VINH BÁ

(Nguyên GV chuyên Anh, Trường Quốc học Huế)

TÀI LIỆU ÔN THI

MÔN
THPT QUỐC GIA

NHÀ XUẤT BẢN ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI

 VĨNH BÁ
(Nguyên giáo viên chuyên Anh, Trường Quốc học Huế)

TÀI LIỆU ÔN THI

TRUNG HQC P H ổ THÔNG QUỐC GIA
MÔN

TÉVGANH
(Tái bản lẩn thứ tư
sửa chữa, b ổ sung theo tinh thẩn thi mới 2015)

NHÀ XUẤT BẢN ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI

 LỜI NÓI ĐẦU
* ^ ậ p sách này là bộ sưu tập các bài tập Tiếng Anh được chia thành
12 chủ điểm. Nhằm cung cấp cho các giáo viên Tiếng Anh một nguồn tư
liệu giảng dạy và cho các học sinh một tư liệu luyện tập để củng cố kiến
thức trước các kì thi.
Đe rèn luyện thêm từ vựng, học sinh có thể làm các chưomg từ I đến
V {Muliiple Choice Tests, Lexical Cloze Tests, Open Cỉoze Tests, Word
Pormation và Trios o f Gapped Sentences). Các chưoưg VI {Sentence
Compleíion), VII {Sentence transform ation) và VIII ựỉrror Correc-
tion) dùng cho việc rèn luyện kĩ năng nhận biết cấu trúc câu.
Ba chương IX (Prepositions), X (Phrasal Verbs) và XI {Correct Verb
Porms) là những bài tập quan trọng về giới từ, động từ kép và dạng động
từ là những điểm ngữ pháp luôn được hỏi đến trong mọi kì thi tiếng
Anh.
Chương XII {Reading Comprehemion) là phần không thể thiếu trong
mọi giáo trình liếng Anh, cung cấp các bài dọc để ròn luyện kĩ năng hiểu
văn. Câu hỏi đi kèm bài đọc thuộc nhiều dạng khác nhau, trong đó dạng
câu hỏi đa chọn lựa (Multiple Choicc Questions) là thông dụng nhất
trong các kì thi ờ nước ta.
Ngoại trừ chương I (Multiple Choice Tcsts) và II (Lexical Cloze
Tests) là những câu hỏi trắc nghiệm về lừ vựng quen thuộc, các phần
khác chứa nhưng câu hỏi tự luận yôu cầu người học phải viết câu trả lời.
Mặc dù các kì thi Tú Tài và Đại học không còn sử dụng câu hỏi tự luận
nữa nhưng muốn làm đúng câu hỏi trắc nghiệm, người học phải luyện
tập qua những câu hỏi tự luận này.
Cuối sách là 2 phụ lục về giới từ để học sinh tham khảo khi làm các
bài tập thuộc chương XI và X.
Tập sách này thích họp cho các học sinh đang ôn thi tú tài, cao đẳng
và đại học, và đặc biệt có ích cho các học sinh chuyên ngữ và các học
sinh trong đội tuyển tiếng Anh chuẩn bị cho kỳ thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng
Anh cấp quốc gia, tỉnh hoặc thành phố.
Xin chân thành cảm ơn các tác giả và các nhà xuất bản có tư liệu mà
chúng tôi mạo muội đưa vào tập sách này.
Người sưu tập và tuyến chọn
Vĩnh Bả

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MOON CT
MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS
Choose the best altemative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences.

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1. I find the way she keeps playing with her hair rea lly ______ .
A. thrilled B. irritated c. thrilling D. irritating
2. She w a s ______ to discover that she had won íĩrst prize.
A. excited B. lucky c. astonished D. nervous
3. You m ust have f e l t ______ w hen all your exam s were over.
A. relieved B. upset c. irritated D. cross
4. The Silence o f the Lam bs is the m o s t___ íĩlm I’ve ever seen.
A. terrifíed B. tcrrif3ãng c. scarod D. excited
5. I w a s ______ that Tom could come to the party after all.
A. irritating B. nervous c. íurious D. glad
6. The m anager really wanted Anna to join the company: he believed she
would be a v a lu a b le______ to his team of sales people.
A. addition B. accum ulation c. supplem ent D. appendage
7. Everything included, the cost o f our new living room came to a ______
total of £10,000.
A. full B. great c. gross D. grand
8. When the ship docked at Hamburg, they found a _ _ in the hold.
A. gate-crasher B. stowaway c . interloper D. trespasser
9. If you know when you’re Corning back it would be better to huy a
ticket.
A. ílrst-class B. single c. return D. one-way
10. Cheese and spinach pie is a traditional G reek _____ .
A. cuisine B. food c. course D. dish
11. How long does it usuỄdly take to __ for a dom estic ílight?
A. check in B. check out c. check over D. check on
12. The brochure stated the hotel was situ a ted ___ beside the sea.
A. direct B. right c. precise D. exact
13. Sheila had butterílies in h e r ______ before the interview.
A. face B. heart c . palms D. stom ach
14. I hadn’t been riding before and could b a rely _ the horse at íĩrst.
A. get into B. get out of c. get on D. get off

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15. I m isread the tim e on the ticket and w e ______ the plane.
A. caught II. got on c. lost D. m issed
16. Although Vicky looked pretty much the same after all those years, I
n o ticed ______ changes which madc her look even more beautiful than I
remembered.
A. subtle B. sensitive c. fair D. joint
17. If they had been w e a r in g ____ they m ight have survived w hen their
plane crashed into the sea.
A. cabins B. seat-belts c. life-belts D. yachts
18. If you have a minor illness, it ’s usually better ju st to let nature take its

A. course B. tim e c. path D. way

19. The scientist wanted to him seir from the controversy following
the failure o f the experim ent.
A. drive B. space c. distance D. lengthen
20. They’re starting th e ir _____ by ílying to Tokyo.
A. travel B. voyage c. journey D. trip
21. The shop assistant was m ost _ w hen I told her that there was no
price on the jar of olives.
A. helpless B. unhclptul c. thoughtíul D. unhelplully
22. He may not be good looking but h e’s one of the m o s t ___ people I’ve
ever met.
A. likely B. unlikely c. likeable D. likeness
23. I don’t know w hy exactly but I suspect him o f b e in g ______ .
A. dishonesty B. dishonest c. dishonestly D. honesty
24. He hired a ______ to try to follow her everywhere she w ent.
A. private investigator B. caretaker
c. litcguard D. traĩíĩc warden
25. He runs a very _ business selling spare parts for cars on the Internet.
A. proííting B. proíltable c. proíĩt D. proíítably

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1. The ___ in our building often falls asleep at the front desk.
A. caretaker B. stockbroker c . undertaker D. bookmaker
2. He took w ith many of the points she made, claim ing they were
ịncorrect.
A. exception B. issuc c. account D. trouble
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3. The sink is com pletely blocked so w e’ll have to get a (n )_______ .
A. m iner B. undertaker c. surgeon D. plumber
4. The o rg a n isers______ how many people would be attending the course
and there were not enough chairs.
A. underestim ated B. overestim ated
c. overrated D. estim ated
5. ______ a minute! I can’t íínd my keys.
A. Keep on B. Hold on c. Go on D. Carry on
6. You ju st never lift a ______ to help me — I have to do everỊdhing myselí!
A. shoulder B. hand c. finger D. wrist
7. S cientists seem to be trying to push t h e ______ of nature to the limit.
A. laws B. codes c. rules D. regulations
8. There was a ______ on the door who w ouldn’t let us into the disco.
A. reíeree B. lifeguard c. w restler D. bouncer
I w on’t act in íllm s that are too violent — I ______ the line at that.
A. paint B. make c. draw D. w rite
10. I had lost m y glasses in the w ater and could barely the edge o f the
river.
A. notice B. recognise c. remark D. distinguish
11. If y o u ______ to Berlin, call my friend Peter and say “hello” from me.
A. will go B. w on ’t go c. go D. going
12. She gets fìfteen per c e n t ______ on every Insurance policy she sells.
A. salary B. com m ission c. bonus D. pension
13. My uncle is thinking of next yeeir and spending the rest o f his life
travelling round the world.
A. retiring B. being made redundant
c. being sacked D. being resigned
14. Before they opened the new factory a lot o f the young people round here
w e r e ______ th e dole.
A. in B. up c. at D. on
15. She h a s _____ a position as general manager.
A. applied B. applied for c. solicited D. asked
16. I worked all sum m er but I didn’t ___ enough to save any money.
A. gain B. win c. pay D. earn
17. In the interview they asked if I had m u c h __ w ith computers.
A. experience B. experim ent
c. experim ents D. experiences
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18. Many governm ents have tried to b a n ______ .
A. syndicates B. em ployers c. trade unions D. em ployees
19. There is a special section o f the newspaper entirely devoted to j o b __
A. advertisem ents B. announces
c. propaganda D. publicity
20. I look forward t o ______ from you and receiving your brochure.
A. heard B. hearing c . hear D. hears
21. Are there any sq u a sh __ in the area?
A. greens B. pitches c. rings D. courts
22. People som etim es use baseball _ as weapons.
A. clubs B. sticks c. bats D. rackets
23. It doesn’t m atter which footb£dl team you support t h e______
__ is always in
the wrong.
A. linesm an B. referee c. arbitrator D. um pire
24. I think the is a bit too high, don’t you?
A. net B. ring c. pitch D. set
25. , I w ant to explain why the team has not m anaged to get into the
íírst division.
A. At the end B. In the end c. Pinally D. Last

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I’d like to huy the radio, but I haven’t got any m oney on m e at the
m om ent. Could y o u ______ for me for a day or two?
A. bring it round B. lay it in
c. take it in D. put it on one side
2. “Were you told to get dinner ready?”
“No, I did it o f my o w n ______ .”
A. desire B. accord c . idea D. will
3. Mr N ewrich invited his guests to an expensive restaurant. However, he
f e lt ______ at ease.
A. sick B. painful c . ill D. unw ell
4. Police blamed a sm all hooligan in the crowd for the violence
which occurred.
A. constituent B. elem ent c. division D. portion
5. The police arrested the wrong m an m ainly because they ____ the
nam es they had been given hy the w itness.
A. bewildered B. merged c. coníused D. puzzled
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6. The police car raced down the Street w ith t h e ______ blaring.
A. siren B. bell c. gong D. alarm

7. H is parents died w hen he was very young so he was ______ by an aunt.

A. grown up B. taken care c . taken after D. brought up
8. I have been eating honey so m y fingers a r e _______.
A. dirty B. sticky c. wet D. yellow
9. Mrs Proper always tells her child not to talk w ith his m outh _
A. wide B. open c. together D. full
10. I have always __my older brother for his courage and honesty.
A. taken up B. taken after c . looked up to D. looked after
11. After the guests had left we wero allowed to eat the cakes.
A. rem aining B. left c. m issed D. additional
12. D on’t be s o _____ ! He was only joking.
A. sensible B. senseless c . sensitive D. insensitive
13. The conspirators were plotting the _____of the governm ent.
A. overthrow B. disaster c. dem olition D. catastrophe
14. W hen I entered the room, the children w e r e _____ over the last orange.
A. C onsulting B. d iscu ssin g c. squabbling D. participating
15. My sister has j u s t _____ sixteen.
A. com pleted B. turned c. become D. had
16. A good way o f ______ food is keeping it in a fridge.
A. enduring B. extending c. prolonging D. preserving
17. Many A sian countries still rely on rice as t h e _____ food.
A. stap le B. Capital c. superior D. w inning
18. The dish had a very in teresting taste as it w a s ____ _ w ith lemon.
A. spiced B. pickled c. seasoned D. ílavoured
19. The sight of so m any sw eets made the children’s m o u th _____
A. drip B. w ater c. m oisten D. w et
20. Ju st think! N ext m onth you ’ll be and it seem s like only yesterday
you were a baby.
A. in your teens B. in your teenage
c. at your teens D. teenager
21. “A nother cup of coffee?” — “No, but th a n k s _____
A. not at all B. for all c. all the sam e D. you for all
22. It was v e r y _ of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. generous B. am bitious c. m odest D. thoughtless
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23. W e’ll have to íĩnd som eone to __ our plants w hile w e’re away on
holiday.
A. bring up B. get on c. grow up D. look after
24. I don’t think you should be so w ith the children. W atching
television for h alf an hour a day w on’t do them any harm.
A. stubborn B. strict c . reliable D. thoughtful
25. It was very o f you to eat the last slice of cake vvithout asking.
A. loyal B. sensitive c. self-confident D. naughty
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1. Even very active children oíten stop playing sport w hen t h e y _____ .
A. tell o fĩ B. bring up c. grow up D. look up
2. There is som e controversy over who is responsible for the _____ of
penicillin.
A. creation B. discovery c. invention D. revolution
3. I in ferred ______ his remark that Mrs Vegetarian doesn’t eat meat.
A. from B. o f c . to D. with
4. He said he would sue us, but I don’t think h e ’l l ______ his threat.
A. achieve B. bring about c . períorm D. carry out
5. How about a glass o f orange juice t o ______ your thirst?
A. quash B. quench c. quell D. quieten
6. He was arrested for trying to pass ____ notes at the bank.
A. camouAaged B. fake c. counterfeit D. fraudulent
7. The safe deposit b o x ____a high-pitched sound w hen it w as moved.
A. ejected B. excluded c. expelled D. em itted
8. Her chain w as made o f ___ gold, unm ixed w ith any other m etal.
A. pure B. dishonest c. clean D. right
9. I haven’t b e e n ______ P ete lately.
A. getting up to B. getting through to
c. gettin g on with D. getting round to
10 . Although it was o n ly ______ jewellery, it looked real enough.
A. ííctional B. untrue c. invented D. im itation
11 . You £u:e late again - please try to be in future.
A. accurate B. punctual c. eíĩìcient D. reliable
12 . A íter he broke the window, the boy w a s ______ from school.
A. exiled B. excluded c. extracted D. expelled
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13. A child’s íìrst five years are the m ost im portant as far as learning is

A. concerned B. affected c. hit D. touched

14. I don’t think th ey ’ll be taking ____ any more teachers this term
because there aren’t m any students.
A. up B. in c. on D. over
15. Could you speak _____a bit? We can’t hear you at the back o f the room.
A. out B. loud c. over D. up
16. Tm going to take a couple of d a y s ___ next m onth to help my sister
move house.
A. over B. off c . out D. up
17. The p o lic e______ off the Street where the bomb had gone oíĩ.
A. cordoned B. battened c. fastened D. shuttered
18. We all m ake m istakes; no-one is
A. fallible B. iníallible c. m istaken D. unmistaikable
19. Everyone laughed w hen he took __ the teacher so well.
A. over B. up c. off D. out
20. He offered me $500 to break my contract. T hat’s ______ .
A. bribery B. blackmail c. com pensation D. reward
21. It was such a shock to receive a letter like t h a t ______ .
A. in the red B. out o f the blue
c . in th e pink D. over the moon
22. The h o o lig a n ______ the m oney out of my hand and ran away.
A. snatched B. gripped c. clutched D. withdrew
23. As he was caught in ___ of a gun, he was im m ediately a suspect.
A. control B. possession c. ownership D. handling
24. He is doing a S cience______ at the U niversity of Edinburgh.
A. career B. certiBcate c . title D. degree
25. The teacher told us to learn the irregular v e r b s______ heart.
A. to B. at c. by D. in

1. The con d u ctor______ the boys off for m isbehaving on the bus.
A. told B. said c. shouted D. cried
2. The íírst th in g he did was to _ his shoelaces and take his shoes oíĩ.
A. disconnect B. m islead c. undo D. unpack

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3. After considering the case, th e judge put the young o ffe n d e r ______ for
two years.
A. in charge B. in control c. on trial D. on probation
4. An IQ test is supposed to m easure t h e ______ o f your intelligence.
A. level B. extent c. degree D. size
5. She was sent out of the exam ination room because the exam iner caught
h e r ______ .
A. sneaking B. cheating c. lying D. copying
6. We used to all sorts of things w hen our parents w ent out.
A. get through to B. get over
c. get up to D. get on with
7. I knew that so m eth in g __ was going on as soon as I walked into the
room.
A. huge B. odd c . vast D. m assive
8. If I don’t w rite you a note to say you have a doctor’s appointm ent, the
teacher w ill think you are p la y in g______ .
A. truant B. the fool c. for tim e D. hard to get
9. I’ve got so much spare tim e now Tm thinking of t a k in g ___ a new
hobby like stam p collecting.
A. in B. off c. up D. over
10. You are not very today, Hugh. W hat’s the matter? I’ve never
known you so quiet.
A. chattering B. loud c. speaking D. talkative
11. Rita is n o t ___ of doing this work - she should change her class.
A. fit B. capable c. possible D. suitable
12. It should be ____ that students are expected to attend classes
regularly.
A. marked B. reminded c. perceived D. noted
13. The traíííc policem an let her _ _ with a w arning though she was
driving way over the speed limit.
A. up B. off c. on D. out
14. This is an exciting book which ____
_____ new ground in educational
research.
A. breaks B. reaches c. scratches D .tu rn s
15. The tutorial System at Oxford and Cambridge is the _____ of many
universities.
A. sorrow B. jealousy c. regret D. envy

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16. W hen the detectives finally trapped him, he had t o ______ to lying.
A. recourse B. resource c. resort D. retort
17. He w as very thrilled w hen he heard he h a d ______ th e exam.
A. passed B. approved c. failed D. won
18. I w ish h e ’d let u s m ake som e o f the decisions instead o f completely
ta k in g ______ all our m eetings.
A. in B. over c. off D. up

19. ______ m y opinion, students shouldn’t have to repeat the year if they fail
their exams.
A. In B. At c. On D. From
20. Prof. Rush was speaking so quickly I couldn’t __ w hat he said.
A. accept B. listen c. catch D. take
21. Jane said she could n o t ______ the inform ation given in the lecture.
A. accum ulate B. absorb c. admire D. listen
22. Mr Wellbred w ent to a school which ______ good m anners and self-
discipline.
A. blossom ed B. planted c. harvested D. cultivated
23. The sm ell of the burnt cabbage was so ______ that it spread to every
room.
A. pervasive B. eíĩu sive c. extensive D. diíĩuse
24. Suddenly I understood períectly and everything f e ll______ place.
A. down B. for c. into D. out
25. Mr Horrid w as a terrible teacher and obviously n o t ______ for teaching.
A. cut in B. cut on c. cut up D. cut out

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1. Most o f the were unim pressed by his latest fílm.
A. review s B. criticising c. critics D. com m ents
2. It was so em barrassing w hen Romeo forgot his ___ in the second act.
A. paper B. lines c. part D. script

3. I hope the fílm has a h a p p y ______ .

A. finish B. end c. finale D. ending
4. It’s surprising the pertormance w ent so well after only th r e e _______ .
A. rehearsals B. auditions c. applauses D. directions
5. High risk sports have really taken
A. up B. ofĩ c. in D. on

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6. The p erso n ____ the orchestra was a young wom an in her early tw enties.
A. com posing B. directing c. conducting D. leading
7. We’re always pla5ãng tricks on P ete because he takes ages t o ___ on.
A. catch B. keep c. pick D. get
8. Little Tom did not like his íĩr s t ______ at school at all.
A. course B. period c. presence D. term
9. There was a (n ) ______ against the College’s new syllabuses.
A. bang B. outcry c. scream D. w hist
10. New students m u s t ______ for classes before term begins.
A. enrol B. enter c. join D. tcach
11. When you listen to a lecture, it is useful t o __ the im portant points.
A. clear B. put down c. notify B. w rite on
12. Prof. Silver was a m ost eíTective speaker and his audience seem ed to
______ on his every word.
A. catch B. cling c. hang D. hold
13. My brother found it diíĩĩcult to learn to w rite because ho i s ______ .
A. left-handed B. right-handed
c. single-handed D. two-handed
14. In w riting the account o f his summer adventures, N eville chose not to
his experiences in the order in which they happened.
A. compose B. classify c. compare D. arrange
15. This cheese has g o n e ______ . You’ll have to throw it away.
A. mouldy B. decayed c. stale D. contam inated
16. The steak looked tender, but it was as tough a s _
A. a belt B. a saddle c. old boots D. rubber
17. Dinner will be serv ed ___ but we have tim e for a drink before then.
A. actually B. currently c. lately D. presently

18. Can you help m e w o rk __ the answers to these m aths problems?

A. in B. out c. up D. off
19. I can agree with you to a certain __ , Professor, but not entirely.
A. pan B. level c. extent D. way
20. The Exam ination Board have recently changed the ___ for the
Diploma in History.
A. brochure B. syllabus c. programme D. compendium
21. Slow down a bit. I can’t __ up with you w hen you walk so fast.
A. get B. hold c. keep D. work

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22. The lecturer spoke so fast that I found it hard to t a k e ___ w hat he
was saying.
A. away B. up c. over D. in
23. In th e exam ination you may be asked for com m ents on v a rio u s___ of
a topic.
A. angles B. features c. aspects D. qualities
24. Failing the final exam was a b ig ______ to my hopes.
A. band B. kick c. hit D. blow
25. Sign your nam e on t h e ______ line.
A. dotted B. broken c. drawn D. spotted

1. We shall have to use that glass as we are a c u p ______ .

A. few B. short c. m inus D. less

2. Some language students reach a high of com petence in

com m unication.
A. degree B. grade c . level D. mark

3. U n ĩo rtu n a tely , State schools d on ’t have m uch in th e ______ of sports

facilities com pared to private schools.
A. part B. case c. m eans D. way
4. Your answors to the exam ination questions m ust ______ cxactly the
instructions given below.
A. accompany B. follow c. conform D. keep

5. It is very difíĩcult t o ___ the exact m eaning of an idiom in a íoreign

language.
A. convert B. transter c. exchange D. convey
6. On Sunday, Vivian studied for seven h o u r s____ _ .
A. on end B. at once c. in full D. at length

7. Tom handcd in the test and awaited the r e s u lts______ .

A. in the sam e breath B. out of breath
c. w ith bated breath D. under her breath
8. D on’t tell m e your name again. It’s _ _ _ _ _ .
A. off my chest B. in my m outh
c. at my íĩngertips D. on the tip of my tongue
9. S h e’s had a in her left shoulder for a week now.
A. sore B. ache c. pain D. hurt

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10. Do you think parents should their children from spending too
much tim e Online?
A. deny B. refuse c. disqualify D. prevent
11. He criticised her in the m eeting and Pm afraid sh e’s really taken it to

A. hcỄirt B. brain c. mind D. chest

12. He was so badly injured that they had to bring on a ___ and Cíirry him
off the íootball pitch.
A. bed B. hammock c. stretcher D. bunk
13. In some countries you don’t need a doctor’s ______ to huy antibiotics.
A. recipe B. prescription c. receipt D. no te
14. The nurse took his ______ and checked that he w as comfortable.
A. heat B. fever c . tem perature D. therm al
15. Y o u _____ be hungry again. W e’ve just had lunch!
A. m ightn’t B. can’t c. may not D. m u stn ’t
16. Jane is s o _ in her work that it would be a pity to disturb her.
A. intent B. attentive c. consum ed D. absorbed
17. It suddenly on me w hat he really m eant.
A. dawned B. came c. hit D. struck
18. You will need a pen and som e paper to ____ this problem. It is too
dilílcult to do in your head.
A. discover B. work out c. realise D. find out
19. The little country hotel served them a m eal ílt f o r ______ .
A. a king B. a lord c. an emperor D. a queen
20. Let m e ______ th e bill before we leave this restaurant.
A. arrange B. conclude c. settle D. pay up
21. Would you please ______from sm oking while the lecture is in progress?
A. refrain B. keep you rselí c. avoid D. stop
22. This c o u r se ______ no previous knowledge of the subject.
A. assem bles B. assum es c. assigns D. assures
23. The students p a id ______ attention to their distinguished prolessor.
A. respectable B. respected c. respectlul D. respective
24. Mr D iscontent w anted to complain to the waiter but was afraid of
maiking a (n ) ______ .
A. act B. drama c. play D. scene
25. Have y o u ______ for any evening classes next term?
A. enrolled B. engaged c. inscribed D. signed

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1. Can you pass m e a knife? I w ant to _____ these onions.
A. fry B. roll c. chop D. grate
2. She had to her dress because she had lost so m uch weight.
A. shift B. change c. loosen D. alter
3. Look at that beautiful brooch! I only paid $3 for it at the sale. It was a
r e a l______ .
A. bargain B. affair c . beneíĩt D. occasion
4. You’ll b e ______ your m oney if you buy that hat: you will never wear it.
A. giving away B. w asting c . saving D. losing
5. The cost o f the m aterial is in the ___bill for the work.
A. included B. enclosed c. held D. combined
6. If you don’t know how to w ash that sweater, look at t h e __ inside
the collar.
A. badge B. label c . notice D. sign
I don’t think I could eat a n y ______ , but I’d like a coffee.
A. dessert B. starter c. m ain course D. second helping
8. Can y o u ______ the soup while I slice the bread?
A. sprinkle B. w hisk c . roll D. stir
9. I fínd it really hard to walk in shoes w ith very h ig h ______ .
A. soles B. heels c . bottom s D. supports
10. Could you go down to the baker’s and get me a of bread and a
couple o f jam doughnuts.
A. loaf B. piece c. lump D. slice
11. He was charged w ith a ( n ) ______ of currency regulations.
A. break B. disrespect c . breach D. observance
12. Our Insurance policy offers im m ediate _ against the risk of
burglary, accident or daimage by íìre.
A. cart B. security c. relief D. cover
13. The m an jum ped out o f the window and co m m itted ______ .
A. suicide B. hom icide c . murder D. death
14. She is alvvays w earing a strange red hat w ith a long in it.
A. hỄŨr B. fur c. feather D. tail
15. “How would you like your hair cut, sir? - “Ju st a __ _ p lease.”
A. cut B. trim c . shave D. snip

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16. Corporal Lucky was hit by a bullet but he was o n ly _____ wounded.
A. barely B. little c. slightly D. m erely
17. My sister works on the _____ in the local superm arket on Saturday
mornings.
A. check-through B. check-up c . check-in D. check-out

18. We had to w ait in a ___ in the post offíce for over ten m inutes.
A. row B. line c . queue D. íĩle
19. I lost the receipt and the shop Eissistant refused to give m e a _____ .
A. discount B. refund c . guarantee D. exchange
20. They said they could order it for me because they didn’t have m y size in

A. shop B. hold c. stock D. store

21. Our local superm arket charges a lot t o ______ groceries.
A. deliver B. carry c. bring D. bear
22. The accused m an was able to prove h is innocence at the trial and was

A. absolved B. acquitted c. forgiven D. pardoned

23. If the terrorists are not sent to prison, there will be a public
A. attack B. onslaught c. recrim ination D. outcry
24. The prisoners had spent alm ost a m onth digging a _____ before the
guEirds discovered it.
A. pipe B. tunnel c. subway D. pass
25. He was throw n into prison and _of his property.
A. confiscated B. denied c. removed D. deprived

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1. D on’t take that road. T here’s always v e r y ______ traffic along there.
A. heavy B. strong c. powerful D. hard
2. S he’s s o ______ skinned that nothing offends her.
A. hard B. thick c. strong D. heavy
3. This tea is t o o ______ for me. Could you bring me som e hot water?
A. strong B. thick c. hard D. heavy
4. The older children used to on him in the playground at lunch time.
A. get B. hit c. pick D. beat
5. Put the lid back on the tin so that the biscuits crisp and fresh.
A. stay B. bring c . get D. becom e
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6. 1’m afraid th at the herring we had for supper has given m e ______ .
A. sickness B. indisposition c. infection D. indigestion
7. M iss D iligent did nine hours’ ______ stud3ãng a day for her exam.
A. solid B. heavy c. powerful D. big
8. It w as during m y stay in India that I ______ taste for very hot curry.
A. gained B. acquired c . got D. received
9. I suppose I ______ lent the book to Simon, but I’m alm ost sure I didn’t.
A. m ight B. could c. m ust have D. m ight have
10. Y o u ______ that m an our phone number. I didn’t trust him at all.
A. m ust not have gi ven B. m ight not have gi ven
c. should not have gi ven D. could not have gi ven
11. The hot w eather has made t h e ______ even worse.
A. fam ine B. drought c . Aoods D. hail
12. Fortunately only three passengers suffered m in o r_____ .
A. hurts B. pains c . injuries D. damages
13. The governm ent have declared a State of after yesterday’s
earthquake.
A. crisis B. em ergency c. urgency D. danger
14. Scientists are working to find a cure fo r __ like AIDS.
A. ills B. inílrm ities c. diseases D. com plaints
15. Thousands of __are Aeeing the war in the north.
A. em igrants B. em ployees c. escapees D. reíugees
16. This lim e juice n e e d s _____ beíore you can drink it.
A. diluting B. dissolving c. soítening D. w atering
17. Put the orange ___ in the w aste basket, not on the floor
A. skin B. find c. Shell D. peel
18. People were injured h y __ stones the size o f tennis balls.
A. sleet B. gale c. hail D. snow
19. The food they serve here is excellent because they have a f in e ____.
A. cooker B. chef c. headwaiter D. stove
20. I can’t rem ember M£Lry’s number. r il have t o ______ in the phone book.
A. look it up B. look it c . look for D. look it out
21. They arrived so late for the meal, that the food w a s ______ .
A. dried B. hard c . spoilt D. lost
22. D on’t bring those clothes in off the line yet. T hey’re still a b i t ______ .
A. humid B. mild c. cool D. damp
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23. She had just th e Shell o f th e hard-boiled cgg and w as sta rtin g to
peel it.
A. burst B .cracked c. fractured D. sh attered

24. A ______ o f wind blew my hat off.

A. puff B. draft c. gust D. breeze
25. They ha ve closed the centre of the city to traíĩĩc because of
A. overpopulation B. contam ination
c. fam ine D. pollution

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1. I can get on a lot less now that I don’t have to pay rent.
A. ovor B. down c. by D. through
2. I am ___ ĩurious with Charlotte. How could she forget our wedding
anniversary?
A. absolutely B. extrem ely c. very D. terribly
3. Her s o le ______ in the hotel kitchen was peeling potatoes.
A. role B. profession c. job D. work
4. Be careíul not to th e tray too m uch or th e g la sse s w ill slide OÍT.
A. bend B. tilt c. incline D. tw ist
5. Can’t I ___ you to another piece of cake?
A. convince B. persuade c. pull D. tem pt
6. I couldn’t open the w ine as I didn’t have a __
A. corkdriver B. corkscrew c. lever D. screwdriver
7. We’ve got two cats and they get __very well together.
A. down B. through c. on D. by
8. I haven’t had a chance to read anything apart from the in today’s
paper.
A. headings B. titles c. captions D. headlines
9. How m any tele v isio n ______ do they have in your country?
A. canals B. channels c. ways D. num bers
10. I w ish the papers w eren’t always so full of about the royal family.
A. gossip B. rumour c. slander D. chat
My íavourite radio is Radio 3.
A. canal B. channel c. station D. way
A rude bov his tongue out at me.
A. put B. stuck c. showed D .to o k

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13. Do you know w h a t______ Radio 3 is on?
A. frequency B. line c. dial D. position
14. The Su n is a newspaper w ith a _ of over three ĩxiillion.
A. distribution B. coverage c. circulation D. sales
15. Can you pass m e t h e ___ control? I w ant to see if my favourite soap
has started.
A. far B. removed c. distant D. rem ote
16. He never really g o t ____ his relationship w ith Jenny.
A. through B. by c. over D. up
17. W aiting outside the exam ination room, I trembled w it h ______ .
A. com prehension B. apprehension
c. expectation D. tension
18. Fm terribly sorry but we haven’t got any copies o f the book in stock.
They s o ld ______ early this morning.
A. out B. up c. through D. over
19. It is ______ that students will have doubled their vocabulary in three
m onths.
A. worry B. íoreseen c. hope D. anticipated
20. I w ouldn’t eat those gooseberries if I were you, they don’t lo o k ________
to me.
A. ripe B. ready c. íormed D. underdone
21. In a m ultiple-choice exercise it ’s som etim es easier to ______ the wrong
answers before choosing the right one.
A. om it B. exclude c. give D. elim inate
22. That fish sm ells terrible! Throw it in t h e ______ .
A. bin B. rubbish
c. sink D. waste-paper basket
23. I couldn’t get to Wendy so I left a m essage on her answering
machine.
A. over B. through c. hy D. up
24. I was com p letely___ out after running so far.
A. exhausted B. run c. worn D .rubbed
25. She is hard-working and efficient. ___ , she has had several years’
experience o f this kind o f work.
A. As w ell as B. N ot only c. However D. Furthermore

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11
1. Look _ ! That sh elf is about to fall down.
A. up B. out c . over D. down
2. So w hat have you been g e ttin g ______ whilc I’ve been away?
A. down to B. away w ith c. up to D. through to
3. ______ was she very rude to my mother, but she insulted my father too.
A. N ot only B. As well as c. In addition to D. Purtherm ore
4. ______ passing all her cxam inations, she won a major tonnis tournam ent
this month.
A. In addition B. Moreover c. N ot only D. As well as
5. Please give me t w o ______ ofbread.
A. crumbs B. ílakes c. slices D. lum ps
6. S h e ______ hcr autom atic cookcr to cook the m eat for scven o’clock.
A. set B. put c. arranged D. tim ed
7. This knife is terrib ly ____ . It w on’t even cut a pieco of checse.
A. Sharp B. flat c. blunt D. thick
8. The apple was so _____ that he put som e sugar on it.
A. bad B. juicy c . ripe D. sour

9. He rubbed his ílnger round t h e ______ of the glass.

A. ledge B. lip c. rim D. tip

10. A food mixer is a very u s e fu l_____ to have in the kitchen

A. tool B. instrum cnt c. schem e D. gadget

11. The refrigerator w a s ______ w ith food.

A. affluent B. crammed c. bloatcd D. full

12. Our new cat is black w ith w h ite ______ .

A. claws B. hooves c. wings D. paws

13. As the elephant walked along he swung h i s ____ from side to side.
A. beak B. íĩn c. trunk D. hump

14. The lio n ______ w hen the keeper tried to make him go back into his cagc.
A. roared B. neighed c. moocd D. barked

15. I think it ’s tim e you and told him you think things should be
changed.
A. killed two birds w ith one stone B. put the cat am ong the pigeons
c. took the bull by the horns D. got out o f the rat race

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16. Why did you and m ention the party to Roger? It was supposed to
be a surprise.
A. let the cat out o f the bag B. put the cat am ong th e pigeons
c. have kittens D. kill two birds w ith one stone
17. It m ust be true. I heard it straight from t h e _____ m outh.
A. dog’s B. horse’s c. cam ers D. cat’s
18. I know you ’re upset about breaking up w ith Tony but there are plenty
m o r e ______ .
A. horses in the stable B. cows in th e íleld
c. tigers in the zoo D. fish in the sea
19. H alf way up the m ountain there was a __ w here climbers could stay
over night.
A. hut B. bungalow c . cottage D. bed-sit
20. It took them over an hour to put up th e ir _____
A. hut B. ten t c. caravan D. bungalow
21. He lives in a t in y ___ up in the m ountains.
A. suburb B. city c. village D. town
22. He likes to spend his holidays lying on a beach and she likes to spend
hers w alking i n ______ .
A. a country B. the country c . country D. som e country
23. Have you seen the exhibition at that n e w ______ in the high Street?
A. stadium B. theatre c. cathedral D. gallery
24. Com petition from goods produced w ith cheaper labour has m eant that
m a n y ______ have closed.
A. m arkets B. factories c. stadium s D. galleries
25. The royal w edding was celebrated in the m agniíĩcent sixteenth-century

A .cathedral B. theatre c. m arket D. gallery

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1. The puppy was ___ so m uch I nearly dropped him.
A. sniggering B. vvriggling c. chuckling D. giggling
2. We w e r e ______ that the ílight would be delayed for two hours.
A. invited B. ordered c. intormed D. instructed
3. He m anaged to the branch of a tree and avoid being swept away
by the flood waters.
A. grasp B. clutch c. hug D. m unch
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4. That m an next to me on the bus m ust have been a . My wallet
has gone.
A. shoplifter B. kidnapper c. hijacker D. pickpocket
5. The murder took place in the m ain Street in the middle of the day, but
there were n o ______ .
A. judges B. prosecutions c . w itnesses D. juries
6. He was w hen he was caught trying to catch a plane to France.
A. arrested B. put on probation
c. executed D. acquitted
7. Skilled ___ have produced períect copies o f m any o f the world’s
famous paintings.
A. m uggers B. sm ugglers c. rapists D. íorgers
8. The judge released him on but h e ’11 have to appear in court again
next week.
A. sentence B. bail c. punishm ent D. fine
9. We made the nearest port w hen we hearđ the storm warning.
A. out B. of c. up D. for
10. The judge’s r u lin g _____ a wave of protest cam paigns across the country.
A. instigated B. launched c . provoked D. com m enced
11. Mrs Baker rolled out the pastry and cut it into pretty ______ before
baking it.
A. shapes B. pictures c. m easures D. sizes
12. If you don’t lift that saucepan carelully, it will spill and you m a y ______
yourseir.
A. cut B. peel c. skin D. scald
13. I don’t like m y steak cooked too long. I like it
A. burnt B. underdone c. raw D. well done
14. Frozen food should always b e ______ before it is cooked.
A. defrosted B. dissolved c. m elted D. soítened
15. When you have cracked the eggs, put t h e ______ in the rubbish bin.
A. coverings B. shells c. covers D. skins
16. S h e ______ the tablecloth carefully and put it away in a drawer.
A. bent B. creased c. foldcd D. pleated
17. A fat lady sat on my shopping bag in the bus a n d ______ my tom atoes.
A. squashed B. crushed c. broke D. squeezed
18. There w as a sh£irp______ and the plate broke into two pieces.
A. bang B. crack c. crash D. noise
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19. Can you give m e a teaspoon t o _____ my tea?
A. beat B. spin c. turn D. stir
20. Instead o f telling her where h e’d really been, he made
complicated story.
A. out B. for c. up D. of
21. W e’ll make for lost tim e if we keep working for a couple more
hours.
A. out B. up c. for D. of
22. It’s fífteen years since Tim othy worked in Holland and h is Dutch is
pretty n o w ______ .
A. stale B. scratchy c. sloppy D. rusty
23. The person who ______ an exam ination is supposed to see that nobody
tries to cheat.
A. dom inates B. governs c. supervises D. leads
24. Add the essence until the teaspooníul is beaten into the mixture.
A. drop hy drop B. inch hy inch c . leaf hy leaf D. spot hy spot
25. Please don’t talk in the _ because there is an exam ination in the
lecture hall.
A. promenade B. lane c. corridor D. way

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1. I know you have a good voice and have am bitions to be an opera singer
but don’t give up your d a y ______ yet!
A. job B. work c. situation D. place
2. I am in t h e ______ as to where Chris was last night.
A. shade B. pink c . dark D. black
3. Breaking his leg dealt a ___ to his chances of becom ing a professional
footballer.
A. thum p B. strike c. hit D. blow
4. Jane is a S3nnpathetic listener. She lent me a(n) __w hen I lost my
job.
A. mind B. ear c. m outh D. eye
5. L et’s m ake a dash for the train now as the rain seem s to b e ______ ofĩ.
A. reducing B. slow ing c. easing D. running

6. Our fírm is so successful because it is at the c u ttin g ___ of Computer

technology.
A. lim it B. edge c. verge D. fringe
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7. He w a s ______ intensively for two vveeks before the ten n is tournam ent.
A. coached lì. practised c. learned D. taught
8. Our journey was ■ by tho icy roads, which forced us to drive very
slowly.
A. obstructed B. impeded c. barred D. blocked
9. Before the parachute jump he was carefully ___ in safety procedures.
A. shown B. familiarised c. presented D. instructed
10. S h e ______ her daughter to the caxe of a babysitter for the evening.
A. confided B. consigned c . entrusted D. resigned
11. The e n g in e e r ______ the m achine with a ham m er and, m iraculously, it
roared back to life.
A. slapped B. smacked c . punched D. whacked
12. Fighting among rebel soldiers _ last night and a curfew has now
been imposcd on the city.
A. enhanced B. intensified c. heightened D. aggravated
13. While other companies collapsed in the economic recession, Cartwright
L td .______ and share prices rose.
A .earned B. exploited c. proílted D. gained
14. Rebecca her fiancé across the face during an argum ent and
walked out o f the restaurant.
A. slapped B. sm ashed c. struck D. punched
15. The yearly procession to the tem ple in honour o f the local deity was an
im portant relig io u s______ in that city.
A. activity B. festival c. fast D. habit
16. Although she was able to walk w ith the aid of crutches, having a broken
a n k le ______ her m ovem ents considerably.
A. barred B. blocked c. intervened D. hindered
17. The Oscar w inning actress sim p ly ___ charm and proíessionalism in
her acceptance speech.
A. exuded B. excludcd c. expunged D. extricated
18. After buying an expensive new penthouse Marianna was f la t _____ .
A. shattered B. torn c. sm ashed D. broke
19. The new political party came to t h e ______ aíter the general election.
A. fore B. back c. side D. front
20. On the eighth day of the strike the M inister fít to make a
statem ent.
A. appeared B. showed c. lookcd D. saw

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21. Harry blew a ______ w hen his holiday was cancelled.
A. fuse B. plug c. switch D. Socket
22. D espite her poor exam results, Alice put a ______ face on the situation.
A. tough B. brave c . courageous D. bold
23. I was thrilled to m ect Paul McCartney in the w hen I sat next to
him at the theatre.
A. m eat B. blood c. ílesh D. vein
24. I’m very sorry, but t h e s e ______ are out of stock at the moment.
A. vvares B. goods c. com m odities D. supplies
25. E a c h ______ of the house m ust pay his own tax.
A. dvveller B. settler c. resident D. inhabitant

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1. Once at the skating rink, Ivan was allowed to skatc to his h eart’s _____
A. happiness B. delight c. content D. contentm ent

2. Ploods have co m p letely______ the farm er’s crops.

A. ruined B. damaged c. harmed D. injured
3. I ______ the notice-board quickly, looking for second-hand cars for sale.
A. peered at B. scanned c. scrutinised D. inspected
4. The farmer m akes m oney h y ______ pedigree horses.
A. bringing up B. nurturing c. growing D. breeding
5. For m onths I sat w ith my binoculars w atching a b ir d ______ its young.
A. breed B. rear c. bring up D. grow
6. “H e ______ my rubbor, m iss!” shouted the boy.
A. swiped B. ripped off c. abducted D. acquired
7. Many forest-______ anim als were killed in the íĩre.
A. settlin g B. residing c . inhabiting D. dwelling

8. This city has four m illio n ______ .

A. residents B. inhabitants c. dwellers D. settlers
9. During pioneer days a lot of land in the U nited States was up for
A. gain B. promotion c . grabs D. taking
10. This lovely new dress fits like a
A. glove B. gauntlet c . gown D .tre a t
11. Investors have ta k e n _____ from the improving economic situation.
A. consolation B. courage c. heart D. m eaning

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12. We at B uyrite throw down the to com petitors to m atch us for
price, quality and Service.
A. gauntlet B. m itten c. sword D. hat
13. Every tim e th e governm ent m eets their demands, the Union leaders
move t h e ______ .
A. lamp-posts B. gozdposts c. bus stops D. roadblocks
14. The designer refuses to gild the , preferring clean, sim ple lines for
his creations.
A. lily B. flower c. rose D. daisy
15. With fuel in short supply, m achinery in the factory slowly ground to a(n)

A. stop B. halt c. pause D. end

16. The teacher was adam ant and stuck to h i s __ about the date o f the
final exam.
A. weapons B. neck c. thumb D. guns
17. David decided that sm oking was ruining his health and so gave it up for

A. good B. always c. all D. once

18. For busy people in today’s society, liíestyle m anagem ent is gaining

A. points B. speed c. terrain D. ground

19. The governm ent is m aking lit t le _____ in its ílght to beat inAation.
A. forward B. advance c. headway D. im provem ent
20. The art teacher gave the children a free in their Creative
compositions.
A. offer B. gift c. kick D. hand
21. The forensic e x p e r t______ the evidence looking for particles o f skin.
A. scanned B. glimpsed at c . scrutinised D. peered at
22. My brother is a lw a y s______ m e about my hooked nose.
A. teasing B. pestering c. getting on at D. harassing
23. He m anaged t o ______ the flow o f blood hy tightly bandaging the wound.
A. restrain B. check c . curb D. inhibit
24. We intend this to be a ( n ) ______ project, taking us into the next decade.
A. constant B. incessant c. steady D. ongoing
25. It was only w hen he had been unem ployed for six m onths that N eil’s
situation h i t ______ .
A. base B. down c. home D. back

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1. My father has decided t o ____ a beard to cover a sm all scar he has on
his chin.
A. rear B. bring up c. breed D. grow
2. My grandm other was a lovely person w h o ____ pleasure from helping
others.
A. derived B. gathered c. deduced D. collected
3. You were r e a lly ___ w hen you paid $100 for those shoes. T hey’re not
even leather!
A. svviped B. ripped off c. pinched D. pilfered
4. I can’t tell you the population of Prague, but th ere’s an
encyclopedia in the cupboard.
A. off-hand B. in hand c. at hand D. on hand
5. After m aking several bad business deals the company was losing money
hand o v e r ______ .
A. finger B. wrist c. fist D. thumb
6. Maggie is so moody and unpredictable. S h e’s apt to fly off the ______
vvithout any real cause .
A. strap B. handle c. catch D. belt
7. A (n )______ proportion of the population did not vote in the last elections.
A. essential B. fundam ental c. grave D. signiílcant
8. When a former secret agent tried to publish his memoirs, the
governm ent had certain parts of the b o o k ______ .
A. forbidden B. prohibited c. censored D. disallowed
9. Benjamin Britten, the composer, is probably m ost ______ for his opera
“Peter G rim es”.
A. conspicuous B. fam ous c. remarkable D. distinguished
10. ______ scientists from around the world m et in London to discuss a
revolutionary new drug.
A. N otew orthy B. Elevated c. Prestigious D.Em inent
11. Greg has, to all in ten ts a n d ______ , íínished his degree course, w ith the
exception of his final dissertation.
A. purposes B. reasons c. aims D. proposals
12. It was justice for Ted to receive a parking fine w hen he was at the
doctor’s.
A. poetic B. only c. rough D. small

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13. There are more people employed, by and __ in th e Service sector
than in m anufacturing nowadays.
A. large B. all c . by D. through

14. We giggled at the sight of Mrs B r o w n ______ down the road in her six-
inch stiletto heels.
A. staggering B. tottering c. reeling D. stum bling
15. He slam m ed my hand in the car door and, to add insult t o ______ , didn’t
stop to apologise.
A. damage B. harm c . injury D. infam y
16. We were all on a ______ -edge until the very end of the Hitchcock íĩlm.
A. chair B. knife c. cliff D. razor
17. Those stones have been here sĩnce t im e ______ .
A. immemorable B. immortal c . innuxnerable D. immemorial
18. Enjoy your “Sunw oy” cruise, safe in t h e ______ that everything has been
taken care of.
A. aw areness B. recognition c . knowledge D. fact
19. This shoe repairer is so quick that he can sole and heel your shoes in a(n)

A. m om ent B. hurry c. instant D. jiffy

20. Sue spent w eeks in hospital after being serio u sly _____ in a car crash.
A. ruined B. injured c. impaired D. damaged
21. When she lost her temper, she the vase her ex-husband had
brought her.
A. snapped B. clipped c. sm ashed D. broke off
22. My neighbour has threatened to ___ over our dispute about property
boundaries.
A. take legal action B. take legal aid
c. try me D. bring me to trial
23. Mr Wright is b e in g ___ for fraud at the Old Bailey courthouse, this
afternoon.
A. taken to court B. charged
c. summoned D. tried
24. As long as you have the m o s t ___ _ ingredients for the recipe, you can
make do w ithout the other things.
A. critical B. essential c. crucial D. vital
25. The heavy rain lashed d o w n _____ throughout the night w ithout letting
up.
A. continually B. perpetually c. continuously D. eternally
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1. The border guards have been accused o f ______ refugees.
A. pestering B. gettin g on at c. teasing D. harassing
2. My young nieces kept ___ me to buy them sweets.
A. pestering B. teasing c. getting on at D. harassing
3. I ______ a plate w hen I was w ashing up, but it can still be used.
A. snapped B. sm ashed c. chipped D. shattered
4. The w in d sc reen ______ into a thousand pieces w hen the car hit a lamp-
post.
A. sm ashed B. shattered c . snapped D .cracked
5. The optician says you have to wear glasses, like it o r ______ it.
A. jump B. loathe c . dislike D. lump
6. You will be putting your life on t h e ___ if you take up skydiving.
A. line B. way c . lane D. ground
7. H is íriends and fam ily left him in t h e ______ when he w ent bankrupt.
A. church B. lurch c . end D. Street
8. r u r e se r v e _______on Ben Shipley’s latest novel until I’ve read it.
A. condem nation B. thought c. judgem ent D. criticism
9. Tara was really laying i t ___ on about her accident at work.
A. fine B. broad c. thin D. thick
10. Were you on the _____w hen you said you had resigned from work?
A. wagon B. flat c. level D. town
11. Stars o f the Hollyvvood silver screen tended to be larger t h a n _____ .
A. life B. drama c. reality D. ever
12. ơudging from the noise it is making, the w ashing m achine is on its last

A. gasp B. legs c. resort D. breath

13. I left the house in a hurry and my bedroom was w ith clothes.
A. scattered B. dispersed c . strewn D. sprinkled
14. Always having h a d ___ feet, Delia is off again, backpacking round India.
A. itchy B. scratchy c. sore D. light
15. The skaters gracefully across the ice.
A. slid B. glided c. slipped D. skidded
16. The cat slept p ea ceíu lly _____ in the long grass.
A. nestled B. huddled c. snuggled D. cuddled

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17. Mr W righ t_______his vegetable garden carefully.
A. attends B. grows c. m aintains D. tends
18. Em ployees of the company are forbidden t o ______ inform ation about the
secret formula.
A. betray B. divulge c. portray D. unveil
19. The soldier didn’t ______ his comrades even w hen he was pressured to
do so.
A. reveal B. divulge c . betray D. disclose
20. The removal m en ____ the heavy piano up the stairs w ith great
diíĩĩculty.
A. toted B. shoved c. thrust D. heaved
21. S h e _____ a few clothes into a case and hurried to the airport.
A. scattered B. piled c . shoved D. heaved
22. My fear of wasps _____ from the fact that I was severely stun g as a child.
A. begets B. stem s c. generates D. com m ences
23. This year’s series of open-air plays __ w ith a performance o f “Electra”.
A. stem s B. originates c. derives D. com m ences
24. We could hear the m o n k ey s___ long before we reached their cage.
A. chatting B. prattling c. chattering D. babbling
25. Jane about the surprise party for Sheila and now the w hole idea
is ruined.
A. blabbed B. gossiped c. prattled D. chatted

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1. I think you a nerve w hen you m entioned Ralph’s forthcom ing
retirem ent.
A. touched B. had c. drilled D. hit
2. Yes, I saw the last episode of the series, but I’m none t h e ___ about
w hat really happened.
A. better B. surer c. cleverer D. wiser
3. Thousands of reíugees are cam ping at the betw een the two
countries, hoping to fĩnd asylum.
A. boundary B. brim c. border D. rim
4. After six m onths of convalescence in a nursing home, Sim on is finally on
t h e ______ .
A. m end B. top c. go D. run

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5. For stam ps and coins to be o f value, they need to be in m in t_____ .
A. State B. situation c. condition D. appearance
6. The professor looked as if he were ____ away in a world o f h is own.
A. yíirds B. kilom etres c. streets D. m iles
7. Dave gave th e oữĩce party a ______ that year.
A. m iss B. hit c. chance D. break
8 . The cup is full to t h e ______ so be careíul w hen you carry it.
A. brim B. boundary c. verge D. border
9. Young children are o fte n ______ to illnesses such as m easles.
A. liable B. sensitive c. susceptible D. apt
10. Som e people like t o ______ their neck doing dangerous sports.
A. endanger B. breeik c. tw ist D. risk
11. After losing my job, I was on the ___of a nervous breakdovvn.
A. border B. brim c. verge D. bounds
12. The school playing fields are out o f ___ while equipm ent is being set
up for the cricket match.
A. bounds B. brim c. verge D. border
13. Children should keep away from the riv er ______ in case they fall in.
A. bounds B. bank c. brim D. border
14. W e’re spending our holidays on t h e ______ this summer.
A. beach B. bank c. coast D. shore
15. The old lady _ her bag for fear she m ight lose it.
A. seized B. grabbed c. grasped D. clutched
16. Isn ’t packing three suitcases for a weekend away going a b i t _____ ?
A. overload B. overhead c. overboard D. overskill
17. In spite of his stam m er, Gerald rose to the and delivered a
tascinating speech.
A. top B. situation c. bait D. occasion
18. “How often do you visit your parents?”
“ ______ so often, even though they live some distance aw ay.”
A. Even B. Ever c. Every D. Never
19. My puppy was very expensive because h e ’s a sp ecia l______ .
A. breed B. sect c. tribe D. caste
20. “Do you think I should ask Andy?”
‘T ’m sure h e ’ll be o n ly ______ w illing to help you w ith the project.”
A. ju st B. too c. that D. so

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21. It is possible t o ___ out of the pension schem e if you do not w ish to
participate.
A. back B. charge c. opt D. break
22. You say you need new clothes but your wardrobe is full to w ith
dresses.
A. overíllling B. overílovving c . overlaying D. overstepping
23. Frank w as inĩorm ed at t h e ______ that the assignm ent would be no easy
matter.
A. offset B. upset c . reset D. outset
24. It will be overstepping the if you address the m anaging director
by his íĩrst name.
A. mark B. line c. grade D. lim it
25. I was ___ due to a personẼdity clash w ith m y boss.
A. resigned B. sacked c. retired D. xnade redundant

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1. The ___ o f the failure o f the bank resulted in m any people losing their
life-savings.
A. catastrophe B. problem c. trouble D. cause
2. The play was such a ___ that it came off after only two nights.
A. cataclysm B. calam ity c. catastrophe D. disaster
3. Hundreds of workers have been due to financial problem s at the
factory.
A. sacked B. resigned c. made redundant D. retired

4. The in India resem bles the class System structure in Britain.

A. breed B. caste c. tribe D. sect
5. Anthropologists have spent years studying the social System of this
A. breed B. caste c. tribe D. sect
6. Countries often b e c o m e ______ to promote trade and industry betw een
them.
A. allies B. colleagues c. acquaintances D. accomplices
7. Most people have few friends but many who they only see from
tim e to time.
A. allies B. accomplices c. associates D. acquaintances
8. Many people are feeling the _ now that there is an economic
recession.
A. strain B. pinch c. prod D. pain

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9. Victoria w ent to great ___ to complete a high quality presentation.
A. eíĩbrts B. torm ent c. pains D. diíĩĩculty
10. Ju lia’s work is not a _____ on N atalie’s.
A. patch B. spot c. scratch D. scrap
11. Somebody as conceited as Ron needs bringing down a ___ or two.
A. step B. notch c. rung D. peg
12. N ew technology is b e in g ______ in at work.
A. phased B. shown c . installed D.ííltered
13. The foreman came to the building si te to pay the w orkm en’s _____
A. fees B. allowance c. wages D.salaries
14. I have no appetite and I am lethargic. I’ve been feeling u n d e r __ for
ages.
A. pair B. threat c. stress D. par
15. The economic situation m akes many people unw illing to take t h e ___
and open their own businesses.
A. plunge B. bull c. initiative D. opportunity
16. I don’t know how I c a n _ up the courage to tell him the awful news.
A. pick B. set c. store D. pluck
17. The new soap opera on Channel 3. new depths in term s of
tastelessness.
A. fills B. reaches c. plumbs D. achieves
18. W e’ll keep you _____ o f any further changes in the exam ination
specihcations.
A. noticed B. announced c. mailed D. posted
19. R elief workers ___ hundreds of crates o f second-hand clothing which
had been donated.
A. revealed B. unpacked c . unwrapped D. unveiled
20. The Queen was present at the o íĩĩc ia l______ o f the statue.
A. unveiling B. unpacking c. unwrapping D. revealing
21. The hut finally fell down, unable to _________ days o f violent winds
and rain.
A. put up w ith B. w ithstand c. support D. afford
22. As a single parent, it ’s difficult for her t o ______ a family.
A. put up w ith B. afford c. support D. w ithstand
23. I phoned the company, who ___ m e that my goods had been
despatched.
A. coníírm ed B. assured c. guaranteed D. reassured
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24. It was extrem ely _____ of you to drive home in that blizz2ird.
A. reckless B. adventurous c. im pervious D. instinctive
25. Please send a reply to the w edding invitation in order to _____ your
attendance.
A. guarantee B. coníĩrm c. Eissure D. reassure

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1. I really admire the hero of the fílm. H e’s s o ______
A. reckless B. adventurous c. foolhardy D. instinctive
2. A m odern cash register keeps a record of e v e r y ___
A. contract B. deal c. purchaser D. transaction
3. Looking after a house, four children, a lazy husband and two dogs is real

A. drudgery B. labour c. toil D. grind

4. The experim ental play was only a ____ success, which disappointed the
playwright.
A. local B. reserved c. qualiíĩed D. cautious
5. It takes tim e to get a financial System up and after the
introduction o f a new currency.
A. running B. proceeding c. walking D. going
6. Life is so full o f both good fortune and m isfortunes that you have to
learn to take the rough with t h e ______ .
A. tough B. ready c. calm D. sm ooth
7. Stephen really lost h i s ______ w hen his dental appointm ent was cancelled
yet again.
A. rag B. voice c. calm D. head
8. In today’s com petitive world, everyone needs a regulzir holiday t o ______
their batteries.
A. reíìll B. recast c. recharge D. rectify
9. When m y new m otor kept breaking down, I knew I’d been taken for a
hy the second-hand car salesm an.
A. drive B. ride c. walk D. stroll
10. It has been medically proven that a poor diet ỉeads t o ______ growth.
A. controlled B. tem pered c. curbed D. stunted
11. D on’t take it as ______ that you’ll be promoted in your job; other
colleagues stand a good chance too.
A. read B. Standard c. íĩxed D. word
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12. My husband and I are not rich but we a r e ______ .
A. w ealthy B. tight c. comfortable D. hard-up
13. Believing th at the fírm had gi ven him a raw , he took his case to
an industrial tribunal.
A. deal B. m eal c. apple D. nerve
14. It w as a hot sum m er day and ice cream salesm en were doing a _
trade.
A. busy B. roaring c. bustling D.lucrative
15. Bob is so short-tempered; he should try t o ______ his anger.
A. stun t B. control c. tem per D. curb
16. If y o u ______ your demands, they may be accepted by others.
A. tem per B. control c. stun t D. cvưb
17. The teacher told us t o ___ the poem by the next lesson.
A. rem ember B. recollect c. m em orise D. rem ind
18. I don’t ______ her name, as we m et only once.
A. m em orise B. recollect c. rem inisce D. rem ind
19. D on’t expect Alan to huy you a drink. He earns plenty of m oney but h e’s
v e r y ______ .
A. hard-up B.W62dthyc . tight D. comfortable
20. Could I borrow a few pounds? I’m a b i t _____ at the moment.
A. com íortable B. w ealthy c. tight D. hard-up
21. The audience were in ____ as they watched the latest Aykebourne
comedy.
A. stitches B. pleats c. tears D .sh red s
22. D on’t m ention work to Ray, as it ’s a sore w ith him at the
m oment.
A. finger B. place c. point D. thumb
23. The trouble w ith socialising with colleagues is that they usually end up
ta lk in g ______ .
A. sense B. rot c. back D. shop
24. The d o g ___ under the table w hen I shouted at him for eating my
steak.
A. slithered B. slunk c. scampered D. strutted
25. The opposition will be elected into governm ent at the next election,
w ithout a ______ o f a doubt.
A. shadow B. shade c. beneíĩt D. hue

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1. Take your mobile phone w ith you ju st to be on t h e ______ side.
A. sunny B. safe c. straight D. secure
2. It’s hard to get back into t h e ______ o f things after a long holiday.
A. pace B. way c. rhythm D. sw ing
3. N oisy parties are really not my
A. scene B. liking c. idea D. preíerence

4. I hate the way T o n y ______ around looking so self-im portant.

A. slithers B. scampers c. struts D. slinks
5. Rosie the k itte n ______ playíully around w ith a ball.
A. scampered B. strutted c. slithered D. slunk
6. Along, green s n a k e ______ through the grass and disappeared.
A. strutted B. slithered c. slunk D. scampered
7. She tried t o ______ Tom ’s importance to the company in order to gain a
promotion for herself.
A. reduce B. dwindle c. shrink D. dim inish
8 . Due to inílation, my savings have gradually____to practically nothing.
A. dwindled B. shrank c. reduced D. dim inished
9. My new pullover _____ to h alf its previous size w hen I washed it.
A. reduced B. shrank c . dim inished D. dwindled
10. I need t o _____ my w eight by about ten kilos for health reasons.
A. shrink B. dim inish c. dwindle D. reduce
11. I don’t think you ’re suitably for this party.
A. dressed B. clad c. wearing D. clothed
12. Jack was disappointed not to be promoted as he was given to that
the job would be his.
A. know B. realise c. understand D. say
13. The Prim e M inister has ____ the controversial statem ent he made
about nuclear arms.
A. extracted B. retracted c. pulled out D. renounced
14. The King w as forced t o ______ his right to the throne w hen he married a
divorcee.
A. extract B. pullout c. retract D. renounce
15. The team had t o _____ of the com petition because o f injuries.
A. renounce B. extract c. pull out D. retract
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16. The text w as complicated and thereíore very diữìcult to
iníorm ation from.
A. extract B. renounce c . retract D. pullout
17. S h e _____ her finger on a Sharp rose thorn.
A. stun g B. bit c . pricked D. stabbed
18. The baby was __ by a bee w hilst pla5àng in the garden.
A. bitten B. stun g c. pricked D. stabbed
19. The íĩlm star categorically______ any connection w ith th e scandal.
A. refuses B. revokes c. rejects D. denies
20. Due to his reckless driving his driving licence was hy the court.
A. revoked B. denied c. refused D. rejected
21. Sue begged Tom to help her but h e ______ .
A. denied B. revoked c. rejected D. refused
22. The m ountains w e r e ______ in thick cloud.
A. clothed B. clothing c. dressing D. w earing
23. That loud heavy m etal m usic from next door is _ m e up the wall.
A. sending B. driving c. bringing D. pushing
24. Bright children who are ______on the uptake m ay get bored easily if
they are not stim ulated enough at school.
A. sw ift B. fast c. íĩnest D. best
25. This new model o f car is t h e __ in driving luxury.
A. penultim ate B. ultim ate c. quick D. rapid

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1. Shift work does have i t s ______ som etim es.
A. u ses B. conveniences c. reasons D. purposes
2. My husband told me in n o ____ term s that I would have to econom ise
on household expenses.
A. unsure B. uncertain c. vague D. unclear
3. We had a ______ of a tim e at Jason’s party yesterday.
A. w eek B. period c. whole D. whale
4. I n ______ did I knock on the huge o£ik door, for nobody answered.
A. vane B. m ane c . vain D. vein
5. Investors were caught by the Sharp drop in share prices.
A. undecided B. unaw6U'es
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6. They were planning, ___ to Hilary, to throw a surprise peu*ty for her.
A. unaware B. oblivious c. unbeknow n D. unknow n
7. The economic situation in the country is going froxn bad t o ___ aíter
the stock m arket crash.
A. worse B. best c. better D. worst
8. Tom always tries to ___ perfection in eveiyth in g he does.
A. accomplish B. attain c. gain D. m anage
9. The fírm w ill go bankrupt if it cannot m eet its _
A. liabilities B. duties c. charges D. prom ises
10. The charity m anaged to a great deal during its m ost recent
project in Aírica.
A. attain B. reach c. gain D. accomplish
11. Thank you very much, but I am afraid that, due to the political situation,
the President m u s t______ your invitation to tour your country.
A. reject B. renounce c. snub D. decline
12. Peter w as heartbroken w hen Sue ___ his oíTer o f m arriage so cruelly.
A. spurned B. disclaimed c. denied D. renounced
13. I w asn ’t ______ to see a queue outside the new sports centre.
A. taken aback B. astounded c. amazed D. surprised
14. She was a lit t le ______ hy th is strange coincidence.
A. astounded B. 2ưnazed c. taken aback D. Aabbergasted
15. W e ______ to the manager about the a ssistan t’s behaviour.
A. objected B. complained c. criticised D. nagged
16. Instead o f ______ to yourseir, w hy don’t you make a formal complaint?
A. com plaining B. w hining c. objecting D. grum bling
17. The latest a d v ertisin g ______ for facial tissu es is a free gift w ith every
purchase.
A. scam B. snare c. gim m ick D. plot
18. Jew ellery worth over £1 m illion w a s __ from a house in W imbledon
last night.
A. stolen B. burgled c. robbed D. mugged
19. Because it was the íírst tim e h e ’d been in trouble w ith the police, he was
l e t ______ w ith a warning.
A. down B. off c . out D. away
20. The whole class will stay here until the person who broke the chair
______ up.
A. owns B. confesses c. tells D. adm its
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21. There w ill also b e ______ to moderate winds blow ing from the north.
A. calm B. fine c. thin D. light
22. My m other told m e that, as a child, I used t o ____ continually for sweets.
A. grumble B. w hine c. complain D. pester
23. You’ll need to put more effort your work if you w ant to pass the
exam.
A. on B. through c . into D. at
24. T h e _____ ordered the pilot o f the plane to fly to Venezuela.
A. hijacker B. kidnapper c. mugger D. blackmailer
25. Tomorrow w e can expect to see an end to the rain in the region,
but it w ill rem ain cloudy.
A. rough B. hard c . strong D. heavy

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1. Sea levels are expected to _ considerably in the next few decades.
A. rise B. raise c. arise D. lift
2. I was w ondering if you could me up at your place for the night.
A. give B. live c . take D. put
3. He put his own life a t ______ in an attem pt to save his dying friend.
A. danger B. risk c. hazard D. threat
4. H eavier íĩn es should be im posed on those people w h o ______ litter.
A. w aste B. dump c. throw D. drop
5. You only need to put a _ of salt in the m ixture, not a whole
teaspoonful!
A. piece B. drop c. pinch D. little
6. He w a s ______ an injection in his arm.
A. put B. given c. had D .trea ted
7. You have very high b lo o d ______ , Mr Woolg2ir.
A. tension B. infection c. level D. pressure
8. I should like to point out that two m onths have ______
____ since you
promised to come and repair my television.
A. elapsed B. expired c. lapsed D.transpired
9. H e ______ m e to do more exercise.
A. suggested B. offered c. recommended D. said
10. I w ish you ’d g e t ____of these old books - you never read them any more.
A. away B. out c. lost D. rid

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11. My m um ’s ju st knitted m e a lo v e ly _____ sweater.
A. high-heeled B. second-hand c. long-sleeved D. ankle-length
12. ______ should not open their exam papers until told to do so by the
invigilator.
A. Participants B. Candidates c. Com petitors D. Takers
13. Most o f the people in t h e ______ were friends or íam ily of the actors and
actresses.
A. public B. spectators c . audience D. viewers
14. By the tim e w e _____ to the station the train had already left.
A. got B. reached c. arrived D. found
15. These jeans don’t ______me any more; th ey ’re too tight round the waist.
A. suit B. m atch c. fit D. go w ith
16. Do you m ind if I ______ that track again? I really like it.
A. put B. listen c. touch D. play
17. Johnny Strum m er’s the _ vocalist and the bass guitarist sings the
backing vocEds.
A. íírst B. lead c. front D. head
18. The hotel is situated next to an 18-hole golf _
A. course B. court c. field D. pitch
19. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the m orning but
______ slightly in the afternoon.
A. regained B. recovered c. restored D. retrieved
20. I couldn’t ______ laughing w hen he fell in the pool w ith all his clothes
on; it was so funny!
A. help B. afford c. stand D. give up
21. The sales assistan ts are so ______ ; they spend more tim e chatting to
each other than serving custom ers.
A. helpless B. unhelpful c. helping D. helped
22. “How dare you!” she screamed, and, picking up her bag, she ___ of
the room.
A. made a bolt B. dashed c. storm ed out D. sprinted
23. The device is conveniently small, b u t ___it isn ’t p£U"ticularly easy to use.
A. on the other hand B. on the other side
c. on the contrary D. in addition
24. Chris w a s ______ betw een buying a new house and going on a round-the-
world cruise.
A. pulled B. m oving c . torn D. leaning

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25. She h asn ’t spoken German for over a year and I think she w ants to
b r u sh ______ a few things.
A. out in B. on w ith c. over on D. up on

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1. Where do you think his new enthusiasm ___ from?
A. springs B. leaps c. sources D. traces
2. I w ish you would stop sittin g on t h e ___and decide w hose side you ’re on.
A. wall B. crossroads c. fence D. middle
3. My brother’s _taller than me.
A. bit B. som ething c . more D. slightly
4. S h e’s even broken the door! Look, the handle has _ofĩ.
A. parted B. come c . gone D. split
5. A (n )______ attem pt hy the army was quickly foiled.
A. m utiny B. overthrow c. overtake D. coup
6. Take your um brella, ju st in case - it ’s better to b e ______ than sorry.
A. safe B. secure c. sure D.sound
7. You can leave th e vegetables but eat a s ______ of the m eat as you can.
A. m ost B. more c. m uch D.m any
8. This research __ the im portance o f m otivating students.
A. lightens B. highlights c. lights up D. enlightens
9. I’ve won £100 on th e Lottery - w hat a ______ of luck!
A. touch B. point c. stroke D. patch
10. It will be easier to wash your muddy trousers if you leave them to
in w ater íirst.
A. drown B. bathe c. m oisten D. S02ik
11. It w as not u n til Sue left hom e that she realised the im portance of close
ía m ily ______ .
A. cords B. ropes c. ties D. strings
12. Glen was ______ of the com pany’s íínancial problems, otherw ise he
w ouldn’t have agreed to take the job w ith them.
A. innocent B. untrained c. untaught D. ignorant
13. It’s funny you should say that. I’ve ju st had t h e ______ thought.
A. identical B. like c. alike D. similar
14. “You are not com paring______ w ith like,” said Margaret.
A. sam e B. like c. both D. each

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15. I w a s _____ by officials at the airport, as I was carrying fresh food. They
made me throw it all away.
A. restrained B. confined c . detained D. impeded
16. Job seekers are required to visit the centre at least once a w eek to
be eligible for beneíĩts.
A. job B. unem ploym ent c. em ploy D. work
17. It’s tim e the governm ent a stand against tax evaders and began
prosecuting them .
A. had B. got c . took D. gave
18. Joh n ’s to my new s was very positive; he really seem ed pleased for
me.
A. answer B. reply c. feedback D. reaction
19. H e ______ his bag and ran out o f the house.
A. caught B. held c. grabbed D. held up
20. How m any tim es has V enus W illiam s______ her sister?
A. won B. defeated c. lost D. beaten
21. Some people ran onto the _ after the second goal.
A. pitch B. íleld c . court D. stadium
22. I enjoy eating h o t _____ food but it gives m e indigestion.
A. creamy B. spicy c. greasy D. savoury
23. Helen oíĩered to give me t h e _____ for her delicious pizza.
A. recipe B. instructions c. receipt D. prescription
24. The crowds the streets trying to catch sight of their hero.
A. Aocked B. overpopulated c . thronged D. huddled
25. I hope that this punishm ent w ill______ you a lesson.
A. learn B. teach c . know D. gi ve

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1. Because she doesn’t behave in a v e r y __ way, people think that sh e’s
rather strange.
A. usual B. Standard c . conventional D. average
2. G lobal______ is causing clim ate changes.
A. w arm ing B. pollution c. heating D.destruction
3. I would love to go to the exhibition w ith you, but I’m afraid I can’t
the time.
A. leave B. spare c. save D. lose
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4. We were alerted to the fíre w hen we saw thick, heavy s m o k e ______ out
of the window.
A. billow ing B. clouding c. choking D. pushing
5. T h e ______ came on board and inspected all the sailors on the ship.
A. ally B. pacihst c. private D. admiral
6. N ow th ere’s only one wage Corning in, w e’ll all have to tighten o u r __
A. w aists B. pockets c. belts D. hats
7. We all w ish you luck as y o u ______ on a new career.
A. move B. embark c. alight D. board
8. The Sales M anager spent several m o n th s______ up his team.
A. drawing B. sending c. keeping D. building
9. Many people would ílnd t h e ____of a hum an clone a frightening one.
A. scen e B. Vision c. sigh t D. shape
10. You really should huy a DVD player. You have to move w ith t h e ____
A. tim es B. tim e c. tim ing D. tim er
11. Sewage causes a serious health hazard w hen it is directly into
rivers and seas, as it is in this country.
A. term inated B. blown c. ílushed D. eschewed
12. W hen I took over the business I got more than I ____
A. asked after B. came in for c. drew up D. bargained for
13. Your son has t h e ______ of a fine musician.
A. m akings B. beginnings c. looks D. talents
14. He found th at th e test was child’s
A. m atches B. gam es c . play D. delight
15. “I don’t believe you! You’re having m e _____ !” said Jack.
A. out B. on c. over D. up
16. I saw th at íĩlm everyone’s been raving _ ____ . Maybe I’m m issing
som ething, but I thought it was fairly ordinary.
A. on B. for c. up D. about
17. I was in a as to w hat to do. If I told the truth, he would get into
trouble, but if I said nothing I would be in more trouble.
A. doubt B. quandary c . hitch D. complexity
18. The indiscrim inate use o f pesticides h a s ______ m any rare species.
A. wiped out B. devastated c . extincted D. cancelled
19. The business was set up purely as a front fo r ______ money.
A. vvashing B. laundering c. cleaning D. rinsing

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20. In the afternoons we would go for a ______ along the seaíront.
A. strut B. stretch c. stride D. stroll
21. “I was in Oxford last w eekend and you’ll never guess who I bumped
he said.
A. for B. into c. along D. through
22. Polynesia. The very nam e conjures ____ imagos o f sun drenched
beaches and warm turquoise seas.
A. out B. in c . over D. up
23. Pulling th e contract out o f the envelope, sho ripped it t o ______ .
A. sm ithereens B. tiny pieces c. shreds D. h alf
24. Our legs ached as w e ______ wearily through the snow.
A. strutted B. scampered c . galloped D. trudged
25. H a v in g _____ my vote, I left the polling station.
A. cast B. passed c. placed D. bid

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1. It’s tim e we bought som e new furniture. Look at these chairs. T hey’re
to pieces.
A. battered B. íalling c. crumbling D. going
2. With unem plo3Tnent at a record level, retraining programmes would
o fĩ in the long run.
A. pay B. go c. wear D. pass
3. Jam es never shows his emotions; no m atter w hat happens, he always
keeps a stiff u p p e r______ .
A. m outh B. lip c . head D. eye
4. I picked up the letter. She darted forward and it. “T h at’s m ine!”
she said.
A. gripped B. wrenched c. yanked D. grabbed
5. O f course you ’ll pass. You w rite well and you have an e x c e lle n t___ of
the subject.
A. grip B. seizure c . grasp D. embrace
6. After three hours of xvalking in the hot sum m er sun, we w e r e ____ for
a drink.
A. sighing B. gulping c. panting D. gasping
7. It was a(n) conversation. We were both talking about different
things w ithout realising it.
A. thick B. unw ise c. absurd D. foolish
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8. It is people who are of voting age who make up t h e ______ of a country.
A. electorate B. constituency c. ballot papers D. electors
9. It’s only a sm all lamp, so it doesn’t ___ o íĩ m uch light.
A. cast B. gi ve c . shed D .sp en d
10. The f ir e ______ for days until the m onsoon rains put it out.
A. ignited B. scorched c . ílashed D. raged
11. He prefers w ater to tap water.
A. canned B. m ineral c. well D. fresh
12. Fresh fruit juice is better for you th a n ______ drinks.
A. fuzzy B. saccharine c. fizzy D. bubbly
13. We had to pay for our food but not for the drinks - they were on t h e ___.
A. cafe B. house c. com plim ent D. consum ption
14. They don’t sell tea or coffee. They only s e ll_______drinks.
A. soft B. sw eet c . plain D. mild
15. W e’re over the ___ ! Who w ouldn’t be? W e’ve ju st won £1 million!
A. planet B. clouds c. stars D. moon
16. You dropped it down the stairs? You’re lucky it is still in o n e _____ !
A. w hole B. piece c . entirety D. unit
17. Grabbing th e twig, h e ______ it in two.
A. snapped B. crushed c . crumbled D. tore
18. The fum es were so thick that he w a s ______ for breath.
A. suffocating B. inhaling c. gasping D. w heezing
19. We knew the concert was sold out, but we still w ent to the stadium
the off-chance that som eone m ight w ant to sell us their tickets.
A. w ith B. on c. hy D. in
20. The w hole country is up in about the new tax the governm ent has
put on books.
A. arms B. fists c . anger D .ra g e
21. I couldn’t him because he spoke far too quickly.
A. gather B. catch c. see D. follow
22. At the beginning o f the school year, every teacher i s ___ a classroom.
A. allocated B. distributed c. registered D. sorted
23. There have been n o ______ in our departm ent for over a year.
A. pensions B. perks c . promotions D. perm its
24. He took the pills and a w eek later he was as right a s ______
A. dawn B. w ater c. sunshine D. rain
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25. I loved him at ílrst, but w hen I got to know him better, I w e n t ____ him.
A. out o f B. from c. off D. ahead of

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1. The new student found the inform ality at sch o o l______ at íĩrst.
A. off-putting B. toreign c . m ysterious D. blinding
2. M arge’s knowledge o f the subject was o n ly _____
A. external B. superíícial c. outward D. outer
3. John is a m ost ___ young man; he can do a lot o f diíTerent jobs well.
A. capable B. cunning c. industrious D. laborious
4. I can m£ike___ a bed in the spare room if you’d like to stay th e night.
A. out B. of c. for D. up
5. Could you stand ______ for me and teach my history class tomorrow,
Maggie?
A. down B. out c. in D. up
6. Some people are against iníorm ality at lectures but, personally, I
the idea.
A. cheer B. applaud c. clap D. shout
7. My m other had to take private pupils in order to her salary as a
teacher.
A. augm ent B. expand c. complete D. inAate
8. Liz deliberately told Andy some lies about his girlíriend, ju st to make
him feel angry and sad. What a ______ thing to do!
A. tough B. daft c. fussy D. wicked
9. Deborah is going to take extra lessons t o ______ w hat she m issed while
she W£IS away.
A. put up w ith B. cut down on c. catch up on D. take up with
10. It was a g r e a t______ to study under such an outstanding teacher.
A. privilege B. fortune c. íavour D. value
11. We had a terrible row a few years ago and we still haven ’t made i t _____ .
A. out B. up c. for D. of
12. The exam iners o ít e n _____ extrem ely difficult questions for th e w ritten
exams.
A. set B. make c. create D. w rite
13. A u n iv ersity professor’s view is rarely th a t o f th e m an in th e
A. b us B. Street c . q ueue D. lactory

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14. He m a d e ______ th at it was his own work, but it was easy to see that he
had copied it from a book.
A. up B. of c. out D. for
15. I expect all o f you to be here ten m inutes beíore the exam ination begins,
w ith o u t______ .
A. fail B. failure c. fault D. m iss
16. After the serious talk w ith his tutor, Hilary h im self more
conscientiously to his studies.
A. engaged B. converted c. applied D. exerted
17. You com pletely m isunderstood my instructions; you got hold ,of the
wrong end o f t h e ______ .
A. line B .rop e c . story D. stick
18. Margaret is v e r y ______ up and thinks she is superior to her classm ates.
A. fed B. looked c. stuck D. turned
19. I haven’t had a v e r y ______ week. I seem to have done nothing at all.
A. economic B. enthusiastic c. extensive D. productive
20. Mr S n o b _______ that only his club sells real English ale.
A. exults B. crows c. brags D. rejoices
21. It i s _____impossible to ílnd a good educational Computer program.
A. alm ost B. barely c. hardly D. m erely
22. Try our delicious four-course meal, oíTering you su p erb _____ for money.
A. cost B. value c. price D. worth
23. At m any restaurants a Service _ _ is included in the bill.
A. tip B. gratuity c. tax D. charge
24. I’m 8ifraid I ’ve only had tim e to _the article you recommended.
A. glance B. scan c. peruse D. look
25. A new restaurant has opened here which specialises in F ren ch __
A. cuisine B. cook c. íeeding D. kitchen

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1. Turn the book round, youV e got i t ______ .
A. upside-down B. inside out c. downside up D. outside in
2. I can’t m ake a n y th in g _ his writing.
A. from B. in c . out D. of
3. Judging hy the _ Sean has put into his essay, he should do well.
A. eíĩort B. exercise c. labour D. toil

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4. Tom W£IS so ______ at m aths at school th at he becam e the youngest
student ever to be accepted hy a college.
A. keen B. hopeful c. brilliant D. proud
5. Mr Careíul kept t h e ______ round his garden neatly clipped.
A. fence B. flowers c. plants D. hedge
6. Fm relying on you, gentlem en, so please don’t ______ .
A. allow m e off B. drop m e off c . let m e down D. drop m e down
7. Mary looked as if she hadn’t a w hat Prof. Brown was talking about.
A. guess B. clue c. point D. thought
8. “Get out o f m y gEirden, you nasty creatures!” the m an shouted, shaking
h i s ______ at th e children.
A. ear B. head c . hand D. fist
9. I was startled hy the sound o f a tw ig ______ on the window.
A. tap p in g B. p atterin g c. ru stlin g D. creak ing
10. Som eone from the M inistry of Education is Corning t o ______ our classes.
A. control B. inspect c. look on D.overlook
11. Beíore joining a course of study you m ust fill in a lo n g ______ form.
A. enrolm ent B. induction c. inscription D. personal
12. The new exp erim en tal System o f en rolm en t d id n ’t ______ exp ectation s.
A. climb up to B. reach c. come up to D. rise to
13. Can you hold the lad d er__ while I climb up and pick the apples?
A. steady B. rigid c. solid D. firm
14. The m ain disadvantage to our house is that the only to the
garden is through the bathroom.
A. passage B. access c. doorway D. com m unication
15. It’s rEŨning hard now. L et’s stand in that shed t o ______ .
A. dry B. protect c. shelter D .sa v e
16. He had to the mud o íĩh is shoes beíore Corning into the house.
A. clear away B. kick c. scratch D. scrape
17. Some schools have v e r y ___ rules of behaviour which m ust be obeyed.
A. solid B. strict c. straight D. strong
18. In som e countries, students are selected _____ to their current level
academic attainm ent.
A. owing B. due c. according D. relating
19. Your progress will b e _____ in three m onths’ tim e.
A. counted B. enum erated c. priced D. evaluated

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20. Ms Stick j^ n ger w as charged with the funds o f the organization.
A. m islaying B. misappropriating
c. m istaking D. m isplacing
21. The w o m a n _ for her husband’s life w hen he was found guilty of
murder.
A. hid B. debated c. disputed D. pleaded
22. It was a reason a b le______ to draw in the light o f the evidence.
A. assessm en t B. conclusion c. interpretation D. verdict
23. Vivian is studying to become a m ember o f the m ed ica l______ .
A. em ploym ent B. position c. profession D. post
24. The whole story was a ______ of her im agination.
A. íìgm ent B. fantasy c. fabrication D. figure
25. The w itness _ the statem ents made hy the accused man.
A. agreed B. coníessed c. corroborated D. testified

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1. A prom inent local figure was as co-respondent in a divorce case.
A. accused B. cited c. nom inated D. quoted
2. The com m unity was angered hy the ______ punishm ent given their
friend.
A. severe B. austere c. august D. vigorous
3. Those acting for the detendant propose to appeal the sentence.
A. to B. for c. out D. against
4. I m ust huy a new le a th e r _ to go round my suitcase.
A. rope B. strap c. string D. thread
5. There is a bomb in the garden, it co u ld ______ at any m om ent.
A. explode B. crack c. crash D. bang
6. I w ish you ’d let m e speak for m yself and n o t ___ the words out o f my
mouth.
A. grab B. pull c. take D. snatch
7. A ll______ barristers are expected to study at the Inns o f Court.
A. hopeful B. w ishful c. w illing D. prospective
8. It is a crim inal offence to the facts.
A. express B. oppress c. suppress D. repress
9. It has been decided to hold a p u b lic___
_____into the cause o f the accident.
A. inquiry B. exam ination c. autopsy D. interrogation

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10. You should only make serious accusations like that if they have a sound
______ in fact.
A. foothold B. basis c. framework D. principle
11. The suspect is to have been in the neighbourhood at the tim e of
the crime.
A. accused B. aíĩirm ed c . alleged D .announced
12. T h e ______ question in this case is vvhether the accused had a m otive for
this crime or not.
A. valuable B. forcible c. suprem e D. crucial
13. After a close cross-exam ination, the barrister was h is Client w as
telling the truth.
A. content B. satisíĩed c . happy D. glad
14. Would it be possible to make an ea rly ___to have my hair cut tomorrow?
A. appointm ent B. arrangem ent c. date D. engagem ent
15. The tweed for this suit was in Scotland.
A. knitted B. faced c. threaded D. woven
16. His com m en ts______ little or no relation to the facts of the case.
A. give B. bear c. possess D. reílect
17. The police were ____ in their exam ination of the murder si te.
A. thorough B. exhausting c. intense D. concentrated
18. This was one of the few crimes he didn’t ______
A. achieve B. make c . commit D. períorm
19. The army defeat at the hands o f its enemy.
A. bore B. tolerated c. supported D. suffered
20. Asergeant in the army wears th r e e ______ on his arm.
A. scratches B. captions c. stripes D. m edals
21. Making colours vanish is one o f my m achine’s ______ features.
A. certain B. unique c. solitary D. only
22. The encouraging new s enabled the troops to go on w it h ______ hope.
A. renewed B. recurrent c. novel D.renovated
23. She tied her round her head to protect her hair from the rain.
A. belt B. scarf c. glove D. um brella
24. She bought som e green shoes to __ her green dress and handbag.
A. equal B. m ate c. m atch D. pair
25. She often wears a _____hat to protect her head w hen the sun is very hot.
A. felt B. fur c. top D. straw

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1. A feeling o f tiredness alm ost the soldier on duty and he had to
struggle hard to keep awake.
A. conquered B. defeated c. overcame D. put out
2. I was iníorm ed by the police constable that he would be forced to take
me in t o ______ .
A. custody B. confinem ent c. detection D. g^ardianship
3. You are surely not suggesting that th e s e __ young children could have
planned such an evil deed.
A. lovely B. innocent c. natural D. pure
4. Sergeant Proud can hardly having to accept orders from the
colonel who is m uch younger than himself.
A. resist B. mind c. bear D. suíĩer
5. Your shoes are a ( n ) ______ ! You haven’t cleaned them for weeks.
A. accident B. disgrace c. blow D. shock
6. Her shoes were so old that her _ were sticking out o f them .
A. fingers B. thum bs c. toes D. tips
7. If I co u ld ___th ese shoes a little, they would be much more comfortable.
A. expand B. stretch c. increase D. grow
8. The w ashing is not qui te dry, it n e e d s______ .
A. airing B. heating c. rinsing D. warm ing
9. U nless you pack your trousers more careíully, they will g e t ______ .
A. folded B. creased c. spoilt D.wrinkled
10. I gave Mary a black silk scarf w ith p in k ______ .
A. balls B. marks c. stains D. spots
11. You should iron out t h e _____ in that dress.
A. creases B. crumples c. folds D. wrinkles
12. W hen it is very hot, you m a y ______ the top button o f your shirt.
A. undress B. undo c. untie D. unwrap
13. His jeans were so tight, t h e y ______ w hen he sat down.
A. broke c. cracked c. split D.snapped
14. My wife has ex cellen ce______ in clothes.
A. taste B. Aavour c. gusto D. choice
15. Why don’t you wear a (n )______ w hen you do the washing-up?
A. tow el B. cloth c. duster D. apron

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16. My brother is always wearing the sa m e _____ shirt.
A. lined B. spotted c. striped D. tie

17. The boxer in the d a r k ____ is sure to win. H e’s m uch better than the
other one.
A. costum e B. pants c. trousers D. trunks
18. Those new dresses m ay be striking but that sort of does not suit
everyone.
A. fashion B. form c. model D. mood
19. Come here! You’ve got a __ o f cotton on your coat. ru take it off.
A. cord B. fibre c. string D. thread
20. Wearing odd socks would be classed a s _____ behaviour.
A. erotic B. ecstatic c. eccentric D. exotic
21. Mr Sm ith arrived w earing a suit, but he put on h i s ___ before going
into the workshop.
A. underclothes B. overcoat c. ovenvork D. overalls
22. He turned up h i s ______ to protect his neck from the cold wind.
A. cap B. collar c. scarf D. sleeve
23. The girUs dress was the íírst thing t h a t ______ him to her.
A. attracted B. fetched c. lured D. tem pted
24. Hearing a knock at the front door, the wom an threw a(n) ___ over
her pyjamas and w ent downstairs to open the door.
A. bra B. nightdress c. evening dress D. dressing-gown
25. I’m the only one at this party in a long dress - I feel quite out o f _______.
A. order B. practice c. place D. turn

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1. He couldn’t find two that matched, so he was forced to w e a r ______ socks
A. odd B. mixed c. uneven D. unlike
2. It is a good idea to b e ______ dressed w hen you go for an interview.
A. boldly B. clearly c. sm artly D. fínely
3. T here’s a íantastic ______ from the top of the Empire State Building!
A. appearance B. view c. sight D. look
4. We usually do go by train, even though the car is a lot quicker.
A. travel B. voyage c trip D. journey
5. I’m going to ask for directions because I think w e’v e ______ our way.
A. m issed B. lost c . misplaced D. m istaken
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country.
A. line B. equator c. border D. edge
7. Once w e get to the hotel, le t’s j u s t ___ quickly and th en do a bit of
sightseeing.
A. set down B. check in c. make up D .tu r n up
8. Passengers requiring a special meEd during the ílight should inform the
airline i n ______ .
A. advance B. ahead c. front D. forward
9. The ___ in the stadium all cheered the athletes.
A. view ers B. spectators c. w itnesses D. onlookers
10. I got a new b a seb a ll______ yesterday.
A. stick B. club c. racket D. bat
11. After a hard match. U nited managed t o _____ w ith City, 1-1.
A. draw B. equal c. exact D. score
12. In this game, the players it in turns to throw the dice.
A. have B. do c. m ake D. take
13. The police asked to see the m an’s d riv in g____
A. degree B. certiíicate c. licence D. pass
14. Ju st ask them if you can play 8ind I’m sure th ey’ll let y o u ______ .
A. take up B. join in c. go off D. take to
15. Everyone expects ơohnson t o ______ Sm ith in today’s fin6il.
A. win B. score c. beat D. Champion
16. The brochure says that the hotel has a g r e a t______ of the sea.
A. appearance B. view c. look D. sight
17. I don’t think people should be allowed to perform experim ents _
animals.
A. for B. over c. to D. on
18. Sending text from your mobile is a great way to keep in touch
w ith friends.
A. letters B. com positions c. m essages D. notes
19. L et’s face we are destroying the environm ent and we need to do
som ething no
A. facts B. truth c. things D. iníorm ation
20. My dad’s really angry w ith my mum because she was c a u g h t_____ last
w eek w hen she w as driving to work.
A. running B. accelerating c. speeding D. chasing
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21. Researchers have to the conclusion that your person2ility is
affected by your genes.
A. got B. come c. reached D. arrived
22. It’s am azing that creatures survive _____ the bottom o f the ocean.
A. in B. by c . to D. at
23. Fox Talbot the íìrst photograph in 1835.
A. took B. did c. drew D. gave
24. Do you mind if I j u s t _____ a quick phone call from here?
A. do B. take c. have D. make
25. Many lives were sa v e d ___ _the introduction o f antibiotics.
A. w ith B. at c. into D. in

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1. T h e ______ o f the nuclear accident is still unknown.
A. reason B. base c. cause D. m otive
2. My father works at the university, doing research _ w eather control.
A. to B. on c. of D. from
3. The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, __ an attem pt to
understand the universe.
A. on B. for c. in D. with
4. Do you know who ______ the fact that sound travels in waves?
A. discovered B. developed c. invented D. found
5. I’m thinking of gettin g a fax
A. motor B. engine c. m achine D. instrum ent
6. T h e ______ of the outbreak o f the disease is still unknovvn.
A. aim B. reason c. m otive D. cause
7. Ten m illion text m essages are sent o n ______ every m inute.
A. normal B. average c. general D. common
8. Once th ey’ve Bnished the extension to t h e _____ th ere’ll be room for
thexn to take on a lot more workers.
A. factoĩy B. trade c. industry D. m anuíacturing
9. Shannen doesn’t dye her hair; it’s ______ blonde.
A physically B. organically c. logically D. naturally
10. Watch for words like “so-called” in articles as they express the
w riter’s bias.
A. about B. out c. over D. around

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like you!
A. made B told c. gave D. saỉd
12. I’v e _____ it in at the m ains but it still doesn’t seem to work.
A. worked B. plugged c . narrowed D. turned
13. It’s not always easy t o __ the diíĩerence betw een fact and opinion.
A. make B. do c. say D. tell
14. The debate will ____place tonight.
A. be B. have c. take Đ. make
15. In m y ______ , íreedom o f the press m ust be m aintained.
A. mind B. thought c.sight D. view
16. Media m ogul Ronald Morduck h a s ______ control o f another tabloid.
A. made B. taken c.given D. found
17. J. K. Rowling h a s ______ an enorm ous inAuence on children’s literature.
A. had B. given c.done D. set
18. I could spend h o u r s___ the Internet!
A. sw im m ing B. diving c. sailing D. surlĩng
19. They said _ the new s that the price o f petrol is going up again.
A. from B. on B. in D. at
20. They were __ out free tickets to the concert to everyone in the
shopping centre.
A. handing B. holding c. carr5ãng D. bringing
21. We had the volum e turned down, so I couldn’t m a k e _____ w hat they
were talking about
A. up B. in c. out D. off
22. I saw the interview while I was ___ through a m agazine at the
hairdresser’s.
A. ílicking B. clicking c. picking D. ticking
23. Why did you have to bring that su b ject____ at dinner?
A. off B. out c. over D. up
24. People can becom e v e r y _____ w hen they are stuck in tralílc for a long
time.
A. nervous B. stressful c . bad-tempered D. pressed
25. The tabloids com pletely _____ that story about Bruce Willis. It’s not
true at all!
A. made up B. íĩlled in c. stood out D. turned over

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1. The issue question is more complex than you think.
A. from B. at c. on D. in
2. The programme usuEilly______ on at h alf past eight.
A. comes B. does c. turns D. looks
3. Everyone said they h a d ______ them selves at the wedding.
A. pleased B. im pressed c. enjoyed D.excited
4. Mary seem s to go out w ith a d ifferen t____of íriends alm ost every night.
A. collection B. band c. company D. group
5. They m entioned it in the article, but they didn’t ______ into detail.
A. make B. go c. take D. come
6. More and more people are living in t o _____ age and it ’s a serious socỉal
problem.
A. high B. ancient c. old D. far
7. Stephanie seem s to be v e r y ______ w ith her classm ates.
A. populsir B. fam ous c. known D. lỉkeable
8. M o st______ people have no idea w hat it ’s like to be famous.
A. usual B. ordinary c. t3q)ical D. m edium
9. W hen my parents got divorced, my best friend was very ____ and
listened to all my problems.
A. likeable B. am using c. enjoyable D. sym pathetic
10. R ita’s v e r y _ and easily gets upset w hen people criticise her.
A. sensitive B. level-headed c. sensible D. open-minded
11. Police were called in w hen t h e ______ of people began to get violent.
A. audience B. company c. crowd D. herd
12. My dad says he once m et Robbie Williams w hen he was s t ill ______ .
A. hidden B. unknow n c. iníam ous D. unrelated
13. The governm ent is trying to convince people the need for higher
taxes.
A. o f B. w ith c. that D. for
14. The MP asked the prime m inister was aware o f the growing social
problem.
A. that B. him c . what D. if
15. I believe that judges should be independent _ the governm ent.
A. to B. from c. with D. on

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governm ent.
A. w ith B. on c. to D. that
______ the State, even if they are
17. I don’t think people should rely ____
unemployed.
A. to B. by c. with D. on
18. Local residents o b ject______ the new power station in their area.
A. to have B. having c. to having D. of having
19. Do you think they should ban p e o p le ___ sm oking in public places?
A. that B. from c. in D. of
20. The mayor w as a tta ck ed ______ public money.
A. for w asting B. to w aste c. he w aste D. o f w asting
21. This fascinating book covers som e o f the m ost ______ crim es of the
tw en tieth century.
A. unknow n B. hidden c. infam ous D. covered
22. The governm ent should do more for ______ people.
A. ordinary B. usual c. everyday D. typical
23. Ivan tells m e he really ___ him self at your barbecue last week.
A. pleased B. interested c. played D. enjoyed
24. I know w e had an argum ent but now I’d quite like t o ______ .
A. took down B. fall out c. make up D. bring up
25. Harry and Sam both denied that the ííght was th e ir ______ .
A. blame B. fault c. criticism D. cause

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1. The curtain w ent up, the ___ grew silent and the actors on stage
began to speak.
A. audience B. congregation c. jury D. crowd
2. The prisoner knew he had _ a m istake and would regret it forever.
A. got B. taken c. done D. made
3. The b o y ______ that he had had an3dhing to do w ith the break-in.
A. refused B. denied c. objected D. rejected
4. Things started to _____ wrong for the robbers w hen the alarm w ent ofĩ.
A. take B. have c. go D. come
5. Do you h a v e ______ to take that bicycle?
A. alloxvance B. perm ission c. exception D. w illingness

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6 . Going on this diet has really me good. I’ve lost w eight and I feel
fantastic!
A. made B. taken c. had D. done

7. Suddenly, som eone shouted, “Thief!” and the m an q u ic k ly ______ on a

motorbike.
A. made o fĩ B. came forward c. took in D. handed in
8 . The sign says that all shoplifters will b e ______ .
A. persecuted B. prosecuted c. disproved D. prohibited
9. The d octor____ the cut on m y knee and said it had com pletely healed up.
A. exam ined B. investigated c. researched D. looked into
10. Dr Parker gave m y mum a lovely ___ for spaghetti carbonara.
A. paper B. prescription c. receipt D. recipe
11. My feet are . I guess my new shoes are a bit tight.
A. hurt B. pain c. sore D. ache
12. I was shocked w hen I crashed the car, but at least I w asn ’t ______
A. spoilt B. broken c. damaged D. injured
13. Diana looks terrib ly ______ . You don’t think sh e’s ill, do you?
A. slim B. thin c. slender D. slight
14. Some drugs produce bad side _
A. consequences B. Products c. eíĩects D. results
15. I was very sad w hen the vet said h e’d have t o _____ Gertie, our labrador.
A. pull through B. put down c. feel up to D. we£ir off
16. He said it was an accident, but I know he did it on
A. purpose B. aim c. goal D .rea so n
17. I was disappointed that the restaurant h a d _____ flowers on the table.
A. íalse B. untrue c. forged D. artiíĩcial
18. Sarah and M ichael’s ___ seem s to make both o f them unhappy.
A. connection B. relationship c. bond D. link
19. Anybody found steeding from this shop will b e ____
A. provoked B. persuaded c. prosecuted D. persecuted
20. Grace thinks sh e’s v e r y _____ , but I don’t think m any people like her,
really.
A. famous B. popular c. recognisable D. known
21. I glanced at th e newspaper and saw that the said “President
R esigns”.
A. chapter B. subtitle c. heading D. headline

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22. If our flight is delayed, will we _ our connection in Los Angeles?
A. m iss B. drop c . lose D .la ck
23. The doctor told Bill that he n eed ed ______ on his arm.
A. operation B. remedy c . surgery D. cure
24. The judge looked at t h e ______ and reminded him that he had to tell the
w hole truth.
A. w itness B. onlooker c. bystander D. viewer
25. I think m y favourite ___ is probably table tennis.
A. athletics B. exercise c. sport D. gym

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1. The actor, M ichael Read, was to d a y ______ w ith robbery.
A. suspected B. accused c. arrested D. charged
2. There’s a pack of _____ vegetables in the freezer, I think.
A. freezing B. iced c. frozen D icy
3. There are no veget2irian dishes on t h e ___ !
A. m enu B. brochure c. catalogue D. leaílet
4. ______the onions in cooking oil until th ey ’re golden brown.
A. Boil B. Bake c. Fry D. Grill
5. Pre-heat the _ to 200°.
A. cook B. kitchen c. cuisine D .o v en
6. My elder brother is a/an ___ at the U niversity of Essex.
A. undergraduate B. pupil c. apprentice D. beginner
7. The problem w ith m ost fizzy drinks is that th ey ’r e ______ sugar.
A. full up B. filled up w ith c. filled with D. full of

8 . If you need t o ______ the teacher’s attention, ju st put your hand up.
A. pull B. capture c. attract D. draw
9. Make sure you ___ your homework before you go out.
A. make B. do c. write D. solve
10. Do you think you could pass that b o o k ______ to me, please?
A. over B. through c. under D. in
11. Could I ______ a suggestion? Why not have piano lessons?
A. have B. make c. put D. do
12. Mrs D awson SỄŨd that we are our lesson in the librEiry next Monday.
A. reading B. m aking c. having D. going

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13. Susie and F r a n _____ in on us last night, so I had to quickly defrost a
pizza.
A. turned B. w ent c. came D. dropped
14. I really don’t the point of taking the exam w hen you ’re not ready
for it.
A. take B. have c. see D. mind
15. “What w as D erek’s reaction to the accusation?” “Well, he denied
anjrwhere near the house at the tim e.”
A. to be B. being c. be D. of being
16. In English yesterday, we had a discussion _ different cultures.
A. about B. around c. for D. from
17. I found this great w ebsite w hen I w a s ______ the Internet last night.
A. travelling B. driving c. surfing D. riding
18. When you the exam tomorrovv, try to stay calm and relaxed.
A. make B. w rite c. answer D. take
19. My dad w ants m e to go to university, but I’m in m inds about it.
A. m y B. two c. some D. dilTerent
20. I still have a lot ____ about the English language.
A. learning B. o f learning c . for learning D . t o learn
21. If the exam iner can’t ______ sense of your \vriting, you ’ll get a low mark.
A. make B. bring c. take D. understand
22. W e’re going on a ______ to protest about the closure of the park.
A. production B. presentation c. construction D. dem onstration
23. I was very proud w hen I was told that I’d been made a ______ .
A. pupil B. preíect c. student D. classm ate
24 With a little hard work, Fm sure you’l l ______ a lot this year.
A. achieve B. succeed c. reach D. qualify
25. D on’t forget to set t h e _____ al2irm w hen you go to bed tonight.
A. criminal B. burglar c. th ief D. police

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1. Please don’t fo r g e t______ your essays during Friday’s lesson.
A. handing in B. to hand in c. hand in D. to handing in
2 Our teacher made the w hole class ____ after the lesson because we had
been so noisy.
A. stay B. to stay c. for staying D. sta3dng

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3. ru m eet you at the school gates during the lunch
A. interval B. gap c. break D. pause

4. Lee didn’t do so w ell in the test because he hadn’t

A. w ritten B. learned c. read D. studied
5. I think you need to ______ your ideas more clearly so that the reader
doesn’t get coníused.
A. dawn on B. set out c. get on w ith D. give in
6. Oh, no! W e’ve got a double m aths next!
A. subject B. interval c. lesson D. task
7. T here’s been a in Germany and a village was completely
destroyed.
A. ílood B. drizzle c. shower D. sm og
8. Do you know w hat C F C ______ ?
A. sets in B. does up c. stands for D. gets down
9. Dinosaurs have b e e n ______ for m illions of years.
A. endangered B. disappeared c. threatened D. extinct
10. The judge looked very serious as he read out t h e __ _ o f the jury.
A. verdict B. result c. saying D. sentence
11. If you ask me, w aste is a much bigger problem than ordinary
household w aste.
A. business B. working c . industrial D. employer
12. As tow ns grow, they tend to destroy the su rrounding______ areas.
A. rural B. commercial c. land D. urban
13. Jill put her W ellington boots on and, as soon as it stopped raining, w ent
out to play in t h e ______ .
A. reservoirs B .p on d s c. lakes D. puddles
14. This car is very ____ as it goes so far on one tank o f petrol.
A. hnancial B. economical c. costly D. endless
15. I can’t believe how cheap these shorts were. They were a r e a l_
A. discount B. sale c. bargain D. offer
16. W h a t______ o f car does your mum drive?
A. nam e B. brand c. form D. make
17. Could you tell m e w ho’s i n _ here, please?
A. responsibility B. charge c. rule D. organisation
18. I’m going to stay in a n d ____ TV tonight.
A. w atch B. see c. look at D. view

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19. I think s h e ______ her íortune in the shipping industry.
A. took B. saved c. won D. made
20. I didn’t find a new top, but at I got som e new jeans.
A. less B. least c. the less D. the least
21. I’ve got a/an for the school play tomorrow. I really hope I get a
m ain part!
A. rehearsal B. practice c. audition D. performance
22. Did you read t h a t ___ o f the new Lloyd-Rice musical? It said it was
awful!
A. review B. criticism c. report D. summ ary
23. I paid the assistant and took the books, but then stupidly left the
bookshop w ithout w aiting for m y ______ .
A. cash B. fee c. refund D. change
24. We re a lly ______ ourselves at the party! Thanks so m uch for inviting us!
A. entertained B. enjoyed c. had fun D. occupied
25. Ellie does a(n) ____ each w eek for the local newspaper. I t’s usually
quite funny.
A. comic B. comedian c. cartoon D. anim ation

