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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 quantity | В piece | C unit | D part |
Going on a diet
A calorie is a 0_____ for measuring the amount of energy food will produce. The average person needs about 1,800 calories per day to stay healthy. Without energy, the heart cannot 1_____ blood through blood vessels and the organs cannot function.
You 2_____ weight because you consume more calories a day than your body requires. The only way to lose weight is to 3_____ the number of calories you consume. This is the basic 4_____ behind most diets.
5_____, diets don’t work for most people. It’s not that they don’t lose weight: they do, but when they go off the diet, the kilos creep back. The 6_____ to losing weight and maintaining weight loss is a sensible diet and exercise plan. You need to work out how to eat fewer calories than you 7_____ consume. You should also exercise daily so you can use up calories. Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can 8_____ a big difference.
| 1 | A pump | B pull | C drag | D force |
| 2 | A make | B increase | C gain | D put |
| 3 | A shrink | B take | C remove | D reduce |
| 4 | A way | B principle | C method | D kind |
| 5 | A Similarly | B Though | C Unfortunately | D Although |
| 6 | A key | B secret | C way | D idea |
| 7 | A preferably | B actually | C consistently | D eventually |
| 8 | A have | B do | C make | D give |
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: MANY
I’m not superstitious, honestly!
How 0 _____ people could truly say they are not superstitious? A recent survey shows that almost 90% of people believe in one sort of superstition 9 _____ another and say that it influences their lives.
One of the questions people 10 _____ asked is whether they saw themselves as lucky or unlucky. Their answers turned out to be the most interesting aspect of this survey. Nearly two-thirds 11 _____ those taking part said they believed that people were naturally lucky or unlucky.
Professor Morgan Howard, 12 _____ analysed the results of the survey, was fascinated by this finding, so he went a step further and asked these people 13 _____ kind of superstitions they believed in. 14 _____ his surprise, he discovered that almost all the people who regarded themselves 15 _____ lucky believed in positive superstitions. They did things to promote their good luck, such as crossing their fingers. 16 _____ would appear that people make their own luck by their attitude to life.
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: RECENTLY
Wild animals
| Wild animals have 0 _____ made an appearance in the back gardens of American suburbs. They have caused havoc and have 17 _____ domestic pets. Mountain lions that wander into suburbs are now quite 18 _____ to attack humans, which is worrying, while bears and wolves have 19 _____ discovered rubbish bins. If you find the 20 _____ of your bin scattered all over the garden one morning, there is a distinct 21 _____ that a bear has been feasting there during the night. Nobody should be particularly surprised by this development, which was predicted by experts years ago, and it’s not 22 _____ under the circumstances. One cause is the massive expansion of 23 _____ into areas that were wild and uninhabited not long ago. In addition, over the past few decades a large number of 24 _____ have been placed on hunting certain animals, allowing their populations to grow. It looks as if humans will simply have to get used to their new neighbours. | 0.RECENT 17.THREAT 18.WILL 19.APPARENT 20.CONTAIN 21.POSSIBLE 22.EXPECT 23.HOUSE 24.RESTRICT |
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