Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

EXAM ADVICE

In Part Three of the Speaking Section you work together with a partner. You have to do a (43)______ task which usually lasts about 3 minutes. One possible task is “problem solving”, which means you have to look at some (44)______information and then discuss the problem with your partner. You may be shown photos, drawings, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it is (56) ______ that you study them carefully. If necessary, check you know exactly what to do by politely asking the examiner to repeat the instruction or make them clearer.

         While you are doing the task, the examiner will probably say very little and you should ask your partner questions and make (46) ______ if he or she is not saying much. If either of you have any real difficulties, the examiner may decide to step in and help. Normally, however, you will find plenty to say, which helps the assessor to give you a fair mark. This mark depends on your success in doing the task by competing with your partner, which includes taking (47) ______ in giving opinions and replying appropriately, although in the end it may be possible to “agree to disagree”.

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Mark  the  letter  A,  B,  C  or  D  in  your  answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  underlined  part  that  needs correction in each of the following questions.

The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.

Look! The yard is wet. It ______ last night.

Mark  the  letter  A,  B,  C  or  D  in  your  answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  underlined  part  that  needs correction in each of the following questions.

Meal time also gives children a chance to learn how some of their favorite dishes making.

Only because she had to support her family  ______ to leave school.

They stayed for hours, ______ my mother was very annoyed about.

______ objective primary education is to provide students with basic knowledge of the country’s history, ______ geography and traditions.

A new study group has been set  ______ by the government.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

But what the most prevents women from reaching the boardroom, say bosses and headhunters, is lack of hands-on experience of a firm’s core business.

______, he would have been able to pass the exam.

We would rather Helen  ______ us all the information we needed . We should have been well informed.

Mark  the  letter  A,  B,  C  or  D  on  your  answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  sentence  that  is  closest  in meaning to each of the following questions.

His parents made him study for his exams.

They always kept on good ______ with their next-door neighbors for the children’s sake.

Ann and Matthew are talking about the effects of global warming.

-Ann: “Does global warming worry you?”

-Matthew: “___________”

The majority of primary school teachers  ______ women.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in  the following questions.

It is raining cats and dogs outside. I want to climb the mountain today but I can’t.