, read the text below and think of the word which best
fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

LOST AND FOUND

My father considered 0 himself . to be a lucky man. He wasnt rich or


famous, but he was lucky. 1 he lost anything, he was usually
2 to find it again. 3 such example was a
fountain pen, a present from my mother on 4 wedding
anniversary. We had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother,
5 was about ten years old at the time, and I enjoyed going to
a lake where you could hire a boat and row out across the water.
6 had once been a village in the valley, but the valley had
been flooded in order 7 create a reservoir for a city many
miles away. When the water was clear, you could still make out the top of the
church spire and the walls of houses. 8 we were returning
home that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured fountain
pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite 9 the
gloomy weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were surprised,
but said nothing. We set 10 about nine in the morning, and
as 11 as we arrived at the lake, we headed
12 the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous
occasion. As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or
13 , my father gave a shout. There, lying on the ground, was
a pen. There was 14 doubt at all in my mind that
15 was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand.

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Word formation
For questions 110, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at
the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

GHOST STORY

One of my favourite stories is called The 6.15 from Paddington Station.


Its about a man called Gregory, who tried 0 unsuccessfully to make a SUCCESS
living as an artist. When he finally realised that he was never going to make
ends meet, he decided to find a job which seemed less 1 , CHALLENGE
and he became a ticket inspector on commuter trains. One night he boarded
a rather empty train and noticed an oddly dressed couple sitting in one of the
carriages. It was difficult to work out what the 2 between RELATION
the couple might be they could have been mother and son. They were both
reading newspapers written in a strange language 3 to RECOGNISE
Gregory. When he asked them if they were in 4 of a valid POSSESS
ticket, he received no reply. Gregory became very 5 . He PATIENCE
couldnt understand why they paid no attention to him. He knew that he was
a very 6 man, and his friends often commented on his APPROACH
outgoing 7 . Perhaps there was something about him they PERSON
had taken a dislike to? Suddenly and 8 , the train screeched EXPECT
to a halt. A glance out of the window revealed that they were in the middle of
nowhere. Something was 9 wrong. Gregory glanced SERIOUS
quickly towards the odd couple but they were no longer sitting in their seats.
All he could see was their newspapers, dated, much to Gregorys
10 , a hundred years ago to the very day! AMAZE

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Error correction
For questions 115, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some
of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there.
If a line is correct, put a tick () by the number. If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word by the number.

Examples: 0 is 00

ADVENTURE IN PERU

0 Ive just been to see a film is called Touching the Void. Its
00 about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains
1 in Peru. It took them two days to reach the mountain they
2 had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place.
3 They left a companion and the most of their supplies at base camp,
4 optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of
5 days. After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of
6 the mountain. It was then that everything started to go wrong.
7 Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be
8 lowered down the mountain by means of a rope. His leg it was so
9 much painful that he couldnt stand on it. After a very exciting bit
10 of the film, which I wont describe, he found by himself alone
11 at the bottom of a crevasse. He managed to climb out and eventually
12 crawl to safety. The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands,
13 but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks.
14 When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him.
15 They couldnt believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to
reach the camp.

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Progress
Answer key Test 2
(one point for each correct answer)
1 If/When/Whenever 2 able 3 One 4 their 5 who 6 There 7 to
8 While/As/When 9 of 10 off/out 11 soon 12 for/to/towards 13 not
14 no 15 it/this/that

(one point for each correct answer)


1 challenging 2 relationship 3 unrecognisable 4 possession 5 impatient
6 approachable 7 personality 8 unexpectedly 9 seriously 10 amazement

(one point for each correct answer)


1 2 been 3 the 4 about 5 at 6 7 of 8 it 9 much 10 by 11
12 13 was 14 too 15 in

To calculate percentage score:


Total x 100
40
30 x 100
Example: = 75%
40

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