TEST 5

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. The strike at the bank left customers high and ___________over the weekend, with many unable to
make withdrawals.
A. shy B. fly C. sly D. dry
2. It is high time the government ___________ the education system to ensure the hands-on knowledge and
skills provided for students.
A. refurbished B. revamped C. revivified D. revitalized
3. When the going gets tough, although he might panic for a moment, he’s able to _________ that panic
with self-command.
A. beat down B. stamp out C. shave off D. damp down
4. The roads were busy as we drove out of town, but after that it was ________ sailing.
A. straight B. even C. sound D. smooth
5. In the last century, it was widely __________ that Indian fakirs were capable of superhuman feats.
A. held B. kept C. grasped D. received
6. I could see the tip of his cigarettes __________ in the darkness.
A. glowing B. sparkling C. gleaming D. glinting
7. Having maintained a carnivorous diet for long, he soon realizes that tofu is not a substitute to meat by
any _________ of the imagination.
A. ground B. reach C. patch D. stretch
8. She’s usually very good; James must have _______ cheating in the exam.
A. worn her down to B. brought her round to
C. talked her into D. put her up to
9. Round and round ___________.
A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go
C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine
10. Here in the Kaziranga National Park, the river Brahmaputra floods over every year, fertilizing the
entire plain with silt so rich that the vegetation is among the most _________.
A. ebullient B. exuberant C. sprightly D. vivacious
11. When it comes to love, 50% of people _______________ straight, so automatically 50% of people are
disqualified.
A. have their head screwed on B. are old heads on young shoulders
C. are no flies D. are victory for common sense
12. I have meetings with the organizing team ______ - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A. any day B. the other day
C. day in, day out D. every other day
13. Food and water are just ________ necessities of life.
A. naked B. pure C. bare D. sole
14. The monitor ordered the student to go to the end of the line, but the teacher _______ the order.
A. rescinded B. countermanded C. overturned D. repealed
15. I called ________ the Post Office and arranged to send a parcel to my boyfriend in Thai.
A. to B. at C. in D. up
16. The Chinese Communist Party detained a Uighur man in Qatar and was going to deport him back to
China, so he made a(n) _______ plea over social media.
A. compassionate B. dispassionate C. encompassed D. impassioned
17. _______, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather.
A. Left uncovered B. Leaving uncovered
C. Having left uncovered D. Been left uncovered
18. My husband just won't be told. He'll argue about something till he's _______ in the face.
A. red B. black C. blue D. white
19. The film was expected _________ by the end of the month.
A. to being completed B. to have completed
C. having been completed D. to have been completed
20. At first Tom insisted he was right, but then began to back_______.
A. down B. off C. away D. out
B.WORD FORM
I. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank
21. Based on the content and context of a deep fake, people can distinguish between a harmful __________
and valuable satire, art or education. (PERSON)
22. After the successful prison-breaking, he became the subject of the largest ________ that had ever
conducted at the time. (MAN)
23. Bureaucratic _______________ is a big reason behind the lack of low-cost housing, many activists say.
(FOOT)
24. The woman's laugh is ___________and not very hearty, and she is the only one of her company who is
laughing. (MIRTH)
25. This budget will have a net ___________ effect on the economy. (EXPANSE)
II. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful
passage
Perhaps the most vivid illustration of our gift for recognition is the magic of caricature-the fact that the
sparest cartoon of a familiar face, even a single line dashed off in two seconds, can be identified by our
brains in an instant. It is often said that a good caricature looks more like a person than the person
themselves. As it happens, this notion, 26_______ (intuition) though it may sound, is actually supported by
research. In the field of vision science, there is even a term for this seeming paradox- the caricature effect -
a phrase that hints at how our brains 27__________ (perceive) faces as much as perceive them.
Human faces are all built pretty much the same: two eyes above a nose that’s above a mouth, the features
varying from person to person generally by mere milimetres. So what our brains look for, according to
vision scientists, are the 28 ________ (lie) features - those characteristics that deviate most from the ideal
face we carry around in our heads, the running average of every “visage” we have ever seen. We code each
new face we encounter not in absolute terms but in the several ways it differs 29 _____________ (mark)
from the mean. In other words, we accentuate nose, the sunken eyes or the 30___________ (flesh) cheeks,
making them loom larger. To better identify and remember people, we turn them into caricatures.
