50 - Tests For FCE Practice

TEST 1
I. P u t o n e c o r r e c t w o r d i n e a c h g a p .
1. ' W h e r e do you
f r o m J a n i c e ? ' 'I live in B i r m i n g h a m . '
2 . I m u s t a s k s o m e o n e to h e l p m e
my maths homework.
3. If y o u n e e d m e , j u s t c a l l m e a n d I'll b e t h e r e a s
4 . M i c h a e l isn't m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d
5. M a y b e
I a m but he e a r n s m o r e m o n e y .
t h e f u t u r e p e o p l e w i l l live o n o t h e r p l a n e t s .
6 . It w a s r a i n i n g h a r d
w e w e r e driving back h o m e .
7. T h e c h i l d r e n a r e a l r e a d y
8. Isn't it
as possible.
f o r w a r d to s u m m e r h o l i d a y s .
time you started revising for your e x a m i n a t i o n s ?
9. T h i s is t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l p l a c e I h a v e
1 0 . C h i l d r e n , d o n ' t f o r g e t to
b e e n to.
y o u r t e e t h b e f o r e g o i n g to b e d .
II. P u t t h e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .
1. W e d o n ' t let o u r c h i l d r e n p l a y w i t h t h e n e i g h b o u r ' s d o g . W e t h i n k it's
DANGER
2 . ' L o o k at C i n d y . Isn't s h e
PRETTY
3. T h e
d r e s s e d ? ' ' I n d e e d . S h e is.'
of o u r s t u d e n t s c a n s p e a k f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e s .
4. T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r
to the party. W e e n j o y e d every
MAJOR
INVITE
m o m e n t spent with you.

5. If y o u r p l a n e is l a t e , w e ' l l w a i t at t h e a i r p o r t till y o u r
ARRIVE
6. T o m ' s g o t a
h e a r t . H i s g i r l f r i e n d left h i m y e s t e r d a y .
BREAK
y e t ? A r e y o u g o i n g w i t h us or
DECIDE
7. H a v e y o u m a d e a
s t a y i n g at h o m e ?
8. T h e r e w a s a lot of
in t h e c l a s s r o o m w h e n w e p l a y e d
LAUGH
a practical j o k e on our teacher.

9. M r R o b s o n k n o w s a lot a b o u t p l a n t s a n d f l o w e r s . H e ' s w o r k e d a s a
GARDEN
for over twenty years.

10. D o n ' t b e s o
boy. Y o u r t u r n will c o m e .
PATIENT
III. W r i t e i n t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1 . ' W h y is S t e v e n s o w o r r i e d ? ' ' I ' m a f r a i d h e h a s
2. Last w e e k , G r e g a n d I h a d a terrible _
i
r
d the maths e x a m . '

. I called him a fool a n d he
said that I w a s a witch. W e haven't s p o k e n since that t i m e .

3. I n e v e r t a k e m u c h
g _
with m e w h e n I go on a trip. Just s o m e clean
u n d e r w e a r a n d a f e w T - s h i r t s a n d m y t o i l e t r i e s , of c o u r s e .
4. J a c k i e s a y s if h e h a d a lot of m o n e y , h e w o u l d
5. C o u l d I h a v e a n o t h e r
n _
it o n s w e e t s .
of t h e c h e e s e c a k e , p l e a s e ? It's s o d e l i c i o u s .
6. L o o k w h a t y o u ' v e d o n e ! Y o u ' v e s c r a t c h e d y o u r f a t h e r ' s c a r . H e ' s g o i n g to b e v e r y

g
w i t h y o u w h e n h e l e a r n s a b o u t it.
7. I a s k e d for-an a p p l e pie but
a _
of it t h e w a i t e r b r o u g h t m e a s c o n e .
8. F o r t u n a t e l y , all t h e p a s s e n g e r s of t h e s i n k i n g f e r r y _ a
g _ d t o
escape
b e f o r e it w e n t u n d e r w a t e r .
9. I w i s h w e h a d n ' t c o m e t o o late to t h e c i n e m a . T h e n , w e w o u l d n ' t h a v e h a d t o sit in
t h e first _
10. Y o u m a y _
o _
these old rusty tools away. T h e y ' r e absolutely u s e l e s s .
IV. C h o o s e t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r .
1 . Y o u r c l o t h e s a r e all w e t
a) Put
t h e m off a n d d r y t h e m o v e r t h e f i r e .
b) M a k e
c) T a k e
2. My friends
d) W e a r
m e a s u r p r i s e by b r i n g i n g m e f l o w e r s a n d g i f t s o n m y
birthday.
a) g a v e
b) d i d
c) f u l f i l l e d
d) c a u s e d
3 . P r o f e s s o r W i l s o n is r e s p e c t e d f o r his g r e a t
a) skill
b) k n o w l e d g e
4 . T h e r e d tie d o e s n ' t
of a n c i e n t c i v i l i s a t i o n s .
c) i n t e l l i g e n c e
d) e d u c a t i o n
w e l l w i t h t h e g r e e n s h i r t . I t h i n k y o u s h o u l d put o n
the grey one.

a) r u n
b) d r i v e
c) w a l k
d) g o
5. N o b o d y likes A g a t h a . S h e always
a) e n j o y s
b) boasts
6 . It
a b o u t her rich family.
c) p r a i s e s
d) a d m i r e s
to m e that M a r k doesn't love m e any m o r e . He's always smiling
at o t h e r g i r l s .
a) s e e m s
b) v i e w s
c) understands
d) o b s e r v e s
7. S t o j k s are k n o w n to build their nests on roofs a n d c h i m n e y s w h e r e t h e y

e g g s a n d b r i n g up t h e i r y o u n g o n e s .
a) lay
b) s e t t l e
c) p l a n t
d) rest
8 . I've s h o w n y o u all t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g h i s t o r i c a l p l a c e s in t h e city

f o r t h e o l d t o w n s q u a r e . T h i s y o u will s e e t o m o r r o w .
a) a p a r t
b) i n s t e a d
c) e x c e p t
d) b e s i d e s
9. T h e s e c a k e s a n d c o o k i e s l o o k s o d e l i c i o u s . T h e y m a k e m y
a) t o n g u e
b) lips
10. W e w e r e
a) s a i d
c) throat
d) m o u t h
n o t t o t o u c h a n y t h i n g in t h e m u s e u m .
b) t o l d
c) s p o k e n
d) t a l k e d
water.
TEST 2
~ Z Z Z 1
1. Y o u c a n d e p e n d
2.'
J o h n . H e will n e v e r let y o u d o w n .
y o u like m e to s h o w y o u r o u n d t h e h o u s e ? ' ' Y e s , p l e a s e . '
3. P e t e r ' s v e r y s h y . H e a l w a y s
4. W h a t
r e d w h e n a girl c o m e s up to t a l k to h i m .
m e h a p p y is t h e f a c t that I h a v e a b i g l o v i n g f a m i l y .
5. ' W h o d o e s this f a r m
6
t o ? ' 'It's m i n e . '
I w e n t to live a b r o a d , I w o u l d c e r t a i n l y m i s s m y f a m i l y a n d m y f r i e n d s .
7. T h i s o l d w o o d e n c h u r c h w a s built by t h e local p e o p l e m a n y c e n t u r i e s
8. Brian D o d s o n ,
m o t h e r t e a c h e s m e F r e n c h , is m y b e s t f r i e n d .
9. C h u c k d o e s n ' t h a v e a n y b r o t h e r s or s i s t e r s . H e is an
10. H o w a b o u t
child.
a p h o t o of t h e c a s t l e r u i n s ? It will look g r e a t a g a i n s t t h e
setting s u n .
1. There's no
between these two paintings. They
DIFFER
look t h e s a m e .
2. W i l l y o u
l e a v e t h e r o o m w h i l e I'm t a k i n g off m y
KIND
clothes?
3. O u r s c h o o l t h e a t r e is g i v i n g a public
of
Romeo
PERFORM
and Juliet t o m o r r o w . I'm playing t h e p a r t of R o m e o .

4 . T h e n e g o t i a t i o n s will c o n t i n u e until a m u t u a l
is
AGREE
reached.
5. D e b o r a h s p e n t all h e r
y e a r s at her g r a n d p a r e n t s '
CHILD
in t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .
6. W e d i d n ' t like o u r s t a y in t h e h o t e l . T h e s e r v i c e w e r e v e r y
FRIEND
t o w a r d us. A l m o s t r u d e .
7. ' W h a t s h a l l I d o w i t h t h e s e o l d paint b r u s h e s ? ' ' T h r o w t h e m a w a y .
USE
8. Y o u d i d n ' t g e t a p o i n t b e c a u s e y o u r a n s w e r w a s
CORRECT
9. T h e r e is e v e r y
POSSIBLE
t h a t t h e n o r t h r o a d will b e j a m m e d .
W e a d v i s e y o u t o t a k e t h e M5'.
10. T h e m a n a g e m e n t ' s d e c i s i o n to lower t h e w a g e s c a u s e d a lot of
ANGRY
a m o n g the factory workers.

1. My
n _ of v i e w is c o m p l e t e l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m y o u r s . I d i s a g r e e w i t h y o u .
2 . M a y b e y o u r sister will
us s o m e c a s h if w e p r o m i s e to g i v e it b a c k s o o n .
3. It's a m i r a c l e t h a t all t h e p a s s e n g e r s
d t h e rail a c c i d e n t . A f e w of
t h e m h a d b r o k e n ribs a n d legs but m o s t of t h e m h a d j u s t b r u i s e s .

4 . M a n d y ' s hair is n o t curly. It's
h _ .
5. T h e invitation to t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l P a l a c e a n d t h e m e e t i n g w i t h t h e P r e s i d e n t h a s
been the most memorable
6. Let m e t h i n k b e f o r e I m a k e a
in m y life s o far.
o
.1 t h i n k I will b u y t h e w h i t e d r e s s .
O r m a y b e t h e b l a c k skirt. I d o n ' t k n o w m y s e l f .
7. L o o k at t h o s e c l o u d s . It's
y to rain in t h e a f t e r n o o n . W e ' d b e t t e r t a k e
our umbrellas.
8. T h i s v a c u u m c l e a n e r is r a t h e r e x p e n s i v e but t h e h i g h q u a l i t y of w o r k is its b i g g e s t
v
9. In this s t r a t e g i c g a m e , y o u h a v e s e v e r a l military m i s s i o n s to
out. None
of t h e m is e a s y , t h o u g h .
10. Y o u m a y n o t t a k e p a r t in t h e d i s c u s s i o n . Y o u a r e n o t a
r of t h e c l u b .
1. W h a t h e s a y s d o e s n ' t
a) h e a r
t r u e to m e . I d o n ' t t r u s t this m a n .
b) s o u n d
c) v o i c e
d) e x p r e s s
2 . In t h e e n d , w e didn't g o d o w n t h e c a v e . M y f r i e n d s g o t c o l d
a) f e e t
b) t o e s
c) k n e e s
d) legs
3. D o n ' t w o r r y , M i k e . T a k e it
a) l o o s e
b) e a s y
T h i n g s will get b e t t e r s o o n .
c) s m o o t h
4 . Y o u a r e a l l o w e d to
a) fulfil
b) s e t
d) soft
j o k e s o n p e o p l e o n April F o o l ' s D a y .
c) play
d) f o r m
5. I've h e a r d this s o n g a t h o u s a n d t i m e s . I k n o w it by
a) m e m o r y
b) s o u l
c) brain
6. Y o u s h o u l d a l w a y s
a) l e n d
b) p u t
d) h e a r t
attention to w h a t y o u r t e a c h e r s s a y .
c) s e r v e
d) p a y
7. T h e final s c e n e of t h e filrruwas so h e a r t - b r e a k i n g t h a t D i a n e c o u l d n ' t

crying.
a) l e a v e
b) rid
c) h e l p
d) m i s s
8. W e ' v e b o u g h t a s m a l l plot of l a n d in t h e c o u n t r y . W e ' r e g o i n g to

vegetables there.
a) g r o w
b) d e v e l o p
c) rise
d) d e s i g n
9. Last night, J i m m y a n d C a r o l q u a r r e l l e d a bit but t h e y
it u p a f t e r a f e w
minutes.
a) m a d e
b) f o u n d
c) b r o u g h t
d) t u r n e d
10. ' T h e p h o n e in t h e hall is r i n g i n g . ' 'Don't b o t h e r . I'll

a) get
b) t a k e
c) l o o k
d) p i c k
it u p . '
TEST 3
I. P u t o n e c o r r e c t w o r d in e a c h g a p .
1. T h i s m i l k s m e l l s s o u r . It m u s t h a v e
2 . I p r e f e r r e a d i n g thrillers
3
off.
romances.
rid of the s n a k e . I w o n ' t let y o u k e e p d a n g e r o u s a n i m a l s at h o m e .
4 . M y f a t h e r a l w a y s s t a r t s his l u n c h w i t h s o u p a n d
do I.
5. T h i s c r o s s w o r d p u z z l e is v e r y h a r d
do.
6. W h y d i d n ' t y o u a s k a n y o n e
h e l p ? Y o u ' v e w a s t e d s o m u c h t i m e trying
to r e p a i r t h e c a r by y o u r s e l f .
7. I'm not i n t e r e s t e d in w a t c h i n g a n y m o r e of t h e f i l m . I'm
8. If y o u let m e
up w i t h it.
a l o o k at t h e e n g i n e , I m a y tell y o u w h a t is w r o n g with it.
9. T o m a n d J e r r y a r e t w i n b r o t h e r s but t h e y differ
e a c h o t h e r ' a lot.
10. I love s u m m e r . It's m y f a v o u r i t e

1 . I t h i n k m y V o l v o is m u c h s a f e r in
w i t h y o u r Fiat.
2 . Y o u s h o u l d g i v e up s o m u c h
f o o d a n d start e a t i n g
COMPARE
FAT
m o r e fruit a n d v e g e t a b l e s if y o u w a n t to be s l i m .
3. W e h a v e n ' t p a c k e d e v e r y t h i n g in t h e c a r yet. T h e r e ' s still m y d i v i n g
EQUIP
t h a t g o e s in t h e b o o t .
4 . R a n d o l p h Fiery w a s a
lion t a m e r . H e s p e n t all his
FEAR
life w o r k i n g w i t h lions a n d o t h e r w i l d c a t s in t h e c i r c u s .
5. T h e n o i s e , s m o k e a n d c a r e x h a u s t m a k e living c o n d i t i o n s in big
HEALTH
6. T h e m u s i c y o u ' v e c o m p o s e d h a s m a d e a g r e a t
IMPRESS
on m e . You're a very talented musician.

7. A n n s a y s s h e ' s g o i n g to l e a v e h e r f a m i l y h o m e as s o o n as s h e ' s 1 8 .
S h e d o e s n ' t w a n t to b e
DEPEND
on her p a r e n t s .
8. S i m o n is a
TRUTH
p e r s o n . Y o u c a n trust h i m .
9. A s t u n t m a n m u s t be v e r y
to p e r f o r m all t h e s e
COURAGE
difficult a n d d a n g e r o u s t r i c k s .
10. T h e B r o w n s h a v e h a d a h a p p y
for thirty y e a r s .
T o d a y is their a n n i v e r s a r y .
1 . ' W h a t t i m e d o e s our train l e a v e ? ' 'I'm not s u r e . Let's c h e c k it on t h e
m
.'
2. K a r e n d o e s n ' t a d d s u g a r in c o f f e e . S h e d r i n k s it
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MARRY
3. It w a s i n c o n s i d e r a t e of y o u to _ I
y o u r n o s e s o l o u d l y in t h e t h e a t r e . Y o u
c o u l d h a v e at least w a i t e d f o r t h e i n t e r v a l .
4. I c a n s e e y o u ' r e f e e l i n g low today.' I t h i n k a little of g o o d m u s i c will i m p r o v e y o u r
o _ .
5. P n e u m o n i a u s e d to be a f a t a l
s _ in t h e p a s t . N o w , t h e r e ' s e f f e c t i v e
m e d i c i n e to f i g h t it.
6. S a m a n d I h a v e d e c i d e d to
r _ a flat d o w n t o w n . W e j u s t d o n ' t h a v e e n o u g h
m o n e y to b u y o n e of our o w n .
7. T h e r e a r e a lot of i n t e r e s t i n g h i s t o r i c a l p l a c e s to s e e in t h e a r e a . W e ' r e g o i n g
g
s _ _ _ _ _
8. Y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o
g t o m o r r o w . I c a n ' t w a i t to s e e t h e m all.
t'
d all t h e l e c t u r e s . C h o o s e t h e o n e s t h a t y o u like.
9. A n d r e w ' s w a y of t h i n k i n g is v e r y
to m i n e . T h a t ' s w h y w e n e v e r
argue.
10. Y o u a r e not a l l o w e d in t h e p u b u n l e s s y o u a r e
- up.
1. J a s o n l o v e s ice h o c k e y . H e
up to his f a v o u r i t e p l a y e r s . H e ' d like to be
a s g o o d as t h e m .
a) s e e s
b) t h i n k s
2. I
c) l o o k s
d) v i e w s
o u r l e a v i n g at night w h e n t h e traffic is still q u i t e light.
a) p r e f e r
b) s u g g e s t
c) w i s h
3. C h i l d r e n , d o n ' t
d) v o t e
your father now. He's writing a very important report.
a) i n t e r f e r e
b) d i s t u r b
c) p r e v e n t
4 . T h e m e d i a a n d t h e politicians
d) a b u s e
t h e c o l l a p s e of t h e p e a c e t a l k s o n t h e
terrorists.
a) a c c u s e
b) c h a r g e
c) criticise
d) b l a m e
5. T h i s is a p e r f e c t o p p o r t u n i t y . It w o u l d be silly not to
a) m a k e
b) t a k e
c) b e n e f i t
6. After w a t c h i n g y o u r p h o t o g r a p h s , I'm
a) e a g e r
b) i n t e r e s t e d
7. ' W h a t d o e s VIP
a) s t a n d
b) sit
8. I w a s s c a r e d
a) t i g h t
for visiting T h a i l a n d m y s e l f .
c) k e e n
d) o b s e s s e d
for?' 'Very Important Person.'

c) lie
d) run
w h e n I s a w t h e big d o g r u n n i n g s t r a i g h t o n t o m e .
b) f i r m
c) t o u g h
d) stiff
9. W h i l e Mr H a r r i s is a w a y , M s J a c k s o n is in
a) rule
b) c h a r g e
c) h e a d
of e v e r y t h i n g in t h e office.
d) c a r e
10. T h i s t i m e , t h e p i c k p o c k e t w a s c a u g h t
a) b l a c k
a d v a n t a g e of it.
d) r e a c h
b) g r e e n
- h a n d e d a n d w a s s e n t to p r i s o n .
c) r e d
d) w h i t e
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1 . T h o m a s a n d I a r e t h e b e s t f r i e n d s . W e like
other very m u c h .
2 . Mr W o o d s h a s w o r k e d in m a n y e x o t i c c o u n t r i e s
3. W h o w a s this h o r r i b l e m e s s m a d e
4. S o
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instance Pakistan.
? W a s that y o u T i m m y ?
only thirty p e o p l e h a v e b o o k e d t i c k e t s for t h e p e r f o r m a n c e .

a v e r a g e , five c a r s a r e s t o l e n in t h e city e v e r y night.
6. I w a s in t r o u b l e a n d u n f o r t u n a t e l y
w a s n o b o d y to a s k f o r h e l p .
7. T h e p l a n e t o B a r c e l o n a
off late b e c a u s e of a s t r i k e at t h e a i r p o r t .
8. M y w i f e d o e s n ' t eat p o r k m e a t a n d
9. W h e n y o u a r r i v e
d o I. W e b o t h p r e f e r poultry.
W a s h i n g t o n , d o n ' t f o r g e t to g i v e us a c a l l .
10. ' W h a t a r e y o u l o o k i n g
in t h e d r a w e r ? ' 'I c a n ' t f i n d m y c a r k e y s . '
1 . W e a l w a y s invite A d a m to our parties b e c a u s e h e is s u c h a n i c e a n d
FRIEND
person.
2. Y o u s h o u l d b e
3. The Friends
of y o u r s e l f . L o o k w h a t y o u ' v e d o n e .
is m y
c o m e d y s e r i e s . I love w a t c h i n g
SHAME
FAVOUR
it in m y f r e e t i m e .
4. Y o u m u s t try h a r d to get a g o o d j o b . T h e
is really
COMPETE
tough.
5. Eric is s o
He never r e m e m b e r s people's names
FORGET
and phone numbers.

6. T h e
of t h e i n d u s t r y w a s p r e v e n t e d by t h e rising
DEVELOP
inflation.
7. S h r i m p s in t o m a t o s a u c e . a r e our
sir. I s t r o n g l y
SPECIAL
r e c o m m e n d it.
8. Y o u d o n ' t s e e m a n y e l k s in this part of E u r o p e . T h e y a r e q u i t e
COMMON
here.
9. T h e
of t h e s t u d e n t s w e r e a g a i n s t w e a r i n g s c h o o l
MAJOR
u n i f o r m s a n d t h a t ' s w h y w e g a v e up the i d e a .
10. ' W h a t ' s t h e
of t h e T V t o w e r ? ' ' A b o u t fifty m e t r e s . '
HIGH
1. ' C o u l d y o u l e n d m y o n e - d o l l a r
2. O n e of t h e
i _ ?' S o r r y , I've got only b a n k n o t e s on m e . '

s w a s r e p r i m a n d e d by t h e s t e w a r d e s s for
s m o k i n g on the plane.
3. T r a v i s is m y b r o t h e r ' s s o n . He is m y
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4. It w a s n ' t p o s s i b l e to drive t h r o u g h t h e j u n g l e , s o t h e last part of t h e trip w e

travelled only on _
5. T h a n k y o u f o r t h e m e a l . It w a s
6. T h i s isn't m y flat. It
7. T h e M e x i c a n
. 1 really e n j o y e d it.
s to M r D o u g l a s . I'm j u s t r e n t i n g it f r o m h i m .
i _ i
is k n o w n to b e rather s p i c y . But I like M e x i c a n
dishes.
8. W e p a i d for t h e m e a l a n d g a v e t h e w a i t e r a _ i _ of o n e p o u n d .
9. 'I d o n ' t k n o w h o w to w r i t e y o u r n a m e sir. C o u l d y o u _
it p l e a s e ? '
'Of c o u r s e . It's M - A - G - U - l - R - E . J e r r y M a g u i r e . '

10. All t h e t r a i n s a r r i v e d a b o u t t h r e e h o u r s late. T h e _
y was caused by
a h e a v y s n o w s t o r m in the s o u t h of P o l a n d .
1. Y o u a r e not a l l o w e d to
a) s h o o t
p h o t o g r a p h s h e r e . It's a military a r e a .
b) t a k e
c) do
2 . It d o e s n ' t
d) p e r f o r m
t o m e w h a t c o l o u r m y s h o e s a r e as l o n g as t h e y a r e
comfortable.
a) c o u n t
b) e s t i m a t e
3. W e n d y is
a) f l u e n t
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c) c o n s i d e r
d) m a t t e r
in t h r e e f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e s - S p a n i s h , G r e e k a n d Italian.
b) t a l k a t i v e
c) s p e a k a b l e
d) e x p r e s s i v e
out the cigarette. You can't s m o k e inside the opera.

a) Put
b) H a n g
c) B r i n g
5. M a n y b u i l d i n g s
a) f a i l e d
in result of t h e e a r t h q u a k e .
b) b r o k e
c) c o l l a p s e d
6. S t o p c r y i n g o v e r spilt
a) w a t e r
d) T u r n
b) l i q u i d
7. ' D o y o u
d) r u i n e d
Y o u c a n ' t turn b a c k t h e t i m e .
c) m i l k
d) j u i c e
if I tell m y f r i e n d s a b o u t w h a t h a p p e n e d to y o u ? ' ' Y e s , I d o .
I'd r a t h e r k e e p it s e c r e t . '
a) d e n y
b) m i n d
c) r e f u s e
d) o f f e n d
8. D o y o u r e m e m b e r w h a t y o u
to m e d u r i n g t h e m e a l ? Y o u p r o m i s e d
never to leave m e .
a) t o l d
b) s a i d
9. W e h a v e n ' t b e e n in
c) s p o k e
d) t a l k e d
w i t h A n g e l a e v e r s i n c e s h e m o v e d out to
Canada.
a) t o u c h
b) r e l a t i o n
10. L e a v e m e
a) lonely
c) w o r d
d) h e a r i n g
I d o n ' t w a n t to s e e y o u a n y m o r e .
b) m y s e l f
c) s i n g l e
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d) a l o n e
TEST 5
1 . S t e v e a n d H a r r y a r e t w i n b r o t h e r s but t h e y don't look the
2. H o w a b o u t g o i n g
3
a w a l k in t h e p a r k after l u n c h ?
s h e w a s n ' t f e e l i n g w e l l , S u s a n d e c i d e d to k e e p w o r k i n g till t h e e n d .
4. D o n ' t d i s t u r b m e n o w . C a n ' t y o u s e e I a m b u s y
my paperwork?
5. T h e lottery w i n n e r s a i d s h e w a n t e d to go o n a trip
6. I t h i n k y o u n e e d to
7. ' W h a t
over the world.
y o u r d o g . It looks h u n g r y .
of m u s i c d o y o u like t h e b e s t ? ' ' S o u l m u s i c is m y f a v o u r i t e . '
8. I w a s l o o k i n g f o r y o u
Saturday morning. W h e r e were you?
9. T h e p o l i c e m a n s a y s t h e c a r w a s driving m o r e t h a n 100 k i l o m e t r e s
h o u r w h e n t h e d r i v e r lost c o n t r o l o v e r it.
10.'
far is it f r o m h e r e t o t h e n e a r e s t t o w n ? ' ' A b o u t 2 0 k i l o m e t r e s . '
II. P u t t h e w o r d s in t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .
1 . A n d y ' s f a t h e r is a n
H e w o r k s is a c a r f a c t o r y .
2. B e t t y is s o
She never stops talking.
3. G o o d
of f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e s is n e e d e d for this j o b .
4. ' W h a t is t h e
t i m e of t h e n e x t train to B o s t o n ? '
ENGINE
TALK
KNOW
DEPART
'Six thirty a . m . P l a t f o r m n i n e , sir.'

5. M y f a t h e r is a p p r o a c h i n g t h e
a g e but he s a y s h e
RETIRE
d o e s n ' t w a n t to s t o p w o r k i n g .
6. J o h n , y o u ' r e b e i n g
Stop talking rubbish.
7. W e a t h e r is
up in"the m o u n t a i n s . H o t c a n t u r n
IRITATE
CHANGE
into c o l d within s e c o n d s .
8. M r B u r n e s w a s s a c k e d f r o m w o r k last year. S i n c e that t i m e , he h a s
EMPLOY
been
9. I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d y o u r
Your parents buy you
JEALOUS
everything you want, so w h y envy other people?

10. S o m e
a n c i e n t m a p s h a v e b e e n f o u n d by t h e
MYSTERY
French archaeologists. Nobody knows how to read t h e m .

III. W r i t e in t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1. P i s a is
for its l e a n i n g t o w e r .
2 . T h e c r e w a n d t h e p a s s e n g e r s w e r e e v a c u a t e d after a p h o n e - c a l l f r o m a n u n k n o w n
m a n w h o said there w a s a b o m b on
3. It's a m e t e o r o l o g i s t ' s j o b to
of t h e p l a n e .
t h e w e a t h e r to c o m e .
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4. T h i s o a k t a b l e w a s t h e first p i e c e of
t h a t w e b o u g h t after
m o v i n g into o u r o w n h o u s e .
5. D o n ' t f o r g e t t o f a s t e n t h e
a _ b
b e f o r e y o u start d r i v i n g .
6. 1 w a s b o r n o n 2 2 A u g u s t 1 9 7 8 a n d w h a t is y o u r d a t e of
7. T h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r is t h e h e a d of t h e
v _ _ _ m
8. W e ' v e t a k e n a l o n g - t e r m loan f r o m t h e . b a n k . W e ' v e b e e n in
b _
ever since.
9. Mr P e a r l m a n will c e r t a i n l y k n o w w h a t to d o . H e ' s b e e n w o r k i n g a s a t a x a d v i s o r for

t w e n t y five y e a r s n o w . H e h a s a g r e a t _ x
10. C o c a - c o l a w a s
c _ .
d by Dr J o h n P e m b e r t o n w h o s e r e c i p e h a s
always been kept secret.

1. Hello M i k e . It's n i c e t o s e e y o u . C o m e in a n d
a) f e e l
b) m a k e
c) f i n d
y o u r s e l f at h o m e .
d) treat
2. It h a s n ' t b e e n r e p o r t e d yet w h a t
t h e u n d e r g r o u n d e x p l o s i o n in t h e
coal mine.
a) c a u s e d
b) r e s u l t e d
c) l e d
d) p e r f o r m e d
3. I c a n l e n d y o u a p e n c i l . I h a v e a
a) u n o c c u p i e d
one.
b) l o o s e
c) s p a r e
d) m o r e
4. W e k n o w t h e B r o w n s v e r y w e l l . T h e y ' v e lived
a) o p p o s i t e .
b) a p a r t
c) n e x t
d) b e s i d e
5. A f e w of t h e o l d e r b o y s w e r e
a) s e n t e n c e d
of b u l l y i n g t h e y o u n g e r p u p i l s .
b) a c c u s e d
c) c h a r g e d
6. Y o u ' r e a l w a y s m a k i n g up s t o r i e s . S t o p m a k i n g a
a) f o o l
b) s t u p i d
c) silly
7. B a r b a r a a n d S a m
a) got
b) s t o o d
to us for a g e s .
d) b l a m e d
of m e .
d) c r a z y
in love with e a c h o t h e r t h e m o m e n t t h e y m e t .
c) d r o v e
d) fell
8. It l o o k s like t h e e n g i n e h a s
d o w n but I w o n ' t h e l p y o u . I c a n ' t r e p a i r
car engines.
a) b r o k e n
b) f a l l e n
c) set
d) t u r n e d
9. I s a i d J i m b u t I m e a n t T i m . It w a s j u s t a
a) slide
b) s l a p
c) slick
of t h e t o n g u e .
d) slip
10. I q u i t e like R o n a l d b u t I can't

a) s t a y
b) e x i s t
his n a s t y habit of s p i t t i n g in t h e s t r e e t .
c) s t a n d
d) allow
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TEST 6
1. F r a n c i s w a s a d o p t e d a n d
up by an E n g l i s h f a m i l y at t h e a g e of 6.
2 . 'I really e n j o y t h e t a s t e of y o u r m u s h r o o m s o u p . ' '
y o u r s e l f to s o m e
more, then.'
3. D o n ' t h e l p D a v i d w i t h t h e p u z z l e
4 . I'm not s u r e
5. W e e x p e c t y o u to
6
h i m do it by h i m s e l f .
it w a s G e o r g e that I s a w in t h e p u b last n i g h t .
y o u r b e s t at t h e e x a m . D o n ' t let u s d o w n .
first, n o b o d y liked t h e i d e a of visiting t h e m u s e u m b u t in t h e e n d w e

all e n j o y e d it.
7. C o u l d y o u p l e a s e b u y m e a
8
of b r e a d at t h e b a k e r ' s ?
is n o t m u c h to d o o n a rainy d a y like t h i s . O n e c a n o n l y r e a d b o o k s at
home.
9. J e r o m e is a f r i e n d of
10. W e d o n ' t e a t
I m e t h i m at a d i s c o last m o n t h .
o f t e n . W e only g o to r e s t a u r a n t s o n c e or t w i c e a m o n t h .
11. P u t t h e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .
1. B r i a n is s o
about food. He always complains about
FUSS
the meals I prepare.

2 . J a c k G i r s h a m is a
writer. His thrillers u s u a l l y s e l l
SUCCESS
in t h o u s a n d s of c o p i e s .
3. T h a n k y o u for inviting u s to t h e party. It w a s really
ENJOY
4. I'm s u r e you'll f i n d s o m e t h i n g for y o u r s e l f . T h e r e is a g o o d
CHOOSE
of l e a t h e r j a c k e t s in t h e s t o r e .
5. G i n a is a
y o u n g violin player. Her p a r e n t s are v e r y
TALENT
p r o u d of h e r .
6. I c a n ' t c a s h t h e c h e q u e w i t h o u t y o u r
o n it, sir.
7. L i n d a b e l o n g s to a n o r g a n i s a t i o n s c a m p a i g n i n g a g a i n s t s h o w i n g
SIGN
VIOLENT
on television.
8. T h e o l d e r b o y
to hit m e u n l e s s I g a v e h i m all m y
THREAT
pocket money.
9. M a r k d o e s n ' t like v i s i t i n g
p l a c e s a n d he's a l w a y s
HISTORY
b o r e d w h e n w e g o to a m u s e u m .
10. I c a n s e e y o u h a v e m a d e a g r e a t
in p h y s i c s s i n c e
y o u s t a r t e d t a k i n g t h e private l e s s o n s .
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IMPROVE
1. Y o u d o n ' t h a v e to p a y for t h e m e a l . It's f r e e of
g _
2. N o b o d y h a s b o u g h t t h e c o t t a g e yet. It's still f o r

3. I'm s o _ h
I _ .
. I w a n t s o m e t h i n g to d r i n k .
4. I a d v i s e y o u not to k e e p all y o u r c r e d i t c a r d s in y o u r
. I f y o u l o s e it
or if s o m e o n e s t e a l s it f r o m y o u , y o u m a y get into s e r i o u s t r o u b l e .
5. W h a t a d e l i c i o u s c h e e s e c a k e . C o u l d y o u g i v e m e a
f o r it? I'd like
to try to m a k e it m y s e l f at h o m e .
6. I prefer
7. 'In w h i c h
m i n e r a l w a t e r t o fizzy w a t e r .
r
s h a l l w e g o n o w , e a s t or s o u t h ? ' ' I ' m not s u r e .
W e ' d better a s k s o m e o n e for t h e w a y . '

8. C a r f u m e s c a u s e i n c r e d i b l e air
e s p e c i a l l y in b i g c i t i e s .
9. F r o m o u r w i n d o w in t h e g u e s t h o u s e w e h a d a m a r v e l l o u s
e _
10. T h e m a n h a s a Polish p a s s p o r t a n d ID s o h e m u s t b e a Polish
of t h e s e a .
t _ z
T h e i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g , h o w e v e r , is t h a t he d o e s n ' t s p e a k a w o r d in P o l i s h .
1. A d a m ' s r u d e m a n n e r d o e s n ' t
a) like
b) f a v o u r
to a n y b o d y in t h e o f f i c e .
c) p r e f e r
d) a p p e a l
2. T h e s e w a s h a b l e tattoos w e r e very
a) p l e a s e d
b) p o p u l a r
3. M y u n c l e is v e r y
a) f o n d
w i t h c h i l d r e n last s u m m e r .
c) f a m o u s
d) f a v o u r i t e
of w a t c h i n g a n d p h o t o g r a p h i n g w i l d a n i m a l s .
b) k e e n
c) a d d i c t e d
d) b e l o v e d
4. T h i s a h i g h q u a l i t y c a m e r a . It's
a) w o r t h
buying.
b) d e s e r v i n g
c) v a l u a b l e
5. J e n n y is as b u s y as a
a) butterfly
S h e hardly ever relaxes.
b) w a s p
c) b e e
d) l a d y b i r d
6. L o o k at t h e p a i n t i n g . Isn't it
a) likely
d) c o s t l y
to t h e o n e w e h a v e in our living r o o m ?
b) s i m i l a r
c) a l i k e
d) r e s e m b l i n g
7. Mr W i l s o n h a s n o t h i n g to s a y in t h e h o u s e . It's his w i f e w h o w e a r s t h e
a) shirt
8. I
b) b o o t s
c) hat
d) t r o u s e r s
I'd m i s s e d m y d e s t i n a t i o n o n l y w h e n I got out of t h e t r a i n at t h e n e x t
station.
a) r e s o l v e d
b) r e a l i s e d
c) r e f e r r e d
9. F a s h i o n d o e s n ' t interest m e at all. I d o n ' t

a) f o l l o w
b) run
c) c h a s e
d) r e s u m e d
t h e latest t r e n d s .
d) s e e k
10. H u n d r e d s of f a n s e x p e c t e d to s e e t h e i r idol but t h e p o p star didn't

a) b r i n g
b) m a k e
c) turn
d) call
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up.
TEST 7
1. W e w e r e p l a n n i n g t o g o o n t h e trip t o g e t h e r but m y f r i e n d s h a v e c h a n g e d their
mind. N o w , I don't know
t o g i v e it u p or to g o by m y s e l f .
2. R a l p h c a n b e b o r i n g at t i m e s but o n t h e
h e is a n i c e y o u n g m a n .
3. H a v e y o u h e a r d that M a r y C h e s t e r got m a r r i e d
4. R o b e r t h a s h a d t h a t s c a r o n his c h e e k
a Frenchman?
h e fell off a b i k e at t h e a g e of 6.
5. I t h i n k w e ' d b e t t e r t a k e o u r r a i n c o a t s . It l o o k s
6. It is v e r y k i n d
rain.
y o u to l e n d u s t h e m o n e y . W e ' l l give it b a c k s o o n .
7. W h e n w e b o u g h t t h e h o u s e it w a s just a r u i n . T h e n , w e
it r e n o v a t e d
by a p r o f e s s i o n a l b u i l d i n g c o m p a n y .
8. D o n ' t c o m e c l o s e t o t h e d o g . Y o u n e v e r k n o w
d a n g e r o u s it c a n b e .
9. R i g h t after t h e a c c i d e n t , t h e y o u n g driver w a s o p e r a t e d
and now the
d o c t o r s s a y h e ' s g e t t i n g better.
10. A t first, M i k e p r o m i s e d to help m e with t h e c l e a n i n g but h e didn't c o m e at all. H e
really
m e d o w n this t i m e .
1. I like living in t h e t o w n . I h a v e n o
of m o v i n g o u t .
INTEND
FASHION
2. G i n a a l w a y s l o o k s like a m o d e l . S h e ' s f o n d of w e a r i n g
clothes.
3. M y n e i g h b o u r is a v e r y
ACT
p e r s o n . H e always has
something to do.
4. T h a n k y o u f o r t h e invitation t o y o u r w e d d i n g
We
RECEIVE
e n j o y e d it v e r y m u c h .
SELF
5. T h e o t h e r c h i l d r e n d o n ' t like V i n c e n t t o o m u c h . T h e y s a y h e is
a n d n e v e r s h a r e s his t o y s w i t h t h e m .
6. T h e s u d d e n
7. Y U h a v e t
n
of t h e m i n i s t e r s h o c k e d e v e r y o n e .
n
"
annual r-.nntn'butiO " fO the

1 1
in
DIE
MEMBER
this a s s o c i a t i o n .
8. It is b e l i e v e d that t h e
f o r t h e Pope's visit will t a k e
PREPARE
more than three weeks.

9. T h i s m e d i c i n e is s a i d to b e v e r y ......
It works fast and
EFFECT
brings the expected results.

10. '1 h a t e it w h e n j o u r n a l i s t s i n t e r f e r e in m y
p o p star.
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' - said t h e
PRIVATE
1. Mr L e e is a p o o r f a r m e r . H e ' s got j u s t o n e - a c r e
where he grows corn.
2. S u s a n B l a c k l e y t e a c h e s a t university. S h e ' s g o t a p r o f e s s o r
in
economics.
3. It w o u l d d o y o u g o o d if y o u s t a r t e d
g s o m e sport.
4. T h e s e s h o e s a r e killing m e . T h e y a r e t h e w r o n g
5. J u l e s is a _
z _ .
c h i l d . H e is m o r e intelligent t h a n t h e o t h e r c h i l d r e n in his
class.
6. I c o u l d play t h e g a m e w i t h y o u if I k n e w t h e
I _ s . Will you teach m e ?
7. O n e p e r s o n d i e d a n d s e v e r a l o t h e r p a s s e n g e r s w e r e
d in t h e b u s
collision t h a t too<place n e a r C o v e n t r y y e s t e r d a y . T h e y a r e all in h o s p i t a l n o w .

8. I s h o u l d h a v e l i s t e n e d to y o u r
. I s h o u l d n ' t h a v e got m a r r i e d at 1 8 .
9. O u r h o u s e w a s b r o k e n into last night. T h e
r stole all o u r p a i n t i n g s .
10. I've b o r r o w e d t h e s e b o o k s f r o m the library. I m u s t
them next month.
1. Y o u n e v e r a s k for m y o p i n i o n . Y o u a l w a y s
a) put
b) t h i n k
c) k e e p
m e for g r a n t e d .
d) t a k e
2. It's t h e first t i m e s o m e t h i n g s o s t r a n g e h a s
a) r e a l i s e d
b) p e r f o r m e d .
to m e .
c) c r e a t e d
d) h a p p e n e d
3. M o r e t h a n t h r e e t h o u s a n d p e o p l e t o o k
a) role
b) p a r t
c) s t e p
in t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n .
d) p l a c e
4. Y o u c a n ' t rely o n D a v i d . H e n e v e r
a) h o l d
b) c a r r i e s
5. T h e m u s i c is t o o l o u d
a) T u r n
b) R u n
his p r o m i s e s .
c) k e e p s
d) o b t a i n s
it d o w n , p l e a s e .
c) T a k e
d) Put
6. W h e n w e a r r i v e d at t h e s t a d i u m , all the s e a t s w e r e a l r e a d y
so we
h a d to s t a n d d u r i n g t h e w h o l e g a m e .
a) o c c u p i e d
b) i n h a b i t e d
c) e n g a g e d
d) i n v o l v e d
7. After t h e e a r t h q u a k e in 1 9 7 8 , m a n y f a m i l i e s d e c i d e d to
a) shift
b) p a s s
c) m o v e
house.
d) t r a n s f e r
8. At first, s h e a g r e e d to m a r r y m e , s o I d o n ' t k n o w w h y s h e ' s h a d this s u d d e n

c h a n g e of
a) s o u l
b) h e a r t
c) h e a d
d) b r a i n
9. T h e c o u n t e r s t r i k e h a s d o n e a c o n s i d e r a b l e
a) d a m a g e
b) d e v a s t a t i o n
10. W h a t ' s t h e
a) e a s y
c) ruin
to t h e p e a c e p r o c e s s .
d) f a i l u r e
of w a t e r i n g the f l o w e r s if it k e e p s raining all t h e t i m e ?

b) w o r t h
c) t h i n g
d) point
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TEST 8
_ ^ Z Z Z H Z ^
"
1 . M r D a w s o n is a s
a s a post. Y o u m u s t s h o u t w h e n y o u s p e a k to h i m .
2 . T h e d o c t o r s u g g e s t s that I g o
3. It a l w a y s
a diet to lose s o m e w e i g h t .
m e m a d when s o m e o n e enters m y room without knocking.
4. F r o m m y g r a n d m o t h e r ' s diary I
out that m y g r a n d f a t h e r w a s an
intelligence agent.
5. W e n e v e r
to fight w h e n w e w e r e c h i l d r e n . W e a l w a y s g o t o n w e l l .
6. T h e f a c t o r y o w n e r , Mr G a r t h , didn't s t o p w o r k i n g
7
h e d i e d in 1 9 9 5 .
o n e of y o u b r o k e t h e w i n d o w ? Y o u J a c k or y o u r b r o t h e r ?
8. N e x t y e a r , t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e d i c a l c o n f e r e n c e will t a k e
9. A r e y o u a w a r e
in W a r s a w .
t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s of y o u m i s b e h a v i o u r ?
1 0 . I h a v e n ' t l e a r n e d to d r i v e a c a r a s
1. T h e r e w e r e m a n y
to t h e c o n t r o v e r s i a l
OBJECT
proposal that David m a d e .

2 . Air b a g s a r e k n o w n to i n c r e a s e t h e c a r
SAFE
3 . C e c i l i a is v e r y
SENSE
about money. She never
s p e n d s it o n r u b b i s h .
4. W h o s e
is it to k e e p g u a r d at night?
5. O u r n e i g h b o u r ' s
RESPONSIBLE
on T V s u r p r i s e d us all. W e
APPEAR
d i d n ' t k n o w h e b e l o n g e d to a political party.

