4 . . About a year ago, I had (A1) ... bad quarrel with my father.

father. It all began because he did not approve (A2) ... my going out with Martin, who he thought was not suitable (A3) ... me at all. I told him that he had no right to interfere with my personal life. A few months after the quarrel, I discovered that Martin was seeing his exgirlfriend. As I was upset (A4)... not having been told about this, I decided to put (A5) ... end to our relationship. I still haven't told my father about (A6) ... breakup even though I phoned him recently to wish him a happy birthday. I was planning to apologize (A7) ... him for what I had said as I now realize that my relation with Martin was not worth breaking my father's heart. However, he sounded so cool on (A8) ... phone that I didn't feel like continuing the conversation any longer. A1. 1) 2) a 3) an 4) the A2. 1) 2) for 3) at 4) of A3. 1) to 2) for 3) at 4) with A4. 1) for 2) in 3) at 4) of A5. 1) 2) a 3) an 4) the A6. 1) 2) a 3) an 4) the A7. 1) for 2) with 3) at 4) to A8. 1)2) a 3) an 4) the . . I walked out along the bridge. The water (A9) ... past about forty metres below. I (A10)... a little nervous but now I felt sick. Perhaps doing a bungee jump had been a bad idea. 'If you (All) ... it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life,' said the instructor. 'In no more than two minutes you (A12) ... your first jump and you'll be a hero,' she continued. 'If you (A13) ... any doubts, you shouldn't have come up here,' said my friend Andrew, who was already putting his belt on. I watched Andrew disappear over the side of the bridge. I (A14) ... worrying about the jump. Now I (A15) ... by the fear of failure. Not only were there people watching below, but Andrew (A16) ... his jump. 'They (A17) ... for you next,' said the instructor. Never have I felt such fear as when I stepped off the bridge, and seldom (A18) ... so happy when something was over. That was my first and last bungee jump. A9. 1) was rushing 2) had been rushed 3) was being rushed 4) has been rushing A10. 1) was felt 2) had been feeling 3) had been felt 4) have felt A11. 1) don't do 2) won't be doing 3) haven't done 4) didn't do A12. 1) complete 2) will be completed 3) have been completed 4) will have completed A13. 1) have been had 2) were had 3) had 4) are having A14. 1) had stopped 2) will stop 3) have stopped 4) was stopped A15. 1) has been gripped 2) was gripping 3) had been gripped 4) was gripped A16. 1) would already do 2) was already done 3) has already been doing 4) had already done A17. 1) will all be cheered 2) would all cheer 3) will all be cheering 4) have all been cheered A18. 1) will I be 2) I had been 3) I was 4) have I been . . 19. They won't let the country. 1) he left 2) him to leave 3) him leave 4) him leaving A20. Would you mind ... the radio down? I've got a headache. 1) turning 2) to turn 3) turn 4) turned , . 21. During the performance the people which(1) were sitting in the front(2) seats(3) jumped up and started to dance in the aisles(4). A22. Half of the students(1) attending the course(2) is(3) from abroad(4). A23. Each(1) car, truck and motorcycle is stopped(2) at the border(3) by custom's officers(4). A24. If credit card users are not able to make their payment(1) on time(2) there's often(3) the credit company's fault(4). A25. It's so irritated(1) how(2) Ellen always tries to finish people's sentences(3) for(4) them. . . The scientists who currently work and study in Antarctica are fortunate. They are able to (A26) ... on the regular arrival of supplies by ship and plane, they are properly (A27) ... against the cold in comfortable, centrally-heated huts and they have specially designed vehicles called snowmobiles to move around in. But

Antarctica still (A28) ... adventurers. In 1992 two British men, Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud, (A29) ... to walk across Antarctica, without any of these modern aids. They had expected to suffer a lot, and after walking for 95 days in temperatures below -40 C, they were in a terrible state. However, they managed to cross from one side of the continent to another. Luckily, they were able to radio for an aircraft, which came and picked them up from the ice. So, why did they do it? One explanation is that some human beings have an unusually strong desire to (A30) ... both with themselves and against nature. In the past, such people might have gone off to discover new (A31) ... Today, such people (A32) ... new challenges, trying to achieve something that no human being has ever done. A26. 