C. OPEN CLOZE
Fill in the each blank one suitable word.
A MODERN-DAY PROBLEM
In the hustle and 31__________ of today’s hectic world all of us, 32______ exception, have to contend
with some level of stress. Obviously, the source and amount of stress are relative to the individual. Just as
causes and quantities of stress are subject to personal factors, 33________ is the way in which a person
deals with it. It is a well-known fact that some people flourish 34________ faced with a potentially stress-
causing task or situation. On the other hand, the majority of people are adversely affected when confronted
35_______ a serious dilemma. Abnormal levels of stress can be a serious health hazard and may prove
detrimental to one’s physical health. Stress is said to be the culprit in a high percentage of heart problems
and stomach disorders. Even 36__________ types of cancer are, reportedly, linked to stress. Knowing that
stress is a modern-day malady which we 37________, to a greater or 38_________ extent, suffer from, has
prompted many to begin looking seriously at ways of controlling stress. Owing to the inevitable fact that
stress will always play a part in our lives, it is 39___________ paramount importance that strategies of
stress management 40___________ found.
(Adapted from CPE Entry Tests)
D. GUIDED CLOZE
SUPERMARKET OPENING
The opening of a new supermarket used to be a bit of an event in Britain. You could always rely on a soap
star, a disc jockey or a minor member of the royal family to come down and 41_________. Now it seems
that new 42__________ are 43________ up every day in many areas and so the poor old celebrity has
become 44_________. Why pay a famous person when any 45 _________ will open it for nothing? Last
week, waiting pensioners didn’t care who opened another Superbuy, 46_________ they were at the front.
According to one prospective customer who knew someone who worked there, the first five men over the
47_________ would be getting a bottle of aftershave, and the first five women, a bunch of flowers. This
48________ of information quickly swept 49_________ the crowd, instilling feelings of 50__________
superiority among those at the front, and envy from the latecomers.
41. A. get off to a flying start B. cut the ribbon
C. burst the bubble D. set to work
42. A. divisions B. departments C. branches D. tranches
43. A. popping B. leaping C. jumping D. nipping
44. A. superfluous B. excessive C. surplus D. residual
45. A. Tom, Dick and Harry B. Tom, Harry and Dick
C. Dick, Harry and Tom D. Dick, Tom and Harry
46. A. despite B. so long as C. in case D. regardless
47. A. entrance B. doorway C. threshold D. entry
48. A. clipping B. strand C. string D. snippet
49. A. among B. through C. across D. around
50. A. complacent B. buoyant C. haughty D. smug
(Adapted from Cambridge CPE 1)
E. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify them and write their correct forms in the space
provided in the column.

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1 The Summer Games will always feature a number of “hard-core sports.” These sports have
long histories within the Olympics, and they are so closely associated with the event that the
Olympics would feel weird with, saying, gymnastics or track and field or swimming. An
IOC working group suggested that the number of such sports is set at 25 in 2013, with
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weightlifting, wrestling, and modern pentathlon competing for slots 24 and 25 in that
number. At the time, the group initially recommended that wrestling dropped from the
program. It was seen as a sport prone to doping scandals, with effective leadership failing to
keep corruption in check. Yet just a few weeks after, the threat against wrestling petered off
10 as the IOC’s full voting membership opted to keep the sport in the games. Wrestling has
been part of the roster at every Olympics since. In addition, golf and rugby sevens, first
presenting at Rio in 2016, have continued to make a cut for inclusion at subsequential
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F. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given
61. You have to pay taxes or go to prison. PUT
=> Failing___________________________________________________________________
62. Everyone was surprised that the work completely failed. DOWN
=> To ______________________________________________________________________
63. When the goods arrive at the shop, they will be inspected carefully. MICROSCOPE
=> On ____________________________________________________________________
64. I think you should confront your boss right now with how you feel about this. OUT
=> Why ___________________________________________________________________
65. If something’s worrying you, you should tell about it now. OFF
=> If you have______________________________________________________________

TEST 6
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. Mr and Mrs Jones are such permissive parents that their son can __________ no matter what he insists.