3. W e d o n ' t c o o k m u c h . W e b u y
7. It is r a t h e r
food.
CONVENIENT
t h a t our t e a m will beat the w o r l d
PROBABLE
c h a m p i o n s . W e h a v e n ' t w o n a g a m e for m o n t h s .
8. T h e r e ' s n o
between Frank and Sarah
RELATE
although they are both called J a c k s o n .

9. T h e p e o p l e a r e p a i d for t a k i n g p a r t in the
SCIENCE
experiment.
10. I still k e e p in t o u c h with m y
school friends.
SECOND
1. I didn't b e l i e v e in m y s e l f at t h e t i m e . It w a s m y f a t h e r w h o
m e to start s t u d y i n g m e d i c i n e . N o w , I'm g r a t e f u l to h i m .
2 . M i k e a c t s like a c h i l d but he'll s o o n turn into a s e r i o u s y o u n g m a n . It's j u s t a
t
of t i m e .
20.
9 _ d
3. T h e _ u
_ _ c _
g a v e the actors a standing ovation. T h e p e r f o r m a n c e was
simply fantastic.
4. W e can't d r i v e a n y further, w e ' v e got a flat _ y
5. I h a v e to boil w a t e r in t h e p o t b e c a u s e m y electric
I _
6. D a m o n w o r k s as a n a c c o u n t a n t . H e is p a i d a g o o d
is b r o k e n .
e a c h m o n t h , so
h e c a n a f f o r d to live in c o m f o r t .
7. I h a d not idea Jeff is s u c h a
. H e ' s e v e n a f r a i d of s t a y i n g a l o n e at
home.
8. Rita is _ e _ _ o
of e v e r y t h i n g . S h e a l w a y s w a n t s to h a v e t h e s a m e t h i n g s
that o t h e r girls h a v e .
9. I s a w t h e shoplifter. He w a s _ _ e
10. A y o u n g w o m a n g o t _
d in a g r e e n j a c k e t a n d j e a n t r o u s e r s .
t b e c a u s e s h e h a d b e e n lying in h e a v y
s u n l i g h t for t o o l o n g . It m u s t h a v e hurt a lot.

1. What's
a) b a d
with y o u ? Y o u look s o p a l e .
b) w o r s e
c) w r o n g
d) b a d l y
2. T h e l u x u r i o u s villa t h e C r o m w e l l s h a v e b o u g h t m u s t h a v e c o s t t h e
a) e a r t h
b) g l o b e
c) g r o u n d
3. T h e c a r e t a k e r
d) p l a n e t
m e for spilling w a t e r o n t h e f l o o r but it w a s n ' t m e w h o
h a d d o n e it.
a) a c c u s e d
4
b) b l a m e d
c) s u s p e c t e d
d) c l a i m e d
on m e at s e v e n p . m . I'll h a v e f i n i s h e d d o i n g m y c h o r e s by t h a t t i m e .
a) C o m e
b) R i n g
c) T u r n
d) Call
5. After w h a t h e ' s d o n e , w e ' r e

a) t h i n k i n g
sacking him from work.
b) r e g a r d i n g
6. T h e c a p t u r e d s p y
a) p r e t e n d e d
c) c o n s i d e r i n g
d) r e f l e c t i n g
to k n o w n o t h i n g a b o u t t h e s e c r e t d o c u m e n t s .
b) hid
c) f a k e d
d) i n v e n t e d
7. C o m e d o w n for l u n c h c h i l d r e n . T h e t a b l e ' s b e e n
a) lied
8
b) lain
c) lay
d) laid
b e i n g rich a n d b e a u t i f u l , the w o m a n s a y s s h e isn't h a p p y .

a) D e s p i t e
b) A l t h o u g h
c) B e s i d e
d) In s p i t e
9. I'm s o s o r r y . I m u s t h a v e t a k e n y o u r h a n d b a g by
a) fault
b) e r r o r
10. N o b o d y k n o w s w h a t t h e
a) c a u s e
b) r e a s o n
c) c o n f u s i o n
d) m i s t a k e
for Mr G r a h a m ' s r e s i g n a t i o n w a s .
c) origin
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d) s o u r c e
TEST 9
1 . I h o p e to
to k n o w a lot of n e w i n t e r e s t i n g p e o p l e in m y n e w s c h o o l .
2 . M r G i g g s d o e s n ' t w o r k full t i m e . H e ' s g o t a

3. S t o p s h o u t i n g
-time job.
m e . I'm not d e a f . I c a n h e a r y o u v e r y w e l l .
4 . Y o u a r e n e v e r b o r e d with J a s o n . H e ' s g o t a g r e a t
of h u m o u r .
5. B e f o r e s h e r e t i r e d , M r s Hilton h a d w o r k e d
6
a t e a c h e r for t h i r t y y e a r s .
u p y o u r m i n d J e n n y . A r e y o u g o i n g with m e or s t a y i n g at h o m e ?
7. I d o n ' t k n o w w h o t h a t tall b o y o v e r t h e r e is. H e h a s n ' t i n t r o d u c e d

8. T h a n k s a lot f o r y o u r h e l p , T o m . It w a s v e r y k i n d
9. W h a t
you.
y o u like to eat sir? C a n I r e c o m m e n d t h e G r e e k s a l a d ?
10. ' H a v e y o u p a s s e d y o u r e x a m s ? ' 'I d o n ' t k n o w
I'm still w a i t i n g for t h e
results.
1 . O n h o l i d a y , w e a r e flying to C r e t e , W e h a v e a l r e a d y m a d e t h e h o t e l
RESERVE
2 . M y n e i g h b o u r , M r E d i s o n , w o r k s in a c a r f a c t o r y . H e is an
ELECTRIC
3. S t o p b e i n g
KIND
t o w a r d s p e o p l e or n o b o d y will like
you.
4. E v e r y d a y , w h e n I look at m y
in t h e m i r r o r , I c a n
REFLECT
s e e there are m o r e and m o r e wrinkles o n m y face.

5. I d o n ' t g a m b l e f o r m o n e y . I d o it for m y o w n
PLEASANT
6. Before the
ELECT
all t h e p a r t i e s a r e e x p e c t e d to p r e s e n t
t h e i r political p l a t f o r m .
7. Jeff is really h a r d to w o r k w i t h . H e ' s v e r y
He
BOSS
d o e s n o t h i n g but g i v e o r d e r s t o e v e r y b o d y .
8. Y o u a r e
a b o u t t h e o p e r a title. It's not
Carmen.
9. F r a n k d o e s n ' t d e s e r v e to be t r u s t e d . 1 t h i n k h e is v e r y
10. S o m e t i m e s , t h e r e a r e v e r y s i m p l e
MISTAKE
SINCERE
to v e r y difficult
SOLVE
problems.
1. M a r k h o p e s to f i n d a g o o d j o b after he
2 . I've a l r e a d y p h o n e d t h e r e s t a u r a n t to
s f r o m university.
o _ a t a b l e f o r t w o . I h o p e K a r e n will
accept m y dinner invitation.
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3. D o n ' t t o u c h t h e w a s p or it will
y o u o n the f i n g e r .
4. T h e d e t e c t i v e w h o is g o i n g to
the crime has a
r e p u t a t i o n of a t o p c l a s s p r o f e s s i o n a l .
5. ' H o w did y o u l e a r n a b o u t t h e j o b ? ' ' F r o m a j o b
in
our l o c a l n e w s p a p e r . '
6. P e o p l e h a v e a l w a y s
d w h e t h e r t h e r e is life o n o t h e r p l a n e t s .
7. S a r a h l i v e d in J a p a n for a b o u t t e n y e a r s . S h e k n o w s a lot a b o u t J a p a n e s e
_ u
s a n d traditions.
8. Dirk s a y s p e o p l e s h o u l d kill a n i m a l s f o r f o o d but m y
o _
is c o m p l e t e l y
d i f f e r e n t . I'm a v e g e t a r i a n .
9. M y w i f e a n d I a r e really
of c l i m b i n g . W e s p e n d a l m o s t e v e r y w e e k e n d in
the mountains.
10. At t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e 1 9
c
t h
r _ d a
c e n t u r y , a g r o u p of F r e n c h a r c h a e o l o g i s t s
s e c r e t p a s s a g e l e a d i n g f r o m t h e p y r a m i d to t h e t o m b .
1. O u r E n g l i s h t e a c h e r a l w a y s
a) f i n d s
a p o i n t of c h e c k i n g our h o m e w o r k .
b) m a k e s
c) t u r n s
d) l o o k s
2 . T h e p a r t y u p s t a i r s w a s s o n o i s y that I c o u l d n ' t
a) rest
b) r e a c h
c) t a k e
a s l e e p all n i g h t .
d) fall
3. R o n tells e v e r y b o d y t h a t h e is a d o c t o r but a s a
of fact h e is j u s t a n
orderly.
a) m a t t e r
b) reality
c) t r u t h
d) c a s e
4. A c c o r d i n g to t h e r e p o r t , t w o f i s h i n g b o a t s s a n k
a) w h i l e
b) until
c) within
the storm.
d) d u r i n g
5. W h e n e v e r t h e air p r e s s u r e is low, I
a) pain
b) a f f e c t
from horrible h e a d a c h e s .
c) s u f f e r
d) hurt
6. If y o u h a d l i s t e n e d to m y a d v i c e , y o u w o u l d n ' t h a v e b o u g h t a
in
a poke. I can't believe you've w a s t e d so m u c h m o n e y on such rubbish.

a) c a t
b) pig
c) bird
d) m o u s e
7. I'm g o i n g to t h r o w h i m out. I c a n ' t

a) s t i c k
b) s p a r e
his r u d e b e h a v i o u r a n y l o n g e r .
c) s t a y
d) s t a n d
8. W h y g o a b r o a d if y o u h a v e y o u r w h o l e f a m i l y a n d a g o o d j o b h e r e ? It s i m p l y
doesn't m a k e any
a) s e n s e
9.1
a) f o u n d
to m e .
b) p o i n t
c) reason
b) s a w
c) m o v e d
10. ' C o u l d I a s k y o u a
a) g o o d n e s s
d) logic
a c r o s s t h e s e o l d , m a p s w h i l e I w a s tidying up t h e attic.
d) c a m e
?' ' A g a i n ? '

b) s e r v i c e
c) f a v o u r
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d) b e n e f i t
T E S T 10
I..Put o n e c o r r e c t w o r d in e a c h g a p .
1 . S o n y ' s j o b is w e l l -
but the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a r e h u g e , t o o .
2. A r e y o u in
of t h e political t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s or a g a i n s t t h e m ?
3. M y n a m e is K a z u y o s h i . J a p a n is m y c o u n t r y of
4. Betty
h e r hair e v e r y m o r n i n g to look g o o d a n d a t t r a c t i v e .
5. Y o u eat too m u c h a n d do little e x e r c i s e . T h a t is
y o u a r e s o fat.
6. T h e w e a t h e r t o d a y is not that b a d . It's

7. Y o u r f a t h e r is
c o l d nor w a r m .
t h e p h o n e , H a r r y . D o y o u w a n t to s p e a k to h i m ?
8. ' W h a t t i m e a r e y o u l e a v i n g t o m o r r o w ? ' W e ' r e s e t t i n g
at 8 a . m . '
9 . T h e s e s w e a t e r s a r e of d i f f e r e n t quality b u t t h e y cost
10. L e t ' s h a v e a p a r t y o n S a t u r d a y
same.
we?
1. Y o u r b e h a v i o u r is s i m p l y
ANNOY
Stop fooling around.
2 . T h e p a i n t i n g c a t c h e s e v e r y b o d y ' s e y e b e c a u s e it is s o
COLOUR
3. W e h a d a m a g n i f i c e n t v i e w of a
PICTURE
scenery from our
r o o m w i n d o w in t h e h o l i d a y r e s o r t .
4. T o m ' s p l a n e t o o k off d e l a y e d s o the
t i m e will a l s o
ARRIVE
change.
5. I c a n s a y w i t h o u t
that o u r c o m p a n y p r o d u c e s t h e
HESITATE
b e s t c a r s in t h e w o r l d .
6. J u l i a ' s
MONTH
s a l a r y is not h i g h but s h e likes t h e j o b .
7. O u r c e n t r e is p l a n n i n g c o n c e r t s , e x h i b i t i o n s a n d m a n y o t h e r
CULTURE
e v e n t s for t h e m o n t h of A u g u s t .
8. In a d e c a d e , t h e n u m b e r of
of big cities will h a v e
INHABIT
doubled.
9. M a n y c e l e b r i t i e s s a y t h a t g r e a t
d o e s n ' t only
FAMOUS
m e a n m o n e y a n d p o p u l a r i t y b u t a l s o a loss of p r i v a c y .
10. W e s h o u l d try to
o n w a t e r a n d electricity. O u r bills
ECONOMY
a r e too h i g h .
1. I didn't k n o w t h e m a n w a s a p o l i c e m a n . H e w a s n ' t w e a r i n g a
2 . O n t h e w a l l s in J o a n n a ' s r o o m , t h e r e are a lot of
film a n d music stars.
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s of her f a v o u r i t e
3. C h i l d r e n m u s t b e t a u g h t t h a t s t i c k i n g t h e t o n g u e out at s o m e o n e is a b a d
_ -
b _ _ .
4 . I'm not c r y i n g . T h e r e a r e t e a r s in m y e y e s b e c a u s e I've b e e n
onions.
5. G o o d c i t i z e n s a r e t h o s e w h o
6. Irene is r a t h e r
t law.
I _ to w i n t h e c o m p e t i t i o n . B i o l o g y is not h e r c u p of
tea.
7. S o m a n y p e o p l e a r r i v e d to s e e t h e film p r e m i e r e that w e h a d to s t a n d in a l o n g
_ u
to b u y t i c k e t s .
8. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e folk m u s i c f e s t i v a l h a s b e e n
d d u e to little
i n t e r e s t in it.
9. T h e c l o t h e s s h e w e a r s a r e n ' t m o d e r n . T h e y a r e r a t h e r o l d 1 0 . 1 d o n ' t w a n t a n y o n e to
b m e . I'm l e a r n i n g a t t h e m o m e n t .
1. T h r o w t h a t c a n of s o u p a w a y . Its
a) s h o p
life e x p i r e d a w e e k a g o .
b) c o n s u m p t i o n
2 . S a y that y o u
c) s t o r i n g
d) shelf
calling h i m a f o o l a n d t h e n p e r h a p s h e will f o r g i v e y o u .
a) a p o l o g i s e
b) p a r d o n
3. D o n ' t try
c) r e g r e t
d) pity
at t h e e x a m a g a i n b o y or y o u will b e p u n i s h e d .
a) c h e a t i n g
b) b e t r a y i n g
c) d i s g u i s i n g
d) m i s l e a d i n g
4. I w a n t y o u to m e e t F r a n c o i s e . H e is m y n e x t of
a) relative
b) f a m i l y
c) kin
from France.
d) b l o o d
5. T h e m o d e r n art e x h i b i t i o n is c e r t a i n l y
a) v a l u a b l e
6.'
b) w o r t h
seeing. Shall w e go t o m o r r o w ?
c) p r i c e l e s s
d) c o s t l y
y o u r m a n n e r s y o u n g m a n ! ' , t h e elderly lady s h o u t e d at t h e b o y w h o

s w o r e in f r o n t of h e r .
a) T h i n k
b) O b e y
c) O b s e r v e
d) M i n d
7. T h e r e ' s no n e e d to w o r r y a b o u t y o u r s o n , m a d a m . H e ' s g o t t h r e e ribs b r o k e n but

h e will c e r t a i n l y
a) m a k e
through.
b) g o
c) b r i n g
d) pull
8.1 will o n l y let y o u w a t c h m y p h o t o g r a p h s o n
that you don't m a k e fun
of t h e m .
a) c o n d i t i o n
b) r e s t r i c t i o n
c) limitation
d) c i r c u m s t a n c e
9. W e h a v e to put off o u r g a m e of t e n n i s . It's raining

a) h i g h a n d low
b) t h i c k a n d thin
outside.
c) c a t s a n d d o g s
10. St. M o r i t z is a h o l i d a y r e s o r t in S w i t z e r l a n d v e r y
d) o d d s a n d e n d s
w i t h rich a n d f a m o u s
people.
a) p o p u l a r
b) f a m i l i a r
c) a p p r o v e d
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d) p l e a s e d
T E S T 11
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1. ' W h a t w a s t h e w e a t h e r
y e s t e r d a y ? ' ' O h , it w a s b e a u t i f u l . '
2 . L e t ' s g o to C r e t e . It's l e s s e x p e n s i v e
Hawaii.
3. T e n p o u n d s is not a g r e a t
of m o n e y .
4 . I l i k e d all t h e d i s h e s
5.'
f o r p o r r i d g e . It w a s horrible.
i d e a w a s it to o r g a n i s e t h e p a r t y ? ' 'it w a s m i n e . '
6. C a n y o u b e l i e v e R o c k y h a s fallen in love
7. I've t a k e n m y v i d e o c a m e r a
8
Cindy?
a s to r e c o r d the w h o l e c e r e m o n y .
when have you and Janice been married?
9. H o w l o n g d o e s it u s u a l l y
y o u to get r e a d y in t h e m o r n i n g ?
10. T h e f i l m isn't i n t e r e s t i n g at all. W e a r e b o r e d
it.
1 . T h e c o a c h s a y s M i c h a e l is a
young footballer.
PROMISE
If h e t r a i n s h a r d , h e will b e a g r e a t player.
2 . T h e r e is little
between these two photographs.
3. C h i l d r e n m u s t b e t a u g h t to be
to their t e a c h e r s .
4. T h e detectives had a hard time separating
clues
SIMILAR
RESPECT
IMPORTANT
from the relevant ones that might help t h e m find the murderer.
5. It is r a t h e r
LIKELY
that the w e a t h e r will i m p r o v e
t o m o r r o w . It h a s b e e n r a i n i n g f o r t w o w e e k s n o w .
6. J e a n M i c h a e l J a r r e is a w o r l d f a m o u s
He
MUSIC
c o m p o s e s electronic music.
7. I w o n ' t b e at h o m e at s e v e n . I h a v e a n
with m y
APPOINT
dentist.
8. T h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s of
p e o p l e s l e e p i n g in t h e
HOME
p a r k s a n d in t h e s t r e e t s of t h e city.
9. R o b ' s g o i n g to f i n d a j o b a n d e a r n his o w n m o n e y . H e h o p e s to
lead an
DEPEND
lifestyle.
10. Y o u c a n ' t s t a y a b r o a d w i t h o u t a v a l i d p a s s p o r t , it is
LEGAL
1. A b o u t o n e t h o u s a n d _ u
2 . ' W h a t is t h e
m
t
s do s h o p p i n g in our s t o r e e v e r y day.
of t h e city?' ' A b o u t s e v e n m i l l i o n p e o p l e
live a n d w o r k h e r e . '
3. Air p o l l u t i o n is _ a
d by f a c t o r y a n d c a r f u m e s a n d it is k n o w n to r e s u l t in
the g r e e n h o u s e effect.
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4. R o n a l d h a s v e r y f e w f r i e n d s as h e d o e s n o t g o out t o o m u c h . H e is n o t a v e r y
c
person.
5. T h e S u l t a n of B r u n e i is a v e r y
m a n . H e ' s o n e of t h e r i c h e s t
p e o p l e in t h e w o r l d .
6. I c a n s e e y o u n e e d s o m e i n s t r u c t i o n a b o u t h o w to b e h a v e in t h e m o u n t a i n s .
Y o u do not s e e m to be _ w
7 . ' W h a t are your
of h o w d a n g e r o u s m o u n t a i n s c a n b e .
o _
memories?' 'Well, I r e m e m b e r that 1 was a
goo'd little girl.'

8. D r u g _
9.
is a s e r i o u s p r o b l e m a m o n g y o u n g p e o p l e n o w a d a y s .
o r g a n i s a t i o n s like t h e R e d C r o s s c o l l e c t m o n e y to h e l p p e o p l e in
need.
10. ' W o u l d y o u
n _ if I s m o k e d h e r e ? ' 'Of c o u r s e , I w o u l d . It's a n o n - s m o k i n g
compartment.'
1. W e only
a) d e a l t
to c o m e o n t i m e b e c a u s e T o m o f f e r e d to g i v e u s a ride.
b) m a n a g e d
c) e n a b l e d
2. C i n d y is v e r y
d) a c h i e v e d
of m a s c o t s . S h e h a s a h u g e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e m in her
room.
a) l i k e a b l e
b) d e l i g h t e d
c) e n j o y a b l e
d) f o n d
3.1 w a s a n g r y w i t h J e r r y b e c a u s e he h a d
a) p u l l e d
b) t o l d
c) ran
a nasty joke on m e .
d) p l a y e d
4. Mr G r a c e b e c a m e a m i l l i o n a i r e at the
a) t i m e
b) a g e
c) o l d
5. W i t h s o little t i m e to
of s e v e n t e e n .
d) y e a r s
w e w o n ' t m a n a g e to s e e all t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t
historical b u i l d i n g s in R o m e .
a) w a s t e
b) a p p l y
c) s p a r e
6. It w a s D a v i d w h o
a) d r e w
b) c a u g h t
7. In
d) e x h a u s t
m y a t t e n t i o n t o t h e m i s t a k e s I'd m a d e .
c) p a i d
d) laid
f o r t h e m a p , w e g a v e t h e o t h e r d r i v e r a j e r r y c a n of p e t r o l .
a) r e p l a c e m e n t
b) a l t e r n a t i v e
8. S o m e b o d y m u s t
c) e x c h a n g e
d) s u b s t i t u t e
A l a n a l e s s o n or e l s e he will n e v e r s t o p t e a s i n g at
people.
a) t e a c h
b) g i v e
c) s h o w
d) train
9. T h e l e c t u r e w a s v e r y difficult. H o n e s t l y , I c o u l d n ' t m a k e
of w h a t t h e
lecturer w a s talking about.

a) u n d e r s t a n d i n g
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b) k n o w l e d g e
c) r e a s o n
d) s e n s e
f r o m a f e w m i n o r m i s t a k e s , y o u r e s s a y w a s really i m p r e s s i v e .
a) B e s i d e s
b) A p a r t
c) H o w e v e r
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d) But
T E S T 12
1. ' H a v e y o u e v e r b e e n
Havana?'
'No, never.'
2 . W h e n h e w a s still a s t u d e n t , m y f a t h e r u s e d t o t r a v e l a lot. N o w , h e only t r a v e l s

in a w h i l e .
3. W o u l d y o u
m e a f a v o u r if I a s k e d y o u for o n e , N i c k ?
4. I'm not w o r k i n g t o m o r r o w . I h a v e a d a y
5. T h e y t o l d m e I w a s n ' t fit
the special squad. I wasn't strong enough.
6. I w o n ' t let y o u u s e m y c o m p u t e r
y o u p r o m i s e not t o install a n y illegal
software.
7. A f r i e n d
m i n e t o l d m e he h a d f o u n d a w a l l e t filled w i t h m o n e y a s h e
w a s w a l k i n g b a c k f r o m s c h o o l last M o n d a y .
8. A s
as I k n o w , t h e c o n f e r e n c e is h e l d n e x t m o n t h in B o s t o n .
9. I d o n ' t a g r e e
in
I \J.
y o u . T h e film w a s n ' t a s i n t e r e s t i n g a s t h e b o o k .
T o r n / hac h o o n u/oarinn hie Ion in niaetor o i n ^ o h o

I v^tljf
IIU^/
k^\^\^ i i
I V U U I
ii l y
i u u
f-ii^^>k>^l
^ 1 1 IVj^f
r\ii i h ^ r o o ^ n ^
IIO
\_UI
I IUI
U lI U
b r o k e it last m o n t h .
1 . T h e r e is h i g h
in t h e c o u n t r y . M o r e a n d m o r e
EMPLOY
p e o p l e a r e o u t of w o r k .
2. I a d v i s e y o u t o p u t all y o u r life
in t h e b a n k .
3. S u s a n l i k e s c l a s s i c a l m u s i c ,
Mozart.
SAVE
SPECIAL
4 . ' W h a t is y o u r
. ?' T m a c o m p a n y d i r e c t o r . '
OCCUPY
5. ' W h a t k i n d of
. d o y o u l i k e ? ' 'I love w a t c h i n g
ENTERTAIN
f i l m s in t h e c i n e m a . '
6. O u r c h i l d r e n d o n ' t h a v e m u c h
T h e y h a v e to
FREE
l e a r n a lot.
7. R e m e m b e r t o b e k i n d t o w a r d s p e o p l e
is v e r y
POLITE
i m p o r t a n t in life.
8. I w o u l d like t o m a k e a
a b o u t t h e q u a l i t y of t h e
COMPLAIN
r e c o r d e r I b o u g h t in y o u r s t o r e .
9. A f t e r this
r u n ., I c o u l d h a r d l y b r e a t h e .
EXHAUST
10. T o m is a v e r y e x t r a v a g a n t m a n . H e likes w e a r i n g
USUAL
clothes.
1 . L o n d o n is a c o s m o p o l i t a n city. P e o p l e of d i f f e r e n t
live t h e r e .
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2. I d o n ' t like t h e b l u e c o a t . I
t h e r e d o n e . It is m o r e c o m f o r t a b l e .
3. Mr B r o w n is a v e r y rich m a n . H e _ w
posh hotels a n d restaurants
downtown.
4. L i n d a ' s p a r e n t s d o n ' t live t o g e t h e r . T h e y a r e _ _ v
d .
5. T i m k n o w s little a b o u t t r e n d y c l o t h e s . H e d o e s n ' t
t h e latest f a s h i o n .
6. Mr B u r n e s s m o k e s t h r e e p a c k e t s of c i g a r e t t e s a d a y . H e is
to s m o k i n g .
7. Y e s t e r d a y , I w a t c h e d a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g
with a pop-star on
M T V . He s p o k e a lot a b o u t his c h i l d h o o d a n d his p r e s e n t lifestyle.

8. Put t h e m i l k in t h e
if y o u w a n t to c o o l it.
9. In J a p a n , p e o p l e g r e e t e a c h o t h e r with a _ o _ .
10. M r s Kelly d o e s n ' t w o r k . S h e is a
f _ .
S h e w o r k s at h o m e .
1. J a c k s a y h e
it really h a r d to s o l v e m a t h e m a t i c a l p r o b l e m s .
a) d i s c o v e r s
b) m a k e s
2. I c o u l d n ' t
c) s e e s
d) f i n d s
w i t h t h e t a s k that m y b o s s g a v e m e , s o I a s k e d m y
w o r k m a t e s for h e l p .
a) c o p e
b) m a n a g e
c) a c h i e v e
3. It's v e r y c o l d h e r e . I
a) d r e a m
d) s u c c e e d
w e h a d t a k e n o u r oil h e a t e r w i t h u s .
b) w a n t
c) w i s h
d) f a n c y
4. N o w o n d e r t h e r e a r e s o h u g e traffic j a m s . It is t h e
a) s p e e d
b) p e a k
c) rush
5. I'm s u r e y o u ' l l m e e t s o m e o n e to
a) c r e a t e
b) s e t
hour.
d) c r o w d
f r i e n d s w i t h at t h e s u m m e r c a m p .
c) join
d) m a k e
6. ' W h a t s h a l l I do n o w ? ' ' W h y a s k m e ? It's

a) up
b) r o u n d
c) o v e r
7. Finally, o u r t e a m
a) m a n a g e d
to y o u . '
d) u p o n
in b e a t i n g t h e o p p o n e n t s but it w a s a h a r d g a m e .
b) s u c c e e d e d
c) d e a l t
d) fulfilled
8. J o n m u s t h a v e c h a n g e d a lot. I h a v e n ' t s e e n h i m for a g e s . I'm a f r a i d I m i g h t not

h i m at t h e a i r p o r t .
a) r e c o g n i s e
b) r e v i s e
c) r e m i n d
d) r e c o l l e c t
9. I like t h e s u g g e s t i o n t h a t C i n d y h a s
a) b r o u g h t
b) p u l l e d
f o r w a r d . It's w o r t h c o n s i d e r i n g .
c) a s k e d
10. W e ' l l a g r e e on a l o w e r p r i c e on
a) c o n d i t i o n
b) r e q u i r e m e n t
d) put
t h a t y o u b u y m o r e of t h e s e g a r m e n t s .
c) s u b j e c t
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d) point
T E S T 13
1. T h i s b u i l d i n g is v e r y o l d but it's still
2. L o o k ! It's b e g i n n i n g
perfect condition.
rain.
3. W e m u s t h u r r y u p . W e h a v e v e r y little t i m e
4. T h e t e r r i f i e d t o u r i s t s s i g h e d
spare.
relief w h e n t h e t o r n a d o w e n t a w a y .
5. W h y a r e y o u p o i n t i n g
me?
6. T h e S e c o n d W o r l d W a r
I haven't done anything wrong.
out on 1 September 1939.
7. I h a v e t u r n e d off t h e T V b e c a u s e I a m not i n t e r e s t e d
watching the
film.
8
as I w a s e n t e r i n g m y office, t h e t e l e p h o n e r a n g .
9. W h y didn't M a r y a s k us for h e l p w h e n s h e g o t
10. ' D o y o u like s n a k e s ? ' ' N o , I a m s c a r e d
trouble?
them.'
1. It's p o s s i b l e to m a k e salt w a t e r into
water.
2. T h e r e w a s a c a r c r a s h y e s t e r d a y
nobody was
DRINK
FORTUNE
hurt.
3. I w a s v e r y
to h e a r t h e g o o d n e w s f r o m m y
PLEASE
wife.
4 . J a m e s didn't s l e e p
H e h a d n i g h t m a r e s all
PEACE
night.
5. M r F l e m i n g ' s w o r k e d a s an
for thirty y e a r s .
ACCOUNT
6. M a r t i a l arts m a s t e r s c a n d e f e a t o p p o n e n t s w i t h o n e swift
MOVE
7. T h e b o y s a y s he is not
FRIGHT
a n d he c a n g o d o w n
the cave.
8. T h e p o l i c e m e n s a y that t h e y n e e d a d e t a i l e d
DESCRIBE
of t h e thief w h o s t o l e y o u r b a g .
9. W e h a d to sit in c o m p l e t e
w h e n t h e lights
DARK
w e n t off.
10. R o b e r t ' s
in E n g l i s h h a s i m p r o v e d e v e r s i n c e h e
FLUENT
started attending the extra lessons.

1. T h e w o r k e r s h a v e g o n e out o n
2. O n l y a f e w p a s s e n g e r s
. T h e y d e m a n d a rise in t h e i r w a g e s .
d t h e T i t a n i c t r a g e d y . All t h e rest
d r o w n e d in t h e icy w a t e r s of t h e o c e a n .
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3. It's v e r y c o l d o u t s i d e . Y o u will
e _ z _ to d e a t h u n l e s s y o u put o n s o m e
warmer clothes.
4. B e f o r e A n d r e w b e c a m e a
of P a r l i a m e n t he w o r k e d a s a n o f f i c e
clerk.
5. Mr A d a m s is a v e r y
m a n . H e ' s n e v e r b e e n in h o s p i t a l a n d h e
always feels well.

6.'What was the most
e v e n t in y o u r l i f e ? ' 'I t h i n k it w a s m y
g r a d u a t i o n d a y . I will n e v e r f o r g e t it.'
7. Y o u r d o g l o o k s h u n g r y . Y o u m u s t
8. O u r
him more often.
y f r o m W a r s a w to Milan l a s t e d t h r e e d a y s . W e w e n t b y car.
9. W a i t p l e a s e , I h a v e got a g o o d
10. I'm s o r r y but I
s
e _
for y o u . Y o u h a v e w o n a n a w a r d .
with y o u . M y o p i n i o n a b o u t E n g l i s h f o o d is
quite d i f f e r e n t .
1. Let's g o to t h e c i n e m a this e v e n i n g . I
a) w o u l d
b) f e e l
2. W e h a v e b e e n
a) s p o k e n
like w a t c h i n g a g o o d f i l m .
c) p r e f e r
d) f a n c y
to c l e a n the b a c k y a r d a n d r a k e all t h e f a l l e n l e a v e s .
b) s a i d
c) t a l k e d
d) t o l d
3. T u r n t h e r a d i o d o w n a bit. T h e n o i s e is really h a r d to
a) put up w i t h
b) c a t c h up o n
4. Isn't it
a) h i g h
c ) look f o r w a r d to
b) late
c) h i g h e s t
d) latest
5.1 t h i n k I've m e t this m a n b e f o r e . His f a c e looks

a) a w a r e
b) f a m i l i a r
to me.
c) a c q u a i n t e d
d) a l i k e
6. It w a s r u d e of y o u to call S i m o n
a) l a b e l s
d) s e t in f o r
t i m e y o u s t a r t e d e a r n i n g y o u r o w n living T o m ?
b) n a m e s
7. W e h a v e n ' t
I t h i n k y o u s h o u l d a p o l o g i s e to h i m .
c) c u r s e s
d) w o r d s
f r o m t h e B r o w n s for a long t i m e . W e d o n ' t k n o w h o w t h e y
are doing.
a) w r i t t e n
8. It's a
a) w a s t e
b) s e e n
c) s p o k e n
d) h e a r d
of t i m e t r y i n g to t e a c h t h e p a r r o t to s p e a k .
b) loss
9. 'Did y o u
c) pity
d) ruin
y o u r s e l f at A d a m ' s b i r t h d a y p a r t y ? ' ' N o t really. It w a s q u i t e
boring.'
a) e n t e r t a i n
b) p l e a s e
c) d e l i g h t
10. W h e n y o u g o c l i m b i n g
d) e n j o y
in m i n d that w e a t h e r c a n c h a n g e w i t h i n
s e c o n d s up in t h e m o u n t a i n s .
a) h o l d
b) b e a r
c) s t o r e
d) m a i n t a i n
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T E S T 14
1. It t o o k a l o n g t i m e but at
2. S o m e
the thieves were caught by the police.
us didn't understand what the m a n w a s saying.
3. P e o p l e s a y t h a t Paris is t h e
4 . It w a s
w o n d e r f u l city in t h e w o r l d .
a funny story that w e couldn't stop laughing.
5. ' W h e r e a r e y o u g o i n g
w i n t e r h o l i d a y ? ' ' S k i i n g , of c o u r s e . '
6. O n e t h i n g w e e x p e c t
y o u is to tell us t h e t r u t h .
7. T h e s t o r y of t h e R e v o l u t i o n g o e s
8. I c a n
to 1 7 8 6 .
y o u f i v e p o u n d s if y o u p r o m i s e to give it b a c k t o m o r r o w .
9. ' W h y d i d t h e y visit y o u last S u n d a y ? ' ' T h e y c a m e to invite m e
their
party.'
1 0 . I t h i n k J e n n y likes m e . S h e s m i l e d
me yesterday.
1. I a m r a t h e r
DOUBT
a b o u t t h e results of t h e r e s e a r c h .
T o m e , t h e y look i n c o r r e c t .
2 . P l a n t s like t h e s e g r o w in
VARY
parts of t h e w o r l d .
3. T h e q u a l i t y of t h e p u l l o v e r w a s n ' t
SATISFY
to m e , s o I t o o k
it b a c k to t h e s h o p .
4. T h e car wasn't
b e c a u s e it u s e d t o o m u c h p e t r o l .
ECONOMY
with the m a n . He was m a k i n g a
ANNOY
T h a t ' s w h y w e s o l d it.
5. E v e r y b o d y w a s
f o o l of h i m s e l f .
6. W e h a v e i n v i t e d e v e r y b o d y
INCLUDE
our teachers.
7. Y o u r r o o m is s o
TIDY
Y o u s h o u l d c l e a n it up f r o m
t i m e to t i m e .
8. It's a
MARVEL
story. C o u l d y o u r e a d it to us a g a i n ?
9. T h e b o y w a s r a t h e r
POLITE
H e didn't b e h a v e w e l l .
IMPORTANT
10.
to t h e m .
g w a t e r in t h e t a p . N e i t h e r hot n o r c o l d .
2 . O n t o p of t h e cliff, t h e r e is a
that guides t h e passing
s h i p s a n d w a r n s t h e m of t h e r o c k s .
3. I d o n ' t w a n t t o listen to y o u r g o s s i p s . T h e y d o n ' t
4 . Y o u will c r o s s t h e river d r i v i n g t h r o u g h t h e o l d w o o d e n
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s _
me.
g _
5. I will n e v e r
v _ y o u if y o u tell m y s e c r e t s to a n y o n e .
6. A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g f r o m c o l l e g e , o u r s o n d e c i d e d to
7. O u r b a b y c a n eat a n y t h i n g
a musician.
for p o r r i d g e . H e h a t e s it.
8. I c a n n o t g o w i t h y o u n o w . I a m e x p e c t i n g a f e w _
from abroad.
They'll be c o m i n g s o o n .
9 . ' I s n ' t it t r u e t h a t t i m e _ a
s t o o q u i c k l y ? ' ' Y e s . Y o u c o u l d s a y it f l i e s . '
10. A u t u m n s a r e r a t h e r d r y h e r e . W e d o n ' t u s u a l l y h a v e m u c h
at
this t i m e of t h e y e a r .
1. H a v e y o u m a d e up y o u r
yet? Do you k n o w w h a t you're going to do
after y o u finish your studies?

a) r e a s o n
b) m i n d
c) h e a d
2. A t first, t h e b o y
d) d e c i s i o n
s t e a l i n g t h e w a t c h but later h e s a i d it w a s h i m w h o
h a d d o n e it.
a) d e n i e d
b) o p p o s e d
c) r e f u s e d
d) o b j e c t e d
3. I w a s f u r i o u s w h e n I r e a l i s e d I h a d g o t
a) c r o w d e d
b) s t u c k
4. W e w e r e
a) run
in a h o r r i b l e traffic j a m .
c) c r a m p e d
d) b l o c k e d
b y s u r p r i s e w h e n w e s a w t h e f a m o u s a c t o r in o u r city.
b) m o v e d
c) t a k e n
5. H a d n ' t y o u
a) m o r e
d) c a r r i e d
start s a v i n g m o n e y f o r t h e f u t u r e ?
b) w e l l
c) g o o d
d) b e t t e r
6. At first, I t h o u g h t h e w a s a n i n t e r e s t i n g m a n but t h e n h e
a) t u r n e d o u t
b) c a m e off
c) p u l l e d d o w n
7. B e f o r e w e split last m o n t h , w e ' d

a) d i v i d e d
a flat f o r s e v e n m o n t h s .
b) c o n t r i b u t e d
c) s h a r e d
8. T h e E u r o h a s b e c o m e a c o m m o n
a) c a s h
b) c o i n
c) c a p i t a l
10. M o n i c a is
a) p r a i s e d
b) f a u l t
d) s p r e a d
for t h e E U n a t i o n s .
9. T h e c a r c r a s h w a s n ' t m y
a) b l a m e
to be a bore.
d) w e n t b y
d) c u r r e n c y
T h e o t h e r d r i v e r c a u s e d it.
c) f a i l u r e
d) e r r o r
for her a m b i t i o n a n d o b e d i e n c e by all h e r t e a c h e r s .

b) a p p r o v e d
c) c o n g r a t u l a t e d
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d) c h e e r e d
T E S T 15
1. M y b r o t h e r l e a r n e d to write at t h e
of f i v e .
2. ' W h o did you s p e a k
yesterday?' 'My boss.'
3. T h a t m a n is f a m o u s
writing children's books.
4 . L e a v e m e a l o n e . I'm not in t h e m o o d
5. I'd like t o t r a v e l all
playing y o u r g a m e s .
t h e w o r l d , t h a t ' s w h y I'm c o l l e c t i n g m o n e y .
6. W e didn't p a y m u c h f o r t h e c a r b e c a u s e it's not n e w . It's

7. T o m a n d J e r r y h a v e k n o w n e a c h o t h e r
-hand.
school time.
8. ' W h a t d i d y o u w a s t e y o u r p o c k e t m o n e y
this t i m e ? ' ' S w e e t s a s
usual.'
9. W h e r e h a v e y o u b e e n ? I h a v e n ' t s e e n y o u
10. T h e f a m o u s f i l m s t a r d i e d
ages.
d r u g o v e r d o s e . T h a t ' s at least w h a t
people say.
1. I h a t e s l e e p i n g in this b e d . It's v e r y
COMFORT
2 . T h e H o g a n s g o t d i v o r c e d b e c a u s e their
wasn't
MARRY
successful.
3. T h e p e r f o r m a n c e w a s a c o m p l e t e
Nobody
FAIL
e n j o y e d it.
4. T h e smell inside the restaurant was so
that w e
PLEASE
left i m m e d i a t e l y w i t h o u t e v e n a s k i n g for t h e m e n u c a r d .
CHILD
5. J e n n y h a s h a d t h a t s c a r o n her f a c e s i n c e
6. T h e
in A f r i c a results in e x t r e m e m a l n u t r i t i o n .
7. He n e v e r g o e s o u t . H i s
life is rather p o o r .
PAIN
8. T h e little b o y w a s c r y i n g b e c a u s e h e h a d b e e n g i v e n
a
POOR
SOCIETY
injection.
9. O n e of t h e r u n n e r s w a s
for u s i n g illegal m e d i c a l
QUALIFY
support.
10
is an a c t i v e w a y of s p e n d i n g y o u r f r e e t i m e but it
MOUNTAIN
c a n be v e r y e x h a u s t i n g .
1. Paul N e w m a n s t a r t e d his p r o f e s s i o n a l
in 1 9 4 6 .
2 . T h e r e h a v e b e e n at least six a n t i - g o v e r n m e n t d e m o n s t r a t i o n s in m a n y
of t h e c o u n t r y s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g of this y e a r .
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3. All our n e i g h b o u r s ,
M r J o h n s o n , c a m e to w i s h us all t h e
best, w h i c h w a s a n i c e s u r p r i s e to u s .
4. P e o p l e c a n ' t s u r v i v e w i t h o u t
a n d that's w h y divers n e e d breathing
equipment.
5. After m y third d i v o r c e , I lost m y _ a
h in love until t h e d a y I m e t M u r i e l a n d
fell in love a g a i n .
6. It's a
m _
7. I didn't
t h a t y o u didn't a p o l o g i s e to M a r y f o r c h e a t i n g o n her.
g
s _
M a r k at t h e airport. H e ' s c h a n g e d a lot s i n c e w e
m e t last t i m e .
8. N o n e of us c o u l d u n d e r s t a n d t h e m a n ' s _
. H e p r o b a b l y s p o k e with
a different d i a l e c t .
9. Tell m e w h a t h a s h a p p e n e d . I h a v e a
to k n o w . I'm y o u r w i f e .
10. O n c e a y e a r , t h e b e s t a c t o r s , a c t r e s s e s a n d d i r e c t o r s a r e g i v e n t h e O s c a r
w
s .
1. I ' m f e e l i n g c o l d . ' ' H a v e s o m e hot t e a . It will
a) do
b) c o n t r i b u t e
2. It
c) c a u s e
you good.'
d) m a k e
to m e t h a t s o m e o n e w a s trying to b r e a k into m y office.
a) o b s e r v e s
b) c o n c l u d e s
3. This is a(n)
c) a p p e a r s
d) r e a l i s e s
letter it m u s t be d e l i v e r e d w i t h o u t d e l a y .
a) i m m e d i a t e
b) u r g e n t
c) s p e e d y
d) r a p i d
4. W e o f f e r e d M r J o n e s a h i g h e r s a l a r y but he still
a) o b j e c t e d
b) r e j e c t e d
c) r e f u s e d
5. ' H o w m a n y c a l o r i e s d o y o u c o n s u m e o n
a) usual
b) c o m m o n
?' ' T o o m a n y . '
c) habit
d) a v e r a g e
6. Don't w o r r y a b o u t a c c o m m o d a t i o n . W e ' l l
a) put
b) lay
c) keep
y o u up in o n e of o u r r o o m s .
d) fix
7. In 1 9 9 5 , m y o l d e r b r o t h e r
a) f i n i s h e d
f r o m Boston university.
b) g r a d u a t e d
c) p r o m o t e d
8. G r e g a n d I m e t in t h e c a f e by
a) luck
b) o c c a s i o n
c) f o r t u n e
d) c h a n c e
s m o k e r . H e s m o k e s f o u r p a c k e t s a day.
b) a d d i c t i v e
10. Early in t h e m o r n i n g , E l l e n
a) g a v e
d) d e p a r t e d
W e h a d n ' t p l a n n e d it.
9. Uncle J e r r y is a ( n )
a) p e r m a n e n t
to w o r k f o r u s .
d) d i s a p p r o v e d
b) p r o v i d e d
c) h a b i t u a l
d) e n d l e s s
a birth to a w o n d e r f u l b a b y boy.
c) d e l i v e r e d
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d) b o r e
T E S T 16
1. Mark's good
f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e s . H e c a n s p e a k f o u r of t h e m .
2 . I h a v e n ' t d e c i d e d yet w h a t
d o a b o u t this p r o b l e m .
3. M i c h a e l s a i d h e w a s n ' t g o i n g w i t h u s
s u r p r i s e d u s a lot b e c a u s e the
trip w a s his i d e a .
4 . I d o n ' t like s n a k e s . I a m f r i g h t e n e d
5. It w a s v e r y r u d e of y o u t o
them.
your friend n a m e s . Y o u should apologise
to h i m n o w .
6. T h e N o r t o n s h e l p e d us w i t h t h e r e m o v a l
r e t u r n , w e i n v i t e d t h e m for
d i n n e r in o u r n e w h o u s e .
7
n o t a s k M u r i e l for h e l p ? S h e ' s g o o d at s o l v i n g m a t h s p r o b l e m s .
8. T h e m o r e I r e a d t h e b o o k
m o r e I e n j o y it.
9. S o r r y to b e l a t e . I p r o m i s e I will do m y
n e v e r to b e late a g a i n .
10. I t h i n k I will g i v e s o m e of t h e s e p h o n e - c a r d s
I've got t o o m a n y
of t h e m . A n y b o d y n e e d s a p h o n e c a r d ?
1 . I c o u l d n ' t g o o u t w i t h m y f r i e n d s . It w a s a
for m y
PUNISH
bad behaviour.
2 . D e b b i e is t h e m o s t
giri in o u r s c h o o l . M a n y b o y s
ATTRACT
w o u l d like to d a t e h e r .
3. W h e r e h a v e y o u b e e n s o l o n g ? I'm s o
about you.
4. T h e police w e r e totally
w h e n t h e riots b r o k e o u t .
WORRY
HELP
They could do nothing to stop the savage mob.

