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ENGLISH TEST

Time allowed: 60 minutes

50 questions

PART ONE

Look at the table below and match the opposites. An example is given.

PART TWO

Questions 13-22: Circle the odd one out. An example is given.

0.  A car B motorbike C bicycle D paper __D__

13. A wine                B beer C lemonade D whisky

14. A dog B horse C cat D sandwich

15. A job B vegetable C fruit D meat

16. A bananas B rice C oranges D apples

17. A peas B mushrooms C eggs D beans

18. A bread B tea C salad D tomato

19. A sausages B rugby C tennis D basketball

20. A pasta B piano C tomato D potato

21. A uncle B aunt C nephew D father

22. A eyes B hair C fish D beard

PART THREE

Read the following text and choose the best answers (A, B, C, or D)  for  questions 23-27.

There are many causes of headaches, and most people suffer them at some time or other. Although doctors have come a long way from the old days, when headaches were ascribed to evil spirits and treatments ranged from cutting our part of the skull to concoctions of cow brain and goat dung, they are still not sure what sets off headaches.

The most significant advance has been the acceptance that they are not the result of emotional stress. Until recently, many doctors thought that imbalances in the body’s systems were to blame, but experts now believe it is the brain itself. They point to malfunctioning chemicals, such as serotonin, whose job it is to send messages to regulate the contraction and dilation of blood vessels in the brain.

Monosodium glutamate, a flavor enhancer used in Chinese cooking, can cause headaches in some people, as do many other common foods. Red wine, aged cheese, coffee, chocolate, nuts, and preserved meats contain nitrates, caffeine, and tyramine, chemicals that may produce pounding headaches.

Even though the exact culprit has yet to be found, there are plenty of treatments for prevention or cure. Over-the-counter preparations such as aspirin are fine for treating the occasional headache, but often exacerbate severe cases. Beta blockers, usually used for lowering blood pressure, seem to head off migraines. Antidepressants are effective, too. But doctors also recommend non-drug treatments such as relaxation techniques, which can be used in combination with medication, and diet modification, to cut out foods that cause attacks.

23. According to the passage, many years ago, one way doctors tried to cure headaches was by …

A praying to spirits.

B sacrificing cows and goats.

C operating on the patient’s head.

D writing prescriptions.

24. It is no longer believed that headaches are caused by …

A emotional stress.

B malfunctioning chemicals in the brain.

C certain kinds of foods.

D contraction and dilation of blood vessels.

25. According to the passage, doctors now believe that headaches are related to …

A imbalance in the body’s systems.

B chemicals in the brain.

C emotional stress.

D high blood pressure.

26. According to the passage, beta blockers can be used to ..

A treat migraines.

B cause migraines.

C contract blood vessels.

D treat depression.

27. According to the passage, severe headaches cannot be successfully treated by …

A beta blockers.

B aspirin.

C relaxation techniques.

D serotonin.

PART FOUR

Match the statements (28-34)  and replies (A-H). An example is given.

PART FIVE

Most of the lines in this text contain an unnecessary word. A few of the lines are correct. Read text carefully, find the extra words and mark them. Tick (ü) any lines that are correct. Two examples are given.

0 I wanted to go abroad for two reasons: to prove I could                  ___ü___

00 live on my own and to give myself lot more time to think                ___lot___

35 about what I had wanted to do with my life. In the end, I

36 decided to go to Germany as an au pair because of my

37 German was quite good and because it wasn’t too much

38 far away if I did got homesick. I stayed for a year. Some

39 days it was fun but others I wished for I was at home

40 with my mother looking after me. It was quite a boring

41 most of the time. I had to look after a three-year-old

42 boy and do some of housework. I also had to babysit

43 three times a week and work all day Saturday as well as.

44 My only day off was Sunday, which it is not the best

45 day of the week to be free. Some au pairs’ families who

46 help pay for their classes and travel but mine didn’t and

47 I found that it impossible to live on the pocket money

48 what I got and I had to ask my parents for help. But it

49 wasn’t all bad. I made new friends and my German

50 improved a little.

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