1) believe 2) trust 3) count 4) claim A27. 1) protected 2) saved 3) preserved 4) kept A28. 1) appeals 2)leads 3) attracts 4) catches A29. 1) set out 2) got away 3) set up 4) got by A30. 1) compete 2) attack 3) oppose 4) combat A31. 1) lands 2) grounds 3) earth 4) soils A32. 1)search 2) look 3) seek 4) watch , -. 33. It was most thoughtless of me to say so. 1) Never mind about that. 3) By all means. 2) You're welcome. 4) Were you? -, no . 34. I couldn't agree more. 1) She couldn't take part in the concert. 2) It's difficult to choose the best song. 3) They couldn't come to an agreement. 4) Could she really have won? . 35. In the UK members of... are elected by the people. 1) the House of Commons 3) the House of Representatives 2) the House of Lords 4) the Senate , . . 1. When we first took our two children to sea with us, it was rare to come across other families on sailing boats. At first, I was worried about taking children to sea and I had many questions. How would I amuse them? What if they fell ill at sea? Added to such questions was the major problem of their education. When we set out on our voyage, my daughter was seven, my son five, and we planned to sail for three years. That we only returned to England six years later with 60,000 miles behind us and children of thirteen and eleven years old, is an INDICATION of how my worries had been answered. One change over these years has been the increase in the number of parents who take their children to sea on long voyages. Thus what I shall be saying here is based not only on my own experiences, but also on those of others, many of whom have taken their children cruising around the world. 2. Those experiences show that although there are problems and worries in taking children on cruises, they can be solved with some thought and careful planning. The same basic principles apply at sea as on land. Lew people would let a small child alone near a busy road, without being convinced that the child was aware of the dangers of traffic. Similarly most parents do not let non-swimmers near water alone or without protection. Water safety has many parallels with road safety and, regarded as such, it is simply commonsense to teach children to live near water safely. 3. There are also benefits in taking children to sea. In our society we are in great danger of making life too easy for our children. A certain amount of stress is necessary for every child's development. Over protection can damage a child's personality and prevent the development of independence. Sailing is one way of providing some stress and limited hardship, which will help to build the child's character. Thoughts such as these played an important part in our decision to take our children on a voyage around the world. 4. One of the differences between living on a boat and living ashore is that fathers are usually much more involved with their children than they are ashore. The closeness between parents and children on boats arises out of the fact that the child often WITNESSES a parent dealing with a difficult problem or an emergency. In bad weather, a child will have to learn that the safety of the boat, and thus the safety of the whole family, is

more important than anything else. Learning that getting the sail down quickly comes first can lead to the child considering the needs of others as well as himself. 5. If one expects to get fun out of sailing with children, one is likely to find it fun. Still, there are many things to be considered before the fun starts, from the safety and health of children on board to practical suggestions for amusing children at sea. Above all, remember throughout that cruising with children can be enjoyable and is not so difficult. It can also be of great benefit to the children themselves. So let's go cruising! A36. The writer's family sailed for six years because 1) the route took longer than they thought. 2) the attitude to sailing with children has changed. 3) they had been able to solve the problems with the children. A37. What does the writer say about living at sea and on land? 1) They require the same general outlook. 2) Living at sea requires more commonsense. 3) Knowing road safety means knowing water safety. A38. One of the reasons the writer took her children to sea was 1) to teach and educate them herself. 2) to protect them as much as possible. 3) to help them develop as individuals. A39. From living on a boat children learn 1) to behave like their fathers. 2) to be less selfish. 3) to repair sailing equipment. . 