5. A n d r e w ' s c o n c l u s i o n w a s q u i t e
It w a s w o r t h
REMARK
considering, for sure.

6. S u n d a y t h e 1 2
t h
of M a y w a s a
day. Our t e a m w o n
MEMORY
the C u p Finals t h e n .
7. T h e r e a r e o n l y a b o u t t w e n t y
in this s m a l l v i l l a g e .
8. T h e e l d e r l y lady s a y s t h e s e o l d p h o t o g r a p h s a r e her m o s t
INHABIT
VALUE
family memorabilia.
FRESH
9. I d o n ' t w a n t a n y h o t d r i n k s . I'd p r e f e r s o m e t h i n g
1 0 . T h e a c t o r a c h i e v e d t h e p e a k of his
at t h e a g e of
t w e n t y . A f e w y e a r s later, n o b o d y r e m e m b e r e d a b o u t h i m .
1 . L u k e is s u c h a
. H e w o u l d n ' t s a y a b o o to a g o o s e .
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FAMOUS
2. V e g e t a r i a n s d o n ' t e a t m e a t a s t h e y a r e a g a i n s t a b u s i n g a n i m a l
3. | w o r k less t h a n e i g h t h o u r s a d a y . T h i s is j u s t a _ a
4. p r o f e s s i o n a l c l i m b e r s n e e d g o o d
m _
s .
job.
like r o p e s , b o o t s a n d
warm clothes.
5. Y o u d o n ' t p a y w i t h p o u n d s in P o l i s h s h o p s . T h e Z l o t y is t h e P o l i s h
r
6. After y o u c h e c k i n , g o to t h e
l o u n g e a n d w a i t f o r y o u r flight
call.
7. T h i s j o b is v e r y b o r i n g . T h e h i g h s a l a r y is its o n l y
8. M y u n c l e is a f i r e m a n . H e d r i v e s t h e fire
g _
.
9. W e a s k e d t h e w a i t e r to b r i n g us s o m e t h i n g e l s e b e c a u s e t h e o n i o n s o u p w a s
absolutely
s _ .
10. M y b r o t h e r s t u d i e d l a w b u t h e d o e s n ' t w o r k a s a
1. T h e ice is still v e r y t h i n . I'd
a) p r e f e r
y o u d i d n ' t w a l k o n it.
b) b e t t e r
c) m o r e
d) r a t h e r
2 . I'm s o r r y , I c a n ' t s t a y a n y l o n g e r w i t h y o u . I'm

a) p r e s s e d
b) u r g e d
for t i m e .
c) p u s h e d
3. E v e r y F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , w e a r e
d) f o r c e d
to c l e a n o u r r o o m s in t h e b o a r d i n g
house.
a) s u p p o s e d
b) s u b j e c t
4. I c o u l d
a) no
c) r e s o l v e d
b) h a r d l y
c) little
d) a l m o s t
5. Rita's v e r y c o n c e i t e d . S h e
a) r u n s
d) b u s y
s e e anything through the fog. That's w h y w e d r o v e s o slowly.

d o w n on everybody.
b) t h i n k s
c) puts
d) l o o k s
6. T h e c o n c e r t w a s p o s t p o n e d b e c a u s e t h e o r c h e s t r a
f a i n t e d j u s t before
it b e g a n .
a) l e a d e r
b) c o n d u c t o r
c) chief
d) s u p e r v i s o r
7. T h i s m o r n i n g , o u r n e i g h b o u r g a v e m e a
t o t h e city c e n t r e a n d h e
didn't w a n t a n y m o n e y f o r it.
a) p a s s
8. W h a t
a) l e a d s
b) t o u r
c) lift
d) d r o p
y o u f e e l s o s a d ? Is it t h e g r i m w e a t h e r ?
b) c a u s e s
c) m a k e s
d) r e s u l t s
9. H e t o l d us he w a s a b o x i n g c h a m p i o n but as a
of f a c t h e h a d n e v e r
been on a boxing ring.

a) m a t t e r
10. I'm
a) i n t e n d e d
b) p o i n t
c) truth
d) c a s e
to l e a r n to s k y d i v e . N o t h i n g c a n s t o p m e n o w .
b) d e c i s i v e
c) p a s s i o n a t e
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d) d e t e r m i n e d
'
T E S T 17
I. W r i t e o n e c o r r e c t w o r d in e a c h g a p .
1. W e c a n n o t b u y o u r o w n flat yet. W e d o n ' t h a v e
2. A c c o r d i n g
money.
t h e w e a t h e r f o r e c a s t , it will rain t o m o r r o w .
3. I will tell J e n n y t h e g o o d n e w s as
4 . D a v e h a s hurt
as s h e a r r i v e s h o m e .
o n t h e f i n g e r . It is b l e e d i n g n o w .
5. O u r d a u g h t e r is c o m i n g by p l a n e a n d w e ' r e g o i n g to
h e r up f r o m the
airport at six.
6. W h a t ' s w r o n g w i t h y o u ? Y o u l o o k a s
7. J a c k ' s
you've seen a ghost.
d u t y in h o s p i t a l t o n i g h t . If y o u n e e d to talk t o h i m , I c a n g i v e
y o u his m o b i l e p h o n e n u m b e r .
8. If y o u d o n ' t put p e t r o l in t h e c a r t a n k , y o u will not be
to start t h e
engine.
9. M i k e d r o p p e d o u t of s c h o o l b e c a u s e h e didn't
any exams.
10. L a s t night, I w a s listening to an i n t e r e s t i n g i n t e r v i e w
the radio.
1. It's b e t t e r w h e n d r i v e r s u s e
petrol. It's less
LEAD
toxic.
INVENT
2 . S o m e p e o p l e still c o n s i d e r c a r s to be a h o r r i b l e
3. T h i s b u i l d i n g l o o k s old but in
it's quite m o d e r n .
4 . If y o u w a n t to k n o w m y
opinion, I hate politics.
5. I'm a l r e a d y l o o k i n g f o r w a r d to m y
day and
REAL
PERSON
GRADUATE
having well e a r n e d holidays.

6. D o s o m e t h i n g . D o n ' t tell m e t h e r e ' s n o
solution
PRACTICE
to t h e p r o b l e m .
BOARD
7. T h e y w o n ' t let y o u e n t e r t h e p l a n e w i t h o u t a
pass.
8. I h a v e a
of s o a p o p e r a s . I n e v e r w a t c h t h e m .
9. M r s H a l l e y h a s a s t r o n g
10. ' W h e r e ' s t h e
in a l t e r n a t i v e m e d i c i n e .
l o u n g e , s i r ? ' 'It's o v e r t h e r e n e a r
HATE
BELIEVE
DEPART
the duty-free shop.'

1. T h e p o l i c e m a n a s k e d m e to
the thief. B u t I d i d n ' t r e m e m b e r
w h a t t h e m a n l o o k e d like.
2. D o n ' t
t h e i n s e c t . It m a y b e d a n g e r o u s .
3. F o r g i v e m e for m y b e i n g late but I got
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in a traffic j a m .
4. ' W h i c h
d o e s t h e train to L e e d s l e a v e f r o m ? ' ' N u m b e r t w o , sir.'
5. it w a s an a w f u l a c c i d e n t . T h e d r i v e r s a n d their p a s s e n g e r s w e r e s e r i o u s l y
j
d . All of t h e m w e r e t a k e n to h o s p i t a l .
6. ' W h a t ' s t h e r e in t h e b o t t l e ? ' ' C a r e f u l ! It
s s o m e toxic
substance.'
7.1 d o n ' t h a v e a n y c a s h o n m e . C a n I p a y b y
8. W e h a v e v e r y s t r i c t
u _ ?
s in t h e o f f i c e . T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o n e
is that w e d o n ' t s m o k e i n s i d e .
g. W h e n I s a w D a n i e l in t h e s h o p , I t u r n e d b a c k t o _ v
10. T h e s t e w a r d e s s i n s t r u c t e d us to
meeting him.
t h e s e a t belts b e f o r e t h e t a k e - o f f .
1. M a r k ' s p a r e n t s w e r e f u r i o u s w h e n t h e y learnt their s o n h a d
truant
from school so m u c h .
a) left
b) b e e n
2. N o v e m b e r 1 2
a) suit
t h
c) p l a y e d
doesn't
b) a c c e p t
3. D o n ' t f o r g e t to
d) m i s s e d
m e at all. I'm out o n a c o n f e r e n c e t h e n .
c) m a t c h
d) c o r r e s p o n d
a line f r o m t i m e to t i m e w h e n y o u settle d o w n in
H i l l s b o r o u g h . W e ' l l b e g l a d to h e a r f r o m y o u .
a) d r o p
4. A s
a) l o n g
b) t a k e
c) d r a w
d) s e n d
as I know, the battleship s a n k even before the war b e g a n .

b) g o o d
c) n e a r
d) f a r
5. At t h e t i m e t h e b a n k w a s b e i n g
the security officers w e r e having
their l u n c h b r e a k in a r e s t a u r a n t n e a r b y .
a) s t o l e n
b) r o b b e d
c) m u g g e d
d) s w i n d l e d
6. A f t e r s o m a n y y e a r s of h a r d w o r k , our c o m p a n y h a s finally
a) r e a c h e d
b) a c h i e v e d
c) c o m p l e t e d
a success.
d) p e r f o r m e d
7. W e w e r e p l a n n i n g to o r g a n i s e an art e x h i b i t i o n but it didn't
because
w e hadn't m a n a g e d to find sponsors.

a) g o o u t
b) t a k e in
c) b r i n g up
d) c o m e off
8. ' L o o k ! T h e p o s t o f f i c e is c l o s e d . ' ' D o n ' t w o r r y . T h e r e ' s a n o t h e r o n e j u s t r o u n d t h e

a) s t r e e t
b) t u r n
c) c o r n e r
d) alley
9. T h e r e s c u e t e a m a r e a f r a i d that t h e a p p r o a c h i n g s t o r m m a y
them
f r o m continuing their action.

a) p r e v e n t
b) a b o l i s h
c) d i s r u p t
d) i n t e r v e n e
10. S t o p d e s p a i r i n g all t h e t i m e , J i m . It's h i g h t i m e y o u

a) r a i s e d
b) d r e w
c) s o r t e d
d) p u l l e d
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yourself together.
T E S T 18
1 . ' D o y o u k n o w w h e r e c o f f e e is
?' 'In Brazil, of c o u r s e . '
2 . O v e r o n e million c a r s h a v e
3. I don't k n o w what's
s o l d in t h e U S A this y e a r .
f a s h i o n t h e s e d a y s . I d o n ' t f o l l o w t h e latest t r e n d s .
4 . T o m is g e t t i n g fat b e c a u s e h e e a t s s w e e t s
huge quantities.
5. ' W h o w a s the picture painted
?' ' P i c a s s o , I s u p p o s e . '
6. Y o u r p l a n l o o k s g o o d but h o w a r e y o u g o i n g to put it
7. By a n d
practice?
I like y o u r s c h e m e a l t h o u g h it r e q u i r e s a f e w c o r r e c t i o n s .
8. N o b o d y k n o w s w h a t c h e w i n g g u m is m a d e
T h e f o r m u l a is k e p t
secret.
9. Neil A r m s t r o n g w a s t h e first m a n
10. W h a t
s t e p on t h e m o o n .
t h e d e a t h of t h e c o w s ? W a s it t h e m a d - c o w d i s e a s e ?
1 . A f t e r a l o n g d e b a t e , t h e m e m b e r s of t h e c o u n c i l c a m e to a
CONCLUDE
that t h e i n t e r e s t r a t e s m u s t b e l o w e r e d .
ADDICT
2 . It is a w e l l - k n o w n f a c t t h a t c o c a i n e is a h i g h l y
drug.
3. I've s e e n t h e w a s h i n g p o w d e r in a T V
They
ADVERTISE
s a i d it w a s g o o d .
4. W e d o n ' t n e e d p a s s p o r t s . T h e y a r e
NECESSARY
5. T h i s m e a t is not g o o d f o r e a t i n g a n y m o r e . It's rather
SMELL
6. O n e of t h e d r i v e r s w a s
SERIOUS
7. I u s e h o n e y to
i n j u r e d in t h e c r a s h .
m y t e a . It's m u c h h e a l t h i e r
SWEET
than sugar.
8. T h i s o l d R o y a l c o i n is a
T h e r e a r e n ' t m a n y of
RARE
s u c h c o i n s in t h e w o r l d , s o its v a l u e is i n c r e d i b l e .
BRAVE
9. L a s t m o n t h , A l e x s a v e d a d r o w n i n g girl's life. His

w a s c o n g r a t u l a t e d o n a n d a w a r d e d b y t h e m a y o r of o u r city.
10. Only a f e w students w e r e
in p a s s i n g t h e f i n a l
SUCCESS
examination.
1 . In t h e 1 6
t h
c e n t u r y , t h o u s a n d s of b l a c k A f r i c a n
v _ s w e r e f o r c e d to w o r k
h a r d o n c o t t o n p l a n t a t i o n s in A m e r i c a .
2 . W h y d o y o u call m e sir? C a l l m e A l e x a n d e r . D o n ' t y o u r e m e m b e r w e a r e o n first
name
r _ s ?
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3 T h i s isn't a b i g f a c t o r y . W e d o n ' t
m o r e t h a n fifty w o r k e r s h e r e .
4 My older b r o t h e r h a s r e c e n t l y _ _ o
a b e a r d but I t h i n k h e l o o k e d m u c h
better w i t h o u t it. At least, h e s a y s , h e d o e s n ' t h a v e to s h a v e e v e r y d a y .

5. P e o p l e who
_ __ h
tobacco s m o k e are called p a s s i v e s m o k e r s a n d are
e x p o s e d to t h e s a m e s e r i o u s h e a l t h risks as r e g u l a r s m o k e r s .
6. S o m e m e a t - e a t e r s b e l i e v e t h a t a v e g e t a r i a n diet h a s n o real f o o d
u _ an<
can do m o r e h a r m t h a n g o o d .
7. F e e d i n g a n i m a l s in t h e z o o is strictly
. Y o u c a n get a
penalty if y o u d o it.
8. Rice g r o w s in w e t
i _
. T h a t ' s w h y it is g r o w n m a i n l y in c o u n t r i e s w i t h a w e t
climate.
9. I will tell y o u s o m e t h i n g but I d o n ' t w a n t this i n f o r m a t i o n to
so
p r o m i s e to k e e p it s e c r e t .
10. I like c h e w i n g g u m e s p e c i a l l y m i n t
u _
1. T h e r e is a lot of w o r k to do in t h e g a r a g e . W i l l y o u
a) raise
b) p r o v i d e
c) l e n d
a hand, Sammy?
d) g r a n t
2. T h e r e is no n e e d for y o u to p a y f o r t h e d r i n k s . T h e y a r e f r e e of
a) v a l u e
b) c h a r g e
c) p r i c e
d) c o s t
3. W e e x p e c t o v e r o n e h u n d r e d c a n d i d a t e s to
for the job that w e are
advertising.
a) i s s u e
b) a p p l y
c) e n q u i r e
a) s t a n d
5. It's a
a) pity
d) s u b m i t
f o r ? ' 'Human
4. ' W h a t d o e s H I V
b) t a k e
,
Immunodeficiency
c) m a k e
Virus.'
d) m e a n
of t i m e trying to c o n v i n c e M u r i e l . S h e ' l l n e v e r a g r e e .
b) loss
c) s h a m e
d) w a s t e
6. T h a t l u x u r i o u s c a r of y o u r s m u s t h a v e c o s t y o u a
a) w e a l t h
b) t r e a s u r e
c) f o r t u n e
d) c u r r e n c y
7. W e d o n ' t h a v e to p a y for t h e f o o d . E v e r y t h i n g is o n t h e
a) h o u s e
b) p l a c e
c) h o m e
8. Alan's silly j o k e s really

a) s u f f e r
m e . H e will r e p e a t t h e m o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n .
b) i n t e r f e r e
c) h a r a s s
9. I only r e m e m b e r s o m e o n e
a) s a y i n g
a) differ
b) v a r y
d) a n n o y
to m e t h a t I m u s t k e e p b r e a t h i n g .
b) a r t i c u l a t i n g
10. Y o u m u s t l e a r n to
today.
d) b u s i n e s s
c) p r o n o u n c i n g
d) telling
b e t w e e n w h a t is g o o d for y o u a n d w h a t is b a d .
c) s o l v e
d) d i s t i n g u i s h
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T E S T 19
1 . P r o f e s s o r W i l k i n s will b e g i v i n g a lecture in
of p r o f e s s o r G a i l w h o has
f a l l e n ill.
2. M o m , will y o u
us g o s k a t i n g w h e n w e d o o u r h o m e w o r k ?
3. T o m likes t o
4.
a rest in t h e g a r d e n after c o m i n g h o m e f r o m w o r k .
If I
y o u , I w o u l d n ' t tell a n y b o d y a b o u t w i n n i n g t h e m o n e y .
5. W e c a n ' t g e t in
6
w i t h L a u r a . W e h a v e n ' t got her c u r r e n t a d d r e s s .
w h e n have you known Mr Palmer?
7. I c a n ' t
his b e h a v i o u r . H e is s o r u d e a n d it m a k e s m e a n g r y .
8. W h y a r e y o u l o o k i n g at m e like t h i s ? I've d o n e n o t h i n g to b e a s h a m e d
9. It w a s
a n a w f u l w e a t h e r that w e d e c i d e d to c h a n g e o u r h o l i d a y plans.
10. I a m b o r e d w i t h w a t c h i n g h o r r o r s . Let's w a t c h a c o m e d y
a change.
1. O u r business ran
until t h e r e c e s s i o n c a m e .
2. All t h e s o l d i e r s w e r e v e r y t i r e d after this
EFFICIENT
EXHAUST
march.
3. M a r k s a y s t h a t sailing a b o a t g i v e s h i m a lot of
4. T h e p o o r f a m i l y h a v e lost all their
ENJOY
in t h e f i r e .
POSSESS
5. Y o u s h o u l d n ' t eat a n y of t h e s e p l a n t s . T h e y c a n b e
POISON
6. In s o m e c o u n t r i e s , t h e f r e e d o m of t h o u g h t a n d
BELIEVE
is r e s t r i c t e d b y a u t h o r i t a r i a n g o v e r n m e n t s .
7. T h e c h i l d r e n l o o k e d
when they saw the Santa
TERRIFY
Clause.
8. M y n e i g h b o u r s , t h e B o u l t o n s , a l w a y s s p e n d their h o l i d a y s in t h e
SOUTH
part of S p a i n .
9. T h e m a n lost
after he w a s hit by a falling p i e c e
CONSCIOUS
of r o c k .
EXHIBIT
10. T h e o t h e r d a y w e w e r e i n v i t e d to an art
1. Several journalists have been
d by t h e r e b e l s w h o d e m a n d
m o n e y for t h e i r life.
2. S u s a n h a s b e e n on a diet s i n c e last w e e k . S h e h o p e s to l o s e
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3. ' D o e s n ' t S t e v e took like a m o d e l ? ' ' I n d e e d . H e ' s v e r y

4. T h e r e is a n a r r o w
m _
.'
t h a t l e a d s up to t h e p e a k of t h e m o u n t a i n .
5. Don't f o r g e t to r e a d t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s in t h e
before you start using
the d e v i c e .
6. W e o n l y k n o w t h a t his n a m e is J o h n B e n s o n . W e h a r d l y k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o u t his
family
, w h e r e h e c o m e s f r o m or w h o his p a r e n t s a r e .
7. If y o u d o n ' t eat, y o u will not h a v e e n o u g h

8. T h a t o l d m a n w a s a
t _ to c a r r y o n m a r c h i n g .
of t h e c r i m e . H e s a w e v e r y t h i n g f r o m his
window.
9. E v e r y b o d y in t h e o f f i c e k n o w s that o u r b o s s is h a v i n g a l o v e
with
his s e c r e t a r y . I w o n d e r if his w i f e k n o w s a b o u t it.

10. I w a s a n g r y w i t h J a c k b e c a u s e he
d t o help m e pack m y suitcase.
1. G i n a is a n o v i c e . I d o n ' t t h i n k s h e is
of c o m p l e t i n g s u c h a difficult
task.
a) p o s s i b l e
b) skilful
c) c a p a b l e
2. L o o k at h i m . Isn't he a
a) s p i t t i n g
b) s w a l l o w i n g
3. T h e r e
a) n o t i c e s
c) y a w n i n g
d) biting
to be t o o m a n y p a s s e n g e r s in t h e c o m p a r t m e n t .
b) a p p e a r s
4. T h e c a r is
a) label
d) e x p e r i e n c e d
i m a g e of his f a t h e r ?
c) l o o k s
d) o b s e r v e s
- n e w a n d t h a t ' s w h y its p r i c e is s o h i g h .
b) b r a n d
c) t r a d e
d) m a r k
5. Mr S y k e s s o m e t i m e s s h o u t s at his s t u d e n t s but o n t h e
he's a good
teacher.
a) w h o l e
b) u s u a l
6. 'I'm s o t i r e d . ' ' D o n ' t

a) e x t e n d
a) a l m o s t
d) n o r m a l
Y o u ' v e only b e e n w o r k i n g for f i f t e e n m i n u t e s . '
b) e x p a n d
7. Y o u ' r e
c) g e n e r a l
c) e n l a r g e
d) e x a g g e r a t e
to lose t h e m o n e y y o u ' v e b e t t e d . Y o u r h o r s e is n o t d o i n g w e l l .
b) n e a r
c) a b o u t
d) j u s t
8. T h e l o w - i n t e r e s t l o a n w e g o t f r o m t h e b a n k
a) e n a b l e d
b) q u a l i f i e d
9. T h i s w e e k , D a v i d is
a) t a k i n g
b) c o m i n g
u s to b u y o u r o w n flat.
c) a p p r o v e d
d) e q u i p p e d
in for M r G r e y w h o ' s g o n e on o n e w e e k - h o l i d a y .
c) a c t i n g
d) s t a n d i n g
10. If I d o n ' t r e c e i v e a s a t i s f a c t o r y c o m p e n s a t i o n for m y l o s s e s , I'm g o i n g to

legal a d v i c e f r o m m y a t t o r n e y .
a) s e a r c h
b) s e e k
c) e n q u i r e
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d) look
T E S T 20
1 . P a r e n t s h a v e to look
their children well.
2 . F o r n o w , h e m a y t h i n k h e k n o w s e v e r y t h i n g b e t t e r but
or later he'll
c o m e for o u r a d v i c e .
3. T h e r e is n o t h i n g
do on a rainy d a y like t o d a y .
4 . W h a t is t h e r e a s o n
Angela's deep depression?
5. S h e n z e n is s i t u a t e d f o r t y k i l o m e t r e s north
Hong Kong.
6. M a r k s a y s h e p r e f e r s w a t c h i n g T V
h a v i n g a g a m e of
7. W h a t is t h e b i g g e s t c o u n t r y
Scrabble.
e a r t h ? Is it I n d i a ?
8. I w o n d e r w h a t it
to b e a s p o p u l a r w i t h girls a s G e o r g e is.
9. C o u l d y o u
m e a favour, please?
10. I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t t h e s e n u m b e r s refer
but I k n o w t h e y a r e
important.
STOP
1 . T h e d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e c o m p u t e r t e c h n o l o g i e s is
N o t h i n g c a n p r e v e n t it.
APPROVE
2 . H e is r u d e a n d u n f r i e n d l y t o w a r d s c u s t o m e r s . I h a v e a s t r o n g
of this k i n d of a p p r o a c h . L e t ' s fire h i m .
3. Y o u m u s t b e
.This is a v e r y d e l i c a t e m a t t e r .
4 . It's q u i t e
w h a t he s a y s . I s u p p o s e h e ' s l y i n g .
CAUTION
BELIEVE
EMBARRASS
5. O u r c l i e n t ' s critical r e m a r k s c a u s e d o u r g r e a t
W e h a d to a p o l o g i s e t o h i m for k e e p i n g h i m w a i t i n g f o r s o l o n g .
6. P e o p l e r e s p e c t M r H o w a r d f o r his g r e a t
WISE
7. T h i s r o o m is
LOCK
Y o u c a n n o t e n t e r it.
8. R a c i a l
EQUAL
is still a hot i s s u e in m a n y c o u n t r i e s
w h e r e minorities are discriminated against.

9. I a m
OPTIMIST
about the future. How about you?
1 0 . M a n y people believe that computers have
the
REVOLUTION
w a y w e live.
1 . T h i s o l d p o s t s t a m p is q u i t e
.There are only a few such post
s t a m p s in t h e w o r l d .
2. If y o u
t h e s e t w o p h o t o s , y o u will s e e that t h e y a r e v e r y s i m i l a r .
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3. My g r a n d f a t h e r h a s a big
o n m e . I a l w a y s l i s t e n to h i s
advice.
4. H i e r o g l y p h s w e r e u s e d by E g y p t i a n s in
t i m e s as a f o r m of
writing.
5. J a m e s is n o t m a r r i e d . H e is still
6 . ' H o w m u c h will y o u p a y m e f o r m y w o r k ? ' 'It
s on h o w well you
will do it.'
7. Ever s i n c e o u r s o n s t a r t e d t a k i n g private l e s s o n s in m a t h s h e h a s m a d e a
considerable
. T h e t e a c h e r s a y s h e is m u c h b e t t e r n o w .
8. ' C o u l d I s p e a k to Mr L e e ? ' ' H o l d on a s e c o n d , I'll put y o u

9. I w a s n ' t a w a r e of h o w difficult s n o w b o a r d i n g c a n b e
1 o. In our city, t h o u s a n d s of p e o p l e
o
t
.'
I t r i e d it m y s e l f .
to w o r k b y p u b l i c m e a n s of
transport.
1. Last w e e k , w e s a c k e d A d a m G u n s f o r not
a) p r a c t i s i n g
b) c r e a t i n g
his d u t i e s p r o p e r l y .
c) e m p l o y i n g
2. T h e s n o w is q u i t e
d) f u l f i l l i n g
t o m e l t d o w n if t h e t e m p e r a t u r e s t a y s a b o v e
freezing.
a) likely
3
b) p r o b a b l y
c) p o s s i b l y
d) s u r e l y
s h e w a s v e r y b u s y , T i n a didn't r e f u s e to h e l p m e w i t h m y h o m e w o r k .
a) A l t h o u g h
4. I
b) D e s p i t e
c) H o w e v e r
a) t o o k u p
b) p u t o n
c) filled in
5. W e ' r e really s o r r y t o
a) m a k e
d) s e t f o r
y o u w a i t i n g s o l o n g but o u r p l a n e w a s d e l a y e d .
b) h o l d
c) c a r r y
6. H o m e l e s s n e s s is a
a) firing
d) N e v e r t h e l e s s
w e i g h t t o o m u c h o v e r C h r i s t m a s . N o w , I h a v e to w a t c h m y d i e t .
d) k e e p
issue these days.
b) h e a t i n g
c) b u r n i n g
d) f l a m i n g
7.1 c a n ' t g e t t h r o u g h t o t h e h e a d q u a r t e r s . T h e line h a s b e e n
for an hour
now.
a) o c c u p i e d
b) a b u s e d
c) e n g a g e d
d) c a p t u r e d
8. S i n c e m y h u s b a n d l o s t his j o b , w e ' v e f o u n d it e x t r e m e l y h a r d to m a k e
meet.
a) e n d s
b) l i n e s
9. I've m a d e e v e r y
a) s t r e n g t h
c) d a y s
d) t h i n g s
to r e p a i r y o u r w a t c h b u t I w a s n ' t s u c c e s s f u l .
b) e f f o r t
c) labour
10. W h o h a d t h e s e l a n d s b e e n
a) i n h a b i t e d
b) e n l i v e n e d
d) try
by before the R o m a n c o n q u e s t ?
c) s t a y e d
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d) r e m a i n e d
T E S T 21
1. P u t o n e c o r r e c t w o r d i n e a c h g a p .
1. N e x t S a t u r d a y w e ' r e g o i n g
2. W h a t
a picnic to m y u n c l e ' s in t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .
y o u s o a n g r y at B r i a n ? W a s it t h e j o k e h e t o l d ?
3. M y s i s t e r g o t m a r r i e d
a n Italian. His n a m e is R o b e r t o .
4. W h a t k i n d of m u s i c d i d p e o p l e listen to in
5
sixties?
a c h i l d , I n e v e r u s e d t o eat milk s o u p .
6. W e n e e d m o r e p u b l i c i t y f o r o u r c a u s e or
p e o p l e will not u n d e r s t a n d
our demands.
7. First w e built a s n o w m a n a n d t h e n w e t h r e w s n o w b a l l s
8. It's not c l e a r h o w m a n y p e o p l e d i e d
9. B e l i e v e
it.
the First W o r l d W a r .
y o u r s e l f ! I'm s u r e y o u c a n d o m o r e t h a n y o u t h i n k .
1 0 . T h e o f f i c e r s r e f u s e d to let t h e m a n
the b o r d e r as he didn't h a v e a
valid passport.
1. T h e s c a r f r o m t h e s t i t c h e s o n h i s f o r e h e a d w a s easily
NOTICE
2 . W e d i d n ' t d a n c e m u c h at t h e party. W e t a l k e d
MAIN
3. H e d o e s n ' t a g r e e w i t h u s , h e is in
OPPOSE
4. W h o takes important
DECIDE
in your h o u s e , y o u or
your wife?
COURAGE
5. R o b i n H o o d w a s n ' t a f r a i d of a n y t h i n g or a n y o n e . H e w a s v e r y
6. I t h i n k I will b u y t h e d r e s s . Its p r i c e is q u i t e
REASON
7. T h e G r e y s d o n ' t h a v e m a n y
ARGUE
at h o m e . T h e y a r e a
calm couple.
LAND
8. I a m r e n t i n g a r o o m f r o m M s T a n n y . S h e ' s m y
9. M a r k n e v e r m a k e s t r o u b l e . H e ' s a
PEACE
child.
10. A l b e r t E i n s t e i n w a s o n e of t h e m o s t f a m o u s
SCIENCE
in
history.
1. I'm t a k i n g p a r t in t h e d a n c e c o m p e t i t i o n . I h a v e a c h a n c e of w i n n i n g a g o o d
z _
2 . O u r c h i l d r e n l o v e the Flintstones.
It is their
3. C h u c k g o t into t r o u b l e w h e n his p a r e n t s l e a r n e d he h a d p l a y e d
lessons so m u c h .
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cartoon series.
u
t from
4 Mr H i c k s w o r k s in a court of j u s t i c e . H e ' s a
5. My p a r e n t s
g _ d m e to s t u d y at u n i v e r s i t y . N o w I t h i n k it w a s a g o o d i d e a .
6. I'm a f r a i d I c a n ' t g o s w i m m i n g w i t h y o u . I h a v e n ' t t a k e n m y s w i m m i n g

r
7. H a v e y o u
.
t
d a n y o n e e n t e r i n g t h e office w h i l e y o u ' r e s i t t i n g h e r e ?
8. S o m e t i m e s , p a r e n t s
I their c h i l d r e n by g i v i n g t h e m e v e r y t h i n g t h e y
want.
g. T h i s c o p i e r is out of
10. ' W h o
. W e m u s t call t h e s e r v i c e to r e p a i r it.
s this m a n s i o n ?' 'It b e l o n g s to a m i l l i o n a i r e . '
1. I didn't k n o w y o u a r e s o
a) f o n d
o n f o o t b a l l . W h i c h is y o u r f a v o u r i t e t e a m ?
b) k e e n
c) i n t e r e s t e d
2. N o w t h a t y o u h a v e
d) e n t h u s i a s t i c
of a g e , y o u ' r e fully r e s p o n s i b l e f o r e v e r y t h i n g y o u
say and do.

a) c o m e
b) r e a c h e d
c) m a d e
d) e n t e r e d
3. R a t h e r t h a n lie o n t h e b e a c h , w e ' d
to g o o n a c r u i s e a r o u n d t h e
coastline.
a) s o o n e r
b) prefer
c) b e t t e r
d) p l e a s e
4. F r a n k is h a r d to talk to. He t e n d s to
a) d i s a g r e e
b) r e f u s e
5. T h e s t u d e n t w a s
a) a p p l a u d e d
all o t h e r p e o p l e ' s a r g u m e n t s .
c) e l i m i n a t e
d) c o n t r a d i c t
o n his h i g h s c o r e by his t e a c h e r .
b) c o n g r a t u l a t e d
c) p r a i s e d
d) a d m i r e d
6. He t h i n k s h e is a violin v i r t u o s o , but he o f t e n plays out of

a) s c o r e
b) t o n e
c) m u s i c
d) t u n e
7. For a f e w d a y s , t h e m o u n t a i n e e r s h a d b e e n trying to r e a c h t h e p e a k of K-2 but

when the w e a t h e r c h a n g e d for w o r s e they just had to
a) give in
b) lay d o w n
8. ' W h a t ' s y o u r
a) v i e w
c) put off
d) b r e a k t h r o u g h
on s m o k i n g in p u b l i c p l a c e s ? ' 'I f i r m l y o b j e c t to it.'

b) m i n d
c) t h o u g h t
d) belief
9. In D e c e m b e r , m y b r o t h e r s p e n d t w o w e e k s in h o s p i t a l . H e w a s
for
pneumonia.
a) c u r e d
b) h e a l e d
c) t r e a t e d
d) r e c o v e r e d
10. I've h e a r d T o m h a s fallen in love w i t h J e n n y . T h e y s a y it's

a) up in t h e c l o u d s
b) off c o l o u r
c) d e a d b e a t
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d) h e a d o v e r h e e l s
T E S T 22
1. P u t o n e c o r r e c t w o r d in e a c h g a p .
1. O u r d a u g h t e r is allergic
a n i m a l hair a n d t h a t ' s w h y w e d o n ' t k e e p
p e t s at h o m e .
2. W h o
y o u t a k e w i t h y o u if y o u w e r e g o i n g on a trip all o v e r t h e
world?
3. M r W e l l s c a n n o t
to b u y a c a r ; h e d o e s not e a r n e n o u g h
money.
4 . W e h a v e a lot of p r o b l e m s t h a t w e h a v e t o s o r t
within a few days.
5. W e d o n ' t n e e d t h e s e e m p t y b a g s . W e c a n g e t
6. T h e c a r w o n ' t g o . W e ' v e
of t h e m .
o u t of p e t r o l .
7. D o y o u k n o w w h o that tall m a n o v e r t h e r e is?' ' N o , I h a v e n ' t a

8. S i m o n s a y s h e is l o o k i n g
to
'
C h r i s t m a s a l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e still
t w o w e e k s to go.
9. ' B y e J a c k ! H a v e a n i c e d a y ! ' ' T h a n k s
to
you, Hannah.'
1 0 . M i k e a n d S u e h a v e n ' t s p o k e n to e a c h o t h e r e v e r s i n c e t h e y fell
last
month.
1 . Little H a r r y is s o
a b o u t m a g i c . H e really b e l i e v e s
EXCITE
in w i z a r d s a n d m a g i c s p e l l s .
2 . M r s H u d s o n is a v e r y
p e r s o n . S h e g o e s to
RELIGION
person I know. She always
AMBITION
church almost every day.

3. J e n n y is t h e m o s t
w a n t s to b e t h e b e s t .
4. Andy! C o m e here
... . I n e e d y o u r h e l p !
5. W e w a n t e d t o p l a y t e n n i s in t h e a f t e r n o o n , but
IMMEDIATE
FORTUNE
it s t a r t e d r a i n i n g a t t w o , s o w e s t a y e d in a n d p l a y e d b o a r d g a m e s .
6. T h i s w a s really a v e r y
murder case. There was
MYSTERY
n o e v i d e n c e a n d no w i t n e s s e s .
7. T h e r e is h a r d l y a n y
t h a t M i k e will w i n t h e
POSSIBLE
marathon.
8. D a v e s a y s h e ' d like to b e a
w h e n he g r o w s u p .
9. It's h i g h t i m e y o u p r o v e d y o u r
by b e h a v i n g in a
POLITICS
MATURE
proper way. You s h o u l d stop fooling a r o u n d .

10. That's
w h a t y o u ' r e telling u s . H o w can y o u
e x p e c t u s to b e l i e v e in s u c h n o n s e n s e ?
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CREDIBLE
1. T h e Q u e e n h a s a n u m b e r of
2.
s w h o d o w h a t s h e tells t h e m t o .
g is a real p r o b l e m in m a n y s h o p s . T h i s is w h y t h e r e a r e
anti-theft s e c u r i t y s y s t e m s in m a n y of t h e m .
3. My b r o t h e r s a y s t h a t g h o s t s do not
4. Mrs Nillis
r _ d last y e a r . S h e is a p e n s i o n e r n o w .
s _ g
5.
s _ but I b e l i e v e I've s e e n o n e .
c l o t h e s a r e v e r y e x p e n s i v e a n d o n l y a v a i l a b l e in l u x u r y s h o p s .
6. T i n a is v e r y
u _ o f
her b o y f r i e n d . S h e h a t e s it w h e n h e l o o k s at o t h e r
girls.
7. T h a n k s a lot for y o u r h e l p . ' ' D o n ' t m e n t i o n it. W e w e r e
dtobe
able to h e l p y o u . '
8. C o u l d y o u g i v e m e a
f _ to t h e city c e n t r e ? I've j u s t m i s s e d m y b u s .
9. If y o u a r e n o t g o i n g to e a t t h e i c e - c r e a m , put it b a c k in t h e
r.
10. ' W h a t ' s u p H e l e n ? Y o u look rather b a d t o d a y . ' 'It's this l o w air p r e s s u r e . I h a v e

been feeling
ail d a y . I h a v e a n i m p r e s s i o n e v e r y t h i n g is t u r n i n g all
around me.'
1. My p a r e n t s
o n m y c o m p l e t i n g t h e c o u r s e a l t h o u g h I d i d n ' t like it at all.
a) i n s i s t e d
b) e n c o u r a g e d
c) f o r c e d
d) u r g e d
2. T h i s c o n t r o v e r s i a l s t a t e m e n t m a y do g r e a t
to the politician's
reputation.
a) d e v a s t a t i o n
b) s p o i l
c) d a m a g e
d) ruin
3. D u r i n g his s t a y at t h e c a m p , M i c h a e l
a) w e n t
b) d r o p p e d
ill a n d h a d to s t a y in b e d .
c) fell
d) ran
4. T h e ski j u m p i n g t o u r n a m e n t h a s b e e n
a) t a k e n a w a y
b) put off
c) d r a w n b a c k
5. Alan s a y s t h e o l d e r b o y s
a) f o r c e d
6
b) t o l d
b e c a u s e of b a d w e a t h e r .
d) laid out
h i m g i v e t h e m all his p o c k e t m o n e y .
c) m a d e
d) c a u s e d
to w h a t t h e local i n h a b i t a n t s s a y , t h e e a r t h q u a k e b e g a n right after

midnight.
a) C o r r e s p o n d i n g
b) Prior
c) D u e
7. Soldiers a r e s u p p o s e d to
a) o b e y
b) a t t e n d
c) p r a c t i s e
8. His n a m e is o n t h e
a) e d g e
a) latter
a) c a p a b l e
d) d e s i g n
of m y t o n g u e but I c a n ' t r e m e m b e r it.
b) t o p
c) tip
9.1 like to listen to t h e

10. D e b b i e is
d) A c c o r d i n g
their superiors.
d) s u r f a c e
news w h e n e v e r I drive m y car.
b) l a t e l y
c) latest
d) late
at s e w i n g . S h e will h e l p y o u w i t h t h e b u t t o n .
b) s k i l l e d
c) c l e v e r
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d) t a l e n t e d
T E S T 23
1. A s a c h i l d , ! o f t e n d r e a m t
having a dog.
2 . ' W h a t d o e s G D P m e a n ? ' 'It s t a n d s

3. It l o o k s
Gross Domestic Product.'
rain. Let's take an umbrella.
4. Mr J e n k i n s h a s got a g o o d r e p u t a t i o n
5. I'm sorry. I d i d m y
his skill a n d c o n s i s t e n c y .
to repair y o u r b i k e but I f a i l e d .
6. W e ' v e s h o w n a f e w g o o d f i l m s this m o n t h but t h e r e a r e still m o r e

come.
7. M a n y politicians s p e a k a b o u t n a t i o n s living
friendship.
8. It w a s s u c h a b o r i n g l e s s o n t h a t I n e a r l y
9
asleep.
f i n i s h e d all t h e p a p e r w o r k , J u d i t h l o c k e d t h e o f f i c e a n d w e n t h o m e .
10. T h i s little girl is v e r y s a d . S h e is l o n g i n g
her parents.
1. Mr D a m o n is a v e r y
p e r s o n . H e k e e p s in t o u c h
INFLUENCE
with m a n y politicians a n d V I P s .
2. T h e first prize at t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n last y e a r h a s b e e n
ACHIEVE
3. It's t h e h i g h p r i c e s of f o o d a n d o t h e r g o o d s as w e l l a s t h e l o w
EXIST
salaries that m a k e our

4. Life
so miserable.
h a s i n c r e a s e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in t h e 1 9
l h
EXPECT
century thanks to medical advance.

