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PART 3. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences below. (1
point).
1.There are not thing special about his clothes ………..from his flowery tie.
A. but B. except C. other D. apart
2. I’d ……….you explained to her why we can’t go.
A. better B. rather C. want D. need
3. I …………we meet outside the cinema tomorrow at 8.30.
A. think B. suggest C. consider D. introduce
4. I walked away as calmly as I could ………..they thought I was the thief.
A. or else B. to avoid C. owing to D. in case
5. ………..the step when you go in.
A. Consider B. Mind C. Attend D. Look
6. ………..of all of us who are tonight, I would like to thank Mr Jones for his talk.
A. On behalf B. On account C. In person D. Instead
7. She refused to eat meat under any ………….
A. circumtances B. occasion C. opportunity D. reason
8. There was nothing they could do …………….leave the car at the roadside where it had
brokendown.
A. than B.unless C. instead of D. but
9. To our ………..his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A. anxiety B. eyes C. belief D. judgement
10. Mary Smith decided to give up her job for the …………of her children.
A. sake B. care C. mean D. concern
II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage below. (1 point)
PAINTING
Nancy Andrews’ latest exhibition at the Seagull Gallery proves that she is one of our
most (1) ................... painters. She has emerged from her (2) ................... phase, in which the
influence of Picasso was apparent, and returned to a more (3) ................... style of painting,
but without losing her (4) ................... sense of colour and form. She has chosen (5)
................... themes for this show, and her portrait of Bacchus, for example, has a wonderful
(6) ................... about it. But the most (7) ...................work is the large canvas called simply
“Mars”.
It is a (8) ................... study, in various shades of red and gold, and its balanced (9)
...................gives it a pleasing, even restful feel, despite the (10) ................... of its subject
matter.
1. A. gifting B. gift C. gifts D. gifted
2. A. cubist B. cubism C. cubical D. cubic
3. A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionalized D. traditionalizing
4. A. delight B. delighted C. delightful D. delighting
5. A. mythology B. mythologic C. mythological D. mythologious
6. A. simplify B. simplicity C. simplification D. simple
7. A. impressive B. impression C. impress D. impressed
8. A. coloured B. colourless C. colour D. colourful
9. A. compose B. composing C. composition D. composion
10. A. violence B. violent C. violency D. violently
III. Put the words in brackets into the correct forms. (1 point)
Computers have had the ability to play chess for many years now, and their
………………….. (1. PERFORM) in games against the best players in the world has shown
steady improvement. However, it will be years before the designers of computer games
machines can beat their ………………….. (2. BIG) challenge yet – the ancient board game
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