fo Mastering Use of English B2 Exams Edition GEORGIA GRAHAM WITH ANNA JOHNSON B Burtington Booksrey Use of English 82 Exams Edition aie by Georgia Graham A with Anna Johnson ie Burlington Books P.O. Box 54411 3721 Limassol Cyprus, . ‘Buelington Books isan imprint of Danos Books Lid, , Acknowledgements ‘The publisher gratefully acknowledges the following for permission to use photographic material: Associated Press: page 75; Gelty Images / Photodisc: pages 112, 124, 132, 136, 148, 159, 1725 Image 100: page 76; IMS Communications Lid: page 82; Nova Dev. Co, and Licensors: page 147; The Peace Corps: page 63: Reuters: pages 108 and 120; Royal National Lifeboat Institution: page 23; www.bigfoto.com: page 98. ‘The publisher has made every effort to contact the owners of copyright material which appears in this book, and will be pleased to heur from any copyright holder who could not be located. All rights reserved by the publisher. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or ‘transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise — without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN 978-9963-47-891-0 Copyright © 2008 Burlington Books 098765 43 2 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09INTRODUCTION istering Use of English 82 Exams Edition is designed to consolidate and extend students’ knowledge ‘and vocabulary for the B2-Ievel examinations. The book has been revised to reflect the changes in the FOE ‘is comprised of 28 alternating grammar and vocabulary units, 14 reviews, a glossary and four appendices. There: ely of exercise types leading Up to exam practice for the FCE, ECCE and Stato (KPG) exams. To help students, and siructures of special importance are highlighted, indicating thet these words should be learned carefully. examination strategy tips are given throughout the book. ‘opens with a dlagnostc tast page which is intended to holp students assess ther strengths and weaknesses. »orammar units, the diagnostic testi followed by two pages of detalled grammar rules and a Common Mistakes 2. The units follow a comprehensive grammar sylabus, covering the structures tested in the B2-level examinations. Jary units are all based on topics which commonly appear on exams at this level. The units practise topic easily confused words, useful colocetions and phrasal verbs. ery two units, there is @ review with exercises in B2-level examination formet. folowing can be found et the back ofthe book: ‘of the vocabulary unis containing English and Greek definitions with example sentancss to show typical usage, definitions provided inthe glossary reflect the context in which the words and phrases are used inthe book. appendices: list oftregular eros » comparison of Bish and American English on prefixes and suffixesCONTENTS age UNIT Grammar Present Tenses (active and passive: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous 7 unir2 Vocabulary Language and Communication 13 (REVIEW 1 17) UNIT3 Grammar Past Tenses (active and passive) Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous; used to / would 19 UNIT4 Vocabulary People and Relationships 2 (REVIEW 2 2) UNITS Grammar Future Tenses (active and passive): Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect Simple, Future Perfect Continuous; be going to, Present Simple, Present Continuous a uNIT6 Vocabulary Living Conditions, Services and Places ar (REVIEW 3 41) uNIT7 Grammar Prepositions of Time, Prepositions of Place 43 UNIT8 Vocabulary Work and Employment 49 (REVIEW 4 53 ) UNIT9 Grammar Modals, Semi-modals, Modal Pertects (active and passive) 55 UNIT 10 Vocabulary Education 61 REVIEW 5 65 ) unita4 Grammar The Passive: Review ofall Tenses; The Causative or UNIT 12 Vocabulary Sports and Other Free-time Activities B (REVIEW 6 77) UNIT 13 Grammar —_Pelative Clauses 79 UNIT 14 Vocabulary Entertainment and the Arts 85 (REVIEW7 89) UNIT 15 Grammar Conditionals, Temporals, wish ot UNIT16 Vocabulary Travel, Tourism and Transport 7 (REVIEW 8 101)‘UNIT 17 Countable and Uncountable Nouns; Articles; Quantifiers PAGE 103 Grammar UNIT 18 Vocabulary Shopping, Consumer Goods and Money 109 (REVIEW 9 113.) UNIT 19 Grammar —_Demonstratives; its there is; Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives; Determiners: each / every, all/ whole, both, either neither 115 UNIT 20 Vocabulary Food and Drink 121 (REWEW 10 125 ) UNIT 21 Grammar Adjectives and Adverbs: Comparatives and Superatves; 0/ such 127 UNIT 22 Vocabulary The Media and the News 133 (REVIEW 11 137) UNIT 23 Grammar Indirect Speech 139 UNIT 24 Vocabulary The Weather and the Environment 145 (Review 12 7 149) UNIT 25 Grammar Gerunds, Infntves and Bare Infnitives; be / get used to, would rather, i's time 151 UNIT 26 Vocabulary Science and Technology 187 (REVIEW 13 161 UNIT 27 Grammar Connectors, Inversion 163 UNIT 28 Vocabulary Health and Fitness 169 (REVIEW 14 173) GLOSSARY 176 APPENDICES Irregular Verbs 206 British and American English 208 Prefixes and Suftixes 209 Prepositions and Prepositonal Phrases 210Present Tenses (active and passive): Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous TEST YOURSELF ~ EXAMPLE: A Water is boiling at 100°C. (wate ais a 100°C G7) A Lam always meeting my trends after school. (@])_-A._ Have you been waiting here long? 1 always meet my fiends ator school. ‘Are you waiting here long? 2) A Ihave been studying English for five years. 