Part 1. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the numbered boxes.

1. The students are being made to work harder. 2. Hardly had we arrived at school when it started to rain. 3. On behalf of all of us who are here tonight, I would like to thank Mr. Jones for his talk. 4. For me, the film didn’t live up to all the enthusiastic publicity it received. 5. All the sales people I met always try to talk me into buying their products. 6. Mary was the last applicant to be interviewed. 7. She couldn’t perform well once she was under pressure. 8. There's no need to be nervous. You're quite capable of passing your final exam. 9. Do you know the man who is wearing the very valuable old gold watch? 10. By the year of 2010, they will have worked in this factory for three years. 11. If he hadn’t been in the woods at that particular time, he wouldn’t have witnessed the suicide. 12. His sister suggested that he not wear jeans and T-shirt when he went for the interview. 13. I would like these reports to be photocopied as soon as the photocopier is available. 14. In the primary school, a child is in the comparatively simple setting. 15. After the appointment of the new manager the staff worked more effectively. 16. The journalist refused to disclose the source of his information. 17. The nurse was on duty in the hospital all night. 18. “But son, you are my own flesh and blood.” 19. “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” “Thanks for asking. I just need an early night.” 20. Many elderly people have to live on the money they put aside when they were working.