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ing was sometimes (7) … belief, and in his greatest year, 2000, he broke
the world record no fewer than four times. In the late 1990s he was
single-handedly responsible (8) … bringing British athletics out of a severe slump with his inspirational performances and personal charisma.
Peters was capable (9) … great generosity, and once, famously, failed a
jump deliberately in order to let his great rival, Aravan Sijipal, win on his
farewell appearance.
When being interviewed, Peters was also an exception to the rule,
for he always tried to praise others rather than blow his own trumpet.
A deeply religious man, he was (10) … dispute with the athletics authorities on more than one occasion for his refusal to compete on Sundays.
His anti-drugs campaign had a great effect (11) … young athletes all over
Britain, and throughout his career, he remained very conscious (12) …
what he saw as his public duty in this respect. Many charitable organisations have reason to be grateful (13) … him (14) … the time he devoted
(15) … raising money (16) … their causes.
Part B. Read the following and complete the story with suitable
prepositions.
POOR DOGGY
(17) … a camping holiday (18) … Spain, our pet dog Betsy, who had
been brought along (19) … the sake of the children, died suddenly (20)
… the night. The children said that we simply couldn’t bury the poor animal (21) … a foreign country, where we might never be able to visit her
grave again, so we decided to head (22) … home and attempt to smuggle
her (23) … Spain and France and so back (24) … England. With this (25)
… mind, we rolled Betsy’s body (26) … a carpet, tied it onto the roof rack
(27) … the car along (28) … the camping equipment and started off (29)
… our journey.
We drove (30) … the night without stopping and heaved a sigh of relief as we crossed the border out of Spain and (31) … France. (32) … this
time all the family were very tired and hungry, so we decided to stop (33)
… breakfast. We parked the car (34) … a side street (35) … to a suitable
cafe. Not wanting to leave poor Betsy (36) … too long, we ate a quick
breakfast and returned (37) … the car. However, (38) … our horror, all
our possessions had been stolen (39) … the roof (40) … the car, including
the carpet containing our pet’s body!
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Part C. Fill in the missing prepositions or adverb particles in
the passage.
THE CURSE OF TUTANKHAMUN
Most people scoff (41) … the idea of curses coming true, but the
events that followed the opening (42) … Tutankhamun’s tomb (43) …
Howard Carter (44) … 1922 may make them think twice (45) … laughing. The story (46) … the curse began when the last man climbed out
(47) … the tomb.
It is said that a sudden sandstorm blew (48) … and that the men
(49) … the party saw a hawk, the ancient royal symbol (50) … Egypt,
fly overhead. Local Egyptians took this to mean that the spirit (51) …
the dead king had left his tomb, cursing those who had opened it. Five
months later, the man who financed the expedition, Lord Caernarvon,
was bitten (52) … the cheek (53) … a mosquito. Normally nothing too
serious! But the bite became infected and Caernarvon caught pneumonia and died (54) … an Egyptian hospital. (55) … the precise moment
(56) … his death, all the lights (57) … Cairo went (58) …, and thousands
(59) … miles away (60) … the Caernarvon mansion (61) … Hampshire,
England, his dog began to howl – and died (62) … the night.
Doctors who examined the mummified body (63) … Tutankhamun
reported that he had a small depression (64) … his cheek, just like a mosquito bite, (65) … exactly the same spot where Caernarvon had been bitten. Many people who visited the tomb also died (66) … strange circumstances. Lord Caernarvon’s half brother died (67) … a burst appendix.
An Egyptian prince whose family claimed they were descended (68) …
the pharaohs was murdered (69) … London and his brother committed suicide. An American railway tycoon caught a cold while (70) … the
tomb and died (71) … pneumonia. The man who helped Howard Carter
to catalogue the items found (72) … the tomb committed suicide, and a
few months later his father jumped (73) … his death (74) … the balcony
(75) … his London flat. There was an alabaster vase (76) … the tomb (77)
… the room that he jumped (78) … .
(79) … 1966 the government (80) … Egypt agreed to lend the treasures (81) … France (82) … an important exhibition. The Director (83)
… the Antiquities fought (84) … the decision, because he had dreamed
that he would die if he allowed the treasures to go (85) … Egypt. When
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he left the last meeting, still trying to make the authorities change their
minds, he was knocked down (86) … a car and died two days later. And
Howard Carter who was the first man (87) … the tomb? He died – (88)
… natural causes – (89) … 1939.
