- •Variant 1
- •1 Complete each sentence using one of the words in brackets.
- •2 Choose the correct answers. Write a, b, c or d in each space.
- •3 Read the text above and match parts with functions below. Write a, b, c or d next to each part.
- •4 Read the text above and match actions and results below. Write e, f, g or h next to each action.
- •5 You are Bob. Reply to Richard’s email. Use Bob’s notes for your reply.
- •3 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
- •4 Insert one missing word from the box in each sentence. You don’t need all the words. Mark the position with a dash (/). Write the missing word in the space.
- •Variant 2
- •1 Underline one word in each sentence with the same or similar meaning as a word in the box. Underline the word in the sentence, and write the word from the box in the space.
- •2 Complete the sentences. Write the correct form of words from the box in the spaces. You don’t need all the words.
- •5 Write the correct form of the adjective in the space.
- •6 Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- •7 Read this text. Match the headings in the box to the paragraphs.
- •8 Complete Del’s e-mail.
- •9 Complete Ben’s questions about the generators.
- •Variant 3
- •1 Write the correct word from the box in each space. You don’t need all the words.
- •2 Complete the sentences, using words from the box. Change the form of the words in the box to fit correctly into the sentences.
- •3 Underline the correct word in brackets.
- •4 Choose the correct answers. Write a, b, c or d in each space.
- •5 There is one mistake in each sentence. Write them correctly.
- •6 These phrases are missing from description of the fire extinguisher. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – j) in each space.
- •Variant 4
- •1 One word in each sentence is in an incorrect form. Delete it and write the word in its correct form in the space.
- •2 Replace the underlined phrase with a verb from the box that has the same or similar meaning. Write the verb in its correct form.
- •3 Look at these sentences about the internal combustion engine. Underline one word in each sentence and write a word from the box with the same or similar meaning. You don’t need all the words.
- •4 Choose the correct answers. Write a letter (a – d) in each space.
- •5 Rewrite these sentences to give the same or similar meaning.
- •6 These phrases are missing from description of the new type of engine. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – j) in each space.
- •7 You are a computer specialist. Write replies to these frequently asked questions about computer problems. Use the information in the table.
- •Variant 5
- •1 One word in each sentence is in an incorrect form. Delete it, and write the word in its correct form in the space.
- •2 Replace the underlined phrase with a word/ phrase from the box that has the same or similar meaning.
- •3 Choose the correct answers. Write a letter (a – d) in each space.
- •4 These phrases are missing from description of the red-light camera system. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – l) in each space.
- •5 Complete the report testing a steel wire for a suspension bridge cable. Use the information in the chart.
- •Variant 6
- •1 Write a word from the box in each space. You don’t need all the words.
- •2 Match these headings with the information in the box. Write a letter (a – d) next to each heading.
- •3 Write a word from the box in each space. You don’t need all the words.
- •4 Choose the correct answers. Write a letter (a – d) in each space.
- •5 These phrases are missing from the text about hydropower. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – l) in each space.
- •6 Complete this description of car navigation systems and how they can be improved. Use the notes in the chart.
- •4 Read the text above and match actions and results below. Write e, f, g or h next to each action.
- •5 You are Bob. Reply to Richard’s email. Use Bob’s notes for your reply.
- •Variant 8
- •1 Underline one word in each sentence with the same or similar meaning as a word in the box. Underline the word in the sentence, and write the word from the box in the space.
- •2 Complete the sentences. Write the correct form of words from the box in the spaces. You don’t need all the words.
- •3 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
- •4 Insert one missing word from the box in each sentence. You don’t need all the words. Mark the position with a dash (/). Write the missing word in the space.
- •5 Write the correct form of the adjective in the space.
- •6 Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- •7 Read this text. Match the headings in the box to the paragraphs.
- •8 Complete Del’s e-mail.
- •9 Complete Ben’s questions about the generators.
- •Variant 9
- •1 Write the correct word from the box in each space. You don’t need all the words.
- •2 Complete the sentences, using words from the box. Change the form of the words in the box to fit correctly into the sentences.
- •3 Underline the correct word in brackets.
- •4 Choose the correct answers. Write a, b, c or d in each space.
- •5 There is one mistake in each sentence. Write them correctly.
- •6 These phrases are missing from description of the fire extinguisher. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – j) in each space.
- •Variant 10
- •1 One word in each sentence is in an incorrect form. Delete it and write the word in its correct form in the space.
- •2 Replace the underlined phrase with a verb from the box that has the same or similar meaning. Write the verb in its correct form.
- •3 Look at these sentences about the internal combustion engine. Underline one word in each sentence and write a word from the box with the same or similar meaning. You don’t need all the words.
- •4 Choose the correct answers. Write a letter (a – d) in each space.
- •5 Rewrite these sentences to give the same or similar meaning.
- •6 These phrases are missing from description of the new type of engine. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – j) in each space.
- •7 You are a computer specialist. Write replies to these frequently asked questions about computer problems. Use the information in the table.