5. T h e r e w a s a
a b o u t w h o s h o u l d s p e a k first
CONFUSE
b e c a u s e the o r d e r of s p e a k e r s h a d n ' t b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d b e f o r e .
6. W h a t
instrument did Bach play?
7. T h e
MUSIC
of t h e S o c i e t y d a t e s b a c k to 1 8 5 0 .
8. W h y d o n ' t y o u a p p l y for t h e j o b ? I t h i n k y o u h a v e g o o d
ESTABLISH
QUALIFY
to b e a t e a m l e a d e r .
9. Neil A r m s t r o n g m a d e a f a m o u s
as he put
STATE
his first s t e p o n t h e m o o n .
10. R o n ' s an
p e r s o n . He gets a n n o y e d quickly.
IRRITATE
1.
is t h e m o s t a c u t e p r o b l e m in A f r i c a . E a c h y e a r , m i l l i o n s die
b e c a u s e of l a c k of f o o d .
2. That's a strange
. I have never s e e n silver clouds
before.
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3 Sun
y _
n e e d e i g h t m i n u t e s to r e a c h E a r t h .
4 | don't k n o w w h i c h k i n g is b u r i e d h e r e . T h e r e is no i n s c r i p t i o n o n t h e _
5. Scientists s a y t h a t t h e f u t u r e of
is not c e r t a i n . T h e h u m a n r a c e
m a y die out f a s t e r t h a n w e s e e m .
6. Mrs H a z e l is a r e p u t a b l e
. She has already p e r f o r m e d hundreds
of c o m p l i c a t e d o p e r a t i o n s in t h e h o s p i t a l w h e r e s h e w o r k s .
7.1 a l w a y s h a v e to w r i t e p e o p l e ' s n a m e s d o w n . I h a v e a p o o r
for
names.
8. S t o p i n t e r f e r i n g in m y p r i v a c y . W h y d o n ' t y o u
9. O n m y 1 8
t h
n _
your own business?
birthday, everybody wished me 'many happy
10. Mr W o o d s s t u d i e d history. H e is a n a r c h a e o l o g i s t by
s.'
s
1. 'Don't y o u t h i n k S a r a h a n d L i s a l o o k
?' 'Of c o u r s e t h e y d o . T h e y a r e
twins.'
a) likely
b) s i m i l a r l y
c) c o m p a r a b l e
d) a l i k e
2. After his p a r e n t s ' d e a t h , M r s G r e e n w o o d

a) i n h e r i t e d
b) p o s s e s s e d
quite a fortune.'
c) a c c o m p l i s h e d
d) p u r c h a s e d
3. B e f o r e w e m o v e i n , t h e l a n d l o r d w a n t s us to p a y t h e rent six m o n t h s in
a) f o r w a r d
b) a d v a n c e
c) b e f o r e h a n d
d) a h e a d
4. It's a final d e c i s i o n . I'm n o t g o i n g to c h a n g e m y

a) m i n d
b) t h o u g h t
c) h e a d
5. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w e c a n n o t
d) s o u l
to go o n h o l i d a y t w i c e a y e a r . W e j u s t d o n ' t
earn enough.
a) d e v o t e
b) p r o v i d e
c) s p a r e
d) a f f o r d
6. 'I d o n ' t k n o w t h e r u l e s of t h e g a m e . ' ' D o w o r r y it's a s e a s y as

a) a c a k e
b) a r o p e
c) pie
'
d) p e a n u t s
7. T h e g o v e r n m e n t a r e a f r a i d t h a t a n o t h e r rise in f o o d p r i c e s m a y
in
strikes a n d riots.
a) l e a d
b) c a u s e
8. Y o u a r e
a) b o u n d
c) result
d) p r o v o k e
to fail the e x a m if y o u d o not start l e a r n i n g s o o n .

b) d e f i n i t e
c) b o r n e
d) f i r m
9. After y o u a r e r e l e a s e d f r o m h o s p i t a l , y o u will h a v e to
all t h e l e s s o n s
y o u h a v e m i s s e d s o far.
a) m a k e up f o r
b) cut d o w n o n
10. C a n y o u
a) s p e a k
c) put in for
d) t a k e up o n
the difference between a m o u s e and a d o r m o u s e ?

b) tell
c) s a y
d) talk
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l a u g h i n g at J i m w h e n i s a w h i m in that f u n n y o l d hat.
2 . E n g l i s h is a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a n g u a g e . It is
all o v e r t h e w o r l d .
3. D o s o m e t h i n g u s e f u l ! Y o u s p e n d long h o u r s sitting in
4 . H o w l o n g d o c h i m p a n z e e s live
5. It
of t h e T V s e t .
average?
to m e t h a t T i n a h a s a p r o b l e m w i t h s t a r t i n g her car. I'll g o d o w n a n d
h e l p her.
6
d a y s , p e o p l e a r e m o r e c l o s e d a n d s e l f i s h t h a n t h e y u s e d to b e .
7 . 1 a d m i r e p e o p l e w h o h a v e d e v o t e d their lives
helping the poor and
homeless.
8, F o r a g e s , h u m a n s h a v e b e e n w o n d e r i n g
9. J a c k ' s a l w a y s b u s y . H e is
t h e r e is life on o t h e r p l a n e t s .
p r e p a r i n g s o m e t h i n g or w r i t i n g r e p o r t s .
1 0 . T r a p p i s t m o n k s a r e f a m o u s for s p e n d i n g their life
solitude.
1 . M i k e ' s got a t o o t h a c h e a n d that's w h y he c a n n o t s p e a k
CLEAR
2 . D o n ' t p a n i c . I n f l u e n z a is a
CURE
disease.
3. Y o u n e e d n ' t w o r r y a b o u t t h e rising interest r a t e s . T h i s i s s u e is
RELEVANT
to us.
4 . H u n d r e d s of t e e n a g e f a n s a p p e a r e d to s e e t h e i r idol's live
PERFORM
5. T h o m a s is a
HABIT
g a m b l e r . H e s p e n d s his e v e r y
e v e n i n g in t h e c a s i n o .
6. T h e m a n w h o lives u p s t a i r s is lonely. H e d o e s n ' t h a v e a n y
RELATE
h e r e or a b r o a d .
7. I h a v e t a k e n up this
j o b to e a r n s o m e m o n e y
SEASON
for holidays.
8. T h e r e w a s a g r e a t
w h e n o u r t e a c h e r t o l d us
EXCITE
a b o u t t h e trip.
9. Mr D a w s o n is a f a m o u s
He explores ancient
HISTORY
civilisations.
10. ' W h a t d o e s
m e a n to y o u ?' ' P l e n t y of m o n e y ,
of c o u r s e . '
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HAPPY
1. U n c l e B o b a n d a u n t M a r y live in a w o o d e n
w i t h a g a r d e n in
the countryside.
2. D a v e h a s b e e n s t a y i n g in b e d s i n c e S u n d a y . H e ' s g o t a h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e a n d
a _ o
throat.
3. I s u p p o r t o r g a n i s a t i o n s p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t n u c l e a r
4 . ' W h a t is t h e
of this u n u s u a l s c u l p t u r e ? ' ' I ' m a f r a i d it is not for. s a l e . '
5. S u s a n is a v e r y intelligent a n d e r u d i t e p e r s o n . H e r
is m o s t
admirable.
6. T o m L e e is not a star. H e ' s n o b o d y s p e c i a l j u s t a n
7. ' H o w d i d y o u d o t h e t r i c k ? ' 'In a v e r y s i m p l e
person.
r . I will t e a c h y o u . '
8. Y o u t h i n k t o o m u c h a b o u t y o u r w o r k . T h a t ' s t h e _
w h y y o u live
under so m u c h stress.
9. S u c h w r o n g e c o n o m i c d e c i s i o n s a r e g o i n g to _ f
all of u s . W e will all
suffer f r o m their c o n s e q u e n c e s .
10. Y o u will r e c o g n i s e L u c i n d a easily. S h e ' s a d a r k - s k i n n e d w o m a n . S h e ' s got a d a r k
P _ _ x
1. O u r g r a n d f a t h e r h a s s u f f e r e d f r o m d e p r e s s i o n s i n c e h e
a) a b a n d o n e d
b) r e t i r e d
2. ' W h o
b) s u g g e s t e d
from work.
d) r e l e a s e d
y o u to t a k e part in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n ? '
a) i n s i s t e d
3
c) d e p a r t e d
'My mother did.'
c) e n c o u r a g e d
d) p r o p o s e d
to her p e r s i s t e n c e a n d a m b i t i o n , B e c k y h a s a c h i e v e d a g r e a t s u c c e s s
in her p r o f e s s i o n a l life.
a) O w i n g
b) S u b j e c t
c) A c c o r d i n g
d) B e c a u s e
4. I w o n ' t s t a y l o n g this t i m e . It is j u s t a
a) r u n n i n g
b) j u m p i n g
visit.
c) s p e e d i n g
5. M a n d y s a y s s h e d r e a m s of
a) l e a d i n g
d) f l y i n g
a lifestyle of a c e l e b r i t y .
b) c o n d u c t i n g
c) p e r f o r m i n g
d) d r i v i n g
6. T h e f a l l i n g p l a n e m i s s e d t h e t o w e r by c e n t i m e t r e s . It w a s a c l o s e
a) c r a s h
b) s h a v e
7. If A d a m h a d n ' t
a) c r a c k e d
b) b r o k e n
8. M o r e m o n e y h a s b e e n
a) risen
c) p i e c e
d) slip
the news, we wouldn't know Celine was pregnant.
b) a r o u s e d
c) s m a s h e d
d) b u r s t
for c h a r i t y this y e a r t h a n in t h e p r e v i o u s o n e .
c) r o s e
d) r a i s e d
9. H e s a i d h e ' d t a k e n m y b a g b y a c c i d e n t but I t h i n k h e d i d it o n
a) p u r p o s e
b) a i m
c) r e a s o n
d) i n t e n t i o n
10. M o r e t h a n a h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d p e o p l e a r e e x p e c t e d to
a) set in
b) b r i n g r o u n d
c) t u r n out
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d) get by
at t h e c o n c e r t .
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1. N o w I s e e o u r r e s e a r c h is
n o t h i n g . N o b o d y is i n t e r e s t e d in it.
2 . M r W i s e g o t m a r r i e d t h e s e c o n d t i m e but h e ' s got a s o n f r o m t h e first

3. I'd
live in a big n o i s y city t h a n s p e n d m y w h o l e life in a b o r i n g
countryside.
4 . Sit in t h e hall a n d w a i t f o r m e . It w o n ' t b e
5. 'Is t h e r e
before I return, I promise.
w e c a n have lunch?' 'Sure, there are quite a f e w g o o d
r e s t a u r a n t s in t h e city c e n t r e . '
6. O u r c o m p a n y is not b i g . It is
7. ' W h a t is t h e
u p of only t h r e e d e p a r t m e n t s .
city of S p a i n ? ' 'It's M a d r i d . '
8. T h e B r o w n s ' c h i l d r e n a r e v e r y t a l e n t e d . T h e y m u s t
g r e a t p r i d e in their
achievements.
9. T h e p r i s o n e r s w h o e s c a p e d last w e e k h a v e not b e e n f o u n d yet. T h e y a r e still at
1 0 . W h a t h a v e y o u b e e n d o i n g ? Y o u hair is all c o v e r e d
dust.
1. All t h e p e o p l e living in our
a r e nice a n d
NEIGHBOUR
friendly.
2. S o m u c h c a s h is g o n e a n d t h e c a s h i e r s a y s h e d o e s n ' t k n o w h o w
APPEAR
to e x p l a i n its s u d d e n
3. T o o u r g r e a t
, w e w e r e t h e o w n e r s of t h e
AMAZE
winning ticket.
4 . T h e u n e x p e c t e d d e a t h of h e r h u s b a n d h a s b e e n a v e r y
DISTURB
experience to Mrs W a l t o n .
5.
SENSE
6. H e a r t
is o n e of t h e c o m m o n c a u s e s of d e a t h
FAIL
nowadays.
7 . T h e i m m i g r a n t s h o p e d to f i n d e a s i e r a n d m o r e
AGREE
living c o n d i t i o n s in a n o t h e r c o u n t r y .
8. T h i s p o o r m a n s u f f e r s f r o m n e r v o u s
BREAK
9. R a p m u s i c h a s a c h i e v e d g r e a t
in r e c e n t y e a r s .
10. A n n a is t h e o n e I a d o r e . S h e is m y
grandchild.
POPULAR
LOVE
1 . If y o u w a n t m e to p a i n t y o u r
, j u s t sit still a n d d o n ' t m o v e .
2 . M s H a r r i e t n e v e r got m a r r i e d . S h e d i e d as a n elderly _ p
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3. P e o p l e c a n n o t
under water. That's why divers need oxygen
bottles.
4.1 a m
d t o l e a r n to play t h e p i a n o . T h a t ' s w h y I p r a c t i s e six
h o u r s a day.
5. J i m ' s p a r e n t s d o n ' t
h i m to g o out at night. T h e y s a y h e ' s s a f e r at
home.
6. T h i s g r a p e f r u i t j u i c e d o e s n ' t
t _ s w e e t . It's bitter.
7. S t o r k s like to build their n e s t s o n roof

8. Don't b r e a k t h e traffic
s.
s o r e l s e y o u will b e p u n i s h e d with
a ticket.
9. T h i s is not an official m e e t i n g . Y o u d o n ' t n e e d to w e a r f o r m a l c l o t h e s . Y o u c a n put
on s o m e
c l o t h e s like j e a n s a n d a T - s h i r t .
10. T h i s isn't his n a t u r a l hair. T h e m a n is w e a r i n g a _
i _
1. 'Do y o u
to k n o w w h e r e the P a l m e r s h a v e m o v e d ? ' ' T o B r i g h t o n . '
a) h a p p e n
b) o c c u r
c) b e c o m e
d) r e a l i s e
2. B e f o r e S h e i l a finally a g r e e d t o m a r r y S i m o n , h e h a d
t o h e r at least
seven times.
a) o f f e r e d
b) s u b m i t t e d
c) p r o p o s e d
3. ' H o w long did t h e p e r f o r m a n c e

a) last
b) e n d u r e
c) spend
4. M y cat e a t s e v e r y t h i n g
a) a p a r t
d) r e c o m m e n d e d
?' ' A b o u t t h r e e h o u r s . '

d) f o l l o w
for m i c e . H e ' s really s t r a n g e .
b) d e s p i t e
c) w i t h o u t
d) e x c e p t
5. T h e y o u n g girl w h o lost c o n s c i o u s n e s s o n l y
a) c a m e r o u n d
b) w e n t on
in h o s p i t a l .
c) s t e p p e d u p
d) b r o u g h t b a c k
6. M r S t e v e n s is a v e r y g o o d a t t o r n e y a n d t h a t ' s w h y his
a) p a y m e n t s
b) f e e s
c) p r i c e s
d) s a l a r i e s
7. I c a n ' t g o a b r o a d . M y p a s s p o r t
a) e n d e d
b) e x h a u s t e d
are so high.
last m o n t h . I n e e d to get a n e w o n e .
c) c e a s e d
d) e x p i r e d
8. D o n ' t d r i n k t h e m i l k . It's
a) out
b) a w a y
c) off
9. Finally, it's t i m e to put m y
d) d o w n
up. I'm not g o i n g to d o a n y t h i n g d u r i n g t h e
weekend.
a) a r m s
b) legs
c) b o d y
d) f e e t
10. T h e j o u r n a l i s t s w h o v i s i t e d u s last w e e k w e r e
about the unidentified
flying o b j e c t s t h a t w e h a d s e e n .
a) i n t e r e s t e d
b) f a s c i n a t e d
c) c u r i o u s
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d) i n v o l v e d
T E S T 26
1. ' W h o
t h e c o o k i n g in y o u r h o u s e ? ' 'All of us a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r it.'
2 . T h e p o o r m a n h a s n o w h e r e to s l e e p in a n d t h e r e is n o b o d y to
3. ' C a n y o u p l a y w i t h us o u t d o o r s ? ' ' N o , I'm not
4 . W h e n it g e t s c o l d ,
5. J a c k ' s
h i m up,
to g o o u t after d a r k . '
s u r e that y o u put on s o m e w a r m c l o t h e s . .
t r o u b l e . W e h a v e to h e l p h i m .
6. T h e c a r p a r k is full. I've got n o i d e a

7. W a t e r boils
to p a r k t h e c a r .
100C.
8. ' C o u l d y o u g i v e m e B e t t y ' s p h o n e n u m b e r ? ' ' W a i t a s e c o n d , I h a v e to

it up in m y n o t e b o o k . '
9. In f o o t b a l l , y o u c a n ' t pull t h e o t h e r p l a y e r s by the s l e e v e . It's
the
rules.
1 0 . I n e e d at
t w o h o u r s to p r e p a r e a g o o d s p e e c h .
1. T r a v e l l i n g b y p l a n e is q u i t e
W e ' d b e t t e r t h i n k of
COST
s o m e c h e a p e r w a y of g e t t i n g to T o r o n t o .
WORTH
2 . T h i s a n t i q u e f u r n i t u r e t h a t h e s e l l s a r e totally
T h e y a r e n o t h i n g but r u b b i s h .
3. S t e v e n is a
young m a n . He practises judo a n d
POWER
body-building.
4 . S a r a h is t h e m o s t
person I know. She never
TALK
stops talking.
5. C e l e b r i t i e s d o n ' t like to b e a s k e d
q u e s t i o n s by
PERSON
interviewers.
6. In J a p a n , it is c o n s i d e r e d
not to b o w l o w e r in
OFFENCE
f r o n t of a p e r s o n of a h i g h e r r a n k .
7 . H o w a r d is a
p e r s o n . H e ' s really h a r d to t a l k t o .
QUARREL
8. T h e n o t i o n of l o n g e r c l a s s e s didn't m e e t w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s '
ACCEPT
9. Y o u h a v e m i x e d t h e p h o t o g r a p h s . T h e y a r e in a w r o n g
ARRANGE
now.
1 0 . T h e a r t i c l e s t h a t I w r i t e for o u r s c h o o l m a g a z i n e a r e r a t h e r light a n d
HUMOUR
II. W r i t e i n t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1 . M y m o t h e r a l w a y s t o l d m e not to talk to
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s in t h e s t r e e t .
2. If y o u d o n ' t
t h e p l a n t s , t h e y will die s o o n .
3. Mrs H u x l e y is a v e r y
p e r s o n . W e like v i s i t i n g h e r a s s h e
a l w a y s t r e a t s us like h e r o w n f a m i l y .
4. T h e u s e of E n g l i s h is
in t h e p r e s e n t d a y w o r l d . M o r e a n d
more people s p e a k the language.

5. S t i c k i n g y o u r t o n g u e o u t at s o m e o n e is a n e x a m p l e of b a d
6. It w a s n ' t a l o n g m e e t i n g . W e d e c i d e d to _ x
g _
s .
our business cards
a n d m e e t later.
7. O u r n e i g h b o u r d o e s n ' t e a r n m u c h . H i s m o n t h l y
8. I don't h a v e a
9. W e
is r a t h e r l o w .
t address. I c h a n g e places quite often.
y m e e t . W e live t o o far a w a y f r o m e a c h o t h e r to s e e o f t e n .
10. Don't h e s i t a t e t o o l o n g to a s k h e r to m a r r y y o u . J u s t d o it
h _
away.
1. After a long a n d lively d e b a t e , t h e m i n i s t e r s finally
a) c a p t u r e d
b) r e a c h e d
c) c a u g h t
an a g r e e m e n t .
d) r e c e i v e d
of s t r e e t p e d d l e r s . T h e y will d o a n y t h i n g to m a k e y o u p a y a lot for

o b j e c t s of little v a l u e .
a) w a t c h
b) b e w a r e
3. I'm s o r r y I d i d n ' t
a) l e a d
c) c a r e
d) a f r a i d
to o f f e n d y o u .
b) f o c u s
4. 'I d o n ' t
c) m e a n
d) a s p i r e
m u c h of t h e b o s s ' s s t a t e m e n t . '
a) m a k e
b) t a k e
5. It is
c) d o
'I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d it, either.'
d) c o m e
of s a l m o n s t o die after laying e g g s .
a) t y p i c a l
b) p a r t i c u l a r
c) c o m m o n
d) o r d i n a r y
6. M a r k w a s n ' t i n v i t e d to t h e party. H e a p p e a r e d out of t h e

a) b l a c k
b) g r e e n
c) r e d
d) b l u e
7. T h e p o l i c e s a y t h e y a r e a b o u t to c a t c h t h e c r i m i n a l w h o h a d
that
horrible c r i m e .
a) p e r f o r m e d
b) e x e c u t e d
c) c o m m i t t e d
8. E v e r y b o d y w a i t e d f o r t h e m e e t i n g to
a) r e a c h
b) c o m e
c) a r r i v e
9. R e m e m b e r t o a l w a y s
a) fill
b) p a y
d) s t o p
a t t e n t i o n to w h a t y o u r t e a c h e r s s a y .
c) s t i c k
d) attract
10. " W h y d o n ' t y o u a n d y o u r h u s b a n d live t o g e t h e r ? ' '

b u s i n e s s , will y o u ? '
a) n o t i c e
b) w a t c h
d) a c t e d
to a n e n d . It w a s s o b o r i n g .
c) r e g a r d
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d) m i n d
your o w n
TEST 27
Q
1 . R a y m o n d is f l u e n t
F r e n c h . H e ' s b e e n living in F r a n c e for thirty
years.
2. Stella's f a t h e r t e a c h e s at u n i v e r s i t y . H e h a s a p r o f e s s o r
3. D o n ' t
in e c o n o m i c s .
s o m u c h f u s s a b o u t o n e p o u n d . I'll give it b a c k to y o u t o m o r r o w .
4. W e a r e g o i n g c a m p i n g n e x t w e e k . I'm d r e a m i n g of s l e e p i n g in t h e
air.
5. Mr H o w a r d lost his j o b . H e w a s m a d e
6. ' D o y o u
last m o n t h .
on well w i t h y o u r n e i g h b o u r s ? ' ' Y e s , w e a r e c l o s e f r i e n d s . '
7. J a m e s is a v e r y g o o d s t u d e n t . H i s p a r e n t s a r e reaily p r o u d
him.
8. W e c o u l d n ' t m e e t on Friday, s o w e
9. T h e r e is n o
it off tiil t h e f o l l o w i n g w e e k .
in inviting t h e R o b s o n s . T h e y n e v e r c o m e to p a r t i e s .
10. M i k e a n d J u d y q u a r r e l l e d in t h e m o r n i n g but t h e y
it up in t h e
evening.
1 . Y o u c a n n o t e n t e r t h e military a r e a w i t h o u t a
PERMIT
2. C a r s a r e m y h o b b y . I repair t h e m for
PLEASE
3. W e a r i n g s h o r t skirts a n d bikinis b e c a m e s o c i a l l y
ACCEPT
in t h e s i x t i e s .
4 . Y o u c a n n o t b u y this j e w e l l e r y . It is of
value.
5. T h e n e w m o d e l of t h e c a r is v e r y
It m a k e s one
PRICE
ECONOMY
h u n d r e d k i l o m e t r e s o n less t h a t t h r e e litres of p e t r o l .
6. ' W h o
y o u t o t a k e part in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n ? '
COURAGE
'My parents did.'

7. I'm an a d u l t n o w a n d t h e m o n e y I e a r n on m y o w n give m e a t o t a l
DEPEND
I c a n l e a d m y life t h e w a y I w a n t to .
8. A w h i t e shirt a n d a tie w o u l d b e
to a p o l o s h i r t for
PREFER
t h e official m e e t i n g . Y o u s h o u l d look m o r e f o r m a l .
9. W e n e e d m o r e w o r k e r s
in c o m p u t e r d e s i g n i n g .
10. I'm not g o i n g to w e a r t h e s e s h o e s . T h e y a r e n ' t
SKILL
FASHION
any longer.
1. H e a v y rainfalls h a v e c a u s e d
o _ s in n o r t h e r n F r a n c e . M a n y p e o p l e
h a v e lost t h e i r h o m e s .
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2. M y p a r e n t s d i d n ' t h a v e to p a y f o r r e n t i n g a r o o m . I w e n t to a
school.
3. I a s k e d the s h o p a s s i s t a n t to
4. W e w e r e
a _ m y p r e s e n t s in d e c o r a t i v e p a p e r .
s about our relatives' safety w h e n w e learned the plane
t h e y w e r e t r a v e l l i n g on h a d b e e n k i d n a p p e d by t e r r o r i s t s .
5. W e a r e p l a n n i n g to hire an interior
s _ g
6. R o b ' s g o t a lot of c o m m o n
e v e n t h o u g h he isn't well e d u c a t e d .
7. C a t h y d i d n ' t f o l l o w in h e r m o t h e r ' s
to d e c o r a t e o u r n e w flat.
s
_ s. S h e c h o s e a c o m p l e t e l y
different p r o f e s s i o n .
8. I a m really
w i t h o u r n a t i o n a l t e a m . T h e y h a v e lost
t h e fifth g a m e in a r o w .
9. I a m not i n t e r e s t e d in art. I h a v e n ' t s e e n m a n y _
10. S i m o n is a c o n j u r e r . His j o b
v _ s
of art in m y life
performing magic tricks.
1. T i m is a t h o r o u g h l y
c h i l d . H e ' s g o t e v e r y t h i n g he w a n t s .
a) d e v a s t a t e d
b) d a m a g e d
c) d e s t r o y e d
d) spoilt
2 . W h e r e is t h e a n n u a l s u r g e o n s ' c o n f e r e n c e b e i n g
a) h e l d
b) k e p t
c) c a r r i e d
this y e a r ?
d) d e a l t
3. ' C o u l d y o u l e n d m e a f e w p o u n d s ? ' 'I'm s o r r y I a m

a) low
b) flat
c) n a r r o w
of m o n e y m y s e l f . '
d) s h o r t
4. All t h e e v i d e n c e c l e a r l y p o i n t s to t h e m a n ' s guilt but h e still
t h a t h e is
innocent.
a) p e r s i s t s
b) m a i n t a i n s
5. Let's try to
a) f i n g e r
b) fist
6. T h e b o y w a s
a) put d o w n
c) r e s o l v e s
d) u n d e r t a k e s
a lift. W e h a v e n ' t g o t e n o u g h m o n e y for b u s t i c k e t s .

c) t h u m b
d) h a n d
b y his f a t h e r for l y i n g .
b) t o l d off
c) t a k e n in
d) t u r n e d up
7. T h e p o l l u t i o n a n d t h e d e v a s t a t i o n of t h e n a t u r a l e n v i r o n m e n t h a v e
m a n y s p e c i e s of a n i m a l s to e x t i n c t i o n .
a) d r i v e n
b) s h i f t e d
c) d r a w n
d) c a r r i e d
8. Y o u h a v e t o s h o u t w h e n y o u s p e a k t o h i m . H e is
a) b a d
9. J o h n
a) o b j e c t e d
b) s h o r t
of h e a r i n g .
d) h a r d
s t e a l i n g m y b i k e . H e s a i d h e h a d only b o r r o w e d it f o r a w h i l e .
b) r e f u s e d
10. W e s t r o n g l y
a) d i s l i k e
c) b a r e l y
c) d e n i e d
d) p r o t e s t e d
of s m o k i n g in t h e c o n f e r e n c e r o o m , sir.
b) d i s m i s s
c) d i s a p p r o v e
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d) d i s g u s t
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1. I d o n ' t k n o w M s B o y l e s
d o e s s h e look like?
2. W e d o n ' t n e e d t o hurry. W e h a v e g o t p l e n t y of t i m e to
3. ' W i t h
d i d y o u g o o n h o l i d a y last y e a r ? ' ' W i t h m y g i r l f r i e n d . '
4. Y o u
not h a v e s e e n A l a n in t h e p a r k . H e ' s s t a y i n g a b r o a d right n o w .
5. W e a r e
our h o u s e r e d e c o r a t e d by a p r o f e s s i o n a l interior d e s i g n e r .
6. W h y d o n ' t w e g o s w i m m i n g i n s t e a d
going fishing?
7. W e d o n ' t b u y fruit a n d v e g e t a b l e s . W e h a v e our o w n , h o m e 8. S a r a h

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after her m o t h e r a lot. T h e y e v e n w e a r s i m i l a r c l o t h e s .

b e i n g a t a l e n t e d o p e r a s i n g e r , M r s Collins a l s o c o m p o s e s c l a s s i c a l
music.
10. T h i s o l d m a n s i o n
m e t h i n k of m y f a m i l y h o u s e in D o v e r .
1. T h e effort y o u h a v e m a d e is m o s t
Y o u really
ADMIRE
d e s e r v e an a w a r d .
2 . I d o n ' t like s p e n d i n g m y t i m e in
holiday s p o t s .
CROWD
I p r e f e r s o m e w h e r e quiet.
3. T h e h o s t s s e r v e d a
4. Physical
of d e l i c i o u s s t a r t e r s .
is i m p o r t a n t f o r m o d e l s a n d T V
VARY
APPEAR
announcers.
5. D o n ' t g i v e m e a n y d i s t u r b i n g n e w s . T e l l m e s o m e t h i n g
COMFORT
6. O u r c o m p a n y w o u l d n ' t h a v e a c h i e v e d s u c h a big s u c c e s s
COMMIT
without our w o r k e r s ' great
to their d u t i e s .
7. S e v e r a l p e o p l e c o m p l a i n e d a b o u t t h e f o o d . T h e y s a i d it w a s
TASTE
8. D a r r y l is an
GO
p e r s o n . H e n e v e r s p e n d s his t i m e
alone. He loves other people's c o m p a n y .

9. T h a t c a r of y o u r s is a b s o l u t e l y
You spend
USE
m o r e t i m e r e p a i r i n g it t h a n a c t u a l l y d r i v i n g it.
10. T h e B r o w n s h a v e got a
t a b l e in t h e m i d d l e of
RECTANGLE
their sitting r o o m .
1. W h a t
s d o I n e e d to c o o k a S h e p h e r d ' s p i e ?
2. Rob Hole's s p e a k i n g . Could I have _ x
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13 to M r B r o w n ' s office?
3. T h e p l a n e to W a s h i n g t o n h a s n ' t t a k e n off yet. It's still s t a n d i n g on t h e

_
u _ w _ _ .
4. O u r c o m p a n y d o e s n ' t p r o d u c e r u b b i s h . O u r p r o d u c t s a r e of e x c e l l e n t
I
5 . ' W h a t are your childhood
s S t e v e ? ' ' W e l l , I r e m e m b e r o u r first
h o u s e in t h e c o u n t r y s i d e a n d m y best f r i e n d . Y e t , I d o n ' t r e m e m b e r his n a m e '

6. Y e s t e r d a y , I r e c e i v e d a n
to m y f r i e n d s ' w e d d i n g n e x t
month.
7. T h e r e s c u e t e a m s a i d t h e r e w a s a v a r y s m a l l _ a _ of h o p e but t h e m i s s i n g
tourist w a s finally f o u n d alive.
8. S o n y a r r i v e d a b o u t o n e h o u r late b e c a u s e h e ' d b e e n d r i v i n g d u r i n g t h e
hour.
9. It w a s n ' t a b i g
that t h e d i v e r s f o u n d in t h e s u n k e n s h i p . J u s t
a f e w silver c o i n s a n d pottery.
10. It's i m p o r t a n t t h a t y o u t a k e part in t h e e m e r g e n c y c o u r s e s o y o u m a y k n o w h o w to
react w h e n e v e r a d a n g e r
s .
1. I h a d n o i d e a his s t o r y w a s all m a d e up. H e s i m p l y t o o k m e for a
a) d r i v e
b) trip
c) c r u i s e
2. Didn't it
d) ride
to y o u m i g h t go to a f o r t u n e - t e l l e r for h e l p ?
a) r e a l i s e
b) o c c u r
c) h a p p e n
d) o b s e r v e
3. W h e n e v e r w e c a n , w e t a k e o u r c h i l d r e n out of t h e city for t h e
of t h e i r
health.
a) p o i n t
b) s a k e
c) g o o d
4. T h e r e is h a r d l y a n y
a) l i k e n e s s
d) risk
that t h e s t o l e n g o o d s will b e f o u n d .
b) liking
c) l i k e l i h o o d
d) likely
5. T h e d o c t o r s s a y y o u will n e e d at least t w o m o n t h s t o
from the
wounds.
a) c u r e
b) r e c o v e r
c) i m p r o v e
d) s u r v i v e
6. Y o u m a y t h i n k I'm c o n s e r v a t i v e but I d o n ' t b e l i e v e in love at first
You
s h o u l d first g e t to k n o w t h e p e r s o n ' s c h a r a c t e r a n d t h e f a m i l y b a c k g r o u n d .
a) s i g h t
b) l o o k
c) v i s i o n
d) g l a n c e
7. In v i e w of t h e e c o n o m i c s l u m p , w e ' v e h a d to
a) a b a n d o n
b) c e a s e
c) fail
our i n v e s t m e n t p l a n s .
d) c o l l a p s e
8. I've s e a r c h e d t h e h o u s e h i g h a n d low for m y c a r k e y s but it w a s all in

a) n o t h i n g
b) w o r t h l e s s
9. P e o p l e
a) j o i n
c) e m p t y
d) v a i n
n o i m p o r t a n c e to h e a l t h y living until s o m e t h i n g g o e s w r o n g .
b) a t t a c h
c) c o n n e c t
d) link
10. It is t h e fifth t i m e t h i s m o n t h that m y j o b a p p l i c a t i o n h a s b e e n t u r n e d

a) off
b) out
c) a w a y
d) d o w n
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1. After y e a r s of r e n t i n g r o o m s a n d flats w e h a v e finally b o u g h t a h o u s e of o u r
2. Alex says he's thinking
3. T h e r e ' s
e m i g r a t i n g to A u s t r a l i a w h e n he g r o w s up.
s a y i n g w h a t m i g h t h a v e h a p p e n e d if o u r b o a t h a d c a p s i z e d
during the s t o r m .
4 . W e ' v e c o l l e c t e d t h e f i r e w o o d in
5. I s u g g e s t y o u
to m a k e a b o n f i r e .
a rest for a w h i l e . Y o u ' v e b e e n w o r k i n g t o o l o n g .
6. J o s h c a n b e v e r y c r e a t i v e a n d a t t h e s a m e
h e c a n b e v e r y lazy.
7 . I'm s o r r y P e t e but y o u r q u a l i f i c a t i o n s a r e n ' t g o o d

8
to get t h e j o b .
s e e m s to b e a p r o b l e m w i t h t h e s e r v e r . Let's a s k s o m e o n e f o r h e l p .
9. I'm really
u p w i t h this c o l d c l i m a t e . Let's m o v e s o m e w h e r e h o t .
10. After t h e a c c i d e n t , J o s h c o u l d
w a l k a n d h e h a d to u s e c r u t c h e s for
support.
1. B e f o r e m a k i n g t h e final d e c i s i o n , y o u s h o u l d t a k e all o u r s u g g e s t i o n s
CONSIDER
a n d c o n c l u s i o n s into d e e p
2. M a r t h a is a
y o u n g giri. E v e r y t h i n g s h e d o e s is
SENSE
well thought over.

3.
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n w a s t h e c a u s e of t h e riots t h a t
RACE
b r o k e out in L o s A n g e l e s .
4 . T h e q u e s t i o n of m a s s r e d u n d a n c i e s is t h e m o s t
TROUBLE
a n d it n e e d s t o b e s o l v e d i m m e d i a t e l y .
5. D a v i d ' s b e e n in d e e p
6. ' W h a t ' s t h e
e v e r s i n c e his girl left h i m .
DEPRESS
of t h e T h a m e s r i v e r ? ' 'It's 3 4 0 k m . '
7. Our children a r e only
LONG
a l l o w e d to h a v e l u n c h in
OCCASION
fast food restaurants.

8. W h a t ' s w r o n g w i t h y o u , H a n n a h ? Y o u look
MISERY
9. L e a v e it to m e . I c a n r e p a i r y o u r b i k e w i t h
EASY
1 0 . It w a s v e r y
of y o u not to h a v e s t o p p e d t h e c a r at
CARE
t h e traffic lights.
1. K a r e n is a n a c t r e s s . S h e s a y s s h e p r e f e r s p e r f o r m i n g live o n
p l a y i n g in f i l m s .
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to
2. S o m e p e o p l e g o for t h e plastic
y b e c a u s e t h e y b e l i e v e t h e y will
look better a n d m o r e a t t r a c t i v e after c h a n g i n g their a p p e a r a n c e s .

3. It's this low air
r _ that's killing m e . I c a n ' t f u n c t i o n properly.
4 . ' T h e s h o e s y o u ' v e b o u g h t a r e rather
v _
.' ' I n d e e d , t h e y a r e
not c h e e p . B u t t h e y are of e x c e l l e n t quality.'

5. Mrs P i n c h e r is k n o w n to b e a v e r y
riches
a __ p e r s o n . S h e ' s n e v e r s h a r e d her
with a n y o n e .
6. ' H o w m u c h is t h e
for s e n d i n g a t w o - k i l o g r a m p a r c e l ? '
' T w o p o u n d s , sir.'
7. Mr W a t s o n d i e d o n W e d n e s d a y a n d his _
8. N e x t t i m e , d o n ' t f o r g e t to p a y t h e rent,
I w a s o n Friday.
I will m a k e y o u
m o v e out of m y flat.
9. W e s t a r t e d c l i m b i n g at e i g h t a . m . a n d o n l y r e a c h e d t h e
of t h e m o u n t a i n
at six p . m .
10. T h e s c h o o l d o n ' t p r o v i d e
to s t u d e n t s , s o y o u will
h a v e to f i n d a r o o m to rent o n y o u r o w n .
1. W h e n t h e m e d i c i n e t a k e s
a) w o r k i n g
t h e pain will g o a w a y .
b) a c t i o n
c) effect
c) result
2. W h o ' s t h a t g o o d - l o o k i n g w o m a n
a) w o r n
b) d r e s s e d
in the w h i t e c o c k t a i l d r e s s ?
c) w r a p p e d
3. Finally, w e c a n call it
a) a n h o u r
d) e m b o d i e d
It's b e e n a h a r d w o r k .
b) a n e n d
c) a d a y
d) a last
4. R e m e m b e r t h a t y o u ' r e g o i n g d o w n t h e c a v e at y o u r o w n
W e don't
t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for y o u r d e c i s i o n .
a) d a n g e r
b) risk
c) c o n s e q u e n c e
d) c h a n c e
5. D e s p i t e its s o r e h o o f , t h e h o r s e still
a) s t a n d s
b) lies
c) r u n s
6. Alice's b e e n in h i g h
a) m o o d
d) sits
since morning.
b) f e e l i n g s
7. I've g o t a
a c h a n c e of w i n n i n g t h e r a c e .
c) m i n d
a) d r i p p y
b) l e a k i n g
8. It w a s N i c k w h o
a) e n c o u r a g e d
c) r u n n y
b) i n s i s t e d
c) u r g e d
b) c o n s i d e r e d
b) e x p a n d
d) m a i n t a i n e d
into by a s p e c i a l c o m m i t t e e .
c) l o o k e d
10. I don't w a n t this i n f o r m a t i o n to

a) s p r e a d
d) w a t e r y
o n k e e p i n g t h e wallet. R o b s u g g e s t e d giving it b a c k .
9. T h e c o r r u p t i o n a l l e g a t i o n s will b e
a) s e e n
d) spirits
nose. I m u s t have caught a cold.
d) e x a m i n e d
s o k e e p it s e c r e t , p l e a s e .
c) r e a c h
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1. M y g r a n d f a t h e r u s e d to s a y t h a t d r e a m s o n l y
true w h e n you w o r k
hard.
2. T h e a u d i e n c e w e r e
a b a c k w h e n t h e y s a w o n e of t h e a c t o r s w a s
drunk.
3. ' M i c h a e l ! C a n I
a w o r d with you?' 'Sure. W h a t ' s up?'
4. Before the final e x a m s , Ann spent

5. 'I'm s o b o r e d
of her t i m e s t u d y i n g in t h e library.
a b o u t g o i n g o u t to a p u b ? ' ' G o o d idea.'
6. R e c e n t l y , w e ' v e b e e n
so m u c h pressure. O u r boos wants us to get
ready with the project by next week.

7. Mr T r e v o r is not at w o r k . H e ' s b e e n on s i c k
s i n c e last M o n d a y .
8. I w a n t t h e d o c u m e n t s to b e d e l i v e r e d
delay. T h e y are very important.
9. I d i d n ' t s e e M a d o n n a w e l l . I j u s t m a n a g e d to
a g l i m p s e of h e r a s s h e
w a s entering the building.

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t h a n s t a y at h o m e a l o n e , I'd p r e f e r t o s p e n d t h e t i m e w i t h m y f r i e n d s .
II. W r i t e t h e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .
FOG
1.
2. F r a n c e w o n the football
in 1 9 9 8 .
CHAMPION
3. T h a n k s to o u r s p o n s o r s '
, our o r g a n i s a t i o n c a n
GENEROUS
continue protecting endangered animals.

4 . T h e s t o r y h e h a d t o l d us w a s q u i t e
N o n e of us
REAL
b e l i e v e d in it.
5. B e f o r e t h e y got d i v o r c e d
arguments had broken
VIOLENCE
o u t in t h e L e e s ' h o u s e a l m o s t e v e r y day.
6. W h a t I like a b o u t living by m y s e l f is t h e
freedom
LIMIT
of d o i n g w h a t I w a n t t o .
7. J e n n y is a
8. ' W h o s e
y o u n g girl. S h e ' s a l w a y s full of life.

is it to t a k e t h e d o g o u t for a w a l k ? '
LIVE
OBLIGE
'It's J o h n ' s t u r n t o d a y . '

WARM
9. T u r n o n t h e r a d i a t o r . G i v e us a little
1 0 . E v a is a y o u n g
m a n a g e r e s s . O n e d a y s h e will
TALENT
g e t to t h e t o p .
1 . T h e c o r r u p t i o n c a s e in t h e M i n i s t r y of D e f e n c e is in t h e _
of all n e w s p a p e r s t o d a y .
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_ a
n _ s
2. Martin
d the w i n n i n g g o a l for o u r t e a m j u s t b e f o r e t h e f i n a l w h i s t l e .
3. In 1 9 8 3 , t w o p a s s e n g e r jets c r a s h e d in t h e air. It w a s o n e of t h e w o r s t air

s _ s _ _ _ s i n
history.
4. Before they finally
d d o w n in C a l i f o r n i a , t h e G r e y s h a d m o v e d f r o m
s t a t e to s t a t e s e v e r a l t i m e s .
5. M y daily _
s i n c l u d e d o i n g h o m e w o r k a n d t a k i n g m y d o g for a w a l k .
6. T h e s c h o o l o f f e r s facilities for
d people, for e x a m p l e wheelchair
d r i v e s a n d s p e c i a l lifts.
7. M a n d y ' s d e c i d e d to c h a n g e her
u _
. She's meeting her hairdresser
this a f t e r n o o n .
8. Y o u c a n ' t d r i v e y o u r c a r h e r e , sir. It's a n a r e a o n l y for
9. Ever s i n c e m y _ y
s.
s t a r t e d to g e t w o r s e , I've h a d to w e a r g l a s s e s .
10. Right a f t e r t h e w e d d i n g c e r e m o n y , Sally a n d N i c k w e n t o n a
o _
to H a w a i i .
1. ' W h a t d o e s y o u r b r o t h e r d o for
a) a living
?' ' H e ' s a n a r c h i t e c t . '
b) a n e x i s t e n c e
c) a life
d) a b e i n g
2. M r S h a d y is k n o w n to s e t t l e all h i s m a t t e r s by
a) w a y s
b) m a n n e r s
c) u s e s
of b r i b e s .
d) m e a n s
3. T h e S u l t a n h a s e l e v e n w i v e s a n d a b o u t thirty c h i l d r e n to
a) d e l i v e r
b) p r o v i d e
c) s a t i s f y
d) s u p p o r t
4 . M a n y p o l i t i c i a n s a r r i v e d to p a y t h e i r
a) e s t i m a t e s
b) r e s p e c t s
5. ' W h a t ' s y o u r
a) v i e w
to the newly elected king.

c) r e g a r d s
d) h o n o u r s
to m o d e r n a r t ? ' ' N o t t o o w a r m . I p r e f e r c l a s s i c a l w o r k s . '

b) o p i n i o n
c) attitude
d) j u d g e m e n t
6. Y o u c a n get b r a n d n e w d e s i g n e r c l o t h e s for a
a) s o n g
for.
b) m u s i c
c) s c o r e
at t h e c l e a r a n c e s a l e .
d) n o t e
7. T h e b a t t l e of S t a l i n g r a d is a s s u m e d to h a v e b e e n t h e
a) t u r n i n g
b) p a s s i n g
c) s p i n n i n g
8. M a n y p e o p l e w o u l d like to h a v e
p o i n t of t h e w a r .
d) s h i f t i n g
at b e a t i n g t h e c h e s s c h a m p i o n but
Richard S i m m s only plays with the best o n e s .

a) a trial
b) a p r o b a t i o n
c) a n a t t e m p t
9. I d o n ' t like t h e w a y R i t a
a) s p e a k s
b) r u n s
d) a v e n t u r e
everybody down. She's such a gossip.

c) t a k e s
d) b r i n g s
10. E d w a r d h a s j u s t b e e n g r a n t e d a s c h o l a r s h i p a b r o a d . H i s p a r e n t s m u s t t a k e g r e a t
in h i s a c h i e v e m e n t s .
a) b o a s t
b) h o n o u r
c) o v a t i o n
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d) p r i d e
T E S T 31
~~
1 . In
of a h o r r i b l e p a i n in his right k n e e , m a r a t h o n r u n n e r d i d n ' t g i v e up.
2. Ever
I m e t J u l i a , I've b e e n in love w i t h h e r .
3. I a m flat
I h a v e n o m o n e y at all.
4. T i m e and
the old tower clock goes w r o n g .
5. N o w , y o u tell us y o u r
of the s t o r y E d b e f o r e w e d e c i d e w h o w a s
r e s p o n s i b l e for s t a r t i n g t h e f i g h t .
6
h a d t h e s u n g o n e d o w n w h e n a c o l d w i n d s t a r t e d to b l o w .
7. W a i t a s e c o n d , H a r r y . I h a v e t o
8. J u l y t h e 4
t h
on a m a k e - u p .
w a s a m e m o r a b l e day. It
d o w n in A m e r i c a n h i s t o r y .
for y o u t o paint t h e c e i l i n g . W e h a d it p a i n t e d last m o n t h .
1 0 . M y sister is p r e g n a n t . H e r b a b y is
n e x t m o n t h . I c a n ' t w a i t to b e c o m e
an aunt.
1 . It w o u l d be
to d r i v e all t h e w a y w i t h o u t a
REASON
s p a r e w h e e l in t h e b o o t . W e m u s t t a k e it.
2 . I g o t this s t r a n g e f e e l i n g w h e n I r e a l i s e d t h e r e w a s only w a t e r all
SEE
a r o u n d us a n d n o l a n d in
3. M a n c h e s t e r is a n
city.
4. Dave's a very
INDUSTRY
person. There are no
INVENT
problems that he c a n n o t solve.

