#1

1. of
2. of
3. in
4. of
5. in
6. in
7. in
8. in
9. on
10. on
11. on
12. of
13. for
14. on
15. on
16. of
#2
1. a dramatic increase
2. if you look on the internet
3. very few facilities for their
4. a few euros on a flight
5. the reduction in the cost
6. explosion in the number
7. the growth of air travel
8. changes in patterns
9. investment in many
10. some amazing deals on their websites
#3
1. we hope to achieve a reduction of 25% in the number of injuries
2. there is a great deal of variation in the availability of this treatment from one region to
another
3. in the past 5 years, there has been a rise of 40% in house prices
4. daytime temperatures can reach a peak of around 30 degrees celsius in summer
5. the new principal is promising to make improvements in computer access for
students
6. there needs to be more investment in staff training
#4
1. My main reason for giving up my car was environmental
2. Improvements in local public transport mean that I just don’t need a car
3. I decided to get rid of my car for a numbers of reasons
4. It wasn’t economic to run a car anymore due to the high cost of fuel
5. I found I was spending too much money on repairs

Test 5
#1
1. chart
2. compares
 3. for
4. see
5. with
6. drops
7. graph
8. in
9. rate
10. fell
11. pie chart
12. percentage
13. comes
14. percent
#2
1. between 2000 and 2005
2. teachers at all levels
3. pay for workers
4. 5% of senior posts
5. with a 75%
6. proportion of the
7. rising at a role
8. the data for London
9. three quarters of customers
10. rates of pay
#3
1. The chart shows the percentage of employees who work late approximately three
days per week
2. The figures show the average number of days holiday for skilled and unskilled
workers
3. The rate of tooth decay dropped by ten percent between 1980 and 1990
4. We can see that two-thirds of children watch more than four hours of the vision per
day
5. Zurich is second on the table of the most expensive European cities
6. The first graph compares the percentages of single parent families in different
income groups
#4
upwards: boost, just, gain, soar, rocket, surge, pean,
downwards: downturn, halve, through, shrink, slump, diminish
slow change: steady, gradually
fast change: dramatically, sharp, steep, rapid