PART 1: CLOZE VOCABULARY From the words listed below, choose the ones which best fit thespace, A, B, C or D. OLYMPIC GAMES It is not so much the scandals and disputes of recent years that have (01)..... the Olympic Games. It is their (02).... enormity, their excessive cost, their (03)..... of national pride. One very sensible suggestion is that future Games should be (04)..... to individual events in which one person clearly wins. All team games would (05)....., and no one would feel any loss at the disappearance of Olympic soccer, a (06)..... shadow of the more professional game. Anything which required judging would also be (07)...... One reason for this is the difficulty of obtaining fair and accurate judges. An (08)..... example of this is the case of Jacqueline de Bief, a former (9) world figure skating champion. She revealed to the (10)..... that she was sometimes offered generous (11)..... in exchange for what one newspaper called "an amorous adventure". If events that required judging were excluded, it would also (12)..... the Games of boxing, wrestling, and the boring diving competitions. It would also eliminate sailing, largely a matter of boat building, and horse jumping, largely a matter of the horse. Under (13)..... circumstances, the individua l would be (14)..... to his rightful place, and a (15)..... size to the Games would be achieved. 01. A. warned B. threatened C. reproached D. shocked 02. A. sheer B. vast C. heavy D. massive 03. A. pampering B. easing C. indulgence D. spoiling 04. A. held B. restricted C. limit D. decided 05. A. remove B. depart C. leave D. go 06. A. slight B. dull C. pale D. empty 07. A. undone B. left C. omit D. excluded 08. A. extreme B. outside C. upset D. unlimited 09. A. former B. ex C. passed D. formerly 10. A. paper B. press C. journal D. magazine 11. A. awards B. marks C. numbers D. odds 12. A. remove B. take C. rid D. scratch 13. A. such B. this C. most D. normal 14. A. retained B. ascended C. renovated D. restored 15. A. sane B. approximate C. accepted D. sensible .. girls are more (01) .. or put a pound or two on the horse they think 12. In those days. run over a distance of ten kilometres and forty 10. On the other hand.... 04. The 05... Second -hand smoke is lethal.... lung cancer in American men has fallen (03) ... in healthy non-smokers. and is today an established winter sport.. including lung cancer. It was a reckless and dangerous sport...... Underline the error.. hundreds of steeplechase jockeys. Smokers don't just ruin their own health by (10) ..... the disease is (04) ... Of all the races in the steeplechasing calendar...... .. lung cancer is now expected to overtake breast cancer (07) .. seems to buy a sweepstake ticket... there is another good (09) . high jumps... much as three-quarters of the horses will not finish the race... As the 18th report on smoking by the United States Surgeon General (12) ." The result is that (02) ........PART 2: CLOZE USAGE Complete with one word only in each space. of disease.. or the line may contain an unnecessary word.. 08.... between cigarettes and disease in 1964.. It's the girls who want to look "tough and grown-up... at home.. HEALTH AND CIGARETTES In many Western countries.... The decrease in the disease among men is attributed to a decrease in smoking among men (05) .. the most 09.... in women.." (14) .... the children of parents who smoke (15) . it became a part of formal racing. as 13... to smoke than boys...... your son or daug hter is a non-smoker. streams and hedges.. it: "Involuntary smoking is a (13) ..... From 07........ the first time in 50 years... walls.. up. Smokers make their own kids sick. distant church spire.... they raced through the countryside to a place marked by a 03....... PART 3: ERROR RECOGNITION Most but not all of the following lines contain one error. will win.... popular is the Grand National...... the principal fatal cancer among women... where the going is especially bad.. October to March...... the effects in their respiratory systems........ tick ( ) it ..... professional and amateur. By 1830......... risk life and limbs.. artificial barriers in place of the real ditches.. gentry... which there are over 40 in England and nearly 30 in Ireland.... STEEPLECHASING 01... the go vernment's first warning of a (06) ....... a word may be wrongly used..... or steeple. If a line is correct. (08) .. There may be a spelling or punctuation or grammatical mistake........ courses. They are a menace to (11) . have 06...... for rejecting a smoker as a life -long mate.. In some years.. Everyone in the country takes an interest to it and most people 11.. to the report........ Steeplechasing early began in the eighteenth century as a sport among the fox-hunting 02....... of the myth...... the capital city of Northern Ireland....... riots.. blasted by car bombs..... The young complained of (13) ......... if he is a symbol of anything............ and (05) . GENERATE ............ Catholic or Protestant. MAID . 07. If you made the right gesture... 11. he seems himself to have been elevated from musician........ The place suffe red not only from violence..... .... I think.. shaman. lack of a future. thing is that............... He fled from Northern Ireland after being told that the IRA was waiting at his home.. Six cushions had been laid out in his sitting room in(15) .......... It's a very precious thing... patrolled by armoured cars............... for a (16) ..... by the police and security forces..... : this man who said it in a way for all of us..... 10. 03. CHURCH ..... IRONY ... especially the truth they could not say... 08..... CHILD ...... His life has become a myth.... This was a country where the concepts of law and order no longer had any meaning..... by terrorists...... lack of incentive. myth. 09.. COURAGE ... could be much worse.. grew up in the city knowing nothing else but what the Irish (11) ............ is a symbol of (01) ........ and high claims are made for him.. ........ 05............ Northern Ireland For thirty years Belfast. but he was probably right.... His wife........... TRANSFORM .... torn by (09) ....... She says: "He certainly wasn't a person who kowtowed or tried to preserve himself by shutting up...elbows........... He believed you could change the world. 