Extra Exam Practice: Answer Key

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1 1 c 3 b 1 1 b 2 a
2 1 T The dictionary had taken much longer to 2 1 F … a hurricane makes international news when
complete than people thought it would … it causes havoc.
2 F Unlike libraries, most people could not 2 T Actually, naming storms is not a new idea.
afford … the entire set. For hundreds of years …
3 1 there wasn’t a comprehensive dictionary Page 2
2 could both afford it and not worry about having to 3 1 make contact with the warm ocean waters
find space for it
2 a storm named after a saint
Page 2 3 more aware of their danger
4 1 It was only recently added to a dictionary.
4 1 Because hurricanes cause so much suffering and
2 the original OED set, the CD-ROM or the online women didn’t want female names to be associated
dictionary with that.
3 To show how words have taken on new meanings, 2 Ana, because it began with ‘A”, the first letter of
often as a result of technology. the alphabet
5 1 recent 3 over the course of 3 It is removed from the list of names to show
2 comprehensive 4 for sure sensitivity to people’s feelings and to prevent
giving them bad memories.
6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
5 1 havoc 4 express offence
Extra Exam Practice 2, Page 1
2 gathers 5 off limits
1 1 c 2 a 3 c 3 tracking 6 haunted
2 1 Several hospitals in the United States are using 6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
a little blue-and-white robot called MEDi.
2 MEDi helped to distract Tommy’s attention Extra Exam Practice 5, Page 1
from the pain. 1 1 b 2 b 3 c
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2 1 T … many listeners fled, fearing an alien
3 1 MEDi can be the children’s friend and their teacher. invasion.
2 Because Spanish is the main language in some areas. 2 F Typhoid Mary, who actually spread typhoid
3 Because it has facial recognition software. fever early in the 20th century.
4 1 scare 3 addresses Page 2
2 chief 4 demanding 3 1 they feared an alien invasion
5 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers. 2 prove that the moon landings were a hoax
Extra Exam Practice 3, Page 1 4 1 a myth adapted from one society to another, over
time
1 1 a 3 b
2 Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.
2 1 Two of them left the flight before the fatal stage in
which Earhart’s plane vanished without a trace.
5 1 swears 3 fled
2 He thinks that she may have made an emergency 2 convey 4 odd
landing on a deserted island and died from 6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
starvation, thirst and disease.
3 1 the spot [on the plane] matches a piece of
aeroplane wreckage that was found in 1991
2 had taken the reports from shortwave radio
listeners more seriously
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4 1 shed light on 4 deserted
2 put together 5 taken seriously
3 doomed
5 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

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2 1 F About 20% are returned to their original 2 1 F But visitors will find the tools needed to repair
owners … a variety of objects …
2 T … encourages people who are thinking of 2 F … clothing and small appliances generally top
adopting a dog to take one home for a sleepover. the list, and the success rate hovers between 60
Page 2 and 80%.
3 T … exist on every continent except …
3 1 They give dogs a break from the institutionalised Page 2
life at a shelter, and can be a fun experience
for the family. 3 1 where / that Postma set up the first Repair Café
2 Individual answer (to relax the dogs, to bond with 2 are taught by experts how to fix their broken
them, etc.) appliance
4 1 exact figure is impossible to reach 4 1 Some Repair Cafés rely on 3D printers to produce
2 a year are received by shelters faulty or missing parts.
2 You can also learn a new skill there – and maybe
5 1 outnumber 3 at ease
make new friends too!
2 thrive 4 long-lasting
5 1 throw away 3 top the list
6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
2 cut 4 faulty
Extra Exam Practice 7, Page 1
6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
1 1 c 3 b
2 They fear that doctors won’t pick up non-verbal cues,
that patients may consult a different doctor for each
ailment, so no professional will form a complete medical
picture and that poor quality transmissions of
electronically transmitted data could lead to
misdiagnosis.
3 1 collecting information such as test results and sending
them on to a patient or doctor
2 will be seven million patients in the United States
using telemedicine services
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4 1 F … for house-bound patients and those living in
remote areas, but also for patients wishing to avoid
a drive through traffic …
2 F … or to a specialist for an expert opinion.
5 1 allows 3 ailment
2 pick up 4 reluctant
6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

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