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1. The w ater park we w ent to yesterday was fantastic, but the entrance
______ was a bit expensive.
A. ticket B. fee c . charge D. cost
2. V anilla S ky Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.
A. acts B. plays c. contains D. stars
3. When you ’re learning to play a m usical instrum ent, it ’s im portant to
for an hour or two every day.
A. rehearse B. perform c. practise D. train
4. The play w asn ’t supposed to be a comedy, but everyone started laughing
when som e o f t h e ______ fell over and hit one of th e actors.
A. scenery B. scenes c. stages D. acts
5. Louis de Bernieres’ Captain C orelli’s M andolin, which is set on
the Greek island of Cephallonia during the Second World War, was an
international bestseller.
A. ííction B. novel c. anecdote D. account
6. Could y o u ______ in the paper and see w hat’s on TV tonight?
A. see B. watch c. exam ine D. look
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7. Have you th e joke about the guy who fell off a 20-m etre-high
ladder? He w as fine - he fell off the bottom rung!
A. listened to B. heard c. overheard D. paid attention to
8. Being the conductor o f a large is an extrem ely dem anding job.
You have to make sure about a hundred m usicians are pla3dng in time.
A. group B. band c. orchestra D. company
9. 1’m reading a __set in Greece during the Second World War.
A. w riting B. literature c. ílction D. novel
10. Harry kept u s ______ throughout the journey w ith his non-stop jokes.
A. entertained B. enjoyed c. laughed D. pleasured
11. I never r e a d ______ o f íĩlm s as I don’t trust the critics’ opinions.
A. criticism s B. reviews c. articles D. investigations
12. How did your __go? Do you think you ’ll be oíĩered the m ain part?
A. audition B. auditorium c. audience D. audit
13. I’d love to work in s h o w ___ . It’s so glamorous!
A. industry B. commerce c. trade D. business
14. Joe told m e a joke today but I didn’t ______ it at all.
A. bring B. get c. fetch D. collect
15. I didn’t like this album at íĩrst, but it ’s really starting to _____ on me
now.
A. grow B. r£Ũse c. develop D. increase
16. I don’t li k e ______ on clothes in shops because I don’t w ant people to see
me in som ething that doesn’t suit me.
A. putting B. trying c. wearing D. handing
17. N ancy and I had both bought exactly the sam e kind o f school bag
w ithout know ing it. It was a com p lete______ .
A. luck B. chance c. coincidence D. fortune
18. My dad had to go to court because he was a ( n )______ to a crime.
A. spectator B. viewer c. observer D. w itness
19. I think som e modern designs are more lik e ______ o f art.
A. works B. m akes c. objects D. jobs
20. I w ish people didn’t ______ a tendency to follow tashion xvithout thinking
about w hat suits them personally.
A. do B. make c . have D. get
21. Warning! People parking in this area will b e ______ .
A. prosecuted B. prescribed c. persuaded D. persecuted

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22. Make sure you ___ your mako-up with a soft brush, like this one.
A. dress B. construct c. decorate D. apply
23. I think people w h o ______ the law should be punished.
A. m isbehave B. commit c. break D. undo
24. If you wear that shirt with the ______ pattern, you ’ll took like a
chessboard!
A. plain B. checked c. shiny D.striped
25. You always seem to look so formal. If only you would ______ your hair
down!
A. get B. set c. let D. put

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1. Tom ’s been a/an ___ golfer for two years and h e ’s hoping to turn
professional soon.
A. volunteer B. freestyle c. am atcur D .tra in ee
2. Why can’t you ___Edgar’s cxam ple and wear a tic to work?
A. set B. follow c. make D. do
3. My dad w ears a suit to work, but he changes into clothes w hen he
gets home.
A. casual B. informal c. relaxed D. calm
4. Could you wipe the table w ith a d a m p ______ , pleasc?
A. clothe B. cloth c. clothing D. clothes

5. I’ve decided t o ______ my hair green for the party!

A. draw B. paint c . sketch D. dye
6. It’s am azing that we can learn to ___ a íoreign language.
A. compress B. comprehend c. compare D. compact
7. T hat’s the m ost in cred ib le___ of art I’ve ever seen!
A. work B. creation c. brand D. job
8 . Jeans and T-shirts will never go out o f ______ .
A. trend B. tashion c . imagc D. tendency
9. I need a funny ___for the fancy-dress party. Any ideas?
A. dress B. uniform c. costum e D. suit
10. Some p eo p le__ _ to London every day from as far away as Leeds.
A. connect B. correspond D. com m ence D. com m ute

11. T h e _____ for this position starts at £30,000 per year.

A. salary B. paym ent c. wage D. tip
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looking forward to h i s ______ .
A. overtim c 11. pension c. charity D. allowance
13. Tim forgot to use clothes _ and all his clean clothes fell off the line
into the mud!
A. pins B. clips c. hooks D. pegs
14. Shelley disagreed w ith the board’s decision and so s h e _____ and w ent
to work for another company.
A. retired B. sacked c. resigned D. íĩred
15. Herc at W eatherby’s, wo providc all our __ membcrs, from senior
m anagem ent down, w ith regular training.
A. staff B. crew c . crowd D. firm
16. I w ant to take these jeans back because th ey ’re too small, but I can’t find
t h e ______ anywhere.
A. recipe B. receiver c. receipt D. reception
17. Living on a farm in the middle of nowhero, ours is about the m o s t______
liíestyle you can have!
A. urban B. rural c. suburban D. municipal
18. Will was made ___three m onths ago and is still looking for a job.
A. sacked B. retired c. ííred D. redundant
19. The audience showed their ___ by giving the orchestra a standing
ovation.
A. entertainm cnt B. appreciation c. revievv D. audition
20. I’m going to take the car to the garage as t h e __ has been m aking a
funny noise.
A. engine B. m achine c. appliance D. device
21. Can you im agine w hat it was like to h a v e ______ punishm ent in schools,
w ith teachers h ittin g pupils?
A. painful B. Capital c. harmful D .corporal
22. Most governm ents tax people on the am ount t h e y ______ each year.
A. w in B. gain c. earn D. benefit

23. When the lactory closed, over a hundred people were _ _ _ _ redundant.
A. made B. taken c. given D. done
24. E d ______ at the clock and realised he was late for the m eeting.
A. glim psed B. observcd c. glanced D. watched
25. W hat’s the en tra n ce______ for the outdoor m usic lestival?
A. ticket B. price c. fare D. fee

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1. The p o liticia n ______ to admit that he had done anything wrong.
A. reíused B. accepted c. denied D. explained
2. Fd like to speak to the person i n ______ , please.
A. obligation B. duty c. charge D. responsibility
3. The new s caught m e com pletely b y ______ .
A. disbelief B. am azem ent c. shock D. surprise
The country’s econom y relies heavily on the tourist
A. factory B. industry c. company D. íĩrm
5. W e’re really lo o k in g ______ to seeing you both next weekend.
A. forward B. in íront c. ahead D. in advance
6. It’s quite to feel nervous before a job interview.
A. physical B. real c. biological D. natural
We have five security g u a rd s______ watch every night.
A. taking B. holding c. keeping D. m aking
8. There was a terrible o i l ___ w hen the tanker hit the rocks in a storm.
A. drop B. slick c. pool D. spread
9. W hen they thought they had enough evidence, the p o lic e ___ the man
w ith murder.
A. suspected B. arrested c. charged D. investigated
10. David seem s to have found a n e w _____ of friends.
A. group B. company c . audience D. team
11. Mrs Ivanovich waited for the class to __ before she continued.
A. bring up B. p£iss away c. settle down D. bring on
12. When they were s t i l l ______ , the Beatles used to play in a club called
The Cavern, in Liverpool.
A. covered B. infam ous c. hidden D .u n k n ow n
13. They need to put m o r e ______ bins in the tow n centre.
A. paper B. litter c. w aste D. sewerage
14. ru pick up a ______ on the way home and then we w on ’t have to cook.
A. microwave B. delivery c. fast food D. takeaway
15. Certiíícates provide proof of y o u r _____ .
A. qualities B. qualiíications c. diplomas D. am bitions
16. The policeman my details.
A. took down B. made up c. took in D. put up with

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17. If you do go to see Alec S m ith ’s new play, then 1’m sure you ’ll
yourself.
A. entertain B. enjoy c. cheer D. please
18. It seem s that th e th ief took ___o f the open window and got inside
that way.
A. advantage B. chance c. opportunity D. occasion
19. Scientists haven’t found a ___ for that disease yet.
A. healing B. therapy c. remedy D. cure
20. I think th ere’s a ____ in the pipe; maybe we should call a plumber.
A. lack B. lock c. leak D. lake
21. Tm not sure B r ia n ______ up to going on a long walk yet.
A. touches B. feels c. senses D. experiences
22. You may experience som e s id e __ w hen you take this medicine.
A. effects B. consequences c. results D. Products
23. ru ask the waiter to bring us t h e ______ .
A. brochure B. catalogue c. menu D. leaUet
24. Three people w e r e ___ in the accident.
A. damaged B. broken c. spoilt D .injured
25. First, the onions in a little vegetable oil until crispy brown.
A. fry B. bake c. grill D. boil

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1. Inviting both Doug and Shirley to the party is a ______ for disaster!
A. prescription B. receipt c. recipe D. bill
2. The speaker the audience’s attention to the num bers on the screen.
A. drew B. pulled c. got D. made
3. AU the tow n ’s drinking water comes from a _ a few m iles away.
A. puddle B. pond c. bowl D. reservoir
4. As the storm started, we saw a huge ílash o f ______ .
A. thunder B. rain c. lightning D. flood
5. When we ______ at global poverty it can often feel like we will never
solve the problem.
A. see B. watch c. observe D. look
6. One o f my favourite actors is Jim Carrey, who has ____ in some very
funny íílm s.
A. seen B. gone c. acted D. pretended

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7. It’s very im portant in today’s world to be able to a foreign language.
A. say B. speak c . talk D. tell

8. Tm in t w o ______ about w hether to go to the wedding or not.

A. minds B. thoughts c . brains D. heads
9. Hugh was quite vvorried because he hadn’t ______ for the test.
A. exam ined B. studied c . read D. learned
10. Slow down! I can’t ______ w ith you!
A. get on B. drop out c. put down D. keep up
11. I _____ sight o f the robber ju st before he disappeared around the corner.
A. caught B. got c. took D. had
12. I don’t know w hat w e’re going to ___ if I lose this job.
A. get hy B. gi ve away c. live on D. grow on
13. The man was arrested w hen his _ passport was spotted at the airport.
A. artifícial B. fake c. plastic D. unreal
14. That necklace is wonderful! It m ust h a v e _____ you a lortune!
A. cost B. spent c. charged D. done
15. I hope I c a n ___ you to be there if I need any help.
A. let down B. make out c . count on D. get through
16. Why don’t you ___ the queue while I go and get som e cash out of the
machine?
A. enter B. belong c. stand D .jo in
17. The top is your colour, but are you sure it ___ you? It looks a bit big.
A. suits B. íits c. m atches D. goes
___ at the age of 65, after 40 years in the same
18. When Ed finally ______
company, they gave him a watch.
A. retired B. resigned c. promoted D. íĩred
19. When you the interview, remember to bring som e sam ples o f your
work.
A. apply B. attend c. join D. make
20. Most people who work in the centre o f London from the suburbs
every morning.
A. spread B. connect c. deliver D. com m ute
21. Only $300 for that laptop? T hat’s a r e a l______ !
A. bargain B. contract c. sale D. donation
22. All the mem bers o f ______ were asked to attend the m eeting.
A. em ployees B. company c. st2iff D. workers
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23. When we start work in the morning, I usually at the schedule for
the vvhole day.
A. glim pse B. glance c. watch D. monitor
24. The decided to call a strike over pay and the íactory was closed
for 48 hours.
A. charity B. club c. Union D. institution
25. The custom er was so annoyed that he the receipt in front of the
manager!
A. wore out B. tried on c . took over D. ripped up

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Mr Cheater made a liv in g ______ works hy famous painters.
A. devising B. faking c . pretending D. sham m ing
2. A sculpture hy Rodin fetched more than two m illion dollairs at t h e __
last month.
A. sale B. gallery c. m useum D. auction
3. There was no __difference betvveen the original and the copy.
A. knovvable B. discoverable c. discernible D. understandable
4. This self-portrait did not come to ___ until after the artist’s death.
A. range B. light c . sight D. view
5. Mr Vernix is the g r e a te st__ expert on techniques o f painting.
A. alive B. live c. living D. nowadays
6. On exam ination hy experts, the picture turned out to be a ______ .
A. fake B. sham c. fraud D. fabrication
7. “Did you go to the casino w hen you were in M onte Carlo?”
“No, I n e v e r ______ .”
A. bet B. c. hazard D. gamble
8. If you can the clues to this puzzle, you could w in a prize.
A. unbind B. untangle c. unravel D. unwind
9. Violent program m es on TV may have a b a d ______ on children.
A. control B. inAuence c. power D. pressure
10. There are m any ______ on television where a team of people have to
answer questions.
A. inquiries B. puzzles c . riddles D. quizzes
11. There are several T V ______ in Poland, and all of them allow advertising.
A. channels B. canals c. broadcasts D. screens

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2. Mozart composed m usic w hen he was still a child. He had a g r e a t______
for it.
A. gift B. force c. ability D. skill
3. The conductor w as annoyed with the orchestra for n o t ______ time.
A. beating B. m aking c . m aintaining D. keeping
4. Schubert didn’t com plete one of his sym phonies so it w ill always be

A. defective B. deíĩcient c. unfinished D. unready

5. The attendance at the m usic fe stiv a l______ all expectations.
A. excelled B. surpassed c . overtook D. overcame
6. Ju st as th e violinist began to play, one o f t h e ______ on his violin broke.
A. strings B. cords c. chords D. wires
7. He played th e lead in a ______ production of “M acbeth”.
A. rem inded B. m em orised c. recalled D. memorable
8. H e r ______ as a tragedian took her to every part o f the world.
A. fame B. glory c. renown D. status
9. When he forgot his lines t h e _ vvhispered them from the side of the
stage.
A. m essenger B. prompter c. pusher D. rem inder
10. The actors have t o ___ before they appear in front of the strong lights
on stage.
A. cover up B. do up c. make up D. paint up
11. He gave the best performance of his acting career in the _ of
Othello.
A. action B. role c. personage D. them e
12. After the períorm ance, please c o m e __ and m eet som e of the cast.
A. outside B. downstairs c. inside D. backstage
13. I had to stand in a ___ four hours to get the tickets for this performance
A. queue B. procession c. fíle D. tail
14. After the interval, the change of brought a gasp o f surprise from
the audience.
A. panorama B. scenery c. view D. vista
15. All the theatre seats had been sold, so there was sta n d in g ___ only.
A. room B. place c. area D. space
16. This paper intends t o ______ fearlessly all forms of corruption in public
life.
A. uncover B. present c. expose D. unveil
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17. We agreed to m eet in t h e _ of the theatre, near the cloakroom.
A. anteroom B. foyer c. hall D. porch
18. My brother, who is fond of acting, has joined an dramatic society.
A. untrained B. impersonal c. amateur D. unproíessional
19. The m an agem en t_____ the right to refuse admission.
A. holds B. keeps c. preserves D. reserves
20. Jim m y is the _ _critic of the local newspaper.
A .lettered B. literal c. literary D. literate
21. What was the ___of that article on Romania? I haven’t had tim e to
read it.
A. gist B. draft c. digest D. synopsis
22. The iníorm ation was _____ to the press before it was offĩcially
announced.
A. dripped B. dropped c . seeped D. leaked
23. An advertising ___ should be short, striking and easily remembered.
A. caption B. epigram c. slogan D. m otto
24. H e ______ the nevvspaper in the hope of tinding new s of his daughter.
A. glanced B. glimpsed c . observed D. scanned
25. She used her w eekly colum n in the local newspaper as a _____ for her
political views.
A. m eans B. vehicle c . passage D. vessel

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1. The press couldn’t speak to the M inistry employees; they had to w ait for
a statem ent from the G overn m ent______ .
A. m essenger B. reporter c. speaker D. spokesm an
2. Although there is no offícial censorship in our country, the press is still
the laws of the land.
A. accountable to B. subject to c. restrained hy D. controlled hy
3. Our newspaper increased i t s _ hy eighty thousand copies.
A. am ount B. quantity c . num bers D. circulation
4. Many newspapers are holding lotteries t o ______ sales.
A. advertise B. progress c . promote D. publicise
5. The bookshop said they did not have the drama ju st then, but that it was
o n ______ .
A. order B. delivery c. arrival D. purpose

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6. His reputation has been g rea tly ______ by the success o f his new book.
A. expanded B. enlarged c. enhanced D. heightened
7. L ord o f the R in gs was íĩlmod o n ______ in Now Zealand.
A. place B. spot c. region D. location
8. Ms Original had little i n ______ with other authors of her generation.
A. everyday B. common c. normal D. ordinary
9. That author has w ritten a íĩctio n a l______ of his wartim e experiences.
A. story B. novel c. account D. tale
10. The printing o f the book has been held up hy the p a p er______ .
A. deílcit B. shortage c . scarce D. lack
11. The essajdst, John Cardinal Newman, was one of the m ost distinguished
m en o f ______ of his time.
A .letters B. books c. publications D. writings
12. In your criticism of this work, I think you have do ne less t h a n ___ to
the originality of his style.
A. appreciation B. approval c. justice D. praise
13. Because Shakespeare m ainly wrote plays, he is usually regarded as a(n)

A. dram atist B. author c. novelist D. writer

14. One can becom e a member of this club only on pa3ãng t h e _____ fee.
A. enrolled B. legitim ate c. regulated D. requisite
15. The organization is m ainly staffed h y ______ workers.
A. free B. voluntary c . unsolicited D. w illing
16. He made a v e r y ______ excuse for not attending the m eeting.
A. faint B. íragile c. feeble D. frail
17. He has a wide circle of Iriends and so leads a fa irly ______ social life.
A. fast B. hectic c . íurious D. speedy
18. I’d like t o ______ a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. extend B. prolong c. search out D. stretch
19. Please accept my _____ for not com ing to the m eeting last week.
A. pardon B. excuses c. íorgiveness D. apologies
20. W e’ve lived here for fíve years but I still m iss m y _____ town.
A. hom e B. original c . native D. birth
21. If you w ait a m om ent, th ere’ll be a n o th er__ of loaves, fresh from the
oven.
A. collection B. bunch c. bundle D. batch
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22. He took a ______ of cigarettes out o f his pocket.
A. block B. dozen c. packet D. piece
23. The table was described in the catalogue as a b ea u tifu l____ o f íurniture.
A. piece B. object c. think D. m anufacture

24. When you go to the shops, bring m e _____ .

A. a fruit tin B. a tin o f fruit c. a fruits tin D. a tin or fruits
25. The tw elve bottles o f whisky were delivered in a stu r d y _____ .
A. canteen B. carafe c. carton D. cartoon

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1. Dana drinks a lot o f ______ drinks like lemonade and orangeade.
A. frozen B. fresh c. flat D. fizzy
2. I’d like a packet of ra zo r______ , please.
A. blades B. cuts c. leaves D. m etals
3. New Products are announced to the p u b lic______ .
A. hy m ail order B. hy production’s
c. hy propaganda D. on posters
4. The advantage o f this new plastic covering is that it w ill______ to fít any
size of object.
A. change B. stretch c. extend D.expand
5. That is where th e y ______ whisky.
A. distill B. cook c. brew D. stew
6. Grain and coffee are major tra d in g______ .
A. articles B. m aterials c. com m odities D. stocks
7. This fantastic new gadget has been selling lik e ______ cakes.
A. birthday B. cream c. wedding D. hot
8. Buying in bulk ___ one to make substantial savings.
A. empowers B. facilitates c. enables D. m eans
9. ru have to take the toy back to the shop to exchange it because the
m echanism i s ______ .
A. blame B. faulty c. false D. defect
10. This set is the only one of its kind, so none o f the cups can b e ______ .
A. copied B. exchanged c. replaced D. substituted
11. When I paid for my groceries, the shop assistant gave me the wrong

A. exchange B. change c. return D. sum

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12. Who do I make the cheque to?
A. in B. on c. up D. out
13. N aturally you c a n ___ ___pa3onent until you are satisfíed that the work
has been properly carried out.
A. hold in B. hold up c. withhold D. withdraw
14. Mr P articu lar______ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.
A. insisted on B. demanded c. asked to D. required
15. Will you pay cash for the goods or would you like t h e m ______ to your
account?
A. priced B. indebted c. charged D.receipted

16. She said she would pay for the clothes hy cred it______ .
A. bank B. card c. cheque D. note
17. D on’t shop at SN O B ’s supermarket; you have to pay through t h e ______
there.
A. account B. bank c. m outh D. nose
18. We will accept your cheque, although it is not our n o rm a l______ .
A. practice B. occasion c. intention D. State
19. There is a sale next w eek w it h ______ in all departm ents.
A. basem ents B. reductions c. decreases D. redundancies
20. Mr Rich managed to get the ancient sculpture hy putting in a high
at the auction.
A. bet B. stack c. bid D. tender
21. Salesm en always exaggerate, so I take w hat they say w ith a pinch of

A. salt B. flesh c. pepper D. caution

22. To order the goods, send your name, address and __to the following
PO box.
A. cost B. postal order c . receipt D. settlem ent
23. The Standard o f our íurniture is excellent, but even so, w e charge only
prices.
A. m oderate B. just c. slight D. small
24. If you w ant to return the suit, you m ust bring the ______ w ith you as
proof of purchase.
A. note D. recipe c. prescription D. receipt
25. We have had to raise our prices because o f the increase in the cost of
m aterials.
A. crude B. natural c. raw D. original

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1. “Pantastic sale. Everything m ust be s o ld ______ of the price!”
A. regardless B. in vain c. despite D. \vithout
2. I can’t ______ $70 for onc book! H aven’t you got a cheaper edition?
A. allow B. afford c. dispose D. provide
3. T o _____ _ their fĩftieth anniversary the store held a one-w eek sale.
A. w rite D. paint c . sign D. mark
4. The coat was going for a ___ , reduced from $100 to $20.
A. flower B. laugh c. song D. sm ile
5. Buyers and sellers were over prices.
A. haggling B. hacking c. heckling D. hugging
6. As far a s ______ for m oney is concerned, our product is unbeatable.
A. advantage B. cost c. worth D. value
7. The big new superm arket on the outskirts of town does a ______ trade.
A. crying B. scream ing c. roaring D. shouting
8. Her shopping bag broke, _ _ _ its contents all over the pavem ent.
A. dispersing B. scattering c . overflowing D. distributing
9. Some rooms don’t have curtains at the windows, they h a v e ______ .
A. blinds B. carpets c . g ates D. Stores
10. It is very easy for the undereducated to be by slick-talking
salesm en.
A. put aside B. put up c. taken in D. taken away
11. Her room is comfortable but rather on the sm a ll_____ .
A. angle B. side c. basis D. size

12. The kitchen o f the holiday cottage lo o k ed __ rather than beautiful.

A. utilitarian B. practicable c . m undane D. vvorkable
13. Mrs Elegant has had the couch in her sittin g-room ______ in red velvet.
A. clothed B. enriched c. sewn D. re-upholstered
14. The salesm an told me that reading this book would m ake me more
intelligent, but I think I’ve b e e n ______ .
A. blackmailed B. conned c. libelled D. slandered
15. I didn’t take up his recommendation, as he sounded s o ______ about it.
A. half-headed B. half-witted c. half-handed D. half-hearted
16. The a ssis ta n t______ nervously while I made up my mind.
A. hovered B. íloated c. drifted D. orbited

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17. The salesm an inĩorm ed me that if I buy som ething o n _____ then I can
send it back if I am dissatished.
A. agreem ent B. favour c. approval D. consideration
18. The auctioneer brought down his ___ before Mr Gambler had had
tim e to raise his bid.
A. hammer B. fist c . arm D. price
19. Mr Gambler gave a _____ to indicate to the auctioneer that he was still
in the bidding.
A. card B. sigh c. nod D. sm ile
20. Have you got a in your bag? It’s so dark here that I can’t even see
the path.
A. bulb B .torch c . lantern D. candle
21. There are consum er protection laws that affect ev e r y ______ .
A. huy B. patron c . purchase D. retailer
22. After searching for a long tim e, the children found their ball in the
hy the lilac bushes.
A. underground B. undergrowth c . underpass D. underworld
23. Just looking at the room you would have no idea of the real purpose it

A. filled B. took c . served D. used

24. The children ° round the fire to keep warm.
A. cloistered B. huddled c. grouped D. tucked
25. T h e ______ o f the family home following the divorce was a great shock to
the children.
A. break-down B. break-in c . break-up D. break-out

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1. “What was Bob yelling about?”
“He warned touch that w ire.”
A. me to not B. that I not c. me not to D. that I don’t
2. “Why do you look so upset?”
“Mum refu sed ______ after my ílat while I’m away.”
A. my looking B. me to look c. to looking D. to look
3. She was anxious for the post of the Personal A ssistant to the
Director in the recently affiliated Jacobs Sussard Company.
A. to be selected B. to have selected
c. to select D. to be selecting

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4. “Why are th e N ew tons asking for loan repaym ent m odiíícations?”
“Because their h o u se ______ in the flood.”
A. was being damaged B. damaged
c. had damaged D. was damaged
5. “How did his speech go?”
“With all the noise outside, he couldn’t ___ him seir heard.”
A. be m aking B. make
c. be made D. have made
6. “Did you enjoy your graduation ceremony?”
“Oh yes; I didn’t lik e ______ photographed all the tim e, though.”
A. to have been B. having been c. being D. it to be
7. “Did you hear anything about last m onth’s Bardays’ robbery?”
“Yes eventually the rob b ers______ given a ten-year sentence. “
A. were B. were not being
c. were not to be D. were not have been
8. “How was your dinner?”
“A great success! Our guests ate the appetizers, the two m ain courses
and the dessert. There was literally n o th in g ______
A. to be left B. has been left c. have left D. left
9. “Is there any new s about the ex-President?”
“Well, h e’s rep orted ______ the country last n igh t.”
A. to be leaving B. to have left
c. that he left D. to leave
10 . “What do you think o f Uberto Eco’s novel The N am e o f the R oseT ’
“Well, i t ______ widely regarded as his best, but to tell you th e truth I’m
not crazy about it.”
A. has been B. was c. is D. is being
11. “H ow ’s the new tow n planning project going?”
“Oh, th ere’s still a l o t ______ .”
A. to be done B. has been done
c. having done D. have do ne
12. “How was your íĩrst day in your new job?”
“Extrem ely embarrassing! We were ____ present ourselves and talk
about our previous work experience.”
A. been asked to B. asked to
c being asked D. asked
13. “What did Ivan suggest?”
“He su g g ested ______ on an excursion tom orrow.”
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14. “So, how is Anne getting to the airport?”
“She said that her b ro th er______ her a lift.”
A. would have gi ven B. would give
c. should give D. could be given
15. “Did they find out who had taken the m oney?”
“Yes. Robert finally a d m itted ______ it oil.”
A. to having spent B. have spending
c. to have spent D. to spend
16. “What did th e dietician say to Angela?”
“He advised ______ down on fats otherwise she would develop heeirt
problems in later life.”
A. to cut B. that she cuts c. her to cut D. her cut
17. “What lie did Liz tell you this tim e?”
“She cla im ed ______ before she was tw o.”
A. to w riting B. that she could write
c. about w riting D. that she write
18. The fĩre-fighter ordered the building at once.
A. to everyone evacuating B. evacuating
c. to be evacuated D. everyone to evacuate
19. “W hat’s the m atter w ith Terry and Paula?”
“They S2ũd th at if the business continued to do so badly t h e y __ sell
the h ou se.”
A. would have to B. m ust c. had to D. should
20. “How did Gina react w hen she Ễirrived at her surprise birthday party?” -
“She exclaim ed ______ a wonderful surprise.”
A. to be B. being c. that it was D. to being
21. “Thank God we came across that policem an!”
“Oh, yes! W h a t______ done if you hadn’t?”
A. would you have B. were you to have
c. had you D. will you have
22. “So, are you going to huy it or not?”
‘T f i t ______ so expensive, I w ould.”
A. were B. is n ’t c. hadn’t been D. w eren’t
23. “Why do you have to get a taxi to work?”
“Well, if I didn’t live so far away, I ______ to .”
A. w ouldn’t have had B. hadn’t had
c. w ouldn’t have D. didn’t have
24. “Should I eat that?” - “If I ___ you, I w ouldn’t .”
A. would have been B. would be c. had been D. were
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25. ______ pay attention in class, you w on’t pass the test.
A. If you didn’t B. If you don’t
c . U nless you don’t D. U nless you w ouldn’t

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1. “Why don’t we ask Martin to chair the m eeting?”
“Well, su p p o se______ to ask him, do you think he would accept?”
A. were w e B. had we been c. we had been D. we were
2. If h e ______ as honest as you believe, he w ouldn’t have done that.
A. were B. would be
c. would have been D. have been
3. “What would you do in m y place?”
“W ere______ treated like that, I’d complain to the m anager.”
A. to I be B. I to had been c. I have been D. I to be
4. What would you do if you ___ rich?
A. were B. have been c. would be D. would have been
5. What would you buy, provided______ the money?
A. had you B. have you c. you had D. you would have
6. ______ you go on talking, h e ’ll ask you to leave.
A. U nless B. If c. When D. Suppose
7. “Why are you scream ing?”
“If you burn yourself, i t __ you know! ”
A. would have hurt B. hurt
c. have hurt D. hurts
8. ______I been iníorm ed, I’d have attended the m eeting.
A. Should B. Had c. Were D. Would
9. “ ______ you were ill, we w ouldn’t have com e.”
“D on’t be silly! I always enjoy your com pany.”
A. Were w e to know B. Should we have known
c. Had we known D. Had we to know
10. Suppose they _ __at home, w hat shall we do?
A. w on ’t be B. w eren’t c. hadn’t been D. aren’t
11. “It’s tim e you _ __ in bed. It’s alm ost m idnight, isn ’t it?”
“You’re right.”
A. are B have been c. were D. had been
12. “That trip was a nightm are.” - “Yes, I w ish we
A w ent B have gone c . go D. hadn’t gone
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13. “I overslept and was late for work again!” - “You’d _____ that clock
fíxed; it h asn ’t worked for over a week now .”
A. better have B. better to have c . rather have D. rather had
14. “You m issed an exciting start to the íootball m atch.”
“Yes, it ’s a pity I ______ on tim e.”
A. am not B. w asn’t c. haven’t been D. hadn’t been
15. If only I ______ th e bill; w e w ou ld n ’t have been cu t off.
A. had paid B. have paid c. had been paid D. paid
16. “I shouldn’t have m issed Mary’s party.”
“It’s a pity y o u ______ ; we had a lovely tim e.”
A. h a v e n ’t com e B. h a d n ’t com e
c. w e r e n ’t Corning D. did n ’t com e
17. He regrets enough tim e to ílnish the exercises.
A. not to have B. not having c . not have had D. to not ha ve
18. “Do you mind if I tell Mary about your trip?”
“Well, I’d rather y o u ______ anyone else about it.”
A. didn’t tell B. w ouldn’t tell c. not to tell D. haven’t told
19. “You’re looking tired.” - “I’m exhausted. I w ish my neighbours
loud m usic w hen I’m trying to sleep.”
A. haven’t played B. w on’t play
c. w ouldn’t play D. hadn’t played
20. “It’s a pity Sarah is still unem ployed.”
“Yes, if only s h e ______ university.”
A. would have finished B. had hnished
c. would finish D. hnishes
21. I w ish I _____ their help w hen it was offered.
A. would accept B. have accepted
c. had accepted D. accepted
22. Suppose she that outrageous story circulating around the office;
sh e’d be lurious!
A. has heard B. had heard c. were heard D. would hear
23. “Susan looks ready to cry”.
“It looks as if P e te r ______ her birthday again!”
A. has forgotten c. has been forgetting
B. had forgotten D. had been íorgetting
24. “Why are you glaring at m e?”
“You treat m e as if I ______ your slave.”
A. have been B. was being c. were D. had been

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25. I’d rather y o u ____ the deal in w riting by the end of next week.
A. coníírm B. have coníĩrmed
c. had coníĩrined D. conílrmed

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1. “You’re looking rather pleased with yourself.”
“Suppose your b o s s ______ you a big bonus, you would too.”
A. had oíTered B. has been offering
c. would offer D. had been offered
2. It’s tim e you _ about your íuture.
A. to think B. had thought c. think D. thought

3. If only s h e ____to her principles, she w ouldn’t have been led astray.
A. sticks B. stuck c. had stuck D. have stuck
“I can’t think of a good excuse for being late.”
“Y o u ______ be honest and tell the truth.”
A. would better B. had better
c. would have been better D. had better to
5. S h e’s such a snob; she behaves _ the Queen.
A. as if she has been B. like she were
c. as if she were D. like she was

6. “Have I done som ething wrong?”

“I w ish y o u ______ more tactful; you’re always offending people.”
A. had been being B. have been
c. were being D. were
7. I’d rather y o u __ ___ a noise last night; I couldn’t get to sleep.
A. hadn’t made B. w ouldn’t make
c. didn’t make D. haven’t made
8. If only w e ______ more people, then we w ouldn’t be feeling so lonely.
A. had known B. were known c. have know D. knew
9. It’s high tim e you _the balcony. It’s covered in leaves and dust.
A. to be cleaned B. cleaned
c. had cleaned D. to have cleaned
10. “My w ashing m achine is about to break down.”
“If I were y o u ,______ a new one.”
A. I’d bought B. I bought c. I’d buy D. ru buy
11. India is the co u n try ______ he spent the early ye£irs of his life.
A. at which B. where c. that D. on which

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12. If John the train instead of driving, he w ouldn’t have been late
for work.
A. had caught B. should catch c. caught D. would catch
13. Suppose the stock market how much m oney would we have lost?
A. crash B. had crashed
c . hEis crashed D. would crash
14. Sally would prefer to pursue her stu d ie s_____ to look for a job.
A. rather than starting B. to starting
c. rather than start D. than to start
15. “He looks fam iliar.”
“H e’s th e a u th o r ______ novel became a best seller.’
A. which B. whose c. of which D. whom
16. “Hi Nick. I break bad news. N atalie and Jam es broke up again.”
“I know, but it is J a m e s ______ is to blame this tim e, not N atalie.”
A. for whom B. whose c. which D. who
17. “Wendover? N ever heard of that town before.”
“Well, actually it ’s the to w n ______ I spent my teen years.”
A. w hen B. who c. where D. which
18. “What are you reading?”
“A review o f th e fĩlm ____ ^ was on television last n igh t.”
A. which B. where c. that it D. which it
19. “Which was the m ost disappointing m om ent in your career?”
“It W81S the m o m e n t______ I realised that my partner was giving away
company secrets to our rivals. ”
A. which B. where c. w hen D. on which
20. Children always w ant to know the rea so n ______ things are as they are.
A. whom B. who c. which D. why
21. “Is there a problem w ith the letter?”
“The p e r so n ______ this letter is addressed no longer lives here.”
A. to whom B. who c. to who D. whom
22. If only they their tickets; I’ve got two spare ones.
A. didn’t huy B. hadn’t bought
c. w ouldn’t buy D. haven’t bought
23. “How did the bride wear her hair?” - “S h e ______ into a h u n.”
A. has had it styled B. had been styled it
c. has styled it D. had it styled
24. “Why doesn’t Constance huy a dishwasher?”
“She can’t ______ because there isn ’t enough space in her kitchen.”
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 A. have one installed B. have installed one
c. have one install D. have install one
25. “Has Paul moved back to his house?”
“Yes. H e ______ all the earthquake repaired.”
A. had been having B. has damage
c. had D. has had

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1. “Why are there so m any workers in Zoe’s garden?”
“S h e ______ it landscaped.”
A. had B. is having c. had had D. will have had
2. “Your shoes look n ew .” - “I by the hotel porter.”
A. had polished them B. have them polished
c. had them polished D. have polished them
3. “What are you going to wear to dinner?”
“I don’t know. I w ish I ______ my lace dress cleaned yesterday. “
A. had had B. would have c. was having D. have had
4. “We were thinking about doing our place up.”
“O h ,______ the house com pletely renovated; ju st rcvamp it w ith some
new furnishings.”
A. not having B. haven’t c. not to have D. don’t have
5. “When do you w ant this report by?”
“I’d lik e ______ finished hy 4. o’clock.”
A. the work to have B. to have the work
c. have the work been D. having the work
6. “Why is Ron so upset?” - “He broken in to.”
A. gets a house B. h asn ’t got a house
c. didn’t get his house D. has had his house
7. “W here’ve you been Mary?”
“Well, my tu to r ______ some research into post graduate stud ies.”
A. made m e to do B. had me to do
c. got m e to do D. put me do
8. “Did the kids enjoy the circus?”
“Absolutely! The clown got them ___ all the tim e.”
A. laugh B. laughing
c. to laugh D. to be laughing
Shall we get _ ? It’s getting latc.
A. going B. go c. to go D. gone
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10. “Can I come w ithout any notice? Are you sure?”
“D efinitely. W henever y o u ______ in the area.”
A. will be B. will have been c. have been D. are
11. “How did Hẽirry suspect the new franchising company m ight be a
fíasco?” - “As soon as h e ______ som e tricky term s in th e contract, he
knew there was som ething w rong.”
A. has spotted B. would spot c. spotted D. spots
12. “W henever I __ __ Jane, she talks about the new house sh e’s having
b u ilt.” - “Well, I think sh e’s really obsessed w ith the m atter.”
A. m eet B. m et
c . am m eeting D. have been m eeting
13. “Are you sure it was Pete?”
“Yes. The m om ent I saw him he the building.”
A. would enter B. was entering
c. has entered D. had been entering
14. ‘T’m afraid Jenny Jones has been consistently late all this week, Mr
Taylor.”
“When M iss J o n e s ______ in, tell her I’d like to have a word w ith h er.”
A. com es B. is Corning
c. w ill h ave com e D. cam e
15. “How about joining me on a skiing trip this weekend?”
“Well, I really can’t take a holiday until I ______ m y thesis.
A. am hnished B. finished
c. will have finished D. have finished
16. While she for her friend to pick her up, her m other arrived.
A. has been w aiting B. had been w aiting
c. was w aiting D. is vvaiting
17. “ ______ had we arrived at the beach w hen it started pouring w ith rain. ”
A. No sooner B. Hardly c. As soon as D. The m inute
18. “Why was Jane upset?” - “The m inute s h e _____ into the party, she saw
som eone vvearing the sam e dress.”
A. had walked B. was walking c . walked D. w alking
19. “It was unw ise of David to make light of such a sensitive issu e.”
“ Exactly. No sooner ______ the joke than everyone got up and left!”
A. has he told B. had he told c. he told D. having told
20. “You m ust have been worried knowing she was alone so late at n ight.”
- “Well, once I ______ her come in, I began to relax.”
A. heard B. hear c. have heard D. am hearing
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21. “Where is Em m a’s report?”
“I think she put it on your desk before s h e ____
A. was leaving B. had left c. has left D. left
22. “W hat’s in all the boxes?”
“Som e extra refreshm ents ___ we run ou t.”
A. so that B. to prevent c. in case D. for fear
23. “Did you go around to see Ja n et’s newborn son?”
“I had the flu so I didn’t go for fe a r ______ infecting the baby.”
A. for B. of c. that D. lest
24. “Why is everyone so busy?” - “T hey’re tidying the show room in case the
m anaging d irector______ in .”
A. drops B. dropped c . will drop D. would drop
25. “Why didn’t you go to the party on Saturday night?”
“I wanted to a v o id ______ Josh .”
A. see B. that I see c. to see D. seeing

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1. “The baby’s not scream ing any m ore.”
“H e’s teeth in g and I gave him an aspirin so that h e ______ dow n.”
A. are calm ing B. would calm c. should calm D. calmed
2. “What are you doing over the summer?”
“Fve got a temporary j o b ______ I can save som e m oney.”
A. so as to B. in case c. so that D. in order
3. ‘T m not sure w hat to say to Paul.”
“You could always tell a w hite lie t o ______ hurting his feelin gs.”
A. avoid B. prevent from c. prevent D. avoid to
“W hat’s the use o f this object?”
“I t’s a d ev ic e______ screwing bolts into n u ts.”
A. of B. so as to c. so that D. for
5. “Has Bob passed his lELTS exam s?”
“E v e n ______ he studied hard, he didn’t make it.”
A. although B. though c. no m atter D. despite
6. “Did you see Sharon’s place?” - “ ______ untidy that flat w as!”
A. How B. W hat an c. How an D. What
“Cathy looked rather plump in that new dress.”
“Y e s ,______ being on a diet for weeks, sh e’s hardly lost any w eigh t.”
A. in spite B. despite c. though D. vvhile

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8. “ ______ I dislike W inston, I have to admit that he came up w ith some
brilliant suggestions at the m anagem ent m eeting.”
“T hat’s true. I particularly liked his introduction to the ‘Research &
D evelopm ent’ project.”
A. No m atter B. However c. Much as D. For all
9. “r m astounded by your grandm other’s energy and enthusiasm for life.”
- “Yes. S h e’s still very a ctiv e ,______ she is in her eighties.”
A. even so B. while c. whereas D. even though
10. “It was such a bargain; I w ish it hadn’t fallen to b its.”
“It was a w aste of m o n ey ,______ cheap it w as!”
A. however B. still c. yet D. but
11. “Have you heard, N ick has ju st been awarded his PhD?”
“Yes, but in te llig e n t______ he is, he has no basic common sen se.”
A. although B. while c. however D. though
12. “The project was a ía ilu r e ______ the huge sum s spent on it.”
“I call it a terrible w aste o f tax-payers’ m oney”
A. however B. in spite of c. though D. yet
13. “I fell asleep during the economics lecture!” boring
presentation!”
A. Was it B. How c . Such D. W hat a
14. “I really like Gerald.” - “ ______ íriendly sm ile he has!”
A. How a B. What a c. W hat D. How
15. “I feel sorry for Patricia and John.” - “ ____they have a rough tim e!”
A. Can’t B. A ren’t c. W ouldn’t D. D idn’t
16. “W e’ve ju st been to see ‘Dracula’.” - “ ______ it a scary m ovie!”
A. Was B. W hat c . W asn’t D. How
17. “Harriet is always so considerate.” - “ ______ she a kind person!”
A. D oesn’t B. Such is c . How is D. Isn ’t
18. “What do you think o f your new English teacher?”
“She sp e a k s______ fast!”
A. so B. such c . how D. what
19. “Why was D anny given a m onth ofĩ?”
“I think it ’s ______ h e ’s worked so hard lately.”
A. seeing that B. because of
c. due to th e fact that D. owing to
20. “Are you going to take the new job?”
“Oh yes. It i s ______ exciting opportunity!”
A. such an B. so an c . such D. so
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21. “Robert concluded by pointing out that we cannot increase productivity
w ith this poor m achinery.” - “ ______ an apt remark!”
A. How B. So c. W asn’t it D. Was it
22 . ‘Hove you seen my grandm other’s hand-embroidered quilt?”
m eticulous piece of work!”
A. How B. So a c. Such D. W hat a
23. ‘Should I take th e dog for a walk?”
______ it ’s raining right now, wait until it stops.”
A. Seeing that B. Because of c. Due to D. Owing to
24. ‘You didn’t come to the íootball m atch last night. ”
I had so m uch homework to do, I didn’t have a choice.”
A. í^or B. As c. Due to D. Owing to
25. ‘Is D ennis buying a house?”
‘Y e s .______ h e’s earning more m oney now, he can afford one.”
A. For B. Due to c. Since D. Because of

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1. “Why aren’t you going away for your holidays?”
“ ______ my daughter’s wedding in Septem ber, w e’ve m any expenses
Corning up.”
A. Because B. Because of c. Seeing that D. For
2. “Were the necessary contracts signed yesterday?”
“N o ,______ one m ember of the board was ab sen t.”
A. due to B. because of c. owing to D. because
3. “I hear little Isabella is walking now .”
Well, she can w a lk ______ that chair before falling.”
A. as far as B. where c . wherever D. as high as
4. “Are you going away for Christmas?”
“Yes, ru be going to Hull, which i s ___ my family liv es.”
A. wherever B. as for as c. where D. as near as
5. “Can you come away w ith me for the weekend?”
“I can’t as Fm decorating the k itc h e n .______ , my m other is ill.”
A. Even so B. After all
c. AU the sam e D. On top of that
6. “Does Peter enjoy going away on business?”
“He d o es;______ he goes, he alvvays m anages to enjoy him seir.”
A. wherever B. as near as c. where D. as far as

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7. “r m going out now .” - “ ______ you happen to pass a ch em ist’s, would
you get me som e aspirins?”
A. Had lì. Did c . Should D. Would
8. “I can’t understand our new French teacher’s accent.’
A. Nor can I B. Nor do I c. N either do I D. N either will I
9. “Did you know the Queon was in town yesterday?”
“Y e s .______ I gone shopping, I would have seen her.”
A. Were B. Was c. Should D. Had
10. “So, how was the
“It was g rea t!______ you come, you would have enjoyed yourself.”
A. Should B. Had c . Were D. Would
11. “Jane bought a new dress this m orning.”
“What a coincidence!______ .”
A. So did I B. So have I c . Nor did I D. Nor have I
12. “I hope you didn’t go out in the hot su n .” - “We waited the sun
had gone down, before w e w ent for a w alk.”
A. that B. until c. to D. for
13. “Does Joanna walk to work?”
“N o .______ it is, she always takes the b u s.”
A. Where B. W herever c . As far as D. As near as
14. “P eter’s am azing.” - “I know. he had a broken foot, he managed to
walk 10 m iles.”
A. D espite B. í]ven though c . Whereas D. Yet
15. “I hope you havc enough m oney to take a cab hom e.”
“I took som e extra m o n ey ______ I needed it.”
A. in case B. even if c. unless D. so that
16. “Jane is really conscientious, isn ’t she?”
“A b solu tely.______ , she is very efficient.”
A. So B. All the sam e c. What is more D. still
17. “Is Leona teeling alright?” - “Yes, but she had been teeling sick for over
a w e e k ______ she fínally called a doctor.”
A. after B. before c. once D. while
18. “What happened to the plane?”
“It had hardly touched d o w n __ it burst into ílam es.”
A .th a n B .th a t c. when D. sooner
19. “Did you arrive at the station on tim e?” - “No, I m issed the 5 o’clock
tr a in ,______ , there was another one after 5 m in u tes.”
A. despite B. besides c . also D. hovvever
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20. “Tell m e about France; did you like it?”
“Actually, we didn’t go. We w ent to I ta ly ______ .”
A. instead B. still
c. in contrast D. on the other hand
21. “Peter speaks French very w ell.”
“ ______ speaking French, he speaks German and Spanish.”
A. Furthermore B. Instead of
c. N evertheless D. As well as
22. “Why are you so nervous about this exam ?” - “Because I need to get a
high sco re.______ , I will have to resit for it.”
A. On top of that B. Otherwise
c. All the same D. Besides
23. “Did the m inister approve the building plans?” - “N ot really. He turned
them d o w n ______ that the costs were too h igh.”
A. in case B. provided
c. on the grounds D. supposing
24. “What do you think o f the Jeffersons?”
“ ______ they appeared reserveđ at íírst, they are very sociable.”
A. However B. Despite
c. On the other hand D. Although
25. they offer him a pairtnership will the young architect stay with
this firm.
A. Even if B. U nless c. Only if D. In case

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18. o • o o 18. o -• o o 18 o • o o 18. o o • o
19. • o o o 19. o. o • o 19. • o o o 19. o • o o
20. o o • o 20. o • o o 20. o o • o 20. o o • o
21, o • o o 21. o o • o 21. • o o o 21. • o o o
22. o o o • 22. o o o • 22. o • o o 22. o • o o
23. • o o o 23. o o • o 23. o o • o 23. o o o •
24. o o • o 24. o o o • 24. o o o • 24. o • o o
25. o o o • 25. • o o o 25. • o o o 25. o o o •
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9 10 11 12
1. • o o o 1. o o • o 1. o • o o 1. o • o o
2. o • o o 2 • o o o 2. o o • o 2 o o • o
3. • o o o 3. o o • o 3. • o o o 3. • o o o
4. o o • o 4. o • o o 4. o o o • 4. o o o •
5. • o o o 5 o o o • 5. o o • o 5. o o • o
6. o o o • 6. o • o o 6. • o o o 6. • o o o
7. • o o o 7. o o • o 7. o o • o 7. o o o •
8. o • o o 8. o o o • 8. o o o • 8 o • o o
9. o o o • 9. o • o o 9. o o • o 9. o o o •
10. o o • o 10. • o o o 10. o o o • 10. o o • o
11. o • o o 11. o o • o 11. o • o o 11. • o o o
12. o o • o 12. o • o o 12 o o o • 12. o o o •
13. o • o o 13. • o o o 13. o o • o 13. o • o o
14. o o • o 14. o o • o 14. • o o o 14. • o o o
15. o o o • 15. o o o • 15. o o • o 15. o • o o
16. • o o o 16. o o • o 16. • o o o 16. o o • o
17. o o o • 17. o • o o 17. o • o o 17. • o o o
18 o o • o 18. • o o o 18, o o o • 18. o • o o
19. o • o o 19. o o o • 19. • o o o 19. o o o •
20. • o o o 20. • o o o 20. o • o o 20. o o • o
21. o o • o 21. o o o • 21. o o • o 21. o • o o
22. o o o • 22. • o o o 22. o • o o 22. o o o •
23. o • o o 23. o • o o 23. o o o • 23. o o • o
24. o o • o 24. o o • o 24. o • o o 24. • o o o
25. o o o • 25. o o o • 25. • o o o 25. o o • o

13 14 15 16
1. • o o o 1. o o • o 1. o o o • 1. o o o •
2. o o • o 2. • o o o 2. • o o o 2 • o o o
3. o o o • 3. o • o o 3. o • o o 3, o o • o
4. o • o o 4. o o o • 4. • o o o 4. o • o o
5. o o • o 5. o • o o 5. o o • o 5. o o o •
6. o • o o 6. • o o o 6. o • o o 6. • o o o
7. • o o o 7. o o o • 7. o o o • 7. o • o o
8. o • o o 8. o • o o 8. o o • o 8. o o • o
9. o o o • 9. o o • o 9. o • o o 9. o o o •
10. o o • o 10. • o o o 10. o o o • 10. o o • o
11. o o o • 11. o o • o 11. • o o o 11. • o o o
12. o • o o 12. • o o o 12. o o • o 12 o • o o
13. o o • o 13. o • o o 13. • o o o 13. o o • o
14. • o o o 14. • o o o 14. o • o o 14. • o o o
15. o • o o 15. o • o o 15. o o • o 15. o • o o
16. o o o • 16. o o o • 16. • o o o 16. • o o o
17. • o o o 17. • o o o 17. o o o • 17. o o o •
18. o o o • 18. o o o • 18. o o • o 18. o • o o
19. • o o o 19. o o • o 19. o o o • 19. o o • o
20. o o o • 20. o o o • 20. o • o o 20. o o o •
21. • o o o 21. o o • o 21. o o • o 21. o o • o
22. o • o o 22. • o o o 22. • o o o 22. o • o o
23. o o • o 23. o • o o 23. o o o • 23. o o o •
24. o • o o 24. o o o • 24. o • o o 24. o o • o
25. o o • o 25. o o • o 25. o o • o 25. • o o o
94 Wvình Bcằ
17 18 19 20
1. • o o o 1. • o o o 1. o • o o 1. o • o o
2 o o o • 2. o o o • 2. o o o • 2. o o o •
3. o o • o 3. o o • o 3. o • o o 3. • o o o
4. • o o o 4. o • o o 4. o o • o 4. o o • o
5. o o • o 5. o o • o 5. • o o o 5. • o o o
6, o o o • 6. • o o o 6. o o o • 6. o • o o
7. o • o o 7. o o o • 7. • o o o 7. o o o •
8. • o o o 8. o • o o 8. o o • o 8. • o o o
9. o o • o 9. o o • o 9. o • o o 9. o • o o
10. o o o • 10. • o o o 10. o o o • 10. o o o •
11. o o • o 11. o o o • 11. • o o o 11. • o o o
12. • o o o 12. • o o o 12. o o • o 12. o o • o
13. o • o o 13. o o • o 13. • o o o 13. o • o o
14. • o o o 14. o o o • 14. o • o o 14. o o o •
15. o o o • 15. • o o o 15. o o o • 15. o o • o
16. o o • o 16. o o o • 16. • o o o 16. • o o o
17. o o o • 17. o o • o 17. o o • o 17. o o • o
18. o o • o 18. o o o • 18 o • o o 18. o • o o
19. • o o o 19. o • o o 19. o o • o 19. o o o •
20. o • o o 20, • o o o 20. o o o • 20. • o o o
21. o o • o 21. o • o o 21. • o o o 21. o o o •
22. o • o o 22. o o • o 22. o o • o 22. • o o o
23. o o o • 23. o • o o 23. o o o • 23. o • o o
24. • o o o 24. • o o o 24. o • o o 24. o o • o
25. o • o o 25. o • o o 25. • o o o 25. o • o o

21 22 23 24
1. • o o o 1. • o o o 1. • o o o 1. o o • o
2. o • o o 2. o o o • 2. o o • o 2 • o o o
3. o o o • 3. o • o o 3. o o o • 3. o • o o
4. o o • o 4. o o o • 4. o • o o 4. • o o o
5. o • o o 5, o o • o 5. o o o • 5. o o o •
6. o o • o 6. o • o o 6. • o o o 6. o o • o
7. • o o o 7. o o o • 7. o o • o 7. o • o o
8 o • o o 8. • o o o 8. o • o o 8. o o o •
9. • o o o 9. o o • o 9. o o • o 9. o o • o
10. o o • o 10. o o o • 10. o o o • 10. • o o o
11. o o o • 11. o o • o 11. o o • o 11. o o • o
12 • o o o 12. o • o o 12. o o o • 12. o o o •
13. o o o • 13. o o • o 13. • o o o 13. • o o o
14. o o • o 14. • o o o 14. o • o o 14. o o • o
15. o • o o 15, o o • o 15 o o • o 15. o • o o
16. o o o • 16. o o o • 16. • o o o 16. o o o •
17. o o • o 17. o • o o 17. o o • o 17. o • o o
18. • o o o 18. • o o o 18. o o o • 18. • o o o
19. o • o o 19. o • o o 19. o o • o 19. o • o o
20. • o o o 20. • o o o 20. o o o • 20. o o o •
21. o o o • 21. o • o o 21. • o o o 21. o • o o
22. o • o o 22. o o • o 22. o • o o 22. o o o •
23. o o • o 23. • o o o 23. • o o o 23. o o • o
24. • o o o 24. o o • o 24. o o • o 24. o o o •
25. o o o • 25. o o o • 25. o • o o 25. • o o o

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25 26 27 28
1. o • o o 1. • o o o 1. • o o o 1. o • o o
2. • o o o 2. o • o o 2. o o o • 2. • o o o
3. o • o o 3. • o o o 3. • o o o 3. o o o •
4. o o o • 4. o o o • 4. o o • o 4. o • o o
5. o o • o 5. o o • o 5. o o o • 5. • o o o
6. o o o • 6. o • o o 6. o o • o 6. o o • o
7. o o • o 7. • o o o 7. o • o o 7. o o o •
8. • o o o 8. o o o • 8. o o o • 8. o o • o
9. o • o o 9. o o • o 9. • o o o 9. • o o o
10. o o o • 10. • o o o 10. o • o o 10. o • o o
11. o • o o 11. o • o o 11. • o o o 11. o o • o
12. o o • o 12. • o o o 12. o o • o 12. o o o •
13. o • o o 13. o • o o 13. • o o o 13. o • o o
14. • o o o 14. o o • o 14. o • o o 14. • o o o
15. o o o • 15. • o o o 15. o o • o 15. o o o •
16. o • o o 16. o o • o 16. o o o • 16. o • o o
17. • o o o 17. o o o • 17. o • o o 17. • o o o
18. o o • o 18. o o • o 18 o o • o 18. o o • o
19. o • o o 19. o o o • 19. o o o • 19. o o o •
20. • o o o 20. o o • o 20. o • o o 20. o o • o
21. o o o • 21. • o o o 21. o o o • 21. o • o o
22. • o o o 22. o • o o 22. o • o o 22. • o o o
23. o o • o 23. o o o • 23. o o • o 23. o • o o
24. o o o • 24. o • o o 24. • o o o 24. o o • o
25. o o • o 25. • o o o 25. o o • o 25. o o o •

29 30 31 32
1. o o • o 1. • o o o 1. o o • o 1. o o o •
2. • o o o 2. o o • o 2. o • o o 2. • o o o
3. o • o o 3. o • o o 3. o o • o 3. o o • o
4. o o • o 4. o o o • 4. • o o o 4. o o o •
5. o • o o 5. o • o o 5. o o • o 5. o • o o
6. o o • o 6. o o • o 6. o o o • 6. o o • o
7. o • o o 7. o • o o 7. o • o o 7. • o o o
8. • o o o 8. • o o o 8. • o o o 8. o • o o
9. o • o o 9. o • o o 9. o o o • 9. o o o •
10. o o o • 10. o o o • 10. o • o o 10. • o o o
11. • o o o 11. • o o o 11. o o • o 11. o o • o
12. o • o o 12. o o o • 12. o • o o 12. o • o o
13. o o • o 13. o o • o 13. o o o • 13. • o o o
14. • o o o 14. o • o o 14. o o • o 14. o o o •
15. o o o • 15. o o • o 15. o o o • 15. o • o o
16. o o • o 16. o • o o 16. o • o o 16. • o o o
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18. • o o o 18. o o • o 18. o o o • 18. o o • o
19. o o o • 19. • o o o 19. o • o o 19. o • o o
20. o o • o 20. o o • o 20. • o o o 20. • o o o
21. o o o • 21. o • o o 21. o o • o 21. o o • o
22. o • o o 22. o o o • 22. • o o o 22. • o o o
23. • o o o 23. • o o o 23. o o o • 23. o o o •
24. o o o • 24. o o o • 24. o o • o 24. o o • o
25. o o • o 25. • o o o 25. • o o o 25. o • o o

96 aV ỉìih D i\
33 34 35 36
1. • o o o 1. o o o • 1. o • o o 1. o • o o
2. o o o • 2. o o • o 2 • o o o 2. o o o •
3. o • o o 3. • o o o 3. o o • o 3. o o • o
4. o o • o 4. o o • o 4. o o o • 4. • o o o
5. o • o o 5. o o o • 5 o • o o 5. o • o o
6. o o o • 6. • o o o 6. o o • o 6. o o o •
7. • o o o 7. o o o • 7. • o o o 7. o • o o
8. o • o o 8. o o • o 8. o o • o 8. o o • o
9. • o o o 9. o • o o 9. o o o • 9. o o o •
10. o o o • 10. • o o o 10. • o o o 10. • o o o
11. o o • o 11. o • o o 11. o o • o 11. o • o o
12. o o o • 12. o o • o 12. • o o o 12. • o o o
13. o • o o 13. o o o • 13. o o o • 13. o o o •
14. o o • o 14. o o • o 14. o • o o 14. o • o o
15. o • o o 15 o • o o 15. o o • o 15. • o o o
16. • o o o 16. • o o o 16. o o o • 16. o • o o
17. o o o • 17. o o • o 17. o • o o 17. o o • o
18. o • o o 18 o o o • 18. • o o o 18. o o o •
19. o o • o 19. o • o o 19. o o o • 19. • o o o
20. o • o o 20. o o o • 20. o • o o 20. o o • o
21. o o o • 21. • o o o 21. o o • o 21. • o o o
22. • o o o 22 o o o • 22. • o o o 22. o o o •
23. o o • o 23. o • o o 23. o o o • 23. o o • o
24. • o o o 24. • o o o 24. o • o o 24. o • o o
25. o o • o 25. o • o o 25 o o • o 25. o o • o

37 38 39 40
1. o o • o 1. • o o o 1. o o • o 1. o • o o
2 o • o o 2. o o • o 2. • o o o 2 o o o •
3. • o o o 3. o o o • 3. o o o • 3 o o • o
4. o • o o 4. o • o o 4. o o • o 4. o • o o
5. o o o • 5. • o o o 5. o o o • 5. o o • o
6. o • o o 6. o o o • 6. o o • o 6. • o o o
7. • o o o 7. o o • o 7. o • o o 7. o o o •
8. o • o o 8. o • o o 8. • o o o 8. o o • o
9. o o • o 9. o o • o 9. o • o o 9. o • o o
10. o o o • 10. • o o o 10. o o o • 10. o o o •
11. • o o o 11. o o • o 11. • o o o 11. • o o o
12. o • o o 12. o o o • 12. o o • o 12. o o o •
13. o o o • 13. o • o o 13. o • o o 13. o • o o
14. o o • o 14. o o o • 14. • o o o 14. • o o o
15. • o o o 15 o • o o 15. o o • o 15. o o • o
16. o o • o 16. • o o o 16. o o o • 16. o o o •
17. o • o o 17. o • o o 17. o • o o 17. o o • o
18. o o o • 18 • o o o 18. • o o o 18. o • o o
19. o • o o 19. o o o • 19. o • o o 19. • o o o
20. • o o o 20. o o • o 20. o o o • 20. o • o o
21. o o o • 21. o • o o 21. • o o o 21. • o o o
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24. o o • o 24. o o o • 24. o o • o 24. o • o o
25. o o o • 25. • o o o 25. o o o • 25. o o o •

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41 42 43 44
1. o o • o 1. o o o • 1. o o o • 1. • o o o
2. • o o o 2. o • o o 2. • o o o 2. o • o o
3. o o o • 3 o o o • 3. o o o • 3. o o o •
4. o o • o 4. o o • o 4. o • o o 4. o o • o
5 o • o o 5. • o o o 5. • o o o 5. • o o o
6. • o o o 6. o o • o 6. o o • o 6. o o o •
7. o o o • 7. o o o • 7. o o o • 7. o o • o
8. • o o o 8. o • o o 8. o o • o 8. o • o o
9. o • o o 9. o o • o 9. o • o o 9. • o o o
10. o o • o 10. o • o o 10. o o • o 10. o o • o
11. o • o o 11. • o o o 11. o • o o 11. o • o o
12. o o o • 12 o o • o 12. o o o • 12. • o o o
13. • o o o 13. • o o o 13. o o • o 13. o o o •
14. o • o o 14. o o o • 14. • o o o 14. o • o o
15. • o o o 15. o • o o 15. o o • o 15. o o o •
16. o o • o 16. o o • o 16. o • o o 16. • o o o
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18. o o • o 18. • o o o 18, • o o o 18. • o o o
19. o o o • 19. o o o • 19. o • o o 19. o o • o
20. o o • o 20. • o o o 20. o o • o 20. o • o o
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24. o o o • 24. o • o o 24. o o o • 24. o • o o
25. o • o o 25. o o • o 25. o o • o 25. o o • o

45 46 47 48
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2. o o o • 2. • o o o 2. o o o • 2. o o • o
3. • o o o 3. o o o • 3. o o • o 3. • o o o
4. o o o • 4. • o o o 4. o • o o 4. o o o •
5. o • o o 5. o o • o 5. o o • o 5. o • o o
6. o o • o 6. o • o o 6. o o o • 6. o o o •
7. • o o o 7. o o o • 7. • o o o 7. o o • o
8. o o o • 8. o • o o 8. o o o • 8. o • o o
9. o • o o 9. o o • o 9. o • o o 9. • o o o
10. o o • o 10. o o o • 10. o o • o 10. o o o •
11. • o o o 11. o o • o 11. o • o o 11. o o • o
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13. o o • o 13. • o o o 13 o • o o 13. o • o o
14. o • o o 14. o • o o 14. o o • o 14. • o o o
15. • o o o 15. • o o o 15. o • o o 15 o o o •
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49 50
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2 1. o o • o 2 1. o o o •
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25. o o • o 25 o o • o

Tài liệu ôn thi THPT Ouốc ỊỊia môn T iénỊiA nh - 99

 LEXICAL CLOZE TESTS

1. A PL A C E W ITH A D IF F E R E N C E
This is a place w here people o f all ages can come and be entertedned and
never w ant to (1) ______ . It is Disneyland, (2) ______ outside Paris,
especially ( 3 ) ______ to provide the best for Europe and the ( 4 ) _______of its
new guests. The park is (5) ___ into five areas, each one representing a
speciíd them e. ( 6 ) ___ in a íĩlm , the ( 7 ) ______ are taken along through a
series o f m agical sets to relive the past, visit wonderful faraway places (8)
______ o f excitem ent and fantasy, and even (9) _______ into the future. The
trees that have been (10) Eiround the park protect the guest from the
real world outside. The resort area, beyond the park, has six hotels to suit
the needs of every guest.
In ( 1 1 ) ______ to these six hotels there are cam psites and fully equipped
caravans for rental. There is no (12) ______ o f sporting opportunities and,
besides m any health clubs in the actual hotels, there is a variety of
fascinating nature trails you may (13) ______ to follow. The Disneyland
Resort is easily (14) ______ hy road or rail. W hichever way you choose to
arrive, you will be (15) enough to enjoy all the wonderful things that
the park has to oíTer.

1. A. set off B. go c. depart D .lea v e

2. A. nearly B. admost c. just D. recently
3. A. created B. composed c. consisted D. placed
4. A. rights B. demands c. consideration D. dealings
5. A. divided B. distributed c. calculated D. shared
6. A. W hereas B. A s if c. U nless D. W herever
7. A. staff B. team s c. mem bers D. guests
8. A. complete B. crowded c. full D. packed
9. A. look B. go c. run D .tu r n
10. A. dug B. planted c. grown D. stuck
11. A. answer B. reply c. addition D. debt
12. A. supply B. quantity c. am ount D. shortage
13. A. expect B. hope c. wish D. order
14. A. contacted B. arrived c. entered D .reach ed
15. A. unhurried B. relaxed c. easy D. lazy

2. W ITH O U T TV
The m ost radical thing we have ever done is not have a TV in our house.
Since 99.1 percent of American ( 1 ) ______ cannot m ake this claim, it may be
(2) ______ som e interest to know why. Certainly, our (3) ______ of a

100 - Vinh Bá
television has created (4) curiosity, puzzlem ent, and anger (5)
the people w e know, and I suspect even more o f these ( 6 ) ______ behind our
backs. ‘If the W etherells get ( 7 ) ______ w ithout a TV, why can’t we?’
We did have a television during the íĩrst days of our marriage. I
remember th e dizzy way the (8) ______ tlickered across the screen. A few
days later, after I (9) m y senses, we took the set to our ỉocal dump,
( 10 ) ___ hands in satisfaction and have been w ithout one ever (11)

Now that my TV w atching days are (12) me, I can aíĩord to be

nostalgic towards it all. I rem ember those nights w hen the w hole family used
to sit in the living room w atching Ed Sullivan, one (1 3 )______ light left on in
the corner, laughing ( 1 4 ) ___ the com edians beíore the (15) came
on. N evertheless, even warmer and more precious in mem ory will be these
quiet, peaceful years w ith no TV at all.

1. A. households B. housewives c. holdalls D. houseworks

2. A. at B. for c. of D. in
3. A. shortage B .la ck c. need D. absence
4. A. large B. big c. high D. great
5. A. w ithin B. betw een c. among D. inside
6. A. beliefs B. em otions c. opinions D. thoughts
7. A. over B. on c .b y D. away
8. A. im ages B. drawings c. icons D. m ovies
9. A. re-established B .recovered c. overcame D. got
10. A. waved B. tightened c. moved D .sh o o k
11. A. since B. again c. afterwards D. before
12. A. past B. behind c. over D. away
13. A. sm ooth B. peaceful c. tender D. soft
14. A. at B. for c. with D .b y
15. A. announcem ents B. publications c. commercials D. clips

3. A TYPICAL DAY
Nowadays, country kitchens are not very different from those in the city.
(1) , in th e past the differences could easily be (2) ______ . By the
1940s m ost city hom es had gas or electric cookers (3) ______ but in the
country the farm er’s wife still (4) ______ on a fuel cooker. This gave her
more work because she had to ( 5 ) ______ at five o’clock in the m orning and
enter the kitchen w ith a candle which was always kept ( 6 ) ______ . She then
removed the ashes from the cooker and got som e newspaper and pieces of
wood from the box ( 7 ) ______ the side of the kitchen door.
N ext, the kettle was íĩlled and put over the fire in ( 8 ) ______ to make the
íírst pot of tea o f the day. Once this was ( 9 ) ______ she made sure she (10)
______ fed the anim 2ils (11)
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w ith breakíast. After breakfast the plates would be (13) and more
wood put in the cooker. The only opportunity she had to rest next to the fíre
w as after dinner. T his ( 1 4 ) ______ of lighting the cooker was repeated every
day. Wood was used in (1 5 )______ o f petrol till the Second World War.
1. A. However B. In spite of c. Because D. D espite
2 A. glimpsed B. noticed c. understood D. made
3. A. bought B. put c. connected D. installed
4. A. cooked B. stirred c. boiled D. baked
5. A. raise B. arise c. rise D. get
6. A. handy B. far c. obvious D .reachable
7. A. close B. next c. by D. outside
8. A. so far as B. order c. view D. caise
9. A. ended B. fulfilled c. used up D. done
10. A. often B. som etim es c. always D. seldom
11. A. at B. in c. w ithout D. on
12. A. down B. away c. on D. along
13. A. cleaned B. removed c. polished D. washed
14. A. tim e B. process c. procession D. progress
15. A. place B .exch an ge c. íavour D. position

4. CORRECTING HISTORY
Is the history o f the world in urgent need of correction? Som e historians,
m ostly women, argue that insuíĩĩcient (1) ______ has been paid to a very
important group: wom en. These historians ( 2 ) ______ history textbooks to be
revised so that they show accurately the role ( 3 ) ______ by w om en ( 4 ) _______
the history books, caveraen (5) ______ m ost of the food for their fam ilies
through h unting animals. But the (6) ______ shows that 80% o f the diet of
prehistoric hum ans was vegetarian and it was collected by fem ales. (7)
______ w om en’s efforts in hghting in wars or leading revolutions have been
ignored. Textbooks concentrate on m en such as Hannibal or Che Guevara
and neglect (8) ______ wom en such as Théroigne de Méricourt, an opera
singer who led the storm ing o f the Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a
Bolshevik who organised a well-trained and (9) ______ successíul troop of
2,000 fighting w om en during the Russian Revolution in 1917. W omen rulers
£ire ẽdso forgotten. B etw een 962 and 1582 there were at least 16 wom en
rulers in countries ( 1 0 ) ______ from Italy to Angola. W omen ( 1 1 ) _______ up
half the hum an ( 1 2 ) ______ . If there is no ( 1 3 ) _______ to their contribution
to history in th e textbooks, then the real story is not being told. However,
many male historians (14) ______ that im portant íem ale íĩgures have been
kept (1 5 )______ th e history books.

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1. A. care B. attention c. notice D. study
2. A. want B. demand c. hope D. ask
3 A. done B. got c. played D. had
4. A. Depending on B. Agreeing with c. Owing to D. According to
5. A. arranged B .brought c. provided D. gave
6. A. sign B. fact c. proof D. evidence
7. A. In the end B. In addition c. In tim e D. In other words
8. A. main B. particular c. outstanding D. primary
9. A. highly B. deeply c. absolutely D. strongly
10. A. differing B. varying c. separating D. ranging
11. A. make B. hold c. count D. take
12. A. being B. nation c. race D. people
13. A. m ention B. reference c. record D. note
14. A. refuse 3 . forbid c. oppose D. deny
15. A. out of B. off c. in D. up with
5. SPO N SO R IN G GREAT ATHLETIC EVENTS
In the 1998 World Cup, sports fans around the \vorld (1) ______ various
battles betw een (2) ______ football rivals but also betvveen the companies
that sponsored them .
Nike sponsored Brazil. Adidas sponsored Prance. W hile the team s (3)
______ for the biggest prize in football. the two com panies tried to win the
biggest battle, the battle of the (4) ______ as 500 m illion people from 195
countries (5) ______ in to watch the greatest footballers in the world.
Afterwards, the sportswear com panies’ hope was for people to go out and huy
some new kits. Adidas paid $20 million for the privilege o f being a(n) (6)
______ sponsor of the 1998 World Cup. and so one m ight have ( 7 ) _______ it
would have had the greatest presence at the ( 8 ) ______ .
Som etim es, however, sponsoring doesn’t (9) _____ the company much
good. Other tim es. the sponsors’ advertising (10) ___ _ are very original.
Nike has claimed that if sponsors really want to (11) _____ athletes. they
can’t turn ( 1 2 ) ______ only for the photo opportunities and the media events
and sm ile and (13) ______ for the cameras. They have to accept the whole
(14) ______ w ith its spitting, swearing, sw eating and blister-breaking. They
just have to (15) used to it.

1. A. remarked B. attended c. viewed D. w itnessed

2. A. brutal B. ííerce c. cruel D. savage
3. A. competed B. contested c. struggled D. strove
4. A. marks B .brands c. t3TJes D. makes
5 A. tuned B. adjusted c. regulated D. switched
6. A. formal B. offlcial c. typical D. licensed
7. A. accepted B. attem pted c. assum ed D. coníĩrmed
8. A. tournam ent B. set c. match D. round
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9. A. cariy B. make c. perform D. do
10. A. exhibitions B. m issions c. expeditions D. cam paigns
11. A. support B. prop c. strengthen D. provide
12. A. forward B. in c. on D. up
13. A. stand B. look c. pose D. model
14. A. packet B. package c. bunch D. pile
15. A. be B. become c. get D. make

6. A UN IQ U E WAY TO SEE THE WORLD

The Grant fam ily are travelling round the world by horse-drawn caravan.
They have ( 1 ) ______ U lan Bator, the Capital of Mongolia, more than 12,000
kilom etres away from their standing point in Scotland. Four years ago they
(2) their red and green wooden caravan to Holland, w here they
bought their íĩrst horse, Offy. The caravan is (3) ______ large enough for
David, his wife, Kate, and their three children, Torcuil, Fionn and Eilidh,
and ( 4 ) ______ things like th e children’s school books. Offy ( 5 ) _______to pull
them as far as France, where Traceur, a stronger horse, had to ( 6 ) ______ .
Traceur can walk about 18 kilom etres a day, but th e (7) ______ has not
always turned (8) ______ as the Grants planned. In Slovenia they became
caught up in a civil war and the 14 days they had intended to (9) ______
there became 14 m onths. Lite in the (10) ______ air has not always been
easy. They have suíTered (11) ______ o f cold (-28°C) in Kazakhstan, and of
heat in M ongolia’s grasslands. Fortunately the íam ily have generally (12)
______ in good health, although Eilidh broke her ankle in Italy and her arm
in the Ukraine. Soon they will leave U lan Bator and ( 1 3 ) ______ for Beijing
and then the Pacific (14) ______ , where they will (15) ______ a boat to
Canada. It will be another two years beíore the family arrives back home.

1. A. reached B. come c. got D. arrived

2. A. conducted B. íetched c. transported D. led
3. A. neither B. scarcely c. rather D. rarely
4. A. urgent B. m ain c. unavoidable D. essential
5. A. achieved B. could c. managed D. succeeded
6. A. take over B. pick up c. take off D. hold up
7. A. excursion B. journey c. travel D. voyage
8. A. out B. on c. into D. up
9. A. fill B. occupy c. spend D. use
10. A. natural B. outside c . outdoor D .o p en
11. A. depths B. extrem es c. heights D. lim its
12. A. lasted B. m aintained c. rested D. rem 2dned
13. A. cross B. direct c. head D. travel
14. A. beach B. shore c. seaside D .co a st
15. A. catch B. drive c. float D. ride
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7. TOURISM
Around 200 m illion people £ire employed in tourism worldwide, m aking it
the leu-gest industry in th e modern global economy. It is estim ated that
three-quarters of a billion people (1) ______ on holiday each year, and
industry planners (2) ______ this figure to double by 2020. Som e of the
biggest beneíĩciaries are less developed countries, ( 3 ) ______ it is often their
mEŨn source o f incom e.
(4) ______ , along w ith the economic beneííts, this m ass m ovem ent of
people has resulted in threats (5) the environm ent. People often
forget the damage caused by carbon em issions from aircraft, which (6)
______ directly to global vvarming. Deforestation has cleared (7) ______ in
order to build hotels, airports and roads, and this has destroyed wildlife. In
some areas, w ater shortages are now common (8) ______ o f the need to fill
sw im m ing pools and w ater (9) ______ courses for tourists. By pushing up
prices for goods and Services, tourism can also be ( 1 0 ) ______ to the people
who live in tourist destinations.
In response to these concerns, som e travel operators now oíTer
environm ent íriendly holidays. Many of these aim to reduce the negative (11)
______ of tourism hy prom oting only hotels that have (12) ______ in
equipm ent to recycle w aste and use energy and w ater eíĩíciently.
Increasingly, tourists are also being reminded to show respect (13) ______
the custom s o f the people ( 1 4 )______ countries they are going to visit, and to
support local businesses, such as restaurants and shops, which depend (15)
tourism for their m ain income.

1. A. go B. leave c. move D. travel

2. A. hope B. believe c. expect D. think
3. A. which B. where c. whom D. w hen
4. A. However B. Although c. Thereíore D. Eurthermore
5. A. at B. to c. for D. on
6. A. act B .resu lt c. cause D. contribute
7. A. land B. earth c. space D. place
8. A. thanks B. due c. because D. since
9. A. ten n is B. golf c. riding D. volleyball
10. A. dangerous B. destructive c. oíTensive D. h£irmful
11. A. effects B .reason s c. objectives D. achievem ents
12. A. installed B. chosen c. invested D. bought
13. A. for B. to c. with D. at
14. A. whom B. their c. that D. whose
15. A. from B. on c. of D. to
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8. COSMETIC SURGERY
What m akes som eone decide on plastic surgery? An actor explains; “I (1)
___ after my father in appearance. Ilis nose is big but m ine was huge, and
it got me (2) ___ . I couldn’t ( 3 ) _______a normal lifc. At school, the other
children (4) __ jokes about my nose, and I ( 5 ) ______ stand seeing myseir
in television plays. I thought I looked like a monster! The nose caused health
problems as well: because o f its shape, I couldn’t breathe (6) ______ , and I
had a perm anent ( 7 ) ______ throat.
“The doctor ( 8 ) ______ I should have an operation. I was nervous but my
wife ( 9 ) ______ me. The operation w ent well, but my whole face ( 1 0 ) _______
afterwards and I had two terrible black eyes. I had to keep the bandage on
my nose for a while and the (11) ______ didn’t disappear for ages. It was
m onths before I dared return to work. “But I’m not ( 1 2 )____ _ in the result.
My breathing problems have (13) ______ and I no longer feel self-conscious
or (1 4 ) ______ about my appearance. I only regret I didn’t go into the design
of my nose in greater (15) . I chose a purely practical nose, but now I
would rather have a more beautiful one. I suppose that sounds vain!”

1. A. ask B. go c. look D. take

2. A. off B. down c. over D. through
3 A. direct B. spend c. produce D .lea d
4. A. did B. laughed c. made D .sp o k e
5. A. didn’t B. couldn’t c. shouldn’t D. w ouldn’t
6. A. properly B. exactly c. justly D. accurately
7. A. hurt B. ill c. sick D .so re
8. A. suggested B. persuaded c. advised D. told
9. A. recommended B. moved c. encouraged D. relieved
10. A. harmed B. ached c . injured D. pained
11. A. scratches B. damages c. bruises D. sprains
12. A. disappointed B. disgusted c. displeased D. dissatisBed
13. A. cleared up B. set off c. passed out D. fallen through
14. A. embarrassed B. depressing c. disturbing D. excited
15. A. detail B. feature c. part D. point

9. MY F R IE N D ’S W EDDING
My íriends Laura and la n got married last Saturday. It was a lovely (1)
______ . The m usic was wonderful and the (2) ______ sang beautifully. The
(3) looked absolutely stunning in a w hite silk dress w ith pearls
around the neckline. She was carr3ãng a ( 4 ) ______ o f roses and orchids. She
had asked her three sisters to be (5) and they looked very pretty as
well. There was one awkward m om ent w hen it seem ed that the (6) ______
could not find the rings, but in the end it turned out that he was only

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pretending not to know where they were. The ( 7 ) ______ was held in a huge
tent on the village green. All the ( 8 ) ______ enjoyed them selves thoroughly.
There were som e very funny (9) ______ as well. I bet Laura and la n got a
surprise w hen they drove off to go on their ( 1 0 ) ______ and heard all those
tin cans that we had tied on the back of their car. la n had to ( 1 1 ) ______ to
stop all the noise. Laura actu2dly looked a bit (12) but we only did it
for fun. No one knows exactly where th ey ’ve gone but a friend is ( 1 3 )______
after Ian’s flat until they get back. T hey’re planning to live there until they
(14) som ething a bit (15)

1. A. marriage B. wedding c. matrim ony D. engagem ent

2. A. singers B. organist c. choir D .b an d
3 A. wife B. bride c. ííancé D. groom
4. A. bunch B .branch c. collection D. bouquet
5. Á. bridesm aids B. com panions c. assistants D. helpers
6. A. best friend B. best man c. best boy D. best fellow
7. A. reception B. meal c. food D. party
8. A. hosts B. invited c. guests D. friends
9. A. talks B. speaking c. discourses D .sp eech es
10. A. holiday B. vacation c. honeym oon D. break
11. A. slow out B. slow down c. slow through D. slow over
12. A. anno3ãng B. annoy c . annoys D. annoyed
13. A. taiking B. going c. looking D. vvatching
14. A. find B. are fínding c. found D. will find
15. A. more big B. big c. biggest D. bigger

10. THE MEDIA

Lately I seem to be so tired at the end of the day that I can’t even manage
to read th e ( 1 ) ______ in the newspaper before I start to fall asleep. I used to
read the papers from cover to cover and discuss the stories, articles and the
( 2 ) ______ w ith m y colleagues at work the next day. I ^dso used to enjoy doing
the crossword (3) ______ at the back of the newspaper and I used to get a
laugh out o f som e o f the ( 4 ) ______ . O f course I always huy quality papers
and not those dreadful things full of gossip and (5) ______ . It seem s
incredible to m e th at they have ( 6 ) ______ ílgures in the m illions w hen they
really are rubbish.
I don’t watch m uch TV though there seem to be more and more (7)
______ to choose from all the tim e. U níortunately, you have to pay or huy a
special ( 8 ) __ to receive m ost of them . They do have som e good íílm s and
some really excellent (9) so I am som etim es tem pted to spend the
extra money. On the other hand, there is so (10) inform ation
available on th e Internet that TV will probably disappear altogether in a few
years tim e. I’ve got a Computer w ith an Internet connection and I spend
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quite a lot of tim e looking for inform ation about the various ( 1 1 )______ that
interest me.
I also still listen to a lot o f new s ( 1 2 ) ______ on the radio and this lets me
keep up w ith w hat’s going on in the world. One thing th at annoys me,
though, is that the ( 1 3 ) ______ seem to ch2mge all the tim e and som etim es I
have a lot o f trouble ílnding my favourite station. O f course the problem could
be that I haven’t got the ( 1 4 )______ in the right position. That reminds me. I
m ust remember to get some new (1 5 )______ . I could hardly hear a thing when
I tried to tune in this morning so they m ust be running out.

1. A. headings B. headlines c. captions D. titles

2. A. opinion B. com m ent c. editorial D. criticism
3. A. gam es B. puzzles c. tasks D. activities
4. A. drawings B. comics c. cartoons D. sketches
5. A. scandal B. dishonour c. em barrassm ent D. sham e
6. A. selling B. distribution c. issue D. circulation
7. A. canals B. channels c. chains D. num bers
8. A. antenna B. plate c. disk D. pole
9. A. docum ents B. docum entals c. docum entaries D. docum ented
10. A. m any B. a lot c. a deal D. much
11. A. subjects B. m atters c. them es D. sections
12. A. proclamations B. publications c. announcem ents D. broadcasts
13. A. frequencies B. positions c. channels D .ro u tes
14. A. control B. aerial c. battery D. dial
15. A. pills B. charges c. batteries D. electricity

11. S H O P TILL YOU D R O P!

A ttitudes towards shopping have changed dramatically over the last decade
or so. There was a tim e w hen shopping was a m eans to an end, not an
occupation in its own right. Some people argue that w e have becom e a
society of big-tim e ( 1 ) ______ , and that nothing but spending m oney m akes
us happy. On the other (2) ______ , anyone who has worked hard to (3)
______ m oney surely has the right to spend it ( 4 ) _______w hatever they wish.
Provided that we are prepared to ( 5 ) ______ enough o f our m oney for a rainy
day, there seem s little wrong w ith using the rest to ( 6 ) ______ for things that
give us pleasure. For som e people, however, spending m oney has becom e a
serious business. It will take more than a few hom e ( 7 ) ______ to persuade
them that they should not do this. The delights of shopping 2ire all too
obvious. Attractive displays o f food on superm arket ( 8 ) ______ , and clothes
which look fantastic on shop window models, tem pt (9) ______ to part with
their money, even if they do not actually need the (10) ______ they £ire
bu3ãng. The real question is: would we all be happier if we were ( 1 1 ) ______ ?
The answer is probably that we can be just as happy w ith m oney as we can
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w ithout it. However, now that m any companies are branching out (12)
______ the teenage market, and selling to teenagers has (13) ______ into a
huge industry, we need to be aware of the kind o f pressures being ( 1 4 )______
on parents and children alike. Perhaps w hat we should do is meike an eíĩort
to return to the things that really m atter in life and (15) ______ w hat we
have worked so hard to obtain w ith others less fortunate than ourselves.

1. A. consum ers B. producers c. suppliers D. m anufacturers

2. A. face B. side c. hand D. view
3. A. beat B. gain c. win D. earn
4. A. for B. on c. w ith D. at
5. A. put through B. put off c. put out D. put by
6. A. buy B. spend c. pay D. purchase
7. A. truths B. suggestions c. warnings D. recom m endations
8. A. beam s B. shelves c. Stores D. foundations
9. A. audiences B. spectators c. custom ers D. consultants
10. A. sales B. goods c . resources D. incom es
11. A. w orthless B. useless c. pointless D. penniless
12. A. into B. round c. about D. through
13. A. become B. grown c. raised D. lifted
14. A. put B. done c. sent D. made
15. A. part B .receive c. hand D. share

12. FE N G SH U I - PO SITIV E FEELIN G S C H IN ESE STYLE

Recently, the Feng Shui business has been boom ing as more and more
people ( 1 ) ______ an interest in Asian culture and lifestyles. W hether people
are ( 2 ) ______ Feng Shui experts or simply buying books and tr3âng it out for
them selves, there is no ( 3 ) ______ that, in the West, in the last few years the
idea o f Feng Shui has really ( 4 ) ______ off.
So w hat exactly is Feng Shui? Well, it is a Chinese art form that is
concerned (5) ______ the way you arrạnge the rooms and the furniture in
your house. It is believed that organising these things correctly w ill 6 ) ______
you happiness and good luck.
In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng Shui consultants. They will
(7) ______ to your house or offíce and give you advice 8) ______ on your
lifestyle and date o f birth. According to one such expert, I ( 9 ) ______ install
an aquairium w ith six black and one red goldhsh in my living room in order
(1 0 )______ absorb bad vibes. He also told me to ( 1 1 ) _______attention to one
of my windows. He advised me to put plants on the window sill to ( 1 2 )______
the loss of positive energy. The real “weak spot” in my house, however, was
the cooker. H e reassured m e that hanging some dried vegetables above it
would solve the ( 1 3 )_____ .

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 W hether you ( 1 4 ) ______ in th e power of Feng Shui or not, it is certainly
having a major im pact on the ( 1 5 ) ______ thousands of people organise their
homes.

1. A. take B. do c. make D. give

2 A. requesting B. asking c. Consulting D. advising
3 A. worry B. doubt c. problem D. fear
4. A. made B. driven c. taken D. started
5. A. with B. of c. in D. through
6. A. carry B. give c. make D. bring
7. A. call B. come c. visit D. look
8. A. based B. put c. held D. carried
9. A. ought B. need c. have D. m ust
10. A. for B. as c. to D. that
11. A. give B. pay c. have D. put
12. A. keep B. delay c. prevent D. finish
13. A. fault B. error c. m istake D. problem
14. A. accept B. believe c. agree D. rely
15. A. way B. m anner c. style D. point

13. HOLIDAY COM PLAINTS

There are too m any people in Britain today who are ready to complain
rather than enjoy their holidays and who ( 1 ) ______ the word about how easy
it is to ( 2 ) ______ xnoney back from the travel industry which appears to have
become paralysed w ith fear over bad ( 3 ) ______ .
I recently heard a middle-aged woman protesting bitterly that she had
had to pay for th e (4) ______ o f a g o lf CỄO-t during an all-in clu sive golfing
holiday in damaica and demanded back 6dl the m oney spent on the cart (5)
______ with more for the “distress” she had been (6) ______ . A íriend of
mine recently (7) a group o f young lads deciding, before they even (8)
______ the aircraít, w hat they were going to complain about to get a (9)
______ on the cost o f their holiday and which high-value item would be ‘lo st’
during the (1 0 )______ .
L a s t ______ m onth a M anchester m an led a “m utiny” o f 200 passengers
on a (11) ______ ship because, he said, the bingo prize was not big enough.
This w eek I heard details of a honeym oon (12) ______ who were sent a big
bouquet of flowers hy the tour operator and then com plained th at it was too
big and ( 1 3 ) ______ them from m oving freely about their hotel room. These
types, who we have all m et in airport ( 1 4 ) ______ , ju st make the ( 1 5 ) _______
of us suffer, w hen they lie and fool tour operators into handing cash back.

1. A. spread B. give c. pass D. tell

2. A. ask B. take c. get D. award
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3. A. review B. publicity c. media D. reputation
4. A. loan B. rent c. let D. hire
5. A. together B. plus c. as D. extra
6. A. made B. suffered c. done D .cau sed
7. A. listened B. overheard c. remarked D. suspected
8. A. took B. landed c. boarded D. caught
9. A. deposit B. refund c. guarantee D. cut
10. A. travel B. ride c. excursion D .trip
11. A. ferry B. tour c. cruise D .cargo
12. A. couple B. pair c. duo D. double
13 A. harmed B. lim ited c. prevented D .reduced
14. A. spaces B. lounges c. halls D. sitting-room s
15 A. others B. left c. else D. rest

14. MATHS IS B EST

In the top class at Medbury School, m aths is the m ost popular A-level
subject. O f the 55 students, 28 have chosen to (1) ______ the exam. And of
these 28, 10 have chosen to follow not One but two of the three available
A-level ( 2 ) ______ .
Nor is this anything new. Maths regularly ( 3 )______more pupils than other
A-levels, (4) ______ subjects such 21S sociology or English, which traditionally
were more usually (5 )______hy girls - for Medbury is a girls’ school.
This interest m ust be ( 6 ) ______ the importance that is given to m aths at
the school. However, the ( 7 ) ______ , Olivia Lake, finds that m any 11-year-
old girls she intervievvs as part of the (8) ______ test say m aths is their
favourite subject. “In the old days, girls were not given m uch (9) _______ if
they w anted to do m aths, especially in co-educational schools. But in a single
sex school today, they are deíínitely not pressured to avoid a (10) ______
involving m aths. I am sure that this ( 1 1 )______ how the girls perform in the
subject.”
Student Sarah H ill (12) ______ up the success of the Medbury method:
“In my m other’s day m aths was (13) ______ a dry subject, and the teacher
had to make ( 1 4 ) ______ the subject hy having a nice personality. But th a t’s
no longer true. Girls get interested in the subject itself and w ant to (15)
w ell.”

1. A. make B. take c. pass D. mark

2. A. courses B. lectures c. periods D. term s
3 A. appeals B. suits c. concerns D. attracts
4. A. overcom ing B. com peting c. beating D. w inning
5. A. deserved B. gained c. obtained D. picked
6. A. according to B. as regards c. due to D. seeing that
7. A. boss B. head c. chief D. captain
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8. A. application B. arrival c. entrance D. attendance
9. A. support B. persuasion c. recom m endation D. perm ission
10. A. career B. post c. work D . task
11. A. inAuences B. directs c. guides D. Controls
12. A. breaks B. sum s c. shows D. keeps
13. A. seen B. regarded c. considered D. supposed
14. A. out B. up for c. up D. out of
15. A. do B. achieve c. fulfil D. improve

15. MOVIE STARS JO IN THE ANIM ALS

Nature programm es on television have become more popular than ever
over the past few years. Part o f the ( 1 ) ______ for this is the involvem ent of
Holl3w ood movie stars in the programmes. Recently we have seen the actor
Tim othy Dalton on the ( 2 ) ______ of arctic wolves, and Robin W illiams diving
with dolphins.
The m ost memorable example of this style of programme cam e severad
years ago w hen Julia Roberts tracked through the jungles o f Borneo in (3)
______ o f orang-utans. The ( 4 ) _______ of this beautiíul actress, normally so
elegant, m aking her way on foot through the rainforest, made a great (5)
______ on the view ing public. One special m om ent came w hen a baby orang-
utan who was cuddling Julia (6) _ to leave her. That scene (7) ______
that the programme was a huge ( 8 ) _____ __ . A new TV genre was ( 9 ) _______.
TV companies are keen to ( 1 0 )______ that by sending celebrities into the
wild they are trying to do som e good in the world. For exam ple, a movie star
can make people ( 1 1 ) ______ o f the destruction of certain anim al species and
their habitats. The bigger the celebrity, the more people tend to ( 1 2 ) ______
note of any environm ental m essage in the programme. For the celebrities,
the trip is often a dream come (1 3 )______ and they are certainly not doing it
for the money. They are given a small (14) ______ for their Services, which
thev usually (15) to charity.

1. A. cause B. m otive c. reason D. excuse

2. A. path B. trail c. route D. way
3 A. search B. hunt c. investigation D. quest
4. A. show B. sight c. Vision D. display
5. A. reAection B. inAuence c. im pression D. aíĩect
6. A. reíused B. denied c. rejected D. failed
7. A. enforced B. encouraged c. enabled D. ensured
8. A. knock B. hit c. sm ash D. blow
9. A. raised B. bred c. originated D .b o rn
10. A. come forward B. see to c. point out D. think over
11. A. aware B. íam iliar c. sensitive D. sensible
12. A. make B. catch c. keep D .ta k e
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14. A. wage B. fee c . charge D. fare
15. A. subscribe B. contribute c . grant D. donate

16. AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE

Sham in is a M uslim living in Birmingham. She married Ali two years ago
w hen she was 23, six w eeks after m eeting him once.
“I didn’t go out on (1) ______ w ith boys. Although my parents have
adopted som e aspects o f w estern (2) ______ , and my father wanted me to
have a career and be financially ( 3 ) ______ , he considered it his responsibility
to find m e a (4) ______ husband. But he would never have arranged my
marriage (5) ______ . My parents organised the introductions, but the (6)
___ decision was mine.
“I ( 7 ) ______ on som eone w ith a good family (8) , higher education,
a (9) ___ o f hum our and the ability to com m unicate. These things (10)
______ íorever, w hile romance and physical attraction soon fade! My father
thought I was being unrealistic! ‘This isn ’t a fairy ta le,’ he said. ‘Mr
Wonderful isn ’t going to drive up here in a w hite M ercedes.’ But I couldn’t
learn to (1 1 ) ______ for anyone ordinary.
‘T d seen several m en w hen Ali was introduced to me. We ( 1 2 )______ well
im m ediately and I knew I w anted to ( 1 3 )______ my life w ith him. N either of
us had ever been w ith anyone else, so we didn’t need to feel (14) ______ of
previous relationships. Love grew as we got to know each other. I definitely
(1 5 )______ the right choice w hen I picked A li.”

1. A. appointm ents B. engagem ents c. dates D. reunions

2. A. culture B. custom c . idea D. style
3. A. free B. separate c. individual D. independent
4. A. convenient B. suitable c. right D. favourable
5. A. up h is sleeve B. on m y nerves c. under his hat D. behind my back
6. A .la st B. finished c. fin2d D. latest
7. A. insisted B. demanded c. required D. urged
8. A. preparation B. circum stance c. condition D. background
9. A. feeling B. sense c. sensation D. power
10. A. hold B. keep c. last D. stand
11. A. care B. approve c. admire D. respect
12. A. came off B. fell for c. took to D. got on
13. A. combine B. share c. join D. divide
14. A. jealous B. hurt c. anxious D. upset
15. A. brought B. did c. made D. put

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17. ENGLISH SPELLING
Why does English spelling have a reputation for being difflcult? English
was fírst w ritten down w hen Christian m onks came to England in Anglo-
Saxon ( 1 ) ______ . They used the 23 letters of Latin to w rite down the sounds
of Anglo-Saxon ( 2 ) ______ as they heard it. However, English has a ( 3 ) _______
range o f basic sounds (over 40) than Latin. The alphabet w as too small, and
so com binations of letters were needed to (4) ______ the different sounds.
Inevitably, there were inconsistencies in the way that letters were combined.
With the Norm an invasion o f England, the English language was put (5)
______ risk. E nglish survived, but the spelling of m any English words
changed to follow Erench (6) ______ , and m any Erench words were (7)
______ into the language. The result was more irregularity.
When the printing press was (8) ______ in the fifteenth century, many
early printers o f English texts spoke other íírst languages. They (9) ______
little effort to respect English spelling. Although one of the short-term (10)
______ of printing was to produce a number of variant spellings, in the long
term it created fíxed spellings. People became used to seeing words spelt in
the same way. Rules were (11) ______ , and dictionaries were put together
which printers and writers could (12) ______ to. However, spoken English
was not fixed and continued to change slowly - ju st as it still does now.
Letters that were sounded in the Anglo-Saxon period, like the ‘k ’ in ‘knife’,
now became (1 3 ) ______ . Also, the pronunciation of vowels then had little in
(14) ______ w ith how they sound now, but the way they are spelt h asn ’t
changed. No (15) ______ , then, that it is often difficult to see the link
betw een sound and spelling.

1. A. tim es B. centuries c. ages D. years

2. A. chat B. com m unication c . speech D. discussion
3. A. wider B. longer c. thicker D. deeper
4. A. explain B. tell c. períorm D .ex p ress
5. A. in B. at c. on D. under
6. A. guides B. plans c. patterns D. types
7. A. announced B. íound c. started D. introduced
8. A. discovered B. made up c. invented D. taken in
9. A. made B. did c. brought D. put
10. A. actions B. effects c. conclusions D. m eanings
11. A. handed out B. filled in c. got across D. drawn up
12. A. check B. refer c. look D. see
13. A. dumb B. quiet c. speechless D. silent
14. A. common B. alike c. same D. similar
15. A. idea B. wonder c. problem D. m ention

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18. WAKE UP!
Do you ( 1 ) ______ yourself going into work later and later every day just
to sleep a little longer? Do you ( 2 ) ______ asleep in the cinema, wake up and
laugh at the wrong moment? Do you spend h alf the weekend asleep and love
it? ( 3 ) ______ you ’re a sleepaholic.
Som eone somexvhere ( 4 ) ______ said that the average am ount of sleep the
average person w ants is ílve m inutes longer than they (5) ______ . Being a
sleepaholic is about vvanting íĩve hours longer. But sleepaholics can find that
their habit gets them (6) ______ deep trouble with colleagues and íriends.
Being late for work because of oversleeping is a pretty poor story if you ’re (7)
_ _ _ about a career. Priends can get (8) offended if you leave them
early to get som e sleep.
Throughout history, am bitious people have often (9) ______ their
enormous energy w ith a lack of need for sleep. It’s easy to see how this can
(10) ______ people a com petitive advantage. So if you w ant to (11) ______
advantage o f career opportunities, or if you’ve just been criticized once too
often about sleeping ( 1 2 ) ______ the best bít of a party, w hat’s the (1 3 )_____
? A psychiatrist studied sleep needs and over tim e he claimeđ to ( 1 4 ) ______
his own daily sleep from a Standard eight hours to two, saying he
experienced no bad reactions.
But if you really can’t (15) ______ w ithout sleep and don’t w ant to lose
your job, become so irreplaceable in it that you can be openly lazy, like the
us President Calvin Coolidge, who slept for about 13 hours a day.
1. A. realize B. occur c. remark D. find
2. A. become B. go c. fall D. drop
3. A. Ju st as B. Then c. In case D. Such
4. A. once B. ago c. past D. prior
5. A. win B. keep c. last D. get
6. A. at B. for c. into D. down
7. A. keen B. serious c. fond D. eager
8. A. quite B. fully c. largely D. plenty
9. A. joined B. linked c. attached D. United
10. A. turn B. make c. let D. gi ve
11. A. take B. come c. hold D. have
12. A. across B. along c. through D. upon
13. A. resolution B. cure c. correction D. repair
14. A. subtract B. descend c . reduce D. sink
15. A. stand B. deal c. put D. do

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19. BELIEVE THE EYES
How do you know w hen som eone is lying? Scientists studjãng the human
face w ith sensitive cameras m ay have discovered the answer, alm ost hy
accident. When som eone in the laboratory dropped a book, ( 1 ) ______ a loud
noise, the camera they were u sing to study som eone’s face showed an
unexpected (2) ______ . The sudden fear had caused the (3) ______ of the
person’s face around the eyes to change. This led the researchers to (4)
______ the idea that if a super-sensitive camera could spot fear, it would be
quite ( 5 ) __ ___o f show ing w hen people were ( 8 ) _______
__ a lie.
The researchers then (7) up an experim ent to test out their theory.
Some volunteers were told a secret which they were forbidden to ( 8 ) ______
with another set of volunteers, who were told to ( 9 ) ______ w hat it was. The
results were ( 1 0 ) ______ , w ith the camera correctly identifying which of the
volunteers was lying.
Some people believe that these tests could lead to the (11) ______ of a
camera which would ( 1 2 ) ______ airport security staíT who, at the moment,
have to (13) ______ on their own judgem ent w hen asking passengers about
the contents of their luggage. However, although the camera could be more
(14) ______ than traditional ways o f discovering w hether people are lying,
most scientists believe that more ( 1 5 ) ______ tests are needed before it goes
into widespread use.

1. A. getting B. having c. making D. doing

2. A. reaction B. relation c. reply D. remau^k
3. A. example B. description c. variety D. appearance
4. A. get away w ith B. come up with c. look forward to D. stand up to
5. A. talented B. clever c. skilful D .capable
6. A. telling B .sp eak in g c . saying D. talking
7. A. held B. put c. set D. gave
8. A. argue B. spill c. inform D. share
9. A. catch up B. find out c. ask after D. call for
10. A. famous B. 2imazed c. wondering D. im pressive
11. A. innovation B. development c. growth D. increase
12. A. assist B. appeal c. attract D. accept
13. A. support B. rely c. lean D. rest
14. A. right B. correct c. accurate D. honest
15. A. convincing B. persuading c. proving D. agreeing

20 . M IND OVER M USCLES

If you’re lazy and not in good physical shape, then Dr Guang Yue, an
exercise physiologist, has come up with a theory that m ight be o f ( 1 ) ______
to you. H is (2) ______ discovery is that the strength of our m uscles can be

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improved vvithout the need for physical activity. No longer do we have to (3)
______ for long sw im s or have ( 4 ) _______workouts in the gym. It m ay seem
( 5 ) ______ , but he says we can ( 6 ) _______up our m uscles sim ply by thinking
about exercise.
In Dr Y ue’s research, volunteers im agined they were m oving their little
fingers sideways, and found that the power o f (7) ______ was enough to
increase strength in those íĩnger m uscles. Then he asked volunteers to (8))
______ to them selves that they were m oving their arm m uscles in five
training sessions a week. Remarkably, these volunteers experienced a rapid
increeise in the strength o f their arms.
But sports psychologists say that, while this research is (9) ______ ,
muscle strength is only one aspect of exercise, and w e shouldn’t ( 1 0 ) ______
aerobic activity. We still need to (11) ______ after our hearts, by taking
exercise that ( 1 2 ) ______ our heart rate to 70 per cent o f its maxim um for 20
m inutes, three tim es a week. It would be ( 1 3 ) ____ if people thought that
exercise was ( 1 4 ) ______ , and that they could (15) ____ ílt w hile slumped
on a sofa ju st thinking about exercise.

1. A. fascination B. appeal c. attraction D .in ter est

2. A. main B. extraordinary c. individual D. dear
3. A. go B .ta k e c. stand D. get
4. A. íírm B. forceful c. strong D. hard
5. A. insincere B. doubtlul c. improbable D. unsure
6. A. develop B. grow c. spread D. build
7. A. idea B. mind c. thought D. brains
8 A. pretend B. persuade c. expect D. convince
9. A. Principal B. chief c. significant D. leading
10. A. throw away B. cut out c. look over D. switch off
11. A. look B .ta k e c. care D. run
12. A. jumps B. climbs c. raises D. leaps
13. A. worrying B. anxious c. concerned D. panicking
14. A. helpless B. incapable c. minor D. useless
15. A. make B. have c. keep D. put

21. S P O IL T F O R C H O IC E
Some research which was recently carried out in Britain has coníirmed
w hat m any ordinary shoppers have suspected for quite a long tim e. Having a
( 1 ) ______ selection o f goods to choose from is not necessarily a ( 2 ) _______to
consumers. The average superm arket in Britain has around 40,000 ditĩerent
Products on sa le at an y on e tim e and if y o u ’re (3) ______ o f bu3Õng a car,
then there are actually around 1,600 diíTerent ( 4 ) ______ on the market.
In one sense, choice is a good thing because it ( 5 ) ______ us to buy those
Products which best suit our needs. But choice can also ( 6 ) ______ som ething
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of a problem. With over 400 brands o f shampoo on the market, how does the
consumer (7) ______ hold of the inform ation necessary to choose betvveen
them?
For som e people the solution is to huy only well-known brands, w hilst
others are happy to be (8) ______ hy advertising. There is evidence, (9)
______ , that for som e people the ( 1 0 ) _______ of choice available to them in
Britain’s consumer society is actually a (11) ______ o f anxiety and stress.
One m an interview ed hy the researchers adm itted that he had ( 1 2 ) ______ to
huy his girlfriend a mobile phone for her birthday, but w as so ( 1 3 )______ hy
the number o f diíTerent types on oíĩer in the shop that he ( 1 4 ) ______ up and
decided to huy her a (1 5 )______ o f flowers instead!

1. A. deep B. long c. wide D. tall

2 A. beneíít B. favour c. proíĩt D. value
3. A. considering B. hoping c. planning D. thinking
4. A. styles B. models c. patterns D. lahels
5. A. m akes B .le ts c. allows D. leaves
6. A. report B. represent c. review D .resp ect
7. A. take B. come c. have D. get
8. A. persuaded B. suggested c. proposed D. recommend
9. A. thereíore B. moreover c. however D. w hether
10. A. am ount B. height c. total D. rank
11. A. spring B. reason c. m otive D. source
12. A. looked for B. set out c. made up D. go ne after
13. A. coníused B. complicated c. disorganised D. m isunderstood
14. A. hung B. held c. gave D. kept
15. A. heap B. handful c. bundle D .b u n ch

22. M E N A N D S H O P P IN G
Normally, a crèche is where children are looked aíter w hile their parents
work, but recently a shopping centre opened a “crèche” which (1) ______
m en to play Computer gam es while their partners go shopping. The aim is to
(2) ______ m en to feel that shopping is fun. You only have to (3) _______ at
m en’s faces in a shopping centre in the UK to realise that they find shopping
less ( 4 ) ______ than wom en. W hether they are well off or ( 5 ) _______up, the
eíĩect is the same: they are so anxious before they go shopping that their
stress levels increase to a truly ( 6 ) ______ extent, comparable to those felt hy
( 7 ) ______ fighter pilots or riot police. According to one psychologist, wom en
are much more (8) in the shops and m en get so im patient because
m en are less used to shopping than women. She adds that, quite ( 9 ) ______ ,
over the years, wom en have developed a laid-back (10) ______ to shopping,
but that m en ’s negative íeelings ( 1 1 ) ______ w hen they 6ire bu3ãng things for
people other than them selves. It’s understandable, then, th at wom en (12)
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______ m en for not ( 1 3 ) _______an effort w hen it com es to bu3Òng things for
the family. She notes that, in the UK, m any m en ( 1 4 ) ______ to go shopping
at all, or claim to feel (15) out after only five m inutes. L et’s hope the
crèche m akes a difference!

