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at in BOE on UP FYQSFTT MPDBUJPO 1 Before doing Reading and Use of English Part 2,
answer the questions in the Exam round-up box.
1 Complete the sentences below with at, in or on. Then
check your answers by looking again at the text in
Reading and Use of English Part 5. Exam round-up
Work in pairs. How much do you remember about
I wanted the pleasure of being Africa again.
There I had lived and worked, the heart of the Reading and Use of English Part 2? Discuss these
greenest continent. questions.
Folks lived their lives bush paths the end How many questions are there in this part?
of unpaved roads of red clay, villages of grass- What should you do before you start fi lling the gaps?
roofed huts. If you can’t think of a word for a gap, what should you
... women bent double – most with infants slung do?
their backs. How important is correct spelling?
If you are thoroughly sick of being kept waiting What should you do when you have fi nished?
home or work, travel is perfect.
People knew when to call me, they knew when I would 2 Work in pairs. Some people suggest that in the
be my desk. future virtual travel using computer and internet
Everyone always available at any time the totally technology may replace real travel.
accessible world seemed to me pure horror.
What advantages would virtual travel have over real
2 Work in pairs. Which preposition, at, in or on, is used travel?
to talk about the following? Find examples for each Would you prefer it?
rule in Exercise 1.
3 You will read a short article about two people who
B a position which is thought of as a point, not an were searching for an island. Read the article
area at (3, 6) www.english0905.com
quickly, without paying attention to the gaps, to fi nd
C a position in contact with a surface out how they found the island.
D a position along a border or boundary (e.g. the coast,
the ocean) or along something which connects two Island wanted
places (e.g. a road, a river)
E a position within a larger area or space A few years ago, Ben Keene and Mark James launched
Tribewanted (0) in in a torrent of media
QBHF -BOHVBHF SFGFSFODF at, in and on to express location
coverage. (1) they had had was a simple
3 Each of these sentences contains a mistake idea with potentially enormous consequences for
with prepositions made by exam candidates. Correct tourism: the creation of an eco-friendly sustainable
the mistakes. community existing simultaneously in the virtual world
of the Internet and (2) an actual desert
I come from Mendoza, a town of Argentina.
I’d like to introduce you to my boss, whose offi ce is at island.

the 5th fl oor. How do you go (3) finding an island?
Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries of the Where (4) would you look but on the
world. Internet? Ben and Mark could have bought islands
Public phones are available at almost every large anywhere in the world (5) that they had
square. been able to pay the typical starting price of one million
She spends far too long talking at her mobile phone. dollars. They were not having much luck (6)
There’s a garage at the left and I live just two doors their searches finally led them to a specialist island

along from it. broker who pointed them towards Vorovoro, off the wild
We waited at a queue for more than twenty minutes. north coast of Fiji. With just (7) money on
You will fi nd a youth hostel in almost every island. Ben’s credit card for two return tickets, they decided to
You’ll fi nd a large shopping centre at the outskirts of have a look. No (8) had they seen it than
the city. they decided to buy it.
She decided to go and live for a year to Italy.
Adapted from The Guardian
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