Going for Gold Upper Intermediate

Unit 6: My hero! Pages 52-53

Vocabulary
Matc te follo!ing !ords to teir definitions belo!"
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bo# office dedicate yourself to stable ordinary release lac% feat
to deligt to ta%e on to terrify supernatural to operate laboratory
1. to begin to have a particular quality or appearance: ____________________
2. loved very much: ____________________
3. a special room or building in which a scientist does tests or prepares substances:
____________________
4. a place in a theatre, cinema, concert hall etc where you buy tickets: ____________________
. somebody who makes a determined attempt to change something that they !eel strongly about:
____________________
". very unusual, surprising, or special: ____________________
#. soon: ____________________
$. to do your %ob or try to achieve things in a particular way: ____________________
&. impossible to e'plain by science or natural causes: ____________________
1(. strong and not likely to move or change: ____________________
11. making you e'pect something unpleasant: ____________________
12. a new )*, video, !ilm etc that is available to buy or see: ____________________
13. average, common, or usual, not di!!erent or special: ____________________
14. to give someone great pleasure and en%oyment: ____________________
1. to receive money or property !rom someone when they die: ____________________
1". when you don+t have something or you don+t have enough o! it: ____________________
1#. an impressive achievement needing a lot o! strength or skill: ____________________
1$. to give all your attention and e!!ort to one thing: ____________________
1&. to save someone !rom harm or danger: ____________________
2(. to make someone e'tremely !rightened: ____________________
&o! use some of te !ords abo$e in teir correct form to complete te follo!ing
sentences"
1. ,hat man-s a _________ to society. .e should be locked away. M'&()I&G
2. /any small businesses !ail in the !irst year o! _________. *P'+(,'
3. 0ur relationship provided the _________ and com!ort we both needed. -,(./'
4. ,hat+s very risky. ,he political situation is still very _________. -,(./'
. ,here are !ears that political _________ in the country will lead to civil war. -,(./'
". ,he doctors say that the patient-s condition has now _________. -,(./'
#. 1ut at last the setting sun warned them the _________ day was over. 0'/IG1,
$. ,o reach a high level o! skill requires talent, _________, and a lot o! hard work. 0'0I)(,'
&. 2s a _________ sportsman, 3teven trained every day o! the week. 0'0I)(,'
1(. 4ucinda has to !ight !or her li!e and her _________ in this thrilling novel. I&1'+I,
11. 5ho is the _________ o! the dead man+s !ortune6 I&1'+I,
12. 3pending a night in prison was a _________ e'perience. ,'++I23
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