1. A. enables B. opens c. makes D.

2 A. support B. encourage c. convince D.
3. A. catch B. spot c. watch D.
4. A. funny B. silly c. enjoyable D.
5. A. short B. hard c. weak D.
6. A. astonished B. inAuential c. easy D.
7. A. taught B. experienced c. tested D.
8. A. comíortable B. convenient c. relaxing D
9. A. biologically B. physically c. naturally D.
10. A. acceptance B. appeal c. agreem ent D.
11. A. exaggerate B. lengthen c . increase D.
12. A. complain B. criticise c. object D.
13. A. m aking B. taking c. doing D.
14. A. cancel B. refuse c. reject D.
15. A. broken B. fed c. paid D.

23. THE HISTORY OF TEN N IS

Everyone agrees that ten n is is a very old game but its actual origin is
unknown. Some people ( 1 ) ______ it came from ball gam es played in ancient
( 2 ) ______ . However, m ost historians believe it was st2irted in Prance in the
tw elfth century, hy groups of m en (3) ______ a sim ple religious life. They
played a very (4) ______ game, w hen a ball was ( 5 ) _______ against a wall or
over a rope w ith the palm of the hand.
During the next century, the Prench upper classes became interested, and
they ( 6 ) ______ the sport. ( 7 ) _______, in the sixteenth century, people started
to ( 8 ) ______ rackets of varying shapes and sizes. In those ( 9 ) _______days of
tennis, balls were m ade (10) leather w ith wool or hair inside, and
were hard enough to cause serious injury. The game soon spread to England
and (1 1 )______ in a big way. Even kings became (1 2 )_______players.
The scoring System in tennis (15, 30, 40 - Game!) is interesting but it has
often ( 1 3 ) _______great coníusion. It probably comes from the tim e w hen the
hand on a clock face was moved forward 15 m inutes to show that a point had
been (14) ______ and w hen the hand reached 60 the gam e was over.
Eventually, for reasons no one understands, the 45 m inutes was abbreviated
(15) 40.

1. A. demand B. claim c. request D. coníess

2 A. cultures B. backgrounds c. custom s D. traditions
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3 A. holding B. running c. leading D. carr3ãng
4 A. same B. similar c. like D. alike
5 A. punched B. popped c. kicked D. hit
6 A. took up B. set out c. brought up D. put on
7 A. Following B. Soon c. Later D. Shortly
8 A. play B. wear c. exercise D. use
9 A. previous B. beforehand c. early D. preceding
10 A. of B. in c. by D. to
11 A. got out B. took ofĩ c. turned on D. came out
12 A .in terested B. keen c. occupied D. busy
13 A. inAuenced B. made c. caused D. resulted
14 A. marked B. beaten c. succeeded D. won
15 A. to B. with c. at D. on

24. KEW G A R D E N S
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is home to the world’s largest collection
of living plants. Situated (1) ______ to the River Thamies in South west
London, the gardens are one of Britain’s m ost (2) ______ tourist attractions.
The gardens are ( 3 ) ______ “royal” because, before the governm ent ( 4 ) _______
the area in 1841, members of the royal family used to live there.
Today, a large (5) ______ o f people come to visit K ew ’s three m useum s
and see the 40,000 different kinds of plants (6) ______ on display there.
Every season is fascinating at Kew, but as long as the w inter h a sn ’t been too
( 7 ) ______ , Easter is a good tim e to visit, as then it ’s possible to see beautiíul
springtime flowers in an area not usually ( 8 ) ______ to the public.
In 2002, Kew was nom inated as a possible UNESCO World H eritage site.
This is ( 9 ) ______ an im pressive achievem ent because only one other botanic
garden has been (1 0 )______ in this way. The Orto Botanico, in Padova, Italy,
is the world’s oldest, and hom e to a ( 1 1 ) ______ fine collection of rare herbs.
Interestingly, since 2002, UNESCO will (12) ______ only one nom ination a
year from countries which already have a World H eritage site. This is
because the ( 1 3 ) ______ list includes only a relatively ( 1 4 ) _______num ber of
sites from outside W estern Europe, and UNESCO w ants more countries to
be (15) on it.

1. A. neighbouring B. handy c. local D. close

2. A. common B. popular c. major D. regular
3. A. called B. claimed c. told D. identiíĩed
4. A. brought up B. gave in c . took over D. handed out
5. A. quantity B. lot c. fígure D. number
6. A. shortly B. currently c. m ainly D. finally
7. A. hard B. strong c. deep D. heavy
8. A. vacant B. alloxved c. open D. perm itted
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9. A. quite B. due c. so D .in stea d
10. A. granted B. honoured c. wished D. passed
11. A. greatly B. dearly c. remarkably D. readily
12. A. consider B. view c .r e g a r d D. apply
13. A. nowadays B. instant c . m eanw hile D. present
14. A. short B. small c . slight D. brief
15 A. associated B. expressed c. represented D. accounted

25. ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK

Sam was feeling (1) ___ nervous as he left the airport. This was (2)
______because the ílight had not been good, but also because he had never
been to New York before. He took a taxi into the city. It was ( 3 ) ______ a hot
day and he looked in (4) am azem ent at all the traffĩc. It was (5)
diíTerent from th e sm all tow n he C2une from - there w as ( 6 ) ___ more noise
and (7 )______ more people and all the buildings were ( 8 ) ______ bigger.
He checked into his hotel and w ent to his room. It was (9) ______ small
but it was ( 1 0 ) ______ comíortable. Before unpacking, he lay on the bed and
after a w hile he started to feel (11) ______ better. Suddenly, there was an
( 1 2 ) ______ loud knock at the door. Sam was ( 1 3 ) _______írightened and did
not w ant to answer the door. “W ho’s there?” he called out, nervously. “My
nam e’s R obertson,” s£Ũd a sm all voice. He sounded ( 1 4 ) ______ embarrassed.
“I sat next to you on the plane today. I’m afraid I accidentally took one of
your bags w ith me. I t’s ( 1 5 ) ______ my fault.” Still feeling nervous Sam made
his way tovvards the door.

1. A. partly B. considerably c. rather D. far

2. A .rath er B. quite c. a bit D. partly
3. A. fairly B. qui te c. complete D. slightly
4. A. far B. rather c. absolute D. quite
5. A .rath er B. total c. utter D. lot
6. A. totally B. absolutely c. far D. quite
7. A. absolutely B. utterly c. qui te D. a lot
8. A. utterly B. terribly c. considerably D. absolutely
9. A. fairly B. bit c. partly D. considerably
10. A. slightly B .reasonably c. utterly D. partly
11. A. slightly B. fairly c. partly D. reasonably
12. A. utterly B. extrem ely c. absolutely D. a lot
13. A .terrib ly B. considerably c. a lot D. much
14. A. partly B. bit c. reasonably D. slightly
15. A. extrem ely B. com pletely c. far D. quite

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26. THE TOUR GUIDE
1’m a tour guide at the Tower of London, one of the city’s Principal tourist
attractions. W hen you (1) ______ the public for your íírst guided tour,
“terriíying” is the word that springs to mind. I’m qui te sociable, but having
300 or (2 ) ______ visitors in front o f you is quite daunting.
Of course, visitors ( 3 ) ______ you to know the answers to every question.
If someone asks you som ething ( 4 ) ______ which you don’t know the answer,
it’s m ighty embarrassing. You always get the history experts. They are the
visitors who have ( 5 ) ______ an age at home or in a library researching a (6)
______ subject. W hen they visit the Tower, already know ing the answers,
they will ask their questions in the (7) ______ of catching us out. We don’t
try ( 8 ) ______ to know the answer; if we don’t know, we ( 9 ) _______it and ask
a colleague.
The m ost irritating people are those who ask really stupid questions while
their friends video our reactions. We get asked all ( 1 0 ) ______ o f things, the
m ost common being “W here’s the lavatory?” We have a book in which we
(11) ______ the silliest questions w e’ve been asked. O íten, people ju st don’t
(1 2 ) _____before they speak.
You always get the odd person w ho’s in a bad (13) ______ and is
determined to spoil your day. We just stand there and take it. We never (14)
______ our tem pers, it ’s not w hat w e’re here for. We w ant visitors who (15)
______ a nice tim e and there’s nothing better than w hen som eone says,
“Great, it ’s been a wonderful day.”

1. A .face B .cop e c. bear D. oppose

2. A. lurther B. other c. so D. even
3. A. predict B. expect c . suppose D. loresee
4. A. that B. of c . such D. to
5. A. spent B. afforded c. concentrated D. lasted
6. A. liked B. pet c. precious D. close
7. A. w ish B. desire c. hope D. aim
8. A. lying B. pretending c. acting D. deceiving
9. A. cooperate B. tolerate c. let D. admit
10. A. forms B. orders c. sorts D. cases
11. A. enter B. commit c. enrol D. compose
12. A. judge B. think c. attend D. exam ine
13. A. nature B. feeling c. em otion D. mood
14. A. fail B. forget c. lose D. m iss
15. A. gain B. make c . take D. have

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27. THE GRAND TOUR
Travel is so much the norxn these days that it ’s hard to (1) a tim e
w hen the world’s great historical sites, beaches and beauty spots w eren’t (2)
______ w ith camera-carrying tourists. But two centuries ago, (3) ______
before cheap rail tickets greatly reduced the cost of Crossing Europe, tourism
was ( 4 ) ______ for those w ith tim e and money. In Britain, The Grand Tour
was seen as an essentied ( 5 ) ______ o f any vvealthy young m an’s education. It
was a trip o f up to five years, taking in a ( 6 ) ______ range o f Europe’s artistic
and architectural highlights.
Italy was the focus of the Grand Tour, ( 7 ) ___ it was highly regarded
for both its antique and modern culture. (8) ___ it was to Venice,
Elorence, Rome and N aples that the young aristocrats Aocked. The
hardships o f the long and som etim es hazardous journey across the Alps were
all part o f th e (9) ______ and they were amply revvarded by the celebrated
countryside, the antique ruins and the works of the great Italian painters,
not to (10) ______ the parties, pageants and carnivals. Tourists were (11)
______ to Italy from m any countries, as they still are, but it was from Britain
that the majority o f visitors came.
Although m ass tourism was still in its infancy, all the ( 1 2 ) ______ of the
modern tourist were already there, as the young aristocrats w ent round Italy
in ( 1 3 ) ______ o f paintings, drawings and a ( 1 4 ) _______o f other souvenirs to
carry back home. English houses were soon filled w ith them . the tourists
brought the craze for all things Italian and antique back to Britain, and
buildings, íurniture, even clothes were all (15) ______ by this revolution in
taste.

1. A. im agine B .su p p ose c. think D. guess

2. A. full B. crowded c. extensive D. entire
3. A. far B. plenty c. away D. long
4. A. severely B. strictly c. strongly D. extrem ely
5. A. section B. division c . share D. part
6. A. wide B. grand c. various D. thorough
7. A. from B. ow ing to c. since D. as for
8. A. So B. For c. That D. As
9. A. involvem ent B. participation c. experience D. incident
10. A. State B. refer c. tell D. m ention
11. A. appeared B. drawn c. letched D. fascinated
12. A. clues B. notices c. figures D. signs
13. A. search B. hunt c. chase D. track
14. A. pack B. gang c. host D. flock
15. A. im press B. inAuenced c. reacted D. concerned

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28. MASTER THE ART OF BEING EEEECTIVE
I suffer from a debilitating condition called “procrastination” - the ability
to put off endlessly th e things I have to do. Each m orning w hen I w ake up,
my mind launches into its own decision-m aking ( 1 ) ______ . Shall I get up or
shall I press the snooze button? By the tim e I (2) ______ to w hat I should
wear, the com plexity o f the decision would need an advisory (3) ______ to
solve it. Tm already hours behind ( 4 ) ______ , and I haven’t even eaten my
breakíast yet.
I have always been a procrastinator. I am tortured hy m enus and holiday
brochures, paint colour ( 5 ) ______ and satellite television. So m uch so that I
decided to ( 6 ) ______ in a new book on the subject, which ( 7 ) _______it could
treat my condition. According to the book, I should identify m y w eaknesses,
then become more productive and develop priorities that (8) ______ my
personal gO£ds.
My problem, I am told, is that I put o fĩ doing som ething because I (9)
______ the outcome. But even ( 1 0 ) _______in a tax form is rarely as dreadful
as we think. Apparently, each day I should think of som ething I don’t w ant
to do, ( 1 1 ) ______ to it, then use a kitchen tim er to ( 1 2 ) _______ how long it
actually took. If I still can’t (13) ______ the task, I should visualise
newspaper headlines (14) m y achievem ent.
So w hen do I start my new (15) ? T hat’s the big problem. I just
can’t decide.
1. A. course B. process c. developm ent D. case
2. A. lead B. arrive c. get D. approach
3. A. com m ittee B. com m ission c. com m unity D. com m unication
4. A. tim etable B. schedule c. programme D. agenda
5. A. maps B. diagrams c. graphs D. charts
6 A. spend B .ch arge c. invest D. insure
7 A. claimed B. demanded c. challenged D. pretended
8 A. exhibit B. im itate c. display D. reílect
9 A. expect B. fear c. worry D. panic
10 A. w riting B. com pleting c. filling D. applying
11. A. stand B. persevere c. persist D. stick
12. A. establish B. authorise c . secure D. in stitu te
13. A. head B. back c. shoulder D .fa ce
14. A. announcing B. notiíying c. inform ing D. stating
15. A. structure B .con trol c. regime D. m anagem ent

29. THE DISCOVERY OF DNA

The fact that genetic inlorm ation in anim als and plants is carried hy
som ething ( 1 ) ______ DNA is now regarded as ( 2 ) _______knowledge. Before
the 1950s, however, (3) was known about DNA or how it worked. One

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o f the (4) m om ents in Science occurred in 1953, w hen Francis Crick
and Jam es W atson at Cambridge U niversity discovered the structure of
DNA. They said that DNA was (5) ______ to two spiral staircases going up
and down at the sam e tim e. Scientists all over the world (6) ______ this
“double helix” model im m ediately. The discovery was, o f course, the (7)
______ of years o f hard work, and Crick and W atson were not the only
scientists who had been (8) ______ out research in an attem pt to find out
w hat DNA ( 9 ) ______ like. Maurice W ilkins and Rosalind Franklin at K ing’s
College, London, had also been ( 1 0 ) ______ on the problem. They used x-ray
anEdysis o f DNA, ( 1 1 ) ______ , Crick and Watson preferred to build models.
One day, w ithout (12) ______ a word to her, W ilkins showed Franklin’s
results to W atson, and it was those results which ( 1 3 )______ him to discover
the real structure o f DNA. In 1962, Watson, Crick and W ilkins were (14)
______ the Nobel Prize for their work, Rosalind Franklin, who had died four
years earlier, was not even ( 1 5 )______ at the ceremony.
1. A. reterred B. known c. called D. described
2. A. normal B. general c. usual D. ordinary
3 A. little B. hardly c. tiny D. few
4. A. broadest B .la rg est c. tallest D. greatest
5. A. same B. similar c. alike D. resembled
6. A. allowed B. agreed c. adm itted D. accepted
7. A. effect B. reason c. result D. finish
8. A. m aking B. doing c. holding D. carr3ãng
9. A. appeared B .looked c. existed D. compared
10. A. thinking B. trying c. seeking D. working
11. A. whereas B. however c. unlike D. despite
12. A. telling B. dropping c. saying D. giving
13. A. aided B. helped c. assisted D. provided
14. A. awarded B. presented c. donated D. celebrated
15. A. suggested B. responded c. m entioned D. adm itted

30. WRITE THE PE R PEC T CRIME NOVEL

Most people are born w ith the natural ability to (1) ___ stories, but
only a rare few have the determ ination to become (2) _ __ authors, and
even fewer have th e joy of seeing their novels top the (3) _ __of bestselling
books. Som e of the world’s famous crime vvriters have achieved the (4)
______ success o f all. Who can ( 5 ) _______the appeal of fam ous detectives like
Sherlock Holm es, M iss Msirple or Hercule Poirot? Even if you haven’t read
the ( 6 ) ______ books you will have seen them in íĩlm s or on the TV.
If you have an Eunbition to become the (7) ______ A gatha Christie what
should you do? The best starting (8) ______ is to read lots o f exam ples of
crime fiction w ritten hy good authors. You will need a notebook to carry

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around w ith you or, (9) better, some loose (10) o f paper that
you can (11) ______ notes on and then file into a folder. After all, the most
(12) ______ situation - for example, w atching a wom an get (13) ______ a
train - may be the (1 4 ) ______ for your íĩrst bestseller.
Like any good recipe you have to know the m ain (15) of" a
successful novel. These are: an original story, strong characters and a
memorable setting.
1. A. say B. speak c. tell D .an n ou n ce
D.
2. A. prolessional B. employed c. working D.
3. A. queue B. row c. list D.
4. A. largest B. greatest c. highest D
5. A. hide B. refuse c. insist D
6. A. íĩrst B. original c. early D.
7. A .later B. following c. subsequent D.
8. A. point B. tip c . spot D
9. A. so B. still c. very D.
10. A. strips B. sheets c . layers D.
11. A. complete B. do c. make D.
12. A. everyday B. Standard c. average D.
13. A. out B. down c. off D
14. A. notion B. inspiration c. invention D.
15. A. parts B. sections c. pieces D.

31. ART ONLINE

At one time, only the largest, m ost powerful com panies had real works of
art hanging in their boardrooms. They usually chose expensive paintings hy
well-known artists w hose work smaller companies couldn’t (1) ______ . And
w hen a smaller company wanted to ( 2 ) ______ in a more m odest work of art,
this could ( 3 ) ______ up quite a lot of tim e. As an expensive consultant was
(4) ______ out of the question, a (5) _______ of staff had to visit various art
galleries and choose som ething in the (6) that their colleagues would
like it.
But things have changed because now art has (7) Online. There are
websites to help companies íĩnd th e right picture or piece of sculpture. Most
employees who huy art for their workplaces do not know a great (8) ______
about it. So one o f the m ain aim s of the w ebsite is to ( 9 ) ______ them in their
choice. They describe the t5q)e of work they want, for exam ple traditional or
modern, and w hat budget is available. This inform ation is then ( 1 0 ) ______
in a search engine, and a selection of art (11) ______ up on the screen.
Workers back at the company can (12) ______ the selection and em ail their
comments. Free worldwide delivery is on (13) ____ with a 30-day trial
period (1 4 )______ in case anybody changes their (15)

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1. A. assist B. afford c. achieve D. appeal
2. A. bargain B. purchase c. invest D. proíĩt
3 A .ta k e B. keep c. hold D. run
4. A. accurately B. likely c. eventually D. probably
5. A. fellow B. member c. person D. individual
6. A. wish B. trust c. aim D. hope
7. A. joined B. gone c.turned D. gained
8. A. deal B. load c. lot D. extent
9. A. show B .tea ch c. learn D. guide
10. A. enrolled B. presented c. entered D. introduced
11. A. brings B. comes c.beats D. lays
12. A. view B. notice c. regard D .sp o t
13. A. avEŨlable B. supply c. offer D. convenience
14. A. still B. only c.even D. just
15. A. mind B. thought c. head D. sense

32. MY M OST EM BARRASSING MOMENT

When I was 18, I got a job with a television companỵ. I was in a small
offlce with three other girls and there was a boy working upstairs we all (1)
______ . He seem ed very cool and sophisticated because, (2) ______ us, he
actually got to m eet the stars. N one of us thought we (3) ______ a chance
with him but we used to try to (4) ______ him up vvhenever he paid a (5)
to our departm ent. Then one day, (6) unexpectedly he invited
me to a big charity dinner at an expensive hotel. I couldn’t believe my (7)
______ . All the big stars were going to be there. So I had to look my best. I
( 8 ) ______ spending a fortune on a new dress, shoes and hairstyle.
As we walked into the hotel, cameras were ( 9 ) ______ and I felt like a real
celebrity. We w ent up a long, wide ílight of stairs just like in a (10) ______
from th e m ovies. But as w e ( 1 1 ) ______ th e top, One of my new leather-soled
shoes slipped on the red carpet. I fell backwards and w ent head over (12)
______ down the stairs, landing in a heap at the bottom. I was unhurt but
(13) ______ shaken and extrem ely embarrassed. My partner took one (14)
at me and decided he had (15) take me home.

1. A. approved B. appealed c.regarded D. fancied

2. A. opposite B. unlike c. different D. instead
3. A. stood B. kept c. ran D. carried
4. A. speak B .ta lk c.chat D. gossip
5. A. tour B. visit c.stay D. trip
6. A. more B. even c. much D. quite
7. A. luck B. fortune c. chance D. break
8. A. brought about B. called for c.w ent through D .en d ed up
9. A. glowing B. ílashing c. shining D. lighting
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10 . A. part B. play c. scene D. show
11 . A .reached B. achieved c. 2urrived D. managed
12 . A. elbows B. knees c. heels D. feet
13. A. hardly B. poorly c . toughly D. badly
14. A. look B. stare c. sight D. view
15. A. further B. better c. sooner D. rather

33. THE ROUGH GUIDE STORY

When Mark Ellingham w ent to Greece in the late 1970s he couldn’t fínd a
guidebook he liked. There was nothing available which treated Greece as a
tw entieth century, living culture, and which didn’t (1) ______ you feel
inadequate for not having a lot of money. So Mark, together w ith his partner
N atania Jansz and John Fisher, ( 2 ) ______ out to w rite h is own guidebook.
The Rough Guide to Greece, published in 1982, was a ( 3 ) ______ success.
After Greece, this sm all ( 4 ) ______ of recent college graduates w anted to
write a guide to Sri Lanka, which was where N atania’s fam ily came from. (5)
______ , their publishers talked them (6) ______ doing Spain and Portugal.
By the tim e they had w ritten those, they had a (7) ______ Today there are
8dmost 200 Rough Guide titles ( 8 ) ______ the market.
Nowadays, the Rough Guides no longer seem (9) ______ “rough”. The
early books were w ritten on very (10) ______ m oney for readers who were
assum ed to be in the sam e ( 1 1 )______ . But the books ( 1 2 ) _______ to a much
w id e r (13) ______o f readers than was originally anticipated, so they began to
(14) _____ inform ation about more upmarket hotels and restaurants.
In recent years, 6 Rough Guides have (15) ______ in other directions, so
there are now m iniguides to major cities, phrasebooks, m usic guides ai
even a guide to the Internet.

1. A. make B. result c. cause D. lead

2. A. made B. set c. gave D. put
3. A. great B. bright c. strong D. loud
4. A. com m ittee B. crew c. gang D. team
5. A. Although B. D espite c. Hovvever D. Though
6. A. up B. to c.through D. into
7. A. serial B. series c. sequence D. string
8. A. to B. in c. at D. on
9. A. particularly B. absolutely c. speciíĩcally D. definitely
10. A. much B. few c. little D. sm all
11. A. vehicle B. boat c. place D. house
12. A. appealed B. inAuenced c. attracted D. aíTected
13. A. number B. collection c. set D. range
14. A. take B. include c. choose D. put
15. A. increased B. swollen c.expanded D. travelled
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34. A FAMOUS TRAVELLER
Wilfred T hesiger’s desert journeys in the Middle E ast are a constant
source o f inspiration to all those who ( 1 ) ______ his love for the region. If you
are ( 2 ) ______ in travelling in the Middle East, reading Thesiger is a must.
Wilfred w as born and (3) ______ up in East Africa, w here his father
worked as a British Governm ent offícial. Although he left Africa to study in
the UK, he returned the 1930’s to begin his own (4) ______ as an
administrator.
In the late 1940s, he travelled to the Arabian peninsula to (5) ______
iníorm ation for a locust control project. There he íirst ( 6 ) ______ across the
Bedu, the traditional nomadic (7) __ o f the desert, who would accompany
him (8) ___ two historic crossings o f the absolutely (9) ______ “Empty
Qu£u-ter” and introduce him tọ their harsh way of life.
Travel and exploration ( 1 0 ) ______ m eaning to T hesiger’s life. (11)
he was travelling, he lived as a nomad, visiting rem ote (12) ___ of the
world, often on (13) ______ , living sim ply am ong the local peoples and
w riting about his experiences. His books, more than any others, have (14)
______ our im agination and led us to ( 1 5 ) _______the beauty and solitude of
the great desert expanses.
1. A. keep B. hold c. fell D. share
2. A. keen B. interested c. fascinated D. enthusiastic
3. A .reared B. raised c. fetched D. brought
4. A. trade B. career c. ambition D. pursuit
5. A. listen B. learn c. gather D. search
6. A. came B. encountered c. got D. m et
7. A. citizens B. tenants c. m embers D. inhabitants
8. A. on B. hy c. at D. in
9. A. large B. big c.vast D. extensive
10. A. gave B. made c. set D. put
11 A. Throughout B. While c. During D. Alongside
12 A. surfaces B. edges c. sides D. corners
13. A. foot B. bicycle c. camel D. horse
14. A. drawn B. caught c. struck D. grown
15. A. íascinate B. delight c. appreciate D. aimuse

35. A N O P P O R T U N IT Y TOO GO OD TO M IS S
It was som ething that m ight have tem pted even the m ost honest
teenager: the discovery of more than £3,000 in used bank notes in an
unlocked night safe. That was w hat two British teenagers, aged 14 and 17(1)
______ across w hen they were hanging ( 2 ) _______outside a bank one Eriday
evening in January w ith (3) much to do.

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 As a joke, one o f them decided to (4) the handle o f the night safe a
pull, and to his am azem ent it opened because it was unlocked. He couldn’t
believe his eyes w hen he saw the m oney inside. After a short discussion, he
and his friend ( 5 ) ______ the bank notes and ( 6 ) _______away. U nfortunately
___w as being ( 8 ) _______by security cameras.
for them , however, th e ( 7 ) _____
The m oney was reported (9) _____on the following Monday m orning and
the teenagers were (10) _____ for the crime w ithin the week. Although
neither of them would be ( 1 1 )______ upon as a “m aster crim inal”, they both
nevertheless ended up w ith criminal (1 2 )______ .
At w hat’s (13) ______ a juvenile court they were each ordered to pay a
£300 (14) ______ . In addition to this, they were ordered to w rite letters of
apology to the bank they had ( 1 5 )______ the m oney from. Lloyds Bank were
later said to be review in g th eir secu rity System s.
1. A. m et B. came c. chanced D. found
2. A. around B. over c. OÍT D. up
3. A. hardly B. som ething c. nothing D. little
4. A. fetch B. give c. put D .ta k e
5. A. picked B. swept c.held D. grabbed
6. A. disappeared B .popped c. ran D. made
7. A. theft B. fraud c.burglary D. lorgéry
8. A. registered B. received c. recalled D .recorded
9. A. absent B. vacant c.m issing D. em pty
10. A. arrested B .sen ten ced c.charged D. convicted
11. A. regarded B. looked c. viewed D. considered
12. A. notes B. docum ents c. charts D .records
13. A. titled B. known c. cedled D. named
14. A. reward B. reíund c. fee D. fine
15. A. stolen B. raided c. mugged D. cheated

36. M A ST E R O F S U S P E N S E
In 1926, the young íllm director, Alfred Hitchcock, made w hat is now
regarded as his lírst m asterpiece called The Lodger. It was the story of an
innocent m an wrongly ( 1 ) ______ o f murder and it established its director as
a (2) ______ talent. Although now acknovvledged as the best British fílm of
the era, fĩlm distributors at the ( 3 ) ______ did not think it w orthy o f general
release. For m onths it sat on the sh elf while its director reílected on the thin
line that (4) ______ success and lailure. That thin line was to haunt him
throughout his sixty years o f fllm-making.
In a (5) ______ that began w ith hand-cranked cameras and silent movie
stars and ended w ith his blockbuster thrillers of the 1950s and 1960s,
Hitchcock tasted success and lailure in ( 6 ) ______ equal m easure. H is subject
( 7 ) ______ courted controversy and his style alternately balíled and thrilled
audiences and critics ( 8 ) ______ .
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 Although he never received an Oscar, it is generally ( 9 ) ______ that most
Hitchcock íllm s are true ( 1 0 ) ______ of art. In retrospect, it is clear that his
genius (11) ______ from his natural understanding of the language o f film
and his ability to exploit the potential of the cinem a to the ( 1 2 ) ______ . For
this reason, íllm theorists praised him and ( 1 3 ) ______ him as an “auteur”, a
term designed to ( 1 4 ) ______ that his work was superior to the more run-of-
the-m ill product o f Hollyvvood. As a result, Hitchcock’s celluloid world of
glamour, terror, thrills and fear continues to ( 1 5 )_____ under the scrutiny of
academics, fílm historians and critics.
1. A. accused B. blamed c. condemned D. alleged
2 A. chief B .sen io r c. major D. m ain
3. A. tim e B. event c. m om ent D. end
4. A. disguises B. decides c. disperses D. divides
5. A. position B. career c. calling D. proíession
6. A. slightly B. laintly c. fairly D. hardly
7. A. m atter B. elem ent c. substance D. content
8. A. apart B. alone c. aloud D. alike
9. A. noticed B. recognised c. honoured D. respected
10 A. works B. labours c. objects D. pieces
11. A. draws B. rises c. stem s D. shoots
12 A. sum B. whole c. total D. full
13. A. denounced B. described c. declared D. diagnosed
14. A. suppose B. advise c. suggest D. advanced
15. A. bring B. come c. take D. get

37. S P O R T S PH O T O G R A PH Y
Sport as a spectacle, and photography as a way of recording action, have
developed together. At the turn of the 20th century, Edward Muybridge was
experim enting w ith photographs of m ovem ent. Ilis pictures of a runner (1)
______ in every history o f photography. Another m ilestone was w hen the
scientist/photographer Harold Edgerton ( 2 ) ______ the lim its of photographic
technology w ith his study o f a (3) of milk hitting the surlace of a dish
of milk. Another advance was the developm ent of m iniature cameras in the
late 1920s vvhich made it possible for sports photographers to (4) ______
their cum bersom e cam eras behind.
The signiíĩcance of television as a transm itter of sport has ( 5 ) ______ the
prospects of still photographers. All those people who watch a sports event
on TV, w ith all its m ovem ent and action, (6) ______ the still im age as a
reminder of the game. The (7) ______ majority of people do not actually (8)
______ sports events, but see them through the eyes of the media. And when
they look at sports photography, they look not so much for a ( 9 ) ______ o f the
event as for em otions and relationships with which they can (1 0 )______ .

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 Looking back, we can see how (1 1 )______sports photography has changed.
(1 2 )______ sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the
sport as in the sport itself. Contemporzưy sports photography ( 1 3 ) ______ the
glamour of sport, the colour and the action. But the best sports photographers
today still do more than (14) ______ tell the story of the event. They (15)
in a single dramatic m oment the real em otions of the participants.
1. A. exhibit B .sh o w c. dem onstrate D. íeature
2. A. extended B. enlarged c. prolonged D .sp read
3. A. splash B. drip c. dash D. drop
4. A. put B .lea v e c. lay D. keep
5 A. assisted B. aided c.beneílted D. improved
6. A. choose B. value c. praise D. cheer
7. A. high B. wide c. vast D. m ain
8. A. attend B. visit c. follow D. m eet
9 A. preservation B. store c.record D. mark
10. A. identify B. share c. unite D .jo in
11. A. highly B. radically c. extrem ely D. severely
12. A. Early B. Pirst c. Initial D. Primary
13. A. outlines B. signals c. em phasises D. forms
14. A. alone B. simply c. singly D. only
15 A. seize B. grasp c. capture D. secure

38. K N IFE -T H R O W IN G A T TH E C IR C U S
K nife-throwing is a thrilling circus act, which is stressíu l for both the
thrower and the assistant. Obviously, assistants need to be especially
courageous, since they are (1) ______ to stand in front of a board as knives
land next to them at (2) ______ speed. If a throw er’s aim is not accurate,
there is a (3) ______ possibility that an accident m ight (4) ______ . Such
people need to feel (5) ______ about the circus and enjoy the excitem ent of
perĩorming in front of hundreds of people. Not everyone is ( 8 ) ______ for the
work, particularly not nervous people!
Knife-throwers, on the other hand, need to be extrem ely (7) ______
people. They can’t (8) ______ up for a períormance teeling tired or having
had an argum ent w ith their assistant because they have to be períectly at (9)
______ w ith w hat they are doing in order to be able to ( 1 0 ) _______the work
their full concentration.
The knife-throw ing tradition (11) ___ partly because children follow
their parents into the job. One (1 2 )__ _ well-known throvver, for example,
has an assistant w hose father was also a knife-thrower. She íírst had knives
thrown at her w hen she was only 12 and has ( 1 3 ) ______ doing the sam e job
ever since. (14) ______ , over the last 15 years she (15) _______ that she has
had about 300,000 knives thrown at her!

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1. A. insisted B. considered c. required D. demanded
2. A. wide B. heavy c. plain D. great
3. A. strong B. tough c. keen D. deep
4. A. appear B. develop c. happen D. exist
5. A. caring B. passionate c. loving D. devoted
6. A. end B. capable c. proper D. suitable
7. A. doubtless B. reliable c. dependent D. trusting
8. A. put B. do c. pick D .tu rn
9. A. ease B. rest c. calm D. quiet
10. A. take B. give c. get D. hold
11. A. m aintains B. stays c. keeps D. survives
12. A. particularly B. precisely c. distinctly D. correctly
13. A. taken up B. come off c. carried on D. put in
14. A. N evertheless B . I n fact c. D espite that D. Even so
15. A. totals B .ad d s c. reckons D. counts

39. IT M UST BE LOVE

The final years o f secondary school are generally regarded as a fairly
stressíul period for students. There are exam s to (1) ______ ready for,
decisions about the future to be (2) ______ and m any other aspects of
growing up to come to ( 3 ) ______ with. It may seem surprising, ( 4 ) _______ ,
that students o f this age have enough tim e and energy left for (5) ______
relationships. For many, however, such relationships (6) ______ an
im portant part o f both their social life and their personal developm ent. But
w hat are m ost teenagers ( 7 ) ______ for in a high school romance?
For some, it ’s the chance to ( 8 ) ______ this wonderful period of discovery
and adventure w ith somebody else. They ( 9 ) ______ having a loyal friend who
will be there to (10) ______ hy them in tim es of need or diííĩculty. It’s also
someone they can (11) their trust in, som eone to whom their deepest
secrets can be (1 2 )____
For others, it ’s an opportunity to experim ent w ith em otions and ideas.
(13) ______ o f being in a relationship, they learn w hat it is like to feel
com m itted to one other person. (14) ______ a íeeling of security, such
relationships can also give a (15) of w hat marriage m ust be like.
1. A. come B. set c.get D. learn
2. A. brought B. done c. had D. made
3. A. face B. term s c. rights D. agree
4. A. given B. although c. w hether D. thereíore
5. A. growing B. raising c. forming D. shaping
6. A. play B. result c. remind D. recommend

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7. A. w anting B. looking c. liking D. seeking
8. A. share B. join c. give D. know
9. A. approve B. appreciate c.identiíy D. relate
10. A. support B. rem ain c. stand D. return
11. A. mind B. let c. lay D. put
12. A. told B. said c.kept D. placed
13. A. D espite B. As a result c. Instead D . I n case
14. A. As far as B. As long as c.As soon as D. As w ell as
15. A. sense B. thought c. slice D. touch

40. GETTING TO THE ROOT OF BO N SA I CRIME

Bonsai trees have always been a source of great fascination to people.
They are períect m iniatures, grown in pots sm all enough to sit on a
windowsill. You have to keep rem inding you rselí that th ese trees are (1)
______ real and identical to their larger cousins in all ( 2 ) _______except their
size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artiíacts, bonsai trees (3)
______ quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn’t come as a great
surprise to find that they also (4) ______ the attention of thieves. It seem s
that quite a Aourishing business has ( 5 ) ______ in which they are stolen from
the hom es o f growers and collectors, then repotted and trim m ed by
unscrupulous de6ders, to be sold on at good prices, to ( 6 ) ______ buyers.
One of Brit£dn’s top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul W iddington, believes
that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life’s work, ( 7 ) ______
at £250,000, w hen burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to
( 8 ) ______ the possibilities o f electronically tagging the trees he bought as a
replacement. This (9) ___injecting a microchip the size o f a ( 1 0 ) ____ of
rice into the trunk o f each tree. Each chip is laser-etched w ith inform ation
which is (11) ______ in a Central register held by the police. Paul is quite
aware that this kind o f data-tagging doesn’t (1 2 )______ thieves from stealing
the trees in the ílrst (13) , although it may increase the (14) of
getting them back. So h e’s also (15) _ a security alarm System, com plete
with infrared detectors, in his home.

1. A. actually B. eventually c. deeply D. greatly

2. A. concerns B. m atters c.regards D. respects
3. A. command B. expect c. obtain D. charge
4. A. inquire B. attract c. appeal D. in vi te
5. A. erupted B. adapted c. evolved D. arrived
6. A. unavoidable B. undem anding c. unconscious D. unsuspecting
7. A. prized B. valued c.treasured D. costed
8. A. go after B. set about c. try out D. look into
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9. A. requires B. includes c. involves D. reAects
10. A. crumb B. grain c. bean D .sp eck
11. A. stored B. detained c . locked D. piled
12. A. preserve B. protect c. prohibit D. prevent
13. A. turn B. tim e c. place D. point
14. A. chances B. counts c. chokes D. claims
15. A. investing B. installing c. inserting D. inputting

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 O P E N CLOZE T E S T S
Read th e texts belovv and th in k o f the vvord vvhich best fits each space.

1. THE YO U N G EST ROUND-THE-W ORLD SAILOR

An 18-year-old returned to a hero’s welcome in A ustralia yesterday after
becom ing the youngest person (1) ______ sail round the world non-stop.
David Dawson sailed into Preem antle, W estern Australia, anxious to enjoy a
cold beer ( 2 ) ______ warm shower for the ílrst tim e in nine m onths. “I could
do it another four tim es,” he joked as he stepped ashore to ( 3 ) ______ greeted
by his fam ily in front (4) ______ 15,000 spectators crowding the quayside.
His 14-metre boat, Sea ílight, had to be towed into the port (5) ______ of
strong w inds and obstruction from the 300 boats that (6) gathered to
escort him in. Sailing club oữĩcials said that he passed (7) ___ __ hnishing
line ííve kilom etres out to sea late on Priday.
Mr Dawson had covered (8) ______ than 50,000 kilom etres since leaving
Preem antle, but it was anything but (9) easy trip. H is radio ílooded,
his boat lost her m ast and the generator broke down, threatening to end the
voyage prematurely. ( 1 0 ) ______ one point, he ( 1 1 ) _______forced to accept a
bolt from the British Royal Navy to repair his damaged m ast and ( 1 2 )______
a result he could not claim to ( 1 3 )______ made the journey “u n assisted ”.
( 1 4 ) ______ his 264 days at sea, the teenager became the youngest person
to sail single-handedly around Cape Horn, ( 1 5 ) ______ he did in winter, with
a damaged sail. He said he had m issed his girlíriend, real food, beer and
surílng.

2. THE VIOLIN MAKER

A physicist-turned-violin-m aker believes that he has found a way to make
new violins sound ( 1 ) ______ old ones. Alan Beavitt puts his violins through a
repeated cycle o f damp and dry conditions, re-creating in (2) ______ few
m onths the natural changes that he believes are responsible (3) ______
m aking older violins sound better. Why older violins sound better ( 4 ) ______
long been a m ystery. The best ones o f all, made ( 5 ) ______ Antonio Stradivari
in Cremona, Italy, 300 years ago, have a tone that other m akers have tried
but failed to match.
Mr Beavitt argues that the changes in the sound of a violin over tim e (6)
______ the result o f slow changes in the wood. The process leads ( 7 ) _______a
gradual stiffening of the wood, which improves the plaỊÕng quality and
depends on regular changes in humidity. He reproduces the effect in two
ways. He (8) ______ puts his violins in a sealed Container and Controls the
hum idity w ith saturated salt Solutions or he pumps air o f controlled
hum idity through rubber pipes into the interior of the violin. The w eight of

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the instrum ent increases in high hum idity as (9) takes up w ater and
falls again in low hum idity as it loses it. Each complete cycle takes ten days
and Mr Beavitt says that no further im provem ent takes place after six cycles.
“(10) ______ is nothing unnatural about the process. The effect could (11)
______ obtained by travelling repeatedly betvveen Arizona and Zaire, staying
a few w eeks at each location w ith the violin case open.”
He now uses the m ethod w ith all the violins he m akes and (12) ______
like other makers to t ĩy it. He finds all the previous explanations of (13)
______ beauty of the Stradivari violins unconvincing. “People (14) ______
said that it is caused hy the varnish but (15) ______ fact som e o f the best-
sounding ones have no varnish,” he says.

3. THE SCHOOLGIRL MODEL

A sixteen-year-old model who is determ ined to stay (1) ______ school
against her father’s advice has won a cosm etic m odelling contract. Sarah
Thomas, (2) ______ earned £6,500 a day last autum n during her school
holidays m odelling at shows in N ew York, has been chosen (3) ______ this
year’s model for Cover Girl, the international cosm etics ílrm. She beat
thousands of other m odels to win the contract, worth ( 4 ) ______ great deal of
money, and will fly to Miami and N ew York to íĩlm television com m ercials to
( 5 ) ______ screened worldwide.
She had refused to fly to N ew York earlier (6) audition at the
fírm ’s request, saying that she thought she had absolutely ( 7 ) ___ chance
of getting the job. “I thought ( 8 ) ______ was going to be a w asted journey, so
I was amazed w hen I got it. I still can’t believe they chose m e.” she said
yesterday. “I don’t know at ( 9 ) ______ stage exactly ( 1 0 ) _______much m oney
I will be getting as it is still under negotiation, but I do know that it will be
very lucrative.” (1 1 )______ of travelling to N ew York, Sarah was interviewed
in London and a video of her performance was sent to N ew York.
Her íather, Peter Thomas, who runs a motor repair business and petrol
station has urged her to leave school (12) ______ that she can take full
advantage o f her earning power. But she has relused to stop stud3dng for her
exams. She added: “I should be able to fĩt m ost of the íĩlm ing around my
holidays, so hopelully I w on’t need to take too ( 1 3 ) ______ tim e off school. I
am finding all this fuss a little embarrassing. All I really w ant to do (14)
______ get on w ith m y schoolwork. P assing my exam s is going to give me
more satisíaction (1 5 )______ any m odelling assignm ent.”

4. A MUM’S OWN ADVENTURE STORY

What do you do if you can’t find anything suitable ( 1 ) ______
for your sons to
read? Easy: publish som ething yourselí. ( 2 ) ______
At least, th at was Christine
Cubitt’s response w hen she found h erself searching ( 3 ) without
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m6igazine that would bridge the gap (4) between children’s comics and football
magazines. Two m onths ago, she realised her dream w ith the launch o f Boys
a
1, ( 5 ) ______ m onthly m ix of facts and fun for 8- to 13-year-olds. ( 6 ) _______
It
cont2Ũns Science, d in osau rs and cars, a com ic strip and star interview s. “The
aim is ( 7 ) ______
to entertain, inform and stim ulate,” Christine explains. And it
seem s to (8) be catching on. Issue One has (9) been ___reprinted and the
demand for th e second edition has led to the num ber being printed
increasing from 10,000 to 30,000. ‘Tnterest from readers and shops proves
that (1 0 ) ______
there is a m arket for it,” she says.
Christine, 39, ( 1 1 ) ______
was for nine years full-tim e m um to her three sons.
“When my youngest w ent to school, I felt I wanted to go back to work,” she
says. Which is exactly (12) ______ what she did, as a secretary. But she felt
restless: “I realized I really wanted to work for m yself.” D oing what, she
w asn’t sure, u n til she started to wonder ( 1 3 ) ______
about the absence of w hat (14)
______
her calls the “right” m aterial for her sons to read. “I began to research
the m arket (1 5 )______
and found there was a gap that could be íĩlled.” she says.

5. WOMEN AND GAMBLING

It’s hard to know exactly how many fexnale com pulsive gam blers there
are. U nlike men, w om en are quick to realise that they gamble m ainly for
em otional, ( 1 ) ______ makes
rather than fínancial, reasons. This ( 2 ) _______them ashamed
and thus less likely to look for professional help.
Sandra Garcia’s story is illustrative of the way in which m any wom en (3)
______ gam bling addicts. In December 1995 Sandra won £2,000 in a lottery,
become
(4) which m eant she and her husband were (5) to have a wonderful
Christmas. U níortunately, soon after the birth o f their daughter, Sandra and
her husband broke ( 6 ) ______ . Depressed and lonely, Sandra found gam bling
was a way ( 7 ) ______ filling the em otional void left hy her failed marriage.
From spending a few pounds a w eek ( 8 ) ______ lottery tickets and scratch
cards, Sandra was soon gam bling £250 a m onth and was struggling to pay
the bills. She always (9) _ _ _able
_ _ to fill the fridge before she gambled but (10)
______ rarely afford treats for her daughter. By April 2001 she was nearly
£2,000 (1 1 ) ______ debt and was evicted from her flat. N ot long after, Sandra
was arrested (1 2 )___ stealing m oney from a friend in order to huy scratch
cards. She decided it was tim e to (13) ___up gam bling íorever and joined
the support group Gamblers Anon3Tnous. Since then, Sandra has ( 1 4 ) ______
to control her com pulsion but, like all addicts, she knows that the desire to
gamble (1 5 ) ______ never go away.

6. IQ TESTS
In 1904v th e French psychologist Alfred B inet developed intelligence tests
to help teachers in Paris schools. His sim ple tests, which were later ( 1 ) _____
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the name Intelligence Q uotient IQ tests, were designed (2) _____ to make it
easier to put disruptive schoolchildren into a class that suited their abilities.
At the time, B inet warned users of the tests (3) _____ not to look at the test
results in isolation, but to consider ( 4 ) _____
them along w ith other assessm ents of
intelligence.
despite
However, IQ tests are so easy to adm inister that, in ( 5 ) _____ o f B in et’s
warnings, they were soon being used (6) all over the world as the only
method o f m easuring brainpower. In some countries, they have also (7)
______
been used to support the testers’ prejudices about race, social class or
educational abilities. (8) _____
For several years in Britain, school pupils (9)
_____
who failed tests of this type were not allovved to attend normal secondary
schools because it was believed that (10) _____ the low IQ scores showed they
would never be capable (11) of performing well academically.
after their invention, IQ tests are controversial, but
Now, a century ( 1 2 ) ____
psychologists say they (13) __ ____ still be useful in som e speciíĩc situations.
may
For example, they are helpíul (14) in _deciding w hether a disruptive pupil
has em otional or intellectual problems. That, of (15) course _____ , was B in et’s
intention all along.

7. IQ TESTS
Psychologists have long been interested in (1) ______ how we judge
intelligence in strangers. Now scientists have designed tests ( 2 ) ______
which try to
discover which cues help people to judge IQ accurately, and which cause
them to get ( 3 ) ______
it wrong. High school pupils were videotaped answering
thought-provoking questions and the videos were ( 4 ) ______ thenshown to groups
of judges’ who were asked to assess the stud en ts’ physical type and m onitor a
variety of behavioural cues. N ext the judges were asked to rate the stu d en ts’
same time, each student was ( 6 ) _______
intelligence. At the ( 5 ) ______ also required to
sit a Standard IQ test.
Certain cues m atched the (7) results
______ of the IQ tests more closely than
others. ( 8 ) ______
While speaking quickly, using a lot of words or displaying ease (9)
of
______ understanding caused the judges to rate the stu d en ts’ intelligence
highly, ( 1 0 ) ______
and was reAected in the IQ tests, ( 1 1 ) _______
other cues seem ed to
give the judges an entirely false im pression of intelligence (12) m easured hy
the IQ test. (13) ______
Among the cues that led judges to assess students as dull
were íactors (14) ______ such as using halting speech or slang. Cues that led
judges to view students as bright included talking loudly and u sing proper
English. (1 5 )______
None of these traits correlated w ith m easured IQ, hovvever.

8. BAZAARS
A bazaar was originally a public m arket district o f a Persian town. From
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to ( 1 ) ______
be applied to a single shop; and in current English usage it reíers
both a single shop or concession selling m iscellaneous articles and to
to ( 2 ) ______
which such m iscellany is srild, often for charity.
a fair at ( 3 ) ______
The ĩam iliar bazaar o f the ancient ^slamic nations is vividly described (4)
______
as the traditional íolktales of “The Thousand and One N igh ts”. (5)
______
It is a distinct quarter of the town, access ( 6 ) _______which
to is forbidden
after sundown, b u stling and noisy by day, ( 7 ) ______while the quieter residential
quarters. Such a bazaar m ay be divided into districts, (8) ______ and all the
purveyors o f one type o f m erchandise grouped together. (9) ______ While the
composed
bazaar in sm aller to w n s is (10) ______ a sin gle narrow Street o f stalls, in
no m eans simple, consisting of
larger cities such as Istanbul it is by ( 1 1 ) ______
many m iles of such passageways. Som e bazaars, such as the ( 1 2 ) ______ ones built
at Sashan and Isfahan in Iran in the 17th century, were designed w ith great
architectural integrity. They were usually roofed for protection (13) ______ against
either w ith a single roof of individual vaulted domes
the hot desert sun, ( 1 4 ) ______
or w ith awnings. Most of these ancient bazaars have gradually been
over the centuries.
modernized (1 5 )______

9. ALL WORK AND NO PLAY

Univers£dly, work has been a Central focus point in society. As old as the idea
itself is the question o f what constitutes “real work” This is, in
of work ( 1 ) ______
fact, a very subjective question indeed. ( 2 ) ______
Were you to ask a miner, or any
labourer for th at m atter, w hat real work is, he would probably reply that
with your hands and, in the process, getting
real work en tails working ( 3 ) ______
them dirty. To the average blue-collar worker, white-collar workers are those
people who sit in their offices day ( 4 ) ______
after day doing little or ( 5 ) _______in
nothing
the line o f actual work. By (6) contrast
______ , if you approached a white-collar
worker or a professional o f (7) some ____ sort w ith the sam e question, you can
rest assured that they ( 8 ) ____
would adam antly m aintain that th e world would
stop revolving (9) ______
without their invaluable intellectual contribution to the
of
schem e ( 1 0 ) ______ things. This idea is reAected ( 1 1 ) _______
in the vocabulary
used to describe work and its related subjects. Words (12) ______ like career,
vocation and profession carry a (13) ______ more elevated connotation than the
former
simple term “job”. The (14) ______ either three lexical item s convey the idea of
learned persons sittin g at desks and using their grey m atter to solve m atters
involving financial, legal or medical m atters, (15) ______ over the hum ble slave
away at som e m undane work station or assem bly line task.

10. IMAGES OF TRAVEL

In the íirst h alf of the tw entieth century there were no television screens
to be filled ( 1 ) ______
with im ages of tem pting foreign holidays. In ( 2 ) _______days,
those
it was poster artists rather (3) than cam eramen who captured the glamour

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 they
and excitem ent o f travel. U sing sim ple lines and strong colours, (4) ______
drew giant luxurious cruise liners steam ing through the w aves or lying
peacefully at anchor ( 5 ) ______
in faraway ports.
Few people were better (6) ______ at creating such dream s than Harry
Hudson Rodmell. He ( 7 ) ______
was born in the British port of Hull in 1896 and
his childhood close to the ships that sailed out o f the port and
spent ( 8 ) ______
over ( 9 ) ______
the horizon. As a child, he showed an early gift for drawing and
painting and he often used to m iss lessons (10) so___that he could go down
which fascinated him.
to the river and sketch the passing ships (1 1 )__
After studying at the H ull School of Art, Harry w ent (12) on to
become an excellent painter and illustrator. Although he will (13) ______ be
best rem embered for his advertising posters o f ships, Harry w as actually
neither a great sailor (14) ______
nor a world traveller. Most o f his work was
produced in a studio near H ull and his own voyages were lim ited ( 1 5 )______
to
the nearby N orth Sea.

11 . TENTS
People who love cam ping often think o f ten ts as their second home.
Modern ten ts are both lighter (1) ______
and more comfortable than (2) _______ those
old canvas ten ts which our parents used. They are often íítted w ith extra
as kitchens or for storing equipm ent in bad
space which can be used ( 3 ) ______
weather. Som e ten ts are big (4) enough
______ for bicycles to be stored inside, (5)
______
while others will only take a couple o f rucksacks. T ents are generally
classihed ( 6 ) ______
by the number of people they will sleep in relative comfort.
They range (7) ______from the sm all single-occupant variety, to the six-person
tent ( 8 ) ______
which looks like a luxury home.
How long ten ts last is an im portant issue for people who use their ten ts
throughout
( 9 ) ______ the year. Modern ten ts are designed to last for years, ( 1 0 ) _______
even
when used on a regular basis and in all vveathers. Being waterproof (11)
is
______ of
also essential, so the modern ten t is made (12) ______ tough, high
quality fabrics and (13) ______has double stitching and extra reinforcem ents.
However, it is true that the ( 1 4 ) ______
more expensive the tent, the better it will
be w hen compared to cheaper ten ts of a sim ilar design. People who use their
tent only occasionally may well find that a lower-priced basic ten t is all (15)
they nẹed.

12 . AWAY FROM IT ALL

Some people try to find relief from the pressures of fam ily and íriends hy
going away (1) ______ them selves for a few days, in search o f solitude. But
for those who never w ant to be alone for very long, (2) ______ kind of
behaviour is diffĩcult to understand. Pam ily m em bers worry and Iriends are
offended because they think ( 3 ) ______ company is not wanted. The truth is

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that m ost people find the idea of (4) ______ alone not ju st unpleasant but
frightening ( 5 ) ______ well.
People (6) ______ fear solitude cannot im agine, for example, walking
through a forest for m any hours, w ith only their thoughts for company. Or if
they do, they can only think of the problems (7) ______ m ight encounter.
They worry (8) ______ w hat would happen (9) _______ they fell and broke a
limb and they are sure that they (10) ______ take the wrong path and get
lost. But above all, they hate the idea o f having (11) ______ to share the
sights and events o f the day w ith them.
And yet, to walk on your own (12) ______ days can be a glorious
experience. And th is is because ( 1 3 ) ______ noise of phones ringing, children
shouting or friends talking is replaced hy wonderful sounds of wind
w hispering through grass, birds singing and r2Ũn falling soítly ( 1 4 ) ______ a
carpet of leaves. A íter an experience ( 1 5 ) ______ this, you feel renewed and
happy to go back and be sociable w ith family, friends and colleagues.

13. U FO s
U nidentified flying objects, or UFO s as they are generally called, can be
seen (1) ______ over the world, throughout the year In the popular
im agination, they are m ost likely to be seen on lonely country roads (2)
______ night, but this is not necessarily (3) ______ case. There are many
reports of daytim e sightings and som e of these come from built-up areas.
Similarly, people tend to think that UFO s are m ostly seen (4) ______
individuals travelling alone, and that this is a good reason to doubt the truth
of ( 5 ) ______ is reported. There are, however, plenty of exam ples o f UFO s (6)
______ \arge num bers of people, spread over quite wide areas, have seen. The
explanation for this lies in the fact that, nine tim es (7) ______ o f ten, the
people concerned have really seen som ething unusuEd. T his doesn’t (8)
______ , however, that w hat they have seen is a UFO, because often a more
logic2il explanation can be found. In (9) ______ words, the ílying objects in
question can be identified, they are not UFOs. Aircralt lights, hot-£iir
balloons, satellites and m eteorites are ju st a (10) ______ of the com m onest
things that can lead ( 1 1 )______ UFO reports.
Some sightings rem ained unexplained, however, and it is (12) _____ _
which lascinate the group of skywatchers who actually go out (13) ______
search o f UFOS. They tend to get together in ỄU^eas that are said to be
“ufocal” because a (14) ______ m any unexpledned sightings have occurred
there. Bonnybridge in Scotland is (1 5 )______ such place.

14. LOVE ON THE ROCKS?

A diíĩícult walk in the hills can make or break a íriendship. You never
really know how w ell you are going to get along ( 1 ) ______ som eone until you

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go for a walk on a big hill, in bad vveather w ith a heavy pack. A íler ( 2 ) ______
an experience, you w ill know ( 3 ) ______ you w ant to spend tim e together on a
longer, (4) ______ challenging walk. All people like to wedk (5) ______
different w ays - som e fast, som e slow; w hile som e people like to talk, (6)
______ prefer to im m erse them selves in the sounds o f ( 7 ) _______countryside..
N one o f (8) should be a problem as long as you can work (9)
your diíĩerences by com prom ising and talking about eveiything.
It is best to ( 1 9 ) ______ things gently during th e ílrst few hours o f a walk,
or even days in a long trip, gently. If one o f you stEirts show ing signs of
tiredness, it helps if ( 1 1 ) ______ in the group keeps looking ( 1 2 ) _______ the
bright side. And it is always im portant to rem ember that (13) ______ is no
reason why you have to stick to your planned route. It ( 1 4 ) ______ advisabỉe
to alter the route if necessary, ( 1 5 ) ______ m atch the conditions or th e mood
o f your companions.

15. EDUCATING TOMORROW’S LEA D ER S

When it com es to educating tom orrow’s leaders, it would be wrong to
assum e that there is a form \ila that can be applied to ( 1 ) ______ people into
great leaders. But it is possible to prepare youngsters for leadership (2)
______ teaching them som e essential skills. We all have the potential to lead,
and, ( 3 ) ______ importantly, the ability to improve our skills. The íírst step is
to let young people look at the great leaders ( 4 ) ______ know about. They vvill
soon realise that leaders have ( 5 ) ______ own, personal w ays of leading. But
faced w ith th e prospect o f comparing them selves ( 6 ) ______ fam ous leaders,
youngsters ( 7 ) ______ w ell feel discouraged. We need to give them exam ples
of leadership (8) can be found all around us.
There are countless opportunities to pick (9) leadership skills at
school, in the sports field, and even at home. We should encourage
youngsters to take (10) ______ projects which involve leadership. It is also
advisable for them to keep a journal (11) ______ they can record their
experiences as leaders, ( 1 2 )______ if they seem sm all and unim portant. They
can put (13) ______ w hat they did well and also w here th ey have done (14)
______ . This is not a w aste of tim e because (15) ______ a journal will be a
valuable reference for years.

16. CHILD STARS

Five little girls from London, aged betw een nine and eleven, are being
prepared for a career as pop stars. They look m uch the (1) ______ as other
children in the sm art uniíorm s o f the London school which they ( 2 ) ______ .
But while their friends are thinking about hom ework or w h at’s (3) ______
dinner tonight, Jade, dessica, Fiona and Carmen are wondering (4) ______
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has already recorded several songs as ( 6 ) __ as a pop video and their íĩrst
single is being released next month.
A leading record company decided to create the group and the girls were
chosen ( 7 ) ______ the basis of both their appearance and singing ability. The
group’s im age is not ( 8 ) ______ glamorous one, however. The company was
keen to point (9) that the girls are dressed in jeans and T-shirts on
the video, ju st (10) _ other children of their age, and they certainly do
not (11) ______ makeup. As the girls are all at stage school, they sing and
dance as (12) ______ of their education and the company is working closely
with the girls’ parents and teachers to (1 3 )______ sure that their schoolwork
( 1 4 )__ not suffer. If, however, the girls make (15) o f money, they
will not be allowed to spend it. It will be paid into a special bank account
until they are older.

17. TAKE A D E EP BREATH

Climbing up the last punishing steps to the top of a hill, your lungs may
feel as ( 1 ) ______ they are bursting. The explanation for this tight feeling in
your chest (2) ______ well be poor breathing technique, or the absence of
deep, slow and controlled breathing. Poor breathing technique is surprisingly
common, ( 3 ) ______ in athletes. Breathing is sim ilar to running in ( 4 ) _______
m ost o f us have never had any instruction in how to do it. ( 5 ) ______ a result,
we don’t know how to do it really well.
Although athletes are taught (6) ______ to breathe, their chest m uscles
may not be able to achieve ( 7 ) ______ m aintain deep, efflcient breathing. (8)
______ , w hen they try to breathe as they are told. they often ( 9 ) _______tired
and breathless. The m ost eíTective way to improve the breathing is (10)
______ training the lungs and the rib cage m uscles, not only to improve their
strength, (1 1 )______ also their resistance to íatigue and breathlessness.
Regular exercise will help strengthen these m uscles. but (12) ______ is
another option. Scientists at the U niversity o f Birm ingham have developed a
gadget to improve ( 1 3 ) ______ strength of respiratory m uscles. You breathe
into the gadget through a m outhpiece for about two m inutes ( 1 4 )______ day,
and, over a four-week period, your rib cage m uscles become stronger. In
experim ents w ith athletes, endurance has been improved by more (15)
______ thirty per cent after four weeks.

18. SH O PPIN G FOR GIRLS

Little girls all over London have a twelve-year-old boy to thank for
making som e o f their dreams (1) __ ___ true. V ivienne Pringle was out
shopping w ith her children (2) they passed an em pty shop. As a game,
she asked them w hat ( 3 ) ____
___ o f thing they thought should be sold in it.
Her son Benedict Pringle said that ( 4 ) ______ w asn ’t a shop that sold all the

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things that his four-ye2ir-old sister liked and th a t’s w hat he (5) ______ sell
there. Thinking about his suggestion, Vivienne realised it was a great idea.
( 6 ) ______ m any different shops sold som e things aimed ( 7 ) _______little girls,
no-one had thought o f putting them all together in ( 8 ) ______ place.
Vivienne, ( 9 ) ______ adready ran a successíul mail order company, opened
her íírst shop last March. It is called Girlheaven. (10) ______ you m ight
expect, it sells traditional toys and educational gam es, but the best-selling
lines are party clothes and all the accessories that go (11) ______ them . In
short, as ( 1 2 ) ______ as it ’s pink and glittery, it sells at Girlheaven. But the
shop is also a fun place to visit. On Saturdays, there are dance shows led (13)
______ members of the sales staff and the young shoppers are invited to join
(14) ______ . It’s even possible (15) ___ regular custom ers to hold their
birthday parties there.

19. WHERE DO TELEVISION PROGRAM M ES COME EROM?

Television productions are the result of the eíTorts of a team of people
who work together to produce the programmes we see. First, ( 1 ) ______ is an
idea; it can be an idea ( 2 ) ______ a variety show, a drama, a special event or
even a commercial. The idea may come from a writer, a producer or an actor.
( 3 ) ______ , the producer is the key person, the ( 4 ) _______in charge of íínding
the funds for the show, and choosing the ( 5 ) ______ m em bers of the team to
help develop th e idea.
After a decision is made to go ( 6 ) ______ w ith an idea for a programme, a
script is necessary. The script contains the w ritten text of both (7) ______
picture and sound parts of the programme. A script writer is responsible (8)
______ w riting the entire programme content. The producer will work closely
w ith the director to transform the script ( 9 ) __ a TV programme. The set
designer will ( 1 0 ) ______ called upon to help determ ine (11) kinds of
scenery and props will be needed. (12) plans are drawn, carpenters
will build and paint the set. A costum e designer and make-up artist will work
w ith the producer to ensure that actors and actresses (13) ______ exactly
right for ( 1 4 ) ______ particular parts in the production. A director now (15)
______ over and rehearsals axe held regularly until the dialogue and actions
are learned properly.

20. M EALS ON THE MOVE

Successful w alking holidays are based on a full stomach. The longer a trip
lasts, the (1) ______ im portant eating and drinking becom es (2) _______ the
minds of the participants. This can be explained by the fact that, ( 3 ) ______
from the obvious need for fuel and nutrition, food also helps to m aintain
group and individual morale. Planning the food, therefore, is ju st as
important as planning (4) ______ things as the best route to take, w hat to
carry or ( 5 ) ______ to organise the equipment.
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 At the beginning, it ’s tem pting to think that you w ill ( 6 ) ______ by with
whatever is light to carry or can be bought ( 7 ) ______ the way. But ( 8 ) ______
a while, the need for som ething tasty and satisíying to look ( 9 ) ______ to at
the end o f the day begins to (1 0 )______ on a greater significance. especially if
the vvalking is diữĩcult or the weather bad.
(1 1 )______ this reason, it ’s unw ise to leave the planning or cooking of the
food to one individual. The likes and dislikes of all m em bers of the group
have to be taken (12) ______ consideration, as well as w hat each person
regards (1 2 )______ the normal size of a portion. Most important, however, is
the need to plan treats and surprises for ( 1 4 ) ______ other. AVhilst the food
has to be sim ple both to transport and to prepare, practiczd decisions should
never be m ade (1 5 )______ the expense o f taste.

21. PO ST IN HISTORY
Although it may come as a surprise to many people, postal Services have
existed in som e parts of the world for thousands o f years. ( 1 ) ______ is ample
evidence that a postal Service existed among the Assyrians and Babylonians,
In China a regular postal Service (2) ______ established in the seventh
century BC, and (3) ______ the centuries attained ( 4 ) _______a high level of
eíĩĩciency that som e 2,000 years after its institution it won the admiration of
travellers (5) ______ Marco Polo. Effícient and highly developed postal
Services were also established in the Persian and Roman empires. In ancient
tim es, (6) ______ Services w ere m ainly con h n ed (7) ______ th e u se o f
rep resen tatives o f th e State; private citizen s (8) ______ u se o f slaves,
m erchants and the like to send their m essages and docum ents. In Medieval
Europe, postal Services ( 9 ) ______ organised hy emperors and hy the papacy,
(10) ______ private citizens continued to entrust their correspondence to
various travellers. Later, around the 13th century, universities and towns
came (11) ______ have their own m essengers. However, it was not (12)
______ the 14th century that m erchants, the private citizens ( 1 3 ) _______had
the greatest need for a speedy and regular exchange o f correspondence,
began to (1 4 ) ______ up regular courier Services. The n eed s o f b u sin e ss led to
th e develop m en t of th e postal Service as w e know (1 5 )______ today.

22. TO SL E E P OR NOT TO SLEEP

Are you one o f those people who toss and turn all night, unable to ( 1 ) ______
to sleep? A lthough m any people who have sleeping problems, (2) ______
chronic or occasional, autom atically reach for the sleeping tablets w hen they
see a difficult night ( 3 ) ______ of them , there are a num ber of so-called “folk”
rem edies which are not only cheaper but also much safer in the long run.
Most people have tried having a hot drink such as m ilk or (4) ______ of a
number of commercially available herbal iníusions before going to bed, but

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there are other, ( 5 ) ______ well-known rem edies, vvhich can help you on your
way to a restful n igh t’s sleep. One unusual (6) ______ effective technique
involves not warmth, (7) you m ight think, but cold. Before going to
bed, run very cold water for several m inutes over your forearms and legs
from the knee (8) ______ , then dry you rselí quickly and hop into bed. You
will fínd yourself íeelin g totally relaxed and drowsy. A nother unusual
approach has to do w ith eating or, to ( 9 ) ______ more precise, chewing. Take
a large apple, w ash it and eat it slowly, (10) ______ particular care to chew
the peel thoroughly. Chewing is not only relEixing in (11) ______ , but the
peel of the apple contains a natural substance ( 1 2 )______ induces relaxation.
Meditation, stretching, walking and ( 1 3 )______ reading are also effective for
many people. Clearly, there are m any ways to avoid the pillpopping route
and (1 4 )______ enjoy a good n igh t’s sleep. Then again, if all ( 1 5 )_______fails,
you could always try counting sheep!

23. COSMETIC SURGERY

U ntil h alf a century ago, the basic physical structure you were born with,
( 1 ) ______ you suffered an accident, was the one you diod with. Apart from
normal wear ( 2 ) ______ tear or the possibility of a broken nose or ( 3 ) _______
disfigurement, you did not expect to change your appearance drastically.
However, people have not always been happy w ith ( 4 ) ______ lot and have
often wanted to see som ething different w hen they look at them selves in the
mirror. Portunes have been (5) _ _ _ _ by selling w igs and m iraculous
vvrinkle removers. M agazines have been full of advice on (6) ______ to
d isguise th e shape o f your face by applỉũng blushers and íou n d ation s (7)
______ th e day th e se Products w ere invented.
Then fresh hope appeared in the form of cosm etic surgery. Most gcneral
practitioners warn their patients not to expect their lives to be transformed
when they (8) ______ their noses remodelled or their ears tucked back;
nevertheless, there is a constant supply ( 9 ) ______ vvilling victim s stream ing
(1 0 )______ the plush clinics of the knife-wielders.
It (11) the people in the public eye who normally have the (12)
______ drastic changes made. However, many ordinary people dream of
looking dramatically different, save for years to m ake their dream (13)
______ true, and are w illing to put up with the inevitable swelling, scarring
and black eyes. (1 4 ) ______ som c people sell stories to the tabloid press about
how their lives have changed, many others are sadly disappointed w ith the
results, (15) ______ it may even have left them looking considerably worse
than they did before.

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24. TIME TO RELAX? HOW?
One o f th e greatest problems w ith holidays, (1) from th e usual travel
complỉcations and accom m odatỉon diffículties, (2) ______ the expectations
people have o f ( 3 ) ______ . W hen we go on holiday we expect to leave all the
stresses and strídns o f oiir daily lives ( 4 ) ______ us. We imagine we will be able
to escape to ( 5 ) ______ a degree that we even tend to believe, consciously or
not, that we can change our own personalities and become completely different
people. The average business-person, tense, preoccupied, short-tempered, (6)
______ to relax, envisages herself/him self (7) ______ , from the m oment of
locking the oíĩíce door, a radically diíĩerent (8) ______ of person: carefree,
good-humoured, ready to relax and enjoy whatever adventures present (9)
______ . In practice, we take ourselves with us (10) ______ we go, and the
personality that is shaped (11) years of stress and tension is almost
impossible to shake o íĩ (1 2 )______ a m om ent’s notice. It is no wonder so many
holidays are a disappointment, no (13) ______ how sm oothly they go or how
lovely the weather is. In fact, the frequent problems that crop (14) ______
during the average holiday are probably a welcome distraction ( 1 5 ) __ the
nagging feeling that we are not enjoying ourselves as much as we should.

25. EOREVER ON THE PH O NE

A hundred years ago, the Principal m eans o f com m unication for
individuals and for businesses was (1) ______ letter and telegram , but
nowadays telephones are used constantly in private houses, offĩces and
factories. This is certainly the ( 2 ) ______ widespread and convenient way for
people to com m unicate w ith one another.
With the telephone, business deals can be arranged and completed
rapidly. In (3) ______ , financial centres and stock exchanges, (4) ______
constant use o f the telephone System, can be assured ( 5 ) ___ getting the
very latest, up-to-the-m inute iníorm ation about the (6) _ _ changing
currency and share values. This type o f inform ation is essential (7) ______
economic stability worldwide.
The telephone network also provides a direct line into the hom es of
íriends and relatives. For old and inílrm people, and for those lonely people
living on their ( 8 ) ______ , the telephone is a friend. At ( 9 ) _______ , fam ilies
are often scattered, not only throughout the country but also throughout the
world. ( 1 0 ) ______ a few m in u tes’ conversation w ith a loved one, who may be
thousands of m iles away, is a source of great comfort ( 1 1 ) ______ us.
O f course, very often the telephone can be a nuisance. Som e will say that
it intrudes too ( 1 2 ) ______ on people’s privacy by ringing at the ( 1 3 ) _______
inconvenient tim es.
On the (1 4 )______ , though, the changes brought about by the introduction
of th e telep h on e have b een (15) great b en eíĩt to everyone. The

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telephone has helped to bring people closer in a diííĩcult world and has made
life, for many, much easier and much more enjoyable.

26. QUEEN VICTORIA

Victoria ílrst learned o f her future role as a princess during a history
lesson w hen she was 10 years old. (1) ______ four decades later, Victoria’s
governess recalled th at the future queen reacted to the discovery (2)
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declaring, “I will be good”. This com bination o f earnestness and egotism
m£irked Victoria ( 3 ) ______ a child of the age that bears her nam e. ( 4 ) _______
was an era of industrialisation and colonial expansion (5) had not
happened before. By the end of her reign, about a third of th e known world
was (6) ______ her rule. (7) ______ , the queen herself w as resistant to
technological change (8) ______ while m echanical and technological
innovation was reshaping the face of European civilization. (9) ______
signiíĩcantly, Victoria w as a queen determ ined to retain political power; yet
she presided ( 1 0 ) ______ the transform ation of the sovereign’s political role
into a cerem onial (11) ______ and thus helped to preserve the English
monarchy. W hen Victoria became queen, the political role o f the crown was
by (1 2 )______ m eans clear or defined; nor ( 1 3 )_______the perm anence of the
throne (14) ____ . When she died, the change in the m onarch’s roles was
one of socÌ2d (15) ____ than of political focus.

27. ENTERTAINING PEO PLE

When the hum an capacity for amazement, thrill, 2ind suspense approaches
(1) ______ limits, a circus unleashes its clowns (2) ______ freshen the
atmosphere and recondition the spectator’s mind for the next act. ( 3 ) ______
tradition, there are several varieties of clowns, (4) ______ the elegantly-
costumed white-faced clown who appears rather severe and domineering, to
the happy-go-lucky grotesque variety, (5) ______ exaggerated make-up and
costumes are more outrỄigeous and less predictable, to the dejected, down-£ind-
out “tram p” character, popularised (6) ______ all by the American, Em m ett
Kelly. In 19th century circuses it was usual for clowns to entertain audiences
with songs and long monologues, in ( 7 ) ______ they som etim es oíTered words
of wisdom ( 8 ) ______ politics and current events or quoted Shakespeare. More
recently, especially in Russian circuses, a (9) ______ number of clowns have
attempted to strike (10) ______ in new directions, abandoning traditional
costumes and make-up and developing (11) ______ natural characters. The
great Russian clown, Oleg Popov, (12) ______ appear in the ring wearing a
minimum ( 1 3 ) ______ make-up and only a slightly unconventional wardrobe.
He impersonated an incom petent buíĩoon (14) ______ was torever trying to
mimic the acts of the legitim ate performers írequently, he alm ost succeeded
(1 5 )______ only after suíĩlcient bungling to make his performance a comedy.

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28. ISLAND LIFE
Life on a sm all island may (1) very inviting to the tourists who
spend a few w eeks there in the summer, but the realities o f living on (2)
______ is virtually a rock surrounded by w ater are quite different from what
the casual visitor im agines. ( 3 ) __ ___in sum m er the island villages eire full
of people, life and activity, ( 4 ) ___ __the tourist season is over m any o f the
shop ow ners shut ( 5 ) ______ their businesses and return to the m ainland to
spend the w inter in town. ( 6 ) ______ to say, those who rem ain on the island,
( 7 ) ______ by choice or necessity, face m any hardships. One of the worst of
these is isolation, w ith (8) ______ m any attendant problems. When the
w eather is bad, w hich is often the ( 9 ) ______ in w inter, the island is entirely
cut off; th is m eans not only that people (10) _____ have goods delivered but
also that a m edical em ergency can be Fatal 1 1 ) ______ som eone confined to
an island. At (12) ______ telephone com m unication is cut off, which m eans
that (13) word From the outside world can get (14) Isolation
and loneliness are basic reasons w hy so m any people have left the islands For
a better and m ore secure life in the m ainland cities, in ( 1 5 )______ o f the fact
that this involves leaving “hom e”.

29. A SPO R TIN G GOAL FOR WOMEN

Football is traditionally, a m an’s sport, but now the w om en are m uscling
in on their act, or so it ( 1 ) ______ . So m any top male íootballers have been
transferred (2) ______ astronom ical sum s of m oney that the game has
become more a high-powered business than a sport. This is (3) ______ the
wom en come in, more m otivated, more interested in the game (4) ______
than in prom oting them selves and generally better behaved both ( 5 ) ______
and o íĩ the pitch. (6) ______ a strong contrast to (7) ______ male
counterparts’ greed and cynicism. Indeed, according to FIFA, the world
football governing body, the future of football belongs to wom en, and the
organisation has (8) ______ out to actively promote w om en’s football.
Perhaps, in ( 9 ) ______ o f the fact that wom en are h alf the world’s population,
this is how it should be. In the USA, many m em bers o f national w om en’s
football team s are (10) ______ known than m ale footballers, and some
proíessional fem ale players in (11) ______ North America and Europe have
attracted lucrative sponsorship deals. Generally, two problems beset
w om en’s football: th e need to be (12) ______ more seriously and for more
íunding to be made available. (13) ______ these have been achieved (14)
______ w ith th e blessing of FIFA, we should see lootballers who are
accessible, cooperative, decent and sporting in (15) ______ of the spoiled
mercenary star boys o f sport.

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30. STARTING A CONVERSATION
It is often seiid th at th e British talk about the w eather more than any (1)
______ people in the world; som e extrem ists claim that they talk about (2)
______ else. But in fact, (3) ______ in countries w ith far less changeable
clim ates than B ritain’s, the weather is an endless, (4) ______ not VEiried,
source o f conversational íodder. This seem s (5) ______ natural w hen you
consider that the w eather is one of the few things we all have in ( 6 ) ______ .
It aíĩects our senses, and ( 7 ) ______ our moods, so directly and, at tim es, so
intensely that it is natural we (8) talk about it. A íter several days (9)
som etim es w eeks o f dark, gloomy w eather, a bright day tends to bring
( 10 ) ____ the best in everyone; people recognise the relief in oth ers’
expressions which they feel in them selves, and fĩnd ( 1 1 )___ hard to resist
com m enting on a change (12) ______ is having such an evident ( 1 3 ) _______
on everyone. “N ice day, isn ’t it?” is m uch more than sim ply a com m ent on
th e State o f th e w eather; it is a com m ent on th e h u m an State ( 1 4 ) ______ , an
acknowledgem ent that th e tenability of our place in the universe relies on
the existence o f a com m unity (1 5 )______ hum an feeling.

31. CHEKHOV
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playvvright and short story w riter born in
Taganrog in 1860. In 1879, he became a medical student in Moscow, later
qualiíying ( 1 ) ______ a doctor. With a needy fam ily to support, Chekhov (2)
______to writing, contributing short humorous stories and sketches ( 3 ) ______
popular newspapers. His major work (4) to come towards the end of his
short life ~ Chekhov died of tuberculosis in 1904 “ his reputation resting chieAy
(5) ______foiir plays, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and The
Cherry Orchard, written in 1896, 1899, 1901 and 1904 (6) ______ . All four
works, while gloomy and pessimistic (7) tone, blend a poetic atmosphere
(8) _ a Sỉonpathetic treatm ent of characters (9) ______ , unable to break
( 10 ) ___ of the vicious circle that they find (11) ______ in, are trapped in
unhilhlling lives which they feel (12) powerless and dispirited to chEinge.
They (13)_____ be regarded as S5rmbolic (14) _ the torpor and stagnation
of late nineteenth centuĩy Czarist Russia. (15) ___ realism is a product of
___
Chekhov’s scientiííc training and experience as a provincÌEd doctor. They remain
masterpieces of Russian literature.

32. BEWARE OF VITAMINS!

Vitam ins are good for our health, aren’t they? Perhaps not. N ew research
suggests that rather than ward OÍT disease, high doses of certain vitam ins
may (1) ______ more harm than good and could even put you in an early
grave. A variety o f recent studies suggest that (2) ______ from improving
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increase the risks o f cancer and a range (4) debilitating diseases, a
discovery that has sent the medical world into a spin. Scientists are unsure
(5 )______to why vitamins, so essential to health, can be toxic in high doses. The
most likely explauiation is that the body is only equipped to deal with the levels
found naturally in the environment. If the intake is too far (6 )______the normal
rainge, then the body’s interned chemistry can be shunted out of ahgnment. (7)
______ this means is that the commercially sold vitamins and (8) ______
provided by nature are not always compatible. The commercial forms may
interfere with the body’s internal chemistry ( 9 ) ______“crowding out” the (10)
______natural 2Lnd benehcial forms of the nutrients. The vitamins obtained (11)
______ food are also allied (12) ______ a host of other substances which may
moderate (1 3 )______ augment their activity in the body. The latest advice (14)
______to eat a balanced diet to ensure you get all the nutrients you need, and if
you m ust take supplements make (1 5 )______you take the lowest recommended
dose and follow the instructions on the bottle.

33. WHAT’S OUT THERE?

In 1969, N eil Arm strong was the íĩrst man to land on the moon. If
earthlings can take part in intergalactic travel, then why can’t life forms
from other planets do the same? Is Earth the only inhabited planet in the
universe? How can we be so sure of (1) ______ the existence or the non-
existence o f extraterrestrial life?
On 24th June, 1947, K enneth Arnold reported seeing nine silvery objects
m oving rapidly through the sky near Mount Rainer, W ashington. Obviously
he had no proof ( 2 ) ______ than his testim ony, but this sparked ( 3 ) _______an
epidemic of apparent spottings of “unidentihed ílying objects”. In June and July
of the same year, a (4 )______of 850 sightings of spaceships were reported.
Ufology had (5) ______ root and was spreading prolihcally. The latest
Gallup poll conveyed that tw enty percent of the British and sixty percent of
the American populations believed in the existence o f UFOs. In ( 6 ) ______ , a
French group claimed that we only hear ( 7 ) ______ one in every 38,400 alien
visits to Earth. Clearly, these figures do not prove the existence of life (8)
______ in the cosmos, but they do prove that b elief in hum anoids is
international and vvidespread.
In alleged encounters with alien life, one ( 9 ) ______ of five leaves some
trace behind, such as burnt ground, lootprints, powdery residues or m etallic
ữagm ents. One group of ulologists studied thousands o f cases and (10)
______ to the conclusion that there were four m ain (11) ______ of
extraterrestrial existence; sm all humanoids, experim ental animals,
hum anlike en tities and robots. However, Hilary Evans of the British UFO
Research A ssociation adm its ( 1 2 ) ______ the inadequacies o f all hndings and
testim onies. Som e UEO w itnesses lie, either deliberately or unconsciously.
So, w ith little (13) ______ than the word of an apparent eye w itness to
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consider, evidence for the existence of alien life forms is far (14) ______
conclusive. Who knows, perhaps som ewhere in this cosmos, another species
(1 5 )______ deliberating on the existence o f the Earthling.

34 D A N G ER S OF TECHNOLOGY
Much has been heard recently about possible health hazards, including
memory loss and brain tuxnours, from the use o f mobile phones. With the
possible h alf a billion mobile phones in ( 1 ) ______ throughout the world, in
Britain (2) ______ , one person in four owns one, (3) ______ is worrying
enough, even if, so far, no concrete evidence has come to (4) ______ . One
study hy Dr. Alan Preece and his team at Bristol U niversity has shown,
however, in a report in the International Journal o f Radiation Biology, that
tests on volunteers dem onstrated no effect on ( 5 ) ______ short-term memory
or attention span. Subjects ( 6 ) ______ exposed to microwave radiation for (7)
______ to thirty m inutes, but the one noticeable effect was positive ( 8 ) _______
than negative; the subjects reacted more rapidly in one test (9) ______ a
visual choice. One explanation of (10) ______ is that following the
transm issions, a warm ing of the blood led to increased bloodflow. For the
experiment, places were chosen w here the signal was good and the
microxvave dose light, and then w here the signal was poor and the dose (11)
______ higher. The subjects were tested for rec£dl and m ental alertness (12)
______ exposure to microwaves characteristic of analogue phones, digital
phones or no phones at all, w ithout knowing ( 1 3 ) ______ they were exposed
to. It is, of course, early days (14) ______ and the sam ple m ay not be large
(1 5 )______ to generalise from. More research needs to be done.
35 SIG N S OF THE TIM ES
We are íam iliar w ith the sa3Õng “a picture paints a thousand w ords” and in
the global village the world has become, iníorm ation in pictorial form is (1)
______ we turn. Much com m unication takes (2) ______ through symbols
rather than words, a case in point ( 3 ) ______ airports, where you can see the
majority of the thirty-four symbols devised ( 4 ) ______ the Am erican Institute
of Graphic Arts in the 1970s. (5) ______ signs as a knife and fork for a
restaurant or a telephone for a phone booth are a boon for (6) ______ a
traveller who does not speak English or use the Latin alphabet. (7) ______
worldwide “languages” of (8) ______ kind are m usical and m athem atical
notation, Circuit diagrams, road signs and Computer icons, (9) , again,
bypass the need for words. Even a label on a garm ent will carry, in symbols,
w ashing and ironing instructions. All these (10) ______ to be sufficient to
their (11) ______ restricted worlds but would it (12) ______ be possible to
devise a universal symbolic System of com m unication independent of (13)
______ spoken language, culture-free and value-free, as dream t of by the
seventeenth-century philosopher Leibniz? It would seem (14) ______ .

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Chinese and Japanese pictograms and ancient Egyptian hierogl5^ h ics are
som etim es cited as exam ples o f such a System, yet (15) ______ dapanese
script and Egyptian hieroglyphics include sound-base elem ents and Chinese
is often transliterated into romanised sound based “pin 3ãn” script. In a word,
words are inescapable.

36. A N C IEN T A DORNM ENTS

To some, the w earing of jew ellery for adornm ent m ay appear self-
indulgent. If (1) ______ , it is a self-indulgence common to all ages and all
places. (2) ______ prehistoric tim es crude necklaces and bracelets were (3)
______ fashioned from leather or reeds and strung w ith berries, pebbles,
íeathers, shells or anim al bones, and decorative thorns or Sharp bones were
used (4) ______ clasps. They may have com plem ented the cavem an’s fur
outíĩt (5) _____ been worn as part of a religious ceremony, to indicate
superior rank and even as am ulets to ward off bad luck. Gradually, ivory,
wood and m etal took over from ( 6 ) ______ durable m aterials, and ears, noses
and lips (7) ______ pierced for the insertion of ornam ents. (8) ______ 3500
BC, the discovery ( 9 ) __ gold heated w ith fire could be pounded into thin
sheets and shaped (10) __ objects had revolutionised jewellery-m6Lking.
Similarly, silver, copper and bronze were now being used. In the late 2000s
BC the Egyptians began inla5dng jew ellery w ith glass, enam el and precious
gem stones, som e o f ( 1 1 ) ______ were believed to possess magical properties
or bring the wearer good fortune, (12) now and in the afterlife, as
m um m ies were adorned w ith them . Slightly later, the Greeks ( 1 3 ) ___ in
for fine íĩligree m etalwork, tvvisting gold into intricate patterns and rarely
using precious stones. ( 1 4 ) ______ later were reinstated by the Romans, who
(1 5 )______ have been the íírst to use jew elled rings as engagem ent tokens.

37. D ISA PPE A R IN G WORLD

The destruction of the rainlorests is a pressing problem of our tim es (1)
______ not one that is regarded equally seriously by everyone. The ( 2 ) _______
affluent nations regard the issue as ( 3 ) ______ of preservation; deforestation
m ust stop. W hen it com es to the poorer countries, the issue is not so cut and
dried. ( 4 ) ______ th ese people, the rainforests represent a source of economic
prosperity, a point that obviously takes precedence (5) ______ ecological
concerns. A solution m ust be found (6) the damage caused by the
deforestation that is destroying the rainlorests becom es irrevocable.
Deforestation is carried out by (7) ______involved in the timber industry
and also by m igrant íarmers. The latter occupy an area of l£md, strip it, farm it
( 8 ) ______ its natural mineral supply is used up and then move on. The land is
left useless 2md exposed and a process of erosion ( 9 ) ______ into eíĩect, washing
soil into rivers thereby killing fish and blocking the w ater’s natural course.

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 The land is not the ( 1 0 ) ______ victim. Rainforests are a richly populated
habitat. In the rainforests of Madagascar there are at (11) ______ 150,000
individual species of plants and anim als which are found nowhere (12)
______ in the world, and more are being discovered all the (13) ______ .
Purthermore, approxim ately 50% of Edl endangered anim al species live in the
world’s rainforests. The destruction of the íorests effectively represents a
complete removal of all these plants and animals. Deprived ( 1 4 ) ______ their
natural environm ents, they w ill disappear altogether. Again, th is process is
irreversible. Man, no ( 1 5 )______ how powerful he considers himseir, does not
have the power to re-establish the species he is so w ilfully destroying.

38. A DYING ART

“Read a book? There m ust be som ething better to do.” This phrase is
heard more and more frequently ( 1 ) ______ not only the desire but also the
incentive to read declines. Young people nowadays are provided (2) ______
too m any alternatives ( 3 ) ______ reading for them to fínd a justification for
actually sittin g down and opening a book, let (4) curling up in a chadr
for the aíternoon to enjoy a good long read for the pure pleasure of it. Even
in schools, where books have been the Standard (5) ______ o f storing and
transm itting all types of knowledge for centuries, they are (6) ______
supplanted hy the tools of the video and Computer revolution. (7) ______
bother to turn a page w hen hy tapping a button or touching a screen the (8)
______ iníorm ation can be Aashed before your eyes w ithin seconds? Even the
act o f reading ( 9 ) ______ is being “revolutionised” hy the advent o f portable
walkman-like devices which (10) ______ store and display the texts (11)
______ innum erable books w ithout the reader (12) ______ to turn a page.
One wonders (13) íuture generations will ever know the actual,
physical pleasures o f reading: the sturdy w eight of the book itself, the rough
(1 4 )______ sm ooth texture of the paper, the soothing rustle o f th e pages, and
the indescribable scent of old paper and ink which is m uch (15) ______ a
períume to the dedicated reader.

39. SAVING THE WHALE

As part o f Project Pelagos, a m arine reserve covering the sam e area (1)
______ Switzerland and located in the Ligurian Sea is being planned. The
programme was devised hy environm entalists from th e U niversity o f Genoa
(2) ______ response to growing concern about the num ber o f vvhales and
dolphins ( 3 ) ______ harmed in those waters.
Every year large num bers o f dolphins, rorquals and finback whales
migrate to this area from Atlantic w aters in search o f food. (4) ______ ,
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studies estim ate that correspondingly large num bers never return ( 5 ) ______
m ate in native w aters. The deaths are being caused by the presence o f DDT,
a pernicious insecticide voluntarily banned in Britain, in the seas off the
Ligurian coast. ( 6 ) ______ eíĩect on marine anim als is cum ulative rather (7)
______ instantaneous, so vvhales returning to the sam e area year ( 8 ) _______
year £U"e particularly vulnerable. The other major problem is the use of large
físhỉng nets to trap dolphins and whales. V eiy recent laws prohibit Italy’s
ííshing boats, some of ( 9 ) ______have drag nets up to 10 kilometres in length,
from entering the area, but as ( 1 0 ) ______there is nothing to prevent foreign
boats from fishing (11) ______. The nets are a particular problem and it has
been estimated that approximately 400 dolphins perish in (1 2 )______each year.
The project aims to develop a safe area for these animals, but the
administrators admit that íunding is a problem. To remedy ( 1 3 )______, they
have set up an adoption scheme (1 4 )______which there is a íĩxed registration
fee. Donations have been averaging £25 and for this participants receive
certiíĩcation of their involvement in the scheme, an information pack about theừ
dolphin or whale, plus regular updates. In (1 5 )______, there are plans afoot to
allow some volunteers to accompany scientists going out on observation trips.

40. C H O O SIN G A L IFE ST Y L E

Alternative liíestyles have existed in a variety of forms since the
beginning o f organised society. (1) ______ have always been, and probably
always will be, people who feel a need to escape from the m ainstream of
society and find a (2) ______ to live that conforms more closely (3) ______
their individual tastes and needs. The term “alternative lifestyle” ( 4 ) ______
is a by-product o f the social revolution of the 1960s and 70s, (5) ___the
“Hippie m ovem ent” and (6) various back-to-nature and cultist
offshoots were in (7) __ prime, but the concept m ust be as old as
mankind itself. (8) __ seem s evident that in every society there m ust
have been a ( 9 ) ______
___people who found them selves unable or unw illing to
accept the status quo, who felt compelled to seek a better - or at ( 1 0 )______
diíTerent - life out o f reach of the restrictions and standards that any society
m ust im pose (11) ______ its members. The m onk in his m onastery, the
herm it in h is cave, the solitary “w itch-w om an” living ( 1 2 )______ isolation in
the forest, m ust also have been seeking an alternative (13) ______ the
current standards o f acceptability prevalent in their own societies. In our
tim es the punks, gang-m em bers and followers of cult leaders are seeking, in
their (14) ______ ways, to fínd a life (15) ______ suited to their individual
needs, desires and dreams irrespective of the criticism they m ight draw.

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25 1. by 4. by / through 7. to 10. Having / Even 13. most
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37 1. but / though 4. For 7. those 10. only 13. time
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WORD FORMATION
Read the texts belovv. Use the w ord given in capitals a t the end o f each line
to form a w ord th a t fits in the space in the sam e line. There is an exam ple at
the beginning (0).

1. GROWING U P IN A BIG PAMILY

(0) U n l i k e most people I have ever met, I grew up in a LIKE

family of eight children. As the eldest, I suppose I inherited
a position with some beneííts but also quite a few (1 )______ ADVANTAGE
I never had a room of my own —so (2 )______space is PE R SO N
something I’ve little experiencc of. On the other hand, our
house was often so (3 )______, with childrcn running in all CHAOS
(4 )______, that we were able to get away with a lot. Also, DIRECT
with seven brothers and sisters on hand there was always
the (5 )______of something different to do. PO SSIB L E
Needless to say, it was often (6 )______diíílcult for Mum EXTREME
or Dad to get our (7) . Sometimes if Mum wanted ATTEND
some help she would just call out all eight names, (8 )___ REGARD
of who she really wanted, just to see who came running.
As children we often had (9) _ _ _ _ _ , but now that w e’re ARGUE
adults we get on (1 0 )______whencver we meet up. EANTASTIC

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2. WILDLIFE IN DANGER
One of the major (0) e n v ỉ r o n m e n t a l concerns in today’s ENVIRONM ENT
world is the grovving list of (1 )______plants, birds and animals. DANGER
The (2 )______threat of all to wildlife is, of course, Man, who BIG
must take action now to prevent the (3 )______of these species. A PPE A R
Whales, tigers and elephants all require greater (4 )______ PROTECT
as (5 )______threaten to drive them to extinction. Similarly, H UNT
more (6 )______measures are required to stop global vvarming, EEEECT
which has led to the loss of important (7 )______habitats. Fish NATURE
too, are (8 )______at risk from high levels of river and sea INCREASE
(9 )______, caused hy oil spills and toxic eíĩluent. Stricter POLLUTE
governm ent Controls w ill help in the fight to save our wildlife,
but so too will a greater public (1 0 )______ of the issues involved. AWARE

3. EXPLORATION
In 1979 the (0) e x p l o r e r Sir Ranulph Piennes entered an EXPLORE
area of Antarctica (1 )______than Great Britain where no BIG
human being had set foot before. “It was an (2 )______
experience,” he says, “knowing that we were mapping the EXCITE
ẽirea for the first time. Now, of course, satellites can do the
same job ĩ a r more (3 )______Technology, it seems, and EASY
the growth in adventure tourism, may soon see the end of
(4 )______exploration, as fewer and fewer human challenges TRADITION
remain. There are now (5 )______expeditions every year to NUM BER
places like Everest, where keen but (6 )______climbers are EX PER IEN C E
virtually pulled up the mountain by their guides. (7 )______, EORTUNATE
the increase in this new trend at tourism is (8 )______the THREAT
natural beauty or even the remotest parts of the globe,
as (9 )______and other adventurers leave M OUNTAIN
( 10) _ of their visit in the form of oxygen bottles and EVIDENT
other rubbish.

4. TEN N IS
The (0) e a r l ỉ e s t form of tennis was played in the thirteenth EARLY
century, when (1 )______hit the ball with their hands, PARTICIPATE
instead of racquets. French monks were enthusiastic
(2 )______of the game, but the Pope at the time strongly PLAY
(3 )__ of it, and it was banned for being too frivolous. APPRO VE
The religious authorities, however, were (4) to ABLE
prevent the growing (5 )______of the game and hy the SUCCEED
sixteenth century it had evolved into the sport of Real Tennis,
which was played on an indoor court. The ílrst tennis balls
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were íílled with haiir and small stones - a (6 )______ PAIN
experience for anyone who was hit by one. (7 )______, balls LUCK
£ire now signiíícantly (8 )______, consisting of two half shells LIGHT
of rubber covered with cloth. They are also more (9 )______ COLOUR
than before; bright yellow is a lot (1 0 )______to see on our TV EASY
screens than the traditional white.

5. ƠAMAICAN ADVENTURE
For some (0) v i s i t o r s , the main attraction of damaica lies in VISIT
its glorious beaches and all the (1 )______of the nightlife that EXCITE
is associated with them. And indeed, our íĩrst-class hotel is
located on its own (2 )______beach on the island’s north coast. AMAZE
In terms of (3 )______, the hotel oíĩers the full range of ENTERTAIN
(4 )______water sports during the day, plus a chance to relax THRILL
or dance to local music in the evening. But, (5 )______many LIKE
tourists, your contact with the real damaica will not be
(6 )______to what you see from the window of the airport bus LIMIT
because we organise trips into the (7 )______interior of the DRAMA
island. You will be (8 )______by jeep, high up into the
Blue Mountains, with their (9 )______mists, deep valleys DRIVE
and lush vegetation. Your visit to a small coffee farm will ROMANCE
be (1 0 )______as you are guaranteed to discover some of EORGET
the secrets of the world famous coffee.

6. WRITING A c v THAT IS WORD PER EEC T

At this time of year thousands of (0) s t u d e n t s who want STUDY
summer jobs start filling in (1 )______ forms and worrying APPLY
about how to write a good cv. To make a positive (2 )______ IM PR ESS
on prospective (3 ) ______you should follow a few basic rules. EMPLOY
The íirst one is that it should be no longer than two pages
and written in simple (4 )______. Divide the content into STATE
several parts, with each part under a (5 )______and do not HEAD
forget to include relevant (6 )______work experience, and TRAIN
a description of any positions of (7) __ you have had. R E SPO N SIB L E
Remember to emphasise your (8 )_ _ by drawing attention STRONG
to your skills. But when it comes to your weaknesses, (9 )______ H O N EST
is the best policy. And if you are (1 0 )______with your íírst SATISEY
draft, start again!

7. WHAT MAKES A CLOSE ERIEND

For all of us, close (0) p e r s o n a l friends are important. Good PE R SO N
friends are above all (1 )______people who you can trust to RELY
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keep a secret. If you have a problem to solve, or a (2 )______ C O N PE SS
to make, they will listen and give you (3 )______advice. HELP
Their (4 )______is such, that they do not expoct anything GEN ER O U S
in return, but they know with (5 )______that you would do CERTAIN
the same for them. Close friends are (6 )______ever to let LIKE
you down or make you feel (7) when you tell them RIDICULE
about your problems. On the contríiry they are a real source
of (8 )______when you feel weak and in need of support. STRONG
They will tell you (9 )______what they think, and help you SINCERE
íínd your way out. As a result, your (1 0 )______will grow ERIEND
even stronger.

8. NOTHING LASTS EOREVER

Nothing lasts forever. For one group of materials (0) s c i e n t i s t s SCIENCE
Working at a London museum, that is the problem. Their
area of (1 )______is the care of some extremely ancient R E SPO N SIB L E
objects, including (2 )______and textiles. It is, however, DRAW
the (3 )______of more modern materials that the group PR ESER V E
íĩnds really (4 )______. Fax paper, for example, only lasts CHALLENGE
for six months, whilst books printed as (5 )______as the RECENT
1980s are already beginning to fall apart.
A similar fate awaits many of the (6 )______of the tvventieth INVENT
century. Films, vinyl records and Aoppy discs will all have
(7 )______from the face of the Earth many years before the A PPEA R
(8 ) _ _ ancient objects in the museum. In the so-called age VALUE
of(9) ___ the group sees this lack of durability as really INPORM
( 10 ) _ for museums all over the world.
WORRY
9. ON THE RIGHT TRACK: THE ART OF KARTING
Kids love karting. Contrary to populeir (0) b e l i e f , karting is no BELIEVE
more (1 )______than riding a bicycle. If anything, it’s a bit safer DANGER
because karts have four wheels. If there are going to be any (2 )__, IN JU R E
they are most (3) to be in the form of aching hands and LIKE
wrists. All karting centres provide the necessary (4) _____, OVER
helmets and gloves and it is a good idea for (5 )_____ to wear TEEN
long trousers and trainers. Unlike seaside and amusement park
karting centres, where (6 )______is used to decide who can HIGH
participate, (7 )______karting centres set a lower age limit PR O E E SSIO N
and require an adult’s (8 )_____before allowing a child in. SIGN
Because it is regarded as (9 )______, no more than five karts SAFE
operate at any one time, so a long wait is often (1 0 )______. AVOID

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10. SCIENCE 2002
“Science 2002” is the name given to an (0) i m a g i n a t i v e IMAGINE
development which aims to make (1 )______and SCIENCE
technological developments exciting, even to people who
thought they were (2 )______in the subject. As well as its IN TER EST
mEÚn p erm an en t (3 )______ th ere is also a ch anging EXHIBIT
(4 )______of educational programmes, such as sessions SELECT
for schools and dblleges, and adult (5 )______courses. TRAIN
Everyone can sh 2ire the (6 )______of experiment and EXCITE
discovery. Even (7 )______visitors can carry out simple EXPERIENCE
experiments with the help of (8 )______who are always SPECIAL
available to give thexn all the (9 )______advice and PRACTICE
guidance they need. What’s more, the friendly staff are
keen to provide a (1 0 )______atmosphere. WELCOME

11. A U NIQ UE M USEUM

Given its reputation as a (0) h i g h l y fashion-conscious city, HIGH
it seems íĩtting that Milan should be the site of a unique
testament to man’s (1 )______: the world’s only museum VAIN
of shaving. The (2) of razors and other items COLLECT
(3)_ to shaving was put together hy three generations RELATE
of the Lorenzi family, who íírst opened a shop there sixty-
eight years ago. (4 )______, the shop de^dt in scissors, ORIGIN
knives and other items of (5 )______, but today it has CUT
becom e a cen tre for ( 6 ) ______ craíted Sharp Instru m en ts EINE
of all types. In the museum, there is an (7 )______which EXHIBIT
charts the history of shaving (8 )__ from the earliest EQUIP
prehistoric blades right through to the modern electric
razor. Along the way, we see a number of (9 )______ CURIOUS
including razors with lights attached and others which
spray jets of water (1 0 )______at the appropriate moment. AUTOMATIC

12. FIT FO R SKIING

In his (0) i n f o r m a t i v e book, F it for S kiin g, Dr Gordon Blank INFORM
encourages serious skiers to do a lot of jumping to reduce
the risk of (1 )______Compared with other sports, he says, IN JU R E
skiing requires all-round (2 )______. There are a number FIT
of (3 )______which are ideal for improving leg and upper ACTIVE
body power.
The best (4 )______are those which are similar to skiing MOVE
itself, such as side-to-side jumps over a box, which will
(5 )______increase strength. Most people stop jumping GRADUAL
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 when they reach (6 )______because they are afraid it will ADULT
produce fĩts o f (7 )______from family and friends. LAUGH
(8 ) ______many skiers end up needing lengthy medical FO RTUNE
(9 ) ______ a fter accidents which couỉd h ave been avoided. TREAT
These accidents are often the result of lack of (1 0 )______ STRONG
in the muscles.

13. BARGAIN H UNTING

For the British, bargain hunting is something of an (0) a d d ỉ c t ỉ o n . ADDICT
At least that’s the (1 )______of a recent survey into the CONCLUDE
nation’s shopping habits. The increasing (2 )____of PO PU L A R
alternative retail outlets, such as second-hand shops and EVIDENT
car boot sales is (3 )______of this and the m ain(4)______ ATTRACT
for shoppers is the chance to pick up a bargain. The (5 )____ _ TRADITION
start of the car boot season is the Spring Bank Holiday
weekend when an (6 )______ten thousand sales a i e held ESTIM ATE
up and down the Country. There are, however,
certain (7 )______to this type of shopping. The chances ADVANTAGE
of buying faulty or (8 )______goods is much greater than in STEAL
a conventional shop, for example. What’s more, (9 )______ CONSUM E
may not have the full (1 0 )______of the law when they are PROTECT
buying second-hamd goods, and so may have no One to turn to if they are cheated.

14. CASTLES OF BRITAIN

Castles were built to demonstrate the power of their
(0) i v e a l t h y owners. By the end of the twelfth century, WEALTH
(1 ) ____ individuals felt the pressure to prove their POWER
own value by constructing these (2 )______structures. It is IM PR ESS
(3 )______that kings could afford such expensive projects, C R EDIBLE
because in fact most kings had rather limited (4 )_____ ECONOMY
means, more so than their subjects believed. The (5 )____ C O NSTRUCT
of a stone castle was an enormously expensive project
and the expenses were increased (6 )______when the C O N SID ER
(7 )______materials had to be transported long distances. BU ILD
Skilled workers were essential and (8 )______were often SPECIAL
Brought in from all parts of the (9) to work on a castle. KING
The weekly wages for these workers usually enabled them to
li ve very (1 0 )______. COMFORT

15. FEELIN G A BIT U N D E R THE WEATHER

The success of British seaside holidays is £dways very
(0) d e p e n d e n t on the weather. A wet week in high summer D E PE N D
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can be both ( 1 ) ___ and expensive as people try to lift their D E P R E SS
spirits through (2) __ entertainm ents. And this is only DOOR
one example o f how, m uch more than is ( 3 ) ______ realised, COMMON
the w eather is an ( 4 ) ______ im portant iníluence on the way EXTREME
we feel. It is alm ost as if the body itself were a ( 5 ) ______ SE N SE
m eteorological instrum ent. What other ( 6 ) ______ is there EXPLAIN
for that dull íeelin g that you get ju st before a thunderstorm ,
or the ( 7 ) ______ íeelin g once the rain begins to fall? W hat’s THRILL
more, the list o f weather-related ( 8 ) ______ appears to be ILL
alm ost ( 9 ) _____ , at least according to a recent book on the END
subject by Professor P etersen of Illinois, which runs to an
(1 0 )______ four volum es. BELIEVE
16. TV A D VERTISEM ENTS
In m ost parts o f th e world, the (0) e c o n o m i c basis of ECONOMY
the television industry is the ( 1 ) ______ of advertising SELL
time. This is so im portant and ( 2 ) ______ that it funds PROEIT
all the technical and staff costs involved in the
( 3 ) ______ o f progrEunmes for a variety o f audiences. PRODUCE
This is no ( 4 ) ______ from that employed by newspapers DIEEER
and m agazine w hen they sell advertising space on their
pages, except that ( 5 ) ______ have little choice but to VIEW
watch the advertisem ents, w ith the added annoyance of
( 6 ) _____during their favourite programmes. One IN TER R U PT
( 7 ) _____ is th e BBC w h ich is State funded and so does EXCEPT
not show ( 8 ) ______ . This avoids the situation where COMMERCE
children w atching TV are ( 9 ) ______ iníluenced by EASY
persuasive advertising for junk food item s which their
parents may consider (1 0 )______ . HEALTH
17. BATS
Bats are (0) f a s c i n a t i n g creatures, but m ost people seem EASCINATE
to know very little about them . One ( 1 ) ______ for this is the EXPLAIN
fact that bats are nocturnal. In other words they ( 2 ) ______ USUAL
come out at night and stay safely ( 3 ) ______ in dark corners HIDE
during the day. Because of their spooky looks and ( 4 ) ______ MYSTERY
habits, bats have always been regarded w ith a certain am ount
of ( 5 ) ______ , even fear. But in fact there is nothing to be SU SPE C T
Irightened of. Bats are generally quiet, clean and ( 6 ) ______ INID U STR Y
and ( 7 ) ______ do not cause any damage or disease. Indeed, CERTAIN
they are ( 8 ) ______ fond of eating m osquitoes and so may P A R T ieU L A R
actually save u s from getting ( 9 ) ______ . U níortunately, BITE
however, bats tend to be persecuted by hum ans, so m any
species may be (1 0 )______ . A PPEA R
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18. LOOKING AFTER YOUR HOME
R esidents in quiet (0) n e ig h b o u r h o o d s EU"e som etim es so NEIG H BO U R
confídent that their houses will not be burgled, that they
often leave their doors ( 1 ) ______ . Statistics show that in LOCK
two ( 2 ) ______ out o f ten, the th ief does not have to force BURGLAR
his way in, as the door or window has been ( 3 ) ______ open. LEAVE
An initiative for the (4) of this type of crime has PR E V E N T
now been launched by the police. They w ant us to pay
more attention to the ( 5 ) ______ of our hom es and take SECURE
some sim ple precautions.
First, we should ( 6 ) ______ any weak spots in our hom es STRONG
where a th ief could get in. For example, ( 7 ) ______ windows BREAK
and old garage doors m ust be replaced. It is worth the
( 8 ) ______ of a sum of money, however large, as it will buy INV EST
us piece of mind. Secondly, it is ( 9 ) ______ never to leave ADVISE
spare keys in (1 0 )__ ___places such as flower-pots because HIDE
a th ief will always look there íírst.

