A. PRACTICABLE B. FEASIBLE C. SUBJECT D. POTENTIAL PART...

10. A. practicable

B. feasible

C. subject

D. potential

PART 3. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (1.0 point)

YURI GAGARIN

On 14

^th

April 1961, a young Russian cosmonaut made history by becoming the first

man (0) __

__ be in space. Seven years later, and just two weeks before the anniversary

(1) __________ his historic orbit around the Earth, he was killed (2) __________ a plane

crash. This remarkable man was Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin was born in Gzantsk in Russia and

he began to train (3) __________ a pilot while he was still a student at university. When

he finally qualified as a pilot, he (4) __________ made an officer of the Soviet Airforce.

He became a cosmonaut in 1960. The space race between the United States and the Soviet

Union had already begun some years (5) __________, but while the Americans were still

getting ready to send their first satellite into space, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 round

the Earth. In 1961, Russia took the world by surprise again (6) ____________ launching

the Vostock rocket into space, inside (7) ____________ was the first man in history to

travel in space, Yuri Gagarin. (8) ____________ first manned space flight lasted only 108

minutes, which is (9) ______________ very long when you bear in mind that, nowadays,

astronauts (10) ___________ months, if not years, in space. After his death in a test flight

at the age of 34, his hometown of Gzantsk was renamed “Gagarin” in his honor.

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PART 4. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets. (1.0 point)

Example: (0) EXCAVATION

THE WORLD’S OLDEST PERFUME

Archaeologists working at an (0. excavate)

EXCAVATION on the island of

Cyprus have discovered what are thought to be the world’s oldest known perfumes.

Remnants of fourteen different fragrances were found in a (1. select) __________ of

mixing jugs, bottles and stills which were (2. earth) __________ on the site of an ancient

perfumery. The building was destroyed by an earthquake nearly four thousand years ago,

at a time when Cyprus already enjoyed a (3. reputed) __________ as a centre of perfume-

making.

After undergoing scientific (4. analyse) __________, the perfumes were found to

contain a range of (5. local) __________ available ingredients, such as extracts of anise,

pine, coriander, lemon, orange, bergamot, almond and parsley, amongst others.

Having (6. identify) __________ what each perfume contained, the scientists then

set about remaking them using (7. tradition) __________ techniques to find out what they

would actually have smelt like. They first (8. grind) __________ up the extracts, then

mixed them with olive oil in clay jugs before distilling them. This method is the one

recorded by writers in Ancient Roman times. Although (9. admit) __________ simple by

today’s standards, the resulting aromas provide us with an olfactory window onto the

ancient world, and are evidence of the loving craftsmanship that must have been applied

by their (10. create) __________.

PART 5

For questions 1 – 5, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the

first sentence, using the word given. Do

NOT change the word given. You must use

between THREE and SIX words, including the word given. (0.25 point)

Example:

0. Milly burst out laughing when she saw herself in the mirror.

SIGHT

→ Milly burst into _______________________________________ herself in the mirror.

Example: 0. LAUGHTER WHEN SHE CAUGHT SIGHT OF