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Reading (1 hour 30 minutes)

Take no morę I than 20 minutes y to do this part.

For questions 1-18, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

In Praise of Face to Face Communication

Homo sapiens is a communicative creature and in our ordinary life, if we want something, we tend to communicate automatically and directly in order to obtain it. As a species, we

have developed very sophisticated methods by which we can communicate with (1) .....

ever-increasing ease. Unfortunately, it seems that sometimes we are so dazzled by the

brilliance of the technology we have at our (2) ..... that we overlook the fact that the

simplest, and often the most effective, means of communication is talking face-to-face to our

target audience. (3)....., very often the morę sophisticated the means of communication, the

less effectively the message itself may be (4) ...... After all, if we are face to face with a

person, we can use body language to emphasise our (5)....., and check that we have been

interpreted correctly. This is a far morę effective way of communicating than using the underlining of words in a memo or (6).....type in a report.

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1	A	efficiently	B actually	C apparently	D	eventua!ly
2	A	request	B availability	C convenience	D	disposal
3	A	Indeed	B Otherwise	C Conversely	D	Nonetheless
4	A	imparted	B inscribed	C intoned	D	imposed
5	A	aspects	B points	C issues	D	positions
6	A	dark	B bold	C strong	D	heavy

Home Security

Home: it's one of the most emotive words in any language. The place itself has (7) .....

people with privacy and security ever sińce individual dwellings first appeared nearly two

million years ago. But nowadays, that sense of security has a twist. (8).....safe people feel

at home, when they are away, they worry their home will be broken into. What's morę, this

fear is far from (9)......In spite of falling burglary rates in the UK, a recent survey found

that a house left unoccupied for a month a year is 43 per cent morę likely to be burgled

than an identical one that is never empty at night. Having someone (10).....durmg the day

is no (11) .....either: about 55 per cent of domestic burglaries happen between 6pm and

6am. At the same time, people are spending longer away, on business and on holiday. Many

are, therefore, prepared to (12).....a little privacy, employing professional housesitters to

live in their homes in their absence.

7	A	produced	B	offered	C	provided	D	donated
8	A	Regardless	B	Nonetheless	C	However	D	Albeit
9	A	groundless	B	aimless	c	faultless	D	clueless
10	A	look over	B	check out	c	cali on	D	pop in
11	A	restraint	B	deterrent	c	hindrance	D	impediment
12	A	withhold	B	sacrifice	c	deny	D	refrain

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