1. Complete the text by writing one word in each gap. The first letter for each word is given

I work in a supermarket. I don't(0) eam much because it's only a (1) p.......-t.......job - I only work in the evenings. Some evenings I work on the (2) c....... It's boring. I sit there. People put their shopping down and I tell them how much it costs. On other days, I go into the car park to tidy the shopping (3) t........ and bring them back into the shop. People take them to their cars, put all the food into their cars and then drive away. I like doing that. I (4) w....... alone and I can relax in the fresh air. We don't have to wear a uniform but we have to look nice - I wear smart (5) t...... - not jeans - and black shoes.

question 1-10 , read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap . use only one word in each gap . write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS

judo

when i first decided to (1)............................ up judo i was only seven years old . i(2) .................... seen a competition (3)........................... television and for some strange reason i just knew immediately that what they were doing on TV was also what i wanted to do. it must (4) .............................. the right decision because i have always been (5) ............................ best in my age group and i am usually(6) ........................ faster than my opponent. for the past 11 years , i have always looked forward (7) ............................... my judo lesson. last year, i finally became a black belt , but i (8)........................... been winning prizes in tournaments (9) ............................ i started . of course, i would love to win(10) ...................... medal at the olympics. we'll see!

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• For questions (1 - 8), read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

                                                                                                      BLUE DIAMONDS

  Blue diamonds are the world’s most expensive diamonds, with some valued (0) ...... AT....... over 350 million US dollars. However, no one knew (1) ............... recently precisely where these rare stones came from.

  Most diamonds are formed from pure carbon under extreme heat 150 to 200 kilometers underground, and (2) ............... is thought that volcanic eruptions bring them to the earth’s surface. Research by scientists has revealed, however, that blue diamonds were probably formed somewhere (3) ............... 600 and 800 kilometers down, in a part of the earth’s interior known (4) ............... the lower mantle.

  These researchers analyzed 46 blue diamonds, all of (5) .............. contained minerals only found in the lower mantle. (6) .............. only were these stones formed four times nearer the earth’s core (7) ............... normal diamonds, but they also contain an element called boron that is mostly found on the earth’s surface. What seems to have happened, (8) ............... to the researchers, is that billions of years ago, rocks containing boron were carried down into the lower mantle by movements of the earth’s tectonic plates, and were eventually returned to the surface by volcanic action.

question 1-10 , read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap . use only one word in each gap . write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS

judo

when i first decided to (1)............................ up judo i was only seven years old . i(2) .................... seen a competition (3)........................... television and for some strange reason i just knew immediately that what they were doing on TV was also what i wanted to do. it must (4) .............................. the right decision because i have always been (5) ............................ best in my age group and i am usually(6) ........................ faster than my opponent. for the past 11 years , i have always looked forward (7) ............................... my judo lesson. last year, i finally became a black belt , but i (8)........................... been winning prizes in tournaments (9) ............................ i started . of course, i would love to win(10) ...................... medal at the olympics. we'll see!

• For questions 1 - 8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

      Founded in 1972, the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award is celebrated in 27 countries. Veuve Clicquot has now introduced a new award (0) ___TO___ complement its Business Woman of the Year category. Called The New Generation Award, (1) __________ recognizes the best young female talent across the business and corporate life. The first winner of the award, Kathryn Parsons, (2) __________ innovative start-up company, Decoded, teaches people to code in a day, has joined the judging panel to help find this year’s winner. ‘The importance of these awards cannot (3) __________ overestimated,’ she says. ‘Women need role models that prove to (4) __________ that they can do it, too.’ The New Generation Award is open to entrepreneurial businesswomen (5) __________ the ages of 25 and 35. They can run (6) __________ own businesses or hail from corporate life. ‘This award isn’t about how much money you’ve made or how long you’ve been in business, it’s about recognizing young women (7) __________ a mission and a vision,’ says Parsons. ‘We want to meet women who are working to (8) __________ the world a better place.’

Read Tessa's postcard to Angela and write the missing words. Use one word only in each space.

We're having va great time here. It's beautiful, and the sun (1) .... shining. Yesterday I went water-skiing ! What (2) .... you think of that ? 

I'm (3) .... at a table in our hotel room and writting a few postcards. The room is fine, but we (4) .... like the food very much. But it (5) .... matter because we (6) .... out to a restaurant every evening.

We're both (7) .... very lazy  at the moment. I (8) .... up quite late in the morning, and Nigel (9) .... up even later. You know of course how much Nigel's word (10) .... to him and how he's (11) .... talking about it. Well, the holiday is so good that he's forgotten all  about work. So it's the perfect holiday. The only prolem is that it's  (12) .... us a lot of money. But we'll worry about that later.

Read Tessa's postcard to Angela and write the missing words. Use one word only in each space.

We're having va great time here. It's beautiful, and the sun (1) .... shining. Yesterday I went water-skiing ! What (2) .... you think of that ? 

I'm (3) .... at a table in our hotel room and writting a few postcards. The room is fine, but we (4) .... like the food very much. But it (5) .... matter because we (6) .... out to a restaurant every evening.

We're both (7) .... very lazy  at the moment. I (8) .... up quite late in the morning, and Nigel (9) .... up even later. You know of course how much Nigel's word (10) .... to him and how he's (11) .... talking about it. Well, the holiday is so good that he's forgotten all  about work. So it's the perfect holiday. The only prolem is that it's  (12) .... us a lot of money. But we'll worry about that later.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space .The first one has been done for you. Write your answers in the table below. (2,0ms)                         

I (0)............. several good friends but I suppose that my best (1)............. is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2)............. we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3)............. class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4).............. she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5)..................  at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) ................. and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7).................. although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8).................. see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9)................around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10)............. a lot of fun and see exciting places.