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Read the following passages and choose the best word to fill in each of the blanks

 EXERCISE 1

he traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability

to use language to read, write, listen, and speak In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (1) _ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (2) _ in that society The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition:

“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written' materials (3) _ with varying contexts Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (4) _ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."

Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital This claim is made on the (5) _ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (6) _ and enjoy better health and employment prospects Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (7) _ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families Recent researchers, (8) _, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to

do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general Regardless, the (9) _ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (10) _ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy

Question 1: A adaptable B suitable C adequate D important

Question 2: A comfort B control C part D honor

Question 3: A associated B worked C appropriated D related

Question 4: A ability B knowledge C performance D behavior

Question 5: A foundations B ways C grounds D basics

Question 6: A condition B request C state D status

Question 7: A dramatically B extremely C actually D accurately

Question 8: A additionally B however C therefore D consequently Question 9: A focus B demand C majority D main

Question 10: A content B concept C contact D context

 EXERCISE 2

ublic transport plays a central role in any (1) urban transport system In developing (2) where at least 16 cities are expected to have more than 12 million people each by the end of this decade, failing to give priority to public transport would be (3) The term ‘public transport’ covers many different types of vehicles, but most commonly refers to (4) and trains Rail services fall into four major categories, rapid rail (also called the underground, tube, metro, or subway), which operates on exclusive rights-of-in (5) or on elevated tracks; trams, which more with other traffic on regular

(6) ; light rail, which is a quieter, more modern version of trams that can run either

on exclusive rights-of-way or with other traffic; and suburban or regional trains, which (7) a city with surrounding areas The recent trend in many (8) is toward light rail over ‘heavy’ rapid rail systems Whereas metros require exclusive rights-of-way, which often means building costly elevated or underground lines and stations, light rail can be build on regular city streets

Public transport modes vary in fuel use and emissions and in the space they require, but if carrying reasonable (9) _of passengers, they all perform (10) than single-occupant private cars on each of these counts

Question 1: A efficient B ancient C rural D western

Question 2: A schools B roads C countries D villages

Question 3: A costly B cheap C disastrous D impossible Question 4: A cars B bicycles C buses D horses

Question 5: A tunnels B burrows C caves D dungeons

Question 6: A rails B streets C rivers D footpaths

Question 7: A connect B glue C send D subordinate

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Question 8: A villages B trams C cities D governments Question 9: A amounts B numbers C weights D luggage

Question 10: A faster B slower C worse D better

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he most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys It gives a detailed and interesting (1) _ of everyday life in England (2) _ 1660 and 1669 Pepys writes about important news stories of the time, like disease, an enemy navy (3) _ up the river Thames, and the Great Fire of London

He also writes about himself, even about his (4) _ he often slept during church or (5) _ at the other people He describes his home life – a (6) _ with his wife and how they

became friends again, his worry about her illness As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card

(7) _, and parties with good food and (8) _ of fun

Pepys was a busy man who had many important (9) _ - he was a Member of Parliament and President of the Royal Society He is (10) _ for his work for the British Navy

Question 1: A description B letter C notice D story

Question 2: A between B from C through D to

Question 3: A driving B flying C running D sailing

Question 4: A accidents B plans C tastes D faults

Question 5: A looked B prayed C talked D thought

Question 6: A conversation B discussion C quarrel D talk

Question 7: A battles B games C matches D plays

Question 8: A amount B plenty C much D some

Question 9: A acts B hobbies C jobs D studies

Question 10: A reviewed B remembered C reminded D reported

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he first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The schools teach a (1) many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know But very few students bother (2) it This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate, with people and to (3) your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (4) understand what you are driving at and be persuaded

Of course, skill in expression is not enough (5) itself You must have something to say in the first place The effectiveness of your job depends (6) _ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself

Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can (7) _ teach The foundations for skill in expression have to be (8) early: an interest in and an ear (9) language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression If you do not lay these foundations (10) your school years, you may never have an opportunity again

Question 1: A large B great C far D lots

Question 2: A learning B to learn C with learning D learn

Question 3: A interpret B give out C transfer D present

Question 4: A both B not C as well D either

Question 5: A on B for C by D in

Question 6: A on most B most on C much on D on much

Question 7: A quite B hardly C truly D really

Question 8: A lied B laid C lain D lay

Question 9: A by B in C for D of

Question 10: A during B of C for D when

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lean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (1) _ Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (2) _ unevenly Chronic water shortages (3) _ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe The (4) _ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (5) _ environmental stress because

of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation Over 95 percent of urban sewage in