5. It w a s m o s t
RESPONSIBLE
of y o u to d r i v e t h e c a r w i t h o u t a
valid licence.
CRUEL
6.
7. I n f l u e n z a is a n
INFECT
d i s e a s e . It c a n b e p a s s e d
t h r o u g h s n e e z i n g or c o u g h i n g .
8. Y o u c a n a l w a y s c o u n t o n E d . H e is a
DEPEND
person.
INVOLVE
9. T h e r e ' s c l e a r e v i d e n c e of t h e b u s i n e s s m a n ' s
in t h e c o r r u p t i o n affair.
10. T h e kidnappers
THREAT
to kill t h e h o s t a g e s u n l e s s
t h e i r d e m a n d s w e r e fulfilled i m m e d i a t e l y .
1. I'm s o r r y m a d a m but t h e s k i r t s y o u ' r e a s k i n g a b o u t a r e not
at t h e m o m e n t . C o m e n e x t w e e k .
2 . D o n ' t eat t h e m e a t . It l o o k s s t a l e . Y o u m i g h t get a f o o d
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n _ .
3. Y o u c o n s u m e t o o m u c h f a t t y f o o d a n d get t o o little e x e r c i s e . T h i s is w h y y o u a r e
_ v
4. M o l l y is v e r y
. She never boasts about her a c h i e v e m e n t s .
5. T w o s k i e r s a r e r e p o r t e d to h a v e b e e n killed by a n
that was
c a u s e d by s o m e o t h e r i r r e s p o n s i b l e s k i i n g f a n a t i c s .
6. Y o u can't go a b r o a d w i t h o u t a p a s s p o r t . T h e o f f i c e r s w o n ' t let y o u c r o s s t h e
o
r .
7. M i c k , our b e l o v e d s o n ,
r _ s u s f i n a n c i a l l y . W i t h o u t it, w e w o u l d die
of h u n g e r .
8. K e e p t h e i n f o r m a t i o n in s e c r e t . It is strictly
9. A f t e r i n s p e c t i n g m y t h r o a t , t h e d o c t o r m a d e out a
.
p
w i t h m e d i c i n e to t a k e .
10. It's
k n o w l e d g e t h a t p r o f e s s o r T h o m p s o n is in love w i t h F i o n a .
Everybody knows that.

1. Y o u m u s t learn to t a k e t h i n g s e a s y . Y o u a r e a
a) b u n c h
b) s p o o l
c) b u n d l e
2. Y o u h a v e d o n e
a) j u s t i c e
of n e r v e s .
d) h e a p
to u s w i t h this d e l i c i o u s m e a l . T h a n k y o u , H e l e n .
b) fair
c) v i r t u e
d) h o n o u r
3. T h e f a m i l y h a d lost all t h e i r p o s s e s s i o n s in t h e fire. T h e y h a d to start e v e r y t h i n g

from
a) s c r a p
b) s c r u b
c) s c r i b b l e
4. I didn't k n o w R o b e r t h a d
a) s t e p p e d
d) s c r a t c h
out of university. W a s n ' t he s a t i s f i e d w i t h it?
b) d r o p p e d
c) f a l l e n
d) t r i p p e d
5. If y o u k e e p e v a d i n g t a x e s like t h i s , you'll s o o n
a) l e a d
b) f i n d
c) e n d
u p in p r i s o n .
d) c e a s e
6. T h e y o u t h s a r e b e i n g m e r c i l e s s l y
by their b o s s e s . T h e y r e c e i v e h a r d l y
a n y m o n e y for t h e h a r d w o r k t h e y d o .
a) e x p l o i t e d
b) e x p o s e d
c) e x p l o r e d
d) e x h a u s t e d
7. ' W h a t ' s h a p p e n e d ? W h y a r e y o u w e a r i n g a p l a s t e r o n t h e l e g ? ' 'I
my
ankle while I was playing basketball the other day.'

a) b e n t
b) s p r a i n e d
c) f l i p p e d
d) leapt
8.1 don't believe a w o r d you're saying. You're just pulling m y

a) leg
b) h e a d
c) a r m
d) n o s e
9. T h i s y e a r , o u r c o m p a n y h a s a l r e a d y
a) b r o u g h t
b) t a k e n
on fifty n e w e m p l o y e e s .
c) put
d) set
10. T h a t electric r a z o r I b o u g h t didn't c o m e u p to m y

a) s a t i s f a c t i o n
b) liking
aren't you?
c) c o m f o r t
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s o I t o o k it b a c k .
d) e x p e c t a t i o n s
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1 . T h e s i t u a t i o n d o e s n ' t look g o o d . W h a t shall I d o n o w ? ' 'I d o n ' t k n o w . It's
to you. You're the boss here.'
2. W i n s t o n , stop
u n r u l y o r you'll b e p u n i s h e d .
3. J a m e s W a t t is k n o w n to
w o r k e d o n t h e s t e a m e n g i n e in t h e 1 8
4 . T h e l a n d l o r d s a y s h e d o e s n ' t e a r n e n o u g h . In
t h
century.
w o r d s , h e ' s g o i n g to
i n c r e a s e o u r rent.
5. D u e to t h e r e c e s s i o n , d o z e n s of s m a l l c o m p a n i e s h a v e
bankrupt.
6. D o n ' t y o u t h i n k it w o u l d b e p r a i s e w o r t h y to d o n a t e s o m e m o n e y t o p e o p l e
need?
7. S o o n , y o u will
8. F o r t h e
9. ' W h a t
a c c u s t o m e d to t h e strict r u l e s w e h a v e in this s c h o o l .
six m o n t h s , t h e sailors h a v e b e e n at s e a .
of d o g is t h i s ? ' 'It's v e r y u n i q u e . It's c a l l e d t h e A k i t a . '
10. T h e r e w a s n o b o d y to h e l p m e o u t . I h a d to c a r r y all m y s u i t c a s e s by
1. I d o n ' t t r u s t h i m . His
l e a v e s m u c h to b e d e s i r e d .
2. 'What's the
of the s m a l l e s t b o x ? ' ' N o t h i n g
HONEST
CONTAIN
special just o d d s and ends.'

3. O u r y o u n g e s t d a u g h t e r is a
animal lover.
4 . Y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o r e p l a c e t h e p i p e s with n e w o n e s . T h e r e is n o
such
PASSION
NECESSARY
at t h e m o m e n t .
WASTE
5. W h e r e a s in rich c o u n t r i e s p e o p l e t e n d to l e a d a
lifestyle, in t h e p o o r o n e s p e o p l e suffer f r o m a c u t e s t a r v a t i o n .
6. E v e r y m o n t h , o u r c h i l d r e n a r e g i v e n an
of $ 2 0
ALLOW
for t h e i r o w n u s e . T h e y u s u a l l y s p e n d it on s w e e t s a n d t o y s .
7.
LITERATE
r e a d or w r i t e t h e i r n a m e s .
8. ' W o u l d y o u like t o a s t f o r b r e a k f a s t ? ' N o , I h a v e a s t r o n g
PREFER
for s c r a m b l e d eggs.'
9. In t o d a y ' s n e w s p a p e r , t h e r e is an interview w i t h J o s e p h H o l d e n t h e only
SURVIVE
of t h e last s e a d i s a s t e r .
10. T o m y g r e a t
, I've b e e n g r a n t e d a s c h o l a r s h i p .
ASTONISH
1. W e h a v e not p a i d b a c k t h e c r e d i t to t h e b a n k yet. W e a r e still in
2 . E a c h m o n t h , m y p a r e n t s give m e s o m e
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b _ .
m o n e y for m y o w n u s e .
3 T h e k i n g w a s m u r d e r e d b y c o n s p i r a t o r s . W h e n his s o n g r e w up, h e p r o m i s e d t o
t a k e his
g _
on t h e m and punish t h e m severely.
4. T h e w h i t e r h i n o c e r o s is a v e r y
r _ s p e c i e s . T h e r e a r e not m o r e t h a n five
h u n d r e d of t h e m in t h e w o r l d .
5. AH t h e s t r a y d o g s a n d c a t s that w e c a t c h a r e p u t in t h e a n i m a l
where they are given food and water.

6. I think it is a g o o d i d e a to s e g r e g a t e
s _
. In this w a y , w e c o n t r i b u t e
to r e c y c l i n g a n d t h u s t h e c l e a n e r e n v i r o n m e n t .
7. F r e d e r i c S t a n t o n is s o m e t h i n g of a
y i n o u r village. H e ' s b e e n
r e c o g n i s e d b y e v e r y o n e e v e r s i n c e he a p p e a r e d o n o u r local t e l e v i s i o n .
8. If y o u b u y t h e f u r n i t u r e s e t s , w e will
it f r e e of c h a r g e to y o u r
door.
9. T h e r e a r e a b o u t thirty e m p l o y e e s w h o w o r k u n d e r m e . T h e y a r e m y
b
s.
10. T h e S e r e n g e t i P a r k is t h e l a r g e s t w i l d n a t u r e
v _
in A f r i c a w h e r e
animals are protected against merciless poachers.

1. T h e e l d e r l y l a d y c a r r i e d a k n i f e for
a) risk
b) d a n g e r
of b e i n g m u g g e d in t h e s t r e e t .
c) c o n c e r n
d) f e a r
2. I s a i d I d i d n ' t a g r e e w i t h his p o i n t of v i e w a n d h e t o o k
a) o f f e n c e
b) d i s l i k e
c) insult
d) a v e r s i o n
3. ' W h o s h o u l d g o first y o u or m e ? ' 'Let's

a) t h r o w
b) d r o p
with m e .
a coin.'
c) t o s s
d) l a u n c h
4 . T h e t o u r o r g a n i s e r s d o n ' t c o v e r t h e c o s t s of f o o d . Y o u will eat at y o u r o w n

a) p a y m e n t
b) c h a r g e
c) m o n e y
5. T h e q u a l i t y of t h e hi-fi s e t d i d n ' t
a) m e e t
b) rise
d) e x p e n s e
m y e x p e c t a t i o n s , so I t o o k it b a c k .
c) f a c e
d) a p p e a l
6. I t h i n k I will s t a y a t h o m e t o d a y . I'm f e e l i n g a bit off

a) s h a d e
b) t o n e
c) c o l o u r
d) h u e
7. T h e v a c u u m c l e a n e r isn't w o r k i n g w e l l . C a n y o u
a) l o o k
b) v i e w
c) w a t c h
to it?
d) s e e
8. J u d e ' s v i c t o r y in t h e t o u r n a m e n t w a s a c c i d e n t a l . It w a s j u s t a
a) hit
9. D o n ' t
a) b o t h e r
b) s t r o k e
c) l e a p
to w a s h t h e s e plastic p l a t e s . T h e y a r e d i s p o s a b l e .
b) d i s t u r b
c) b u r d e n
10. All t h e s t o r i e s his s a y s a r e b e y o n d

a) t r u t h
of luck.
d) b l o w
b) reality
d) c o n c e r n
T h e y are simply n o n s e n s e .
c) belief
d) s e n s e
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T E S T 33
"
1 . W h e n t h e p o l i c e patrol n o t i c e d h i m , t h e y o u n g m a n w a s d r i v i n g at t h e
of a b o u t 2 0 0 k m / h .
2
y o u r s e l f to a n y t h i n g y o u like. I s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d t h e s e a f o o d s a l a d .
3. W e h a v e to f i n d a filling s t a t i o n s o m e w h e r e . T h e r e is not m u c h p e t r o l
in t h e t a n k .
4
a f e w d e c a d e s ' t i m e , s p a c e t r a v e l s will b e c o m e a c o m m o n t h i n g .
5. W h y a r e y o u p o i n t i n g at m e ? I h a v e n o t h i n g to
6. F o r t h e
with the burglary.
of s a f e t y , w e k e e p all o u r s a v i n g s in t h e b a n k .
7. Isn't it
t i m e y o u w e r e g o i n g out to s c h o o l ?
8. N o
h a d t h e p l a n e t a k e n off t h a n t h e a l a r m w a s r a i s e d .
9. T h a n k s f o r g i v i n g us a h e l p i n g
W e wouldn't have m a n a g e d without you.
1 0 . After t h e l e s s o n , w e w e r e m a d e
clean the c l a s s r o o m .
n. H u t t n e w o r d s i n t n e c o r r e c t r o r m .
1 . T h i s f o o d is s i m p l y
EAT
It t a s t e s h o r r i b l e .
GROW
2 . T h e m i n i s t e r s a y s he's w o r r i e d a b o u t t h e s u d d e n
in u n e m p l o y m e n t .
3. M r H a l l e y is a n
businessman. He knows m a n y
INFLUENCE
p e o p l e in h i g h s e a t s .
4 . I r e c o m m e n d this b o o k for a n e x a m
REVISE
5. G r e g is r a t h e r
SUIT
for our t e a m . He k n o w s n o t h i n g
about sailing.
6. ' E x c u s e m e . W h e r e is t h e
food department?'
FREEZE
'It's o v e r t h e r e b e h i n d t h e s w e e t s d e p a r t m e n t . '
7. In
t o t h e f i n a n c i a l a w a r d , the c h a m p i o n w a s a l s o
ADD
g i v e n a l u x u r i o u s car.
8. D o n ' t w o r r y a b o u t s u c h s m a l l l o s s e s . T h e y a r e
ACCEPT
9. I a m a
FAITH
f a n of o u r local f o o t b a l l t e a m . I h a v e
never supported any other one.

TRY
10. T h e c o n v i c t c l a i m s h e w a s n ' t g i v e n a fair

1. T h e t e a m d o n ' t p a y for t h e e q u i p m e n t . T h e i r s p o n s o r s
2. My grandfather can't hear well. He needs a hearing _
3. W i t h
v
i
the costs.
d to y o u r q u e s t i o n , let m e e x p l a i n that w e a r e not a b l e to
p r o v i d e y o u w i t h t h e s e r v i c e s y o u a r e a s k i n g for.
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4. W e a r e s o
t _ f _ _ for everything you've done for us. W e are your
debtors.
5. T h e S w e d i s h s c i e n t i s t s w e r e a w a r d e d t h e N o b e l Prize for t h e r e v o l u t i o n a r y results
of their s c i e n t i f i c
6. D o n ' t
s _ a
n _ for a m o m e n t . K e e p y o u r e y e o p e n .
7. T h e N o r t o n ' s a r e q u i t e
-off. T h e y c a n a f f o r d m a n y t h i n g s .
8. S u s a n l o v e s w o r k i n g w i t h c h i l d r e n . S h e ' s a p r o f e s s i o n a l b a b y _ _
9. I'm not
c _
_ t
d that t h e total s u m is c o r r e c t . L e t ' s c a l c u l a t e it a g a i n .
10. I've b e e n s t a y i n g a w a y f r o m m y h o m e l a n d a n d m y f a m i l y for t o o l o n g . I'm s o

m _ s
. I miss t h e m so m u c h .
1. C h e r y l o f t e n
about her intelligence. She's very c o n c e i t e d .
a) p r i d e s
b) e n j o y s
c) b o a s t s
d) p r a i s e s
2 . O u r d o g w a s o l d a n d v e r y ill, s o o u r f a t h e r t o o k it to t h e v e t to
a) put
b) t a k e
c) h a v e
3. I f i n d it r e a s o n a b l e to put s o m e m o n e y a s i d e for a
a) c l o u d y
b) r a i n y
c) w i n d y
4. It m a k e s n o s e n s e to
a) j u d g e
day.
d) f o g g y
p e o p l e by a p p e a r a n c e s . It m a y l e a d t o p r e j u d i c e s .
b) try
it d o w n .
d) b r i n g
c) criticise
d) r e v i e w
with t h e e x e r c i s e , s o I a s k e d m y t e a c h e r for f u r t h e r
instruction.
a) m a n a g e
b) a c h i e v e
c) c o p e
d) fulfil
6. W h y d o n ' t w e a s k E d i t h for a d v i c e ? I'm s u r e s h e will k n o w h o w to
the
problem.
a) s u c c e e d
b) h a n d l e
c) p e r f o r m
d) m a n i p u l a t e
7. If y o u p u r c h a s e a o n e - y e a r s u b s c r i p t i o n , y o u will
f r o m a f r e e of c h a r g e
d e l i v e r y of t h e m a g a z i n e to y o u r d o o r .
a) b e n e f i t
b) a d v a n t a g e
c) o b t a i n
d) a c q u i r e
8. T h e e x t r a t u i t i o n s t h a t o u r s o n h a s h a d s i n c e last y e a r , h a v e h e l p e d h i m m a k e
a considerable
a) h e a d w a y
in m a t h s a n d p h y s i c s .
b) h e a d l i n e
c) h e a d i n g
9. M u s t y o u a l w a y s s w i m a g a i n s t t h e
d) h e a d l i g h t
? W h y do you always contradict
other people's opinions?

a) river
b) w a v e
c) f l o w
d) tide
10. T h e c h a i n of t h e r e s t a u r a n t s k e e p s l o o s i n g its p o p u l a r i t y o n
t h a t t h e m e a t t h e y s e r v e is not f r e s h .
a) r e a s o n
b) g r o u n d
c) a c c o u n t
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d) c a u s e
of r u m o u r s
TEST 34
"
1. T h e balloon race was cancelled owing
a stormy weather.
2 . J a s o n B r a n l e y is t h e m a n w i t h o u t
w e w o u l d n ' t h a v e m a n a g e d to
s u r v i v e a s i n g l e d a y in t h e j u n g l e .
3. T h e B r o w n s h a v e lost their f o r t u n e but t h e y still
4. W e e x p e c t all of y o u to b e h a v e in a p r o p e r
up a p p e a r a n c e s .
during the performance.
5. D i a n e a n d M i c h a e l d o n ' t g o o u t a n y m o r e . T h e y
6
u p last m o n t h .
b e f o r e h a v e I s e e n a r a i n b o w like t h i s . It's really m a r v e l l o u s .
7. If
I h a d h a d m y c a m e r a t h e n , I w o u l d h a v e t a k e n a p i c t u r e of t h a t
unusual scene.
8
e v e r y b o d y ' s s u r p r i s e , t h e w o r l d c h a m p i o n didn't e v e n qualify for t h e

s e c o n d r o u n d of t h e t o u r n a m e n t .
9. I d o n ' t t h i n k it w a s a g o o d d e c i s i o n to
out of u n i v e r s i t y . Y o u w o n ' t f i n d
a good job without a thorough education.

10. Y o u
to h a v e c h e c k e d t h e m a p b e f o r e s e t t i n g off. W e w o u l d h a v e
k n o w n w h e r e to g o t h e n .
1 . I a m f o n d of
m u s i c . B e e t h o v e n is m y f a v o u r i t e .
2 . T r u e love r e q u i r e s a lot of
to d e v e l o p .
3. It w a s r a t h e r a
CLASSIC
PATIENT
e x p e r i e n c e . I d o n ' t w a n t to t a l k
SHAME
a b o u t it. L e t ' s talk a b o u t s o m e t h i n g nicer.

4. About one hundred new
have started working
EMPLOY
in o u r c o m p a n y t h i s y e a r .
5. M r H i c k s is n o l o n g e r a m e m b e r of o u r party. H e w a s m a d e to
LOYAL
l e a v e for b e i n g
6. D o n ' t b e a f r a i d of m y t u r t l e . It's totally
HARM
7. D a v e h a s d o n e a g o o d j o b . H e s h o u l d be r e w a r d e d f o r his g r e a t
CONTRIBUTE
to our success.
8. I d o n ' t k n o w h o w to fill in t h e f o r m . I n e e d y o u r
ASSIST
9 . N i g e l is
ALLERGY
to s t r a w b e r r i e s . W h e n e v e r h e e a t s
s o m e , h e g e t t h e s e r e d s p o t s all o v e r his f a c e .
10. Everybody a d m i r e d the m a n ' s unusual
He
STRONG
lifted a f i f t y - k i l o g r a m b a r r e l w i t h j u s t o n e h a n d .
1. T h e Roman legions defeated every
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t h a t s t o o d in t h e i r w a y .
2. W e h a v e n ' t _ u
3. Y o u c a n a l w a y s _ _
d our n e w flat yet. T h e r o o m s a r e still e m p t y .
u _ _ o n m e . I will s t a n d by y o u c o m e rain or s h i n e .
4 . It's b e e n a v e r y g o o d y e a r for f a r m e r s a n d g a r d e n e r s . T h e y h a v e g a t h e r e d r e c o r d
r
s of c e r e a l a n d fruit.
5. I h a v e n ' t got a _
h o w to play this g a m e . I d o n ' t k n o w t h e r u l e s .
6. It's s a i d t h a t t o o m u c h c o f f e e c a n _ n
s _
y o u r b l o p d p r e s s u r e too
m u c h , w h i c h is n o t g o o d for t h e h e a r t .
7. T h e p a t i e n t is m a k i n g a _
recovery. Step by step, he's getting
better a n d better.
8. T h i s is a s e c o n d - h a n d car. It's
isn't h i g h . Y o u c a n b u y it really c h e a p .
9. J a p a n e s e p e o p l e u s u a l l y b o w w h e n t h e y g r e e t e a c h o t h e r b u t in E u r o p e it's t y p i c a l
to __ h
hands.
10. _ c _ _ _
_ g
to t h e s u r v e y , m o r e p e o p l e a r e s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e i r living
c o n d i t i o n s n o w a d a y s t h a n in t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r s .
1. Y o u s h o u l d be
a) pitiful
of yourself. L o o k w h a t y o u ' v e d o n e to y o u r little b r o t h e r .

b) s o r r y
c) a s h a m e d
2 . M i c h e l l e is s o
a) k e e n
d) guilty
o n h o r s e s . S h e d r e a m s of h a v i n g o n e of h e r o w n .
b) i n t e r e s t e d
c) f o n d
3. It w a s S h e i l a w h o
d) f a s c i n a t e d
up w i t h t h e i d e a of h a v i n g a s c h o o l r e u n i o n . A n d w e
all l i k e d t h e i d e a v e r y m u c h .
a) put
b) c a l l e d
c) c a m e
d) s t o o d
4. T h i s w o n d e r f u l f l o w e r g a r d e n
a) r e m i n d s
of t h e p l a c e I l i v e d in a s a c h i l d .
b) r e m e m b e r s
c) r e c o l l e c t s
d) r e s e m b l e s
5. T h e r e a r e d a y s w h e n I d r e a m of m o v i n g to a
island away from the
big city n o i s e .
a) s o l i t a r y
b) l o n e l y
c) d e s e r t
d) b a r e
6. W e d o n ' t m e e t o f t e n . H a r r y visits us o n c e in a b l u e
a) m o o n
b) s k y
c) c l o u d
d) s u n
7. T h e p a t i e n t ' s j a w w a s b r o k e n s o he h a d g r e a t
in c o m m u n i c a t i n g with
the doctors and the nurses.

a) c o n f u s i o n
b) difficulty
c) f a i l u r e
d) d i s t u r b a n c e
8. W h e n s h e h a r d the b a d n e w s , t h e e l d e r l y lady
a) b u r s t
b) b l e w
9. O n l y o n e b o y
a) risen
c) b o o m e d
d) b l a s t e d
his h a n d w h e n the teacher a s k e d a q u e s t i o n .

b) r o s e
c) rise
d) r a i s e d
1 0 . T h e e l e c t r i c c h a i n s a w is out of
a) n o r m a l
into t e a r s .
b) e f f e c t
You'll h a v e to u s e a h a n d s a w .
c) o r d e r
d) f u n c t i o n
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1 . O u t of m y w a y ! I'm
a hurry.
2 . D a v i d s h o u l d k n o w h o w to h e l p y o u . H e ' s a d o c t o r
all.
3. W e d i d n ' t a r r a n g e to m e e t in t h e c a f e . W e m e t
4 . A l i c e s e e m s to
chance.
g e t t i n g o n with B e c k y .
5. W h a t ' s w r o n g w i t h y o u ? Y o u look a s p a l e as
6. J a c k is a l a z y b o n e s . H e d o e s n o t h i n g
w a t c h T V all d a y r o u n d .
7 . D o n ' t l o o k a t m e like t h a t . I h a v e n o t h i n g to
with the m e s s .
8. It t o o k m e s e v e r a l h o u r s , but finally I s u c c e e d e d
solving the puzzle.
9. N o a h d o e s n ' t k n o w m u c h a b o u t the p r o d u c t i o n p r o c e s s e s . H e ' s still

b e h i n d t h e e a r s . H e ' s o n l y w o r k e d for us for t w o w e e k s .
10. T h e fire b r i g a d e h a v e n ' t f i n i s h e d yet. T h e t o p of the h o u s e is still
fire.
1. M y c o u s i n E d d i e is a n ice h o c k e y f a n . H e ' s a
of
SUPPORT
the Edmonton team.

2 . T h a t c r e a m c a k e is q u i t e a
Can I have another
TEMPT
piece, please?
3. A n n h a s a
for i c e - c r e a m . S h e s i m p l y c o u l d n ' t live
WEAK
w i t h o u t it.
RELY
4 . T i n a h a s n e v e r r e f u s e d to h e l p u s . S h e ' s t h e m o s t
friend w e have.
5. It w a s a
n i g h t . T h e s t r e s s w a s s o big t h a t e v e n
SLEEP
t h e s l e e p i n g pills didn't h e l p m e m u c h .
6 . P h y s i c a l e x e r c i s e is k n o w n to b e
to y o u r h e a l t h .
7. T h a t b o y a l w a y s h a s a n e x c u s e for his
during
BENEFIT
ABSENT
maths lessons.
8. D o n ' t b e t o o
of M a r k . T h e b o y is v e r y s e n s i t i v e .
9. A c u t e
is t h e m a i n c a u s e of s t a r v a t i o n a n d
CRITICISE
POOR
m a l n u t r i t i o n in t h e T h i r d W o r l d c o u n t r i e s .
10. It w a s a n
performance. No wonder the R u s s i a n
IMPRESS
figure skater was given the m a x i m u m score.

1. O u r d a u g h t e r is
2. Many
t . S h e ' s g o i n g to h a v e a b a b y s o o n .
s o f a n i m a l s a r e in d a n g e r of e x t i n c t i o n d u e t o p o l l u t i o n a n d
d e v a s t a t i o n of t h e i r n a t u r a l h a b i t a t s .
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3. In t h e b e g i n n i n g , t h e n e w j o b w a s q u i t e a
to m e . However,
after a f e w w e e k s of t r a i n i n g I s t a r t e d m a k i n g p r o g r e s s .
4 . T h e v i e w f r o m t h e _ e _ _ of the m o u n t a i n w a s b r e a t h t a k i n g . It w a s w o r t h
c l i m b i n g up to t h e t o p to s e e it.
5. If y o u p a r k y o u r car in a w r o n g p l a c e , a traffic
will g i v e y o u a t i c k e t .
6. L a s t y e a r , t h e d i c t i o n a r y c o s t a b o u t 2 0 p o u n d s but its
t p r i c e is
m u c h higher.
7. M r H o l l y w a s m a d e
n _
in D e c e m b e r . H e ' s b e e n o u t of j o b
s i n c e that t i m e .
8. ' W h a t h a v e y o u b o u g h t in t h e s u p e r m a r k e t ? '
_
' N o t h i n g s p e c i a l . J u s t s o m e bits a n d
s .'
9. T h e s u r g e o n s a y s it will t a k e s e v e r a l w e e k s f o r t h e p a t i e n t t o
from the wounds.

10. M r J o h n s o n is a retired a r m y g e n e r a l . H e is p a i d a
n of a b o u t
$ 5 0 0 0 e a c h m o n t h , w h i c h e n a b l e s h i m to live in c o m f o r t .
1. I'm not
w i t h t h e latest politics. I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t is g o i n g o n .
a) k n o w n
b) a c c u s t o m e d
c) c o m m o n
2 . If I w e r e in a u t h o r i t y , I w o u l d
a) p r o h i b i t
b) b a n
3. D o n ' t
d) f a m i l i a r
all c a r s f r o m t h e city c e n t r e .
c) r e f u s e
d) c o n t r a d i c t
t h e d o o r c h i l d r e n . Y o u r f a t h e r is a s l e e p .
a) s m a s h
b) c l a p
c) s l a m
d) c r u s h
4. T h e f t s of t h e s t a t i o n e r y e q u i p m e n t is c e r t a i n l y o n e of t h e b i g g e r p r o b l e m s that w e
h a v e to
a) o r d e r
out in t h e c o m p a n y .
b) c l e a n
5. It's n o
a) w o r t h
c) s o r t
d) d e a l
trying t o c o n v i n c e D a r r e l . H e w o n ' t c h a n g e his m i n d , f o r s u r e .

b) g o o d
c) s e n s e
6. Y o u d i d h a v e a
d) point
e s c a p e . I c a n ' t t h i n k w h a t w o u l d h a v e h a p p e n e d if t h e
f i s h e r m e n in t h e p a s s i n g b o a t h a d n ' t n o t i c e d y o u in t h e icy w a t e r .
a) n a r r o w
b) s h o r t
c) t h i n
7. O u r s o n l e a r n e d to
a) tell
d) s c a r c e
t h e t i m e at t h e a g e of f i v e .
b) s p e a k
c) s a y
d) p r o n o u n c e
8. If w e m o v e to the o u t s k i r t s , it will
a) e x p l a i n
b) c o n c l u d e
our h a v i n g to c o m m u t e f o r a b o u t 2 h o u r s .
c) m e a n
d) result
9. T h e c h i l d r e n a r e rather c o l d . T h e y a r e n ' t
a) a c c u s t o m e d
b) h a b i t u a l
10. It's m u c h b e t t e r to b e
a) b e f o r e
b) a d v a n c e
to s l e e p i n g in t h e o p e n air.
c) c o n s c i o u s
d) a p p r o v e d
of t i m e t h a n to c o m e t o o late.
c) e a r l i e r
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d) a h e a d
T E S T 36
"
1. E v a h a s
a c o l d . S h e ' s got a h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e a n d m u s t s t a y in b e d .
2 . S a m a n t h a w o r k s for c h a r i t y . S h e h e l p s p e o p l e w h o s u f f e r
3. T h e r e ' s no n e e d
poverty.
y o u to oil t h e h i n g e s . T h e y w e r e o i l e d last w e e k .
4. In A t h e n s , w e w e n t t o s e e n t h e T e m p l e of Z e u s as
5. If I w e r e in y o u r
as t h e A c r o p o l i s .
, I w o u l d n ' t i n v e s t so m u c h in t h e r i s k y b u s i n e s s .
6. D o n ' t e v e n try flirting w i t h T i n a . S h e is e n g a g e d

7. D o n ' t h u r r y . T h i n k d e e p l y
Andrew.
your time before giving your answers.
8. F r a n k n e v e r b r e a k s his p r o m i s e s . H e ' s a m a n of his

9. W e try t o c o n t r o l w h a t o u r c h i l d r e n
10. N o w a n d
their p o c k e t m o n e y o n .
t h e o l d c l o c k b r e a k s d o w n a n d w e h a v e to h a v e it m e n d e d .
1. W e d i d n ' t p l a n to m e e t in t h e c a f e . O u r m e e t i n g w a s c o m p l e t e l y
ACCIDENT
2. It m u s t h a v e b e e n s o m e
UNDERSTAND
I a s k e d for a g l a s s
of w a t e r a n d t h e w a i t e r b r o u g h t m e a g l a s s of w h i s k y .
3. T h e s e r v i c e in t h e hotel w e r e v e r y
to u s , s o
RESPECT
w e c o m p l a i n e d to t h e m a n a g e r but he a p p e a r e d to b e as r u d e .
4. T h e f o r m e r ruling p a r t y m a d e
mistakes that
NUMBER
r e s u l t e d in a d e e p c r i s i s in t h e c o u n t r y .
FAIR
5.
w o r k e r s but m y s a l a r y is m u c h lower.
6. T h e p o l i c e c a r r i e d out an e x t e n s i v e s e a r c h for t h e m i s s i n g c h i l d
but t h e y d i d n ' t
7. W e t a k e g r e a t
8. Betty's
SUCCESS
in f i n d i n g h i m .
in our d a u g h t e r ' s s u c c e s s e s .
k n o c k e d m e off m y f e e t . I t h o u g h t s h e
PROUD
REJECT
l o v e d m e a n d w a n t e d t o g e t m a r r i e d to m e .
SYMPATHY
9. W e t h a n k e d all o u r f r i e n d s , w h o w e r e s o
when our father died.
TO. J e s s i c a is a girl of a n
beauty. No w o n d e r then
EXCEPT
s h e c a t c h e s t h e e y e of m a n y b o y s .
1 . ' W h a t s i z e is this s h i r t ? ' ' H a v e a look at t h e
2 . T h e c o n v i c t s a y s h e h a s a n alibi t h a t will
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b
v _
. T h e s i z e m u s t be t h e r e . '
his i n n o c e n c e .
3. He c a l l e d m e a silly g o o s e . I'm not g o i n g to f o r g i v e h i m for a n
t of this
kind.
4. M a n y British p e o p l e a r e p r o u d of t h e i r Q u e e n w h e r e a s s o m e o t h e r s d o n ' t like t h e
i d e a of s u p p o r t i n g t h e
5. I'm in
v _
u _
f a m i l y with their t a x e s .
of t h e p r o p o s a l s y o u ' v e m a d e . I o f f e r m y full s u p p o r t to y o u .
6. ' T h a t b o y is a l w a y s _ t
g at m e . ' ' M a y b e , h e l i k e s y o u s o m u c h but is
too s h y to c o m e up a n d talk to y o u . '

7. I d o n ' t s e e a n y l o g i c a l _ u
of g e t t i n g u p s o e a r l y to g o j o g g i n g . Y o u
c a n a l w a y s g o j o g g i n g in t h e a f t e r n o o n .
8. I w o n d e r if t h e r e a r e a n y o t h e r f o r m s of life s o m e w h e r e in t h e
9. J u d i t h is v e r y
r space.
. It's not e a s y to m a k e h e r c h a n g e h e r m i n d
once she has taken a decision.

10. ' W h i c h s t a t i o n a r e y o u g e t t i n g off a t ? ' ' L e e d s is m y
.'
1. C a r e f u l w i t h t h e k n i f e . It's v e r y s h a r p . D o n ' t
a) h a r m
b) d a m a g e
yourself.
c) spoil
d) hurt
2. I w a s h a p p y to h a v e p a s s e d t h e e n t r a n c e e x a m i n a t i o n at t h e first
a) trial
b) p r o b a t i o n
c) r e h e a r s a l
3. T h e solicitor I u s u a l l y g o to
a) c h a r g e s
a reasonable fee.
b) r a t e s
c) e s t i m a t e s
4. 'Let's m e e t a t six
a) strict
6. Let's
d) a m o u n t s
in f r o n t of t h e o p e r a . ' 'All right. S e e y o u t h e n . '
b) a c u t e
c) s h a r p
5. J e n n y t u r n e d a w a y t o
a) a v o i d
d) a t t e m p t
d) h a r d
m e e t i n g her e x - b o y f r i e n d in t h e s h o p p i n g c e n t r e .
b) o m i t
c) r e f u s e
d) a b a n d o n
a w a y w i t h all t h e s e u s e l e s s r e g u l a t i o n s . W e d o n ' t n e e d t h e m a n y
more.
a) m a k e
b) g o
c) d o
d) put
7. T h e m a n w h o c o m m i t t e d t h e h o r r i b l e c r i m e
to b e a h a r d e n e d
criminal.
a) o b s e r v e d
b) a p p e a r e d
c) d i s p l a y e d
d) s u r v e y e d
8. N o w t h a t y o u h a v e g o t into t r o u b l e y o u m u s t put a b o l d
a) f o r e h e a d
b) h e a d
9. A u n t B e r t h a h a s a
a) l i k e n e s s
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b) t e n d e n c y
c) c h e e k
o n it.
d) f a c e
for b l a c k c o f f e e . S h e s i m p l y c a n n o t live w i t h o u t it.

c) p l e a s u r e
d) f o n d n e s s
f r o m t h e city c e n t r e , m y f r i e n d s a l s o s h o w e d m e t h e p o r t in H a m b u r g .
a) B e s i d e s
b) E x c e p t
c) A p a r t
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d) A d d i t i o n a l l y
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1. J a s o n
up a lot of F r e n c h w h e n h e w a s s t a y i n g in P a r i s . N o w , h e c a n
s p e a k the language fluently.

2. No
y o u ' r e f e e l i n g c o l d s e e i n g that y o u ' r e only w e a r i n g a T - s h i r t .
3. I'm v e r y s o r r y
4. T i n a
M a r i o n . S h e lost her h u s b a n d in t h e p l a n e c r a s h .
her w o r k first. S h e s a y s it's t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t t h i n g in her life.
5. R a t h e r
live in a b i g n o i s y city, w e ' d p r e f e r to m o v e to t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .
6. I d o n ' t t h i n k w e n e e d t h e c o m p a s s . W e c a n
w i t h o u t it a s t h e r o u t e is
quite simple.
7. T h e d i r e c t o r is o n h o l i d a y
t h e m e a n t i m e , I'm in c h a r g e of t h e office.
8. Let's g o to a c i n e m a t o n i g h t ,
we?
9. It's g e t t i n g c o l d . I s u g g e s t t h a t y o u
10
put on s o m e t h i n g w a r m .
t h e t i m e t h e s t o r m b e g a n , all t h e f i s h i n g b o a t s h a d r e t u r n e d to t h e port.
1 . In this s m a l l s h o p , t h e y h a v e a g o o d
2. People's great
of s o u v e n i r s .
a b o u t t h e p r i v a t e lives of f a m o u s
SELECT
CURIOUS
p e o p l e is a f o d d e r for t h e g u t t e r p r e s s .
3. T h e d e t e c t i v e w a s v e r y
P r o b a b l y , he b e l i e v e d
SUSPECT
a n y o n e of us c o u l d h a v e b e e n t h e culprit.
4 . T h e r e ' s no n e e d to w o r r y , boy. M e a s l e s is not a
DEATH
d i s e a s e . You'll j u s t h a v e to s t a y in b e d for a f e w d a y s .
5. T h e c o m p a n y w e n t b a n k r u p t b e c a u s e t h e y h a d m a d e t o o m a n y
LOSE
d u e to b a d i n v e s t m e n t s .
6. It's
to try t o r e m o v e the lid. It's too h e a v y .
POINT
7 . T h e m e m b e r s of t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n d e s e r v e our r e s p e c t for t h e i r g r e a t
COMMIT
to r e s c u i n g t h e e n d a n g e r e d s p e c i e s .
8. I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d t h e r e a s o n s for his
to u s .
HOSTILE
W e h a v e n ' t d o n e a n y t h i n g w r o n g to h i m .
9. T r y to b e m o r e
Y o u r i d e a s s o u n d g r e a t but t h e y
REAL
a r e totally u n w o r k a b l e .
1 0 . T h e o r g a n i s e r s of t h e c o u n t r y m u s i c c o n c e r t didn't e a r n m u c h . T h e
ATTEND
w a s r a t h e r poor.
1. This
b o o k is v e r y u s e f u l . You'll f i n d a lot of g o o d r e c i p e s in it.
2 . ' H o w m a n y v o l u m e s d o e s t h e w h o l e story
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of?'
'Three.'
3. T h e o r g a n i s e r s e x p e c t a b o u t o n e t h o u s a n d p e o p l e to
in
the marathon race.

4 . I'm a f r a i d w e ' l l h a v e to
y o u f r o m w o r k , Mr G i b b l e s . W e c a n n o t t o l e r a t e
your breaking the safety rules any longer.

5. T h e
e s h o w e d o n e of t h e p l a y e r s t h e r e d c a r d f o r hitting t h e
goalkeeper on the face.

6. T h e p o l i c e f o u n d g r e n a d e s , m a c h i n e g u n s , rifles a n d o t h e r h e a v y
in t h e y o u n g m a n ' s cellar. H e c l a i m e d to b e a c o l l e c t o r .
7. T h e m a n w a s a s s a u l t e d b y a f e w h o o l i g a n s w h o r o b b e d h i m a n d b e a t h i m
severely. He's got
s all o v e r his b o d y .
8 . ' W h e n did you leave the c o m p a n y ? '
'I q
m y j o b last m o n t h . '
9. T h e s e r v i c e s o u r c o m p a n y o f f e r s
g _ f r o m m a r k e t i n g to d e l i v e r y .
10. J a n e t s a y s s h e w a n t s to d e v e l o p her p r o f e s s i o n a l c a r e e r first a n d t h e n a f t e r a f e w

y e a r s to
s _
a family.
1 . Little D a v i d s a y s h e ' d like t o h a v e an a m u s e m e n t p a r k of his
a) o w n
b) private
c) self
d) p e r s o n a l
2. It will t a k e a f e w w e e k s b e f o r e t h e p a t i e n t fully
a) i m p r o v e s
b) m e n d s
from the wounds.
c) r e c o v e r s
d) p r o g r e s s e s
3. P r o f e s s o r A l l e y is v e r y strict. S h e will n e v e r t u r n a
e y e e v e n to t h e
smallest mistake.
a) n a k e d
b) s h u t
c) b l a c k
d) blind
4 . P e r h a p s , t h e fish t a s t e d g o o d b u t it w a s t h e s m e l l t h a t
a) t u r n e d
b) s e n t
c) put
5. W e ' v e i n v i t e d o u r n e x t of
a) f a m i l y
b) kin
to o u r w e d d i n g a n n i v e r s a r y c e l e b r a t i o n s .
c) r e l a t i v e
d) b l o o d
6. S u m o f i g h t e r s a r e o n a s p e c i a l diet that m a k e s t h e m
a) g a i n
b) c o l l e c t
7 . I'm w e t
a) t h r o u g h
c) r e c e i v e
I'd f o r g o t t e n m y u m b r e l l a a n d I h a d to w a l k in t h e p o u r i n g rain.
b) w i t h i n
c) o v e r a l l
d) a l o n g
b) s t a r e
t h e rules of fair play.
c) p e r c e i v e
d) o b s e r v e
9. It's c l e a r t o m e that a n y t h i n g y o u s a y to
for y o u r a b s e n c e at s c h o o l
should not be taken serious.

a) a p p l y
b) a p p o i n t
c) a d m i t
d) a c c o u n t
10. W e ' r e at a lost p o s i t i o n a n d t h e r e ' s no h e l p in

a) v i e w
weight very fast.
d) o b t a i n
8. You'll b e p u n i s h e d if y o u d o n ' t
a) w a t c h
m e off.
d) did
b) e y e
c) v i s i o n
d) sight
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"
1. N o
h o w h a r d t h e y t r i e d , the d o c t o r s didn't m a n a g e to s a v e t h e m a n ' s
life.
2. 'Do you u s e the dictionary often?' 'Yes. I
it v e r y u s e f u l . '
3. M r s D o b s o n o f f e r s f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t to t h e o r p h a n a g e of h e r o w n f r e e
4. I t h i n k I'll s t a y at h o m e . I d o n ' t
5. D a y
like h a v i n g a w a l k in t h e p a r k .
d a y , o u r life in t h e n e w p l a c e w a s g e t t i n g e a s i e r a n d e a s i e r .
6. W e ' d
you didn't s m o k e during the m e a l .
7. ' W h a t s h a l l I d o ? ' 'First of
, don't p a n i c '
8. W e o f t e n h a v e q u a r r e l s b e c a u s e m y w i f e d o e s n ' t
m u c h i n t e r e s t in
f o o t b a l l a n d I like to w a t c h a g a m e f r o m t i m e to t i m e .
9. Y o u a r e n ' t a l l o w e d t o l e a v e t h e c a m p after d a r k . It's out of t h e
10. I d i d n ' t d o a n y t h i n g w r o n g . I w a s p u n i s h e d
n o r e a s o n at all.
1. B e
T h e r e m a y be s n a k e s in t h e g r a s s .
2. Alex w o r k s as a sales
of a p h a r m a c e u t i c a l
WATCH
REPRESENT
company from Glasgow.

