Use of English

  • Use of English Part 1
  • Use of English Part 2
  • Use of English Part 3
  • Use of English Part 4
 

Use of English Part 1

Part 1

For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In tho oxam, mark your answers on tho separate answer sheet.

 

Old skills: new products

It seems that when it (0) ... to traditional crafts, everyone agrees that they shouldn't be allowed to 1 out.

But if ancient skills which have been 2 down from generation to generation are going to survive,

then there must be a viable 3 for them.

4 it may seem to go against tradition, sometimes the future lies in finding new uses for old products.

A good example is the cloth 5 as Harris tweed, which is produced on an island off the northwest coast of Scotland. A few years ago, there was only one full-time weaver of the cloth left on the island.

It was all that 6 of an industry that

once employed a large 7 of local people.

But local producers are now providing material for use in a 8 of fashionable handbags, hats and furnishings.

This 9 in the fortunes of the industry

all started way 10 in 2004, when a sample of Harris tweed was sent to Nike, the sportswear manufacturer

The company decided to use the material on a trainer called 'The Terminator' to demonstrate how 11 a traditional material can be incorporated into a modem product.

This 12 to a large order for cloth, which involved lots of people on the island rediscovering the ancient skill of weaving.

1 A end
B run
C die
D finish

2 A brought
B handed
C carried
D taken

3 A market
B business
C commerce
D trade

4 A Providing
B Despite
C Given
D Although

5 A seen
B referred
C known
D regarded

6 A remained
B recalled
C resumed
D repeated

7 A extent
B number
C degree
D amount

8 A range
B choice
C mixture
D pick

9 A turn
B change
C switch
D move

10 A ago
B past
C back
D since

11 A effectively
B especially
C actually
D certainly

12 A followed
B resulted
C caused
D led


 

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