Complete the sentences with the correct 3 form of the verb in brackets.

1 I wish the papers .............................. ( stop ) reporting nothing but bad news. It's really depressing me.

2 It's high time you .............................. ( start ) taking more responsibility for your own well-being.

3 If only I .............................. ( realise ) the job was going to be so di cult! I would never have accepted it - I'd have kept my old job.

4 I love it here but I sometimes wish it .............................. ( not rain ) so much.

5 If only I .............................. ( get ) out of the habit of going to bed so late. I'm always so tired in the mornings.

6 I'd rather we .............................. ( not go ) out tonight. Let's stay in and watch a movie.

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 He was a genius in many ways but somewhat .............................. when it came to his very poor choice of friends. A misinterpreted C misguided B misunderstood D mistrusted

2 Much as I liked the rst candidate, I do have some .............................. about o ering her the job. A misgivings C misinterpretations B misunderstandings D misspellings

3 They live in a rather .............................. little grey house on the outskirts of town. A unassuming C insipid B nondescript D nonchalant

4 Some of the participants' names had been .............................. in the conference programme. A misspelt C misled B misunderstood D misinterpreted

5 The student representatives were more than a little .............................. about the school director's refusal to see them. A disturbed C disillusioned B disgruntled D disinclined 6 The idea that bread is fattening is a common .............................. that many people have. A misconception C misprint B misinterpretation D misgiving

Read the article below and think of the word which best ts each gap. Use only one word for each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Getting the measure of the happiest man on earth

Matthieu Ricard, 'the happiest man on earth' abandoned a successful scientific career (0) ........to...................... become a Buddhist monk. Since (1) .............................. , this unassuming man has taken a host of stunning photographs of the Himalayas, acted (2) .............................. the Dalai Lama's interpreter and meditated for many thousands of hours. According to Ricard, there are a number of misconceptions about meditation, the most common (3) .............................. being the idea that it's all about making the mind go blank. Instead, he explains, what we should be doing is learning to let our thoughts pass without holding on to (4) .............................. . If Ricard himself is anything to go by, (5) .............................. is an approach which produces some fairly extraordinary results. When scientists recently measured the activity of the French monk's brain, they found that the parts known to generate positive emotions were far (6) .............................. active and highly developed in Ricard than they were in others, so much (7) .............................. that the scientists thought their equipment might be faulty. (8) .............................. wasn't. When it comes to measuring happiness, Matthieu Ricard is simply right off the scale.

1 Do you think Tina will come to the party? A She might. B She might do. C She might do it.

2 Are you and Max going to have a holiday this year? A We hope. B We hope we are. C We hope so.

3 Would your daughter like a drink? A No, thank you. She's just had it. B No, thank you. She's just had one. C No, thank you. She doesn't want one.

4 Were you thinking of coming into the o ce tomorrow? A No, but I can. B No, but I can do. C No, but I can be.

5 Which of your brothers is it who works as a scriptwriter? A The eldest. B The eldest one is. C The eldest one.

6 How many times have you been to Formentera? A Three. B Three times. C They are three.

For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best ts each gap.

Use only one word for each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Failure leads to success Success takes time, patience and commitment. (0) .........in..................... the digital age of 'overnight' success stories, this hard graft is easily overlooked. (1) .............................. often than not, success is the result of months and years of consecutive all-nighters, involving trial and error, setback after setback. There is often nothing quite (2) .............................. failure to make people strive harder for success. A worrying trend in some schools is the pretence that there are (3) .............................. winners or losers in school sports. It may be hard for children to accept failure but, equally, it's unfair not to encourage and reward talent. This applies (4) .............................. all subjects, including sport. Removing the competitive spirit from schools crushes the incentive to improve and does not prepare young people (5) .............................. the trials ahead. In school, let (6) .............................. reward those high achievers but at the same time encourage those that (7) .............................. failed to do better. (8) .............................. we mustn't forget is that the keen sting of failure can spur on greatness.

For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that ts in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Message in a bottle News that a bottle (0) .............containing................. a message sent by two twelve-year-old French-Canadian girls has been found on a beach in Ireland, eight years after it had fi rst set sail from Canada, has been met with (1) .............................. . The story has captured the (2) .............................. of people all over the world. The girls threw the bottle into the St Lawrence River in Quebec while on holiday. But the chances of it being picked up by ten-year-old Oisin Millea eight years later on the other side of the world were (3) .............................. . The message, which was placed in a two-litre Sprite bottle, was written in French and is still (4) .............................. legible. Oisin made the (5) .............................. while walking on the beach near his home in County Waterford. His mother said Oisin was an (6) .............................. treasure-hunter but this was by far the most incredible fi nd he'd yet made. She added that one of the most (7) .............................. things about this story was the amount of media attention it has attracted from news (8) .............................. all over the world.