PREPARATION 4

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. The issue is too important to ______ over.

A. Amalgamate B. quibble C. Alleviate D. Respite

2. The lyrics are easier to understand and less _____ than her previous albums.

A. cryptic B. Anomalous C. Antediluvian D. frivolous

3. I know her avaricious and acrimonious disposition—her love of wealth, and her anxiety to _____ her family.

A. aggrandize B. Appease C. Reproach D. Intensify

4. The reasons for the change in weather conditions have been _____ by several scientists.

A. Retorted B. Recalcitrated C. Illustrated D. elucidated

5. He suggested the story seemed to be the product of a rather _____ imagination.

A.querulous B. Unscathed C. sophomoric D. Peripheral

6. There are lots of really _____ apartments in the city's poorer areas.

A. Expedient B. sordid C. Ludicrous D. Stagnant

7. He filed for bankruptcy, which permitted the _____ of all contracts.

A. abrogation B. Heist C. Lampoon D. Deal

8. Have you considered all the ______ of changing careers at this stage of your life?

A. Hindrance B. Paucity C. Ramifications D. Enmity

9. They are bravely resisting _____ by their more powerful neighbours.

A. Infraction B. Censure C. Cacophony D. subjugation

10. This policy goes against common _____ of decency.

A. Levity B. precepts C. Libertine D. Intransigence

11. We are a non-profit agency that provides legal services to _____ clients.

A. Intractable B. indigent C. Ingenuous D. Imperturbable

12. Loss of memory is a natural _____ of old age.

A. Covetous B. Conciliatory C. Capricious D. concomitant

13. Several villages suffered serious _____ during their long isolation during the war.

A. privations B. Revelation C. Dolorousness D. Mournfulness

14. The new manager succeeded in putting the business back _____.

A. The wrong way B. On his side C. On an even keel D. On the breadline

15. I poured _____ him and then he told all his friends what I'd said.

A. My head out to B. My mind out to C. My emotions to D. my heart out to

Exercise 2. Write the correct form of each word in brackets in the numbered spaces provided in the
column on the right.
16. The flower buds and immature fruit frequently drop off; researchers have tried to determine the role
growth hormones play in this _____________________.
abscission (SCISSOR)

17. He displayed great _____________________

sportsmanship in the match and everybody admired him. (SPORT)

18. Mr Zakir said the region had been facing the "three evil forces" of terrorism, _____________________
extremism and
separatism since the 1990s, so the government had taken action to tackle the "root causes”. (EXTREME)

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19. They see themselves as culturally and _____________________
ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their
language is similar to Turkish. (ETHNIC)

20. The rules aim to “_____________________

standardize proper etiquette" for the anthem, Xinhua news agency said,
citing the authorities. (STANDARD)

Exercise 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in
each space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
One of the most exciting mass movements today is crowd mapping: sharing data collectively to (21)
produce
_____________________ a visualization on map giving almost-instant information on current events. Crowd
mapping produces a picture of events on the ground as they (22) _____________________
happen by taking text
messages and social media feeds together with geographic data to distribute real-time, interactive
information on events such as revolutions, wars, humanitarian crises and natural disasters. This new (23)
_____________________
application of social networking can bring fresh insights into events, which can be nearly
impossible to cover through traditional methods of journalism where individuals report into a central
newsroom. It has the additional (24) _____________________
advantage of mapping longer-term trends that fall in and out
of the news.

(25) _____________________
Technologies like mobile phones and the world wide web have made it possible for
those people caught up in a war or natural disaster to broadcast information from the affected area and for
this information to be collected in a way that emergency aid (26) _____________________
services can use and act on.
In a disaster situation the most current information is essential because the needs of, for example, flood
victims change minute by minute. It enables response organizations to get an understanding of a crisis
situation (27) _____________________
quickly (thus it is sometimes called crisis mapping), give targeted aid to people
most in need and form a network of reliable reporters on the ground to check information going to the live
(28) _____________________ map. When an emergency situation arises, a small army of volunteers comes
together to collect incoming information and put it on the map. Some of the information comes from official
sources such as the United Nations, but the most powerful aspect of data collection is the ability to pull
information from Twitter (29) _____________________,
accounts emails and text messages. Once this information is
available, volunteers collaborate via the Internet to put data on to a map, which is updated every second to
build a comprehensive picture of the scale and severity of the disaster. (30) _____________________
Volunteers from all
over the world translate the messages coming in from the disaster zone into English and lot the information
on the live interactive map.

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