She always said that when she grew up she wanted to be _________. 

I’m a driving test examiner. The first lorry driver I passed burst into tears. However, the most (i) _______ reasons for failing are not being ready and being too (ii) _______. Inwardly, I’m telling the candidates not to do something stupid like pull out into moving traffic, but I am not (iii) _______ to tell them how to drive. When I took my own test, I was extremely nervous and had to deal with a vciy strict and unfriendly examiner. We’re taught nowadays to put people at their (iv) _______. We pass everyone who’s up to standard, but people often present themselves too soon. I’ve never been offered money to pass anyone, although one man asked me if he could make me change my (v) _______. I then reported him to the police. My ambition is to be a supervising examiner in charge of the test centers in a large area.

(iv)_____

Sainsbury’s, one of Britain’s leading supermarkets, are deeply concerned about (i) _____  out theirresponsibilities regarding the environment. They claim that many of their customers want to buy products that don’t have a negative environmental (ii) _____. Due to this, more than 50 per cent of their own­ brand products are environmentally friendly. Furthermore, Sainsbury’s have been using recycled cardboard packaging for years on such things as breakfast cereals and biscuits. Many of their stores also offer customers the opportunity to recycle their own packaging. They have (iii) _____ them with special recycling bins for paper, glass and even shoes. These bins are supplied by the local authority and are in display at the front of most major stores. (iv) _____ from many other environmental projects which they are involved in, Sainsbury’s also encourage their customers not to use plastic carrier bags, with their Bag for life and Penny Back offers. In the first scheme, the orange reusable Bag for life bags cost lOp, and when they wear out, customers can take them back to the store and (v) _____ a free bag in return. In the second scheme, customers get a penny back for every plastic carrier bag they reuse. Via this second scheme, they gave 640,000 penny back to customers last year, of which more than half ended up in Sainsbury’s charity boxes.

(ii)______

People love to complain. Moaning to friends can be a source of relief from the stresses and strains of work, study or relationships. But when it comes to protesting to a retailer about faulty good and services, many of US find we don’t have nerve and choose to (i) _____ in silence. By the time we do eventually summon up the courage to make our point, we have generally already allowed the problem to get to us, and we are angry. In this stale, we can all too (ii) _____ become aggressive, gearing up for battle and turning what should be a rational discussion into a conflict. To complain effectively, you need to be specific about your problem and communicate it clearly using words which are objective and fair. (iii) _____ over the top with emotional language and unreasonable claims will get you nowhere.

Good negotiators tend to be calm and logical. They start by explaining situation and stating their requirements clearly, without threat. Most complains prompt a defensive (iv) _____ from the other person, but by being reasonable yourself, you stand more chance of achieving the positive (v) _____ you want.

(ii)_______

Danny wanted _____ new bicycle for Christmas. 

I don’t know why John insists on blaming all his troubles………..me 

Many adults in America and increasing numbers elsewhere take part in mentoring schemes. A mentor is an adult who provides support and friendship to a young person. There are (i) _____ different ways of mentoring: passing on skills, sharing experiences, offering guidance. Sometimes the most helpful thing is just to listen. Mentoring is open to anybody – no particular (ii) _____ experience is required, just a desire to make a difference to the life of a young person who needs help. This may seem a difficult thing at first, but many people find they have a real (iii) _____ for it.

The support of a mentor can play an important role in a child’s development and can often make up (iv) _____a lack of guidance in a young person’s life. It can also improve young people’s attitude towards society and build up their confidence in dealing with life’s challenges. For the mentor, it can be incredibly rewarding to know that they have had a significant (v) _____ on a child and helped to give them the best possible chance in life. Indeed, it is not only adults who are capable of taking on this role. There is now an increasing demand for teenagers to mentor younger children, for example by helping them with reading or other school work.

(iii)______

If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is (i) _____ worth having. This is the view of the swelling ranks of female mobile – phone users who are beginning to (ii)  _____  the consumer market. Although Britain has been demonstrated to be one of the most expensive places in the world to run a mobile phone, both professional women and (iii) _____ mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man’s plaything, or a businessman’s status symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones as men do – but for very different reasons. The main attraction for most women customers is that it provides a form of communication back – up, wherever they are, in case of (iv) _____. James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: “The majority of people buying phones from us this year were women – often young women or men W’ho were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriend. And it always seems to be a question of peace of mind.” Size is also (v) for women. They want something that will lit in a handbag,” said Mr Tanner. “The tiny phones coming in are having a very big impact. This year’s models are only half the size of your hand.

(v)_____

The new manager  .......  very strict rules as soon as he had taken over the position.

