17. I can't make head or tail of what she has written in this e-mail.' means:

A) I can't answer her e-mail C) there are a lot of mistakes in her e-mail D) her e-mail is too long

B) I don't understand what she has written

E) there is no heading in her e-mail

18. Choose the correct series to fill in the gaps: An old lady was......... the first glass of beer she ever had. After

moment she looked up with a......... air. 'How odd!' she murmured 'It.

..... it for a

the medicine my husband.

just like

for the last twenty years."

A) given/sipping/puzzled/tastes/has been taking B) given/ sipped/puzzled/tastes/has been taking C) given/sipped/puzzled/is tasting/has been taken D) giving/sipping/puzzled/tastes/had been taking

E) giving/sipping/puzzled/tastes/has been taking

19. Jimmy:

Let's have dinner somewhere near!"

Marion:

Ok. But we go Dutch."

Marion means:

A) she will pay for her meal

B) she will eat Dutch cuisine D) Jimmy will pay for her meal E) they will try not to pay for their meals

C) they will go to Holland

20. In America it is common to call people by their first names. Short forms are, therefore, very wide-

spread: Bess from Elizabeth, Nell from Helen, Harry from Henry, or Bill from........

A) Benedict

B) Wilfred

C) James

D) William

E) Benjamin

21. Fill in with the word that best fits the context:

There was a young girl, a sweet lamb, Who smiled as she entered a tram.

After she had embarked

The conductor remarked,

'Your ..And she said, 'Yes, I am."

A) pretty

B) fair

C) ticket

D) late

E) fare

22. Carl Sagan has looked into the way dolphins communicate with each other.

The underlined words mean:

A) has investigated D) has learned

B) has watched E) has found out

C) has paid attention to

23. In the early days of World War I the Officer in charge of a British post deep in the heart of Africa received a wireless message from his chief: 'War declared Arrest all enemies in your district.' A few days later the chief received this communication: Have arrested seven..... three..... four......... five a couple of.... a... and a...... Please inform me who we are at war with."

the correct series:

A) Danish/Dutch/Spaniards/Poles/Fins/Greek/Portugalese B) Danes/Dutch/Spanishmen/Poles/Fins/Greak/Portuguese

C) Danes/Dutch/Spaniards/Polanders/Fins/Greak/Portuguese

D) Danes/Holanders / Spaniards/Poles /Finlandmen/Greek/Portuguese E) Danes/Dutch/Spaniards/Poles/Fins/Greek/Portuguese

24.

Complete the sentence: If

it..................I'd have gone for a walk.

A) didn't rain B) wouldn't have rained C) hadn't rained D) hadn't

rain E) wasn't raining

25. I guarantee A) assure

justice will be done'. The underlined word means:

E) assume

D) ensure

C) reassure

B) insure

E) parallel

C) commitee

D) environment

16. Which word is not spelt correctly?

A) acknowledgement

B) commitment

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