PAPER 3 Use of English Paft I

For questions 1-12, 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 answef sheet.

Example:

0 A common B frequent G general D routine

The sticking plaster

Nowadays, one of the most (0) ..... items found in the home is the sticking plaster.

Protecting a cut by covering the affected area with a piece of matedal that sticks to the skin may

seem a rather (1).....idea, so it is perhaps surprising to learn that the plaster was not (2) ..... until

about ninety years ago.

The person who thought (3) .....the idea was Earle Dickson, an employee of the Johnson &

Johnson company. Concerned that his wife Josephine sometimes (4)..... accidents while cooking

and doing other jobs, he used pieces of cotton material placed inside strips of sticky tape to

cover her injuries. This prevented dirt getting into the (5) .....and protected it from furlher harm

as she did the (6)..... .

Dickson's boss was impressed, so in 1921 Johnson & Johnson put the new sticking plaster into

(7).....under the brand name Band-Aid. Sales at first were slow, but somebody at the company

came up with the (8) ..... idea of giving free plasters to the Boy Scouts. This created publicity

and from then (9)..... it became a commercial success. Dickson was (10)..... within the company,

eventually becoming a senior executive.

Although the basic design of the sticking plaster has remained similar to the (11) ..... , there have

been many developments in the materials used and it is now (121 ..... in a variety of shapes, sizes

and colours. Total worldwide sales are believed to have exceeded 100 billion.

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I A clear

2 A realised

3 Aup

4Adid5 A wound

6 A homework

7 A creation

8 A keen

9 A after

10 A raised

11 A model

12 A available

B evident

B imagined

B over

B had

B damage

B household

B formation

B bright

BtoB lifted

B original

B achievable

C plain

G invented

Cin

C made

C breakage

C housework

C production

C eager

C since

G advanced

C sample

C accessible

D obvious

D dreamt

D forward

D took

D tear

D homecoming

D construction

D shining

Don

D promoted

D standard

D attainable

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Use of English Paft 2

For question s 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap'Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers lN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: tr I N

Diving in the Red Sea

The Red Sea coast of Egypt is surely one of the best places (0) ....iL.... the world to go underwater

diving. lts hot sunny climate and clear warm water make it the ideal place for beginners as

(13) ............as for experienced divers, at any time of the year'

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(14) ............over fifty diving centres in the area, many iJifferent types of diving are possible. At

centres for complete beginners there are training courses (15)............inc|ude simple dives with

a qualified instructor. These dives (16) them used to being underwater and teach some

basic skills (17)............as swimming and breathing below the sudace.

More experienced divers can choose (18)............a vast range of possible activities and many of

these can be enjoyed (19) ............as paft of a group or, if they prefer, alone. Some like to explore

the coast of the National Park, where the steep cliffs extend underwater to a depth (20) ....'...'..'

more than seventy metres. For dives of (21) kind it is advisable to be accompanied by a

guide, on (221 of the strong currents which can suddenly change direction.

For really advanced divers, there are some fascinating wrecks at (23) bottom of the Red

Sea. (24) visits to these old ships require quite long boat trips, it is well worlh going just

to see the huge variety of beautiful plants and fish down there.

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