MODULE 1 REVIEW

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Grammar & Vocabulary

For questions 1–9, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use
only one word in each space.

HARD ROAD TO SUCCESS

In today’s music industry it is hard to STAND out in the crowd but the band, Makeover Mayhem,
seem to have done just that. They only got together a couple of months ago, but their first album,
which was ready for downloading only a week ago, is already speeding up the charts. It looks as
if they are SET to become the biggest success story of the year. If this continues, they stand TO
reach number one and make their fortunes. Their music harks BACK to the early rock and roll of
the fifties and the reason FOR their success is probably due to two main things: first, the modern
twist which they have put on rock and roll music and, secondly, the wave of nostalgia that seems
to be sweeping through the music-buying public.

IN sharp contrast to the band, Josh Logan is an actor who has been struggling for years to
make a name for himself. But, finally, he has just finished his first lead role in a film at the age of
32. Although he loves working on films, he finds it difficult to tap into the emotional RECALL
required when the scenes do not follow on from each other as they do in a stage play. The film
WAS to have been released in spring next year, but that has now changed to the autumn, mainly
because of the director’s pedantic obsession with a perfection that only exists in his head.
However, Josh knows that tenacity and belief in what you are doing is a prerequisite FOR an
actor and he is prepared to work long hours to be the best he can be.

2.*

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. Complete the gaps with the letter that belongs to the most appropriate option.

AN AUTHOR’S LIFE

Mark Stringly, widely acclaimed as one of the decade’s most successful young authors,
is CURRENTLY ,writing his tenth novel. It is based on an old family myth that his
great-grandfather had discovered hidden treasure on his plantation in the West Indies.
Ever since Mark heard the story it was INEVITABLE that one day he would write about it.
Mark is rarely interviewed as he hates being in the LIMELIGHT . As a result, people
have jumped to many CONCLUSIONS about him, most of which are incorrect. So, when
he agreed to let me interview him last month for a television documentary I was doing
about the origins of story writing, I LEAPT at the chance. However, when I suggested
that his great-great-grandfather might have been a pirate, he jumped down my THROAT
and ordered me not to print any such thing as it was totally incorrect.
 His last book has now been ADAPTED for the big screen although he has not written
the script for it. Surprisingly, though, he has written the musical SCORE , as he is also
an accomplished musician, a secret he had managed to keep from the public until now.

3.*

For questions 1–5, read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS at the end
of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

After the play, we went BACKSTAGE to meet the actors as we’d won a competition to STAGE

meet them and join the after-show party. It was wonderful! Although the lead actor

had been ill on the night we went, we met his UNDERSTUDY , who was excellent in the
STUDY

part. His performance was quite UPLIFTING and the applause at the end was
LIFT

absolutely DEAFENING . In the following day’s newspapers, the young actor was
DEAF

WIDELY acclaimed by all the critics as a rising new star.

WIDE

4.*

For questions 1–8, choose and write the correct form of the verb in italics in the
following paragraph.

Sarah had never been to a music festival before last year when she went to Glastonbury for the
first time. She enjoyed it so much that she still hasn’t got over it. She is constantly driving her
friends and colleagues mad by talking about it all the time and especially how she met her idols,
Coldplay. In fact next week they are appearing in concert in Paris. Sarah was planning to go
and see them there, but she will be working in New York next week and her boss says she
must go because the contract is very important. As a result, she is thinking of quitting her job.

5.*

Writing

For questions 1–10, choose and write the most suitable word or phrase in italics
in the following text.
SUMMARY AND EVALUATION OF TEXTS

The two texts discuss the determination, skills and talents required of a dancer or a musician.
Although in many ways they are similar, there are also significant differences. The first text
examines the audition process for dancers whereas the second text is about young musicians
trying to get recording contracts.

The first text explains that it is almost impossible to even get an audition these days as
choreographers tend to use only people they already know. It describes how choreographers are
often encouraged by producers to avoid seeking out the most beautiful or talented dancers in case
they upstage the star of the show. However one cannot assume that even if a dancer gets
through an audition, they are going to have an easy ride. The truth is that they are likely to be
worked extremely hard for very little reward. Tenacity and strength of character are the main
prerequisites alongside talent.

The second text confirms that musicians aiming for the dizzy heights of chart success also need
this tenacity and strength of character to handle rejection and keep going when the going gets
tough. Instead of having face-to-face auditions, the most common way of approaching
producers is by sending in demo tracks that are often ignored completely. Not only do they need
to be able to sing but also write their own music, as successful recording artists these days have to
be able to write hit songs – not an easy task. The text advocates finding a good manager but
that is not easy to do either.

In conclusion the one thing both texts agree on is that all performers need passion, a belief in
their talents and the willingness to persevere against all the odds.

MODULE 2 REVIEW

1.*

Vocabulary and Grammar

1 For questions 1–8, read the sentences below and decide which answer (A, B, C
or D) best fits

each gap.

1 ‘You won’t get away with this!’ the old woman CROAKED angrily.

A chirped B hooted C screeched D croaked

2 The project became DISRUPTED in a lot of political arguments, which was a

great shame.

A disrupted B extracted C encroached D enmeshed

3 The monkeys CHATTERED incessantly as we walked through the forest.

A chattered B squawked C roared D croaked

4 A good advertisement should CAPTURE the attention of its target audience

immediately.

