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    Lacrosse originated in mid-America during the 12th century as a Native American game. It involved teams of up to 1,000 men using sticks with nets to throw a rubber ball into the opposing team's goal. In 1994, lacrosse was declared Canada's national summer sport. An indoor version of the game called box lacrosse was created in the 1930s and became popular in Canada due to harsh winter weather limiting outdoor play.

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    Lacrosse originated in mid-America during the 12th century as a Native American game. It involved teams of up to 1,000 men using sticks with nets to throw a rubber ball into the opposing team's goal. In 1994, lacrosse was declared Canada's national summer sport. An indoor version of the game called box lacrosse was created in the 1930s and became popular in Canada due to harsh winter weather limiting outdoor play.

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    Lacrosse originated in mid-America during the 12th century as a Native American game. It involved teams of up to 1,000 men using sticks with nets to throw a rubber ball into the opposing team's goal. In 1994, lacrosse was declared Canada's national summer sport. An indoor version of the game called box lacrosse was created in the 1930s and became popular in Canada due to harsh winter weather limiting outdoor play.

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    ENTRANCE EXAM IN ENGLISH Version A1

    For questions 1 – 9 read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
    Only one answer is correct.

    The history of lacrosse


    Lacrosse is a team game 1) .......... in mid-America, probably during the 12th century. Long-handed
    sticks with small nets on the end are used to catch, carry and throw a rubber ball. Players score by
    shooting the ball into the opposing team´s goal. In 1994, lacrosse was 2) .......... Canada´s national
    summer sport. This traditional Native American game sometimes 3) .......... for days. Teams 4) ..........
    of anything from 100 to 1,000 men played on a field that 5) .......... for many kilometres. 6) ..........
    lacrosse balls were made of deerskin, clay and stone.
    In 1856, Dr Beers, a Canadian dentist 7) .......... the Montreal Lacrosse Club. He shortened the game
    and reduced the number of players to twelve per team. Until 1930s, all lacrosse was played on
    outdoor fields. When an indoor 8) .......... of the game, called Box Lacrosse, was created, it soon
    became the most common form of the sport in Canada partly, due to the severe winter weather that
    9) .......... opportunities for outdoor play.

    1) A) generated B) commenced C) originated D) formed


    2) A) declared B) claimed C) announced D) revealed
    3) A) took B) lasted C) spent D) passed
    4) A) consisting B) combining C) containing D) composing
    5) A) expanded B) increased C) ranged D) stretched
    6) A) First B) Initial C) Early D) Prior
    7) A) installed B) founded C) found D) realised
    8) A) kind B) category C) version D) type
    9) A) limits B) excludes C) controls D) reserves

    For questions 10 – 38 read the sentences below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
    space. Only one answer is correct.

    10) George is the best friend I ………………...


    A) was ever met C) have ever met
    B) had ever met D) was ever meeting

    11) I am so hungry! I wish ………………... my breakfast this morning.

    A) hadn´t skipped C) wouldn´t have skipped


    B) didn´t skip D) wouldn´t skip

    12) I do not understand why the whole thing turned out so badly, and ………………... do you, I assume.
    A) so C) nor
    B) not D) no

    13) ………………... you have nothing to declare, you can go straight through the green channel.
    A) unless C) whether
    B) providing D) before

    14) There are always mistakes because the firm is so ……………….. .


    A) unefficient C) imefficient
    B) inefficient D) efficient

    15) Keep on doing this work ………………... someone else comes to swap with you.
    A) before C) therefore
    B) until D) by

    16) The meat has gone off. It´s no use ………………... it in the fridge.
    A) to keep C) keeping
    B) to be kept D) you keep

    17) The airhostess told the passengers to ………………...their seatbelts.


    A) tie C) fasten
    B) attach D) fix

    18) I was late because I ………………...how much time I´d need.


    A) preestimated C) underestimated
    B) overestimated D) misestimated

    19) Everybody hopes that one day a cure for that lethal disease will………………...
    A) to be found C) be found
    B) be fined D) be founded

    20) He was ……………….. television when his friends arrived.