3. O u r m o n t h l y rent
PAY
is a b o u t $ 2 0 0 .
4. T h e hotel is still u n d e r
T h e y h o p e to f i n i s h it
CONSTRUCT
by n e x t y e a r .
5. W e m u s t
o n our w a t e r s u p p l i e s . I d o n ' t k n o w
ECONOMY
h o w far w e a r e f r o m t h e n e x t o a s i s .
6. W i t h her e x c e p t i o n a l
Linda shouldn't have a
ABLE
problem with finding a well-paid job.

7
/.
1 m s o r r y Sir. w e Q u i 11 a c i vg
u i u nvs i m r e .
8. T h e y o u n g A u s t r a l i a n p h o t o g r a p h e r w a s g i v e n t h e first a w a r d
for his m o s t
A I
A / M
iri
HLUUnUL
EXCEPT
p h o t o s of n a t u r e .
9. T o s h o w t h e i r
for our h e l p , t h e n e w n e i g h b o u r s
GRATEFUL
i n v i t e d us t o a b a r b e c u e in their g a r d e n .
10. 1 w a s
w h e n 1 l e a r n e d that all m y effort w a s for
FURY
nothing.
111. W r i t e i n t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1 . T h e shirt n e e d s to b e _
d . It's c r u m p l e d all o v e r .
2 . It's a w o n d e r f u l o p p o r t u n i t y for y o u . Y o u s h o u l d t a k e
3. I
of it.
of y o u r s w e a r i n g in m y p r e s e n c e . D o n ' t e v e r d o it a g a i n .
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4 . It s e e m s to m e that m a k i n g a f o r t u n e is B a r r y ' s o n l y
a _
in life. H e ' s not
t h i n k i n g of e s t a b l i s h i n g a f a m i l y .
5. T h e s e s h o e s a r e t o o
for m e . I n e e d a b i g g e r s i z e .
6. T o m a n y p e o p l e , t e l e v i s i o n c o n s t i t u t e s t h e b e s t
of i n f o r m a t i o n
and entertainment.
7. T h e pills will
8. ' W h a t ' s y o u r
t _ t
t h e p a i n , but y o u h a v e to t a k e m o r e t h a n o n e .
t o w a r d s c l o n i n g ? ' 'I d o n ' t a p p r o v e of it. It m a y b e
dangerous.'
9. T o
I t h e t a s k , w e n e e d m o r e t i m e . It's a v e r y c o m p l i c a t e d m i s s i o n .
1 0 . D o n ' t t h r o w r u b b i s h o n t h e floor, y o u n g m a n . Put in t h e
- bin.
1. 'Don't you think Sue
a) l o o k s
a f t e r her m o t h e r ? ' ' Y e s . S h e ' s e x a c t l y like her.'
b) s e e s
c) t a k e s
d) m a k e s
2 . A c c o r d i n g to m a n y s p e c i a l i s t s , t h e c h e m i c a l d u m p m a y
a health threat
to t h e n e i g h b o u r i n g p o p u l a t i o n s .
a) s t a n d
b) p o s e
3. S t o p
c ) lie
d) act
about the b u s h . Tell m e the whole truth.
a) b e a t i n g
b) r u n n i n g
c ) hitting
4. M r D u n k i n a d m i t s he h a d n ' t
d) j u m p i n g
m u c h i m p o r t a n c e to k e e p i n g fit b e f o r e t h e
heart stroke.
a) a s s o c i a t e d
b) c o m b i n e d
c) a t t a c h e d
d) f i x e d
5. W e d o n ' t h a v e a n y o t h e r s p i c e s f o r t h e m e a t , s o w e ' l l h a v e to
d o with
j u s t salt a n d p e p p e r .
a) t a k e
b) b e
c) m a k e
d) s t a y
6. T h e p r i c e of t h e f a r m w i t h all t h e b u i l d i n g s a n d t h e f i e l d s
a) a m o u n t e d
b) n u m b e r e d
c) f i g u r e d
to $ 1 0 m i l l i o n .
d) e s t i m a t e d
7. T h e p e o p l e a r e p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t t h e p r o j e c t of b u i l d i n g an airport n e a r t h e
area.
a) i n h a b i t a n t
b) r e s i d e n t i a l
c) d o m e s t i c
8. J a m e s w a s m y r o o m m a t e . W e
a) s h a r e d
b) d i v i d e d
9. F o r t h e t i m e
d) c i v i l i s e d
a flat d u r i n g o u r s t u d i e s in C a m b r i d g e .
c ) split
d) s p r e a d
w e c a n offer y o u a p a r t - t i m e j o b but in t h e f u t u r e y o u m a y
get a full-time employment.

a) r u n n i n g
b) s t a n d i n g
1 0 . T h e s h r o u d of T u r i n still
a) c o n s t i t u t e s
b) c o n s i s t s
c) p a s s i n g
d) b e i n g
a g r e a t m y s t e r y to s c i e n t i s t s .
c) c o n t a i n s
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d) c o n s i d e r s
TEST 39
1 . T h e q u e s t i o n w a s s o difficult t h a t I c o u l d n ' t
out t h e a n s w e r w i t h o u t a
f e w hints f r o m t h e t e a c h e r .
2. D o n ' t b e l i e v e a w o r d Nick s a y s . H e t e n d s to m a k e up
3. M y f a t h e r p r o m i s e d that he
b r i n g m e a gift f r o m his trip a b r o a d .
4 . Y o u ' r e e x p e c t i n g t o o m u c h f r o m m e . I c a n ' t w o r k like a robot. I'm j u s t a h u m a n

5. S t o p f o o l i n g a r o u n d , J i m . I'm s i c k a n d
of y o u r c h i l d i s h b e h a v i o u r .
6. It's a l w a y s t h e s a m e e x c u s e
his a b s e n c e d u r i n g l e s s o n s a n d it's a sore
tooth.
7. ' H o w m u c h d i d h e p a y y o u for t h e i n f o r m a t i o n ? ' ' M i n d y o u r o w n
, will
you?'
8
of us h a s b e e n g i v e n a rise this y e a r , w h i c h is w h y w e ' r e s t r i k i n g .
y o u h a v e f i n i s h e d w r i t i n g y o u r r e p o r t , g i v e it to M s L e e to b e t y p e d .
1 0 . W e ' r e s o h a p p y to s e e y o u a r e
a n d sound back h o m e Irene. W e
w e r e w o r r y i n g a b o u t y o u a lot.
1. S a m is a n
c h i l d . H e d o e s n ' t g i v e us t r o u b l e .
2 . It's
of t h e s e b i r d s to t r a v e l l o n g d i s t a n c e s to
OBEY
CHARACTER
b u i l d their n e s t s in t h e s a m e p l a c e as b e f o r e .
3. Y o u r
a c t i n g c o u l d h a v e c a u s e d a real t r a g e d y .
MIND
Y o u s h o u l d b e a s h a m e d of y o u r s e l f .
4. T h e official w a s o f f e r e d a
r e w a r d for r e v e a l i n g
FINANCE
the top secret information.

5. T h e b a l l o o n r a c e w a s t h e m o s t u n u s u a l
I've
OCCUR
ever taken part in.

6. D i a n e is a
p e r s o n . W e like her c o m p a n y .
7. T h e s e files a r e r a t h e r
Y o u m a y delete t h e m .
8. I c a n n o t tell y o u h o w m u c h t h e o t h e r w o r k e r s a r e p a i d . T h i s is
strictly
CHEER
RELEVANT
CONFIDE
information.
9. W h a t is t h e r e a s o n for y o u r
1 0 . T h e b o y s s a y t h e y p l a y e d their silly j o k e s out of
SAD
BORING
1. T h e m a n w a s f o u n d
2 . In his last
of t h e c r i m e a n d w a s s e n t to p r i s o n .
I _ t h e d y i n g m i l l i o n a i r e left all his f o r t u n e to his e x - w i f e .
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3. I h a t e it w h e n t h e f i l m I'm w a t c h i n g is b r o k e n by
s that
a d v e r t i s e w a s h i n g p o w d e r s or t o o t h p a s t e s .
4. M y g r a n d f a t h e r b r o k e his l e g w h e n h e fell off a
as h e w a s t r y i n g to
c l i m b to t h e roof.
5. W h y d o n ' t y o u
for t h e j o b of a f i r e m a n ? Y o u ' v e a l w a y s w a n t e d to
s a v e p e o p l e ' s lives.
6. O u r g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r is a b o u t ninety but s h e ' s still in a g o o d
. Every
m o r n i n g s h e r i d e s h e r b i c y c l e for s h o p p i n g .
7. Let's g o to a c a f e . W e h a v e
8. T h e film is s a i d to be
9. C i n d y likes to _ y _
of t i m e to s p a r e b e f o r e t h e d e p a r t u r e .
s _ d on a t r u e story. It's really w o r t h w a t c h i n g .

her hair. Last t i m e I s a w h e r s h e w a s a b l o n d e , n o w s h e is a
brunette.
10. T h e f i n g e r p r i n t s w e r e a s u f f i c i e n t _ v
c _
to p r o v e that it w a s J a s o n
Fellowes who committed the murder.

1. It is s a i d t h a t t h e n e w f a s t t r a i n will travel at an a m a z i n g s p e e d of 4 0 0 k m / h .
It will o n l y n e e d o n e h o u r to
a) m o v e
b) shift
t h e d i s t a n c e f r o m Paris to B e r l i n .
c) p u r s u e
2. A l i s o n is s o a b s e n t a) m i n d e d
d) c o v e r
these days. She's probably under too m u c h stress.
b) h e a d e d
c) b r a i n e d
d) t h i n k i n g
3. A l t h o u g h s h e k n e w her part w e l l , the y o u n g a c t r e s s w a s s o n e r v o u s t h a t t h e

almost fainted during the dress
a) r e h e a r s a l
b) p e r f o r m a n c e
4. T h e f a m o u s T V s e r i e s - The Spider
a) i n t r o d u c e d
c) trial
d) a t t e m p t
Man
b) o r i g i n a t e d
from a comic book.
c) c r e a t e d
d) i n v e n t e d
5. T h i s is t h e t h i r d t i m e this m o n t h that y o u h a v e b e e n c a u g h t by t h e p o l i c e a n d g i v e n
a ticket for
t h e s p e e d limit.
a) e x p a n d i n g
b) e x t e n d i n g
6.1 always c h e c k the

a) s h o p
c) e x c e e d i n g
d) e x h a u s t i n g
life of the f o o d s I b u y to m a k e s u r e t h e y a r e f r e s h .
b) s h e l f
c) f r i d g e
d) c o n s u m p t i o n
7. T o b e a g o o d l e a d e r , y o u s h o u l d t a k e o t h e r p e o p l e ' s o p i n i o n s into
a) v i e w
b) r e a s o n
c) c o n s i d e r a t i o n
d) t h o u g h t
8. It's f e a r e d t h a t t h e m e l t i n g s n o w m a y
a) b r i n g
9. W e s h o u l d
a) i n v o l v e
b) g r o w
a b o u t a n o t h e r f l o o d this y e a r .
c) w o r k
d) turn
o n s o l v i n g t h e big p r o b l e m s , not t h e s m a l l o n e s .
b) f o c u s
c) e n g a g e
d) a t t e m p t
10. D o n ' t e v e n try o r d e r i n g m e a b o u t . I only d o w h a t I

a) s a t i s f y
b) p l e a s e
c) entertain
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d) suit
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1. J o s h a n d I a r e n ' t c l o s e f r i e n d s . W e d o n ' t h a v e t o o m u c h
2. T h e B r o w n s don't earn m u c h . T h e y c a n hardly
3. B e c k y likes t o
4 . In
fit. S h e g o e s j o g g i n g e v e r y m o r n i n g .
s o m e t h i n g w r o n g h a p p e n s , c a l l this n u m b e r a n d a s k for h e l p .
5. R o n a l d n e v e r t r a v e l s
6
common.
ends meet.
air. H e ' s a f r a i d of flying.
s i n c e s h e m e t t h e o t h e r boy, s h e h a s n ' t t a l k e d to m e e v e n o n c e .
7. I k n o w e v e r y t h i n g is n e w f o r y o u h e r e . But you'll s o o n
u s e d to living in
the new neighbourhood.

8. W e
w e h a d n ' t b o o k e d r o o m s in this e x p e n s i v e h o t e l . W e h a d n o i d e a
w e ' d h a v e t o p a y e x t r a for t h e m e a l s a n d t h e s e r v i c e .
9. T h e c r u i s e a r o u n d t h e c o a s t l i n e a n d t h e e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e w h a l e s w a s
a n e x c i t i n g e x p e r i e n c e t h a t I c o u l d talk a b o u t it for h o u r s .
10. I'd
y o u not to s m o k e in t h e c h i l d r e n ' s r o o m .
1 . It's b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e
will s h o w w h o is
INVESTIGATE
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e d e v a s t a t i o n of t h e s c h o o l l a b o r a t o r y .
2. 'Can you
LARGE
this p h o t o g r a p h ? ' ' N o p r o b l e m . '
3. T h e s t u d e n t s w e r e v e r y
to e v e r y t h i n g t h e
ATTENTION
p r o f e s s o r s a i d . T h e y w e r e f a s c i n a t e d w i t h his l e c t u r e .
4 . It w a s v e r y
of y o u to o f f e r h e l p to t h e p o o r
THINK
family.
5. W e d e c i d e d to b u y a b i g g e r h o u s e o n t h e
that
ASSUME
w e ' d have more than one child.

6. T h e p r o j e c t w a s n ' t a c c e p t e d a s t h e r e w e r e m a n y v o i c e s in
OPPOSE
t n it
7. W e m a y expect a strong
of t h e c h a r g e s o n t h e
DENY
s u s p e c t ' s p a r t but w e h a v e g o o d e v i d e n c e to p r o v e his guilt.

8. O n l y T o m w a s
o n h a v i n g a g a m e of h i d e - a n d -
INSIST
s e e k . T h e o t h e r c h i l d r e n p r e f e r r e d to w a t c h c a r t o o n s o n T V .
9. It's i m p o s s i b l e to s a y e x a c t l y w h e n t h e p i c t u r e w a s p a i n t e d . T h e
RECOGNISE
d a t e is b e y o n d
10. C a n y o u i m a g i n e t h e y s o l d m e a
electric
r a z o r ? It's n o t w o r k i n g at a l l . I'll h a v e t o t a k e it b a c k .
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FAULT
ill. W r i t e in t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1 . At night, t h e t e m p e r a t u r e m u s t h a v e fallen b e l o w z e r o . T h e
s _
h a s killed
all t h e s p r o u t i n g f l o w e r s in t h e g a r d e n .
2. I think A d a m h a s e n o u g h _ _ p
to be g i v e n a m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e
p o s i t i o n . H e will c e r t a i n l y c o p e w i t h m o r e difficult t a s k s .
3. In A m e r i c a , p e o p l e of d i f f e r e n t religious
4 . All i n t e r n a t i o n a l f l i g h t s h a v e b e e n
I
n
s live as o n e s o c i e t y .
I
d d u e to v e r y b a d w e a t h e r
c o n d i t i o n s . M a n y p a s s e n g e r s will h a v e t o s p e n d t h e night at t h e a i r p o r t .
5.
b e i n g s o r i c h , t h e m i l l i o n a i r e s a y s h e ' s not h a p p y in h i s life.
6. T h e s e _ c
7 . ' D o you
s a r e n ' t s h a r p e n o u g h to c u t hair. I'll g e t o t h e r o n e s .
m o n e y to c h a r i t y ? ' ' N o . But I give c l o t h e s a n d f o o d . '
8. Mr H a r p e r is t h e s c h o o l
r. N o t h i n g h a p p e n s h e r e w i t h o u t
his a c c e p t a n c e .
9. If y o u w a n t t o p h o n e a b r o a d , y o u m u s t
a _ t h e c o u n t r y n u m b e r first.
10. I like this p h o t o g r a p h s o m u c h t h a t I'm g o i n g to put it in a
m _
a n d h a n g it
above my bed.
1. T h e h o u s e w a s b u r g l e d in
a) w i d e
b) far
d a y l i g h t but t h e r e w e r e n o w i t n e s s e s to it.
c) b r o a d
2. T h e U n i t e d n e e d to
a) a c h i e v e
d) full
t w o m o r e g o a l s to qualify f o r t h e C u p f i n a l s .
b) s c o r e
c) p u r c h a s e
d) deliver
3. I'm j o b l e s s a n d m y h u s b a n d ' s s a l a r y is s o low that w e c a n h a r d l y

a) g e t
b) s t a n d
c) k e e p
4 . It w a s t h e h e a v y w i n d a n d a d e n s e f o g t h a t
a) i n f l u e n c e d
by.
d) run
b) c o n t r i b u t e d
greatly to the plane crash.
c) d e t e r m i n e d
d) r e s u l t e d
5. W h e n h e got lost in t h e c a v e , t h e y o u n g m a n ' s life h u n g by a

a) line
b) r o p e
c) s t r i n g
6. H o w will y o u
a) e x p l a i n
d) t h r e a d
for y o u r a b s e n c e this t i m e ? Don't tell m e y o u o v e r s l e p t .

b) d e f e n d
c) a c c o u n t
d) d e f i n e
7. I w o n d e r if t h e t r u e f a c t s a b o u t t h e R o s w e l l m y s t e r y will e v e r be
a) r e v e a l e d
b) i n f o r m e d
8. S h e i l a w a s
a) h o r s e
b) b e e
c) d o g
9. T h e M a x w e l l s a r e well
a) up
c) c o m m u n i c a t e d
d) n o t i f i e d
t i r e d last a f t e r n o o n . S h e c r a s h e d out i m m e d i a t e l y .
b) t h r o u g h
d) b e a v e r
T h e y c a n a f f o r d to g o o n h o l i d a y t w i c e a year.
c) off
d) d o w n
10. ' D a d , will y o u r e p a i r m y b i k e ? ' 'Not n o w E d d i e . I h a v e o t h e r

a) m e a t
b) c h i p s
c) o n i o n s
d) fish
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t o fry.'
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1 . D o l p h i n s are k n o w n to c o m m u n i c a t e
m e a n s of u l t r a s o u n d s .
2. Mr Davies n e e d s a hearing aid. He's as

3. N o s o o n e r h a d w e s e t off
as a post.
our car broke d o w n .
4. Don't believe Alan. He usually
promises that he doesn't keep.
5. I l e a r n e d t h a t M a r k a n d A l i c e h a d b r o k e n u p ,
s u r p r i s e d m e a lot as I
k n e w t h e y w e r e g o i n g to g e t m a r r i e d .
6. M y s i s t e r w o r k s f o r c h a r i t y . T h e y p r o v i d e f o o d a n d c l o t h e s to p e o p l e in
7. It's n o
trying to m a k e P e t e r c h a n g e his m i n d . H e ' s v e r y s t u b b o r n .
8. I k n o w t h a t J a n i c e h a s b e e n l e a r n i n g to p l a y t h e p i a n o for a f e w y e a r s but I didn't

realise she w a s so good
9. B r i a n t a k e s
it.
in r e a d i n g f a n t a s y b o o k s . H e h a s a g r e a t c o l l e c t i o n of t h e m
in h i s r o o m .
10. N o t e v e r y t h i n g A n d y s a y s is t r u e . Y o u s h o u l d t a k e it w i t h a
of salt.
1. T h e d o c t o r s s a y H a r r y ' s
f r o m t h e w o u n d s will
RECOVER
t a k e at least t h r e e w e e k s .
BLOOD
2. I've h u r t m y s e l f w i t h t h e k n i f e . M y f i n g e r is
3. D r i v e c a r e f u l l y . T h e r o a d m a y b e
4. Our c o m p a n y n e e d s more
after t h e r a i n .
solutions to
SLIP
EFFECT
o v e r c o m e the crisis.
5. T h e r e a n e e d to i n c r e a s e p e o p l e ' s
of t h e
AWARE
p r o b l e m of d r u g a b u s e .
6. ' W h e n a r e y o u g o i n g to m a k e a n
about your
ANNOUNCE
w e d d i n g ? ' ' N e v e r . W e d o n ' t w a n t p e o p l e t o k n o w a b o u t it.'

FORTUNE
7. T h e s u d d e n d e a t h of t h e i r s o n h a s b e e n a g r e a t
to t h e G r e e n s . T h e y h a v e n ' t g o t o v e r it yet.
VOLUNTEER
8. N o b o d y u r g e d m e to j o i n t h e a r m y , it w a s m y
decision.
9. T h e E b o l a v i r u s c a u s e s a n
for w h i c h t h e r e ' s
ILL
still n o c u r e .
10. W h a t I h a t e a b o u t C h r i s is his
. H e w o n ' t listen
OBSTINATE
to anybody else's opinions.

ill. W r i t e i n t h e c o r r e c t w o r d s .
1. B y t h e _
s on her face, you can say that she's about h u n d r e d .
2 . I didn't g e t a t i c k e t . T h e p o l i c e m a n j u s t g a v e m e a
g t h a t if h e
c a u g h t m e s p e e d i n g a g a i n , I w o u l d h a v e to p a y a f i n e .
3. Y o u m u s t
to t h e j o b a d v e r t i s e m e n t w i t h i n t w o w e e k s . O t h e r w i s e ,
s o m e o n e e l s e will get it.

4. W e ' v e h a d to r e p l a c e J o s h w i t h a n e w w o r k e r . H e j u s t w a s n ' t
p _ b
of
dealing with the accounting tasks.

5. I h a v e
g _ d for y o u to m e e t t h e d e n t i s t t o m o r r o w ? Is this all right for
you?
6. T h e flight a t t e n d a n t i n s t r u c t e d t h e p a s s e n g e r s to
n t h e i r s e a t belts
before the take-off.

7. I've o r g a n i s e d a b i g p a r t y a n d invited all m y f r i e n d s to
t _ m y
thirtieth b i r t h d a y w i t h m e .
8. T h e e x p l o r e r s h a d n o i d e a t h e r e w a s a c h a m b e r filled w i t h g o l d a r t e f a c t s in t h e
t o m b . It w a s n ' t o n t h e m a p . T h e y d i s c o v e r e d it b y
9. A s a n o l d e r b r o t h e r , y o u ' r e e x p e c t e d t o s e t a g o o d
n _ .
t
n t o f o l l o w for
y o u r y o u n g e r b r o t h e r s . Don't f o r g e t t h e y l o o k u p to y o u .
10. M i c h a e l h a s w o n a h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s in a lottery. T h a t ' s w h a t 1 call
a
r _ k _ o f
luck.
1.1 h a v e n o i d e a h o w to s o l v e t h e p u z z l e
a) S e t
b) T h r o w
d) D r o p
to w a t c h t h e d r a s t i c s c e n e , s o I s w i t c h e d to a n o t h e r c h a n n e l .
a) b e a r
b) last
c) s t a n d
3. ' W h o h a v e y o u
a) t o s s e d
d) let
y o u r v o t e f o r ? ' 'I w o n ' t tell y o u . It's m y s e c r e t . '

b) p i c k e d
c) c a s t
4. ' W h y w a s Eddie
a) d i s p o s e d
5
a hint, p l e a s e .
c) G r a n t
d) s e i z e d
from work?' 'They caught him stealing s o m e tools.'

b) d i s a l l o w e d
c) d i s m i s s e d
d) d i s p l a y e d
out y o u r c i g a r e t t e , sir. Y o u a r e not a l l o w e d to s m o k e in t h e b u i l d i n g .

a) T u r n
b) P u t
c) Let
d) M a k e
6. I've m e t b o t h T o m C a s e a n d J i m C a s e . T h e f o r m e r is t h e p a r t y s p o k e s m a n but I
don't k n o w w h o the
a) least
is.
b) latest
c ) later
7. M u s t y o u a l w a y s f i n d
a) f a u l t
b) e r r o r
c) w r o n g
8. O n l y o n e p e r s o n
a) c r i t i c i s e d
d) latter
w i t h e v e r y t h i n g I d o ? Y o u ' r e s o h a r d to p l e a s e .
d) d e f e c t
to c h a n g i n g t h e s c h e d u l e . E v e r y o n e e l s e a c c e p t e d it.
b) o b j e c t e d
c) d i s a p p r o v e d
9. A f t e r t h e m i l l i o n a i r e ' s d e a t h , t h e
a) e l e p h a n t
b) lion
c) w h a l e
d) d i n o s a u r
10. A f t e r f i v e d a y s , t h e r e s c u e t e a m
a) s u c c e e d e d
b) m a n a g e d
d) r e f u s e d
's s h a r e of his f o r t u n e w e n t to his lover.

in f i n d i n g t h e m i s s i n g c h i l d a l i v e .
c) c o p e d
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d) a c h i e v e d
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1. Y o u ' r e s k a t i n g o n
i c e , Jeff. Y o u risk l o s i n g y o u r j o b b y c r i t i c i s i n g y o u r
boss's decisions.
2 . B o y s ! I d o n ' t w a n t to h e a r y o u s p e a k s o r u d e l y to o n e
3. T r u s t m e . I love y o u a n d I will a l w a y s
4
by y o u .
t h e r e b e a n y p r o b l e m s w i t h t h e printer, call t h e m a i n t e n a n c e .
5. E v e r s i n c e t h e n e w r e g u l a t i o n s w e r e i n t r o d u c e d , w e h a v e n ' t b e e n
to
d r i v e c a r s in t h e city c e n t r e . T h i s a n a r e a o n l y for p e d e s t r i a n s .
6. S u e ' s g o t a
of h e i g h t s . S h e w o u l d n ' t c l i m b a m o u n t a i n at a n y p r i c e .
7. B e f o r e I m a r r i e d h i m , I h a d n o i d e a M i c h a e l w a s s o lazy a n d c l u m s y . H e is really
g o o d for
I h a v e to d o e v e r y t h i n g at h o m e m y s e l f .
8. N o b o d y h e l p e d R i c h a r d d e c o r a t e t h e h o u s e . H e d i d e v e r y t h i n g o n his
9. I've t r i e d h a r d to a t t r a c t B e c k y ' s a t t e n t i o n b u t s h e didn't
a n y n o t i c e of
me.
10. ' W h y a r e n ' t w e g o i n g S t e v e ? ' ' I ' m a f r a i d w e ' v e
out of p e t r o l . I w o n d e r
w h e r e t h e n e a r e s t filling s t a t i o n is.'
1. A f e w y e a r s a g o , T h o m a s s t a r t e d his o w n b u s i n e s s . N o w , it's a
PROSPER
c o m p a n y . H e ' s d o i n g really f i n e .
2 . D i v i n g in t h e c o r a l reef w a s t h e m o s t
FORGET
e x p e r i e n c e in m y life. I w a s s o i m p r e s s e d to s e e t h e b e a u t y if it.
3. D o n ' t f o r g e t t o d e l i v e r t h e letter. It's of g r e a t
to m e .
4 . T h e r e a r e e n o u g h p e o p l e willing to w o r k in a n o f f i c e but t h e r e ' s

a
IMPORTANT
SHORT
of v a c a n c i e s , t h o u g h .
5. It w a s t h e b r i b e r y
against the director that m a d e
ACCUSE
h i m s t e p d o w n . Later, it t u r n e d out he w a s i n n o c e n t .
6. P a t i e n t s w i t h n e r v o u s b r e a k d o w n r e q u i r e s p e c i a l m e t h o d s of
TREAT
, w h i c h is w h a t w e offer in o u r m e d i c a l c e n t r e .
7. Y o u r r e m a r k s could h a v e b e e n
to s o m e of t h e
OFFEND
l i s t e n e r s . T h a t ' s w h y t h e y left b e f o r e y o u f i n i s h e d y o u r s p e e c h .
8. It's
for p e o p l e in o l d a g e to h a v e s o m e f r e s h air
ADVISE
everyday.
9. It w a s a
night. I didn't s l e e p a m o m e n t . W e ' d
REST
b e e n g e t t i n g e v e r y t h i n g r e a d y for t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s visit.

1 0 . In this r e s t a u r a n t , t h e y s e r v e
Greek meals.
T h e y are simply delicious.
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TRADITION
1. W e ' v e b e e n w a l k i n g in
2. W a t c h your _ _
e _
g rain. That's w h y w e are s o a k e d .
. Y o u r m a y b e o b s e r v e d by t h e e n e m y i n t e l l i g e n c e . I d o n ' t
w a n t t h e m t o f i n d out a b o u t o u r p l a n s .
3. It w a s a
f to h e a r o u r c h i l d r e n w e r e all right. W e ' d b e e n w o r r y i n g
a b o u t t h e m w h e n w e h e a r d t h e s c h o o l b u s h a d b e e n i n v o l v e d in a c o l l i s i o n .
4 . Let's t a k e o u r s h o e s off. L e t ' s w a l k
5. T h o s e t e r r i f y i n g s c r e a m s at n i g h t m a d e m y
along the beach.

h creep. I was so scared.
6. W h e n w e t o l d Erin her m o t h e r h a d h a d a h e a r t a t t a c k , s h e _
out crying.
7. A c c o r d i n g to t h e r e s e a r c h e r s , t h e r e a r e m i c r o - o r g a n i s m s w h i c h a r e
s
n _ t o
8. D e s p i t e t h e g r e a t
v e r y h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e s . T h e y c a n s u r v i v e e v e n at 4 0 0 C .
9. W e h a v e a _ t
t w e m a d e , w e didn't m a n a g e to w i n t h e C u p .
f of 5 0 a n d w e d o n ' t n e e d a n y m o r e w o r k e r s in t h e o f f i c e .
10. T h i s is n o t a s e c o n d - h a n d C D player. It's
new. That's w h y the price
is s o h i g h .
1. T h e boy
h a v i n g s e t fire to all t h e b u i l d i n g s o n t h e first d a y of t h e trial.
a) a c c e p t e d
b) a l l o w e d
c) a g r e e d
2 . T h e m a n w a s left to his o w n
a) d e v i c e s
d) a d m i t t e d
w h e n e v e r y b o d y e l s e r e f u s e d to h e l p h i m .
b) m e a n s
c) t o o l s
d) facilities
3. R i g h t a f t e r his g r a d u a t i o n , o u r s o n d e c i d e d to
a) a t t a c h
b) s u b m i t
c) e n r o l
in t h e A r m y .
d) a p p l y
4. T h i s is t h e t h i r d t i m e y o u ' v e lied to m e . Y o u ' r e not g o i n g to
a w a y w i t h it
this t i m e .
a) run
b) g o
c) s t a y
5. C o u l d y o u p l e a s e
a) r e f r a i n
d) g e t
f r o m s m o k i n g w h i l e t h e p l a n e is t a k i n g off?
b) p r e v e n t
c) a v o i d
6. E l d e r l y p e o p l e a r e m o r e
a) p o t e n t i a l
b) likely
c) p r o n e
d) e n d a n g e r e d
7. T h e l a c k of m o n e y w a s n ' t t h e o n l y
a) f a i l u r e
8. I w o r k
a) l o o s e
b) o b s t a c l e
to c o n t i n u i n g o u r b u s i n e s s activity.
c) f a u l t
d) d i s t u r b a n c e
hours. I c a n c h o o s e the starting and leaving time.

b) liberal
c) f l e x i b l e
9. It's e x p e c t e d t h a t t h e
a) o u t c o m e
d) resist
to arthritis t h a n y o u n g o n e s .
d) u n s t e a d y
of t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s will b e s u c c e s s f u l .
b) o u t l o o k
c) outfit
d) o u t b r e a k
10. I k n o w I c a n c o u n t o n S a m . W e ' v e g o n e t o g e t h e r t h r o u g h t h i c k a n d
a) t h i n
b) s l i m
c) n a r r o w
d) w e a k
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1. P u t o n e c o r r e c t w o r d i n e a c h g a p .
1. I live
e a s y r e a c h of m y s c h o o l , s o it only t a k e s m e a f e w m i n u t e s to
g e t t h e r e in t h e m o r n i n g .
2 . O n e of t h e s e c r e t a r y ' s d u t i e s is t o w r i t e letters
3. For
her b o s s ' s b e h a l f .
of b e i n g a s s a u l t e d , t h e elderly lady c a r r i e d a knife in her p o c k e t .
4 . T h e c o a c h s a y s it w a s a s t o m a c h a c h e that c o n t r i b u t e d to t h e c y c l i s t ' s p o o r
p e r f o r m a n c e but it'd r a t h e r
it d o w n to his p o o r p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n .
5. T a k i n g p h o t o s in t h e c a t h e d r a l is f o r b i d d e n a n d t h e r e a r e no e x c e p t i o n s
t h i s rule.
6. Let's t a k e oil c o o k e r . It m a y
7. It m a k e s n o
in h a n d y at t h e c a m p s i t e .
to try to c a t c h fish in this p o n d . T h e r e a r e o n l y f r o g s in it.
8. B e f o r e y o u l e a v e t h e office b u i l d i n g ,
s u r e t h a t all t h e d o o r s a r e l o c k e d .
9. I d o n ' t t h i n k t h e b o y d o e s n ' t like s t a y i n g at t h e c a m p . H e ' s s a d b e c a u s e h e is

longing
his p a r e n t s .
1 0 . A f t e r he w a s hit on t h e h e a d by a falling p i e c e of r o c k , t h e h i k e r lost

c o n s c i o u s n e s s . H e only c a m e
w h e n h e ' d b e e n t a k e n to h o s p i t a l .
II. 1 u t t h e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .
3
1. R o b is s o
t o w a r d Lisa. H e m u s t love h e r a lot.
2 . T h e r e ' s n o t h i n g w r o n g is h a v i n g daily p h y s i c a l e x e r c i s e . It c a n b e
very
AFFECTION
ADVANTAGE
to y o u r h e a l t h .
3. In her
Mrs Robson u s e d to w o r k as a servant
YOUNG
in a rich f a m i l y ' s h o u s e in Y o r k s h i r e .
4. I a d m i r e Ellen's great
to h e l p i n g t h e h o m e l e s s .
5. At a c e r t a i n a g e , s o m e p e o p l e d e v e l o p a
to put
DEVOTE
TEND
on weight fast.
6. T h e p r o f e s s o r ' s slip of t h e t o n g u e c a u s e d a g r e a t
AMUSE
a m o n g the students.
7. It's
of y o u to d a t e both G l o r i a a n d C e l i a . Y o u
HONEST
m u s t d e c i d e w h i c h o n e of t h e m y o u love m o r e .
8. W e e x p e c t e d t h e r o o m s in t h e h o l i d a y h o u s e w o u l d b e m o r e
SPACE
W e c o u l d h a r d l y m o v e in t h e o n e w e got.
9. T o m w a s g r a n t e d a s c h o l a r s h i p , w h i c h
h i m to
ABLE
s t u d y in a r e n o w n e d u n i v e r s i t y a b r o a d .
10. E v a a p p l i e d f o r t h e D u t c h
after s h e got
m a r r i e d to t h a t D u t c h g u y .
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1. All our effort w a s in _ a
. A l t h o u g h w e w o r k e d h a r d w e didn't m a n a g e t o
p r e v e n t t h e city f r o m b e i n g f l o o d e d .
2. ' H o w is S a m d o i n g ? ' 'I h a v e n o i d e a . W e h a v e n ' t k e p t in
3. T h e v i e w s I s a w t o o k m y
for a g e s . '
away. They were magnificent.
4 . O n l y after M r H o b s o n ' s d e a t h d i d it t u r n o u t t h a t he h a d a big c o l l e c t i o n of

diamonds, e m e r a l d s and other
u _
s t o n e s in his h o u s e .
5. T h e n o i s e f r o m t h e traffic is b i g , but after a f e w w e e k s of living in t h e city c e n t r e

y o u will g e t
to it.
6. M y m o t h e r h a s a l w a y s h a d a g r e a t
c _ o n
m e . I've a l w a y s
l i s t e n e d to h e r a d v i c e .
7. In this p l a c e , t h e river is not d e e p . It's rather _
8. I will let y o u u s e m y c a r o n l y on
9. M y f a t h e r
o _
t h a t y o u drive c a r e f u l l y .
d this t r e e w h e n I w a s b o r n . L o o k h o w big it's g r o w n .
10. T o m e , it's a s t r a n g e f e e l i n g living in a b u n g a l o w . P r e v i o u s l y , I lived o n t h e t e n t h

floor of a t w e n t y -
sky-scraper.
1. T h e b i g city a r e a is not m y k i n d of p l a c e . I d o n ' t q u i t e
a) inhabit
b) b e l o n g
c) settle
2. I d o n ' t q u i t e t a k e y o u r
a) p o s e
here.
d) a s s o c i a t e
M y o p i n i o n is a bit d i f f e r e n t f r o m y o u r s .
b) v i e w
c) point
d) c l u e
3. W e c a n ' t a f f o r d t o g o o n h o l i d a y this year. W e ' r e r a t h e r

a) s h o r t
b) l o w
c) t h i n
4. M o r e e f f e c t i v e s t e p s m u s t b e
a) u n d e r t a k e n
a) c o n s c i o u s
to p r e v e n t a n o t h e r t r a g e d y of t h i s k i n d .
b) u n d e r g o n e
5. A r e y o u
of m o n e y .
d) n a r r o w
c) underdone
d) u n d e r m i n e d
of t h e n e g a t i v e e f f e c t s y o u r silly j o k e m i g h t b r i n g a b o u t ?
b) f a m i l i a r
c) w a t c h f u l
d) a c q u a i n t e d
6. It m a k e s no s e n s e to a r g u e a n y m o r e . Let's b u r y t h e
a) a x e
b) k n i f e
c) h a t c h e t
7. J u s t t a k e t h e pill a n d y o u r h e a d a c h e will s o o n
a) t u r n
b) m o v e
c) c o m e
with m e . Did I s a y anything w r o n g ?
b) o f f e n c e
c) h a t r e d
9. T h e R o y a l c o d e of m a n n e r s h a s
a) k e p t
b) p l a y e d
b) t a s t e s
d) a n n o y a n c e
t h e t e s t of t i m e . It's still in u s e .
c) s t o o d
d) h e l d
10. I o r d e r e d o r a n g e j u i c e but t h e o n e I got

a) f e e l s
off.
d) w e a r
8. I d o n ' t k n o w w h y J o a n t o o k
a) a v e r s i o n
shall w e ?
d) s w o r d
c) s e n s e s
of p i n e a p p l e .
d) f l a v o u r s
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1
m y a m a z e m e n t w h e n I l o o k e d out of t h e w i n d o w a n d s a w t h e t r e e s
w e r e all c o v e r e d in s n o w . A f t e r all, it w a s still S e p t e m b e r .
2 . It's n i c e to s e e y o u A l a n . It's a g e s
w e m e t last t i m e , isn't it?
3 . W h i l e w e a r e in D r e s d e n , w e will
o n M a r k . He'll be h a p p y to s e e u s .
4. It's a d i s a s t e r t o m e . I've bet s o m u c h m o n e y
t h e h o r s e but it c a m e
last.
5. I c o u l d n ' t b e l i e v e m y e a r s w h e n I h e a r d m y n e i g h b o u r w a s i n v o l v e d
t h e b u r g l a r i e s t h a t o c c u r r e d in t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d .
6. L e t ' s start t h e p a r t y . It's n o u s e w a i t i n g for T o m . He'll c o m e late
7. W e d o n ' t k n o w y o u r n a m e s . I n t r o d u c e
8. It's b e e n r a i n i n g for a f e w d a y s . I really d o u b t
9. M u c h
usual.
gentlemen.
it will s t o p r a i n i n g s o o n .
I respect your w i s d o m J o s h , I disagree with y o u this t i m e .
10. I c a n s e e y o u ' r e t i r e d . Y o u ' v e b e e n w o r k i n g all d a y

1 . T h e p r o c e d u r e s a r e m u c h t o o c o m p l i c a t e d . W e n e e d to
SIMPLE
t h e m a s m u c h as p o s s i b l e .
2 . W e c o u l d n ' t visit t h e c a t h e d r a l inside. T h e
door
ENTER
w a s l o c k e d at t h a t t i m e .
3. Y o u m u s t b e
w h e n y o u g i v e y o u r a n s w e r s to t h e
DECIDE
b o s s . O t h e r w i s e , he m a y f i n d y o u r a r g u m e n t s u n c o n v i n c i n g .
4. Y e s t e r d a y , I w a t c h e d a v e r y interesting
on TV.
5. E v e r y y e a r , t h e d r o u g h t c a u s e s an i m m e n s e
of
DOCUMENT
SUFFER
t h e p e o p l e living in t h e d e s e r t a r e a .
6. C o u l d y o u p l e a s e
t h e r e c e p t i o n of t h e letter?
7. W e w e r e s u p p o s e d to w r i t e this long test in j u s t half a n h o u r . I t h i n k
KNOW
ADEQUATE
t h e a m o u n t of t i m e w a s rather
8. A t this t i m e of t h e y e a r , t h e w e a t h e r in this part of S c o t l a n d is e a s i l y
PREDICT
It a l w a y s r a i n s .
9. W e d o n ' t a c c e p t w o r k e r s w h o a r e
10. T o c l e a r up t h e
of t h e i r d u t i e s .
, let m e p l e a s e e x p l a i n t h e
NEGLECT
CONFUSE
schedule again.
1 . T h e d e a t h of o u r f a v o u r i t e d o g c a u s e d a g r e a t
2. Dinosaurs are _ x
w in o u r h o u s e .
c _ animals. T h e y died out m a n y centuries ago.
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3. R a t h e r t h a n w a s t e o u r t i m e d e a l i n g w i t h m i n o r p r o b l e m s , w e s h o u l d
on solving the m o s t important questions.

