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(1)USE OF LANGUAGE Film Review - 'Tiger claw' Twenty years ago Bruce Lee inspired a kind of film which has popular everywhere in the world since - the kung-fu movie Tiger claw is another kung-fu film, likely to be a classic I don't mean to say that this one is not is anything particularly wrong with this movie as a of amusement for an evening, but viewers are likely to forget about it as soon as they walk out of the cinema The plot is rather simple - girl is kidnapped by villian, boy rescues her after a series of car chases, shootings, and, of lots of violent hand-to-hand combat It all happens in Hong Kong, which is the scene for the other five kung-fu films made by director Hu Dekawu Some of the special effects are very good, while for the scene teeth So 12 10 are just ridiculous If you want to what I mean, look the hero destroys an armoured car by using just a cigarette 11 and his you go to see this film? Well, if you like this sort of thing, you will probably think it worth 13 five pounds for If not, I suggest 15 14 you stay at home and see what is on the TV your money for the new Spielberg movie coming out next month! Answers Your answers might be different but still correct If you are not sure, check with a teacher Top of Form become 4.there also 10 where 13 spending 2.ever form others 11 lighter 14 that though/but course see 12 should 15 save Codes Making and breaking codes has long been The first codes often were used for military information would be on it of the practical applications of pure mathematics , so that even if a courier captured, his to the enemy The ancient Spartans used a long strip of skin with writing when this skin was wrapped around a stick of the right size could the message be read Later Julius Caesar protected his communications in Gaul the Gauls could not understand - a trick frontier, where Greek was also writing his messages in Greek, which was used again by Englishmen on India's north west (2) The most by 10 basic codes are called substitution codes, where one letter of the alphabet is replaced 11 symbol Although more sophisticated codes have been , today's commonest 12 code is the PIN, or personal identity number Today PINs are used by all of us in 13 our bank accounts, 14 mobile phones and to 15 life, to on to internet accounts Answers Your answers might be different but still correct If you are not sure, check with a teacher one purposes was useless Only by which unknown common 10 another 11 developed 12 daily 13 see 14 use 15 log Choose the words on the answer form below which best fit the gaps in this text.Then click on the button on the answer page next to that word If you change your mind, you can click another button Erasmus One of the greatest thinkers and writers of the Renaissance was the scholar Desiderius Erasmus FCE Use of English part test1 Answer sheet A B C D Dutchman Holland Dutch Hollow spot situation time part have were still now doing made making did of in that having to from away into Even But Despite Though who he they which bitterly angry loudly most 10 as by of for 11 while in during for 12 had been looked grown He visited most countries of Europe and won the friendship 10 leading scholars of his time Erasmus wrote his Encomium moriae 11 a stay in England While in the city of Cambridge, he criticised the beer as being too weak, but he seems to have 12 an admirer of English girls 13 the one being to be as one 14 be to be being been 15 then when in at Erasmus saw the Latin language 13 of the things which could help to bring unity to Answers Erasmus lived in a troubled The medieval idea of feudalism was in decline, and new ideas being developed At the same time, the corruption of the church was people restless and confused In an era of growing fanaticism and violence Erasmus was a voice calm and moderation With Europe splitting different religious factions, he tried to maintain peace and unity Erasmus was a powerful critic of the corruption of the church, he did not reject the past We have records of his arguments with Martin Luther, the leader of those wanted a complete change However, Erasmus’ appeals for reason and tolerance were not heard in the increasingly religious debate (3) Europe In 1516 he published a new Latin translation of the New Testament This work caused him 14 recognised as one of the greatest writers of his generation He died in 1536 15 the age of seventy C C B C A D D A B 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.D Choose the words on the answer form below which best fit the gaps in this text.Then click on the button on the answer page next to that word If you change your mind, you can click another button Early European Dolls Dolls have as children’s playthings for thousands of years However, they were manufactured as toys in large numbers in Germany in the century The centres of the industry were factories at Nuremberg, Augsburg, and Sonneberg The dolls were primitive and of wood, clay, rags, and wax They were dressed in clothes to German women of the time Soon factories in England, France, Holland, and Italy, as well as Germany, began dolls dressed in fashions of their respective countries Another of doll, "lady" dolls, were extremely expensive and elegant, and were used as gifts the aristocracy These dolls, and the "fashion" dolls, which were later manufactured in Paris, have remained popular 10 since Such dolls were often used to model the latest clothing trends and were sent from one country to another to show off the latest fashions Today they are prized collector’s 11 By the 17th century, however, 12 dolls began to appear, made of cloth or leather, and these were very 13 as toys for both boys and girls There were several improvements in manufacturing Dolls’ heads became more realistic, and new materials were used 14 in the 18th century manufacturers developed soft leather which 15 like human skin, and this was used in the more expensive dolls Dolls began to look, feel, and move more like humans FCE Use of English part test1 Answer sheet A B C D existed been used sported initially factored first final recent fifteenth fifteen fiveteen fabricated construction fabric made resemblance be as look like appear production produce producing produced clothes typical those famous brand make breed type among for to with 10 also for ever until 11 dolls things prizes items 12 latest cloth then simpler 13 adapted suitable useful utilised 14 Soon But Early When 15 resembled fits covering felt Answers A C B D C C B D A 10.C 11.D 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.D (4)