(6) _ countries is (7) _ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors

About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (8) _ and 25 percent is used

in industry Freshwater (9) _ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like

(10) _ irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide

Question 1: A survive B survived C surviving D survival

Question 2: A delivered B distributed C provided D given

Question 3: A exist B lie C show D stay

Question 4: A resources B springs C sources D starting

Question 5: A increasing B growing C climbing D ascending Question 6: A growing B miserable C poverty D developing Question 7: A recharged B discharged C charged D discharging Question 8: A farming B planting C agriculture D growing

Question 9: A reservation B conservation C preservation D retention

Question 10: A ineffective B illogical C irrational D inefficient

 EXERCISE 6

ealth is something we tend to (1) _ when we have it When our body is doing well, we are hardly (2) of it But illness can come, even (3) _ we are young In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4) to cure them once they struck The result was that many children died About a century ago, (5) , scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed The (6) of many diseases was found, and cures were developed As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7) _ safer for children The result is that (8) a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9) _ to live for 75 years And what do we expect by the year 2020? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10) _ Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today

Question 1: A forget B ignore C give up D throw away Question 2: A awake B keen C aware D concerned Question 3: A if B so C when D while

Question 4: A how B what C which D when

Question 5: A therefore B however C although D moreover

Question 6: A reason B origin C source D cause

Question 7: A more B much C very D quite

Question 8: A where B when C why D whereas

Question 9: A desire B hope C want D expect

Question 10: A speed up B advance C accelerate D run

 EXERCISE 7

EXAM ADVICE

n Part Three of the Speaking Section you work with a partner You have to do a (1) task which usually (2) _ about 3 minutes One possible task is “ problem (3) ”, which means you have to look at some (4) information and then (5) the problem with your partner You maybe show photos, drawings, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it

is (6) _ that you study them carefully If necessary, check you know exactly what to do by

(7) _ asking the examiner to (8) the instructions or make them clearer

While you are doing the task, the examiner will probably say very (9) _ and you should ask your partner questions and make (10) _ if he or she is not saying much If either of you have any real difficulties the examiner may decide to step in and (11) _ Normally, however, you will find plenty to say, which helps the (12) _ to give you a fair mark This mark depends on your success in doing the task by (13) _ with your partner, which includes taking (14) _ in giving opinions and replying appropriately, although in the end it may be possible to “ agree to (15) _”

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Question 1: A single B lonely C unique D once

Question 2: A exists B lasts C stays D maintains

Question 3: A solving B working C making D finding

Question 4: A optical B obvious C noticeable D visual

Question 5: A argue B discuss C talk D have

Question 6: A essential B needed C helpful D successful Question 7: A formally B officially C politely D sincerely

Question 8: A insist B copy C tell D repeat

Question 9: A little B much C few D many

Question 10: A ideas B statements C speeches D suggestions Question 11: A complain B help C suggest D fail

Question 12: A judge B referee C assessor D observer

Question 13: A competing B struggling C opposing D co-operating Question 14: A changes B sides C turns D sentences

Question 15: A contrast B disagree C argue D object

 EXERCISE 8

t is estimated the (1) _ number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exist with

a (2) circulation of nearly 500 million However, the number of readers is (3) greater-as many as three times the circulation figure

This is because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and (4) _ placed in libraries and other (5) places Worldwide, about 8,000 of these newspapers are dailies About a third of all newspapers are published in North America, (6) third in Europe, and the (7) _ third in the rest

of the world Countries with the highest newspaper (8) are Britain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, and the United States Europe has nearly half of the world's total newspaper circulation, North America about a quarter, and the rest of the world another quarter Taking the world (9) , the average circulation of dailies per 1,000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world where the modern newspaper is (10) ever seen

Question 1: A exact B correct C precise D right

Question 2: A mixed B combined C connected D linked

Question 3: A even B far C more D very

Question 4: A another B the others C others D the rest

Question 5: A open B common C shared D public

Question 6: A the other B the next C another D the last

Question 7: A extra B left C spare D remaining

Question 8: A readers B buyers C readership D subscribers Question 9: A as a whole B generally C on general D in all

