Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Question 21: -The shop assistant: “This is my last portable CD player. I'll let you have it for fifty dollars”.

- Stevenson: “        _____?”.

A. Could you give me your last CD?

B. Can you tell me your favourite type of music?

C. Could you give me a discount?

D. Could you possibly give me fifty dollars?

PART 4. Questions 21-25. Read the text and questuions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

AT HOME IN VENICE BY FRANCESCO DA MOSTO

I was born in Venice, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy, and studied architecture at university there. Though I have also spent time away, I have always come back because it's my home. In Venice, there are no roads, only canals, so you have to get around on foot or by boat. I live on a canal in the Rialto area in a house that was built 1588 for the Multi family, who were merchants in the silk trade. In the mid-eighteenth century, it was home to the Vezzi family, who made things like plates and bowls in fine china and became rich sending these around the world. These merchants' houses in Venice are like palaces. Their owners had to have space to show off their foods, but the building also had to be an office, a factory, a store and a home. My house came into our family in 1919, when it was bought by my grandfather. He died before I was born but he was the director of a museum where I often do research on old documents. On some of these, I’ve seen notes in his handwriting, so, in a strange way, I met him through these documents.

Sadly, the population of Venice has dropped from120, 000 in the 1950s to about 60,000 now. This doesn't include the thousands of tourists who come to visit. I welcome the tourists but unless something is done to stop everyday shops like bakeries and chemists from disappearing, the city will die. I want people who love the city to come here to live and work and give Venice back a life that is not just about tourism.

21. What is the writer's main reason for writing this text?

A. to persuade more tourists to visit his city        B. to give readers the history of his home town  

C. to say what he feels about his birthplace        D. to describe some important moments in his life

22. The family who first owned the writer's home

A. used to buy and sell silk.           B. produced plates and bowls.  

C. were skilled architects.               D. helped to build the canals.

23. What does the writer say about his grandfather?

A. His grandfather taught him how to study documents.  

B. He didn’t find his grandfather's handwriting easy to read.  

C. He wasn’t able to get to know his grandfather personally.

D. His grandfather turned his home into a museum.

24. What is the writer's attitude to Venice today?

A. He hopes tourists al stop waiting the city.  

B. He would like people to get jobs working with tourists.  

C. He believes the city would benefit from having fewer inhabitants.  

D. He thinks local businesses should be encouraged to stay.

25. What might the writer say about his house?

A. I have never lived anywhere else apart from in my home in in the Rialto area of Venice.  

B. My house is on a canal in Venice and my family, starting with my grandfather have lived there since 1919.  

C. We don't know who lived in the house before 1588 but it was owned by merchants from then until the eighteenth century.  

D. The house was made bigger in the mid-eighteenth century because the owner wanted it to look like a palace.

Question 21-24: Read the description of some words. Write the correct words in the boxes.

Question 21:  This is the place which you should go to if you want to send letters. (10 letters)

Question 22:  If you write this on the envelope, your letter goes to the right place (7 letters)

Question 23: You should go to this place if you like history and you want to look at old things (6 letters)

Question 24: Fill in the missing word to complete the English proverb “Behind every great man there‘s a great ________.” (5 letters)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 14: We have had a 2% _______ in salary this year, which is higher than it used to be.

A. decrease

B. deflation

C. increase

D. inflation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Remember to appreciate what your friends do for you. You shouldn’t take them ______.

A. as a rule

B. as usual

C. out of habit

D. for granted