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3 Complete the second sentence so it

Use of English: Grammar means the same as the first, using the
word given. Do not change the word
1 Complete the sentences with a word or given. Use between two and five words.
phrase using the correct form of the 1 If I sleep for a long time, I feel more tired.
words given. LONGER
1 My sister writes __________ (clear) I do. ____________________ more tired I feel.
2 Our area received __________ (little) amount 2 I couldn’t eat all the meal because it was very
of rainfall in England last year. big.
3 I’m sorry but __________ (early) I can get to TOO
the station is 3.15. The meal was ____________________ for me
4 Penny is quite shy and speaks English in class to eat.
__________ (little) than everybody else. 3 Susie was a beautiful baby, and everyone
5 Harry Barnes is __________ (extraordinary) wanted to cuddle her.
person I’ve ever met. SUCH
Susie was ____________________ that
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4 Sandy’s test results were better than mine.
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the AS
sentences. There are two mistakes in My test results ____________________
each sentence. Sandy’s.
1 First time I met Sam he was eating the cheese 5 I rushed my homework.
sandwich. SPEND
I ____________________ on my homework.

2 I enjoy documentaries about USA more that /5

documentaries about environment.

3 The exam was such difficult that I could only

answer first two questions.

4 In general, the biscuits are more difficult to

cook as cakes.

5 His performance wasn’t enough good to win

the award for a best actor.