Question 10: A almost B not C seldom D scarcely

 EXERCISE 9

n a word where 2 billion people live in homes that don’t have light bulbs, technology holds the key (1) _ banishing poverty Even the simplest technologies can tranform lives and save money Vaccines, crops, computers and sources of solar energy can all reduce poverty in developing countries For example, cheap oral-rehydration therapy developed in Bangladesh has dramatically cut the death (2) from childhood diarrhoea

But even when such technologies exist, the depressing fact is that we can’t make them (3) for those who most need them Solar panels, batteries and ligh bulbs are still beyond the purse of many, but where they have been installed they change lives A decent light in the evening gives children more time for homework and extends the productive day for adults

Kenya has a thriving solar industry and six years ago Kenyan pioneers also (4) connecting schools to the Internet via radio links These people were fortunate (5) being able to afford solar panels, radios and old computers How much bigger would the impact be if these things (6) and priced specifically for poor people?

Multinationals must become part of the solution, because (7) they own around 60 percent

of the world’s technology, they seldom make products for poor customers Of 1,223 new drugs marketed worldwide from 1975 to 1996, for example, just 13 were for tropical diseases

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People think those enterprises should do more to provide vital products such as medicines (8) different prices around the world to suit (9) people can afford Alternatively, they could pay a percentage of their profit towards research and development for (10)

Question 1: A for B with C at D to

Question 2: A toll B penalty C amount D number

Question 3: A cheaply enough B enough cheap C cheap enough D enough cheaply Question 4: A were starting B started C had started D have been starting Question 5: A by B in C at D on

Question 6: A have been made B are made C made D were made

Question 7: A while B when C however D unless

Question 8: A at B with C on D to

Question 9: A where B that C what D which

Question 10: A the rich B the wealthy C the better-off D the poor

 EXERCISE 10

ost people feel that when they dream, they are (1) _ off to another world On the (2) _, dreams are often connected to our daily lives When our whole (3) _ is filled with something, when we are either very upset (4) _ when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols It is often (5) _ that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things (6) _ wrong Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from (7) _ life, with its fears and responsibilities It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (8) _ to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it Most dreams disappear forever, (9) _ you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you (10) _

Question 1: A taken B guided C brought D carried

Question 2: A contrast B contrary C other side D opposite

Question 3: A spirit B mind C brain D soul

Question 4: A unless B but also C or else D or

Question 5: A said B spoken C declared D started

Question 6: A become B go C turn D get

Question 7: A real B factual C genuine D actual

Question 8: A off B up C out D down

Question 9: A except that B therefore C thus D unless

Question 10: A wake up B arise C awake D rise up

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f you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society But there seems little (1) _ it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) _ even environmental ones It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3) _ – it’s the way society choose to use and (4) _ them

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural resources We import well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away A high (5) _ of our annual consumption is in the (6) _ of packaging, and this constitutes about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (7) _ Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast

The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (8) _ than coal and one (9) _ of ‘recovery’ strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the (10) _ of waste plastic into a fuel

Question 1: A evidence B concern C doubt D likelihood

Question 2: A pleasures B benefits C savings D profits

Question 3: A poison B disaster C disadvantage D evil

Question 4: A dispose B store C endanger D abuse

Question 5: A portion B amount C proportion D rate

Question 6: A way B kind C form D type

Question 7: A refuse B goods C requirements D rubble

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Question 8: A degree B value C demand D effect

Question 9: A measure B mechanism C method D medium

Question 10: A conversion B melting C change D replacement

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o you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1) _ to be successful? Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (2) _ - we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it

You can change your view of life, according to psychologist It only takes a little (3) _, and you'll find life more rewarding as a (4) _.Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (5) _ Optimists are more (6) _ to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks

Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (7) _ to the world Some people are brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (8) _ wrong Most optimists, on the (9) _ hand, have been brought up not to (10) _ failure as the end of the world - they just get on with their lives

Question 1: A counted B expected C felt D waited

Question 2: A amusement B play C enjoyment D fun

Question 3: A energy B effort C work D effect

Question 4: A result B reason C purpose D product

Question 5: A supply B suggest C offer D propose

Question 6: A possible B likely C hopeful D welcome

Question 7: A opinion B attitude C view D position

Question 8: A goes B falls C comes D turns

Question 9: A opposite B others C other D far

Question 10: A regard B respect C suppose D think

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xford is a city with such a (1) reputation that many who come here find themselves intimidated by the place and can’t wait to leave While others, taking to it like a (2) to water Find themselves return again and again, the college lawns provide a gorgeous (3)

to serious study, and in the light night, on a sunny winter’s morning says, one feels as if one is (4)

on air, such is the sense of unreality Oxford may like to (5) that it is at the intellectual (6) of things but in many ways , it is no more than a sleepy (7) where to mix metaphors, transitory students, the (8) their generation, wait in the (9) allowing their talents to (10) before moving off into the industrial or political (11) Much of this is a myth, of course Hardship and hard work are very much part and (12) of student life The (13) get through the three years’ hard (14) by simply putting their shoulders to the (15) before going on to fairly average jobs Only for the tiny minority is Oxford the first step on the ladder to fame and future

