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Reading and Use of English

Sample Test 1 D251/01

Time 1 hour 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheet if they are
not already there.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheet.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.
You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

There are 52 questions in this paper.
Questions 1 24 and 43 52 carry one mark.
Questions 25 30 carry up to two marks.
Questions 31 42 carry two marks.

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Part 1

For questions 1 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

0 A band B set C branch D series

0 A B C D

What is genealogy?

Genealogy is a (0) It concerns family history, (1)

history studied at school. tracing your

family history can also (2) The internet enables

millions of people worldwide to (3) about their family history, without great (4) .

People who research their family history often (5) (6)

a lot about where they come from and whether they have famous ancestors. According to a survey

involving 900 people who had researched their family history, the chances of discovering a celebrity in

your past are one in ten. The survey also concluded that the (7)

line, the more likely you are to find a relation who was much wealthier than you are. However, the

vast majority of people who (8)

ancestors.
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1 A instead B rather C except D sooner

2 A cause B mean C result D lead

3 A accomplish B access C approach D admit

4 A fee B price C charge D expense

5 A describe B define C remark D regard

6 A reveals B opens C begins D arises

7 A older B greater C higher D further

8 A attended B participated C included D associated

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Part 2

For questions 9 16, 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).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: 0

Motorbike stunt rider

I work (0) .......... a motorbike stunt rider that is, I do tricks on my motorbike at shows. The Le Mans

race track in France was (9)

anyone riding a motorbike using just the back wheel before and I was (10)

straight home and taught (11) my

living at shows performing my own motorbike stunts.

I have a degree (12) (13)

lies behind each stunt. In addition to being responsible for design changes to the motorbike, I have to

work (14) every stunt I do. People often think that my work is very dangerous, but, apart

(15)........... some minor mechanical problem happening occasionally during a stunt, nothing ever goes

wrong. I never feel in (16) .......... kind of danger because very experienced.
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Part 3

For questions 17 24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: 0

An incredible vegetable

Garlic, a member of the Liliacaea family which also includes onions, is

(0) used in cooking all around the world. China is currently the COMMON

largest (17) PRODUCT

dishes of northern Africa and southern Europe. It is native to central

Asia and has long had a history as a health-giving food, used both to

prevent and cure (18) ................ In Ancient Egypt, workers building the ILL

pyramids were given garlic to keep them strong, while Olympic

athletes in Greece ate it to increase their resistance to infection.

The forefather of antibiotic medicine, Louis Pasteur, claimed garlic

was as (19) as penicillin in treating infections. Modern-day EFFECT

(20)............. have proved that garlic can indeed kill bacteria and even SCIENCE

some viruses, so it can be very useful for people who have coughs

and colds. In (21) ADD

reduce blood (22) PRESS

The only (23)............. to this truly amazing food is that the strong and ADVANTAGE

rather (24) ............ smell of garlic is not the most pleasant! SPICE

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Part 4

For questions 25 30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and
five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).

Example:

0 A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town.

DRIVEN

We ................................................................................. a very friendly taxi driver.

The gap can be filled by the words driven into town so you write:

Example: 0

Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

25 Joan was in favour of visiting the museum.

IDEA

Joan thought it would be ................................................................................. to the museum.

26 Arthur has the talent to become a concert pianist.

THAT

Arthur is so ................................................................................. could become a concert pianist.

27 you know when the match starts, asked Mary.

IF

Mary asked Sally ................................................................................. time the match started.

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28 I knocked for ages at door but I got no reply.

LONG

I ................................................................................. knocking at door but I got no reply.

29 Everyone says that the band is planning to go on a world tour next year.

SAID

The band ................................................................................. planning to go on a world tour next year.

30 prefer not to cancel the meeting.

CALL

rather ................................................................................. the meeting.

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