A much- improved journey
Part 1 Writing
Readthe paragraph below and write a story beginning with this paragraph.
“This was the worst holiday of his life, Paolo decided. He was staying for three weeks with Nick and his family. The first week hadn`t been too bad. He and Nick had gone out to the local cinema a couple of times to see the latest films, and they had been up to London.”
You should write between 150-180 words
Writing time – 40minutes
Part 3 Use of English
Task 1
Matchthe sentences 1-10 to sentences A-J which have the same meaning. Number 1 was done for you.
1. Sid asked Jo to do it. A. Jo, I1ll let you do it.
2. Sid allowed Jo to do it. B. Jo, you must do it.
3. Sid encouraged Jo to do it. C. Jo, this is how you do it.
4. Sid made Jo do it. D. Jo, I saw you do it.
5. Sid warned Jo not to do it. E. Jo, will you do it, please?
6. Sid advised Jo to do it. F. Jo, you know you can do it!
7. Sid taught Jo to do it. G. Jo, let`s do it together.
8. Sid noticed Jo do it. H. Jo, you shouldn`t do it.
9. Sid reminded Jo to do it. I. Jo, it would be a good idea to do it.
10. Sid helped Jo do it. J. Jo, don`t forget to do it!
| E |
Use of English
Task 2
Readthe dialogue and circle the correct option. Number 1was done for you.
Steve : Welcome everyone! 1 ..b.. ready for a very interesting show tonight with our special guest, Sue Timms, an organic farmer.
Sue : Hi, Steve. It feels 2… to be on the programme.
Steve : Sue, why did you 3… an organic farmer? To many of our listeners, it might 4… a
strange decision.
Sue : Well, it might 5… appear to you but it just seemed 6… to grow more healthy food. It`s
Good for my farm and good for my customers.
Steve : Some people still 7… unsure about organic food. They say it only gives farmers more
profit, and only rich people can afford it.
Sue : Well, prices 8…lower, slowly. As the market 9… bigger, prices should fall. I really
think the taste of my food is better.
Steve : Just before the programme, I 10… tasted some of your milk, and, you are right, it
tasted 11… !
Sue : You`ll never 12… ill if you have a glass of my milk every morning.
Steve : Thanks for coming on the show, Sue!
1. abecome b get c be dstay
2. agood b well c nicely d best
3. aget b be cturn d become
4. abecome b go c appear dmake
5. astranger b strange c strangely d strangest
6. a good idea b rightly c well dbeing right
7. a get bremain cbecome dbe
8. aare getting bare c are turning dare seeming
9. a is b stays c keeps d grows
10. aquicker b quick cquickly d quickest
11. a greater b great cgreatly dgreatest
12. a seem b go cturn dfall
Use of English
Task 3
For questions 41-55, read the text carefully. 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, on the left. Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number on the left.There are twoexamples at the beginning.
| to | |
| √ |
A much- improved journey
Shortly after reaching to Weymouth on the south coast of England
00 on holiday, we caught sight of a small white dot on the horizon,
41 moving at an amazing speed. Surely it couldn`t be a ship going so
42 fast? We thought it might still be a trick of the light, but as the shape
43 came closer, it was clear so that we had not been mistaken: it was
44 indeed some sort of a ship and it was travelling very much faster
45 than a normal boat could ever have done in similar conditions.
46 It turned out as to be the new high-speed ferry to the Channel
47 Islands, which could reach Guernsey in just over the two hours. This
48 seemed incredible since the last time when we had visited the island,
49 it had taken us for five hours to get there, but now, with this faster
50 service, a day trip it was clearly a real possibility and we decided to
51 buy tickets for the next day. It also meant getting to the harbor by six
52 o`clock but it was certainly worth making the effort to get up early.
53 The weather was fine and the ferry lived well up to its claims for a
54 comfortable crossing. By half past nine we were relaxing ourselves in
55 a Guernsey café, enjoying a leisurely breakfast and looking out across the sea.