Use of English

Vocabulary

4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1 I never watch h__________ films before bed because I get nightmares.

2 I think s__________ f__________ films are a bit silly because you know these things can never happen.

3 C__________ novels are very popular. People love to read about murders!

4 By reading h__________ f__________ you can learn a lot about the past as well as enjoy a good story.

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct kind of books.

1 You use a __________ in class to learn about a subject and do exercises in.

2 You need a __________ to tell you how to use a new piece of equipment.

3 People use a __________ to give them information about the sights to see in different cities.

4 A(n) __________ shows you where different countries in the world are.

5 You can find information about a lot of different subjects in a(n) __________.

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6 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

in out down through

1 We had to cross _____ the wrong answers in the exercise.

2 I always flick _____ a book in the shop before I buy it.

3 In the lesson I wrote _____ all the important things the teacher said.

4 We have to fill _____ our university application forms soon.

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Reading

7 Read the article from which some sentences have been taken out. Choose the correct sentences A–G to fill the gaps. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.

News online

For many people, buying and reading a newspaper is part of their daily routine. They enjoy spending time searching the pages for interesting political stories, laughing at cartoons, catching up with the latest sports results and reading about celebrity scandals. They can take their newspapers into work, on the bus or into a café, or even read it over breakfast. (1) ___ Or is it?

There has been a news revolution going on over the last few years. (2) ___ Nearly all the major newspapers have online versions. We can access these free of charge and from laptops, mobile phones and other hand held devices. (3) ___

However, the popularity of online news is soon going to be tested. Because news is now so available online, newspapers are losing money. (4) ___ The newspapers have a difficult choice. Will people continue to visit their sites if they have to pay? Will they visit another newspaper’s site which is still free? (5) ___ Experts do not agree on what is going to happen. (6) ___ Others, however, have said that this step is inevitable and soon we shall have to pay for more and more information that we find online. We shall have to wait to see what happens.

A Many say that the idea of the Internet is to allow people to have free information and we will not agree to pay for it.
BWill they start buying newspapers again?
CWhy should we pay for newspapers anymore?
D Soon, some of the big papers are going to start charging people to read their newspapers online.
E Unsurprisingly, people are now turning to the Internet to provide them with daily news reports.
FYou can learn a lot more from a newspaper than simply the facts.
GThe newspaper is part of our culture.

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 11)

8 You are going to hear two friends talking about a writer. Listen and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM).

1 The author writes in English.	T/F/NM
2 The girl learned about the writer from a review in a magazine.	T/F/NM
3 The writer hasn’t written many books.	T/F/NM
4 The stories are all set in Denmark.	T/F/NM
5 It isn’t important which book you read first.	T/F/NM

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Use of English

9 Read the email about an interview and fill each gap with one word.

Did you hear that interview with the young writer Chris Parkin on the radio yesterday? It was really good. The interviewer asked him (1) __________ he had started writing at a very young age and which writers (2) __________ influenced him. He (3) __________ that he hadn’t read very much while he was a child, but then when he was a teenager, his favourite authors had been Agatha Christie and Shakespeare! The interviewer asked him (4) __________ his plans were for the next year and he said that a film company had bought the rights to his first story and the film (5) __________ be in the cinemas soon. The interviewer asked if he had changed any of the story, but he said that they hadn’t asked (6) __________ to. It was going to be exactly like he’d written it.

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Writing

10 This is part of an email you receive from your friend, Tess.

I’ve just finished a really good book and now I’ve got nothing to read! Can you recommend something you’ve read recently?

Write a reply to Tess, telling her about a good book you’ve read. Write 100 words.

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