A) LEISURE

Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
It is now generally recognised that stress is a major (1) ..C of heart disease,
and contributes to many other illnesses. Stress is increased by (2) such as
worry, overwork and lack of eercise or relaation. !or it is just as im"ortant
from a "sychological "oint of (#) to rela as it is to ($) "hysical
eercise. %elaing does not necessarily mean just la&ing about and doing
nothing. 'he benefits of a weekend away or the diversion of s"orting activities
are considerable. If you are suffering from high stress (() , or wish to
()) after a trying day, it is generally advisable to have a change of
(*) +lthough there are some individuals who (,) on stress, for
most of us, it can lead to ehaustion, mood swings and even severe de"ression.
1) + reason
2) + factors
#) + fact
$) + make
() + rates
)) + hold u"
*) + scene
,) + bloom
- motive
- as"ects
- de"arture
- have
- layers
- wind down
- location
- "ros"er
. cause
. elements
. view
. undergo
. ratios
. draw back
. sight
. thrive
/ "ur"ose
/ items
/ return
/ take
/ levels
/ "eter out
/ "lace
/ flourish
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a) 'he new leisure centre doesn0t 1uite come u" to my 222222. 3453.'
b) 'here was a bare ............................... of "eo"le at the youth club. 6+7/
c) 6elen0s solo crossing of the 5acific was a ............................... feat. %38+%9
d) :e ............................... go to the "ub before lunch on Sunday. ;+%<
e) +ll the runners, with the ............................... of 8ark, were
ehausted. 34.35'
f) =ur club has just "urchased new s"orts ................................ 3>?I5
g) =ur city has some o"en s"aces but they are not very
................................ +..3SS
h) Is it "ossible to ............................... between a hobby and an
interest@ /IS'I7.'
i) 7owadays ............................... numbers of "eo"le are taking u"
jogging. I7.%3+S3
j) Aeisure habits won0t change much in the ...............................
future. S33
Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best cop!etes each
co!!ocation or fixed phrase.
;ery few "o"ular (1) ......... s"orts today remain amateur in any sense of the
word. In the "ast, even in cases where "ayment to "layers or athletes was
forbidden, many s"orts tolerated what became known as 0shamateurism0, and
even the s"orts governing (2) turned a blind eye to such (#) as the
"aying of 0e"enses0. 8ore recently, s"ort has become, in effect, a ($) of
the entertainment industry, and the elite (() in s"orts such as swimming,
tennis, football and track athletics can e"ect to become very rich. 'his worries
some "eo"le, who com"lain that the old =lym"ic ideal has been lost, but the
fact is, s"ort has become more and more "rofessional in the wider sense, not
only re1uiring total dedication from ()) cham"ions, but also e"ensive
facilities, training and nutritional advice.
1) + audience - watching . s"ectator / viewing
2) + associations - confederations . authorities / bodies
#) + "ractices - occurrences . acts / o"erations
$) + branch - division . wing / limb
() + doers - "layers . makers / "erformers
)) + ho"eful - as"iring . striving / wishful
B) "RA#EL A$D %&#E%E$"
Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best cop!etes each
co!!ocation or fixed phrase.
8ost big cities were built long before the heyday of the "rivate car. +s a result
they rarely have enough s"ace for moving traffic or "arked vehicles, and long
1ueues of (1) ...C..... vehicles are a common sight. Indeed some cities end u"
being almost "ermanently (2) during the day. 'hose that have a
relatively free (#) of traffic at nonB"eak "eriods of the day do not esca"e
either. 'he ($) hour of early morning or early evening can easily see
traffic brought to a (() 'he effects of ehaust ()) on air "ollution
in cities has been well documented. -uses might be seen as the solution, but
they move slowly because of the sheer (*) of other traffic, thus
encouraging more commuters to abandon (,) trans"ort.
