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SECTION I: LISTENING Part 1: Questions from 1 to 6
You will hear a woman, called Sarah talking about, a sport called free-diving. Choose the correct answer from A. B or C for each of the following questions.
What does Sarah say about the history of free-diving?
A. It has always been an extreme sport.
B. It was once a way of finding food.
C. It’s less than four hundred years old.
What does Sarah say about free-diving today?
A. It requires special equipment.
B. It’s non-competitive.
C. It has several different names.
How did Tanya Streeter spend a lot of her childhood?
A. training to be a diver
B. sailing and fishing
C. playing in the sea
Tanya realised she was a talented free-diver after
A. she’d entered her first free-diving competition.
B. she’d had one lesson in free-diving.
C. she’d been doing it for a while.
How does Tanya train?
A. She exercises for five hours every day.
B. She swims in the sea every day.
C. She goes running every day.
What advice about free-diving does Sarah give to beginners?
A. Practise in the sea whenever possible.
B. Take proper lessons.
C. Enter as many competitions as you can.
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35.
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to best complete the following sentences.
It was the worst winter ______ anyone could remember.
A. when
B. that
C. where
D. why
The children went _______ with excitement.
A. wild
B. wildly
C. wilderness
D. wildlife
There was a huge decline _______ the number of tigers.
A. in
B. for
C. of
D. out
He _______ so much harm on the nation during his regime that it has never fully recovered.
A. indicted
B. inferred
C. induced
D. inflicted
- Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr. Robinson.”
- Mr. Robinson: “_______.”
A. You can say that again.
B. I see.
C. You are right.
D. Delighted I was able to help.
I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate. The soil is _______.
A. as dry as rice
B. as dry as a tile
C. as dry as a bone
D. as dry as wood
Susan was sad because she wasn’t invited to any social events. She felt ________.
A. left out
B. turned out
C. omitted out
D. gone out
Henry was really a silly boy when we were at high school. I still remember ________ very stupid questions.
A. him asking
B. him to ask
C. asking him
D. his being asked
Having been served dinner, _______.
A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee.
B. the committee members discussed the problem.
C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem.
D. a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee.
It can take up to more than six months to _______ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise
B. train
C. learn
D. practise
_______, they would have had what they wanted.
A. Supposing they were arriving at the fair early
B. If they arrived at the fair early
C. Unless they arrived at the fair early enough
D. Had they arrived at the fair early
_______ is the most important thing I want to know when living far from them.
A. What are my parents
B. My parents are
C. How my parents are
D. That my parents are
The longest movie I have ever seen in this cinema _______ for three hours.
A. stayed
B. got
C. lasted
D. spent
_______ further riot to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Should
B. Did
C. Were
D. Had
“Who is Susan getting married to?” _ “Some guy_______ since her childhood.”
A. who she has known
B. have known her
C. that have known her
D. she has been known
The marathon runner _______ for nearly one hour and a half when she _______ to the pavement.
A. has been running / collapses
B. were running / collapsed
C. had been running / collapsed
D. ran / had been collapsing
An artist _______ will do his best to express innocence and inexperience in the child’s face.
A. portraying a child
B. who portray a child
C. he portrays a child
D. portrayed a child
_______ the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn.
A. With reference
B. Akin
C. Prior to
D. In addition to
The beach was so crowded the other day that we_______ difficulty finding an empty spot.
A. have
B. have had
C. had
D. have been having
_______ of the shop, my friend Roger went in.
A. Coming out
B. On coming out
C. When coming out
D. As I came
Engineers have dreaming of an underwater link between Britain and France (56) ________ 1802.
A. from
B. during
C. since
D. ago
Finally in 1994 the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed “The Chunnel” by the English) was (57) ________ opened.
A. officially
B. regularly
C. correctly
D. typically
This fifteen billion dollar project took seven years to (58) ________.
A. perform
B. achieve
C. deal with
D. complete
The trains which go through the Chunnel can travel at up 300 km/h due to the (59) ________electrical system.
A. forward
B. advanced
C. higher
D. increased
It is also (60) ________for drivers since they can load their cars onto the trains.
A. benefit
B. handy
C. advantage
D. spare
They don’t need to book in (61) ________
A. ahead
B. time
C. advance
D. future
as trains (62) ________ every few minutes.
A. go away
B.exit
C. set out
D. depart
However, while on the train , there isn’t much to do and many (63) ________
A. criticise
B. accuse
C. complain
D. blame
the Chunnel for this (64) ________ the ferries, there is no duty-free shopping,
A. Opposite
B. Not alike
C. Unlike
D. Dissimilar
no videogame parlou or refreshment stand (65) ________ can you look outside and enjoy the view
A. Nor
B. Either
C. Neither
D. Not
What is the passage mainly about?
A. The influence of art on urban architecture in United States cities
B. The growth of public art in United States cities.
C. The increase in public appreciation of art in the United States
D. The differences between public art in Europe and the United States.
All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 1 as results of the trend toward installing contemporary art in public places in the United States EXCEPT________.
A. the transfer of artwork from private to public sites
B. artworks that represent a city’s special character
C. greater interest in art by the American public
D. a broader understanding of the varieties of contemporary art
According to the passage, new settings for public art are appearing as a result of ________.
A. communities that are building more art museums
B. artists who are moving to urban areas
C. urban development and renewal
D. an increase in the number of artists in the United States.
The author mentions Roy Lichtenstein and Alan Sonfist in line 12 in order to________.
A. show that certain artist are famous mostly for their public art
B. introduce the subject of unusual works of art
C. demonstrate the diversity of artworks displayed in public
D. contrast the cities of Miami Beach and New York
It can be inferred from the passage that the city of Memphis sponsored a work by Richard Hunt because the city authorities believed that ________.
A. the sculpture would symbolize the urban renewal of Memphis
B. Memphis was an appropriate place for a memorial to Martin Luther Ling, Jr.
C. the artwork would promote Memphis as a center for the arts
D. the sculpture would provide a positive example to other artists.
The word “enhancement” in line 17 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. replacement
B. design
C. improvement
D. decoration
The word “revitalize” in line 18 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. show the importance of
B. promise to enlarge
C. bring new life to
D. provide artworks for
The word “that” in line 22 refers to ________.
A. contemporary art
B. opportunity
C. audience
D. distinction
The word “executing” in line 22 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. judging
B. selling
C. explaining
D. producing
According to paragraph 3, artists who work on public art projects are doing all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A. creating artworks that are unusual in size
B. raising funds to sponsor various public projects
C. exposing a large number of people to works of art
D. using new materials that are long—lasting.