Exercise 1

Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.

1. Larry never spoke to anyone, and kept himself _______ .
A. outside B. withdrawn C. superior D. aloof
2. Sarah delivered a/an __________ appeal to the court and asked for mercy.
A. sensational B. sentimental C. emotional D. affectionate
3. James never remembers anything; he’s got a memory like ___________.
A. cotton wool B. a mouse C. a sieve D. a bucket
4. There seems to be a large ___________ between the number of people employed in service industries and
those employed in the primary sectors.
A. discrepancy B. discretion C. discriminate D. distinguish
5. His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.
A. showy B. expensive C. large D. ossified
6. I know you have been working very hard today. Let's _______ and go home.
A. pull my leg B. call it a day C. put your back up D. see pros and cons
7. The team threw on all their substitutes in the last five minutes, all to no _____ as they lost the game
narrowly by three points.
A. use B. avail C. gain D. benefit
8. The doctor gave the patient ______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse.
A. a thorough B. an exact C. a universal D. a whole
9. He earns his living by ______ old paintings.
A. reviving B. restoring C. reforming D. replenishing
10. A scientific hypothesis is tested in a series of _______ experiments.
A. controlled B. limited C. theoretical D. supervised
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES:
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences
11. It is imperative that your facebook password ______ confidential.
A. need keeping B. need to keep C. needs to be kept D. needed keeping
12. I would be very rich now ________ working long ago.
A. if I gave up B. if I wouldn’t give up C. were I to give up D. had I not given up
13. Thank you so much for your votes. I wouldn’t have a chance to stand here _______
A. however B. whatsoever C. notwithstanding D. otherwise
14. In four hours’ time we ______ on one of the world’s most luxurious yacht!
A. are relaxing B. will be relaxing C. are going to relax D. will relax
15. They are soaked to the skin. They _______ their umbrellas.
A. should have taken B. must have taken C. could have taken D. ought to take
16. Remember not to cough or sneeze at the table. _______ , excuse yourself.
A. For necessary B. As necessary C. If need be D. With all need
17. Hurry up! The night flight from Boston is expected ______ half an hour earlier.
A. to have arrived B. to have been arriving C. to be arrived D. to be arriving
18. That’s the last time ________ here.
A. I’ve ever come B. I’m ever coming C. I ever came D. I’d ever come
19. I'm afraid I can’t justify ________ all that time off from my studies.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. being taken
20. ______ that we were quite frightened.
A. So was his anger B. Such anger is he C. Such was the force of his anger D. So angry is he
PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
21. What ever Jane ______ to do, she finishes.
A. gets on B. sees on C. sets out D. looks for
22. Sales of the Chinese toys dropped _______ sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic
lead had been found in painted toys.
A. out B. down C. away D. off
23. I don’t think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point
______.
A. about B. around C. across D. along
24. A lot of us mull ______ taking the right kind of insurance that really serves our needs.

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A. over B. up C. aside D. against
25. Make sure you swot __________ the company before the interview.
A. into B. up on C. away D. around
26. Many people find it hard to do _______ items such as furniture, clothes or toys simple because hard-
earned cast was spent.
A. without B. away with C. along with D. out of
27. When a machine moves, stress on the moving components will deteriorate or wear _____ the machinery.
A. off B. away C. out D. down
28. Lizzie said that she had completed the celebrations of the past couple of weeks and would knuckle
_________ for tomorrow.
A. in B. on C. up D. down
29. The police were trying to cordon ______ the attack area while families of the victims were screaming and
crying for their loss.
A. off B. up C. out D. at
30. Whatever the message you want to get _______ , you’ll do it better if you can get your audience engrossed
in a story.
A. along B. around C. across D. away
GUIDED CLOZE
PASSAGE A: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
MARY HEATH, FEMALE PILOT
Mary Heath was the (41) ____ Queen of the Skies, one of the best-known women in the world during the (42)
_____ age of aviation. She was the first woman in Britain to (43) ___ a commercial pilot’s licence, the first to
(44) ____ a parachute jump - and the first British women’s javelin champion. She scandalized 1920s’ British
society by marrying three times (at the (45) ______ of her fame she wed politician Sir James Heath - her
second husband. 45 years her senior).
In 1928, aged 31, she became the first pilot to fly an open-cockpit plane, solo, from South Africa to
Egypt, (46) ______ 9,000 miles in three months. It was a triumph. Lady Heath was (47) ______ as the nation’s
sweetheart and called 'Lady Icarus' by the press.
However, her life was (48) ______ tragically short. Only a year later, she (49) _____ a horrific
accident at the National Air Show in Ohio in the USA, when her plane crashed through the roof of a building.
Her health was never the (50) ______ again, she died in May 1939.
41. A. original B. initial C. primary D. novel
42. A. golden B. sweet C. bright D. shiny
43. A. achieve B. gain C. observe D. apply
44. A. put B. hold C. take D. make
45. A. crest B. height C. fullness D. top
46. A. covering B. stretching C. crossing D. ranging
47. A. exclaimed B. declared C. hailed D. quoted
48. A. cut B. left C. stopped D. brought
49. A. undertook B. suffered C. received D. underwent
50. A. like B. equal C. better D. same
PASSAGE B: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
There is still much sand left in the world to satisfy most holiday makers but in many parts of the world
beaches are literally being washed away and have to be regularly (51) _____. First, much of the sand for
beaches comes from cliffs which crumble away as they are pounded by the waves. To (52) _______ them, sea
walls are often erected. With cliffs no longer crumbling, the beaches are robbed off the material which would
(53) ______ feed them. Beaches are also (54) ______ with sand and gravel by rivers which bring it down from
the mountains and hills. In some places rivers are being dammed and (55) _______ built to retain water. They
trap more of the sediment so the rivers take less sand and gravel to the sea. This is happening in California, for
example, and in Scotland. In Egypt, the building of the Aswan Dam has (56) _____ the Nile silt, so much less
silt is being fed towards coastal (57) ______ . That has meant the delta is now eroding instead of (58) _______
as before. Thirdly, to improve access to the beach many holiday resorts build a promenade along the sea front.
Like some of the fortifications of cliff (59) _______ this usually has a flat vertical surface off which the
waves (60) ______ . This helps wash the sand away down the beach and most of it is lost.
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51. A. removed B. replaced C. rebuilt D. protected
52. A. surround B. prepare C. protect D. cover
53. A. normally B. often C. sometimes D. occasionally
54. A. presented B. given C. filled D. supplied
55. A. reservoirs B. canals C. wells D. locks
56. A. kept B. trapped C. sealed D. solidified
57. A. beaches B. resorts C. areas D. parts
58. A. growing B. shrinking C. swelling D. progressing
59. A. tops B. faces C. features D. hangings
60. A. bounce B. jump C. splash D. ripple
READING COMPREHENSION:
READING PASSAGE 1: Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
AGRICULTURE AND URBANIZATION
In the modern world, many people take the procurement of food for granted, especially in so-called
industrialized states. Even in many states with marginalized economies, there is enough food for all. It is just
unevenly distribute, with a powerful elite living lives of luxury in a land rife with deprivation and starvation.
An abundance of food is not the norm of human history. For the first ten of thousands of years, humans lived a
literal hand-to- mouth existence as hunter-gatherers, waking each morning with one thought in mind: how to
find something to eat. The fruits and roots of the plants they gathered and the flesh of the fish they caught and
the animals they hunted were their sole sources of nourishment. This overwhelming need occupied most of
their time, leaving them with little to improve their lives in other ways. Permanent settlements were unheard
of, as each band or tribe moved from place to place seeking new sources of food. It was not until man learned
the mysteries of agriculture about 12,000 years ago that man had a renewable source of nourishment and
formed the first permanent settlements.