19. LEISU R E AND THE COUNTRYSIDE

With th e (0) d e v e lo p m e n t o f fa st m otorw ay System s in m any DEVELOP
countries, once rem ote parts of the countryside are ( 1 ) ______ INCREASE
becom ing ( 2 ) ______ to people w ho live in tow n s and cities. A C C ESS
In many parts of the world, rising ( 3 ) ______ incom es have PE R SO N
resulted in m ass ( 4 ) __ o f motor cars at a tim e w hen OWNER
people have more leisure tim e to fill.
This m eans that there is a lot of (5) _ on the countryside PR ESS
to accept a growing num ber of visitors. In Britain, for example,
the ( 6 ) ______ parks are used by more than one hundred m illion NATION
people annually.
In (7 ) _____ , sim ilar num bers visit areas that do not enjoy the ADD
Same level o f ( 8 ) _____ . Som e people regard this invasion of PROTECT
the countryside as ( 9 ) ______ and they have begun cam paigning D E SIR E
to try and save som e aspects o f (10) rural culture. TRADITION

20. A BURGLARY
When I got hom e I knew (0) im m e d ia te ly that som eone IMMEDIATE
had broken into the flat in my ( 1 ) ______ . The signs that A B SE N T
the locks had been forced were ( 2 ) ______ . Because I was MISTAKE
( 3 ) ______ that the burglars m ight still be there I rang the WORRY
police ílrst. Burglars can be ( 4 ) ______ w hen surprised and VIOLENCE
it would have been very ( 5 ) ______ to put m yself into a R E SP O N SE
potentially ( 6 ) ______ situation instead of m aking a phone D ANG ER
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call. Two policem en arrived soon after. Their ( 7 ) ______ E FFIC IEN T
reEilly im p ressed m e. ( 8 ) ______ n ot a lot had b een taken, FORTUNE
but the flat was in a ( 9 ) ______ m ess, w ith things all over TERROR
the íloor. The police were very (10) and even U N D ER STA N D
helped m e put things away.

21. OUT OF WORK

Since my brother has been (0) u n e m p l o y e d he has gradually EMPLOY
become more and more ( 1 ) ______ . I suppose it’s because FORGET
he doesn’t have to be so ( 2 ) ______ anymore. He doesn’t SYSTEM
have the sam e ( 3 ) ______ routine as the other mem bers of the DAY
family. We all get up quite early, ( 4 ) ______ before 7 a.m., PR E FE R
shower, have a ( 5 ) ______ breakfast and leave for work or HEALTH
school before m y brother gets up. We try to be ( 6 ) ______ of TOLERATE
his ( 7 ) ______ but it ’s not always easy. Of course we all BEHAVE
feel very ( 8 ) ______ towards him, because it ’s not his fault SYMPATHY
that m ost o f the ( 9 ) ______ at the factory lost their jobs. TECHNOLOGY
(1 0 )______ levels were above average but people are not PRODUCE
buying so m any cars.

22. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES CITY CENTRE

The (0) d e t e c t ỉ o n o f an earthquake m easuring five DETECT
on the Richter scale caused panic but no ( 1 ) ______ , IN JU R E
although there was som e (2) damage to many STRUCTURE
older buildings. A ( 3 ) __ ___issued hy the M inistry of STATE
the Environm ent said that food ( 4 ) ______ centres D ISTRIBU TE
have been established. Charitable ( 5 ) ______ are ORGANISE
helping to provide shelter for the ( 6 ) ___ __ fam ilies FORTUNE
affected hy the earthquake. Purther ( 7 ) ______ is being A SS IS T
provided hy aid organisations but ( 8 ) ______ financÌ2d ADD
( 9 ) ______ are needed. Those w ishing to make even DONATE
the sm allest (10) should call 0171 4503456. CONTRIBUTE

23. BRITAIN & GREECE FESTIVAL

I f A th e n s is a l l G r e e k to y o u , tr y v ỉs ỉtỉn g in N o v e m b e r .
I t ’s f e s t i v a l t i m e !
Lord Byron, Champion of Greek (0) i n d e p e n d e n c e , could D E PE N D
hardly have im agined it. Today, years after his ( 1 ) ______ , DIE
2 m illion o f his com patriots, although less ( 2 ) ______ , make HERO
the annuEd ( 3 ) ______ to Greece for the “Britain and Greece PILGRIM
Festival”.
The ( 4 ) ______ Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN
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( 5 ) ______ of the strong links betw een the two countries, CELEBRATE
but also as “an ( 6 ) ______ to those who w ish to create new IN SP IR E
link s,” a ( 7 ) __ ___that 2004 and the A thens Olympics are REM IND
not too far away. Everything about the festival highlights the
them e o f ( 8 ) ______ . The commercial exhibition “Partners PA R TN ER
in Trade” will focus on (9) ___ goods and Services, design, IN D U STR Y
travel and software (1 0 )_ including opportunities for DEVELOP
“Olympics 2004”.
24. SURVIVAL
The weather made their progress (0) im p o s s ib le . As it P O SSIB L E
had been raining ( 1 ) ______ all night they had to be very HEAVY
( 2 ) ______as they walked through the thick jungle. CARE
Their good ( 3 ) ______ would help them overcome the JU D G E
( 4 ) ______ and get back to civilisation w ith only minor SET
injuries.
Although things were ( 5 ) ______ they had to be BEARABLE
(6 )______ because it was the only way they could OPTIM IST
help each other through this difficult situation.
Their ( 7 ) ______ , chosen for his knowledge, would help LEAD
them in every way. The ( 8 ) ______ of this training IM PORTANT
was to ( 9 ) ______ them for the special task ahead HARD
of them. However, they had never imagined how
(1 0 )______ it would turn out to be. DANGER
25. A GROWING CITY
Beaumont, Georgia’s new est city, is a (0) p l a n n e d city. PLAN
It is a ( 1 ) ______ place all year round because of the great LOVE
( 2 ) ______ of flowers and trees which grow in the city VARY
centre. No one can be (3) w ith such natural SATISEY
surroundings. The ( 4 ) __ __ growing population includes QUICK
not only the m any ( 5 ) ___ __ who work there for an EOREIGN
international Computer company, but also local oữĩcials.
The ( 6 ) ______ conditions are excellent and all t3rpes of LIVE
(7 ) __ and sport are available. There are many ENTERTAIN
(8 ) __ buildings to visit nearby and the wooded HISTORY
countryside which is ( 9 ) ______ and particularly beautiíul PEACE
in spring offers hours of cycling and walking. A (1 0 )______ SIGHT
will come back again and again to sample the pleasures
Beaumont has to offer.
26. NATURAL REM EDIES THAT REALLY WORK
Just a few years ago, m ost of us w ouldn’t consider taking
Echinacea or another herb to cure a cold or an (0) in fe c tio n . INEECT
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Today m any of us swear by the ( 1 ) ______ properties of HEAL
these herbs.
( 2 ) ______ studies prove that such natural rem edies are SCIENCE
entering the madnstream of medicine. A ( 3 ) ______ GROW
number o f ( 4 ) ______ are now recom m ending alternative PH YSIC S
treatm ents £dong w ith ( 5 ) ______ therapies. O f course, for TRADITION
your own good health, never begin any ( 6 ) ______ or vitam in HERB
therapy w ithout the ( 7 ) ______ of a medical professional. DIRECT
To help you choose ( 8 ) ______ , we have selected some WISE
rem edies that are backed up hy a ( 9 ) __ am ount of STAGGER
anecdotal evidence. So stock your shelves w ith these simple
cures and have a ( 1 0 )______ liíestyle. HEALTH

27. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

Every tim e I think of that (0) te r r if y i n g experience of the TERRIEY
sinking cruise liner, the panic I felt then comes ( 1 ) ______ LIVE
again. The accident was tragic because of its ( 2 ) ______ , SU D D E N
causing the ( 3 ) ______ of many passengers who would DEAD
otherwise have been saved.
All that som e of th e ( 4 ) ______ could do, was to sit SURVIVE
( 5 ) ______ in the lifeboats, w aiting to be rescued. PATIENT
I became ( 6 ) ______ m any tim es during the long wait. CONSCIOUS
I had to overcome any ( 7 ) ______ I felt so I would not WEAK
faint again. If I had not drawn another ship’s ( 8 ) ______ ATTEND
our situation would have been ( 9 ) ______ I try not to HOPE
remember this (1 0 )___ experience that only leaves ERIGHT
me with unhappy thoughts.

28. THE MAN WHO PLANTED D ISN EY

The Them e Parks are in four different clim ates - but
the landscaping all has to look alike.
Contrary to popular (0) b e lie f, W2dt D isney’s ílrst them e BELIEVE
park was not Disneyland. It was a garden in Bel Air,
California w hose ( 1 ) ______ were Bill and Jack Evans. D ESIG N
However, this was only a dress ( 2 ) ______ . Four years later, REHEARSE
Disney asked them to landscape D isneyland for him. Jack
suíTered a heart attack two w eeks after the ( 3 ) ______ , so OPEN
Bill became D isn ey’s director o f landscape ( 4 ) ______ ARCHITECT
Nowadays, the D isney parks entertain a billion ( 5 ) ______ VISIT
a year. There is ( 6 ) ______ a corner of a D isney park that SCARCE
does not have his ( 7 ) __ ___touch. Although he officially PE R SO N
retired in 1975, he has continued to check on each new

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project, m ost (8) , A n im a l K ingdom , in Plorida. RECEN T
Bill is a ( 9 ) ____ , charm ing and m odest man. He DELIGHT
( 10 ) ______ knows all the plants by both their common CERTAIN
and Latin nam es and speaks to them regularly.

29. M EM ORIES
I will never forget the m ost (0) w o n d e r f u l m om ent in our W ONDER
career w hen we were gi ven the highest score for our ( 1 ) __ _ PEREORM
in the ice-skating cham pionship ( 2 ) ______ at H elsinki. COM PETE
We received the ( 3 ) ______ score of nine marks o f 6.0, BELIEVABLE
which was the maxim um score that could be given.
The ( 4 ) ______ o f tim e that we had spent practising our LONG
dance routine finally paid off. The ( 5 ) ______ that we had DIEEICULT
found w ith some of the ( 6 ) ______ pieces we had chosen M USIC
was soon overcome and becom ing ( 7 ) ______ was only a FAME
m atter of time.
Those were the ( 8 ) ______ days of being young and EXCITE
( 9 ) ______ about everything and having the íeelin g that OPTIM ISM
our (10) would never lessen. PO PU LAR

30. A LETTER OF PR A ISE

Dear Sirs,
I (0) r e c e n tly flew Swiftair across Europe for the íĩrst time. RECEN T
It was the m ost ( 1 ) ______ trip I have ever had on a plane. ENJOY
I cannot m ention enough positive things about the ( 2 ) _____ FLY
To begin with, we took off ( 3 ) ______ . The trip followed PUNCTUAL
all the safety ( 4 ) ______ of lATA. The cabin REGULATE
( 5 ) _____were outstandingly polite. There were ATTEND
( 6 ) _____programmes for children and adults. I ENTERTAIN
should not íorget to m ention the ( 7 ) ______ food, the IM PR E SS
great ( 8 ) ______ of drinks and beverages, and praise SELECT
the well w ritten and ( 9 ) ______ m agazines provided. USE
Overall, I would like to thank you for a very (1 0 )__ trip. PLEASE

31. FUTUROLOGY
I am always (0) d u b io u s whenever futurologists tell us how DO UBT
we will be living several years from now. Their ( 1 ) ______ PR E D IC T
of jet-pack travel and robot maids came to nothing. More
recently w e were promised the ( 2 ) ______ office, PAPER
( 3 ) ______ television and the end of high-street shopping. INTERACT
In some cases, they are wrong because ( 4 ) ______ progress SCIENCE
has been slower than anticipated. Airplanes, for example,
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are barely more ( 5 ) ______ than they were fifty years ago. COMPORT
In others, th e experts have ( 6 ) ______ the number o f things ESTIMATE
that m ust go right before an ( 7 ) ______ changes our lives. INVITE
It tak es m ore th a n ju st One brigh t idea - thorough ( 8 ) _____ SEARCH
is needed w hen developing a new product. In ( 9 ) ____ social ADD
and psychological factors d eterm in e w h eth er or n ot a new
product or Service w ill be (1 0 )______ adopted. WIDE

32. B U S IN E S S ETIQUETTE IN BRITAIN

Most (0) f o r e ig n e r s who visit Britain are surprised to find EOREIGN
that its inhabitants are more informal than they had
imagined. It is ( 1 ) ______ common to use lĩrst nam es in INCREASE
m ost situations even w ithout any personal ( 2 ) ______ . INTRODUCE
H andshaking is ( 3 ) ______ except for íĩrst m eetings, or A PPR O PR IA TE
w hen people see each other again after a long ( 4 ) ______ . A B SE N T
Also surprising is the British attitude towards ( 5 ) ______ . PUNCTUAL
B usiness m eetings frequently start ten m inutes late and,
on social occasions it is ( 6 ) ______ to arrive on tim e. If you POLITE
receive a dinner ( 7 ) ______ , you should arrive ten to tw enty INVITE
m inutes after the stated tim e. In conversation, politeness is
valued, so British people avoid strong ( 8 ) ______ of opinion. STATE
This som etim es gives the im pression that they are ( 9 ) ______ , DECIDE
but is in fact ju st their way o f avoiding (1 0 )______ or ARGUE
conírontation.

33. CHILD ATHLETES

Child sporting prodigies risk serious (0) p s ỵ c h o lo g ic a l PSYCHOLOGY
and physical damage, an ( 1 ) ______ group of American INELUENCE
doctors has warned. The American Academy of Paediatrics
has found that children who ( 2 ) ______ in one sport beíore SPECIAL
puberty can suffer ( 3 ) ______ burnout, as well as damage EMOTION
to joints and bones, and heart problems. Furthermore,
( 4 ) ______ is the tim e w hen healthy eating habits should CHILD
be established, but children doing sports like gym nastics,
where ( 5 ) ______ is im portant, may not receive proper SLEN D ER
nutrition. Accordingly, the Academy suggests ( 6 ) ______ AM BITION
parents think twice beíore forcing young children into
intensive ( 7 ) ______ regim es. Another factor is that child TRAIN
athletes who are ( 8 ) ______ early in life often have short SU C C E SS
careers, w hile those who focus on one sport only after
puberty are more ( 9 ) ______ perlormers in the long term RELY
and suffer from fewer (1 0 )______ . IN JU R E

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34. A MODERN ITALIAN ARTIST
Amedeo M odigliani (1884-1920) was an Italian painter and
sculptor w hose (0) o r ig in a l paintings, which were characterised O R IG IN
by asym m etry o f composition, ( 1 ) ______ of figure, and sim ple LO N G
but ( 2 ) ______ use o f line, are am ong the m ost im portant of M ONUM ENT
the 20th century. They have also gained ( 3 ) ______ for the PO PULAR
entirely personal atm osphere w ith which they are invested:
a kind of m ute ( 4 ) ______ betw een the artist and sitter that R E L A T IO N
im plicates the spectator in a truly ( 5 ) ______ way. R EM A R K
After suffering from serious illnesses as a child, he was
forced to give up ( 6 ) ______ education, and it was then that C O N V E N T IO N
he began to study painting. After his studies in Italy,
Modigliani left for Paris. There, he was overwhelm ed hy
the painting o f Paul Cezanne, which exerted an ( 7 ) ______ Q U E S T IO N
inAuence on the earliest phase of his work. Purtherm ore,
his ( 8 ) ______ study of Aírican sculpture made a prolound EXTEND
im pression on his painting style. Modigliani was not a
professional portraitist in the strict sense of the word. His
paintings are alm ost always portraits of relatives, ( 9 ) _____ o f PER SO N
the Parisian literary scene of his tim es and the contemporary
artistic world, along w ith m any portraits o f ( 1 0 )______ persons. ID E N T IE Y
35. T H E P R E S E N T A T IO N O F H IST O R Y
When dealing w ith (0) s e n s itiv e issues such as the SEN SE
atrocities o f war and m an’s ( 1 ) ______ to man, interpreters HUMAN
of history may try in vain to gi ve an even-handed ( 2 ) ______ TREAT
of the subject. This creates the danger o f “softening” the
image to make it a little less ( 3 ) ______ , a little less HORROR
( 4 ) ______ and a little more acceptable to the general SH A M E
audience. This is an injustice to history, with too much
em phasis put on the bland and not enough on the harsh
reality of the past. Interpreting our heritage is not a soft
option w here all that is required is a nice, ( 5 ) ______ view S E N T IM E N T
of the past. It requires a full working ( 6 ) ______ o f the P E R C E IV E
issues and the evidence, together w ith a ( 7 ) __ to be WILL
open about the strengths and w eaknesses o f our ability to
interpret in a way that ( 8 ) ______ understanding. If DEEP
( 9 ) ______ is required to do that, then it should not be PR O V O K E
avoided for fear o f presenting som ething (1 0 )______ . AGREE
36. P R E C IO U S M ETAL
Gold has several qualities that have made it a commodity of
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colour, durable to th e p oin t o f Virtual ( 1 ) ______ , and u su ally D E ST R O Y
found in nature in a ( 2 ) ______ pure form. The history o f gold C O M PA R E
is ( 3 ) ______ by th at o f any other m etal because o f its value in EQ U A L
the m inds o f m en from earliest tim es.
Because it is visually pleasing it was one of the íĩrst m etals to
attract hum an ( 4 ) ______ . Exam ples of elaborate gold ATTEND
workmanship, m any in nearly perfect condition, survive from
ancient Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, and Etruscan artisans,
and gold has continued to be a highly ( 5 ) ______ m aterial out EA VO UR
of which jew ellery and other ( 6 ) ______ objects are crafted. DECOR
The era o f gold production that followed the Spanish discovery
of the Americas in the 1490s was probably the greatest the
world had w itnessed to that tim e. The ( 7 ) ______ of m ines by E X PL O IT
slave labour and the looting of Indian palaces, tem ples, and
graves in Central and South America resulted in a(n)
( 8 ) ______ inílux of gold that literally unbalanced the PRECEDENT
( 9 ) ______ structure of Europe. U ntil today the world rem ains ECONOM Y
(1 0 ) _____by th e allure o f gold. C A PT IV E

37. ELA M EN CO D A N C E
The essence o f Aamenco is song, often accompanied by the
guitar and improvised dance. Music and dance can be placed
into speciíĩc groups. These (0) c a te g o r is a tio n s /c a te g o r ie s C ATEG ORY
are usually located across a continuum with subjects dealing
w ith the profound to those that are light-hearted. ( 1 ) ______ TY PE
the them es o f death, anguish and despair, in contrast to love,
gaiety and the countryside are ( 2 ) ______ . In ílam enco D RAM A
dance, the m en ’s steps are intricate, with toe and heel clicking.
Footwork in w om en’s dancing is o f less importance,
with the ( 3 ) ______ use of hands and body taking GRACE
( 4 ) ______ . In the dance, the arm, hand and foot m ovem ents PRECEDE
closely resem ble those of classical Hindu dance. E ssential to
traditional Ilamenco is the perform er’s interpretation of the
dance ( 5 ) ______ by the em otion of the music. Períorm ances H IN D E R
are often accompanied by rapid hand clapping, íĩnger snapping
and ( 6 ) ______ shouts. The dancers them selves frequently C O U RA G E
employ finger snapping in complex rhythm s including the
use of castanets. This dance form was ( 7 ) ______ in the P R O E E S S IO N
19‘^ century, w hen Romany people lĩrst began to períorm in
caíes. In this environm ent, ( 8 ) ______ from the traditional DEPART
form occurred. U nfortunately, the pressures of the (9) COM M ERCE
stage m eant that rehearsed routines replaced the
(1 0 )______ o f the original ílam enco perlormances. SPO NTANEO US
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38. ALL WORK AND NO PLAY ...
Plajãng is a serious business. Children engrossed in a make-
believe world, fox cubs play fighting, or kittens teasing a
ball of string, aren ’t ju st having fun. Play may look like a
(0) c a r e Ị r e e and exuberant way to pass the tim e before the CARE
hard work of ( 1 ) ______ com es along, but th ere’s much more ADULT
to it than that. For a start, play can be dangerous and costs
some anim als their lives. It is also extrem ely ( 2 ) ______ in COST
terms of energy. N ature tends not to w aste energy so there
m ust be a reason for this dangerous and strenuous activity.
Pla5àng is a ( 3 ) ______ for the developm ent of intelligence. REQUIRE
Current theory posits that more of the brain is involved
in play than was previously believed. Play certainly seem s
to ( 4 ) _____ higher cognitive processes because it involves ACT
complex ( 5 ) ______ of playmates, ideas of reciprocity and A SSESS
the use of ( 6 ) ______ signals and rules. SPECIAL
It is already known that juveniles denied the opportunity
for play lose the ability to apply social rules w hen they do
interact w ith their peers. Children destined to suffer
m ental illnesses as adults engage in precious little social
play early in life. The effect o f depriving normal children
of play is still ( 7 ) ______ , but the implication is that KNOW
(8 ) ______ and learning abilities could be adversely CREATE
affected. With ( 9 ) ______ beginning earlier and becom ing SCHOOL
(1 0 )______ more exam -oriented, the tim e afforded to INCREASE
play is obviously being reduced. What the result will be
is likely to cause concern.

39. PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS

Copyright is the inalienable, (0) le g a lly secured right to LEGAL
publish, reproduce, and sell the m atter and form of a
literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. Copyright is
designed ( 1 ) ______ to protect an artist, publisher, or other SPECIEIC
owner against any ( 2 ) ______ copying of his works - as hy A UTH O RISE
reproducing the work in any m aterial form, publishing it,
períorming it in public, íĩlm ing it, broadcasting it, causing
it to be distributed to ( 3 ) ______ or making any adaptation SU B SC R IB E
of the work. A Copyright supplies a Copyright holder with
a kind of ( 4 ) ______ over the created material, which assures OWN
him of both control over its use and the m onetary beneíĩts
derived from it. ( 5 ) ______ , copyrights grew out of the HISTORY
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authors and printers were given the ( 6 ) ___ right to EXCLUDE
publish books and other m aterials. The (7) ___purpose^ BASE
of such grants was not to protect authors’ or publishers’
rights but to raise governm ent revenue and to give governing
authorities control over ( 8 ) ______ contents. The Statute of PUBLIC
Anne, passcd in England in 1710, was a ( 9 ) ______ in the MILE
h istory o f Copyright law as it recognised th a t au thors should
be the (1 0 ) ______ benefíciaries of copjTÌght law. Today, the PRIM E
Berne Convention o f 1886 and the Universal Copyright
Convention of 1955 protect rights on an international level
recognised in all countries.
40. THE ART OF GIVING AND TAKING
Gift exchange, w h ich is also C2dled (0) c e r e m o n ia l exchange, CEREMONY
is th e tran sfer o f goods or Services that, althou gh regarded as
( 1 ) _____by people involved, is part o f the expected social VOLUNTEER
( 2 ) _____. Gift exchange may be distinguished from other BEHAVE
types of exchange in several respects: the íĩrst offering is made
in a generous m anner and there is no haggling betvveen donor
and (3 ) ______ ; the exchange is an expression of an existing RECEIVE
social relationship or of the establishm ent of a new one that
diíTers from ( 4 ) ______ m arket relationships; and the proíít in PER SO N
gift exchange may be in the sphere of social relationships and
prestige rather than in m aterial advantage. The gift-exchange
cycle entails ( 5 ) ______ to give, to receive, and to return. OBLIGE
Sanctions may exist to induce people to give, ( 6 ) ______ or loss APPROVE
of prestige resulting from a ĩailure to do so. (7) to accept REEUSE
a gift may be seen as rejection of social relations and may lead
to enmity. The reciprocity of the cycle rests in the necessity to
return the gift; the prestige associated with the appearance
of ( 8 ) ______ dictates that the value of the return be GENEROUS
( 9) _ ___ equal to or greater than the value of the APPROXIM ATE
origin£d gift. Alongside its obvious economic functions, gift
exchange is (1 0 )______ expression of social relations. SIGNIEY
KEY TO WORD EORMATION
1 1. disadvantages 3. chaotic 5. possibility 7. attention 9. arguments
2. personal 4. directions 6. extremely 8. regardless 10. tantastically

2 1. endangered 3. disappearance 5. hunters 7. natural 9. pollution

2. biggest 4. protection 6. effective 8. increasingly 10. avvareness

3 1. bigger 3. easily 5. numerous 7. Untortunately 9. mountaineers

2. exciting 4. traditional 6. inexperienced 8. threatening 10. evidence

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4 1. participants 3. disapproved 5 . success 7. Luckily 9. coloríul
2. players 4. unable 6. paíntul 8. lighter 10. easier

5 1. excitement 3. entertainment 5. unlike 7. dramatic 9. romantic

2. amazing 4. thrilling 6. limited 8. driven 10. uníorgettable

6 1. application 3. employers 5. headings 7. responsibility 9. honesty

2. impression 4. statements 6. training 8. strengths 10. dissatisfĩed

7 1. reliable 3. helpíul 5. certainty 7. ridiculous 9. sincerely

2. coníession 4. generosity 6. unlikely 8. strength 10. íriendship

8 1. responsibility 3. presen/ation 5. recently 7. disappeared 9. iníormation

2. dravvings 4. challenging 6. inventions 8. valuable 10. vvorrying

9 1. dangerous 3. likely 5. teenagers 7. proíessional 9. unsaíe

2. injuries 4. overalls 6. height 8. signature 10. unavoidable

10 1.scientific 3. exhibition(s)/ exhibits 5. training 7. inexperienced 9. practical

2. uninterested 4. selection 6. excitement 8. specialists 10. vvelcoming

11 l.vanity 3. related 5. cutlery 7. exhibition 9, curiosities

2. collection 4. Originally 6. íinely 8. equipment 10. automatically

12 1. injury/injuries 3. activities 5. gradually 7. laughter 9. treatment

2. íitness 4. movements 6. adulthood 8. Uníortunately 10. strength

13 l.conclusion 3. evidence 5. traditional 7. disadvantages 9. consumers

2. popularity 4. attraction 6. estimated 8. stolen 10. protection

14 1. powerful 3. incredible 5. construction 7. building 9. kingdom

2. impressive 4. economic 6. considerably' 8. specialists 10. comíortably

15 l.depressing 3. commonly 5. sensitive 7. thrilling 9. endless

2. indoor 4. extremely 6. explanation 8. illness(es) 10. unbelievable

16 1. sale 3. production 5. vievvers 7. exceptỉon 9. easily

2. protitable 4. different 6. interruptions 8. commercials 10. unhealthy

17 1. explanation 3. hidden 5. suspicion 7. certainly 9. bitten

2. usually 4. mysterious 6. industrious 8. particularly 10. disappearing

18 l.unlocked 3. left 5. security 7. broken 9. advisable

2. burglaries 4. prevention 6. strengthen 8. investment 10. hiding
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19 1. increasingly 3. personal 5. pressure 7. addition 9. undesirable
2. accessíble 4. ovvnership 6. national 8. protection 10. traditional

20 1. absence 3. vvorried 5. irresponsible 7. effĩciency 9 . terrible

2. unmistakable 4. violent 6. dangerous 8. íortunate 10. understanding

21 1. forgetful 3. daily 5. healthy 7. behaviour 9. technicians

2. systematic 4. preíerably 6. tolerant 8. sympathetic 10. Production

22 1. injuries 3. statement 5. organisations 7. assistance 9. donation

2. structural 4. distribution 6. uníortunate 8. additional 10. contributions

23 1. death 3. pilgrimage 5. celebration 7. reminder 9. industrial

2. heroic 4, British 6. inspiration 8. partnership 10. development

24 1. heavily 3. judgement 5. unbearable 7. ieader 9. harden

2. careíul 4. setback 6. optimistic 8. importance 10. dangerous

25 1. lovely 3. dissatìsfied 5. íoreigners 7. entertainment 9. peaceíul

2. variety 4. quickly 6. living 8. historical 10. sightseer

26 1. healing 3. grovving 5. traditional 7. direction 9. staggering

2. Scientiíic 4. physicians 6. herbal 8. vvisely 10. healthy

27 1. alive 3. death 5. patiently 7. vveakness 9. hopeless

2. suddenness 4. survivors 6. unconscious 8. attention 10. írightening

28 1. designers 3. opening 5. visitors 7. personal 9. delightíul

2. rehearsal 4. architecture 6. scarcely 8. recently 10. certainly

29 1. períormance 3. unbelievable 5. difficulty 7. íamous 9. optimistic

2. competition 4. length 6. musical 8. exciting 10. popularity

30 1. enjoyable 3. punctually 5. attendants 7. impressive 9. useíul

2. ílight 4. regulations 6. entertainment 8. selection 10. pleasant

31 1. predictions 3. interactive 5. comíortable 7. invention 9. addition

2. paperless 4. scientiíic 6. underestimated 8. research 10. vvidely

32 1. increasingly 3. inappropriate 5. punctuality 7. invitation 9. indecisive

2. introduction 4. absence 6. impolite 8. statement(s) 10. argument(s)

33 1. iníluential 3. emotional 5. slenderness 7. training 9. reliable

2. specíalise 4. childhood 6. ambitious 8. successíul 10. ỉnjuries

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34 l.elongation 3. popularity 5. remarkable 7. unquestionable 9. personalities
2. monumental 4. relationship 6. conventional 8. extensive 10. unidentified

35 l.inhumanity 3. horriíic 5. sentimental 7. vvillingness 9. provocation

2. treatment 4. shameíul 6. perception 8. deepens 10. disagreeable
36 1. indestructibility 3. unequalled 5. íavoured 7. exploitation 9. economic
2. comparatively 4. attention 6. decorative 8. unprecedented 10. captivated

37 I.Typically 3. graceíul 5. unhindered 7. proíessionalised 9. commercial

2. dramatised 4. precedence 6. encouraging 8. departure 10. spontaneity

38 1. adulthood 3. requirement 5. assessm ents 7. unknown 9. schooling

2. costly 4. activate 6. specialised 8. creativity 10. increasingly

39 1. speciíically 3. subscribers 5. Historically 7. basic 9. milestone

2. unauthorised 4. ovvnership 6. exclusỉve 8. publicised 10. primary

40 l.voluntary 3. recipient 5. obligations 7. Reíusal 9. approximately

2. behaviour 4. impersonal 6. disapproval 8. generosity 10. signiíicant

100 TRIOS OF GAPPED SENTENCES

Think o f one word only vvhich can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
There is an exam ple a t the beginning (0).
Example:

0. .... a p p re c ia te ....
• One doesn’t need to be an expert to a p p r e c ia t e the beauty of classical
music.
• He seem s coníídent that houses in this area will a p p r e c ia t e in value in
the next few years.
• ru always a p p r e c ỉa t e your help and support.
meet ............
1.........................
• He was aíraid that his revolutionary proposals w o u ld ______ w ith strong
opposition from hardliners.
• The Chinese factories were operating non stop churning out shoes to
the demand in Europe and the us.
• With only 200 dollars a m onth, the family struggled to make e n d s ______ .
lay
The birds build their nests in early Septem ber and begin to their
eggs two w eeks later, always being on the lookout for predators.
The press speculated w hether the new telecom m unications company was
going t o ______ cables on th e seabed to im prove th e e x istin g System .
One of my responsibilities at home is t o ______ the table in the evening.

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 spread
I t’s irritating that they do nothing but lies about our family. The
whole village is about to believe their incredible stories.
D on’t allow the educational System to restrict your thinking abilities. I
urge you t o ______ your w ings and do things your way.
He opened the jar, took out some jam w ith his knife a n d ______ it evenly
on the W 6 i r m toast.
hard
Marijuana is not regarded as a drug. T h at’s why som e countries
are thinking o f lettin g people use it, at least for medical purposes.
It’s ______ to believe that there are no good people out there. I’m sure you
can find som e good-natured individuEds in this area.
I’m trying to spare you learning things t h e ______ way. Follow my advice
and you don’t need to make m istakes.
5. test
The aim o f this task is to __ your knowledge of vocabuỈEiry.
The drug company has decided not t o ______ its Products on anim als in
íuture.
In order to ______ out his new theory, the scientist has taken over the
university laboratory.
6. short
Blankets and shelters were in ___ supply in the aíterm ath of the
disaster.
Nobody in this business knew his real name. He was called Bill for
She reacted angrily w hen her name hadn’t been included on the
list for the job.
7. promoted
Though the movie was w id e ly ______ across the country, the sales were a
disappointm ent for the studio.
For a wom an to g e t ______ in the business world seem s to be a tall order
in a predom inantly m ale environm ent.
This web site was shut down soon after the Internet provider realized it
______ extrem e view s inciting violence.
8. bite
Holm es im m ediately spotted two marks on the neck o f the victim
which he thought m ight have been left by a snake o f som e kind.
D on’t ______ th e hand that feeds you. It was me who got you promoted
and now, Ron, you ’re plotting behind my back. Sham e on you!
‘Fred, can I have som e o f your apple?’ ‘Sure. Have a ______
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 positve
9 ...................................
• r m ab solu tely ____ the horse will win the race. T here’s no doubt about it.
• It came as a shock to her husband when she t e s t e d ______ for a sexually
transm itted disease.
• The guru stresses the power o f ______ thinking in his lectures, sa3Õng it
helps to overcome problems and reduce strain.

1 0 . blew
• It was one o f the gang’s mem bers t h a t _ the agen t’s cover as h e’d
seen him in uniform before.
• Feeling tired, Lind put away the b o o k ,___ out the candle and w ent to
sleep.
• Separatists ______ up severad bridges in the province sending a violent
m essage to th e Capital.

11 . suit
• Finally, they have decided to ílle a civil ___ against the Corporation.
The íĩrst hearing is due next week.
• White doesn’t ______ me. I prefer dark colours like brown and black.
• If you asked m é to arrive at 7, it would m e fine.
support
12.......................................
• The latest evidence doesn’t ______ the initial assum ptions. We need to
change the way w e’ve thought about the process.
• I’m really gratetul to you for your affection and _______ I received
throughout the recovery.
• Chris had to work hard as he had a wife and three children t o ______ .
dish
1 3 ..............
• T h e ___ , though not especially sophisticated, sm elled so great that it
made his m outh water.
• ‘Which is his window?’ ‘Look over there. It’s the one w ith a satellite
attached to the w air
• A couple of volunteers turned up at the centre ready t o ______ out food to
the needy.
false
1 4 ..................................
• Each tim e he grinned show ing the girl h i s ___ teeth, she becam e more
and more convinced that she didn’t w ant to spend her days looking after
an octogenarian.
• She bought herselt a dog which gave her a ______ sense o f security. It was
small and couldn’t bark loudly.
• O n e ______ move and you’ll be pushing up the daises. So stay w here you
are.

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15. notice
I didn’t know about her problems. They never came to my
T h e ______ on the wall o f the building said ‘No entry’.
It is next to im possible to organize relief at such s h o r t __ We need
som e more tim e to m ake it work.
answer
1 6 ..................................
• ru never let you get away w ith it. You can be sure one day you’ll
for all your crooked ways.
• Where are your m anners? D on’t ______ me back, you rude boy.
• Can y o u ______ the door? Fm having a shower.
mouth
1 7 ..................................
• In sm all villages new s travels fast. It is spread hy word o f ______ .
• The refugee camp was built near the ______ of the river to make relief
work more efficient.
• The bad sm ell th at was Corning from his put off all the girls in our
class.
dead
1 8 ..................................
With the arrival o f the storm, alm ost all the telephone lines w e n t ______ ,
which caused even more problems for the rescue team s.
They all agreed that the plan was a ______ duck and chose to abandon it.
The patient was pronounced______ on arrival. The funeral was scheduled
two days later.
19. state
The house on the outskirts of the town was in a sorry ____ . It
desperately needed renovating.
For years the two neighbouring countries were in a ______ o f war.
Those who came to the airport were able to see a few heads of
Corning out o f the plane to the accom panim ent of the orchestra.
20 . eyes
When in the pub, Frank usually up attractive girls sittin g at the
tables which m akes his wife see red.
I’m sorry Fm so busy at the m om ent. Fm up to my in work.
You’ve got to be very careíul doing business w ith that Russian. H e’s a bit
fishy. I advise you to h a v e ______ in the back o f your head.
21. early
results showed that Mike was the winner, but obviously, they had
to w ait for offĩcial confirmation.
Fm sure you know this adage: “T h e ___ bird catches the w orm .”
In t h e _______ days, people used carts and horses to transport goods.

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22. mark
She looked scruíĩy in her tattered coat w ith a big dirty on the sleeve.
The tow n’s anniversary was round the corner. T o ____ the occasion, the
officials built a huge bridge spanning the two banks of th e river.
YouVe forgotten to put an exclam ation ______ in this sentence. Such a
m istake may cost you dearly in the exam.
23. burn
Running on th e treadm ill is said to be the m ost effective exercise that will
______ your calories like nothing else.
Once youV e downloaded the songs, the Copyright allows you t o ______ a
maximum o f 3 CDs for your own use.
Connie, poor? You m ust be joking. S h e’s got m oney t o ___ . Wait till
you see her mansion.
24. empty
• ru tell you som ething, Jane. N ever trust men. They only offer ______
promises which they don’t keep.
• D espite his achievem ents, the athlete strongly believed that his life was
and devoid o f any purpose whatsoever.
• Did the custom s oíTĩcers really ask you t o ______ your pockets and show
their contents?
private
2 5 ..................................
• I t’s true th at th e pay in t h e ______ sector is higher, but working for a
governm ental agency guarantees peace o f mind.
• D on’t get me wrong, but I prefer keeping my professional a n d ___ life
separate.
• What you are going to hear in a m om ent is and you are not to
revead this inform ation to anyone.
cross
2 6 ..................................
• It’s easy. You have to out unnecessary words in som e o f the
sentences.
• The vehicle looked a bit strange at the show. It was a ___ betvveen a
car and a motorcycle.
• It didn’t ______ his m ind that Louise was a spy w orking for the Israelis.
burst
2 7 ..................................
• The villagers are worried that the river m a y ____ its banks this year
round. Last year vast areas o f farmland were under water.
• It was a surgical strike. When the m issile hit the target th e building
into flames.
• Suddenly, the d o o r _______ open and a group o f m asked m en rushed into
the bank.
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 inside
2 8 ..................................
• It was fascinating to w atch the bird in action. It was there, ______ the
hollow, w aiting for its next prey.
• The police said that burglars m ust have h a d ______ iníorm ation about the
security Systems as they didn’t set off the alarm.
• I know the to w n ______ out. I’ve been living here all my life, my dear.
act
2 9 ..................................
• He saved thousands o f Jew s from the H olocaust w hen the country was
under th e N azi rule, a n ______ of extraordinary courage in those tim es.
• Look at you! You’re an adult, Jam es. ______ your age and nobody will
ever tell you th at you ’re irresponsible.
• We have t o ______ im m ediately to help this war-torn nation rebuild itself
before it is too late.
sign
3 0 ..................................
• Would you be so kind as t o ___ on the dotted line? I need to have your
consent in black and white.
• After m uch deliberation, the president decided to __ the new
legislation into law.
It took Miriam only a few days to learn the rudim ents of ___language
to help the deaf.
31. keen
• He turned out to be an asset to the company, a lw a y s ___ to help his
colleagues w hen they felt overburdened with work.
• Lisa has always shovvn a ______ interest in m artial arts. S h e’s seen all the
íílm s w ith Bruce Lee and she w ants to go to China to learn from Shaolin
m asters.
• I m ust say I ’m not that ______ on going out w ith Luke. H e’s a bit too
scruíĩy for m y taste.
32 school
...............................
• My father com es from the o l d ___ of thought that believed in moral
values
• When under water, the diver spotted a large ___ o f herring swim m ing
northwaxds.
• All the children were ecstatic, knowing their __ holidays were near.
33 interest
...............................
• With high ______ rates, clients are not likely to borrow m oney from
ílnancial institutions.
• He attended a few classes, but soon lost and started hanging round
with ílsh y people from a local boxing club.
The daily features all kinds of topics of general to the public.

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34. model
At university, Catharine was a ___student. N eedless to say, she passed
all her exam s w ith Aying colours.
This n e w ______ o f the car can reach 100 kph in ju st under 6 seconds.
I hate it w hen she tries t o ______ h erself on Britney Spears. She looks and
sounds so unnatural.
35 game
...............................
• The country prides itself on having the m ost national parks a n d ______
reserves in the world and has often been given as an exam ple for others to
follow.
• Fiona gave the ______ away w hen she began giggling behind his back.
This xnade him suspicious.
• They were sittin g in the armchairs hunching over the desk and playing a
o f chess.
36 fail
...............................
• Before any major fight the champ trains in the gym every day for 4 hours
w ith o u t______ .
• You are too kind to me. I don’t know w hat to say. W ord s______ me!
• I ______ to understand w hy h e ’s so nasty m ost o f the tim e. He can be nice
w hen he wants.
37. taste
This pastry is disgusting. I w ouldn’t even recom mend th at y o u __ it. I
think it m ight have gone ofĩ.
To tell you the truth, you have b a d ______ in clothes. Why don’t you read
some íashion m agazines? They m ight teach you som ething.
Red cars are a bit too extravagant for m y ______ . I prefer blue or light
green.
38. shade
He planned to stay in the box w ith 1000 scorpions for three m onths, an
act which was supposed to put all the other entertainers in t h e ______ .
When the sun reached its zenith, they wanted to find som e ______ to
escape from its scorching rays.
The artist u ses a com bination of light and ______ in his drawings to
highlight certain recurring cycles in our lives.
39. life
After a short period o f severe winter, plants came to ___ again
displaying their gorgeous flowers.
Moving w est gave her a new lease o f ______ . The clim ate w as better and
the people were more hospitable.
Lisa’s parents were unavvare that she was leading a double ______ .
Actually, nobody knew she had become a drug addict.

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4 0 . owe
Yes, yo u ’re right. I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did. I ______ you a
sincere apology.
D on’t forget you still m e ______ 5 pounds. You w on’t get away w ith this.
They always feel extrem ely grateíul for his kind help and support. In fact,
they think t h e y ______ everything to him.
41. build
Praise and your tender loving care c a n __ up your child’s self-esteem
and help him become a responsible person.
Let m e think, officer. The m an was in his late thirties, dark, and of
m u scu lar______ , w ith a tattoo on his left arm.
Now that tension and racial hatred is out of the way, we need t o ______
bridges betw een th e two com m unities.
42. book
I ’m wondering if I could huy a ______ o f íírst class stam ps here.
We strongly recom mend that you don’t hesitate a n d ______ now because
this destination is highly popular w ith passengers.
The enforcem ent oíĩícials were particularly careful to do everything hy
t h e ______ w hile searching his house. They wanted to avoid a lawsuit.
43. party
The night beíore she was to get married to a V ietnam ese im m igrant, her
fem ale friends organized a h e n ______ .
Having waited two days, the police decided to send out a se a r c h ______ to
scour th e forest w here the man had been last seen.
As the new ly e le c te d ______ leader he vowed to beat the Conservatives in
the next elections. An old cliché, but quite effective at that time.

44 system
...............................
• Living under a totalitarian ____ is always very diíĩĩcult for free-
thinking individuals.
• If you go on feasting on junk food, it ’s going to have a devastating eíĩect
on your d ig estiv e _______ .
• The question w hether there are intelligent living forms outside our solar
has always perplexed scientists as well as philosophers.

45 pocket
...............................
• Take necessary precautions when travelling on public transport.
Somebody may pick y o u r ______ .
• He reached into the inside ______ of his jacket to produce his passport,
but it was gone.
• The w hole tow n was his. Even the mayor was in his ______ . In fact,
nobody could challenge his position.

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46. desert
The story has it that the shipvvrecked survivor made it to a ______ island.
A group o f vultures were circling over his head as he was m aking his way
through t h e _______ .
I love you so m uch that I will n e v e r _____ you for another woman, honey.
My love is unshakeable.
47. service
He was exem pt from m ilita ry ______ on grounds of his poor health.
Our network o f garages m akes it a point t o ______ all cars regardless of
where they come from.
The food is excellent here, but the leaves much to be desired.
48. calm
Claire was visibly shaken by the assault and it took a while before she
managed t o ______ down and tell him what had happened.
The genocide was described as totally unexpected, but it shouldn’t have.
Experts had vvarned that the relatively peaceíul atm osphere was only the
______ before the storm.
Ricky took pleasure in going to the park which, for him, was an oasis of
in his hectic and tum ultuous life.
49. poor
I’m really worried about our father. H e’s getting old fast and now he
seem s to be i n ______ health.
_______ old Mike finds it hard to rub shoulders w ith his peers. No wonder
his parents feel genuinely sorry for him.
If I were you, I w ouldn’t huy it. Look at this m aterial. It’s obvious it ’s of
______ quality.
50. sense
His father took pains to inculcate a ____ of duty in his heart. Later he
came to be a responsible person.
It’s not intelligence that you need to choose friends. It’s co m m o n _______
that can safeguard you against certain individuals.
Entering this old deserted German bunker, visitors can _______ the
atm osphere of conspiracy that prevailed in the place during the last days
of N azi regime.
51. broke
Can you lend me some m oney right now? I’m s to n e ______ at the moment.
With the support of his fam ily he ev en tu a lly ______ his sm oking habit for
good.
• The curtain w ent down and the audience the silence with
thunderous applause.
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 saved
5 2 ...................................
• The local com m unity was appreciative of the businessinan’s generous
g estu re to im prove th e State of the school. He r e a ll y ______ th e day hy
donating more than 100,000 dollars.
• The w orking day w as drawing to a close. He ______ all the docum ents
h e ’d made so far by clicking the icon and left the office.
• S h e ______ enough m oney to enjoy life to the full vvithout having to work
for the rest o f her days.
53. ears
T’ve got som ething to tell.” “Fire away. Tm all
• His pleas for more m oney spent on education fell on d e a f ____ . The
issue was sim ply ignored.
• I’m afraid I can’t see you tomorrow. Tm up t o ______ my in work.
54 catch
...............................
• Anyway, th a t’s all for now. I have to go t o ___ the post. Do drop me a
line soon.
• The animal is very elusive, but if you w ant to __ a glim pse of it, there
is no better place than our nature reserve.
• Most businessm en work long hours and don’t get enough rest during the
week, so w hen the weekend comes they o fte n ______ up on sleep.
55 called
...............................
• When the m anagem ent reíused to bow down to the w orkers’ demands,
t h e y ______ a general strike.
• Realizing that th e situation was getting out of hand the p resid en t______
in troops to restore order in the Capital.
• He pulled up his lorry in the middle o f the road, got out and ran to the
damaged car. Fortunately, the driver, a young woman, was still alive. He
im m ed iately______ an ambulance.
56 put
...............................
• I know w hat m ay cheer you up. L et’s see a good comedy. It’ll certainly
you in a good mood.
• Little children w ith their unpredictable behaviour always ______ my
patience to the test.
• “George, don’t you think that I’ve ______ on som e w eight recently?”
“Honey, I love you anyw ay.”
57 line
...............................
• Miranda w as Aabbergasted w hen she saw her signature on the dotted
_______ . She can’t have been that stupid to sign the document.
2 The unem ployed were standing in a lo n g _______ for their turn to take
free Soup from the charity.
Hurry up, Mr Lazy. The President is on the and wants to talk to you.

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58. active
Scientists were astounded w hen the volcano, which had been dormant for
the last 200 hundred years, b eca m e______ again endangering the lives of
the inhabitants o f the island.
The captain dỉed o n ______ Service in the Vietnam War som ewhere in the
den se ju n g les of th e South.
D espite her advanced age, she was v e r y ___ , still on the go pottering
round in the garden and going jogging every other day.
59. guide
Have you got a TV ? I w ant to know w hat’s on telly tonight.
The tourist ___ was a 56 year-old lecherous man m aking eyes at
elderly German fem ale tourists.
• When you press the Enter button, instructions on the screen w i l l______
you through the installation process.
dogs
60 .....................................
• I can’t understand your optimism. Prices are rising, jobs are scarce, our
welfare System going to t h e ______ and you say life is good.
• I’m not going anywhere in such xveather. It’s raining cats a n d ______ .
• We should let sleep in g ______ lie and avoid bringing up the issue.

61. pull
After a thorough exam ination the inspector decided to ___ down the
building as it posed a threat to the dwellers’ safety.
Be a man, Luke, ______ yourself together and stop cr5ãng. The girls are
looking at you.
Sally hated sittin g at the ílrst table in the classroom. The boys behind
made it a point t o ______ her long plaits and it hurt a lot.
62. invaded
The paparazzi denied that he had the privacy o f the rock star. He
claimed he didn’t feel guilty whatsoever.
When Poland was ______ by German troops, m ost o f the European
nations ju st looked on.
Hundreds o f thrilled f a n s __ the pitch soon after the ílnal w histle was
blown.
63. carry
Sm uggling drugs in som e countries m a y ____ a m axim um penalty of
death.
The law íĩrm thought that Mr Bykowski could out his threats and
sue the m ultinational Corporation for d2unages.
They are expanding their fleet by adding new planes that can up
to 200 passengers.

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 plant
6 4 ..................................
• There was credible intelligence inform ation that the Chemical _______
m ight be targeted by environm ental groups.
• Their eíTorts t o _______ a bomb on a transatlantic ílight were thwarted by
the SWAT team .
• In an attem pt to boost the tow n ’s image as the greenest tow n in the
region they intend t o _______ 2,000 seedlings in the centre.
65. face
Now, w ithout anybody to turn to, he had to the biggest challenge
in his life.
• You’re in love w ith her. D on’t deny it. It’s w ritten all over y o u r ______ .
3 The acne on h i s ______ didn’t w ant to disappear no m atter how often she
w ent to th e solarium.
deep
66 .....................................
• Holm es was sittin g in his favourite chair w ith his pipe in his m outh
in thought.
• She looks and talks tough, b u t ______ down sh e’s a very sensitive person
that can be easily oíĩended.
• Everybody, take a ______ breath. The roller coaster ride is about to begin.
earn
6 7 ..................................
• You really w ant me to cheat my clients? Come on! W e’ve ______ a
reputation for being fair and trustvvorthy.
• Josh is said to h a v e ______ a small fortune selling second-hand goods and
fake jewellery.
• I was not going to get rid of my car. Though old, it still its keep.
place
68 .......................................
• His ideology was shaped by a bunch o f clerics giving speeches in a local
o f worship.
• D on’t _____________ too much em phasis on grammar. Vocabulary is more
important.
• After the last orders were taken and the pub closed for the night, he took
her to h i s ______ to fínish their fabulous night w ith a glass of champagne.
consideration
6 9 ..................................operation
• The new System ensuing fair treatm ent of all the people will come into
next year under the auspices of the U nited N ations.
• Headquarters £ire planning to carry out a major ______ to take the
insurgents off the streets.
• He underw ent a major bypass ______ w hen his heeirt started to send
vvorrying signals.
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70 point
...............................
• D espite unforeseen diíĩĩculties, he made it a ______ o f seeing her w hen his
ship called at N ew York.
• The infam ous interrogator used to ______ his gun at prisoners to make
them tĩdk.
• I think you ’ve m issed t h e ____. I didn’t say I w ant th e ceir. I said I like it.
71 reach
...............................
• The jury didn’t ______ a unanim ous decision due to a lack o f su íĩĩcient
evidence.
• It has been reported that a 10-year-old child was seriously m auled w hen
she tried t o ______ out her hand to touch the lion.
• Keep all the detergents out o f ______ of children. They m ight drink them
by m istake.
72 passed
...............................
• After a frantic íĩght for his life, the m u sicia n ______ away in the morning.
The m usic scene is in mourning.
• The new operating System was such a success that a few glitches in the
softw are_____ _ largely unnoticed.
• Archeologists have put forward the theory that a broad Street m ust have
through the tow n centre.

73 demonstration
...............................
• The press described the event as a peaceful ______ . No dam age was
reported and the people behaved properly.
• During th e m ating season m ales often stage a ______ o f strength by
show ing their big fangs.
• Because som e custom ers wanted to see the appliance in action, he gave a
q u ick _____ to show how it worked in the kitchen.
74 stand
...............................
• With poor follow-up Service, the fírm doesn’t ______ a chance o f keeping
their custom ers happy.
• On his hind legs the anim al m a y ______ one m etre high.
• “What does this abbreviation______ for?” “U nidentified Fl3Õng Object.”
75 miss
...............................
• Go down the Street, turn left and the sw im m ing pool is on your right. You
can’t ______ it.
• You’d better hurry up if you don’t w ant t o ______ the post.
• Many teenagers raised in a strict environm ent feel they ______ out on
having fun. They should remember, however, that this kind o f upbringing
protects them from m any problems.

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76. change
r m aíraid there is no direct railway link betw een the tow ns and you have
t o ______ trains in Bristol.
And now, another item on the auction, a 17th century clock that, le t’s
hope, w ill _ _ _ _ _ hands in a m om ent.
‘The car isn ’t working, Daddy.’ I think you have t o ______ the battery.’
77. treated
The dise2ise w as quickly diagnosed and he was im m ediately sent to
hospital to b e _______ for pneumonia.
“All the hostages are being w ell _______ and £ire feeling OK,” said a
m asked m an on video.
She took her children to the cinema and later them to some
sw eets in the local restaurant. They enjoyed the evening im m ensely.
78. number
This Standard feature of your word processor enables you to the
pages o f your docum ents.
There is a g o o d ______ o f reasons to stop smoking, but obviously it ’s you
who have to m ake th e decision.
Jerry w as searching the N et for a b a c k __ o f the m agazine that would
com plete his extensive collection.
79. remains
It to be seen w hether they will bring oil prices down, but I doubt it.
I adm it S u san ’s made a few m istakes de£ding w ith our custom ers, but she
______ your superior. I trust her completely.
The explorers were delighted w hen th ey’d stum bled across t h e ______ of
this forgotten ancient city closely guarded hy the rainforest.
80. bright
She was an exceptionally talented and child. Adults marveled at
her ability to com prehend even the m ost complicated issues.
Once he got recognition in his native country, Mike began thinking about
som ething more am bitious and decided to head for the ______ lights of
Hollywood.
W ith the sales soaring, our company has a ______ future. H ere’s to our
manager!
81.
Their sudden to fame took all th e critics hy surprise. They hadn’t
expected the band to dom inate the charts.
The death toll is going t o ______ as more bodies are being recovered.
One inconsiderate remark at the em bassy g a v e ______ to rum ours about
the president’s poor health.

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82.
He had to fly eco n o m y ___ because the íírm had been hard h it by the
recession.
1’m aíraid you ’re not in the sam e ______ as your opponent in the sem i
finals. H e’s going to m ake m incem eat of you.
Janet has never been asham ed of her w o rk in g ______ background and she
always m entions it in interviews.
83.
Luckily Mike had his so we could contact the em ergency Services
after his girlfriend had broken a leg in the rem ote parts o f the m ountains.
D uring the job interview he unasham edly called him seir an upwardly
______ m an w ith high ambitions.
The people kept in touch w ith culture through a ___ library that
appeared in the village twice a year.
84.
The íĩrm has installed a bunch of h ig h ly ___ m otion detectors to make
it im possible for intruders to penetrate its premises.
A lot o f young people are e x tre m e ly ______ about their looks. A word of
criticism may ruin their self-esteem .
U nlike other politicians, she tends to b e ______ to her voters’ needs. It’s
not surprising sh e’s leading all the polls at the m om ent.

85.
The grass on the golf __ was perfectly groomed and beckoned those
w illing to have a game that morning.
The GP prescribed a ______ of injections that was to stop the spread of
the infection.
After an aggressive advertising campaign, th e university saw a steady
flow of candidates enrolling on t h e ______ .
86 .
Big companies are 2dways on the lookout for _____ labour that will
guarantee low production costs.
It’s not the real thing. The watch on his w rist is only a im itation of
a Sw iss w atch that costs a fortune.
Lite is ______ , I tell you. If you read about people gettin g killed for a
fiver, you wonder w hat kind of world we are living in.

87.
I can’t lend you any cash at the m om ent. I’m __ for m oney myself.
Once the lights w ent out in the cinema, Luke w anted to em brace and kiss
her, but s h e ______ him away and gave him a slap in the face.
Recently you ’v e ______ yourseir too hard at work. Take a few days o fĩ and
you’ll feel m uch better.

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88.
The river goes down the hill, t h e n ______ gently and flows into the sea.
They t o o k ______ drilling the hole in the ground. W hen George got tired,
Scott took over.
Even if she you down, you don’t have to panic. You’ll find another
girl. There are plenty more fish in the sea.
89.
The unem ploym ent rate has hit a new record level and inAation i s ______
at about 30 percent which bodes ill for the country.
Cleire shouldn’t teach sm all children. She keeps ______ out of patience
w hen they don’t understand her instructions.
The house has everything you need: Central heating, water and
even air-conditioning. W hat else would you like?
90.
I can understand w hy the custom s officer decided to out only the
two of as from the group. In our ragged clothes we looked suspicious.
The artist’s new ______ was w ell received am ong the critics, but
surprisingly, the fans voted it the worst he had ever recorded.
D espite his m other’s constant nagging, Russell loved being a bachelor and
remained until he was 45.
91.
When the new coach took over, he realized there was still ___ for
improvem ent. Firstly, they needed to b eef up the deíence.
This desk in our study takes up too m u c h ______ I think we should give it
away.
With th e tim etable set and all the students ready to start th e academic
year, there was little ______ for m anoeuvre w hen two teachers were
injured in a car crash.
92.
There is fr e e ______ to all the m useum s on our tour which m ight be good
new s for budget conscious visitors.
H is resignation w as instantly interpreted as a n ______ o f failure. Despite
írantic eíĩorts to revive the company, it recorded losses for the third tim e
in a row.
Because Liam was com pletely drunk he was r e fu s e d ______ to the disco
and had to go home.
93.
Though the educational System puts a lot o f pupils under enormous
______ , hardly anything is being done to improve it.
I’d like to ______ the importance o f regular m ental exercise that will
make you feel challenged.
The p rim ary______ should be placed on the íĩrst syllable, not the second.

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94 ...............................
• It was w idely believed in the Middle Ages that som e people could turn
into w erew olves w hen the moon w a s ______ .
• To feed her three babies, she was forced to w o r k ______ tim e in a Chinese
takeaway.
• The cost o f the stay in clu d es______ board and unlim ited use o f our sports
facilities. So feel free to peưnper yourseir.
95 ...............................
• Young talented football players c a n ______ enorm ously if they are given
the chance to learn from the best.
• It’s not a picnic to live on u n em p loym en t______ in Poland. Each day is a
struggle.
• With t h e ______ o f hindsight, it was obvious that th e security m easures
hadn’t been adequate enough to stop the attack.

96 ...............................
• Life in the tow n ______ seem ed too hectic for him . On the other hand,
living on the outskirts was a bit inconvenient.
• In an effort to cut costs the telephone operator established its c a ll______
in a íoreign country.
• D on’t say that, Jenny. I do adore you. You’re t h e ______ of m y universe.

97 ...............................
• L et’s ask a local where we are because I find it diíĩĩcult t o ______ that old
map of yours.
• A nn’s going to burn the m idnight oil tonight. She needs t o ______ up on
biology before her exam tomorrow.
• YouVe got to tell me w hat you’re thinking. I can’t _____ your mind, can I?

98 ...............................
• I don’t tru st politicians as a ______ rule. One can’t be too careful, can
they?
• At the end o f their investigation the com m ittee cam e up w ith a ______
overview o f the banking sector and recommended som e changes.
3 The president dissolved the parliam ent and called f o r ______ elections to
be held as soon as possible.

99 ...............................
• The governm ent has come under ______ from the press for not doing
enough to provide people w ith affordable housing.
• I told you she would take to him. In fact, they got on like a house on

• Exhausted and soaked, the scouts made a ______ upon reaching the camp.

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100 . ...........
• The criminal away with a num ber o f offences in exchange for
cooperation w ith the police.
My c a r ______ stolen w hen I was holidaying in Poland. Luckily, it was
found tw o days later.
It was only w hen L in d a __ to know them better that she m anaged to
gi ve up her deeply-rooted prejudices.

1. MEET 35. GAME 69.

2. LAY 36. FAIL 70.
3. SPREAD 37. TASTE 71.
4. HARD 38. SHADE 72.
5. TEST 39. LIFE 73.
6. SHORT 40. OWE 74.
7. PROMOTED 41. BUILD 75.
8. BITE 42. BOOK 76.
9. POSITIVE 43. PARTY 77.
10. BLEW 44. SYSTEM 78.
11. SUIT 45. POCKET 79.
12. SUPPORT 46. DESERT 80.
13. DISH 47. SERVICE 81. RISE
14. PALSE 48. CALM 82.
15. NOTICE 49. POOR 83.
16. ANSVVER 50. SENSE 84.
17. MOUTH 51. BROKE 85.
18. DEAD 52. SAVED 86.
19. STATE 53. EARS 87.
20. EYES 54. CATCH 88.
21. EARLY 55. CALLED 89.
22. MARK 56. PUT 90.
23. BURN 57. LINE 91. ROOM
24. EMPTY 58. ACTIVE 92.
25. PRIVATE 59. GUIDE 93.
26. CROSS 60. DOGS 94.
27. BURST 61. PULL 95.
28. INSIDE 62. INVADED 96.
29. ACT 63. CARRY 97.
30. SIGN 64. Pư\NT 98.
31. KEEN 65. FACE 99.
32. SCHOOL 66. DEEP 100.
33. INTEREST 67. EARNED
34. MODEL 68. PLACE

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 KEY WORD TRANSPORMATION
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
betvveen three and eight vvords, including the word given.

Example:

0. Nobody spoke w hen the teacher asked who the culprit was.
remained
Everyone rem ained silen t ivhen the teacher asked who the cu lp rit was.

1
1. It’s been m onths since I last spoke with Paul,
contact
been in any contact with Paul for
I haven’t ...................................................... m onths.
2. He has never felt so embarrassed before.
ever
the first time he's ever felt so
It’s .......................................................embarrassed.
3. She w as going to hand in her notice w hen the boss decided to promote
her.
point
was on the point of handing in her
S h e .................................................................notice w hen the boss decided to
promote her.
4. He has tried to lose w eight before.
first
not the first time he's gone on diet.
It’s .......................................................a
5. Prance h asn ’t won a gold medal in this sport for ages.
time been a long time since France won a gold
It’s .......................................................medal in this sport.
6. It is certain that he will com pensate you for the damage he has done.
bound
is bound to make it up
H e ....................................................... to you for the damage he has done.
7. Stephen realised som ething terrible had happened as soon as he saw
May crying.
aware
was aware that something terrible had happened
S te p h e n ....................................................... as soon as he saw May crying.
8. I believẹ the m an you ’re looking for is standing right next to us.
íeeling have a feeling that the man standing right next
I ....................................................... to us is the one you’re looking for.
9. Jerem y joined the cricket club a year ago.
member
been a member of the cricket club for
Jerem y’s ......................................................a year.

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10. It w as proposed that a new orphanage should be built.
forward
put it forward a proposal to build a new orphanage.
T h e y .....................................................
11. The elections take place next Sunday.
scheduỉed elections are scheduled to take place
T h e ........................................................next Sunday.
12. I believe there w ill be an economic crisis soon.
estimation
my estimation an economic crisis is
I n ....................................................... im m inent
13. The fínal question in part 6 w asn’t answered correctly by anyone.
answer
could correctly answer to
N o b o d y .......................................................the final question in part 6.
14. Mozart started com posing m usic during his early childhood.
young started composing music as a young
M o za rt....................................................... child
15. According to Dr Donovan, Rosie is bound to be offered the position.
doubt there is no doubt Rosie will be offered
According to Dr D o n o v a n ,.......................................................the position.
16. H e’s been w riting the novel for nearly two years.
started
It i s 2.....................................................
years since he started writingthe novel.
nearly
17. My boss says I can use his car whenever I w ant to, so long as Tm careful.
disposal
says his car is at my disposal so long as Pm careíul.
My b o s s .......................................................
18. The new s was a shock to us.
aback
were taken aback by the
W e ....................................................... news.
19. Jam es realised that he could never be an architect.
cut
that he wasn't cut out to be an architect.
Jam es r e a lise d ......................................................
20. They chose not to drive because they thought there would be too much
snow.
fear
not to drive for fear of
They c h o s e ....................................................... too much snow.

2
1. The suspect could not explain why he had sand in his boots.
account
could not account for the sandin his boots.
The s u sp e c t......................................................
2. What he told m e made m e very curious to hear the rest of the story.
appetite whetted my appetite for the rest of
What he told m e ...................................................the story.

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3. I don’t m ind sta3TÌng in on a Saturday night if I have good company.
averse not averse to staying in on a Saturday
I’m ...................................................night if I have good company.
4. M iss H ayes will explain the day-to-day running o f the oíĩìce to you.
acquaint
will acquaint you with day-to-day
M iss H a y e s ...................................................running of th e offĩce.
5. I don’t know how I can make it up to you for spoiling your plans.
amends how I can make amends for you for spoiling
I don’t k n o w ...................................................your plans.
6. It is a foregone conclusion that Mark will get the job.
sayỉng
goes without saying that Mark will get
I t ...................................................the job.
7. Our teacher doesn’t like it w hen we leave the classroom w ithout asking
íírst.
approve
doesn't approve of us leaving the classroom
Our te a c h e r .................................................. w ithout asking íìrst.
8. Those oíĩĩcial ííles cannot be seen by the public until the end of the
decade.
access public cannot have access to those
T h e ...................................................ííles until the end o f the decade.
9. Being her only niece, Ann is very precious to her.
appỉe
Ann is the apple of her
Being her only n ie c e ,...................................................eye.
10. You need to consider the fact that he h asn ’t spoken French for years.
aỉỉowances
make allowances for the fact that
You need t o ................................................he h a sn ’t spoken Prench for years.
11. Sheila W£IS the only one who succeeded in finding the solution to the
problem.
ũp came up with finding the solution
Only S h e ila ...................................................to the problem.
12. I was surprised not to see Meg at the party but I later heard she was ill.
apparently didn't come to the party but she apparently
I was surprised that M e g ...................................................she w as ill.
13. I know th is route looks dangerous but I can’t think o f a better option.
alternatỉve
it is the only alternative I can
However dangerous this route lo o k s ,................................................ think of.
14. Because o f the lack o f co-operation he decided to leave the project
unhnished.
abandon
to abandon the project due
He c h o s e ...................................................to lack o f co-operation.

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15. H elen w on ’t be happy till she gets a full refund.
than other than a full refund will satisfy
N o th in g ...................................................Helen.
16. I always think about transport costs w hen job hunting.
consideration take transport costs into consideration
I a lw a y s...................................................w hen job hunting.
17. Becky didn’t tell you because she Ễissumed you already knew.
granted
because she took it for granted that
Becky didn’t tell y o u ...................................................you already knew.
18. How would you deal w ith such a challenge?
presented would you do if you were presented with
W h a t................................................... such a cballenge?
19. In my opinion, Sim on was a fool not to accept their job offer.
down
I th in kSimon was a fool to turn downtheir job oíĩer.
...................................................
20. The neighbours w ill look after our house while we are away.
eye will keep an eye on our house
The n eigh b ou rs...................................................while we are away.
3
1. Tm sick o f th at programme; I’ve watched it too often.
off
gone off that programme
I’v e ....................................................... I’ve watched it too often.
2. I never have enough tim e these days.
short
am always short of time these days.
I .......................................................
3. They tried very hard to ílnish by midnight.
hest
did their best to finish by m idnight.
T h e y ....................................................
4. The trapped ílrem an finally got away through the back window.
escape
The trapped íìr e m a n eventually managed to escape
.......................................................window.
through the back
5. Jeff, shall we go out tonight?
how
how about going out
J e f f ,....................................................... tonight?
6. It is very possible that h e’ll be promoted.
every
is every likelihood that he'll be promoted.
T h e r e .......................................................
7. It is certain th at he will return this aPternoon.
bound
is bound to return
H e ....................................................... this aíternoon.

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8. He w asn ’t able to understand the radio m essage because o f interference.
ỉmpossible
made it impossible for him to the m essage.
The interference on the ra d io .......................................................
understand
9. Why haven’t you signed this form at the bottom?
sign
W eren’t you supposed to sign this form the bottom?
.......................................................at
10. Could he have been telling the truth?
likely
it likely he was telling
I s ....................................................... the truth?
11. Could you come on Saturday?
suỉt
does coming on Saturday suit you?
H o w .......................................................
12. How do you feel about going on an excursion?
like
would you like to go
H o w ....................................................... on an excursion.
13. You don’t have to inform the agency beforehand.
compulsory
isn't compulsory to inform the agency in advance.
I t .......................................................
14. May I borrow your typewriter?
mind
you mind if I borrow
D o ....................................................... your t3T3ewriter?
15. You w on’t be able to enter the country unless you have a visa.
prevented
Passengers w ithout a v is a will be prevented from entering
.......................................................the country.
16. You m u stn ’t start w riting before the test starts.
rules
I tis against the rules to start writing
....................................................... until the test has started.
17. Mum says it was stupid of me to give up Prench .
ỉdỉot
I was an idiot to give up
Mum s a y s .......................................................French.
18. I only came to see you.
sole sole reason for coming here was to see
M y ....................................................... you.
19. Is it likely that you will move before July?
chances
are the chances of your movingJuly?
W h a t.......................................................
before
20. She was pleased that he didn’t get the job.
help
S h ecouldn't help feeling pleased that
...................................................... he didn’t get the job.

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4
1. His father was very angĩy with him when he heard he had damaged the car.
blew
blew his top when he heard he had damaged the car.
H is fa th e r .......................................................
2. H is speech was so confusing that nobody could understand w hat he was
talking about.
baffled
was baffled by his
E v ery o n e.................................................... speech.
3. Jen n y’s birthday is on the sam e day as the Q ueen’s.
coincỉdes
birthday coincides with the Q ueen’s.
Jen n y’s .......................................................
4. Some children treat their younger siblings badly.
cruel
children are cruel to their younger siblings.
S o m e .......................................................
5. He bought a new jacket w ithout having planned to.
spur
a new jack on the spur of the moment.
He b o u g h t.......................................................
6. Initially, losing on e’s job can seem awful; afterwards it can work out
well, for som e people.
blessing
a blessing in disguise for
Losing on e’s job has p ro v ed ....................................................... som e people.
7. H e’s a pleasant m an socially, but h e’s a tough businessm an.
bargain
socially but drives hard in bargain
H e’s a pleasant m a n .......................................................business.
8. He has an obsession about the dishonesty of lawyers.
bee
has a bee in his bonnet about the
H e ........................................................dishonesty of lawyers.
9. The young actress was very nervous before the audition.
butterílies had butterflies in her stomach before the
The young a c tr e ss .......................................................audition.
10. She w as ju st about to pass out w hen som eone oíĩered her a Seat,
verge
on the verge of passing out w hen som eone offered her a Seat.
She w a s .......................................................
11. Sim on couldn’t rem ember ever having m et the woman.
recollection
had no recollection of
S im o n ....................................................... ever having m et the woman.
12. Malcolm has íĩnally decided to leave his job at the bank.
hand finally decided to hand in his resignation
Malcolm h a s ....................................................... at the bank.

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13. He got up very early this morning.
crack
got up at crack of dawn
H e ....................................................... this morning.
14. He didn’t seem to consider anything to be as im portant as w inning that
medal.
matter seemed to matter to him more than
N o th in g .......................................................w inning that medal.
15. The conference will now take place at a later date.
postponed
will be postponed until
The con feren ce.......................................................a later date.
16. The diplomat has been arrested because it is believed he had been sp3ãng
for his governm ent.
suspicion
The diplomat has been a rrested in suspicion of spying
.......................................for h is governm ent.
17. Cindy m ust be ill; she ate very little o f her lunch.
touched
she hardly touched
Cindy m ust be il l ; .......................................................her lunch.
18. lan is sure he was right to turn down the job.
regrets had no regrets about turning down
l a n .......................................................the job.
19. They have decided to go to Crete for the summer.
intentỉon were their intention to go to Crete
I t .......................................................for the summer.
20. The m eeting was held in the Town Hall.
took
meeting took place in the
T h e ....................................................... Town Hall.

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1. I refuse to pay the bill.
intention
no intention of paying
I h a v e ....................................................... the bill.
2. He is too irresponsible to run the department.
charge responsible enough to be in charge
He is n o t .......................................................o f the departm ent.
3. Sheila is worried about the proposed changes at work.
prospect prospect of changes at work makes Sheila
T h e ....................................................... worry.
4. Would you please keep your mobile phone switched off during the ílight.
mind mind keeping your mobile phone switched off while
Would y o u ....................................................... the plane is airborne.

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5. We w aited on th e bus for an hour before th e engine was fixed.
took
took an hour to fix the engine
T h e y ........................................................while we waited on the bus.
6. lan was not used to doing such strenuous training.
habit
not in the habit of training so strenuously.
lan w a s .......................................................
7. You should always wear a seatbelt.
unwỉse
unwise not to wear
It i s ....................................................... a seatbelt.
8. I apologỉse but I com pletely forgot about our appointm ent.
confes8 confess that our appointment completely slipped
I m u s t .....................................................my mind.
9. T here’s a possibility that you may be able to get a grant.
eligỉble
to say that you may be eligible for
We are p le a se d ....................................................... a grant.
10. At least m ake an attem pt at the exercise. It m ight not be as diííícult as
you think it is.
try
try to do exercise you may find it easier than you think.
If y o u .......................................................
11. Perhaps a high-fibre diet will do you good.
benefit
may benefit from a
Y o u ....................................................... high-fibre diet.
12. He continued his speech, even though they all appeared disinterested.
on kept on with his speech despite the fact
H e ....................................................... that they all appeared disinterested.
13. Sonia’s preference is for a nine-to-five job.
ratber
would rather a job
S o n ia ....................................................... from nine to five.
14. I will probably have to get my car serviced soon.
need
might need servicing
My c a r ....................................................... soon.
15. It is believed that the two rival com panies have agreed to the merger.
through are believed to have been going through with
The two rival co m p a n ies.......................................................the merger.
16. Nadia said nothing because she was afraid of offending them .
fear
for fear of them taking
Nadia rem ained s ile n t .......................................................oíTence.
17. It was very nice o f you to let us know about the change in venue.
appreciate appreciated of your letting us know about the venue
W e ....................................................... change.

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18. He didn’t have a clue w hat it would be like to live in the country.
envisage couldn't envisage what life would be like
H e ....................................................... out of town.
19. If you invest all your savings in this schem e you m ay lose them .
risk
the risk of losing all your savings
You r u n ....................................................... if you invest them in this scheme.
20. I don’t really w ant to go to the reception.
feel
don't feel like going
I ....................................................... to the reception.
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1. Have you ever thought o f changing jobs?
mind it ever crossed your mind to change
H a s ...................................................... jobs?
2. These two cars are not in the sam e class at all.
comparỉson
T h e r eis no comparison between
........................................................cars.
these two
3. He never stops criticising people.
limỉt
no limit to his criticising
T h e r e ........................................................people.
4. It’s not our habit to eat so early.
used
were not used to eating so early.
W e .......................................................
5. What do you think o f his appearance?
strỉke
does his appearance strike you?
H o w .......................................................
6. That m an has no pity whatsoever.
devoid
is totally devoid
That m a n ....................................................... pity-
7. He is likely to be promoted.
cards
on the cards that he will be promoted.
It i s .......................................................
8. We were elated by the birth of our ílrst grandchild.
moon were over the moon when our first grandchild
W e ....................................................... was born.
9. Em ployees failing to abide by the rules will be dism issed on the spot.
sack
will be given the sack
Em ployees failing to abide by the r u le s ..................................im m ediately.
10. Our boss criticises our work all the time.
fault
finds fault with our
Our b o s s ....................................................... work.

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11. I don’t mind vvhether you come in the m orning or the afternoon.
difference make no difference whether you come
I t ....................................................... in the m orning or the alternoon.
12. Women outnum ber m en by two to one in Greece.
twice
are twice women as men
T h e r e ....................................................... in Greece.
13. It’s quite likely he will resign soon.
chance
good chances that he
There’s ....................................................... will resign soon.
14. As soon as she saw my Aatmate, my m other decided she didn’t like him.
dislike
took a dislike to
My m o th e r ..................................................... my Aatmate.
15. Could you have a quick look at my essay before I give it in?
cast
take a cast over my essay before I hand it in?
Could y o u .......................................................
16. My father has been healthier since he moved to the country.
improved
father's health has improved since he moved to the country.
M y .......................................................
17. The public reacted angrily to the m inister’s remarks.
drew minister's remarks drew an angry response from
T h e ...................................................... the public.
18. The company has changed a lot since the new m anagem ent took over.
undergone
The company has undergone many changes since the new m anagem ent
.......................................................
took over .
19. Prances is unlikely to be promoted.
prospect
There’s little prospect of Frances being promoted.
.......................................................
20. The m in ister’s actions do not coníorm at all to his pre-election promises.
contrast
are completely contrast to
The m in ister’s actions ....................................................... his pre-election
promises.

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1. N ot m any people w ent to the last match o f the season.
turnout
was a poor turnout at
T h e r e ....................................................... the last m atch of the season.
2. I bet you w ouldn’t swim that far out!
dare
I don’t believe you would dare to swimthat far out!
.......................................................

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3. When he locked th e door, the telephone rang.
just
had just locked the door when the telephone ringing.
H e .......................................................
4. Your sending her flowers in hospital was a thoughtful gesture.
kind
kind of you to send her flowers in hospital!
I t .......................................................
5. I couldn’t help noticing how friendly h e ’s been towards you recently.
not
friendliness towards you recently hasn't escaped
H i s ........................................................ my notice.
6. I am delighted to make your acquaintance.
pleasure
a pleasure to meet
It i s ....................................................... you.
7. You will have to give up the whole idea.
optỉon
have no option but give up the whole idea.
Y o u .......................................................
8. Victory was stolen from the sprinter at the finish o f the race.
robbed was robbed of victory at the finishing
The sp r in te r .......................................................line.
9. Most o f th e com m ittee voted for the proposal.
favour majority of the committee in favour of
T h e ....................................................... the proposal.
10. D on’t you think there is an odour of burnt m eat in the kitchen?
smell
it smell of burnt meat in the kitchen?
D oesn’t .......................................................
11. They have dehnitely agreed to lend us the money.
commỉtted
are committed to lending us the money.
T h e y .......................................................
12. Do you have to wear a uniform at school?
compulsory
it compulsory for you to wear a uniform
I s ....................................................... at school?
13. D on’t pay any attention w hen she complains.
notỉce
take any notice of her
D on’t ......................................................complaints.
14. They remzdn close íriends, despite having had m any argum ents.
fallen
T h e y haven't fallen out although they
.......................................................have had m any argum ents.
15. She allows her colleagues to take her attention from her work.
distracted
S h e ....................................................... hy her colleagues.
allows herself to be distracted from her work
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16. She locked the door so that nobody would disturb her.
avoỉd
lock the door to avoid being disturbed .
S h e .......................................................
17. We can’t do m uch for him now. little
is little can be done for him
T h ere........................................................now.
18. I believe parking is prohibited in this area.
permit
they permit parking
I don’t th in k ....................................................... in this area.
19. No student can be expected to know every word in th e book.
students
can expect students to know every word
N o b o d y ......................................................in th e book.
20. The agreem ent States that you are to pay the installm ent once a m onth.
according
Y o u ....................................................... to the agreem ent.
are to pay the installment every month according
8
1. “That m eal would have satished a king!” he exclaimed.
fỉt
“T h a t ....................................................... !” he exclaimed.
2. No m atter w hat he does, people don’t seem eager to work on the project.
generate
He doesn’t s e e m .......................................................the project.
3. There are hardly any people in the centre of the city in August.
virtually
The c e n tr e ....................................................... in August.
4. The war has caused em igration to increase.
resulted
The w a r ....................................................... emigration.
5. The board had a secret m eeting in order to discuss changes in company
policy.
doors
The b o a rd ....................................................... company policy.
6. She will probably come before the end of next m onth.
likelỉhood
I n ....................................................... next month.
7. It is usual for young children to ask a lot of questions.
apt
Y o u n g ....................................................... questions.
8. I w on’t stay overnight; I don’t w ant to put you to any trouble.
ỉmpose
I w on’t stay overn ig h t;.......................................................you.
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9. The manager is investigating your complaint.
ỉooked
Y o u r.......................................................manager.
10. She often exaggerates how much she earns.
tendency
S h e .......................................................how much she earns.
11. Anne has decided to buy fewer clothes from now on.
cut
Anne has decided t o .......................................................from now on.
12. Mary always ignores her parents’ advice.
notice
M ary.......................................................her parents’ advice.
13. I was ju st about to ring him w hen he called.
point
I w a s .......................................................he called.
14. Her mother sm iled with delight when Sarah gave her the flowers.
lit
Sarah’s .......................................................w hen she gave her the flowers.
15. His sudden outburst was not consistent w ith his character.
keeping
His su d d e n .......................................................his character.
16. N othing would induce him to leave the house w ithout locking the door.
cỉrcumstances
U n d e r .......................................................w ithout locking the door.
17. Since he retired, his m ain pastim e has been gardening.
spent
Since he re tir e d .......................................................gardening.
18. Marie has the annoying habit of losing her keys.
íorever
M arie.......................................................keys.
19. The board o f directors will not m eet again until the end of the year.
held
A m eeting o f the board o f d írectors................................the end o f th e year.
20. A new arrangem ent over working conditions has been made betw een the
m anagem ent and the Union.
struck
The m a n a g em en t.......................................................over working conditions.
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1. I don’t like it w hen people I don’t know very w ell ask me personal
questions.
beỉng
I ....................................................... people I don’t know very well.
2. His claim that he didn’t know anything didn’t deceive me.
taken
I ....................................................... he didn’t know anything.
3. U sing notes is forbidden in this exam ination.
allowed
N o te s ..................................................... in this exam ination.
4. I’d hate them to forget about me.
left
I’d ....................................................... out.
5. Allegedly, this book was w ritten hy two people.
said
T h is ....................................................... two people.
6. Som e people accept that life is full of problems.
resigned
Some p e o p le .......................................................full o f problems.
7. He m akes too m any m istakes to be considered for promotion.
frequent
H i s .......................................................be considered for promotion.
8. He will not be put off taking that trip to China.
deter
N o th in g ....................................................... trip to China.
9. N eil is unreliable and often breaks his promises.
goes
N eil is unreliable a n d .......................................................promises.
10. Virtue is o f little value in a corrupt governm ent.
counts
V ir tu e ....................................................... governm ent.
11. Could you tell m e where the lobby is?
direct
C o u ld ....................................................... lobby?
12. Margaret is said to be a very good cook.
reputation
M argaret....................................................... v eiy good cook.
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13. Reality show s on TV are extrem ely popular at the m om ent.
flavour
Reality show s on T V .......................................................at the m om ent.
14. The sofa and the carpet are a good match.
well
The s o f a .......................................................carpet.
15. There is som eone in the oílíce twenty-four hours a day.
staffed
The o íĩlc e .......................................................day.
16. Each new generation is given the family jewels.
down
T h e ....................................................... generation.
17. The governm ent received m any criticism s concerning their new housing
policy.
few
The governm ent c a m e .........................................of their new housing policy.
18. He w as given an honorary med6d hy the military.
conferred
An honorary m e d a l.......................................................hy the military.
18. She claimed she handed in her resignation as a result o f provocation.
provoked
She cla im ed .......................................................her resignation.
20. M iranda’s m other becam e very em otional w hen she saw her daughter in
her w edding dress.
overcome
M iranda’s m o th e r .......................................................in her w edding dress.
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1. Everyone w as in a deep sleep w hen the fire started.
sound
E veryon e.......................................................broke out.
2. She doesn’t know w hether she should marry him.
minds
S h e ....................................................... him.
3. She sued the newspaper as the article th ey ’d w ritten about her had
damaged her reputation.
injurious
She sued the newspaper a s .......................................................her reputation.
4. Seeing the damage to his car, Jerry became turious.
beside
J e r r y .................................................... he saw the damage to his car.

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5. He w as dism issed for neglecting his work.
led
H i s ....................................................... dism issal.
6. She looks exactly like her mother. They could be taken for twins!
exact
S h e’s .......................................................her mother.
7. H is ỉllness was serious but he managed to recover from it.
of
I n ....................................................... , he managed to get over it.
8. They promised m e they would come.
word
T h e y ....................................................... come.
9. The occasional cream cake w on ’t do you any harm.
now
A .........................................................w on’t do you any harm.
10. He resented th e way she spoke to him.
exception
H e ......................................................... she spoke to him.
11. There is a bus to the station every h alf hour on Saturdays.
intervals
There is a bus to the s ta tio n ....................................................... on Saturdays.
12. We found her m anner rather off-putting.
by
W e .........................................................her manner.
13. No m atter how m uch he was criticised, his confidence was not aííected.
amount
N o ........................................................his conhdence.
14. Jane goes abroad a lot in the course o f her job.
involves
Jan e’ s ....................................................... abroad.
15. How will the changes aíTect the company?
implications
W h a t....................................................... , the company?
16. They have no idea why Lena resigned.
mystery
It’s .......................................................Lena resigned
17. They should have given us more tim e to ílnish the work.
insufficient
W e ....................................................... to fínish the work.

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18. The concert was cancelled because o f the strike.
ỉn
The s tr ik e .......................................................cancelled
19. I happened to see Jam es as he vvalked past the door.
caught
I ....................................................... he walked past the door.
20. He made an attem pt to solve the equation but I couldn’t do it.
go
H e ....................................................... but he couldn’t do it.

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1. “I don’t approve of people who tell lies,” he said.
dỉsapproval
H e ........................................................tell lies.
2. She refused to go to bed until she hađ seen her favourite soap opera.
insisted
S h e ....................................................... , she w ent to bed.
3. “Should I ask for help or do it m yselí?” Jeff wondered.
himself
J e f f .......................................................do it him self.
4. “No, I didn’t laugh at him ,” Danny said.
laughed
D a n n y .......................................................at him,
5. “T hat’s th e way the radiator should be installed,’ the shopkeeper said to
us.
how
T h e ...................................................... install the radiator.
6. “L et’s go to the planetarium next Saturday,” he said.
going
H e ........................................................ Saturday,
7. “The food is awful h ere,” George said.
about
G eo rg e.......................................................there.
8. “H onestly, I will w ash up for you this evening,” Max told his mother.
do
M a x ........................................................ evening.
9. ‘T’d really like it if you could come sailing w ith u s,” Terry said to me.
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T err y .....................................................................with them.

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10. “Shall I help you w ith your research?” Jenny said.
to
J e n n y ....................................................... research.
11. The lecturer is an expert on modern art.
wide
T h e .......................................................art.
12. He behaved in an incom prehensible way at the party.
beyond
H i s ........................................................comprehension.
13. I consider him m y worst enemy.
look
I ....................................................... enemy.
14. May is bound to pass her exam.
íoregone
I t ........................................................her exam.
15. Len tried to do the exercise, but w ithout success.
matter
N o ..................................................... do the exercise.
16. Only Paul succeeded in acquiring high grades.
failed
E v ery o n e....................................................... high grades.
17. The director decided that the cost of relocation was too high.
conclusion
The d irecto r....................................................... was too high.
18. The company tried unsuccessfully to secure a bank loan,
avail
The com pany’s .......................................................a bank loan.
19. It is im possible to keep up w ith Sharon as she shows great diligence.
diligent
S h a r o n ....................................................... keep up w ith her.
20. She was surprised w hen he suddenly asked her to marry him.
took
H i s ....................................................... surprise.
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1. He decided to have an early night because he was exhausted.
go
H e ....................................................... because he was exhausted.
2. His boss had a very high opinion o f him.
highly
He w a s ....................................................... his boss.

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3. The boxer dealt a hard blow to the punch bag while tr6Ũning.
hit
The b o x e r ....................................................... while training.
4. W iltshire is older than m ost other counties in England.
one
W iltsh ire....................................................... England.
5. More students pass their exam s at the new language school than the
others in the area.
rate
The new language school ....................................................... the other schools
in the ỄU-ea.
6. Comparative literature is an intriguing subject, w hereas linguistics is
less so.
fascinating
Comparative litera tu re.......................................................than linguistics.
7. I prefer teaching to working in an office.
sooner
I’d ....................................................... in an oíĩĩce.
8. The new mixer is much better than the old one.
comparỉson
T h e r e ....................................................... the new one.
9. If you work late tonight, you ’ll be tired tomorrow.
ỉater
T h e ....................................................... you’ll be tomorrow.
10. He gave him a fatherly talk.
talked
H e ....................................................... W2iy.
11. Couldn’t the newspaper have printed a better headline?
could
Was t h a t ....................................................... print?
12. I would never expect Mary to behave rudely.
not
It’s ....................................................... rude.
13. Can you describe the picture to me, please?
looks
C a n ....................................................... please!
14. He is an exceptionally good driver in hazardous conditions.
well
H e ....................................................... conditions.

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15. I’ve never heard such a ludicrous claim.
ridỉculous
It’s ....................................................... heard
16. It’s great to go hom e after a long day.
like
T here’s .......................................................after a long day
17. S h e’s got as much m oney as I have.
amount
S h e’s g o t .................................................... have.
18. John and his father look very similar.
image
John i s ....................................................... father.
19. She said she disapproved o f eating meat.
her
S h e ....................................................... meat.
20. Mr Jones w as shocked to hear that his son had failed his exam.
came
I t ....................................................... hear that his son had failed his exam.

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1. You could let som eone else use your old clothes.
recycle
W h y ......................................................old clothes?
2. Severe w eather conditions have had a serious effect on traíĩĩc.
affected
T r a íĩĩc ....................................................... conditions.
3. She decided to start her own business because she w anted to be
independent.
with
She decided to s t a r t .......................................................independent.
4. The loss o f the account W21S not our fault.
blame
W e ....................................................... the account.
5. She said she was worried about the problexn of pollution.
concern
S h e ....................................................... pollution.
6. Tom ’s presence at parties adds to everyone’s enjoyment.
soul
T o m ....................................................... the party.

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7. Linda did not agree w ith me about the closure.
share
L in d a ....................................................... the closure.
8. The governm ent’s retraining programme proved to be unsuccessful due
to lack of funds.
met
The governm ent’s .......................................................due to lack o f funds.
9. The lease on my ílat is valid until the end of the year.
renewal
The le£ise on my f l a t .......................................................the end of the year.
10. I always get your boys mixed up.
between
I ....................................................... your boys.
11. She w ants success more than an3dhing else.
outweighs
H e r ....................................................... an3dhing else.
12. There are fewer m ales than fem ales in our country.
in
F e m a le s....................................................... in our country.
13. Mark didn’t get hom e until ju st before dawn yesterday.
hours
Mark didn’t g e t .......................................................yesterday.
14. Sheena can be bad-tempered in the mornings.
tendency
S h e e n a ....................................................... in the mornings.
15. The latest developm ents have made them decide to postpone their visit.
view
They have d ecid ed .......................................................the latest developm ents.
16. He hated the way the m edia scrutinised his private life.
came
He h a te d ....................................................... from the media.
17. The current Champion has been beaten in this year’s tournam ent.
suffered
The c u r r e n t.......................................................in this year’s tournam ent.
18. The civil Service has com pletely changed under the present governm ent.
undergone
The civil S ervice..............................................under the present governm ent.
19. Charles has potential but he h asn ’t exploited it yet.
use
C h a rles.......................................................yet.
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20. Som e Services m ay be running la te due to bad w eather.
subject
Some S e r v ic e s .......................................................due to bad w eather.
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1. I never thought o f borrowing m oney from him.
occurred
I t ....................................................... from him.
2. Rhonda’s not very keen on foreign food.
care
R h on d a....................................................... íoreign food.
3. Ray’s good work record enabled him to get promotion.
strength
R a y ....................................................... good work record.
4. Travellers may bring as much luggage as they require.
amount
T h e r e ....................................................... travellers may bring.
5. The governm ent has tried to make the incident seem less serious.
played
The g o v ern m en t.......................................................of the incident.
6. We couldn’t understand the íllm at all.
sense
We c o u ld ....................................................... the film.
7. If I were him, I would not be late for the interview.
better
H e ..................................................... the interview.
8. You w on’t be punished provided you admit it was your m istake.
long
You w on ’t b e .......................................................to your mistaike.
9. Since he is an only child, his parents have spoiled him.
not
I f ....................................................... his parents w ouldn’t have spoiled him.
10. If I had been you, I would have punished him.
shoes
I f ....................................................... have punished him .
11. If you revise all your notes, you ’ll pass the exam.
provided
You’ll pass ..................................................... adl your notes.
12. If it w asn ’t for th e good pay, I w ouldn’t stay in this job.
but
I w ouldn’t .......................................................pay.
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13. If you don’t get to work on tim e, you’ll be given the sack.
punctual
U n le s s .......................................................the sack.
15. As you’ve got a high tem perature, you’d better go to the doctor’s.
were
If I .......................................................about your high tem perature.
15. As I couldn’t answer any o f the questions, I walked out o f the M oths
exam.
so
I couldn’t .......................................................out o f the M oths exam.
16. But for his help, I w ouldn’t be in my current job.
got
If it hadn’t ....................................................... my current job.
17. If Mary were feeling well, she would have come to Tom ’s party.
since
Mary m u s t ....................................................... to Tom ’s party.
18. If som eone gave you a free airline ticket, where would you travel to?
to
If y o u ......................................................., where would you travel to?

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1. Some íriends nom inated hím as a spokesman.
forward
Some ír ie n d s .......................................................spokesman.
2. They may have escaped through the back door.
getaway
T h e y ...................................................................back door.
3. You’ve been looking m iserable all day.
moon
You’v e ........................................................ all day.
4. She is a person who always lets you down.
on
Y o u .......................................................her.
5. Why did you behave so rudely?
point
W h a t.....................................................so rudely?
6. He suíTers from headaches and insomnia.
prone
H e ........................................................ insomnia.

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7. There are more than six hospitals in this city.
excess
There a r e .......................................................in this city.
8. A rejection o f their offer would have been unwise.
accepted
N o t ....................................................... unvvise.
9. Mike has a more complex personality than you may think.
depths
M ik e .......................................................than you may think.
10. To look at him, you would think he was poor.
judgỉng
You would th in k .......................................................him.
11. The salesm an promised me the cooker would be delivered today.
assurance
The sa le sm a n .......................................................be delivered today.
12. How did he explain his lateness?
explanatỉon
W h a t....................................................... his lateness?
13. Before the new manager took over, sales were h alf w hat they are now.
doubled
S a le s ....................................................... took over.
14. For further iníorm ation, contact the accommodation officer.
obtained
P u r th e r ....................................................... the accommodation oíĩicer.
15. We can’t possibly im agine how w e’re going to afford a new car.
remotest
W e ........................................................w e’re going to afford a new car.
16. If I help you now, don’t assum e r u help you next tim e.
count
If I help you n o w ,.......................................................next time.
17. S h e’s angry that she is constantly overlooked for promotion .
resents
S h e ....................................................... promotion.
18. People often m istake m e for my elder sister.
confuse
People o f t e n .......................................................sister.
19. The brochure doesn’t say anything about its parking facilities.
makes
The b ro ch u re.......................................................its parking facilities.

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20. He owes his life to that surgeon.
ỉndebted
H e ....................................................... life.

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1. There w asn ’t a single ticket left for the concert so we couldn’t go.
sell-out
T h e ....................................................... couldn’t go.
2. You have the ability to do really well in your career if you make an
effort.
mind
You could do really w e ll.......................................................it.
3. The new s of th e merger really surprised the staff.
taken
The s t a í ĩ .......................................................by the merger.
4. I expected the íĩlm to be good, but it w asn ’t at all.
live
The íĩ l m ....................................................... at all.
5. A cup o f tea is the m ost reíreshing drink o f all.
match
There’s ....................................................... as a refreshing drink.
6. Everyone was shocked by the success of the novel.
shock
The success o f the n o v e l....................................................... everyone.
7. It was im possible for Roy to keep the appointm ent.
way
T h e r e ....................................................... the appointm ent.
8. Please, stop talking because I can’t concentrate on the íllm .
quỉet
I ....................................................... I can’t concentrate on the film.
9. Why don’t you show me your stam p collection?
let
I ....................................................... your stam p collection.
10. You look tired. Why don’t you go to bed early tonight?
better
Y o u .......................................................you look tired.
11. Zoe has a job which m akes her feel very stressed.
less
Z o e .......................................................job.
12. Meg w ants to be left alone because sh e’s upset.
rather
M e g ...................................................... sh e’s upset.
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13. I regret having com m itted m yself to so m any private lessons in the
evenings.
not
I f ....................................................... private lessons in the evenings.
14. He regrets not taking her threats o f leaving him seriously.
wishes
H e ......................................................of leaving him seriously.
15. I would love to go on a round-the-world trip.
able
I ....................................................... round-the-world trip.
16. Why didn’t you take the day off work?
better
I t ....................................................... the day off work.
17. “You’d better tidy your desk” he said.
to
H e ........................................................desk.
18. H e’d rather eat w ith íriends than eat alone.
preíers
H e ........................................................alone.
19. If we don’t leave now, we w on’t catch the train.
or
W e’d ....................................................... catch the train.
20. It’s tim e you started learning Prench.
for
It’s ....................................................... lessons.

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1. Digging in the garden gives m e an outlet for my frustrations.
vent
D ig g in g ........................................................írustrations.
2. The TV broadcast the whole of the tennis tournEưnent.
extensive
T h e r e ....................................................... tennis tournam ent.
3. She was allegedly the richest singer in Peru,
claimed
T h e y .................................................... singer in Peru.
4. The boys hurled lots o f snowballs at their next-door noighbour.
pelted
The b o y s ..................................................... snowballs.
5. She claimed th at her success was due purely to luck.
attributed
S h e ....................................................... luck.

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6. The íĩrst sign of the disease is blurred Vision,
onset
T h e ....................................................... blurred Vision.
7. Pam didn’t understand the situation and so made a terrible m istake.
stỉck
P a m ...................................................... made a terrible m istake.
8. The newspaper was the ílrst to reveal that the politician w as a spy.
exposed
The p o liticia n ....................................................... the newspaper.
9. Sheila has becom e too big to wear this pullover.
grown
S h e ila ....................................................... pullover.
10. There are a lot o f people out of work in this town.
level
T h e ....................................................... in this town.
11. We forgot to include the cost of accommodation in our holiday budget.
allow
W e ....................................................... in our holiday budgct.
12. We need to find a new m arket if the company is to survive.
on
T h e ....................................................... market.
13. They say he owes a lot o f people money.
debt
H e’s s a id ....................................................... a lot of people.
14. U nless we can obt£Ũn more inform ation, we can’t proccss your claim.
forthcoming
U n le s s ....................................................... , we can’t process your claim.
15. The judge concluded that the accident was the result of reckless driving.
cause
The judge concluded t h a t ....................................................... accident.
16. The redevelopm ent programme needs to be supported by the local
council.
backỉng
The redevelopm ent program m e....................................................... the local
council.
17. Rick’s boss says he thinks Rick is doing a wonderful job .
praise
Rick’s b o s s ....................................................... Rick.
18. The company is introducing a new dress code on the íĩrst o f the m onth.
force
A ....................................................... on the ílrst of the m onth.

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19. Marcus h asn ’t got very far w ith his dissertation.
made
M arcu s.....................................................his dissertation.
20. No one could explain why she suddenly disappeared from the area.
For
T h e r e ........................................................froni the area.

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1. I prefer to go hy car rather than go hy coach.
sooner
I ....................................................... hy coach.
2. You really should learn to drive.
high
It’s ....................................................... to drive.
3. Fd prefer you to do the washing-up now.
rather
F d ....................................................... now.
4. John took m y place w hile I was at the d en tist’s.
stood
J o h n ....................................................... at the d en tist’s.
5. Most people know that becom ing an actor is diíĩĩcult.
common
I t ....................................................... is diffĩcult.
6. I think you ’ll have problems if you park here.
better
I th in k ....................................................... here.
7. I don’t think Patrick has ever been camping.
best
T o ........................................................been camping.
8. In m y opinion, com puters are more trouble than th ey’re worth.
hỉndrance
In m y opinion, co m p u ters.......................................................help.
9. Those gates m ust be locked before we leave the premises.
prior
W e ....................................................... he premises.
10. Custom ers w ill not w ant to huy this product.
market
T h e r e ....................................................... this product.
11. Fiona said she was ag2dnst the proposal.
expressed
F io n a ....................................................... the proposal.

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12. Can you tell m e who the owner o f that car is, please?
belongs
Can you tell m e ......................................................., please?
13. This is Thomas Hardy’s birthplace.
town
T h is ....................................................... in.
14. It was generous of her to donate so much m oney to charity.
amount
She d o n a ted .......................................................was generous o f her.
15. This is the dog which won íĩrst prize at Crufts last week.
awarded
This is the d o g .......................................................last week.
16. He recommended m e for the position, which was very nice o f him
kỉnd
I t .......................................................for the position.
17. It’s unfortunate that the construction of the building will not be fínished
as originally planned.
longer
The construction of the b u ild in g .......................................................
unlortunate.
18. It was childish o f him not to accept my apologies.
refused
H e .................................................... of him.
19. He was born in London fĩfty years ago.
City
L on d on .......................................................flfty years ago .
20. The newspaper editor only accepted One of the ten articles I wrote.
by
I wrote ten a r tic le s,.......................................................the newspaper editor.

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1. The new rules about school unilorm s will apply next year.
fo r c e
The new r u le s .......................................................next year.
2. So many people were really delighted w hen the governm ent lost the
election.
j u b ỉla tỉo n
T h e r e .......................................................lost the election,
3. The Queen has ruled the country for alm ost fifty years.
th r o n e
The Queen h a s .......................................................for alm ost íĩfty years.
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4. That wom an looks an awful lot like my mother.
bears
That w o m a n .......................................................my mother.
5. You certainly could never accuse Tom of being mean.
nothỉng
T o m ....................................................... generous.
6. I’m not going any íurther till I’ve had som ething to eat.
far
T h is ....................................................... I’ve had som ething to eat.
7. It’s entirely your own fault that you failed the exam.
bỉame
You have no o n e .......................................................the exam.
8. Bobby ate two ice creams one after the other after lunch.
row
B ob b y....................................................... after lunch.
9. Was your m other any better w hen you visited her?
improvement
Was th e r e ....................................................... w hen you visited her?
10. The workforce reluctantly agreed to a cut in pay.
reluctance
I t ....................................................... to a cut in pay.
11. I put the cheque in the envelope w ithout signing it.
neglected
I ....................................................... in the envelope.
12. Freddy was always quarrelling w ith his sister.
row
F red d y ....................................................... with his sister.
13. My grandm other surprised us by announcing she was going on a world
cruise.
surprise
M u c h ....................................................... she was going on a world cruise.
14. You m ust rem em ber to lock the drawer, whatever you do.
account
O n ....................................................... the drawer.
15. No one is quite sure if the player will perform well at his new íootball club.
seen
I t ....................................................... will perform at his new football club.
16. The govem m ent wiU cease subsidising the project from the end of the month.
receive
T h e ....................................................... from the end of the m onth.

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17. Brian is a strong contender for the position.
list
B r ia n ....................................................... for the position.
18. She blushed w ith em barrassm ent at having made such a stupid m istake.
shamefaced
S h e ....................................................... a stupid m istake.
19. Your outrageous behaviour h£is caused problems for the Club,
embarrassment .
Your outrageous b eh a v io u r.......................................................the club.
20. The writer I really admire won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
admỉratỉon
The w r ite r ................................................won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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1. She said she was in no way responsible for the damage.
disclaỉmed
S h e ....................................................... damage.
2. The new em ployee still hadn’t appeared by 10 o’clock.
sịgn
T h e r e ........................................................ by 10 o ’clock.
3. You can dissolve these tablets in water.
soluble
T h e s e .......................................................w ater .
4. I can’t bear your com plaints any longer.
enough
I .........................................................complaints.
5. No one pities her after w hat she has done.
sympathy
No o n e .....................................................she has done.
6. They accused John of bre6iking the window.
put
T h e y .........................................................the window.
7. The BBC produces programmes to interest all sorts o f people.
catered
All s o r ts ....................................................... the BBC.
8. We were reluctant to leave our old home.
with
It w a s ....................................................... our old home.
9. Only by u sin g a helicopter could the rescuers reach th e injured climber.
means
O n ly ..................................................... the rescuers reach the injured climber.

