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Part 1
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
| A view | В sight | C scene | D glance |
High heels
High heels are a familiar 0 _____ around the world. Coming in all shapes, sizes and heights, they are widely 1 _____ to be an essential part of any elegant outfit for women. 2 _____, the first high heels were in fact worn by men. They became fashionable among wealthy European men in the sixteenth century, as a 3 _____ of their status. The idea was that 4 _____ someone very rich, who didn’t have to work, could wear such impractical footwear! Women began to wear them in the nineteenth century as part of their battle to take 5 _____ traditional male power and authority. In 6 _____ years, they have again become part of the 7 _____ for women’s rights — this time for the right NOT to wear them. Women who work in jobs where they are 8 _____ to wear high heels are calling for the right to wear flatter, more comfortable footwear. I can understand why!
| 1 | A considered | B suggested | C approved | D regarded |
| 2 | A Although | B Despite | C However | D Therefore |
| 3 | A notice | B symbol | C display | D logo |
| 4 | A except | B instead of | C otherwise | D only |
| 5 | A up | B out | C on | D in |
| 6 | A modern | B recent | C latest | D current |
| 7 | A quarrel | B fight | C dispute | D conflict |
| 8 | A expected | B demanded | C insisted | D proposed |
Part 2
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.
Example: MOST
How Italian food took over the world
Studies over the last few years have shown repeatedly that Italian food is the 0 _____ popular in the world. This is true not 9 _____ in Europe, but also in countries as diverse 10 _____ Brazil and South Africa. So why 11 _____ pizza and pasta become such universal favourites? One big advantage of both is that they are cheap and can easily 12 _____ adapted to different tastes. It is possible to conjure up a tasty pasta sauce using a wide range 13 _____ different ingredients, and there is 14 _____ limit to what you can put on a pizza, from pineapple to eggs, and even bananas! Another reason for their popularity may have less to do with flavour and 15 _____ to do with industrial food production. Both foods are easy and cheap to mass-produce and transport, and it may be 16 _____ characteristic which has led to their spread to all corners of the globe.
Part 3
For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use 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).
In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example: ANGRY
Singing for their supper
| Gorillas are well known for beating their chests when they are 0 _____, but it seems they also have a gentler and more 17 _____ side to their character. A new study has shown that gorillas ‘sing’ 18 _____ while they are eating. A group of 19 _____ who studied the animals in the wild found that they make a range of different 20 _____ sounds, especially when eating their favourite foods. And different gorillas have their own favourite ‘tunes’. The sounds may show their 21 _____ in what they are eating, but they may also be used as a form of 22 _____. The larger, male gorillas are the ones who make all the 23 _____ for the group. The ‘singing’ may be their way of saying that it is time to sit down and eat. This is perhaps the most 24 _____ discovery, as it might shed light on how human language evolved. | 0.ANGER 17.CREATE 18.QUIET 19.RESEARCH 20.MUSIC 21.PLEASE 22.COMMUNICATE 23.DECIDE 24.FASCINATE |
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