A. jump on the bandwagon B. go against the grain
C. make their blood boil D. wind them around his little finger
2. You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper________.
A. files B. archives C. records D. collections
3. If you never put oil into your car engine, one day it will __________.
A. run off B. flake out C. shut down D. seize up
4. If the market does not improve, these businesses may not be able to ________ their debts, and we may
see more bankruptcies.
A. disgorge B. milk C. indemnify D. service
5. The mini dress was _________, but now it is making a comeback.
A. a fad once thought to be finished B. once thought a fad to be finishing
C. thought a fad to be finished once D. once thought to be a finishing fad
6. Lying can be used to ________ the character of a brother or to flatter a friend.
A. backbite B. impugn C. spurn D. abnegate
7. In order to create a society where people suffering the torment of depression can reach out and talk
openly, we need to __________ when it comes to talking about such difficult issues instead of ignoring
them.
A. do the balancing act B. grasp the nettle
C. keep our heads above water D. make waves
8. He was so lonely he _________ the sound of a human voice.
A. angled for B. ached for C. egged on D. fussed over
9. __________ earning a great deal of money as a painter, Ivan Aivazovsky opened an art school and
gallery in his hometown of Feodosiya.
A. For B. Until C. Since D. Upon
10. We gained possession of the ball when Russ _______ a forward pass.
A. adjourned B. interrupted C. broke D. intercepted
11. Many families are forced to live in tiny apartments with not enough room to swing a _______
A. cat B. mouse C. dog D. rabbit
12. After Patrick played tennis, his clothes _______ sweat.
A. was ranking in B. was ranked with
C. was ranked in D. was rank with
13. The authority is developing a new Corruption Prevention Strategy to deal with the small number of
corrupt staff who allow _________ in provincial prisons.
A. spin-off B. me-too C. contraband D. boondoggle
14. Depending on which version is told, this curse is either a result of a witch’s _________, or because
gravestones were used as building materials.
A. malediction B. riposte C. annotation D. sideswipe
15. The tide will begin to come ______ at eleven.
A. up B. over C. forth D. in
16. The integrity of a marine ecosystem could be _________ due to the impact of coastal reclamation.
A. compromised B. conceded C. conciliated D. confronted
17. It was truly miraculous that the child was _______ after falling five storeys.
A. unscathed B. intact C. unbroken D. unyielding
18. After I implemented that important initiative, the boss asked me to ________ on our next big project.
A. carry all before me B. carry the can
C. carry the ball D. carry the day
19. My aunt gave me a _______________ cake.
A. round Italian bread-like Christmas B. sponge square Dutch wedding
C. layer moist chocolate birthday D. lovely pink round graduation
20. “Have you got a copy of Gone with the Wind?”
“You’re ______ luck. We’ve just one copy left.
A. by B. with C. in D. off
B. WORD FORM
I. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank
21. She was basking in the ___________ of love. (GLOW)
22. Drought and years of heavy grazing by sheep have completely __________ the hills of grass. (NUDE)
23. These criminals are not some __________ operators, but dedicated gangs who target only older people
in Mumbai. (NIGHT)
24. The reporter asked if there was any move _________ to punish Iran, whether through targeted
economic sanctions or the United Nations . (FOOT)
25. The _________ heat in the Pacific Northwest killed hundreds of people this month. (DEVIL)
II. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful
passage
For some inexplicable reason, university students have always had an image of being utterly irresponsible
young people who play their music at 26__________ (deaf) volumes at all times of the day and night,
hardly ever do any real work and spend every night attending 27_________ (drink) parties until the small
hours of the morning. Personally, I think this portrayal of students as such totally repulsive parasites, is
grossly unfair, not least because living such an excessive lifestyle continually would be practically
impossible when combined with the absolutely massive 28_________ (work) of modern degree courses. It
simply isn’t possible on a modern degree course in the UK to get up some time at around 29__________
(lunch). Students that I know seem to have lectures almost every day and spend the rest of their time
working awfully hard indeed. They may let off some steam once every month or so and it is probably these
relatively rare occasions that have given undergraduates their 30_________ (fear) reputation.
C. OPEN CLOZE
Fill in the each blank one suitable word.