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10. The art gallery has had at ỉeast 120,000 visitors since it opened.
fewer
N o ....................................................... the art gallery since it opened.
11. I eventually persuaded her not to hand in her resignation.
talked
I eventu£dly....................................................... her resignation.
12. It was only because he persisted that he managed to get the job.
for
I f ....................................................... he w ouldn’t have got the job.
13. Flying is the form o f transport I like least.
no
T h e r e ......................................................than fl3ãng.
14. Their house is now worth more than w hen they bought it.
increased
T h e ....................................................... they bought it.
15. If you adjust th e mirror a little, you ’ll be able to sce more clearly.
slỉght
W ith ....................................................... you’ll be able to see more clearly.
16. The letter arrived com pletely unexpectedly this morning.
blue
The le t t e r ....................................................... this morning.
17. Although he repeatedly cedled the company, he couldn’t get through.
after
D e s p ite ....................................................... , he couldn’t get through.
18. The rainfall has been below average this m onth.
rained
I t ....................................................... this month.
19. The editor delayed publishing the article until he had checked all the facts.
did
O n ly .....................................................the editor publish th e article.
20. The steiíĩh ated Frank’s new policies intensely and so w en t on strike.
hatred
S o ....................................................... that the staíT w ent on strike

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1. We w ont to breathe new life into this project.
rejuvenate
W e ....................................................... project.
2. My grandfather died in the early hours.
passed
My gran d fath er....................................................... night.

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3. That football team has won every m atch this season.
unbeatable
T h a t....................................................... this season.
4. People should be careful w hen w alking alone at night.
best
I t ....................................................... walking alone at night.
5. They seldom stay up late.
rare
I t ....................................................... late.
6. Even though Sim on rarely has a lot o f money, he always buys his m um a
birthday present.
short
H o w ev er....................................................... his m um a birthday present.
7. The climbers will try to reach the sum m it again in the morning.
another
The climbers w ill.......................................................in the morning.
8. Mr Lurie w ill have to cancel his appointm ent.
keep
Mr L u r ie ........ .............................................. his appointm ent.
9. It is incredible how he managed to survive.
beyond
It’s ....................................................... to survive.
10. She speeiks French quite well.
command
S h e ....................................................... French.
11. He lent Jam es £3,000 to buy that car.
owes
J a m e s ....................................................... that car.
12. When he speaks, he gives you the im pression that he is a really hard-
working student.
think
T o ....................................................... a very hard-working student.
13. V anessa practises the violin nearly eveiy day.
by
S carcely....................................................... the violin.
14. He reEdised how m uch he cared for her only w hen she had been away for
a long time.
made
H e r ....................................................... how m uch he cared for her.

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15. It would have taken a miracle to save the paintings from the fire.
of
N o th in g ....................................................... the paintings from the íĩre.
16. U nfortunately, the rain forced the cancellation of the parade at the
weekend.
raỉned
U níortunately, t h e .......................................................at the weekend.
17. Mary was always m aking John the subject of her cruel jokes.
butt
J o h n ....................................................... cruel jokes.
18. Susy m anaged to cope w ith so many problems w hen she w as declared
bankrupt.
stride
S u s y ........................................................w hen she was declared bankrupt.
19. The M .p. often had a diíTerent opinion from the accepted Party policies.
step
The M .p ......................................................... his Party’s policies.
20. Pni so busy at the m om ent that I can’t take on any extra work.
plate
I ....................................................... at the m om ent that I can’t take on any
extra work.

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1. Sheila often suíTers from really bad headaches.
prone
S h e ila ....................................................... really bad hcadaches.
2. How inconsiderate he was to take your book!
thoughtless
I t ....................................................... your book.
3. He suggested th at we should invite Tom to the party.
invited
H e ......................................................to the party.
4. My grandm other was neairly 86 w hen she died earlier this year.
now
My gran d m oth er,.......................................................86.
5. The price o f oranges has fallen because there are so m any on the market.
such
There is ....................................................... on the market that the price has
fallen.

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6. Very few residents came to the m eeting last night.
poorly
T h e ....................................................... attended.
7. Parking is not allowed in this Street,
prohibỉted
I t ......................................................... in this Street.
8. In our family, my brother is the best at cooking.
cooks
There’s n o -o n e .......................................................my brother.
9. These low-lying 2ireas are constantly threatened hy Aoods.
flooding
T h e r e ....................................................... these low-ljảng areas.
10. I thought that you m ight like to go on holiday w ith us.
wondering
I ....................................................... to go on holiday w ith us.
11. He suddenly realised that she was never Corning back.
dawned
I t ..................................................... she was never Corning back.
12. I can’t possibly finish this work w ithout your help.
depending
I ....................................................... this work.
13. The new presenter certainly has plenty of confidence.
lack
The new p r esen ter.......................................................confidence.
14. Meg w ants it to be clear to people that sh e’s fair.
seen
M e g .......................................................fair.
15. I w ant to go to London for our holiday but m y husband w on ’t even
consider the idea.
hear
My h u sb a n d .......................................................for our holiday.
16. The original plan was to com plete the building hy August.
due
T h e ....................................................... August.
17. Do you think th ere’s any chance of the socialist party w inning the
election this tim e round?
get
Do you think th ere’s any chance ....................................................... th is tim e
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18. Since th e advertisem ent, w e’ve had more applications than we can deal
with.
sw am p ed
Since the ad v ertisem en t,.......................................................applications.
19. I feel it ’s wrong that this site is going to be redeveloped by the council.
earm arked
I feel it ’s wrong t h a t .......................................................the council.
20. W hen Rania stood next to the basketball players, she looked very small.
d w a r fe d
When Rania stood next to the basketball players, .........................................
them.

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1. All the arrangem ents were made by his secretary.
e v e r y t h in g
H e ....................................................... by his secretary.
2. She burnt her hands during the íìre.
got
S h e ....................................................... the fire.
3. Are you going to have the roof ílxed beforc winter?
r e p a ir
A r e ....................................................... before vvinter?
4. Our broken im m ersion heater xnust be repaired urgently.
seen
We m u s t ....................................................... urgently.
5. The w indows need draught-prooíĩng.
have
You’l l ....................................................... draught-proofed.
6. A fam ous Eirchitect designed their new home.
had
T h e y ..................................................... their new home.
7. It would be a good idea for an accountant to sort out your tax problems.
s h o u ld
Y o u .........................................................an accountant.
8. Her vvedding dress is going to be made by a fam ous designer.
have
S h e .........................................................by a famous designer.
9. J oe’s brother treated him to a meal.
p a id
J o e .........................................................for him hy his brother.

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10. Henry is going to ask for proíessional help to upgrade his PC.
get
H e n r y ....................................................... his PC.
11. An ophthalm ic optician carried out a second operation on his eye.
períorm
H e ........................................................on his eye.
12. It would be a good idea for your teeth to be capped, you know.
ought
Y o u ..................................................... , you know.
13. A party will be thrown for the tw ins w hen they return.
them
The t w in s ....................................................... w hen they return.
14. We used to read fairy tales to our children at bcdtim e.
them
Our ch ild r en .......................................................at bedtime.
15. Is there enough ice cream for everyone, or shall I go and buy som e more?
round
Is th e r e ....................................................... , or shall I go and buy som e more?
16. You m ust never m ention this to him.
circumstances
U n d e r ....................................................... this to him.
17. They could only get to the island if they hired a single-engine aircraít.
by
O n ly ....................................................... get to the island.
18. He talks so much that he drives everyone mad.
does
So m u c h .......................................................everyone mad.
19. You m ust not leave the iron switched on for a long tim e.
account
O n ....................................................... switched on for a long tim e.
20. I hardly ever travelled abroad when I was a student.
travel
R arely....................................................... I was a student.

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1. The governm ent is always changing its policies on transportation.
lack
There’s .......................................................policies on transportation.
2. Tom teased Alice about her new hairstyle.
poked
T o m ....................................................... new hairstyle.

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3. Fresh fruit is plentiful at this tim e o f year.
shortage
T here’s .........................................................of year.
4. The prospect o f m eeting him again didn’t ploase her.
forward
S h e .........................................................again.
5. The exhibition is likely to be a success.
probability
I n ....................................................... a success.
6. Could you tell me where the post office is?
direct
C ou ld ......................................................................post ofíĩce?
7. Harvey ordered som e new equipm ent w ithout prior perm ission.
liberty
H a r v ey ....................................................... som e new equipm ent.
8. Naturally, you w ill have points deducted for m isspellings.
penalised
N a tu r a lly ,....................................................... m isspellings.
9. Most scien tists argue that it is preferable to use organic Products,
averse
Most s c ie n tis ts .......................................................of organic Products.
10. The new manager w ants us to call him “Sir”.
addressed
The new m a n a g er.......................................................“Sir”.
11. I can’t say I like it w hen she praises my work in front o f my colleagues.
having
I can’t s a y ....................................................... in front of my colleagues.
12. You’ll have to make up your m inds hy the vveekend.
be
A ....................................................... hy the weekend.
13. It’s ju st possible that we may have to introducc pay cuts.
ruled
W e ....................................................... pay cuts.
14. Surely he can’t like it w hen she insults him in public.
being
S u r e ly ....................................................... in public.
15. Never forget that she h asn ’t had your education.
bear
You s h o u ld .......................................................shc h asn’t had your education.

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16. It’s pointless going now; le t’s ju st stay in and watch TV.
well
W e ....................................................... and watch TV.
17. I don’t think th ere’s much chance of his Corning now.
doubt
I ....................................................... now.
18. I don’t think they should expect that much of her.
asking
I ....................................................... her.
19. Sharon has been promoted because she is capable of vvorking under
pressure.
account
Sharon has been promoted ....................................................... to work under
pressure.
20. Alex grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting m edicine.
pulled
A le x .......................................................the foul-tasting medicine.

25
1. She was an excellent play^right whose work didn’t get the recognition it
deserved.
renown
She was an excellent p layw righ t....................................................... her work.
2. I knew the project would not succeed from the start.
doomed
I knew the p roject.......................................................from the start.
3. That m an rem inds m e a lot of my father.
bears
That m a n ....................................................... father.
4. Lavưence’s car became his most prized possession when he íírst bought it.
joy
Laurence’s car b e c a m e .......................................................he íĩrst bought it.
5. Most people áre indifferent to the m istreatm ent o f anim als.
show
M o s t....................................................... of animals.
6. It’s quite likely that they will consider our offer too low.
well
T h e y .......................................................too low.
7. Those o f u s at the back couldn’t hear m ost o f the play.
to
Most of the p la y .......................................................those of us at the back.

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8. The exam results will determ ine her choice of university.
dependent
Her choice o f u n iv e r sity .......................................................the exam results.
9. Sean did all the illustrations for the book but no One acknowledged his work.
credit
Sean w asn ’t ..................................................... all the illustrations in the book.
10. H aving finished your studies, you m ust decide w hat to do next.
future
You m u s t ....................................................... íínished your studies.
11. As soon as they received the iníorm ation, it was sent to th e editor.
minute
The inlorm ation w a s .......................................................they received it.
12. The rain ended and im m ediately the sun came out.
barely
I t ....................................................... the sun camo out.
13. R uss’s opinions on the new m anagem ent policies were very different
from those o f his fellow workers.
odds
R u s s ....................................................... the new m anagem ent policies.
14. The w ay m any sportsm en behave in public inAuences their young fans.
impression
The way m any sportsm en behave in p u b lic .......................................................
their young fans.
15. N ot u n til they leave will she begin cleaning the house.
start
She will o n ly ....................................................... they have left.
16. Could you gi ve m e a shout the m inute dinner is ready?
know
Could y o u .......................................................is ready?
17. They tied the dog up for fear it m ight escape.
case
T h e ....................................................... escaped.
18. We didn’t phone you in case we woke you up.
so
We didn’t ....................................................... you up.
19. She opened the door quietly because she didn’t w ant to wake the baby.
to
S h e ....................................................... the baby.
20. He did the exercise careíully because he didn’t want to have to do it again.
as
He d id ....................................................... to redo it.

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26
1. The day was so beautiíul that we w ent for a walk.
such
I t ....................................................... we w ent for a walk.
2. It was such an im pressive painting that I had an irresistible urge to buy
it.
so
I t ....................................................... I had an irresistible urge to buy it.
3. He ate so m any chocolates that he felt sick.
lot
H e ....................................................... he felt sick.
4. The w eather was so nice that we were able to sit outside.
pleasant
I t ....................................................... we were able to sit outside.
5. It was such a beautiful cake that she didn’t w ant to cut it.
reluctant
T h e ....................................................... to cut it.
6. She considered clim bing the stairs, but decided she was too tired.
exhausted
S h e ....................................................... not to climb the stairs.
7. Genetic scientists are advanced enough to artiílcially produce even
endangered species like elephants and tigers.
clone
Genetic scientists are s o .......................................................endangered species
like elephants and tigers.
8. The house is considercd to be too sm all for the fam ily to live in.
expected
The fa m ily ....................................................... a sm all house.
9. Her dog was too badly behaved for her to control.
disobedỉent
Her d o g ....................................................... couldn’t control him.
10. The w ater was too shallow for us to swim in.
enough
The w ater w a s .......................................................to swim in.
11. He was too lazy to ansvver the door.
bothered
H e ....................................................... the door.
12. David was so enthusiastic about the proposal that he accepted immediately.
was
S u c h ....................................................... that he accepted im m ediately.

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13. They were reluctant to announce the new s because they didn’t w ant to
worry the public.
fear
They were reluctant to a n n o u n ce..................................................... the public.
14. He hid the package in case his m other found it.
from
He hid the p ack ag e.......................................................it.
15. He turned down the m usic for fear of upsetting the neighbours.
would
S o ....................................................... he turned down the music.
16. She carried an um brella so she w ouldn’t be wet.
getting
She carried an u m b rella .......................................................wet.
17. Even if she com es late, ring me w hen she arrives.
how
Give m e a ring w h e n .......................................................late she is.
18. Tadented though he is, he can’t fĩnd a job.
fact
He can’t ....................................................... h e’s talented.
19. In spite of the train strike, she still managed to get to work on tim e.
succeeded
S h e ....................................................... there was a traũn strike.
20. W hatever you say in protest, you can do nothing to change the situation.
much
You c a n n o t....................................................... you protest.

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1. He w as dism issed because he was inefficient.
lost
H e ....................................................... inefflciency.
2. Jerry feels his colleagues despise him for not having a degree.
look
J e r r y ....................................................... for not having a degree.
3. Only M artha survived the crash.
sole
M airtha....................................................... crash.
4. If you give in to them , you’ll be sorry.
stand
I f ....................................................... , you’ll be sorry.

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5. Jack’s teacher says h e ’s particularly good at languages.
fair
Jack’s teacher s a y s .......................................................languages.
6. People often m ake that m istake in the beginning.
common
I t ....................................................... in the beginning.
7. The majority o f their clientele is made up o f local pcople.
comprise
Local p e o p le ....................................................... their clientele.
8. The politician tried to find people who were w illing to back his campaign
to help th e hom eless.
drum
The politician tried t o .................................. campaign to help the hom eless.
9. Karen’s bad mood is totally unconnected w ith th e m atter in hand.
bearing
T h e ....................................................... Karen’s bad mood.
10. Further coníusion was caused hy the loss o f the map.
led
T h e ....................................................... turther confusion.
11. The custom dates back to mediaeval tim es.
roots
T h e ........................................................mediaeval tim es.
12. It’s difficult to im agine his work being improved on by anyone.
bettering
It’s d iffíc u lt.......................................................work.
13. To this day no one has equalled his achievements in the field of technology.
unsurpassed
To this d a y ....................................................... in the íĩeld of technology.
14. Their rivals are still a long way behind.
streets
T h e y ....................................................... rivals.
15. ‘T’m sorry that I didn’t phone yesterday,” said Gary.
for
G a ry ....................................................... the previous day.
16. Did he explain why he looked so miserable?
reason
Did h e .....................................................so miserable?
17. If it hadn’t been for Mr Copley’s eílorts, the campaign wouldn’t be so successíul.
due
The s u c c e s s ....................................................... Mr Copley’s eíTorts.

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18. We were forced to go by bus becaiise we didn’t have e n o ii^ money for a taxi.
afford
N o t ....................................................... we had to go by bus.
19. If they hadn’t trusted him, they w ouldn’t have followed hip advice.
took
T h e y ...................................................... him.
20. Sandra quit her job because she found the work very dull.
uninspỉring
Sandra fo u n d .......................................................she left her job.

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1. Although it’s cold at night, it ’s warm in the daytime.
nights
C o ld ....................................................... the days are warm.
2. Even though she has rich parents, she has little m oney herself.
havỉng
She h a s ....................................................... parents.
3. D espite the fact that h e’s never been to China, he loves ( food.
even
He lo v e s ....................................................... never been to Chir
4. Would you please send m e your response as soon as possiL
grateful
I ....................................................... our response as soon as possil 'e.
5. The reason for his resignation is still not known.
caused
W e ........................................................resignị
6. This essay shows a slight im provem ent on the last.
margỉnally
This e s s a y ....................................................... the last.
7. Susie couldn’t stop crying w hen her pet rabbit died.
roods
S u s ie .................................................... her pet rabbit died.
8. He speciílcally stressed the need for absolute honesty.
emphasỉs
H e ....................................................... absolute honesty.
9. I couldn’t work out w hat he was trying to say, could yòu?
driving
I couldn’t work o u t ......................................................., could you?
10. She realised im m ediately that his story was made up.
through
S h e ....................................................... story.

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11. There is a considerable num ber o f choices on offer in th is brochure.
array
T h is ....................................................... choices.
12. Martin cannot go any higher in his career.
pinnacle
M a rtin .......................................................his career.
13. My husband will be angry w hen I tell him.
roof
My husband w ill.......................................................w hen I tell him.
14. Julie and Andrew like the sam e sort of music.
taste
Julie and A n d rew .......................................................music.
15. Sam was really anxious, w aiting to see if he had got a place in the cricket
team.
tenterhooks
Sam w a s ........................................... if he had got a place in the cricket team.
16. The heir to the family fortune was eventually found to be an impostor.
exposed
The heir to the fam ily fortune w a s ................................................an impostor.
17. He claimed my point was not relevant to the proceedings.
dismỉssed
H e ....................................................... to the proceedings.
18. He said she was happy and enjoyed her new life.
described
H e .......................................................her new life.
19. It’s diffícult to know if it should be classihed as a guest house or a hotel.
categorise
It’s difficult to k n o w .............................................as a guest house or a hotel.
20. The car has been voted Car of the Year. Its engine has been modified.
of
The c a r ,......................................................., has been voted Car o f the Year.

29
1. She is w ell known for her vast knowledge of R enaissance painting.
authorỉty
S h e ....................................................... Renaissance pzdnting.
2. I don’t think ru ever be able to buy my own house.
despaỉr
I ....................................................... my own house.

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3. The m em bers o f the governm ent have failed to agree on the new budget.
reached
The m em b ers....................................................... on the new budget.
4. We liked th e new teacher right away.
took
W e ........................................................right away.
5. The novel didn’t come up to my expectations.
short
The n o v e l....................................................... expectations.
6. Zoe always m akes spontaneous decisions concerning her travel plans.
acts
Zoe a lw a y s....................................................... her travel plans.
7. Jim knew he would have to go on the business trip at a m om ent’s notice.
poised
J im ...................................................... the business trip at a m om ent’s notice.
8. H is latest theory is in com plete opposition to m ainstream thinking.
flies
Ilis latest th e o r y ....................................................... m ainstream thinking.
9. His interpretation of the novel was far too complex for me to grasp, I’m
afraid.
head
His interpretation o f the n o v e l....................................................... , I’m afraid.
10. Julie always listcns to my com plaints about work.
ear
Julie a lw a y s....................................................... my com plaints about work.
11. I w ish you would come straight to the point if you have som ething to say.
beat
I w is h ....................................................... if you have som ething to say.
12. ThankTully she w asn ’t hurt at all in the accident.
emerged
S h e ....................................................... accident.
13. The vvaitcrs in the new restaurant were very inefllcient.
shoddy
We r ec eiv ed ....................................................... in the new restaurant.
14. My grandm other is extrem ely proud that she can rem ember all her
grandchildren’s birthdays.
prides
My gran d m oth er........................................ all her grandchildren’s birthdays.
15. I couldn’t face tellin g hcr w hat I’d heard.
bring
I couldn’t ....................................................... w hat I’d heard.

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16. She lost all self-control w hen she found out w hat h e’d done.
contain
S h e .......................................................what h e’d done.
17. The singer said he wanted nothing to do w ith the other m em bers o f the
band.
distanced
The s in g e r .......................................................o f the band.
18. There was hardly any m ovem ent in the trEiíĩĩc in front o f us.
ỉnched
The tr a íĩĩc ....................................................... us.
19. Everyone abandoned the building. Shortly afterwards we saw smoke
billowing out o f th e upper floor windows.
evacuated
S h o r tly .......................................................we saw sm oke billowing out o f the
upper floor windows.
20. It’s rather unreasonabỉe punishing Daniel for losing h is key as h e’s only
a child.
hardly
Y o u .................... ................................. as h e’s only a child.

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1. The com m unity spoke enthusiastically about the recently elected mayor.
sang
The com m u n ity .......................................................praises.
2. Should w e go ahead w ith the plan?
advỉsable
I s .......................................................with the plan?
3. We m ust include buying new íurniture in our household budget this
year.
accounted
Buying now furniture ....................................................... in our household
budget this year.
4. The garage is too sm all for the van.
room
T h e r e .......................................................for the van.
5. In my opinion Jim deserves ever}d;hing he gets.
ask
I f .......................................................he gets.
6. By leaving Mary alone, I’m sure sh e’ll finish the project on tim e.
devices
If M a ry ....................................... , 1’m sure sh e’ll íínish the project on time.

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7. The overííshing o f cod is a m atter which is worr3ãng environm entalists.
voiced
Environm entEilists....................................................... the overfishing o f cod.
8. The police say that the circumstances o f her disappeeirance are suspicious.
treatỉng
The p o lic e ....................................................... suspicious.
9. Schools should iiiEike CEireers lessons a priority.
emphasis
Schools sh o u ld ........................................................careers lessons.
10. Who told you there was going to be a rail strike?
out
H o w ....................................................... to be a rail strike?
11. You m ust do som ething to meike sure th is docsn’t happen again.
steps
You m u s t ....................................................... happen again.
12 The doctor is very busy; r m afraid he can’t see you today.
spare
The d o cto r......................................................today.
13. I shouldn’t have trusted a stranger w ith my savings.
better
I ....................................................... trust a stranger w ith my savings.
14. The journalist w rote down everything she said in his notebook.
record
The jo u r n a list....................................................... in h is notebook.
15. As well as her normal salary, she makes some extra m oney hy freelancing.
suppỉement
S h e ....................................................... norxnal income.
16. At íírst no one m entioned his absence.
said
At íĩ r s t ....................................................... his absence.
17. My supervisor did not even hint to me that he was about to resign.
indication
I ....................................................... that he was about to resign.
18. The subject o f productivity bonuses has been m entioned at every
m anagem ent and workers m eeting.
cropped
The subject o f productivity bonuses .......................................................
m anagem ent and workers.

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19. I can recommend you to the manager; I’m a friend o f his.
w ord
I c a n ....................................................... the manager; 1’m a íriend o f his.
20. The reason why I was given promotion was that Laurence recommended me.
but
I w ouldn’t .......................................................from Laurence.

KEY TO KEY WORD TRANSPORMATION

1
h been in/had any contact with Paul for
2. the first time he’s ever felt so
3. was on the point of handing in her
4. not the first time he has gone on
5. a long time since Prance won a gold
6. is bound to make it up
7, b eca m e/w a s aware that som ething terrible had happened
8. have a teeling that the man standing next
9. been a m em ber of the cricket Club for
10 . put forward a proposal
11 . election s are scheduled for/to take place
12 . my estim ation an econ om ic crisis is
13. could correctly answ er/could give a correct ansvver to
14. started com posing m usic a s a young
15. there is no doubt Rosie will be offered ...
16. nearly two years sin ce he started (vvriting)
17. sa y s his car is at my disposal
18. w ere taken aback by the
19. that he w a sn ’t cut out to be
20. not to drive for fear of

2
1. could not account for the sand
2. vvhetted my appetite for the rest of
3. not averse to staying in on a Saturday
4. will acquaint you with the day-to-day
5. how to/l can m ake am en d s for spoiling
6. goes vvithout saying that Mark will get
7. doesn’t approve of us leaving the classroom
8. public cannot have a c c e s s to th ose official
9. Ann is the apple of her
10. m ake allovvances for the fact that
11. came up with the solution
12. didn't come to the party but apparently
13. it is the only alternative Ican
14. to abandon the project due
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15. other than a full retund will satisty
16. take transport costs into consideration
17. because she took it for granted (that)
18. would you do if you were presented with
19. Simon was a fool to turn down
20. will keep an eye on our house

3
1. gone off that programme
2. am (alvvays) short of time
3. did their best to tinish
4. eventually managed to escape through the back
5. how about going out
6. is every likelihood that hell be
7. is bound to return
8. made it impossible for him to understand
9. you supposed to sign this form
10. it likely he was telling
11. does Corning on Saturday suit
12. would you like to go
13. isn’t compulsory to intorm
14. you mind if I borrow
15. will be prevented from entering
16. is against the rules to start vvriting
17. (that) Iwas an idiot to give up
18. so le reason for Corning w a s to s e e
19. are the chances of you/your moving beíore
20. couldn’t help teeling pleased that

4
1. blew his top when he heard
2. was completely baffled by his
3. birthday coincides with the
4. children are cruel to their
5. a new jacket on the spur of the
6. a blessing in disguise for
7. socially, but drives a hard bargain in
8. has a bee in his bonnet about the
9. had buttertlies in her stomach betore the
10. on the verge of passing out
11. had no recollection of
12. tinally decided to hand in his resignation
13. got up at the crack of dawn
14. seemed to matter to him as much as/more than
15. will be postponed until
16. on suspicion of spying
17. she hardly touched.

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18. has no regrets about turning down/that he turned down
19. is their intention to go to Crete
20. meeting took place in the

5
1. no intention of paying
2. responsible enough to be in charge
3. prospect of changes at work makes Sheila
4. mind keeping your nnobile phone svvitched oft vvhile
5. took an hour to fix the engine
6. not in the habit of training so
7. unvvise not to wear
8. coníess that our appointment completely slipped
9. to say that you may be eligible for
10. try to do the exercise you may find
11. may benetit from a
12. kept on with his speech despite the fact
13. would rather work/have a job
14. might need to be serviced/servicing
15. are believed to be going through with
16. for fear of them taking/that they would take
17. appreciate your letting us know about the venue
18. couldn’t envisage what life would be like
19. the risk of losing all your savings
20. don’t feel like going

6
1. it ever crossed your mind to change
2. is no comparison betvveen these two
3. is no limit to his criticising/criticism of
4. are not used to eating.
5. does his appearance strike
6. is totally devoid of
7. on the cards that he will be
8. were over the moon when our tirst
9. will be given the sack
10. constantly íinds fault with our
11. makes no difference to me vvhether you
12. are twice as many women as men
13. a good chance he
14. took an instant dislike to
15. cast an eye over my essay
16. father’s health has improved.
17. minister’s remarks drew an angry response from.
18. has undergone a lot of changes
19. little prospect of Prances being
20. are in complete contrast to

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7
1. was a poor turnout at
2. believe you would dare to swim
3. had just locked the door when he heard
4. was kind of you to send her flowers
5. triendliness tovvards you recently hasn't escaped
6. a pleasure to meet
7. have no option but to give up
8. was robbed of victory at the tinishing
9. majority of the committee voted in tavour of
10 . it smell of burnt meat in the
11 . are committed to lending us
12 . it compulsory for you to wear a uniíorm
13. take any notice of her
14. haven’t tallen out although they
15. allovvs herselt to/lets herselt be distracted tronn her work
16. locked the door to avoid being
17. is little that can be done for him
18. (that) they permit parking
19. can expect students to know every word
20 . are to pay the installment every month according
8
1 . meal was fit for a king
2 . to generate enthusiasm (in people) for
3. of the City is virtually empty.
4. has resulted in increased/an increase in ..
5. met behind closed doors to discuss changes in
6. all likelihood, she will come betore the end
7. children are apt to ask a lot of
8 . Idon’t want to impose on
9. complaint is being looked into by the
10 . has a tendency to exaggerate
11 . cut down on buying clothes
12 . never takes any notice of
13. on the point of ringing him when
14. mother’s face lit up
15. outburst was out of keeping with
16. no circumstances would he leave the house
17. he has spent most of his/the time
18. is íorever losing her
19. will not be held again until
20. has struck a new deal with the Union
9
1. don’t like being asked personal questions by
2. was not taken in by his claim that
3. are not allowed to be used
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4. hate to be left
5. book is said to have been vvritten by
6. are resigned to life being/the fact that life is .
7. m istakes are too trequent for him to
8. will deter him from taking that
9. often g o e s back on his
10 . counts for little in a corrupt
11 . you direct m e to the.
12. has a reputation for being a
13. are ílavour of the month
14. g o e s well with the
15. is staffed twenty-four hours a
16. tamily jew els are handed down to ea ch new
17. In for a good few criticisms
18. w a s coníerred upon him
19. sh e w a s provoked into handing in
20. w a s overcom e with em otion on se ein g her daughter
10
1. was sound asleep when the fire
2. is in two minds about marrying
3. their article about her had been injurious to
4. was beside himselt with anger when
5. neglect of his vvork/negligent work led to his
6. the exact double of
7. spite of the severity of his illness
8. gave me their word they vvould
9. cream cake now and then
10. took exception to the way
11. at half-hour intervals I

12. were put off by

13. amount of criticism affected
14. job involves a lot of travelling
15. implications will the changes have on
16. a mystery to them why
17. were given insufficient time
18. resulted in the concert being
19. caught a glimpse of James as
20. had a go at solving the equation
11
1. expressed his disapproval of people who
2. insisted on seeing/vvatching her tavourite soap opera betore
3. asked himselí vvhether or not he should
4. denied having laughed
5. shopkeeper explained to us how to
6. suggested (our) going to the planetarium the following
7. complained about the food in

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8. promised to do the washing-up that
9. invited/asked me to go sailing
10. offered to help me with my
11. lecturer has a wide knovvledge of modern
12. behaviour at the party was beyond (our)
13. look upon him as my worst
14. is a toregone conclusion that Mary will pass
15 matter how hard he tried, Len couldn't
16. except Paul íailed to acquire
17. came to the conclusion that the relocation cost
18. attempts/efforts were to no avail in securing
19. is so diligent that no one can/you can’t
20. sudden marriage proposal took her by
12
1. decided to go to bed early
2. regarded highly/highly regarded by
3. hít the punch bag hard
4. is one of the oldest counties in
5. has a higher exam pass rate than
6. is a more tascinating subject
7. sooner teach than work
8. is no comparison betvveen the old mixer and
9. later you work tonight, the more tired
10. talked to him in a tatherly
11. the best headline the nevvspaper could
12. not like Mary to be
13. you tell me what the picture looks like
14. drives exceptionally well in hazardous
15. the most ridiculous claim l’ve ever
16. nothing like going home
17. the same amount of money as I
18. the splitting image of his
19. expressed her disapproval oteating
20. came as a shock to Mr Jones to
13
1. not recycle your
2. has been seriously affected by (the) severe weather
3. her own business with a view to being
4. are not to blame for the loss of
5. expressed concern about the problem of
6. is (alvvays) the life and soul of
7. did not share my opinion about
8. retraining programme met with failure/no success
9. does not come up for renevval until
10. can’t tell the difference betvveen
11. desire for success outvveighs

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12. are in the/a minority
13. home until the small/early hours
14. has a tendency to be bad tempered
15. to postpone their visit in view of
16. how his private life came under scrutiny
17. ’Champion has suffered (a) deteat “
18. has undergone a complete change
19. hasn’t made use of his potential
20. may be subject to delay
14
1. never occurred to me to borrovv money
2. doesn’t care much for
3. got promotion on the strength of his
4. is/are no restriction/restrictions on the amount of luggage
5. has played down the seriousness
6. make absolutely no sense of
7. had better not be late for
8. punished as long as you admit ‘
9. he weren’t an only child
10. Ihad been in your shoes Iwould
11. the exam provided you revise
12. stay in this job but for the good
13. you are punctual you’ll be given
14. were you l’d go to the doctor’s
15. answer any of the questions so Ivvalked
16. been for his help Iwouldn’t have got
17. be ill/feeling unvvell since she didn’t come
18. were to be given a free airline ticket
15
1. put his nam e forward a s a
2. may have m ade their getavvay through the
3. done nothing but m oon about
4. ca n ’t depend/reiy/count on
5 w a s the point of (your) behaving
6. is prone to h e a d a c h e s and
7. in e x c e s s of six hospitals
8. to have accep ted their offer would have been
9. has greater depths to him
10 . he w a s poor judging by the look of
11 . ga v e m e his assu ran ce that the cooker
12 . would explanation did he give for
13. have doubled sin ce the new m anager
14. intormation can be obtained from
15. haven’t the rem otest idea how
16. don’t count on m e to help you
17. resen ts (the fact) that sh e is/being constantly overlooked for

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18. coníuse me with my elder
19. makes no mention of
20. is indebted to that surgeon for saving his

16
1. concert was a complete sell-out, so we
2. in your career if you put your mind to
3. were completely taken aback/by surprise
4. didn’t live up to my expectations
5. nothing to match tea
6. came as a shock to
7. was no way for Roy to keep/that Roy could keep
8. wish you vvould be quiet as
9. wish you would let me see
10 . had better go to bed early tonight as
11 . vvishes she had a less stresstul
12 . would rather be left alone because
13. only I hadn’t committed myselí to so many
14. vvishes he had taken her threats
15. wish Iwere able to go on a
16. would have been better if you had taken
17. advised me to tidy my
18. preíers eating with ữiends to eating/preters to eat with íriends rather than eat
19. better leave now or we won’t
20. time for you to start taking/having Prench

17
1. in the garden allovvs me to vent my
2. was extensive coverage of the
3. claimed she was the richest
4. pelted their next-door neighbour with
5. attributed her success purely to
6. onset of the disease is signalled/marked by
7. got the vvrong end of the stick and
8. was exposed as a spy by
9. has grovvn out of this
10 . level at unemployment is high
11. didn’t allow for the cost of accommodation
12. company's survival depends on our íinding a new
13. to be in debt to
14. íurther intormation is torthcoming
15. reckless driving was the cause of the
16. needs the backing of
17. is full of praise for/has nothing but praise for
18. new dress code will be in force/will come into torce
19. has made little progress with/hasn’t made much progress with
20. was no explanation for her sudden disappearance

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18
1. vvould so o n er go by car than (go)
2. high time you learnt
3. rather you did the w ashing-up
4. stood in for m e while I w as
5. is com m on knovvledge that becom ing an actor
6. you had better not park/it would be better if you didn’t park
7. the b est of my knovvledge, Patrick has never
8 are more of a hindrance than a
9. m ust lock the g a tes prior to leaving
10 . will be no market for
11. ex p ressed her opposition to/disapproval of
12. who that car b eion gs to
13. is the town which T hom as Hardy w a s born
14. a large am ounưsum of m oney to charity, vvhich
15. which/that w a s avvarded tirst prize at Crutts
16. w as very kind of him to recom m end me
17. will take longer than originally planned, which is
18. reíused to a ccep t my ap ologies vvhich w a s childish
19. is the City where/in which he was born
20. of vvhich only on e w a s accep ted by
19
1. will be put into torce
2. w as much jubilation w hen the governm ent
3. been on the throne
4. bears a c lo se resem blance to
5. is nothing other than
6. is a s far a s l’m going until
7. but yourselt to blam e for tailing
8. ate two ice cream s in a row
9. any im provem ent in your mother’s condition
10. w as with reluctance that the work torce agreed
11. neglected to sign the ch eq u e betore putting it
12. w as alvvays having a row
13. to our surprise, our grandmother announced that
14. no account m ust you torget to lock
15. remains to be s e e n how well the player
16. project will receive no turther governm ent subsidy/tunding/support
17. is on the short list
18. w a s sh am etaced at having m ade such
19. has been a source of em barrassm ent to
20. for whom I have a great admiration
20
1. disclaim ed all responsibility for the
2. w a s still no sign of the new em p loyee
3. tablets are soluble in
4. have had enough of your
5. has any sym pathy for her aíter what

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6. put the blame on John for breaking
7. of people are catered for by
8. with regret that we left
9. by means of a helicopter could
10. fewer than 120,000 visitors have been to
11. talked her out of handing in
12. it hadn’t been for his persistence,
13. is no form of transport I like less
14. house has increased in value since
15. a slight adjustment to the mirror,
16. arrived completely out of the blue
17. making call after call to the company
18. rained less than usual
19. after he had checked all the tacts did
20. intense was the hatred for Frank’s new policies
21
1. want to rejuvenate this
2. passed away during the
3. tootball team has been unbeatable
4. is best to be caretul when
5. is rare for them to stay up
6. short of money Simon is he always buys
7. make another attempt to reach the summit
8. will not be able to keep
9. beyond beliet how he managed
10. has quite a good command of
11. owes him £3,000 for buying
12. hear him speak you would think he is
13. a day goes by vvithout Vanessa practising
14. prolonged absence made him realise
15. short of a miracle vvould have saved
16. parade was cancelled because it rained
17. was alvvays the butt of Mary’s
18. took so many problems in her stride
19. was often out of step with
20. have so much on my plate
22
1. is prone to getting
2. was thoughtless of him to take
3. suggested that Tom (should) be invited
4. had she lived, would now be
5. such an abundance of oranges
6. meeting last night was poorly
7. is prohibited to park
8. in the/our tamily that cooks better than
9. is a constant threat of tlooding in

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10. was vvondering if you would like
11. suddenly davvned on him that
12. am depending on your help with/on you to help me with
13. certainly does not lack wants to be seen as
14. won’t hear of our going to London
15. building was ohginally
16. due to be completed by
17. that the socialist party will get in
18. we have been svvamped with
19. this site has been earmarked for redevelopment by
20. she was dwarfed by
23
1. had everything arranged
2. got her hands burnt during
3. they going to repair your roof
4. have our broken Immersion heater seen to
5. have to have your windows
6. had a tamous architect design
7. should have your tax problems sorted out by
8. is going to have her vvedding dress made
9. had his meal paid
10. is going to get a protessional to upgrade
11. had an ophthalmic optician pertorm a second operation
12. ought to have your teeth capped
13. will have a party throvvn for them
14. used to have fairy tales read to them
15. enough ice cream to go round
16. no circumstances must you mention
17. by hiring a single-engine aircraft could they
18. does he talk that he drives
19. no account must you leave the iron
2 0 . did Itravel abroad when
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1. a lack of con sisten cy in the governm ent’s
2. poked fun at A lice’s
3. no shortage of fresh fruit at this time
4. didn’t look forward to m eeting him
5. all probability, the exhibition will be
6. you direct m e to the
7. took the liberty of ordering
8. you will be penalised for
9. are not a v erse to the u se
10 . vvants to be ad d ressed a s
11 . I like having my work praised
12 . decision n e e d s/h a s to/m ust be m ade
13. have not ruled out the possibility of introducing

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14. he can’t like being insulted by her
15. bear in mind that
16. might as well stay in
17. doubt if he’ll come
18. think they are asking too much of
19. on account of her ability
20. pulled a face as he swallowed
25
1. who achieved/gained little renown for
2. was doomed to failure/to fail
3. bears a great/strong resemblance to my
4. his pride and joy when
5. people show no/little concern about the mistreatment
6. may well consider our offer
7. was inaudible to
8. is dependent on
9. given any credit for doing
10. decide upon your íuture now that you have
11. sent to the editor the minute
12. had barely stopped raining when
13. was at odds with his fellow vvorkers over/ concerning
14. makes an impression on
15. start cleaning the house when
16. let me know the minute dinner
17. dog was tied up in case it
18. phone you so as not to wake/so that we wouldn't wake
19. opened the door quietly to avoid waking
20. the exercise caretully so as to avoid having
26
1. was such a beautitul day that
2. was so impressive a painting that
3. ate such a lot of chocolate that
4. was such pleasant vveather that
5. cake was so beautiíul that she was reluctant
6. was so exhausted that she decided
7. advanced that they can even produce
8. cannot be expected to live in such
9. was so disobedient that she
10. not deep enough for us
11. could not be bothered to ansvver
12. was David's enthusiasm for the proposal
13. the news for fear that they might worry
14. to prevent his mother from ĩinding
15. that he would not upset the neighbours,
16. to prevent herselt from getting
17. she comes, no matter how

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18. find a fob, despite/in spite oíthe fact
19. succeeded in getting to work on time although
20. do anything to change the situation, hovvever much

27
1. lost his job because of his
2. feels his colleagues look down on him
3. was the sole survivor of the
4. you do not stand up to them
5. that he has got a flair for
6. is common for people to make that mistake
7. comprise the majority of
8. drum up support for his
9. matter in hand has no bearing on
10 . loss of the map led to
11 . roots of the custom date back to
12 . to imagine anyone bettering (him at) his
13. his achievements are unsurpassed
14. are (still) streets ahead of their
15. apologised for not phoning/having phoned
16. give any reason for looking/why he looked
17. of the campaign is due to
18. being able to afford a taxi
19. took his advice because they trusted
20 . the work uninspiring, so

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1. though the nights are/may be
2. little money herselt, despite/in spite of having rich
3. Chinese food, even though he has
4. would be gratetul if you would send me
5. still do not know what caused him to
6. is marginally better than
7. was in tloods of tears when
8. placed emphasis on the need for
9. what he was driving at
10 . immediately saw through his
11 . brochure has a wide array of
12 . has reached the pinnacle of
13. hit the roof
14. have the same taste in
15. on tenterhooks, vvaiting to see
16. eventually exposed as
17. dismissed my point as irrelevant
18. described her as happy and enjoying
19. vvhether to categorise it
20. the engine of which has been modiíied

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29
1. is an authority on
2. despair of ever being able to buy,
3. of the governnnent have not reached an agreement
4. took (a liking) to the new teacher
5. fell short of my
6. acts on impulse when making/she makes
7. was poised to go on
8. flies in the face of
9. went over my head
10. lends an ear to
11. you wouldn’t beat around/about the bush
12. emerged unhurt from the
13. shoddy Service from the vvaiters
14. prides herselt on being able to remember
15. bring myselt to tell her
16. couldn't contain herselí when she tound out
17. distanced himselí from the other members
18. inched along in front of
19. aíter the building was/had been evacuated
20. can hardly punish Daniel for losing his key

30
1. sang the recently elected mayor's
2. advisable to go ahead
3. must be accounted for
4. isn't enough room in the garage
5. you ask me, Jim deserves everything
6. is left to her own devices
7. have voiced concern(s) about
8. are treating the circumstances of her disappearance as
9. give/place more emphasis on
10. did you find out there was going
11. take steps to make sure/ensure (that) this doesn't
12. can't spare the time to see you/hasn't any spare time to see you
13. should have known betterthan to
14. kept a record of everything she said
15. does treeiance work/works treelance to supplement her
16. no one said anything/nothing -.vcc Gaid about
17. was given no indication by my supervisor
18. has cropped up at every meeting betvveen
19. put in a good word for you to
20. have been given promotion but for a/the recommendation

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 S E N T E N C E T R A N SE O R M A T IO N
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1
1. “Why h asn ’t Peter phoned?” she wondered.
She vvondered...........................................................................................................
2. Tm only in terested in why he did it.
The only t h in g ..........................................................................................................
3. He tried to escape but the police stopped him.
The police prevented h im ....................................................................................
4. She has ordered a new outíit from her dressm aker.
She is h a v in g ............................................................................................................
5. Couldn’t you find a better hotel?
Is t h i s ...............................................................................................................
6. John began playing the piano ten years ago.
John h a s ....... .......................................................................................................
7. They won’t be able to come on Sunday.
It w ill b e ...............................................................................................................
8. She needs to study harder.
She doesn’t ...............................................................................................................
9. I only paid a few hundred pounds for the car.
The c a r ...............................................................................................................
10. My mother made th ese curtains.
These c u r ta in s .........................................................................................................

2
1. He started in vestigatin g the case a w eek ago.
He h a s ...............................................................................................................
2. I’m quite sure th at she didn’t steal the necklace.
She can’t ...............................................................................................................
3. The flat’s very noisy but we enjoy living there.
E v e n ...............................................................................................................
4. “If I were you I w ouldn’t trust Peter,” she told John.
She a d v is e d .............................................................................................................
5. Her grief w as so great th at she alm ost fainted.
S o ..........................."..................................................................................

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6. You can leave only w hen I tell you.
U n t il...............................................................................................................
7. She prefers Italian food to French food.
S he’d ...............................................................................................................
8. Sarah is better at chem istry than Susan.
S u san isn ’t ...............................................................................................................
9. W hen is John and M ary’s vvedding?
W hen a r e ...............................................................................................................
10. M ost people can understand him w hen he speaks English.
He can m a k e ...............................................................................................................

3
1. We arrived too late to see the first film.
We didn’t ...............................................................................................................
2. “I’m sorry th at I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter a p o lo g ised .........................................................................................................
3. I w as drowning, but he saved me.
K h e ...............................................................................................................
4. Sally is the cleverest stud en t in the class.
Nobody ...............................................................................................................
5. I have never read such a rom antic story.
This i s ...............................................................................................................
6. We can’t afford to buy the car.
The c a r ...............................................................................................................
7. H is parents m ade him study for his exam s.
He w a s ...............................................................................................................
8. We started cooking for the party four hours ago.
We h a v e ...............................................................................................................
9. He has never behaved so violently beíore.
He is b e h a v in g ...............................................................................................................
10. We couldn’t get nearer because of the police.
The p o lic e ...............................................................................................................

4
1. r u only help you if you prom ise to try harder.
U n le s s ...............................................................................................................
2. “You were ch eatin g,” said Carol to June.
Carol a c c u se d ...............................................................................................................

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3. She bought th at house in 1973.
She h a s ....................................................................................................
4. They believe he is armed.
He ..........................................................................................................
5. Our house is going to be painted by a local fĩrm.
We a r e ......................................................................................................
6. “I think you should go by train,” he told us.
He a d v is e d ..............................................................................................
7. She can’t have any more children because of her age.
She is t o o ................................................................................................
8. It isn ’t necessary to shout.
Y o u ....... .............. ^....................................................................................
9. It w as such a dull play th at he fell asleep.
The p la y ..................................................................................................
10. “Where is the n earest tube?” she asked.
She e n q u ir e d .........................................................................................

5
1. “Don’t forget to phone the office,” she told him.
She rem in d ed ........................................................................................
2. I’m afraid I haven’t got tim e to listen to you.
I w is h ........................................................................................................
3. The police has ju st released John.
J o h n ..........................................................................................................
4. I couldn’t hear them because they were speaking too softly.
They were s p e a k in g ............................................................................
5. We spent five hours getting to London.
It to o k ......................................................................................................
6. She doesn’t usually stay up so late.
S he’s not u s e d .......................................................................................
7. If I were you I’d look for another job.
I s u g g e s t..................................................................................................
8. He lost his m oney sim ply because he w asn’t careful.
I f ...............................................................................................................
9. They last visited me five years ago.
They haven’t ..........................................................................................
10. AU his su its were made in Paris.
H e .............................................................................................................

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6
1. This is his íĩrst visit to England.
He i s ...............................................................................................................
visiting England for the first time
2. I think it may rain.
It looks a s ...............................................................................................................
if it's going to rain
3. He w ill come because he w ants to be sure of m eeting you.
He w ill come s o ............................................................................................................
as to be sure of meeting you
4. W alking in the rain gives him pleasure.
He e n jo y s ...............................................................................................................
walking in the rain
5. M ost of a child’s life is spent in playing.
A child s p e n d s ...............................................................................................................
most of his life playing
6. The fox w as unsuccessful in reaching the grapes.
The fbx tried i n ...............................................................................................................
vain to reach the grapes
7. H is brieícase w as too full for the zip íasten er to close properly.
His briefcase w as so f u l l ...........................................................................................
that the zip fastener didn't close properly.
8. People say th at he beats his wife.
It i s ...............................................................................................................
said that he beats his wife
9. He appears to be running away from your fierce dog.
It lo o k s ...............................................................................................................
as if he is running away from your fierce dog.
10. He got down to w riting the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
No s o o n e r ...............................................................................................................
had he returned from his walk than the got down to writing the letter.

7
1. She ju st had tim e to put up her um brella beíore the rain cam e down in
torrents.
No s o o n e r ...............................................................................................................
had she put up her umbrella than the rain came down in torrents.
2. “Why didn’t you report the incident to the police last week?” the officer
asked the írightened vvitness.
why the witness had not reported the incident to the police the week before
The oííĩcer w anted to k n o w ......................................................................................
3. The P resid en tial v isit attracted such an enorm ous crowd th at all traffic
came to a stand still.
So m a n ypeople...............................................................................................................
turned out to see the Presidential that all traffic came to a standstill.
4. A fĩre destroyed m ost of the old city of London in the IGOOs.
The d estru ctio n ............................................................................................................
of the the old city of London in the 1600s was brought away by a fire.
5. He h asn ’t been back to his home town for over 20 years now.
It i s ...............................................................................................................
over 20 years since he las twent back to his home town.

6. Travelling by plane is m uch more expensive than traveling by train.

Travelling by t r a in .....................................................................................................
is much cheaper than travelling by plane.

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7. I would love to be rich and famous.
If o n ly ...............................................................................................................
I were rich and famous
8. It took a long tim e for them to decide to get married.
T h e y ...............................................................................................................
spent a long time deciding to get married
9. “Is it, or is it not true th at you have been m isappropriating company
funds?” the m anaging director asked the accountant.
The m anaging director w a n te d ..............................................................................
to know ì the accountant had been misappropriated company funds
10. If you w ant to save your eyesight, we m ust operate im m ediately.
Only b y ...............................................................................................................
operating immediately can we save our eyesight

8
1. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every morning.
. .........................................................................................................................................................................
u . . . .he. had not late for work every morning, he would not have lost his job
2. A ttendances at the exhibition has been down this year.
The e x h ib itio n ...............................................................................................................
has not been so well attended this year

3. 1’m more in terested in the people than the job.

It’s not t h e ...............................................................................................................
job I'm interested in; it's the people

4. They declared war on the pretext of deíending their territorial rights.

The e x c u s e ...............................................................................................................
for the declaration of war was the defense of their territorial rights.

5. A lthough ơohnny Brax drives carefully on public roads, he is a terror on

the racetrack.
Johnny Brax is a .........................................................................................................
careful driver on public roads, but he is a terror on the race track

6. Our Science correspondent sees this new invention as the answ er to

m any of our problems.
According t o our ...............................................................................................................
science correspondent, this new invention is the answer to many of our problems.

7. C hristm as won’t be the sam e if we don’t have any snow.

n i b e ...............................................................................................................
disappointed if there is no snow at Christmas
8. We have a six o’clock deadline for this work.
This w o r k ...............................................................................................................
must be finished by 6 o'clock

9. I don’t see the point of re-decorating this room.

R e-d ecoratin g...............................................................................................................
this room is useless
10. Cheques should only be accepted with proof of identity.
N e v e r ...............................................................................................................
accepted cheques without proof of identity

9
1. “If you don’t take it easy, you’ll have another heart attack,” the doctor
said to the patient.
The doctor w arned the p a tie n t..............................................................................
that he would have another heart if he didn't take it easy

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2. I know th is reporter’s background w ell and he’s 100% honest.
This rep o rter,...............................................................................................................
whose background I know well, is 100% honest

3. They stretched a rope lìom one side of the crevasse to the other in order
to h aul their equipm ent across.
stretching a rope from one side of the crevasse to the other did they haul their equipment across
B y ...............................................................................................................
4. People no longer sm oke so many cigarettes as they used to.
T h e ................."................................
smoking of cigarettes is no longer popular ".........................................................
as it used to be

5. We’ve been thinking the m atter over and have finally come to a decision.
We’ve g iv e n ...............................................................................................................
the matter a lot of thoughts and have ...

6. Why isn ’t th is TV vvorking?

W h a t............................................................................................................
is wrong with this TV
7. I’ve never tasted p h easant before.
T h is .......................
is the first time.......................................................................................
I've tasted pheasant
8. If there’s an em ergency, ring this number.
I n ............................
case of emergency,...........
ring this......................................................................
number

9. I never m iss out on a cup of coffee w hen I v isit her flat.

S h e ...............................................................................................................
always give me a cup of coffee when I visit her flat

10. The engine íailed because a part had been badly íitted.
The engine ía ilu r e ......................................................................................................
was due to a badly fitted part

10
1. Tm having a lot o f trouble now because I lost my passport la st week.
be having
hadn't lost my passport last week, I wouldn't have a lot of trouble
I f l ......................................................................................... now.
.....................
2. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.
H a r d ly ...............................................................................................................
had she begun to speak when people started interrupting her
3. “You should have w aited for us,” the team leader said to John.
The team leader c r itic ise d ......................................................................................
John for not waiting for them
4. I only made th at terrible m istake because I w asn ’t thinking.
I f l ................................................................................................................
had been thinking, I would not have made that terrible mistake
5. W hen the police caught him, he w as clim bing over the garden wall.
him climbing over the garden wall
The police c a u g h t.......................................................................................................
6. It w as a bit difficult to get into work this morning.
G e ttin g ...............................................................................................................
into work this morning was a bit difficult
7. It’s possible th a t he didn’t get my letter.
He m ig h t...............................................................................................................
not have got my letter
8. We had planned to visit grandmother, so we left early in the morning.
We w e r e ...............................................................................................................
planning to visit grandmother, so we left early in the morning

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9. It’s sad, but unem ploym ent is unlikely to go down th is year.
S a d ........................................................................
as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year I ...................................
10. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successíul.
Much t o our regret, we have to inform you that your application has not been successful
...............................................................................................................

11
1. The last tim e it snowed here w as six years ago.
has been 6 years since it last snowed here
I t ...............................................................................................................
2. Som eone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building.
No so o n e r ...............................................................................................................
had the burglars left the building than someone rang the alarm
3. It is believed th at the m an escaped in a stolen car.
The man i s ...............................................................................................................
believed to have escaped in a stolen car
4. He knows nearly everything there is to know about w hales.
There’s ...............................................................................................................
little anything he does not know about whales
5. I only realised w hat I had m issed w hen they told me about it later.
Only w h e n ...............................................................................................................
they told me about it later did I realise what I had missed
6. As television program m es become more popular, they seem to get worse.
popular television programmes become, the worse they seem to get
The m o r e ...............................................................................................................
7. Since we had nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.
nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk
H a v in g ...............................................................................................................
8. If we can solve the problem soon, it w ill be better for all concerned.
we can solve the problem, the better it will be for all concerned
The so o n e r ...............................................................................................................
9. There w eren’t nearly as m any people there as I had expected.
There were f á r ...............................................................................................................
fewer people than I had expected
10. “I think the w hole idea’s ridiculous,” he said.
He d is m is s e d ...............................................................................................................
the whole idea as ridiculous

12
1. “N othing wiU persuade me to sleep in th at haunted house,” she said.
She íl a t ly ...............................................................................................................
refused to sleep in that haunted house
2. The dem and w as so great th at they had to reprint the book
im m ediately.
great was the demand that they had to reprint the book
S o ...............................................................................................................
3. W hen the m inister w as asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
O n ...............................................................................................................
being asked about the strike, he declined to comment
4. The authorities w ill prosecute anyone they find trespassing on this land.
Anyone íb u n d ...............................................................................................................
trespassing on this land will be prosecuted by the authorities

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5. It w asn ’t necessary for them to call for help after all.
T h e y ...............................................................................................................
did not need to call for help after all
6. rm absolutely sure th at they w eren’t playing in this \veather.
They can’t ...............................................................................................................
have been playing in this weather
7. There w as no need for you to have gone to all th at trouble.
Y o u ...............................................................................................................
needn't have gone to all that trouble
8. I prefer going out for a m eal to staying at home.
rd r a th e r ...............................................................................................................
go out for a meal than stay at home
9. You w on’t find a more dedicated vvorker anyvvhere than Mrs Jones.
N ovvhere...............................................................................................................
will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs Jones
10. “I did not steal the car,” he said. “I just borrowed it.”
He d en ie d ..........................................but
stealing the car a d m itted ..........................................
that he had borrowed it

13
1. I’m alw ays inviting him for a w eekend w ith us but h e’s alw ays too busy.
No m a tte r ...............................................................................................................
how often I invite him for a weekend with us, he's always too busy
2. There isn ’t much likelihood of it snovving today.
It’s ......................................................................
not likely to snow today I .....................................
3. She w as not only bad-tem pered but very lazy.
As w e l l ...............................................................................................................
being bad-tempered, she's very lazy
4. As no one has disapproved of the schem e, I su ggest we go ahead.
As no one has r a is e d ..................................................................................................
any disapproval of the scheme, I suggest we go ahead
5. D riving fast is dangerous, w hether you are an experíenced driver or not.
H o w ev er...............................................................................................................
experienced driver you are, driving fast is dangerous
6. I’d really hate to live in a big City.
L iv in g ...............................................................................................................
in a big city is not to my liking
7. Our Prench exam w as much easier than our German one.
Our Prench exam w as n o t ........................................................................................
as difficult as our German one
8. The last tim e I played football was in 1971.
I haven’t ...............................................................................................................
played football since 1971
9. Why didn’t I think of th at before.
Ish o u ld ...............................................................................................................
have thought of that before
10. I invited my friend to have a cup of tea.
I asked my friend i f ....................................................................................................
he would like a cup of tea

14
1. She w as ju st as good as they had thought.
She quite definitely c a m e ................................
up to their expectations

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2. The boy’s work ean surely be improved.
The boy’s work m u s t ..................................................................................................
be improvable
3. The outcome of the election was never in doubt.
At no t im e ...............................................................................................................
was the outcome of the election in doubt
4. Doris thought the wom an in front o f her w as her sister-in-law .
Doris m isto o k ...............................................................................................................
the woman in front of her for her sister-in-law
5. There w as such a írightening atm osphere in th at house th at we had to
leave im m ediately.
The a tm o sp h er e............................................................................................................
in that house was so frightening that we had to leave immediately

6. I tried as hard as I could, but I just couldn’t get the money.

No m a tte r ...............................................................................................................
how hard I tried, I just couldn't get the money
7. Someone is going to tune my piano tomorroxv.
Tm ..going
.... .................
to have my piano".....................................................................................
tuned tomorrow

8. During the oil reSnery strike, there were enorm ous petrol queues.
W h ile ............................................
the oil refinery strike was going...........................................................
on, there were enormous petrol queues .......
8. We’d better buy a new cooker.
It’s ... .................
time we bought ..........................................................................................
a new cooker
10. The stereo w as so powerful, I nearly w ent deaf.
It w a s ...............................................................................................................
such a powerful stereo that I nearly went deaf

15
1. Tear gas w as released as soon as the th ieves touched the safe.
No so o n e r ...............................................................................................................
had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released
2. She m ost certainly w asn ’t in London on the 26^*’.
She couldn’t p o ssib ly ..................................................................................................
have been in London on the 26th

3. I can’t rem ember the tim e of our appointm ent.

I can’t rem ember w h e n .............................................................................................
our appointment is
4. U nfortunately my stay here w ill be too short for me to v isit m any of the
tourist attractions.
U níortunately I sh an ’t .............................................................................................
stay here long enough to visit many of the tourist attractions
5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the aíternoon.
I a m ...............................................................................................................
not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon
6. We’d never stayed in such an expensive hotel beíore.
The hotel w as more e x p e n s iv e ...............................................................................
than any hotels we have stayed in before

7. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.
has been
T h e r e ...............................................................................................................
is a considerable increase in the cost of living in the last few years

8. “Shall we go to Paris for the weekend, John?” Mary asked.

Mary s u g g e ste d ............................................................................................................
John and her going to Paris for the weekend

9. We w ill stop off in France on our way to Germany.

We w ill b r e a k ............................................................................................................
our journey in France on our way to Germany

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10. The m anaging director reíu ses to resign.
The m anaging director has n o ...............................................................................
intention to resign

16
1. How could I help, except to offer to lend her some money?
than to offer to lend her some money, how could I help?
Other ...............................................................................................................
2. We had to w ait two hours for Donald.
us waiting for two hours
Donald k e p t ...............................................................................................................
3. It would not have been possible to solve th at puzzle, even for a genius.
That p u z z le ...............................................................................................................
would have been impossible to solve even for a genious
4. “Have you been out at all this evening, Mr dohnston?” the detective
asked.
whether Mr Johnston had been out at all that evening
The detective vvanted to íĩnd o u t ...........................................................................
5. H aving novvhere else to go, I tried to sleep in the station w aiting room.
A s ...............................................................................................................
I had nowhere else to go, I slept in the station waiting room
6. I’d love to be in a secluded beach in Mexico.
I w is h ...............................................................................................................
I could be in a secluded beach in Mexico
7. I only bought the dog because my children w anted a pet.
my children hadn't wanted
I f ...............,1................ a pet, I would not have bought the dog
............................................................................
8. I would love to live in Paris for a year.
If o n ly ...............................................................................................................
I could live in Paris for a year
9. D oes he know enough French to work as a translator?
Is h i s ...........................................................................................
knowledge of French good enough for him to work as a translator? ...................
10. I can’t go to the cinem a tonight because I do not have my car.
The reason I ...............................................................................................................
cannot go to cinema tonight is that I do not have my car

17
1. I can rem em ber an equally m ysterious incident.
I can rem em ber an incident j u s t ...........................................................................
as mysterious as this one
2. He w as a fool to say that.
I t ................................
is foolish of him to say ...............................................................................
that
3. I haven’t been to a cricket match for years.
It’s ...............................................................................................................
years since I last went to a cricket match
4. It w asn ’t necessary for you to go to so much trouble on my behalí.
You needn’t ...............................................................................................................
have gone to so much trouble on my behalf
5. B ecause there w as a late frost, much of the fruit crop w as spoiled.
A fr o s t,...............................................................................................................
which was late, spoiled much of the fruit crop
6. I len t my car to th at man.
T hat’s ...............................................................................................................
the man I lent my car to

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7. He plays the guitar better than I do.
play guitar as good as he does
I don’t ...............................................................................................................
8. I don’t understand one word of this w retched report.
I can’t make h e a d .......................................................................................................
or tails of this wretched report
9. The Nveather is much warm er than it w as a few days ago.
A few days a g o .............................................................................................................
the weather was much cooler than it is today
10. Our car really needs servicing, doesn’t it?
be serviced, mustn't it?
Our car really m u s t .....................................................................................................

18
1. No one has lived in th at house for years.
house hasn't been lived in for years
T h a t .....................................................................................................................
2. In spite of all our w arnings, he left camp vvithout taking his riíle.
we had warned him, he left ...
A lth o u g h ...............................................................................................................
3. It’s a pity th at you wrote that letter.
I’d ... Lyou...........................................................................................
rather hadn't written that letter
4. We m ust continue our efforts, vvhether there are problem s or not.
R eg a rd less...............................................................................................................
of any problems, we must continue our efforts
5. The reason I cam e here w as solely to try and improve conditions.
My sole p u r p o se ............................................................................................................
of coming here was to try and ...
6. “Less noise!” the teacher told the boys.
The teacher s h o u te d ...................................................................................................
to the boys to make less noise
7. In the event of nuclear vveapons being used, we are all doomed.
If it s h o u ld ...............................................................................................................
happen that nuclear weapons were used, we are all doomed
8. You should take two tablets every four hours.
Two tablets s h o u ld ......................................................................................................
be taken every four hours
9. It’s extrem ely difficult for us to make ends m eet th ese days.
We f in d ...............................................................................................................
it difficult to make ...
10. TheyVe been living here for six years now.
They m o v e d ...............................................................................................................
here six years ago

19
1. You can take any of the routes; it w ill still take you about three hours to
get there.
W h ich ever...............................................................................................................
routes you take, ...
2. H is passport w as nowhere to be found.
N o -o n e ...............................................................................................................
could find his passport anywhere
3. On receipt of your cheque, we sh all send the goods to you.
As s o o n ...............................................................................................................
as we receive your cheque, we ...

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4. He didn’t bother to knock before he vvalked into the boss’s offĩce.
He w alked into the boss’s o ffĩc e ............................................................................
without bothering to knock
5. We hope to hear another lecture by Professor Brown in the near future.
We lo o k ...............................................................................................................
forward to hearing another ...
6. She w ants to go to Las V egas more than anywhere in the world.
S he’d ....................................
rather go to Las Vegas than I .....................................................................
anywhere ...
7. I can’t understand how this new Computer works.
This new Computer w o r k s ........................................................................................
the way that I can't understand
8. Their attitu d e caused us great disappointm ent.
We w e r e ...............................................................................................................
disappointed by their attitude
9. B ut for your unsuspected talen ts as a m echanic, we would have been
stranded there for hours.
I f ...............................................................................................................
it hadn't been for your unsuspected talents as a mechanic, we would not have ...
10. I really think you ought to acquire a few m anners.
It’s high t im e ...............................................................................................................
you acquired a few manners

20
1. She adm itted th at she had taken the necklace.
having been taking the necklace.
She adm itted t o ...........................................................................................................
2. The headm aster said som e very reassuring things.
the headmaster said was reassuring ^.....................................
W h a t......................................................................
3. Do you have a good relationship w ith your boss?
getting
A r e you get along with your boss
...............................................................................................................
4. M ost stu d en ts can work very hard when they feel like it.
of working very hard ...
M ost stu d en ts are c a p a b le ........................................................................................
5. I’m really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party.
I really w ish I had invited her to the party
...............................................................................................................
6. She didn’t inherit anything under her uncle’s will.
leave her anything in his will
Her uncle didn’t ...........................................................................................................
7. The only thing they didn’t steal w as the television.
everything except for the television
They s t o le ...............................................................................................................
8. It seem s th at no-one predicted the correct result.
seems to have predicted the correct result
N o -o n e ...............................................................................................................
9. They had been lost in the m ountains for three days, but they looked
strong and healthy.
though they had ...., they looked ....
E v e n ...............................................................................................................
10. m find th a t man, no m atter how long it takes.
H o w ev er...............................................................................................................
long it may takes, I'll find that man

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21
1. Is there a possibility th at you ịeft the key in the door?
possibly have left the key in the door
Coủld y o u ...............................................................................................................
2. Let’s invite the Brow ns to the party on Sunday.
inviting the Browns
He s u g g e s te d ............................ to the party on Sunday
.................................................................................
3. B etty is very happy to look after handicapped people.
to looking after handicapped people
B etty Ì8 d e v o te d ..........................................................................................................
4. It seem s as if there is a sligh t deterioration in h is physical condition.
seems to be deteriorating slightly
H is physical co n d itio n ................................................................................................
5. He can shout even louder but I stiU won’t take any notice.
can
matter how much louder he could shout, I still won't take any notice
N o ...............................................................................................................
6. “Who’s been sỉttin g in my chair?” said the chairm an.
who had been sitting in his chair
The ch aừ m an w o n d ered ...........................................................................................
7. I’ve forgotten th at com m entator’s nam e but he’s very w ell-know n.
whose name I've forgotten, is very well-known
That com m en ta to r,.....................................................................................................
8. It’s such a m arvellous opportunity th at we m ustn’t m iss it.
marvelous an opportunity for us to miss
It’s too ...............................................................................................................
9. It w as overeating th at caused his heart attack.
he hadn't overeaten,
I f ...........................I he would not have had a heart attack
.................................................................................
10. The decorators have finished the whole of the íĩrst floor.
had the whole of the first floor finished by the decorators
We h a v e ...............................................................................................................

22
1. “You stole the jew els!” the inspector said to him.
him of stealing the jewels
The inspector a c c u se d ................................................................................................
2. If you w ant my advice, I would forget about buying a new house.
were you, I would ...
If I ........................................................... ~...................... ..........................
3. A lthough the play received good notices, not m any people w en t to see it.
the fact that the play received good notices, not ....
D e s p ite ...............................................................................................................
4. T h eữ dog w as so Ẽerce th at nobody w ould v isit them .
such a fierce dog that...
They h a d ...............................................................................................................
5. Would you m ind not sm oking in here?
you didn't smoke in here
I’d r a th e r ...............................................................................................................
6. “Let’s go for a w alk in the park,” said Andrew.
Andrew su ggested t h a twe should go for a walk in the park
............................................................................................
7. I applied for the job but w as turned down.
application for the job was ...
M y ...............................................................................................................
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8. “P lease don’t drive 80 fast!” A nn begged her boyỄriend.
with her boyfriend not to drive so fast
Ann p le a d e d ...............................................................................................................
9. W ithout h is help we would a ll have died.
hadn't been for his help, we would all have died
If i t ...............................................................................................................
10. It is said th at he escaped to a neutral country.
is said to have escaped
H e .................................. to a ...
............................................................................

23
1. It’s such a pity your sister can’t come as well.
your sister could come as well
If o n ly ...............................................................................................................
2. Many people were severely critical of the proposals for the new motonvay.
severe criticism of the ...
There w a s ...............................................................................................................
3. The only w ay to elim in ate world terrorism is by United opposition.
united opposition can we eliminate the world terrorism
Only b y ...............................................................................................................
4. Thanks to h is aunt’s legacy o f£ 1 0 ,0 0 0 he w as able to buy the house he
wanted. and left him a legacy of 10,000
his aunt not died, he would not have been able to buy ...
H ad h iđ ...............................................................................................................
5. The stu d en ts regretted th at they had m issed the lecture.
attending the lecture
The stu d en ts regretted n o t ......................................................................................
6. We couldn’t have m anaged vvithout my father’s money.
hadn't been for my father's money, we couldn't ...
If i t ...............................................................................................................
7. I only recognised him w hen he came into the light.
he came into the light did I recognize him
N ot u n t il...............................................................................................................
8. The workers only called o£f the strike after a new pay offer.
a new pay offer did the the workers call off the strike
Only a fte r ...............................................................................................................
9. Our hotel booking h asn ’t been conũrmed.
the confirmation of our hotel booking
We haven ’t r e c e iv e d .................................................................................................
10. K eeping calm Ì8 the secret of passỉng your driving test.
you keep calm, you will pass your driving test
As long a s ...............................................................................................................

24
1. The rail workers do not intend to call off th eừ strike. ^'
intention of calling off their strike
The rail workers have n o ........................................................................... ..............
2. H ouse prices have risen dram atically th is year.
in
been a dramatical risen of house prices this year.
There h a s ...............................................................................................................
3. Alice and C harles did not decide to move to a bigger house u n til after
the birth of th e ữ second son.
Only w h e ntheir second son was born did Alice and Charles decide to move to a
...............................................................................................................
bigger house
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4. The fi1m star wore dark glasses 80 th at no one would recognise him.
being recognized by wearing dark glasses
The film star a v o id e d ............................................................................................
5. No-one has challenged his authority before.
his authority has been challenged
This is the first t im e ..............................................................................................
6. If it doesn’t rain soon, m illions of pounds’ worth of crops w ill be lost.
it rains, ...
U n le s s ...............................................................................................................
7. “I don’t love you any more,” said Eric to his girlíriend.
he didn't love her anymore
Eric told h is girlíriend t h a t ................................................................................
8. My father speaks very little English.
any English
My father speaks h a r d ly .....................................................................................
9. That dress has only the slig h test mark on it.
see any marks on that dress
I can b a r e ly ...............................................................................................................
10. No m atter how hard I tried I couldn’t open the door.
as hard as I might, I couldn't ...
T r y ...............................................................................................................

25
1. H is second attem pt on the vvorld record w as successíul.
the world record on his second attempt
He b r o k e ...............................................................................................................
2. The Prim e M inister w as determ ined to rem ain in office.
intention of resigning in office
The Prim e M inister had n o ....................................................................................
3. D espite h is ungainly air he is rem arkably agile.
he's got ungainly air, he is remarkably agile
A lth o u g h ...............................................................................................................
4. He íorgot about the gun u n til he got home.
he got home did he remember about the gun
N ot u n t il...............................................................................................................
5. The truth only came out on the pubhcation of the general’s personal diaries.
the general's personal diaries, did the truth come out on the publication
Only w h e n ...............................................................................................................
were published
6. The house seem ed to have been unoccupied for several m onths.
as if the house had been unoccupied ...
It lo o k ed ...............................................................................................................
7. For a teacher of her experience and abihty, disciphne was not a problem.
an experience and ability a teacher, discipline ...
For s u c h ...............................................................................................................
able like her
8. If she hadn’t in sisted on k issin g everyone goodbye she w ould have
caught the train.
been for her insistence on kissing
If it hadn’t ............................................................. everyone goodbye, ...
ỉ.................................................
9. They were unable to finish th eừ game of tennis because of a heavy shovver.
A heavy s h o w e rprevented them from finishing their game of tennis
.............................................................................................................
10. If you m issed the program m e you can’t really judge.
watched the programme, you can't really judge
U n less y o u ...............................................................................................................

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26
1. I had only ju st put the phone down w hen the boss rang back.
H a r d ly ...............................................................................................................
2. That rumour about the politician and the construction contract is
absolutely false.
There Ì 8 ...............................................................................................................
3. He w as sentenced to six m onths in prison for his part in the robbery.
He received a ...............................................................................................................
4. The salesm an told me that my new car would be delivered next Wednesday.
According ...............................................................................................................
5. Im m ediately after his appointm ent to the post, the new editor fell iU.
No s o o n e r ...............................................................................................................
6. Mrs Scott is proud o f her cooking.
Mrs Scott p r id e s .........................................................................................................
7. This affair does not concern you.
This aữair is n o ............................................................................................................
8. You are under no obligation to accept their offer.
You can p le a s e ...............................................................................................................
9. I am am azed hy the m istak es he makes.
W h a t.................................. . . ............... ...................................................
10. “If Brian doesn’t train harder, I won’t select him for the team ,” said the
manager.
The m anager th r e a te n e d ...........................................................................................

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1. “Don’t move or r il shoot!” the bank robber said to the clerk.
The bank robber th r e a te n e d ...................................................................................
2. “I m ust see the m anager!” he cried.
He in s is te d ...............................................................................................................
3. He said he w as not guilty of stealing the car.
He d e n ie d ...............................................................................................................
4. He in sisted on a full apology.
N othing b u t ...............................................................................................................
5. The critics were very im pressed by her performance.
Her períorm ance m a d e .............................................................................................
6. H elen can play the piano better than Elizabeth.
E liz a b e th ...............................................................................................................
7. He said, “I w ish I knew the answ er.”
He said t h a t ...............................................................................................................

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8. She is proud of being such a good cook.
She p r id e s ...............................................................................................................
9. May I borrow your pen?
Would you m in d ..........................................................................................................
10. Oil w as slow ly coating the edge of the shore.
The edge o f the s h o r e .................................................................................................

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1. T hese new m achỉnes have put an end to queuing.
Beíbre t h e s e ...............................................................................................................
2. There w as no precedent for the King’s resignation.
N e v e r ...............................................................................................................
3. The fisherm an’s life w as one o f great poverty.
T h rou gh ou t...............................................................................................................
4. I didn’t realise he w as your brother u n til I saw the photograph.
It w as o n ly ...............................................................................................................
5. John and M aiy m oved to Edinburgh tw enty years ago.
It i s ...............................................................................................................
6. It w as W alter R aleigh who introduced potatoes and tobacco into
England.
The E n glish o w e ..........................................................................................................
7. One runner w as too exh au sted to com plete the la st lap o f the race.
One runner w as s o ......................................................................................................
8. You can eat as much as you like for £5. at the new lunch-bar.
There is n o ...............................................................................................................
9. The protest has been so vociíerous that the committee has had to reconsider.
There has b e e n ...............................................................................................................
10. It w as the goalkeeper who saved the m atch for us.
If it hadn’t ...............................................................................................................

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1. You m ust subm it articles for the m agazine by June 18‘^.
The final d a t e ...............................................................................................................
2. M artin may not be very w ell but he still m anages to enjoy life.
M artin’s p o o r ...............................................................................................................
3. We w eren’t surprised by his success.
It c a m e ...............................................................................................................
4. The hurricane blew the roof off the house.
The h o u s e ...............................................................................................................

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5. It is not certain th at Jones wiU get the job.
It is o p e n ...............................................................................................................
6. The dram a critic of the ‘D aily N ew s’ regards the new play as a major
breakthrough.
According t o ...............................................................................................................
7. A rthur said he w as sorry he had hurt her feelings.
A rthur a p o ỉo g ised .....................................................................................................
8. Tm sorry now th at I asked her to stay.
Now I w i s h ...............................................................................................................
9. He rem embered, and so did she.
He didn’t ...............................................................................................................
10. W hen are the council going to do som ething about the city’s traffic
problems?
It’s high tim e so m e th in g ............................................................................................

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1. I’m sure he didn’t know th at h is brother w as seriously ill.
have known that his brother ...
He couldn’t p o s sib ly ....................................................................................................
2. The reủ igees continued to feel unsafe until they had crossed the border.
they had crossed the border did the refugees begin to feel safe
N ot u n t il...............................................................................................................
3. My p rotests w ere ignored.
paid attention to my protests
Nobody ...............................................................................................................
4. “I’d take a taxi if I were you,” said Peter.
that I should take a taxi
Peter s u g g e s te d ...........................................................................................................
5. In spite o f the forecast it stayed fine.
A lthough r a i n ...............................................................................................................
was forecast, it stayed fine
6. He w as so tixed he fell asleep before the end of the film.
tired to stay awake until the end of the film
He w as t o o ...............................................................................................................
7. The police were inform ed of the identity o f the m urdered man.
The id e n tity ................................................................................. .............................
8. Som eone has su ggested abolishing income tax.
I t ..........................z
is suggested that................................................................................
income tax should be abolished
9. I h aven ’t been to see them for over a year.
over a year since I last saw them
It’s ...............................................................................................................
10. She never seem s to succeed, even though she works hard.
hard she works, she ...
H o w ev er...............................................................................................................

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1. “If my members agree to that ru be very surprised,” said the Union delegate.
he would be very surprised if his members agreed
The Union delegate observed t h a t .....................................................................
2. My mother was the most warm-hearted person I’ve ever known.
never known a more warm-hearted than my mother
I V e .........................................................................................................
3. She wore a hearing-aid, even though she could hear the phone ring
períectly weU.
deaf that she could hear the phone ring
She wasn’t s o .........................................................................................................
4. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
not always
your belief fat people are jolly
C ontrary.........................................................................................................
5. I wasn’t a bít surprised to hear that Karen had changed her job.
as no surprise to me to hear that Karen had changed her job
It c a m e .........................................................................................................
6. Although Christopher was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon
overpovvered him.
strength, Christopher was soon overpowered him
Despite h i s .........................................................................................................
7. The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees.
of the company's retiring employees is presented a gold watch
E a c h .........................................................................................................
8. “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean,” said her mother.
Jean on her new dress
Jean’s mother com plim ented..............................................................................
9. You’ll certainly meet lots of people in your new job.
certain to meet lots of people in your new job
You a r e .........................................................................................................
10. Eveiyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made.
had the announcement was made everyone started complaining
No soon er.........................................................................................................

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1. Although the team played well, they lost.
their good game, the team lost.
D e sp ite .........................................................................................................
2. I had better get back to work.
high time I went back to work
It’s .........................................................................................................
3. They couldn’t trace who had supplied the iníormation in the íirst place.
of information couldn't been traced
The sou rce.........................................................................................................
4. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to
stop playing.
I got up and dance, the band decided to stop playing
The m om en t.........................................................................................................
5. I didn’t realise who he was until later.
did I realise who he was
Only la te r .........................................................................................................
6. What particularly impressed me was her excellent command of English.
was impressed by her1.................................................................
I ........11...........1........... excellent command of English
7. I don’t know the íirst thing about aeronautics.
totally ignorant about aeronautics.
I a m .........................................................................................................
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8. 1’m sure he took your briefcase by m istake.
mean to take your briefcase
rm sure he didn’t ........................................................................................................
9. My boyíriend is very short-tem pered.
his temper easily
My boyfriend l o s e s ......................................................................................................
10. We’d prefer you not to smoke.
didn't smoke
We’d r a th e r ...............................................................................................................

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1. Though my house w as cheaper than N orm an’s, it is bigger and more
attractive.
have been more expensive but it is bigger and more attractive
N orm an’s house m a y .................................................................................................
2. The fate of the two clim bers is unknovvn.
what has happened to the two climbers
It is a m y s te r y ...............................................................................................................
3. I do not enjoy cooking for five hungry children.
for five hungry children gives me no pleasure
C ook in g...............................................................................................................
4. Don’t you w ish you could get out more in the evenings?
up with staying at home in the evenings
Don’t you get f e d .......................................................................................................?
5. The P resident is the statesm an I adm ừe m ost of all.
There i s ...............................................................................................................
6. It w as more of an argum ent than a discussion.
no stateman I admire more than the President
It w as not s o ...............................................................................................................
7. W hile I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I w ill help you this time.
disapproval of your behaviour, I ...
D espite m y ...............................................................................................................
8. They never made us do anything we didn’t w ant to do.
were never made to do anything
W e ...................................................... we ....
"......................................................
9. You w ill never m eet anyone more generous than Mrs Jones.
the most generous woman you've ever met
Mrs Jones i s ...............................................................................................................
10. My boss works better w hen he’s pressed for tim e.
less time my boss has, the better my boss works
The l e s s ...............................................................................................................

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1. You can try to get Tim to lend you his car but you won’t succeed.
on trying to get Tim to lend you his car
There’s no p o in t ............................................................................................................
2. W hat a surprise to see you here!
seeing you here
F a n c y ...............................................................................................................
3. The only thing th at kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local
dialect.
B ut for his co m m a n dof the local dialect, we wouldn't have been jailed
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4. We couldn’t relax u n til all the gu ests had gone home.
O n ly ...............................................................................................................
after the guests had gone home could we relax
5. I left w ithout saying goodbye as I didn’t w ant to disturb the m eeting.
than disturb the meeting I left without saying goodbye
R a th e r ...............................................................................................................
6. Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronom y.
as the father of modern astronomy
Gableo is reg a rd ed ..................................................................................................
7. The la st tim e it rained w as a fortnight ago.
hasn't rained for a fortnight
I t .......................................................................... I ..................................
8. There is alw ays trouble w hen he com es to v isit us.
W h en ev er...............................................................................................................
he comes to visit us there's trouble
9. The doctor advised me to rest.
that I should rest
The doctor su g g e ste d ..............................................................................................
10. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
a considerable fall in the value of sterling in the past week
There h a s ...............................................................................................................

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1. She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
without saying a word
She left the r o o m .....................................................................................................
2. The stu d en ts’ riotous behaviour should have been severely punished.
severe punish for their riotous behavior
The stud en ts d e se r v e d ...........................................................................................
3. We only dispatch goods after receiving the money.
Only after the m o n e y has been received do we dispatch goods
.............................................................................................
4. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t w ear out.
how long you use it, it won't wear out
No m a tte r ...............................................................................................................
5. You really should be able to dress yourseir hy now!
time you were able to dress yourself
It’s h ig h ...............................................................................................................
6. Everyone heard about the accident before I did.
I w as t h e ...............................................................................................................
last person to hear about the accident
7. He w as suspended for two m atches for sw earing at the referee.
a suspension for 2 matches
Sw earing at the reíeree e a r n e d .........................................................................
8. My parents flnd fault w ith everything I do.
what I do my parents find fault with me
No m a tte r ...............................................................................................................
9. I w rite to him alm ost every day.
a day passes without me writing to him
H a r d ly ...............................................................................................................
10. I’m sorry I m issed Professor Baker’s lecture.
to have attended Professor Baker's lecture
I’m sorry n o t .............................................................................................................

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1. The only thing th at prevented the p assing o f the bill w as the death of
the Prim e M inister.
Had it n o tbeen for the death of the Prime Minister, the bill would have been passed
...............................................................................................................
2. My parents let me go abroad alone for the first tim e la st year.
allowed to go abroad alone for the first time last year
I w a s ...............................................................................................................
3. As I get older, I w ant to travel less.
I get, the less I want to travel
The o ld e r ...............................................................................................................
4. The p atien t recovered more rapidly than expected.
a more
rapid recovery than expected
The p atien t m a d e ......................................................................................................
5. John didn’t celebrate u n til he received the offer o f prom otion in writing.
John received the offer of promotion in writing did he celebrate
N ot u n t il...............................................................................................................
6. I don’t in tend to apologise to either o f them.
no intention of apologizing either of them
I h a v e ...............................................................................................................
7. The Paciíĩc Ocean is on average deeper than the Atlantic.
depth of the Pacific Ocean is greater than that of the Atlantic
The a v e r a g e ...............................................................................................................
8. We couldn’t find Greorge anywhere.
nowhere to be found
George w a s ...............................................................................................................
9. There aren’t m any other books which explained this problem so well.
is this problem explained so well
In few other b o o k s .................................................................................................
10. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
training hard everyday can you become a good athlete
Only b y ...............................................................................................................

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1. The noise next door did not stop until after m idnight.
until after midnight that the noise next door stopped
It w as n o t ...............................................................................................................
2. Is th is the only w ay to reach the city centre?
another way to reach the city centre
Isn ’t t h e r e .............................................................................................................?
3. They had to w ait for tw elve hours before their íligh t left.
twelve hour wait did their flight leave
Only after a ...............................................................................................................
4. It won’t m ake any difference if it rains because w e’ll still go.
even if it rains
We’ll stm g o .......................................................................................".....................
5. The resu lt o f the m atch w as never in doubt.
was the result of the match in doubt
At no t i m e ...............................................................................................................
6. There are more people out o f work in this country than ever before.
has there been more people out of work in this country
N e v e r ...............................................................................................................
7. You pay £20 a m onth for a period of one year.
You pay in tw elve su c c e s s iv emonths of each 20
............................................................................
8. If the work is íinished by lunchtim e you can go home.
the work finished by lunchtime and you can go home
G e t ...............................................................................................................
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9. Provided your handwriting is legible the exammer wiU accept your ansvver.
can read your handwriting, he will accept your answer
So long as the e x a m in e r ...........................................................................................
10. “If you m ust go out tonight, at lea st finish your hom ework íirst!” said
Sarah’s íather.
she had to go out that night, she should finish her
Sarah’s father said th at i f .......................................................................................
homework first

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1. A lthough he w as not guilty they executed him.
his innocence, he was executed
In spite o f ...............................................................................................................
2. I certainly don’t intend to reply to th at rude letter from Edward.
no intention of replying that rude letter from Edward
I h a v e ...............................................................................................................
3. “It certainly w asn ’t me who took your car!” said Bob.
taking my car
Bob d e n ie d ...............................................................................................................
4. Mary told the police about the burglary.
the burglary to the police
Mary rep o rted ...............................................................................................................
5. We may not be able to give the concert.
have to
The co n cer t...............................................................................................................
may be cancelled
6. It is quite poin tless to complain.
point in complaining
There’s n o ...............................................................................................................
7. It w as his incom petence which led to their capture.
it hadn't been for his incompetence,
I f ................................................... they wouldn't
......................... have been captured
..................................
8. A house in th at district w ill cost you at least £100,000.
in that district
You won’t be a b le .......................................................................................................
to buy a house for less than 100,000
9. There isn ’t a pair o f therm al socks left in the shop, madam!
sold out of thermal socks, madam!
We are co m p lete ly ......................................................................................................
10. I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievem ents.
as I admire her achievements, I don't really like her
M u c h ...............................................................................................................

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1. It w as only w hen I left home that I realised how much my father m eant
to me.
I had left home did I realize how muck my father meant to me
N ot u n t il...............................................................................................................
2. My father find m aps hard to follow.
difficulty in following maps
My íáther h a s ...............................................................................................................
3. Custom s officials are stopping more travellers than u sual th is week.
number
of travellers are being stopped by customs officials this week
An in c r e a se d ...............................................................................................................
4. I dislike it w hen people criticise me unlairly.
to people criticising me unfairly
I object ...............................................................................................................
5. He speaks more persuasively than his brother.
more persuasive speaker than his brother
He is ...................................................................................................................

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6. He never suspected th at the money had been stolen.
did he suspect that the money had been stolen
At no t im e ...............................................................................................................
7. Their teacher is m aking them study hard.
made to study hard by their teacher
They a r e ...............................................................................................................
8. We left quietly, so th at we w ouldn’t disturb the children.
not to disturb the children, we left quietly
So a s ...............................................................................................................
9. This w ill be the orchestra’s first performance outside London.
This w ill be the first t im ethe orchestra has performed outside London
....................................................................................
10. The chances are that the whole thing wiU have been íorgotten by next term.
likelihood that the whole thing will have been forgotten by next term
In a l l ...............................................................................................................

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1. H e’ll settle down. Then his períormance w ill improve.
he has settled down, his performance will improve
O n c e ...............................................................................................................
2. A lthough Judy w as severely disabled she participated in m any sports.
severe disability, Judy participated in many sports
D espite h e r ...............................................................................................................
3. The instructions say you ju st add boiling w ater to the Soup powder.
just needs boiling water added according to the instructions
The Soup p o w d er..........................................................................................................
4. People who haven’t been abroad shouldn’t criticise íoreign custom s.
has never been abroad should criticise foreign customs
Nobody w h o ...............................................................................................................
5. Sim on hadn’t expected th at he would feel so w eak after the operation.
Simon feeling weaker than he expected
The operation l e f t .....................................................................................................
6. It’s nobody’s fault th at the m eeting w as cancelled.
is responsible for the fact that the meeting was cancelled
Nobody ...............................................................................................................
7. I never intended to go to the m eeting.
intention of going to the meeting
I never h a d ...............................................................................................................
8. I w as not surprised to hear th at Harry had failed h is driving test.
It c a m e as no surprise to me to hear that Harry had failed his driving test
...............................................................................................................
9. The car w as so rusty th at it couldn’t be repaired.
rusty to be repaired
The car w as t o o ............................................................................................................
10. Alan worked too hard at the oííĩce, and this led to his illness.
was caused by his working too hard at the office
A lan’s il ln e s s ...............................................................................................................

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1. I’m certainly not going to give you any more money.
intention of giving you anymore money
I have n o ...............................................................................................................
2. T h eừ chances of success are sm all.
likely that they will success
It is n o t ...............................................................................................................
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3. It’s thought th at he accident w as caused by hum an error.
thought to have been
The accident i s ................................. caused by human error
.............................................................................
4. The only reason the party w as a success w as th at a fam ous film star
attended.
been for the attendance of a famous film star, the party wouldn't have
Had it n o t ...............................................................................................................
been a success
5. U nder no circum stances should you phone the police.
thing you should do is to phone the police
The l a s t ...............................................................................................................
6. She listen s more sym pathetically than anyone else I know.
She is a more sympathetic listener than anyone else I know ................
..............................................................................................
7. Robert is sorry now th at he didn’t accept the job.
he had accepted the job
Robert now w is h e s ...................................................................................................
8. He never has enough money.
broke
H e’s a lw a y s ...............................................................................................................
9. I have never seen such a m ess in my hfe!
my life have seen such a mess
N ever i n ...............................................................................................................
10. They were ju st as good as we had expected.
up our expectations
They certainly liv e d ........................ ......................... !.................................................

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1. I would do anything for you.
There’s ...............................................................................................................
nothing I wouldn't do for you
2. Yogurt is supposed to be good for you.
Yogurt is supposed to d o ...........................................................................................
you good
3. Is it essen tia l to m eet your aunt at the station?
Does your a u n t ..........................................................................................................
have to be met at the station ?
4. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is íoolish.
M u c h ...............................................................................................................
as I admire his courage, i think he is foolish
5. Given fair warning, I could have avoided th at date.
If you had told m e .......................................................................................................
in advance, I could have avoided that date
6. P lease don’t say things hke that.
I w is h ...............................................................................................................
you wouldn't say things like that
7. It would have been a superb w eekend if it hadn’t been for the w eather.
B u t ......................................................
for the weather, it would have been ........................................................
a superb weekend
8. Dogs can swim better than cats can.
Cats c a n n o t...............................................................................................................
swim as well as dogs
9. She h asn ’t been to the hairdresser for three m onths.
It’s ...............................................................................................................
been three months since she last went to the hairdresser.
10. There’s a spare bed in D avid’s room.
has a spare bed in it
D avid’s r o o m ...............................................................................................................

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1. It w as so late th at nothing could be done.
late for anything to be done
It w as t o o ...............................................................................................................
2. “I don’t think John w ill come,” said Bill.
that John will not come would come or not
B ill d o u b te d ...............................................................................................................
3. rm sorry th at I didn’t finish my homevvork la st night.
I w is h ...............................................................................................................
I had finished my homework last night
4. There w as never any answ er w hen we rang.
time we rang, there was no answer
E v e r y ................................................................................................................................
5. “Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, Barry?” said John.
that Barry should put a better lock on the door
John s u g g e s te d ...............................................................................................................
6. You can’t v isit the U nited S tates unless you get a visa.
don't get a visa you can't visit the United States
If y o u ...............................................................................................................
7. 1’m alw ays nervous w hen I travel by air.
always makes me nervous
T ra v ellin g ...............................................................................................................
8. John only understood very little of w hat the teacher said.
understand what the teacher said
John could h a r d ly ......................................................................................................
9. U n less he phones im m ediately he won’t get any inform ation.
he doesn't phone immediately
I f ..................................................... he won't get any information
.....................^.................................
10. “Why didn’t I get a Computer before?” thought the office manager.
The office m anager \von d ered .................................................................................
why he hadn't get a computer before

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1. “You dam aged my bicycle, John!” said M argaret.
John of damaging her bicycle
M argaret a c c u se d ........................................................................................................
2. He is said to have been in the French Foreign Legion.
say he was in the French Foreign Legion
P e o p le ...............................................................................................................
3. The keepers feed the lions at 3. pm every day.
are fed at 3. pm everyday
The lio n s ...............................................................................................................
4. Philippa asked Olive if she could rem ember where sh e’d put the camera.
can you remember where you put the camera
Philippa said, “O liv e ,.................................................................................................
5. “Don’t leave the house u n til I get back, W illiam ,” his m other said.
William not to leave the house until I got back
W illiam ’s m other t o ld ...........................................................................................
6. Henry regretted buying the second-hand car.
he hadn't bought the second-hand car
H enry w is h e d ...............................................................................................................
7. That m eal w as excellent!
an excellent meal it was!
W h a t...............................................................................................................
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8. W hose docum ents are these?
do these documents belong to?
W h o ...............................................................................................................
9. If you don’t w ant Sally to be angry w ith you, I su ggest you apologise.
better apologise to Sally if you don't want Sally ......................
You’d .................................................”................................ to be angry with 1 . you
10. I asked the hotel porter to w ake me at 8. o’clock the following morning.
wake me at 8. o'clock tomorrow morning
“P le a s e ............................................................................................................... ”

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1. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow.
prevented the trains from running
The s n o w ...............................................................................................................
2. The postm an w as bitten by our dog.
bit the postman
Our d o g ...............................................................................................................
3. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
do you like my dress
“How ............................................................................................................. ?”
4. That’s an in su ltin g nam e to use for him.
him that insulting name
Don’t c a l l ........................................................................................................................
5. A lthough both his legs were broken in the crash, he m anaged to get out
of the car before it exploded.
D espite h i sbroken leg in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded
...............................................................................................................
6. “Can I borrovv your typewriter, Janet?” asked Peter.
Peter asked i f ...............................................................................................................
he could borrow Janet's typewriter
7. He could not afford to buy the car.
was too expensive for him to buy
The c a r ...............................................................................................................
8. U n less som eone has a key, we can’t get into the house.
We can only g e t .............................................................................................................
into the house if someone has a key
9. How long is it since they bought the house?
did they buy the house?
W hen ....I..........................."............................................................................
10. “You’d better not lend him any more money, E lizabeth”, said John.
John advised E h z a b e th ...........................................................................................
not to lend him any more money

46
1. It is One hundred years since the birth of D.H. Lawrence, the fam ous
novelist.
, the famous novelist, was born one hundred years ago.
D.H. L a w ren ce...............................................................................................................
2. “How old is your little boy?” said the nurse to Mrs B ingley.
how old her little boy was
The nurse asked Mrs B in g le y ................................................................................
3. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.
had had a map, we wouldn't have got lost
If w e ...............................................................................................................

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4. It is a six hour drive from London to Edinburgh.
6 hours to drive from London to Edinburgh
It t a k e s ...............................................................................................................
5. Fd rather not see him tomorrovv.
want to see him tomorrow
I don’t ...............................................................................................................
6. Am anda íĩn ally m anaged to get a good job.
in getting a good job
Am anda finally su cceed ed ..............................................................................
7. ‘T ve seen the film three tim es, M ary,” said George.
Mary that he had seen the film three times
George t o ld ..........................................................................................................
8. “H ave you had enough for lunch?” the landlady asked me.
if I had had enough for lunch
The landlady a s k e d ..........................................................................................
9. You m ight fall if you’re not careíul.
or you'll fall
Be c a r e íu l.............................................................................................................
10. They’11 have to change the date of the m eeting again.
of the meeting will have to be changed
The d a t e ...............................................................................................................

47
1. I didn’t arrive in tim e to see her.
enough to see her
I w asn ’t e a r ly ......................................................................................................
2. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
us from driving
The fog p r e v e n te d ..............................................................................................
3. A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning.
an eight o'clock train every morning
There i s ...............................................................................................................
4. John asked if it w as the blue one or the green she vvanted.
one do you want the blue or the green
“W h ic h ............................................................................................................. ?”
5. I haven’t eaten th is kind of food beíore.
time I've ever eaten this kind of food
This is the f ir s t ...................................................................................................
6. She started vvorking as a secretary five years ago.
been working as a secretary for five years
She h a s ...............................................................................................................
7. “Why don’t you put your luggage under the Seat?” he asked.
that I should put my luggage under the seat
He s u g g e s te d .......................................................................................................
8. I’m sure you didn’t lock the front door. H ere’s the key.
have locked the front door. Here's the key
You can’t ...............................................................................................................
9. He couldnT repair the broken vase.
broken vase couldn't be repaired
T h e ...............................................................................................................
10. I started work for the company a year ago.
working for the company for a year
Fve b e e n ...............................................................................................................

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48
1. John Speke failed to find the source o fth e River Nile.
in finding the source of the River Nile
John Speke didn’t s u c c e e d ........................................................................................
2. rm sure it w asn ’t Mrs Elton you saw because sh e’s in Bristol.
have been Mrs Elton you saw because she's in Bristol
It can’t ...............................................................................................................
3. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs Sm ith asked.
where the station car-park was
Mrs Sm ith a s k e d ......................................................................................................
4. Turn off all svvitches before leaving the workshop?
All t h eswitches must be turned off before you leave the workshop
...............................................................................................................
5. Alice’s strange ideas astonished everybody.
was astonished at Alice's strange ideas
Everybody ...............................................................................................................
6. They have sold th at old house at the end of the road.
at the end of the road have been sold
That old h o u s e .............................................................................................................
7. I don’t really w ant to visit the m useum .
I’d r a th e r ...............................................................................................................
8. We ought to leave the party now if we are to catch the la st train.
If we don’t ...want to miss the last train, we ought to leave the party now
............................................................................................................
9. Mrs Edwards is the ovvner of th at car.
belongs to Mrs Edwards
That c a r ...............................................................................................................
10. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
to have the car repaired next week
We are g o in g ...............................................................................................................

49
1. Tm sorry I w as rude to you yesterday.
for being rude to you yesterday
1 a p o lo g ise...............................................................................................................
2. Although his leg w as broken he m anaged to get out of the car.
In s p it eof his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car
...............................................................................................................
3. Nobody can deny th at she has a beautiíul voicc.
is the fact that she has a beautiful voice
I t ...............................................................................................................
4. She liked Paris very little, and Rome less.
She thought R o m ewas even worse than Paris
..................................................................................................
5. Aíter hghting the lĩre for 12 hours the ủrernen succeeded in putting it out.
to put the fire out after fighting for 12 hours
The íirem en m a n a g e d ..........................................................................................
6. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
I don’t k n o was much about it than she does
...............................................................................................................
7. A lthough he had a good salary, he w as unhappy in his job.
of his good salary, he was unhappy in his job
In s p it e ...............................................................................................................
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8. He prefers golf to tennis.
golf than tennis
H e’d r a th e r .............................................................................................................
9. The garden still needs digging.
been dug yet
The garden h asn ’t ...............................................................................................
10. Susan felt sick, because she ate four cream cakes.
hadn't been eaten four cream cakes, she wouldn't have felt sick
If S u s a n ...............................................................................................................

50
1. You should make an effort to get out and about more.
you made an effort to get out and about more
It’s high t im e .........................................................................................................
2. Fve íorgotten th at com m entators nam e but he’s very well-known.
whose name I've forgotten, is very well-known
That com m en tator,.............................................................................................
3. L et’s invite the M arshalls to a barbecue on Sunday.
inviting the Marshalls to a barbecue on Sunday
He s u g g e s te d ........................................................................................................
4. It w as overeating th at caused his heart attack.
he hadn't been overeaten, he wouldn't have had a heart attack
I f ...........................^.................................................................................
5. A new flu vaccine has been on trial since the beginning of the year.
has testing a new flu vaccine since the beginning of the year
T h e y ...............................................................................................................
6. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it w ill probably be him.
likely person to succeed in solving the problem
He is the m o s t ......................................................................................................
7. He m et Jane, whom he later married, w hen he w as at Cambridge.
to become
later his wife, when he was at Cambridge
He m et Jane, who w a s ......................................................................................
8. H is behaviour is beginning to annoy me more and more.
get more and more annoyed by his behaviour
I am beginning t o ................................................................................................
9. M ost of the stu d en ts ignored w hat the teacher w as saying.
students listened to what the teacher was saying
F e w ...............................................................................................................
10. She discovered eight new com ets in the course of her work.
in the discovery of eight new comets
Her work r e s u lte d ..............................................................................................

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 KEY TO SENTENCE TRANSPORMATION
1
1. S h e vvondered why Peter hadn’t phoned.
2. The only thing rm interested in is why he did it.
3. The police prevented him from escap ing.
4. S h e is having a new outfit m ade (by her dressm aker).
5. Is this the b est hotel you could find?
6. John h as been playing the piano for ten years.
7. It will be im possible for them to com e on Sunday.
8. S h e d o e s n ’t study hard enough.
9. The car c o st m e only a few hundred pounds.
10. T h ese curtains w ere m ade by my mother.

2
1. He has been investigating the c a s e for a w eek.
2. S h e ca n ’t have stolen the necklace.
3. Even though the flat’s very noisy w e enjoy living here.
4. S h e advised John not to trust Peter.
5. S o great w a s her gh ef that sh e alm ost tainted.
6. Until I tell you, you m ust stay / you may not leave.
7. S h e ’d rather Italian food than Prench food.
8. S u san isn’t a s good at chemistry a s Sarah.
9. W hen are John and Mary getting married/to be married.
10. He can m ake m ost people understand him w hen he sp e a k s English.

3
1. W e didn’t arrive in time/early enough to s e e the tirst film.
2. Peter ap ologised for breaking the glass.
3. If he hadn’t sa v ed m e I would have drovvned.
4. Nobody in the c la ss is cleverer than Sally.
5. This is the m ost romantic story I have ever read.
6. The car is too ex p en siv e (for us) to buy.
7. He w a s m ade to study for the ex a m s by his parents.
8. W e have b een cooking for the party for four hours.
9. He is behaving m ore violently than ever betore.
10. The police vvould not allow us to get / let us get nearer.

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4
1. U n less you prom ise to try harder I w on’t help you.
2. Carol a c c u sed June of cheating.
3. S h e h a s bought in that h ou se sin ce 1973.
4. He is believed / thought to be mad.
5. W e are having our h o u se painted by a local firm.
6. He advised us to go by train.
7. S h e is too old to have any more children.
8. You n e e d n ’t shout.
9. The play w a s s o dull that he fell asleep .
10. S h e enquired w here the nearest tube w as.

5
1. S h e reminded him to phone the office.
2. I wish I had time to listen to you.
3. John h as just been released by the police.
4. They w ere speaking too sottly for m e to hear.
5. It took (us) 5 hours to get to London.
6. S h e ’s not u sed to staying up late.
7. I su g g e s t (that) you look for another job.
8. If he had been m ore careíul he wouldn’t have lost his m oney.
9. They h aven ’t visited m e for five years.
10. He had all his suits m ade in Paris.

6
1. He is visiting England for the tirst time.
2. It looks a s if it’s going to rain.
3. He will co m e so a s to be sure of m eeting you.
4. He enjoys vvalking in the rain.
5. A child sp e n d s his/her life playing.
6. The fox tried in vain to reach the grapes.
7. His brieícase w a s s o full that the zip tastener didn’t c lo se properly.
8. It is said that he b eats his wife.
9. It looks a s if he's running away from your íierce dog.
10. No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to vvriting the letter.

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7
1. No sooner had sh e put up her umbrella than the rain cam e down in torrents.
2. The otíicer vvanted to know why the vvitness had not reported the incident to
the police the previous w eek.
3. S o many p eople turned out to s e e the President that all trattic cam e to a
standstill.
4. The destruction of m ost of the old City of London w a s brought about by a
fire in the 1600s.
5. It is over 20 years sin ce he last w ent back to his hom e town.
6. Travelling by train is much ch eap er than travelling by plane.
7. If only I w ere rich and íam ous!
8. They eventually decided to g et married.
9. The m anaging director vvanted to know if the accountant had been
misappropriating com pany funds.
10. Only by operating innnnediately can w e s a v e your eyesight.

8
1. If he hadn’t been late for work every morning, he w ouldn’t have lost his job.
2 . The exhibition has not b een so well attended this year.
3. It’s not the job rm interested in; it’s the people.
4. The e x cu se for the declaration of war w as the deten ce of their territorial rights.
5. Johnny Brax is a caretul driver on public roads but a terror on the racetrack.
6 . According to our S cien ce correspondent, this new invention is the answ er to
many of our problems.
7. ril be disappointed if there is no sn ow at Christm as/ if w e d on ’t have snow
at Christmas.
8. This work m ust be tinished for / by six o ’clock.
9. Re-decorating this roonn would be p o in tless/u seless.
10. Never a ccep t c h e q u e s vvithout proof of identity/unless you have proof of
ìdentity.

9
1 . The doctor vvarned the patient that he vvould have another heart attack if he
didn’t take it ea sy .
2. This reporter, vvhose background I know well, is 100% honest.
3. By stretching a rope from on e sid e of the c r e v a sse to the other they were
able to haul their equipm ent across.
4. The smoking of cigarettes is no longer a s popular/vvidespread a s it used to be.
5. W e’ve given the matter a lot of thought and have tinally co m e to a decision.
6. What is the matter/vvrong with this TV?
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7. This is the first time l've ever tasted pheasant.
8. In c a s e of em ergen cy, ring this number.
9. S h e alw ays g iv es m e a cup of coffee w hen I visit her flat.
10. The en gin e íailure w a s due to a badly fitted part/to the fact that a part had
been badly titted.

10
1 lf I hadn’t lost my passport last w eek, I wouldn’t be having so much trouble
.

now.
2 Hardly had sh e begun to speak before/when people started interrupting her.
.

3. The team leader criticised John for not waiting/for not having vvaited for them.
4. If I had (only) been thinking, I wouldn’t have m ade that terrible mistake.
5. The police caught him climbing over the garden wall.
6 . Getting into work this morning w a s a bít ditíicult.
7. He might not have got my letter.
8 W e w ere planning/going/intending to visit / W e w ere to visit grandmother,
.

so w e left early in the morning.

