Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Sponsoring great athletic events

In the 1998 World Cup, sports fans around the world (31) ______ various battles between fierce football rivals but also between the companies that sponsored them.

Nike sponsored Brazil. Adidas sponsored France. While the teams (32) ______ for the biggest prize in football, the two companies tried to win the biggest battle, the battle of the brands as 500 million people from 195 countries turn in to watch the greatest footballers in the world. Afterwards, the sportswear companies’ hope was for people to go out and buy some new kits. Adidas paid $20 million for the privilege of being an official sponsor of the 1998 World Cup and so one might have assumed it would have had the greatest presence at the (33) ______

Sometimes, however, sponsoring doesn’t (34) ______ the company much good. Other times, the sponsors’ advertising campaigns are very original. Nike has claimed that if sponsors really want to support athletes, they can’t turn up only for the photo opportunities and the media events and smile and (35) ______ for the cameras. They have to accept the whole package with its spitting, swearing, sweating and blistering-breaking. They just have to get used to it.

Question 33

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word/phrases SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was established in 1946.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word/phrases SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 23: Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city with Institutions for high quality linguistic teaching.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 19: Everybody in the house woke up when the burglar alarm ______.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 24: I would be happy to go along with the idea.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 8: Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster _____, so we see the lightening before we hear the thunder.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 12: 500 years ago, the average human ______ was about 40 years.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 27: James should have been told the news a long time ago.