Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.

Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?”

Librarian: “_____________”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (33) _____________about their childrens career, should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children it means starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing.

Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (34) _____________from the government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the parents that have to find the time and the money to support their child’s (35) _____________and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etc. can all be very expensive.

Many parents are understandably concerned that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, (36) _____________, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very (37) _____________people reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

We need_____________money to send our son to Oxford University.

The government decided to pull down the old building after asking for the ideas from the local resident.

Tom denied_____________part in the fighting at school.

_____________really surprised all of us

Only after she had finished the course did she realize she_____________a wrong choice.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.

"Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?" said Tom.

We are_____________a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.

The students are expected to stick_____________their school’s regulation.

John, along with twenty students, _____________a party

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is OPPOSITE in meaning to each of the following questions.

His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a violinist. He has won a lot of prizes.