All of the main staple crops of the world had at one time grown in the wild, often in a different form than
man uses today. The cultivation of these plants in regularly planted fields constitutes the beginnings of
agriculture, and, coupled with the domestication of animals, it marked the first real civilizations on Earth.
Prior to this point, in approximately 10,000 B.C., there was nothing to unify humans in any large groupings.
In fact, large groupings would have been detrimental to the survival of the group as the food from their
natural surroundings could only support a limited number of people. How and why man first began the
process of planting crops, harvesting them, and storing them for future use is still not entirely understood.
Nevertheless, there are five undisputed original centers of agriculture: the Eastern United States, the area of
Southern Mexico and Guatemala, the Andes mountain region of modern Peru, the Fertile Crescent region in
the modern Middle East, and Eastern China.
All five independently developed agriculture from the plant species available in the region. With the
exception of the eastern United States, in ancient times, all became centers of urbanization, with the Fertile
Crescent area, the most likely site of man's first towns and cities. Agriculture is a labor-intensive activity,
requiring a large group of people to live in the same place for continuous periods. Once an area was cleared of
trees, stones, or other obstacles and planted, it made sense to stay there and settle permanently. The crops also
needed to be protected from animals and those still living a nomadic existence. Undoubtedly, agriculture gave
rise to urbanization and not the reverse since without agriculture there was no reason to form permanent
settlements.
With a surplus of food available, people had time to take part in activities other than food procurement.
Artisans, merchants, scholars, engineers, priests, bureaucratic elites, permanent garrisons, and a myriad of
others were fed by the surplus labor of the masses. For the first time in human history, a distinction grew
between different groups of people: those who grew the food and those who did not. Perversely, those who
did not grow the food became the more powerful, using their free time to plan cities and temples, develop
weapons, gather armies, and wage war on their fellow humans. The masses of people became tied to the land,
laboring for the few elites at the top.
A distinction also grew between those who lived in the city and enjoyed its vice and those left back on the
farm. In the ancient world, the city became a place of danger, where crime was rife, illness spread, and the
worst sins of mankind were perpetrated, a situation that remains unchanged today. Much of humanity now
resides in cities despite modern urban ills. Most of mankind has been free of its daily search for sustenance,
allowing humans to progress in 12,000 years a tremendous deal farther than in all man's previous history. Yet
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this progress has been with much pain, with the rise of powerful elites and a world of haves and have-nots.
61. According to paragraph 1, in many states with marginalized economies
A. there is enough food only for a select elite. B. food is not shared fairly by everyone.
C. everyone gets more than enough food. D. select elites decide who gets the food.
62. The word "deprivation" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. privacy B. distress C. desire D. poverty
63. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are known about early agriculture EXCEPT:
A. where humans first began to grow crops. B. how humans first managed to grow crops.
C. when humans developed the first crops. D. the origins of the crops that are common today.
64. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in the passage?
Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. Large groups could not exist because there was not enough food in a given area for everyone to live on.
B. Large groups were needed to survive because they could gather more food from a given area.
C. The size of a group depended on the amount of food in a given area and its natural surroundings.
D. Survival was dependent on the size of the group and the amount of food its members could bring with
them.
65. According to paragraph 3, each original area of agriculture
A. had the same plants from wild sources. B. shared plants between different areas.
C. used the plants found in its own area. D. had some plants that were in common.
66. The word "there" in the passage refers to
A. centers of urbanization B. the Fertile Crescent C. the same place D. an area
67. The word "nomadic" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. meager B. wandering C. bountiful D. harsh
68. In paragraph 4, the author uses the term "perversely" to indicate that
A. the division of humans into various classes was unnecessary.
B. it was strange that those doing all the work were not the elites.
C. the elites should be those with the time to help humanity progress.
D. class distinctions were an inevitable result of agriculture.
69. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that prior to the development of agriculture there _____
A. was greatly equality among people. B. was a class of leaders in most groups.
C. were some types of craftsmen. D. were no conflicts among humans.
70. According to paragraph 5, centers of urbanization in all ages ____
A. developed only in places of agricultural development. B. have attracted the best and brightest people.
C. were responsible for the spread of disease. D. have problems that are similar to each other.
READING PASSAGE 2: Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember part events, anticipate future ones,
make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about
the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing.
Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely
to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees
communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of
the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun’s position in the sky, and the speed of the dance
tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode
the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the
site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent father from the previous site, foraging
honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the
new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how
bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site.
Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a
stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools. One
researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard
nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might
contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other four chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair
they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the one with the higher total, showing some sort of
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summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do simple
sums.
71. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior.
B. The use of food in studies of animal behavior. C. The role of instinct in animal behavior.
D. Differences between the behavior of animals in their natural environments and in laboratory experiments.
72. Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?
A. Communicating emotions B. Remembering past experiences
C. Selecting among choices D. Anticipating events to come
73. What is the purpose of the honeybee at a site?
A. To determine the quality of food at a site B. To increase the speed of travel to food sources
C. To identify the type of nectar that is available D. To communicate the location of food
74. The word “yet” is closest in meaning to .
A. however B. generally C. since D. so far
75. What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2?
A. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought.
B. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food.
C. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity.
D. The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected.
76. It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to .
A. be an indicator of cognitive ability B. be related to food consumption
C. correspond to levels of activity D. vary among individuals within a species
77. Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?
A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species.
B. To provide an example of tool use among animals.
C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat.
D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals.
78.
The word "rudimentary' in meaning to .
A. technical B. basic C. superior D. original
79. The phrase "the one" refer to the .
A. chimpanzee B. pair C. ability D. study
80. Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips that chimpanzees .
A. prefer to work in pairs or groups B. have difficulty selecting when given choices
C. lack abilities that other primates have D. exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities
Exercise 2
CLOZE TEST: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
WORD for each space.
OPEN CLOZE 1
I HATE HOLIDAYS
It’s years now since anyone told me I needed a holiday. That is because I long (1) _____ ran out of
companions who were prepared to put (2) _______ with a two-week sulk. The only way I could cope with a
holiday was by taking my lap-top with me and working while they poked among some ruins in the morning. I
was reasonable company over lunch, but in the afternoon, when they (3) _____ dragged me off to the beach
with cries of, "You’re on holiday, for goodness sake!’, I was intolerable.
Eventually, I came to (4) ______ with the fact that holidays and I don’t mix. Holidays, that is, of the suntan
lotion and beach towel variety. When, I reasoned, one reaches the end of a "relaxing' holiday longing to get
back to (5) _____ desk, what was the (6) ______ of setting off in the first place?
I do of course take breaks, but given my aversion (7) ______ both sand and grass, always in foreign cities. But
there are strict ground rules. The (8) ______ is that my journey has to have some purpose. Maybe I’m writing
a travel article, or catching (9) _____ with local theatres. The reason can be pretty tenuous, but it has to be
there. Secondly, there are my requirements. The hotel has to have a fax machine and I must be able to tune in
the television news in my room. And finally, I must be able to get the English newspapers, even if a few days
late. With all these factors in place, I am in (10) _______ element. But three days later, I’m ready to go
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home.
OPEN CLOZE 2
BASKETBALL
Although he created the game of basketball at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. James A.
Naismith was a Canadian. Working as a physical education (11) _____ at the International YMCA, now
Springfield College, Dr. Naismith noticed a lack of interest in exercise among students during the wintertime.
The New England winters were fierce, and the students balked at (12) ______ in outdoor activities. Naismith
determined that a fast-moving game that could be played indoors would fill a void after the baseball and
football (13) _______ had ended.