42) A My sister has always been borrowing my lam studying English for five years. clothes without asking. My sister Is always borrowing my clothes 3) A Are you thinking of buying a new car? without asking Do you think of buying a new car? = 43) A Does this watch belong to Irene? 4) A Sonn nasn't come home already. Is tis watch belonging to Irene? John hasn't come home yet. 4) & Do you want to speak to him now? &) A The house's painting at the moment. ‘You want to speak to him now? ‘The house is being painted st the moment. 4) A Tiss the frat time Ive gone to London. GA Ibelieve thet he is working abroad This isthe fist time I've been to London. | am believing that he is working abroad. 4B) A I know my best friend since 1996, 7) Ws the frst time ve seen her since T have known my bestfriend since 1985. ‘she got married. it's the first time | see her sinos 7 ‘My brother and | are going to the cinema she got married, next Friday night. My brother and | wil go tothe cinema 8) A Dad's exhausted. He's working herd next Friday night. in the garden all day. Dad's exhausted. He has been working 48) A They have been owning 2 house by hard inthe garden al day the sea for saveral years. ‘They have owned a house by the 1B) A He can't speak to you just now — 0a for saveral years. he has a shower He carapace valet = 49) A THis eummer we have gone to Pati. he's having a shower ‘This summer we are going to Pars 40) A {have not szen them since they 20) A So tar today, | have writen three letters. bought their naw house. | have not seen them since they have bought their new house. ‘So far todey, | have been writing three letters.USE EXAMPLES 2 PRESENT SIMPLE i Aetive ‘4. ahabitual action orafact ‘goto actao every morning {bare infinitive +s /es in rd person, a general truth i ia aa ‘singutar in the west. I war : fe with statve verbs std below) {dont ike statis. : ‘Do you work? d. future (timetables / schedules) Schoo ends on 14th June this year. Does sho work? iy lane leaves et 00 am SHAY Cer . narratives, sports A boy walks into class and says He CaeTEMK, commentaries, jokes to the teacher ‘He hoks the bal. ts aga Passive to stress the action rather than The letters are delivered every week. /is/are+ ‘the agent ib ‘am 1s / are + past participle Were /there. 29, Here comer the bride PRESENT CONTINUOUS There here Active 2. an action n progress gt ome is writing ana. Sean at the time of speaking We are working b. an incomplete action stilin. fm ving wth ny ssa te ment He is wortng. progres, usually temporary ‘Ate you working? %. an arrangement or plan for the She Is going on holiday next week. Is she working? = near future ioe m ™ en tim net working. ttisn’t worki 4. action which happens very. Tom is always dropping things. na often, can be used to erticise fr complain (with ahvays, forever, constant) Passive to stress the action rather than Lunch is being served now. am/is/ are being + past participle the agent ‘TIME EXPRESSIONS: Present Simp! always, often, usualy, occasionally, sometimes, rarely, hardly ever, scarcely, never, ‘every weak, twice a year Present Continuous: now; right now, at the moment, today, tonight With a future meaning: this weak, next weak, tomorrow, soon, on Monday, next Saturday ‘STATIVE VERBS 1 Stative verbs refer to a state rather than an action and are usually not used in the continuous form, These verbs express: ‘senses: feel, hear, notice, see, smell, sound, taste ‘mental activities: appear, balisve, consider; depend, doubt, expect, feel, forget, guess, hope, imagine, ‘know, mean, mind, prefer, realise, recognise, remember, seem, suppose, think, understand Possession: belong fo, have, own, owe, possess ‘emotions: adore, desire, cislte, fear, forgive, hate, like, ove, need, want, wish ‘amounts: cost, equal, measure, weigh 2 Some of these verbs have more than one meaning and can be used in the continuous form when the ‘meaning changes from a state to an activity in progress. We have a smail dog. (possess) This soup tastes delicious. fact) Vm having lunch. (doing that activity) 1m tasting the soup to see if fs ready. (doing that activity) | think he’s a terrible dancer. (my opinion) Now | $8e what you mean. (understand) ’m thinking of going out