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Task 1. Listen to the stories and fill in the gaps with only ONE WORD.

1) The favourite thing of the first speaker is his new        .

2) The speaker can take it everywhere because his gadget is light and rather       .

3) The speaker always writes          to friends.

4) He can do         work on it, too.

5) The speaker always downloads films on his gadget and watches them in     .

6) His mother says that he is addicted but he is not allowed to use it at        time.

7) The favourite thing of the second speaker is her     .

8) She got it when it was just      months old.

9) The second speaker says that her cat is a great         .

10) The favourite thing of the third speaker is a set of knives from       .

11) The speaker got into         when he started to watch Master Chef on TV.

12) The speaker considers this hobby to be quite           if you use good ingredients.

Read the text below. For questions (1-12) choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D).

Great Britain : Geographical Peculiarities

Great Britain is the largest (1)           [island, continent, country, channel] of Europe and the seventh largest island in the world. The waters of the North Sea and the English Channel separate Great Britain from Europe.

England occupies the southern and the eastern parts of Great Britain. It has an (2)               [population, capital, area, neighbourhood]of 50,327 sq miles. Scotland, covering 30,400 sq miles, lies to the north. Wales, to the west, has an area of 8,016 sq miles and Northern Ireland – 5,460 sq miles. No part of Great Britain is more than 70 miles from the (3)         [sea, Europe, Ireland, capital].

Great Britain has six distinct natural regions. The Highlands in northern Scotland is a region of mountain ranges, plateaus, deep valleys and (4)                     [oceans, lakes, seas, the English Channel]. Ben Nevis – the highest (5)        [height, top, peak, zenith] in Great Britain – rises in the Highlands. The Scottish Lowlands lie in the valleys of the Clyde, Forth and Tay rivers. Scotland’s principal cities lie in this area. The Pennine Chain, a region (6)      [deep, long, high, rich] in iron and coal, extends from the Scottish Lowlands. The Midlands are a lowland region, between the southern end of the Pennine Chain and the Cambrian Mountains of Wales.

Northern Ireland is a lowland region surrounding an area of peat bogs. It includes Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the United Kingdom.

Great Britain is not large (7)            [sufficient, enough, adequate, plenty] to have many long rivers. The two (8)           [highest, prolonged, longest, brief], the Thames and the Severn, are only a little more than 200 miles long. The Clyde, Forth, Humber, Mersey, Severn and Thames rivers all have estuaries that makes fine harbours. Cities on these estuaries (9)         [serve, perform, provide, supply] as centres of ocean and inland commerce.

Read the text below. Match choice (A-H) to (1-5). There are three choices you don’t need to use.

This movie/cartoon is the best choice for someone who …
A has started a photography course and is very interested in nature and environmental issues

B is fond of Bond series and for whom Ian Fleming is a favourite writer

C likes detective stories

D is interested in watching cartoons

E doesn’t like romantic films very much but loves rap

F enjoy action films, but not movies about politics or spies

G is fond of horror films

H wants to see something romantic

1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
“Madagascar” is the latest animated film from Dream Works. In the sequel of the first movie, the New York Zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, started to leave the island. All of a sudden, they landed in the wilderness of Africa. There, Alex soon met the rest of his family and started to have trouble communicating with them after much of his time at the Central Park Zoo.

2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
“I Didn’t Know I Was Looking for Love” is a heart-warming romantic comedy with Annabelle Lettes and comedian Jeff Styles starring. Set in New York, the film tells the story of two people who do everything possible to avoid falling in love. An original comedy with an unexpected ending.

3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

“Tall Trees” is an acclaimed documentary by Canadian Rolf Green. Enjoy the wonderful photography of some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world as Rolf explores their climactic, environmental and political importance. A must for all those interested in nature and photography.

4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
“Quantum of Solace” continues the high-octane adventures of James Bond from “Casino Royale”. Picking up literally days where the previous film left off, after being betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Having captured Mr White, and in pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and “M” interrogate Mr White who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper to steal Bond’s casino winnings.

5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
Maria Raj makes her big screen debut in “crazy”, the touching story of a girl who wants to be a truck driver. Few comedy moments in this realistic film tell about the problems of growing up in a small town in America. Wonderful rap and rock soundtrack which includes “Get Me Out of Here” by Exchequer.