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LISTENING
Exercise 1: Look at the six sentences for this part.
You will hear a boy called Thomas and a girl called Ruby talking about a poster for their
school sports day.
Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, choose the letter A for YES. If it is not correct, choose the letter B for NO
Sentence YES NO
A B
1. Ruby realises that the first design of the poster may need improving. v
2. Thomas thinks the poster should be bigger than last year’s. v
3. Ruby and Thomas agree that the poster should be in colour. v
4. Ruby thinks the photograph should be in the middle of the poster. v
5. Thomas suggests they use the same photograph as last year. v
6. Ruby thinks every word on the poster should be the same size. v

READING
Exercise 2. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
1. If the car................... larger, we would have bought it.
A. had been
B. has been
C. have been
D. been
2. If he hadn’t wasted too much time, he......................in his examination.
A. would fail
B. wouldn’t fail
C. wouldn’t have failed
D. won’t fail

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3. If he had got half a mark more, he...................... in the exam.
A. wouldn’t fail
B. wouldn’t have failed
C. won’t fail
D. won’t be failing
4. If he ……………. a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.
A. had had
B. had
C. has
D. has had
5. The education in Japan …………… if the basic principles of education had not been taken into
consideration.
A. would go down
B. would have gone down
C. went down
D. had gone down
Exercise 3: Choose the sentence (A, B or C) which means the same as the first sentence.
1. We have to pay the electricity bill before Friday.
A. We can pay it if we want to.
B. We must pay it.
C. We’ve already paid it.
2. You don’t need to buy me a birthday present.
A. You must buy me a birthday present.
B. It’s not necessary to buy me a birthday present.
C. You mustn’t buy me a birthday present.
3. Students mustn’t run in school buildings.
A. They can run if they want to.
B. Students don’t like running.
C. Running isn’t allowed.

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4. All passengers must fasten their seatbelts.
A. They have to fasten their seatbelts now.
B. They don’t have to fasten their seatbelts.
C. They can fasten their seatbelts.
Exercise 4. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions.
CONSERVING THE WORLD'S NATURAL RESOURCES
In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organized several important meetings on the
human environment to study a very serious problem. We humans are destroying the· world
around us. We are using up all of our natural resources. We 1:11ust learn to conserve them, or
life will be very bad for our children, and, our grandchildren. There are several major parts to
this problem.
Distribution: Scientists say there is enough water in the world for everyone, but some countries
have a lot of water and some have only a little. Some areas get, all their rain during one season.
The rest of the year is dry. There are huge forests in the Amazon area of Brazil. In other parts of
the world there is only desert. 103
Petroleum: We are using up the world's petroleum. the world's petroleum. We use it in our
cars. We are using up our cars and to heat our buildings in winter. Farmers use petrochemicals
to make the soil rich. They use them to kill insects that eat plants. These chemicals go into
rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of people also die from these chemicals,
every year. Chemicals also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this, polluted air to other
countries and other continents.
Poverty: Poor farmers use the same land over and over. The land needs a rest so it will be
better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down trees
for firewood. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land becomes desert. However,
people need wood to cook their food. Poor people cannot save the environment for the future.
We now have· the information and the ability to solve these huge problems. However, this is
not a problem for one country or one area of the world. It is a problem for all humans. The

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people and the nations of the world must work together to conserve the world's resources. No
one controls the future, but we all help make it.
1. We humans are destroying our....................
A. environment.
B. farms.
C. decade.
D. deserts.
2. Good distribution means......................
A. having things in the right places at the right time.
B. cutting down forests and selling them to other countries.
C. building water system to carry water to farms.
D. conserving our natural resources.
3. Petrochemicals help make the...................rich.
A. insects
B. air
C. soil
D. water
4. Poor farmers don't give their land a rest because......................
A. they don't have petrochemicals to kill insects.
B. they don't have enough land to let some of it rest each year.
C. they need more water.
D. they need firewood.
5. Which one of these statement is NOT true?
A. People must work together to save the environment.
B. We have the ability to solve environmental problems.
C We control the future.
D. We help make the future.

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