PRACTISE YOUR VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Variant 1

For questions1–15,read the text below and decide which word А, В, С or D best fits each space. Mark your answers in the answer boxes provided.

TOURISM

Tourism can have 0) ..A... a positive and a negative effect 1)… an area, although in many cases only the positive effect will be obvious. In rural areas, the onset of tourism may have dramatic effects upon the local community, creating new jobs and providing a flow of cash which most 2)… will be happy to take advantage 3)… . However, the disadvantages of tourism can be 4)… dramatic, with towns 5)… their character and becoming overdeveloped and crowded, as well as more 6)… .

On a larger scale, tourism can be very beneficial 7)… developing countries. If tourists spend money it means that the country can improve living 8)… for its citizens, as well as create new jobs. Tourists are 9)… the way other people live, and leave feeling better informed about a different 10)… of life that they otherwise might not have had the chance to see. Perhaps the most popular type of tourism is going 11)… to a warm, sunny place and lying on a beach for two weeks. People taking this kind of holiday 12)… have no interest in the culture of the place they are visiting and, as a(n) 13)…, it becomes almost like a "home from home". Restaurants cook tourists their native food 14)… of local specialities, and tourists mix together rather than with locals. This can 15)… any character the area may have, and the area may lose part of its valuable culture forever.

	A	B	C	D
0.	both	none	either	neither
1.	for	on	about	of
2.	tenants	occupants	lodgers	inhabitants
3.	for	in	of	off
4.	impossibly	equally	hardly	differently
5.	losing	missing	finding	improving
6.	priceless	valuable	cheap	expensive
7.	from	in	at	to
8.	manners	areas	conditions	facts
9.	shown	given	offered	seen
10.	attitude	way	face	hint
11.	far	through	forward	away
12.	hardly	usually	nearly	never
13.	result	effect	reason	affect
14.	in spite	instead	in case	apart
15.	create	hurt	destroy	break

For questions 1–15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. 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 in the answer boxes provided. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the answer boxes provided. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).

GETTING AWAY

	Last of summer it was so hot and humid in the London	of
	that by August I felt I really couldn't bear it	√
	any far longer. I had been planning to take my
	holiday in September because of we were very busy at
	work, but I was so tired out of the heat that I asked
	for a couple of days off, threw some clothes into
	a suitcase and took off the train to Cromer, which is on
	the coast of Norfolk. Many people think about that Cromer
	is too touristy to be attractive, but I found out it full
	of beauty and charm. It's true there were a lots of
	people there, but the beach is so big that by
	walking for ten minutes you can escape all the
	crowds. There are also some too lovely walks along the
	tops of the cliffs, with magnificent views along
	the coast, and the countryside inland it is very
	lush and green. Best of the all, it's much cooler there
	than in London – so for a pleasant break, try Cromer.

Variant 2

For questions1–15,read the text below and decide which word А, В, С or D best fits each space. Mark your answers in the answer boxes provided.

AT HOME ABROAD

Every year tens of thousands of people travel to Britain in order to improve their (0)... of English. For many, however, this can be a difficult and daunting experience as it involves 1)... a strange school, staying in sometimes unpleasant accommodation, and living in an 2)... culture. One 3)... to these problems is the Homestay method. Students, 4)... a teacher appropriate to their language requirements and interests, will stay with him or her in his or her own house for the duration of the course. As well as giving 5)... tuition, the teacher will take the student on trips and provide information about what interesting activities are 6)... locally.

The idea behind "Homestay" is total immersion in English language and culture. Students get between ten and twenty hours of tuition a week and are also expected to 7)... in with the family's daily activities. The students converse in English at all 8)... and learn how to use the language in everyday 9)... . Homestays can also be arranged for those wanting to 10)... business or executive English courses. Students are then 11)... with a teacher who is a specialist in the student's particular 12)... . Courses 13)... for up to four weeks and, although costs are 14)... than for normal language summer schools, students can feel 15)... that they will be receiving top-class language teaching in a safe and pleasant environment.

