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Reading & Use Unit 1

Section 3

For questions 9-13, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

9. Sheila is ........... of the two sisters. 12. . .......... is bad for one’s health.
A. more younger A. Smoking
B. the youngest B. To smoke
C. younger C. To be smoking

10. I wish he ........... harder these days! 13. I don’t believe you saw Rosie. She ...........
We have so much to do! in town yesterday.
A. had worked A. must be Unit 1
B. would work B. can’t be
C. works C. can’t have been

11. Mum told us that we ........... on holiday the
following week.
A. were going
B. had gone
C. went

Section 4

For questions 14-18, choose the best answer (A, B or C) to fill in the gaps.

The Digital Generation Gap

You know the feeling; you’re sitting there scratching your head (14) ....... where the HDMI cable fits into your
smart TV when your teenage son walks into the room and fixes it for you immediately - well, perhaps with a

little bit of persuasion on your part and not (15) ....... you’ve been made to feel really stupid.

Welcome to the world of the digital native where parents are barely (16) ......., if not completely ridiculed
(17) ....... being digitally illiterate and struggling to deal with technology. However, some middle-aged people
have made an effort to use technology but these ‘silver surfers’, as they are known, are treated (18) .......
with disrespect than admiration by the younger generation most of the time.

14. A. thinking B. wondering C. imagining

15. A. before B. after C. when

16. A. allowed B. felt C. tolerated

17. A. at B. by C. for

18. A. hardly B. as C. more

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