Part 1
The microscope was based on the principle that light could be ______ by a glass lens.
refracted, retracted, retorted, retraced
refracted
An allergy can occur in almost any part of your body, and can _____ caused by just about anything.
be
You wouldn’t expect to find a dead king under a city car park, yet, ASTONISH , this was where archaeologists found Richard III, an English king who died in 1485.
astonishingly
This milk is bad – it smells terrible!
OFF
This milk __________________ – it smells terrible!
has gone off
What's the order of parts on exam day?
Reading, Writing, Listening
The global recording industry has launched its largest wave of legal _____ against people suspected of sharing music files on the internet.
action, activity, acting, acts
action
But mainly, allergies become evident on parts of the body directly exposed ____ the outside world.
to
The accuracy of this portrayal is DEBATE , but the fact that Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field is DISPUTE .
debatable, indisputable
What the archaeologists discovered when they opened the tomb was amazing.
MADE
The ____________________- when they opened the tomb was amazing.
discovery (that/which) the archaeologists made
Can you use Tipex in the exam?
No
Cameras in smartphones are making it much easier to catch newsworthy events. With news regularly breaking on social networks, some journalists are now turning to them as _______ of images as fat-moving events occur.
bases, sources, roots, springs
sources
Certain allergies occur only at certain times of the year, while ______ are there all the time.
others/some
The exact whereabouts of his body after the battle was a mystery but with the discovery of a skeleton in Leicester, people speculated about whether these were the REMAIN of the king.
remains
People are more interested in history than you might expect.
LESS
You ______________________ interested in history.
would/might expect people to be less
True or false? The same word can be repeated in R+UoE Part 2.
True
Steps must be _______ to ensure that people are properly rewarded for their work and that permission is always ______.
climbed, made, walked, taken
applied, sought, demanded, searched
taken, sought
Allergies can occur at any time during your life - _____ usually do so before your fortieth birthday.
most
ANALYSE of DNA from living descendants of the king put IDENTITY of the skeleton beyond doubt – the evidence was CONCLUDE . The last missing king of England had been found.
analysis, identification, conclusive
For me, imagining what life must have been like then is just not possible.
QUITE
I find it ______________________ what life must have been like then.
quite impossible to imagine
True or False: you must write in capital letters in the Listening exam but not for the Reading + Use of English exam
False - write in CAPITAL letters for Listening and Reading (but not for Writing)
Success, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder. How one person chooses to define it can be very different from how others perceive it. For some people, it’s earning a fortune, ______ for others it’s working in a voluntary position helping those less fortunate. It’s also relative rather than _______ because the person who masters a new skill has achieved success in their terms just as much as the self-made millionaire.
as, while, so, since
total, whole, complete, absolute
while, absolute
Sometimes the symptoms are ___ slight you do not even know you have an allergy, and it may take years for an allergy to become noticeable.
so
In certain Olympic games, there has been a SUBSTANCE increase in speeds in recent games. This has been particularly NOTICE in cycling.
substantial, noticeable
It’s difficult for a poorly performing company to make a profit.
TURN
If a company is performing poorly, it’s difficult ___________________ one.
to turn it into a profitable
Which R+UoE Parts are gap fill, multiple choice, and matching?
1,5,6,8: MC
2,3,4: gap fill
7: matching