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B1 Extra Vocabulary Tests

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1. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 If any of us had been bitten by the … snakes, we could have died.

A boiling
B deadly
C global
D humid

2 The group wishes they could do more to help the … .

A weather
B environment
C habitat
D frostbite

3 If the explorer had never gone to the Arctic, he might not have got … .
A ice
B habitat
C frostbite
D glacier

4 If the atmosphere in the rainforest hadn’t been so hot and …, we wouldn’t have been so
uncomfortable.
A deadly
B global
C humid
D endangered

5 The rare monkeys are having a(n) … built for them.

A area
B enclosure
C environment
D accommodation

6 I wish they hadn’t destroyed so much of the rare rhinos’ … .

A climate
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B enclosure
C habitat
D hut

7 I wish my parents had decided to live in Spain; the … is nicer there than in the UK.
A weather
B habitat
C environment
D global warming

8 If the earth hadn’t warmed up so much, the … wouldn’t have begun to melt.
A habitats
B weather
C environments
D glaciers

9 If we hadn’t wanted to track … rhinos, we wouldn’t have visited the desert.

A endangered
B humid
C deadly
D poisonous

10 I wish we could do something to ensure the … of the many endangered animals on the planet.
A enclosure
B environment
C luxury
D survival

11 Man’s activities are directly responsible for … warming.

A climate
B humid
C endangered
D global

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12 The explorers used … to pull their equipment across the snow and ice.
A sledges
B huts
C cow dung
D cage

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2. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 They’re having the road cleared of snow after the terrible … .

A mist
B cloud
C drought
D blizzard

2 She wishes she had taken her raincoat because now she’s … wet.
A soaking
B pouring
C boiling
D freezing

3 A lot of trees were knocked down by the … and some houses were damaged, too.
A hurricane
B cloud
C flood
D volcano

4 If it wasn’t so … hot, I might be enjoying myself more.

A boiling
B freezing
C pouring
D soaking

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5 I wish there wasn’t so much … across the road; I can’t see a thing.
A cloud
B drought
C mist
D wind

6 It’s … with rain; I wish we hadn’t come on this picnic.

A boiling
B soaking
C freezing
D pouring

7 I wish I’d never come to the … . I’ve never been so cold in my life.
A jungle
B Arctic
C desert
D rainforest

8 Many people died during the … because they had no water.

A flood
B hurricane
C lightening
D drought

9 The Amazon … is home to thousands of plant and animal species.

A rainforest
B desert
C Arctic
D jungle

10 If it hadn’t been so … cold in the Arctic, the explorer might have survived.
A boiling
B freezing
C pouring
D soaking
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11 I wish I’d been here for the storm; I love watching the … in the sky.
A heatwave
B lightning
C volcano
D flood

12 I wish I could travel through the … on a camel like Lawrence of Arabia.

A rainforest
B desert
C Arctic
D jungle

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3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 If you hadn’t been so carefree/careless with your fire, the forest wouldn’t have been destroyed.

2 I wish you would reuse/useless those plastic bags; there’s no reason for you to throw them away.

3 I wish I’d bought the chlorine-free/carefree product, because this one is bad for the environment.

4 I’m having all my light bulbs recycled/replaced because the ones I have now use too much energy.

5 I’m having my house painted because I’m harmful/useless at doing that kind of thing myself.

6 If that kind of tissue hadn’t been made with chlorine, it would be harmless/carefree to the
environment.

7 I wish I had recycled/recharged my mobile phone before I left the house because I was just cut off.

8 You have to be careful/useless who you go to if you’re going to have your hair done.

Marks / 8

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4. Choose the word (A, B or C) that best completes the sentence.

1 If you had been more … about where you were going, you wouldn’t have got lost in the jungle.
A caring
B careful
C careless

2 I wish those snakes over there were … but I’m afraid they’re really poisonous.
A harmless
B harm
C harmful

3 If I’d bought a car that took … petrol, I would feel much better.
A lead-less
B lead-free
C leaded

4 I wish I hadn’t bought this silly gadget because it’s … .

A using
B useful
C useless

5 I’m having all my air conditioners … because they increase global warming.
A moved
B removed
C unmoved

6 I wish my brother wasn’t so … all the time; he should be more serious.

A carefree
B careful
C care

7 If you had … your bottles, they would have given you some money.
A turn
B returned
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C turning

8 I wish that everyone in the world showed more interest in … paper.

A cycling
B recycled
C recycling

Marks / 8

Total Marks / 40

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