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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:

Ecotourism: is there a downside?

Tourism is an important 0_____ of the global economy and ecotourism has been growing more rapidly than any other sector in the industry recently. Over the past decade, it has grown 1_____ almost 400% – an unprecedented figure in such niche area.

Ecotourism aims to be  the most sustainable, environmentally 2_____ tourism possible. The word has been in use 3_____ 1983 to describe how adventurous people visit relatively unexplored parts of the world without harming the environment. All the 4_____ that are received from this type of tourism generally help support the local economy and environmental projects.

Is a tourist’s carbon 5_____ the only consideration? Sadly, it’s not. Let’s look at Kenya, where 6_____ on safari are usually in the morning. This is when lions like to hunt. However, the ecotourists 7_____ many other animals away, meaning that any lions in the area have to hunt in the hot, tiring hours of the day. 8_____, it’s better to shoot pictures of animals than to shoot guns at them, but ecotourists or not, the animals would probably just prefer to be left alone.

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 the separate answer sheet.

Example: ALSO

Shakespeare: the mysteries and the facts

William Shakespeare must surely be the greatest writer in the English language, and he may 0 _____ be the writer who 9 _____ influenced our language the most. For example, he came 10 _____ with many phrases we commonly use today, like ‘all of a sudden’, ‘love is blind’ and ‘too much of a good thing’. He might not be everyone’s favourite author, but people 11 _____ highly of his work, and Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet are some of the best-known plays in the world.

12 _____ Shakespeare is famous, we don’t know much about his life – not even his date of birth! He was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26th April 1564, so he must have been born around that time. His birthday is celebrated on 23rd April, but no one can say 13 _____ sure whether that is the right date. Similarly, little is known about his education. He may have attended school in Stratford, where he could have studied Latin and Greek. It can’t have been easy – school started at 6 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m., so he would have had to 14 _____ up with very long hours.

In recent years, this lack of knowledge about Shakespeare’s life has led to speculation that other people might have written some of his works. However, while it is sometimes difficult to tell the 15 _____ between Shakespeare’s work and other contemporary writers’, the vast 16 _____ of scholars agree that it simply can’t be true – the works must be Shakespeare’s own.

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: LOCATED

The Jurassic Coast