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B2 Extra Vocabulary Tests

Test 2

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

1 I had … the snake as it slept in the sun and it was very angry.
A gripped
B disturbed
C survived
D struggled

2 I used to have a … when I was little; my mother always complained that it looked like a
snake with legs.
A turtle
B salmon
C frog
D lizard

3 Much of the panda’s natural … was destroyed in the terrible fire.

A marsh
B drought
C habitat
D reserve

4 I’d been bitten on the hand by a … and it began to itch.

A leopard
B turtle
C mosquito
D parrot

5 A tiger had escaped from its cage so I quickly … my rifle and went after it.
A gripped
B disturbed
C grabbed
D struggled

6 The man picked up his instrument, played a few notes and the … began to dance.
A seal

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B cobra
C panda
D frog

7 When I was young, I saw a black and white … eating bamboo when I visited a zoo in
Thailand.
A panda
B turtle
C mosquito
D parrot

8 I used to think that the … was the fastest animal in the world, but it’s actually the
cheetah.
A leopard
B salmon
C panda
D lizard

9 The man had bought the … from a shop and over the years he’d taught it to talk.
A seal
B parrot
C turtle
D leopard

10 When a …, like a lion, spots a smaller animal, it hunts it down and kills it.
A predator
B prey
C species
D wildlife

11 Once he had caught the … in the river, he took it home, cleaned it and cooked it for
supper.
A salmon
B parrot
C mosquito
D leopard

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12 The zoo keeper tried to … the slippery fish more tightly but it managed to get away.
A survive
B grab
C grip
D struggle

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2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 After the bear had seen that I was all alone, it went for/back me.

2 The seal came for/up to me, took the fish from my hand and dived back into the pool.

3 We had come back/across an old cave in the woods and we decided to explore it.

4 After we had kept the leopard for about a year it went back/for to the wild.

5 The zoo keeper told us that it had all come about/from because some foolish person had
been throwing rocks at the animals.

6 After I’d been living at home for a month, I decided to come across/back and live in Africa
forever.

7 Pandas come across/from China, but we bought these two and had them shipped here
last year.

8 We’ve run out of/in to food for the lizards; we’d better buy some more.

9 Don’t throw away/of all that apple peel; the pigs will eat it.

10 The zoo keepers spent two days looking for the missing lizard, but finally they had to
give out/up and go back to the zoo.

Marks / 10

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3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals.

1 A giant …………….. wave washed away all the beachfront houses. TIDE

2 You should avoid driving in …………….. weather if possible. FOG

3 A …………….. eruption destroyed the fields and villages for miles around. VOLCANO

4 …………….. warming is causing the polar ice caps to melt. GLOBE

5 The WWF works to save …………….. species from extinction. DANGER

6 Many animals face a struggle for …………….. as their natural habitats are destroyed by
man. SURVIVE

7 On the …………….. reserve we were able to see deer, squirrels and lots of different kinds
of birds. NATURAL

8 The …………….. of its natural habitat is what is causing the disappearance of this rare
bird. DESTROY

Marks / 8

4. Complete the sentences with words to do with natural phenomena. All the
letters are given, but they are mixed up.

1 zerebe We sat in the garden enjoying the lovely .……………. while the
children laughed and played .
2 nutherd Our dog used to be afraid of the sound of .……………., but he
seems to have got over his fear now.
3 lvacaneah The .……………. happened very suddenly and so it was lucky
that none of the skiers was killed.

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4 rudhtgo As the.……………. entered its eighth month the animals

began to
die and people had to walk for miles to get water.
5 lcatmei More and more scientists are becoming concerned about .
……………. change.
6 btlo A lightning .……………. struck the old tree and set fire to it.
7 retaheukq The .……………. measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
a
8 sodolf Heavy rains and .……………. have destroyed hundreds of
homes in Bangladesh.
9 agel The trees were uprooted by a terrific autumn .……………. .
10 ehavtaew Weather forecasters are predicting a .……………. this
weekend so get you swimming things out!

Marks / 10

Total Marks / 40

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