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Paper 3: Use of English (1 hour)

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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).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:0 A regarded B said C presented D proposed

0 A B C D

1 A dawned B struck C hit D crossed

2 A featured B presented C inserted D highlighted

3 A pioneer B forerunner C prior D foretaste

4 A livened B initiated C launched D inspired

5 A breakthrough B leap C step D headway

6 A common B whole C wide D mass

7 A retreat B retrace C resume D retrieve

8 A kept B took C stood D made

9 A set B placed C laid D put

10 A apart B aside C alone D away

11 A flowing B going C running D passing

12 A scene B area C land D world

Thomas Cook could be 0 to have invented the global tourist industry. He was born in England in 1808 and became a cabinet-maker. Then he 1 on the idea of using the newly-invented railways for pleasure trips and by the summer of 1845, he was organizing commercial trips. The first was to Liverpool and 2 a 60-page handbook for the journey, the 3 of the modern holiday brochure. The Paris Exhibition of 1855 4 him to create his first great tour, taking in France, Belgium and Germany. This also included a remarkable 5 – Cook’s first cruise, an extraordinary journey along the Rhine. Nothing like this had been available before, but it was only the beginning. Cook had invented 6 tourism and now became a pioneering giant, striding across

the world, travelling incessantly, researching every little detail before being absolutely confident that he could send the public to 7 his steps. Cook was not slow in thinking beyond Europe, and he turned his gaze upon Africa. The expertise he had gained with his pioneering cruise along the Rhine in 1855 8 him in good stead when it came to organizing a fantastic journey along the Nile in 1869. Few civilians had so much as 9 foot in Egypt, let 10 travelled along this waterway through history and the remains of a vanished civilization 11 back thousands of years. Then, in 1872, Cook organized, and took part in, the first conducted world tour. The whole adventure took 222 days and the 12 of travel has not been the same since.

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