Question 1: A mind- blowing B clearheaded C backhanded D broken- hearted Question 2: A fish B duck C boat D swimmer

Question 3: A backdrop B curtain C scene D screen

Question 4: A flying B gliding C floating D swimming Question 5: A pretend B act C resemble D produce

Question 6: A wheel B engine C spoke D hub

Question 7: A backwater B stream C tributary D watershed

Question 8: A from B cream C fat D caviar

Question 9: A pavilion B dressing- room C wings D foyer

Question 10: A flourish B open C spread D float

Question 11: A beak B abattoir C dead-end D fast-lane

Question 12: A package B section C province D parcel

Question 13: A level- headed B hot- headed C hot- blooded D kind-hearted Question 14: A push B pull C grind D roughage

Question 15: A cart B wheel C engine D boat

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tress is our body’s reaction to events or conditions that we cannot easily manage or control When we are troubled by something, we usually experience some types of (1) There are thousand conditions that (2) us to become tense These may be major and horrible fighting for our lives in a war, being imprisoned or facing death On the other hand, minor (3) in our daily lives cause stress as well: waiting in lines, taking a quiz, or asking for or accepting a date Although

we usually think of stress as something caused by (4) events, pleasant happenings also bring stress

As a new (5) is done on the effects of stress, new techniques are developed to help (6) with anxiety One aid is to plan for situations that we know will be stressful Some imagine the event before it happens, thus preparing their minds and bodies (7) the tension Others pretend they are on a pleasant beach (8) in the sunshine; soon their bodies relax and tension melts away Other people believe strenuous exercise helps the body handle the problems of daily life It (9) very little which method we use to relax; what does matter is finding the time to temporarily reduce the (10) of modern life on our brain and body

Question 1: A anxiety B strain C stress D pressure

Question 2: A take B enable C bring D cause

Question 3: A events B things C occasions D conditions Question 4: A unnecessary B unpleasant C unimportant D stressful

Question 5: A research B questionnaire C work D experiment Question 6: A manage B come C confront D cope

Question 7: A for B of C with D about

Question 8: A lie B lying C to lie D which lies Question 9: A helps B attends C determines D matters

Question 10: A results B value C effects D affects

 EXERCISE 15

sk anyone over forty to make a comparison (1) the past and the present and nine (2) ten people will tell you that things have been getting (3) worse for as long as they can remember Take the weather for example, which has been behaving rather strangely lately Everyone remembers that in their childhood the summers were (4) hotter, and that winter always included abundant falls of snow just when the school holidays had started Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh Unemployment was negligible, the pound really was worth something, and you could buy a sizeable house even if your means were limited And above all, people were (5) better in those days, far more friendly, not inclined to crime or violence, and spent their free time making model boats and tending their stamp collections (6) than gazing at the television screen for hours on end As we know that this picture

of the past (7) cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and prosperity which prove that it is not true, why is it that we all have a (8) to idealize the past ? Is this simply nostalgia? Or is it rather that we need to believe in an image of the world which is (9) the opposite of what we see around us? Whichever it is, at least it leaves us with a nagging feeling that the present could be better, and perhaps (10) us to be a little more critical about the way we live

Question 1: A between B from C with D in

Question 2: A to B out of C or D from

Question 3: A virtually B so C steadily D out

Question 4: A considerably B at least C rarely D not only

Question 5: A more B somehow C whatsoever D as

Question 6: A usually B different C other D rather

Question 7: A especially B hardly C simply D specifically Question 8: A tendency B custom C habit D practice

Question 9: A utterly B widely C quite D rather

Question 10: A makes B encourages C reassures D supports

 EXERCISE 16

nterpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we (1) _ as much

on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say Facial (2) _ and tone of voice are obvious ways of showing our (3) _ to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously express views that we are trying to hide The art of being (4) _ lies in picking up these signals,

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realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way For example, we may understand that they are in fact (5) _ to answer our question, and so we stop pressing them Body movements in general may also indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down However it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates

to the candidate’s character traits, and (6) _ stability This raises the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete psychological tests, and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (7) _ results For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would be an objectionable (8) _ into their private lives

After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or expect his or her family doctor to provide (9) _ medical information Quite apart from this problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a (10) _ employee or a values colleague?