First he attempted to adapt outdoor games such as soccer and rugby to indoor play, but he soon found
them (14) ________ for confined areas. Finally, he determined that he would have to invent a game. In
December of 1891, Dr. Naismith hung two old peach baskets at each end of the gymnasium at the school, and,
using a soccer ball and nine players on each side, (15) ______ the first basketball game. The early rules
allowed three points for each basket and made running with the ball a violation. Every time a goal was (16)
_____, someone had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball.
Nevertheless, the game became popular. In less than a year, basketball was being played in both the
US and Canada. Five years later, a championship (17) ______ was staged in New York City, which was won
by the Brooklyn Central YMCA.
The teams had already been (18) ______ to seven players and five became standard in the 1897 season.
When basketball was introduced as a demonstration sport in the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, it quickly
spread (19) _______ the world. In 1906, a metal (20) _______ was used for the first time to replace thee
basket but the name basketball has remained.
Exercise 3
PART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses.
1. Students from underprivileged families face huge, often __________, financial hurdles to get a tertiary
education. (MOUNT)
2. Using Times New Roman ________ is one of the requirements. (TYPE)
3. Some parts of your essay needs _________ so that readers can better understand your post. (WORD)
4. The region is not quite in a state of meltdown, but signs of _________ are evident. (STABLE)
5. If only there were no wars and people all over the world could live in ________ peace! (LAST)
6. In the __________ of your passport being stolen, contact the embassy immediately. (EVENT)
7. There is pain in thinking what QuangTrung Nguyen Hue might yet be and do, had it not been for his
____________ death. (TIME)
8. It took over a year to make the ___________ from a manual to a computerized system in keeping records
for the company. (CHANGE)
9. Cantankerous, __________ and dyslexic Billy Childish, an all-round English artist, has been namechecked
by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Kylie Minogue. (OPINION)
10. After coming this far, to quit now would be ____________. (CONCEPT)
PART 2: Complete the passage with appropriate forms from the words given in the box.
create foot progress observe appear
sun nature hard line deficient
The principle of use and disuse states that those parts of organisms’ bodies that are used grow larger. Those
parts that are not tend to whither away. It is an (11) _____ fact that when you exercise particular muscle, they
grow. Those that are never used diminish. By examining a man’s body we can tell which muscles he uses and
which he does not. We may even be able to guess his profession or his (12) ______ . Enthusiasts of ‘body-
building’ cult make use of the principle of use and disuse to build their bodies, almost like a piece of sculpture,
into whatever (13) _______ shape is demanded by fashion in this peculiar minority culture. Muscles are not
the only parts of the body that respond to use in this kind of way. Walk (14) ________ and you acquire harder
skin on your soles. It is easy to tell a fanner from a bank teller by looking at their hands alone. The farmer’s
hands are homy, 15) ________ by long exposure to rough work. The teller’s hands are relatively soft.
The principle of use and disuse enables animals to become better at the job of surviving in their world (16)
_______ better during their lifetime as a result of living in that world. Humans, through direct exposure to
sunlight or lack of it, develop a skin color which equips them better to survive in the particular local
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conditions. Too much sunlight is dangerous. Enthusiastic (17) ________ with very fair skins are susceptible to
skin cancer. Too little sunlight, on the other hand, leads to vitamin-D (18) _______ and rickets. The brown
pigment melanin which is synthesized under the influence of sunlight makes a screen to protect the (19)
______ tissues from the harmful effects of further sunlight. If a suntanned person moves to a less sunny
climate, the melanin (20) _______, and the body is able to benefit from what little sun there is. This can be
represented as an instance of the principle of use and disuse: skin goes brown when it is used, and faces to
white when it is not.
Exercise 4
The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them
Chocolate is a very special kind of food. Although certainly not a vital part of the human diet, it is loved by its
delicious sweet taste and the way it melts in the mouth, and would be missed by many millions of people if it
suddenly ceased to exist. Indeed, the global population of ‘chocoholics’ (people who find chocolate very
difficult to resist) are very large. The most chocoholic countries in the world are in Europe; Switzerland and
Austria top the list with an annually average consumption of around ten kilograms of chocolate per person,
closely followed by Britain and Ireland. Many people believe that eating chocolate has a mood-enhancing
affect. There is disagreement, however, about whether this is due to the ingredients of chocolate or the
significance attached to eating it. Some scientists have suggested that chocolate releases chemicals in the brain
that create feelings of happiness, while others believe the happy feelings might only occur because people see
eating chocolate as a way of being nice to them. The vital ingredient in chocolate is the seeds of the cacao tree,
which only grows in tropical countries. Cacao was firstly cultivated at least 2,500 years ago by the Maya and
Aztec civilisations of Central America, who used the seeds to make a chocolate-flavoured drink. In the early
sixteenth century, Spanish explorers who arrived on Central America recorded that the Aztec emperor.
Montezuma, was particularly fond of this chocolate drink, although it was not mixed with sugar and therefore
had a bitter more than a sweet taste. The Spanish took cacao seeds back to Europe, where the chocolate drink
quickly became popular with very rich people, the only ones able to afford it. It wasn’t until the nineteenth
century that chocolate began to appear in the solid form that is so familiar today. The world’s biggest
producers of cacao today are the Ivory Coast and Ghana, both in western Africa.
Exercise 5
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.
1. I wanted to tell her what I really felt, but in the end decided not to.
—> In the end, I ______________________________________________ feelings.
2. I was dismayed to discover that he even gave the secret away.
-> Much _____________________________________________________ the bag.
3. She knew nothing of her husband’s impending promotion.
-> Little ___________________________________________________ for promotion.
4. Despite her let-down at his decision, Karen did not think badly of him. (BORE)
->Disappointed _____________________________________________ feelings over his decision.
5. Having three children to look after every day had taken its toll on Elke. (GRIND)
-> Elke was worn ___________________________________________ of three children.
6. Under no circumstances are you to embark on the journey alone.
—> Come __________________________________________ the journey alone.
7. Due to his mother’s permissiveness, it was little wonder to me that Jim was an exceedingly spoilt child.
—> It came _________________________________________ every whim.
8. Lives could be endangered if the safety procedures are not followed strictly. (JEOPARDY)
—> To ensure that no-one ______________________________ to the safety procedures.
9. If it hadn’t rained cats and dogs, the event would have happened as intended. (TORRENTIAL)
-> Were it ______________________ plan.
10. People have rumored that you might get married soon. (GRAPEVINE)
-> I have ___________________________________ the knot soon.
Exercise 6
Part 1
For questions 1-18, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, c or D) best fits each gap.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet
Fear of Flying
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Fear of flying is among the most understandable and prevalent of phobias. One person in four suffers (1)
______ anxiety at the idea of boarding a plane - as a pet (2) ______ it ranks alongside fear of snakes - and one
in 10 refuses to fly under any circumstances.
The agony is not just being five miles high with no visible (3) ______ of support, but having absolutely no
control. Risks aren't the problem, but fear. The argument that we are in greater (4) ______ in a car, or boiling
an egg, is irrelevant. The phobia cuts sufferers off from friends and families, and can damage careers. Some
sufferers are ashamed, and many believe that they have to live with the fear.
For a few people, the cause can be so deep-seated that it requires therapy. But most will overcome their fear
(even if they will never leap aboard planes with a (5) ______ heart) by understanding more about how and
why an aircraft flies, and learning how to cope with anxiety. Every six weeks, two experienced British
Airways captains, Douglas Ord and Peter Hughes, persuade two planeloads of nervous and often terrified
passengers into the sky. About 95 per cent of them are then "cured" (6) ______ the extent that they can board a
plane without feeling overwhelming panic.
1. A. severe B. harsh C. austere D. stern
2. A. disgust B. distaste C. hate D. horror
3. A. grounds B. resource C. means D. resort
4. A. hazard B. peril C. menace D. threat
5. A. soft B. gentle C. bright D. light
6. A. to B. with C. by D. in
The Journey
The car had again failed to start, and Elizabeth was again compelled to take the train. She brought a cup of
coffee down the rocking carriage, (7) .... as the boiling fluid seeped out from under the lid and on to her hand.