For some people, a great idea does not mean instant success, and a 31_______ example of this is Henry
Ford. While Ford worked 32__________ the Edison Illuminating Company, he started to experiment
33_________ his idea of a self-propelled vehicle. He was 34__________ pleased with his work that he left
his well-paid job in 1899 and founded the Detroit Automobile Company. Unfortunately, the cars he
produced were 35_________ expensive and unreliable, and the company folded two years 36_________.
Although now branded a failure, Ford did not give up. In November 1901, he started 37__________, this
time naming his brainchild the Henry Ford Company. A year on, the business was renamed the Cadillac
Automobile Company, because Ford had left the corporation. Impervious to yet 38_________ failure, Ford
established the Ford Motor Company in 1903 and succeeded in perfecting the assembly 39___________
production for the Model T.Ford brought motoring to the masses and 40__________ looked back.
(Adapted from 8 Practice Tests for the Cambridge English Proficiency)
D. GUIDED CLOZE
When I first entered general practice I was living in a small community on the east coast of Lake Huron.
People expected me to be 41________ of their last physician, and they were both disappointed and upset
when this didn’t turn out to be the case. Although I had few 42_________ companions, I was a young,
unmarried and attractive woman who had been through one of the best medial schools in the country, and
had a reasonable regard for my own qualities. It was upsetting at first when professional 43_________ was
ignored and my patients insisted on second opinions for the most trivial of conditions, but things became
even more difficult when people started to spread malicious 44_________ about my private life.
However, I decided that I would not let myself be made 45_________ even if there were enough reasons to
make anyone feel 46___________. I followed my father’s cure for all problems - plain old hard work. I got
up early every morning, 47__________ to my office, and followed my profession. This was in the ‘30s and
the level of poverty was 48_________. Children didn’t have enough to eat and mothers couldn’t feed them.
Because I was sympathetic and able to give practical help in some cases, my surgery became a 49_______
for women trying to escape from the threat of domestic violence and the trap of poverty and too many
children. And ironically, as I 50________ the poorest people in the community, the middle class began to
think that maybe I had something to offer and started to beat a path to my surgery door.
41. A. a counterpart B. the spitting image
C. a carbon copy D. an equivalent
42. A. like-minded B. matching C. corresponding D. similar
43. A. protocol B. rules C. etiquette D. regulations
44. A. gossip B. speculation C. reports D. scandal
45. A. dejected B. homesick C. wistful D. miserable
46. A. ignored B. grieving C. inconsolable D. despondent
47. A. jogged B. dashed C. ran D. sprinted
48. A. heartbreaking B. plaintive C. bleak D. mournful
49. A. shield B. refuge C. safe bet D. safeguard
50. A. operated B. treated C. fixed D. healed
E. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify them and write their correct forms in the space
provided in the column.

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1 For many, the “dog days,” provoke those summer days that are so devastatingly hot that
even dogs would lie around on the asphalt, pant. But originally, the phrase had nothing to do
with dogs, or even about the lazy days of summer. Instead, the dog days refer to Sirius, the
brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, which means “big dog” in Latin and is said
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to represent one of Orion’s hunt dogs.
To the Greek and Romans, the “dog days” occurred around the time Sirius appears to raise
along the sun, in late July in the Northern Hemisphere. They believed the heat from the two
stars combining is what made this days the hottest of the year, a period that could bring
10 fever or even catastrophe. In 2021, the dog days span from July 3 to August 11.
“If you go back even as far as Homer, The Iliad, it’s referring to Sirius as Orion’s dog
rising, and it describes the star like being associated with war and disaster,” said Jay B.
Holberg, author of Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky and senior research scientist
15 at the University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Laboratory. “All throughout Greek and
Roman literature, you found these things.”
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F. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given
61. Your encouragement helped to make things less grievous after such a heavy loss. CUSHION
=> It was ___________________________________________________________________
62. The government recommends a balance of reward and punishment when dealing with young offenders.
STICK
=> The government favours ___________________________________________________
63. It was such bad coffee that he couldn’t drink it even a little. TAKE
=> So bad __________________________________________________________________
64.  She wants nothing less than to get that job. It would be a dream come true. SET
=> She has __________________________________________________________________
65. After the expedition, I realized that she was not an efficient researcher. SHAKES
=> It dawned__ ______________________________________________________________
 TEST 7
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. I decided to __________ and turn professional, seeing how I got on.