	A	B	C	D
0.	average	standard	height	degree
1.	attending	studying	going	learning
2.	unaccustomed	unusual	unfamiliar	inexperienced
3.	explanation	result	solution	key
4.	selected	chosen	granted	assigned
5.	individual	single	exclusive	particular
6.	obtainable	ready	available	accessible
7.	join	come	be	take
8.	periods	hours	days	times
9.	affairs	problems	conditions	situations
10.	make	be	do	learn
11.	matched	coupled	doubled	equalled
12.	ground	way	field	type
13.	go	move	range	run
14.	bigger	higher	wider	larger
15.	confident	reliant	self-assured	reliable

HOLIDAY ON THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA

	Last summer I spent ten of days at a fantastic	of
	hotel on the island of Jamaica.	√
	The Jamaica is an exotic island in
	the Carribean. The name of the
	hotel was called "Inland Fun". It certainly
	was fun. I met a lot of young people. We
	went for swimming every day and dancing
	every night. My room was as large and
	decorated in a typical island style.
	The walls were painted with white, the window
	and door frames were been painted a magnificent
	blue and all the furniture was made up
	of hand-carved wood. The hotel also had
	a lovely dining room, delicious food on,
	and a bar on the roof. It
	was the most best holiday I ever had and I'm
	planning to go to Jamaica again the next summer too.

Variant 3

For questions1–15,read the text below and decide which word А, В, С or D best fits each space. Mark your answers in the answer boxes provided.

CRASH DETECTIVES

Every country with a large air fleet has an organisation which looks into the (0)... of air crashes. In Britain, the organisation is 1)... as the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), and is 2)... of highly-trained individuals. Their job is to 3)... the reasons for air accidents and to 4)... that they don't happen again. The AAIB is 5)... of any air accident in Britain 6)... injury or death to a passenger or pilots damage to an aeroplane. A team of experts 7)... and examine every piece of 8)... that can be found. Detailed maps are drawn and photographs 9)... for future reference. All the pieces are then transported to the hangar for analysis. Advanced computing techniques help the investigators 10)... their final decision as to what caused the accident. It is amazing to consider that in spite of all the 11)… technology involved in the air industry most crashes are actually the 12)… of human error rather than technological 13)… .

Nevertheless, we must 14)… in mind that every safe landing around the world happens thanks to the detailed navigations of the AAIB and 15)… organizations.

	A	B	C	D
0.	reasons	causes	bases	grounds
1.	known	called	named	said
2.	filled up	done up	turned up	made up
3.	realise	obtain	discover	consider
4.	reassure	confirm	secure	ensure
5.	acquainted	informed	communicated	instructed
6.	involves	includes	contains	covers
7.	pick	gather	mass	group
8.	wreck	damage	wreckage	crash
9.	done	put	taken	filmed
10.	find	reach	have	arrive
11.	advanced	ahead	progressed	high
12.	product	effect	conclusion	result
13.	mistake	fault	failure	flaw
14.	carry	hold	bring	keep
15.	similar	same	like	alike

A BALLOON TRIP

	A few of years ago, when I was living in Kenya, some	of
	friends and I decided to hire a balloon so that we	√
	could go sightseeing over the Lake Rudolf. We decided
	to hire the balloon without a pilot since that one of us,
	Henry, claimed that he knew what to do already.
	At the first we were sceptical about his claims, but he
	managed to persuade us, and eventually we set off,
	very early in the morning, with Henry been in charge.
	The view of the lake it was spectacular – the
	sunlight glittered on the water and herds of
	hippopotamuses fled when they saw us coming. Jeremy
	said that he wished he had brought his camera with.
	Everything had went well until a sudden gust of wind
	blew us down towards a small wood on the shore.
	Henry was unable to do anything to stop from the descent,
	and we found ourselves to crashing through the branches
	of the trees. That was the last time we went for ballooning!

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