CABS - CENTER OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH STUDIES.

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NAME : ______________________________ DATE : ___/___/___ GRADE : _________

VOCABULARY

1- Complete the following spaces properly: (2,85 each)

peel - raw - fail - retire -

ground - regarded -
dishes - healthy -
graduated - borrowed

a) Plants do not grow in the air, they grow in the ________________________.

b) Before eating the banana, people take out its skin. So they _______________it.
c) Einstein was ______________ as one of the greatest scientists in History.
d) I do not like cooked vegetables, I prefer them _______________.
e) Pizza, Raviolli and Fetuccine are Italian ____________________.
f) Athletes are _______________ people .They hardly go to doctor.
g) Carol should study more. If she gets another low grade, she will __________ the exam.
h) Bob ___________ from his university in 1980. In 1981, he started working as a doctor.
i) After reaching age 65, my father decided to stop working. He decided to ________________
j) As Stacy was short of money and with a lot of bills to pay, she _____________$500 from her father.

2- Check the right choice: (2,85 each)

A) There are people dying of hunger _________________.

a) at CABS
b) all over the world
c) in my house
d) in my school

B) I would like to have that tree planted in the ___________________.

a) ground
b) ceiling
c) wall
d) earth

C) That dish has a delicious ___________________.

a) look
b) flavor
c) cook
d) stew
D) Locusts causes famine when it comes in great number and eats all the ___________.
a) bread
b) food
c) crops
d) biscuits
 E) Don’t you _________________ it will be your best choice?
a) have intelligence
b) realize
c) imagine
d) look

F) If he goes to that restaurant, he will see a great variety of food. There are many ___________ of food there.
a) parts
b) plates
c) portions
d) sorts

G) Ugh! This meatloaf is awful! It’s ______________________.

a) overcooked
b) ugly
c) black
d) small

H) She does not have _____________ money to buy that house yet. That’s why she has to keep on working.
a) little
b) enough
c) amont of
d) necessary

I) My fiance _______________ his apartment with two other friends.

a) sells
b) lives
c) shares
d) takes turns

J) Mr. Brown ______________Bob since he was desperately looking for a job.

a) fired
b) said
c) talked
d) hired

3- Match the columns: (2,85 each)

a) previous ( ) in good spirits / happy

b) to seek ( ) at hand / accessible
c) cheerful ( ) the state or fact of knowing
d) to will ( ) different working times
e) available ( ) to deal with
f) shift work ( ) to look for
g) to handle ( ) to be disposed to accept / to want
h) trainee ( ) to fix
i) knowledge ( ) to frighten
j) to repair ( ) friendly / sociable
k) to scare ( ) to have a good relationship
l) outgoing ( ) dirty clothes
m) to get along ( ) staff
n) laudry ( ) person who is getting some treining
o) personel ( ) that happened before