Part D. Complete the text below. Use only one word in each
space.
I’m sure you have heard of the shopping channel (90) … TV. Most
of the products (91) … sale are useless things, which go (92) … of fashion
quickly. Two weeks ago, I switched to this shopping channel (93) … a
change and one product immediately attracted my attention. It was an
exercise machine which I thought would be a good way to get fit without
leaving the house. I got (94) … touch with the company, and they arranged to deliver the machine free (95) … charge the next day. My flat is
(96) … the fourth floor, and the lift was (97) … of order, so I had to carry
it up the stairs. Finally I got it unpacked in my living room. I then spent
the next three hours trying to put it together correctly, which put me (98)
… a very bad mood. (99) … my surprise, it was also much larger than it
had appeared on TV, and I couldn’t move it, as it was too heavy. I finally
dismantled it, put it back in its box, and stored it in the garage. It’s been
there ever since. I’m all (100) … favour of ways to make shopping easier,
but this was ridiculous!
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ALL STAR QUIZ
SCORE: 20 POINTS
Part I. Match the quotes with the stars who might have said that.
1. “If my acting career hadn’t worked out, I would have become a musician”.
2. “There’s nothing like a good yell – it helps me play better”.
3. “We just love riding – the crazier the better!”
4. “It’s not easy to be different, but I wouldn’t opt for anything else”.
5. “I am buying lots of books. I am trying to write my own stuff, too”.
6. “I would never dream of quitting school – not my style!”
7. “My school life wasn’t always happy, I was too strong, too stubborn…
so what?”
8. “There are a few mountain peaks I haven’t climbed yet. But I will!”
9. “There is nothing like a good name for a yacht.”
10. “Being super rich means super sharing”.
11. “Eating meat and wearing leather? Not for me, thanks. It shouldn’t
be for you either”.
12. “All boys play ball – but black boys do it for a living”.
13. “Oh no! Not spiders again!”
Stars to choose from: Hou Yifan, Michael Perham, Taylor Lautner,
Rupert Grint, LeBron James, Mark Zuckerberg, Victoria Azarenko, Suhas Gopinath, Emma Watson, Jordan Romero, The Lacondeguy brothers, Lady Gaga, Robert Pattinson, Megan Fox, Daniel Radcliffe
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Part II. ODD CELEBRITY OUT. Choose the name that doesn’t
go well with the others.
1. All of them are outstanding athletes but …
2. All of them are showbiz megastars but …
(Lady Gaga, Zac Efron, Katharine Middleton, Kelly Osbourne).
3. All of them are outstanding actors but …
(Channing Tatum, David Radcliffe, Kristen Stewart, Sergei Karyakin).
4. Only three of them are daring explorers. The one who isn’t is …
(Jessica Watson, Lebron James, Zac Sunderland, Jordan Romero).
5. All of them are super achievers but …
(Alia Sabur, Mark Zukerberg, Rupert Grint, Suhas Gopinath).
6. Only three of them are spectacular chess players. The one who isn’t is …
(Hou Yifan, Apolo Anton Ohne, Wesley So, Sergei Karyakin).
7. They have all been on the lists of most handsome men ever but …
(Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, David Radcliffe, Channing Tatum).
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KEYS
PART 1 NOUNS
1.1
1. two-part, 2. Harry Potter, 3. school, 4. students, 5. school, 6. A-levels, 7. party, 8. seven-figure, 9. money, 10. sales, 11. takings, 12. series,
13. people, 14. character, 15. fan, 16. charities, 17. royalties, 18. children’s, 19. millions, 20. assets.
