Answer Keys

PART 1

1 A golden. Golden age is a collocation that means the best time or period in history of something. Other
adjectives do not make any collocations.
2 D make. Same as before, to make a jump is an accepted collocation.
3 B height. The answer is height of fame. Even though top of fame sounds acceptable, the first option is a
much more widely used way of saying this.
4 A covering. B stretching means the distance, but it wouldnt say whether she has travelled it or not. C
crossing has an implication that she travelled it by ground rather than air. D doesnt collocate.
5 C hailed. Because of preposition as following the gap we should be using this word (to hail as). Rest of
the words arent used with as in this context.
6 A cut. To cut short means to stop prematurely, before its time. The context then goes about how the
woman tragically died in an air accident. To bring up short means to stop somebody abruptly, but it would
need an extra preposition up here.
7 B suffered. Know the difference between suffer and suffer from. The first one usually happens
instantly (like a trauma), while the second is more continuous (suffer from cancer).
8 D same. Never the same means that she never recovered. Other options do not collocate with definite
article.

PART 2

9 to. It is important to understand why its happened to and not happened with. In the first example the
meaning is that something affected the person, something changed his way of thinking. The second
example means that there was some attitude issue, for example What happened with you? You have
scored so low on your exam!.
10 how. He came to realize the extent of his boredom how bored he became.
11 being. Meaning is the same as to be sporty, but instead of infinitive we use gerund being.
12 its. Make sure not to use an apostrophe (its). First of all, that would mean you are using two words instead
of one (it is) and second, that would be the wrong choice.
13 anything. Anything but means not at all. The following sentence proves that triathlons are very exciting
and offer a number of fun activities such as running or cycling.
14 from. To move away from means to stop doing something and shift your attention elsewhere.
15 great/good. Great or good deal = much more.
16 so. So on = and something similar, something in the same fashion

PART 3

17 nomination. Nominating form would be wrong as it would imply that it is the form that nominates
something.
Nomination form on the other hand, is used for nominations.
18 receipt. Receipt here means taking or approval. Receival doesnt fit here as it isnt a word, or a word that
is commonly used or known. Receiving cant be used because it cant be used with of preposition.
19 diners. Diner here means a person who attends a restaurant or any other food outlet. Note that a diner
can also mean a small restaurant, usually one by the road (mostly used in AmE).
20 chosen. Past participle of to choose.
21 contested. Contested means that there are many participants. Do not confuse it with contestable which
means rising a lot of doubts and arguments about. Nothing like that is implied by the context.
22 deadline. Deadline is the time limit for something, in this case for sending your application.
23 unannounced. It is implied that the visits are going to be anonymous and the restaurant owners wont
know anything about it these visits will be unannounced.

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24 prestigious. Mind the spelling of this word, remember that any typos are counted as wrong answer even if
you got the word right.

PART 4

25 a while before/until/till I fully. A while = some time. E.g.: I havent seen you for a while! = I havent
seen you for some time.
26 isnt /is not worth arguing about. Not point doing something = not worth doing something. Use
argue with about here or it will be counted as a mistake.
27 there be any/a delay. To make it easier to understand, just replace should with if (in your head, not
on the paper!)
28 have anything in common with. To have something in common = to have similarities. If there are no
similarities, then there is nothing in common. If the beginning of sentence went The two situations ___ then
you could have used have nothing in common.
29 my amazement, nothing went. To my amazement = I was amazed. To have problems = to go wrong.
The comma here is optional.
30 wouldnt/would not dream of doing any. To dream of something has several meanings, one of them
is to have no intention to do something at all or to think of something that is unlikely to take place.

