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A. Complete the following sentences with a suitable preposition. (10 p)l. It's time for you to get ready. Mark is picking you ___ in half an hour.2. This TV series focuses ____ the problems of teenage life.3. In some countries black is associated _____ mourning.4. I would like to talk to the manager ______ person. Is he available?5. The aim _______ this music festival is to bring young people from different countries closer together.5. He is suffering ______ a terrible cold.7. I am very enthusiastic _____ our two-day trip to the ski resort.8. Now that you’re moving we should keep____touch. Come and visit any time you want.9. I need a couple ______ days off work to have some rest.10. Why don’t you try _____ this dress? I think that this colour is going to look great on you.

B. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals. (10 p)l. They had an argument over a slight ________ and haven't spoken to each other ever since. UNDERSTAND2. There is a growing ___________that the government must do more to protect the environment. AWARE3. Karen's __________ about everything can be really annoying. CURIOUS4. Eric is ___________ as he has been living on his own since the age of sixteen. DEPENDENT5. There is a modern art __________ at the local museum. EXHIBIT

C. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. (20 p) a) I (stay)_______ in England for a few weeks. You see, I (be) __________ a businessman and I (want) ________ to improve my English. I (attend) ________ a special course in business English at the moment. The course (last) _______ three weeks.

b) I (come) ________ from Italy but I (study) _______ in England at the moment. I (stay) ________ with a British family. (I (believe)__________ it (be) _________ the best way to become fluent in the language because you (not use)_________ just_________ English in the classroom but I your every day life as well.

c) I (visit) _________ England every two or three years, so I (speak) __________ some English but not much. That (be) _______ why I (learn) _______ the language at a language school. I (go) _______ to classes every morning, so I (be) ________ free in the afternoons to do whatever I please. I usually (go) _________ out with people from my class and while we (sightsee) ________, we (try) ______ to practise our English as well.

D. Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. Use 2-5 words in total. (20 p)1. John never stops criticising my friends.Always John _____________________________ my friends.2. We’ve arranged to meet at 8.00 p.m. tomorrow.Are We ________________________ at 8.00 p.m. tomorrow.3. Helen rarely goes to the theatre.Not Helen _________________________ the theatre very often.4. I am considering visiting my cousins in Canada next summer.Thinking I __________________________ my cousins in Canada nest summer.5. What time is your plane scheduled to arrive at Heathrow?Land What time ___________________ at Heathrow?6. I have arranged to have dinner with Jerry tonight.Am I ______________________ with Jerry tonight.7. The older he gets the more eccentric he becomes.Is As time goes by, he ______________________ eccentric.8. They don’t like spicy food, so they avoid eating it.Never They _______________________________, as they don’t like it.9. Jane has found a job at a supermarket for the summer.Is Jane _____________________ at a supermarket this summer.10. How much is that green jacket, Sir?Cost How much _________________________, Sir?

E. Write one word in each gap. (10 p)

Rachel: Hi, Ben! ______ are you?Ben: I’m fine. ________ you hear about Mr. Watkins, the maths teacher?Rachel: No. ________ happened to him?Ben: He fell out of the window of his classroom.

Rachel: ______ pushed him?Ben: No one!Rachel: So how _____ it happen?Ben: He was sitting on the windowsill and he just fell backwards!Rachel: Oh dear! Poor Mr. Watkins. _______ he hurt?Ben: No. Luckily his classroom is on the ground floor.Rachel: That’s lucky! ______ you there at the time?Ben: Yes! We were having a maths lesson _____ it happened.Rachel: So ______ did you all do?Ben: We ran outside to help him. We were all laughing, though!Rachel: ______ he think it was funny, too?Ben: Not at first, but he laughed about it afterwards.

F. Marie lives in Glasgow and she will be going to Spain to do a language course. Read the e-mail she has sent to her friend Roberta, who lives in Seville, and use the prompts given to write Roberta's reply (70-80 words). -20 p