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Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

6. ..............1915 that the cinema really became an industry.

    A. It is not until         B. It was not until           C. Not until                      D. Until in

7. I really appreciate________ to help me, but I am sure I’ll be able to manage by myself.

    A. you to offer           B. you are offering            C. your offering             D. that you offer

8. My friend’s uncle has been________ MP ( Member of Parliament) for five years.

   A. a                             B. an                               C. the                              D. Ø

9.  - Daisy: “What a lovely house you have!”      - Mary: “………….”

    A. Lovely, I think so                                           B. No problem

    C. Of course not, it’s not costly                          D. Thank you. Hope you will drop in

10. My new glasses cost me _______ the last pair I bought last month.

    A. more than three times                                     C. more three times than

    B. three times as much as                                    D. as much three times as

11.  We bought some  ________.

    A. German lovely old glasses                              B. German old lovely glasses

    C. lovely old German glasses                               D. old lovely German glasses

12. After years of neglect, there was a huge _____ program to return the city to its former glory.

      A. restoration           B. preservation                  C. conservation                 D. Refurbishment

13. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is_____ the law.

      A. beyond                B. over                              C. above                            D. Onto

14. On the_____, optimists believe that life will be much better than it is today.

     A. contrary                B. contrast                         C. opposition                     D. opponent

15. You had your house decorated, .............. ?

     A. hadn’t you           B. didn’t you                                C. weren’t you                   D. haven’t you

16. A part – time job gives me the freedom to ………… my own interests.

     A. pursue                 B. chase                              C. seek                              D. catch

17. The type of plant and animal life living in and around a pond depends on the soil of the pond, .............., and the pond’s location.

     A. what the quality of the water is                   B. how is the water quality                     

     C. the quality of water                                       D. what is the water quality

18. __________ its accuracy, laser is very useful in medicine.

     A. In view of           B. As a result of               C. Thanks to                      D. Despite

19. ______ for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.

     A. Plants are grown B. Plants grown                  C. Plants that grow           D. To grow plants

20. ______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.

    A. What the Moon  B. The Moon which            C. When the Moon           D. That the Moon

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II. You are going to read an article in which four crime writers talk about other authors they like. For questions 1–10, choose from the crime writers (A–D). The writers may be chosen more than once.

 

Which writer

1. ________

enjoys the slow pace of the book?                         

2. ________

feels overshadowed by this author?  

3. ________

appreciates the author’s precise style of writing?

4. ________

mentions a detective with an unusual background? 

5. ________

believes a previous job influences the author’s work? 

6. ________

had not expected to enjoy the books?  

7. ________

likes the way the books reflect what’s going on in the world? 

8. ________

admires the way the author is not influenced by what is expected?

9. ________

prefers books that show the feelings of the author? 

10. ______

is impressed by the consistent high standard of an author’s books?

                       

A.  John Harvey on Peter Temple

I started reading Temple’s books about 10 years ago, and at the time it was fairly straightforward crime fiction set in Australia, a lot of it with a horse-racing background. The books were OK, but not exceptional. Then suddenly with The Broken Shore, he just hit something quite different and moved up a level. He is writing the kind of books I‘ve spent 20 years trying to write, and writing them better than I do. He’s using crime fiction not just to tell a story, but to say something about today’s society. He really gets the connections between politics, the police and the media right. I love the writing – it‘s really taut and a lesson in how to say a lot without being too wordy.

B.  Sara Paretsky on Liza Cody

There is a lot of good, stylish writing out there that puts me off because it’s unfelt. I’m looking for someone who has a gift for storytelling, and who is willing to do the hard work of digging into the emotional aspect of life. Liza Cody does that, and she takes a lot of risks. She doesn’t just do the easy thing to be recognized in the marketplace; she goes where the story and emotion takes her. For instance, she had to self-publish her most recent book, Ballad of A Dead Nobody, because no one in the industry was willing to. These days, you’re told you have to create a brand or a series, with a recognizable link. She is willing to turn her back on that and focus on what her inner voice is telling her.

C.  Mark Billingham on Michael Connelly

The first Connelly book I read was The Poet, his first standalone novel and a big breakthrough for him. By then, he had written four books in his Harry Bosch series, which I went back to read. He has maintained a level of quality through a long-running series – an incredibly difficult thing to achieve. People talk about how you create suspense, tricks such as cliffhangers and reveals, but actually the real secret is to create characters the readers care about. Bosch, a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, is a character who has grown and changed, who you come to know and care about. All that aside, he is a fantastic storyteller, probably the best in modern mystery fiction. I think his days as a journalist – he was a crime reporter on the Los Angeles Times – stood him in good stead because he never forgets the story.

D.  Ann Cleeves on Johan Theorin

I read Theorin’s first novel, Echoes from the Dead, after my Swedish editor had said: ‘There’s this Swedish author writing four books set on an island in the Baltic – I wonder if he stole the idea from you?’ because I’ve written novels set in the Shetlands. I was a bit annoyed – although I’m sure it was coincidental – so I wasn’t prepared to like it. But I really loved it. He has this interesting detective who is elderly and lives in a sheltered housing complex, so he can’t be out there doing car chases. One of the books is about this crumbling house by the shore and you’re not sure if there’s a supernatural element. It has the most wonderful climax. Theorin is prepared to take his time over the telling of the story, which is unusual these days. If you look at the bestsellers, they usually move quite rapidly. There is nothing wrong with that, but Theorin writes in a much deeper, literary way.