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1, Read this text:　

ARE THE BRITISH UNIQUE ?

There is little doubt that the British are different from other countries in the European Community as statistics demonstrate. Take marriage for instance. Nowhere else in Europe, except Portugal, has fewer marriages, proportionally speaking. Yet Britain has the highest divorce rate. About half the marriages finish up on the rocks! Britain compares well in other areas. It is the second safest place to drive a car in the EU. There are many more fatal accidents in France, Spain and Portugal. The British are not work-shy. They work the longest hours in Europe, exceeding the Germans by four hours per week.

Choose the correct answer:

1. How do we know that the British are different from their neighbours?
They are insular.
Figures show this.
They drive on the left hand side of the road.

2. What does `proportionally speaking' mean?
Referring to portions.
Regarded without exaggeration.
A number considered in relation to a whole.

3. What happens when something `finishes up on the rocks'?
It sinks.
It experiences difficulties and will fail.
It is served undiluted.

4. What is the definition of a `fatal accident''?
Something destined by fate.
A chance situation occurring death.
An accident caused by fate.

5. What does work-shy' mean?
Disinclined to work hard.
To work in the private sector.
Dislike of being observed when working.

2.Read this text:　

In the beginning was the Word. Then came the words and things got complicated. The collection of writings that makes up the Christian Bible has been used and abused like no other text. In the past 2000 years it has been an object of devotion, a symbol of anarchy, a means of social control, a form of propaganda and a political tool. It has been elitist and popular, educational and counter-scientific. It has created jobs and influenced the development of craftsmanship and technology. Both valuable commodity and forbidden treasure, the ownership of which was sometimes punishable by death. It has been subject to fashion and fad.

Choose the correct statement:

6. Why did matters become more complex?
Because the messages became more varied.
Because people could not read.
Because the words became more complicated.

7. What is this text about?
Politics.
A religious book.
History of fashion.

8. What is `an object of devotion'?
A new possession.
Something which is venerated.
A relic.

9. What is a `symbol of anarchy'?
The use of a symbol to denote propositions.
An interaction between two organisms.
Representing a state of disorder.

10. What precisely has been subject to fashion and fad?
A valuable commodity.
An educational resource.
The Bible.

3. Select the correct verbs in the following text:

The man [11.suggested/insisted] meeting in a quiet pub. I [12encouraged/reminded] him that he owed me a favour. He bought me a drink and [13. said/told] me he had a very interesting letter in his possession.
I [14warned/ persuaded] him that I couldn't use anything without knowing where it originated and [15suggested/encouraged] him to reveal more. He [16 denied/told] stealing the letter and [17insisted/admitted] on showing it to me. The letter seemed to be from a famous politician to his secretary. I [18persuaded/suggested] him to let me keep it overnight so that I could check out its authenticity. He [19asked/advised] me to meet him again the next day and [20warned/admitted] finding it in the politician's wastebin.

What do the following expressions mean?

21. To spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
To fail because of a minor parsimony.
To reduce the value of the object.
To cause the object to deteriorate through lack of investment.

22. To stick one's neck out.
To be uncomfortable.
To invite criticism by being outspoken.
To be very obvious.

23. To keep body and soul together.
To be religious.
To survive fiscally.
To remain intact.

24. To be on the level.
To be honest without reservation.
To be in a situation with even odds.
To have stability in one's life.

25. To be stroppy.
To be obstreperous.
To travel on the underground whilst strap hanging.
To engage in sharpening a blade with a strop.

4.Read this newspaper article and select the correct words:　

Draughtsmen, [26expert/expertise] in floating architecture, sat in their drawing offices and prepared designs for the great, new [27place/palace] of the seas that was to carry [28restless/restive] comfort-loving people from one world to another. An [29exquisite/inquisitive] little model of it was [30manufactured/manipulated] in wood, with the [31innumerable/innumerate] plates and rivets marked [32thereby/thereon], from which model again, a [33score/few] of detailed plans were made [34illustrating /demonstrating] each section [35enlargement/enlarged]. All this [36 employed/applied] the well- [37 remunerated/skilled] work of scores of clever people: but all this was but a [38prelude/prefix] to the [39realisation/realism].

40. What is this article writing about?
The conception and creation of a palatial vessel of considerable volume.
The skills utilised by draughtsmen in building palaces.
The profitable way to employ highly remunerated, skilled workers.

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