04.. which seemed to Christian (03) ........ ......... EUPHEMISM ..... The example is given of one 15-year-old Catholic boy with 85 offences behind him... SECT ... People identified with him because he said the truth............" 01.... low (12) . RESPONSIBLE .. was divided..... He said that the Beatles were better known than Jesus Christ... A whole (10) . by his violent death...... Yoko Ono.... might take place...... shooting . But the (14) ..... 02.............. a (04) ... 06.. thing to say.....PART 4: WORD FORMATION Complete with a word formed from those in the list. the keeper of the relics. still serves as the (07) ....... SENSE .... but from poverty...................... John Lennon Lennon..... a (02) . knees and ankles....................... very (08). of play... to the rank of prophet........ call "the troubles".. from supreme exponent of rock and roll...... The (06) ..... ... our minds pretty soon because they want to know four weeks in (11)..... are available...... Perhap s you could get (08). we can usually offer rooms on six to four weeks notice during the off-peak season... but as we (06)...... Here's the hotel's answer... difficulties may arise.... it is probably a lot smaller than you can (04)..... 16. we offer a business terms discount of 40 per cent of the total... How does it (01). I note from your letter that you expect 25 to 30 delegates to go to the meeting and will require an equivalent number of double rooms. conditional on a minimum stay of five consecutive nights being booked. want three nights it won't (07).. We have one conference room. available in that period........ (03)..... Since the hotel has 300 double rooms.... For a group booking such as yours. excluding service charge and VAT... as well as secretarial assistance and translation service. them and see if they'll give us some sort of (09)... from the photograph... VICTIM ..... We advice booking a higher number of rooms in case more decide to come than you expect................... booked.....12..... You can see a photograph of the room on page four of the enclosed brochure.............. Yours faithfully Jim........ fax and telex services....... of the room taken with a wide-angle lens....... PART 6: STRUCTURE AND MEANING .... and as we plan the conference over Easter they are sure to be rather (12). PUNISH . LETTER FROM HOTEL TO CLIENT Dear Mr Canelli Thank you for your enquiry about the availability of accommodation and conference facilities during the last two weeks of October.. depending on how many attend.. Then fill in the gaps using the most appropriate word(s)...... Use no more than two words....... you? The brochure has a (02). all with twin beds.......... If less than four weeks' notice is given.... We had better (10). PREPARE ..... to us. The Alexandra will accommodate from 30 to 50 delegates. Do not use any words from the formal letter......... PART 5: APPROPRIATE REGISTER Read the formal letter.. Naturally.. the Alexandra............. EXPECT . HARASS ...... 15....... 14..... The discount sounds good.................. 13... A lot will depend on the number of people who (05)... .. it is not a wholesome product any more. (09).......... that the consumer is forcing change.. One vet (07)................ There is no effective (05)...... wished to remain anonymous.... (04)..." Thus........ Thus Gallup poll findings suggest that three million Britons now eat no red meat. I don't trus t many of the producers or slaughterers I know... "I hardly eat any meat these days..........: (03)... THE CASE FOR VEGETARIANISM (01). A involved in meat inspection B have been launched C whether or not it is healthy D speaking up E sometimes rather worried F plans for the future G at least much of it isn't H ready for eating I means of policing J fit for human consumption K start up L as far as meat is concerned M moreover N one who reported O it would seem .......... He said.Complete with the correct phrases from the list.. admitted that if a tumour is found it is cut out but the rest of the carcass is passed as (08)... three new anti -meat magazines (10)......... In the past five years. the vets themselves are (02).. In my opinion..... especially not in restaurants........ a meat inspector on an poultry line has three to five seconds to examine each bird and judge (06)... in 11. on to 09. childhood. 08. back to. According. 11. 10. 07. so (NOT and) 04. G. 04. it. 14.15. 05. show up 06.show. 09. transformation. as. sectarian. 12. 12. 08. ironical. sound to 02. E. turn up (NOT come). lighting. 08. J.link/connection. 09. 04. make up 11. Use ³across´ instead of ³through´. 13. restricted. 16. As far as meat is concerned 02. press. while/ although. 10. ironic. look to. C. 15. reduction. Use ³many´ instead of ³much´ to indicate number. rising/ increasing. correct 10.03. Use ³obstacles´ instead of ³barriers´. strike. since/after. threatened. O. 14. 03. victimisation. 06. others. 13. Phrase takes singular ³limb´. make out 05. N. preparation.ANSWER KEY PART 1: CLOZE VOCABULARY 01. churchmen. 11. heavily (NOT fully) PART 6: APPROPRIATE REGISTER 01. If. 14. fit for human consumption 09. 09. one reported 04. such. PART 3: ERROR RECOGNITION 01. correct 04. harassment. 12. euphemistically. 06. take part (NOT participate). handmaiden. restored. I. 06.likely/liable. at least much of it isn¶t 05. PART 4: WORD FORMATION 01. 06. whether or not it is healthy 07. reason. correct 08. indulgence. sensible PART 2: CLOZE USAGE 01. B. 10. have been launched . 13. church -goers. 03. irresponsible. 05. expectations. L. go. 02. courageous. snapshot (NOT photo). Use plural ³seem´ to agree with ³most people´. 02. 11. correct 05. Use ³when´ instead of ³where´ to indicate time. involved in meat inspection 08. 12. 07.punishment. apply 08. sheer. Needs ³of´ before ³which´. for. extreme. 05. 02. cause. 07. pale. snap. A. 04. 02. shot. It would seem 10. rid. only 07. PART 5: APPROPRIATE REGISTER 01. means of policing 06. former. 13. 07. deal 10. 09. excluded. marks. senseless. 15. advance 12. or place after ³began´. tell (NOT see). Omit ³early´. 03. sometimes rather worried (D) 03. picture 03. generation.