tailieunhanh - cambridge certificate of proficiency in english 3 2

| Test 4 PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH 1 hour 30 minutes Part 1 For questions 1-15 read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning 0 . Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example IjF F u L L Letter from a Genius In 1912 the world s top mathematicians began to receive letters which were O .fyJL. of incredibly complex formulae. They came from Madras in India 1 .a 23-year-old accounts clerk named Srinivasa Ramanujan had seemingly 2 .up with hundreds of new solutions to known mathematical problems 3 .any form of assistance or training. For the most 4 . the professional mathematicians response was the usual one 5 .faced with eccentric letters they consigned them straight 6 .the bin. But in 1913 some reached G. H. Hardy a leading authority in number theory at Cambridge University. He too initially dismissed the letters 7 .the work of an eccentric but unable to 8 . them out of his head he eventually subjected them to closer scrutiny. After a few hours Hardy arrived 9 . the conclusion that what he had 10 . him was the work of a mathematical genius a view confirmed by colleagues with 11 .he shared his discovery. Before very 12 .Ramanujan had received an invitation to Cambridge and once there he soon proved 13 .worth A fruitful collaboration with Hardy 14 .in the opening up of vast areas of mathematical research still being worked on to 15 .day. 94 Pilper 3 Use of English Part 2 For questions 16-25 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning 0 . Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example 0 VEGETATION Lack of pastures new Human activity made its mark on land use and O .Ví3í . in coastal regions of southern Europe long before the first 16 .holidays arrived. By classical times these areas had .