I.             Complete each space in the passage with one of the following prepositions.

at          on          in          from          during          between          until

1.      Liz went on a trip to the countryside with Ba’s family on Sunday.

2.      Swimming is my favorite sport. I often go swimming _______ summer.

3.      Many offices are closed _______ the weekend.

4.      The end-of-term tests normally take place somewhere _______ the 15^th and 30^th of April.

5.      Let’s wait for John _______ 7 o’clock. After that, we should go even without him.

6.      He was taken to hospital _______ the night.

7.      In England, banks are open _______ 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

8.      He works _______ night and sleeps _______ the day.

9.      The school canteen is usually crowded _______ lunchtimes.

10.  When did you meet Fred yesterday? _______ the morning or _______ noon?

VII. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with only ONE suitable word in each space. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling ...................(1) sea, and last year we decided to go ....................(2) a Mediterranean cruise.  .................(3) our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation, the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well .....................(4) the price we paid.

We found that most of ......................(5) other passengers were friendly and interesting, but there was one man, a Mr James, who irritated and annoyed us, and not .......................(6) us but all the others who shared our table at dinner. Whatever subject we talked about, it seemed that he was an expert .......................(7) it. He ....................(8), apparently, read more books, visited more countries and studied more languages, than anyone ..........................(9). After a few days, we ate our meals in ..........................(10), because nobody wanted to begin a conversation that would soon be taken over by this man

Question 2: (10 points) Fill ONE suitable word into each of the numbered blanks to complete the following letter. Write your answers in the space provided.

I             (1) in  a house near the sea.  It is     (2) old house, about 100             (3) old and it's very small.                              (4)  are  two  bed  rooms  upstairs  but  no  bathroom.  The  bathroom  is downstairs,

            (5) to the kitchen and there is a living room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a

            (6) in front of the house.  The garden       (7) down to the beach and in Spring and Summer there are flowers every where.  I like alone             (8) my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with me.

I love my house for many           (9): the garden, the flowers in Summer, the fire in Winter, but the best thing is the view         (10) my bedroom window.

Your anwers:

Part 9. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word to complete the passage. The University of Cambridge is a public university. It is (1)……….. in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. It is regarded (2)…………. the second oldest university (after the University of Oxford) in the United Kingdom and the third (3)…………. surviving university in the world. The University of Cambridge was (4)…………. in 1209. Over the years, it is always (5)…………… to be one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom and the world. In 2012, the university was (6)…………. second after Harvard in the United States of America. Today, Cambridge is a collegiate university (7)………… a student population (8)………….. about 18,000. Its faculties, departments and 31 colleges occupy different (9)………….. in Cambridge. Graduates of the university have (10)………….. a total of 65 Nobel Prizes, the most of any university in the world.

Complete each of the following sentences with one of the phrasal verbs given in the box. Each phrasal verb is used only ONE. Make any necessary changes:

You’ve always brought up your children to come to you when they’re in trouble

You’ve always (23)__________ your children to come to you when they're in trouble. You feel it’s your job to

(24)_________ them when they’re having problems. But now, as your children are (25)__________, they often don’t want to share their problems with you. That's perfectly normal, so don’t worry! Of course, you want to

(26)_________well with your children, but that means you have to give them some freedom. Maybe they’ve (27)__________with their best friend and feel upset and angry. Maybe they’ve just (28)__________ with the boyfriend or girlfriend they’ve been (29)________ with. Maybe they've been (30)________ by a friend who they trusted. Teenagers go through all these problems. If they want to talk to you about it, then that’s fine. But if they don’t, don’t force them. They’ll come to you when they’re ready.

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Part 4: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the phrasal verbs below. Write your answers in  the numbered spaces provided below the passage. Each verb is used only once. Write your answers in the  corresponding numbered boxes. (1,5 P) 

  try out         slip up       carry on         get by           put out 

take after    get down     look up       go through      run for  

1. If you’re finding it difficult to _______ on your salary, why don’t you ask for a raise? 

2. I know what you’re _______ and I feel really sorry for you. 

3. In many ways you _______ your father. 

4. If you _______ you’ll get into trouble. 

5. Hilary Clinton has decided to _______the American presidency in the election that will take place next year. 6. You’d better _______ your cigarette because smoking isn’t allowed in here. 

7. If you _______ working so hard, you’ll make yourself ill. 

8. Stop worrying about it. Don’t let this failure _______ you _______. 

9. The car’s in quite good condition but you can _______ it _______ before you make any decision to buy,

10. When I was in New York, I was able to _____ several old friends I hadn’t seen for years. 

Complete the email with one word for each space.

Hi Sam

I'm1)..having...fun at a festival in Benicassim in Spain.The town is famous 2)................ this music festival and lots of people are here from all over the world. It's different3)................. the festivals in England because it's sunny! If you get bored 4).............. the music, you can swim in the sea! Tonight I'm 5)................... my birthday with a feast on the beach.

Love from,

Matt