A. go for broke B. put my head above the parapet
C. play chicken D. pull a stunt
2. He became determined to stop at nothing to ________ his lust for power, even if it involves
backstabbing his colleagues.
A. satiate B. sate C. fill D. gloat
3. He was so lucky to _______ an eminent professor to help him with the dissertation.
A. bail out B. bargain for C. light on D. root up
4. ___________ your favorite songs or your important files onto CDs.
A. Lift B. Burn C. Rip D. Scan
5. The examinee couldn’t understand the question, so he asked _________ from the supervisor.
A. for clarification B. to clarify C. for clarifying D. to be clarified
6. We’re on an _______ drive at home for the breadwinner of the family - Dan - lost his job.
A. economy B. economical C. economic D. economized
7. Mike can always be depended on to __________ when a friend of his needs help.
A. keep a stiff upper lip B. go out of his way
C. be a fair-weather friend D. pass the buck
8. A huge crowd _________ in the pouring rain to cheer the president.
A. turned up B. turned out C. bubbled up D. clocked in
9. The museum is just a short walk from here. ___________ you go, it will take you no more than ten
minutes.
A. No matter how B. Wherever C. No matter the way D. Whichever the way
10. In certain industries, the workers’ _________ is not only cumbersome but also quite heavy.
A. garment B. tog C. apparel D. attire
11. To those who are pragmatic and have their feet firmly ________ on the ground, the Chinese art of feng
shui may sound like just another bohemian fad to be scoffed at.
A. stood B. rooted C. placed D. planted
12. Tina would rather you _______ your son as she is too tired after the three-day conference.
A. had picked up B. did pick up C. would pick up D. picked up
13. Despite his reputation as a tough guy, he admits that he was scared ________ when he first arrived in
New York.
A. bananas B. dozy C. witless D. half dead
14. The protest began nearly two weeks ago and was initially sparked by plans to ________ a park to build
a shopping center.
A. desiccate B. unmake C. extirpate D. bulldoze
15. The man in the market was selling leather coats very cheaply: they were such bargains that were soon
__________.
A. snapped up B. cleared off C. done for D. sold up
16. If you ask an artist how she draws so well, she is _________ to say, “Well, I just look at something and
draw what I see”.
A. prone B. predisposedC. loathe D. liable
17. The police arranged to __________ with their informant at a disused warehouse.
A. decouple B. rendezvous C. reconnoitre D. corroborate
18. I’ve just heard that argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t ______!
A. face the music B. hit the nail on the head
C. carry weight D. hold water
19. Unfortunately, ________ stamping out the drugs trade, these programs are simply forcing drug growers
to move into more inaccessible regions.
A. besides B. rather than C. as for D. in converse to
20. I don’t like to make friends with the person who always ____ people _____ behind their backs.
A. slag/off B. slap/ around C. strike/out D. hate/on
B. WORD FORM
I. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank
21. As long as the party pursues this __________ nonsense, it will stay rock bottom of the Scottish opinion
polls. (DOOM)
22. Ironically, people spend more time talking about pensions being _________ as it relates to
bankruptcies, rather than make sure we don’t get to this point. (SACRED)
23. My friend was refused a visa and what looked like a short hiccup developed into a _________
campaign. (DRAW)
24. WHO needs to be free to investigate the origin of the virus as people all want real answers, not a
__________ political solution. (FUNCTION)
25. She __________ questions about whether she plans to run, saying she’s focused on her voter
registration and campaign finance initiatives. (SIDE)
II. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful
passage
Excellence does not emerge without appropriate help. To reach an exceptionally high standard in any area,
able children need the means to learn, which includes material to work with and focused challenging
tuition, and the encouragement to follow their dream. There appears to be a 26___________ (quality)
difference in the way the intellectually highly able think, compared with more average-ability or older
pupils, for whom external regulation by the teacher often compensates for lack of internal regulation. To be
at their most effective in their 27____________ (regulate) strategies, all children can be helped to identify
their own ways of learning - metacognition - which will include strategies of planning, monitoring,
evaluating and choosing what to learn. Yet, in order to learn by themselves, the 28___________ (gift) do
need support from their teachers. Conversely, teachers who have the tendency to 29__________ (direct)
can diminish their pupils’ learning autonomy. Although 30___________ (spoon) can produce extremely
high examination results, these are not always followed by equally impressive life successes.