40. indication (1) 1) reason 2) consequence 3) sign A41. witnesses (4) 1) watches 2) helps 3) remembers (1, 2 3) . 42. ... one is likely to find it fun. (5) 1) ... -, . 2) ... . 3) ... - . . . () , . She is one of the better known businesswomen in Britain. He is the man recognised as the real force behind the global trading phenomenon known as The Body Shop. Together they are the Roddicks, and money, or the ability to raise it, is something the two of them are not short of. He grew up in a household burdened with hard times. (A43) ... Both parents were victims of a tragic automobile accident that left Bobby, aged seven, and his three sisters, orphans. Through a trust fund wisely set up by his businessman dad, young Roddick was educated at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh. But times there became harder than even a strong lad like Bobby could handle. (A44) ... Escape wasn't easy. After leaving school Roddick passed a slow year on a potato farm, a move which later inspired him to study for some time at the Royal Agriculture College, "where I learned to enjoy myself, make friends and behave badly" he says. (A45)... So he went to Australia where he spent a year on a sheepfarm and a spell of time in a tin mine. In the three years in Australia he made lots of money and with a friend and two girls, took a Greek boat to Panama. (A46) ... Time spent in hospital with a bunch of tropical ailments didn't discourage Bobby. Three months' time saw him fur-trading in Africa, tin-mining in Sri Lanka, and praying at the foot of 1000-year-old Buddhas in India. After some more adventures Roddick reluctantly returned to Britain. "I wanted to be a writer but I was probably pretty useless" he admits. "I sold a short story to Good Housekeejnng and wrote a script for a comic Bunty. I sought to be Tolstoy, but aged 25 I still felt I had nothing to say." But an unexpected turn changed the course of Robert Roddick's life forever. He was considering a return to the good times of Australia, when he travelled from Edinburgh to Littlehampton, Sussex, where he visited

one of his sisters. (A47)... There he found more than a pleasant drinking spot. "She was warm, humorous and liked me because I drank a lot. I went frequently and got to know all the particulars - her business, her family, the works. (A48) ..." They finally met and two weeks later he moved in with her. They have been together ever since. It goes to show you what love can do when the time is right. A43-45 (1-4). . 1) "I had been unemployed for six months and I needed the job." 2) "But I wanted to get away, be as far away from England and the evil eye of relations as humanly possible." 3) His father, a grain merchant and one time president of the Liverpool Corn Exchange, was 52 when Roddick was born in Annan, near Carlisle. 4) "It was a hateful place. I could not wait to get out" he remembers. A46-A48 (1-4). . 1) She told me she had a daughter who was travelling back from Zambia who I would like a lot. 2) She was four years older than he and married to a guy who would never miss a chance of having a drink or two. 3) In search of refreshment, he frequented a bar run by his future bride's mother. 4) His adventures included six months in the Amazon, "paddling 1,200 miles in a canoe with a crazy Argentinian guy." (1-6). . , . , . ARRANGE, HARM, RATIONAL, TERROR, FORTUNATE, CHILD When I was small I shared a room with my sister, Sue. She slept by the window while I was next to the door. I was happy with this (B1) because I was (B2) ... that Guy, the Gorilla, was going to escape from London Zoo and climb through the window. While he ate up my (B3) ... sister I would get away down the stairs! Even though I knew this was an (B4) ... fear (why on earth would Guy come to our ordinary house in the suburbs?), it made no difference. Years later I told Sue my selfish reasons for sleeping near the door. She said that Guy, the hero of my (B5) .... passed away many years ago. He was a (B6) ... vegetarian who, had he come to my home, would have only attacked the fruit bowl. (B7-B10). , . 15 . I was really excited when we set off for our skiing day on the slopes. On our arrival at the camp in the mountains, our instructor told us to get skis and put them on. This is easier said than (B7) ... . I had to ask two other people to help me to get into the boots. When we reached the so-(B8) ... nursery slope, (B9) ... were little kids moving fast down the slope, (B10) ... made us look even more stupid. , . 11. Brian is a very sensitive kind of person and he () criticism very much to heart. B12. I think there's hardly any time left, ( )?