tonight. (considering) She's seeing her doctor this afternoon. (meeting)Tne Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous FORM USE EXAMPLES: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE Active ‘8 an action that took place at an We have seen tat fi, has / have + past patticiple unstated time in the past, but Is She has already Brought the food. iisuoaested sl relevant in the present She hes worked. bb. an action that began in the past They have worked here since 1997. Have you worked? and continues up to the present ‘He has owned a ca for two years. Has Tae (osually with for and since) haven't worked. «for unfinished time periods 1 haven't eaten anything al day She pesrEwoted: 4, for an action that happened several have heard that joke saverai mes. times or repeatedly in the past fe. with This /It isthe frst / second I's one ofthe best fms tha) 've that .. and superlatives ‘ever seen, Passive to stress the action rather than the The house has been sold have /has been + past participle agent PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: Active ‘a, an action that began in the past They have Been doing their have / has been + verb+ing ‘and continues into the present with homework for he ast three hours. ‘an emphasis on the duration of thet Iie have been cleaning the house Ves oe action {usually with for and since) afl moming. He has been working. Have you been working? 'b. an action that has just fished Hr hairs wet because she has Has he been working? and is sill relevant to the present een walking inthe rain. | haven't been working. ‘She hasn't been working, Passive No passive form ‘TIME EXPRESSIONS Present Perfect Simple: just, yet, already. ever, never, lately, recently, so far, slays, for, since, how tong Present Perfect Continuous: for, since, al day, how long COMMON MISTAKES = The following sentences contain mistakes commonly made by students. Rewrite them correctly. 4. Every weekend, we are visting our grandparents. | am studying English for five years. 3. Ihave three years to see my cousin, 4. Does your mother works full-time? 5. He stays with friends at the moment.UNIT t c se Grammar Practice _ ‘A. Complete the following paragraphs with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Te eles ‘that it’s the Funniest film that (2) Peter and 1 (3) @) Well, he (5) but he is going back on Thursday. We (6) . of seeing the film on Wednesday evening. It (7) (start) at 8:30, so we (8) . (you see) the new film at the local cinema yet? Everyone says | at 8.15, Perhaps you'd like to come with us? | cv» (make) ina long time. (want) to see the film. You (not see) Peter for a long time, have you? 2. Did you know that the continents of the earth (1) for billions of years? This (2) seas and the continents (3) . ‘continue to change in the future, Scientists still (4) . (not understand) hove this happens, but recent research (5) (give) them a great deal of useful information. (change) all the time and will 3. The police (1) just report) a serious accident in the city centre, $o fa, 10 PeOpIE (2) emennnn cba (bE) | to hospital. Some (3 (treat) and others Gis. ee (alfGidy release). The police ©) _ (not discover) the cause of the accident yet, but they (6) ‘more information shortly. (hope) to get es 'B. Complete the following sentences with the correct time expression below. Use each time expression once only. already * ever + forever just ¢ seldom * so far twice a week * always * for * never * since © yet 1. We've vou 888n that film 0 we don't want to see it agen. 2, dulle goes to the Neath CUD ..-.nnnse-nnim OM Mondays and Thursdays, _ heard such nonsense! It's an absolutely crazy ideal 8. VC an 4, Don't wake the baby! She's nn. cw gone to sleep. 5. Have you spoken to a famous person? 6 They've been interested in music and often attend concerts. 7. I's very annoying! Jane is forgetting where she's put things. 8. Susan's parents . {90 out in the evenings because they finish work very late, 9 ‘today, Mrs Smith's secretary has typed three letters for her. 10. ve only been taking karate classes va @ fa Waeks but I'm already quite good. 11. Hurry up! | can't believe you haven't done this exerci .. 5) 12. Have you seen Tom... his party last week?é nr s GRAMMAR . Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the most suitable verb from the list below, active or passive, positive or negative. teach * forgive + take © paint + seo + study » read © work This is my cousin Jude ~ he AA first, | did't understand what he wanted, but now |. ‘Their house “i's ballet elas... | can't wait for tomorrow! My dad sity and he'll graduate next yea sone bis point _ for years. They realy should do something about it! by an ex-prima ballerina, The pupils really look up to her her for lying to me. ‘me to a football match! for the same company? all of her books. How long ‘My favourite author is Jane Austen —1 you 1 2 8 4, 5. I'm not inviting Kelly to my party because | 6 7 8 ‘A. