THE CARPET IS DESIGNED TO STAND UP …………. A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR....

10. The carpet is designed to stand up …………. a lot of wear and tear.

Question 4. The passage below contains TEN mistakes. Find the mistakes and then correct them.

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Of the many unexplained phenomenon which continue to puzzle scientists and laymen like, the corn

circles of Southern England remain one of the most mysterious. These perfect-formed circles,

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which, when they see from the air appear to have been inscribed with an enormous carving tool,

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seem to be a part of a significant message; so far, however, nobody managed to decipher them,

and it is doubtful if anyone will ever be able to. But the main question – how the circles came to be

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there – is just as far of being solved. Although several people had come forward claiming to have

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made the circles themselves, scientists declare that it would be impossible for even a large group to

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create shapes of such precision on so a large scale. These circles have become one of the strong

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arguments in support of the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life forms.

Question 5. Read the text below and Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (5 points.)

Speed limit

A recent proposal to limit the speed cars can reach is proving controversial. The idea, put (1) ________ by the

institute for Road Safety, involves (2) ___________ vehicles with a communications box containing a digital

map of the road network. When a car is in motion, the communications box – which knows how fast the vehicle

is(3)_________ permitted to travel on a particular section of road – automatically regulates the car’s speed. It

(4)__________ becomes impossible for a vehicle fitted with such a (5)_______ to exceed the speed limit.

There are plans to (6)_________ motorists to drive into the centre of major cities, and a communication box

could be used to identify vehicles that enter this zone. At present, each time a vehicle does so, its

number(7)___________ is photographed. Then the number is compared (8) __________ a list of authorized

vehicles, but this system is costly and (9)___________ from foolproof.

The system could be put in place quickly if the government wished as part the technology has already been

developed for another purpose. Electronic vehicle identification is (10) __________ with some people, who

regard it as an infringement of their rights. They would certainly object to a plan to restrict the limit of their cars,

which may make the government hesitate to go through with it .

Question 6 . Choose the word that best fits each gap. ( 5 points)

Smart Dog!

Dogs are probably much clever than (1)………. people think, scientists say. They are

(2)………. that dogs can count and that the animals try to (3)………… different messages through the

pitch and pace of their barks. Animal behaviourists used to think their bark was simply a way of (4)……….

attention. Now a new study suggests that individual dogs have (5)……… barks with a range of meanings.

For example, dogs usually use high-pitched single barks when they are (6)……… from their owners and a

lower, harsher super-bark when strangers (7)………….. towards them or the doorbell rings.

Dogs also know when they are receiving fewer treats because they have a basic mathematical ability

that (8)……… them to tell when one pile of objects is bigger than another. But to count, an animal has to

recognize that each object in a set (9)………….. to a single number and that the last number in a (10)………

represents the total number of objects.