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Reading and Use of English Part 1 For questions 1 – 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Sea otters The sea otter has recently been regaining its numbers in the Pacific. (0) …….. seals and whales, sea otters are not equipped with blubber to keep warm, but have amazing fur coats. When you first observe a sea otter you may (1) …….. whether his fur is too big for him. But the 800 million hairs that (2) …….. the coat are there for a reason. By trapping air, they provide (3) …….. against the cold seawater. Not all of the social structure and (4) …….. of the otter is fully understood yet, although long-term studies are being (5) …….. out. However, we do know that otters have distinct personalities, demonstrated in the way each one (6) …….. in their reactions to humans – wary, brave, playful.

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Luckily, sea otters’ (7) …….. for living near the shore makes them easier to observe. Unfortunately, the types of shellfish and fish that they enjoy (8) …….. with human tastes and this rivalry causes conflict with the fishing communities. But otters are tolerated because they also keep the population of sea urchins under control. Example: 0 A Contrary

B Dissimilar

A meditate

B reflect

A comprise

B consist

A exclusion

B insulation

A action

C think

B carried

A contradicts

B option

A accompany

C seclusion

C held

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D separation

D living D taken 

C differs

C preference

B coincide

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D involve

C habitat 

B contrasts

D Unlike

D wonder

C enclose

B behaviour

A brought

A choice

C Opposite

C parallel

D opposes  D selection  D resemble

Reading and Use of English Part 2 For questions 9 – 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Write only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). 

Rhubarb: The strange fruit The word rhubarb is thought to come from Rha, another name for the River Volga that flows through Russia, where the plant grows (0) 

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 abundance. Rhubarb was originally used for medicinal

purposes, but it also played a role (9)  Correct answer: as as  a decorative garden plant long (10)  Correct answer: before before  it became a popular pie filling. In the UK and other countries, rhubarb is often ‘forced’ – that is, grown indoors in dark and warm conditions. The first place in the world (11)  Incorrect answer: that that  sheds specially designed for forcing rhubarb were built was Yorkshire, UK, and they are a distinctive feature of the landscape there. Inside, the rhubarb is still picked (12)  Correct answer: by by  candlelight to prevent the young stalks from losing their unusual pink colour. Incredibly, the shoots of the plant can even (13)  Correct answer: be be  heard growing – they pop and crack as they stretch and grow. As rhubarb’s popularity increased, (14)  Correct answer: so so  did the number of growers and there were more than two hundred at its height. Today, however, this number has dropped to only twelve. (15)  Correct answer: Unlike Unlike  other fruit and vegetables, rhubarb seems to actually improve by being grown in artificial conditions. Why (16)  Correct answer: not not  try some today?

Reading and Use of English Part 3 For questions 17 – 24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). 

Covering it up The Bulgarian-born Christo is called an ‘environmental artist’. He often worked on projects in (0) 

collaboration

 (COLLABORATE) with his wife Jeanne-Claude, who was born on the same day

as him, but in Morocco. Their work was amazing – they would use plastic or fabric sheets to wrap around (17)   (HISTORY)buildings and structures, which included Berlin’s Reichstag, and the Pont Neuf in Paris. But perhaps most (18)   (FAMOUS) the artists also covered a stretch of the Australian coastline. Their work attract(19)   (WORLD) attention, and they were happy to be seen as (20)  (CONTROVERSY) figures. They always maintained that their projects were purely about making works of art that people could enjoy, rather than those that portrayed a deeper meaning. They also said they were trying to create a new (21)   (CONSCIOUS) in people by presenting familiar landscapes in an unfamiliar way. Their projects were funded by selling their many (22)   (PREPARE) drawings and (23)   (SCULPT) , which are now desirable items for collectors. Love them or hate them, you’ll agree that this is quite (24)   (ORDINARY) art.

Reading and Use of English Part 3 For questions 17 – 24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). 8/8 100% 

Covering it up The Bulgarian-born Christo is called an ‘environmental artist’. He often worked on projects in (0) 

collaboration

 (COLLABORATE) with his wife Jeanne-Claude, who was born on the same day

as him, but in Morocco. Their work was amazing – they would use plastic or fabric sheets to wrap around (17)  Correct answer: historic historic  (HISTORY)buildings and structures, which included Berlin’s Reichstag, and the Pont Neuf in Paris. But perhaps most (18)  Correct answer: famously famously  (FAMOUS) the artists also covered a stretch of the Australian coastline. Their work attract(19)  Correct answer: worldwide worldwide  (WORLD) attention, and they were happy to be seen as (20)  Correct answer: controversial controversial (CONTROVERSY) figures. They always maintained that their projects were purely about making works of art that people could enjoy, rather than those that portrayed a deeper meaning. They also said they were trying to create a new (21)  Correct answer: consciousness consciousness  (CONSCIOUS) in people by presenting familiar landscapes in an unfamiliar way. Their projects were funded by selling their many (22)  Correct answer: preparatory preparatory  (PREPARE) drawings and (23)  Correct answer: sculptures sculptures  (SCULPT) , which are now desirable items for collectors. Love them or hate them, you’ll agree that this is quite (24)  Correct answer: extraordinary extraordinary  (ORDINARY) art.