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 Name ............................................
4 Complete the text with one word in each
gap.
The (1) __________ extraordinary person I’ve
ever met has to be my great grandmother. She’s
called Ellie and she’s 98 now but she doesn’t seem
any (2) __________ than my grandmother really!
She’s bright and intelligent, and her brain still
works very fast. The thing about Ellie is that she’s
always happy. Sometimes she gets bad pains in her
legs but, as she says, ‘life’s too short to grumble’,
so she never complains. She’s also always joking
and telling me about what she’s seen on TV. She
answers all the questions on quiz shows. She’s
much (3) __________ at them than me. She was a
fashion designer when she was younger and she
still wears the most unusual clothes. She loves hats
and whenever she goes out in her wheelchair she
wears a purple and red one. It is fantastic and suits
her very well. She’s given me lots of her old
clothes, some dating back 50 years, and they are in
perfect condition. I think they must be worth a lot
of money. It was Ellie (4) __________ persuaded
me to follow my dream and become an artist. I
shall always be grateful to her for that. She’s such
(5) __________ dear old lady that I’ll miss her a
lot when she’s gone.
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Use of English: Vocabulary
5 Replace the adjectives in italics with an
appropriate synonym. You are given the
first letters.
1 At sports days, sometimes you see ambitious
parents who get angry when their children
aren’t chosen for a team.
p__________
2 I know you have to be assertive when you’re in
charge of a group of people but I don’t like
telling people what to do.
b__________
3 My cousin Madge was very determined and
refused to change her decision about what to
study at university although her parents wanted
her to.
s__________
4 The teacher told us quite brusquely that none of
us were going to pass the exam.
f__________
5 In my opinion, Norrie is a very talented
__________ violinist, and I think she’ll be
famous one day.
g__________
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6 Complete the sentences with the correct
adjectives.
1 Although my dad is pretty broad-minded about
political views, my mum is very __________.
2 I don’t like people who are tight-fisted. Most of
my real friends are very __________.
3 When I started university, I was quite immature
but when I left, I was much more __________.
4 If you do well at something, it’s nicer to be
modest about it rather than __________.
5 My best friend, Marie, is quite reserved, and I
wish I could help her become more
__________.
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7 Complete the sentences with words
formed from the words given.
1 My friend, Brian, first wanted to be a
professional __________ (music) but after a
few years he became an __________ (act)
instead.
2 The police are carrying out an __________
(investigate) into the death of the __________
(electric) in our street.
3 The __________ (profess) said that there had
been a great __________ (improve) in my
work, which made me very happy.
4 The __________ (invent) of the biro pen was a
__________ (science) who lived in Hungary.
5 Two of the __________ (violin) in the tour
group don’t have the __________ (able) to
progress to the next level.
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8 Choose the correct alternatives to
complete the text.
Do you believe that people can tell what sort of
personality you have by the music that you listen
to? I am sure that most people instinctively get
a(n) (1) ___ of someone on the basis of their
choice in music but until now there hasn’t been
any solid (2) ___ that what you feel may indeed be
true. Now, however, there has been a worldwide
survey about people’s musical tastes and how they
are linked to their personalities, and, (3) ___ some
of the results are what we would probably have
expected, some are quite surprising. We would
think that music lovers would generally be creative
people, and this has been proved correct. It is also
no surprise that jazz and blues fans are relaxed and
easy-going. It may be more of a surprise to find
that those of us who like country and western and
pop music are (4) ___ hard-working. The most
surprising discovery in the survey for me was that
there are a large number of similarities between
fans of heavy metal music and fans of classical
music. I would have thought the people who
enjoyed those types of music would be very
different indeed. However, (5) ___ to the survey,
both sets of fans are creative and relaxed but not
outgoing. One difference that the survey indicates
is that classical music lovers are self-confident
while the heavy metal fans are not. The results of
the survey are very interesting and worth checking
out. But it seems to me that it doesn’t cater for
those of us with eclectic tastes in music. Perhaps it
means that if I love both soul and indie, I’m a very
confused person? They could be right!
1 A feeling B impression C understanding D
reaction
2 A results B findings C evidence D reasons
3 A however B therefore C but D whereas
4 A considered B decided C felt D said
5 A resulting B according C relating
D commenting
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 Name ............................................
Reading
9 Read the article from which some
sentences have been taken out. Choose
the correct sentences A–F to fill the gaps
1–5. There is one sentence you do not
need.
An Amazing Brain
The brain is an amazing organ, and the
complexities of the way it works will never be
fully understood, but scientists have made a lot of
progress in explaining how and why different parts
of our brains are used. (1) ___ These people are
sometimes called ‘autistic savants’ and their
mental abilities are brilliant and inexplicable.
Some are able to do amazing mathematical
calculations at high speed. Others can perform
music without ever having had a music lesson in
their lives. One American savant, Kim Peek, the
person who inspired the famous film Rain Man,
can read two pages at the same time, one with each
eye, and has total recall of the 7,600 books he has
read. A British savant Stephen Wiltshire can draw
incredibly detailed drawings of places after seeing
them once.
It is believed that savants may have these
exceptional abilities because of some form of
damage to the brain which allows an unusual form
of communication between the different sides of
the brain. (2) ___ The problem in understanding a
savant’s abilities has been that most are unable to
explain how they do these extraordinary things
either because their language skills are less
advanced or because they themselves do not know
how; the abilities simply ‘come’ to them.
However, scientists have found one savant who
has excellent linguistic ability and is able to
describe his thought processes clearly. This man’s
name is Daniel Tammet. Scientists believe that
what Daniel can tell them may help unlock some
important secrets of the brain.
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Daniel is capable of doing extremely
complicated mathematical calculations in his head
in a matter of seconds. He is obsessed with
numbers and counting. (3) ___ While they were
playing in the playground, he was standing there
counting the number of leaves on the trees! For
him, counting is an absolute joy. It makes him
happy and content. (4) ___ He gets uncomfortable
when there is too much disorder. For example,
going to a supermarket is not an enjoyable
experience for him as he is distracted by counting
the tins and calculating anything and everything
that he sees there. Likewise, working nine to five
in a typical office environment would be difficult.
(5) ___ He can also speak seven languages and is
in the process of writing his own language called
Manti!
According to Daniel, he sees numbers as
different colours, textures and images, and when
he calculates complex numbers, the images change
and form new images which give him the answers.
If Daniel’s explanations can help scientists
discover more about the way the brain works, then
perhaps we can all learn to develop our own
potential to a greater level.
A He therefore works from home helping clients
with literacy and numeracy skills.
B However, Daniel needs to be in control of what
is happening around him.
C Some scientists believe that we all have the
potential to use this ability, but we do not know
how.
D Apparently, there are very few people who can
match this in the world.
E He says he has been like this for as long as he
can remember and it set him apart from other
children at school.
F There are, however, a certain number of people
whose brains seem to work in a completely
different way to most of us.
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Listening /60
10 You are going to hear four people
talking about extraordinary people.
Listen and match the speakers 1–4 with
the questions A–E. There is one extra
question you do not need.
A Which speaker talks about a person we may
know from the television? Speaker ___
B Which speaker talks about a person who has
had a successful career at a young age?
Speaker ___
C Which speaker talks about a person whose
work inspired those who came after him/her?
Speaker ___
D Which speaker talks about a person who has
overcome a big problem? Speaker ___
E Which speaker talks about a person who has
expertise on one particular topic? Speaker ___

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Writing
11Write a description of a person who has
influenced you at some point in your
life. It can be a friend, relative or famous
person. Explain why they have
influenced you.

Write 120–160 words.

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