A take in B capture C sustain D amount to

5 We woke up at the CRACK of dawn this morning.

A touch B turn C burst D crack

6 He doesn’t give a HOOT about anyone or anything except himself. He’s the
most selfish person I know.

A howl B chirp C hoot D twitch

7 Woken up suddenly by the explosion, he STAGGERED out of his tent, still

half asleep.

A waded B tramped C trudged D staggered

8 Crazed with thirst, they SCRAMBLED wildly over the rocks to get to the
river.

A scrambled B stalked C strolled D skulked

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2 For questions 1–9, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each
space. Use only

one word in each space.

WORKING WITH GORILLAS

When we woke up it was POURING with rain. Everything was soaking WET and I
knew this would have a major IMPACT on the gorilla project we were working on.
If we were to ACHIEVE our goals for the month, we had to be able to travel freely
through the forest. However, if it kept on raining, the rivers would flood, making
the tracks impassable. Thus began the worst rainfall and floods in the area in OUR
memory. This would have serious CONSEQUENCESfor the animals we were
monitoring, who were in danger of being killed by bandits if we were unable to
keep a watch on them. ON occasion, I had been unfortunate enough to come up
AGAINST some of these poachers and they were very dangerous. They had
already wiped OUT most of the forest elephant population in the area and could
do the same to our gorillas if we didn’t stop them.
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3 For questions 1–7, read the sentences below. Use the word given in CAPITALS
at the end of

the lines to form a word that fits in the space.

1 The campaigners staged a protest to show their SOLIDARITYwith the forest

tribes. SOLID

2 The search for oil, causing the destruction of virgin forest, seems to
be one of the SURGING threats to this beautiful part of the world.
SURGE

3 There are arguments both for and against keeping wild animals in
CAPTIVITY. CAPTIVE

4 It’s absolutely vital that governments find RENEWABLE energy

sources, such as wind and tidal power. NEW

5 Until humans started to encroach on their land, most of these

animals lived relatively PEACEFULLY. PEACE

6 In all LIKELIHOOD, our children may never see a tiger in the wild.
LIKE

7 Although the fire did a lot of damage, THANKFULLY none of the animals
were hurt. THANK

4.*

4 For questions 1–6, 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. Use between
three and eight

words, including the word given.

1 We couldn’t find our tickets anywhere.

NOWHERE

Our TICKETS WHERE FOUND NOWHERE.

2 It’s disgraceful that nobody warned us that these animals were dangerous!

SHOULD

We SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARNED that these animals were dangerous!

3 People believe that elephants never forget.

IT

IT IS BELIEVED that elephants never forget.

4 It was obvious that someone had fed the animals before we got there.

MUST

The animals MUST HAVE BEEN FED before we got there.

5 Zoologists think that there are fewer than 400 wild cats still living in
Scotland.

BE

Fewer than 400 wild cats ARE THOUGHT TO BE LIVING in Scotland.

6 Critics say that she is the greatest living artist.

TO

She IS SAID TO BE the greatest living artist.

5.*

5 Complete the article with words from the box. There are more words than you
need.

stalking / bounding / freezing / skulking / tramping / boiling / twitching /

trumpeting / terrifying / contamination / self-sufficient / grumpy / sustainable /
starry / pleasurable / massive / daintily / wistfully / painstakingly / wearily / touch
/ peace / basics / manual / community / organic /

HOW A TRIP TO AFRICA INSPIRED A LOVE OF ORGANIC FARMING

Forty years ago, I went to live on a small farm in the foothills of Mount Kenya. I
shall never forget my first sight of a herd of elephants TRAMPING through the
forest and TRUMPETING loudly at the edge of my garden, or the antelope
BOUNDING over the fences to munch on the crops we had PAINSTAKINGLY
planted. In the evenings, as I sat on my veranda, gazing up at the STARRY night, I
experienced a deep sense of being in TOUCH with nature. Then the cough of a
leopard SKULLING nearby or the TERRIFYING roar of a lion STALKINGits prey
would warn me that it was time to put the dogs safely in their kennels.
We were totally SELF-SUFFICIENT with regard to food and one thing I shall never
forget was the taste of my home-grown produce. Neither before nor since have I
ever tasted anything so amazing. The land was not tainted with chemicals and the
pure FREEZING cold mountain water slaked the thirst of these fast-growing
plants, so everything was ORGANIC. The hot days and afternoon rains created
lush conditions for growing: tomatoes were the size of apples, with a richness and
depth of taste that is hard to describe; peppers and chillies were MASSIVE too,
filling the mouth with fiery deliciousness, and banana trees were heavy with fruit.

Returning to the UK ten years later and discovering that fruit and vegetables were
exceedingly expensive and tasted of absolutely nothing, I decided to grow my
own produce organically. After twenty-five years of hard MANUAL labour, I finally
have a thriving organic smallholding whose produce, even if the taste isn’t quite
as exotic or PLEASURABLE as that from my African garden, gets quite close to it.
Having seen the CONTAMINATION of both plant and animal life by chemicals, it is
satisfying to know that the organic movement is growing, but sad to see how
slowly this is happening in the Western world.

Each night I WEARILY trudge home and sit on my veranda dreaming WISTFULLY
of my time in Africa. Now there are fewer stars in the sky and the lion’s roar and
leopard’s cough are replaced by the sound of cows and sheep, all accompanied
by the distant hum of a busy motorway. A far cry from Mount Kenya, but a little bit
of relative PEACE and quiet in the midst of a busy world.

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