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1, hear that our examination papers 5, “What time is Sue arriving?” land are ready now. “The bus .....at 6 pm. and I'm going to meet are being marked her at the bus station.” b. are marking a gets in c.have marked has got in d._ have been marked does get in 4, getting in * son the man in this picture? "Yes, he's the man who robbed me." 6 ‘a. Are you recognized b. Do you recognize ©. Are you recognizing b saw 1. You aro recognizing . have seen have been seen She has not spoken to me sincs we each other at the library last week. a. were seeing 3, The photographs... at the moment. ‘You should have them in an hour 7. This is the best plece of advice a. develop a. lamrreceiving b. are developed bl receive are being developed cc. lam being recetved dL have developed 4d. ve received 4, Why are you out of breath? They vn. to tum off the lights when they leave the room. ‘a. Have you been running are never remembering b. Have you run remember never fe. Are you running ©. never remember Do you un 4d, have never remembered B. 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 sven, TIP! remember that contracted forms (29, doesn't, don't) count as two words, 1. The last ime Susan went to Ertan was two years ago, susan . not for two years. never 2. This Is our first time in an aeroplane. We . in an aeroplane before, itunr 12 a See 2. started to snow at sik o'clock this morning. since i on sue 8 0'e08k this morning. 4, What's the prioe of that camera, please? cost How much . plesse? 5, The use of certan spray cans is polluting the atmosphere. by “The atmosphere. Bal - . the use of certain spray cans. 6. I haven't recelved my exam results yet. still tae 7. lean’t remember ever seeing such @ good programme cn TV. best This i the Scat 8. We moved here 10 years ago. for we . for my exam results. ‘seen on TV 10 years. Read part of a leaflet about a music festival and fil in the missing words. Choose from among the words in the table bbolow by marking the corresponding letter. (There are four words you won't need and two you may use twice.) A been |B being [C has |D is E have [F do G we for I si K before [L_ offen WORLDSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘The Worldsong Festival has been around (1) .... 25 years and is now the top musical event ofits kind, The festival (2) .... normally held in June but has (3)... postponed this year because the venue is (4) for the European Student Games. This year’s Worldsong Festival (5)... taking place on the weekend of the 10th/11th of August (6) nthe early 1970s, when just a few hundred spectators came each year the event (7) «nu grown enormously, and this year more than 30,000 people (8)... expected to turn up. Whether you area regular at Worldsong, or have never been (9) mut is sure to be an experience to remember! A varied programme (10)... been put together, including performances by blues singers, African rhythm bands, Irish dancers and folk singers from South America, Tickets are available at major record shops or by post. A two-day pass costs just £30, and includes parking or transfer by bus from Fridley Station. used OPEN CLOZE Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. MOVING HOUSE think one of (1). -» most difficult things to do is to move house, particularly when you have 2) ene somewhere all your life. As well as leaving your home, you also have the problem of packing everything (3) ‘own into boxes. You don't realise how much you have until you have to pack it all up! We (4). .- moving house in about two weeks' time, o { know what I'm talking about! My father (3) found a new job in another town about 100 kilometres from here. Fle has oy looking for an opportunity like this (7) 2 long time so the whole family agreed that we should move. Our house is (8) sold, and my parents have (9) nso found us a new one. It is much bigger than the one we live in (10) sesonuee the moment. My sister and { will have our own rooms, which I'm glad about because she has been annoying me lately She is ay .» borrowing my clothes without asking me. She isn't very enthusiastic about moving, but Tim quite excited about it, and T don't (12) von UL mind living in a new town,Vocabulary Language and Communication ne TEST YOURSELF “~\\Gomplete the sentences with the correct form of a word below. There are more words than you need. ‘Make sure you understand all the words in the vocabulary boxes, not just the correct answors. FORMS OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION accuse argue ‘contact excuse interrupt protest admit chat criticise express interview regret advise communicate declare gesture object threaten announce complain discuss get across persuade warn apologise confess exclaim grumble pronounce whisper 4. Ifyou don't sesusninuie @WOrd properly, people may not understand what you are tying to say. she for coming 20 lata. She was sorry she had kept us waiting 3. We weren't satisfied with the service in the restaurant so We... to the manager. to stop his pocket money if he didn’t start helping in the house, san Me of breaking his MP4 player, but | didn’t do it |. His tether . 