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Key: (some variations are possible): 1 usual; 2 himself; 3 moment; 4 airport; 5 road; 6 time; 7 lounge;
8 flight; 9 made; 10 desk; 11 end; 12 free; 13 technical; 14 fly; 15 ages; 16 information; 17 night; 18
expense; 19 night; 20 happened; 21 asleep; 22 stranded; 23 passengers; 24 reason.
Fill each gap with one word only.
The first thing you notice 1 ... him is his smile. He's slim, quite tall and very athletic. He talks fast and
is very funny. He's 2 ... actor, but he usually plays the same kind 3 ... roles. 4 ... fact, it's difficult to
separate the character 5 ... the man 6 ... the characters he plays 7 ... his films. You know that he's going to
win every argument and get 8 ... of any difficult situation 9 ... getting hurt. He's 10 ... of today's most
popular American film stars.
You can't help 11 ... impressed by her good looks and her voice. Her style is modern and 12 ... clothes
are very unusual: she sets the fashion 13 ... than following it. She's not only 14 ... popular with young
people, but she's so talented 15 ... even older people appreciate her. The break-up of her 16 ... came as no
surprise to anyone — she 17 ... so much publicity that it's impossible for someone 18 ... her to have a
private 19 ... . When ordinary people have similar problems, it's only their friends and 20 ... who get to
hear about it.
Key: 1 about; 2 an; 3 of; 4 In; 5 of; 6 from; 7 in; 8 out; 9 without; 10 one; 11 being; 12 her; 13 rather;
14 very/extremely/terribly etc.; 15 that; 16 marriage; 17 gets/receives/has; 18 like; 19 life; 20
relations/relatives/acquaintances/colleagues.
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
Many years ago when summers seemed longer and life was 1 ... complicated, we had rented a cottage
by a river in the heart of the country where we were going to 2 ... three weeks' holiday. There were four of
us: me (age 9), Mum and Dad and Mum's 3 ..., Auntie June. Oh, and I mustn't forget to 4 ... Spot, our little
dog. I was allowed to go off by 5 ... all day, 6 ... that I promised to be careful and took Spot with me for 7
... .
One day I was out fishing with Spot when we heard a lot of shouting in the 8 ... followed by a scream
and a splash. I was a bit 9 ... so I called Spot and we both hid 10 ... a bush where we could see but not be
11 ... . After a few moments a straw hat came floating down the river, followed by an oar, a picnic basket
and 12 ... oar. Then came the rowing boat itself, but it was floating 13 ... down. A few seconds later my
Dad and Auntie June came running 14 ... the river bank, both wet 15 ... . Spot started 16 ... so I came out
of hiding and said hello. My Dad got really angry with me for not 17 ... to catch the boat as it went past.
Luckily, however, the boat and both oars had been caught by an overhanging tree a little further
downstream, but not the hat or the picnic basket. So I had to let them 18 ... my sandwiches. Dad and
Auntie June both made me 19 ... not to tell Mum what had happened in 20 ... she was worried.
Key: 1 less; 2 spend; 3 sister; 4 mention; 5 myself; 6 provided/ providing; 7 company/protection; 8
distance; 9 scared/frightened; 10 behind; 11 seen/observed; 12 another; 13 upside; 14 down/ along; 15
through; 16 barking; 17 trying/managing; 18 share; 19 promise; 20 case.
Read the text below. Use the word at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the
same line. There is an example at the beginning 0. Write your word on the separate answer sheet.
Example: 0 professional
Translation Work
Usually, 0 ... translators work from a foreign profession
language into their mother tongue to reduce 1 ... accurate
translation and for better style. Much translation science
is of 2 ... or commercial material and this kind of understand
work often requires an 3 ... of technical vocabulary special