'e in other

relax,

l! Describe

each situation

using They + verb + (with) + each other. Choose from the verb

in the box.

iersonal

agree
know
trust

'[son, we
,p)

blame
miss
work

compete
resemble

disagree
respect

1 We look alike.

'-

.......... ~(;y.. r ~s.tZVY1bltZtZ(A~h.

~th.z\,,:

2 You were right!

he fault

3 I always like to be better than you!

~ said it
4 I admire your character.
.ach.

5 I believe that you're honest.

8 We're employed

6 I'm sorry you're not here.

9 It was your fault.

in the same office.

one
7 We met 20 years ago.

10 You were wrong!

neet.
. a spilt

f:.(

Complete the sentences using the pairs of objects in the box. Give all possible
orders, adding prepositions where necessary.
some apples / me
your car / you
some chocolate/ myself
a 10 gift voucher / me
a favour / you
your glass / me
how to print out a document / me
those letters / you
a lot / you
the mistake / the manager
a-seet-s-me
them / you
some water / you

1 I'll be a bit late getting to the concert tonight. Can you save
...............

~. ;S1?9-t.

.fQr.. tte:..1fT)r?.~

.~r?.QJ

2 I'm on a diet, so I'm trying to cut down on sweets, although

........................................................................

after dinner.

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I do allow

word

3 I have to 0 past the postbox on my way home. I'll post

..........................................................................
, if you like.
4 I haven't eaten any fruit all week. Can you buy
..........................................................................
when you're at the supermarket?
I II pay
when you get back.
:J

:\:

Can I a k

B: Of course.
A: Can you show

6 I'm sure they could repair

.
at mallwood's garage. They're very good there, but it would probably cost
7 In my local supermarket I noticed a sign sayingTwo for the price of won!' I pointed
Out.........
.
, and a week later she sent
............................................. to say 'thank you'.
8 A: Can you pass me the water, please?
B: Give

and I'll pour

r-r--rr-

t'~;

Complete the sentences by adding an appropriate personal or reflexive pronoun,

an adjective from box A and an ending from box B.

fit
guilty
independent
responsible

incapable
lucky

of the murder
for its collapse
to play again
of the Soviet Union
te-s-i.,~
to be alive
of maintaining order

1 After undergoing a minor operation on her throat, she found

....................
I:'r?r.=?~\.f..u,~CA..~!t?.to.. :;i.~
.
') Although the police didn't have hard evidence against Karl Stevens, they still believed

:-- -=-~epolice

officers lacked experience in crowd control

2..~;d ?:"o.-ed

-: .-":::-:'all his injury troubles, Marcuson has now pronounr sc

.:-~'.: .ooked at the damage to my car in the crash, I co:.:~::ie::-ed

6 Mary Wallis had been the company's CEO for five years and the board of directors
held
.
7 In 1991, Estonia declared.................

Complete the sentences with a personal pronoun, a reflexive pronoun or a reflexive

pronoun + preposition. Sometimes a pronoun may not be necessary. Write the reflexive
pronoun in brackets if it can be omitted.
1 When the police can:e to arrest him, Thomson hid
floorboards until they had gone.
2 He had always prided
he found it so difficult to acclimatise

.inted

(h!\'}!?~If)

.. under

the

his physical fitness, so it surprised him when

walking in the mountains.

3 Sarah came in carrying a big box of chocolates. At first I thought they were for me,
but she said she'd bought them for
because she'd had such a bad
day at work. So I had to content
a couple of rather boring biscuits.
4 I tried to prepare
and familiarising

the interview by looking at the company's website

their range of products.

5 Thanks for taking the children to the zoo last week. They enjoyed....
.
.
enormously. I'm looking forward to having lunch with you on Thursday. Shall I meet
..................
outside the restaurant at about 12.30?
6 My father had broken his arm and couldn't shave
'" , so J had to do it
for him. I found it really difficult and had to concentrate...............
. ... hard.

elieved

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This exercise tests

grammar from the
rest of the book
as well as the
-~S3 @{j' ~(jjJm60D$0QD
grammar in
For questions 1.-8. complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning
this unit.

to the first sentence. using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between three and six words. including the word given. Here is an example (0).

If there is a fire. you must not use the lift to leave the building.
EVENT
In the .......
IZVIZ"'+
of 0.. firlZ you mus t not use th e u
lift t 0 Ieave th e
' .................

b UI'Id'Ing.

1 Nina was driving the car at the time. but I don't think the accident was her fault.
RESPONSIBLE
Nina was driving the car at the time. but I don't hold
the accident.
2 Jack has such a vivid imagination. it is possible that tie invented the whole story.

MADE
Jack has such a vivid imagination that he might
3

the whole story.

I had only just got home when the phone rang.

SOONER
No
the phone rang.

4 Although Karen and Mark have very different personalities

good relationship.
ALONG
Although Karen and Mark have very different personalities
..... another very well.

------- - ----

- --- -

------

and interests. they seem to have a

=-_-=-==3-

and interests. they seem to

5' I hadn't seen Martha for over 20 years. but I didn't find it difficult to recognise her at the
airport.
DIFFICULTY
I hadn't seen Martha for over 20 years. but I had
6

her at the airport.

She is proud of being able to write clearly.

ABILITY
She prides
to write clearly.