9. Sad a s it is, unem ploym ent is unlikely to go down this year.
10 Much to our regret, w e have to / are obliged to intorm you that your
application h as not b een su ccesstu l.

11
1 It last snovved here six years ago / It h a sn ’t snovved here for six years / It
.

w a s six years ago thaưvvhen it last snovved here.

2 . No soon er had the burglars left the buiiding than so m e o n e rang the alarm.
3. The man is believed to have e sc a p e d in a stolen car.
4. T here’s very little/not a loưhardly anything he d o e s n ’t know about vvhales.
5. Only w hen they told m e about it later did I realise what I had m issed.
6 . The more popular television programmes becom e, the vvorse they seem to get.
7. Having nothing e ls e to do, w e decided to go for a walk.
8 . The sooner w e (can) solve the problem, the better it will be for all concerned.
9. There w ere far few er p eople there than I had exp ected .
10. He d ism issed the vvhole idea a s (being) ridiculous.

12
1 . S h e tlatly retused to sle e p in the/that haunted house.
2. S o great w a s the dem and that they had to reprint the book immediately.
3. On being ask ed about the strike, the Minister declined to com m ent.
4. A nyone tound tresp assin g on this land will be prosecuted (by the
authorities).

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5. They didn’t need to / They didn’t have to call for help after all.
6. They can't (possibly) have been playing in this vveather.
7. You n eed n ’t have g o n e to all that trouble / You didn’t need to go to all that
trouble.
8. I’d rather go out for a m eal than stay at hom e.
9. Novvhere will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs Jon es.
10. He denied stealing/having stolen/that he had stolen the car, but admitted
borrovving/having borrowed/that he had borrowed it.

13
1 . No matter how oíten I invite him for a vveekend with us, h e ’s alw ays too
busy to com e.
2 . It’s unlikely to sn ow today.
3. A s well a s being bad-tem pered, s h e ’s very lazy.
4. As no one has raised any disapproval of the schem e, I su g g est w e go ahead.
5. Hovvever exp erienced you may be, driving fast is dangerous.
6 . Living in a big City is not to my liking.
7. Our Prench exam w a s not a s difficult a s our German one.
8 . I h aven’t played íootball sin ce 1971.
9. I should have thought of that betore.
10. I asked my triend if he vvould like a cup of tea.

14
1. S h e quite detinitely cam e up to their expectations.
2. The boy’s work m ust be improvable.
3. At no time w a s the outcom e of the election in doubt.
4. Dohs m istook the wom an in íront of her for her sister-in-law.
5. The atm osphere in that h o u se w a s so trightening that w e had to leave
immediately.
6. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get the m oney.
7. I’m going to have my piano tuned tomorrovv.
8. While the oil retinery strike w as going on, there were enorm ous petrol queues,
9. It’s time w e bought a new cooker.
10. It w a s such a powerful stereo that I nearly w ent deaf.

15
1. No soon er had the thieves touched the sa fe than tear g a s w a s released .
2. S h e couldn’t possibly have b een in London on the 26*^.
3. I can ’t rem em ber w hen our appointment is.

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4. Untortunately I sh a n ’t stay here long enough to visit many of the tourist
attractions.
5. I am not in the habit of sleeping in the atternoon.
6. The hotel w a s more ex p en siv e than any one w e had stayed in betore.
7. There has been a considerable increase in the cost of living in the last few years.
8. Mary su g g e ste d John and her going to Paris for the vveekend.
9. W e will break our journey in Prance on our way to Germany.
10. The m anaging director has no intention to resign.

16
1. o th e r than to offer to lend her so m e m oney, how could I help?
2. Donald kept us waiting for two hours.
3. That puzzle would have been im possible to solve even for a genius.
4. The detective vvanted to find out if / vvhether Mr Johnston had b een out at
all that evening.
5. A s I had novvhere e ls e to go I slept in the station waiting-room.
6. I wish I could be in a seclu d ed beach in Mexico.
7. lf my children hadn’t vvanted a pet I wouldn't have bought the dog.
8. If only I could live in Paris for a year!
9. Is his knovvledge of Prench good enough for him to work a s a translator?
10. The reason I cannot go to the cinem a tonight is that I do not have my car.

17
1. I can rem em ber an incident just a s m ysterious a s this one.
2. It w a s íoolish of him to sa y that,
3. It’s years sin ce I last w ent to a cricket match,
4. You n e e d n ’t have g o n e to so much trouble on my behalt.
5. A frost, which ca m e late, spoiled much of the truit crop.
6. That’s the man I lent my car to.
7. I don’t play the guitar a s well a s he d oes.
8. I ca n ’t m ake head or tail of this vvretched report.
9. A few days ago the vveather w a s much cooler than it is today.
10. Our car really m ust be serviced, m ustn’t it?

18
1. That h o u se h a sn ’t b een lived in for years.
2. Although w e had vvarned him, he left cam p vvithout talking his ritle.

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3. 1’d rather you hadn’t vvritten that letter.
4. R egard less of vvhatever problems, w e m ust continue our efforts.
5. My so le purpose of Corning here w as to try and improve conditions.
6. The teacher shouted to the boys to m ake le s s noise.
7. If it should happen that nuclear vveapons are u sed, w e are all doom ed.
8. Two tablets should be taken every four hours.
9. W e find it difficult to m ake en d s m eet today.
10. They m oved here six years ago.

19
1. VVhichever route you take, it will still take you about three hours to get there.
2. N o-one could find his passport anyvvhere.
3. A s soon a s w e receive your cheque, w e shall sen d the g o o d s to you.
4. He walked into the b o s s ’s office vvithout bothering to knock.
5. W e look forward to hearing another lecture by P roíessor Brown in the near
tuture.
6. S h e ’d rather go to Las V e g a s than anyvvhere in the world.
7. This new Computer vvorks in the way can’t understand.
I
8. W e w ere disappointed by their attitude.
9. If it hadn’t been for your u n su sp ected talents a s a m echanic, w e would
have been stranded there for hours.
10. It's high time you acquired a few manners.

20
1. S h e admitted to having taken the necklace.
2. What the headm aster said w a s very reassuring.
3. Are you getting along with your b o ss?
4. Most stu dents are capable of vvorking very hard w hen they feel like it.
5. I really wish I had invited her to the party.
6. Her uncle didn’t leave her anything in his will.
7. They stole everything excep t for the television.
8. No on e s e e m s to have predicted the correct result.
9. Even though they had been lost in the m ountains for three days, they
looked strong and healthy.
10. Hovvever long it may take, ril find that man.
•

21
1. Could you possibly have left the key in the door?
2. He su g g e ste d inviting the Brovvns to the party on Sunday.
3. Betty is'devoted to looking atter handicapped people.
4. His physical condition s e e m s to be deteriorating slightly.

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5. No matter how much louder he can shout, I still w on’t take any notice.
6. The chairman vvondered who had been sitting in his chair.
7. That com m entator, w h o se nam e l’ve íorgotten, is very well known.
8. lt’s too m arvellous an opportunity for us to m iss.
9. If he hadn’t overeaten, he wouldn’t have had a heart attack.
10. W e have had the w hole of the íirst tloor finished by the decorators.

22
1. The inspector a c c u sed him of stealing / having stolen the jew els.
2. If I w ere you, I vvould torget about buying a new hou se.
3. D espite the fact that the play received good notices, not many people went
to s e e it.
4. They had su ch a íierce dog that nobody would visit them.
5. I’d rather you didn’t sm ok e in here.
6. Andrew s u g g e ste d that w e (should) go for a walk in the park.
7. My application w a s the job w a s turned down.
8. Ann pleaded with her boyíriend not to drive so fast.
9. If it hadn’t been for his help, w e would all have died.
10. He is said to h ave e sc a p e d to a neutral country.

23
1 If only your sister could com e a s weil.
.

2. There w a s se v e r e criticism (by many people) of the proposals for the new
motonA/ay.
3. Only by United opposition can w e eliminate world terrorism / can world
terrorism be eliminated.
Had his aunt not died and left / given him a legacy of £ 1 0 .0 0 0 he vvould not
have been able to buy the h o u se he wanted.
5. The stu dents regretted not attending the lecture.
6 If it hadn’t b een for my father’s m oney, w e couldn't have m anaged.
.

7. Not until he ca m e into the light did I recogn ise him.

8 Only atter a new pay offer did the workers call off the strike.
.

9. W e h aven ’t received the contirmation of our hotel booking.

10. A s long a s you keep calm, you will p a ss your driving test.

24
1 . The rail vvorkers have no intention to call off their strike.
2 . There h as b een a dramatic rise in h ou se prices this year.
3. Only w hen their se co n d son w a s bom did Alice and Charles d ecid e to
m ove to a bigger house.

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4. The film star avoided being recognised/recognition by wearing dark g la s s e s
5. This is the tirst time (that) his authority has b een challenged
6. Unless it rains / it starts raining millions of pounds worth of crops will be lost.
7. Eric told his girlữiend that he didn’t love her any more / he no longer loved her.
8. My tather sp e a k s hardly any English,
9. I can barely s e e any mark(s) / m ake out the mark(s) / distinguish a mark on
that dress.
10. Try a s hard a s I might I couldn’t open the door.

25
1. He broke the world record on his seco n d attempt.
2. The Prime Minister had no intention of resigning office.
3. Although h e ’s got ungainly air, he is remarkably agile.
4. Not until he got hom e did he rem em ber about the gun.
5. Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth com e out.
6. It looked a s if the h o u se had been unoccupied for several months.
7. For such an experienced and able teacher like her, discipline w a s not a
problem.
8. If it hadn’t been for her in sisten ce on kissing everyon e good b ye s h e would
have caught the train.
9. A heavy shovver put a stop to their gam e of tennis / stopped/prevented
them (from) finishing their gam e of tennis.
10. U n less you sa w (heard/listened to/w atched/have s e e n ) the programm e you
can ’t really judge.

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1. Hardly had I put the phone down w hen the b o ss rang back.
2. There is (absolutely) no truth in the rumour about the politician and the
construction contract.
3. He received a 6. month prison se n te n c e for his part in the robbery.
4. According to the salesm an my new car vvould be delivered next
VVednesday.
5. No soon er had he b een appointed to the post than the new editor fell ill.
6. Mrs Scott prides herselt on her cooking/on being a good cook.
7. This affair is no concern / b u sin ess of yours.
8. You can please yourselt a s to vvhether you accept / to accept their offer (or not).
9. What a m a z e s m e is the m istakes he m akes.
10. The m anager threatened not to se le c t him for the team u n less he trained
harder / if he did not train harder.

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1. The bank robber threatened to sh oot the clerk if he m oved.
2. He insisted on se ein g the m anager.
3. He denied stealing / having stolen the car.
4. Nothing but a full apology vvould satisty him / w a s accep table to him.
5. Her pertorm ance m ade a considerable im pression on (the) critics.
6. Elizabeth cannot play the piano a s well a s Helen.
7. He said that he w ished he knew the ansvver.
8. S h e prides h erselí on her cooking.
9. VVould you mind lending m e your pen?
10. The e d g e of the shore w a s becom ing coated with oil.

28
1. Betore th e se m ach ines w ere invented people had to queue.
2. N ever betore had any King resigned.
3. Throughout his life the íisherman w as very poor / suffered from great poverty.
4. It w a s only w hen I sa w the photograph that I realized he w a s your brother.
5. It is 20 years sin ce John and Mary m oved to Edinburgh.
6. The English ow e (the introduction of) potatoes and tobacco to Sir VValter
Raleigh.
7. One runner w as so exhausted that he couldn’t complete the last lap of the race.
8. There is no limit / restriction on how much / what you (can) eat at the new
lunch-bar.
9. There h a s b een such (a) vociterous protest that the com m ittee has had to
reconsider.
10. If it hadn’t been for the goalkeep er w e ’d have lost the match.

29
1. The tinal date for you to submit articles/for articles to be submitted is June 1Ềth.
2. Martin’s poor health d o e s n ’t prevent him from enjoying life.
3. It cam e a s no surprise to us that he w as/had been su ccesstu l.
4. The h o u se had its roof blovvn off by the hurricane.
5. It is open to question (as to) vvhether J o n es will get the job.
6. According to the drama critic of the “Daily N ew s”, the new play is a major
breakthrough.
7. Arthur ap ologised for hurting/having hurt her teelings.
8. Now I wish I hadn’t asked her to stay.
9. He didn’t torget and neither did she/nor did sh e.
10. It’s high time som ething w as/w ere done about the city’s trattic problems by
the council.

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 He couldn’t possibly have knovvn that his brother w a s seriously ill .
Not until they had cro ssed the border did the retu g ees began to feel safe.
Nobody paid attention to my protest.
Peter su g g e ste d that I should take a taxi.
Although rain w a s torecast, it stayed fine.
He w a s too tired to stay aw ake until the end of the film.
The identity the murdered man w a s known to the police.
It w a s su g g e ste d that incom e tax should be abolished.
It’s over a year sin ce I last sa w them.

31
1. The Union delegate observed that he’d be very surprised if his members agreed.
2 .I’v e never known a more warm -hearted person than my mother (was),
3. S h e w a sn ’t s o deaf/hard of hearing that sh e couldn’t hear the phone.
4. Contrary to your beliet fat people are not alvvays jolly.
5. It cam e a s no surprise to m e to hear that Karen had changed her job.
6 . D espite his (superior) strength Christopher w a s so o n overpovvered by his
attacker.
7. ■ Each of the com p any’s retihng e m p lo y ees is presented with a gold watch.
8. J ea n ’s m other com plim ented her on her lovely new dress.
9. You are certain/bound/sure to m eet lots of people in your new job.
10. No so o n er had the announcem ent been m ade than everyon e started
complaining.

32
1. D espite their good gam e/th e fact they played well, the team lost.
2. It’s (high/about) time I went back to work. / lt’s time for m e to go back to work.
3. The source of the intormation could not be traced.
4. The m om ent I decid ed to get up to dan ce, the band decid ed to stop
playing.
5. Only later did I realise who he w as.
6. I w a s particularly im pressed by her excellent com m and of English.
7. I am utterly/totally ignorant about aeronautics.
8. I’m sure he didn’t m ean to take your brietcase.
9. My boythend lo se s his tem per very easily.
10. W e’d rather you didn’t sm oke.

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1 , Norman’s h o u se may have been more exp en sive but it is sm aller and less
attractive than mine.
2. It is a m ystery (a s to) what (has) happened to the two climbers.
3. Cooking for five hungt7 children is no fun/gives m e no pleasure.
4. D on’t you g et fed up with having to stay at hom e in the even in gs?
5. There is no statesm an (thaưwho/whom) I admire m ore than the President.
6. It w a s not s o much a discu ssion a s an argument.
7. D espite my (strong) disapproval of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
8. W e w ere never m ade to do anything w e didn’t want to.
9. Mrs J o n e s is the m ost g en erou s person youV e ever met.
10. The le s s time my b o s s has, the better he vvorks.

34
1. T here’s no point in trying to get Tim to lend you his car/to borrovv Tim's car.
2. Pancy se ein g you here.
3. But for his com m and of the local dialect w e would have been
jailed/thrown/put in(to) jail.
4. Only after all the g u e s ts had g o n e hom e could w e relax.
5. Rather than disturb the m eeting, I left vvithout saying goodbye.
6. Galileo is regarded a s (being) the tather of modern astronom y.
7. It h a sn ’t rained for a tortnight.
8. VVhenever he c o m e s to visit us there’s trouble.
9. The doctor su g g e ste d (that) I (should) rest.
10. There h as been a considerable fall in the value of sterling in the past w eek.

35
1. S h e left the room vvithout saying a word.
2. The stu dents d eserv ed se v e r e punishm ent for their riotous behaviour.
3. Only aíter the m oney h as been received do w e dispatch good s.
4. No matter how long you u se it, it w on ’t w ear out.
5. It’s high time you w ere able to d ress yourselt.
6. I w a s the last (person) to hear/know about the accident.
7. Svvearing at the reteree earned him a su sp en sion for two m atches.
8. No matter what I do my parents find íault with iưme.
9. Hardly a day p a s s e s /g o e s by vvithout m e vvriting to him.
10. I’m sorry not to have attended Protessor Baker’s lecture.

36
Had ít not b een for the death of the Prime Minister, the bill would have been
p a sse d .
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2. I w a s allovved to go abroad for the tirst time last year.
3. The older I get the le s s I want to travel.
4. The patient m ade a more rapid recovery than exp ected .
5. Not until John (had) received the offer of promotion in vvriting did he celebrate.
6. I have no intention of apologising to either of them.
7. The average depth of the Pacitĩc O cean is greater than that of the Atlantic.
8. G eorge w a s novvhere to be tound.
9. In few other books is this problem s o well explained.
10. Only by training hard every day can you b ecom e a good athlete.

37
1. It w a s not until after midnight the n oise next door stopped.
2. Isn't there another way to reach the City centre?
3. Only after a twelve-hour wait did their tlight leave.
4. W e’ll still go ev en if it rains/whether it rains or not.
5. At no time w a s the result of the match in doubt.
6. Never have there been more people out of work in this country.
7. You pay in tvvelve s u c c e s s iv e m onths of £ 2 0 each.
8. G et the work tinished by lunchtime and you can go hom e.
9. S o long a s the examiner can read your handwriting he will accept your ansvver.
10. Sarah’s tather said that if sh e had to go out, sh e should tinish her
homevvork first.

38
1. In spite of his innocence/his not being guilty he w a s execu ted .
2. I have no intention of replying to that rude letter from Edward.
3. Bob denied taking/having taken my car.
4. Mary reported the burglary to the police.
5. The concert may have to be cancelled.
6. T here’s no point in complaining.
7. If it hadn’t b een for his incom petence, they would not have b een captured.
8. You w on ’t be able to buy a h ou se in that district (for) le s s than £ 1 0 0 .0 0 0 .
9. W e are com pletely sold out of thermal sock s, madam!
10. Much a s I admire her achievem en ts, I don’t really like her.

39
1 . Not until I had left hom e did I realise how much my tather m eant to me.
2 . My tather h as difficulty in following/reading m aps.
3. An increased number of travellers is/are being stopped by cu stom s otticials
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4. I object to p eople criticising m e untairly.
5. He is a m ore p ersuasive speaker than his brother.
6. At no time did he su sp e c t that the m oney had been stolen.
7. They are being m ade to study hard by their teacher.
8. S o a s not to disturb the children, w e left quietly.
9. This will be the tirst time (that) the orchestra has pertormed outside London.
10. In all probability/likelihood the w hole thing will have been torgotten by next
term.

40
1. O nce he h as settled down, his pertorm ance will improve.
2. D espite her se v e r e disability Judy participated in many sports.
3. The Soup povvder just n e e d s boiling water added to it according to the
instructions.
4. Nobody w ho h as never b een abroad should criticise íoreign custom s.
5. The operation left Sim on teeling vveaker than he (had) exp ected .
6. Nobody is to blame / is responsible for the fact that the meeting w as cancelled.
7. I never had any intention to go to the m eeting.
8. It cam e a s no surprise (to m e) that Harry had tailed his driving test.
9. The car w a s too rusty to be repaired.
10. Alan’s illness w a s the result of / cau sed by / brought about by (his/him)
working too hard at the office.

41
1. I have no intention of giving you any more m oney.
2. It is not (very) likely (that) they will su cceed .
3. The accident is thoughưbelieved to have been ca u sed by human error.
4. Had it not b een for the attendance of a tam ous film star the party vvould not
have been a su ccess/w o u ld have been a íailure.
5. The last thing you should do is (to) phone the police.
6. S h e is a more sym pathetic listener.
7. Robert now w ish e s (that) he had accep ted the job.
8. H e’s alw ays short of m oney / hard up / broke.
9. N ever in (all) my life have I s e e n such a m ess!
10. They certainly lived (fully) up to our expectations.

42
1. T here’s nothing (that) I wouldn’t do for you.
2. Yogurt is su p p o sed to do you good.
3. D oes your aunt have to be m et at the station?

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4. Much a s I admire his courage I think he is íoolish.
5. If you had told me in advance / in (good) time I could have avoided that date.
6. I wish you w ouldn’t sa y things like that.
7. But for the vveather, it would have been a superb vveekend.
8. C ats cannot swim a s well a s d o g s (can).
9. It's three m onths sin ce sh e last w ent to the hairdresser.
10. David’s room has a spare bed in it.

43
1. It w as too late for anything to be done/to do anything.
2. Bill doubted vvhether John would com e or not.
3. I vvished I had tinished my homework last night.
4. Every time w e rang there w a s no answer.
5. John su g g e ste d Barry (should) put a better lock on the door.
6. If you don’t g et a Visa you ca n ’t visit the United S tates.
7. Travelling by air alw ays m akes m e nervous.
8. John could hardly understand what the teacher said /w as saving
9. If he d o e s n ’t phone immediately he w on ’t get any intormation.
10. The office m anager wondered why he hadn’t got a Computer beíore.

44
1. Margaret a c c u sed John of dam aging/having dam aged her bicycle.
2. P eop le sa y he w a s (once) in the Prench Poreign Legion.
3. The lions are fed at 3. p.m. every day.
4. Philippa said, “Olive, can you rem em ber vvhere you put the cam era?”
5. William’s m other told him not to leave the h o u se until s h e got back.
6. Plenry vvished he hadn’t bought the secon d-h and car.
7. What an excellen t m eal it was!
8. Who do th e se docum ents belong to?
9. You’d better ap ologise to Sally if you don’t want her to be angry with you.
10. “P lease wake m e up at 8. o'clock tomorrovv morning," I said to the hotel porter.

45
1. The sn ow prevented/stopped the train from running./ The sn ow m ade it
im possible for the train to run.
2. Our dog bit the postm an.
3. “Plow do you like my new d r e ss? ” sh e said to John.
4. Don’t call him that insulting nam e.
5. D espite his (two) broken leg s / (both) his leg s being broken in the crash, he
m anaged to g et out of the car betore it exploded.

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6. Peter ask ed if he could borrow Janet's typevvriter.
7. The car w a s too ex p en siv e for him (to buy).
8. W e can only g et into the h o u se if so m e o n e has a key.
9. W hen did they buy the h o u se?
10. John advised Elizabeth not to lend him any more m oney.

46
1. D.H. Lavvrence, the íam ous novelist, w a s born one hundred years ago.
2. The nurse ask ed Mrs Bingley how old her little boy w as.
3. If w e had had a map w e wouldn't have got lost.
4. It takes six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh.
5. I don’t wanưwish to s e e him tomorrovv.
6. Am anda tinally su c c e e d e d in getting a good job.
7. G eorge told Mary that he had s e e n the film three tim es.
8. The landlady asked m e if/whether I had had enough for lunch.
9. Be careíul or you'll fall.
10. The date of the m eeting will have to be changed again.

47
1. I w a sn ’t early enough to s e e her.
2. The fog prevented us from driving.
3. There is an 8. o ’clock train every morning.
4. “VVhich on e do you want, the blue or the green?' John said to her.
5. This is the íirst time I have eaten this kind of food.
6. S h e h as w orked/been vvorking a s a secretary for five years.
7. He su g g e ste d (that) I (should) put my lu ggage under the Seat.
8. You ca n ’t have locked the íront door. H ere’s the key.
9. The broken v a s e could not be repaired.
10. I’ve b een vvorking for the com pany for a year.

48
1. John S p e k e didn’t s u c c e e d in tinding the source of the River Nile.
2. It can ’t have b een Mrs Elton you saw b e c a u se sh e 's in Brighton.
3. Mrs Smith ask ed w here the station car park w as.
4. AN svvitches m ust be turn off betore you leave the vvorkshop.
5. Everybody w a s aston ished at Alice’s strange ideas.
6. That old h o u se at the end of the road has been sold.
7. l’d rather not visit the m useum .
8. If w e d on ’t want to m iss the train, w e ought to leave the party now.
9. That car b elon gs to Mrs Edvvards.
10. W e are going to have the car repaired at the garage next w eek.

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49
1. 1 ap ologise for being rude to you yesterday.
2. In spite of his broken leg/of the fact that his leg w a s broken, he m anaged to
get out of the car.
3. It is a fact that s h e h as a beautitul voice.
4. S h e thought R om e w a s even vvorse than Paris.
5. The tireman m anaged to put out the fire atter tighting it for tvvelve hours.
6. I don't know a s /s o much about it a s sh e d oes.
7. In spite of his (having a) good salary he w a s unhappy in his job.
8. H e’d rather play golf than tennis.
9. The garden hasn't b een dug (yet).
10. If S u san hadn't eaten four cream ca k es sh e wouldn’t have felt sick.

50
1 . It’s high time you m ade an effort to get out and about more.
2 . That com m entator, w h o se nam e l've torgotten, is very well-known.
3. He su g g e ste d inviting the Marshalls to a barbecue on Sunday.
/ He su g g e ste d (that) w e should invite the Marshalls to a barbecue on
Sunday.
If he hadn’t overeaten, he wouldn’t have had a heart attack.
They have been trying out / testing a new flu vaccine sin ce the beginning of
the year.
He is the m ost likely person to su c c ee d in solving the problem.
He m et Jane, w ho w a s later to b ecom e his wife, w hen he w a s at
Cambridge.
1’m beginning to get more and more annoyed by his behaviour.
Few stu dents listened to / took note of what the teacher w a s saying.

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 ERROR CORRECTION
Read th e text and look carefully at each
and some have a w ord vvhich should not
tick (✓ ). If a line has a w ord vvhich should
are tw o exam ples at the beginning (0 and
line. Som e o f th e lines are correct,
be there. If a line is correct, put a
not be there, vvrite the w ord. There
00).

1. TAKING U P T E N N IS
I did not really enjoy to playing sports much w hen 0........to...
I was at the school. I suppose this was because we did 00.......
not really have very good physical education teachers. 1.............
They were always shouting at us and telling to us to try 2..............
harder. If you asked them w hat did you had to do to improve 3..............
they could never give you a good advice. When I left school 4..............
I started pla5ãng at tennis w ith som e íriends. To my great 5..............
surprise, I loved to it. I becam e a completo tennis addict, 6.............
som etim es playing as m any as ílve tim es a week. I played so 7.............
much that I eventually became quite a good player. The only 8............
problem was th at I w asn ’t very a íĩt and consequently I started 9............
to getting all sorts of injuries. First it was my elbow and then 10..........
my shoulder. Once I m anaged to get over of those two 11............
problems my knees started to give me the trouble. My only 12............
consolation is that even the top players suffer from these 13..........
injuries too. O f course I can’t compare m yself to som eone 14...........
like as M artina H ingis, but I enjoy the game and have som e o f 15...........
the same problems.

A TH REATENING PH O N E CALL
A leading politician had been charged with corruption and 0 ............. y ..........
I had been covering the trial which had hnished more earlier 00. m ore
that day. D espite o f being very tired I w ent on working until 1 ....
the m idnight. I had promised to finish the story and have it on 2................
the editor’s desk by morning. I was alm ost certain no other 3 .....
journalist had to got hold of the story or not the whole 4 .....
story anyway. Jack had told m e he would w ait for my version 5 .....
because of it would be an exclusive. I was worried that 6 .......
if I have used real names, there m ight be trouble later 7 .....
but in th e end I decided that to include them . After all 8 .....
the journalism is all about giving the public inform ation 9 .....
and that includes the nam es of all those involved in the news. 10 .....
Just as it I was reading through the final draít the telephone 11..............
rang. I picked up the receiver expecting it is to be Jack. 12..............

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A w om an ’s voice h as said ‘I f you print th is story, you know 13...............
w h at to ex p ect,’ and th e n th e lin e w en t dead. I sat th ere 14...............
w on dering w h a t I to do and th e n w e n t to bed, b u t n ot to sleep. 15................

3. S T U D Y IN G LAW
W hen I íĩr st w e n t to a u n iv ersity I stu d ied law. A lth ou gh a 0 ....... a......
both m y m oth er and older sister have Science d egrees 0 0 .......y .....
no one else in th e fam ily had ever b een stu died law before 1.................
and m y p aren ts w ere very proud o f m e. T he problem w as 2 .................
th a t I did n ot really know exactly w h at law yers did do. 3 .................
I had a very rom an tic ideas about going to court to defend 4 .................
people w ho had b een fa lsely accused o f com m ittin g th e crim es. 5 .................
I im agined m y se lf lik e th o se law yers on TV, argu in g 6 .................
w ith th e ju dge and th e p rosecu tion law yer and con vin cin g to 7 .................
th e jury th a t m y Client w as in n ocen t. A fter only a couple o f 8 .................
w eeks o f very lon g and diffícu lt lectu res I am realised 9 .................
th a t a lo t o f w h at a law yer does is very practical and n ot 10................
at all rom antic. N ev erth eless, I have began to u n d erstan d 11................
th a t to stu d yin g law w as in te r e stin g and w orth w h ile for oth er 12...............
reasons. For exEimple, you learn a lot o f about con su m ers’ 13 ................
rights. W ith it th is kind o f know ledge you can really 14 ................
help people. I am very glad about I chose to stu d y law . 1 5 ...............

4. L E T T E R FR O M GOA
Well, here I am in India, and tinally l’ve found time to sit down and 0 .........y
write it a letter to you. I am staying in the port City of Goa, enjoying 00...... it
a few days of rest up aíter a very hectic tortnight spent travelling across 1.............
the country. The people of Goa are proud of the fact and that they 2 ...............
are not clock-vvatchers. They even sell T-shirts to visitors printed 3 ...............
with the vvords ‘Goa, a place where time moves more slovvly’. lt’s 4 .............
a place to sit on the beach, take things away easy and sample the 5 .............
delicious tocal food. In fact, the only real disadvantage of the such relaxed 6 .............
atmosphere is how long it takes to get served in any of the restaurants. 7 .............
It is quite common to have to wait a couple of hours for get a meal to 8..............
turn up. Even things that are quick to cook can take an age time. The 9 ..............
other day I decided ordered fried pravvns, which I thought couldn’t take 10...........
long. But, of course, the chef had to gather the wood, build a fỉre in a 11............
hole in the sand, and then let it die down a bít betore that he could 12............
even begin to think about cooking them the pravvns. Seaíood Is the local 13...........
speciality and so they were certainly very worth vvaiting for. I can’t 14...........
remember the last time I enjoyed a meal so too much. Anyvvay who’s in 15..........
a hurry? Not me!

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 MY F IR ST DAY AT WORK
Today is m y fírst day at work and this is the íìrst job 0. ... V ....
I have for ever had. It feels like m y ílrst day at school. 00. ...for..
I w ant to im press my boss, so that I ironed my suit last night. 1. ...
Fm really got nervous about speaking in front of seventy 2. ...
people. My m other m akes up my breakfast and says I look 3. ...
good, but I th in k she is only trying to be encouraging. At the 4. ...
tube station, I have avoid the íĩrst train because it’s packed, 5. .„
and w hen the next train com es I decide I w ant to walk instead. 6. ...
By the tim e I arrive at work I feel like hot and sweaty, and I 7. ...
waJk in trying to look much calm and confident. A wom an who 8. ...
seem s to be the secretary asks for me if I am the new em ployee 9. ...
and show s m e to my desk. which it is in a corner o f the room. 10.
The m anager com es towards my desk and introduces to him self. 11.
He is very Iriendly and tells me 1 will m eet all my colleagues 12.
later. I am suddenly feel m uch more relaxed and comíortable. 13.
I know that w hen I get home, my m other will be w ant to 14.
hear everything about this day, so I’m w riting it all down. 15.

6. LIVING WITH A H O USE RABBIT

In your last letter you asked me to give you some advice on how to 0...... ỵ .....
look atter a rabbit. Rabbits can make them very good pets and can 00 .............them ..
become a wonderful companions because they are intelligent, social 1 .............
animals. I am glad that I can give you intormation to help you understand 2...............
rabbits so better. The House Rabbit Association recommends that you keep 3 ....
your rabbit inside of the house ratherthan outdoors. Rabbits may run íreely, 4 ....
but it is best for most to be in a cage for the íirst few days, until they 5 ....
have get used to both you and to the new surroundings. Very young rabbits 6 .......
need to be in a cage for a more longertime than older rabbits. 7 .....
It is natural for a rabbit chew on turniture and rugs. To prevent this 8 .......
happening, you need to give it safe things for to chew, such as plastic or 9 .....
rubber toys. Electrical cords are very dangerous and they must be hidden 10 ....
trom view so that the rabbit cannot reach to them. A íurther danger to 11.............
rabbits is othertype animals. However; rabbits and cats can get along 12.............
fìne. Even rabbits and dogs they get on, but the dogs have to be 13 ....
trained to respond to commands betore which they can be trusted in the 14 ....
company of rabbits, and even then the supervision will be needed. 1 5 ............

7. D O N ’T TELL LIES
My m other alw ays told me that I should never tell lies. 0 ...... ỵ .....
I know w hat she m eant, and in a way I am agree w ith her. 00 am...
In other ways, however, I think she was in wrong. In order 1..................
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to be p olite and to avoid so offending people, i t ’s n ecessary to 2 ...........
tell a little w h ite lie som etim es. L et m e give to you an 3 ...........
exam ple. I alw ays w rite to m y A u n tie A udrey and tell her 4 ...........
w h at a lovely th e day I had w ith her on Sun day and how 5 ...........
delicious th e lu n ch w as been. N eith er o f th e se th in g s is tru e, 6 ...........
b u t it w ould be rude n ot to w rite and w ritin g th e tru th 7 ............
w ould h u rt too m uch, so I have to lie her. In th e sam e w ay, 8 ...........
you have to say th a t a new born baby looks b eau tiíu l, 9 ...........
even th ou gh w e know th ey all m uch look th e sam e and are 10.........
only actu ally b eau tifu l in th e sam e eyes of th eir parents. And 11.........
o f course, w h en I ’ve had done m y hair cut, or w h en I ’m 1 2 .........
w earing a new o u tíĩt for th e íírst tim e, th e last th in g I w a n t to 1 3 ........
hear is th e tru th . I w an t to be told w h ich I look w onderful. In 14........
th ese type situ a tio n s, th e tru th w ould not do any o f u s any good! 15 ........

8. MY J O B
My name is Louise Bartley and I am twenty-six years old. For 0....... y
the past of three years 1 have been employed by a travel company. 00...... o i
What had helped me get the job was my experience of travel. 1................
When I was tvventy, I dropped out of university to go backpacking 2 ................
around Australia. This gave me such an idea of the kind of problems 3................
travellers face and I decided then that I have wanted to work 4 ................
as a travel agent. I joined to the company as a junior secretary 5 ................
and now I am in charge of the organisation of package holidays. 6 ................
1stay in the office most days and I don’t travel unless that I 7 ................
have to. But my work is so much interesting that I don’t mind 8 ................
that at all. It ỉs great to be vvorking with them a group of people 9 ................
who have travelled vvidely and are as well enthusiastic as I am. 10.............
This travel company is one of the best in the vvorld and we can 11.............
book you a tlight to almost anyvvhere in no any more than a 12.............
few minutes. We can do this because today the company has 833 13.............
staff through world-wide and travel centres in most Capital 14.............
cities. We do our best to make life more easier for customers. 15.............

9. A R C H A E O L O G Y C O U R SE
Let m e tell you about a sh ort course I atten d ed to la st w eek. 0 ........ t o
As you know , I am very in terested in archaeology b u t I h ate 0 0 ..... y
tak in g up exam in ation s, so th is w as ideal for m e becau se 1.................
I could get a certiílcate o f atten d an ce w ith o u t th em exam s. 2 .................
All I had to do w as w rite a couple o f a ssig n m en ts on a 3 .................
subject w h ich I could choose it, and th a t w as not difficult. 4 .................

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N o an y previou s experien ce w as n ecessary because th e course 5 .................
w as aim ed at th e b egin n ers, and th is also su ited m e w ell. 6 .................
T here w ere su ch an in te r e stin g topics I am sure you 7 .................
w ould have b een as fascin ated by them as I w as. P erh ap s 8 .................
th e b est w as th e one th a t ta u g h t m e th a t in w h at w ays 9 .................
Science h as helped archaeology in its research. 10 ..............
I learnt so m uch th a t I am con sid ering for co n tin u in g 11...............
w ith m ore seriou s stu d ies n ext year w h en I w ill fin ish 12 ...............
school. I can p ossib ly do part o f a degree course th rou gh 13..............
ev en in g classes and th on com p lete o f it by stu d yin g p art-tim e 14 ..............
for six m on th s. D o you have any plans for n ext year yet? 15..............

10. ICE CREAM EACTORY

One of the most enjoyable parts out of my recent holiday in the USA was 0...... out.....
a visit to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream tactory in Vermont. This is actually 00.......ỵ .....
the most popular tourist attraction in the State and is well worth make a visit. 1..................
First we saw was an introductory video in what's called The Cow over the 2..................
Moon theatre. On the video, we met them Ben Cohen and Jerry Greeníield 3..................
who look more like the folk singers than company directors. They explained 4..................
how they started making ice cream, how they experimented with new 5..................
tlavours and how surprised they were by when their Products became 6..................
such a huge international success. Then we went for to vvatch the ice cream 7..................
being made in the tactory. Everyone who works there seems very happy. 8..................
As we stood on a plaưorm looking over the production and lines, the workers 9..................
all waved at us and smiled. It must all be part of what Ben and Jerry call 10...............
“caring capitalism”. Did you know that if they give 7.5 percent of their protits 11..............
to charity? That's a lot more than most companies. The tour was a great fun, 12...............
we got to try lots of ice cream and in the gift shop, I bought a really tunny 13...............
T-shirt with a cow printed on it. If you will ever get the chance to go 14..............
to Vermont, I can be thoroughly recoiĩimend Ben and Jerry's ice cream tactory. 15...............

11. ST E P S TO IN N E R PEACE
You tell m e that you are under a lot of stress lately and I think I 0..............
can help you. S in ce a few m onths ago, I started to get nervous 00. ..s/nce...
at work, and things b egan to worry m e that hadn’t betore. At 1.................
night, I w a s Tinding it out very difficult to go to sleep . W hen I 2.................
Tinally got to sle e p , I would have w ake up in the middle of the 3..................
night. S o, I decid ed it I n eed ed to do som ething about it and I 4..................
took up meditation. I discovered it w a s very much good for m e, 5.................
and now I am more calm er and happier. Meditation is very 6.................
sim ple, all you do is sit quietly and let for your mind fill with 7.................
pleasant thoughts. This clears your head and helps you to get 8.................

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rid of stress. If you find it difficult can to sit still, you may com bine 9................
meditation with ex e rc ise such a s the vvalking, or svvimming. The 10..............
m ost difficult part of meditation is the need to concentrate on 11..............
positive thoughts b e c a u se of your mind will want to keep going 12..............
back to the things that are vvorrying over you at that m om ent. 13..............
Experts recom m end them an average of tvventy m inutes in 14..............
the morning and evening, but I only do it three or four tim es on 15..............
a w eek, vvhich is enough.

12. A D ISA PPO IN T IN G MEAL

Have you ever complained ỉn a restaurant? I never thought I vvould, ^

but last week I ended up doing just that. It was one my best friend’s .....o/ie
birthday, so I had booked for a table at a new restaurant that has ^...............
just opened in the City centre. But when there we arrived, exactly 2 ...............
on the time, they told me that there was no record of my booking and 2.................
we would have to wait for a table to become free. I suspected that ^ .................
they had given our table to somebody else, but I didn’t say about ^...............
anything. Then we were kept vvaiting for an hour long vvithout an apology, ®
although they did take it our order. We both chose Soup as a starter and ^.................
my triend ordered a well-done steak as a main course. I thought that ®
I would be a bit more than adventurous, hovvever, and decided to try ®................
something called Ossobuco, though I wasn’t quite sure what it was. To .............
cut a long story up short, the Soup was almost cold, my friend’s steak ^^.............
was uncooked in the middle and my Ossobuco turned out like to be a .............
plate of bone in a very acidic sauce. So, we called the manager and said .............
we would not pay because the meal which had been substandard. But in .............
the end we paid because we had eaten ít all, but I won’t be going to
there again!

13. SIN G IN G IS GOOD FOR YOU

You se e m surprised to hear that I am teaching all my pupils 0 .......
how to sing. I am convinced that anyone who he can hear, can 0 0 ...... h e
sing. And everyon e can sing better than they do think they can. 1...............
Singing can be have a very good effect on our lives and singing 2 ..............
from a very early a g e is the b est way for to develop the ear. 3 ................
It is more important to learn to sing than to play on e an instrument. 4 ..............
What w e need to do is how help children to discover the joys 5 ...............
of singing. Hovvever, many people are discouraged from the 6 ...............
singing early in life. It is com m on to hear adults sa y they felt 7 ...............
terrible w hen they w ere not been se le c te d for the school choir. 8 ...............
Untortunately, adults who they have suttered that kind of 9 ..............
treatment, do not burst into son g spontaneously or sing invented 1 0 ............

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so n g s to their children. But research shows that the children who most 1 1 ............
sing happily w hen they are five, are th ose w h o se m others have 1 2 ...........
sung to them at an early a ge. Maybe now you will have be able 1 3 ..........
to understand why I am determ ined to that my young pupils should 1 4 ..........
sing. And, by the way, singing k eep s your vocal cords youthíul 1 5 ..........
a s well!

14. RECYCLED JU N K
I saw the most incredible thing yesterday, a boat made entirely out 0 ........... ỵ ...
of bits of som e rubbish. And that’s not all; it had just sailed all the 00. s o m e
way across the Atlantic Ocean! Four people made up the voyage 1.............
from the USA to Ireland vvhich took them for sixty-three days. To 2 .................
make the boat, which has a diesel engine as well as three of sails, 3...................
they collected wood, netting and plastic from the rivers and streets of 4 ..................
New York. Although the boat sounds like very simple, it is actually 5 .................
quite large one with three cabins, an electricity generator, radar and 6 .................
the latest electronic navigation System. It is the plastic in which keeps 7.................
the boat aíloat and it is even able to right itselt if it is blown over in a 8 .............
storm. None of the crew has been any tormal sea training, and they 9 .............
thought they would get to the Prance in about thirty days. But they were 10..............
delayed by a series of disasters which including storms, very large 11...............
waves and ỉcebergs. They were beginning to run out of food and 12...............
decided to break their journey in Ireland so that they c6uld pick them 13...............
up supplies. The captain of the boat said that sailing the boat had 14................
made of recycled material is represented a dream come true for him. 15................

15. A C H A N C E TO W ORK IN T E L E V ISIO N

Do you remember how unhappy I was in my job and that I 0............ / ..
was looking for a change? Well, for a long some time I have 00. so m e.
had this idea that I would have like to work in television. I think 1.................
it is never much too late to start atresh, and I have a number of skills 2 ..............
that could be valuable. I know it is hard to be start such a career 3..............
when you are ỉn your late tvventies, but now an incredible 4 ..................
opportunity has come up. A company in my area it is trying to 5..................
attract people who have developed the office skills, but who have 6 .................
alvvays been interested in vvorking in TV. They think such a people 7 .................
will be valuable because of they will have learned management 8 .................
skills and teamvvork skills, things that are more hard to pick up 9..................
when you are following a TV career very early on. If my 10................
application is successtul, I would initially work such as a researcher 11..............
for a wide range enough of TV programmes And this may be only the 12..............
tĩrst stage because I could become a producer vvithin a couple of years. 13..............

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Besides, I think it will be a very nice environment which to work 14...............
in. ril let you to know next week if I get invited for an intervievv. 15...............

16. P E N G U IN W E D D IN G
My triend Tanya has alvvays been mad about penguins. It all started 0 .......... ✓
when she was a child and her íather gave to her a book full of 00........ to
photographs and tascinating of intormation about the black and white 1..............
seabirds. Did you know so, for example, that penguins live in hot 2 ...............
countries as well as they at the South Pole? Anyvvay, Tanya became 3...............
very fond of penguins and, over the years, built up a large collection 4 ...............
of books, pictures and fluffý such penguin toys Tanya is now twenty-four 5...............
years old and last year her boyíriend, Dominic, asked her if to marry him. 6 ...............
Tanya wasn’t sure what to should do and needed time to think, 7...............
but she didn’t want to turn Dominic down completely. So Tanya 8...............
said that she would marry him, but only if the ceremony could took 9...............
place in a penguin colony. She thought this vvould take him a 10..............
long time for to organise. But, unknovvn to Tanya, Dominic had 11..............
just won in a competition and the first prize was two free airline 12..............
tickets to go anyvvhere in the world. Tanya and Dominic got 13.............
married themselves last Spring and all the guests wore black and 14..............
vvhite suits. Yes, youVe guessed at it, they got married on a beach 15..............
and the guests were all penguins!

17. c A U G H T A T L A ST
As I know that you alvvays like to read the crime stories, I am going to 0 ..... the
tell you a real life story, something that happened in my town a few 00........
vveeks ago. Rosa Bell, a respectable-looking like lady in her mid-fifties, 1...............
was arrested at the Portrait Gallery for have steallng a valuable 2 .............
paỉntỉng. She had hidden the painting, which it was apparently very 3...............
small, ỉn a large handbag, and was attempting to leave off the gallery, 4 ..............
when two plain-clothes policemen stopped her and searched her bag. 5.............
By now you must be vvondering at why I am telling you this story, which 6 ...............
does not seem very interesting so far. Well, let me to continue. The 7...............
police had no any idea at the time that this was the sam e person who 8.............
had robbed a number of banks in the early 1970s. But it soon became 9 ...............
clear that they had been tinally caught one of the most vvanted bank 10............
robbers in the country, She had alvvays managed to fool the police 11...........
because she kept moving from one town to then another and changing 12............
her of name and physical appearance. She had not only robbed banks 13............
in the 70s, but had also taken out large loans and never repaid her debts, 14...........
so a number of companies they had taken legal actỉon against her. 15...........

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18. ONE JOKE TOO MANY
My boytriend Peter is a real joker. He is alvvays playing tricks 0 ✓
on me and usually I find them funny, if a bit much annoying. But his 00. m u c h
most recent trick involved so many of other people and made 1..................
me look so silly that I don’t know if ril ever be able to torgive 2 ...................
him. Last month, I w as lucky enough to reach up the tinals of a 3 ...................
karaoke competition. Then a few more days later, I received a letter 4 ..................
from a big television company, saying that one of their staff it had 5 ..................
seen me pertorm and that they vvanted me to appear on a future 6 ...................
television show. I w as so thrilled that I rang to all my ừiends with 7 ...................
the news. Pete didn’t seem very interested in, hovvever, and although 8 ..................
I thought this w as strange, I imagined he w as just shocked, a s what 9 ..................
I was, or possibly even jealous, Then I noticed an identical copy of 10................
the letter sitting on the back Seat of his car and when I realised that 11................
Pete had actually typed the letter himselt and it w as all from a joke! 12................
What kind a fool I had been! The letter w asn’t even vvritten on 13...............
company notepaper. And then, of course, I had for to ring all my 14................
triends back and tell them the truth, which w as really embarrassing. 15................

19. LOVE GOD

He has sold out 20 million records. His last album outsold U2 0....... o u t
and he has sung duets with Tina Turner. But the English speaking 00..... ỵ
world doesn’t seem to be much avvare of Bros Ramazzotti. 1.................
The lovingly named Bros, a íormer tootballer whose tours 2 .................
sellout in stadiums across Europe, he has come up 3.................
against a small problem with his native mother tongue. 4 .................
The Italian may be the language of love, but apparently it has 5..................
a bigger appeal in the opera house than in the record store has. Bros, 6 ..................
though, is determined not to go down the same way as Julio Inglesias, 7 .................
lisping his way svveetly around vovvels and consonants not designed 8 ..................
for his Southern European lips. He will still continue to sing in Italian. 9 ..................
Bros is tully booked to play London’s VVembley Arena on 11 November. 10...............
He can be certain that there will be there at least some members 11................
in the crowd able to sing along to all the chorus. London 12................
based tootballers Roberto di Matteo and Gianluca Vialli are big fans. 13................
Who knows that, maybe some of Eros’s lyrics, vvhich his fans claim are 14................
vvorthy of a poet, will fĩnd themselves their way onto the terraces. 15...............

20. AN UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT

We had just arrived in a village on the way to meet some íriends 0.......... ỵ
who we were going hiking with when we had had a flat tyre. We got 00. h a d
out of the car and walked tovvards a shop so that we could have 1.................
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ask if there was a someone who could change the flat tyre. The 2 ............
shop-owner agreed that to help us by sending a boy to tetch a 3 ............
man to look at the tyre. He explained that it would cost a lot of 4 ............
money because the materials for doing such jobs were expensive 5...........
and difficult to get them. All we could do was to sit around and 6 ............
wait for the job to be done. While we were vvaiting we decided to 7 ............
spend some time playing a game of our íootball. Hovvever, as it was 8 ...........
the middle of summer it soon became so hot that we had to stop. 9 ............
We sat on some chairs and ordered a cold drink and had looked 10..........
at the view. When the man tĩnally he came, we asked him to 11..........
tinish quỉckly because we were in a hurry to meet our triends. Even 12..........
though he vvorked quickly it still took a few of hours for him 13.........
to be tinish. We could only hope that our triends had not set off 14..........
vvithout us. We would have to drive quickly to make it up for lost time. 15..........

21. S T U D Y IN G A B R O A D
There are two reasons why I had wanted to study in Paris. I vvanted 0 ....... y
to be in a place vvhich it was at the centre of Europe, close to it 00......ií
other countries such as England and Germany. The other reason 1..............
was that I had been tound it very difficult to find a place to 2 ...............
study of medicine in my own country, vvhere there were only 3 ...............
three medical schools. I had spent my last two school years at a 4 ..............
boarding school, vvhere I was made a lot of triends and learned 5 ..............
to look after myselt. I was nineteen when I just left and I knew 6 ...............
that I could deal with a student life. Pirst of all, \ had to learn 7 ...............
the language of the country I vvould be living in there for quite 8 ..............
a while. I learnt with the language quickly because I stayed 9 ..............
with a tamily, vvhich was a great deal help. I was expected to 10............
speak only their language and not mine, Atter that, I looked around 11............
for an apartment to rent. I tound one very close to the university 12.............
so I went on the foot every day. I was able to exercise a lot and 13.............
thereíore be fit all year round. My studies went very much well 14.............
and I graduated at the top of the class with full honours. 15.............

22. O N TO E V E R E S T
After four years of backbreaking traỉning and also preparation, 0 ....... a/so
the Singapore Mt Everest Expedition Team is ready to mount the 00.......y
summit of the world’s most highest peak in the next few weeks. 1.................
In 1953, the Sir John Hunt expedition has put two climbers on the 2 ..................
summit. But on this expedition, they mounted the summit through 3..................
the South Col route. The Singapore team will attempt to 4 ..................
retrace the exactly same route as they begin their ascent. 5..................

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T h e id e a is to c lim b E v e re s t w a s fĩrst b ro u g h t up in 1 9 9 0 . 6 ....................
T h e S in g a p o re M o u n ta in e e rin g P e d e ra tio n , w a s b ein g e s ta b lis h e d 7 ....................
in 1 9 9 3 a n d a p e rm it fo r th e c lim b w a s tin a lly g iv e n in M a y 1 9 9 4 . 8 .....................
T h e S in g a p o re E v e re s t te a m , vvhich c o m p ris e s o f e ig h t 9 .....................
c lim b e rs a n d a s u p p o rt te a m , left fo r K a tm a n d u in e a rly 1 0 ...................
M a rc h . a re la tiv e ly v e ry y o u n g te a m w ith th e a v e ra g e a g e o f 1 1 ..................
m e m b e rs b ein g a t a b o u t 3 0 y e a rs old a n d w h o s e m e m b e rs 1 2 ..................
c o m e fro m all th e w a lk s o f llfe. T h e jo u rn e y will b e g ru ellỉn g 1 3 ...................
a n d m e m b e rs a re tully a w a r e o f th a t th e y m a y not s u c c e e d , 1 4 ...................
o r m o re w o rs e , s u rv iv e . O u r h o p e s a n d p ra y e rs w ill fo llo w th e m . 1 5 ..................

23. FL O O D A N D D R O U G H T
lf th e e x p e rts c o u ld n o t a g r e e on it th e re a s o n fo r th e w o rs t 0 ........... it ......
tlo o d s o f th e c e n tu ry in n o rth e rn E u ro p e , th e y a re no vviser 0 0 ........ ỵ .....
a b o u t th e d ro u g h t w h ic h it is ta k in g p la c e in th e South. T h e 1 ....................
p e o p le a re loo kin g fo rw a rd a t th e sky fo r th e rain c lo u d s w h ic h 2 ....................
n e v e r c o m e . A lot o f p e o p le th in k it m ig h t b e su ch a g o o d id e a if 3 ......................
th e p la n e s d o n o t fly o v e r th e ir a r e a s so th e y d o n ot trig h ten o f 4 .....................
th e c lo u d s a w a y . In s o m e a re a s th e d ro u g h t th a t h a s b e e n goin g 5 ....................
on fo r fĩv e long y e a rs . Svvim m ing p oo ls in re s o rt a re a s lie e m p ty 6 ....................
b e c a u s e o f re s id e n ts h a v e to p ut up w ith d a ily vvater cu ts up 7 ......................
to 16 h o u rs. O n th e o th e r h a n d , in th e n o rth ern p a rt o f E u ro p e , 8 ......................
th o u s a n d s o f re s id e n ts h a v e b e e n left vvithout s o m e h o m e s a n d 9 ......................
h a v e h a d to s ta y in o th e r p e o p le ’s h o m e s . M a n y ía rm e rs h a v e lost a 1 0 ..................
lot o f m o n e y b e c a u s e th e ir c ro p s vvhich w e r e d e s tro y e d a n d co uld 1 1 ..................
not b e sold A lth o u g h s o m e ta rm e rs tried to g e t b a c k to th e ir 1 2 ...................
ta rm s th e y w e r e n o t allovved to by th e p o lice. B e s id e s fro m th e 1 3 ..................
b e a u tiíu l flo w e rs , fruit a n d v e g e ta b le s w e r e a ls o so b a d ly hít th a t 1 4 ..................
nothin g co u ld h a v e b e s a v e d . E v e ry o n e in both th e n o rth ern an d 1 5 ..................
S ou th ern p a rt o f th e c o n tin e n t will b e re lie v e d w h e n it is all o ve r.

24. E -T IC K E T
T h e id e a o f tic k e tle s s tra v e l h a s b e e n a ro u n d us fo r a long tim e . 0 ........... u s .

E re q u e n t tly e rs , e s p e c ia lly th o s e c le v e r e n o u g h to b e a b le to tra v e l 0 0 .........ỵ

w ith th e h a n d -lu g g a g e o nly, h a v e b e e n loo kin g fo n « a rd to th e e ra 1 .................
o f th e E (fo r E le c tro n ic ) tic k e t th a t it re p la c e s m e s s y p ie c e s 2 .................
bits o f p a p e r w ith a svvipe o f a c re d it c ard a n d a to u ch o f a 3 ...................
s c re e n . N o w th e tim e h a s c o m e . A b e r d e e n a irp o rt w a s th e o nly 4 ..................
first British A in « a y s b a s e to u s e o f th e n e w e le c tro n ic tick e tin g 5 .................
S ystem , c lo s e ly b e fo llo w e d by o th e r U K airp o rts. B A h a s 6 .................
n o w b e e n in s ta lle d IB M d e v e lo p e d e le c tro n ic ticketin g kio sks 7 ...................
a c ro s s its e n tire d o m e s tic netvvork. A lre a d y o n e tra v e lle r in te n 8 ...................

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is using E-tickets to travel on BA domestic tlights. Customers 9 ....
with hand baggage who can book over the phone and check 10 .....
in at a kiosk, using a BA Executive Club card for identitication. 11...............
The traveller may only needs to touch the screen to contirm or change 12..............
their Seat betore being issued a boarding card. On someday 13 .....
travellers can also check in for the return tlight. It’s not 14 .....
as totally hassle-free yet, but it's pretty close. 15 .....

25. R A C E A G A IN S T TIM E
Soon a rather low sound was being heard and the float plane 0. b e in g
appeared, ílying towards us. It landed gently on the lake, turned 00 .............. ỵ .........
and then came slovvly up along the landing stage. We loaded 1 ...............
equipment while Jim was been talking with the pilot, vvanting 2 .................
to know how about the vveather was ahead of us. The pilot said 3 .....
that the conditions in the valley were all right at the moment for 4 .....
landing and taking it off, but that the vveather was rapidly 5 .....
getting more worse and we would have to get away as quickly as 6 ....
possible. We all worked silently for quite a while, because of we 7 ......
did not want to waste time. Pinally the plane was being ready. 8 ....
Jim he also boarded it so that there was one less person to take 9 ......
on the next trip. The plane moved over the surtace of the water 10 .....
and rose into the air. The plane came back on the tlme and ít was 11..............
Chris’ turn to go, with the rest of the film gear. Unless the plane 12..............
was not back in time, we vvould be in trouble. The clouds 13 .....
were getting so thicker and blacker. We began to be anxious 14 .....
about our saíety and whether the plane would be back to pick us up. 15 .....

26. S P A C E : F A R O U T FO O D
The world may not need another recipe book, 0 ......... ỵ ....
but th a t’s not to say there isn ’t no room for 00 .............. n o
one on other planets. Scientists at New York’s 1 ...............
Cornell U niversity are being developing 100 recipes 2.................
for astronauts dining on the Moon or the Mars. 3 .....
The recipes which will be based on íresh produce that 4 .....
can be grown up inside sealed greenhouses 5 .....
(also under the developm ent at Cornell). These 6 ....
bio-regenerative life-support Systems will grow 7 ......
crops such as the soya, rice, tofu, carrots and 8 ....
basil, and will also support plants and algae 9 .....
that can be recycle bodily w astes inside 10 .....
the so sealed ecosystem . These new recipes 11..............
will surely make up life on other planets 12..............

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e a sie r sin c e a s tr o n a u ts w ill no a n y lo n g er 13..............
h a v e to w o rry a b o u t th o ir d aily d ie ts. 14..............
T h is still r e m a in s a n v e ry op en m a rk e t! 15...............

27. A D R EA M
As I am a u n iv e r s ity s tu d e n t I s tu d y h a r d a n d e a c h n ig h t w h e n 0 ...... ỵ
I w ill íĩn is h m y s tu d ie s I p u t aw ay m y boo k s a n d p u t o n oó.... will
m y tr a in in g sh o es. M y s is te r, w ho lives in a n o th e r to w n , sh e 1................
b r o u g h t th e m b a c k m y tr a in in g sh o e s fro m E u ro p e a s a b ir th d a y 2 ................
p re s e n t. T h e y a re j u s t r ig h t fo r jo g g in g a ro u n d th e tra c k . 3................
A fte r jo g g in g for th e f ir s t la p I p u s h m y se lf so h a r d e r 4 .................
a n d h a r d e r fo r th e seco n d lap . M y r u n n in g sty le soon b eco m es 5 .................
c o m fo rta b le a n d e ffectiv e fo r th e r e s t o f th e w h o le w ay. I 6................
hope t h a t to im p ro v e m y sty le so t h a t I do n o t feel a n y 7 ................
tig h tn e s s in th e leg m u sc le s. I a m re a lly lo o k in g fo rw a rd m u c h 8...............
to ta k in g p a r t in m y íĩr s t U n iv e rs ity G a m e s w h e re I w ill b e 9 ...............
r e p r e s e n tin g m y y e a r. I f all goes w ell th e n I c a n e x p e ct to 10.............
ach iev e a t a good tim e w h ic h w ill h e lp m e to b e c h o sen fo r th e 11.............
O lym pic G am es. I t w ill b e a m o m e n t full o f e x c ite m e n t fee lin g s 12.............
fo r m e. I p la n o n to c o n tin u e m y s tu d ie s a s w ell as m y tr a in in g 13..............
u n til m y d re a m is b e in g achieved. M y fre e tim e w ill b e lim ite d 14.............
b u t it w ill b e w o r th it in th e en d . 15.............

28. A E R IC A N M O D E L S
Talent scouts are looking for the next generation of supermodels have 0.....are
realised Africa's potential. Lyndsey Mclntyre, a íormer model herselt, recently 00 ỵ
opened one agency's first Aírican ottice. “Atrican women are being graceíul 1...............
and serene" she says, “These qualities could to make them do very well in 2.............
this business." Hovvever, spotting supermodels is rarely easy, as well Mclntyre 3.............
discovered when she visited the Orma tribe of remote north-eastern Kenya, 4.............
whose the women are reported to be especially striking. “The tribal leaders 5..............
were a bit suspicious and I wasn’t allovved to be meet many of their girls," 6..............
she explains. Another problem is that reports aren't always reliable. Mclntyre 7.............
discovered this when one of village’s “most beautitul girls" turned out to be 8.............
its heaviest ones, She had to explain that VVestern advertisers preíer to 9.............
far slimmer women. The Orma are not alone in believing fat it is beautiíul. 10............
In a recent Africa-wide beauty contest, all the Ugandan contestants were 11............
disqualitied for being a little much too large around the hips. “I don’t understand 12............
why the tashion industry's obsession with small hips," said one judge tor the 13............
contest. “But because we want the girls to succeed in and to see Atrican 14............
models vvorking internationally, we give the industry what it wants." 15............

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29. HOLIDAY D E ST IN A T IO N S FOR VEGETARIANS
Thanks to cheap air travel, for so many people the world has 0.....so
grovvn signiíicantly smaller over the last decade, but to vegetarians the 00.... y
planet can still seem like írustratingly limited. For the millions of us 1......
who don't eat meat, getting the right food while on the holiday can 2.......
be a key íactor when choosing which our destination. On countless 3.......
trips abroad, after looking round at delighttul cities such as Seville or 4.........
Prague, Ihave been obliged to eat omelette and chips for dinner as 5........
no any other vegetarian dishes were available. Some years ago Iwas 6..........
looking fonward to my first visit to Cuba when some vegetarian triends 7.........
returned from there. They had really liked the country but told to 8........
me to expect two weeks of nothing but rice and beans. As a result, 9..........
Ihave cancelled my booking. Since then, countries with a meat-based 10.......
food culture have been off my travel menu. Why pay for to go hungry? 11.......
On the other hand, food can also be encourage people to visit 12.........
certain places. India is a íascinating country, and the fact that ninety 13.......
per cent of menus are vegetarian adds up to its attraction. Offering 14........
a such wide range of delicious non-meat dishes, Italy is another 15........
holiday destination vvhere vegetarians can feel at home.

30. THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERS

We can tend to think of poverty as the main cause of violent crime, 0. can
Hovvever, research from both sides of the Atlantic shows that íathers 00. y
may be the most important íactor in preventing to children from turning 1......
over to crime. In the United States, children from better-off íamilies were 2.........
compared with ones who from íamilies with lower incomes. Children from 3.........
both groups that lived with their íathers also committed the same number 4.........
of crimes. In the United Kingdom, a study was carried out of comparing 5......
a group of boys who had never been accused of not any crimes with 6.........
another group were living in a detention centre after committing crimes 7..........
such as assault and stealing vehicles. All the boys had difficulties at 8..........
the school and came from large íamilies that didn’t earn a lot of money. 9.........
The biggest ditíerence betvveen from the groups was that fifty-five 10.....
per cent of the 'good boys’ lived with their tathers, while only four 11.........
per cent of the ‘bad boys’ did it. Eighty per cent of the well-behaved 12......
boys said how they felt close to their íathers even if they didn’t live 13........
in the same house. It seems that by having a tather who takes an 14.........
interest in his children encourages youngsters not to break the law. 15.......

31. DISCOVERY OF ST A IN L E SS STEEL

Stainless Steel was discovered by an accident in 1913 by the British 0. an
metallurgist Harry Brearley. He was experimenting with Steel alloys - 00. y

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combinations of metals - that they would be suitable for making gun 1......
barrels. A few months later he had noticed that most of his rejected 2......
specimens had rusted although one was containing 14 per cent 3 ..........
chromium had not. The discovery led to the development of stainless 4 ..........
Steel. Ordinary Steel goes rusts because it reacts easily with oxygen in 5 ..........
the air to produce crumbly red oxides. other metals, such as aluminium, 6 ....................
nickel and chromium, also react in a much the same way but their oxides 7...
form an impermeable suríace layer, stopping oxygen to reacting with the 8 ....

metal underneath. With Brearley’s Steel, the chromium tormed such as

9....
a film, protecting the metal from turther attack, and the whole success of
10.
stainless Steel is based well on the fact that it has this one unique
11.
advantage. In fact, a variety of stainless steels are now made. One
of the commonest contains of 18 per cent chromium and 8 per cent
12.
nickel and is used for kitchen sinks. Kitchen knives are made of Steel 13.
containing about 13 per cent chromium. A very more corrosion-resistant 14.
alloy is achieved by adding up an incredibly small amount of the metal 15.
molybdenum - th e s e steels are used as cladding for buildings.

32. WANTED
“VVanted” ran a small ad in The Times. “Assistant for the íamous cookery 0 ..........the
vvriter. Three-month contract - £400." The ad was ansvvered by a young 00... /
woman, recently widowed and with a small baby, desperate for work 1 .
of any kind. The hours were long and £400 seem ed very little for three 2.........
months of employment. But she was absolutely desperate and she got 3 .
the job. It proved harder than she had been anticipated, as the íamous 4 .
vvriter proved as tyrannical, ungrateíul and a slave driver. The first week 5 .
of helping to him was almost more than the young woman felt she could
6 .
stand. Only did the thought of the bread that she was putting in her
7 .
baby’s mouth prevented her leaving from the job. At the end of the tirst
8 .
week, she was given a lift at home by the cookery writer’s secretary. On
the way she contided how desperately she had needed the job and
9 .
10 .
admitted just how vvelcome even the miserable £400 was mentioned in
the advertisement would be. The secretary gave her such an odd look 11.......
that the young woman asked what it the matter was. “I don’t think you 12.......
quite understand," ansvvered the secretary. “It’s you who has to pay 13 .
for him £400." At first the young vvoman was silent. She was temporarily 14 .
lost for some words, but then she began to laugh, and she laughed until 15 .
the tears poured down her cheeks. 16 .

33. MY AVOURTE FILM

l’m really a keen on going to the cinema, so IVe got lots of íavourite 1............
tilms. But the best one as l’ve seen lately is called Pressure. In some 2 .................
ways, I suppose that you could regard it as a detective film but it’s 3 .
different from most films of that one kind because the characters are 4 .
they such unusual people. The detective in it, for example, is a Computer 5 .

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expert who solves crimes on her Computer using iníormation given to 6.
her by her assistants, who go out and intervievv to people. The case in 7.
the film concerns about the wife of a millionaire, who has gone missing. 8.

Sometimes the plot gets a bit complicated but it isn’t too hard to keep 9.
up with it. There are a lot of strange characters in it, such as a man 10 ,
who always wears two hats on. and some of the scen es really made me 11 .
laugh. Also, there is a big surprise at the end but I won’t say you what 12 .
that is in the case you go to se e it. It’s very well acted and I also like 13.
the music in it. But what do I really like most about the film is that 14. .
it’s so original - l’ve certainly ever seen another film quite like that. 15.

34. IS THERE TOO MUCH MONEY IN SPORT?

It is certainly true that in recent times money has become so more and 1,
more important in sport. I think that in some ways this is not a good 2.
thing. People seem to be Involved themselves in some sports just to 3.
make money and not because of they really care about the sport. For 4.
example, some íootballers get being paid an enormous amount of money 5.
but sometimes they don’t seem to care about the team they are playing 6.
for, vvhich this makes the fans very angry. And sometimes it looks as if 7.
some sports are run so that television companies, the people who own 8.
clubs and the companies that provide sponsorship can make a big protit; 9.
the public who watch these sports don't seem like to matter at all. On 10 .
the other hand, you could say that in these days sport has become a 11 .
global business, and so it is not surprising that money plays such an 12 .
important part in it. Also, it could right be argued that the top players 13.
are so tamous and be under so much pressure both from fans and the 14.
media that they deserve for the enormous amounts of money they earn. 15.

35. THE MOTOR CAR

Many of the developments of the 20th century have changed the way 1.
we live enormously, but a few of them have had the impact of the 2
motor car. In the most parts of today’s world, it is very difficult for 3.
most of people to imagine lỉfe wỉthout it - getting to work, goỉng on 4.
holiday, visiting tamily and triends would not be possible for a lot of 5.
people. Some of tamilies have more than one car. Hovvever, despite all 6.
of the advantages the car gives us, it also has a several disadvantages. 7.
In lots of cities there is so much congestion that none of the traffic 8.
can move during the busiest periods. And much of the pollution that 9.
affects many places is caused by the motor car. Many of people think that 10 .
motorists should give a little bít of thought to these problems and 11 .
make a little effort to resolve them, perhaps by using their cars less. 12 .
With a bít of co-operation, progress could be made, they say. 13.

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36. SHAKESPEARE
Among all of vvriters in history, Shakespeare is perhaps the most 1. ...
well-known. Many of the plays he vvrote are still períormed regularly 2. ..
in many of countries in the vvorld. Over the years there has been a 3. ...
lot of disagreement among scholars and experts about the meanings 4. ...
of Shakespeare’s plays; some of the books about him even suggest 5. ..
that he didn’t really vvrite all the plays that have his name. There has 6. ..
been a lot of research into his life and work but few of the theories 7. ..
about him can be proved. A few people have even said that Shakespeare 8.
was really a vvoman but there is little of support for this theory! 9. ..
Many visitors go to Shakespeare’s birthplace in strattord in England 10. ..
and a lot of them go to se e a play at the Royal Shakespeare Theater there. 11. ..
A few of tourists find it diffĩcult to understand the play because the 12. ..
language is old. Because they don’t understand much it they either 13
leave after a short time or are asleep all the evening! Hovvever, 14. ..
with a little of ettort it is possible to enjoy the plays even if don’t 15. ..
have much of knowledge about them. The productions are alvvays 16. .
entertaining and few of people have dittìculty in following what is 17, ..
happening.

37. E O R T H C O M IN G E V E N T S
There are a number of interesting events Corning up in this City. Tomorrovv 1...
evening the Central Orchestra it will be giving a períormance at the Town 2. ..
Hall - their concert last year that was very well received. For fans of another 3.
kind of music, it will be great to se e Tony Andrevvs appearing here again. 4. ..
Tickets for his show at the Apollo these went on sale yesterday and by 5...
the time the box office opened there were people queuing for miles! It will be 6. ..
interestỉng for Tony's fans to hear what his new material ỉs like and there will 7. ..
be five thousand of them at the show, so it should be a memorable occasion. 8. ..
Pinally, the Ramp Band will be appearing tonight at the Golden Club, lt’s 9..
great this that they’re still playing atter so many years together as a band. 10.

38. E L V IS P R E S L E Y
Although Elvis Presley was died In 1977, he is probably just as íamous 1............
today as he ever was, He became tamous in the 1950s, and he was the 2............
first rock 'n' roll star in the vvorld. He was vvorking as a truck driver 3............
when he had started singing and making recordings. Soon, his records 4 ...........
were extremely successíul and when his tirst appearances on television 5 ...........
caused a sensation because parents disapproved of the way that he 6............
danced vvhile he was singing. Teenagers all over the vvorld thought so 7............
that he was wonderful, as though, and rock ‘n’ roll soon became their 8 ...........

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íavouhte kind of the music. Next, Elvis spent two years in Germany in 9 ........
the u s Army, after vvhich he appeared in more than 30 tĩlms. In 1969, 10.
he started giving concerts again, at mostly in Las Vegas. His records 11.
and concerts now consisted of love songs quite more than rock ‘n’ roll. 12.
He lived for much time of his life in a huge house called Graceland, 13.
and since his death fans have continued to visit the house. To thenn, 14.
he is known as 'The King" - some even think he is still being alive! 15. .

39. ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Altred Hitchcock was an English director who he was best known for the 1. .
thrillers and horrortìlms that he made during his long career. In the 1930s 2.
he became very tamous in Britain where his most successtul films they were 3, ..
The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Lady Vanishes, which were both based on 4. .
novels. In 1940, he moved to the us, vvhere he had even more success there. 5,
Perhaps his best-known film is Psycho, which it is about a man who owns a 6, .
hotel and who he kills all his visiting guests. One scene in the film, 7. .
vvhich shows this man, whose name is Norman Bates, killing a woman in a 8.
shower, considered to be one of the most trightening scenes that has ever 9.
appeared in a film. Psycho, which he made it in 1963, is still regarded as 10.
one of the best films of its kind ever made. other íamous films which he 11.
directed include North by Northwest, which has a very íamous scene in a field 12.
of crops, where the main character is being chased by people in an aeroplane 13.
there, and The Birds, which is about people being attacked large groups of birds. 14.

40. SIG H TSEEIN G IN LONDON

Last vveekend all of the students in my class went on a trip to London 1.
to do some of sightseeing. We left very early in the morning so that 2.
we would be able to see as much places as possible. After getting off 3.
the coach somewhere which in the centre, the ílrst place that we visited 4.
it was Buckingham Palace. As everyone knows, that is the place vvhere 5.
the Queen lives in. Despite the fact that there were loads of tourists 6. .
taking photographs there, I enjoyed seeing this famous building. Next 7.
we went to the Houses of Parliament, vvhich is another one impressive 8.
place. Untortunately, visitors couldn’t go to inside that day. Aíter that, 9.
we saw Dovvning Street, where the Prime Minister’s house is. Then we 10.
sat and had our lunch in a very nice park at nearby. Then it was time 11.
to visit an art gallery called the Tate, and which had modern art in it. 12.
When we came out of there, our coach was waiting to take us back. I 13.
was tired hy then because London is a rather noisy place. But I want 14.
to go back - there are lots of other famous places for to see there. 15.

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3. of 6. to 9. at 12. ✓ 15. for

33 1. a 4. one 7. to 10. ✓ 13. the

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3. / 6. / 9. y 1 2 .you 15. ✓

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34 1. so 4. of 7. this 10. like 13. right
2 ỵ 5. being 8 / 11. in 14. be
3. themselves 6. ỵ 9. / 12. / 15. for

35 1. ✓ 4. of 7. a 10. of 13. ✓
2. a 5. ỵ 8 11. ✓ 14.
3. the 6. of 9. / 12 y 15.

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2. ✓ 5. 8. / 11. / 14. the 17. of
3. of 6. y 9. of 12. of 15. of

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2. it 4 ✓ 6. ✓ 8 y 10. this

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2. ✓ 5. when 8 as 11. at 14. ✓
3. ✓ 6. ✓ 9. the 12. quite 15. being

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2. ✓ 5. there 8 y 11. ✓ 14. there
3. they 6. it 9 ✓ 12. ✓

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2. of 5. it 8. One 11. at 14. ✓
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 PREPOSITIONS
Look at Appendix 5 and fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

1.
1. The factory owner is not in tho habit of fraternising with his \vorkers.
2. All the anim als in the forest íled from the ííre.
3. If you have a grievance against ____ thc company, pleaso lodge a formal
w ritten complaint.
4. My car is gu ara n tced against
______ rust for eight years.
5. The teacher told me to stop fidgeting ______ about and to sít still and
concentrate.
6. I was furious _with _ _ my s is t e r ______
about her always borrowing my clothes
w ithout my perm ission.
7. His g le e ______
at the new s of his success was a joy to see.
8. You m u stn ’t g r ie v e ______
over one trivial mistake.
9. He has a íix a tio n ______
on becom ing the best doctor in the world.
10. She does nothing but f r e t ______
about her being overxveight yet never tries to
diet.
11 . His h d e lity ______
to the íĩrm has won him great respect.
12 . He is always gloating about_ his m eteoric rise as an actor.
13. He is certainly good _ at m aths, if not much else.
14. Her sales m ethods have been criticised as being at odds with
company policy.
15. I found th e rin g in th e Street p u r e ly ______
by luck.
16. I didn’t go to see h im ______
for fear of catching his cold.
17. That house has been up ____ for sale for two years.
18. Come to the p a rty ,_____ by all means.
19. We rcgard this atrocity as an o ffen ce______ against hum anity.
20 . In all, I spent £500 on holiday.

2.
1. Surgeons operated __on her last night; her condition is said to be
satisfactory.
2. The teacher was deaf in _ N ick’s explanation of why he hadn’t done
his homework.
3. It was so cold in the tent that the children had to huddle up together to
keep warm.
4. She h a g g led ______
with the shopkeeper over the price o f the souvenir.
5. We still h a v e n ’t h e a r d ______ th e Insurance com pany about our claim .
6. Commuters found them selves faced ______ with a lengthy public transport
strike.
7. I’ve received an invitation to the annual nurses’ conference in Glasgow.

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8. Mr Sm ith is becom ing increasingly im patient ______ with this class as they
never pay attention.
9. Tm indebted ______ to my husband for his support in my new business
venture.
10. The Computer in the reception is in terior______ to the one in my offĩce.
11. off
He says h e’s teeling a b i t ______ colour today.
12. with regard to your requcst, m a rot th ere’s nothing I can do
I’m afraid ______
about it.
13. She w asn ’t allowed in the cinema because she w a s ______
under age.
14. The castaways were stran d ed ____ on an island for nearly a week.
15. He is a solicitor______by profession.
16. This coat was in a sale w hen I bought it so it was very cheap.
17. He is in___ arrears w ith his loan repayments.
18. on
I will lend you the m o n e y ______ condition that you pay it back w ithin
the month.
19. in season in May and June.
Strawberries are o n ly ______
20. in
He is an ex p e r t______ name only; he actually knows very little about the
subject.

3.
1. Terry McWoddle has been named as the new chairman of the
football club.
2. Several ílights were delayed and so the departure lounge was jam-packed
with angry travellers.
______
3. The harassed mother ju g g le d ______with four bags of shopping, a pushchair
and a dog in the middle of the busy high Street.
4. Many vegetarians argue that there is no justification for eating meat
in this day and age.
5. I’ve been asked to key this inform ation ____ in the Computer
immediately.
6. The businessm an insisted that he had no k n o w led g e______ of the m issing
currency.
7. for a traditional English Sunday lunch.
When I was abroad I lo n g ed ______
8. about while I’m always busy.
My husband’s always la z in g ______
9. The donkey climbed the steep track la d e n ______ with bags of oranges.
10 . of
Sarah is je a lo u s______ her sister because she is m uch more popular.
11 . out for a new job, but h asn ’t found anything yet.
She is lo o k in g ______
12 . No one is kinder to children than he is.
13. to
I think we should lim it this d iscu ssio n ______ the íacts.
14. on the H istory of Art at the university.
My uncle le c tu r e s______
15. by the way they dress.
You m u stn ’t judge p eo p le______
16. Their new baby is being n a m ed ______after his father.
17. by his side throughout the journey.
The man kept his c h ild ______

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18. H e’s not very clever academically but h e ’s good at D.I.Y.
on credit.
19. Margot prefers not to buy g o o d s______
20. He w ent to the m e e tin g ___
in disguise so as not to be recognised.

4.
1. up the jigsaw pieccs and the children did the puzzle again.
I m u d d led ______
2. I waved at a com plete stranger in the Street whom I m isto o k ______ for my
cousin.
3. Nobody likes Rick because h e’s so m e a n ______with money.
4. I asked the assistant which makc of hi-íĩ he recommended.
5. All the evidence m ilita ted against
______ a conclusion in our favour.
6. I was born in Britain but was n atu ralised ______ in Italy.
7. I’ve been asked to notify the personnel departm ent ______ of my new
address.
8. The doctor is not noted ______ for his tact when it com es to dealing with
patients.
9. The sw im m ing pool attendant was negligent ______ in his duties and the
little girl alm ost drowned.
10. There were a lot o f problems at the beginning of the school year, but
in the cnd everything was all right.
______
11 . He was so surprised hy the new s that he w a s ______ at a loss for words.
12 . Our teacher w a s ______
in a bad mood today; he sh o u ted _______everyone.
at
13 Try to get the p h otograph______ in focus this time.
14. on
They w e r e ______ the trail of the Yeti w hen the blizzard started.
15 In answer to your question, the m eeting will take place next Tuesday
_____
16. Railway engineers joined three additional carriages ______ to the train to
accommodate the extra passengers.
17. Classes have increased ______ in size since íalling levels of governm ent
funding have rcduced the number of teachers in tho school.
18. up w hen he was seventeen and h e ’s been in the army ever
He jo in e d ______
since.
19. Im p a tien t______
with her arrival, he kept running to the window every tim e
a car passed.
20 . The organisers tried to get everyone to j o in ______in the games.

5.
1. They spent the su m m er______
on a cruise travelling round the world.
2 We a r e ______
in íavour of abolishing experim ents on live animals.
3. When they got home, their house w a s ______
on íĩre.
4. at her b oss’s rcquest, she has worked overtim e nearly every day this
______
month.
5. They estim ated the candidates’ popularity______by m eans o f opinion polls.
6. at a guess, I’d say he vveighs about 70 kilos.
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7. Very short skirts worn with thick vvoollen tights a r e ______
in vogue at the
moment.
8. Sho was brought up ______ on a farm so she is used to living in the
countryside.
9. Paul has b e e n ______
on leave from work for the past m onth.
10 . on second thoughts, I don’t think I want to go to the concert.
___
11. Being new _ _to _ _ _ the neighbourhood, thoy were unable to íĩnd where
the greengrocer’s was.
12. T hat’s ty p ica l______
of Peter to refusc to help!
13. with my car; it kceps stalling.
Pm having tro u b le ______
14. Jenny is terrified with nying.
15. Our neighbours are very tolerant of the noise we make.
16. My father is lascinated w ith cars. In fact, h e’s in the garage tinkering
with the old Ford right now.
17. Tuck your s h ir t ______
in your trousers!
18. withtrout.
The river was te e m in g ______
19. She is so thirsty _for _ success that she would do an3dhing.
20. Ile triu m p h ed ___ over his com petitors hy ílooding the m arket place with
advertising.

6.
1. Mary was im patient for the Christmas holidays to arrive.
2 Their school building i s ___ ___ repair, so thcy are having lessons in the
under
old library.
3. She w a s ______on the point of leaving w hen the phone rang.
4. People were c h o se n __at__ random to try the ncw product.
In answer to your question, the m eeting will take place next Tuesday.
5. _____
6. D on’t be so im p a tie n t______ with Sue. S h e’s only 10 and doesn’t understand
things quickly.
7. ______
On no account m ust you open your book during the test.
8. Gill w asn ’t her usual cheerlul self today. She w a s ______ under the vveather.
On
9. ______ the whole, I think your work is quite satislactory.
10. As there was little tim e left, he outlined his p la n s______ in brief.
11 . Jam o o z e d ______
from the doughnut when she bit into it.
12 Ile is p rou d ______of his new sports car.
13. The driver was ob liv io u s____theto red light and w ent straight through it.
14. The schoolchildren were overburdened______ with homevvork.
15. My m other has an o b se ssio n ______ with cleanliness and is lorever doing the
housevvork.
16. The surgeon op erated ______ on the woman with the Iractured hip.
17. My brother is so mean that he hatcs to p a r t______ with a single penny!
18. The villagers left their homes in the valley and moved to higher grounds
as a p recau tion ______
againstílooding.
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19. The shop sen t me the co o k er___
on approval as I w asn ’t sure it was the
model I vvanted.
20. Ile has a p roclivity______
to being dishonest in business.

7.
1, We had to q u e u e __up before we could get into the cinema last night.
2. Ileavy rain resulted in___widespread Aooding.
3. I was rem in d ed ______
of my childhood w hen I heard that nursery rhyme.
4. Green vegetables are r íc h ______in vitam ins and minerals.
5. She is q u ic k ______
at doing m ental arithmetic.
6. Queen Victoria reigned ______ over Britain and Ireland for more than sixty
years.
7. The sight of the snake made him reco il______ in horror.
8. Ilis style of w riting is rem iniscent ______Thom
of as IIardy’s.
9. There has been a sharp rise in unem ploym ent this year.
10 Please k e e p ______
in touch after you ’ve gone back to America.
11. on credit.
As she didn’t have a lot of cash, she bought the frid g e______
12. on the outskirts of a large industrial town.
They liv e ______
13. ______
on average, English students study at university for three years.
14. Mike is not r e a lly ______
in tune with the rest of the group.
15. in lavour with the public at the moment.
The writer is very m u c h ______
16. What is on the agenda for today’s meeting?
17. on the one hand, h c’s a dependable worker, but he is also very slow.
18. in
Are y o u ______ the mood for a walk on the beach?
19. Jackie is h o p eless______
at m athem atics.
20. with her husband not to resign from his job.
Mrs H eath p lead ed ______

8.
for
1. He has an excellent lawyer a c tin g ____him and is bound to win the case.
2. The board o f directors is m ceting today to appoint a rep lacem en t______for
the retiring chairman.
3. He was very solicitous ______ about our comlort and made every effort to
ensure we had a pleasant journey.
4. W e’d better go out for dinner; the food we have in the house isn ’t
for the six of us.
su fficien t______
5. When the dam broke, a su r g e ______ of water rushed down the m ountain.
6. As soon as they m et Joe and Elizabeth were s m itte n ______with each other.
7. I can’t pay the electricity b ill______next
until week as money is short right now.
to
8. The manager was sym pathetic______their request for a non-smoking area.
9. Her colleagues intend to support h e r ______her fight against discrimination
in the workplace.
to
10. T hey’re bringing out a se q u e l______ this television series next summer.
on im pulse and bought my wife a large bunch o f ílowers.
11. I a c te d ______
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12. in ventriloquism .
IIe’s not only a comedian, but also an ex p e r t______
13. We agreed ______
with his plan and started m aking preparations immediately.
14. N one of us could a g r e e ______
on what to buy our teacher as a present.
15. Sam ’s views are often so outrageous that poople rarely a g r e e ______
with him.
16. The secretary’s a rg u m en t__with hor boss led to her being fired.
17. There are strong argum ents for __banning the use of aerosol sprays.
18. On our honeymoon we arg u ed _about _____everything; from the food to the
weather!
19. The explorer arrived ______ at the conclusion that ho was the ílrst person
to reach the ancient site.
20. You m ust show your passport as soon as you arrive in a new country.

9.
1. D on’t tell me you like his taste in__ clothes! He looks terrible!
2. Working ílex itim e has many ad van tages______ over regular vvorking hours.
3. This summer, ad m issio n ______
to m ost cinemas is double w hat it was last
year.
4. The custom er was very a n g ry __ at the assista n t’s casual attitude
towards him.
5. Young children are aw kw ard__at dancing as thcy can’t co-ordinate
their m ovem ents wcll.
6. Iler ad m ission ______
of guilt shockcd everyone; no one thought she was
capable of fraud.
7. My husband is so aw kw ard______ with a needle and thread that I have to sew
on all his shirt buttons myseir.
8. I was very a n g ry ______
at being woken up in the m iddle o f the night hy an
alarm bell.
9. My new Computer has the ad van tage______ of being more compact than
my old one.
10. The governm ent was a n x io u s______
about the inílux of relugees into the
country.
11. Our visa is v a lid ______
for One year and will subsequently need renevving.
12. She felt very uneasy about __ leaving the baby w ith Miriam for the
evening.
13. After suffering a major illness, he was very vu ln era b le______to minor
ailm ents such as colds.
14. to cloning but also a rg u ed _______
Ile didn’t ju st express his a v ersio n ______ against
it in a very persuasive way.
15. I can v o u c h ______
for Sandra’s integrity, so I recommend we include her in
our discussions.
16. The boys ran down to the garden and v a u lted ______over the fence at the
bottom.
17. Clara is unsvverving______in her determ ination to bccom e a lavvyer.
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18. While running to answer the telephone, I trip p ed ______over m y brother’s
brieícase.
with children and so is a very good teacher.
19. S h e’s p a tie n t______
20. The food at that restaurant was labelled “u n íìt for hum an
consum ption” by the environm ental health ofíĩcer.

10.
1. Pm very w a r y ______of riding that horse; it ’s been known to shy at trafflc.
2. at the sight of the cane in the headm aster’s
The schoolboy w in c e d ______
hand.
3. She y e a r n s ______
for a relaxing holiday in the sun.
4. You w on’t solve your problems hy w allow in g______ in selĩ-pity.
5. The student w restled ______ with the difficult m athem atics problem.
6. Wind and rain have w hittled a w a y ______ at the old stone wall for the past
three centuries.
7. at us to show that he w asn ’t being serious.
Ray w in k ed ______
8. After six m onths in the countryside, Alan has a y e n ______ for the bright
lights of the city.
9. The wom an y e lle d __at the boys w hen they ran through her garden.
10. She tried not to y ie ld ___to__ tem ptation and have another piece o f cake.
11. The spy had little choice _____ in the m atter but to destroy the microíĩlm.
12. There’s no point crying _about things you can’t change.
13. We had to c h o o s e ______ a hotel in Rome and a villa in Tuscany for our
last holiday. between
14. The restaurant m enu offered a ch o ice___ of trout, b eef or chicken.
15. M embership o f the society has decreased in ___num ber since last year.
16. The national debt has been decreased ___by £10 billion this year.
17. Do you m ean you still haven’t d ecided__ about your holiday yet?
18. She can’t d ecid e______ on w hat style of wedding dress to huy.
19. with the kitchen together.
If you clean the hall, w e’ll d e a l______
20. My uncle d e a ls ______
in antique furniture.

11 .
1. He doesn’t seem to be very h a p p y ______
with his new job; he always looks
rather worried and depressed these days.
2. As she handed over the gift, she said that she hoped we would be very
in our new home.
h ap p y______
3. It w ill be good ______ for Thomas to have a strict teacher; h e ’s never had
any discipline at home.
4. The dispute occurred because the manager is so hopeless with people;
he has absolutely no idea of how to handle his workforce.
5. of his unexpected promotion.
W e’ve ju st h e a r d ______

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6. Nervous about facing an interview panel, she h o sita tc d ______ at the door
and took a deep breath before entering the room.
7. A strong draught blew into the room through the g a p ______ under the door.
8. Ruth was a g e n iu s ______
in atm athem atics and was awarded a scholarship to
Cambridge w hen she was only ĩourteen years old.
of tho lake “Loch N ess” in Scotland?
9. Have you h ea rd ______
10. H e’s a genius ______
with a pencil and can capture a likeness in a few deft
strokes.
11. His new stereo System was expensive but it ’s guaranteed ______ for ílĩteen
years so it was worthwhile paying more.
12. My friend is worried because she h asn’t h ea rd ______
from her sister for days.
13. She has a real genius ______ for languages and has already m astered the
rudim ents of Greek!
14. There is a popular superstition which says that anyone who has a gap
betweentheir two front teeth will be lucky throughout their life.
15. She hesitated ___ ___ taking any action, hoping that there was no real
before
cause for alarm.
16. I can’t honestly say that I’m happy about your decision to em igrate to
France.
17. S h e’s very good ______
to anim als and takes food out to the stray dogs in
th e Street every m orning.
18. The new wonder watch from Seiko is guarantecd against any type of
breakage, including water damage and accident.
for
about
19. The baby was cry in g ____ _ its milk.
20. Having always been good at at maths, he decided to study it at university.

12
1.
.
Although we were all rather irritated hy the situation at the time, we
la u g h ed ______
about it afterwards.
2. Tom lectured his son _about _ _ _ the dangers of riding a motorcycle.
3. The summ er dress was lined ______ with hght cotton to make it less
transparent.
4. He was listening ____ to the radio w hen he heard the new s of the
earthquake.
5. I’m expecting an im portant call; could you listen for ___ the telephone
while I pop out to the shops?
6. He doesn’t have any savings and, since being made redundant, has been
liv in g ______
with his family.
7. The neighbours are very a n x io u s______
for their m issing daughter to phone
home.
8. Mark was saved from drowning by the heroic action o f his brother.
9. Since passing his accountancy exams, George has had his salary
increased by 10%.
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10. Susan’s q u e s t______
for a satisfying job was at last realised.
11. _____
To everyone’s astonishm ent, she arrived at the party in a Rolls Royce.
12. My cousin has a íla ir _____
for languages and can speak more than six.
13. You should not use aerosols because th ey’re h a r m íu l______________
to the
environm ent.
14. I’m sure th ere’s a j in x __________
on this dress. W henever I wear it I have a
terrible time.
15. I began to get im p a tien t_with
_ his continual lack of punctuality.

13.
1. Tom ’s absorption in___ his studies m eans he has no social life.
2. to
Eating too much fat and sugar is d etrim en tal______ your health.
3. The am ount of water absorbed by cotton wool is greater than that
______
of paper.
4. abouttheir new overdraít facilities.
The bank w rote to me to advise m e ______
5. If you need a d v ic e ______
about exam techniques, any o f our trained staff will
help you.
He cared ______
about the environm ent and gave an inspiring speech ______ on
the issue.
At the C hinese restaurant we sta rted ______
with spare ribs, then had chicken
Soup and coconut ice cream to finish.
8. The doctor advised us against
______ travelling to Egypt w ithout having the
proper inoculations ílrst.

14.
For questions 1-12 read the text below and think of the word vvhich best fits
each gap. Use only one word in each gap. In this exercise, each missing word
is a proposition. There is an example at the beginning (0).

G IF T OF TH E GAB
Chatting to babies in a particular way boosts their intelligence and gives
them a head start (0) ỉ n life, a new study has found. Speech and language
therapist Dr Sally Ward selected 140 nine-m onth-old children from
M anchester. She then ga ve 70 of the parents detailed advice (1) ______about the
with their child and left the other 70 without
best way to com m unicate ( 2 ) ______
guidance. The “com m unicating” parents were told to spend at least 30
without any background noise,
m inutes every day talking to their child, (3) ______
about subjects vvhich their infant might take an interest (4) ______ in . More
than six years later, and after regular checks had been kept ( 5 ) ______
on their
progress, the children had IQ tests. Those in the talking group were, (6)
______
on average, a year and three m onths ahead (7) _______ of the other group.
N ine children had IQs in the gifted category, whereas none in the non-
talking group was as bright.

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 In a separate study at the American Academy of Paediatrics, experts have
warned (8) ______
about the dangers of children under the age o f two vvatching
television. Research has shown that exposure to television is responsible (9)
______
for anything from delayed speech to A ttention D eíicit Hyperactivity
Disorder. The problem ( 1 0 ) ______
with television is that it confuses infants, who
block out the background noise Corning from it. They consequently learn to
ignore all noise, and this includes speech. Paediatric and language specialists
of
also disapprove (11) ______ radio, which has much the same effect (12)
______
on a child’s language development.

KEY TO PREPOSITIONS

1 1. with 5. about 9. on 13. at 17. for

2. from 6. with - about 10. about 14. at 18. by
3. againsưvvith 7. at 11. to 15. by 19. against
4.against 8. over 12. over/about 16. for 20. In

2 1. on 5. from 9. to 13. under 17. in

2. to 6. with 10. to 14. on 18. on
3. together 7. for/to 11. off 15. by 19. in
4. with 8. with 12. With 16. in 20. in

3 1. as 5. in/into 9. with 13. to 17. by

2. with 6. of 10. of 14. on 18. at
3. with 7. for 11. ouưaround 15. by 19. on
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3. with 7. of 11. at 15. In 19. for
4. of 8. for 12. in —at 16. to 20. in

5 1. on 5. by 9. on 13. with 17. in(to)

2. in 6. At 10. On 14. of 18. with
3. on 7. in 11. to 15. of 19. for
4. At 8. on 12. of 16. with 20. over

6 1. for 5. In 9. On 13. to 17. with

2 . under 6. with 10. in 14. with 18. agaínst
3. on 7. On 11. from 15. with 19. on
4. at 8. under 12. of 16. on 20. to

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7 1. up 5. at 9. in 13. On 17. On
2. in 6. over 10. in 14. in 18. in
3. of 7. with 11. on 15. in 19. at
4. in 8. of 12. on 16. on 20. with

8 1. for 5. of 9. in 13. to/with 17. for

2. for 6. with 10. to 14. on 18. about
3. about 7. until 11. on 15. with 19. at
4. for 8. to 12. at/in 16. with 20. in

9 1. in 5. at 9. of 13. to 17. in
2 over 6. of 10. about 14. to - against 18. over
3. to 7. with 11. for 15. for 19. with
4. at 8. at 12. about 16. over 20. for

10 1. of 5. with 9. at 13. between 17. about

2. at 6. at 10. to 14, of 18. on
3. for 7. at 11. in 15. in 19. with
4. in 8. for 12. about 16. by 20. in

11 1. with/in 5. of 9. of 13. for 17. to

2. in 6. at 10. with 14. betvveen 18. against
3. for 7. under 11. for 15. betore 19. for
4. with 8. at 12. from 16. about 20. at

12 1. about 4. to 7. for 10. for 13. to

2. about 5. for 8. from 11. to 14. on
3. with 6. with 9. by 12. for 15. with

13 l.in 3. by - of 5. about 7. with

2. to 4. of 6. about - on 8. against

14 1. about/on 3. vvithout 5. on 7. of 9. for 11. of

2. with 4, in 6. on 8. of/about 10. with 12. on

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 PHRASAL VERBS
1. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.

come about = happen

come across = find sth or m eet sb by ch an ce
come by = obtain sth
come down to = be p a sse d to sb
come forward = step forward
come in = b eco m e íashionable
come into = inherit
come on = progress
come out = (1) b eco m e knovvn, (2) be published
come out in = develop
come over = happen; have a result or effect on sb
come round to = ch an ge o n e ’s opinion to another point of view; be persuaded
come round/to = regain c o n sc io u sn e ss
come through = continue to live after (sth bad)
come to = am ount to a total
come up = grow
come up to = reach, equal sth
come up with = have an idea about a way to so lv e a problem

1. TheyV e c o m e __ our way of thinking at last.

2. He c a m e ______ a collection of valuable old coins in the attic.
3. How did you c o m e ______ this painting? It’s a Picasso, you know.
4. This diamond ring c a m e ______ me from my great-grandm other.
5. After she was hit on her head by the cricket ball, it took her several
m inutes to c o m e ______ .
6. How much did the superm arket bill co m e ______ this week?
7. Did the new play at the National Theatre c o m c ______ your
expectations?
8. Those tom ato seeds I planted in the spring haven’t c o m e ______ yet.
9. He c a m e ______ several thousand pounds w hen his grandĩather died.
10. The party w ent rather well. Everyone seem ed to have enjoyed
them selves.
11. The students are Corning___ __ very well in Maths this term.
12. It c a m e ______ that S u e’s husband had been arrested for speeding.
13. I don’t know w h at’s c o m e ______ him; h e’s been acting vcry oddly lately.
14. He c a m e ______ a rash after eating a kilo of straxvberries.
15. Her latest novel is Corning______ in paperback soon.
16. Long hair for m en is Corning______ again. More and morc men are
starting to weeir their hair long.

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17. After the flood, hundreds of volunteers c a m e __ w ith offers of
assistance.
18. We don’t know yet how w e’ll solve the problem but r m sure som eone
will c o m e ______ a solution soon.
19. Most o f the com panies which managed to c o m e______ the economic
crisis are now operating very successĩully.
20. r m not sure how the accident c a m e ______ but I suspect somebody was
being careless.

2. F ill in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

be done for = be ruined

deal in = trade in sth
deal with = tackle a problem; co p e with
do away with = abolish
do down = criticise
do out of = deprive of
do up = íasten (a coat etc)
do with = need/w ould like
do vvithout = m an age in spite of lack
drive at = imply, su g g e st

1. Can you my dress, plcase?

2 1’m
. ! Hero comes my teacher and sh e’ll see I should be in my
M aths lesson.
3. The law lim iting the am ount of íoreign exchange you can take out o f the
country should have b e c n ______ years ago.
4. 1’m rcally thirsty. I co u ld ______ a cup of tea.
5. What were y o u ______ when you said you m ight not see Mark for some
time?
6. I l e ______ antique íurniture and paintings.
7. The old man was his life savings hy a coníldence trickster.
8. Surely you c a n __ sugar in your coffee for once?
9. IIow do y o u _____ a class when they are constantly unruly?
10. You shouldn’t __your classm ates just because they didn’t pass their
exam.

3. Fill in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

cheat out of = prevent sb from having sth usu in an untair way

check in = register a s a g u est at a hotel
check out = pay o n e ’s bill and leave a hotel
check up on = investigate s b ’s behaviour etc.
feel for = sym pathise

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 cut back = reduce (outgoings)
cut in = interrupt sth
cut down on = reduce (consumption)
cut off = (1) isolate, (2) disconnect
cut out = omit
drop in = visit unexpectedly
drop off = decrease
drop out of = withdraw from
fit in = mix well with others
fit up/out = furnish/equip
fold up = collapse or fail
draw in = shorten (of days)
draw on = use part of a reserve
draw out = extend
draw up = come to a stop (of vehicles)
eat into = consume a part of sth
fly at = attack (with blows or words)
head off = prevent

1. The government have dccided to c u t______expenditure on hoalth Services.

2. He was cheated ______ his full holiday entitlem ent due to a change in
company policy.
3. I truly feel ______ you in your terrible m isfortune.
4. The intervievver kept cutting w hen the M inister was trying to
answer the question on environm ental policy.
5. Sales of records and cassettes have dropped______considerably this year.
6. S h e’s tr3dng to get on with her schoolm ates but she doesn’t really íĩt

7. Their house was cut from the village hy the riooding river.
8. W inter is Corning. It’s getting darker and the days are really starting to
d ra w ______ .
9. He had to draw ___ his savings to pay his rent after he was made
redundant.
10. I wish you w ouldn’t í l y __ me like that every tim e I make a m istake.
11. The limousine d rew _____ in front of the theatre and the actress got out.
12. Yes, I’ve already heard the news. Simon d rop p ed ______ to tell me this
morning.
13. During the power w orkers’ strike the electricity was cut ______ at
regular intervals.
14. He was forced to d rop ______ college w hen his father died.
15. The uníoreseen expense on the new house a t e ______ my savings but it
was worth it.

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16. He was told to cut sugar and fats or he would suffer serious
Health problems.
17. This com position would be better if you c u t __ __the second paragraph.
18. TheyV e fitte d ______ their kitchen w ith new cupboards.
19. She drew the lecture to nearly three hours although it was only
supposed to last an hour.
20. 1’m afraid th eir b u sin ess is on th e verge o f lo ld in g ___ due to a lack of
orders.
21. W e’ll have to organise a Union m eetin g if w e w an t to head _ _ _ a strike.
22. Could you c h e c k ______ the children and see w hat th ey ’re up to?
23. We had to w ait to check at the hotel as the receptionist was not at
his desk.
24. All guests should check hy 12 o’clock or they will be charged for
an extra day.

4. Fiil in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s itỉo n o r a d v e r b .

get about = (1) move about, (2) spread (of news, gossip etc)
get across = make understood
get ahead = succeed
get along/on = be on íriendly terms with
get at = mean
get at sb = criticise, tease in an unkind way
get away with = escape punishment
get by = manage despite difficulties
get sb down = depress sb
get off = send
get off with = nearly escape punishment
get on = make progress
get on with = continue doing sth
get out of = avoid
get over = recover from
get round = persuade
get round to = find time
get through = contact by phone
get up to = be busy with sth surprising or undesirable

1. What are you g c ttin g ____? I can’t understand w hat you’re trying to say.
2 I only g e t ______ \vatching TV when the children are in bed.
3. Instead o f being given a ticket, the driver g o t ______ a vvarning.
4. S h e’s having trouble g e ttin g ______ with hcr sprained ankle.
5. Do you g e t ______ with your colleagues?
6. If you don’t get those invitations______today, they’ll never arrive on time.
7. IIow are you getting at school?
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8. He has a talent for getting the m ost complicated id e a s ______ .
9. I’ve been trying to g e t ______ for ages but the bne is always engaged.
10 This awful w eather is really getting m e ______ .
11. My father is always g e ttin g ______ me about my clothes.
12. If you aren ’t well organised, you’ll never g e t ______ .
13. I don’t know how he g e t s ______ cheating on his tests.
14. Stop talking and g e t ______ your work, will you?
15. She has barcly enough m oncy left to g e t ______ .
16. I w ish I could g e t ______ going to this vvedding but I have no choice.
17. News of their “secret” Nvedding got fast.
18. She says she w on’t help us, but w e’ll soon g e t ___ her.
19. I don’t know if sh e’ll ever g e t ______ her husband’s death.
20. What are the children g e ttin g ______in the garden?

5. Fill in t h e m ìs s in g p r e p o s ìt io n o r a d v e r b .

give oneselt up = surrender

give away = (1) reveal, (2) give treely a s a present
give in = (1) deliver, yield
give off = sen d ouưemit
give out = (1) com e to an end, (2) announce, (3) distribute
give up = (1) stop doing sth, (2) admit deteat
give oneself up = surrender
hype up = exaggerate the value of sth

The Chemicals give ___ toxic fumes, so be extrem ely carcful vvhen
using them.
2. The teacher reluctantly g a v e _____ to the stu d en ts’ request to change
the date o f the exam.
3. The athlete has decided to g iv e ___ _ am ateur com pctition and become
a protessional.
4. The man was forcod to give himscir ___ to the policc.
5. She unintentionally g a v e ______ the sccrct of the surprise party.
6 . IlavenT you g iv e n ______ your application form yet?
7. Evcntually their savings gavc and they werc forced to apply to
the State for assistance.
8 . I can’t guess the answer. I give
9. On the new s last night it was g iv e n ___ that the Prim e M inister had
resigned.
10. They have hyped this c a r ______ to such an cxtent that it should be the
biggest scller o f the year.

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6. Fill ìn the missing preposition or adverb.

hold b a ck = (1) prevent developm ent, (2) delay, (3) withhold

hold in = control (íeelings, oneself)
hold o ff = (1) keep at a distance, (2) delay
hold on = wait
hold o u t = (1) last, (2) resist
hold o u t fo r = wait to get sth desired
hold o u t on = keep a secret from sb
hold o v e r = postpone to a later date
hold up = (1) rob (a bank, vehicle) (2) delay

1. Can’t you hold thoso reporters until I’ve rinishod the rehearsal?
2. He is a talented actor but his lack of am bition holds h im ______ .
3. Although they tried, they couldn’t hold _____ their laughter.
4. H o ld ______ a m inute while I get som ething from my room.
5. They offered to buy her a BMW but sh e’s h o ld in g ______ a Porsche.
6. Some ơapanese soldiers refused to believe the war was over and held
______ in the jungle for years.
7. Due to the chairm an’s illness, the m eeting was held _ _ _ _ till the next
week.
8. Strike action held trains and buses all day yesterday.
9. He says he knows nothing about the m issing docum ents but I’m sure
h e’s h o ld in g ______ me.
10. Our water supplies h e ld ______ for three w eeks w hen we wcre marooned
in the desert.