4 Choose the correct answers. Write a, b, c or d in each space.
17 I’ve never seen this tool before. What’s it used _____?
a) to b) for c) do d) of
18 The Man Overboard alarm is _____ find people who fall off a boat into the sea.
a) function to b) used for c) designed to d) act as
19 My new invention is an instrument _____ measures walls using a laser beam.
a) that b) what c) for d) to
20 A communications satellite is used _____ radio signals to receivers on Earth..
a) to transmitting b) for transmit
c) as transmitter d) for transmitting
21 The suspension system on a car _____ a cushion and protects it from bumps in the road.
a) is for b) acts as c) designed to d) used as
22 A hovercraft is a vehicle _____ people, goods and vehicles over land and sea.
a) which carries b) what carries
c) that it carries d) it carries
23 The wings on an aeroplane make the plane rise, and also act as _____.
a) stabilise b) stabilises c) stabilisers d) stabilising
24 The fire drill _____ held before the end of this week.
a) need be b) needs to c) need to be d) needs to be
25 These boxes contain frozen foods. They have to _____ in the refrigerator.
a) be kept b) keep c) kept d) have kept
26 Fire extinguishers _____ taken away from their places in the workshop.
a) do not ever b) must not be
c) never be d) you must not
27 The training department should _____ a new computer system for the staff.
a) be bought b) bought c) buy d) to buy
28 Hard hats must _____ everywhere on the building site.
a) wear b) to wear c) worn d) be worn
5 There is one mistake in each sentence. Write them correctly.
29 After an accident, the casualty should covered with a blanket.
____________________________________________________________.
30 Drive straight ahead and then take the second turning the right.
____________________________________________________________.
31 The base of the building is roughly X-shape.
____________________________________________________________.
32 Workers must never be carry on the forks of a forklift truck.
____________________________________________________________.
33 A demand valve used for control the flow of breathing gas to the diver.
____________________________________________________________.
34 A fire exit is a special door allows people to escape from a fire.
____________________________________________________________.
Section 3: Reading
6 These phrases are missing from description of the fire extinguisher. Decide where they fit. Write a letter (a – j) in each space.
A high pressure
B up the siphon and out through the nozzle
C the compressed fluid from escaping
D to aim it directly at the fuel
E be used on electrical fires
F the spring-mounted valve move down
G conduct the current
H press down the operating lever at the top of the cylinder
I from flowing into the nozzle from the siphon
J which strikes the gas cylinder and breaks it open
Water-based fire extinguisher
The fire extinguisher is a strong metal cylinder which is filled with water. A plastic siphon tube leads from the bottom of the cylinder to the nozzle at top of the extinguisher. A spring-mounted valve prevents water (35)__________.
At the top of the cylinder, there is a smaller cylinder which is filled with compressed liquid carbon dioxide. A release valve stops (36)__________.
To use the extinguisher, you pull out the safety pin and (37)__________. The lever pushes on an activating rod, which makes (38)__________ . This opens up the passage to the nozzle.
The bottom of the activating rod has a sharp point, (39)__________. The compressed gas escapes and pushes down the water in the main cylinder with (40)__________. This drives the water (41)__________ with great force.
The correct way to use the extinguisher is (42)__________ (not at the flames themselves) and to move the stream of water from side to side.
A water extinguisher can put out things like burning wood, paper or cardboard, but it must not (43)__________. In an electrical fire, the water may (44)__________, which can electrocute you.
Section 4: Writing
7 A safety inspector inspected a warehouse, and noticed some security and safety problems. Read his report, and complete his recommendations and new safety rules. Use the correct form of the verb(s) in brackets.
Report of safety inspection
Security problems
(45) I saw that the wire fence around the warehouse was broken in three places.
(46) In addition, there were no lights or CCTV cameras around the north fence.
(47) Inside the warehouse, some very valuable goods, such as gold and jewels, were on open shelves. They were not all inside locked wire cages.
Safety problems
(48) I saw a box on the ground in an aisle, and then a warehouseman walked along the aisle and kicked the box under a shelf.
(49) A forklift truck had a flat tyre, but the truck driver drove the truck around the warehouse.
(50) Another forklift truck driver drove his truck too fast (it was about 10 mph). The speed limit in a warehouse is 5 mph.
(51) The same driver crashed the top of the truck against a low ceiling. The ceiling was too low for the top of the truck.
(52) Another forklift truck driver drove his truck forwards up a ramp (this was dangerous).
Recommendations
45 The wire fence around the warehouse should ____________________ . (repair)
46 Lights and CCTV cameras ________________________________________. (install)
47 Valuable goods __________________________________________________. (keep)
New safety rules
48 Boxes or other objects must ______________________________ . (carry from aisle)
49 Forklift truck drivers __________________________________________________. (check; adjust; before they drive)
50 The 5mph speed limit ________________________________________. (break)
51 If the ceiling ______________________________ the top of the truck, the truck ______________________________. (drive)
52 Forklift trucks ________________________________________. (reverse)