PART 5

31 B. Answers A and C arent mentioned in the text. Answer D is too general and is vaguely implied, but
not as strongly as B.
32 C. Third and fourth sentences of second paragraph explain how people motivate themselves to
perform better if they see the outcome and impact of their good work on the business as a whole. A and D are
not mentioned. Answer B is unrelated to the information in the text, even though the box-ticking phrase is
used. 33 D. The number of clients seen each day wasnt the ultimate goal of the company, but for the
employees it was made as the most important aspect of their job (sentence The sales people obviously ).
Other answers are either not mentioned in the text or unrelated to the question.
34 B. To foresee the consequences here mean to see the results of their actions beforehand, in advance.
The products got inadequate testing because of lack of time and thus proved to be of poor quality.
35 A. The text gives an example how employees of that company were betrayed by senior management
in the past and therefore they now have doubts about similar programmes that are introduced. Answer C
states it from employees perspective, but it isnt true. Other answers are not mentioned.
36 B. A self-contained exercise here is an exercise that was made for the purpose of doing the exercise
itself rather than learning something new and improving your ways of management. Last two sentences
confirm this attitude of senior management. They get back to their old ways.

PART 6

37 D. Second sentence of Paragraph A states that the studies tend to over-complicate the phenomenon of
popculture which itself is simple. First sentence of Paragraph D states the same idea in a slightly different
way. 38 B. Speaker from Paragraph B believes that the whole pop-culture thing is being forced on people by
corporations (Setntence two: imposed from high on) while all other speakers believe that the culture
appears by natural means.
39 A. Speaker B states that what people buy and consume speaks volumes about the culture
meaning that you can tell a lot about it by their consuming. Speaker A in the first sentence says that the
phenomenon of popculture is key to the understanding of any modern society..
40 D. Speaker D is convinced that pop-culture can have negative impact on the young people. In the
middle of the paragraph he states: popular culture can have undue influence, encouraging them to acquire
unrealistic ideas therefore potentially having a damaging effect. Other speakers hold it that pop-culture
provides younger generations with sense of comfort and belonging.

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PART 7

41 F. The paragraph begins with They do so referring to the works mentioned in the end of previous
paragraph. The paragraph ends with the description of a dark wood in moonlight shine, which matches the
beginning of next paragraph, talking about monochrome pictures.
42 A. Claustrophobic and joyless stays even when he uses strong colours (by strong here they mean
something other that white, black and grey).
43 E. The preceeding paragraph asks a question on how artists talent would have developed if he were
to stay in England. The beginning of Paragraph E gives a probable answer to that. It ends with him having to
leave the country, and the next paragraph talks about his visit to Greece.
44 G. At the end of the previous paragraph artists transformation is mentioned, and this topic is
developed in Paragraph G. His pictures are no longer grim and devoid of colour, they become vivid.
45 C. Ending of Paragraph C mentions that Craxton stopped experimenting and developing his art, and
the following paragraph expands on that topic: But if there is little exploration or discovery in Craxtons later
work .
46 B. He mentions feeling like an emigre (a political emigrant) in London, and this notion is continued in
the paragraph after.

PART 8

47 A. First sentence talks about recent rise from few to many specimen and then in the middle of the
paragraph they talk of a reintroduction scheme inspired by this success.
48 B. Last sentence talks of a resilience of a small bird. Resilience here means being able to recover
quickly and overcome hardships easily.
49 A. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds poll suggests that it is one of the most popular bird among
with two other specimen mentioned in sentence two of Paragraph A.
50 B. Two winters in 1961 and 1962 drastically reduced population of this bird according to the middle of
Paragraph B.
51 D. First sentence of the paragraph states that even the most convinced admirers of this bird confess
that it looks rather drab or dull, shabby and not arousing any interest.
52 B. Second part of Paragraph B talks about protective instincts for this defenseless birds, yet strangely
it manages to restore its population.
53 C. The middle of third paragraph goes: the pace of increase agonizingly slow, implying that faster
pace of reintroduction would have been more than welcome.
54 C. Last sentence of Paragraph C states that there are reason to believe the rate of breeding is going to
continue its increase.
55 B. The second part of Paragraph B talks about intensive management and protection of Englands
lowland heath that ensured increased breeding rate of the rare bird.
56 D. The last sentence of fourth paragraph states that these birds are often birds of large gardens and
other buildings, meaning that they can still be seen around frequently.

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