1) + standing
2) + stuffed
#) + flow
$) + "ush
() + standstill
)) + smells
*) + si&e
,) + civic
- settled
- saturated
- current
-rush
- holdBu"
- odours
- volume
- mass
. stationary
. crammed
. tide
. hasty
. jam
. fumes
. breadth
. "ublic
/ static
/ congested
/ flood
/ hurry
/ free&e
/ stinks
/ de"th
/ "o"ular
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'he 8anager
'ransworld +ir
5ortugal Street
Aondon
/ear Sir or 8adam,
I travelled last week on a 'ransworld +irbus from Aondon
Catwick to .o"enhagen. 'his was the (1) ..outward. =?'
journey of a holiday in /enmark, a (2) 5+.9
tour arranged through a com"any called 0Sunset0. 8y
(#) was due to leave at ,.2D am on 'uesday !A<
2(th 7ovember, but did not in fact leave until 2D.#D, a delay
of more than eight hours. 'he reason given was that vital
($) work had to be carried out. +lthough all 8+I7'+I7
"assengers were given a free meal, no other offer of
(() was given. Such a long delay is totally +SSIS'
()) , and I feel justified in the circumstances +..35'
in re1uesting some form of financial (*) .=8537S+'3
I have written to the tour (,) , who denied =53%+'3
res"onsibility and advised me to write to you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
<ours faithfully,
.harles %ogers
Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
+nyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski (1) ../ of any si&e will be
familiar with the ageBold "roblem B the eternal wait for ski lifts and cable cars.
:ell, there is an alternative. If you feel like something just a little different why
not try heliBskiing in .anada@ Somewhere in the snowy wastes of the %ocky
8ountains the helico"ter will de"osit you and your grou" onto a slo"e of virgin
snow that you have all to yourselves. It is all a (2) cry from the busiest
slo"es of, say, Swit&erland, !rance and Italy. <ou are fifty miles from the nearest
town and there is nothing remotely (#) a skiBlift, so you have to
($) on legs, skis and the cho""er. <ou might see the (() mountaingoat
or gri&&ly bear, but there won0t be ()) of other skiers. 'here are one
or two disadvantages. <our friendly helico"ter "ilot might just "ut you down in
a fiveBmetre snow (*) +nd free&ing weather might ground your
helico"ter and leave you (,) in the wilderness.
1) + s"ot - haunt . refuge / resort
2) + different - strange . far / long
#) + resembling - a""earing . seeming / looking
$) + count - trust . rely / reckon
() + occasional - sometime . incidental / irregular
)) + bunches - hordes . throngs / swarms
*) + dune - "ile . mound / drift
,) + deserted - stranded . marooned / aground
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Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
%e"orts that the government is about to (1) ... the go ahead to "lans for the
building of a new runway at Aondon0s Catwick air"ort have angered local
(2) and raised fears of increased noise and ehaust "ollution. 'he
(#) "lans also include "ermission for additional night flights and will
($) the com"ulsory "urchase of farmland, (() the demolition of a
number of "rivate homes. +ccording to sources close to the 8inistry of
'rans"ort, the government is known to be concerned by the increasing
()) of traffic at Aondon 6eathrow, where there are no "lans for further
runways in the foreseeable (*) Catwick is widely (,) as a better
(E) for e"ansion than Aondon0s third air"ort, Stansted, which still
(1D) from "oor trans"ort links. + s"okes"erson for the 9ee" Catwick
>uiet association, (11) u" of local "eo"le, accused the government of
(12) back on "romises made before the Ceneral 3lection. 0:e were told
then that the air"ort authority had no (1#) of building another runway,
and we believe that the government has a duty to (1$) its "ledges.0
5rominent figures in the government are also believed to be concerned at the
news, although the 5rime 8inister, interviewed last night, is (1() as
saying that re"orts were 0misleading0. 6owever, he would not give an assurance
that "lans for building a runway had definitely been rejected.