The heating was turned up (8) .... and most of the people in the carriage seemed on the (9).... of
unconsciousness as they looked out of the window at the flatlands sliding past the window. Elizabeth had
telephoned the matron of the home, who told her that Brennan was barely worth visiting, but that he would see
her if she came. She felt excited by the (10) .... of actually meeting someone from that era. She would be like a
historian who, after working from other histories, finally (11) .... hands on original source material. She had an
unclear picture of Brennan in her mind, although she knew he would be old and, (12).... from what the matron
had said, decrepit.
7. A. leering B. squinting C. wincing D. smirking
8. A. top B. full C. maximum D. peak
9. A. verge B. rim C. fringe D. border
10. A. prospect B. outlook C. foresight D. viewpoint
11. A. sets B. rests C. casts D. lays
12. A. reflecting B. accounting C. judging D. rating
A Private Man
Alec Guinness is a difficult subject for a biographer. He has, very deliberately, covered what he wants to hide
with a truth that partly satisfies him and (13) .... the curious. His reaction against revealing himself is deep,
instinctive and should be respected. But while respected, this can also be questioned and not followed in
(14) .... subservience. Guinness has frequently defended his privacy. He has also complained that some of his
contemporaries have become, in later life, ‘unexpectedly and brutally frank’. There is surely only one way to
(15).... one's private life, and that is not to become a public figure. Paul Schofield, another great actor, has
done just this, truly (16) .... himself the attention that should have been his (17).... Guinness, on the other hand,
has enjoyed the limelight while claiming not to; he has enjoyed fame very much on his own (18) …..
13. A. swerves B. deflects C. veers D. rebounds
14. A. void B. blind C. blank D. bare
15. A. safeguard B. immunize C. harbour D. cage
16. A. denying B. vetoing C. rejecting D. forgoing
17. A. merit B. justification C. due D. credit
18. A. particulars B. requirements C. rules D. terms
PART 2
You are going to read four extracts which are all concerned in some way with childhood and families. For
questions 19-26, choose the answer (A, B, c or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your
answers on the separate answer sheet.
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Kit and Clio
‘People often wonder why your father married your mother, though,’ Clio said.
Kit felt a bile of defence rise in her throat.‘No, they don’t wonder that. You might wonder it. People don’t
wonder it at all.’
‘Keep your hair on. I’m only saying what I heard.’
‘Who said what? Where did you hear it?’ Kit’s face was hot and angry. Kit was almost alarmed at the strength
of her feeling.
‘Oh, people say things ... ’ Clio was lofty.
‘Like what?’
‘Like your mother was a different sort of person, not a local person ... you know.’
‘No, I don’t know.Your mother isn’t from here either, she’s from Limerick.’
‘But she used to come here on holidays.That made her sort of from here.’
‘My mother came here when she met Dad, and that makes her from here too.’There were tears in Kit’s eyes.
‘I’m sorry,’ Clio said. She really did sound repentant.
‘What are you sorry about?’
‘For saying your mother wasn’t from here.’
Kit felt she was sorry for more, for hinting at a marriage that was less than satisfactory.‘Oh, don’t be stupid
Clio. No one cares about what you say about where my mother is from, you’re so boring. My mother’s from
Dublin and that’s twenty times more interesting than being from old Limerick.’ ‘Sure,’ said Clio.
The sunlight went out of the day. Kit didn’t enjoy that first summer outing on the lake. She felt Clio didn’t
either, and there was a sense of relief when they each went home.
19. Which of the following did Kit imply to Clio during their conversation?
A that similar things were said about Clio’s mother
B that she was unaware of comments from anyone except Clio about her mother
C that there were no problems between her mother and father
D that her mother was regarded as being more interesting than Clio’s mother
20. Which of the following did Clio want Kit to realize during their conversation?
A that she wanted to bring their outing to an end B that people often made cruel comments about others
C that she would have been upset by similar comments about her mother
D that it was right for Kit to consider her mother to be a local person
My Family
When I arrived in the family in 1962, there were already two natural daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth. I was
the second adopted member. It might all sound rather dramatic and upsetting. It wasn’t. The Moores did not
merely become a substitute Mum and Dad or a foster Mum and Dad. To me, they were, and always will be,
Mum and Dad. They never hid the fact of the adoption from me. As soon as I was old enough to grasp what
they were saying, they told me about it and the few details they had gleaned themselves about the
circumstances. I never felt the slightest stigma. As far as I know, my relationship with my mother and father
never felt the slightest bit different to that with any father and mother. I never sat down and felt cheated that I
was somehow different to all my school friends. We were as close a family as any. I regarded my brothers and
sisters in precisely the same way that everyone else regarded theirs. I cannot remember a single outbreak of
jealousy from Catherine and Elizabeth, nor any divisions which were not under the heading of normal childish
arguments. And yet it was never something that we all sat and wondered about, and celebrated, along the way.
It was simply the norm, the family.
21 What does the writer say about the fact that he was an adopted child?
A He was glad not to know much about what had led to it.
B It made him appreciate his parents more than he might otherwise have done.
C It was not as difficult a position to be in as others might think.
D He had expected it to cause problems for a while.
22 What does the writer imply about relationships between the members of his family?
A They were something which they all took for granted.
B He may have a false recollection of some of them.
C They would not have been so good if they had analyzed them.
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Breakfast Time
'I can't find my leotard, Daddy,' Bridget said, the moment he entered the kitchen. She and Ben were munching
their way through plates of Rice Crispies. Line 2
'I don't suppose it's far away.' He poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down. 'When did you have it last?'
'Mummy was going to mend it for me. Daddy, I must have it for today. It's dance club and they're doing
auditions for the Christmas pantomime.' Bridget's grey eyes were beginning to glisten like pearls. Line 5
'Don't worry, Sprig.' He gave a reassuring smile, reached across to pat her hand. 'I'll just eat this piece of toast
and we'll go and look for it. Ben, how many times have I told you not to read your comic at the table! Anyone
know if Mummy's had any breakfast yet?'
That was another thing, he thought grimly as they shook their heads. More often than not, Joan was Line 9
going off to work without even a cup of coffee these days.
Fifteen minutes later his decision to have it out with her had become full-blown determination.
An exhaustive search had failed to turn up Bridget's leotard. Line 12
'Where can it be?' The tears were beginning to flow freely now.
He squatted to put his arms around her. 'Hush, sweetheart, don't cry. It's bound to be here somewhere.'
23 What do we learn about the father in the extract?
A He never got annoyed with either of his children. B He wanted to confront his wife about something.
C He normally paid little attention to his children’s plans. D He did not like his daughter getting angry with
her mother.
24 Which of these words is used to describe a feeling of sadness?
A munching (line 2) B glisten (line 5) C grimly (line 9) D exhaustive (line 12)
Harry and Connie
It was never the most secure of upbringings. Harry was earning barely enough to sustain the whole family,
and, although he handed over the majority of his salary at the end of each week to Connie, he still managed to
fritter away what little he had left. Connie did her best to keep things on an even keel. She had seven mouths
to feed on a basic income of a week, and as a consequence, she was noted for her thriftiness. ‘ “Save a little,
spend a little” was,’ said their son, ‘one of the constant refrains of my childhood’, leaving him with a lifelong
‘horror of debt and a steely determination to pay my own way’. In spite of such sobering moral lessons, Harry
still somehow managed to contrive on countless occasions to stun Connie with his capriciousness.