4 . T h e c a n d i d a t e s f o r t h e j o b a r e c o m i n g t o d a y . I'm g o i n g to
t h e m to c h e c k t h e i r q u a l i f i c a t i o n s for t h e p o s i t i o n .
5. In
, w e d o n ' t a c c e p t c h e q u e s but I c a n m a k e a n e x c e p t i o n t o
t h e rule this t i m e .
6. ' H a v e y o u h e a r d t h a t t h e H o n d a c o m p a n y a r e g o i n g to b u i l d a f a c t o r y in o u r c i t y ? '
' T h e i n f o r m a t i o n h a s n ' t b e e n c o n f i r m e d a s yet. It's j u s t a _ u _ o
.'
7. P a t r i c k s a y s t h e b o y s w h o a s s a u l t e d h i m w e r e o l d e r a n d s t r o n g e r a n d s o h e h a d
n o c h a n c e to _ _ f
8. T o get
c _
himself.
s _ t o t h e s e c r e t files, y o u m u s t o b t a i n a w r i t t e n p e r m i s s i o n f r o m
t h e M i n i s t r y of I n t e r n a l A f f a i r s .
9. A s a p r i s o n w a r d , I a m _
10. In _ x
to m a k e s u r e t h a t n o p r i s o n e r s e s c a p e .
g _ f o r m i r r o r s , b e a d s a n d o t h e r g o o d s of little v a l u e , t h e
n a t i v e s p r e s e n t e d t h e c o n q u e r o r s w i t h m a r v e l l o u s a r t e f a c t s of p u r e g o l d .
1 . T h e f e r r y c r o s s i n g w a s q u i t e l o n g but w e p l a y e d c h e s s j u s t to
a) last
b) p a s s
c) l o s e
d) m i s s
2 . I t h i n k m y b o s s d o e s n ' t like m e . H e a l w a y s
a) b u r d e n s
b) l o a d s
m e with the hardest tasks.
c) inserts
d) fills
3. Y o u m u s t l e a r n t o b e a b l e to k e e p a stiff u p p e r
a) j a w
b) g u m
c) m o u t h
b) i n t e r r u p t
whenever you lose.
d) lip
4 . I d o n ' t like it w h e n s t r a n g e r s
a) i n t e r e s t
in m y p r i v a c y .
c) i n t e r f e r e
d) i n t e r v i e w
5. D i d y o u e n j o y t h e f i l m S t e v e ? W a s it to y o u r
a) f a v o u r
b) l i k i n g
the time.
c) a p p r o v a l
d) s a t i s f a c t i o n
6. 'I've h e a r d y o u ' r e g o i n g o n a n o t h e r e x p l o r a t i o n trip. W h e r e a r e y o u
for
this t i m e ? ' ' T h e M a l d i v e s . '

a) h e a d i n g
b) d r i v i n g
c) m o v i n g
d) a i m i n g
7. D o n ' t a s k a b o u t P e t e r ' s o p i n i o n . H e ' s

a) i g n o r a n t
b) u n w i s e
8. I'm t h i n k i n g of
of p o l i t i c s . H e k n o w s n o t h i n g .
c) illiterate
d) u n f a m i l i a r
in f o r t h e j o b of a p e r s o n n e l t r a i n e r . I t h i n k I've g o t g o o d
q u a l i f i c a t i o n s f o r it.
a) laying
b) t r y i n g
c) p u t t i n g
d) m a k i n g
9. B e f o r e t h e R o m a n c o n q u e s t , s a v a g e t r i b e s
a) r e s i d e d
b) e n l i v e n e d
c) i n h a b i t e d
10. I c a n ' t a t t e n d t h e m e e t i n g in
a) p e r s o n
b) m a n
t h e v a s t a r e a of t h e l a n d .
d) s u r v i v e d
b u t I'll b e s e n d i n g m y d e p u t y to it.
c) myself
d) o w n
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1. Y o u r s e c r e t a r y g a v e m y y o u r p h o n e n u m b e r
2. I wasn't pleased
m y polite r e q u e s t .
t h e quality of the C D player, s o I t o o k it b a c k .
3. ' D o y o u b e l i e v e in love at first
?' 'Of c o u r s e , I d o . '
4 . B e c a u s e the f o o t b r i d g e w a s d e s t r o y e d , t h e t r a v e l l e r s h a d n o o t h e r c h o i c e
s w i m a c r o s s t h e river
5. T h e c r i m i n a l h a s b e e n s e n t e n c e d
6. It w a s n ' t
life. He'll s t a y in p r i s o n till h e dies.
I r e a d t h e b o o k m y s e l f that I r e a l i s e d h o w c a p t i v a t i n g it w a s .
7. S o r r y . W e d o n ' t a l l o w p e o p l e
a g e . Y o u m u s t b e 18 to e n t e r t h e p u b .
8. I t h i n k y o u ' r e m a k i n g a
out of a m o l e h i l l . T h e p r o b l e m isn't really that
big.
9. T h i s s u m m e r w e ' r e h a v i n g o u r h o u s e
up. T h e r e n o v a t i o n w o r k will take
at least t w o w e e k s .
10. Y o u
to h a v e b o o k e d t i c k e t s for the p e r f o r m a n c e . W h y d i d n ' t y o u do it?
1. There's no
t o t h e m u s e u m on M o n d a y s . W e
ADMIT
must c o m e on another day.

2. T h e constant
of f o o d s u p p l i e s r e s u l t s in a v e r y
DEFICIENT
h i g h d e a t h r a t e in t h e a r e a .
3. A
n u m b e r of t h e c a n d i d a t e s c a n s p e a k m o r e
CONSIDER
t h a n o n e f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e . It's not an e a s y c h o i c e w e h a v e to m a k e .
4. H o w can you stand working under so m u c h
5. S o o n e r or later, y o u will g e t p u n i s h e d for y o u r
PRESS
of
REGARD
t h e traffic r e g u l a t i o n s . Y o u ' r e a c r a z y driver.

6. W h e n I s a w t h a t
look in her e y e s , I u n d e r s t o o d
REGRET
s h e w a s t o r n l e a v i n g h e r h o m e a n d all her f r i e n d s b e h i n d .
7. S o m e t h i n g m u s t be w r o n g w i t h t h e car. It u s e s a n
EXCEED
a m o u n t of p e t r o l , w h i c h d i d n ' t h a p p e n b e f o r e .
8. I c a n n o t d i s t i n g u i s h t h e l e t t e r s . T h e h a n d w r i t i n g is
LEGIBLE
9. T h e r e ' s no
JUSTIFY
for your cruelty. Y o u won't e s c a p e
p u n i s h m e n t this t i m e .
10. I h a v e a
to put on w e i g h t f a s t , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n
I h a v e n ' t d o n e p h y s i c a l e x e r c i s e for s o m e t i m e .
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INCLINE
1. T h e e n e m y s o l d i e r s w e r e f o r c e d to
a f t e r s e v e n d a y s of
h e a v y f i g h t i n g . T h o s e w h o s u r v i v e d w e r e t a k e n as P r i s o n e r s of W a r .
2. In J a p a n , it's c u s t o m a r y to
people with a bow.
3. O n c e t h e r e w a s a big c a s t l e o n t h e hill. T o d a y , t h e r e a r e j u s t
sof
it; j u s t a n o l d w a l l a n d a r u b b l e of s t o n e s .
4. It w o u l d b e a g o o d i d e a to
m o u r hotel b o o k i n g to m a k e s u r e w e
h a v e s o m e w h e r e to s l e e p w h e n w e a r r i v e in R o m e .
5. Y o u m u s t not b r i n g a n y s h a r p t o o l s o n t h e p l a n e b o a r d . It's
6. T h e t h u n d e r s t r u c k o n a t r e e _
c _ w h i c h fell o n t o m y c a r a n d d a m a g e d it.
7. A f t e r t h e d e s t r o y e r w a s hit w i t h a t o r p e d o , t h e c a p t a i n o r d e r e d t h e c r e w to
b
ship.
8. I d o n ' t
p e o p l e by t h e i r a p p e a r a n c e s . I like to m e e t t h e i r c h a r a c t e r s .
9. M i k e s a y s h e hit m e o n t h e h e a d by a c c i d e n t but I'm s u r e h e d i d it o n

r _
10. I d o n ' t k n o w R o b w e l l . H e ' s not m y f r i e n d , rather a n
_ c _ .
1. 'How do you
a) v i e w
M i c h a e l ' s p r o p o s a l s ? ' 'I t h i n k t h e y a r e n o t e w o r t h y . '

b) n o t i c e
c) o b s e r v e
d) look
2. Y o u n e e d n ' t w o r r y . T h e f i n a n c i a l p r o b l e m s d o not
a) relate
b) c o n c e r n
3. ' H o w a b o u t
c) r e g a r d
a p a r t y on S a t u r d a y ? ' ' G o o d i d e a . '
a) e x p l o d i n g
b) l a u n c h i n g
c) b o o s t i n g
4 . O u r s a l e s a r e f a l l i n g rapidly o n
a) r e a s o n
your department.
d) refer
b) c a u s e
d) s h o o t i n g
of t h e e c o n o m i c r e c e s s i o n .
c) a c c o u n t
5. N e i t h e r of t h e b o y s w o u l d
d) result
up to b r e a k i n g t h e w i n d o w , s o I h a d to
p u n i s h b o t h of t h e m .
a) a d m i t
b) o w n
6. R o g e r
a) fails
c) tell
d) o w e
in p o w e r . H i s c h a n c e s of w i n n i n g t h e f i g h t a r e r a t h e r s l i m .
b) m i s s e s
c) l a c k s
d) a v o i d s
7. T h e b o m b t h a t e x p l o d e d in t h e s u b w a y s t a t i o n w a s
a) p l a n t e d
b) s e t t l e d
c) c r o p p e d
by t e r r o r i s t s .
d) e s t a b l i s h e d
8. J e n n y s p r a i n e d h e r a n k l e a n d s o s h e c o u l d hardly w a l k , let
a) no
b) l e s s
c) b a r e l y
d) a l o n e
9. T h e j u r y d i d n ' t b e l i e v e in t h e m a n ' s t e s t i m o n y . It s i m p l y didn't h o l d

a) air
b) w a t e r
c) e a r t h
d) fire
10. M a n y E n g l i s h w o r d s a r e of Latin
a) o u t c o m e
b) r e s o u r c e
c) origin
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d) f o u n d a t i o n
climb.
[^ZZZIZZ.
"
TEST 46
1. W h a t ' s
your mind? W h a t ' s worrying you Sally?
2 . C l a r k ' s b e e n v e r y b u s y . H e ' s b e e n writing his t h e s i s for t h e

3. F r o m n o w
4 . C l o s e t h e w i n d o w s , p l e a s e . T h e n o i s e is really h a r d to
5
ten days.
, y o u ' r e o b l i g e d to c o n s u l t all y o u r d e c i s i o n s w i t h m e .
up w i t h .
p o o r h e is, A n d y n e v e r r e f u s e s to offer h e l p to o t h e r p e o p l e in n e e d .
6. A t first, J o h n a n d I h a t e d e a c h o t h e r but
t h e e n d w e b e c a m e the best
friends.
7. T h i s is a v e r y i m p o r t a n t m e s s a g e . P a s s it o n to Mr D a l t o n t h e
he
a r r i v e s at t h e o f f i c e .
8. N o w t h a t y o u h a v e s e t u p y o u r o w n f a m i l y , y o u h a v e to p r o v i d e
9. B e y o n d t h e
it.
of a d o u b t , this is t h e m a n w h o a t t a c k e d m e in t h e p a r k .
10. W h a t ' s he t a l k i n g a b o u t ? I c a n ' t
a n y s e n s e of it.
1 . F o r g e t a b o u t a n e w T o y o t a . It's n o t
2 . G i n a is s o
to us.
of e v e r y t h i n g o t h e r p e o p l e h a v e .
3. ' W h a t ' s t h e
for a 5-kilo p a r c e l ? '
AFFORD
ENVY
POST
' T e n p o u n d s , sir.'
4. I h a v e a s t r o n g
that I'm right in this c a s e .
5. A l t h o u g h t h e y c l a i m e d t h e y didn't m e a n to c r i t i c i s e a n y o n e of u s ,
CONVICT
INTEND
I felt t h e i r f a u l t f i n d i n g w a s q u i t e
6. Let's b u y s o m e m o r e of t h e e x o t i c fruit. T h e p r i c e s h e r e a r e
RELATE
low.
FOUND
7. T h e p i o n e e r i n g r e s e a r c h in g e n e t i c s laid s o l i d
for t h e f u t u r e d i s c o v e r i e s in t h e f i e l d .
8. O n e of t h e m a r a t h o n r u n n e r ' s
w a s so big that
EXHAUST
he f a i n t e d right a f t e r p a s s i n g t h e finish line.

9. R a c i s m results f r o m a n
a p p r o a c h to p e o p l e of
TOLERATE
d i f f e r e n t s k i n c o l o u r a n d belief.
10. D o n a l d H e n r y , t h e
A m e r i c a n s c i e n t i s t , is g i v i n g
REPUTATION
a l e c t u r e at o u r u n i v e r s i t y t o m o r r o w . W e e x p e c t a full h o u s e .
1. T h i s p o e m is t o o l o n g f o r m e to
m _ _ _ s _ .
2. T o o m u c h a l c o h o l f o r t o o l o n g c a n
3. T o m e , it's
I'll n e v e r l e a r n it b y heart.
your physical a n d m e n t a l health.
u _ that J a c k will w i n t h e r a c e . H e ' s t h e f a s t e s t r u n n e r .
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4 . T h e s n o w t i g e r is o n t h e
of e x t i n c t i o n . Its p o p u l a t i o n is s c a r c e .
5. T h a n k s to m y g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r ' s d i a r i e s , I k n o w t h e h i s t o r y of m y f a m i l y q u i t e
w e l l . F o r i n s t a n c e , I k n o w that m y
6. W e c o u l d n ' t _
s c a m e from Ireland.
to h e a r t h e n o i s e f r o m t h e w i l d p a r t y u p s t a i r s at n i g h t a n d
so we called the police.

7. T h e r e ' s h a r d l y a n y
h o _
t h a t t h e s h o p will c o v e r t h e c o s t s of
t h e r e p a i r s of y o u r s t e r e o s e t . T h e y a r e not i n c l u d e d in t h e g u a r a n t e e .
8. ' J i m c o u l d y o u p l e a s e p a s s t h e s a l a d d i s h ? ' T m s o r r y L i n d a but it's o u t of m y
_
h . M y hands aren't long enough.'
9. W e d o n ' t n e e d a n y m o r e of f r e s h w a t e r . W e h a v e
n _
s u p p l i e s of it.
10. E v e n t h o u g h I h a v e t r i e d h a r d to m a k e it up to P e t e r f o r c a l l i n g h i m a f o o l , his c o l d
_ p
t o w a r d s m e h a s n ' t c h a n g e d . H e ' s still o f f e n d e d w i t h m e .
1. I f o u n d it really h a r d not to lose
w h e n I h e a r d their false accusations
against m e .
a) p s y c h e
b) rest
c) c a l m
d) t e m p e r
2 . T h e q u a l i t y of t h e j e a n s t r o u s e r s m u s t h a v e b e e n p o o r s e e i n g t h a t t h e y
after t h e first w a s h i n g .
a) d e c r e a s e d
b) c r a m p e d
c) s h r u n k
d) r e d u c e d
3. It w a s t h e a s s i s t a n t s ' r o u g h attitude that
m e f r o m d o i n g s h o p p i n g in t h e
department store.
a) d i s c h a r g e d
b) d i s a l l o w e d
c) d i s c o u r a g e d
4 . Early in t h e m o r n i n g , m y w i f e
a) d e l i v e r e d
b) s u p p l i e d
c) p r o v i d e d
5. W h e n I l o o k e d at t h e t o w e r , it
a) fell
b) d a w n e d
d) d e v i s e d
o n m e I h a d b e e n in t h e p l a c e b e f o r e .
c) r o s e
6. H i s s h a k i n g h a n d s
a) t o l d
d) d i s m i s s e d
a b a b y . It's a s o n . W e ' r e c a l l i n g h i m Eric.
d) c a r r i e d
him away. So, w e k n e w w e ' d c a u g h t a shoplifter.
b) s e n t
c) l o o k e d
d) g a v e
7. M a r k a n d S t u a r t a r e b r o t h e r s but t h e y a r e as different as c h a l k a n d
a) salt
b) c h e e s e
c) h a m
d) b r e a d .
8. It w a s o n c e a p o w e r f u l o r g a n i s a t i o n but it
a) a b o r t e d
9. N e v e r
b) e x h a u s t e d
to exist a d e c a d e a g o .
c) c e a s e d
d) f i n a l i s e d
a b o u t t h e g o s s i p s p e o p l e tell. Y o u r h a p p i n e s s in life is t h e m o s t
important.
a) c o u n t
b) m i n d
c) affect
d) a n n o y
1 0 . Y e s t e r d a y , I p a r k e d m y c a r in a w r o n g p l a c e a n d t h e p o l i c e
a) t o w e d
b) f o r c e d
c) d r e w
d) l a u n c h e d
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it a w a y .
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TEST 47
1. 'I n e e d a c o r r e c t i o n fluid.' ' W a i t a m i n u t e . I'll
2. W e ' l l let y o u u s e o u r p r e m i s e s
3. T h e b a n k c l e r k a s k e d m e to
4
h o l d of it f o r y o u . '
that y o u k e e p t h e m c l e a n .
in a f o r m b e f o r e i s s u i n g m y c h e q u e b o o k .
six w e e k ' s t i m e , we'll h a v e b e e n living in our o w n h o u s e for t w o y e a r s .
5. S i n c e h e w a s s a c k e d f r o m w o r k in S e p t e m b e r , J a c k ' s b e e n
the dole.
6. T h e c l u b m e e t i n g s aren't h e l d e a c h m o n t h . W e a s s e m b l e
7. O n no
other month.
a r e t h e s c o u t s a l l o w e d to l e a v e t h e c a m p at n i g h t .
8. T h i s r e c e i v e r is quite e a s y to o p e r a t e but if y o u
have any problems
w i t h it, j u s t g i v e m e a call.
9. T h e t o t a l l o s s e s o u r c o m p a n y m a d e last y e a r a m o u n t
$1 m i l l i o n .
10. D o n ' t p a y a t t e n t i o n to M i c k ' s c h i l d i s h b e h a v i o u r . H e ' s j u s t
off or rather
m a k i n g a f o o l of h i m s e l f .
1. T h e p r o b l e m w i t h t h e j o b is t h a t t h e s a l a r y is not a d e q u a t e to t h e
REQUIRE
y o u h a v e to fulfil.
2. T h e r e a r e f e w c o l l e c t o r s in t h e w o r l d w h o a r e in
of
POSSESS
this u n i q u e a n d v e r y v a l u a b l e p o s t s t a m p .
3. O u r f a m i l y e x p e r i e n c e d t r u e
HARD
of life w h e n b o t h
o u r p a r e n t s w e r e m a d e r e d u n d a n t a n d c o u l d n ' t f i n d a job for m o n t h s .

4. H e l e n is a n
m o t h e r . Her b a b y is d u e n e x t m o n t h .
EXPECT
5. D r i v e c a r e f u l l y . T h e c o u n t r y r o a d is v e r y
EVEN
6. A d a m ' s p a r e n t s w e r e v e r y strict a n d s o h e w a s g i v e n a v e r y r i g o r o u s
BRING
as a c h i l d .
7. T h e p a r t i e s of t h e o p p o s i t i o n e x p r e s s e d their
of
APPROVE
t h e c o n c e p t s of t h e ruling p a r t y by s n e e r i n g a n d w h i s t l i n g .
COMMON
8. Y o u d o n ' t s e e m a n y elks in o u r w o o d s . T h e y a r e rather

in this p a r t of t h e c o u n t r y .
FIND
9. T h e r e s e a r c h e r s h a v e r e f u s e d to p u b l i s h t h e report of their
sensational
b e f o r e t h e w h o l e e x p e r i m e n t is o v e r .
ORDER
10. I d o n ' t k n o w h o w y o u c a n f i n d a n y t h i n g in this

r o o m of y o u r s . I s u g g e s t y o u c l e a n it up b e f o r e y o u d r o w n in r u b b i s h .
1. It w a s n ' t E d d i e ' s o w n d e c i s i o n to get m a r r i e d . His m o t h e r
h i m to a s k for S u e ' s h a n d .
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d _ d
2 . ' W h a t made you

3. T e r r y is an
n
p
in t h e r e s i g n a t i o n ? ' 'I've b e e n o f f e r e d a b e t t e r j o b . '

. H i s b o t h p a r e n t s d i e d in a c a r a c c i d e n t w h e n t h e b o y
w a s still an infant.
4 . T h e r e ' s n o b o d y to
m _ for t h e s y s t e m c o l l a p s e . It w a s n ' t a n y b o d y ' s fault.
5. T h e h u g e n u m b e r of q u e s t i o n s h e a s k e d d u r i n g t h e m e e t i n g m a d e m e r e a l i s e t h a t
S t e p h e n w a s not q u i t e _ w
of w h a t w a s a c t u a l l y g o i n g o n in b u s i n e s s .
6. Y o u r b a d h e a d a c h e s m a y
f r o m y o u r living u n d e r c o n s t a n t s t r e s s .
7. A f t e r t h e liner h a d s a n k , t h e r e w e r e t o n n e s of r u b b i s h f l o a t i n g o n t h e s e a
f
8. T h e r u m o u r of M a n d y a n d H a n k ' s d i v o r c e is
d _ s
e _ _ .
Everyone
in t h e t o w n h a s p r o b a b l y h e a r d a b o u t it.
9. T h e p r o j e c t m u s t b e f i n i s h e d b y F r i d a y 2 4 . It's t h e _ e
t h
. If w e
d o n ' t k e e p it, t h e c o n t r a c t will be b r o k e n .

10. A l t h o u g h t h e s t o l e n p a i n t i n g s h a v e b e e n r e c o v e r e d , t h e n a m e s of t h e t h i e v e s
m
n u n k n o w n . T h e police are still looking f o r t h e m .
1. Sorry. I d o n ' t h a v e t i m e to taik to y o u n o w . I a m
a) r o u n d
b) f o r w a r d
c) a b o u t
to l e a v e .
d) a c r o s s
2 . I s p e n t h o u r s l o o k i n g for t h e d o c u m e n t s in the office to finally f i n d out it w a s a w i l d

c h a s e as t h e y w e r e all t h e t i m e on m y d e s k at h o m e .
a) pig
b) h o r s e
c) g o o s e
3. T h e c o m p u t e r h a c k e r will
a) s t a n d
b) lie
d) d u c k
trial for b r e a k i n g into m a n y b a n k s ' s y s t e m s .
c) s t e p
d) w a l k
4. S t o p m a k i n g t h e s a m e s u g g e s t i o n all the t i m e . It's j u s t f l o g g i n g a d e a d

a) d o g
b) e l e p h a n t
5. Let m e
a) a s s u r e
6. I'm rather
a) d o u b t f u l
b) c o n f i r m
d) h o r s e
c) a c k n o w l e d g e
d) retell
of t h e s m e l l . T h i s m e a t d o e s n ' t s e e m to be f r e s h .
b) u n e a s y
7. N o w , I f e e l I'm
a) rising
c) s h e e p
y o u a g a i n m a d a m that y o u r m o n e y is s a f e in o u r b a n k .
c) s u s p i c i o u s
d) u n c e r t a i n
t i r e d . I've b e e n w o r k i n g for t o o l o n g t o d a y .
b) f a l l i n g
c) g r o w i n g
c) p a s s i n g
8. W e w e r e n ' t s a t i s f i e d with the p a c k a g e tour. It didn't

a) p e r f o r m
b) c o m p a r e
c) c o r r e s p o n d
our expectations.
d) m a t c h
9. C i n d y d o e s n ' t w a n t to start a f a m i l y yet. S h e ' d s o o n e r

a) c h a s e
b) p u r s u e
c) e n g a g e
10. W e h a v e to call for a d o c t o r . I s u s p e c t our b a b y is

a) t u r n i n g
b) p u t t i n g
c) c o m i n g
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her career.
d) s p r e a d
d) b r i n g i n g
d o w n with a flu.
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"
1. T h e 6 0 ' s w a s t h e t i m e of m y life. In
days, I w a s free as a bird.
a t t h e c i n e m a t o d a y ? ' 'The Lord of the Rings.
2. ' W h a t ' s
3. I w i s h m y h u s b a n d
Shall w e go?'
bring m e flowers more often.
4. Y o u ' v e a r r i v e d
t h e last m o m e n t . W e a r e a b o u t to c l o s e t h e s h o p .
5. B e c a u s e of t h e c h a i r m a n ' s illness, o u r a n n u a l m e e t i n g h a s b e e n
6. D o e s it
off.
a n y d i f f e r e n c e to y o u if I p a y y o u by c h e q u e i n s t e a d of c a s h ?
7. W h e n I heard w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d I was completely
a loss for w o r d s .
8. W e ' v e lost t o o m u c h t i m e c h a n g i n g t h e flat tyre. W e w o n ' t be a b l e to c a t c h up with

the other competitors
9. In t h e
10
if w e d r i v e at full s p e e d .
of t h e m a c h i n e f a i l u r e , d o n ' t try r e p a i r i n g it b y y o u r s e l f .
e v e r d o e s P e t e r a s k m e for a d v i c e . H e t h i n k s h e k n o w s e v e r y t h i n g
better.
1 . W e w e r e s h o c k e d to h e a r a b o u t t h e m i n i s t e r ' s
INVOLVE
in t h e c o r r u p t i o n affair.
2 . T h o m a s is a n
a n d brave person. He loves
ADVENTURE
t r a v e l l i n g to d a n g e r o u s a n d d i s t a n t p l a c e s .
3. J a c k t h e R i p p e r w a s a
criminal.
4. A t first, I didn't w a n t to t a k e p a r t in t h e d a n c i n g c o u r s e , but o n

second
HARD
THINK
I d e c i d e d to g i v e it a try.
5. It w a s t h e b a d traffic t h a t c a u s e d a d e l a y in t h e
DELIVER
of t h e g o o d s t h a t y o u o r d e r e d , sir.
6. It w a s n o b o d y ' s f a u l t . T h e a c c i d e n t w a s j u s t a n
FORTUNE
occurrence.
7. A u n t B e t t y h a s d o n e s o m u c h g o o d to y o u . Y o u s h o u l d s h o w
your
APPRECIATE
f r o m t i m e to t i m e .
8. In o u r m a g a z i n e , w e d e s c r i b e t h e m o s t b u r n i n g
ENVIRONMENT
i s s u e s like air a n d w a t e r p o l l u t i o n a n d s p e c i e s e n d a n g e r m e n t .
9. D a v e ' s m a n n e r s a r e m o s t
Somebody
OBJECT
should teach him a lesson.

10. P e o p l e envy m e popularity a n d fortune. But what they don't
n o t i c e is t h a t m y
STAR
was hard-earned.
1. Y o u ' r e a l w a y s
in m y h o u s e . C o m e a n y t i m e y o u w a n t t o .
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2. I w i s h G i n a a n d I h a d n ' t split u p . I
3. T h e r e ' s b e e n a c o n s i d e r a b l e
all t h e b a d t h i n g s I h a d d o n e .
s _ in t h e n u m b e r of c l i e n t s w h o a r e
s e r i o u s l y i n t e r e s t e d in o u r p r o d u c t s , w h i c h p l e a s e s us a lot.
4. T h e s e j e w e l s o n the w i n d o w d i s p l a y a r e c h e a p b e c a u s e t h e y a r e n ' t g e n u i n e .
T h e y are
5. W h y m a k e so m u c h _
a b o u t a lost m o u s e p a d ?
I c a n e a s i l y get y o u a
new one.
6. I w i s h m y s o n , V i n c e n t , w o u l d g e t m a r r i e d a n d
d o w n , w h i c h will n o t
h a p p e n t o o s o o n , I'm a f r a i d .
7. W h i c h c a n d i d a t e a r e y o u g o i n g t o
t _ for at t h e e l e c t i o n ?
8. A h e a l t h y diet s h o u l d b e m a d e of fruit, v e g e t a b l e s , c e r e a l a n d
p r o d u c t s like m i l k , e g g s a n d c o t t a g e c h e e s e .
9. If t h e p a s s i n g m a n h a d n ' t n o t i c e d t h e c h i l d s t r u g g l i n g in t h e w a t e r , t h e b o y w o u l d
have _ _ _ w
d i n t h e river.
10. Y o u r c h i l d r e n will c e r t a i n l y
t f r o m c l e a n e r air a n d p e a c e w h e n y o u
m o v e to t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .
1. T h e old witch cast a spell a n d
a) t u r n e d
b) w o r k e d
t h e b e a u t i f u l p r i n c e s s into a f r o g .
c ) put
d) s e n t
2. J a n i c e l o o k s like J u l i a R o b e r t s . P e o p l e o f t e n
a) m i s u n d e r s t a n d
b) m i s p l a c e
h e r f o r t h e f a m o u s star.
c) m i s t a k e
3. B e f o r e I t a k e t h e final d e c i s i o n , I m u s t
a) v a l u e
b) w e i g h
c) m e a s u r e
4. R a l p h is in the
d) c o n s i d e r
of g e t t i n g up v e r y e a r l y a n d j o g g i n g in t h e p a r k .
a) a d d i c t i o n
b) c u s t o m
c) h a b i t
d) m a n n e r
5. All m y p e s s i m i s t i c p r e d i c t i o n s a b o u t t h e f u t u r e
a) d i s p l a y e d
b) p r o v e d
c) e x p o s e d
6. It's elderly p e o p l e t h a t v e r y o f t e n
a) d r o p
d) m i s u s e
u p all t h e p r o s a n d c o n s .
b) fall
to b e w r o n g .
d realised
p r e y to f r a u d s a n d d i s h o n e s t p e d l a r s .
c) d r a w
d) c o m e
7. D o n ' t p u s h y o u r p r o b l e m s o n to m e . It's y o u w h o m u s t f a c e t h e
a) s o n g
b) t u n e
c) s o u n d
d) m u s i c
8. H e l p y o u r s e l f to a n y t h i n g y o u like. T h e r e ' s no
a) limit
b) b o r d e r
c) b a r r i e r
d) e d g e
9. W h e n I w a s s t a y i n g in C h i n a , I
a) d e v e l o p e d
b) f o u n d e d
a t a s t e for s p i c y d i s h e s .
c) e s t a b l i s h e d
10. T h e r e s c u e r s a r r i v e d in t h e
b) j u s t
c) n i c k
d) c o n t r a c t e d
of t i m e . A f e w m i n u t e s later a n d t h e
diver w o u l d h a v e d i e d of h y p o t h e r m i a .
a) dot
to h o w m u c h y o u e a t .
d) d u e
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T E S T 49
1. S c o t t y h a s g o t m a n y t a l e n t s . H o w e v e r , he c a n n o t
t h e m to g o o d use.
2 . Y o u lent m e 50 p o u n d s on M o n d a y . O n W e d n e s d a y , I g a v e y o u b a c k 3 0 p o u n d s
s o I still
y o u 2 0 , d o n ' t I?
3. D o n ' t w o r r y a b o u t c l e a n h a n d w r i t i n g . Y o u s h o u l d a i m
giving correct
a n s w e r s to t h e e x a m q u e s t i o n s .
4
v i e w of y o u r b r o a d e x p e r i e n c e , w e ' r e g o i n g to p r o m o t e y o u to a m o r e
responsible position.
in b u y i n g a n o t h e r printer. Y o u ' v e a l r e a d y g o t t w o .
6. T h e t e r r i f y i n g s t o r y t h a t Eddie t o l d m e m a d e m y hair s t a n d o n
7 . 1 s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d t h e w o r l d atlas to y o u . You'll c e r t a i n l y f i n d it
8. T h a n k y o u for h e l p i n g us
use.
for y o u r a s s i s t a n c e , w e ' d h a v e n e v e r got out
of t r o u b l e .
9. G e o r g e , y o u k n o w w e ' d
y o u not to b r i n g y o u r f r i e n d s h o m e w h i l e w e
a r e . o u t . Y o u m a y a l w a y s invite t h e m w h i l e w e ' r e in.

10
till s h e e n t e r e d h e r h o u s e , did s h e realise it h a d b e e n b u r g l e d .
1. Y o u need to
2.
t h e s e k n i v e s . T h e y a r e all blunt.
t o w a r d s p e o p l e of o t h e r r a c e s is n a t u r a l for u s .
SHARP
TOLERANT
W e ' v e a l w a y s l i v e d in this m u l t i n a t i o n a l s o c i e t y .
3. B e f o r e y o u start s p r i n k l i n g t h e p l a n t s w i t h t h e p e s t i c i d e liquid, d o n ' t
f o r g e t t o put o n t h e
PROTECT
clothes.
4. T h e e x p e d i t i o n h a d to g i v e up their a t t e m p t at r e a c h i n g t h e p e a k of
t h e m o u n t a i n d u e to
FAVOUR
weather conditions.
5. M y d o c t o r t o l d m e to refrain f r o m s m o k i n g d u r i n g t h e w h o l e p e r i o d of
PREGNANT
6. C o a l m i n e r s s h o u l d be well r e w a r d e d for t h e
HAZARD
job
that they do.

7. M a n y p e o p l e c l a i m t h a t t h e r e ' s no better
from
DETER
c r i m e than the death penalty.

8. M i c h a e l h a s b e e n c h e a t i n g o n m e for s o m a n y y e a r s . If h e a s k s m e
FORGIVE
9. T h e r e ' s a lot of
JUST
in this w o r l d . J u s t t h i n k of all
t h e s e c h i l d r e n in A s i a toiling for o n e dollar a w e e k .

10. I m a g i n e m y p a r e n t s '
when they learned I w a s
awarded a scholarship abroad.
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PROUD
1 U n c l e J o e is t h e m o s t
person I know. He always brings us
gifts a n d s w e e t s w h e n h e c o m e s for a visit.

2- I a m
g . I h a v e n ' t e a t e n a n y t h i n g for t e n h o u r s .
3. O n e of m y c l o s e f r i e n d s is a n e n t h u s i a s t of s n o w b o a r d i n g . H e t a k e s g r e a t
g
in p r a c t i s i n g it.
4. S u e didn't s t u d y d a n c i n g . It's h e r n a t u r a l
5. T h e b a b y ' s h a i r isn't s t r a i g h t . It's
t _
. S h e ' s really g o o d at it.
6. O u r b o s s likes h a v i n g a p p o i n t m e n t s in
r e s t a u r a n t s . T h e p r o b l e m is t h e y
cost too m u c h .
7 . ' H o w m a n y v i e w e r s c a n this h a l l - r o o m
?' ' M o r e t h a n t w o h u n d r e d . '
8. I a d v i s e y o u t o t a k e t h e j o b . It w o u l d b e silly n o t t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e of s u c h a g o o d
_ _ P _ - t
9. Drive c a r e f u l l y . T h e r o a d is q u i t e
10. E v e r y d a y , t h e f a r m e r gets up at
y a s it's b e e n r a i n i n g .
to m i l k t h e c o w s . It's still d a r k at t h a t
t i m e of a d a y .
1. W e d i d n ' t h a v e to p a y for t h e f o o d . E v e r y t h i n g w a s at t h e h o s t s '
a) p a y m e n t
b) w o r t h
2. Ryan w a s
c) e x p e n s e
a) r e l u c t a n t
b) u n w e l c o m e
3. I didn't g e t a
c) o b j e c t i o n a b l e
d) r e s i s t a n t
of s l e e p last night d u e to t h e noisy party u p s t a i r s .
a) d r e a m
b) rest
4. Our plans are

a) s u b j e c t
c) n a p
b) m a t t e r
a) m e a n
d) w i n k
to c h a n g e , s o d o not m a k e a n y f i r m a r r a n g e m e n t s yet.
c) o p t i o n
5. W h a t e x a c t l y d i d y o u
6
d) a m o u n t
to a g r e e to o u r c o n d i t i o n s , but.finally he a c c e p t e d t h e m .
d) q u e s t i o n
to w h e n y o u s a i d y o u w e r e d i s a p p o i n t e d ?
b) d i r e c t
c) refer
d) c o n c e r n
y o u r m i n d . D o n ' t be a f r a i d to s a y w h a t y o u t h i n k .
a) S p e a k
b) T e l l
c) T a l k
d) S a y
7. T h e s u b s i d i e s f r o m t h e U E s h o u l d
a) f u e l
b) e n a b l e
u s to i m p r o v e the q u a l i t y of o u r r o a d s .
c) effect
d) e n s u r e
8. T h e w i t n e s s e s of t h e a c c i d e n t w e r e all
a) i n v e s t i g a t e d
b) r e s e a r c h e d
b y the p o l i c e .
c) e x p l o r e d
9. A f t e r t h e f r a u d s c a n d a l , m o s t of t h e b a n k ' s c l i e n t s
a) w i t h h e l d
b) w i t h s t o o d
c) w i t h e r e d
1 0 . W e d o n ' t h a v e a n y t e a b a g s left. W e ' l l h a v e to

a) s t a n d
b) b e
c) m a k e
d) c o p e
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d) q u e s t i o n e d
their s a v i n g s .
d) w i t h d r e w
do with instant tea.
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1. J u d g i n g
t h e f r o w n o n his f a c e , t h e r e ' s s o m e t h i n g t h a t ' s w o r r y i n g h i m .
2. If y o u d o n ' t c h a n g e y o u r c o n t r o v e r s i a l d e c i s i o n , you'll
in for a lot of
criticism.
3. I w a s o n t h e
of l e a v i n g h o m e , w h e n m y f r i e n d c a l l e d to s a y t h a t the
m o r n i n g lecture h a d been cancelled.

4. J a s o n likes a n i m a l s , d o g s
particular.
5. Stricter a n d m o r e f r e q u e n t c o n t r o l s s h o u l d
a s t o p to t h e t h e f t s of office
e q u i p m e n t by the employees.
6. A f t e r s h e r e t u r n e d f r o m her m o n t h - s t a y in t h e s p a , t h e g r a n d m o t h e r s a i d s h e w a s
f e e l i n g a s right a s
7
m y k n o w l e d g e , it's p r o f e s s o r L e a n t h a t h e a d s t h e p h y s i c s d e p a r t m e n t ,
n o t p r o f e s s o r Flurry.
8. If it h a d n ' t b e e n
M a r k ' s swift r e a c t i o n , w e ' d h a v e c r a s h e d a g a i n s t a tree.
9. It's not y o u w h o I s u s p e c t
r u n n i n g m e d o w n . It's t h e o t h e r p e o p l e .
10. V i c k y is v e r y a m b i t i o u s . O n e day, she'll
it to t h e t o p , I'm s u r e .
1 . T i m is v e r y
His h e a d is full of u s e f u l i d e a s .
2. I'm t h i n k i n g of c h a n g i n g m y j o b b e c a u s e a n o t h e r c o m p a n y h a v e
offered m e a more
RESOURCE
COMPETE
salary.
3. A w i d e r a n g e of r e f r i g e r a t o r s , v a c u u m c l e a n e r s , d i s h w a s h e r s a n d
other domestic
APPLY
a r e o f f e r e d h e r e at half p r i c e .
4. In t h e b e g i n n i n g , Sally w a s r a t h e r
m o v e into
WILL
m y flat. But finally, I m a n a g e d to c o n v i n c e her.

5. A c c o r d i n g to h i s t o r i a n s , t h e first h u m a n
a r e a d a t e b a c k to t h e 8
6. A n
in t h e
SETTLE
i n v e s t i g a t i o n w a s c a r r i e d out b e f o r e all t h e
EXTEND
l h
century BC.
g a n g m e m b e r s w e r e a r r e s t e d a n d put in p r i s o n .
7. T h e p l a n y o u ' v e d e v i s e d is rather
T h i n k of
PRACTICE
o n e t h a t will b e m o r e e f f e c t i v e .
8. T h e r e ' s a l o n g a n d p a i n f u l w a y to g o for p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d for d r u g
and alcohol
9. W e p a i d our h o s t s e x t r a as a g r a t i t u d e for t h e i r u t m o s t
10. T h e f a c t o r y f u m e s a n d t h e car e x h a u s t h a v e a l w a y s e x e r t e d
a
ADDICT
a n d t h e results a r e n ' t a g u a r a n t e e .
i m p a c t on t h e historical b u i l d i n g s in t h e t o w n .
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HOSPITABLE
RUIN
1 . A s I "was w a l k i n g p a s t the s h o p , I s a w a g o r g e o u s c o c k t a i l d r e s s o n t h e w i n d o w
s
y . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h o u g h , it w a s n ' t m y s i z e .
2 . It w a s a g o o d i d e a to m o v e out of t h e city c e n t r e to t h e
s . It's m u c h
q u i e t e r h e r e a n d t h e traffic is n o t s o h e a v y .
3. T h e w a t e r p i p e b u r s t a n d w e h a d to call in a p l u m b e r to s t o p t h e
4 . T h e m a n s a y s h e is i n n o c e n t a n d d e m a n d s to b e
5. N o n e of y o u is at a f a v o u r e d p o s i t i o n . Y o u all h a v e
a _
s _ d
from prison.
c h a n c e s of g e t t i n g
the job.
6. T h e r e w a s s u c h a big
for t h e b o o k that t h e p r i n t i n g h o u s e h a d to
w o r k d a y a n d n i g h t to p r o d u c e e n o u g h c o p i e s .
7. ' H a v e y o u h e a r d N i g e l a n d L a u r a got m a r r i e d ? ' ' N o , I h a v e n ' t . G i v e t h e m m y b e s t
g
s w h e n you see them again.'
8. Y o u ' r e _ _
u _ d to lose y o u r m o n e y if y o u bet it o n t h e S t a l l i o n . T h e h o r s e h a s
never w o n a single race.

9. ' T h e p r i c e of t h e t i c k e t is q u i t e h i g h . W h y d o n ' t w e _ p
the costs? I give
o n e half a n d y o u g i v e t h e o t h e r half.' ' G o o d idea.'

