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).
Mark your answers on the parate answer sheet.
Example:
tell
inform D
0 A report B
describe C
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The oldest leather shoe in the world
Archaeologists (0) …..... that a perfectly prerved 5,500-year-old shoe has been discovered in a cave in Armenia in south-west Asia. It is (1) …..... to be the oldest leather shoe ever found.
The shoe was made of a single piece of leather, stitched at the front and back, and was shaped to fit the wearer’s foot. It had been (2) …..... with grass, either for warmth or to make sure it kept its shape. ‘The shoe is relatively small but we can’t say for (3) ...….. whether it was worn by a man or a woman,’ says Dr Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist on the rearch (4) ...…... ‘We thought at first that it was about 600-700 years old becau it was in such good shape.’
Shoes of this type from later periods have turned (5) ...….. in archaeological excavations in various places in Europe, and shoes of a very similar design were still being ud on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland as (6) …..... as the 1950s. It’s (7) …..... a style which (8) …..... popular for thousands of years.
1 A accepted B regarded C assd D believedconfig是什么意思
2 A stuffed B loaded C pushed D blocked叹气造句
3 A clear B specific C true D certain
4 A class B force C team D company
5 A over B into C up D about
6 A recently B lately C prently D immediately
7 A correctly B exactly C precily D obviously
8 A held B stood C remained D lasted
For questions 9 – 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. U only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the parate answer sheet.
Example: 0 S I N C E
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From black pepper to chilli pepper
In the 15th century, Europeans knew nothing of the chilli pepper, but they held black pepper in high regard and had ud it in cooking (0) …….. Greek and Roman times. Ships travelling east brought the black pepper from the Spice Islands in South East Asia but this (9) …..... a long time. In 1492, Christopher Columbus was asked to find a shorter route to the Spice Islands, going westwards (10) …..... than eastwards, and so he t (11) …...... from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean.
Columbus didn’t succeed (12) …….. finding the Spice Islands but he (13) …….. manage to discover the Americas. There he (14) …….. across another pepper; the chilli, which had been ud in cooking in South America for thousands of years. Soon (15) …….. Columbus’s discovery, large quantities of chillies were being shipped back to Spain from the Caribbean. Later, people realid that chillies would actually grow in southern Europe and it wasn’t long before fresh chillies were (16) …….. sale in European markets.
For questions 17 – 24, read the text below. U the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the parate answer sheet.
Example: 0 M E M O R A B L E
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Family bike fun
National Bike Week was celebrated last week in a (0) …….... way with a Family Fun Day in Larkside Park. The event (17) …….... to be highly successful with over five hundred people attending.
Larkside Cycling Club brought along a (18) …….... of different bikes to demonstrate the (19) …….... that family members of all ages can get from group cycling. Basic cycling (20) …….... was taught using conventional bikes. There were also some rather (21) …….... bikes on display. One-wheelers, five-wheelers and even one which could carry up to six (22) …….... , were ud for fun.
The club also gave information on how cycling can help to reduce (23) …….... damage. They also provided (24) …….... as to how people could substitute the bike for the car for daily journeys. The overall message was that cycling is great family fun and an excellent alternative to driving. By the end of the day over a hundred people had signed up for membership.MEMORY PROOF
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SAFE
USUAL
RIDE
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For questions 25 – 30, complete the cond ntence so that it has a similar meaning to the first ntence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must u between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
Example:
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0 A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
DRIVEN
We …………………………………………………… a very friendly taxi driver.
吸尘器怎么使用The gap can be filled by the words ‘were driven into town by’, so you write:跑英文
Example: 0 WERE DRIVEN INTO TOWN BY
Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the parate answer sheet.
_________________________________________________________________________________ 25 Paula can’t wait to hear the band’s new album.
FORWARD
小孩看书简笔画Paula is really …………………………………………………… the band’s new album.
26 Buying a daily newspaper ems pointless to me.
POINT
I can’t …………………………………………………… a daily newspaper.
27 Daniel thought the flight would be more expensive than it actually was.
NOT
The flight …………………………………………………… as Daniel thought it would be.