One reason why Connie was prepared to tolerate such behaviour was the fact that, deep down she had always
valued his unforced charm and his ebullient sense of showmanship. Although she was never happier than
when she had the time to sit at the piano and sing her favourite songs, she was, their son recalled,
‘temperamentally reluctant to perform in public’. The quixotic Harry, in contrast, was an instinctive performer
and talented enough to take his amateur song and dance routines on to the local club circuit. Connie, for all her
well-founded fears about their future, loved and admired - and perhaps even gently envied - that untamed and
indomitable sense of fun.
25 What do we learn about Harry’s attitude to money?
A It frequently caused Connie to be surprised. B His son had difficulty in not adopting it himself.
C He sometimes regretted it. D It varied from time to time.
26 One thing that Connie liked about Harry was that
A he encouraged her to enjoy playing and singing herself.
B he made an effort to improve himself as a public performer
C it was in his nature to be happy whatever the circumstances.
D he made other people forget about their problems.
PART 3
You are going to read an extract from a novel. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose
from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (27-33). There is one extra paragraph which you do not
need to use. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
AT THE ZOO
Inspector John Rebus was pretending to stare at the meerkats when he saw the man. For the best part of an
hour, Rebus had been trying to blink away a headache, which was about as much exercise as he could sustain.
He’d planted himself on benches and against walls, wiping his brow even though Edinburgh’s early spring
was a blood relative of midwinter. His shirt was damp against his back, uncomfortably tight every time he rose
to his feet.
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27. _________
He hadn’t been to the zoo in years; thought probably the last time had been when he’d brought his daughter to
see Palango the gorilla. Sammy had been so young, he’d carried her on his shoulders without feeling the
strain.
28. _________
Not very, he hoped. The penguin parade had come and gone while he was by the meerkats. Now, oddly, it was
when the visitors moved on, seeking excitement, that the first of the meerkats appeared, rising on its hind legs,
body narrow and wavering, scouting the territory.
29. _________
There were worse, he had reminded himself, applying his thoughts to the day’s central question: who was
poisoning the zoo animals of Edinburgh? The fact of the matter was, some individual was to blame. Somebody
cruel and calculating and so far missed by surveillance cameras and keepers alike.
30. _________
Meantime, as senior staff had indicated, the irony was that the poisoner had actually been good for business.
There’d been no copycat offences yet, but Rebus wondered how long that would last.
The next announcement concerned feeding the sea lions. Rebus had sauntered past their pool earlier,
thinking it not overly large for a family of three. The meerkat den was surrounded by children now, and the
meerkats themselves had disappeared, leaving Rebus strangely pleased to have been accorded their company.
31. _________
As a child, his roll-call of pets had seen more than its fair share of those listed ‘Missing in Action’ or ‘Killed
in the Line of Duty’. His tortoise had absconded, despite having its owner’s name painted on its shell; several
budgies had failed to reach maturity; and ill-health had plagued his only goldfish. Living as he did in a
tenement flat, he’d never been tempted in adulthood by the thought of a cat or dog. He’d tried horse-riding
once, rubbing his inside legs raw in the process and vowing afterwards that the closest he’d come in future to
the noble beast would be on a betting slip.
32. _________
Except the animals wouldn’t share a human’s curiosity. They would be unmoved by any display of agility or
tenderness, would fail to comprehend that some game was being played. Animals would not build zoos, would
have no need of them. Rebus was wondering why humans needed them. The place suddenly became
ridiculous to him, a chunk of prime Edinburgh real estate given over to the unreal... And then he saw the
camera.
Saw it because it replaced the face that should have been there. The man was standing on a grassy slope sixty
feet away, adjusting the focus on a telescopic lens. His hair was thinning and brown, forehead wrinkled.
Recognition came as soon as he lowered the camera.
33. _________
Rebus knew the man. Hadn’t seen him in probably four years but couldn’t forget eyes like that. Rebus sought
for a name, at the same time reaching into his pocket for his radio. The photographer caught the movement,
eyes turning to match Rebus’s gaze. Recognition worked both ways. And then the man was off, walking
briskly downhill. Rebus yanked out his radio.
Missing paragraphs
A He moved away from it, but not too far, and proceeded to untie and tie a shoelace, which was his way
of marking the quarter-hours. Zoos and the like had never held any fascination for him.
B Rebus looked away, turning in the direction of its subjects: children. Children leaning into the meerkat
enclosure. All you could see were shoesoles and legs, and the backs of skirts and T- shirts and jerseys.
C Past a restaurant and cafeteria, past couples holding hands and children attacking icecreams. Peccaries,
otters, pelicans. It was all downhill, for which Rebus was thankful. The walkway narrowed just at the point
where the crowd thickened. Rebus wasn’t sure what was causing the bottleneck, then heard cheers and
applause.
D Two more then followed it, appearing from their burrow, circling, noses to the ground. They paid little
attention to the silent figure seated on the low wall of their enclosure; passed him time and again as they
explored the same orbit of hard- packed earth, jumping back only when he lifted a handkerchief to his face. He
was feeling the effects of an early-morning double espresso from one of the kiosks near The Meadows. He’d
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E The capybara had looked at him almost with pity, and there had seemed a glint of recognition and
empathy behind the long-lashed eye of the hunched white rhino, standing so still it might have been a feature
in a shopping mall, yet somehow dignified in its very isolation. Rebus felt isolated, and about as dignified as a
chimpanzee.
F Police had a vague description, and spot-checks were being made of visitors’ bags and coat pockets,
but what everyone really wanted - except perhaps the media - was to have someone in custody, preferably with
the tainted tidbits locked away as evidence.
G On the other hand, he’d liked the meerkats, for a mixture of reasons: the resonance of their name; the
low comedy of their rituals; their instinct for self-preservation. Kids were dangling over the wall now, legs
kicking in the air. Rebus imagined a role reversal - cages filled with children, peered at by passing animals as
they capered and squealed, loving the attention.
H Today, though, he had nothing with him but a concealed radio and set of handcuffs. He wondered how
conspicuous he looked, walking such a narrow ambit while shunning the attractions further up and down the
slope, stopping now and then at the kiosk to buy a can of Irn-Bru.
PART 4
You are going to read an extract from a biography of two British comedians. For questions 34-40, choose the
answer (A, B, c or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate
answer sheet.
THE MORECAMBE & WISE SHOW
It happened one night. It happened, to be precise, at 8.55 p.m. on the night of 25 December 1977, when an
estimated 28,835,000 people - more than half of the total population of the United Kingdom - tuned their
television sets to BBC1 and spent the next hour and ten minutes in the company of a rather tall man called Eric
and a rather short man called Ernie. It was an extraordinary night for British television. It was - at least as far
as that catholic and capacious category known as ‘light entertainment’ was concerned - as close as British
television had ever come, in some forty-one years of trying, to being a genuine mass medium. None of the
usual rigid divisions and omissions were apparent in the broad audience of that remarkable night: no stark
class bias, no pronounced gender imbalance, no obvious age asymmetry, no generalized demographic slant.
It was also, of course, an extraordinary night for the two stars of the show: Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise -
by far the most illustrious, and the best-loved, double-act that Britain has ever produced. Exceptionally
professional yet endearingly personable, they were wonderful together as partners, as friends, as almost a
distinct entity: not ‘Morecambe and Wise’ but ‘Morecambewise’.There was Eric and there was Ernie: one of
them an idiot, the other a bigger idiot, each of them half a star, together a whole star, forever hopeful of that
‘brand new, bright tomorrow’ that they sang about at the end of each show. True, Eric would often slap Ernie
smartly on the cheeks, but they clearly thought the world of each other, and the world thought a great deal of
them, too.
