KEY PRACTICE 10
SECTION 1. Question 1-5: Complete the form below. Write no more than three words and/or a number
for each answer.
Red Dragon Reservations form
Day: E.g. Saturday
Date: 1. 18 November
No. of people: 2. 25/ twenty five
Time: 3. 7.30
Name: 4. FIELDS
Phone: 5. 0414443552
SECTION 2. You will hear the piece TWICE (5 marks)
Question 6-10: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C:
BICYCLE FOR THE WORLD
6. C 7. C 8. A 9.C 10.A
SECTION 3. (5 marks). Listen to the recording. Fill in the missing words.
11.honoured 12. legend 13. Congress 14. political 15.assassinated
16. sadly 17.smoothly 18. mishaps 19. surgery 20. mixture
PART II. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (25 marks)
Question 1. (5 marks) Choose the word or phrase which best completes these sentences.
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5.D
6. A 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. C
Question 2. Mistake correction (5marks).
1. active - actively 6. inhabitation - inhabitants
2. highly spending- high spending 7. character- characteristic
3. by defining - by definition 8. almost human - most human
4. Like - As 9. its - their
5. vulnerable of - vulnerable to 10. economics- economies
Question 3. (5 marks)). Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the following
preposions or particles in the box. Use each word only ONCE and write your answer in the
numbered box.
1. to 2. for 3. without 4. out 5. at
6. with 7. round 8. off 9. about 10. through
Question 4 (5 marks): Use the numbered word given in capitals below the text to form a
word that fits in each equivalent space. There is an example at the beginning below.
1. technological 2. anxieties 3. unquestionably 4. assumption 5. destructive
6.overwhelmingly 7. beings 8. pessimistically 9. imperfections 10. heights
Question 5. (10pts). Find a suitable word for each blank in the passage below.
1. thoughts 2. remembers 3. care 4. water 5. feared
6. lead 7. allowed 8. trained 9. serves 10. species
PART III. READING (35 marks)
Question 1. (5 marks)Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Write your answer in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D
Question 2 (10 marks). Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to questions 1to 10
1.C 2.A 3. B 4. A 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D
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Question 3 (8 marks)
Read the passage and do the tasks below
1.essential element 2.portable commodity 3. evil spirits 4. True
5. NG 6. F 7. F 8. T
Question 4 (7 marks): Read through the following text and then choose from list A - J
phrase or sentence given below it to fill each of the blanks.
1.F 2.E 3. J 4. A
5.D 6. C 7. I
PART IV. WRITING (25 marks)
Question 1. (5 marks). Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the
same meaning as the printed above sentence.
1. Half the afternoon was spent on clay- modeling.
Clay- modeling took up (was timetabled for/ scheduled for) half the afternoon.
2. Please do not disturb the contestants under any circumstances.
On no account are the contestants to be disturbed.
3. You just can’t compare the quality of her work with his.
There is no comparison between his work and hers.
4. We’ve had lots of arguments with that particular harbour master before.
This isn’t the first time we’ve had arguments with that particular harbour master.
5. I simply fail to understand some of my colleagues’ attitudes to work.
I have some colleagues whose attitudes to work I simply fail to understand.
Question 2. (5 pts). Rewrite the following sentences, using the word in the bracket. The second
sentence must be as close as possible in meaning to the first. (5 pts)
1. You can not choose which hotel you stay at on this package holiday. (OPTION)
There is / You have no option (concerning/ with regard to / as to ) which hotel you stay
at on this ……
2. My impression of her is that she is a very effective teacher. (strikes)
What strikes me about her is that she is …../ She strikes me as being a very effective teacher.
3. You couldn’t do anything more stupid than to give up your job now. (HEIGHT)
It would be the height of your stupidity to give up your job now.
4. Don’t forget those who are at work on this lovely, Sunday day. (SPARE)
Spare a thought / some thought for those who are at work on this lovely, Sunday day.
5. A great many people will congratulate her if she wins. (SHOWERED)
She will be showered with congratulations if she wins.
Question 3
1. Try as I may/might, I can’t open the door.
2. Jake made the most of his month’s free membership by going to the gym every single
day.
3. It was not until he was 40 that he got married.
4. Such was Fiona’s disappointment that she could not keep on working.
5. Mrs. Green prides herself on her contribution to the play.
Question 4
1. Pedro’s promotion came as no surprise to us.
2. (I think) You should have taken more care in/while/ when writing your report.
3. They made a (very) good job of painting the wall.
4. It’s likely they were held up in a traffic jam./ They might have been held up in a traffic jam.
5. On account of the fact that the store sells clothes made by child labour, he doesn’t shop there
any more.
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