Task1 : Fil in the blanks with the words in the list below (6pts)

Larger /  has/ by / the / rise / in / shown / twice / availability / grants / graduates / to

A dramatic  increase in student debt in recent years has been revealed by a survey carried on 2.400 university graduates . The survey has shown that by the time students leave university, they have borrowed twice as much as their counterparts in 1994, and the debt burden is expected and the to grow larger the reduction in student grants and the  increasing availability of special student loans has led to a massive rise in brorrowing , according to the survey.

Task 2 : Circle the right alternative (5.5 pts)

Most experts agree the it is becoming harder to get a secure job nowadays.That's why

attractive
most working people will agree that however  awful their job is, it is probably 
 interesting
stress unemployment anxiety
less     stressed than being  employed the anxious    of job hunting
stressful unemployed anxiously
lose bad
the     loss       of self-confidence and the financial worry are definitely worst
lost worse
job-relating positive
than a little job-related pressure.Stress can be position and can often
job-relation  positively
 creatve
improve performance and stimulate creativity In a world where financial instability is
ceator
vitality job secure
increasing, it has becom  vitally   to think of  security job before anything else
vital  job security

 

Task 3 : Put the bracketed  verbs in the right tense or form : (2.5pts)

A bomb (blow) blew up at one of the main hotels in town yesterday while several businessmen (hold) were holding a conference .Fortunately only a few people(wound) were wounded it has been reported that the hotel manger received messages  two weeks ago (warn) warning him of such an attack . He (be) has been his guard ever since .