Their show succeeded in attracting such a massive following on that memorable night because it had, over the
course of the previous nine years or so, established, and then enhanced, an enviable reputation for consistency,
inventiveness, unparalleled professional polish and, last but by no means least, a strong and sincere respect for
its audience. The Morecambe &Wise Show stood for something greater, something far more precious, than
mere first-rate but evanescent entertainment; it had come to stand - just as persuasively and as proudly as any
earnest documentary or any epic drama - for excellence in broadcasting, the result not just of two gifted
performers (great talent, alas, does not of itself guarantee great television) but also of a richly proficient and
supremely committed production team.
The show, culminating in the record-breaking triumph of that 1977 special, represented an achievement in
high-quality popular programme-making that is now fast assuming the aura of a fairy tale - destined, one fears,
to be passed on with bemused fascination from one doubtful generation to its even more disbelieving
successor as the seemingly endless proliferation of new channels and novel forms of distraction continue to
divide and disperse the old mass audience in the name of that remorseless quest for ‘quality demographics’
and ‘niche audiences’. The Morecambe &Wise Show appeared at a time before home video, before satellite
dishes and cable technology, before the dawning of the digital revolution, a time when it was still considered
desirable to make a television programme that might - just might - excite most of the people most of the time.
Neither Morecambe nor Wise ever looked down on, or up at, anyone (except, of course, each other); both of
them looked straight back at their audience on level terms. No celebrated guest was ever allowed to challenge
this comic democracy: within the confines of the show, the rich and famous went unrecognised and frequently
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unpaid (a running gag); venerable actors with grand theatrical reputations were mocked routinely by Eric’s
sotto voce comments; and two resolutely down-to-earth working-class comedians gleefully reaffirmed the
remarkably deep, warm and sure relationship that existed between themselves and the British public.
‘It was,’ reminisced Ernie Wise, ‘a sort of great big office party for the whole country, a bit of fun people
could understand.’ From the first few seconds of their opening comic routine to the final few notes and
motions of their closing song and dance, Morecambe and Wise did their very best to draw people together
rather than drive them apart. Instead of pandering submissively to the smug exclusivity of the cognoscenti
(they were flattered when a well-regarded critic praised the sly ‘oeillade, that accompanied Eric’s sarcastic
asides, but they still mocked him mercilessly for his use of the word), and instead of settling - as so many of
their supposed successors would do with unseemly haste - for the easy security of a ‘cult following’,
Morecambe and Wise always aimed to entertain the whole nation.
When viewers watched that show at the end of 1977, they witnessed a rare and rich compendium of the very
best in popular culture: the happy summation of a joint career that had traversed all of the key developments
associated with the rise of mass entertainment in Britain, encompassing the faint but still discernible traces
ofVictorian music-hall, the crowded animation of Edwardian Variety, the wordy populism of the wireless, the
spectacular impact of the movies and, finally, the more intimate pervasiveness of television. When that career
was all over, it was sorely missed.They were simply irreplaceable.
34 The writer implies in the first paragraph that one reason why the show on 25 December 1977 was
extraordinary was that
A light entertainment programmes had been the targets of criticism before then.
B no one had thought that a British television programme could appeal to all classes.
C its audience included people who might not have been expected to watch it.
D people tuning into it knew that they were taking part in a phenomenal event.
35 In the second paragraph, the writer implies that Morecambe and Wise
A would probably not have been successful had they been solo performers.
B had a different relationship in real life from the one they had on television.
C were keen for audiences to realize how professional they were.
D probably did not know how popular they were.
36 The writer says in the third paragraph that one reason why The Morecambe & Wise Show remained so
popular was that
A it adapted to changes in audience attitudes to what constituted good entertainment.
B it appealed to people who normally preferred other kinds of programme.
C the people who made it knew that its popularity was guaranteed.
D the contribution of people other than its stars was a key element in it.
37 The writer suspects that The Morecambe & Wise Show will in the future be regarded as
A something which might only catch on with certain audiences.
B something which has acquired an exaggerated reputation.
C the kind of programme that programme-makers will aspire to.
D the kind of programme that illustrates the disadvantages of technological advances.
38 According to the writer, one feature of The Morecambe & Wise Show was
A the way in which it reflected developments in British society.
B its inclusion of jokes that only certain people would understand.
C the consistent way in which other stars were treated on it.
D its careful choice of other stars to appear on it.
39 In the sixth paragraph, the writer implies that
A other comedians have attempted to appeal to only a particular group of people.
B Morecambe and Wise usually disregarded what critics said about them.
C other comedians have not accorded Morecambe and Wise the respect they deserve.
D Morecambe and Wise realized that there were some people who would never like them.
40 In the last paragraph, the writer implies that one remarkable feature of the show was that
A it exceeded even the expectations of its audience.
B it contained elements that could have been regarded as old-fashioned.
C it showed the similarities between earlier forms of entertainment.
D it contained a hint of sadness despite being so entertaining
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Exercise 7. Use only one word to fill in each of the numbered blanks.
The 1990s has been hailed (1) ………. the environmental decade; the world and the environment are now
firmly (2) ……….. the political agenda. The citizens of planet Earth are waking (3) …….. to the knowledge
that action is (4) …. not only by governments but also by all mankind, to preserve the world as we know it.
The ozone layer, environmental pollution, global warming, the rainforests are topics discussed (5) ….. -wide
from the newsroom to the café. Environmental pollution is an area which is of direct (6) ……… to all of us,
from the chemical waste (7) ……… out by factories to the rubbish we throw (8) ………… every day.
Industrial pollution is being emitted continually (9) ………. the world’s cities, clogging up the atmosphere,
poisoning the rivers and destroying nature’s balance.
New environmental awareness is already evident: young children are (10) ……….. educated about recycling
household waste, housewives are becoming green-shoppers, concerned (11) …… the contents and packaging
in their shopping baskets, and governments are at (12) ……….. beginning to take serious and effective (13)
……….. Although this environmental awareness is laudable, it could be (14) …….. that perhaps it has all
come a bit too (15) ……….. Man has been polluting the environment in (16) ………… damaging ways for the
past 150 years. The methods and processes which cause so (17) ……….. of the pollution form the core of
“civilised” living. In trying to cope(18) ……….. the problems which the Earth faces, we must also (19)
………. at the causes and re-evaluate our way of living, turning to natural, environmental ways of producing
energy, and living our (20) …….. closer to nature.
Exercise 8. Fill in one of the prepositions or adverbs from the box below, then give a synonym for each
phrasal verb.
Phrasal Verbs 1
round, off, across, through, down to, to, into, out, up, up with, by, up to, forward, on, over, in, round to, out in
1. I’m not sure how the accident came about but I suspect somebody was being careless.
2. He came …………….. a collection of valuable old coins in the attic.
3. How did you come ………… this painting? It’s a Picasso, you know.
4. This diamond came ……………… me from my great-grandmother.
5. After she hit her head, it took her several minutes to come …………….
6. How much did the food bill come ………… this week?
7. Did the new play come …………. your expectations?
8. Those seeds I planted haven’t come …………… yet.
9. He came …………… several thousands when his grandfather died.
10. The party came ………………. rather well. Everyone enjoyed themselves.
11. The students are coming ………………… very well in Maths this term.
12. It came ……………….. that Sue’s husband had been arrested for theft.
13. I don’t know what’s come …………….. him; he’s acting very oddly.
14. He came …………….. a rash after eating a kilo of strawberries.
15. Her latest novel is coming ……………… soon.
16. Long hair for men is coming ………….. again. More and more wear their hair long.
17. After the flood, hundreds of volunteers came ………… with offers of assistance.
18. We don’t know yet how we’ll solve the problem but I’m sure someone will come ……….. a solution soon.
19. Most of the companies which came …………. the economic crisis are now operating very successfully.
20. They’ve come …………. our way of thinking at last.
Phrasal Verbs 2
deal in: trade in sth Fill in the correct phrasal verb.
deal with: tackle a problem, cope 1. Can you do up my dress please?
with 2. The death penalty should have been …….. long before it was.
do away with: abolish 3. I can’t ………… his indifference any more.
do down: criticise 4. What were you …………… when you said you might not see Mark
be done for: be in serious trouble for some time?
do out of: deprive of 5. He …………… antique furniture and paintings.
do up: fasten (a coat etc) 6. The old man was ……………. his life’s savings by a confidence
do with: tolerate trickster.
do without: manage in spite of lack 7. Surely you can ………….. sugar in your coffee for once?
of sth (Opp.: do with) 8. How do you ……………… an unruly class when they are
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drive at: imply disobedient?