    A) was watching C) has watched
    B) had watched D) has been watching

    21) She stayed depressingly fat ………………... all her efforts to get slimmer.
    A) against C) however
    B) although D) despite

    22) A: Would you like a grapefruit or kiwi? B: ………………… . I don´t mind.


    A) Either C) None
    B) Neither D) One

    23) I am very……………….. in what you are saying. Go on, please.

    A) concerned C) enjoyed
    B) interested D) interesting

    24) Who drives ……………….. in your family?


    A) fastliest C) fastest
    B) most fastly D) the fastliest

    25) I ……………….... all my exams by May.


    A) will make C) have made
    B) will have done D) have done

    26) Our father is strict, he always insists ………………..rules.


    A) observation C) to follow
    B) to observe D) on observing

    27) What does your friend do ……………….. a living?


    A) for C) like
    B) of D) as

    28) Two hundred and fifty dollars is too much for that t-shirt. It´s just not ………………... it.
    A) bargain C) deal
    B) worth D) value

    29) We should insure our cottage ………………... it is burgled.


    A) if C) in case
    B) when D) unless
    30) When you go to ……………….. Laos, you must take ……………….. boat on ………………..Mekong.
    A) ---, the, --- C) ---, a, ---
    B) ---, a, the D) ---, the, the

    31) The expenditures ………………... rise in the days to come.


    A) dare to C) ought
    B) have D) may

    32) He claimed repeatedly at the party that he ………………... become the president of the company.
    A) will C) has
    B) had D) will have

    33) Oh look! Your car is the same ………………....


    A) like my C) as mine
    B) as my D) like mine

    34) If she ………………..the exam, she would be in high spirits.


    A) passed C) has passed
    B) pass D) would pass

    35) The train was overcrowded. Luckily we didn´t have ………………..


    A) many luggages C) many luggage
    B) much bags D) much luggage

    36) You´d better ………………... me back my key.


    A) gave C) given
    B) to give D) give

    37) You ………………... to whisper. Nobody can hear us.

    A) needn´t C) don´t have


    B) mustn´t D) couldn´t

    38) Who ……………….. was coming to see me this morning?


    A) you said C) did you say that
    B) did you say D) you did say

    For questions 39 – 50 read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
    space. Only one answer is correct.

    Losing my link with the Internet


    Last Friday afternoon, without any warning, the screen on my desktop computer suddenly went
    39)………. . I had been surfing the Web when it happened, while also 40)………. several other programs
    at the same time, so my first thought was that the computer had 41)..........
    But when I checked other 42)………., such as word processing and the music player, I realized that it
    was just the webpage which had stopped working, so I tried to 43)………. to the Internet again. This
    time the only thing on the green was a message saying ´the internet browser cannot 44)………. the
    webpage´.
    Realizing that I might have a 45)………. problem, I moved the PC away from the wall and looked to see
    whether the broadband 46)………. had come loose, but it was fine. I wondered then whether my
    computer had become a victim of one of those 47)………. you can get online so I used my anti-virus
    software to check the 48)………. drive, but everything seemed normal.
    Finally, I decided to call the helpline of the shop where I´d bought the computer. By then it was late
    on Friday and not surprisingly the line was 49)………. for ages, but when at last I managed to speak to
    someone they suggested I should switch off and then restart my PC. I did so, and within seconds of
    clicking on the browser icon I found I was able to 50)………… the Internet again. If only I had thought
    of that earlier, I would have saved myself a lot of time.

    39) A) plain B) blank C) bare D) vacant


    40) A) running B) driving C) operating D) performing
    41) A) cracked B) tripped C) collapsed D) crashed
    42) A) variations B) applications C) publications D) communications
    43) A) key in B) log on C) plug into D) load up
    44) A) present B) offer C) display D) provide
    45) A) connection B) composition C) conjunction D) combination
    46) A) string B) rope C) cable D) chain
    47) A) bugs B) diseases C) stains D) faults
    48) A) firm B) solid C) hard D) fixed
    49) A) filled B) committed C) employed D) engaged
    50) A) board B) access C) join D) enter

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