1.2
1. wives, 2. knives, 3. lives, 4. roofs, 5. leaves, 6. proofs, 7. wolves,
8. safes, 9. grieves, 10. halves, 11. thieves, 12. calves, 13. shelves,
14. gulfs, 15. cliffs
1.3
1. children, 2. species, 3. premises, 4. animals, 5. kinds, 6. class, 7. series, 8. sheep, 9. deer, 10. cows, 11. oxen, 12. cattle, 13. hoofs / hooves,
14. means, 15. thanks
1.4
1. curiosity, 2. stuff, 3. grandfather, 4. photos, 5. boxes, 6. shelves, 7. billiards, 8. chess, 9. craft, 10. surroundings
1.5
1. watches, 2. glasses, 3. means, 4. criterion, 5. mice, 6. craft, 7. works,
8. passer-by, 9. fish, 10. species, 11. headquarters, 12. hypothesis,
13. cliffs, 14. forget-me-nots, 15. country, 16. whereabouts, 17. tomatoes, 18. papers, 19. series, 20. thesis
1.6
1. commanders-in-chief, 2. games, 3. heroes, 4. histories, 5. lives, 6. men
of glory, 7. beliefs, 8. barracks, 9. headquarters, 10. troops
1.7
1. information, 2. chocolate, 3. advice is, 4. wine, 5. an equivalent quality, 6. a better taste, 7. less sugar, 8. content, 9. less than, 10. ingredients,
11. strong coffee, 12. a cake, 13. flour, 14. scales, 15. a slice
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1.8
1. mathematics, 2. space, 3. theories, 4. proofs, 5. analysis, 6. centuries, 7. bases, 8. calculation, 9. millennia, 10. hypotheses, 11. formulae,
12. means, 13. data, 14. research, 15. phenomena
1.9
1. America, 2. people, 3. paintings, 4. food, 5. fish, 6. fruit, 7. crew,
8. the Atlantic, 9. civilizations, 10. the Americas
1.10
1. people, 2. time, 3. a job, 4. experience, 5. –, 6. household, 7. quality,
8. a, 9. an, 10. people
1.11
1. heritage, 2. whereabouts, 3. governments, 4. politics, 5. riches, 6. people, 7. preserves, 8. content, 9. danger, 10. ethics
1.12
1. paintings, 2. –, 3. contradiction, 4. like, 5. audience, 6. –, 7. artist, 8. utterances, 9. thought, 10. –, 11. subjects, 12. by, 13. –, 14. –,
15. characteristics
1.13
1. electronics, 2. mind, 3. breakthrough, 4. biotechnology, 5. wool, 6. heat,
7. moisture, 8. strength, 9. characteristics, 10. human beings
1.14
1. B, 2. D, 3. C, 4. B, 5. D, 6. A, 7. B, 8. D, 9. C, 10. D
1.15
1. refers, 2. is, 3. is, 4. monopolize, 5. are, 6. their, 7. represents, 8. –,
9. prevents, 10. theory
1.16
1. B, 2. C, 3. A, 4. B, 5. C, 6. B, 7. D, 8. C, 9. B, 10. C
1.17
1. work, 2. and, 3. –, 4. to, 5. like, 6. convenient, 7. a, 8. they, 9. –,
10. a, 11. it, 12. bit, 13. dressed, 14. –, 15. to
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1.18
1. 1, 2. 4, 3. 3, 4. 2, 5. 2, 6. 1, 7. 3, 8. 1, 9. 2, 10. 2, 11. 1, 12. 2, 13. 4,
14. 4, 15. 4
1.19
1. 3, 2. 2, 3. 4, 4. 2, 5. 3, 6. 4, 7. 3, 8. 2, 9. 3, 10. 2, 11. 4, 12. 3, 13. 4,
14. 4, 15. 2
1.20
1. has, 2. have, 3. is, 4. is, 5. have, are, 6. is, 7. are, 8. have, 9. are, 10. has,
11. is, 12. are, 13. are, 14. has, 15.were
1.21
1. lives, 2. were, 3. have got, 4. have known, 5. are, 6. don’t think, 7. are
requested, 8. were, 9. were, 10. swim, 11. are having, are coming, 12. is
playing, 13. are being cleaned, 14. is, 15. are
1.22
1. 2, 2. 2, 3. 2, 4. 2, 5. 2, 6. 2, 7. 1, 8. 2, 9. 1, 10. 1
1.23
1. is, 2. are, 3. have been, 4. was, 5. is, 6. have found, 7. was, 8. were
sitting, 9. is, 10. were, 11. e-mail, 12. were requested, 13. hasn’t won,
14. were, 15. were
1.24
1. authorities, 2. heavens, 3. odds, 4. sights, 5. terms, 6. feelings, 7. arms,
8. talks, 9. expenses, 10. dislikes
1.25
