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PART 1 LISTENING � Ex.1 You will hear part of a radio talk, about how to organise a wedding. For questions 1-10, complete the sentences.�� � Wedding advice� � One year ahead, choose the (1)��for the wedding, and select the best man and bridesmaids.� Decide the locations for the wedding (2)��and reception, and make the bookings. Make a (3)��and send out the invitations. Six months ahead, choose the bride's and bridesmaid's dresses and select the (4)��according to the time of year. Choose the (5)��for the reception, according to your budget. Organise accommodation for guests and finalise arrangements for the (6)�. Three months ahead, you may need to check that your (7)��is valid. At this stage, you should also organise the (8)�. Think about the (9)��(e.g. by the bridegroom and possibly by the bride). Finally, remember that the day should be a (10)��one!� � � NOW DISCUSS: 1. How much of the advice given above would you apply to your wedding or weddings in your country? 2. Is it better to spend a lot on a big wedding ceremony or save the money for the future? 3. Why do some people want to have a big expensive ceremony? 4. Tell a partner about the last wedding you went to. Who was there? What was it like?� 5. What other celebrations are important for families? Describe the last one your family had.� � Ex. 2 Choose the correct option.� � 1.�One of the people invited to the party������ A had met Charlie in Australia. B was related to Charlie.� C hadn't seen Charlie for twelve years. � 2. People were asked���������� A to keep the party a secred form Charlie. B to send a written reply to the invitation. C to give their invitations to others if they couldn't come. � 3. The speaker doesn't think Charlie knew about the party because������ A he reacted with real surprise. B he wasn't wearing a fancy dress costume. C he was angry about the way people were dressed. � 4. The speaker thinks his outfit was a success because������ A very few people spoke to him. B very few people knew who he was. C there were three other people dressed the same way. � 5. Charlie went to the disco where the party was held because������� A he knew they played a ot of seventies music.� B he expected to meet up with some friends there. C his girlfriend had bought him a new outfit.� � 6. One idea the speaker particularly liked was������ A encouraging the guests to bring their cameras. B getting the guests to have their photos taken. C providing cameras for the guests to take photos. � �7. The speaker says that the girl called Lidia he met at the party������ A had just broken up with her boyfriend. B is one reason he started to feel better. C hasn't been out with him yet.� � � � �PART 2 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR � Ex. 1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using no more than five words, including the word given. � 1. You must remember your camera.���� �BRING ���Don't��your camera. 2. The officials allowed us to take photographs in the museum.���� �LET � �The officials��photographs in the museum.� 3. I'd like to buy a mountain bike.���� �INTERESTED � �I'm��a mountain bike.� 4. Susie and I are very good friends.���� �ON � �Susie and I��with one another.� 5. Jack feels bad about not writing to his friend earlier.���� �WISHES � �Jack��his friend earlier.�� 6. I think you should go home now.���� �TIME � �I think it's��home. 7. I wish I could speak Spanish.���� �BEING ���I regret��Spanish.� 8. I wish I was still in contact with my old school friends.���� �TOUCH �����I wish I had��with my old school friends.� 9. You ought to buy some new shoes.���� �HIGH ���It is��some new shoes. � � Ex. 2. Make proper adjectives from the words in the table.� � ����������� �FURY ����������� ����� �LOVE �������������CULTURE �������������� �COWARD ����������� �WASH �������������� �CREATE �������������FUN �������� �������WEALTH � � 1. Are those trousers��or do you have them dry cleaned? 2. He comes from quite a��family so he doesn't have to worry about money. 3. I'm sorry, but I don't find that kind of joke��at all. 4. I thought it was really��of him to blame the others for what had happened. He was afraid of being punished! 5. Puppies are very��but they are also a lot of work to look after. 6. People say museums are good way of preserving our��heritage.� 7. My boss was absolutely��when I got to work late and missed an important meeting.� 8. Sonia is so�. She paints, designs her own clothes and makes wonderful jewellery.� � Ex. 3� Choose the correct alternatives in the following sentences. � � 1. Everyone agrees that smoking is�harmfulharmless. 2. She's got a�lovely lovable�new apartment overlooking the park. 3. Jorge is so�dependableindependable. He never lets you down. 4. I'm absolutely�hopefulhopeless�at telling jokes.� 5. Alex was a bit�supportiveunsupportive�when I told him I had broken up with Tony. 6. Chicago was�infamousfamous�in 1920s for its gangsters and organised crime. 7. If you led a more�inactiveactive�life, you would probably feel a lot better.��