9. You shouldn’t …………… your classmates just because they’re not
as quick as you.
10. We’re ……….. now - here come the police!
What’s the difference between care about and care for
Exercise 9
Idioms 1. Match the idioms with the definitions.
1. keep an eye on sth A. have a feeling that sb is talking about one 1. F
2. take it easy B. within the rules 2.......
3. feel one’s ears burning C. manage to look serious 3.......
4. (keep) a straight face D. be inexperienced 4.......
5. be flat out E. very quickly 5.......
6. one’s flesh and blood F. guard sth 6.......
7. fair and square G. insist 7.......
8. in a flash H. be very tired 8.......
9. put one’s foot down I. family member 9.......
10. be green J. calm down 10......
Idioms 2. Explain the meaning of the idioms in bold italics
1. There were so many gate crashers at the party that I didn’t even recognise the people I invited.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Don’t take your mother for granted; she does a lot of work for you.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. She cooked my goose when she refused to provide an alibi for me.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Most politicians have the gift of the gab.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. It’s all Greek to me," she said as the professor was explaining the new maths problem.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. In politics, there is always a little give and take.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. I heard it through the grapevine that we are going to get a rise next month.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. He met Jennifer and fell head over heels in love.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. He put his foot in it when he mentioned Sally’s ex-boyfriend to her new one.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. I was asked to make a speech but I couldn’t because I had a frog in my throat.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. After our break-up, I was comforted by the fact that there are plenty more fish in the sea.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. My teacher and I got off on the wrong foot, but now we are good friends
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 10. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
1. My cousin has a flair for languages and can speak more than six.
2. All the animals in the forest fled ………… the fire.
3. If you have a grievance ………. the company, please lodge a formal written complaint.
4. My car is guaranteed ……………. rust for eight years.
5. The teacher told me to stop fiddling ………….. and to sit still and concentrate.
6. My brother is always gibing …………. me about my weight.
7. I was furious ……….. my sister …………. her continual lies to our mother.
8. His glee ………….. the news of his success was a joy to see.
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9. You musn’t grieve …………. one trivial mistake.
10. He has a fixation …………. becoming the best doctor in the world.
11. She does nothing but fret …………. her lack of money.
12. His fidelity ………….. the firm has won him great respect.
13. He is always gloating …………. his sudden success as an actor.
14. He is certainly good …………. maths, if not much else.
15. The factory owner is not in the habit of fraternising ………… his workers.
16. Her sales methods are …………. odds with company policy.
17. I found the ring purely …………. luck.
18. I didn’t go to see him ………… fear of catching his cold.
19. That house has been ………….. sale for two years.
20. Come to the party, …………….. all means
21. You shouldn’t take such a valuable employee ………… granted.
22. ………….. all, I spent £500 on holiday.
23. You will receive the listed items …………… demand in a week’s time.
24. He went to the meeting ………….. disguise so as not to be recognised.
25. There were a lot of problems, but ………… the end everything was all right.
26. He was so surprised that he was ………….. a loss for words.
27. Our teacher was …………… a bad mood today; he shouted ………… everyone.
28. Try to get the photograph …………….. focus this time.
29. They were …………….. the trail of the Yeti when the blizzard started.
30 ……………… answer to your question, the meeting will take place next Tuesday.
31. Torturing people is an offence ……………… humanity.
Exercise 11. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence but using the word given. The word must not be altered in any way
1. “That meal would have satisfied a king!" he exclaimed. FIT
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. You shouldn’t take delight in other people’s failures. GLOAT
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. My grandmother can hardly hear at all. VIRTUALLY
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Take care not to spill the milk. MIND
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
5. The war has caused emigration to increase. RESULTED
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
6. The board met secretly to discuss changes in company policy. DOORS
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
7. I really want an ice-cream. DYING
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Could someone answer my question? THERE
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
9. She is likely to come before the end of next month. LIKELIHOOD
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
10. It is usual for young children to ask a lot of questions. APT
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 12. Find the mistake and correct it.
1. There are many underprivileged child in the world ………………children……….
2. She did very good in the test. ………………………………..
3. He enjoys listening to the works of classic composers. ………………………………..
4. Her eyes have the same colour as her mother’s. ………………………………..
5. The shape of the earth can be compared with an egg. ………………………………..
6. As a conclusion, I’d like to say thank you for your help. ………………………………..
7. The committee is consisting of twelve members. ………………………………..
8. There was a continual flow of traffic into the town centre. ………………………………..
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9. The cooker in this restaurant is renowned for his excellent cuisine. ………………………………..
10. He purchased several items, which costed £200 all together. ………………………………..
11. You may have to bear the price of any damage. ………………………………..
12. All the passengers and crew were dead in the plane crash. ………………………………..
13. The departure of the flight was postponed because of the rain. ………………………………..
14. The employee was dismissed for denying to work overtime. ………………………………..
15. He was rushed to hospital because he had it difficult to breathe. ………………………………..
16. They took a quiet, candlelit dinner together. ………………………………..
17. The tormented woman sees horrific nightmares every night. ………………………………..
18. No one of the accident victims pulled through. ………………………………..
19. As a team we must work well together and help each others. ………………………………..
20. Her parents’ attitude had a bad affect on her. ………………………………..
21. She did three mistakes in one sentence. ………………………………..
22. She was considering to give up her career. ………………………………..
23. Her parents would not let her to stay out late. ………………………………..
24. Skiing is her best activity. ………………………………..
25. Each one of my uncles is a solicitor. ………………………………..
26. He stopped tying his shoe-lace on the way up the steps. ………………………………..
27. I have written three letters from this morning. ………………………………..
28. He refused that he had been there at the time of the robbery. ………………………………..
Exercise 13 Fill each of the numbered blanks with a suitable word or phrase
e.g. Take some warm clothes in case it gets cold.
1. Never before ……………………………. such a boring film
2. She doesn’t like crowded cities and ……………….……… her husband
3. I don’t remember ………………….……… to do something like that before.
4. Even if I had studied more, I ………………..………… pass such a difficult exam.
5. John ……………………….…… pick up the children from school today but he completely forgot.
6. ………………….………. as to pour me another cup of coffee?
7. The teacher warned Billy that ………………………….. talking he would be sent out of the classroom.
8. He finally succeeded …………………………… his driving test after six unsuccessful attempts.
9. It’s going to take him a long …………………………….…….. the death of his father.
10. A: “I really must be going. ………………………….……….. me later?”
B: “Sure. That would be fine. What about 7.00?”
Exercise 14. Match the items from column A with those from column B and then fill In the blanks with the
correct idiom
Column A Column B Answers
1. as silent as A. a dog 1.G
2. as right as B. a rake 2.
3. as sick as C. a sheet 3.
4. as strong as D. old boots 4.
5. as thin as E. a cucumber 5.
6. as tough as F. a post 6.
7. as white as G. the grave 7.
8. as cool as H. chalk and cheese 8.
9. as deaf as I. a horse 9.
10. as different as J. rain 10.