Aluminium foil is used to wrap food in the kitchen. It is very thin flexible metal sheet, sold in a roll, and since it is put in the oven. The invention of the foil in France in 1903 may not have seemed hugely significant at the time but it began a packaging revolution that was to change our whole (i) _______ of life. Until the early 20th century, everything bought from shops was wrapped with paper and string. (ii) _______ the growing technological expertise in the world, packaging remained quite basiC. Aluminium foil was not widely used until 1914, when people began using it as a secure top for milk bottles. Some forty years later, however, the packaging revolution really (iii) _______  when companies making the cans used for soft drinks stopped using tin, a metal which was becoming too expensive, and switched to aluminium. (iv) _______ production of aerosol cans soon followed. Al the turn of the 20th century, there was little or no packaging to throw away. But with the arrival of the new materials, what we now refer to as the “throw – away society” was bom. Disposable razors, for example, were (v) _______ to be used and then thrown aw’ay. The idea was appealing to manufacturers because it meant that the customer would always be coming back for more.

(iii)______-

During the last 400 years, most scientists have based on mathematics in their development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday, did not make (i) _______ of mathematics. Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born in London in 1971 and had no (ii)  _______  beyond reading and writing. In 1812, Faraday was hired as a bottle washer by a great chemist Humphry Davy. Later, Faraday became a greater scientist than Davy, making the last years of Davy’s life embittered (iii) _______ jealousy. Faraday made the first (iv) _______  motor in 1821, a device that used electricity to produce movement. Then Faraday became interested in the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In 1831, he discovered that when a magnet is moved near a wire, electricity flows in the wire. With this discovery, he produced a machine for making electricity called a dynamo. Faraday then went on to show how electricity affects chemical substances. Because Faraday believed that money should be given to the poor, when he grew old, he was destitute. (v) _______, Queen Victoria rewarded him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend and a house. He died in 1867.

(iv)_______

She used to be thin, but she is filled  ......  a lot.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to  (i) _____  about their children’s career. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children, it means starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place. Il’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when (ii) _____of his or her friends are playing. Another problem is of course money. In many countries, money for training is available from the government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the parents (iii) _____ have to find the time and the money to support their child’s development- and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etC. can all be very expensive. Many parents are understandably worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young (iv) _____ may be damaged by training before they are properly developed.Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very (v) _____  people reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.

(iv)______

The two countries have broken ..........  relations.

There are a variety of causes that can contribute directly or indirectly to the extinction of a species or groups of species. Just as each species is unique, and so is each extinction. The causes (i) _______ each are varied – some subtle and complex, others obvious and simple. Most simply, any species that is unable to (ii) _______ or reproduce in its environment, and unable to move to a new environment where it can do so, will (iii) _______ out and become extinct. Extinction of a species may come suddenly when a healthy species is wiped out completely, as when toxic pollution makes its entire diversity unlivable; or may occur gradually over thousands or millions of years, such as when a species gradually loses out in (iv) _______ lor food to better adapted competitors. The question of whether more extinction in the fossil record has been caused by evolution or by catastrophe is a subject of discussion. When taking about species extinction that has been raised, most experts concern with the (v) _______ of climate change and technological disasters. Currently, environmental groups and some governments are concerned about the extinction of species caused by human beings and are attempting to combat further extinctions through various ways of conservation programs. Humans can cause extinction of a species through overharvesting, pollution, habitat destruction, introduction of new predators and food competitors, overhunting, and other influences.

(i)_____

Choose A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions: 

I wish I finished my work last night

Our lesson _____ at 7.30 a.m every morning.

In the future, people could live in “smart homes” that will tell them when to wake up or remind them to (i) _____  the front door. These homes will be equipped with electronic sensors connected to a computer that will remind people to take their medicine or turn off the oven. This computerized system, with about thirty sensors will be (ii) _____ to talk and negotiate with the tenant. It will also have the ability to (iii)  out if it is doing something that might be harmful. The aim of the “smart home” is to allow the elderly to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible, instead of moving into nursing homes. The number of people living into their 80s is expected to increase dramatically in the next few decades. As a result, there will probably be a great demand for these homes, which will enable the elderly to keep their independence and privacy. In addition to reminding them about things they may have forgotten to do, the system would contact a volunteer in (iv) _____ of illness or danger. At the moment a bioengineer at Brunei University near London is working with several housing associations, communication companies and charities in order to make this (v)     _____ home a reality. Although he is planning to put up new homes and apartments with the system, he says that it would also be possible to change existing homes, too.

(i)______-

________ my parents gave me the fish tank.

Come........., children ! Get your coats on or you'll be late for school. 

The Second World War______in 1939.