City transport (Control paper)

LONDON. CITY TRANSPORT

Vocabulary and Grammar

1. a) Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word that should not be there. Tick (√) the lines that are correct. Underline the words that should not be there.

BEING AN AIR-HOSTESS

0 Ever since I was at school, I've wanted to be                                  √

00 an air-hostess. It sounded so many glamorous and

1 exciting, flying all over in the world to exotic places

2 and meeting the interesting people from different

3 countries. At school I studied French and Italian in order

4 that to achieve my ambition. Finally, when I was 18, I

5 have had an interview with Air France, who accepted me.

6 I had to attend a three-month training course, which it

7 included waitressing, swimming and first-aid. We also

8 had to learn how to put on a make-up and do our hair

9 so that as to be smart at all times. Learning mouth-to-mouth

10 resuscitation it was the most difficult thing - we

11 practised on plastic dolls and then on each other one.

12 Eventually, the day I had been looking forward to for

13 so much long arrived. Before the plane took off I showed

14 the whole passengers the emergency exits. One hour later

15 than we landed in Paris. A perfect start to my dream job!                        (15 marks)

b) Fill in: a, an or the where necessary.

1. ... Tower of London is .......a ..... popular tourist attraction.

2. Newcastle is … town in … north of …England.

3. … Princess lives in … palace in … London.

4. … Buckingham Palace is where … Queen of England officially lives.

5. She bought ... expensive necklace at  …Harrods.                                        (5 marks)

2.    For questions 0-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

London is the capital city and main (0)................ centre                          INDUSTRY

of the United Kingdom. Its (1)...................... began with                          DEVELOP

 the Roman invasion in 45 AD.

It is now popular with (2)................who visit the city                               FOREIGN

in order to see many of its (3)............... buildings                                      FAME

and tourist (4)…………. .It is also popular for its shops                         ATTRACT                            

in the (5)................... part of the city.                                                         CENTRE

Apart  from (6).............. and business, London is                                      TOUR

known for being the United Kingdom's (7).................                               POLITICS

heart. It is also home to one of the country's most

important (8)................, the Queen.                                                            RESIDE

Although London is a big city, it would be (9)...................to                    CORRECT

Say that its an unhealthy place to live, since attempts

to reduce (10)............... levels have been quite successful.                         POLLUTE

                                                                                                                       READING

You are going to read a text about Las Vegas. Parts of some sentences have been removed from the text. Choose the most suitable part from the list (A-L) for each gap (1-10) in the text. There is one extra part that you do not need to use. Write your answers in the boxes after the text.

Las Vegas

There’s nowhere else in the world where you can look out of (0)_____and see the New York skyline, a life-size Egyptian pyramid and, in the, distance, the Eiffel Tower.

Welcome to wonderful Las Vegas. Depending on your point of view, it can be the cheapest, (1)______. Yet there’s no denying it, you can’t come here and not have a good time.

Gone are the days when Sin City was all about slot machines, card games and tacky shotgun weddings. In the last few years Las Vegas has become (2)_____.

In Las Vegas, size matters. It's the home of the world's biggest hotel, the MGM Grand; highest rollercoaster, at the Stratosphere; and highest atrium at the Luxor Hotel.

Incredibly, it also boasts not just one, but two Guggenheim museums, at the Venetian; and a restaurant filled with (3) _____ by Picasso at the Bellagio.

Don't say this isn't a city of contrasts.

But the best thing about Las Vegas is (4)______ are free. Huge crowds gather every night for (5)_______in front of the Bellagio. Remember it from the movie Oceans Eleven? And a walk through the shopping mall at Caesars Palace is almost like a theme park ride (6)_____changing from sunshine to starlight and sculptures coming to life, singing and dancing for shoppers. The real crowd-pleasers are the Pirates Of The Caribbean-style sea battle which takes place in front of Treasure Island, complete with fireworks and a cast of (7)______, and the erupting volcano in the lagoon at the Mirage.

Some things are worth shelling out for and if you want to splash out, head to the beach at the Mandalay Bay The hotel, where TV series Las Vegas is filmed, has a massive (8)_______.

The best way to get around Vegas is on foot, there can be quite a distance between hotels on the Strip but walkways link them and some even have (9)______.

You can still get a taste of old Las Vegas if you head downtown. The casinos haven't changed much over the years and the streets have been cleaned up. What was once a seedy eyesore has been transformed into an open-air pedestrian (10)______.

Treat yourself to a day trip to remember and take a helicopter flight over the Strip and head to the Grand Canyon. Its the only way to fly over the New York skyline and Eiffel Tower without blinking.

A with swirling clouds on the ceilings

B the dancing fountain show

C connecting trams and buses

D within the visible distance

E pool with a wave machine

F most tasteless city

G that so many of the attractions

H one of Americas top tourist attractions and it's not hard to see why

I stunt performers

J original works

K your hotel room window

L area with spectacular light shows every night

WRITING

Write an article for a student magazine about transport problems in your area. Consider the following:

What kind of public transport problems are you having in your town?

Why are you having them?

Do you think your local government is able to solve public transport problems?

What should be done to tackle those problems?

What may happen if we ignore the problem?

Write your article in 200-250 words. Choose a good title for it.