7. Fill in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

go dow n = (of remarks, proposals etc) be received in a specitied way

go d o w n with = b eco m e ill
go fo r = be sold
go in fo r = take part in
go into = describe, exam ine in detail
go o ff = m ake a sudd en loud noise
go o ff = happen
go on = happen
go on with = continue sth e s p after a pau se
go ro u n d = be enough for everyon e to have a share
go th ro u g h = (1) exam ine sth closely or system atically, (2) con su m e
go up = be built
go with = be included in the price

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1. L et’s g o ______ the plan once more to make sure it ’s all clear.
2. Does the shed g o ______ the house or should I pay extra?
3. She had to cancel her holiday w hen she w e n t______ the flu.
4. S he’s g o n e ______ all her savings since she lost her job.
5. I don’t know w hat’s g o in g ______ next door but th ey ’re being very noisy.
6. Tm planning to g o ______ the poetry com petition this year.
7. Suddenly the fire alarm w e n t______ .
8. The Prime M inister promised to go ______ the m atter of lowering
inílation.
Those shoes are going next to nothing. I’ve never seen such a
good sale.
10. I don’t think there’s enough fruit to g o __ . Could you get some more?
11. His proposals didn’t g o ______very well at all; in fact they were all rejected.
12. He paused to answer the phone, and then he w e n t______what he was doing.
13. New blocks of ílats are going ______ everyvvhere, destroying the
character of the township.

8. Fill in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

lay aside = put asid e

lay into = attack (with blows or vvords)
lay off = stop doing sth irritating
lay out = spend
let down = 1) disappoint, (2) lower sth
let in for = involve in trouble etc
let in on = allow sb to share a plan, secret, etc
let on = reveal a secret
let out = (1) m ake (a garm ent etc) looser or larger (opp: take in), (2) utter a cry
let sb off = not punish severely
let sb through = allow sb to p a ss an exam or a test
let up = b eco m e le s s in d egree
let up on = treat sb le s s severely

1. He laid all his savings on that venture which lortunately succeeded.

2 This blouse is too tight for me. I’d better let i t ______ .
3 He let his p a r e n ts______ by ĩailing his exams.
4. D on’t let ______ that th ey’re planning to get married. Their parents
don’t know.
5. I wish you ’d la y __ telling me what to do all the tim e.
6. You should really let _____ the children. They can’t be perlect all the
time.
7. W e’ll let y o u __ our plans but don’t tell anybody else.
8. Her father laid her when she came home two hours late from a
party.
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9. I let m y s e lf___ a lot of trouble when I agreed to help her.
10. If the rain lets __ , w e’ll be able to play tennis.
11. For the last tw enty years, he has been laying ___ 15% of his salary for
his old age.
12. Your skirt needs ta k in g ______ ; it’s too large.
13. He was let w ith a w arning instead of being given a fine.
14. The student let _____ a cry o f horror w hen she saw her poor exam
results.

9. F ill in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

lead on = persuade sb to believe or do sth by making talse prom ises

lo o k after = take care of
lo o k ah ead = think about the tuture
lo o k at = read
lo o k b a ck = think about o n e ’s past
lo o k do w n on = d e sp ise
lo o k fo r = search for
lo o k in = pay a short visit
lo o k into = investigate/exam ine the tacts relating to sth
lo o k on = watch sth vvithout taking part
lo o k o n to = have a view
lo o k o u t = vvatch out; be caretul
lo o k o u t fo r = (1) search in order to find sth, (2) be alert in order to see/find sb
lo o k o v e r = exam ine (a place)
lo o k to = rely on sb
lo o k up = search for (a word) in a reterence book
lo o k up = visit e s p after a long time
lo o k up to = resp ect
rise up = rebel
rule o u t = exclud e

1. Looking b a c k ______ m y life I realise Fve been very fortunate.

2. In 1917 the R ussian working classes r o s e ______ against their m asters.
3. She lo o k s _____ Mrs Brow n’s children three days a week.
_____ em ployees who have initiative.
4. This fírm lo o k s ____
5 Robert lo o k s______ people who are not as educated as he is.
6 . The police are lo o k in g ______ the m atter hoping to find a solution soon.
7. L ook ______ ! T here’s a car Corning.
8 . He looks his older brother and follows his exam ple in everything.
9. Look __ this m anuscript and tell me w hat you think o f it.
10. L et’s m£ike an appointm ent to lo o k ______ the house that is for sale.
11. The hotel room looked the swim m ing pool.
12. Passers-by lo o k ed ____ as the circus passed through town.
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13. They lo o k ed ______ him to provide funds for the new magazine.
14. W e’ve been lo o k in g ______ a new ílat for m onths but we haven’t found
one yet.
15. You’d better lo o k ______ the dates in the encyclopaedia.
16. I’m sorry; I haven’t had tim e to lo o k ______ your com position yet.
17. Have you look ed ______ at what you’ll be doing in two years’ time?
18. Could you please go to the station and lo o k ______ my grandmother?
19. He was l e d ______ hy her ílattery but soon discovered how insincere she
was.
20. I don’t think we can rule this possibility after all.

10. Fíll in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s itio n o r a d v e r b .

put about = spread (false) reports, rumours

put across = com m unicate
put asìde/by = sa v e for later u se
put away = put into continem ent
put back = delay
put down = vvrite in a particular place
put down to = attribute to
put forward = su g g est, propose
put in (a request) = m ake an otticial request
put in for = (1) apply for, (2) m ake an official request
put off = discourage
put off = postpone
put on = (1) gain weight, (2) pretend to have, (3) advance, (4) clothe o n e se lt
with, (5) present
put out = extinguish
put sb up = give accom m odation to
put sth behind one = deliberately torget
put through = (1) carry sth out, (2) c a u se sb to undergo (an ordeal)
put through to sb = connect by telephone
put up with = tolerate

1. He had a bad tim e in the army but he has put i t ______ him now.
2. It is being put that the vice-president is involved in the scandal
but as yet there seem s to be no real evidence.
3. Just p u t ______ your name and address on this card.
4. The lecturer had difficulty in p u ttin g ______ his ideas.
5. He put his failure in the e x a m ______ bad luck.
6. The drought in Aírica has put ______ developm ent in the area hy
decades.
7. Why don’t you p u t ______ that new positiòn at the university?

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8. Make sure you put the íire before going to bed.
9. Could you put m e ______ to Mr Jones, please?
10. If you can’t afford a hotel, w e’ll put y o u ______ for the night.
11. He p u t ______ an Insurance claim after the accident but he got nothing.
12. How can you p u t ______ the noise in this house? I’d go mad.
13. D on’t be p u t __ __ by his manner. Ile always acts that way.
14. T hey’re p u ttin g ______ a dance perlormance in the town hall tonight.
15. We p u t ______ a sum of m oney each m onth for our sum m er holidays.
16. Mr Jones has put _ _ _ _ _ the proposal that all mem bers of staff should
make a contribution to the earthquake relicf fund.

11. Fill in the m issing preposition or adverb.

hand over = give
live on sb/sth = get the m oney n eed ed from
live through = ex p erien ce over time
live up to = reach the Standard that may be expected
live with = tolerate/accept sth and endure it
meet with = have a s a reaction
miss out = torget to include
move on to = p a ss to another subject
narrovv down = reduce
note down = record
pass over = ignore, overlook
phase out = gradually stop using
piece together = discover gradually

His proposal m e t ______ total opposition from the com m ittee.

I’m afraid you ’ll have to learn to li v e ______ this problem for the rest of
your life.
W e’d better m o v e ______ the housing problem before tim e runs out.
Please n o t e ______ these íigures so we can go over them later.
She asked him to hand the d ocu m en t______ to her.
We can narrow our o p tio n s______ to two or three at the most.
If you think you can live __charity for cver, y o u ’re sadly m istaken.
You ought to try and live __ your parents’ expectations.
I think yo u ’ve m isse d ___ John and Sally from the invitation list.
the events from the few clues he had.
11. H e’s used to hardships because h e’s liv e d ___ two wars.
12. Tom has been p a ssed ______ for promotion in favour of a younger man.
13. New autom ated m achinery in ĩactories has led to the p h a sin g ______ of
old production m ethods.
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12. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.

run a c ro s s = find by chance

run a íter = pursue
run aw ay = leave (school, hom e etc)
run aw ay with an idea = accep t it without careíul thinking ev en though it is
wrong
run b e h in d = be delayed
run d o w n = (1) criticise, (2) gradually stop íunctioning, (3) run sb down (with
a vehicle)
run in = u se a new vehicle careíully
run into = (1) m eet by chance, (2) collide with
run o ff = produce quickly
run o u t o f = exh au st the supply of sth run through = (1) rehearse (2) u se up
run up = accum ulate (bills etc)
run up a g a in s t = encounter difficulties

1. H e’s always running _ _ _ his boss although she actually treats him well.
2. The secretary was asked to run ______ copios of the report for the
employees.
3. We r a n ______Sally at the shops yesterday; I hadn’t seen her for months.
4. He ran the boy, but didn’t m anage to catch him.
5. W e’ve run ___coffee. Could you go and huy some?
6. He ran debts am ounting to m illions of dollars last year.
7. L et’s r u n ___ _that scene again; then you can all go home.
8. Their son ran _____at the age of 12 and didn’t contact them for four years.
9. The old wom an was r u n ______ hy a taxi.
10. You’d better r u n __ __ your new car before you drive it on the motorway.
11. We r a n ______some valuable old books while we were clearing out the attic.
12. D on’t r u n ___ the idea that you can come hom e at w hatever tim e you
like!
13. Ever3dhing was going sm oothly until we ran the problem of lack
of funding.
14. My father fell asleep at the steering w heel and r a n _______a lamp post.
15. I’m ru nning______schedule as my m eeting lasted longer than I’d expected.

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13. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.

see about = m ake arrangem ents for

s e e o ff = accom pan y a traveller to his/her train etc
s e e o v e r = inspect properly
s e e to = take care of
s e e th ro u g h = (1) not be d eceived , (2) support sb through a difficult time
s e e o u t = accom pan y sb to an exit
settle d o w n = live a m ore perm anent life-style
settle fo r = a ccep t sth (le ss than exp ected)
settle in = b eco m e u sed to a new h o u se or job
settle on = d ecid e on
settle up = pay (a debt, a bill etc)

1. He was hoping to sell his car for £1,000 but he had to s e t t le __ £800.
2. Once w e’ve s e ttle d ______ , w e’ll invite you for a long weekend.
3 Could you please s e e ______ getting the sofa re-covered?
4. They s e ttle d ______ the Ritz as the best place for the reception.
5. We made an appointm ent to s e e ______ the cottage before we decided to
buy it.
6 . The children were s e e n ______ at the station by the entire family.
7. Could you s e e ______ those m essages while I read through this report?
8 . He said he would make me a rich man, but I saw ______ him
im m ediately.
9. After w andering for years, they s e ttle d __ in a sm all village in Wales.
10. He saw his best frie n d ______ his divorce.
11. r il see y o u ___ ; you m ay not be able to íĩnd your way to the lift.
12. L et’s settle w ith the waiter and go home. I’m feeling tired.

14. FMI in t h e m is s in g p r e p o s it io n o r a d v e r b .

set about = begin

set a s id e = s a v e for a special purpose
set b a ck = hinder
set s b b a c k = c o st sb a lot of m oney
se t in = begin (of a period, usu bad)
se t o ff = (1) start a reaction, (2) begin a journey (= s e t out)
se t an a n im al on s b = c a u se an animal to attack sb
se t o u t = begin a task/job with a specitic intention
se t up = (1) establish (a record), (2) start a b u sin ess (3) erect

1. W e’d better have Central heating installed before w inter s e t s _____

2. A wedding reception for two hundred people will certainly set you
thousands!

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3. They s e t ____ for their destination at 5 o’clock in the morning.
4. He s e t ______ a new world record for the 100 m etres race.
5. His jokes set the whole c la s s ______ laughing.
6. A íĩre in the factory set production______ hy several weeks.
7. She set ______ to become a dancer but an injury prevented her from
fulfĩlling her ambition.
8. She decided to s e t ______ a Computer graphics íírm w ith the m oney she
inherited.
9. You’d better set som e m oney every m onth if you w ant to huy a
new car.
10. How would you s e t ______ teaching a dog to perform tricks?
11. The tow n council has decided to s e t ______ a m emorial to the princess.
12. He threatened to set the dogs us if we didn’t get off his propcrty.

15. Fill in the m issing preposition or adverb.

sta n d by = (1) remain loyal to sb, (2) do nothing to stop a bad situation, (3)
be ready for action
sta n d d ow n = resign from a position
sta n d fo r = (1) support sth, (2) m ean, sym bolise, (3) tolerate, (4) enter
o n e se lt for election
sta n d in fo r = replace temporarily
sta n d o u t = be conspicu ous/obvious
stan d up fo r = detend; support
sta n d up to = detend o n e se lt against

1. r il s ta n d ______ Ryan, no m atter w hat people say about him.

2. H is grandfather once sto o d ______ Parliam ent, but he only got 5.6. votes.
3. Nobody would sta n d __ that sort of behaviour for a m inute.
4. The police stood ______in case trouble broke out after the lootball match.
5. H e’s such a brilliant dancer that he sta n d s ______ from the rest o f the
troupe.
6 . Our group s ta n d s _ _ equality for people of all races.
7. Could you s ta n d __ John if h e ’s called away?
8 . You ought to stand __ your little brother w hen the others tease him.
9. The letters MP stand _____Member of Parliam ent.
10. How can you s ta n d __ and watch him m istreat the children like that?
11. If he can’t s ta n d ____ his opponent in a debate, he w on’t be a success
in Parliam ent.
12. The President was forced to stand due to his involvem ent in the
scandal.

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16. Fill in th e m issing p re p o sitio n o r ad ve rb .

take a b a c k = surprise
take after = look like a relative
take a g a in s t = dislike sb
take aw ay = rem ove
take b a c k = withdraw a statem ent or com m ent
take d o w n = (1) write down, (2) rem ove sth from a high place
take s b fo r = m istake sb/sth for sb/sth e ls e
take in = (1) d eceiv e, (2) allow sb to stay in o n e ’s hom e, (3) understand, (4)
m ake cloth es snnaller
take up = (1) begin a hobby, sport etc, (2) occupy sp a c e

1. She ta k e s ______ her father: she has the sam e gestures and m annerism s.
2. His lecture was so complicated that I only t o o k ______ a few words of
w hat he said.
3. These m agazines m ust be read in the librEiry. You can’t take th e m ____.
4. The secretary to o k ______ the list of titles as her boss read them out.
5. We were so t a k e n ___ hy his decision to resign that we didn’t know
w hat to say.
6. ril never forgive you if you don’t take __ w hat you said about me.
7. Since his retirem ent, he has ta k e n ___ painting to fíll up some of his
sp2ire time.
8. She seem s to have ta k e n ______ me, as if I had offended her somehow.
9. Nobody w as ta k e n ______ hy his story, although it seem ed convincing
íìrst.
10. You have to ta k e ______ these curtains. They look very dirty.
11. If you take this s k ir t__ a little, it should fit you períectly. It’s too big
for you now.
12. She is always being taken ___ Elizabeth Taylor, even though she
doesn’t look that much like her.
13. When they discovered that the child was an orphan, they offered to take
h im ______ .
14. That desk is so big that it ta k e s ______ m ost of his offíce.
17. FMI in the m issing preposition or adverb.

take o ff = (1) rem ove (clothing), (2) leave the ground (of aerop lan es etc), (3)
imitate sb in a com ic way, (4) begin to su c c ee d (of plans, id eas etc)
take on = (1) undertake sth, (2) em ploy staff, (3) accep t sb a s an opponent
take o u t = (1) extract, rem ove, (2) accom pany sb to a theatre etc
take o v e r = take control of sth e s p in place of sb e ls e
take to = (1) find agreeable; like, (2) begin a habit, (3) e s c a p e to; hide in
take up with = b eco m e involved in (usu derog)

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1. She took the cover the sofa and had it cleaned.
2. The am ateur boxer was apprehensive about taking ______ such an
experienced fíghter.
3. I don’t think h e ’ll t a k e ______ the new project unless we offer him more
money.
4. He has ta k e n ______ drinking cocoa at night to help him sleep.
5. You’d better take this paragraph______ as it w eakens your argum ent.
6. Their plane was due to t a k e ___ at 10 pm but it was delayed because
of fog.
7. H e’s such an aggressive person that nobody really t a k e s _ ____him.
8. Their daughter has taken ______ a group o f friends who have no
intention of ever íìnding work.
9. Mark was sent hom e from school because he was seen ta k in g ______ the
headmaster.
10. Mr Joh n son ’s son is going to ta k e ______ as chairman of the board.
11. After a slow start, their new line of cosm etics has begun to t a k e ______ .
12. TheyV e decided to ta k e _____ at least tw enty new sales people this year.
13. The rebels to o k ____the m ountains after their leader had been captured.
14. He promised to take m e ______ for dinner on Priday evening.

18. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.

talk a b o u t = (1) g o ssip about sb, (2) consider
talk at = sp ea k to sb without listening to their replies
talk b a c k = reply rudely
talk dow n to = sp ea k to sb a s if they w ere le ss clever than o n e se lt
talk o u t = settle a problem by talking
talk o u t o f = persuade sb not to do sth
talk into = persuade sb to do sth
talk round = persuade sb to agree to sth
tell a g a in s t = spoil c h a n c e s of s u c c e s s
tell apart = distinguish
tell o ff = scold/reprimand
th ink o f = take sth into account
think o u t = prepare plans caretully
th ink o ve r = reílect upon sth betore making a decision
th ink up = invent or d e v ise sth

1. He was against the plan at ílrst, but they managed to talk h im ______ .
2. Jane was so determ ined to become a model that her parents couldn’t talk
h e r ______ it.
3. Ann was told hy her father for Corning home late.
4. You can’t talk me ____ giving you more money. I’ve given you enough
already.
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5. H is lack of a convincing alibi will t e l l ______ him at the trial.
6. Our boss t a lk s ______ us as if we were children.
7. He insisted that children who t a lk ______ ought to be punished.
8. If you can’t t a l k ______ your diíTerences w ith your íĩancé, you’d better
break up.
9. Stop behaving like that or the neighbours will start to t a lk ______ you.
10. The only way one can tell the t w in s ______ is hy their haircuts.
11. He keeps ta lk in g ______ m oving to another city, but I doubt if he will.
12. I’ve never had a real conversation with Peter; he ju st ta lk s ______ you.
13. My parents advised me to think th in g s ____ _ before accepting the job.
14. Racing drivers rarely think ______ the dangers involved in their
profession.
15. She thought her id ea s______careíully before putting them down on paper.
16. We need to t h in k ______ an exciting advertising campaign for our new
product.

19. Fill in the m issing preposition or adverb.

turn aw ay = retuse adm ittance to sb

turn d o w n = (1) reject an offer, (2) reduce heat etc
turn in = go to bed
turn s b in = report to the authorities
turn into = convert, ch an ge
turn o ff = switch off
turn on = svvitch on
turn o u t = (1) a sse m b le a s a crowd, (2) produce, (3) prove to be
turn o v e r = fall on on e side
turn sth o v e r (in o n e ’s mind) = think caretully about sth
turn to = go to sb for help
turn up = (1) arrive, (2) in crease volum e

1. I’d better tu r n ______ eeirly. I didn’t sleep well last night.

2. The wom an turned the escaped p rison er______ to the police.
3. They w ant to turn that basem ent ro o m ______ a play room.
4. Hundreds o f people tu r n e d ______ to vvelcome the royal Eamily back to
London.
5. After being offered the post Simon turned i t ______ in his mind carefully
before accepting.
6. When her business failed, she tu rn ed ______her parents for financial help.
7. Although Mark said h e’d be there at 8.00, he didn’t tu r n ______until 10.30.
8. Could you tu r n ______ the light? I can’t see well enough to read my book.
9. I offered to help him but he turned m e ______ .

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10. We wero tu rn ed ___ at the door of the Club for being improperly dressed.
11. You ought to turn _ __ the heat before the sauce burns.
12. That factory turns ___ hundreds of small appliances every day.
13. The lorry tu r n e d _ in the middle of the motorway, causing an
enorm ous pile-up.
14. He tu r n e d _____ to be a liar and a cheat.
15. I have a feeling I forgot to turn the cooker before we left.
16. Could you please turn the volume a bit? I can’t hear it very well.

20. Fill in the m issing preposition or adverb.

th row a b o u ư a ro u n d = scah er sth
throvv aw ay = discard sth a s u s e le s s
th row sth b a c k at s b = remind sb of sth bad they did in the past
th row o ff = e s c a p e from, g et free of
throvv o n e s e lt into = begin to do sth energetically and enthusiastically
th row o n e s e lt o n sb/sth = rely on sb/sth
th row s b o u t = torce sb to leave
throvv sth o u t = g et rid of unvvanted item s
th row s b to g e th e r = bring people into contact with ea ch other
th row up = (1) give up (a job etc), (2) vomit
try on = check the fit (of clothes)
try o u t = test

1. He threw his studies w hen he was offered a well-paid sales job.

2. Although Paul is having a hard tim e, he doesn’t w ant to throw him seir
______ his íriends and ask for their help.
3. W hen Joana lost a lot of weight, she decided to th r o w ______ all her
larger sized clothes.
4. Would you like to t r y ______ this new electric shaver?
5. He was th ro w n ______ of the library w hen he started singing.
6. It was fate that had thrown the engaged co u p le______ .
7. During the Prench Revolution the people tried to th r o w ______ the
shackles of poverty.
8. She has tr ie d ______ at least tw enty dresses but she can’t find one she
likes.
9. I w ish you would throw these old m a g a zin es______ .
10. She felt very sick and th r e w ______ several tim es.
11. Even though Fd only lost one contract in my career I knew my manager
would throw i t ______ me in my annual appraisal.
12. On finishing university, she threw h erseir______ her new editing career
w ith great enthusiasm .
13. Joan threw books and p a p ers______ the room w hilst trying to fínd her
passport an d her cheque book.
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21. C o m p le te th e fo llo w in g s e n te n c e s using a p hrasal v e rb w ith G IVE.
Y ou m a y h a ve to use s o m e v e rb s m o re th a n once.

1. You never know w hat Ben is thinking. He doesn’t ______ a n y th in g ____ .

2. When children in the area started to suíĩer from serious illnesses, their
m others blamed a local factory w here the tall ch im n ey ______ fumes.
3. I’ve no idea w hat the answer is. I . Tell me.
4. The w restler w on the contest because his o p p o n en t______ .
5. This is a lovely room. As you can see, i t ______ the rose garden.
6 . Sam was forced t o ______ his job in the City because of ill health.
7. David enjoys borrowing books, but írequently forgets t o _____ them
8 . It was a diíĩlcult decision but Maria knew it was best to _____ her
boyíriend rather than face opposition from both íam ilies.
9. A log f ir e ______ plenty o f heat.
10. Daniel w anted to lose w eight but w asn ’t too keen on the idea of
eating lots o f the things he liked best.

22. Complete the following sentences using a phrasal verb with PUT.
You may have to use some verbs more than once.
1. I don’t believe for a m inute that Suzie is really ill. If you ask me, sh e’s
j u s t ______ i t _______.
2 . Because o f heavy snowfalls in the region we have had to ______ the
m eeting o f th e Conservation Group.
3. The plan ______ by the council didn’t m eet w ith the approval of the
electorate.
4. At least five people h a v e ______ the job in Accounts.
5. I ju st had to m ove out of my flat. I couldn’t ______ the noise from the
road any more.
6 . The school drama society has decided t o ______ Richard III.
7. It’s expensive staying in a hotel in London. Isn ’t there anyone who could
you?
8 . Please rem ember to the lights w hen you leave the room.
9. The Sales Director it that the Pinance D epartm ent was being badly run.
10. Richard and Anne w anted to go clim bing but the bad w eather them

23. Complete the íollovving sentences using a phrasal verb with DO.
You may ha ve to use some verbs more than once.
1. I’m worn out. I could a cup o f tea.
2. Robert has ju st bought a run-down old cottage and is looking forward to
______ i t _______.
3. Jennifer w as going to have an operation in the afternoon, so she had to
lunch.
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4. John’s not at all popiilEư-, perhaps because h e’s alvvays his colleagues.
5. With the introduction of computers, a lot o f íĩrm s have begun t o ______
outmoded clerical Systems.
Hairry w a s ______ a fortune w hen his accountant tricked him into
investing in a shady business in which he him seir had an interest.
7. A tw enty-m ile hike is enough to make anyone f e e l______ .
8 . A cold wind was blowing so Andrevv told the children t o ______their coats.
9. Thomas is so naughty I ju st don’t know what t o ______ him.
10. “The bullet got Harry,” said the soldier. “H e’s

2 4 . C o m p le t e th e fo llo w in g s e n te n c e s u s in g a p h ra s a l ve rb w ith
M A K E . Y o u m a y h a v e t o u s e s o m e v e r b s m o re t h a n o n c e .

1. When questioned by the police about her whereabouts on the night of

the crime, the su sp e c t______ that she had been w ith a boyíriend.
2. You’ve known Paul for a w eek now. What do you _ _ _ _ him?
3. It’s always easier to start a quarrel than t o ______ after it.
4. The adventurer was . the N orth Pole w hen bad w eather made it
necessary to turn back.
5. The m uggers attacked the pensioner a n d ______ w ith her money.
6 . After tw enty days out of sight o f land, the sh ip ’s captain thought he
cou ld ______ an island on the horizon.
7. The actor w a s ______ his face before the performance.
8. I’m soriy I íorgot your birthday. L et’s go out on Saturday, and ru it
______ to you, I promise.
9. How did y o u ______ on your trip to South America?
10. The lawyer couldn’t ______ whether her Client was telling the truth.

25. C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s u s in g a p h r a s a l v e r b w it h F A L L .
Y o u m a y h a v e t o u s e s o m e v e r b s m o re t h a n o n c e .

1. Paul was ill in hospital for ten weeks £md so h e ______with his school work.
2. As the longest-serving em ployee in the company, it . me to make the
speech w ishing our office manager well in his retirem ent.
3. It is not a successíul group. They don’t get on w ith one another and
over the slightest thing.
4. Sales of the electric car were buoyant in the last qu2irter o f the year but
they h a v e ______ this spring.
5. D on’t m ake any special arrangem ents for me. ru ______ w ith w hat other
people want.
6. I should be in Italy now but my holiday plans ___ w hen the travel
company w ent bust.

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7. The w all __ w hen heavy rain caused th e ground to move.
8. Mary m ade a good effort in th e test b u t ______ on th e last question.
I
9. There was no fence around the pool and a number of children _ _ _ _ _ .
10. Jane and Shelley ______ w ith each other w hen it came to determ ining
w hat each should contribute to the household budget.

26. C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s u s in g a p h r a s a l v e r b w it h P IC K .
Y o u m a y h a v e to u se s o m e v e rb s m o re th a n o n ce .

1. Frank never studied German. Ile just ___ it on holiday in

Germany.
2. Tom ’s a bully. He a lw a y s______ boys younger and sm aller than he is.
3. Anna w asn ’t feeling well, and it was obvious to her friends from the way
she j u s t ______ her dinner.
4. Sales were poor last year, but with the improving economic situation this
year, we expect them t o ______ considerably.
5. The idea in identiílcation parades is that a w itness will __ the person
responsible for the crime from a group of specially selected people.
6. It had been a long day. H elen ______ her papers, put them in her
briefcase and left the offíce.
The sniper positioned h im self at the window and was ready to _____
any soldier who attem pted to get across the Street.
8. Janet w as quite ill after the operation but is beginning t o ______ now.
9. The old steam engine laboured up the hill b u t ______speed on the descent.
10. The m usic teacher had an uncanny knack of being able to those
pupils w ith prom ise after they had played ju st a few bars.

2 7 . C o m p le t e t h e f o llo w in g s e n t e n c e s u s in g a p h r a s a l v e r b (o r a n o u n
d e r iv e d fr o m o n e ) w it h T A K E . Y o u m a y h a v e to u s e s o m e v e r b s
m o re th a n o n c e .

1. He decided to a life Insurance policy.

2. Mrs Brown no lo n g e r ______ lodgers.
3. He w a s ______ w hen he saw the extent of the damage to his orchard.
4. You’ll have to move these íĩling cabinets. They ___ too much space.
5. I explained th e plan but I don’t think he i t ___
6. As far as her behaviour is concerned she really her father.
7. I don’t feel like cooking tonight. L et’s get a Chinese
8. This p atien t’s ______ of carbohydrates is very low.
9. You are not obliged to say anything, but anything you do say will be
______ and m ay be used in evidence against you.
10. R unning a m arathon really __ it of you.

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28. C o m p lete th e follow ing sentences using a phrasal verb w ith TU R N .
Y o u m ay h a ve to use so m e v e rb s m ore th a n o n ce.

1. Life very rarely as you expect.

2. Chris was offered an interesting post in the north o f England but she
had t o ______ i t ______ w hen her husband refused to move there.
3. A number of fans were ______ from the concert because there were no
more tickets left.
4. If you don’t pay your rent you can expect to b e ______ o f your flat.
5. Charlotte certainly knows w hen it pays t o ______ th e charm.
6. We were cold so w e ______ the Central heating to 70. degrees.
7. If you hadn’t been teasing the dog, it w ouldn’t h a v e ______ you.
8. People who live alone often feel they have no one to ___ in case of
emergency.
9. If you don’t w ant the neighbours to complain, you ’d better your
stereo.
10. Archaeologists excavating the Bronze Age site have _____ som e very
interesting rem ains.

2 9 . C o m p le t e th e f o llo w in g s e n t e n c e s u s in g a p h r a s a l v e r b w it h K E E P .
Y o u m a y h a v e to u se s o m e v e rb s m o re th a n o n ce .

1. D an ger.______ !
2. The number of deer in the woods i s __ hy the gam ekeeper who culls
the aged anim als each autumn.
3. Sam m akes a lot o f eíĩort but he finds it hard t o ______ w ith th e m ost
talented m em bers of the group.
4. Although Shirley gave up studying the piano at the age o f eighteen, she
s t ill______ it and períorm s for family occasions.
5. D on’t accuse H ugh of cheating. He a lw a y s_____ the rules.
6. Although Caroline and John have lived abroad for ten ye6irs, they still
m anage t o ______ w ith their íriends” new s through a regular exchange
of letters.
7. In learning a language, it’s iníuriating how easy it is t o ______ m aking
the sam e grammatical m istakes.
8. Mark has all the m akings of a politician. He certainly knows how to
the people that matter.
9. The supervisor ______ at the st£iff to improve their períorm ance until
they were sick of hearing the sam e thing.
10. Although the interview er tried hard to get the ansvvers to se£irching
questions, the politician always managed t o ______ so m eth in g _______.

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30. C o m p le te th e s e n te n ce s using a phrasal v e rb w ith H O LD . Y o u m ay
need to use so m e v e rb s m ore than once.

1. please w hile I see if Mr Sm ith is in his oíĩĩce.

2. His boss always it David that he had criticised his m arketing strategy in
front o f senior staff.
3. Four armed m e n ______ a security guard as he came out o f the bank, ::
cariying two bags full o f used notes.
4. The staff didn’t ______ a soft approach to discipline.
5 D espite his illness, he managed t o ______ a very dem anding job.
6. After tw enty-one days no hope w a s ______ for earthquake victim s buried
underground.
7. A strike at the p o r ts ______ export orders for two m onths.
8. The fort was surrounded but the garrison ______ the attack for more
than tw enty-four hours.
9. The m anagem ent side made an improved pay oíĩer but the unions
decided t o ______ for the original demand of 12%.
10. Furious, M arianne managed, with diíĩlculty, t o ______ her anger.
3 1 . C o m p le t e e a c h s e n t e n c e u s in g a p h ra s a l v e r b w it h CLEA R . You
m a y n e e d t o u s e s o m e v e r b s m o re t h a n o n c e .

1. There was a lot of fog this morning but now it is and the sun is shining.
2. W hen everyone at the table had hnished eating, the plates w e r e ______ .
3 Mary developed a bad rash on her hands after u sing that detergent, but
i t ______ w hen she used th e ointm ent the doctor prescribed.
4. Why don’t you j u s t ______ and leave me alone?
5. There seem s to have been som e sort of m isunderstanding about the
S m ith s” bill. Could you help m e t o ______ the m atter ?
6. It’s always fun to have a party, b u t ______ afterwards is a big chore.
7. It w as tim e I ______ those cupboards. Just look at all the stu ff I’ve got
for the next jum ble sale.
8. As soon as the w e a th e r ___ the climbers resum ed their attem pt on
the sum m it.
9. Your study looks a total m ess. D on’t you ever think of _ it
10. By xvorking overtim e every week, Alice was able to the debt
w ithin six m onths.
3 2 . C o m p le t e e a c h s e n te n ce u s in g a p h ra s a l v e r b w it h D RO P. You
m a y n e e d to u se a v e rb m o re th a n o n ce .

1. We were feeling a bit fed up after an awful day at work, so we decided to

______ for a drink at the pub before settin g OÍT for home.
2. John found it so com íortable in his íĩrst-class Seat on the train from
London to Bristol that he couldn’t stop h im seir______ . He only woke up
w hen the train got to the station.

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3. Teenagers w h o _____ of school oílen find it hard to gain qualiíícations later.
4. The hom e help promised t o ______ the sh op p in g_____ on her way home.
5. Virginia Sm ith had to of the com petition because the horse she
was riding injured its leg.
6. Sales of p etro l______ when the governm ent increased the tax hy 50.%.
7. The runner made a great start to the race b u t ______ during the last lap.
8. G eorge______ w ith his studies w hen he started to play football seriously
and the crunch came w hen he had to revise for his exams.
9. Guess w h o ______ w hen you were out.
10. Interest in the project ______ sharply w hen it becam e clear there was
inadequate hinding for it to be íully successful.

3 3 . C o m p le t e th e fo llo w in g se n te n c e s u s in g a p h r a s a l, ve rb w ith
S T A N D . Y o u m a y n e e d to u s e s o m e v e r b s m o r e t h a n o n c e .

1. What do the letters I.M .F ______ ?

2. E v ery o n e______ after the accident íeeling helpless, ju st w aiting for the
police and ambulance.
3. Robert, I ju st can’t make the m eeting tomorrow. If I give you all the
details, could y o u ______ me.
4. The plane is on the ru n w a y ,__ for take-off.
5. This tim e you ’ve gone too far. I w on’t ___such behaviour. I’m going
to report you to the boss.
6. I’ve never understood in detail w hat the Green P a r ty ______ .
7. Paul Sim m ons put h im selí forward as a candidate in th e presidential
elections, but after a poor show ing at the polls, he was íorced t o ______ .
8. If you don’t ______ your rights, you will soon lose them .
9. Amongst a group of very talented m usicians, this co m p etito r______ as
being quite exceptional.
10. Women in the borough are being encouraged to attend self-defence
classes to teach them how to their attackers.

3 4 . C o m p le t e th e f o llo w in g s e n te n c e s u s in g a p h ra sa l ve rb w ith
C O M E . Y o u m a y n eed to use s o m e v e rb s m o re th a n o n ce .

1. I know Frank doesn’t agree w ith you about going to Spain on holiday,
but if you try hard to persuade him, h e’s sure to ______ your way of
thinking.
2. How did i t ______ that you w ent to university in Edinburgh?
3. Darling, Pm aíraid ru be home late tonight. Som ething’s ______ at work.
4. Doctor, Pm worried about Sam. H e’s ______ in spots.
5. Caroline expects t o ______ quite a lot o f m oney w hen her aunt dies.
6. Steve was knocked unconscious when he fell off his m otorbike and didn’t
for several m inutes.

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7. __ it! I don’t believe for a m om ent that you’re serious about getting
a job in Australia.
8. W here’s the price tag for this dress? It m ust h a v e ______ .
9. D on’t stand there on the d oorstep .______ t o ______ !
10. ______ ! I can’t spend all day w aiting for you.

35. C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s w ith a w o r d in t h e list.

ease off - bowled over - brought down - whisked away - picked up

gone down with - soldier on —crack down —phased out —warm-up

1. W hen day Doncaster, the pop star, arrived at London Airport, he gave a
press conference and was then to a secret destination in the Capital.
2. If you are thinking of going jogging, it ’s always essential to do some
exercises íĩrst.
3. It’s pouring. L et’s w ait for the rain t o ______ before we go shopping.
4. A ndy’s ______ ílu and w on’t be able to attend the m eeting.
5. The regim e’s economic problems caused it to b e ______
6. Out-of-date com puters will b e ______ in schools to allow updated models
to be introduced.
7. The sight of his bride in her wedding dress j u s t ______ T o m _______.
8. The police decided t o ______ on drug offenders, and staged a number of
early m orning raids.
9. D espite having had two heart attacks, dack decided to ______ at work
until he reached retirem ent age.
10. M artin ______ a virus on a trip to Europe and is now gravely ill.

36. C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s w ith a w o r d in t h e lìst.

wear off - run out of - passed over - clued up - knocked out

pass up - fall-out - called up - cooling off - call-out

1. At the W imbledon T ennis Championship, the reigning Champion was

in the first round.
2. If you w ant to know anything about computers, ask Richard. H e’s very

3. Oh dear! W e’v e ______ tonic water. r i l have to have soda instead.

4. N u c lea r______ is a major hazard in the event o f an accident at a nuclear
power station.
5. dohn w a s ______ for promotion so he decided to leave the company.
6. I hate having injections at the d en tist’s. They always take ages t o ______
afterwards.
7. In disputes betxveen m anagem ent and trade unions, it ’s a good idea to
allow a ______ period.

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8. D on’t the chance of visiting D isney World.
9. U ntil 1958, young m en o f 18 in the UK were for m ilitary Service.
10. If you need a plumber during a Bank Holiday vveekend, don’t forget that
there’s a £50 m in im u m ______ charge.

3 7 . C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s w it h a w o r d in t h e list.

shoot-out - make-up - get-up - turn-out - stand-in

put-down - take-over - take-off - sell-out - getaway

1. The plane crashed im m ediately a fte r ______ .

2. The ______ at the m eeting was m ost satisfactory. N early a hundred
people came.
3. After the __ of British Caledonian by British Airvvays, new contracts
were issued to the staff.
4. Louise w anted tickets for the Madonna concert but couldn’t get any. It
was a ______ on the íĩrst day tickcts were available.
5. The thieves made th e ir ______ in a stolen car.
6. The soldiers surrounded the house whcre the terrorists were holding
hostages, and in t h e ______ that followed, two people were killed.
7. “I thought we were going to see Anthony Ilopkins in this play.” “Yes,
but h e’s ill. T h at’s h i s ______ .
8. The fashion in this year i s ______ for green eye-shadow.
9. The tw ins appeared at their m other’s party in the str a n g e st______ .
10. Michael regarded it as a ______ w hen his boss chose som eone else to be
in charge of Sales Promotion.

3 8 . C o m p le t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w ith a w o r d in t h e list.

over and done with - worn out - fed up - put out - tired out
done for - stand-by - cut out for - tied up - burnt out

It’s no good expecting May to sm ile. S h e’s alvvays th o ro u g h ly______ .

I don’t know w hat ílight ru be Corning hy. Fm travelling on a ___
ticket.
No, I’m afraid you can’t speak to Mr Sm ith. IIe’s ______ at a m eeting.
Shirley was m o s t ___ w hcn her fíancé said he was going on holiday
w ithout her.
ru have to get som e new shoes. These are q u ite ______ .
John w a s ______ . T h at’s why he w ent to bed at 8. o’clock.
I’ve resigned. I’m ju st n o t ______ a career in selling.
The past i s ______ . L et’s make a new start.
In the City m any people a r e ______ hy the age of thirty.

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3 9 . R e w r it e th e s e n te n c e s , u s in g a p h ra s a l ve rb th a t m eans th e
o p p o s it e o f t h e vvo rd s in ita lỉc s . M a k e a n y a d d it io n a l c h a n g e s t h a t
m ay be n e ce ssary.

EXAMPLE: Andy w ent to bed early.

A n d y g o t up early.
1. Alexander fell asleep at ten o’clock.
2. Those housos were built in 1950.
3. The plane will land in ten m inutcs.
4. Henry put on his jacket.
5. Charles and Anna have started going out together.
6. The company has taken on two hundred workers.
7. M aria’s parents disliked her boyíriend the m om ent they m et him.
8. The nurse was there when Alastair lost consciousness.
9. Jan gave up jogging last summer.
10. Sam left the party at m idnight.

4 0 . C h o o s e t h e c o r r e c t p h ra s a l v e r b t o fill t h e g a p in e a c h s e n te n c e .

1. The Computer h a s ______ a long way over the last thirty years.
A. taken on B. come on c. broken down D. put in
2. I heard that they a r e ______ a new software company in town.
A. putting in B. gettin g through
c. taking back D. settin g up
3. I don’t w ant to go out tonight because I’m ______ for my holidays.
A. saving up B. keeping up c . getting by D. m aking out
4. I ______ quite a lot o f m oney w hen my grandfather died.
A. came into B. looked into c. took off D. let down
5. Did you m anage t o ______ to D ennis on the phone yesterday?
A. put in B. get through c. take back D. check in
6. The Carters don’t have a lot of money, but they seem t o ______ .
A. get by B. break down c. give up D. close down
7. My dad’s decided t o ______ a new w ashing machinc.
A. cut off B. take after c. put in D. come on
8. Scientists a r e ______ the possibility of life on other planets.
A. doing w ithout B. taking back c . secing off D. looking into

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 KEY TO PHRASAL VERBS

1. 1. round to 5. round 9. into 13. over 17. torvvard

2. across 6. to 10. off 14 . out in 18. up with
3. by 7. up to 11. on 15 out 19. through
4. down to 8. up 12. out 16,, in 20. about

2. 1. do up 3. done away with 5. driving at 7. done out of 9. deal with

2. done for 4. do with 6. deals ỉn 8. do vvithout 10. do down

3. 1. back 5. off 9. on 13. off 17. out 21. off

2. out of 6. in 10. at 14. out of 18. out 22, up on
3. for 7. off 11. up 15. into 19. out 23. in/out
4. in 8. in 12. in 16. down on 20. up 24. out

4. 1. at 5. along/on 9. through 13. away with 17. about

2. round to 6. off 10. down 14. on with 18. round
3. off with 7. on 11. at 15. by 1 9 .over
4. about 8. across 1 2 .ahead 16. out of 20. up to

5. 1. off 3. up 5. away 7. out 9. out

2. in 4. up 6. in 8. up 10. up

6. 1. off 3. in 5. out for 7. over 9. out on

2. back 4. on 6, out 8. up 10. out

7. 1. through 4. through 7. off 10. round 13. up

2. with 5. on 8. into 11. down
3, down with 6. in for 9. for 12. on with

8. 1. out 4. on 7. in on 10. up 13. off

2. out 5. off 8. into 11. aside 14. out
3. down 6. up on 9. in for 12. in

9. 1. on 5. down on 9. at 13. to 1 7 .ahead

2. up 6. into 10. over 14. for 18. out for
3. after 7. out 11. onto 15. up 19. on
4. out for 8. up to 12, on 16. at 20. out

10 . 1. behind 5. down to 9. through 13. off

2. about 6. back 10. up 14. on
3. down 7. in for 11. in 15. aside
4. across 8. out 12. up with 16. forward

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11. 1. with 3. on to 5. over 7. on 9. out n.through 13. out
2. with 4. down 6. down 8. up to 10. together 1 2 .over

12. 1. down 4. after 7. through 10. in 13. up against

2. off 5. out of 8. away 11. across 14. into
3. into 6. up 9. down 12. away with 15. behind

13. 1. for 3. about 5. over 7. to 9. down 11. out

2. in 4. on 6. off 8. through lO.through 12. up

14. 1. in 3. off 5. off 7. out 9, aside 11. up

2. back 4. up 6. back 8. up 10. about 12. on

15. 1. atter 3. away 5. aback 7. up 9. in 11. in 13. in

2. in 4. down 6. back 8. against 10. down 12. for 14. up

16. 1. after 3. away 5. aback 7. up 9. in 11. in 13.in

2. in 4, down 6. back 8. against 10. down 12. for 14. up

17. 1. off 3. on 5. out 7. to 9. off 11. oft 13. to

2. on 4. to 6. off 8. up with 10. over 12. on 14. out

18. 1. round 4. into 7. back 10. apart 13. over 16. up

2. out of 5. against 8. out 11. about 14. of
3. off 6. down to 9. about 12. at 15. out

19. 1. in 4. out 7. up 10. away 13. over 16. up

2. in 5. over 8. on 11. down 14. out
3. into 6. to 9. down 12. out 15. off

20. 1. up 4. out 7. off 10. up 13. about/around

2. on 5. out 8. on 11. back at
3. out 6. together 9. away 12. into

21. 1. give anything away 4. gave in 7. give them back 10. giving up
2. gave off 5. gives on to 8. give up
3. give up 6. give up 9. gives out

22. 1. putting it on 4. put in for 7. put you up 10. put them off
2. put off 5. put up with 8. put ouưoff
3. put forward 6. put on 9. put ỉt about

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23. 1. do with 4. doing down 7. done in 10. done for
2. doing it up 5. do away with 8. do up
3. do vvithout 6. done out of 9. do with

24. 1. made out 4. making for 7. making up 10. make out

2. make of 5. made off with 8. make it up
3. make up 6. make out 9. make out

25. 1. fell behind 4. tallen off 7. fell down 10. fell out
2. falls to 5. fall in 8. fell down
3. fall out 6. fell through 9. fell in

26. 1. picked it up 4. pick up 7. pick off 10. pick out

2. picks on 5. pick out 8. pick up
3. picked at 6. picked up 9. picked up

27. 1. take out 4. take up 7. takeavvay 10. takes it out

2. takes in 5. took it in 8. intake
3. taken aback 6. takes after 9. taken down

28. 1. turns out 4. turned out 7. turned on 10. turned up

2. turn it down 5. turn on 8. turn to
3. turned away 6. turned up 9. turn down

29. 1. Keep out 4. keeps it up 7. keep on 10. keep something back

2. kept down 5. keeps to 8. keep in with
3. keep up 6. keep up 9. kept on

30. 1. Hold on 4. hold with 7. held up 10. hold back

2. holds it against 5. hold down 8. held off
3. heid up 6. held out 9. hold out

31. 1. clearing up 4. clear off 7. cleared out 10. clear off

2. cleared away 5. clear the matter 8. cleared up
3. cleared up 6. clearing up 9. clearing it up

32. 1. drop in 4. drop ... in 7. dropped back 10. dropped off

2. dropping off 5. drop out 8. dropped behind
3. drop out 6. dropped off 9. dropped in

33. 1. stand for 4. standing by 7. stand down 10. stand up to

2. stood around 5. stand for 8. stand up for
3. stand in for 6. stands for 9. stands out

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34. 1. come round to 4. come out 7. Come off 10. Come on
2. come about 5. come into 8. come off
3. come up 6. come round/to 9. Come in

35. 1. vvhisked away 4. gone down with 7. bovvled Tom over 10. picked up
2. warm-up 5. brought down 8. crack down
3. ease off 6. phased out 9. soldier on

36. 1. knocked out 4. fall-out 7. cooling off 10. call-out

2. clued up 5. passed over 8. pass up
3. run out of 6. wear off 9. called up

37. 1. take-off 4. sell-out 7. stand-in 1 put-down

10.
2. turn-out 5. getavvay 8. make-up
3. take-over 6. shoot-out 9. get-up

38. 1. fed up 4. put out 7. cut out for 10. done for
2. stand-by 5. worn out 8. over and done with
3. tied up 6. tỉred out 9. burnt out

39. 1. woke up 4. took off 7. took to 10. turned up at

2. were pulled down 5. split up/broken up 8. came round/to
3. take off 6. laid off 9. took up

40. 1.B 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. c 8. D

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 VERB TENSES (ACTIVE AND PASSIVE)

1. P u t t h e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo r m , u s in g e ìt h e r t h e s im p le p r e s e n t
o r p r e s e n t c o n t in u o u s .

1. The line (be) very bad. I can’t hear w hat you (say).
2. “I (look) for a builder to do some work on my house. You (know) anyone
who (be) suitable and (be) available at the m om ent?” - “Afraid not.
Everyone I (know) (be) up to their eyes in work repairing the damage
caused by the gales.”
3. Rob, I (try) to concentrate, but it (be) very diffícult. The children (make)
too much noise. You (think) you could take them out for an hour or so?
4. I (believe) Tom (be) the person who (try) to sell his house. He (want) to
move out of the city.
5. ơeremy, you (be) rather foolish in refusing to speak. Everyone (get)
rather fed up w ith your behaviour.
6 . Anna (make) a lot of progress learning Russian m ainly because she now
(spend) two hours a day studying.
7. I always (tidy up) my desk before I (leave) work.
8. Tony always (criticise) his family - they never (do) the right thing as far
as he is concerned.
9. Tell me all about it. I (die) to hear all the latest news.
10. Oil (leak) from a petrol tanker onto the motorway, so the police (close)
off the section betw een dunctions 5 and 6.

2. C o m p le t e t h e fo llo w in g s e n t e n c e s b y p u t t in g t h e v e r b in e it h e r a
f u t u r e o r p r e s e n t fo r m a s a p p r o p r ia t e .

1. Stephen not (be) happy until he (be promoted) to the Chief Accountant’s job.
2. When the sun (set) this evening, the sky for m iles around (be suffused)
w ith a rosy glow.
3. I (ring) my parents the m om ent I (get) my exam results.
4. Many industrialists (predict) a major increase in trade w hen the new
road network (come) into operation.
5. By the time Anthony (finish) work on the design project, he (be) exhausted.
6. The Opposition (be) ready and w aiting to exploit any sign of disunity in
the governm ent as soon as it (appear).
7. If you (have) no objections, we (go ahead) with the project as planned.
8. What (be) the State of the planet w hen w e (reach) the year 2100?
9. Once we (get) a reply from the ministry, we (be able) to coníírm om* intentions.
10. Before Alice (sign) the contract, she (need) to ensure that every detail
(be) correct.

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3. P u t t h e v e r b s ìn b r a c k e t s in t h e c o r r e c t f o r m , u s in g e it h e r th e
p r e s e n t p e r t e c t o r s im p le p a s t t e n s e a s a p p r o p r ia t e .

1. This is the íĩrst tim e I (visit) Hungary.

2. On my visit to the school, I (be) pleased to see that many students
(know) how to handle Computers.
3. This is the best steak I ever (taste).
4. Sally (live) and (work) in Paris for several years now.
5. For five years from 1980 to 1985, Tom (live) in Madrid.
6. I already (read) 200 pages and so I expect to ílnish the book by the weekend.
7. Yesterday I (work) for six hours and (complete) two reports.
8. Jane is only six and already she (pass) two piano exams.
9. A lthough I (know) Sarah and Frank for m any years now, I never
(understand) w hat (attract) them to each other.
10. I never (be) so plo2ised as when I (hear) Anna had recovered from her iUness.

4. P u t t h e v e r b s in b r a c k e t s in t h e c o r r e c t fo r m , u s in g e it h e r t h e p a s t
c o n t in u o u s o r s im p le p a s t te n s e .

1. Jane (live) in France w hen she (meet) the man who later (become) her
husband.
2. When Terry (hear) the job he (want) (be) his, he im m ediately (invite) his
colleagues out for a celebration.
3. When the liner (hit) the iceberg, m ost o f the passengers (have) dinner.
4. I (can) not accept Richard’s invitation to dinner because I (go) to the
theatre that night.
5. Try as we m ight, it (be) im possible to m anoeuvre our sailing boat out of
the harbour. The wind (blow) too hard.
6. It (be) a horrible day. Ever3rthing that (can) go wrong (do). The children
(get) up late. The cat (be) sick. The car not (start). I just (want) to give up.
7. The clock ju st (strike) tw elve w hen Cinderella (come) back from the ball.
8. The m anager not (be) available. He (travel) to a m eeting in Edinburgh.
9. Annabel not (ride) in the horse trials. No one (be) surprised w hen she
later (announce) she (expect) a baby.
10. It (be) a fabulous day. The sun (shine), the birds (sing), the countryside
(look) lovely.

5. P u t t h e v e r b s in b r a c k e t s in t h e c o r r e c t f o r m , u s in g t h e p r e s e n t
p e r t e c t s im p le o r c o n t in u o u s a s a p p r o p r ia t e .

1. I (love) Tim all my life.

2. I always (want) to travel around the world.
3. How m any tim es I (be asked) why I live in the country?

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4. Doctor, I (have) trouble w ith m y hands for m onths. W hat’s wrong?
5. Colin (have) bad headaches for two m onths now. They suspect a brain
tumour.
6. You don’t know w hat vir means! How long you (study) Latin?
7. I (try) to get you on the phone for over a week. Where you (be)?
8. “Jan et’s looking very fĩt.”
“Yes, she (go) to exercise classes.”
9. Who (take) my pen?
10. “Who (sleep) in m y bed?” Jane asked, looking at the rumpled sheets.

6. P u t th e verb s in b ra c k e ts in t h e c o rre c t fo rm , u s in g th e past

p e r t e c t o r s im p le p a s t t e n s e a s a p p r o p r ia t e . U s e t h e c o n t in u o u s
f o r m s if n e c e s s a r y .

1. Jake (graduate) in 1987 and (spend) two years appl3ãng for jobs beíore
he (be oíTered) the one he (want).
2. Tom (look) for the right person to be his wife for ííve years before he
(meet) and (fall) in love w ith Sally.
3. If I (know) w hat to do, everything would have been all right. As it (be),
everything (go) wrong.
4. Mary (have) a nervous breakdown last year. No one (be) surprised. She
(work) much too hard for m onths.
5. The garden (look) absolutely lovely last year, m ainly because o f the hard
work we (put in) the previous autumn.
6. Stories about the two politicians and their liaison (circulate) for many
m onths before any statem ent (be made).
7. John (receive) treatment for two years before he finally (be told) he (be cured).
8. Before she (begin) her university course, Lesley (read) all the books on
the íìrst year reading list.
9. “Why you not (go) to see the íĩlm at the Odeon last week. I (think) you
(like) Paul N ew m an.”
“Because I already (see) it. I (go) when it (be) on in London.”
10. “Why (be) you not at the m eeting?”
“I not (be told) about it.”

7. P u t t h e v e r b s in b r a c k e t s in to t h e c o r r e c t p a s s iv e f o r m .

1. Poreign currency can (convert) into sterling at a num ber o f points in the
city, but th e best rate and low est com m ission charges (provide) at banks.
2. The im pact o f the postal strike began (feel) after only three days.
3. Visitors to the castle (show) around hy an experienced guide. They not
(allow) to vvander around on their own.
4. The nuclear power station at Berkeley currently (decom m ission), but the
process not (finish) for a hundred years.
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5. Everyone (dress) up, as if they (invite) to a wedding.
6. Many medieval towns (damage) by fire because the houses (make) of wood.
7. By th e end o f next year, sixty houses (build) on that green field site.
8. Custom ers (ask) to ensure they (give) the correct change as m istakes
cannot afterwards (rectify).
9. Trials now (conduct) to determ ine w hether the aircraít is safe enough
(use) by trainee pilots.
10. The identity o f Jack the Ripper, a murderer responsible for a num ber of
horrendous killings in the nineteenth century, never (establish).

8. In t h e f o llo w in g s e n t e n c e s , p u t t h e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo r m .

1. Teresa (type) all day and still not (finish) the report.
2. Doctor, I (get) lots of aches and pains. (Be) anything wrong? I (be)
terribly worried.
3. John ju st (complete) a course in engineering and now (want) pursue his
studies by (take) a M aster’s degree.
4. For som e years now Sam antha (believe) strongly in reincarnation and
(try) to persuade her friends to come round to her way o f thinking but
they (be) still not convinced.
5. Martha (think) of going on a three-month trip to Mexico next year and
(wonder) for some time if any of her fellow students (like) (accompany) her.
6. While Thom as (spend) the last few m onths working hard at his studies,
his sisters (concentrate) their attention on how to get their new business
off the ground.
7. It (look) as if oil (leak) from this pipe for som e tim e. We (have) to
dism antle the m achine if it (be) (be put right).
8. I not (want) to go to the superm arket again at the m om ent. I (preíer) to
wait till th e end o f the m onth, w hen I (can) do all the shopping in one go.
9. “You (go) to the Towcr o f London?”
“No, not yet. I (want) to go ever since I arrived in London, but
som ething always (come) up. I (hope) (go) som etim e soon. Perhaps you
(like) (come) w ith m e?”
10. The constant hum m ing from the word-processor (give) m e a headache. I
(have) to take an aspirin.

9. P u t t h e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo rm .

1. This candidate (look) very promising. Just think about his experience.
He (live) in H ong Kong, Australia and the U SA and (work) for a number
of m ulti-national companies. I (think) w e defínitely (interview) him.

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2. There (be) a terrible storm last m onth and several trees (fall down). The
telephone lines (bring down) and some still not (be íĩxed). Roads (be
blocked) for several hours. Several hom es (suffer) damage to their roofs
and chim neys th at (be) very expensive to repair.
3. I asked Tom last w eek to íĩnd out this inform ation, but he still not (do)
so. I (have) (ask) him again.
4. M arianna (complain) about her husband for ages. I not (be) surprised
that he (leave) her. W hat she (do) now, on her own?
5. I (try) for ages to reach you. Where you (be)?
6. Someone (try) get in through the kitchen window during the night. If
you (look) carefully, you (be able) see the marks.
7. The police (question) the suspect for several hours, but so far they not
(get) any new iníorm ation from him.
8. Everyone (be) excited about the new s of the vvedding and (think) about
what they (wear) on the big day next month.
9. The ílood w ater (breach) the new dam and villagers now (flee) from the
ílood.
10. N ew s from the earthquake zone (be) that over two hundred people (be)
injured. Help (be) urgently required.

10. P u t th e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo r m .

1. “How m any tim es Stephen (telephone)?” “I not (know), but I w ish he

(stop). It’s such a bore w hen he keeps on (phone).”
2. If you (be) president of the country, what changes you (want) introduce?
3. I w ish I not (eat) so many cakes. They (make) me feel quite ill.
4. Martin (be) here now if he (allow) plenty of tim e for the journey. As it
(be), we (have) to start the m eeting w ithout him.
5. Mary (agree) to the conditions, laid down by the court yesterday,
provided that her husband (keep) to his side o f the bargain.
6. I not (believe) w hat you (say) about Anna. She never (lie) to anyone,
least of all to me about such an im portant m atter.
7. If only I (realise) you (come) to England this week, I (keep) my diary
free. As it (be), I (be) aíraid it (be) ju st im possible to m eet unless you
(come) to Oxford on Tuesday evening.
8. Supposing the company (offer) you a pay rise o f 50.%, (be) you so
determ ined to leave and look for a job elsewhere?
9. “How you (feel) w hen you (receive) the offer?” “Like everyone, I (be)
delighted. You not (be)?”
10. H elena (think) (set up) her own business. What advice you (give) her?

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11. Put the verbs in the correct form.

1. What you (mean), the accident (be) my fault? If it (be), surely I not (call)
the police.
2. If John (telephone) you last night and (invite) you to dinner, what you (do)?
3. It not (be) possible for me attend the m eeting yesterday, if my deputy
not (agree) (stand in) for me at short notice.
4. Basil certainly not (get) through the interview so successfully if Jim not
(spend) a lot o f tim e (prepare) him about w hat to say.
5. I w ish I (speak) Swedish. If I (can), I (understand) the fílm we (see) last
night much better.
6. The bank account not (overdraw) at the end of last m onth if you not
(write) a cheque (pay) for the new \vashing machine.
7. It (be) hot in this room, and the lecturer (be) very boring. I w ish I (lie) on
the beach, (enjoy) the sun and (listen) to the waves.
8. I quite (agree) w ith you. Rupert (be) a good worker, I not (say) he not
(be). I ju st w ish he (co-operate) more w ith other people.
9. I (go) to see the íllm last night but at the last m inute I (receive) an
im portant phone call and (have) to stay at hom e to finish som e urgent
work. I not (regret) it. I (hear) since from my friends who (go) that it not
(be) very good.
10. Ruth (regret) (be) rude to Simon. The atm osphere betw een them (be)
now very tense, and she (like) make things up. He not (help) hy (be) very
distant.

12. Put the verbs in the correct form, using appropriate modal verbs
as necessary.

1. I w ish the Central heating not (keep) (play up). It (be) a bore not (know)
from one day to the next if it (work) or not.
2. This chicken (taste) better if the chef (add) a little more seasoning.
3. If only it not (rain), then I (be able) to plant the seedlings today.
4. Tim not (regret) (spend) m oney on (modernise) the house if he (get) his
m oney back w hen he (sell) it.
5. I (go) to the party but for the fact that my youngest son (have) a
tem perature and I not (want) leave him. Just as well, as it (turn) out,
because w hen the doctor (come) he decided Stephen (admit) to hospital.
6. “W here’s Joan? She (say) she (be) at the station at 3, and now it ’s 3.15.
She m ust (miss) the train. I (hope) she not (miss) the next one, otherwise
we (be) late for the opening address at the conlerence.”
7. “What you (do) w hen the course (finish)?” “I not (know) yet. Perhaps I
(have) a holiday first and then (look) for a job.”
8. I not (ask) you such an em barrassing question here in front of other
people if I not (feel) it necessary to get at the truth.
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9. “W hat you (do) if the police realise you (give) them false inform ation?”
“I ju st (say) I (be) m istaken.”
10. By the tim e Julius (read) my letter telling him it ’s all over betw een us, I
(be) hundreds of m iles away, sunning m yself on a tropical beach, only
w ishing I (leave) him sooner.

13. P u t t h e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo rm .

1. If John (ask) w here I (go), tell him I (be) back as soon as I possibly (can).
He (need) not worry, it not (be) later than Thursday.
2. When the President (step) off the plane on his official visit to our
country next week, he (greet) by the Prim e M inister and the Defence
Minister. He then (drive) to the Prim e M inister’s oíTicial residence where
a State Reception (take) place in his honour. The m om ent that (be) over,
he (take) to W orcester Castle where he (spend) the night.
3. I (tell) John the whole story about my early life, but the fact that he (be) so
unsympathetic about the íírst details I revealed (make) me decide not to.
4. I not (realise) that Stella (pass) the exam the last tim e it was conducted.
If I (know), I not (insist) on her filling in another form.
5. I (realise) I not (understand) the question w hen the interpreter (repeat)
it slowly in my own language.
6. (Be) it not for Mary’s help, I not (be able) to take part in the com petition.
As it (be), I (manage) to win íírst prize, so I (be) eternally indebted to her.
7. When the school finally (close) its doors in 1988, Mr Roberts (teach)
there for 25 years. As a result of the closure, he (decide) to take early
retirem ent and (be) now to be seen tending his garden m ost sunny
afternoons.
8. C onsultations (take) place for m any years at the highest level before
concrete peace proposals (accept).
9. Leading a life of luxury on the Costa del Sol (become) a reality for many
íugitives from British justice in the 1980.”s.
10. The hnancial scandal (rock) the governm ent w hen m any senior
politicians (see) to be im plicated and (force) (resign).

14. P u t t h e v e r b s in t h e c o r r e c t fo r m , u s in g a p p r o p r ia t e m o d a l v e r b s
w h e n n e ce ssary.

1. You m ust (be) very pleased w hen you (hear) you (win) th e prize. What
you (do) to celebrate?
2. I (try) (get) John on the phone for the past week. I think he m ust (go)
abroad. You (have) any idea w hen he (be) back?
3. I not (need) (tell) Alison the bad news. She already (hear). Chris (tell)
her the previous evening.

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4. I really ought (let) the college know where they (can) contact me in case
of em ergency during the vacation. If I (have), they not-need) (get) in
touch w ith the local police.
5. Oh, Martin. What a lovely bunch of flowers you (givo) me. How very kind
of you. But really, you (do).
6. The interview er not (dare) ask the M inister the questions he really
(want) to. The atm osphere (be) too threatening.
7. Sam (offer) a new job. He not (be able) (decide) if he (take) it or not. He
(have) (let) them (know) by the end o f the week. .
8. I (spend) ages (make) preparations for the dinner party but I not (need)
(bother). At the last m om ent, Philip (ring) (say) he not (be able) (come).
9. (Be) you sure the answer (be) what it (be)? In my opinion, it not (be)
right. Surely you (forget) (include) som ething essential?
10. I (have) a day off last week. I just (dare) not ask my boss for another day
off tomorrow.

KEY TO CORRECT VERB FORMS

1.
1. is - are saying
2. am looking - Do you know - is - is - know - is
3. am trying - is - are making - Do you think
4. believe - is - is trying - wants
5. are being - is getting
6. is making - spends
7. tidy up - leave
8. is alvvays criticising - do
9. am dying
10. is leaking - are closing off

2.
1. will not be - is promoted
2. sets - will be sutíused
3. n i-g e t
4. predict/are predicting - comes
5. finishes/has tinished - will be
6. will be/is - appears
7. have - will go ahead
8. will be - reach
9. get - will be able
10. sỉgns - will need - is

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3.
1. have visited
2. was - knew
3. have ever tasted
4. has lived and worked - has been living and vvorking
5. lived
6 have aiready read
.

7. worked - completed
8 has passed
.

9. have knovvn - have never understood - attracted

10 have never been - heard
.

4.
1. was living - met - became
2. heard - vvanted - was - invited
3. hit - were having
4. could - was going
5. was - was blovving
6 .was, could - did - got - was - did not start - wanted
7. was just striking - came
8 .was not - was travelling
9. did not ride - was - announced - was expecting
10 . was - was shining - were singing - looked/was looking
5.
1 .have loved
2. have alvvays vvanted
3. have I been asked
4. have been having
5. has been having
6 .have you been studying
7. have been trying - have you been
8 . has been going
9. has taken
10 . has been sleeping
6.
1 graduated - spent - was offered - wanted 2. had been looking - met - fell
,

3. had known - was - went

4. had - was - had been vvorking
5. looked - had puưput
6 had been circulating - was made
.

7. had been receiving/had received - was íinally told - had been cured
8 . began - read/had read
9. didn’t you go - thought - liked - had already seen - went - was
10 weren’t you - was not told/hadn't been told
.

7.
1 . be converted - are provided
2. to be felt

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3. are shown - are not ailowed
4. is currently being decommissioned - will not be íinished
5. was dressed up - had been invited
6. were damaged - were made/had been made
7. will have been built
8. are asked - are given/have been given - be rectiíied
9. are now being conducted - to be used
10. has never been established

8.
1. has been typing - has not tìnished understood - we saw
2. have been getting - is - am
3. has just completed - wants - taking vvritten - to pay
4. has believed - has been trying - are
5. is thinking - has been vvondering - would like - to accompany
6. has been spending - have been concentrating
7. looks - has been leaking - will have - is - to be put right
8. do not want - would prefer - can
9. Have you been to - have been wanting - has alvvays come up - hope - to go ■
would like - to come
10. has given/is giving - shall have

9.
1. looks - has lived - has vvorked - think - should deíinitely intervievv
2. was - fell - were brought down - have still not been íixed - were blocked -
suííered - will be
3. still has not done so - shall have - to ask
4. had been complaining - was not surprised - left - will she do
5. have been trying - have you been
6. tried - look - will be able
7. have been questioning - have not got
8. is - is thinking - will wear/are going to wear
9. has breached - are now Aeeing
10. is - have been - is

10 .
1. has stephen telephoned - don’t know - would stop - phoning
2. were - would you want to introduce
3. had not eaten - have made
4. vvould be - had allovved - is - will/shall have to start
5. agreed - kept
6. don’t believe - said - has never lied/never lies
7. had realised - were Corning - would have kept - is - am - is - come
8. offered - would you be
9. did you feel - received - was - would you not have been
10. is thinking of setting up - would you give

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11.
1. d o y o u m e a n - w a s - h a s b e e n - w o u ld not h a v e c a lle d
2. h a d te le p h o n e d - invited - w o u ld y o u h a v e d o n e
3. w o u ld not h a v e b e e n - h a d not a g r e e d
4. vvould not h a v e g o t - h a d not s p e n t -
5. co u ld s p e a k / s p o k e - co u ld - w o u ld h a v e
6. w o u ld not h a v e b e e n overdravvn - h a d not
7. is - is - w e r e lying - e n jo yin g - listening
8. a g r e e - is - a m not s a y in g - is not - w o u ld c o - o p e ra te
9. w a s g o in g - re c e iv e d - h a d to sta y - d o not regret - h a v e h e a rd • went - was
10. regrets - b e in g - is - vvould like - is not h elp in g - b e in g

12 .
1. did/would not k e e p p layin g - is - knovving - will work/is vvorking
2. w o u ld ta ste - h a d a d d e d
3. w e re not raining - w o u ld b e a b le
4. will not regret - s p e n d in g - m o d e rn is ỉn g - g e ts - se lls
5. vvould h a v e g o n e - h a d - did not w a n t - tu rn e d out - c a m e - s h o u ld b e a dm itted

6. sa id - s h e vvould b e - h a v e m is s e d - h o p e - w o n ’t - will b e -
7. will you do/are y o u going to d o - finishes/ h a s tinished - don't know - will h a v e - look

8 . w o u ld not b e a s k in g - did not feel

9. will y o u d o - g a v e - ril ju st s a y - w a s m ista k e n
10 . re a d s/ h a s re a d - will b e - h a d left

13 .
1. asks - have gone - will be - can - needn’t vvorry - won't be
2. steps - wili be greeted will be driven - will take place- is- will be taken - will spend
3. would have told - was - made
4. didn't realise - had passed - had knovvn - would not have insisted
5. realised - did not understand/had not understood - repeated
6 . Had it not been - vvould not have been able - was - managed - am
7. closed - had been teaching there - decided - is
8 . took place - were accepted
9. has become
10 . rocked - were seen - íorced to resign

14 .
1. h a v e b e e n - h e a rd - h a d w o n - did y o u d o
2. h a v e b e e n trying - to g e t - h a v e g o n e - H a v e y o u - will b e
3. d id n ’t n e e d - to tell - h a d a lr e a d y h e a rd - h a d told
4. to h a v e let - c o u ld - h a d - n e e d n ’t h a v e got
5. h a v e g iv e n - s h o u ld n ’t h a v e d o n e
6. did not d a r e - w a n te d - w a s
7. h a s b e e n o ffe re d - is n ’t a b le to d e c id e - sh o u ld ta k e - h a s - to let - k n o w
8. spent - m a k in g - in d e n t h a v e b o th e re d - rang - to s a y - w a s n 't a b le to c o m e
9. A re - is - s h o u ld b e - is n ’t - h a v e torgotten - to in c lu d e
10. h a d -d a re n o t

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 READING COMPREHENSON

You are going to read an article about holidays. For questions 1-6, choose the
ansvver (A, B, c or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

HOW TO AVOID TEEN TANTRUMS ON HOLIDAY!

Sarah Tucker has been intervievving lots of teenagers for her new book. Here,
with the school holidays upon us, she tells you what it takes to have a family
holiday that doesn't end in tears.

Given the choice, teenagers prefer not to go on holiday with their parents.
Given no option, teonagers take a holiday with their parents because their
parents pay. According to more than 1,500 parents and toenagors I’ve
interviewed over the past twelve m onths for my next book, the concept of the
happy family holiday appears to go vvrong when the child reaches adolescence.
Desmond Morris, an expert on human behaviour, says, “At this age, teenagers
are starting to assert their independence. They may begin to resent help from
theừ parents, seeing it as interference. And, above all, they like to be among theừ
peers - especially on holiday.” IIc adds: “There are additional tensions on holiday
when ĩamilies are brought together for a long period of time and, just like at
Christmas, there is an cxpcctation of cvcryone enjo3Óng themselves without
having to work at it. Only it doesn’t always happon that way.”
So w hat does work w ith tecnagers on holiday? Spcciílc countries as well
as holiday options proved more popular than others. Italy is becom ing the
m ost popular destination for tecnagers, closely followed by Australia and
Canada. The popularity of these countries appears to be as m uch to do with
the personality and culture o f the people as the location and facilities on site.
“The people are lively and laid-back,” com m ented one fifteen-year-old, who
had ju st returncd from a two-weck broak with his family. “I m et a group of
ItEilian teenagers from Bologna and w e would go down to the beach every
evening and play guitars till dusk. The cam psite was on th e beach, so parents
knew where we were and w hat we were doing.”
An option m any o f those fam ilies I interviewed had tried included going
w ith another fam ily who also had tcenage children. One m other explained
that this only works if the teenagers as well as the adults are compatible.
Personality clashes m ay make tense situations worse.
Some 90% of those teenagers I spoke to preferred the guarantee of
sunshine and heat. Teenagers enjoy the beach, as long as they are
surrounded hy their peers. Their new com panions do not have to be of the
same sex or even the sam e nationality - the main criterion appears to be that
they are of the sam e age. Get the tcenagers to take a friend w ith them , so

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that they can go out by them solves. Moro than 80% of teenagers interviewed
preferred an outdoor adventuro o f som e sort on holiday. There are many
activity holidays which cater for teenagors, but choose a location which is
exotic, if you have the budget. Som e resorts offer discounts for teenagers.
A resounding 99% of the tcenagers I spokc to recommended package holidays,
particularly where you stay at a specially-designed resort, like Club Med.
Hovvever, parents felt they were a bit too controlled, and they didn’t see enough of
theừ children. The beauty of Club Med (or similar style) holidays is that you can
do as little or as much as you want. Typical activities include horse-riding, tootball
training - and therc’s even a circus school at one Club Med resort!
Most teenagers thought that the othcr side of the world was more
interesting than anything to be found in Europe. And the destination on
most w ish lists was Australia. Those who had visited Down Under claimed it
was the best holiday they had ever experienced, w ith or w ithout their
parents. Teenagers m ight visit later, in their gap year, so w hy not see what
it’s like before they go hy them selves?
A fínal word on holidays to avoid. A big thum bs down from teenagers for
vvalking, fishing or cycling holidays. Or any holiday w ith “leisurely”
m entioned anywhere in the brochure. And if you are planning a holiday to
improve your tecnagers’ minds, forget it. They also rejected any holiday that
claims to be cultural, romantic, scenic or relaxing.
W herever you decide to go this year, I hope you all enjoy it - as a family!

1. Teenagers generally go on holiday with their parents because they

A. don’t have any choice.
B. don’t w ant to cause problems.
c. are being punished for som ething.
D. like to makc their family happy.
2. What does Desm ond Morris say is m ost im portant to teenagers?
A. being on holiday
B. being w ith other teenagers
c. getting away from thcir parents
D. helping their parents
3. Why can Christm as be a difficult time?
A. People think no effort is needed.
B. Teenagers refuse to help.
c. Many peoplc lose their jobs.
D. It’s not easy for fam ilies to m eet.
4. Teenagers prefer to go on holiday to countries
A. that are more popular with tourists.
B. w here they can go to the beach.
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 c. which their parents have chosen.
D. which havo a relaxed culture.
5. Pam ilies going on holiday with other fam ilies should make sure
A. everybody is includcd in all activitics.
B. the adults understand the situation.
c. the teenagers do some work.
D. the children get on with each othcr.
6. What do parents dislike about package holidays?
A. They have to do too many activities.
B. They aren ’t intercsted in the activities on oíTer.
c. They don’t have enough freedom.
D. They don’t likc having so much responsibility.

Read the article and choose the best ansvver (A, B, c or D) for each of the
questions (1-7).

COME FLY WITH ME!

Kites were invented about 2,500 years ago and vvere made by the ancient
Egyptians and various Asian people. Today kite f1ying is a popular pastime all
over the vvorld.

In Asia, there are special com petitions vvhere kites have complex designs
and Eire equipped w ith instrum ents such as w histles that make musical
sounds as the wind blows through them . Although all kites have a similar
structure, the variety o f shapcs is alm ost endless. The size of the kites also
varies greatly - som c are so large that sevcral people are needed to control
them. K ite-íĩghting contests are also hcld, in which com petitors use their
kites to attack and bring down their opponent’s kites or cut their strings.
For over 15 years, the Big Wind Kite Kactory has been giving kite-making and
kite-flying classes for the childrcn on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. Jonathan
Socher started the Big Wind Kite Pactory inl980. “We were down to our last $300
when someone suggestcd wc go íly a kite at the hotel,” he explains.
Their kites are made o f nylon, and Tibreglass is used for the sticks. Their
designs are m ostly IIawaiian them es created by Jonathan’s wife, Daphne.
These include hula danccrs, palm trees, dolphins, w hales and Hawaiian
boats, to m ention just a few of the dozens available. The designs are cut out
of the nylon w ith a hot knife that seals the edges to prevent íraying. The
designs are th en applycd directly onto the kite. On a tour of the B ig W ind
K ite Pactory, visitors can see the whole kite-m aking process, from the cutting
and “h ot-stitch in g” o f the designs to the íinal sticking and íĩttin g o f the
System th at joins the kite to the string.

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 In one o f Jonathan’s kite-m aking lessons, students can m ake kites in as
little as 20 m inutes! Provided there is enough wind to fly a kite, they are
taken out to the Aeronautical T esting Pacility next door to the factory.
T hat’s spelt p A R K! Children as young as four years old can learn how to
fly a kite, and the B ig W ind K ite Pactory recently trained a 92-year-old
grandmother who had always w anted to fly a ki te!
The kite which is used to give lessons is a regular diamond kite w ith a
rainbow pattern. The difference betw een this kite and the ones they make
during the lessons is that it is a tw o-string controllable acrobatic kite. Pirst
both lines are stretched out approximately 22 m etres. This is th e set distance
the kite will fly from the flyer.
B ig W ind em ployees launch the kite and for a few m inutes dem onstrate
how pulling on one line and then on the other Controls the direction the kite
goes in. Then the Controls are given to the student. Som etim es an em ployee
holds onto their hands for initial guidance. After about ten or fífteen
m inutes, several o f the students have taken turns and m ost are gettin g used
to the idea o f it. If they really know w hat they are doing, they can be left
alone in the park for as long as they wish.
donathan in sists that it is not necessary to make a huge im pressive kite to
have fun m aking and Aying kites. Even the sim plest structure can work, and
can give hours of pleasurc. Go on, give it a try!
1. How can kites make music?
A. They are designed in a complicated way.
B. They are equipped with musical sounds.
c. The wind blows through them.
D. The wind blows through instrum ents on them .
2. In kite-íĩghting c o n te sts,______
A. kite strings are som etim es cut.
B. kite strings m ust not be cut.
c. kites are always brought to the ground.
D. kites are never brought to the ground.
3. Who designs kites for the B ig W ind K ite Pactorỵ?
A. Jonathan Socher
B. a Hawaiian designer
c. Daphne Socher
D. D aphne’s husband
4. Why is a hot knife used?
A. to iron the nylon
B. to stop the edgcs Corning apart
c. to fray the edgcs
D. to prevent sealing
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5. What is different about the kite which is used for ílyin g lessons?
A. It has a rainbow pattern.
B. It is a normal kite.
c. It is diamond shaped.
D. It has two strings.
6. Em ployees show stu d e n ts______
A. how to control the direction the kite goes in.
B. how to pull the strings of the line.
c. how to make the kitc fly in the air.
D. how to guidc their hands.
7. According to donathan, to havc fun with kites, you need
A. an enorm ous kite.
B. any type o f kite.
c. complicated structure.
D. a kite which im presses others.

You are going to read an article about vvater parks. For questions 1—7, choose
the ansvver (A, B, c or D) vvhich you think fĩts best according to the text.

LET’S GET WET

Fun in the svvimming pool has come a long way in the last twenty-five years.
Dawn Davis looks at the latest generation of water parks.

Back in the 1970s, a typical family day out was a trip to the local leisure
centre. Every town had One and they were basically all the same, w ith a large
rectangular svvimming pool (shallow at one end, deep at the other), a
separate deep-water area with several diving boards, and a kiddie-pool for
babies or those who couldn’t swim. If you were lucky, there was a short,
straight slide that had to be kept w et w ith a bucket of water. And after your
leisure centre experiencc, there was a drinks m achine selling hot chocolate
for mum and cans o f fizzy drinks for the kids. And t h a t was it.

How things change! Now - thankfully - we have the water park, based on
the notion that sw im m ing on its own is not the m ost in teresting activity in
the world. People get borcd easily, and demand a lot more entertainm ent for
their money.

In Britain, m ost water parks are a combination of pools in an enclosed area

and in the open air. In Mediterranean countries, because of the warmer and
drier climate, they are more often than not completely outdoors. Some are
dedicated water parks, and others are part of a larger leisure or holiday complex.
All, hovvever, provide much more than the chance to swim a few lengths.
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 U nlike the leisure centre, th ere’s little point ju st turning up for an hour
or two. This is partly because thero’s so much to do, and partly because
there’s usually an entrance fee which, although quite reasonable if you make
the most o f w hat’s on offer, is not cheap.
So w hat is there to do? All w ater parks have a number of slides. These are
not the old-fashioned straight slides of the 1970s, though. They come in all
shapes and sizes —som e are open, some are totally enclosed tunnels, some
are steep, some are bumpy, som e tw ist sharply, som e you can go down in
pairs or on rubber rings. All of them have water flowing down them . You can
often choose how you w ant to go down - head íĩrst, feet íĩrst, on your front or
back, sitting up, lying down. Your position aíTects your speed - and how
much w ater will splash into your face!
Other attractions often include the rapids - in which you make your way
through a man-m ade river, surviving the obstacles such as backwards
flowing currents, waterfalls and rapids. It’s exhilarating and - at tim es - a
little scary, and for som e reason kids are much better at gettin g round than
adults. The baby-brother of the rapids is the lazy pool, where the current
gently takes you round a circular channel o f water. It’s relaxing more than
exciting, and som e lazy pools even have a Jacuzzi h alf way round.

Some larger w ater parks have a wave m achine in the xnain pool which
makes waves up to a m ctre high. That m akes the whole swim m ing
experience rather more thrilling than in the old leisure centre days. Some
have a “death slid e”, w here you hold onto a bar which slides down a cable
over the pool. W hen it hits the end, you drop into the water! T here’s also a
lot more on offer than a drinks machine. Many w ater parks boast shops,
cafes, bars and restaurants, and a bar actually in the m iddle of the pool is
not uncom m on in m any M editerranean water parks. Ju st rem ember to keep
your m oney dry!

1. What does the word “th a t” (paragraph 1) refer to?

A. the drinks m achine
B. a day out in the 1970s
c. the leisure centres íacilities
D. w hat you did after leaving the centre

2. The idea behind w ater parks is that p eo p le______

A. w ant more than ju st a sim ple svvimming pool.
B. felt leisure centres were too expensive.
c. need to be entertained twenty-four hours a day.
D. don’t enjoy swim m ing.
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3. How do watcr parks in Britain differ from those in MediterraneEin countries?
A. Pools in British wator parks are always inside.
B. Pools in M editerranean water parks are always in the open air.
c. Mediterranean water parks are somotimes connected to a holiday resort.
D. British w ater parks have indoor and outdoor facilities.
4. What point is the writer m aking in the fourth paragraph?
A. W ater parks do not have an entrance fee, whereas leisure centres do.
B. W ater parks provide value for money if you stay long enough.
c . People rarely spend more than a couple o f hours at a leisure centre.
D. D espite their beneíĩts, water parks are too expensive.
5. How do w ater park slidcs differ from leisure centre slides?
A. W ater park slides are m uch faster.
B. Water park slides are connected to a water supply.
c. Water park slides are more írightening.
D. W ater park slides are much wider.
6. What do the rapids and the lazy pool have in common?
A. The w ater is moving.
B. They both take you round in a circle.
c. They are designcd for children.
D. They are both very exciting.
7. What is the effect of the word “boast” in the last paragraph?
A. It em phasises that w hat follow are positive attractions.
B. It shows that w ater parks advertise heavily.
c. It dem onstrates that water parks are always expanding.
D. It rem inds us that water parks are very modern.

You are going to read an article from a magazine. For questions 1-7, choose
the ansvver (A, B, c or D) vvhich you think fits best according to the text.

MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT

Lisa Campbell looks at the challenge of conserving water,
Drip, trickle, splash. Do you ever think about the water we use every day for
cleaning, drinking, cooking and growing plants? W ater is essential to life. It
is one of the m ost common substances in the universe, and our planet, with
its vast oceans, is lucky to have a generous share of it. U nfortunately, ninety-
seven per cent o f that share is salty, and much o f the rest is in the form of ice
at the North and South Poles. G etting an adequate supply of fresh w ater is
not always easy, especially in the developing world, w here drought is a
constant threat in som e areas.
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 H alf o f the world’s population still suffer from water Services iníerior to
those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans. More than a billion
people don’t even have access to clean drinking water and face problems
caused hy pollution and disease. As the world’s population grows, there is
increasing pressure on agriculture, which demands large am ounts o f water.
Changing the course o f rivers and building dams threaten físh, w ith rare
species of fish becom ing extinct in some seas and lakes.
Throughout the íírst three quartcrs of the 20th century, the quantity of
freshwater used by each person doubled. The em phasis was on u sing more
and more water. Large-scale facilities were built for water treatm ent and
recycling and large num bers of rcservoirs wore constructed to store water.
However, m any people have now realised that basic hum an and
environm ental needs are the top priority. The building o f new w ater facilities
is now less im portant than using w hat we already have eíĩicien tly and wisely.
Repairing the existing System could have huge beneíĩts. Through leaking
pipes and faulty equipm ent, Mexico City, for example, loses enough w ater to
m eet the needs o f a city the size of Rome.
Over the last twenty-fíve years, new technology and greater avvareness of
the problem have m eant that water is used more eữĩciently. Industrial
processes have been discovered that use less water; it now takes only six tons
of water to make a ton of Steel, compared to sixty tons sixty years ago. People
around the world are also more effective at protesting against the eíTects of
water use on their local environm ent.
D espite this, a lot o f water is still wasted. We can all do our bit for the
environm ent hy following a few sim ple vvater conservation dos and don’ts.
Bathroom
The bathroom is a key area where you can save water. Short showers use
less water than baths, especially if you have a special water-saving
showerhead íĩtted. Toilets which use less water can be íĩtted, and even a
plastic bottle filled w ith water in the cistern will save a litre w ith each ílush.
Up to tw elve litres of water is lost every m inute if you leave the tap running
while you brush your teeth or w ash your hands.
Kitchen and Laundry
Fill a sink to wash up instead of leaving the tap running 2ind you can reduce
the amount of water needed hy half. Dishw2ishers and washing machines shoiild
only be \ised when they are full, and then on a short cycle when possible.
Outdoors
You can save w ater outside the home in a num ber of different ways. If
you have a garden, rainwater can be recycled to w ater plants, which should
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evaporation. Pavem ents and balconies should be swept instead o f being
washed, it can also help to save water if any leaks or w aste in your
neighbourhood are reported to your local council.
So, next tim e you have a shower or open a bottle of drinking water, think
about w here the water com es from and where it ’s going.
1. Why does th e w riter m ention the North and South Poles?
A. They are badly affected by pollution.
B. M ost o f the E arth’s w ater is frozen there.
c. They aíTect the am ount of drinking w ater available.
D. T hey provide m any people w ith a water supply.
2. The w ater Services in ancient Greece and Rome w e r e ______
A. more eíĩlcien t than m ost people think.
B. designed to provide w ater for h alf the world’s population.
c. badly polluted and carried disease.
D. better than those in m any parts of the world today.
3. Why are som e fish in danger, according to the writer?
A. An increasing population m eans more ílsh are eaten.
B. Lakes are becom ing increasingly polluted.
c. H um ans alter the direction that som e rivers take.
D. They are forced into areas w ith salty water.
4. What do people now think is m ost im portant in w ater use?
A. building large treatm ent facilities
B. ílnding less w asteful ways to use water
c. m oving w ater from one city to another
D. storing w ater so that pcople can use more
5. What does the w riter say has happened in industry?
A. Most Steel is now made w ithout u sing water.
B. More efficient m othods are used to create Steel.
c. Less Steel is b ein g produced due to a lack o f w ater.
D. More S teel is being made than ever before.
6. The w riter says that water can be saved in the bathroom b y ______
A. having shovvers and baths less often.
B. brushing your teeth in running water.
c. u sing bottled w ater instead of tap water.
D. replacing bathroom ííttin gs w ith more efficient ones.
7. Which of th ese w ater-saving m easures is not m entioned in the text?
A. iníorm ing the right people about waste
B. u sing rainwater to w ash your balcony
c. turning the tap off w hen w ashing up
D. m aking sure the dishvvasher is full when used

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You are going to read an article about healthy eating. For questions 1-7, choose
the ansvver (A, B, c or D) vvhich you think fits best according to the text.

WHY YOUR HEALTHY DIET ISN ’T

T h in k y o u ’r e e a t ỉn g h e a lth ily ? T h in k a g a in !
Once upon a tim e, eating was simple. You plucked food from trees or
hunted it in the wild. You ate when you were hungry and stopped w hen you
were full. Now, due to improvod cfficicncy in food production, food com es in
boxes and cans, w ith complicated labels and m isleading nam es. Not
surprisingly, the kinds o f people who consider them selves healthy eaters
have m ultiplied as well. There are vegetarians who abstain from animal
protein but eat few vegetables, and snackers who nibble non-stop to keep
their energy up. The problem is that many people become so obsessed with
extrem es that they no longer appreciate, or enjoy, food for the good things it
provides (including Aavour). T h is can lead to poor nutrition. With the help
of food and nutrition expert Dr Elaine Turner, we look at three people’s diets
and offer some easy, practical suggestions to help them get the m ost out of
their meals.
First up is D iana Collins, 19, a university student who w ants to lose
weight, it m ight not be very scientiíĩc,” she says, “but I have this idea that if
I don’t w ant to be fat, I shouldn’t eat fat.” S he’s on a low-fat diet and m ost of
what she eats consists of non-fat food like pasta, cereal bars and fat-free
crisps. Because she never feels full, sh e’s constantly eating - and consum ing
far more calories than she needs. “This diet is quite old-fashioned,” says Dr
Turner. “Some fats are beneficial, likc nuts and olive oil, and Staples like
pasta contain lots of calories. Diana should add more fat and protein early in
the day. A good breakíast of scrambled eggs and m ushroom s will m ean that
she eats less during the rest of the day. She should also use olive oil as a
salad dressing.”
Our second subject is Gos Ilussain. Gos is sixteen and has chosen to be a
vegetarian because of his concern for anim al rights. IIowever, som e people
aren’t so much vegetarians as they are food avoiders. Gos survives on cheese
pizza, pasta, and sw eets. “W e’ve got nothing against a m eatless diet, as long
ais it’s approached properly, but some vegetarians sim ply don’t eat enough
vegetables, not to m ention fruit and protein,” Dr Turner says. She advises
Gos to fill his plate w ith food in a variety of colours, a quick and sim ple way
to ensure that you get your daily requirem ent of im portant vitam ins and
other healthy substances. “Gos is still growing so w hat he eats is even more
important. He should go for toppings like spinach and peppers rather than
cheese alone, and cut down on the am ount of cheese generally.”

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 Pinally, there’s the snacker, Lisa Chandler. Lisa is eighteen and works as a
secretary. She likcs to think that she has a fairly healthy diet and always has
qui te smEdl meals. “I’m lucky in that I never seem to put any weight on no
matter w hat I eat, but I want to look after my body because I know that it’s
the only one I’ve got.” Dr Turner agrces that long-term health is important,
but what some people don’t realise is that they pick all day at nominally
healthy food like raisins or roduced-fat biscuits and end up eating twice as
much as they should. Lisa m ight be slim now, but all those mini-meals will
eventually add pounds without boosting energy levels. “The philosophy behind
snacking is that you eat several small meals instead of three big ones,” Turner
says, “but it doesn’t m ean that you can just eat throughout the day. Lisa needs
to avoid having snacks by her Computer where sh e’ll be tem pted to use them
to relieve boredom or stress. Stash your goods in the cupboard or refrigerator
where they belong and remember that yoghurt with berries or apple wedges
with peanut butler make good snacks. There’s really nothing better than a
sensible, well-balanced diet that gives your body exactly what it needs.”
1. The w riter says that food today
A. is produced using artiíĩcial methods.
B. is worse quality than in the past.
c. is less filling than it should be.
D. comes in conĩusing packaging.
2. What does “T h is” in line 10 refer to?
A. eating food that is full of ílavour but unhealthy
B. taking an extrom c view o f what a healthy diet is
c. lack of knowledge about dieting
D. constantly changing the diet you are on
3. The problem w ith D iana’s diet is that s h e ______
A. doesn’t get the energy she needs.
B. forgets to eat in the morning.
c. needs to eat the right kind of fat.
D. is bored by w hat she eats.
4. According to Dr Turner, v eg eta ria n s______
A. should eat less fruit than they do.
B. often lack protein in their diet.
c. need to have m eat in their diet.
D. get no nutrition from w hat they eat.
5. What does Dr Turner suggest Gos do?
A. eat a broader range of food
B. try to avoid eating pizza
c. eat larger portions of food
D. stop eating cheese

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6. Dr Turner believes that L isa’s diet will lead to her
A. gaining weight.
B. having more energy.
c. developing health problems.
D. spending more m oney on food.
7. Dr Turner says that Lisa shouldn’t ______
A. spend so m uch tim e at her Computer.
B. feel under pressure to oat healthily.
c. keep food near whcre she works.
D. w ait so long botween meals.

Read the text. For questions 1-7, choose the ansvver (A, B, c or D) vvhich you
think fits according to the text.

ARE YOU A HEARTBROKEN TEENAGER?

If you've been let down by a boyĩriend or girlíriend, you're probably hurting.
It's not stupid or childish to feel like this.

Your boyíriend or girlfriend has told you they don’t w ant to go out with
you any more. You feel rejected, alonc, unwanted and m iserable. You had
thought that this relationship would last forever and now it ’s over. L et’s be
honest - it ’s a horrible feeling. Maybe the worst feeling you ’ve ever felt.
Perhaps you feel that life’s not worth living and you’ll never get over it. You
probably feel that no-one has ever felt this way before.
It may sound im possible now, but you will get over it. It ju st takes time.
And you’re not alone - alm ost everyone goes through this at som e point in
their life. It’s an im portant part of growing up and actually m akes us
stronger. What you m u stn ’t do is think that you have failed. Remember:
relationships aren’t likc exams.
If a friend came betw een you and your bo3rfriend or girlfriend and helped
cause the relationship to end, you ’ll be dealing w ith f e e lin g s o f b e tr a v a l as
well. If your parents or friends disapproved of your relationship, you might
also feel hum iliated and embarrassed about discussing how you feel. These
feelings are normal, but it does help to talk. Try talking to your parents and
íriends - they may be more sym pathetic than you think. Ask your parents
about their íĩrst relationships. The chances are they w ent through similar
experiences.
D on’t do anything im pulsive. It m ight seem a good idea to go out and get
a tattoo or your nose pierced, but you’ll probably regret it in a few days.
T h a t doesn’t m ean you shouldn’t treat yourself: how about buying some
new clothes or gettin g a new hairstyle? Is there a fĩlm you ’ve been vvanting
to see at the cinem a for ages? N ot sure w hether to go to that party you’d
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been invited to? Go! And if you’re worried that your ex-boyfriend or
girlfriend m ight be thore, let them seo you can have a good tim e vvithout
them . T h at’ll make you feel a lot better!
Som etim es couples who split up get back together and som etim es they
don’t. D on’t sit around w aiting for your ex to call to say th ey’ve made a big
m istake and think you should start going out w ith each other again. The
chances are that w on’t happen, but it’s actually more likely to come about if
you ju st get on w ith your life rather than sit at hoxne w aiting for the phone
to ring. It may sound corny, but there are plenty more fish in the sea. You
will —in tim e —íĩnd som cone new. But don’t be tem pted to rush into another
relationship. This is called going out w ith som eone “o n t h e r e b o u n d ”. This
kind o f relationship rarely works, as you’re not together for the right
reasons. Give it a little tim e before you start your next relationship.
H ere’s one other thing to remember. You’ve ju st experienced one of the
most traum atic things that people experience. From now on, things can only
get better. Each day, you ’ll feel slightly less unhappy. In a week, it will be
bearable. In a m onth, you ’ll be able to laugh about it. In a year, it will all
seem ancient history. YouVe got a lot of life ahead of you - look to the future
and go out and enjoy yourselíl
1. According to the writer, heartbroken teenagers often feel that t h e y ____
A. have w asted their tim e being in the relationship.
B. do not understand why the relationship came to an end.
c. are the only person who has expericnced this situation.
D. should have been more honest about their leelings.
2. What does the vvriter say about a relationship ending?
A. It helps us develop em otionally.
B. It helps us understand that we can all fail.
c. It forces us to stop being childish.
D. It rem inds us that relationships are not like tests.
3. A heartbroken teenager m ight have “feelings of betrayal” (line 13,
paragraph 3) w h e n ______
A. their parents did not w ant the relationship to succeed.
B. they d on’t feel able to talk about their leelings.
c. their partner was responsible for the relationship ending.
D. som eone they trusted got involved in the relationship.
4. What does the word “T h at” (line 21, paragraph 4) refer to?
A. regretting the im pulsive behaviour
B. the advice not to do anything im pulsive
c. the idea of doing som ething im pulsive
D. treating you rsell to som ething you want

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5. How should heartbroken teenagers react if they seo their former partner
at a party?
A. They should be concerned about their former partner.
B. They should show that they are better off now.
c. They should make it clear that they can survive on their own.
D. They should see w hat their former partnor is doing.
6. A relationship “on tho robound” (line 35, paragraph 5) is o n e ______
A. in which you fall in love very quickly.
B. which is never succossful.
c. in which both partners have ju st bnished a relationship
D. which starts too soon after a previous relationship.
7. What point is tho writer m aking in the íĩnal paragraph?
A. H um ans are survivors.
B. We beneíĩt from painful oxperiences.
c. We forget unpleasant experiences quickly.
D. Time will heal the pain.

Read the following article. For questions 1-8, choose the ansvver (A, B, c or D)
vvhich you think fits best according to the text.

TWO LANGUAGES GOOD,

THREE LANGUAGES EVEN BETTER
Nine-year-old Naomi Cray is like many British children in that when she gets
home from school, she loves to lose herselt in a Harry Potter book. What makes
her different is that she will have chatted to her school triends ìn Prench on the
bus home, and spent her day with them learning her lessons in Breton.

Naomi is the daughter o f Jane and Dug Gray, a translator and stone-
mason who live-in Pinistere, the heart of Celtic B rittany in north-west
Prance. They have opted not to bring up their three children bilingually in
Prench and English, but trilingually, hy enrolling them in B rittany’s
educational System, Diwan, whcreby all lessons, bar English and p^rench, are
taught in Breton. Around 3,000 children in Brittany are educated via this
im m ersion m ethod that has played an im portant role in the revival of the
Breton language.
Jane adm its th at the decision was controversial: “Other B ritish parents
said: “How dare you do that? D on’t your children have enough to take on?”
But she had seen how quickly th e girls absorbed í^rench; “I felt sure they
could take in another lan guage”. The girls’ íather, Dug, adm its to being
envious of their abilities. “After 16 years in Erance, Tm com fortable w ith
the language, but th e kids still pick m e upon my pronunciation and
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 It was once thought that forcing a child to learn more than one language
could slow academic devolopm ent but according to Protessor Colin Baker, a
world expert on bilingualism , the effect is the opposite. The evidence is that
bi- and trilingualism actually increases mental capacity and that multilingual
children tend to do better at school. “Tho latest research shows that in
intelligence tests, children w ith two or more well developed languages have
higher scores,” he says. “Bilingual children have two or more words for
objects and ideas, so the links betw een words and concepts are looser,
allowing more íluent, ílexible and Creative thinking.” li e adds that children
learning languages young also tend to have more conhdence and better
general com m unication skills.
Proíessor Tony Cline is an educational psychologist specialising in language
development in children. He says, “We used to think [the brain] had a limited
capacity, like a milk bottle, and that it was impossible to pour two pints of milk
into a pint bottle. Now we undorstand that our brains are capable of making
an inhnite number of connections; there is no limit to what we can take in.”
He concedes that there m ight be minor disadvantages in having a bi- or
trilingual childhood: “The child som etim es applies the rules of one language to
another, and so m akes m istakes - but these grammatical “errors” are soon
outgrovvn, as long as the child is exposed to good models of language.”
It seem s th at by giving your child the option o f becom ing m ultilingual,
you are offering them far more than just the acquisition of a foreign language.
That certainly seem s to be the case for the Gray girls. AU three are getting top
grades at school and are literatc in three languages, Naomi has also
successhilly taken on German, where she is proof that bilingualism increases
language-learning aptitudc. Says Prof Clinc: “M ultilingual children pick up
other languages quickly because they have a more ílexible approach and are
used to handling diíTerent forms of syntax, grammar and vocabulary.”
Jane thinks her daughters have gained more than ju st language; they
have also gained culturally. In fact, the girls are all enthusiastic about
Breton culture: Naom i does extracurricular Breton step dancing and loves
singing in Breton and attending dance evenings known as fest-noz while
N ina takes part in the Breton sport of Gouren, a form of Celtic wrestling.
Says Prof Baker: “M ultilingual children gain the benefits o f m ultiple sets of
literatures, traditions, ideas, ways of thinking and behaving.”
And, he stresses, if parents have the opportunity to give their child the
gift of another language, they should jump at it. Because in today’s global
marketplace, on top of all the above, m ultilinguals are far more employable
than m onolinguals. “I find it a great sham e that languages don’t have a
higher place in the classroom in the UK because E nglish is a m ainstream
language o f business but, in the futurc, that is going to change.”

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1. What does the w riter say about the school that Naom i attends?
A. All o f the lessons are taught in lìreton.
B. English and French are not taught.
c. It is helping lìreton to regain its popularity.
D. The pupils are all íluent in three languages.
2. Some people criticised the Grays fo r ______
A. not encouraging their children to learn French.
B. helpíng to promote a m inority language.
c. not sending their childrcn to a lìritish school.
D. expecting too m uch of their children.
3. Dug Gray says that his children ____ _
A. som etim es correct him in his usc of í^rench.
B. are not as íluent in French as thcy would like to be.
c. need to improvo their Frcnch pronunciation.
D. would like to Icarn another language.
4. Professor Baker says that, compared to other children, m ultilingual
ch ild ren ______
A. work harder at school.
B. tend to do better in exam inations.
c. have a less rigid way o f thinking.
D. are generally marc talkative.
5. Professor Cline uscs the example of the m ilk bottle to illu str a te ______
A. our knowledge that the brain has lim itations.
B. how m uch language can be stored in the brain.
c. the link betw een brain sizc and intclligence.
D. a previous way of thinking about the brain.
6. What does Professor Cline say about mistakes made by multilingual children?
A. They are only apparcnt in childhood.
B. They are only a temporary issue, given the right conditions.
c. They usually only occur in one of the child’s languages.
D. They can increase in number as tho child grows older.
7. N aom i’s experience is prcscnted as evidence that m ultilingual children

A. enjoy taking part in group activities.

B. are better equipped to learn toreign languages.
c. take advantago o f opportunities they are offered.
D. integrate easily into any new cultural cnvironm cnt.
8 . What does “it ” refer to in the íĩrst sentence o f the last paragraph?
A. the opportunity B. their child
c. the gift D. another language

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8
You are going to read an article about the Lost City of Atlantis. For questions
1-8, choose the ansvver (A, B, c or D) vvhich you think fits best according to
the text.

THE SEAIICH FOR ATLANTIS

The location of the Lost City of A tlantis is a m ystery which has puzzled
hum anity for thousands of years. Since Plato ílrst told the story of this
fabulous island city more than 2000 years ago, historians and archaeologists
have continually debatod w hether or not the story was true and where the
island may have been located. In recent years an international investigation
team began searching w aters off the South coast o f Spain in an attem pt to
establish once and for all the true location of Atlantis.
The story of A tlantis begins in 360 BC, w hen Plato wrote two short
works, C ritias and Tim aeus which m entioned a great civilisation based on an
island in the Atlantic. In P lato’s account, a large number of pcople lived on
this huge island which he called Atlantis, and they developed an alm ost
períect society. They built a wonderful city surrounded hy circular canals
and protected at each entrance hy huge gates and towers. A íter lĩghting wars
against Europe and N orth Africa, the A tlanteans were eventually deíeated.
Some tim e later, according to Plato, “there occurred violent earthquakes and
íloods; and in a single day and night the island of A tlantis disappeared in the
depths of the sea .”
This may seem an unlikely tale, but m any people believe even today, that
while Plato undoubtedly invented some of the story, parts of it are based on
historical fact. And like all the best stories, it has been retold m any tim es in
different forms. A num bcr of other ancient historians described similar
island civilisations and the tale of A tlantis was passed down through
generations, although it then appears to have been largely forgotten for
many years. However, in the late nineteenth century there was a huge
resurgence of interest in A tlantis, particularly after the American writer
Ignatius D onnely wrote a book suggesting that all the major ancient
civilisations were iníluenced hy the Atlantean Empire.
This controversial work inspircd many different theories in the years that
followed, including one that suggested that A tlantis was an island located in
the Caribbean w hose inhabitants used fantastical ships and even aircraít.
Edgar Cayce, who dcvelopod this theory, also suggested that parts of A tlantis
would rise from the sea in 1968 or 1969. As if to coníírm his theory, a major
underwater geological lorm ation was in fact discovered in the Caribbean in
1968. Som e people believe this to bo the true location o f A tlantis and it is
still being explored today.

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 In trying to locate Atlantis, historians have often given close
consideration to one particular issue. Plato described the destruction o f the
island as taking place 9,000 years before his tim e, in other words roughly
11,000 years ago. Hovvever, modern archaeologists and historians do not
believe that highly developed civilisations existed so long ago.
Some people believe that Plato may have m istaken his dates and was
actually describing events that happcned 900, not 9,000, years before his
time. This would m ean that A tlantis disappeared around the sam e tim e that
the Greek island of Thera, now known as Santorini, was partially destroyed
hy a volcanic eruption. So perhaps A tlantis is Santorini? There is some
evidence o f a well-devclopcd ancient society on this island, but as yet no
proof that it is the sam e place that Plato reĩerred to as Atlantis.
If we assum e that Plato didn’t get his dates wrong, and that other details
of his story are factually accurate, then A tlantis m ust be located som ewhere
in the Atlantic. But the A tlantic is, of course, a vast ocean, and w here do we
begin to look? Plato also relerred to the Pillars of Hercules in his story and said
that Atlantis was “in front of the straits”. Many historians now believe that
these Pillars are in fact the Straits of Gibraltar, in the western Mediterranean.
A number of islands, such as the Axores and the Canaries have been
suggested as possible locations. The m ost recent expeditions have locused on
a mud bank submerged beneath the sca, known as Spartel Island. But still
no absolute proof has hoen found. D cspite all of our modern technology and
scientiílc knowledge, A tlantis stubbornly continues to rcm ain one of the
great unsolved m ysteries of hum an civilisation.

