A. CONVERSION B. MELTING C. CHANGE D. REPLACEMENTPART 2

15. A. conversion

B. melting

C. change

D. replacement

Part 2: Read the following text and then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.

I was reading an article last week in (1)... the writer described (2) ... her

children has changed as they (3)... up. When they were small she had to (4)... up

with noisy games in the house, or join in interminable games of football in the garden which

(5)... her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or

what crisis she would have to (6)... with next. She dreaded the fact that they might

(7)... after her husband, who admitted having (8)... an uncontrollable child who

(9)... most of the time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting into fights.

What was worse was that (10)... else thought he was a sweet child, and he got away with the

most terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had

(11)... out of all their naughty behavior, and (12)... up serious hobbies

(13)... as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without (14)... it

over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather

childish as they got (15)..., and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young

and noisy.

Part 3: The paragraphs of the magazine article are in the wrong order. Number the paragraphs (A,

B, C, D, and E)

A. On the ghost of Chaffin’s second visit to his son, he told him that he would find a will in the

overcoat pocket. The coat was actually in the possession of the third brother.

B. In 1921, a certain James Chaffin died, leaving his entire fortune to his third son, Marshal, in a

will which had been written a full fifteen years earlier, in 1905, and signed in front of witnesses. His wife

and two other sons were virtually cut off without a penny. Marshal was not inclined to split up the

inheritance he had come into any more fairly.

C. Once it was found, they came across a note sewn in the lining of one of the pockets saying

they should look in an old family Bible. This Bible was found in the keeping of Chaffin’s widow and

examined in front of independent witnesses. Sure enough, there in the Bible they discovered a later

version of the will, one which divided the property and money evenly between the widow and the three

sons. The will appeared to be genuine and Marshal was not prepared to challenge it in court.

D. Some people believe that the dead still keep in touch with us through our dreams. One of the

most famous and extraordinary cases of contact with the dead was the so-called Chaffin Will affair.

E. Four years went by and then, strangely, James Chaffin’s ghost started to appear before one of

his other two sons. The apparition had on an old overcoat which had often worn in life.

III. WRITING

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the

sentence printed before it.