LISTENING
Task 1 Match the words and phrases to their definitions
| a | b | c | d | f | e | f | g |
a. achiever
b. arrogant
c. liar
d. make something up
e. robot
f. rumour
g. trick
1. a fact that a lot of people are talking about although they do not know if it is true 2. a machine controlled by a computer, which can do things that people can do
3. believing that you are better or more important than other people
4. someone who says things that are not true
5. something you do to deceive or cheat someone, or to make someone look stupid as a joke
6. successful person
7. to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive
Task 2 Decide if each of the following statements about the story is True or False.
1. Danny never thanked other people.
2. Rollo liked Danny more than Danny liked Rollo.
3. Danny was not as organized as Rollo.
4. Danny enjoyed lying to people who didn't know as much as him.
5. Mr Samson didn't believe Danny's story about the Internet.
6. Rollo preferred playing football to playing Drag Racer.
7. Rollo always wore a black T-shirt and an earring to school.
8. The school canteen was famous for its good food.
9. Danny hadn't really done badly in his history assignment.
10. Rollo had taken Danny's watch.
11. Everyone at the school was going to listen to the famous writer.
12. Rollo had been in touch with his friend Yang on the Internet.
Task 3 Below are 10 events from the story, but they are in the wrong chronological order.
a. Danny lied to Rollo about the flowers.
b. Danny went to the deputy-headmaster's office.
c. Danny went up on stage.
d. Lucy Lang played a trick on Danny.
e. Mr Samson fell in a hole.
f. Rollo asked Danny if they could meet for lunch.
g. Rollo called Danny a fool.
h. Rollo complained about his broken glasses.
i. The deputy-headmaster played a trick about schoolwork on Danny.
j. The whole school laughed at Danny.
READING
Task I. For questions 1-12 read the text and decide which word best fits each space. Only one word is correct. The exercise begins with an example.
Democracy Can Ensure Peace
There are (0) A that the world is at last outgrowing conflict as a way of settling international disputes. The surest way of (1) … future peace is to (2) … the spread of democracy.
1991 was the first time in 31 years that no new war had started. But now we are on the (3) … treadmill again.
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There have been more than 100 wars in the 55 years since the end of World War II. at the (4) …, in 1987, 27 wars were under way, the highest number since 1700. (5) … an average, the annual war-inflicted death toll has been five times greater in the 20th century than in the 19th, and eight times greater than in the 18th century.
Writing in the early 16th century, the Dutch humanist and writer Erasmus, one of the most (6) … Renaissance thinkers, considered war “unnatural”. “Animals do not make war on one another,” he wrote.
Erasmus believed wars (7) … because they were a way of life (8) … a militarized aristocratic ruling class. In the 18th century liberal thinkers resurrected this theme and argued that the birth of democracy would (9) … the need for war. Thomas Pain, in “The Rights of man”, suggested that republican government and free trade “would extirpate the system of war”.
Indeed, we can now see with 200 years of hindsight that these (10) … gentlemen had it right – democracies don’t go to war with each other. Despite many setbacks since World War II, all the long-term signs are that the recent rapid spread of democracy will mean war will become less (11) … in the years ahead.
This may seem (12) … to the statistics given above, but there are serious and important signs that mankind as a whole is moving away from the medieval notion that regards war as a heroic.
| A signs | B symbols | C marks | D signals | |
| A saving | B conserving | C maintaining | D continuing | |
| A hamper | B encourage | C advertise | D contribute | |
| A familiar | B known | C recognizable | D famous | |
| A height | B spire | C top | D peak | |
| A in | B over | C on | D about | |
| A forceful | B powerful | C influential | D effective | |
| A occurred | B befell | C emerged | D appeared | |
| A among | B along | C between | D around | |
| A extract | B remove | C shift | D transfer | |
| A taught | B learned | C scholar | D scientific | |
| A regular | B general | C common | D usual | |
| A opposed | B opposite | C contrary | D contrasted |
Task II
For questions 13-20 read Part 2 of the text and find all the errors that occur here. (all of them have to do with the word building). Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which is not used in the correct form. If there is no mistake in the line put a tick (√) in the space on the right. If a line contains a mistake write the correctly formed word in the space on the right. The task begins with two examples.
| World War I, with its terrible carnage, was the last majority war in which | major | |
| leaders on all sides were eager for combat. Industrialization, and with it | √ | |
| the capacity to inflicting massive destruction drove home the real cost | ||
| of war on civil society. | ||
| World War II, in marked constructing, began with the leaders of France, | ||
| Britain and the U.S. doing everything they could to avoid | ||
| militarized conflict. Germany and Japan were the ones who dragged | ||
| the unwilled democracies to war. | ||
| It ended with Hiroshima and Nagasaki, convinced the best part of a | ||
| whole generation that all-out war could never again be a real option. |
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Task III. you are going to read a letter to a newspaper by a 15-year-old girl. Some phrases and sentences in the letter are missing. From the list below (A-H) choose the sentence or phrase that best fills each gap (1-8).
Nothing but Peace
Civilization began with the motive of achieving peace, but he remains unsuccessful in his task. 1 _________.
Peace, though it seems a dream, is not an impossible target. In my peaceful universe there will be love, peace and commitment to non-aggression. Superpowers will freeze up their stock of nuclear weapons. 2______. Mental peace will prevail, which will lead to the creative development of the world. My dream of peace does not end with disarmament, but begins with it. All the nations will follow 3_________. This will give birth to the feeling of brotherhood and peaceful coexistence. The world will recollect those moral values which were so dear to humanity at one time but which, with the changing times, lost there importance. 4_________.
There will be one religion followed by the word and that is, of peace. The motto of survival of the fittest will give way to the survival of all in peace. Conflicts will be resolved through peaceful negotiations. 5_________. But now it is time we realize thzt the victories of peace are more glorious and everlasting.
Our new world will make an all-round development in the fields of medicine, surgery, agriculture and industry. 6________.
My world of peace is still a dream. 7__________.
Let us remember this is a time of anxiety and not of despair. The rabid reactionaries and other forces of evil will be encountered by millions who champion peace.
May humanity’s ardent wish to preserve World Peace draw added strength from this dream of mine. I really hope 8________.
| A | … the policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of the fellow country. |
| B | … we’ll transform this world to the Garden of Eden where there is nothing but peace. |
| C | It is true, wars have been fought since time immemorial to solve the problems. |
| D | The reason for this failure is that he has fought wars to nourish world peace. |
| E | Consequently, it will relieve the world from the threat of mass destruction. |
| F | So the standard of living will rise, poverty will vanish and crimes will be unknown. |
| G | My dream world will forget all differences based on caste, colour and creed. |
| H | But I won’t say there is no hope. |
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LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL TASKS
Task 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
a) Sue went shopping so she could buy herself a new television. to
Sue went shopping to buy herself a new television.
b) You use this to open wine bottles. for
This ……………………………………… wine bottles.
c) I put the food in the fridge because I wanted it to get cold.
would
I put the food in the fridge …………………….cold.
d) Harry left early because he didn't want to miss the bus.
as
Harry………………………………. to miss the bus.
e) I saved up some money to buy a motorbike. could
I saved up some money …………………..a motorbike.
f) Jane gave up smoking because she wanted to save money.
order
Jane gave up smoking………………………… money.
g) I came here so that I could see you. to
I…………………………………………………….. you.