1. The story of the Lost City of A tla n tis______

A. was íĩrst told hy an archaeologist.
B. is set on an island ncar Spain.
c. has led to som e disagreem ent.
D. was in P lato’s ílrst book.
2. According to Plato, the A tla n tea n s______
A. lived in large buildings.
B. built city deíences.
c. kept detailed records.
D. lost m any battles.
3. According to the text, why are there many diíTerent versions of the story
of Atlantis?
A. because it ’s such a good story
B. because historians can’t agree
c. because it was forgotten for so long
D. because Plato made up the story

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4. What did Edgar Caycc bolievo?
A. A tlantis w asn ’t a true story.
B. Aircraft were used a very long tim e ago.
c. A tlanteans couldn’t have used ships.
D. The sea level would riso in the 19605.
5. Why do som e people say that P lato’s dates were wrong?
A. because he was not an archaeologist
li. because he lailed to consider one im portant issue
c. because he used a different num bering System from ours
D. because complcx societies are thought to ha ve developed later
6. What happened in Santorini?
A. An ancient civilisation lived there.
B. Part o f the island collapsed into the sea.
c. The people of Thera destroyed it.
D. Plato lived there w hen he wrote about Atlantis.
7. What is the b elicf o f som e modern historians?
A. The Pillars o f H ercules are in the middle of the Atlantic.
B. A tlantis cannot be found in such a large ocean.
c. P lato’s story is com pletely inaccurate.
D. A tlantis may be located near the Straits of Gibraltar.
8. Where was the latest search for A tlantis carried out?
A. on an underwater island
B. in the Azores
c. in th e Canaries
D. at a number of diíTerent locations

The following text was vvritten by Bill Bryson, an American who vvrites about
his fellow Americans, mainly for a British audience. Read through the text
quickiy and choose the best ansvver A, B, c, or D, to the following questions.

THE CONVENIENCE SOCIETY, OR CON FOR SHORT

The other day I took my younger children to a Burger King for lunch and
there was a line of about a dozen cars at the drive-through window. Now, a
drive-through window is not a window you drive through, but a window you
drive up to and collect your food from, having placed your order over a
speaikerphone along the way; the idea is to provide quick takeaway food for
those in a hurry.
We parked, w ent in, ordered and ate and came out again. all in about ten
m inutes. As we departed, I noticed that a w hite pickup truck that had been
last in the queue w hen we arrived was still four or íĩve cars back from
collecting its food. It would have been much quicker if the driver had parked
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like us and gone in and got his food himseir, but he would never have
thought that way because the drive-through window is supposed to be
speedier and more convenient.
Americans have become so attached to the idea of convenience that they
will put up w ith alm ost any inconvenience to achieve it. The things that are
supposed to speed up and sim plify our lives more often than not have the
opposite effect and I started w ondering why this should be.
Americans have always looked for ways to increase comíort. It is an
interesting fact that nearly all the everyday inventions that take the
diíĩiculties out of life - escalators, autom atic doors, passenger lifts,
refrigerators, w ashing m achines, frozen food, fast food - were invented in
America, or at least íìrst widely used here. Am ericans grew so used to seeing
a constant stream o f labour-saving devices, in fact, that by the sixties they
had come to expect m achines to do alm ost everything for them .
The m om ent I íĩrst realized that this was not necessarily a good idea was
at Christmas o f 1961 or ‘62, w hen my father was given an electric carving
knife. It was an early model and not as light as the ones you can buy today.
Perhans mv m em orv is plaving tricks on me. but I have a clear im pression of
him putting on goggles and heavy rubber gloves before plugging it in. What
is certainly true is that w hen he sank it into the turkey it sen t pieces Aying
ever3Twhere and th en th e blade hit the plate w ith a shower o f blue sparks and
the whole th ỉn g flew out of his hands and shot across the table and out of the
room, like a creature from a G rem lins movie.
My íather was always buying gadgets that proved to be disastrous -
clothes steam ers that failed to take the wrinkles out o f su its but caused
wallpaper to falloff the walls in whole sheets, or an electric pencil sharpener
that could consum e an entire pencil (including the tips of your fingers if you
w eren’t quick) in less than a second.
But all o f this was nothing compared w ith the situation today. Americans
are now surrounded w ith item s that do things for them to an alm ost absurd
degree - autom atic cat-food dispensers, refrigerators that m ake their own ice
cubes, autom atic car windows, disposable toothbrushes th at come w ith their
own ration o f toothpaste. People are so addicted to convenience that they
have become trapped in a vicious circlc: the more labour-saving devices they
huy, the hatrder they need to work; the harder they work, the more labour-
saving appliances they feel they need.
When we moved into our house in New I lam pshire it was full of gadgets
installed by earlier owners, all of them designed to make life a little easier.
Most, however, were completely useless. One of our rooms, for instance, came
equipped with automatic curtains. You ílicked a switch on the wall and four

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pairs of curtains eíĩortlessly opened or closed. That, at least, was the idea. In
practice what happened was that one opened, one closed, one opened and
closed repeatedly and one did nothing at all for five m inutes and then started
to produce smoke. We didn’t go an3Twhere near them after the íírst week.
Autom atic curtains, electric cat-food dispensers and clothes steam ers only
seem to make life easier. In fact, all they do is add expense and complication
to your existence.

1. What is the author’s opinion of everyday invention?

A. On the w hole they make life easier.
B. Some people do not know how to use them very well.
c. They cause more problems than they solve.
D. He likes them now more than he used to.
2. What point is the author m aking w ith the story o f his experience at
Burger King?
A. Fast food restaurants are not very fast.
B. Som e aspects o f modern life are not always as convenient as they are
intended to be.
c. The driver o f the pickup truck had parked in the wrong place.
D. The queues at the drive-through windows are usually very long.
3. What does the author tell us about everyday inventions in America?
A. They were all inventod there.
B. They make life less exciting.
c. People assum ed they would make life more comíortable.
D. There aren’t as m any now as there used to be.
4. What does the author m ean hy “Perhaps my mem ory is playing tricks on
m e” (paragraph 5)?
A. He is som etim es very forgetful.
B. He cannot remember all the details.
c. What he says m ight not be com pletely true.
D. He rem embers having fun.
5. What does “the whole th in g” in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A. the turkey
B. the plate
c. the rubber gloves
D. the carving knife
6. What does the author say about labour-saving devices today?
A. People cannot stop buying them.
B. People try to do ridiculous things w ith thom,
c. They are better than the ones in the sixties.
D. They help people to do more work.
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7. What does “th em ” in p2iragraph 8 refer to?
A. earlier owners
B. the gadgets
c. houses in N ew Hampshire
D. the w riter’s family
8. What are we told about the autom atic curtains?
A. They had been brought from a previous house.
B. Some of them worked as they were supposed to.
c. The room where they were íìtted was never used.
D. The author and his íam ily decided not to use them .

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Read the artìcle and ansvver questions 1-8 by choosing the correct ansvver, A,
B, c or D.

THE MAKE-A-WISH EOUNDATION

Find out all about vvhy volunteers are important for making vvishes come true
in our intervievv with Sophia Giorgi.

When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking o f volunteering to

help the M ake-A-W ish Poundation, nobody understood w hat she was talking
about. But Sophia knew ju st how im portant M ake-A-W ish could be because
this specied organisation had helped to make a dream come true for one of
her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we w ent along to
m eet Sophia and listen to w hat she had to say,
Sophia said that the previous year M ake-A-W ish had helped her best
friend, Andreas, who was seventeen years old and had been ill for a long
time. “Andreas had always wanted to be a pilot, but he knew it probably
w asn’t possible because of his illn ess,” explained Sophia. “But, thanks to the
M ake-A-W ish Poundation in Greece, Andreas had a brilliant day at the Air
Base in Araxo. He flew in a helicopter and learnt all about war planes.”
Sophia said one o f the pilots had spent a lot of tim e w ith Andreas, answering
his questions and explaining things to him. Andreas certainly had a day to
remember, and M ake-A-W ish has helped nearly 90 other children in Greece
to “live” their dreams.
But w hat exactly is M ake-A-W ish? Sophia told us that M ake-A-W ish is a
worldwide organisation which started in the U nited States in 1980. “It’s a
charity which helps children who have got very serious, life-threatening
illnesses. M ake-A-W ish helps the children to feel happy even though they are
ill, by m aking their w ishes and dreams come tru e.” Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how M ake-A-W ish had íĩrst started. She said it had all
begun w ith a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dream ing for a

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long tim e o f becom ing a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to
find a way to m ake Chris’s dream come true — so, w ith everybody’s help,
Chris, only seven years old at the tim e, had been a “policem an” for a day,
“When people saw how delighted Chris was w hen his dream came true, they
decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of
M ake-A-W ish,” explained Sophia.
When we asked Sophia if she could explain how M ake-A-W ish worked, she
told us the Poundation trics to give children and their fam ilies a special,
happy tim e. “Som etim es it ’s hard for fam ilies w ith children who are really ill
to enjoy them selves and laugh together. They often feel sad a lot of the
tim e,” said Sophia. “A M ake-A-W ish volunteer visits the fam ilies and asks
the child w hat they would w ish for if they could ha ve anything in the world.”
Sophia said the volunteers were im portant because they were the ones who
helped to make the w ishes come true. They do this either by providing things
that are necessary, like plane tickets or equipm ent, or by raising m oney or
helping out in vvhatever way they can.
We wondered w hat things tho children wished for. Did a lot o f them want
to m eet somebody famous? Sophia agreed that a lot of children did ask to do
this. But she said other children wanted to own som ething special or go
som ewhere, and som e children, like Chris wanted to be a different person or
do a different job for a day. “W hatever the child’s w ish is, M ake-A-W ish tries
to make it real for th em ,” she said.
So, how did Sophia become a volunteer? She told us sh e’d had to ring the
M ake-A-W ish ofíĩce in A thens to gct some more inform ation. She said sh e’d
become a volunteer the following week and that she was glad to be doing
som ething to help make children’s w ishes come true. Sophia suggested that
other young people could also volunteer.
M ake-A-W ish says that w ithout the help of volunteers like Sophia they
would not be able to pcrform thcse “m iracles” for children. Why not see if
there’s som eth in gyou can do to help?

1. How did Sophia find out about Make-A-W ish?

A. Her friend had volunteered to help.
B. M ake-A-W ish had helped her friend.
c. It is a special organisation.
D. Her friend had dreamt about M ake-A-W ish.
2. What did the pilot do w hen he was with Andreas?
A. He gave him lots of inform ation he wanted.
B. He flew w ith him in a war plane.
c. He asked him lots of questions.
D. He rem inded Andreas about his day.

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3. The M ake-A-W ish Foundation
A. doesn’t exist in Greece. B. is only in America.
c. isn ’t a charity. D. is an international organisation.
4. A boy called C h ris______
A. had the idea that began M ake-A-W ish.
B. was th e ílrst child M ake-A-W ish helped after it had been set up.
c. gave people the idea of starting MaÃe-A-Wis/i.
D. w anted people to help him to make his dream come true.
5. M ake-A-W ish volunteers visit children and their fam ilies t o ______
A. find out w hat the child’s w ish is.
B. make the child happy.
c. make the family fecl special.
D. see if the child is fceling sad.
6 . Volunteers zire im portant for M ake-A-W ish b eca u se______
A. they decide if the w ish can come true.
B. they help in lots o f ways.
c. they provide all the plane tickets.
D. they know how to make people laugh.
7. Which of these statem ents about the children’s w ishes is true?
A. All the children w ant to m eet famous people.
B. Most o f the vvishes involve owning som ething.
c. Lots of the children wonder what to wish for.
D. Some of the children w ant to m eet som eone special.
8. When did Sophia telcphone the Make-A-Wish office?
A. She rang on the day of the intcrview.
B. She rang before the interview.
c. She rang th e week after the interview.
D. She rang w hen she had got som e more information.

11
Read the following text. Seven sentences have been removed from the text.
Choose from the sentences A—H the one vvhich fits each gap (1—7). There is
one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use.

CASA DE CRISTAL
He was invigilating the exam in the Casa de C ristal, a huge glass-fronted
building on the edge of the city used twice yearly as an exam ination centre.
It was a cold December day and the heating had broken down.
With their coats and scarves pulled tightly round them, the four hundred or
so candidates struggled to forget the temperature and focus their attention
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instead on the four examination papers which would t£ike them m ost of the
day to complete. 1................. However, no obvious improvement W21S ever made.
The job o f invigilator was not one he particularly enjoyed, but it earned
him som e much-needed cash before the approaching Christm as holidays. As
well as patrolling a sm all part o f the large exam ination room, answering
questions and discouraging cheats, he had to carry out a number of
adm inistrative duties. 2 ................... And then, of course, there were the
question papers to hand out and answers to take in. It was all rather dull,
but it made a change from the rigours of teaching.
To relieve the boredom he set him seir several sim ple arithm etical tasks to
perform. 3 .................. This helped to pass the tim e and made the whole thing
more bearable. N ow and again he would walk up and down the aisles, giving
out rough paper, rem inding candidates to use pens rather than pencils and
picking up item s which had been dropped on the floor.
He was w alking back up the exam room in his soft shoes w hen he caught
her. 4 ................... The candidates were now on the third paper, which tested
English grammar and vocabulary, and as he neared her desk from behind. he
could hardly believe w hat he saw. He had heard of som e ingenious m ethods
of cheating but nothing likc this.
5 ...........She was now looking down at the back of her exposed leg, which was
covered with several columns of phrasal verbs and their translations. copied out
onto her skin in fine blue ink. Suddenly, she felt his presence behind her and she
pulled the trouser leg down to her ankle and looked round.
6 ................ Then she blushed, acutely embarrassed but also uncomfortably
aware of the possible consequences of having been found out and she looked
away to contem plate her fate.
N one o f the other candidates seemed to have noticed w hat was happening,
which gave him tim e to decide how best to deal with the situation. 7.................
But this was not a course of action he had considered and as he asked her to
accompany him to the front, he noticed the tears íorming in her eyes.

A. The girl was w earing loose íittin g trousers and had pulled one of the
trouser legs up as far as the knee.
B. He counted the number of separate window panes (85), worked out the
m ost popular colour for coats (blue) and calculated the ratio o f fem ales to
m ales in the room (5:2).
c. There were lists of nam es to make, seating plans to draw and identity
papers to check.
D. This brief delay gave her hope that he m ight turn a blind eye and forget
he had seen anything.
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E. She had obviously not heard him approaching.
F. They had only hoen w riting for some 20 m inutes w hen he received the
ílrst complaint,
G. For a brief m om ent they stared at each other in disbelief, neither one of
them qui te sure w hat to do next.
H . The cold was terrible and the caretaker of the building had assured him
that a heating engineer was trying to solve the problem.

12
You are going to read an article about hygiene and Health. Seven sentences
have been removed from the artĩcle. Choose from the sentences A—H the one
vvhich fits each gap (1—7). There is one extra sentence vvhìch you do not need
to use.

TOO CLEAN FOR OUR OWN GOOD?

It’s a c o m m o n and n a tu ra l a s s u m p t io n th a t g e r m s a n d b a c t e r ia a r e b a d f o r u s .
C l e a n l i n e s s a n d g o o d h y g ie n e p r a c t i c e s a r e g e n e r a lly t h o u g h t t o b e e s s e n t ia l to
g o o d H e a lth . H o v v e v e r , r e s e a r c h ìs b e g ín n in g t o s h o w t h a t w e m a y a c t u a l l y b e t o o
c le a n f o r o u r o w n g o o d .

1................ We wrap food in Cellophane, treat kitchen equipment with

antibacterial Products, spray bathrooms with disinfectants and spend only 5% of
our time in the dangerous, germ-íĩlled environment outside of the house.
There is good reason for these fastidious habits. 2 ................. Before we
períected these techniques, conditions such as cholera were killers in the
West, and still are in countries w ithout the resources to build protection.
But recent scientihc research suggests that there may be a price to pay
for safe W estern lifestyles. 3 ................N ot only that, but som e of our hygiene
habits may be creating problems for the future, causing bacteria to become
resistant to our efforts to destroy them. Scientists believe that hy lim iting
the number of germ s that children come into contact w ith, we could also be
lim iting their ability to build up natural immunity.
The increase in the number of different allergies such as asthm a over the
past 100 years may be evidence of this. 4 .................... Furtherm ore, it was
restricted to those peoplc who were rích enough to be able to live
hygienically. It now affects one in three people in the UK, w hile allergies
remain rare in less developed countries.
The idea that children need to be exposed to germs early in their lives to
develop resistance to bacteria has been supported by three separate studies in
Europe. 5 ................ It would appear that Irequent contact with animals leads to
frequent contact with bacteria, and this builds up protection against allergy.

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 So have we gone too far w ith hygicne? Should wo loave our kitchens dirty?
6 .................. M aking a conscious effort to expose ourselves to more germs
would be full of dangers, according to m icrobiologist Professor Tom
Ilum phrey. ‘Tt may be true that a little bit of dirt is good for you, but only as
long as you can control the am ount of type of dirt it is, and th a t’s very
d iíĩĩcu lt,” he says.
He recom m ends sensible hygiene routines, which do not always involve
spraying antibacterial Products. 7 ...................... “Aftcr you have done the
chicken, for example, you may need to use a basic antibactcrial product to
clean work surfaces.”
A. They have all shown that children brought up on farms containing animals
have 60% fewer allergies than those raised in non-farming environments.
B. Public health expcrts are in no doubt as to the answer.
c. Man is the only creature on earth to wash its hands before meals.
D. U nlike anim als, man is able to develop ways to protect him seir from the
hostilc elem ents o f the natural world.
E. Most germ s can be killed with hot water and detergent, although
som ething a little stronger may be necessary after preparing raw meat.
F. Hay fever was rare w hen it was first dcscribed in 1819.
G. They go on to recom mend a number of Products, which, w ith proper use,
prevent the spread of bacterial infection.
H. In our obsession w ith clcanlincss we have bccome less capable o f íĩghting
germs.

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Read the following article. Seven sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).
There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use.

SHOPPING: A CURABLE DISEASE?

An American psychiatrist has launched trials of a drug to help people who
cannot stop spending. Protessor Lorrin Koran of stantord University in
California believes he has found a cure for shopaholics.

The news will come as a great relief to millions of people sulĩering from
compulsive shopping disorder, a condition which is thought to aữlict up to onc in
30 American women. 1................... Koran, however, describes it 81S a “hidden
epidemic” comparable to compulsive gambling, kleptomania and pyromania.
Since tho announcem ent of his test programme, Koran’s offíce has been
inundated w ith hundreds o f calls from shopping addicts keen to become his
guinea pigs. 2 ..................... But ju st w hat typc o f people suffer from it?
According to Koran’s research, the majority of shopaholics are women.
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 3 .................... H ow ever, an increasing n u m ber o f m en are also becom ing
addicted to shopping. T h ey usually collect p o w er tools an d car accessories.
One m an could n o t sto p bu yin g spanners, even though h e a lrea d y h ad 4,000,
while an oth er had bought o ver 200 diữ eren t sea t covers for h is car.

Lorrin Koran’s clinic is ideally located in Silicon Valley, the high-tech

region near San Francisco that has seen some o f the fastest w ealth creation
in America’s history. 4 .................... W hereas the former get pleasure from
shopping and only occasionally splash out on som ething expensive, tj^ical
shopaholics go on a binge at least once a week. They experience urges to huy
item s that are not needed and then feel sadness and remorse. With good
reason: they often get into financial diữĩculties.

“The thrill they have is in the purchase and not in the possession,” said
Koran, who identihes low self-esteem as a common factor. “They are filling
their life w ith things because they feel em pty inside.”

5 ................... As she made her way through an expensive shopping centre in

Staníord last week, she coníessed that she recently spent $35,000 on fashion
accessories, gettin g h erself $22,000 into debt. Salesw om en at her favourite
boutiques assum e she is a rich businessvvoman rather than a design assistant
at a furniture store.

‘T’ve been doing it since I was 12 w hen my father would give m e his credit
card,” she said. She has tried giving up her own cards and leaving her
handbag at home, but has never managed to stop shopping. 6 ................... “It is
ruining m y life,” she said.

In the 12-week trial, Laura and 23 others will be treated w ith a drug
which restores levels of serotonin. Serotonin carries m essages betvveen nerve
cells in the brain and deíĩciencies are thought to lead to compulsive
behaviour. 7 .................... Lee Sm ith, a retail consultant, claim s that people
have always used shopping as a way of cheering them selves up.
A. Her addiction was the main cause of her split with a boyíriend of nine ye2irs.
B. The considerable interest in the supposed cure com es as no surprise to
Koran, who has been aware of the extent o f the problem for m any years.
c. D esign assistant Laura Olsen, who is the exception to this rule, says she
has absolutely no regrets.
D. Koran believes that a clear distinction m ust be made betw een
recreational shoppers and those who cross the line to addiction.
E. U ntil now, few psychiatrists have regarded the problem as vvorthy of
serious medical attention.
F. Howover, not everyone agrees that com pulsive shopping is a disease
which needs treating.

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G. Most buy item s th at improve their appearance such as clothes, shoes,
make-up and jewellery.
H. For Laura, 44, who has a liking for designer clothes, Koran’s trial is a
lifeline.

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You are going to read an article about a couple who are travelling round the
vvorld. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the
sentences A—H the one vvhich fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra
sentence vvhỉch you do not need to use.

ROUND THE WORLD - WHAT’S THE RUSH?

“Wait a m inute. You mean, you ’re going to travel all the way round the
world, w ithout taking a plane?” This was the usual reaction w hen Ed
Gillespie told people about his plans for a som ew hat unusual
circum navigation of the globe. After a little consideration, though, som e of
them found the adventure intriguing. After all, w hen you stop to think about
it, the idea o f travelling through so many different countries and cultures at
a gentle pace, w ith tim e to reílect, and to actually com m unicate w ith the
people living there, is quite appealing.
So is Ed Gillespie a fanatical cnvironmentalist or just a reílective traveller?
1............ H e’s the director of a climate change company, Euterra, which teaches
people about ways to protect the environment. IIowever, he admits that he’s
done plenty of ílying in his time. In his former career as a marine biologist he
worked in Australia and damaica, so long-haul travel was a necessity.
Recently he came to the decision that the flying had to stop. “Four years
ago, I took m y last holiday ílight to visit Iriends in Malaga in Southern Spain.
Now I find it increasingly difíĩcult to justify the environm ental im pacts of
Aying purely to indulge m yself.” 2 .............. You travel through a landscape,
not just over it,” he points out, “and see íírst-hand the transition of scenery,
culture, languagc and people that Aying robs you of w hen it dumps you
dazed and disorientated on the other side of th J world.”
When their journey is complete, Ed and his girlfriend Fiona King will
have travelled to 20 different countries, covering 65,000 kilom etres hy a
variety o f sea and land transport. 3 ............. A round-the-world air ticket could
be íound for less than a íĩfth of that amount.
Clearly, saving m oney is not w hat this trip is about. 4 .............. Another is
the sheer pleasure o f m oving through the world and appreciating its subtle
changes as you go, rather than simply ílying over it. More im portantly, they
feel th ey’re m aking a real statem ent about the íu tility of modern 2Ũr travel in
this age o f falling oil supplies.

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 The íírst leg of the journey is now over and it has lived up to expectations
in many ways. 5 .............. N ext, the train sped them to the ferry port of
Portsmouth: journey tim e 1 hour 50 m inutes. So far, so good. At
Portsm outh, however, they hit the íírst setback of the trip, perhaps the íĩrst
of many. The ferry to Bilbao, they were intormed, was delayed hy three
hours due to bad w eather at sea.
Eventually, they boarded the ferry and as the ship pulled out into the
open sea, they quickly discovered that the pleasant cruise advertised in the
brochures was about to turn into a lurching, rolling, seasickness-inducing
ordeal. 6 ............... Was this really any worse than being stuck in an
overcrowded airport lounge for 24 hours while air traffic controllers take a
day off to press for higher wages?
Ultimately, Ed and Eiona arrived safely in Spain, where they jumped on a
train and are currently heading east across P]urope. N ext stop Singapore. 7.
.......... Erom Singapore, they will travel hy Container ship to Australia, a yacht
will speed them on to New Zealand and a cargo ship will take them to Los
Angeles. Then it’s on to Costa Rica, where a banana boat should be w aiting to
take them home to England. It will have been a wonderful adventure for Ed
and Eiona, but above all they hope it will show the world that it is possible to
travel widely without doing major damage to the environment.
A. N ot a great start perhaps, but then any type of travel has its diữĩculties.
B , The total cost o f this little adventure will be about £5,000 per person.
c. So these days he does most of his holiday travel the slow way; hy boat or train.
D. We don’t have to do ever3dhing at the speed that modern technology allows.
E. One advantage, according to p]d and í ’iona is the greater ílexibility of routes.
F. Well, probably a bit of both
G. The journey tim e is expected to be about four m onths.
H. F'rom their flat in Brixton, London, they caught a bus to Waterloo
station: journey tim e 15 m inutes.

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You are going to read an aiticle about the povver of nature. Eight sentences have
been removed from the aiticle. Choose from the sentences A-H the one vvhich
fĩts each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use.

GONE WITH THE WIND

As hurricane-force vvỉnds hit Brĩtaĩn's coasts, John Leavey takes a look at the
amazing povver of nature.

Now that the hum an race has madc great technological and scientific
progress and is about to clone whatever or vvhoever it w ants, it is very easy
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destruction which we have seen on our television screens are horriíĩc, they
are, in fact, ju st the tip of the iceberg compared to w hat nature can really do.
Tornadoes, which are the fastest and m ost violent w inds on earth, can
reach speeds o f over 500 kph. 2 .................... Roofs of houses, cars, animals,
buses and people have been lifted into the air in this way. Those people
whose lives have been put at risk hy “tw isters” have described how helpless
they felt in the face of such power.
A tornado is a violently spinning column of air that can start to form
during a thunderstorm, of which there are about 45,000 a day worldwide. Of
course, not all thunderstorm s bring about tornadoes and not ^dl tornadoes
bring about total destruction. The most destructive ones occur in India,
Bangladesh and “Tornado Alley” in the USA. The worst ever “tw ister” hit this
area in March 1925, when a huge tornado travelled across Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring a hirther 2,027. 3 ..................
A blizzard is another natural phenomenon which aíĩects North America. It is
a deadly mixture of wind, snow and freezing temperatiưes. 4 .................Muscles
and internal organs then fail to work when body temperature íalls below 30°c.
In the USA, blizzards are quite common, with winds travelling at up to 65 kph.
It is believed that global warming, which is causing ice caps to melt, will
be the cause o f more blizzards in the future. Even Britain may experience
blizzards as violent as the One which hit New York, W ashington, Boston and
Philadelphia in ơanuary, 1996. These cities became com pletely paralysed
when snow up to 78 cm deep and w eighing a total o f lĩve billion tons covered
an area 800 km long. 5 ...................
Apart from causing death and injury directly, tornadoes and blizzards can
also cause íloods. Naturally, floods are usually caused by heavy rainfall, but
whichever way they are created, they can be very destructive. The most
dangerous and dram atic ones are known as ílash Aoods. In June 1976, hot
air blew north from the G ulf of Mexico, bringing huge thunderstorm s to the
Big Thom son Gorge, where they released 25 cm of rain in six hours. All the
m ountain stream s filled up and m et at the Big Thom son Gorge. 6 ...................
The water then flowed through the canyon, rem oving ever3dhing in its path,
killing 139 people and causing damage worth $36 million. Other íloods on
record have developed more slowly but have been equally destructive.
7 .................... If we choose to ignore it and believe we are the supreme
rulers of the planet, w e m ay be in for a big surprise. Remember, lightning
can strike twice in the sam e place.
A. A nything in their path can be picked up OÍT the ground and dropped
hundreds of m etres away.

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B. Scientists who explore the Antarctic have learnt a great deal about the
earth ’s w eather Systems.
c. O f these, the wind is the m ost life-threatening part because it removes
the heat from its victim s’ bodies.
D . This week, however, w e have been reminded o f w hat nature can do as
hurricane w inds continue to cause chaos across the South coast.
E. W herever we look, we can w itness the power of nature in action.
F . As a result, em ergency Services could not operate properly, however hard
they tried, and more than 300 people died in the “safety” o f those cities.
G. Here, the water level rose from two to seven m etres w ithin m inutes.
H . It moved along the ground for an incredible 352 km, bringing total
destruction w herever it went.

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You are going to read an article about digital photography. Seven sentences
have been rem oved from the article. Choose from the sentences A -G the one
vvhich fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need
to use.

E verything You Should Know About

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
W hat is a d ig ỉta l p h o to g r a p h ?
A digital photograph is a photo, produced w ith Computer techniques,
made up of hundreds of thousands or m illions of tiny squares of colour. 1.
................ If you look at a digital photograph through a m agniíying glass you
can see the sep2U"ate dots o f colour. The qu2dity of any digital photo depends
on the number of pixels per square centim etre —the more pixels, the better
the photo, which is why you should always try to huy the best digital camera
you can afford.
W hy s h o u ld I “g o d ig it a l”?
There are m any reasons why people ought to consider changing from
ordinary cameras to digital photography. 2 ................... You don’t waste time
going to the shops for your íílm s or photos, and you don’t have to spend money
on íílms. There is also the advantage that digital photography is instant. You
can view your pictures immediately allowing you to decide which photos you
want to keep and which you don’t. No more vvondering if you should have
taken a photo or not - with digital cameras you can take the picture íírst and
decide later whether or not you want it. Of course, with digital technology you
are able to change your picture so that it looks great an3^ a y - th at’s another
huge plus w hen it comes to digital cameras. Lastly, and som ething we all
ought to think about, is the fact that digital photography doesn’t use toxic
Chemicals that oíìten end up in our rivers and lakes.

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How does it work?
You don’t need to be a Computer wizard to use digital cameras. Put
simply, w hat happens is that the camera produces your picture in digital
format - i.e., made up of pixels - so that it can then be “read” hy your
Computer. 3 ..................... They can be saved until you w ant to use them,
included in le tte r s y o u ’ve w ritten on your Computer or se n t to friends and
fam ily in an e-m ail.

Which type of digital camera should I buy?

First o f all, w hen you ’re looking at digital cameras and thinking, “Which
one shall I buy?”, bear in mind that nobody yet knows w hat a digital camera
ought to look like, so there are lots of strange shapes and sizes. 4 ...................
Secondly, there is the cost. At the cheaper end o f the market, there are
the “point and sh oot” cameras. These cameras are fully autom atic and
anybody ju st starting digital photography should begin w ith one o f these.
They’re so sim ple that after only a couple of w eeks, you should have learnt
all you need to know about how to use the camera. 5 ................... Some of these
are a bit too complicated for everyday use. At the top end o f the price scale
are proíessional cam eras and digital video cameras - very expensive and only
necessary for the serious photographer.
Checklist
If you ’re buying a digit2d camera for the íírst tim e, you can easily get
confused. Thereíore, before spending your m oney you should think about
why you w ant the cam era and w hat you are planning to use the pictures for.
Will you be taking pictures indoors or outside? W hat kind of pictures do you
w ant to take - landscapes, portraits, sports shots, etc? 6 ................... All these
questions affect the kind o f camera you should choose. W hen youV e thought
about all th ese questions, you should be ready to make your choice.
A, Once your photos are stored on your Computer, you can decide w hat you
w ant to do w ith them .
B. You can change these pictures w ith your digital camera if you follow the
instructions.
c. However, the design doesn’t make any difference to the CỄunera’s
perĩorm ance and you shouldn’t be too inAuenced hy this.
D. The technical nam e for these squares is picture-elem ents or pixels.
E. For more m oney you can huy one of the mega pixel cameras, which, as
their nam e suggests, produce better quality photos hy using more pixels.
F. Do you w ant to take picturcs o f things close up or far away?
G. For a start, digital cam eras save you both tim e and money.

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17
You are going to read an article about vvinter holidays. Six sentences have
been removed from the artìcle. Choose from the sentences A-H the one
vvhich best fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not
need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).

WINTER W ONDERI^ND
Carol VVhitely looks at what's available if you're planning on going away this
vvinter.

Plolidays are a summ cr thing, right? Sun, sand and sea? Wrong.
0. .....H ..... And w c’re not just disappoaring to íĩnd distant sun, although
places like A ustralia are vcry popular vvinter dostinations. From Europe to
America, there are som e great breaks if you liko your fun served cold.
W hether it’s action or relaxation you need, you ’re hound to íĩnd som ething
to suit you.
Traditionally, a wintor holiday has m eant skiing, and we still ílock in our
thousands to the slopes. 1...................One of the more popular places to íĩnd it
is in Chamonix, in the French Alps. Chamonix caters for beginners, but the
real appeal of this resort is the cross country ski trails and ski mountaineering.
2 .................. One of the highest cable cars in Europe will taike you far above the
town and you can spend a few hours getting back down at breakneck speed!
If you prefer a quieter life, treat yourseir to a bit of luxury at
Jukkasjarvi, a village in northern Swedish Lapland. Here, every November,
100 tons of ice and 300 tons of snow become the Ice Hotel. It is constructed
in November and lasts until the end of April, w hen the spring sun íĩnally
w ins the battle and the hotel m elts. 3 ................... There are around 300 rooms
with beds of ice covered w ith reindeer skins and therm al sleeping bags.
They’ll keep you warm in tem peratures betw een -4°c and -9 ° c , although it
has been known to drop to -2 5 ° c . Just don’t ask the m anagem ent to turn up
the heating or you m ight find yourself w ithout a room!
The hotel includes an ice-art exhibition, an ice sauna and a cinem a w ith a
huge screen carved out of, youV e guessed it, ice. If th a t’s not enough for you,
there’s lots to do in the surrounding region, including skating at the local
rink, and it ’s a short trip to the tow n of Kiruna for the Snow Festival. 4.
................ Learn som ething about the local Sam i culture and íĩnd out w hat
it ’s really like to spend your life in the snow.
When you’ve had enough relaxation, take the daredevil in you on a winter
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sledding tour. 5 ................... You’ll be shown how to handle your huskies by an
experienced guide and then you ’ll set off together into the great unknown. 6.
................ Spending the night in comfortable log cabins and the day exploring
the vast icy glaciers w ith your team of dogs, you ’ll vow never to vvaste a week
lying on a beach again!
Today’s w inter vvanderer has so much choice that th ere’s no excuse for
just sittin g at home staring at grey skies. More and more com panies are
realising that we don’t all w ant to spend Christm as eating turkey and sitting
vvatching the TV. p^ind out more from your local travel agent and get
packing!
A. There you can watch concerts, reindeer races and even a winter fashion show.
B. You’ll travel out of town hy car and hy snowm obile to vvhere your
adventurc begins.
c. These demand a little more than your average downhill run, so you need
to be physically ílt.
D. There’s nothing like the feeling of treedom as you are pulled along the
ground through spectacular frozen scenery.
E. It has become world famous and attracts guests from all four corners of
the globe.
F. Increasingly, though, people are looking for an extra challenge.
G. This m eans that a winter break can often be much cheaper than getting
away in the summer.
H. More and more o f us aro getting away from it all in th e winter.

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You are going to read an article about a scientist's predictions. Seven
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences
A-l the one vvhich fìts each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence vvhich you
do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).

ROBOTIC FUTURE RUSHES T O W A R D S us

Narinda Clarkson talks to scientist Phil VVhicker about
what the future has in store for us

Phil Whicker is head of a team of scientists who are turning Science ílction
into reality. I caught up with Phil at his high tech research laboratory in
Kent to find out what th ey’re working on at the m om ent.
“W e’ve seen major technological advances over the last tw enty years,” says
Phil, “and the next tw enty years or so are going to be equally exciting. 0.

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 It may sound unlikoly, but Phil bolieves that some taxi companies will have
introduced robot-controlled taxis before the end of the decade. “It’s going to
happen,” says Phil. “líu m an s won’t be driving the taxis of the future. They’ll be
driven hy computers - hy robots - vvhich will respond to electronic signals from
navigation beacons. 1..................There are well over a million industriad robots in
the world already doing things like putting cars together in íactories. It’s only a
matter of tim e before we see them being used outside the factory as well. By
about 2030, there’ll be more robots than people in developed countries.”
So does Phil think that there w on’t be a place for hum ans in this robot-
controlled future? “No, not at all. 2 ................... For exam ple, I predict that, hy
2015, som e TV new s reporters will have had m icroscnsors - tiny cam eras -
im planted in their eyes and w e’ll be able to see livc on our TV screens exactly
w hat they can see. H um ans w ill still be doing jobs like reporting, but th ere’ll
be incredibly powerful technology to help th em .”
“It’s the same w ith mobile phones.” says Phil. “Twenty years ago no-one
had a mobile. 2 .................. In the not-too-distant future, we w on’t want to carry
them around, so w e’ll probably implant thcm somexvhere in the body - maybe
in our teeth or in our shoulders. Scientists are already working on th is.”
I w asn ’t convinced about im plants, so I asked Phil W hicker if anyone had
actually had a microchip im planted in them . “Oh yes! 4 .................... Kevin
Warwick, for exam plc, w ho’s a proĩessor o f cybernetics at Reading
U niversity, im planted a chip into his arm to make doors open and turn
m achines on. 5 ................... Ile calls him seir “part man, part cyborg”.”
Although I was shuddering a little at the thought of having som ething
im planted in my body, Phil thinks wo shouldn’t be scared about the future.
“It’s all about m aking our lives better and easier,” he says. “Take going to a
cashpoint. At the m om ent, you have to rem ember to take your cash card
with you, and you also have to remember your PIN number. 6 ................... In a
few years, yo u ’ll ju st go up to the m achine and a sensor will recognise the
unique iris pattcrn in your eye, and know that it ’s you. No more bank cards
and PIN num bers. W on’t that be great? It’ll help reduce crime, too.”
“So we will at least still be using m oney in ten years” tim e.” I suggested
hopetully. “Well, th a t’s actually an in teresting point. 7 .................... It will
m ainly be digital m oney. Superm arkets will probably have iris recognition
Systems too, so th e m oney for your groceries will autom atically be
translerred from your bank account into the superm arket’s bank account as
you’re standing at the checkout.”

A. O f course it ’s still not commonplace, but it has been done.

B. T here’ll always bo things for hum ans to do but w e’ll rely more and more
on technology.

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c. This probably w on ’í happcn for another fifty years or so, though.
D. That will m ake them both safcr and cheaper.
E. That can be very annoying, can’t it?
F. Now th ey ’re evcryvvhere and m ost peoplc couldn’t livc w ithout them.
G. It worked perfecily.
H. I think we will, but w e w on ’t rely nearly so much on cash and credit
cards as we do now.
I. There are projects w e’ro vvorking on now th ai are going to havo a radical
offcct on all aspccts o f our life, from hcalth to travel to the mcdia.

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Y o u a r e g o in g t o r e a d a n e v v s p a p e r a r t ic le a b o u t a d v e r t is ìn g . C h o o s e fr o m t h e
lis t A - H t h e s e n t e n c e w h ic h b e s t s u m m a r is e s e a c h p a rt C l— 6) o f t h e a r t ic le .
Th ere is one e x tra se n te n ce v v h ic h you do not need to use. T h e re is an
e x a m p le a t t h e b e g in n in g ( 0 ).
I WANT THE ONE I SAW ON TV
L iz H o llis in v e s t ig a t e s th e w ays th a t c h ild r e n a re b e in g ta rg e te d as
con su m ers.

A. Children are not com pletely intluenced by the ads they se e .

B. Advertisers have to understand how parents and children think.
c. Advertising may give children negative ideas about their parents,
D. Children are aíTected by marketing at a very young age.
E. Vievvers often complain about advertising targeted at children.
F. The increase in advertising targeted at children is due to their increased
vvealth.
G. New techn ology creates new opportunities for advertising aimed at
children.
H. My daughter has been intluenced by the advertising sh e has seen .

0 .......H .....
Wc are shopping for T-shirts. My three-year-old has vcry firm ideas about
what she w ants. “Is that one a lìarbie T-shirt?” Thankfully, it is. “I want
this one, M um m y.” I pay the extra few pounds for the lìarbie logo hocause I
know it is an object of such desire am ong her peers that she will actually
wear it. Somevvhcrc, a m arketing tcam is congratulating itseir on an ad that
hit the target.

1 ....................
Charlotte is a potcntial consum cr in a pre-school m arkct worth around
£4.3 billion a ycar in the UK. (yhildrcn of all agcs are legitim ate targets. The
combined annual pocket m oney income of childrcn in the UK is £2.3 billion a

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ye^lr and rising. Add to this the iníluence children have over their parents”
spending power on clothes, food and even holidays - and the total m arket is
estim ated at £30 billion.

So w hat m arketing techniques are used to attract children? The ílrst rule
is to base your ads on a good knovvledge of child and parent psychology. Dr
Dale Southerton o f the U niversity o f M anchester says: “The m arketing
vvorld plays on children’s w ants and needs. Children w ant peer acceptance,
and m arketing creates com petition betw een children hy suggesting they will
be more popular if they own the product. M arketing also plays on a parent’s
anxiety that their child will not fít in or m ight be bullied unless they own the
product.”

3.
A m arketing executive’s dream is to secure cradle-to-grave brand loyalty.
According to studies, a child’s awareness of brands may begin as early as
two. One m arketing tactic is sim ply to make sure that children see large
numbers o f ads, hoping that som e of them will stick.

4..................
More worr3ãngly, another key m essage of advertising aim ed at kids is:
‘Tgnore your parents.” It is rare to see adults in the ads, and, w hen they do
appear, they are portrayed as killjoys trying to stop children gettin g what
they want. One recent study found that children who w atch TV on their own
are more susceptible to advertising than those who watch w ith their parents.

5 .......
By the tim e a child is old enough to use the Internet, she or he will find
the advertisers ready and xvaiting. Sonia Livingstone, Proĩessor of Social
Psychology at the London School of Economics, m onitors their techniques.
“Parents m ainly worry about television advertising, but m arketing m essages
6ire increasingly Corning via the Internet - a medium w here children are less
able to detect S£des. I would like to see schools teaching pupils to be more
sceptical.”

6 .................
M arketing experts argue that children are not as innocent and gullible as
parents think. N evertheless, many parents fear that their children are
becoming corporate targets beíore they are m ature enough to question
m arketing m essages for them selves. But there are still parts of childhood
that m arketing cannot reach. “Kids like going to the park, playing with
friends and drawing pictures just as much as ow ning branded goods,” says
Southerton. There is research evidence that m ost would choose a birthday
party w ith their triends rathcr than an expensive g ift.”

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20
Y o u a r e g o in g t o re a d a n e v v s p a p e r a r t ic le b y t h e J a m a ic a n t o o t b a lle r J a m ie
L a v v re n ce , w h o w as a c r im in a l b e fo re he becam e a p r o te s s io n a l t o o t b a lle r .
Choose fro m th e lis t A —I th e se n te n c e v v h ic h best s u m m a r is e s each p art
(1 —7 ) o f t h e a r t ic le . T h e r e is o n e e x t r a s e n t e n c e v v h ic h y o u do n o t n e e d to
u s e . T h e r e is a n e x a m p l e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g ( 0 ).

TRIUMPH AND DESPAIR

J a m ie L a w re n c e r e v e a ls h o w b e in g se n t to p ris o n f o r ro b b e ry
k ic k -s ta rte d h is fo o tb a ll c a re e r.

A. My football career continued when I w as free.

B. I w as betrayed by som eon e w ho I had defended.
c. I w as noticed vvhile representing the prison.
D. I m ade the m ost of the tacilities and activities.
E. I learnt that violence just leads to more violence.
F. I have been extrem ely successtul.
G. I believe you alvvays have a second chance.
H. I let my em otions show .
I. 1 stole because I needed the m oney.

0 ........ 1.......

My parents w ent back to ơamaica w hen I was seventeen and suddenly I

was in the big wide world w ith nothing. So I w ent and lived w ith my sister.
N either of us had much money; the easiest way for me to survive was
through crime. N ot long afterwards, I was arrested for the ílrst time. A
friend and I were caught driving a stolen car. When I was nineteen, I was
sent to prison for theft, assault and num erous robberies.

I w ent to Eltham Young Offenders Institute. Although I was scared,

many of my friends were there and that made it easier. I w ent to the gym
every day, I worked out in my ccll, I did some courses, and I played football
constantly because I still believed I could make it.
2..................

I was released a m onth before my tw enty-fĩrst birthday and, ju st six

weeks later, I was back in trouble. This was w ith a guy who was having a go
at a friend o f m ine, so I beat him up, then robbed him. Then the friend who

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I’d stuck up for did a deal w ith the police: he agreed to give evidenco against
me in return for being Ict off. I w ent on the run for six w ecks, hiding out at
my sister’s. It w asn ’t fair on her and w hen you ’re in hiding the only way of
earning is to com m it more crimc.

3 ..................
While I w as on remand, my m other came over from ơamaica. She visited
me and said, “Son, why are you doing this to me?” Shc began to cry, which
made me cry as w ell - the only tim e I cried through all o f this.

At the trial, I was sentenced to four years for robbery w ith violence. Even
at this stagc, I kncw I could make it as a ĩootballer and on Boxing Day 1993,
I played for the prison against a scm i-professional team , Cowes Sports. I
scored two goals and their manager asked the prison governor if I could play
for them.

5 ..................
I took it from there. For the íĩrst m onth or so I played against team s on
the island and bccam e a bit of a local celebrity. I continued playing well and
professional clubs started to watch me. This was my big opportunity, but I
was never nervous. Nervous, for me, is standing in a courtroom w aiting to be
sentenced. I was releascd in 1993 aftcr tw enty-six m onths inside. I w ent up
to Sunderland for a trial and managed to do well enough to be offered a one-
year contract. The following Tuesday, I played in front o f cighteen thousand
people. W hen I came OÍT, I received a standing ovation.

6 ....................
Now, ten years later, I’ve appeared in more than 250 m atches, won the
Littlewoods Cup w ith Leiccster, and have thirtcen caps for ơamaica. If it
were not for prison, I would never have made it as a prolessional footballer.

7..................
When my football career is over, I’d like to work in the com m unity with
young people. I’d like to use m y experience to show them that if you get into
trouble as a young pcrson, your life is not neccssarily over. You can always
ííght back and m ake som ething of your life.

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21
R e a d t h e a r t i c l e a n d m a t c h t h e s e h e a d i n g s w i t h p a r a g r a p h s 1 —6 .

A. An easy lĩfe
B. Less money; less waste
c. Homes like people
D. Not all good news
E. starting to take control
F. Everything under control

INTELLIGENT HOUSING
1. xnake houses more economical and
comfortable to live in, as well as
Have you ever thought about how
tr3Õng to reduce the amount of
your body works? Every day you
damage that houses do to the
make your body do lots o f different
environment. “Intelligent” housing
actions, such as w hen you walk, talk
seem s to be the ideal solution. Clever
or dance. B ut at th e sam e tim e your
use of building m aterials and
body autom atically does m any other
techniques has brought us houses
things th at are essential for
that are easier and cheaper to keep
everyday life. For instance, w hen
warm than traditional housing.
you blink or yaw n or breathe, you
Modern water Systems, together with
don’t have to think about w hat you
the recycling of w ashing water from
are doing; your body sim ply carries
bathrooms and kitchens, m eans that
out these tasks for you. You m ight
“intelligent” houses use 30% less
think th is is strange, but the latest
water than conventional homes.
houses are like this, too.
4.
“In telligen t” hom es m ight look a
Now, thanks to th e work o f some
little unusual from the outside. This
far-sighted architects and designers,
is because the builders use a lot of
houses have becom e more
glass and wood to m ake the walls.
“in telligen t”. It isn ’t quite true to
Some of the houses even have a
say that houses are starting to think
grass roof because it ’s kinder to the
for them selves, but som e modern
atmosphere! But, inside, they are
hom es are now u sing sophisticated
comfortable and bright. The
technology to control m any of the
technology, which is sim ilar to that
routine jobs th at up to now have
o f your TV rem ote control, m akes
always been our responsibility.
sure o f this. There are always
3. enough lights on in every room and
the windows close w hen it st£u:ts to
For yeairs, architects and builders
rain. The water is always at the
have been tr5ãng to find w ays to
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correct tem peraturo w hencver you h ou ses d o n ’t have to do as m uch
w ant to have a shower and the house w ork to keep th eir hom e clean and
doesn’t allow you to use more water com fortable - and th e hi-tech
than you need. You can even watch k itch en m ean s it is n ’t difflcult to
television in every room, or use the prepare fam ily m eals.
close-circuit cameras to see w h at’s
6.
happening in the garden.
Hovvever, w h at happens, for
5.
exam ple, if th e Computer System s
U ntil recently, we have always had th a t control cv ery th in g in th e house
to think about everything we want sudd en ly break down? W hat can we
our house to do. If we have wanted it do if a Computer viru s som ehow gets
to be vvarmer or cooler, lighter or in to th e System and ch an ges all the
darker, we have had to turn the au tom atic program s? W hat is m ore,
heating or lighting on or off. “in te llig e n t” h o u ses a r e n ’t cheap
However, for som e fam ilies already and not everybody can afford to buy
living in “in telligen t” houses, daily one. D esign ers are w orking on th ese
life has changed in m any ways. They and other problem s, so “in te llig e n t”
don’t worry about turning off the h ou ses are still im proving. Who
light or locking the door before they know s, perhaps som e d esign ers are
go out. The house does all this for tryin g to create a hou se th a t can
them. Pam ilies in “in telligent” even do your hom ew ork!

22
You a r e g o in g to read an a r t ìc le a b o u t a S e r v ic e f o r t e e n a g e r s . C h o o s e th e
m o s t s u ita b le h e a d in g fro m th e li s t A - H fo r e a c h p art (1 -6 ) o f th e a r tic le .
Th e re is one e x tra h e a d in g v v h ic h you do not need to use. T h e re is an
e x a m p le a t t h e b e g in n in g ( 0 ).

A. Job satisíaction
B. Not trained for everything
c. The aim of the Service
D. How do they pay?
E. A range of options
F. No-one else to coníide in
G. Solution for adults?
H. Serious problems only

HELP IS AT HAND
The c h ild r e n 's c h a r it y C h ild Povver UK has la u n c h e d a new S e r v ic e fo r
t e e n a g e r s in n e e d o f a t r i e n d l y e a r . C h a r l i e B e n n i n v e s t i g a t e s .

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 0. H m ain w a y s,” says Jan et. “T h ere’s a
free num ber you can call (0909
“Being a tecnagcr has never becn
9090909). you can send u s an e-m ail
easy, and, from all our research, it
and w e ’ll get back to you vvithin h alf
seem s to be gettin g more difficult
an hour, or you can chat directly
every year.” So says Janet Kaulkner,
vvith one of our cou n sellors Online
Dircctor of C h ild P o L v e r ƯK.
through our w cb site (www.
H elping H and, a now Service for
childpow cr.org.uk/helpinghand).
thirteen to ninctecn year olds, is hcr
W e’rc also p lan n in g to introduce a
brainchild. “I realised that there was
Service soon th a t allow s teen agers
lots of help at hand for young pcoplo
w ith sim ilar problom s to talk to each
in extrem e difíìculty. They can ring
other Online.”
ChildLine, for example, if th ey ’re
suíTering from bullying or have run
away from home, things like that,
There are five full-tim e Ilelpin g
but nothing for the morc everyday
Ila n d counsellors at present, all
problems they face. And so I creatcd
trained in child psychology and
Ilelpin g Ila n d to íĩll the gap.”
counselling. One of the team, Jenny,
1. described hcr work. “It’s a great
feeling being able to make a
The concept is simple. A thirtecn-
difference to som cone’s life,” says
year-old girl is being teased hy her
Jcnny. “This morning, for cxample, I
older brothcr. A teenage boy feels
helped one tecnagcr who was rcally
embarrassed evory tim o he goes
upset because nonc of her friends at
shopping with his mum. Som eone is
school had remembered her
jealous of their best friond because
birthday. I think our chat made her
theyV e got a cool ncw (yl) playcr.
feel a lot better. And there was a
Who do they turn to? Ilelp in g Iland.
fiftcen-year-old boy who had seen
“T hey’rc little things, y cs,” says
the íĩlm B illy E lliot and wanted to
Janet, “but all problems nced to be
start doing ballct, but was aíraid of
sorted out and talked about. And
what his fathcr would say. IIe’s
often it’s better to talk to a complete
going to make his dad watch the íilm
stranger about these things, rather
before he talks to him about it.”
than som eone you know really well.
We provide a 24-hour free Service to
do two main things - listen
Ilelp in g Ila n d doesn’t claim to be
sym pathetically, and offer advice
able to solvc every problem. “We
where appropriate.”
can’t work m iracles,” says Andrew
2. Carter, another counsellor, “and we
can’t make all problems disappear
Since its introduction two m onths
just like that, but H elping Ila n d
ago, H elpin g H an d has already dealt
gives kids the chance to express
with over 1,000 cases. “If you ’re a
their frustrations and anxieties, and
teenager, you can contact us in three

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th at’s a help in itself. I had a I knew w here they could huy a cheap
teenager the other day who had just second-hand digital camera. We
split up w ith his girlfriend. He didn’t don’t really have answ ers to
w ant to talk to anyone in his family questions like th at!”
about it, and his friends ju st joked
6.
about it w hen he brought the subject
up; he really ju st needed somebody “H elpin g H a n d has been such a
to listen to him. And th a t’s w hat success, th ou gh,” says Janet, “that a
w e’re there for.” num ber of other charities are
looking into ways o f running sim ilar
Services for older people. It’s not just
“Som etim es,” says Jenny, “there are teenagers that have problems -
issues we ju st can’t deal w ith at all. everyone has problem s som etim es
We’re not doctors, so th erc’s no way w ith their relatives, their colleagues,
we can discuss medical problems. All their neighbours, their boss! And it
we can really do is suggest they go really does help to talk. Who knows?
and see their GP. And last week Maybe w e’ll all be u sin g a Service
som eone sent m e an c-mail asking if like this in the future!”

23
You a re g o in g to re a d an a r t ic le a b o u t e le c tr o n ic gam es. Choose th e m ost
s u ita b le h e a d in g fr o m t h e l i s t A — H f o r e a c h p a r t ( 1 —6 ) o f t h e a r t i c l e . T h e r e is
o n e e x t r a h e a d i n g v v h ic h y o u d o n o t n e e d t o u s e . T h e r e is a n e x a m p l e a t t h e
b e g in n in g ( 0 ).
YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY
M on ey d o e sn ’t go f a r th e s e d ays,
e s p e c ia lly in th e w o rld o f h ig h te c h .
la n K e lly in v e s tig a te s .

A. An unusual vvorking environment

B. Paying for the marketing
c. The consumer's vievvpoint
D. Some surprising research
E. An interesting experiment
F. The designer's defence
G. What should happen
H. A bevvildering choice

0. H players to DVDs, from hand-held

com puters to hom e cinem as, today’s
Walk into any high Street electrical
consum er is coníronted by displays
store and the range o f Products
of the latest gadgets everyvvhere
available is dazzling. From MP3
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have begun to wonder vvhethcr they
are actually gettin g value for m oney
w hen they splash out on the next
piece o f electronic wizardry. The
theory is that com petition in the
market forces prices down and we all
beneílt from cheaper and better
goods. But does it work?
1.
I spoke to Vivian Parris of the
consumer group Buỵiuatch about one
area o f concern: video games.
Buyiuatch carried out an extensive
survey over the last six m onths into
popular gam es consoles and the
gam es th at run on them . The results
m ight shock anyone w ithout any
previous experience o f this sector of
the m arket. “Basically, teenagers
and other gam e players are being
ripped off,” says Vivian. “The prices
of the consoles them selves are
coining down, but the gam es are
becom ing more and more expensive,
and there doesn’t seem to be any
cleair reason for it.”
2.
Vivian explains that in com puting
there is som ething called M oore’s
law. Gordon Moore was a Computer
engineer in the 60s and 70s and he
noticed th at Computer chips double
in power roughly every eighteen
m onths. That should m ean that
faster and more powerful com puters
become easier and cheaper to make.
Over the last thirty years of the
Computer industry that has
happened, and a shopper today can
afford technology undream t of cven
ten years ago. Yet the prices of
Tài liệu ôn thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng A n h
gam es keep creeping, or som etim es
leaping, up.
3.
To find out why that m ight be, I
visited Softplay, the gam es software
m anufacturer responsible for such
hits as Unknoiun L an ds and
E a rth sta lk er. On arrival, I was led
into their laboratory by Matt
Koenig, gam es developer. Although
they call it the laboratory, the room
of people testin g gam es, shouting
their high scores to each other
across pizza boxes and drinks cans
couldn’t be further from the image
of scientists in w hite coats. “This is
where it all happens,” com m ents
Matt. “One o f the reasons for our
success is that w e are all just
ordinary gam ers at h eart.”
4.
We moved into M att’s office where I
grilled him about the prices of
games. “Look,” he said. “A huge
am ount of research and developm ent
goes into today’s gam es. You can’t
just create a character and expect
people to be happy collecting keys or
whatever. You have to give them
stunning graphics, stereo surround
sound, the w hole works. And that
costs.” I ’m not com pletely convinced.
We look at a few recent titles and
compare the prices. “To be honest,
we don’t set the prices. T h at’s up to
the individual shop at the end of the
day. All these gam es are very
popular, and if you w ant som ething
badly enough, you ’ll save up your
allowance and go out and buy it. It’s
as sim ple as th a t.’
-
 5.
Obviously I w asn ’t going to get far
here. I decided to hit the streets and
spoak to the people who matter: the
buyors. At a large gamc store in
Central London, I ran into a group of
teenagers, busy admiring the latest
releases. “Som ctim es you can Tind a
bargain,” says Jade Mitchell. 14.
“Mostly, though, it m eans putting
money by each w eek until you can
afford the one you want. Either that
or start hassling your parents to get
it.” The others laugh. “The console
is nothing, and cveryone’s got one,”
she continues. “T hat’s the trick.
They get you playing, and then
charge you a tortune for the gam cs.”
6.
So w h at have I learned from my
brief trip into th e world o f video and
Computer gam es? Kirst o f all, nobody
even tries to deny th a t gam es are
probably th e m ost costly b its o f
plastic in th e shops. T h er e ’s also no
doubt th a t adolcscen ts, w ho m ake
up th e m ajority o f th e gam e-buying
public, w an t th e se gam es and are
preparod to savc to get them . W hat
lcft m e íe e lin g u n ea sy w as th e fact
th a t th c se Products have huge
ad vertisin g bud gets, sp en t on
persuading y ou n g pcople how badly
th ey need thom , and th a t m on ey has
to com e u ltim a tely from toenagers,
or often th cir parents.

24
You a re g o in g to read an a r t ic le about in s ta n t m e s s a g in g , a w ay of
c o m m u n ic a t in g u s in g th e In te rn e t. Choose th e m o s t s u ita b le h e a d ín g fr o m
th e li s t A — H fo r each p art ( 1 —6 ) o f t h e a r t ic le . T h e r e is o n e e x tra h e a d in g
v v h ic h y o u d o n o t n e e d t o u s e . T h e r e is a n e x a m p l e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g ( 0 ) .

CHAT WITH A FRIEND IN AN INSTANT

E v e r y t h in g y o u n e e d t o k n o w a b o u t in s t a n t m e s s a g in g
b y C h r is T o r n e y

A. Ways to communicate
B. Gettĩng started
c. Choose your category
D. Speed and ílexibility
E. Making new íriends
F. Long-distance solution
G. Personal identification
H. What is instant m essagíng?

0. H quicker w ay to keep in touch

through th e Internet: in sta n t
Despite the huge popularity of e- m essaging. T h is lets you type a short
mail, millions of Computer users note and sen d it from your Computer
have discovered there’s an even to another, w h ere it pops up straigh t

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aw ay on th e screen. So if you and a 4.
friend or relative are both Online,
you can “c h a t” aw ay w h ile u sin g The first step in using IM is to
your Computer for oth er task s. download a piece of software from
one of the vvebsites that offer the
1. Service. If you already have íriends
who use IM, íĩnd out which program
Instant m essaging - or IM - is more
they have. It ’s free, doesn’t take long
im m ediate than e-mail as you don’t
to download and the only costs you
have to check your inbox for new
face are the Standard call charges
m essages - they appear instantly.
while you’re Online.
Another advantage is that more
than two people at a tim e can join in 5.
an IM conversation, so it ’s ideal for,
say, m aking social arrangem ents O nce y o u ’ve in stalled th is softw are
among a group of friends. and connected to th e In tern et you
can start exch an gin g m essages w ith
2. your Iriends Online. E ach User o f th e
Service has th eir ow n User nam e. If
C om m unication hy IM is n ’t
you ílnd out th e User nam es of
restricted to text. You can send
people you know , you can create a
pictures stored on your Computer,
Iriends list. T hen, w h en you go
and if you have m icrophones and
Online, th e softw are tells you w hich
speakers you can talk - the
of them are also con n ected to the
advantage b ein g th a t in tern et
Internet, and you can send them a
con n ection charges are u su ally
m essage.
cheaper th a n p hon e calls. If you and
a friend have vvebcams. you can also 6.
m ake a video call, in w h ich you can
see as w ell as hear each other. T he lea tu res on offer vary depending
on w h ich Service you opt for,
3. althou gh th ere is not m uch
difference b etw een in sta n t
John Moran, 13, from Southport
m essen ger packages. As w ell as
uses instant m essaging to keep in
allow ing you to u se m icrophones and
touch w ith relatives on the other
vvebcams, m ost give you a range o f
side of the world. “W hen I go Online
option s regarding your sta tu s. You
I swap m essages w ith my cousins in
can usu ally appear as “o n lin e ”,
A ustralia,” says John. “It’s much
“b u sy ” or “aw ay from PC”. The
cheaper than phoning them and
“b u sy ” sta tu s is u sefu l if y o u ’re
m eans I can speak to them more
Online but d o n ’t w an t to be
often.” Carol Taylor, 24, who lives in
disturbed. T he “aw ay from PC ”
Argentina, agrees. “My parents live
sta tu s is u su ally used hy th ose who
in the UK, and w e prefer using an
are perm an en tly Online (people who
instant m essenger to sending e-mails
have broadband or an office
or text m essages as it ’s more like a
connection) b u t a r e n ’t alw ays at
real conversation,” she says. “I’d
th eir Computer.
rather chat Online than call them as
it costs so much le ss.”

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25
Y o u a r e g o in g t o r e a d a n a r t ic le g ĩv in g a d v ic e t o t e e n a g e r s a b o u t p a r t - t im e
jo b s . C h o o s e t h e m o s t s u it a b le h e a d in g fr o m t h e l i s t A —I f o r e a c h p a r t ( 1 —7 )
o f t h e a r t i c l e . T h e r e i s o n e e x t r a h e a d i n g v v h ic h y o u d o n o t n e e d t o u s e . T h e r e
ís a n e x a m p l e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g ( 0 ).

PART-TIME JO BS FOR TEENAGERS

A . C a rry o u t so m e re se a rch F . N o t a lv v a y s s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d

B . B e t t e r o f f v v o r k in g t o g e t h e r ? G . V V o r k in g f o r f r e e

c. T h e y c o u ld d o w it h y o u H . P ic k a S e r v ic e t o p r o v id e

D . T h in k p o s it iv e ly ! I. I n c o m e a n d o t h e r b e n e f it s

E. W h o to c o n t a c t

0. I many positions as possible and ask

lots of questions about cash flow,
As a teenager, you are likely to have
staffing, etc. Appljdng this attitude
both a fair am ount o f spare tim e and
to any job you havc will really pay
a desire to earn som e money. By
off; you ’ll learn a huge am ount.
working to earn m oney yourseir, you
can learn a lot about the value of 2.
things as well as the world of
For m any teenagers, there are a
business. Typical and obvious jobs
variety of problem s associated with
for teenagers include working at a
getting a job. You may not be old
fast-food restaurant, working as a
enough or you may lack reliable
shop assistant or stacking shelves at
transportation. You m ay not have
a supermarket.
enough total tim e available or a
1. regular enough schedule for
som eone to be w illing to hire you.
What you get out of a job likc this
You m ight not even be able to find a
depends on your attitude. If your
job in an area th at you enjoy. If any
attitude is “I hate this job” then
of these problems holds true for you,
obviously you w on ’t b en eílt much
then working for yourseir on a part-
from it; if, on the other hand, you
tim e basis may be the best way to go.
look at it as an opportunity to learn
how a business works from the 3.

inside out, then the beneíits can be

lia b y -sittin g , for exam p le, is a tried
great. M any of the new generation of
and tested w ay for resp onsible
m illionaires, for example, are owners
teen a g ers w ho like b ein g w ith kids
of franchise and private restaurants.
to m ake m oney. T h ere are several
Owning a restaurant is not easy,
th in g s you can do to m ake your
however, and it requires knowledge
Services m orc valuable. T h in k about
and skill to be successful, so start
tak in g a íĩrst-aid course so th a t you
gathering this as a teenager. Try as

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know how to handle em ergencies.
Secondly, you m ight w ant to
consider team ing up w ith som e like-
minded friends. T hat way your
group will be able to say yes more
often, increasing the am ount o f work
you’re oíTered.
4.
If baby-sitting doesn ’t appeal to you,
then you m ight w ant to consider
garden care. D uring the summ er you
mow lawns, trim hedges and so on,
in the autum n you rake leaves and
in the vvinter you shovel snow!
Indoor house painting is another
option. Before undertaking this, you
need to m ake sure you know what
you are doing by vvorking w ith
som eone w ith experience and
practising at hom e (but get your
parents’ perm ission ílrst!). Other
activities include providing in-hom e
pet care w hen ow ners are on
holiday; errand-running for busy
people; vvashing cars for neighbours
or teaching people how to use
computers or th e Internet.
5.
One question you will have as soon
as you choose an activity is “Iiow
much should I charge?” This is a
question which is best answcred by
doing a m arket survey. You’ll need
to call around and ask potential
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custom ers w hat they are used to
paying and/or w illing to pay, or ask
your friends w hat they charge for
sim ilar activities. In the case o f an
activity like car vvashing, you could
also call garages in your area and
ask w hat they charge.
6.
A nother way o f gaining experience is
to offer your Services to a small
business. Although it m ay not be
obvious to you, every com m unity has
thousands o f sm all ílrm s which do
all sorts of things: printing,
plumbing, Computer programming,
advertising and so on. Many of these
could really beneíít from a part-tim e
helper who is reliable and mature. In
return, you can learn an am azing
am ount about the business. You will
be surprised at how quickly you
become a valued part o f the team.
7.
Volunteer positions are another
option. You can volunteer your
Services at m any hospitals, old
people’s hom es, and m ost charitable
organisations or political groups.
You w on ’t earn any m oney, but you
can gain valuable experience and
colleges and universities will be
im pressed by any voluntary work
you have done.
 KEY TO READING COMPREHENSION
1. 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. c
2. 1. D 2. c 3. c 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B
3. 1. c 2. A 3. c 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. A
4. 1. B 2. D 3. c 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. B
5. 1. D 2. B 3. c 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. c
6. 1. c 2. D 3. D 4. c 5. c 6. D 7. D
7. 1. c 2. D 3. A 4. G 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. A
8. 1. c 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. A
9. 1. c 2. B 3. c 4. G 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. D
10. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. G 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. B
11. 1. H 2. c 3. B 4. F 5. A 6. G 7. D
12. 1. c 2. D 3. n 4. F 5. A 6. B 7. E
13. 1. E 2. B 3. G 4. D 5. II 6. A 7. F
14. 1. F 2. c 3. B 4. F 5. II 6. A 7. G
15. 1. D 2. A 3. II 4. c 5. F 6. G 7. F
16. 1. D 2. G 3. A 4. G 5. F 6. F
17. 1. F 2. c 3. F 4. A 5. B 6. D
18. 1. D 2. B 3. F 4. A 5. G 6. F 7. II
19. 1. F 2. B 3. D 4. c 5. G 6. A
20. 1. D 2. B 3. II 4. c 5. A 6. F 7. G
21. 1. c 2. F 3. B 4. F 5. A 6. D
22. 1. c 2. F 3. A 4. F 5. B 6. G
23. 1. D 2. G 3. A 4. F 5. c 6. B
24. 1. D 2. A 3. F 4. B 5. G 6. c
25. 1. D 2. F 3. B 4. II 5. A 6. c 7. G

Appendix VERBS, ADJECT1VES, NOUNS WITH PREPOSITIONS

A
abashed by/at sth {adj) accompanied by sb (adj)
abide by {v) accord with (u)
abscond (with sth) from somevvhere (v) according to {prep}
absent from (adj) account for iu)
absorbed in (adj) (+ noun/gerund) accuse sb of sth (u)
absorption by (n) (= action of being absorbed accustomed to sth (adj) (+ gerund)
by) acquaint sb with sth (u)
absorption in sth (n) (= íascination for) acquainted with sb (adj)
abstinence from sth (n) acquit sb of sth (v)
abstain from sth (u) act for (u) (= on sb’s behalt)
(in) abstraction (of sth) from sth in) act of (n) (= do as advised)
abuse of (n) act on (d) (= as a result of sth)
acceptable to sb (adj) addicted to sth (adj)
access to sth/a place (n) addictíon to (n)

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adequate for {adj) arrest sb for sth ( li)
adhere to (i>) arrive at ( li) (a fixed address, a small place,
adjacent to {adj) conclusion)
adjust to (ư) arrive in ( li) (a large area, country)
admission of in) (= coníession) ashamed of (adj)
admission to/into (n) (= permission to enter a ask (sb) about ( li) = (ask for intormation about
place, join a group, Club etc) sth)
admit to (u) ask (sb) for ( li) (= say that you would like sth)
advantage over sb (n) (= better position than assault on (n)
sb) assigned to (adj)
advise sb against sth (v) (= advise sb not to do associate (sth/sb) with ( li)
sth) assure sb of (v)
advise sb of sth (y) (= inform sb about sth) astonished at/by (aự/)
advise sb on sth (v) (= give suggestions) attached to (adj)
affectionate towards (adj) attempt on (sb’s life) (n)
affinity with sb/sth (n) attend to sth/sb ( li)
atraid of (+ noun) (adj) (spiders, the dark etc) attendance at in)
atraíd to (+ verb) {adj) (look, swim etc) attítude to/towards (n)
age o f (n) auxiliary to (,adj)
agree on sth (v) (= to reach a decision with averse to (adj)
others) aversion to )n)
agree to (v) (= agree to do slh or allow sb else avoidance of (.n)
to do sth) aware of iadj)
agree with sb about sth (u) awkward at/with {adj) (at dancing etc/with one’s
agree with sth ( li) (= to approve of sth) hands etc)
agreeable to sb/sth (adj)
ahead of (adj) B
aim (sth) at ( li) back out of ( li)
allergic to sth (.adj) bad at sth (,adj)
allusion to (n) bad to sb (adj)
amazed at/by (adj) bags of in) (+ noun)
amenabie to (adj) ban on sth in)
amount of sth (n) barter for (ii)
amount to (Li) base sth on (u)
amused aUby (adj) bash in/up ( li)
angry at sb (+ gerund) (adj) basis for/of (n)
angry with sb about sth (adj) bear with sb (u)
animosity tovvards in) bearerof(/i)
annexed to (n) (make a) beeline for {n)
annoyed at/about sth (adj) beg (sb) for (u)
annoyed with sb (adj) begin by (+ gerund) ( li)
answer to (n) begin with (+noun) ( li)
antipathetic to (adj) belief in (n)
anxious about/for sth (adj) believe in ( li)
anxious for sb (adj) belong to sb (ii)
apologise to sb for sth ( li) benetit from ( li)
apparent in/from sth (adj) benetit of (n)
apparent to sb (adj) (= clear, obvious) bet (sth) on ( li)
appeal to sb (v) bevvare of ( li)
apply to sb for sth ( li) bit of in)
appreciative of (adj) blame sb for sth iv) {but: put the blame on)
apprehensíve of/about (adj) boast of/about sth ( li)
approve of (u) book into (n)
aptitude for (n) bored with/by (,adj)
argue about sth ( li) (= to disagree about sth) borrow sth from sb ( li)
argue for/against sth (u) (= give reasons bother about/with ( li)
why/why not sth should be, happen etc) bottom of in)
argue with sb (u) breach of (n)

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break into/out of (u) consult sb on/about sth (ra)
brilliant at (adj) consumption of (ra)
bump into (v) content with iadj)
burst into (v) contrary to (adj)
busy with (adj) contrast wìth/to (ra)
contribute to (ra)
control of/over (ra)
campaign for (n) convert to/into (ra)
capable of (adj) convince of (ra)
care for sb/sth (ii) (= like, look after) cope with (ra)
(take) care of sb/sth (n) correction of (ra)
care about sth (v) (= be concerned about) correspond with (ra)
(in) care of sb (n) count on sb for sth (ra)
careíul about (adj) (= take care when doìng sth) cover in/with (ra)
careíul of (adj) (= avoid danger to oneselt) crash into (ra)
be careíul o f the dog craving for (ra)
careful with iadj) (take care not to do harm to crazy about iadj)
an object) crime against (n)
careless about/of {adj) crovvded with (adj)
centre of (n) cruel to í.adj)
certain of (adj) cruelty to (adj)
challenge sb to sth (u) cry about (sth which has happened (ra)
change in/to (v) (= become sth else) cry for (sth you want) (ra)
change sth for sth (i;) (= replace with) cure of (ra)
changeable towards (adj) curious about (.adj)
characteristic of tadj)
charge at (v) (= rush towards)
charge sb with (u) (= accuse of) dabble in/at sth (ra)
cheque for (money) in) damage to (ra)
choice between (two thlngs) (n) damaging to (adj)
choice in (a matter) (n) danger of (ra)
choice of (n) (a number of things) (make a) dash for (ra)
clever at (+ gerund) {adj) date from (ra)
clever with (adj) (hands, tools etc) deaf in tadj) (one ear)
close to (.adj) deaf lo Xadj) (sb’s arguments)
coax sb into (v) deal ìn (ra) (= have a business involving
coincide wìth (v) particular things)
collaborate with sb on sth/in (u) (+ gerund) deal with (ra) (= manage sth)
coliíde with (li) dear to (.adj)
comment on iu) death by (n)
communicate with (l>) decide about (a plan etc) (ra)
compare with/to (u) decide on (ra) (an object) He c o u l d n ’t decide on
complain to sb abouưot sth/sb (li) whi ch car to buy.
compliment on (li) decline in (n)
comply with (y) declìne to (ra)
concentrate on (li) decrease by (ra) (a certain amount)
concern about (n) decrease in (ra) (size, number)
contidence in in) decrease in (ra)
contident of (adj) dedicate to (ra)
contine to (i;) deep in sth (adj)
coníusion about (n) (in) detault of (ra)
congratulate sb on sth (u) deter sth (to sth) (ra)
connected to (.adj) detìciency of/in (n)
connection betvveen (ra) deticient in tadj)
conscious of (.adj) delay in (ra)
consent to (ii) delight (sb) with/in sth (ra) (= entertain/ amuse
consist of (ra) sb with)
consistent with (adj) delight in (ra) (take pleasure (n)

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delìghted with (oựý) distracted from (adj) (what one is doing)
demand for (n) dìther about sth/doing sth (u)
demand sth from (v) divide sth among (v) (more than 2 people/
depart from (u) things)
depend on/upon (v) divíde sth betvveen (y) (2 people/ things)
deposit in (u) (the bank) divíde sth by (v) (another number) divide 4 b y 2
deposit on (u) (the ground) divide sth into (v) (parts)
deputise for sb (v) divide the cake into 6 parts
đerive from (v) divisible by (adj)
descended from (adj) do sth about sth (i;)
deserted by (adj) doubưul about/of (adj)
desire for (n) dream about (u)
despair of (v) dream of (v) (= imagine)
destined for (aclj) drive into/ from/ to/ at/ in/ with/ against/ in/
destructive to (adj) abouư for etc (u)
determined about (adj) due for (adj) (= deserving sth)
detrimental to sth (adj) due to (adj) (= because of)
deviation from (n) due to bad iveather
devoid of (adj) (+ noun) dust (sth) off (d)
devotion to (n) dvvell in/at (y) (= live in/at a place)
dìe from (i;) (a wound) dwell upon/on iv) (= thìnk about, usu sth
die of (v) (illness, hunger etc) unpleasant)
differ from sth (v) (= be unlike)
differ with/from sb on/about sth (u) (= have a
different opinion) (at the) expense of in)
difference between (n) (two or more things/ eager for {adj)
people) economise on (i;)
difference of (n) (amount, opiníon) efficient aưin iadj)
different from (adj) eject (sb/sth) from ivì
difficulty in (n) (+ gerund) elated aưby i.adj)
difficulty with (n) (+ noun) elìgìble for (,adj)
diffident about (adj) elope with sb í,u)
diligence in (n) emanate from sth/sb (y)
direct (sth) at/towards (i;) embark on/upon (v)
disadvantage in (n) (situatlon) embroil (sb) in sth (v)
disadvantage of (n) (+ gerund or noun - emerge from (u)
weakness, poverty etc) emphasis on iu)
disagree with sb on/about sth (v) empty sth out of/into/onto sth (v)
disappointed with/by/in (adj) encounter with sb/sth (n)
disapprove of (u) encourage sb in sth (u)
disbelieve in (u) end sth with sth (u)
díscharge from (u) engaged in (adj) (= busy with)
discourage from (v) engaged to sb iadj) (= promised to marry sb)
discrimination against (n) engagement to in)
discrimination in tavour of (n) engrossed in sth (adj)
dìscussíon about (n) enlist (sb) as/kn/for sth (v)
disgruntled at/about (adj) entice sb away from sth iu)
disgusted at/by/with oneself/sb/sth (adj) entitle (sb) to iu)
dislike for sb/sth (n) entranced by/with iadj)
dismìss sb from (u) entry into/to sth (n)
displeased with sb/sth (adj) entvvine (sb/sth) with/in/round sth (v)
dispose of sth/sb (i>) envious of sb/sth (adj)
disqualíty sb from sth (ơ) envy of sb - at/of sth (n)
disregard for/of sb/sth (n) equal to sb/sth (adj)
dissatistied with/at sb/sth (adj) equivalent to sth iadj)
distaste for sb/sth (n) escape from sth (y)
distinguish betvveen (v) essential to/for {adj)
distracted by (adj) (a disturbance) establish oneselt as sth (u) (= take positíon/ office)

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establish oneself in (v) (place) tinish by ( li) (+ gerund)
evacuation of (n) (+ noun) íinish with (u) (+ noun)
evocative of sth (adj) firm (sth) up ( li)
excellent at (adj) (cooking etc) fish for sth (v)
excellent with (adj) (a sword etc) fit for/to (adj)
exception to in) (+ noun) fit in/into (u) (be comtortable with a particular
excited abouưby (adj) group of people etc)
exclaim aưabout (i;) fit into ( li) (= go into the right place)
exclude (sb/sth) from (a place or activity) (u) tixatíon on/with sb/sth (n)
exclusion of sb from sth (n) ílair for sth (u)
excuse for (n) flake off/away from (ti)
excuse sb for sth (v) (= torgive sb for sth) flee from sb/sth ( li)
excuse sb from sth (v) (= free sb from a duty, flirt with sb ( li)
requirement, punishment) flock of (n)
exempt from sth (adj) flow from/out of/into (u)
expel sb/sth from (a place) iv) flow of (n)
experienced in iadj) (activity) fond of (adj)
experienced with {adj) (tools, vveapons) torget about ( li)
experiment on (i;) (anlmals etc) torgive sb for sth (u)
experiment with (y) (methods etc) tortunate in (adj) (+ gerund)
expert in/at/on (adj) (activity) traternise with sb ( li)
expert with (adj) (tool, weapon etc) fraughtwith ( li) (problem, risks)
explaín sth to sb (i;) free sb from sth (u)
exposed to (,adj) treedom from in) (chains, problems)
expressive of iadj) (one’s mood) treedom of (n) (speech, action)
expressive with iadj) (one's hands, voice etc) íreshen (sth) up ( li)
exult at/in sth (u) fret about sth ( li)
triendly to sth (adj) (= not harmíul to sth)
triendly with (sb) (adj)
tabric of (sth) (n) trightened of/by sth + gerund (adj)
taced with iadj) frown at sb/sth ( li)
tailure in in) frown with (u) (anger, conĩusion etc)
taith in sb/sth in) full of (adj)
faithful to sb/sth ịadj) turious wíth sb about sth (adj)
fall from (n) (a height)
fall in (n) (prices, popularity)
tamed from sth (adj) (be a) genius at (n) (subject)
tamiliar to sb iadj) (be a) genius with in) (tools etc)
tamous for {adj) (one’s actions) (have a) genius for sth/doing sth (n)
tamous in (adj) (a country etc) gain by/from (+ gerund) ( li)
tatal to/for sb/sth iadj) gap betvveen in) (2 things)
tatten (sth/sb) up iv) gape at sb/sth (v)
tavourable for/to sb/sth (adj) gargle with sth (u)
fear of (+ noun) (n ) garnish with sth ( li)
teature at (u) (the cinema) gash in/on sth (n)
teature in (u) (a magazine) gather round sb/sth (Li)
teature on (y) (TV) gaze aưupon iu)
tetch sth for sb iv) generosity to/towards (n)
feud with sb over sth '.v) generous with sth (adj)
tiddle with sth (v) gíbe at/about sb/sth (u)
tiddle around/about {v) g ig g le at (Li)
tidelity to sb/sth (n) glance at ( li)
tìdget abouưaround (u) glare a t (ư)
fight with sb about sth/ against sth Ịu) glee at sth (n)
tilled with (adj) (+ noun) glisten with sth (ii)
film of (n) glitter with sth (Li)
fine sb for sth/ doíng sth ( li) gloat about/over (Ii)
tinish (sth) off (L’) glovver at sb/sth (v)

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good at sth (adj) impressíon of sth/doing sth (n)
good for sb (adj) (= good iníluence on sb) improvement in (n) (condition, situation health)
good to sb (adj) (= kind to sb) ìncapable of sth/doing sth iadj)
gracious to sb (adj) {= klnd to sb) include sb/sth in sth (u)
graduate from (i;) (universlty) increase in (n) (size, number, level)
graduate in (v) (subject) increase sth by (u) (amount, percentage)
grapple with sb/sth (i;) indebted to sb for sth (,adj)
gratetul to sb for sth (adj) independent of/from (adj)
grief aưover (n) indifferent to sth/sb {adj)
grievance againsưvvíth (n) indignant aưabouưover sth {adj)
grieve aơover sth (v) indulge in sth (li)
grudge against sb (n) interior to sb/sth (adý)
grumble to/at sb abouVover sth (u) injurious to sb/sth (adj)
guaranteed against (adj) innocent of iadj)
guaranteed for Cadj) (breakage etc) inoculate sb against sth (li)
guess at (v) inseparable from {adj)
guilty of (adj) insist on (li)
inspired by (.adj)
H insure sth/sb against (u)
(be in the) habit of (n) intent on sth/doing sth iadj)
haggle with sb abouơover sth (i;) intention on sth/doing sth (adj)
hand on/over (u) intention of (n)
handy for sth/doing sth (adj) interest in in)
hanker after/for sth (u) interested in/about (,adj)
happen to/upon (u) (= come across by chance) intertere with (li)
happy about (adj) (situation) invest sth in (ii)
happy in (adj) (a new house etc) investment in (n)
happy with sth/sb (adj) invitation to (n)
harmtul to (adj) invite sb to sth (li)
harmonise with (u) involve sb in (u)
hazard to (n) 7ce is a hazard to motorisls. involved in/with sth iadj)
heap sth up (v) irrelevant to sth (adj)
hear about/of sth (li) (= receive iníormation irritated by/with sb, by/at sth í.adj)
about) ìsolate sb from sb/sth (u)
hear from sb (li) (= receive a letter, a telephone
call from sb)
heat sth up (li) jam sth/sb in/between sth (li)
heir to sth {n) jam-packed with sth (adj) (informal)
hesitate about/over (li) (doing sth) jealous of (adj)
hesítate at (u) (the door etc) jest with sb about sth (v)
hinder sb/sth from sth/doing sth (li) jinx on sb/sth (n)
hìss at sb/sth (u) join in sb/sth (n)
honest about sth {adj) join sth onto sth (ii) (= attach one thing to
hope for sth (i;) another)
hopeless at iadj) (maths etc) join up (n) (= become a member of esp
hopeless with (ữự/) (a gun etc) army/attach sth to sth else)
huddle up to sb/sth {u) join up with sb/sth (u) (= become partners with)
hunch up (li) joke with sb about sth (u)
jostle against sb/for sth (l>)
I judge sb/sth by/from sth (li)
identical with/to sb/sth (adj) judgement about (n) (action, crime etc)
ignorant of (adj) judgement of (n) (court, judge etc)
(have an) impact on sb/sth (n) judgement on sb (n) (punishment for sb)
impatìent for sth (.adj) (= eager for sth to juggle with sth (li)
happen) justification for (n) (+ noun or gerund)
impatient with sb (adj) (= intolerant of)
impolite to (adj) K
impressed by/with (aựý) keen on sb/sth (adj)

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key sth into sth (v) mistaken about sb/sth (adj) (= wrong in
keỹ to (n) (+ noun) opinion)
kind to sb (adj) mistaken for (adj) (= believed to be sb/sth else)
knock aưon (u) mistrust of (n)
know of/about (u) mock at sb/sth (u)
knovvledge of/about (n) moon around/about/over (tí) (+ noun)
motion to/towards sb (u)
mould sth into sth (u)
label (sth) as (v) mourn for/over sb/sth (tí)
lace (sth) up (v) muddle (sth/sb) up (u)
lack of (n) mutiny against sb/sth (u)
laden with sth (adj)
lag behind sb/sth (u) N
lap (sth) up (v) nag at (v)
lather (sth) up (v) name sth/sb after/for sb (u) (= give a name to
laugh about (u) (situation) sth/sb)
laugh at sb/sth (v) name sb for/as sth (f) (= nominate sb for a
laze around/about (v) position)
lean on/towards/againsưover (u) naturalise sb/sth in (u)
leave for (f) necessary for/to (adj)
lecture on (v) (= give a lecture) necessity for/to (n)
lecture sb for/about sth (v) (= scold/ warn sb) need for (n)
legislate for/against (v) negligent of (adj) (one's duties, responsibilities)
lend (sth) to sb (i;) negotiate (sth) with sb (v)
lìable for (adj) nervous of (adj) (+ noun/gerund)
lie to sb about sth (v) new to (adj) (an area, one’s experience)
limit (sb/sth) to (u) news of (n)
line (sth) with sth (u) next to (adj)
listen for (v) (= listen careíully to hear the nibble at sth (u)
telephone, doorbell etc) nice to (adj)
listen to (v) (radio, music etc) niggle abouưover (i;)
live at (v) (an address) nod to/at sb (t;)
live on (y) (a big Street) nominate sb as (ii) (president)
live in (u) (a small Street) nominate sb for (f) (a position)
live for (v) (a particular time, person, thing) noted for (adj)
live with (v) (person, emotion, memory etc) (take) notice of (rỉ)
long for sth/to do sth (ơ) notity sb of sth/sth to sb (u)
look about/around (u) notorious as (adj) (criminal etc)
look at (u) (= view) notorious for (adj) (crime etc)
loyal to (adj)
lukewarm about sb/sth (adj) (= not eager)
obedient to sb/sth (adj)
M object to sb/sth/doing sth (u)
(in the) mood for sth (n) objection to/about sth (n)
mad aưwith sb (adj) obliged to sb for sth (adj)
make of sth (n) oblivìous of/to sth (adj)
malevolent to/towards (adj) obsession vvith/about sb/sth (n)
married to (adj) obtain sth for sb (u)
marvel at/about (i;) obvious to sb (adj)
mastery of sth (n) occur to sb (ti)
mean to sb/with sth (adj) offense against (rt) (= breaking of a rule or law)
meddle ìn sth (u) offense to (n) (= insult)
mediate betvveen (u) ogle at sb (v)
mention to (u) omen of sth (n)
milìtate against sth (u) onslaught on sb (n)
mingle with sth (u) ooze out of/with (f)
misintorm sb about (tỉ) operate on (u) (person)
mistake sb/sth for sb/sth (v) operate with (ư) (tools, instruments)

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opinion of/about (n) preach to sb about/against sth (v)
opposed to sth (oự/) precaution against sth (n)
opposite to sb/sth <,adj) preconception about sb/sth (n)
optimistic about {adj) predisposition to/towards sth (n)
originate sth in/from sb (u) prefer sth/sb to sth/sb (u)
oust sb from sth (v) prejudicial to/againsưtowards sth (adj)
outlay on sth (n) prelude to sth (n)
outlet for sth (n) prepare (sb/sth) for/to (v)
Outlook for (n) (= torecast, prediction) prepared by (adj) (+ gerund)
weather Outlook for the uieekend (be) prepared for (adj) (= ready for sth to
Outlook on (n) (= opinion of) happen)
Outlook on life prepared with/from (adj) (ingredients,
Outlook onto/over (n) (tields, tovvns etc) components)
outskirts of (n) present at (adj) (event, ceremony, place)
overburden sb with sth {v) present for (adj) (event) present for the parade
owìng to (prep) present in {adj) (place, court)
present sb with sth (v)
p prevail agaínst (u) (= to work against)
pale with (t;) prevail in/among (v) (= to exist In/ among
part with (v) people, places etc)
pass by (v) (= go past) pass by s b ’s house; prevail over (i;) (= to be more powerful over)
Christmas passe d by quietly prevail upon (v) (= persuade sb to do sth)
pass on (i>) (= to go on from one thìng to prevent sb/sth from doing sth (lí)
another) L e t ’s p as s on to the next question. previous to sb (adj)
patient with {adj) pride in sb/sth (n)
pay by (u) (cheque) príde oneselt on sth/doing sth (v)
pay for (v) (shopping) proclivity to/towards (n)
pay in (i>) (cash) proticient at/in sth (adj)
peck at sth (i;) prohìbit sb from doing sth (v)
peculiar to (adj) prone to sth (adj) (illness, intection)
peek at sth (v) proot against (n) (= which denies claim/secure
peeved about sth (adj) against)
pelt sb/sth with (i>) proof of (n) (what has been claimed)
pernìcious to sb/sth (adj) propensity for/to/towards sth (n)
persist in sth/doing sth (v) protect sb/sth againsưtrom (v)
pile (sth) up {v) protection against (n)
pity for sb/sth (n) protest abouưagainst/at (v)
plague (sb/sth) with (v) pl ague me wi th a lot proud of (adj)
more questions provide (sth) for sb (u)
plan for (n) pull aưon sth (u)
plead with sb to do sth (.v) punish sb for sth (u)
pleased with/about (adj) puzzled abouưby (adj)
pleasure in/of (n)
pledge sth to iv) (an organisation activity)
poínt aưto (v) quality (sb) as/for (i>) (have/give required
ponder on/over sth (d) abllitles, qualitications etc)
popular with (adj) quality Is b) for (y) (have/give right)
portent of sth in) quality of (n)
pose for sb/sth (y) quarrel with sb about/over sth (v)
possessive with/about (adj) questtorsth (n) (truth, happiness)
possibility of sth/doing sth (n) queue up (for) (i>)
PostScript to sth (n) quick as (adj) (= comparison)
(im)polite to (adj) quick at (adj) (+ gerund or noun)
potential as (n) (+ noun) quiet sb/sth down (i;)
potential for in) (+ noun) quote (sth) from sb/sth (v)
praise sb for sth (u)
pray to (v)
pray to sb for sth (v) race against sb/sth (n)

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radiate from (i;) (= originate from) reputation for/of (ra) (+ gerund)
radiate with (ti) (happiness etc) request for sth (ra)
rage aưagainst sb/sth (u) research into/on sth (ra)
raid on sth (n) resignation trom (ra)
rally round (v) resort to (v)
rant at sb about sth (v) respected for (adj)
rave aưagainst (v) (= act opposite to sb/sth) respite from sth (ra)
reach for sth (v) respond to (u) (question, stimulus etc)
react against (v) (= act opposite to sb/sth) respond with (v) (= reply by doing sth)
react to (v) (= take action as a result of sth) respond ivith a smile
readjust to (f) (a new situation) responsìbility of/for (ra)
ready for (adj) responsible for (adj)
reason for (n) result in (v)
reason vvith sb (v) result of/from/in (ra)
rebel against sth/sb (v) resulting from {adj) (= arising from)
receipt for (n) (proot of having paid for sth) resulting in (adj) (= leading to)
receipt of (n) (sth being received) reticent about sth {adj)
receive from (u) retire from iu) (one's job)
recipe for (n) retire to (u) (a place)
recipient of sth (n) (of awards) reverence for sb/sth (ra)
recite sth to sb/from sth (v) reverse of (ra)
reckless of/about sth (adj) revert to sth iv)
recoíl from sb/sth at sth (u) revolt against (y)
recommend sb/sth to sb/for sth (v) revolve around (ư)
recovery of sb/sth from sth (n) rhyme with (u)
recruìt sb to sth/as sth (n) rich in iadj) (humour, vitamins)
redolent of/with sth (adj) rid of (,adj)
reduction in (n) (size etc) rise in/of/out (ra)
reduction of (n) (amount by which sth Is risk of (ra)
reduced) rival for (ra) (sb's affections etc)
reter to (v) rival in (ra) (a competition etc)
reterence to sb/sth (n) roar at (y) (object)
retrain from sth/doing sth (v) roarvvith (n) (pain, laughter)
retuge from sb/sth (ra) room for (ra) (creativity, correction)
regard to/for (ra) rude to/towards sb {adj)
regardless of iprep)
reign over (v)
rejoice aưover/in sth (u) sad about {adj)
relapse into (ư) (unconsciousness/ crime) safe from sth/sb (adj)
related to (adj) sateguard (sb/sth) agaínst/from sth/sb (i')
relationship between/with (ra) sated with sth iadj)
relative of (n) satistied with {adjì
release from (ra) (v) save sb/sth from (v)
rellef trom (ra) scared of (adj)
relish for/in (ra) schooled in sth (adj)
rely on/upon (v) scorn for sth/sb (ra)
remark on/upon/at (v) scovvl at sb/sth (u)
remedy for (ra) search for (u)
remind of (v) secret from sb (adj)
reminiscent of (adj) secret from (ra)
remorse for sth/doing sth (ra) sensible about (adj)
remote from (adj) sensìtive to (adj) (sb’s needs)
remove from (v) sentence sb to sth (u)
reply to (lí) separate from (adj)
reply to/from (ra) separate sb/sth from (u)
report on/to (ra) sequel to sth (ra)
repulsìon for (n) serious about sth (adj)
reputation as (ra) (+ noun) set of (ra)

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sever sth from sth (d) strain of (n) (= quality)
share (sth) with sb iv) There is a strain o f u nki ndness in him.
share in sth (v) strain on in) (= exertion on sth) B uyi ng that car
shelter (sb/sth) from sth (v) will be a strain on our resources.
shiver with sth (u) streak of sth (n)
shocked aưby (adj) stricken with/by sth iadj)
short of (adj) strip (sth) off/down ( li)
(have a) shot at sth (n) strive for/after/towards (u)
(have a) shout at sb (i;) (from anger) struggle for sb/sth ( li) (= fight for) struggle for
shout for sb (i;) (indirectly) breath
shout to sb ( li) (to attract attention) struggle with sb/sth iv) (= fight with)
shriek (v) (obscenities, a vvarning) strum on sth ( li)
shriek with (ii) (fear, etc) sub for sb ( li)
shy of sth/doing sth (adj) subject to sth iadj) (alteration, approval)
sick about/over iadj) (situation) submit (sth) to sb (n)
sick with (adjì (emotion) sick with fear subsist on sth ( li)
sidle up/over to sb/somewhere (u) substitute for (n)
sigh wíth sth ( li) subversive of {adj)
similar to sb/sth - in sth {adj) succeed in sth ( li)
skílltul at/in (adj) (job) succeed sb to sth ( li) (the throne, a post)
skilltul/skilled with/in (adj) (tool, weapon, etc) successtul in/at iadj)
skilled aưin iadj) (job) successor to (n)
slow at (adj) succumb to sth (ii) (an illness, an attack)
smile at sb ( li) suffer from/with iv)
smitten with/by sb/sth (adj) sufficient for (adj)
sneer about (Li) (situation) sufficient for/to (adj)
sneer at sb/sth (Li) suitable for (adj)
snipe at sb/sth ( li) suited for/to (adj)
snoop abouưaround (u) supplicate for sth ( l>)
snuggle up to sb/sth ( li) support for (n) The f ans shoived their support
solace sb with sth ( li) for the team.
solicitous for/about (adj) support of (n) Money was collected in support
soluble in (adj) o f Greenpeace.
sorry about sth (adj) support sb in (u) (a plan, decision etc)
sorry for sb (adj) support sth with (n) (money)
spatter sth on/over ( li) spalter paint on the wall sure of (,adj)
spatter sth with (v) spatter the Luall ivith paint surge in (n) (rise in)
speak to sb about sb/sth (v) surge of (ra) (people, the sea, etc)
specialíst in (n) surprised at/by {adj)
spend (money) on ( li) surrender (sb/sth) to sb ( li)
spend (time) on sth (u) surrogate for sb/sth (ra)
spend (tìme) in/at ( li) (place) suspect sb/sth of sth/doing sth ( li)
split sth into ( li) (pieces) suspicious of/about iadj)
split sth up ( li) (= break sth up) swill (sth) ouưdown (adj)
sprig of sth (n) (usu plant) swipe (out) at sth ( li)
spy on sb/sth ( li) svvoop down on sb/sth (ra)
squabble with sb about/over sth ( li) sympathetíc to/towards/with sb (adj)
squint at/through ( li) sympathise with sb aboutytor sth (ra)
squirt (sth) out of/into/around etc from sth (u) sympathy for/towards sb/sth (ra)
stack (sth) up ( li) sympathy with (ra) (sb’s ideas = agreement with
stamp abouưaround ( li) them)
stare at ( li)
stash (sth) away ( li) {inỊormal)
steal (sth) from ( li) talent for (ra)
stimulus to/for sth (n) talk to sb about sth (ra)
stock of (n) tamper with sth (ra)
story aboutyot (n) taste in (ra) (clothes, etc)
straighten (sth) up/out (Li) taste of (ra) (food, etc)

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taunt sb with sth (u) use of sth (n)
team up with sb (,v) used for/as (adj) (employed)
team sb/sth wíth sb/sth (v) used to (adj) (accustomed to)
terriíied at sth (,adj) usetul to sb for/as sth (,adj) T h i s wood ivill be
thank sb for sth iv) useỷủl to me as a table.
thankíul for sth (aựý)
think about/of sth (u)
thirsty for sth (adj) (rain, success) valid for (adj) (use)
thoughtless of sb (adj) valid in (adj) (a place)
threaten sb with sth (i;) valued aưfor (adj) (a price/a purpose)
throw sth at sb (v) variation in/of sth (ra)
throw sth to sb (i;) vary in (v)
tinge sth with sth (v) vault over sth (v)
tìngle with sth (n) vexed aưvvith sb/sth (adj)
tinker at/with sth (d) view of/to (ra)
tired of {adj) visible from (adj) (somevvhere)
tolerant of iadj) (different opinìons, particular visible to (adj) (sb)
conditions) visible with (adj) (an instrument etc) T he moon
trade in sth for sth (i;) is visible to our planet wi th the na k e d eye.
traitor to sb/sth (n) visitation of/from sb/sth (n)
transition from sth to sth (ra) visítor to (ra)
translate sth from sth into sth (i;) void of sth (adj)
treatment for (ra) (shock, lung cancer) votary of sb/sth (ra)
tribute to sth/sb (ra) vote for/against (ra)
trip (sb) up/over (v) vote for/against (u)
trip over sth (v) vouch for sb/sth (v)
triumph over sth (v) vulnerable to sth/sb í,adj)
(make) trouble for sb (ra)
(have/be in) trouble with/for (n) l ỉ e was in
trouble wi th the police for stealing a car.
w
wage sth againsưon sth/sb (v)
trust in (n) wail abouưover sth (v)
tuck sth into sth (v) wait for (u)
tug aưon (v) wallow around/about in sth (v)
turn (sth/sb) around/over (v) warn sb of/about sth (u)
tussle with sb (u) vvarrant for sth (ra)
tutor sb in sth (v) wary of sb/sth (adj)
type of (ra) weak aưin (adj) (at the knees, in the head)
typical of sb/sth (acij) weary of sth/doing sth (v)
whiff of (n)
u vvhittle away at/down sth (u)
unavvare of sth (adj) win a t (v)
unconcerned with sth/sb (adj) wince at (v) (the thought of...)
uneasy about sth (adj) wink at sb (v)
unequal in (adj) (size, etc) wish for (ra)
unequal to (adj) (in comparison with sth else) wìsh for (ii)
unfaithful to sb/sth (adj) worried about (adj)
unfit for sth (adj) worry about (v)
uninterested in sb/sth (adj) worthy at (adj)
unjust to sb (adj) worthy of (adj) (a reward, recognition etc)
unmindtul of sb/sth (adj) wrestle with sb (u)
unqualitied as/for sth (adj) vvrite to sb about sth (v)
unreasonable about (adj) He was
unreasonable about p a y i n g his share.
unreasonable of sb (adj) (= to behave in a yearn for sb/sth (v)
particular way) yearning for (ra)
unsvverving in sth {adj) yell (out) (u) (abuse, a name, in pain)
upset abouưwith sth (adj) yell at sb abouưtor sth
upvvind of sth (oự/) yen for sth (ra)

442 yĩf7/i Bá
 PREPOSITIONS WITH WORD PHRASES
AT by all means
a t... km per hour by appointment
at a cost by auction
at a disadvantage at a discount by birth
at a distance by bus/train/plane/car (but: in my own car, on
at a glance the 8 o'clock train)
at a guess by chance
at a loss by cheque
at a moment’s notice by day/night
at a proĩiưloss by degrees
at all costs bỹ for
at all events by torce
at an advantage by hand (= using the hands)
at any rate by heart (= from memory)
at brẽakfast/lunch by land/sea/air
at church/school by law
at ease by luck (= lucklly)
at fìrst hand by marriage
at fĩrst sight by means of
at hand {= close) by mistake
at heart (= in one's real nature) by name (= using the name(s) of sb/sth)
(have sb/sth) at heart (= be concerned about by nature
sb/sth) by now
at home by one's side
at last by oneselt
at least by order of
at length by posưairmaìl
at liberty by protession
at night (riole: ìn the night) by request (= as a response to sb's wish)
at noon by sight (= recognise sb when you see them but
at odds with have nèver meưtalked to them)
at once by surprise
at one’s request (= because sb wishes it) by the dozen
at peace/war by the end (= before sth ĩinishes)
at present by the side of
at random by the time (= betore reaching a certain point)
at risk by the way (= incidentally)
at sea by virtue of
at speed
at the age of FOR/FROM
at the beginning (= when sth started) for a change
at the end (= when sth tinishes) for a moment (= for a short time)
at the expense of for a visit/holiday
at the front of (= in the most forward position/ for a walk
place) for a vvhile
at the last possible time for ages (informal)
at the latest (= time) for breaktast/lunch/dinner
at the moment (= time) for certain
at the point of (= at that particular time) for ever
at the present time for fear of (= in case sth happens)
at the same tíme for good (= torever)
at the time (= at a particular time) for granted
at times (= sometimes) for hire
at work for life
for love (= out of love, vvithout payment or other
BY
reward)
by accident for nothing
by all accounts for once (= on one occasion)
for sale (= to be sold)

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for sb’s sake n ink/pencil
for short n length/width etc In lengths o f 1 Om.
for the moment (= for now, for the time being) n love (with)
for the sake of n moderation
for the time being n mourning (for)
from memory n name only (= not really)
from now on n no time (= very quickly)
from time to time n one’s free time
n other vvords
IN n pain
In a (good/bad) mood n partìcular
n a hurry n person
n a mess n pieces
n a way (= to some extent) n place of
n action n possession of (= ovvnlng)
n addìtion (to) n practice/theory
n advance (of) n principle (= theoretically)
n agony n prison/jail
n agreement with n private/public
n all n progress
n answer to n return
n any case (= anyvvay) n satety
n arrears n sb’s interest
n bed n sb’s opinion
n blossom n season
n briet n secret
n case (+ clause) n self-defence
n case of (+ noun) n sight (of) (= within one's range of Vision)
n cash n some respects (= in certain ways, concerning
n charge (of) some aspects)
n code in stock
n comtort in summer/vvinter
n common (with) in tears
n comparison wíth ìn the aír
n compensation for in the beginning (= originally)
n conclusion in the case of (= in the event)
n contidence in the dark
n control (of) in the end (= finally)
n danger in the flesh
n debt in the habit of
n detail in the meantime
n difficulty in the mood for (= vvanting to do sth)
n disguise in the morning
n disorder in the mountains
n doubt in the name of (= on sb’s behalt)
n exchange for in the news
n existence in the nude
n fact in the righưvvrong
n tashion in time (= early enough)
n tavour of (= supporting) in time of (= during a particular time)
n tavour with (= liked by) in touch
n fear of (= afraid of) in town
n tlames in tune (with)
n focus in turn
n tront of (= turther forward than) in two/half
n tuture in unitorm in use
n gear in vain
n general in view of (= because of, taking into account)
n good/bad condition in vogue
n hand (= being dealt with)
n horror of

444 Vĩnh Bấ\

ON out of doors
on a ... day out of tashion
on a diet out of hand
on a farm out of luck
on a journey out of order
on a trip/cruise/excursion out of píty
on a(n) atternoon/evening out of plãce
on account of (= because of) out of practice
on an expedition out of print
on an island out of reach
on approval out of respect for
on average out of season
on bail out of sight (= beyond one’s range of Vision)
on balance out of stock
on behalf of out of the ordinary
on busíness out of the question
on conditíon that out of town
on credit out of use
on demand out of work
on duty OFF
on fire off colour
on foot off duty
on good/bad terms with off school/work
on holiday off the record
on impulse off the road
on leave
on loan UNDER
on no account (= under no circumstances) under age
on one’s mind under arrest
on one’s own under control (= controlled)
on order under discussion
on paper under one’s breath
on principle (= according to a particular beliet) under orders
on purpose under pressure
on sale (= reduced in price) under repair
on second thoughts under the impression
on sight (= as soon as sth is seen) under the vveather
on strike
on the agenda WITH/WITHOUT
on the air with a view to (= intending to)
on the contrary wíth ditticulty
on the front/back (of a book, jacket etc) with luck (= hopeíully)
on the increase with reíerence to
on the job with regard to
on the one hand with the compliments of
on the other hand with the exception of
on the outskírts vvìthout delay
on the phone vvithout fail
on the point of (= about to) vvíthout success
on the radio/TV vvithout vvarning
on the trail of
on the way
on the whole ROUND
on time (= at the correct time) round the corner

OUT OF TO
out of breath to one’s astonishment
out of control (= uncontrolled) to one’s surprise
out of danger to sb's face
out of date to this day
out of debt

ĩà i liệu ôn thi TH PT Quốc gia môn Tiếng A n h 445

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Key
1. Muitiple Choice Tests....................... ......... 5...... .......93

2. Lexical Cloze Tests.................................100...... ..... 135

3. Open Cloze Tests............................. ......139...... ..... 160

4. Word Pormation............................... ......163...... ..... 179

5. 100 Trlos of Gapped Sentences........ ......182...... ..... 199

6. Key word transíormation.................. ......200...... ..... 248

7. Sentence transíormation................. ..... 232...... .... 292

8. Error Correction............................... ......309...... ..... 327

9. Prepositions.................................... ......331...... ..... 340

10. Phrasal Verbs.................................. ......342...... ..... 368

11. Verb Tenses (Active and passive)............372...... ..... 379

12. Reading Comprehension.................. ......383...... ..... 432

13. Appendices...................................... ..... 432

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