1. sands, 2. hopes, 2. powers, 4. travels, 5. movements, 6. matters,
7. basics, 8. waters, 9. means, 10. interests
1.26
1. shred, 2. pinch, 3. drop, 4. piece, 5. slice, 6. bit, 7. hint, 8. heap,
9. pinch, 10. piece
1.27
1. fleet, 2. herd, 3. swarm, 4. mob, 5. suite, 6. crowd, 7. bunch, 8. congregation, 9. shoal, 10. flight, 11. gang, 12. fleet, 13. flights, 14. swarm,
15. bunch
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1.28
1. clump, 2. bundle, 3. audience, 4. bunch, 5. set, 6. stack, 7. set, 8. pack,
9. crew, 10. flock, 11. set, 12. bunch, 13. stack, 14. bunch, 15. bundle
1.29
1. most of them, 2. have, 3. suggests, 4. a great number of, 5. are, 6. many
more, 7. a more limited, 8. most, 9. stick, 10. a number of
1.30
1. the majority of the citizens, 2. all women, 3. panic and fear, 4. the
first of the many letters, 5. their number was, 6. a three-month period,
7. a great number of, 8. tried, 9. hundreds of books and articles, 10. there
were a lot of
1.31
1. icon, 2. childhood, 3. perfectionist, 4. lessons, 5. experience, 6. confidence, 7. means, 8. charisma, 9. thanks, 10. charts, 11. idol, 12. time,
13. image, 14. career, 15. looks
1.32
1. nutritionist’s, 2. a fifteen-year-old, 3. jam, 4. per cent, 5. meat,
6. chocolate, 7. boy’s, 8. four-month-old, 9. parents’, 10. a thirteenyear, 11. world’s, 12. doctors’, 13. boy’s, 14. sister, 15. children’s
1.33
1. Hamlet’s, 2. father’s, 3. prince’s, 4. Hamlet’s father’s, 5. brother’s,
6. uncle’s, 7. Hamlet’s, 8. Claudius’, 9. Hamlet’s, 10. Hamlet’s, 11. father’s, 12. uncle’s, 13. king’s
1.34
1. the surrealist painter Frida Kahlo’s, 2. seven metres, 3. Frida’s,
4. Frida and Diego’s, 5. Frida’s, 6. Frida and Diego’s, 7. Diego’s,
8. stetson, 9. Mexican, 10. sixty years’
1.35
1. road, 2. South Africa’s, 3. everybody’s, 4. three months’, 5. an 800metre, 6. swimmers’, 7. shark’s, 8. doctor’s, 9. world, 10. harm’s
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1.36
1. boy’s, 2. David’s, 3. nurse’s, 4. friends’, 5. aunt’s, 6. lawyer’s, 7. employer’s, 8. aunt’s, 9. Dickens’
1.37
1. correspondence, 2. defense, 3. obedience, 4. preferences, 5. pretence,
6. reference, 7. dependence, 8. existence, 9. insistence, 10. difference,
11. offence, 12. coincidence, 13. interference, 14. residence, 15. acceptance
1.38
1. performance, 2. attendance, 3. resemblance, 4. acceptance, 5. disturbance, 6. insurance, 7. assistance, 8. annoyance, 9. entrance,
10. resistance, 11. endurance, 12. avoidance, 13. tolerance, 14. assurance,
15. disobedience
1.39
1. arrangement, 2. enlargement, 3. entertainment, 4. postponement,
5. improvement, 6. encouragement, 7. advertisement, 8. judgment,
9. agreement, 10. establishment
1.40
1. accuracy, 2. vacancy, 3. urgency, 4. obstinacy, 5. fluency, 6. efficiency,
7. frequency, 8. privacy, 9. illiteracy, 10. pregnancy
1.41
1. baldness, 2. foolishness, 3. punctuality, 4. equality, 5. deafness, 6. popularity, 7. quietness, 8. similarity, 9. thoroughness, 10. freshness
1.42
1. seriousness, 2. Christianity, 3. neatness, 4. superiority, 5. neutrality,
6. bluntness, 7. illness, 8. formality, 9. weakness, 10. fondness, 11. reality, 12. stupidity, 13. creativity, 14. frugality, 15. politeness
1.43
1. competition, 2. pronunciation, 3. qualification, 4. production, 5. solution,
6. introduction, 7. acquisition, 8. revolution, 9. repetition, 10. reduction
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