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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (25 points) Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. Circle the letter next to the answer you choose. 1. These figures give you some idea of the cost of ….. your car for one year. A. controlling B. handling C. managing D. maintaining 2. It can take up to three months to ….. a man to do this specialist work. A. guide B. raise C. train D. learn 3. In today’s paper it ….. that we shall have an election this year. A. says B. admits C. expresses D. proposes 4. I had to pay ….. on a carpet I bought in through the Customs today. A. taxes B. rates C. fines D. duty 5. Tropical diseases are comparatively ….. in Europe. A. scarce B. rare C. slight D. few 6. The ….. charged by the architect for the plans of the new building were unusually high. A. hire B. price C. fees D. sum 7. It takes a great deal of ….. for the class to make a trip abroad. A. arrangement B. organisation C. expense D. business 8. You shouldn’t eat so many sweets. They’re ….. for you. A. bad B. unhealthy C. unsuitable D. disagreeable 9. I wondered whether you would like to ….. to the theatre tomorrow. A. visit B. go away C. go out D. walk out 10. Do you think he is ….. of doing the job? A. capable B. competent C. able D. suited Part 2: Use the correct forms of the words in the brackets to complete the passage below. Centuries ago, when gold coins (1) (exclusive) ……………………….. were used as the money of nations and city-states, the (2) (compare) ………………………. value of each nation’s money was (3) (determine) ………………………... by the ratio of gold content of each coin. Today, gold coins are “used” only by (4) (collect)………………………. . (5) (nation) ………………………… money is printed on paper. Each country has its own currency, with names such as pound, dollar, dong, yuan and so on. (6) (decide) ……………………….. the rate for the international exchange of money is one of the most complex, and to many (7) (observe) …………………………, one of the most (8) (fascinate) …………………………. aspects of international banking. Each major currency has a “par value” that is (9) (usual) ………………... defined, (10) (office) ………………………., in terms of gold. Part 3: The following sentences are badly constructed. Rewrite them in better style and correct any grammatical errors. 1. All students must pay their fees, except foreigners, to the university bursar. ... 2. Swimming is a sport to any healthy person I would recommend. ... 3. The president said that the new education programme was essential addressing a large audience in the provincial capital yesterday. ... 4. Talks have begun to plan a railway linking the provincial capitals between the representatives of the provincial assemblies. ... 5. The advertisement said that they wished to employ a secretary for an expanding company with good shorthand and typing speeds at their head office. ... III. READING: (25 points) Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable word for each space. According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1) ......... live in an age of increasing leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching (2) ......... age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3) ......... but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (4) ......... are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that people (5) .........to spend less time travelling to work or may even be working from home. What I can`t understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (6) ......... the whole thing is another one of (7) ......... journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (8) ......... but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang-gliding or sailing single-handed (9) ......... the world. My own parents seem to (10) ......... most of their time gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (11) .........remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer and longer hours (12) ......... the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in the traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13) ......... up at rain-swept platforms. I haven`t noticed any dramatic improvements in my (14) ......... either, but perhaps I just have to wait