SHOPPING FOR GIRLS
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 663.
PART 2: Open cloze
For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
| Example: | have |
Little girls all over London (0) …. a twelve-year-old boy to thank for making some of
their dreams (16) …… true. Vivienne Pringle was out shopping with her children
(17) ……. they passed an empty shop. As a game, she asked them what (18) ……. of
thing they thought should be sold in it. Her son Benedict Pringle said that (19) …….
wasn't a shop that sold all the things that his four-year-old sister liked and that's what he
(20) ….. sell there. Thinking about his suggestion, Vivienne realised it was a great idea.
(21)……. many different shops sold some things aimed (22) ….. little girls, no-one
had thought of putting them all together in (23) ……. place.
Vivienne, (24) …..already ran a successful mail order company, opened her first shop
last March. It is called Girlheaven. (25) …you might expect, it sells traditional toys and
educational games, but the best-selling lines are party clothes and all the accessories that
go (26) ……. them. In short, as (27)...... as it's pink and glittery, it sells at Girlheaven.
But the shop is also a fun place to visit. On Saturdays, there are dance shows led
(28) ……. members of the sales staff and the young shoppers are invited to join
(29) …… It's even possible (30) …… regular customers to hold their birthday parties
there.
| PART 3: Key word translations Example: | For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the f'irst sentence, using word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an example a beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example: 0 Fred no longer tries to beat his son at tennis.
given
Fred..................... to beat his son at tennis.
The gap can be filled by the words 'has given up trying' so you write:
|
31 Before his accident Peter played a lot of football.
used
Peter.................... of football before his accident.
32Do you plan to stay at home tomorrow?
going
Are................... at home tomorrow?
33 I don't think Billy was lying about the missing money.
telling
I think Billy was............ about the missing money.
34 Polly's addiction to chocolate led her to take up shoplifting.
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