2 3 4 5. My brother. 6. 7. 8 itis impotte to people when they are in the middle of a conversation. - 1h.gve you my mobile phone number in case you want to sme while I'm out ‘They really _ not coming to the party. They are sory they missed it 8. “What a great idea” she . $0, THEY oonnan because they didn't want anyone to hear what they were saying, a to being treated 0 untaiy 12, He always finds fault with people and everything they do. 13. She swoon fo US t0 take OUT Seats. 14, The teacher .. Us not to be late for morning assembly. DESCRIBING LANGUAGE AND CommuntcaTION ee eee Scenery . language, you can communicate with people from another country. . part of the exam is often hardar than the written part. ‘She grew up speaking both French and Russian 16. The I 17, Elizabeth is 1B, Allan speaks Spanish very hesitantly, He would like to be more In Spanish, | 18. you know a... speaker, 19, Mary's Gorman is excellent ~ she sounds just lke & 20, John doesn't say much but his sister is the opposite ~ she's very. Cheek your answers with your teacher. How many of them are correct? 0-6: Start studying! 7-9: Ty harder! 10-12: Quite good! 13-15: Good! 16-20: Excellent! — 13ie . <=, Vocabulary Practice A. PHRASAL VERBS Circle the correct phrasal verb with get to complete the following sontences, While Ido the shopping, you can get over to / away with / on with your work. tts dificult to gst by / away / to in a foreign country if you don’t speak the language. Russian is such a hard language to learn. I's really getting me oft / by / down. He thought he would get down to / away with / out of copying on the exam, but he didn't. (Once their French teacher arives, they will get over to / down to / on to work. ‘You promised to come and help me with my Spanish homework, Don't try to get out of / up to / into it! you want to get on / in / away in life and find a good job, knowing a foreign language can be an advantage. {John's parents won't let him go to summer school but | think hell get on / over / out the disappointment quickly. exe ererna B, USEFUL COLLOCATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS Complete the following sentences with the words below. ‘You will need to use some of the words mora than once. have * info * make * voice * up * get * excuse * tell * clue * tongue * over Why are you shouting at the top of your... suum standing right beside you, Ho's very nervous. He's bon asked to . «8 speech at his nephew's wedding. {did't ‘the point of what she was trying to say. Did you understand her? “There's s0 much noise in the room that | can't hear you. Please speak ... HM leave my phone number on the notice board in case you need 0 «senna i touch with me, twas a difcul subject to explain, but he managed to himself understood very well. Please don't raise your voice to me, I don't want 10 ‘an argument about this. ‘She's only three years old; she may have a watch, but she can't sn «the time yet. ‘haven't what the answer to your question is. Maybe Mark can help you. 40. Some people find i €88y 10 on conversation; | find it quite hard. 11. I don't believe he was il yesterday. He's just making an .... 42, Ifyou have a problem, talking it. s+» With someone often helps, 13. We 1 long conversation every time we meet. 14. Please lower your Everyone can hear you. 48. She talked us going with her. 16. Don't waste time on unnecessary details 17. You should always be truthful. It is wrong to 18. The name of the shop is on the tip of my... but | just can’t remember it now. (C. WORD FORMATION Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word given. ‘These instructions ara in Italian. Could | have an Enlist please? ‘TRANSLATE 2. Students of a foreign language need to improve their as well as ACCURATE trying to speak with a degree Of seunnsnsniennnnnn FLUENT 8. Ibis important to learn the correct, _ of € new word. PRONOUNCE 4, The girls in the class are very «Dut the boys are much quieter. TALK ‘5. What she did was wrong. | expact an .. from her, APOLOGISE 6. Please tum off all mobile phones during the meeting. We don't want any INTERRUPT 14VOCABULARY D. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS Circle the correct answer. 