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  1. Match parts of the expressions from the text:

a slumped, fragile

an immense

a savage

a vestigial

a mechanical

a sucker

a quarry

an inflectionless

to chase

to be sustained

he seems

equations

toothy grin

figure

whine

in sight

by a defunct body

a chimera

for gimmicks

voice

baffled

movement

and theories

deterioration

  1. For questions 1-15 read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap. The Trouble with Numbers

I need help. I can't work, I can't sleep; the situation's getting out of (1) …………... . Try as I (2) ………… , I just can't resist opening the paper every morning at thepuzzle page. It'sthis Su Doku numbers game everyone's been (3) ……… about. Although it looksstraightforward at first (4) ………… , it's fiendishly deceptive. You start with a simple-lookinggrid of nine rows by nine, split into nine boxes with nine squares in each. The (5) ………….. of the game is to fill in the grid so that every row, column and box containsthe numbers one to nine. You think, no problem, I'll just have a quick go. Five minutesand I'll (6) ………… this. But oh, no! You get hooked. The tricky ones niggle you and youcan't stop. I've been late for work twice this week. And now there's talk of themadding the game to mobile phones!

1

2

3

4

5

6

A sorts

A could

A craving

A glance

A task

A break

B world

B might

B longing

B look

B object

B win

C hand

C can

C raging

C peep

C exercise

C crack

D mind

D should

D raving

D glimpse

D goal

D split

  1. For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. The Mysteries of Giza

Egyptologists tell us that the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza were built approximately 4,500 years ago by an Egyptian pharaoh, but in recent years agreat (1) ………….. of evidence has surfaced to challenge this. A growing (2) ………….. of independent researchers claim that these monuments may in(3) ……………. have been built as (4) …………… back as 12,500 years ago!According to (5) ………….. the Giza pyramids precisely line (6) ………….. with the position of certain stars in the year 10,450 bc. It isinteresting to note that on that date the leonine Sphinx (7) ………… havefaced the exact location on the horizon where the constellation of Leo rose (8) …………. dawn on the Spring equinox. Equally interesting is the claimmade by at (9) ………… one geologist that weathering patterns on the bodyof the Sphinx are consistent (10) …………. those left by precipitation over asubstantial period of time, yet Egypt (11) …………. saw heavy rainfall over7,000 years ago.

Could it be that both the pyramids and the Sphinx were built by a highly civilised racethousands of years (12) ………… the Age of the Pharaohs, at a time whenhistorians would (13) …………… us believe humans had (14) ………… the know-how to construct such amazing structures? Ifevidence (15) …………. surface that can support such claims, the historybooks will undoubtedly have to be rewritten.