1. You couldn’t make her cry if you tried. She’s as tough as old boots.
2. She turned ………………. when she realised there was a burglar in her house.
3. Let him carry the trunk. He’s …………………………..
4. You may not feel well now, but you’ll be ……………….. in a few days.
5. I promise to be ………………….. about your secret.
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6. Why is she dieting? She’s already ………………
7. After eating twelve chocolate bars he was ……………..
8. Although everyone else was shaking with nerves, Betsy was …………………
9. John and his brother are not at all alike; they’re …………………
10. You’ll have to speak louder; he’s ………………….
Exercise 15. Choose from the sets of synonyms the word which is most appropriate in each case
1. I’m very sorry, but these goods are out of stock at the moment. (goods, wares, commodities, merchandise)
2. My father has decided to ……. a beard to cover a small scar he has on his chin. (rear, bring up, breed, grow)
3. The farmer makes money by ……………. pedigree horses. (bringing up, rearing, breeding, growing)
4. For months I sat with my binoculars watching a bird ……………. its young. (rear, breed, bring up, grow)
5. “E ………… me rubber, miss!” shouted the boy. (pilfered, ripped off, pinched, swiped)
6. As soon as I turned my back, somebody ………… my book. (ripped off, pilfered, swiped, pinched)
7. You were really … when you paid $100 for those shoes. They’re not even leather! (swiped, ripped off,
pinched, pilfered)
8. Many forest - …………… animals were killed in the fire. (dwelling, residing, inhabiting, settling)
9. This city has four million …………… (residents, dwellers, inhabitants, settlers)
10. Each …………… of the house must pay his own tax. (dweller, resident, settler, inhabitant)
Exercise 16. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
Life (1) …………….. a small island may look very (2) ……………. to the tourists who spend a few weeks
there in the summer, but the (3) …………….. of living on what is virtually a rock (4) ……………. by water
are quite different from what the casual visitor imagines. While in summer the island villages are (5)
…………….. of people, life and activity, (6) ……………. the tourist season is over many of the shop owners
shut (7) …………………. their business and return to the mainland to spend the winter in (8)
………………… Those who remain on the island, (9) ………………….. by choice or necessity, face many
(10) ……………….. One of the worst of these is isolation, with (11) …………… many attendant problems.
When the weather is bad, which it often is in winter, the island is (12) ………………. off entirely; this means
not (13) …………………… that people can not be (14) …………… goods but also that a medical emergency
can be fatal to someone (15) …………… to an island. At times (16) ……………… telephone communication
is cut off, which (17) …………… that no word from the outside world can get (18) ……………… isolation
and loneliness are the basic reasons (19) ……………… so many people have left the islands for a better and
more (20) ………….. life in the mainland cities.
Exercise 17. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
Example: Her parents believe nothing she tells them.
Answer: Whatever she tells them, her parents don 't believe her.
a. He is proud of being such a good gardener.
- He prides …………………………………………………………………………………….
b. We only deliver after we have received the money.
- Only after the money …………………………………………………………………………………….
c. I’m sure he broke the vase by accident.
- I’m sure he didn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
d. He’ll get used to it. Then his work will improve.
- Once …………………………………………………………………………………….
e. Despite his huge muscles he is very gentle.
- Although …………………………………………………………………………………….
f. My request was ignored.
- Nobody …………………………………………………………………………………….
g. "Please don’t kill me!" the woman begged her attacker.
- The woman pleaded …………………………………………………………………………………….
h. You pay £60 a month for a period of two years.
- You pay in 24 successive …………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 18. Fill each of the blanks with a suitable word or phrase.
Example: It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
1. We met in 1980. By this time next year …………………………… each other for ten years.
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2. If I’d known it was so dull, I ……………………. to read it.
3. We would sooner …………………………… than to the cinema.
4. Stop talking so loud! If you get into trouble, it ………………. right.
5. You only started studying twenty minutes ago; you ………………… finished so soon.
6. We have got a fair …………………. money in the bank.
Exercise 19. For each of the sentences below write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence, but using the word given. This word must not be altered in any way.
Example: Were they allowed to go? PERMISSION
Answer: Were they given permission to go ?
1. I find his books hard to understand. DIFFICULTY
- …………………………………………………………………..
2. Some people accept that life is full of problems. RESIGNED
- …………………………………………………………………..
3. He makes too many mistakes to suit me. FREQUENT
- …………………………………………………………………..
4. The jewel box was completely empty. LEFT
- …………………………………………………………………..
5. He will not be put off taking that trip. DETER
- …………………………………………………………………..
6. Neil frequently breaks his promises. GOES
- …………………………………………………………………..
7. Virtue is of little value in a corrupt government. COUNTS
- …………………………………………………………………..
8. Could you tell me where the lobby is? DIRECT
- …………………………………………………………………..
Exercise 20. Read the following passage, then answer the questions which follow it.
It doesn’t take us long to realise that everyday life involves risk, or more accurately speaking, that risk is part
and parcel of everyday life. From the moment we are found tottering on the table top trying to reach the cookie
jar and roughly bundled back into our playpens by our wide-eyed, white-faced mothers we understand.
Living becomes an even more dangerous business as we move into adulthood and out of the relative safety of
our own homes. Just getting to work this morning involved putting my life in the hands of two total strangers
(and for all I know, suicidal maniacs hell-bent on havoc) in the guise of London Transport employees. But this
kind of risk is unavoidable; it is the type that is rationalised by number-crunching insurance company
personnel throughout the country, packaged into neat statistics and proudly presented at board meetings.
Those poor people with an “anti-social” fear of buses, trains or the like are commonly regarded as freaks:
fringe elements of society. Their inability to take a risk interferes with their normal social functioning and so
we scorn or pity them according to our nature.
There seems to be some kind of norm in operation. Look at the opposite extreme. Hang- gliders, racing drivers
and deep-sea divers (in action, as it were, above, on and below the level of everyday life) are often regarded
incredulously - especially if they risk their lives purely for recreational purposes - but there is always an air of
awe in the often repeated question, “Why on earth do you do it?” If the high-risk activity is the person’s
occupation, then forget the incredulity and you are left with out-and-out respect. But what of other forms of
risk-taking? Gamblers, for instance? Gambling is certainly frowned upon by that large and “respectable”
proportion of the British population despite its legalised status and huge popularity. Why should this be so?
The answer, I think, lies in the nature of the gambler’s risk in comparison to other types.
Firstly, the gambler’s risk is not the dare-devil, respect-commanding physical type of the racing-driver; “all”
that is at stake is money. Furthermore, there is an underlying feeling that the risk being taken is not strictly
personal. We wonder where the money has come from, what will happen when the gambler loses it all and
how friends and relatives feel about the habit. Even (or especially) if a large sweepstake is won, we know that
it was chiefly a matter of happening to have the right number at the right time, that was responsible for the
windfall and not the continuous practice and trained skill of the gliders, drivers and divers.
At the end of the day we are left with a multi-faceted concept, the nature of which cannot be defined in
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Can you honestly assure them that getting into your car is perfectly safe and totally risk-free when clearly it is
not ?
1. What is it that we “understand” (line 3)?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. What do the words “wide-eyed” and “white-faced” (lines 3) suggest?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. In what sense do we put ourselves at risk using public transport?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Why are the statistics described as being “proudly presented” (line 8)?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Why are those people with certain fears described as “fringe elements of society” (lines 10)?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What does the phrase “above, on and below the level of everyday life” (lines 13) suggest?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. What word or phrase could be used instead of “an air of awe” (line 14-15)?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. What is meant by the phrase “frowned upon” (line 17)?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Why is the word “all” (line 20) in inverted commas?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10. In what sense is the gambler’s risk not strictly a personal one?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
11. According to the writer, what is the principal factor contributing to a gambler’s win?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
12. In what sense can you not “honestly assure” (line 28) the people who get into your car that they are not at
risk?
- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
13. In a paragraph of 70 - 90 words, summarise the various types of risk described and people’s attitudes
towards them.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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