Answers to the mock exam:

1. consideration 2. conversation 3. composer 4. composition 5. complex / complicated
2. assimilate 2. neglect 3. colonize / colonise / conquer 4. estimate 5. a grant / a scholarship 6. occur / take place / happen 7. disintegrate 8. encounter 9. parent 10. cleanse
3. glow 2. polite 3. scarcely 4. knock 5. glance 6. out of order 2. ran into 8. put my finger on 9. reverse 10. puzzled
4. trailer 2. supporting role 3. director 4. script / screenplay 5. Monologue
5. keys 2. chorus 3. review 4. read 5. catchy 6. headphones 7. hymns 8. sheet music 9. arranged 10. intervals
6. 1. landscape 2. contemporary art 3. Oil painting 4. watercolour 5. sculpture 6. pottery 7. depict 8. motif 9. self-portrait 10. masterpiece
7. 1. the novels 2. the author’s 3. short stories 4. reviews 5. the plot / storyline 6. characters 7. was published 8. literary awards 9. theme / subject 10. detective stories / thrillers
8. 1. a crossroads 2. a means 3. a phenomenon 4. a loaf 5. a tooth 6. a sheep 7. a mosquito 8. a shelf 9. a mother-in-law 10. a piece of clothing / a garment
9. 1. a series 2. a piece of news / an item of news 3. an analysis 4. a hobby 5. a goose 6. a berry 7. a salmon 8. a knife 9. an editor-in-chief 19. a person
10. 1. an Italian painter 2. an engineer3. – fame 4. a painter 5. a variety of subjects 6. – anatomy 7. a humanist idol 8. a contribution 9. – later generations 10. a / the younger contemporary of his
11. 1. Julia and Robert’s car 2. the entrance of the building / the entrance to the building 3. the State of New York / New York State 4. (the) teachers’ ideas 5. this friend of Leena’s