1. I was born in Italy so my mother language / tongue / speech is italian When he went into the room, they were all discussing / talking / telling the latest news. ‘My best friend has moved to another town, but we still contact / get In touch / keep in touch. | could tell he was uncomfortable from his body gesture / language / sign. slim giggled / mumbled / grumbled at the price of the cinema tickets. Susan refused / denied / rejected to listen to what Ben had to say. The technician gave them lots of news / information / informations about their new computer, Let me give you some advices / advise / advice. | sald / warned / threatened him never to do that again. We mentioned / informed / told the concert to Peter, but he did't seem very interested in going. Its not my fault / blame / wrong you forgot the appointment. Don't fault / blame / wrong me. | agreed / agreed to / agreed with hsip hor translate the article into French. She agreed / agreed to / agreed with everything that | suggested. Exam Practice A. KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentenc using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word siven. TIP! vont torgot to use the key word. 1. He said he was sory that ne had tld se many ies. apologleed He aa .- 60 many lies. 2. We'try to phone our cousins regulary. touch. We try to . ur cousins by phone, 3. You will have to help us tidy up. get You can't e helping us tidy up. 4. Because they were arguing, | let the room. argument Because they .. 7 «Heft the room, 5. When | went into the room, the political situation was under discussion. about When | went into the room, they . .. the political situation. 6. I finally agreed to go to the concert with John. persuaded Joho fray tothe concert with him, } 7, She was shouting very loudly and waving her hands in the air. voice | She wes shouting at . and waving her hand inthe ai 8. You can contact me by e-mail f you want. Here's my address. get Hl give you my e-mall address go that you can . 15unre eu BL Below is some information about the languages spoken in Europe. Some words are missing. Decide what they are. Choose from among the words below by marking the corresponding letter. (There is one word you won't need and ‘one you may use twice.) ‘A. themselves |B foreign © native D_ tongue E get F speak comersation | H multilingual [1 communicate | J tell LANGUAGES IN EUROPE. Did you know that there are currently 23 official European Union languages? A recent survey has shown ~ 569% of European citizens can hold @ (2) .... im more than that nearly half of Europe is already (1) cone language. Here are some details & English is the number-one language only 13% of the EU population (3) (A) oor, But a further 38% know enouigh to (5) ... by in everyday situations. %& The language that has the greatest number of (6) .... speakers is German, but only 14% of Europeans speak it a8 a (7) on. language. 4 People in Luxembourg are the most likely to be fluent in more than one language, followed by Slovakia and Latvia, where more than nine out of 10 people can easily make (8)... understood in another language. People in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy are the least likely to speak (9) ..n. language ~ more | than halfare not able to (10). itas their mother (©. MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE Read the text below and decide which answer, A, B,C or D, best fits each space. GOOD COMMUNICATION ‘Throughout our lives, good communication is the key to success. In our personal relationships, we need to be able to get our ideas and feelings (1) .-..and to understand what others are trying to tell us. Parents and children need t0 (2) sw things without (3) a. arguments all the time. (Communication is important in other areas of life too; if we can't (4) ourselves understood at work or at school, how are we going to manage? At work, if your colleagues feel they are being (5) .... OF told what to do, ‘they may complain, Some might do more than (6) ....3 they may even (7) ssn to cooperate. If you want to (8) .n. in business, you need the ability t0 (9) ue others i you are selling, As well as choosing words carefully, it's important to understand that we (10) other ways too, Ninety percent of the impression we make on others depends on things like body (11) ous and only 10% on what you are saying. We can all benefit from knowing more about to buying what .- ourselves in appearance and (12) good communication, 1 A up B away © across D down 2. A. discuss B owk © speak D chat 3. A making B having © doing D_ getting 4. A. have B do © make D speak 5. A objected B advised © complained D criticised 6. A grumble B mumble C wa D giggle 7A deny B regret C refuse D_ threaten 8. A get outof B geton © getto D_getover 9. A talk B tell © say D_ persuade 10. A. exclaim B admit C express D impress 1. A signs B language © tongue D gesture 12. A. point B advice © noise D wiee 16