PART I. READING. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS. You must answer all the questions about the same text. NO POINTS will be given to mixed answers. Clearly identify on your paper which text you have chosen.
TEXT 1: The Cellist Of Sarajevo
During the terrible civil war in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the city of Sarajevo was besieged and the population was continually under attack. There were many civilian victims. To make matters worse, people had to live without water, electricity or food. Few shops were open.
On May 27, 1.992, a bakery opened in the afternoon and many people queued to buy bread. Unfortunately, a mortar shell exploded near the shop at four o'clock and twenty-two people were killed while waiting for their turn to buy fresh bread.
Vedran Smailovic, a city resident musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, lived near the shop. When he heard the news, he was so sad that he decided to do something about it. He was a musician and he didn't find a better answer to this tragedy than playing his cello, most notably performing Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor, one of the saddest pieces of music. For twenty-two days, he put on his concert clothes, took his plastic chair to the ruined square of the downtown Sarajevo marketplace, and started playing music at exactly four o'clock in the afternoon. He was often under the threat of snipers and shells, but fortunately, he was never hurt.
His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. The Canadian author, Steven Galloway, based a character on Smailovic in his bestselling 2.008 novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo.
Vedran Smailovic escaped the city in late 1.993 and has since been working in numerous music projects as a performer, composer, and conductor. He now lives in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
Adapted from myenglishpages.com
TEXT 1. QUESTIONS
READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
1. During the siege of Sarajevo, people had to face a precarious life.
2. By the time the shell exploded, 22 people had already bought some bread.
3. Smailovic never risked his life while playing at the square of Sarajevo.
4. Vedran Smailovic quitted his job after leaving the city.

PART II. LEXICON / PHONETICS (2 POINTS):
A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
1. waited in a line:
2. demolished:
3. courage:
4. musical director:
B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
1. Look for a word containing the diphthong /aI/.
2. How is the ED pronounced in KILLED: /t/, /d/ or /Id/?
3. How is the EA pronounced in THREAT: /i:/, /e/ or /@/?
4. Find a word with a similar sound as in HURT /3:/.

PART III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Choose SIX of these sentences and rewrite them starting with the words given.
1. There is no other mobile charger faster than this. This is
2. The last time I met her was 3 months ago. I haven't
3. They fixed my water tap in only half an hour. I had
4. I haven't drunk alcohol for eleven years. I stopped
5. "How long have you been living in this flat?", they asked me. They asked me
6. She wrote such a brilliant report that she got the highest marks. The report she wrote was
7. The weather will probably be milder in the evening. The weather
8. Someone threw away old furniture next to the street rubbish bin. Old furniture
9. I have joined a charity. It helps homeless people. The charity
10. Let me give you a piece of advice: don't marry him. If I
11. The children behaved in spite of the long journey. Although the journey
12. We are looking after Sarah's kids these days. (Make a question for the underlined part of the answer)

PART IV. WRITING
Write ONE of these two compositions (3 POINTS). If you write two, no points will be given to the second one. Your composition must have at least 125 words.
OPTION 1: The role of music in your life. How important is music in your life?
OPTION 2: Pros and cons of tablets instead of textbooks at schools.