10. D r o p m e a
w h e n y o u g e t t o L i o n . I'd like to k n o w h o w y o u a r e d o i n g .
1. A n a p p l e tart is a t e m p t a t i o n t h a t I a l w a y s f i n d h a r d to
a) o b s t r u c t
b) p r e v e n t
2 . H e l l o B r i a n . It
a) e n j o y s
c) o m i t
d) resist
m e to s e e y o u in g o o d h e a l t h a g a i n .
b) f a v o u r s
c) a p p r e c i a t e s
d) p l e a s e s
3. S p o r t s m e n w h o t a k e illegal s u b s t a n c e s
a) sit
b) p l a c e
c) run
d) t o u c h
4 . It's not e a s y to c o m e to
a) c o n c e p t s
the risk of b e i n g d i s q u a l i f i e d .
with ageing.
b) t e r m s
c) r e a s o n s
d) g r o u n d s
5. T h e t o w e r c l o c k is not a c c u r a t e . It m u s t b e
a) o v e r t a k i n g
b) g a i n i n g
time.
c) s p e e d i n g
d) o b t a i n i n g
6. W e i n t e n d e d t o o p e n six n e w b r a n c h e s last y e a r but w e fell

a) l o w
b) d o w n
c) f a r
7. I w i s h s o m e o n e h a d
a) n o t i f i e d
m e of t h e c h a n g e s in t h e s c h e d u l e .
b) r e v e a l e d
c) c o m m u n i c a t e d
8. M a n y r e v o l u t i o n a r y c h a n g e s c a m e a b o u t at t h e
a) c o r n e r
b) e d g e
c) t u r n
b) m i l d
c) w e a k
of t h e last c e n t u r y .
s p o t for R i c k y .
d) s w e e t
1 0 . T o m p r o m i s e d t o g i v e us a ride t o L o n d o n but h e
a) w e n t
b) d r e w
d) a n n o u n c e d
d) c u r v e
9. E v e r y b o d y k n o w s t h a t A n n a h a s got a
a) soft
of t h e p l a n .
d) s h o r t
c) t u r n e d
d) p u l l e d
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b a c k o n his p r o m i s e .
Klucz
do
testow
I.
I.come
9. e v e r
2. w i t h 3. s o o n 4 . t h a n 5. in 6. w h i l e / w h e n
7. l o o k i n g 8. a b o u t / h i g h
10. brush
II. 1 . d a n g e r o u s
2. prettily 3. m a j o r i t y 4 . invitation 5. arrival 6. b r o k e n
7. d e c i s i o n 8. l a u g h t e r 9. g a r d e n e r
10. i m p a t i e n t
III. 1 . f a i l e d 2. q u a r r e l 3. l u g g a g e / b a g g a g e 4 . s p e n d 5. p i e c e 6. a n g r y 7. i n s t e a d
8. m a n a g e d 9. r o w 10. t h r o w
IV. 1 . c 2 . a 3. b 4 . d 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. c 9. d 1 0 . b
TEST 2
I.
1.on
2 . W o u l d 3. g o e s / t u r n s
7. a g o 8. w h o s e
4. makes
5. b e l o n g 6. If / P r o v i d e d / P r o v i d i n g
9. only 1 0 . t a k i n g
II. 1 . d i f f e r e n c e 2 . kindly
3. p e r f o r m a n c e 4 . a g r e e m e n t
7. u s e l e s s 8. i n c o r r e c t 9. p o s s i b i l i t y
5. c h i l d h o o d 6. u n f r i e n d l y
10. a n g e r
III. 1 . p o i n t 2 . l e n d 3. s u r v i v e d 4 . s t r a i g h t 5. e v e n t 6. c h o i c e 7. likely 8. a d v a n t a g e
9. c a r r y
10. m e m b e r
IV. 1 . b 2 . a 3. b 4 . c 5. d 6. d 7 . c
8. a 9. a 1 0 . d
TEST 3
I.
Lgone
2 . to 3. G e t 4 . s o 5. to 6. for 7. f e d 8. h a v e 9. f r o m
10. s e a s o n
II. 1 . c o m p a r i s o n 2 . fatty 3. e q u i p m e n t 4 . f e a r l e s s 5. u n h e a l t h y 6. i m p r e s s i o n
7. d e p e n d e n t 8. t r u t h f u l 9. c o u r a g e o u s
10. marriage
III. 1 . t i m e t a b l e 2 . bitter 3. b l o w 4 . m o o d 5. d i s e a s e 6. hire 7. s i g h t s e e i n g

8. a t t e n d 9. s i m i l a r
10. g r o w n
109
IV. 1 . c 2. b 3. b 4 . d 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. d 9. b 1 0 . c
TEST 4
I.
1. e a c h 2 . for 3. by 4 . far 5. O n 6. t h e r e 7. t o o k 8. n e i t h e r 9. in 10. for
II. 1 . f r i e n d l y 2 . a s h a m e d 3. f a v o u r i t e 4. c o m p e t i t i o n
7. s p e c i a l i t y
8. u n c o m m o n
III. 1 . c o i n 2 . p a s s e n g e r s
9. m a j o r i t y
5. f o r g e t f u l 6. d e v e l o p m e n t
10. height
3. n e p h e w 4 . foot 5. d e l i c i o u s 6. b e l o n g s 7. c u i s i n e
8. tip 9. s p e l l 1 0 . d e l a y
IV. 1 . b 2 . d 3. a 4 . a 5. c 6. c 7. b 8. b 9. a 1 0 . d
TEST 5
I.
Lsame
2 . f o r 3. A l t h o u g h
~]
4. with / d o i n g 5. all 6. f e e d 7. kind / sort 8. o n / a l l
9. a n / p e r 1 0 . H o w
II. 1. e n g i n e e r 2 . t a l k a t i v e
7. c h a n g e a b l e
III. 1. f a m o u s
3. k n o w l e d g e 4. d e p a r t u r e
8. u n e m p l o y e d 9. j e a l o u s y
5. r e t i r e m e n t
6. iritating
10. m y s t e r i o u s
2. b o a r d 3. f o r e c a s t 4. f u r n i t u r e 5. s e a t b e l t 6. birth 7. g o v e r n m e n t
8. d e b t 9. e x p e r i e n c e
10. i n v e n t e d
IV. 1 . b 2 . a 3. c 4 . c 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. a 9. d 1 0 . c
TEST 6
I.
1 . b r o u g h t 2 . H e l p 3. L e t / M a k e
4. i f / w h e t h e r
5. d o 6. At 7. loaf
8. T h e r e
9. m i n e 1 0 . out
II. 1 . f u s s y 2 . s u c c e s s f u l 3. e n j o y a b l e 4. c h o i c e 5. t a l e n t e d 6. s i g n a t u r e
7. v i o l e n c e 8. t h r e a t e n e d 9. h i s t o r i c a l 10. i m p r o v e m e n t
110
III. 1 . c h a r g e 2 . s a l e 3. t h i r s t y 4 . w a l l e t 5. r e c i p e 6. still 7. d i r e c t i o n 8. p o l l u t i o n
9. v i e w 1 0 . c i t i z e n
IV. 1 . d 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. b 9. a 1 0 . c
TEST 7
I.
1. whether
2 . w h o l e 3. to 4 . s i n c e 5. like 6. of 7. h a d 8. h o w 9. on
II. 1 . intention 2. f a s h i o n a b l e
7. m e m b e r s h i p
9. b u r g l a r
3. a c t i v e 4 . r e c e p t i o n 5. s e l f i s h 6. d e a t h
8. preparations
III. 1 . field 2 . d e g r e e
1 0 . let
9. e f f e c t i v e
10. privacy
3. p r a c t i s i n g 4. size 5. s m a r t 6. rules 7. i n j u r e d 8. a d v i c e
10. return
IV. 1 . d 2. d 3. b 4 . c 5. a 6. a 7. c 8. b 9. a 10. d
TEST 8
I.
Ldeaf
9. of
2. on 3. m a k e s / d r i v e s 4 . f o u n d 5. u s e d 6. until / t i l l 7. W h i c h
8. p l a c e
10. y e t
II. 1 . o b j e c t i o n s
2. s a f e t y
3. s e n s i b l e 4 . r e s p o n s i b i l i t y 5. a p p e a r a n c e
6. c o n v e n i e n c e 7 . i m p r o b a b l e
8. r e l a t i o n s h i p 9. scientific
III. 1 . e n c o u r a g e d 2 . m a t t e r 3. a u d i e n c e
8. j e a l o u s
9. d r e s s e d
10. s e c o n d a r y
4. t y r e 5. kettle 6. s a l a r y 7. c o w a r d
10. sunburnt
IV. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4 . d 5. c 6. a 7. d 8. a 9. d 1 0 . b
TEST 9
I.
1 . get 2. p a r t 3. at 4 . s e n s e 5. a s 6. M a k e 7. h i m s e l f 8. of 9. w o u l d
111
10. yet
II. 1. r e s e r v a t i o n 2 . e l e c t r i c i a n 3. u n k i n d 4 . r e f l e c t i o n
7 . b o s s y 8. m i s t a k e n 9. i n s i n c e r e
5. p l e a s u r e
6. e l e c t i o n
10. solutions
III. 1 . g r a d u a t e s 2 . b o o k 3. sting 4. i n v e s t i g a t e 5. a d v e r t i s e m e n t 6. w o n d e r e d
7. c u s t o m s
IV. 1 . b
I.
8. o p i n i o n 9. f o n d 10. d i s c o v e r e d
2. d 3. a 4 . d 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. d 1 0 . c
1. p a i d 2 . f a v o u r 3 . o r i g i n / living 4 . d o e s 5. w h y 6. n e i t h e r 7. o n 8. off / o u t
9. t h e
10. shall
II. 1 . a n n o y i n g 2 . c o l o u r f u l
3. p i c t u r e s q u e
7. c u l t u r a l 8. i n h a b i t a n t s 9. f a m e
4 . a r r i v a l 5. h e s i t a t i o n
.monthly
10. e c o n o m i s e
III. 1 . u n i f o r m 2 . p o s t e r s 3. habit 4 . c h o p p i n g 5. r e s p e c t 6. u n l i k e l y 7. q u e u e
8. c a n c e l l e d 9. f a s h i o n e d
10. disturb
IV. 1. d 2 . c 3. a 4 . c 5. b 6. d 7. d 8. a 9. c 1 0 . a
T E S T 11
I.
1 . like
2 . t h a n 3. a m o u n t 4. e x c e p t 5. W h o s e
6. w i t h 7. s o 8. S i n c e 9. t a k e
10. w i t h
II. 1 . p r o m i s i n g 2 . s i m i l a r i t y 3. r e s p e c t f u l 4. u n i m p o r t a n t
7. a p p o i n t m e n t
III. 1 . c u s t o m e r s
7. c h i l d h o o d
8. h o m e l e s s
9. i n d e p e n d e n t
5. u n l i k e l y 6. m u s i c i a n
1 0 . illegal
2 . p o p u l a t i o n 3. c a u s e d 4. s o c i a b l e 5. w e a l t h y 6. a w a r e
8. a b u s e 9. C h a r i t y 10. m i n d
IV. 1 . b 2. d 3. d 4 . b 5. c 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. d 10. b
112
I.
1. to 2. o n c e 3. d o 4 . off 5. for 6. u n l e s s 7. of 8. f a r 9. w i t h 1 0 . fell
II. 1. u n e m p l o y m e n t 2 . s a v i n g s
6. f r e e d o m
3. e s p e c i a l l y 4 . o c c u p a t i o n
7. p o l i t e n e s s 8. c o m p l a i n t 9. e x h a u s t i n g
III. 1. nationalities
8. f r i d g e 9. b o w
5. e n t e r t a i n m e n t
10. u n u s u a l
2. prefer 3. o w n s 4. d i v o r c e d 5. f o l l o w 6. a d d i c t e d 7. i n t e r v i e w
10. housewife
IV. 1 . d 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. d 1 0 . a
|"
I.
T E S T 13
1. in 2 . to 3. to 4. w i t h 5. at 6. b r o k e 7. in 8. J u s t 9. into 1 0 . of
II. 1. d r i n k i n g 2 . f o r t u n a t e l y 3. p l e a s e d 4 . p e a c e f u l l y 5. a c c o u n t a n t
7. f r i g h t e n e d 8. d e s c r i p t i o n 9. d a r k n e s s
III. 1. s t r i k e
10. fluency
2 . s u r v i v e d 3. f r e e z e 4 . m e m b e r
8. j o u r n e y 9. m e s s a g e
6. m o v e m e n t
5. h e a l t h y 6. m e m o r a b l e 7 . f e e d
10. disagree
IV. 1 . b 2. d 3. a 4 . a 5. b 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. d 1 0 . b
T E S T 14
I.
Llast
2 . of 3. m o s t 4 . s u c h 5. o n 6. f r o m 7. b a c k 8. l e n d / g i v e
9. to 1 0 . at
II. 1. d o u b t f u l 2. v a r i o u s 3. s a t i s f a c t o r y 4. e c o n o m i c a l 5. a n n o y e d 6. i n c l u d i n g
7. u n t i d y 8. m a r v e l l o u s 9. i m p o l i t e 1 0 . u n i m p o r t a n t
III. 1 . r u n n i n g 2 . l i g h t h o u s e 3. i n t e r e s t 4 . b r i d g e 5. f o r g i v e 6. b e c o m e 7. e x c e p t
8. g u e s t s 9. p a s s e s
1 0 . rainfall
IV. 1. b 2 . a 3. b 4 . c 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. b 1 0 . a
113
T E S T 15
I.
I . a g e 2. to / w i t h
3. for 4. for 5. o v e r 6. s e c o n d 7. s i n c e 8. on 9. f o r 10. of
II. 1 . u n c o m f o r t a b l e 2. m a r r i a g e 3. f a i l u r e 4 . u n p l e a s a n t 5. c h i l d h o o d 6. p o v e r t y
7. s o c i a l 8. p a i n f u l 9 . d i s q u a l i f i e d 1 0 . m o u n t a i n e e r i n g
III. 1 . c a r e e r 2. p a r t s 3. i n c l u d i n g 4 . o x y g e n 5. faith 6. s h a m e 7. r e c o g n i s e
8. s p e e c h 9. right 1 0 . a w a r d s .
IV. 1 . a 2 . c 3. b 4 . c 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. d 9. c 1 0 . a
T E S T 16
I.
1 . at 2 . to 3. w h i c h 4. of 5. c a l l 6. In 7. W h y 8. t h e 9. b e s t 1 0 . a w a y
II. 1 . p u n i s h m e n t 2 . a t t r a c t i v e 3. w o r r i e d 4. h e l p l e s s 5. r e m a r k a b l e
7. i n h a b i t a n t s 8. v a l u a b l e 9. r e f r e s h i n g
10. f a m e
III. 1 . c o w a r d 2 . rights 3. p a r t - t i m e 4 . e q u i p m e n t
7. a d v a n t a g e 8. e n g i n e 9. t a s t e l e s s
6. m e m o r a b l e
5. c u r r e n c y 6. d e p a r t u r e
10..lawyer
IV. 1 . d 2 . a 3. a 4 . b 5. d 6. b 7. c 8. c 9. a 1 0 . d
T E S T 17
I.
1 . e n o u g h 2. to 3. s o o n 4 . h i m s e l f
5. pick 6. t h o u g h / i f
I
7. o n 8. a b l e 9. p a s s
10. o n
II. 1 . u n l e a d e d 2. i n v e n t i o n 3. reality 4 . p e r s o n a l 5. g r a d u a t i o n
7. b o a r d i n g 8. h a t r e d 9. belief
6. p r a c t i c a l
10. departure
III. 1 . d e s c r i b e 2. t o u c h 3. s t u c k 4 . p l a t f o r m 5. i n j u r e d 6. c o n t a i n s 7. c h e q u e
8. p r i n c i p l e s 9. a v o i d 1 0 . f a s t e n
114
IV. 1 . c 2 . a 3. a 4 . d 5. b 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. a 1 0 . d
T E S T 18
I.
1 . g r o w n 2 . b e e n 3. in 4 . in 5. by 6. into 7. l a r g e 8. f r o m 9. to 1 0 . c a u s e d
II. 1 . c o n c l u s i o n 2 . a d d i c t i v e 3. a d v e r t i s e m e n t 4. u n n e c e s s a r y 5. s m e l l y
6. s e r i o u s l y 7. s w e e t e n
8. rarity 9. b r a v e r y 1 0 . s u c c e s s f u l
III. 1 . s l a v e s 2 . t e r m s 3. e m p l o y 4. g r o w n 5. i n h a l e 6. v a l u e 7. p r o h i b i t e d 8. soil
9. s p r e a d
10. flavour
IV. 1 . c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. a 1 0 . d
T E S T 19
I.
1 . p l a c e 2 . let 3. h a v e 4 . w e r e 5. t o u c h 6. S i n c e 7. s t a n d / t o l e r a t e 8. of 9 . s u c h
10. for
II. 1 . efficiently 2 . e x h a u s t i n g 3. e n j o y m e n t 4. p o s s e s s i o n s
7. t e r r i f i e d 8. s o u t h e r n
9. c o n s c i o u s n e s s
5. p o i s o n o u s
10. e x h i b i t i o n
III. 1 . k i d n a p p e d 2 . w e i g h t 3. h a n d s o m e 4 . f o o t p a t h 5. m a n u a l
7. s t r e n g t h 8. w i t n e s s 9. affair
6. belief
6. b a c k g r o u n d
10. r e f u s e d
IV. 1 . c 2 . a 3. b 4 . b 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. a 9. d 1 0 . b
T E S T 20
I.
Latter
2. sooner
3. to 4. for 5. of 6. to 7. o n 8. t a k e s 9. d o
1 0 . to
II. 1 . u n s t o p p a b l e 2 . d i s a p p r o v a l 3. c a u t i o u s 4. u n b e l i e v a b l e 5. e m b a r r a s s m e n t
6. w i s d o m
7. l o c k e d 8. i n e q u a l i t y / inequalities 9. o p t i m i s t i c
115
10. revolutionised
III. 1 . u n i q u e 2 . c o m p a r e 3. i n f l u e n c e 4 . a n c i e n t 5. s i n g l e 6. d e p e n d s
7. p r o g r e s s
8. t h r o u g h 9. until 1 0 . c o m m u t e
IV. 1 . d 2 . a 3. a 4 . b 5. d 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. a
T E S T 21
I.
1.on
2. m a d e
3. to 4 . t h e 5. A s 6. e l s e 7. at 8. d u r i n g 9 . in 1 0 . p a s s
II. 1 . n o t i c e a b l e 2 . m a i n l y 3. o p p o s i t i o n 4. d e c i s i o n s 5. c o u r a g e o u s
7. a r g u m e n t s
8. l a n d l a d y 9. p e a c e f u l
6. r e a s o n a b l e
10. s c i e n t i s t s
III. 1 . prize 2. f a v o u r i t e 3. t r u a n t 4 . j u d g e 5. u r g e d 6. t r u n k s 7. n o t i c e d 8. s p o i l
9. o r d e r
10. o w n s
IV. 1 . b 2 . a 3. b 4 . d 5. b 6. d 7. a 8. a 9. c 10. d
T E S T 22
I.
1.to
2 . w o u l d 3. a f f o r d 4 . out 5. rid 6. run 7. c l u e 8. f o r w a r d 9. S a m e
10. out
II. 1 . e x c i t e d 2. r e l i g i o u s 3. a m b i t i o u s 4. i m m e d i a t e l y 5. u n f o r t u n a t e l y
6. m y s t e r i o u s 7 . p o s s i b i l i t y 8. politician 9. m a t u r i t y
10. incredible
III. 1. s e r v a n t s 2 . S h o p l i f t i n g 3. exist 4 . retired 5. D e s i g n e r 6. j e a l o u s

8. lift 9. f r e e z e r
7. p l e a s e d
10. dizzy
IV. 1 . a 2 . c 3. c 4 . b 5. c 6 . d 7. a 8. c 9. c 1 0 . b
T E S T 23
I.
1. of / a b o u t 2 . f o r 3. like 4 . for 5. b e s t 6. to 7. in 8. fell 9. H a v i n g
II. 1 . i n f l u e n t i a l 2 . a c h i e v e m e n t 3. e x i s t e n c e 4 . e x p e c t a n c y
6. m u s i c a l 7. e s t a b l i s h m e n t
8. q u a l i f i c a t i o n s 9. s t a t e m e n t
116
10. for
5. c o n f u s i o n
1 0 . irritable
III. 1 - F a m i n e
2. p h e n o m e n o n
8. m i n d 9. r e t u r n s
3. rays 4. t o m b 5. m a n k i n d 6. s u r g e o n 7 . m e m o r y
10. p r o f e s s i o n
IV. 1 . d 2 . a 3. b 4 . a 5. d 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. a 1 0 . b
TEST 24
I.
1 . h e l p / s t o p 2 . s p o k e n 3. f r o n t 4. on 5. s e e m s / a p p e a r s 6. T h e s e 7. t o
8. i f / w h e t h e r
9. either
1 0 . in
II. 1 . c l e a r l y 2 . c u r a b l e 3. i r r e l e v a n t 4. p e r f o r m a n c e
7. s e a s o n a l 8. e x c i t e m e n t 9. historian
5. h a b i t u a l 6. r e l a t i v e s
10. h a p p i n e s s
III. 1 . c o t t a g e 2 . s o r e 3. w e a p o n s 4. w o r t h 5. w i s d o m
8. r e a s o n 9. a f f e c t
6. o r d i n a r y 7. m a n n e r
10. complexion
IV. 1 . b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. d 9. a 1 0 . c
TEST 25
I.
1 . for 2 . m a r r i a g e 3. rather / s o o n e r 4 . long

8. t a k e
5. a n y w h e r e 6. m a d e 7. c a p i t a l
9. l a r g e 1 0 . in / w i t h
II. 1 . n e i g h b o u r h o o d
2. d i s a p p e a r a n c e 3. a m a z e m e n t
4. d i s t u r b i n g 5. s e n s i t i v e
6. f a i l u r e 7 . a g r e e a b l e 8. b r e a k d o w n 9. p o p u l a r i t y 1 0 . b e l o v e d
III. 1. portrait 2. s p i n s t e r 3. b r e a t h e 4. d e t e r m i n e d 5. a l l o w 6. t a s t e 7. c h i m n e y s
8. r e g u l a t i o n s
9. c a s u a l 1 0 . w i g
IV. 1 . a 2 . c 3. a 4 . d 5. a 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. d 1 0 . c
117
T E S T 26
I.
1 . d o e s 2 . put 3. a l l o w e d 4 . m a k e 5. in 6. w h e r e 7. at 8. l o o k 9. a g a i n s t
10. l e a s t
II. 1 . c o s t l y 2. w o r t h l e s s 3 . p o w e r f u l 4 . t a l k a t i v e 5. p e r s o n a l 6. o f f e n s i v e
7. q u a r r e l s o m e 8. a c c e p t a n c e
9. a r r a n g e m e n t
10. h u m o r o u s
III. 1 . s t r a n g e r s 2. w a t e r 3. h o s p i t a b l e 4. w i d e s p r e a d 5. m a n n e r s
6. e x c h a n g e
7. i n c o m e 8. p e r m a n e n t 9. rarely 10. s t r a i g h t
IV. 1 . b
2 . b 3. c 4 . a 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. b 9. b 1 0 . d
T C C T
I.
07
1 . in 2. d e g r e e 3. m a k e 4 . o p e n 5. r e d u n d a n t 6. get 7. of 8. p u t 9. p o i n t / s e n s e
10. m a d e
II. 1 . p e r m i s s i o n 2. p l e a s u r e 3. a c c e p t a b l e 4. p r i c e l e s s
5. e c o n o m i c a l
6. e n c o u r a g e d 7. i n d e p e n d e n c e 8. p r e f e r a b l e 9. s k i l l e d 10. f a s h i o n a b l e
III. 1 . f l o o d s 2 . b o a r d i n g 3. w r a p 4. a n x i o u s 5. d e s i g n e r 6. s e n s e 7. f o o t s t e p s
8. d i s a p p o i n t e d 9. w o r k s
10. involves
IV. 1 . d 2 . a 3. d 4 . b 5. c 6. b 7. a 8. d 9. c 10. c
T E S T 28
I.
LWhat
2. s p a r e 3. w h o m 4 . c o u l d / c a n
9. B e s i d e s
5. h a v i n g 6. of 7. g r o w n
8. t a k e s
10. m a k e s
II. 1 . a d m i r a b l e 2. c r o w d e d 3. v a r i e t y 4. a p p e a r a n c e
7. t a t e l e s s 8. o u t g o i n g 9. u s e l e s s
10. rectangular
118
5. c o m f o r t i n g
6. c o m m i t m e n t
III. 1. i n g r e d i e n t s 2 . e x t e n s i o n
8. r u s h 9. t r e a s u r e
3. r u n w a y 4 . q u a l i t y 5. m e m o r i e s
6. invitation 7. ray
10. arises
IV. 1 . d 2. b 3. b 4 . c 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. d 9. b 1 0 . d
T E S T 29
I.
I.own
2. of 3. n o 4 . o r d e r 5. t a k e / h a v e
6. t i m e 7. e n o u g h 8. T h e r e 9. f e d
10. h a r d l y / b a r e l y
II. 1. c o n s i d e r a t i o n 2 . s e n s i b l e 3. racial 4 . t r o u b l e s o m e 5. d e p r e s s i o n
7. o c c a s i o n a l l y 8. m i s e r a b l e 9. e a s e
10. c a r e l e s s
III. 1. s t a g e 2. s u r g e r y 3. p r e s s u r e 4. e x p e n s i v e
8. o t h e r w i s e
9. p e a k
6. l e n g t h
5. m e a n 6. p o s t a g e 7. f u n e r a l
10. a c c o m m o d a t i o n
IV. 1 . c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. b 9. c 1 0 . a
T E S T 30
I.
1 . c o m e 2. t a k e n 3. h a v e 4 . m o s t / a l l
8. w i t h o u t 9. c a t c h
5. H o w / w h a t
6. u n d e r 7. l e a v e
10. Rather
II. 1 . f o g g y 2. c h a m p i o n s h i p
8. o b l i g a t i o n 9. w a r m t h
3. g e n e r o s i t y 4 . u n r e a l 5. v i o l e n t 6. limitless 7. lively
10. talented
III. 1 . h e a d l i n e s 2 . s c o r e d 3. d i s a s t e r s 4 . s e t t l e d 5. c h o r e s 6 . d i s a b l e d 7. h a i r c u t
8. p e d e s t r i a n s
9. e y e s i g h t
10. h o n e y m o o n
IV. 1 . a 2. d 3 . b 4 . b 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. c 9. b 1 0 . d
T E S T 31
I.
1. s p i t e 2 . s i n c e 3. b r o k e 4 . a g a i n 5. s i d e 6. H a r d l y 7. put 8. w e n t 9. n e e d
10. d u e
119
II. 1 . u n r e a s o n a b l e 2 . s i g h t 3. industrial 4 . i n v e n t i v e 5. i r r e s p o n s i b l e
7. i n f e c t i o u s 8. d e p e n d a b l e 9. i n v o l v e m e n t
6. c r u e l t y
10. t h r e a t e n e d
III. 1 . a v a i l a b l e 2. p o i s o n i n g 3. o v e r w e i g h t 4 . m o d e s t 5. a v a l a n c h e 6. f r o n t i e r
7. s u p p o r t s 8. c o n f i d e n t i a l 9. p r e s c r i p t i o n
IV. 1 . c
10. c o m m o n
2 . a 3. d 4 . b 5 . c 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. b 1 0 . d
TEST 32
I.
~\
1 . u p 2 . b e i n g 3. h a v e 4 . o t h e r 5. g o n e 6. in 7. g e t 8. p a s t 9. b r e e d
II. 1 . h o n e s t y 2 . c o n t e n t s
10. myself
3. p a s s i o n a t e 4 . n e c e s s i t y 5. w a s t e f u l 6. a l l o w a n c e
7. illiterate 8. p r e f e r e n c e
9. s u r v i v o r 1 0 . a s t o n i s h m e n t
III. 1 . d e b t 2 . p o c k e t 3. r e v e n g e 4 . r a r e 5. s h e l t e r 6 . r u b b i s h 7. c e l e b r i t y 8. d e l i v e r
9. s u b o r d i n a t e s
10. reserve
IV. 1 . d 2. a 3. c 4 . d 5 . a 6. c 7. d 8. b 9. a 10. c
T E S T 33
I.
1. s p e e d / v e l o c i t y
8. s o o n e r
2 . H e l p .3. l e f t / r e m a i n i n g
4. In 5. d o 6. s a k e 7. h i g h / a b o u t
9. h a n d 1 0 . to
II. 1 . u n e a t a b l e 2 . g r o w t h 3. influential 4 . revision 5. u n s u i t a b l e 6. f r o z e n

7. a d d i t i o n 8 . a c c e p t a b l e
9. faithful 1 0 . trial
III. 1 . c o v e r 2 . a i d 3. r e g a r d 4 . g r a t e f u l 5. r e s e a r c h 6 . w i n k
9. c o n v i n c e d
10. h o m e s i c k
IV. 1 . c 2 . a 3. b 4 . a 5 . c 6. b 7. a 8. a 9. d 1 0 . c
120
7. w e l l 8. sitter
TEST 34
I.
1 . to 2. w h o m
3. k e e p 4. w a y / m a n n e r
5. b r o k e / s p l i t
6. N e v e r 7. o n l y 8. T o
9. d r o p 1 0 . o u g h t
II. 1 . c l a s s i c a l 2. p a t i e n c e 3. s h a m e f u l 4. e m p l o y e e s
7. c o n t r i b u t i o n 8 . a s s i s t a n c e 9. allergic
5. d i s l o y a l 6. h a r m l e s s
10. strength
III. 1 . e n e m y 2 . f u r n i s h e d 3. c o u n t 4. c r o p s 5. c l u e 6. i n c r e a s e 7. g r a d u a l 8. v a l u e
9. s h a k e
10. A c c o r d i n g
IV. 1 . c 2. a 3. c 4 . a 5. c 6 . a 7. b 8. a 9. d 1 0 . c
T E S T 35
I.
1 . in 2. after 3. by 4 . b e 5. d e a t h 6. b u t / e x c e p t
7. d o 8. in 9. w e t 1 0 . o n
II. 1 . s u p p o r t e r 2 . t e m p t a t i o n 3. w e a k n e s s 4. reliable 5. s l e e p l e s s 6. b e n e f i c i a l
7. a b s e n c e 8. c r i t i c a l 9. p o v e r t y
10. impressive
III. 1 . p r e g n a n t 2 . s p e c i e s 3 . c h a l l e n g e 4. p e a k 5. w a r d e n 6. c u r r e n t 7 . r e d u n d a n t
8. p i e c e s 9. r e c o v e r
10. pension
IV. 1 . d 2. b 3. c 4 . c 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. c 9. a 1 0 . d
T E S T 36
I.
1 . c a u g h t 2 . f r o m 3. f o r 4 . w e l l 5. p l a c e / s h o e s 6. t o 7. T a k e 8. w o r d 9. s p e n d
10. t h e n
II. 1 . a c c i d e n t a l 2 . m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g
3. d i s r e s p e c t f u l 4 . n u m e r o u s 5. unfairly
6. s u c c e e d 7 . p r i d e 8. r e j e c t i o n 9. s y m p a t h e t i c
10. exceptional
III. 1. label 2. p r o v e 3. insult 4 . R o y a l 5. f a v o u r 6. s t a r i n g 7. p u r p o s e

9. s t u b b o r n
10. destination
L21
8. o u t e r
IV. 1 . d 2 . d 3 . a 4 . c 5. a 6. c 7 . b 8. d 9. d 1 0 . c
T E S T 37
I.
1 . p i c k e d 2 . w o n d e r 3. for 4 . p u t s 5. t h a n 6. d o 7. In 8. shall 9. s h o u l d
10. B y
II. 1 . s e l e c t i o n 2. c u r i o s i t y 3. s u s p i c i o u s 4 . d e a d l y 5. l o s s e s 6. p o i n t l e s s
7. c o m m i t m e n t 8. hostility 9. realistic 1 0 . a t t e n d a n c e
III. 1 . c o o k e r y 2. c o n s i s t 3. p a r t i c i p a t e 4 . fire 5. r e f e r e e 6. w e a p o n s
8. quit 9. r a n g e
7. b r u i s e s
10. e s t a b l i s h
IV. 1 . a 2 . c 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. d 9. d 10. d
T E S T 38
I.
1 . m a t t e r 2 . f i n d / t h i n k / c o n s i d e r 3. will 4 . f e e l 5. b y / a f t e r
7. all 8. t a k e 9. q u e s t i o n
6. r a t h e r / s o o n e r
10. f o r
II. 1 . w a t c h f u l 2. r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
3. p a y m e n t 4. c o n s t r u c t i o n 5. e c o n o m i s e
6. abilities 7 . a l c o h o l i c 8. e x c e p t i o n a l 9. g r a t i t u d e
10. furious
III. 1 . i r o n e d 2 . a d v a n t a g e 3. d i s a p p r o v e 4 . g o a l 5. tight
6. s o u r c e 7. r e m o v e
8. a t t i t u d e 9. fulfil 1 0 . litter
IV. 1 . c 2. b 3. a 4 . c 5. c 6. a 7 . b 8. a 9. d 1 0 . a
T E S T 39
I.
1. w o r k / f i g u r e
2 . s t o r i e s 3. w o u l d 4 . b e i n g 5. t i r e d 6. for 7. b u s i n e s s
8. N o n e / N e i t h e r
9. W h e n / A f t e r / O n c e / I m m e d i a t e l y
122
10. safe
II. 1. o b e d i e n t 2. c h a r a c t e r i s t i c
3. m i n d l e s s 4. f i n a n c i a l 5. o c c u r r e n c e 6. c h e e r f u l
7. i r r e l e v a n t 8. c o n f i d e n t i a l 9. s a d n e s s
III. 1. guilty 2 . will 3. c o m m e r c i a l s

9. d y e
10. b o r e d o m
4. l a d d e r 5. a p p l y 6. s h a p e 7 . p l e n t y 8. b a s e d
10. e v i d e n c e
IV. 1 . d 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. a 9. b 1 0 . b
T E S T 40
I.
1 . in 2. m a k e 3. k e e p 4. c a s e 5. by 6. Ever 7. g e t 8. w i s h 9. s u c h
II. 1 . i n v e s t i g a t i o n
10. prefer
2 . e n l a r g e 3. a t t e n t i v e 4. t h o u g h t f u l 5. a s s u m p t i o n
6 . o p p o s i t i o n 7. d e n i a l 8. i n s i s t e n t 9. r e c o g n i t i o n
10. faulty
III. 1 . f r o s t 2 . e x p e r i e n c e 3. b e l i e f s 4 . c a n c e l l e d 5. D e s p i t e 6. s c i s s o r s 7. d o n a t e
8. h e a d m a s t e r
9. dial 1 0 . f r a m e
IV. 1 . c 2. b 3. a 4 . b 5. d 6. c 7 . a 8. c 9. c 1 0 . d
T E S T 41
I.
1.by
2. deaf
3. t h a n 4 . m a k e s
5. w h i c h 6. n e e d 7. u s e / g o o d 8. at 9. d e l i g h t /
pleasure / interest 10. pinch
II. 1 . r e c o v e r y 2 . b l e e d i n g 3. s l i p p e r y 4 . e f f e c t i v e 5. a w a r e n e s s
7. m i s f o r t u n e 8. v o l u n t a r y 9. illness
6. a n n o u n c e m e n t
10. o b s t i n a c y
III. 1 . w r i n k l e s 2 . w a r n i n g 3. reply 4. c a p a b l e 5. a r r a n g e d 6. f a s t e n 7. c e l e b r a t e
8. a c c i d e n t 9. p a t t e r n
10. s t r o k e
IV. 1 . d 2. a 3. c 4 . c 5. b 6. d 7. a 8. b 9. b 10. a
123
TEST42
I.
1 . t h i n 2 . a n o t h e r 3. s t a n d 4. S h o u l d 5. a l l o w e d / p e r m i t t e d 6. f e a r 7. n o t h i n g
8. o w n 9. t a k e 1 0 . run
II. 1 . p r o s p e r o u s 2 . u n f o r g e t t a b l e 3. i m p o r t a n c e 4. s h o r t a g e 5. a c c u s a t i o n s
6. t r e a t m e n t 7. o f f e n s i v e 8. a d v i s a b l e 9. r e s t l e s s
10. traditional
III. 1 . p o u r i n g 2 . s t e p 3. relief 4. b a r e f o o t 5. f l e s h 6. b u r s t 7. r e s i s t a n t
9. staff
8. effort
10. b r a n d
IV. 1 . d 2 . a 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. a 1 0 . a
T E S T 43
I.
1 . w i t h i n 2 . o n 3. f e a r 4 . p u t 5. t o 6. c o m e 7. s e n s e 8. m a k e 9. for
II. 1 . a f f e c t i o n a t e 2 . a d v a n t a g e o u s
6. a m u s e m e n t
3. youth 4.devotion
7. d i s h o n e s t 8. s p a c i o u s
9. e n a b l e d
10. round
5. t e n d e n c y
10. citizenship
III. 1 . v a i n 2 . t o u c h 3. b r e a t h 4 . p r e c i o u s 5. a c c u s t o m e d 6. i n f l u e n c e 7. s h a l l o w
8. c o n d i t i o n 9. p l a n t e d 1 0 . s t o r e y
IV. 1 . b 2 . c 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. d 8. b 9. c 1 0 . b
T E S T 44
I.
1 . I m a g i n e 2. s i n c e 3. call 4. o n 5. in 6. a s 7. y o u r s e l v e s
9. a s / t h o u g h
8. t h a t / w h e t h e r
10. long
II. 1 . s i m p l i f y 2. e n t r a n c e 3. d e c i s i v e
4. d o c u m e n t a r y 5. s u f f e r i n g 6. a c k n o w l e d g e
7. i n a d e q u a t e 8. p r e d i c t a b l e 9. n e g l e c t f u l
10. c o n f u s i o n
III. 1 . s o r r o w 2. e x t i n c t 3. f o c u s 4. i n t e r v i e w 5. p r i n c i p l e 6. r u m o u r
8. a c c e s s 9. o b l i g e d 1 0 . e x c h a n g e
124
7. d e f e n d
IV. 1 . b 2. a 3. d 4 . c 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. c 9. c 1 0 . a
T E S T 45
I.
1.at
2. with 3. s i g h t 4. but 5. f o r 6. u n t i l / t i l l 7. u n d e r 8. m o u n t a i n
9. d o n e
10. w e r e / o u g h t
II. 1 . a d m i t t a n c e 2 . d e f i c i e n c y 3. c o n s i d e r a b l e 4 . p r e s s u r e 5. d i s r e g a r d 6. r e g r e t f u l
7. e x c e s s i v e
III. 1 . s u r r e n d e r
8. illegible 9. j u s t i f i c a t i o n
1 0 . inclination
2. g r e e t 3. r e m a i n s 4 . c o n f i r m 5. f o r b i d d e n
8. j u d g e 9. p u r p o s e
6. b r a n c h 7. a b a n d o n
10. a c q u a i n t a n c e
IV. 1 . a 2. b 3. b 4 . c 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. b 1 0 . c
T E S T 46
I.
1 . on 2. p a s t 3. o n 4 . put 5. H o w e v e r 6. in 7. m o m e n t
8. for 9. s h a d o w
10. m a k e
II. 1. a f f o r d a b l e 2 . e n v i o u s
7. f o u n d a t i o n s
III. 1 . m e m o r i s e
3. p o s t a g e 4 . c o n v i c t i o n 5. i n t e n t i o n a l 6. relatively
8. e x h a u s t i o n 9. i n t o l e r a n t
2. h a r m
8. r e a c h 9. s u f f i c i e n t
10. reputable
3. o b v i o u s 4. v e r g e 5. a n c e s t o r s 6. b e a r 7. l i k e l i h o o d
10. a p p r o a c h
IV. 1. d 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. c 9. b 10. a
T E S T 47
I.
I . g e t 2 . p r o v i d e d / p r o v i d i n g 3. fill 4 . In 5. o n 6. e v e r y 7. a c c o u n t
9. to 1 0 . s h o w i n g
125
8. s h o u l d
II. 1 . r e q u i r e m e n t s
2. p o s s e s s i o n 3. h a r d s h i p s 4. e x p e c t a n t 5. u n e v e n
6. u p b r i n g i n g 7. d i s a p p r o v a l 8. u n c o m m o n
9. f i n d i n g s
10. d i s o r d e r l y
III. 1 . p e r s u a d e d 2. h a n d 3. o r p h a n 4 . b l a m e 5. a w a r e 6. result 7. s u r f a c e
8. w i d e s p r e a d
9. d e a d l i n e
10. r e m a i n
IV. 1 . c 2. c 3. a 4 . d 5. a 6. c 7. c 8. d 9. b 1 0 . c
T E S T 48
I.
~]
1 . t h o s e 2 . o n 3. w o u l d 4. at 5. p u t / c a l l e d 6. m a k e 7. at 8. e v e n
9. e v e n t
10. Hardly / Scarcely
II. 1 . i n v o l v e m e n t 2 . a d v e n t u r o u s
3. h a r d e n e d 4. t h o u g h t s 5. d e l i v e r y
6 . u n f o r t u n a t e 7 . a p p r e c i a t i o n 8. e n v i r o n m e n t a l 9. o b j e c t i o n a b l e
III. 1 . w e l c o m e
9. d r o w n e d
10. stardom
2 . r e g r e t 3. i n c r e a s e 4 . artificial 5. f u s s 6. settle 7. v o t e
8. d a i r y
10. benefit
IV. 1 . a 2 . c 3. b 4 . c 5. b 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. a . 1 0 . c
T E S T 49
I.
1 . p u t 2 . o w e 3. at 4. In 5. p o i n t / s e n s e 6. e n d 7. of 8. But 9. p r e f e r
10. Not
II. 1 . s h a r p e n 2 . t o l e r a n c e 3. p r o t e c t i v e 4. u n f a v o u r a b l e 5. p r e g n a n c y
6. h a z a r d o u s
III.
7. d e t e r r e n t 8. f o r g i v e n e s s 9. injustice 1 0 . p r i d e
1. g e n e r o u s 2. starving
3. d e l i g h t
4 . ability
5. curly
8. o p p o r t u n i t y 9. s l i p p e r y 1 0 . d a w n
IV. 1 . c 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. d 9. d 10. c
126
6. p o s h
7. s e a t
[
I.
T E S T 50
1.by
2 . c o m e 3. point 4. in 5. put 6. rain 7. T o
8. for 9. of 1 0 . m a k e
II. 1 . r e s o u r c e f u l 2 . c o m p e t i t i v e 3. a p p l i a n c e s 4 . u n w i l l i n g 5. s e t t l e m e n t ( s )
6. e x t e n s i v e 7. i m p r a c t i c a l 8. a d d i c t i o n 9. hospitality
10. r u i n o u s
III. 1. d i s p l a y 2. s u b u r b s 3. leak 4 . r e l e a s e d 5. e q u a l 6. d e m a n d 7. r e g a r d s
8. b o u n d 9. split 1 0 . line
IV. 1 . d 2 . d
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. d
7. a
8. c
127
9. a
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TEST 1

f r o m J a n i c e ? ' 'I live in B i r m i n g h a m . '

time you started revising for your e x a m i n a t i o n s ?

d r e s s e d ? ' ' I n d e e d . S h e is.'

to the party. W e e n j o y e d every

m o m e n t spent with you.

a practical j o k e on our teacher.

for over twenty years.

d the maths e x a m . '

said that I w a s a witch. W e haven't s p o k e n since that t i m e .

with m e w h e n I go on a trip. Just s o m e clean

6. L o o k w h a t y o u ' v e d o n e ! Y o u ' v e s c r a t c h e d y o u r f a t h e r ' s c a r . H e ' s g o i n g to b e v e r y

7. I a s k e d for-an a p p l e pie but

these old rusty tools away. T h e y ' r e absolutely u s e l e s s .

the grey one.

a b o u t her rich family.

to m e that M a r k doesn't love m e any m o r e . He's always smiling

7. S t o j k s are k n o w n to build their nests on roofs a n d c h i m n e y s w h e r e t h e y

8 . I've s h o w n y o u all t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g h i s t o r i c a l p l a c e s in t h e city

y o u like m e to s h o w y o u r o u n d t h e h o u s e ? ' ' Y e s , p l e a s e . '

t o ? ' 'It's m i n e . '

between these two paintings. They

and Juliet t o m o r r o w . I'm playing t h e p a r t of R o m e o .

a m o n g the factory workers.

t h e m h a d b r o k e n ribs a n d legs but m o s t of t h e m h a d j u s t b r u i s e s .

7. T h e final s c e n e of t h e filrruwas so h e a r t - b r e a k i n g t h a t D i a n e c o u l d n ' t

8. W e ' v e b o u g h t a s m a l l plot of l a n d in t h e c o u n t r y . W e ' r e g o i n g to

9. Last night, J i m m y a n d C a r o l q u a r r e l l e d a bit but t h e y

10. ' T h e p h o n e in t h e hall is r i n g i n g . ' 'Don't b o t h e r . I'll

rid of the s n a k e . I w o n ' t let y o u k e e p d a n g e r o u s a n i m a l s at h o m e .

a l o o k at t h e e n g i n e , I m a y tell y o u w h a t is w r o n g with it.

10. I love s u m m e r . It's m y f a v o u r i t e

lion t a m e r . H e s p e n t all his

on m e . You're a very talented musician.

up to his f a v o u r i t e p l a y e r s . H e ' d like to be

o u r l e a v i n g at night w h e n t h e traffic is still q u i t e light.

your father now. He's writing a very important report.

for?' 'Very Important Person.'

only thirty p e o p l e h a v e b o o k e d t i c k e t s for t h e p e r f o r m a n c e .

in t h e d r a w e r ? ' 'I c a n ' t f i n d m y c a r k e y s . '

He never r e m e m b e r s people's names

and phone numbers.

of t h e T V t o w e r ? ' ' A b o u t fifty m e t r e s . '

i _ ?' S o r r y , I've got only b a n k n o t e s on m e . '

4. It w a s n ' t p o s s i b l e to drive t h r o u g h t h e j u n g l e , s o t h e last part of t h e trip w e

is k n o w n to b e rather s p i c y . But I like M e x i c a n

'Of c o u r s e . It's M - A - G - U - l - R - E . J e r r y M a g u i r e . '

out the cigarette. You can't s m o k e inside the opera.

if I tell m y f r i e n d s a b o u t w h a t h a p p e n e d to y o u ? ' ' Y e s , I d o .

over the world.

Saturday morning. W h e r e were you?

far is it f r o m h e r e t o t h e n e a r e s t t o w n ? ' ' A b o u t 2 0 k i l o m e t r e s . '

She never stops talking.

'Six thirty a . m . P l a t f o r m n i n e , sir.'

Stop talking rubbish.

Your parents buy you

everything you want, so w h y envy other people?

French archaeologists. Nobody knows how to read t h e m .

8. W e ' v e t a k e n a l o n g - t e r m loan f r o m t h e . b a n k . W e ' v e b e e n in

9. Mr P e a r l m a n will c e r t a i n l y k n o w w h a t to d o . H e ' s b e e n w o r k i n g a s a t a x a d v i s o r for

always been kept secret.

d o w n but I w o n ' t h e l p y o u . I c a n ' t r e p a i r

10. I q u i t e like R o n a l d b u t I can't