C. OPEN CLOZE
Fill in the each blank one suitable word.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Solar System may be defined as consisting of all those objects that are governed by the Sun's
gravitational 31_________. Other effects arising 32_________ the proximity of the Sun could equally
33_________ be used as criteria, such as radiation pressure or interaction with the solar wind.
34__________ any of these definitions the Solar System extends 35________ to a distance of about two
light-years; the closest star, Proxima Centauri, 36________ lying at a distance of slightly more than four
light-years.
Our knowledge of this region of space certainly does not reach as far as this, 37_________, because the
most distant Solar-System objects that we know about, the comets, seem to originate at a distance of no
more than 50,000 astronomical 38__________, or less than a third of the total distance. 39_________ for
the other Solar-System bodies known to us, they lie at distances of less than a few hundred AU. Our study
is therefore confined 40________ what is primarily the central region of the Solar System.
D. GUIDED CLOZE
TURN OFF THE HEATING
By 41_________ your hand into a freezing cold bucket of water, you can discover how quickly your body
burns calories. This basic experiment is the starting point for a pioneering study into the effects of brown-
or good - fat in the body.
Everyone is born with brown fat around the shoulder 42________. It is central to keeping a baby’s body
temperature on an even 43________ by using up this 44__________ of fat in order to keep babies warm.
Scientists, though, have long believed that this brown fat vanishes as babies grow out of 45___________
and it is no longer needed.
However, a few years ago, researchers were carrying out scans 46________ adults during the winter and
realized there were 47__________ of fat that seemed to have been 48________ by the cold weather. This
discovery has encouraged scientists to 49_________ further research in the hope it is the 50__________
gun that will help solve weight problems amongst the obese. They have already determined that the cold,
certain foods and exercise can activate this brown fat to people’s benefit.
41. A. prodding B. thrusting C. propelling D. heaving
42. A. blades B. joints C. bones D. sockets
43. A. path B. track C. course D. keel
44. A. store B. storation C. storage D. storing
45. A. development B. infancy C. adolescent D. childhood
46. A. over B. for C. on D. off
47. A. stretches B. areas C. tracts D. pockets
48. A. developed B. formed C. provoked D. triggered
49. A. make B. conduct C. perform D. absorb
50. A. grease B. zip C. smoking D. light
(Adapted from 8 Practice Tests for the Cambridge English Proficiency)
E. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify them and write their correct forms in the space
provided in the column.

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1 Governments and businesses are hoping to plant trees and store forests in order to reach net-
zero emissions must sharply limit such efforts as to avoid driving up food prices in the
developing world, the charity Oxfam has warned. Planting trees has been mooted as one of
the key ways of tackling the climate crisis, but planting even a fraction of the area needed to
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offset global greenhouse gas emissions would encroach the land needed for crops to feed a
growing population, according to a report entitled Tightening the net: Net zero climate
targets implications for land and food equitation. At least 1.6bn hectares – an area five times
the size of India, equivalent to all the land now being farmed on the planet – would be
10 required to reach net zero for the planet by 2050 vie tree-planting alone. While no one is
suggesting planting trees to that extent, the report’s authors said it gave an idea of the scale
of planting required, and how limited offsetting should be if food price raises are to be
avoided. The report found that two of the most commonly used offsetting measures,
15 reforestation and the planting of new forests, were among the best at putting food security at
risk. Far better, according to the analysis, was nature-based solutions that focused on forest
management, agroforestry – the practice of combining crop cultivation or pasture with
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Rewrite the following sentences using the words given
61. The heavy downpour brought their picnic to an abrupt end. CUT
=> They had to _____________________________________________________________
62. It has warmed up considerably compared to yesterday. NEARLY
=> It ______________________________________________________________________
63. I don't like either candidate but Michael Jones is not quite as bad. LESSER
=> Neither candidate is in _____________________________________________________
64. Tom and Nick started to hate each other after getting into a fierce fight. LOST
=> There has been no ________________________________________________________
65. Two committee members have nominated John for the post of treasurer. FORWARD
=> John has ________________________________________________________________