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Test 1 PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH (45 minutes) Part 1 For questions 1-12, 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 separate answer sheet. Example: 0 A fixed B solid C firm D steady 0 A B Cc D = _— —_ The changing landscape The landscape of the world is never (0) . but changes from year to year. While some of these changes are caused by human (1) most of them are natural. Snow and ice, for example, have a considerable (2) .......... on the environment in the northern hemisphere. An ever-present problem in areas that (3) .. harsh winters is the possibility of water pipes freezing. When they do, they crack and (4) because of the expansion of the ice inside. Exactly the same thing happens in nature. On icy mountains, water (5) .......... into cracks in exposed rocks and when it freezes, the water turns into ice. The pressure of the ice (6) .......... the cracks, breaking the rocks apart. As a direct result of this (7) .......... action, broken blocks of stone can often be seen sloping downwards from high mountain (8) .......... : A similar process brings stones to the surface of the soil. Water beneath a buried stone freezes more easily than water in the (9) .......... soil because the stone (10) .......... heat more quickly. Ice (11) ..... beneath the stone expands and brings the stone upwards. In permanently cold regions, the whole soil surface is raised and the stones that have been (12) .......... to the surface lie in lines on the soil, making a ridged pattern. 16 A work B_ contribution A development Q impact A experience B_ contain 4 A rip B_ peel 5 A runs B slides 6 A prolongs B_ explodes 7 @ destructive B hurtful 8 A heads B crowns 9 A bordering B_ enclosing C a absorbs Bssucks A creating B_ establishing A. stirred B_ removed Cc) activity C consequence @ widens Cc disorderly Cc tips © surrounding C_ holds C_ producing C squashed Paper 3 Use of English * practice power bear split slips swells rebellious ® peaks D circulating occupies Oo forming @ pushed 17 Paper 3 Use of English Part 3 For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the s to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). e your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. mple: [0] K|N|O|WIN Pizza ian pizza is arguably better (0) .......... in the world today than any KNOW other type of food. It was (250s ned aa for the poor, but nowitcan ORIGIN de found in restaurants all over the world, enjoying universal (26) gopeority POPULAR lians are still very fond of pizza, and it is often their (27) cn ott? of meal CHOOSE en they go out to eat with family or friends. out fA is in many ways the perfect main dish: it is (28)02) peers andso COLOUR it looks great on your plate; it is always fun to eat and, best of all, it is wonderfully (29) Aasky On top of all this, it is also an extremely TASTE ic 0) sabsfying meal because it makes you feel pleasantly full. SATISFY Ie pizzas are cooked in a wood-burning brick oven, but © TRADITION if you follow a (32) reli ble recipe, you can easily make pizza athome. RELY The (33) frase. topping is tomato and cheese, but the list of possible BASE ingredients you can add to that is almost infinite. So, whether it is with ham and anchovies, eggs and spinach, or mushrooms and onions, there are countless ways of making a truly (34) untorgettlMiz7.a, FORGETTABLE 19 Test 1 Part 4 For questions 35-42, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: 0 Avery friendly taxi driver drove us into town. DRIVEN We..... The gap can be filled by the words ‘were driven into town by’, so you write: .. a very friendly taxi driver. Example: | 0 | WERE DRIVEN INTO TOWN BY Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 35 People still eat greasy food even though it is unhealthy. FACT they?re... . unhealthy. 36 With more sunshine, the strawberries would have ripened sooner last year. THERE a The strawberries would have ripened sooner last year VE ble hat beer), more sunshine. 37 They say that the new film is extremely exciting. SAID The new film ..\9......2.04 a be be. extremely exciting. 38 I’ve lived in this town for three months and I’ve only just started to feel at home here. USED to lw ng It’s taken me three months ..\ ).opb used .. in this town. 