1) + sign
2) + inhabitants
#) + controversial
$) + involve
() + further to
)) + sum
*) + years
,) + regarded
E) + "otential
1D) + affects
11) + made
12) + getting
1#) + desire
1$) + bear out
1() + 1uoted
- make
- dwellers
- debatable
- concern
- as well as
- si&e
- "eriod
- believed
- outlook
- undergoes
- set
- falling
- intention
- count on
- known
. give
. occu"ants
. notorious
. assume
. moreover
. volume
. time
. felt
. "ros"ect
. e"eriences
. brought
. going
. wish
. "ull off
. thought
/ a""rove
/ residents
/ doubtful
/ need
/ what0s more
/ length
/ future
/ held
/ likelihood
/ suffers
/ taken
/ turning
/ objective
/ stand by
/ written
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5ress (1) ...speculation. continues over whether the 5rime S53.?A+'3
8inister is on the "oint of calling a Ceneral 3lection. +n
(2) is e"ected shortly from government +77=?7.3
head1uarters. 5olitical (#) believe that the +7+A<S3
timing of an election is crucial to the ($) of S?%;I;3
the government. 8ichael Aee of the 0Inde"endent0 commentedF
0:e0ve had re"eated (() from the 5rime +SS?%3
8inister that no election would be called this year, but "resent
circumstances may just cause him to change his mind.0 Si
months ago this would have been ()) '6I79
+n election would have been (*) suicide, and 5=AI'I.S
would certainly have led to the (,) of the /=:7
government. 'he government was coming in for severe
(E) because of its education "olicy. It was also .%I'I.IS3
widely attacked for its (1D) involvement /IS+S'3%
in the arms e"ort scandal, and for its (11) !+IA
to address the "roblem of (12) -ut 385A=<
according to recent o"inion "olls, the electorate is im"ressed at
the way the 58 has restored "arty (1#) and ?7I'3
overcome the internal (1$) which were /I;I/3
threatening to ri" the "arty a"art. 8ichael Aee commentsF
'here would be some (1() in calling an G?S'I!<
election "retty soon. In fact, I wouldn0t be at all sur"rised if it
ha""ens within the net day or two.0
Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
:hen I first arrived here to take u" my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon
started looking for a "ermanent (1) ... , a "lace to (2) my own. 'he
first flat I came (#) was cold and uninviting, and had large ($) of
dam" on the walls. 'he flat (() onto a factory, so the view was not
eactly ins"iring. 'hen I had a look at a small flat in a modern a"artment
()) It had a "arking (*) and was fully (,) , but the rent was
far too high for me. I didn0t want to end u" in a tiny "lace, so I answered an ad
for houseBsharing. 'he house was in a 1uiet (E) , and as soon as I saw it I
fell in love with it. 'here was a high overgrown (1D) around the front
garden, and (11) to "ark cars in the drive. 'he room to (12) looked
out over the back garden, and had a big bay window. (1#) it meant
sharing the kitchen and living room, I did have my own bathroom, really just a
shower and washbasin (1$) into what must have once been a cu"board.
'here was, however, 1uite a lot of (1() s"ace.
1) + household
2) + refer
#) + over
$) + "atches
() + showed u"
)) + tower
*) + bit
,) + furnished
E) + surroundings
1D) + fence
11) + room
12) + let
1#) + -ut for
1$) + cram"ed
1() + storage
- accommodation
- be
- across
- "ieces
- saw through
- skyscra"er
- s"ot
- "rovided
- neighbourhood
- bush
- ca"acity
- rent
- /es"ite
- crowded
- stocking
. residence
. call
. u"
. stretches
. gave over
. block
. location
. su""lied
. vicinity
. hedge
. area
. hire
. 7evertheless
. cluttered
. saving
/ habitation
/ say
/ by
/ stains
/ looked out
/ column
/ s"ace
/ "revented
/ "remises
/ lawn
/ "lace
/ lease
/ +lthough
/ crammed
/ accumulation