7 Once Dr Smithers had given us a clear explanation of the procedure. we were able to go ahead
with the experiment.
EXPLAINED
Once Dr Smithers had .............................
we were able to go ahead with the experiment.
8 The government has banned all exports to the country except for food and medicine.

EXCEPTION
The government has banned all exports to the country

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food and medicine.

_ ~ ...: ..."G.
_ ~!Jns:

tive or

rumlE!BDOD~
Read the following magazine article. In items 1-7 that follow, choose the best
answer, A, 8, C or D.

This exercise tests

grammar from the
rest of the book
as well as the
grammar in
this unit.

, My life as a human speed bump

Giving up a car has not been quite the liberating experience that George Monbiot had hoped.
Seventeen years after giving up my car, I still feel
like a second-class citizen. I am trying to do the
right thing, but the United Kingdom just isn't run
for people like me. Take our bus services. My home
city, Oxford, has invested massively in a park-andride scheme: buses shuttle people into the centre
from car parks on the periphery. At first I thought
this was a great idea. Now, having stood for what
must amount to weeks at bus stops, watching the
full double deckers go by every couple of minutes
without stopping, I realise it's not just the roads
which have been monopolised by drivers, but also
the public transport system.
Or take the bike lanes. Most consist of lines painted
on the road where it is wide and safe, which disappear
as soon as it becomes narrow and dangerous. One of
them, in Oxford, has been gravelled, which shows
that the people who designed them have never
ridden a bicycle. When we asked for a bike lane
on one of the city's busiest streets, the council
chose instead to narrow the street and widen the
pavements, in the hope that the bicycles would slow
down the cars. The cyclists, perversely reluctant to
become human speed bumps, started travelling
. down the pavement.
Now there is almost nowhere reserved for people like
me. Out of political cowardice, councils and the police
have given up enforcing the law. Preventing people
from parking on the pavement would mean cutting
the number of parking places, as the streets are
otherwise too narrow. Though they cannot complete
a sentence without using the words "sustainable
development", this action seems impossible for our
councillors to contemplate. In one part of Oxford
they have solved the problem by painting parking
places on the pavement. Since my daughter was
born, and I have started pushing a pram, I have
been forced to walk in the middle of the road. In
one respect this makes sense: the pavements are so
badly maintained that she will only sleep when she's

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being pushed down the smooth grey carpet laid out

for the cars.
My problem is that by seeking to reduce my impact
on the planet, I joined a political minority that is
diminishingeveryyear.Ascarownership
increases, its
only remaining members are a handful of eccentrics
like me, the very poor and those not competent to
drive. None of these groups wield political power.
Our demands are counter-aspirational,
and therefore
of little interest to either politicians or the media.
Now, to my horror, I find I am beginning to question
even the environmental
impact of my 17 years of
abstinence. It is true that my own carbon emissions
have been suppressed. It is also true that if everyone
did the same thing the total saving would be
enormous. The problem is that, in the absence of
regulation, traffic expands to fill the available space.
By refusing to own a car I have merely opened up
road space for other people, who tend to drive
more fuel-hungry models than I would have chosen.
We can do little to reduce our impacts on the
environment if the government won't support us.
There are some compensations, however. About three
or four times a year I hire a car. When I stop at motorway
service stations, I am struck by the staggering levels of
obesity: it appears to be far more prevalent there than
on trains or coaches. People who take public transport
must at least walk to the bus stop. The cyclists among
us keep fit without even noticing.
Being without a car in Oxford has forced me to
embed myself in my home town. It throws me
into contact with far more people than I would
otherwise meet. There are a couple of routes which
make cycling a real pleasure: the towpath along the
Thames, for example, takes me most of the way
to the station. But overall, as far as self-interest is
concerned, I would struggle to claim that giving up
my car was a wholly positive decision.

0-..\

_I

-, 1 The writer's view of the Oxford park-and-ride scheme is that

i?

A the large volume of cars prevents it from operating effectively.

f::

B it has been an unqualified success.

C it has suffered from insufficient investment.

it has become too popular.

2 The writer thinks that cyclists started travelling down the pavement in one of Oxford's busiest
streets because

A the council put speed bumps in this street.

B the pavement is very wide.
C there is no bike lane in this street.

o
3

in the bike lane cyclists are too close to cars.

In what way does the writer believe that Oxford city council has shown 'political cowardice'?

A It is reluctant to prevent cars parking on pedestrian areas.

B It doesn't want cyclists on the city's roads.

::::

C It has narrowed some roads to discourage cyclists from using them.

D It has a policy of sustainable development.
4

According to the writer, the 'political minority' that he is part of

A is becoming poorer.
B has little political influence.
C consists of people who can't drive.
D includes people who act in a strange way.

In paragraph 5 the writer suggests that the effect of his actions has been to
A discourage the government from giving support.
S lower maintenance standards for pavements.
C create more room on the road for other cars.

encourage others to drive bigger cars.

6 The writer's observations

.:

at motorway service stations suggest to him that

A car drivers are more overweight than public transport users.

B people who own cars are thinner than people who hire them ..
C people who use public transport don't get enough exercise.
D cyclists ride bikes in order to keep fit.
7 According to the writer, being without a car in Oxford
A has been a completely positive experience.
IB has increased the number of people he knows.
C has forced him to stay at home more.

has been a complete mistake.

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