Part 4
Questions 19 – 24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
William Perkin was born in London in 1838. As a child he had many hobbies, including model making and photography. But it was the (19) ………… of chemistry that really interested him. At the age of 15, he went to college to study it.
While he was there, he was (20) ………… to make a medicine from coal. This didn’t go well, but when he was working on the problem, he found a cheap (21) ………… to make the colour purple. At that (22) ………… it was very expensive to make clothes in different colours. William knew he could make a business out of his new colour. Helped by his father and brother, William
(23) ………… his own factory to make the colour. It sold well, and soon purple clothes
(24) ………… very popular in England and the rest of the world.
19 A class B subject C course
20 A thinking B trying C deciding
21 A way B path C plan
22 A day B time C hour
23 A brought B turned C opened
24 A began B arrived C became
Part 5
For each question, write the correct answer.
Write one word for each gap.
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Maria |
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John |
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I hope (0) ………… are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.
Yesterday morning, we went to (25) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (26) ………… the evening in the centre (27) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (28) ………… on a boat trip or (29) ………… tennis.
I’ll show you my photos (30) ………… I get back.
See you soon,
Maria
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Part 6
You want to go swimming on Saturday with your English friend, Toni.
Write an email to Toni.
In your email:
• ask Toni to go swimming with you on Saturday
• say where you want to go swimming
• say how you will travel there.
Write25 words or more.
Write the email/story on your answer sheet.
Part 7
Look at the three pictures.
Write the story shown in the pictures.
Write 35 words or more.
Write the email/story on your answer sheet.