I.

For questions 1-6, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three
sentences:

1. Students are advised to keep their options …………………………………………and

not to take the first offer of a university place they get.
It is also important to find a doctor who is prepared to be frank and
…………………………… with you and answer all your questions.
His interpretation is ……………………………… to criticism on to main grounds.

2. Jane didn’t relish the ………………………………. of telling the class they would have to
miss the match.
Being a working mother is often a thankless………………………………. .
The policeman took his son to ……………………………………………. for throwing the
stone though the window.

3. Politicians seem able to …………………………..with every available tide, depending on

what suits them.
Marilyn Monroe had the ability to make everyone’s head ………………………………….. .
I’m not sure how the meeting will ……………………………….. out, now that our key
people won’t be there.

4. The press believed his answers to the questions were not ………………….true.
…………………………….. speaking, she is a teaching assistant, not a qualified teacher.
You must act……………………………… in accordance with the wishes of your colleagues
in this matter, regardless of what you yourself want.

5. The soldier managed to ………………………………….. himself in battle, despite his

obvious fear beforehand.
Politicians need to ……………………………….. between ageing as a process and ageing
as a social phenomenon.
If you look to the right, you should be able ……………………… the foothills of the Black
Mountains quite clearly.

6. No one takes Mr. Potter………………………….anymore, after he disgraced himself at the

party.
Teenagers are often…………………………………… at risk of getting into trouble with the
law.
But …………………………….. don’t you feel that hitch- hiking is too risky nowadays?

7. Though well into her 20s by now, Jane’s father still……………………………….. for her,
including buying all her clothes.
Results show that the substance can be handled without adverse health effects
…………………………..that there is adequate ventilation.
Data from other experiments have …………………………………..the basis for continuing
intensive research on the Martian climate.
8. Over the next seven days magazines will run awareness-rising ……………………….. and
many shops will be selling red ribbons.
He was a man of 50 with a shock of grizzled hair, busy eyebrows, regular
………………………..and the finest forehead I ever saw.
Jackie Kennedy made style and class two distinctive …………………………………..of
the new American Presidency.

9. You feel bored with your current relationship but don’t give up hope as someone new is
……………………………. to appear on the scene and steal you away.
The man were driven to an isolated area of forest were, steal………………………………
and blindfolded, they were released unharmed.
Alyson is now ………………………… for Sydney with three friends who are keeping her
company along the way.

10. I knew there was no alternative but to ……………………. my pride and get on with the
job.
In a country where most people live below the poverty line this year’s debt servicing is
likely to ……………………………….. up 28% of export earnings.
You don’t have to ……………………………… every bit of propaganda you should make
up your own mind.

11. Most of us take an interest in the lives of the famous but is usually tempered with a
…………………………….. of skepticism and a touch of irony.
Her subtle ………………………………….. on the arm having no effect, Shirley was
forced to kick her husband’s leg in order to shut him up.
Even farmers have felt the …………………………… as fuel and fertilizer prices outstrip
the price of their crops.

12. At least a size too big, Hanna’s straw hat was…………………………. down over her eyes.
He ………………………….. a few coins into a fat Coca-Cola machine outside the saloon,
but nothing happened.
Roads leading to the sea were reported to be ……………………………..by lunchtime with
those inland unusually quiet.

KEY I:
1. open
2. task
3. turn
4. strictly
5. distinguish
6. seriously
7. provided
8. features
9. bound
10. swallow
11. pinch
12. jammed

II. Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text:

Sleeping disorders like insomnia can ……. (1) to be a worrying question for many of us.
Almost anyone can easily conjure …..(2) at least one sleepless night of …. (3) and turning in
bed awaking the bliss of a deep dream. Most probably, a third of us … (4) the distressing
experience at least once a week. Even though it is possible for people to … (5) without any
sleep at all for certain period of time, such occurrences are rather few and far … (6) and there
is no evidence to … (7) this assumption. What is sure, however, is the fact that we do need
some sleep to regenerate our strength and to … (8) the brain to its proper activity. No wonder,
then, that the tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night … (9) many of us to go
for chemical support in the form of sleep … (10) tablets or powders.

1. A. present B. entail C. realize D. prove

2. A. up B. about C. of D. out
3. A. rolling B. wriggling C. tossing D. spinning
4. A. underpass B. undergo C. underlie D. undertake
5 A. operate B. process C. function D. perform
6. A. between B. along C. within D. beyond
7. A. proclaim B. endure C. invalidate D. substantiate
8. A. recuperate B. restore C. revive D. resume
9. A. exert B. affect C. enforce D. compel
10. A. inducing B. attaining C. exacting D. contributing

KEY II:
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. A