Exam practice: Multiple-choice cloze (Paper 1 Part 1) 2 Dothe task. EXPERT STRATEGY 1 Read the whole text first to get the general meaning before you try to answer the questions. Read the words before and after each gap, For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, an example at Living on a hill in lights of the city be glow they (0)_A Of the world, Light pollution is almost ( granted in mast cities and it is fast spreadi tural areas too. (5) recent research’ half of all Europeans can no longer see the Mill Way. What's more, this type of pollution doesn't on! © cour view of the night sky, it also wastes money and affects the environment. For example, a single light bulb, (7) ‘on all year, releases around a quarter of a tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, (8) ‘global warming even worse. 0 Asend Bgve Ckeep fill TAclearly —Bsurey Chard faintly 2 Acase Brank Cgrade Date 3 Acamy Bdraw Cget —Deatch A Abrought —Btaken Celt’ =D passed 5 AAccording BApart —CInstead_D In addition to from of to 6 Adestroy — Bdeny — Cdefeat_ Delay T Aset Ballowed Cleft — Djoined BAletting ——BresultingC causing D making > HELP 1 Which word expresses a negative idea? 2 You are looking for a word that describes how quickly something is happening. & Only one of the words can be followed by worse. EXPERT LANGUAGE ) The options in 5 are linking expressions. Find two more. Language development 2 > COURSEBOOK page 46, EXPERT GRAMMAR pages 187-188 -ing forms and infinitives 1 Find and correct the mistakes with -ing forms and infinitives in some of the sentences. Tick the ones that are correct. 1 A few years ago thousands of people in London were astonished when they saw an enormous whale {to swim in the River Thames. swimming 2 Millions of TV viewers from around the world found ithard to believe their eyes. 3 Onlookers enjoyed to watch the northem bettle- nosed whale as it made its way past Waterloo Bridge. 4 The magnificent creature appeared being lost and very weak. 5 Everyone wanted to believe that the whale would yy back to the sea. bn whale was obviously exhausted people refused giving up hope. 9 Willy was having problems ty from dehydration 10 Will's condition sudden decided to put the animal to sleep with an injection He died before they could do so. 11 Willy, who turned out to be a female whale, made millions of people to feel a sense of wonder for the natural worl. EXPERT WORD CHECK 1 atmosphere carbon dioxide glow light bulb spreadingPrepositions + -ing forms 2 Complete the sentences with the prepositions in 4 the box, about (x3) at for &3) in (x2)_on (2) 0 1 Rickinsisted coming with us to the zoo. 2 Isucceeded persuading my father to lend me his new camera. 3 Wewere really excited bears. 4 The always been interested about animals. seeing the polar learning 5 We talked going on a safari one day. 6 Rick objected having to pay to visit the aquarium, imitating animal sounds. ‘was responsible 9 Tim very keen wildlife, 10 | apologised T_ You dont seem very, having a picnic. 12 Dr Tibbet is famous research on the way dolphins cor Verbs with a change of meaning 3 Choose the correct answers 1 stop a They claim that hunters have stopped killing ill protected animals in the area. b On the way to the village, we stopped taking / to take photographs. 2 remember a | hope you remembered bringing / o bring the camera. b I clearly remember putting / to put our passports in my travel bag. 3 try a Why dont you try taking / to take sleeping pills if you cant sleep? b | tried persuading / to persuade him to come with us but without success. 4 regret a | regret telling / to tell you that the trip tomorrow has been cancelled 5 b | regret paying / to pay so much for this tent - its not even waterproof 5 forget a Our guide forgot mentioning / to mention that the road was full of holes. b | have not forgotten seeing / to see what hunters had done to those elephants. 6 mean a The government means taking / to take action to protect wildlife. bb Protecting wildlife means changing / to change the law. Key word transformations Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. 1 really dont like travelling by bus in the morning. STAND I by bus in the morning. 2 | decided to go to Africa on my own DECISION tt to go to Africa on my own. 3 | didn't have enough money to go to Rwanda by plane. “AFFORD I to Rwanda by plane. 4 Ittook me ages to get all the documents | needed. SPENT |___allthe documents | needed. 5 Itwas difficult for me not to smile when they told me the news. HELP {couldn't heard the news, 6 {can hear laughter coming from the neighbours’ fiat. PEOPLE i in the neighbours’ flat 7 They said they would go to the police if we didn't help them. THREATENED They. the police if we didr't help them, 8 | can't wait to visit the new safari park. the new safari park ‘| went to Africa to see animals in their ent. Ica to see animals in their natural i hours at the airport does awaiting jours at the airport. Extra word Find and cross out the extra word in each sentence. 1 Lam thinking of going e bird-watching this weekend 2 1am taking my daughter with me as she is keen for to leam about the countryside. 3 She is looking forward to be seeing the wild birds she has learnt to recognise. 4 ve told Loma that its important to remember taking her binoculars 5 But, of course, its also worth to taking a camera so she can keep a record of what she sees.