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Test 1
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH
Part 1
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
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Example:
0 A gather
C find
B produce
D gain
A
B
Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to (0) ...ain qualifications in
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accountancy. However it is not for his skill in accountancy that he is (1) yemem but for his pictorial
guidebooks to the English Lake District.
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The Lake District is in the north-west of England and (2) Covers, an area of some 2,292 square
kilometres. As its name (3) implies, it is an area of lakes and mountains. Alfred first went there on
a walking holiday in 1930 and immediately fell in love with the area.
He (4) divided the Lake District into seven parts and wrote a guide for each of them. The guides
(5) consist entirely of copies of his hand-written manuscripts. All have descriptions of walks with
hand-drawn maps and sketches of views from the summits of the different mountains. He
intended the books to be just for his own personal (6) use... but was eventually (7)
publish them. They are beautiful books which (8) ........
remain
as popular as ever.
to
persuaded
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