Question 1: A reckon B rely C trust D estimate

Question 2: A manner B image C expression D looks

Question 3: A notion B feeling C view D reaction

Question 4: A successful B humble C good at D tactful

Question 5: A hesitant B reluctant C tending D used

Question 6: A psychological B physical C similar D relevant

Question 7: A reliable B predictable C faithful D regular

Question 8: A invasion B infringement C intrusion D interference Question 9: A confidential B secretive C reticent D classified

Question 10: A laborious B particular C thorough D conscientious

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cientists are making new (1) _ about the universe all the time Every day, we read about new (2) _ that they say will have a huge (3) _ on our everyday lives In a few year’s time, everyone will (4) _ a mobile phone, have an email (5) _ and know (6) _ to surf the Internet The jobs of people like postmen and even teachers will (7) _ change completely or disappear Most (8) _ will be computer based One of the most basic (9) _ for getting a job is to be able to use computer In the future, if you can’t use a computer you will be (10) _

Question 1: A discoveries B creations C inventions D journeys

Question 2: A techniques B inventions C facts D finds

Question 3: A result B different C change D effect

Question 4: A hold B own C take D owe

Question 5: A computer B letter C address D direction

Question 6: A what B how C which D whose

Question 7: A neither B also C not D either

Question 8: A lessons B classrooms C studying D educations Question 9: A qualifications B experiences C training D occupations Question 10: A illegal B illiterate C illegible D illogical

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aster is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March Many people (1) it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation It is also an important Christian (2) Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent (3) the most important date in the Christian year Many people who do not go to church at other times go on Easter Sunday It was once (4) for people to wear new clothes to church on this day Women (5) new hats, called Easter bonnets Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated Easter bonnets for fun A few people send Easter (6) with religious symbols on them or pictures of small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated (7) Easter

The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is (8) as the day Christ was crucified (= hanged on a cross to die) On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns decorated with a simple cross) The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday In Britain, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both (9) holidays In the US, each company decides for itself (10) to close or remain open on those days

Question 1: A take B use C spend D expend

Question 2: A fair B festival C parade D carnival

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Question 3: A for B as C and D nor

Question 4: A familiar B ordinary C common D regular

Question 5: A put on B take on C bore D wore

Question 6: A letters B envelopes C cards D notes

Question 7: A toward B with C to D from

Question 8: A missed B recalled C reminded D remembered Question 9: A family B nation C school D bank

Question 10: A if B how C why D whether

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eople’s personalities (1) considerably from one another as there are no two alike Our ingrained characteristics which (2) the patterns of our behavior, our reactions and temperaments are unparalleled on (3) of the diversified processes that (4) _ our personality in the earliest (5) of human development

Some traits of character may, to some (6) , be hereditary stimulating the attributes that (7) _ our parents Others may stem from the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting the parents’ approach towards (8) _ their offspring Consequently, the environmental factor (9) _ a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating behavioral systems making

an individual more prone to comfort to the patterns that (10) a prize

Question 1: A distinguish B coverage C differentiate D vary

Question 2: A denote B resolve C inflict D determine

Question 3: A account B means C token D event

Question 4: A mould B design C conceive D fabricate

Question 5: A states B instants C stages D terms

Question 6: A scope B area C extent D length

Question 7: A pertain B recognize C associate D identify

Question 8: A breeding B rearing C growing D yielding

Question 9: A makes B does C finds D plays

Question 10: A yearn B deserve C wish D necessitate

 EXERCISE 20

verybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (1) company

In fact, intranets make use of the same software programs as the Internet to (2) computers and people This (3) that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet service If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (4) which is stored in different places in the company In this way, people can get the information they need, regardless (5) where it comes from A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus But an intranet should (6) important information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on The intranet is (7) to share their information with other people (8) , many departments don’t want to share their specialist knowledge with others Another problem which often occurs is (9) top managers like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to “communicate across” That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (10) information between themselves and others working in the same organization

Question 1: A branch B jointed C single D large

Question 2: A contact B compare C distinguish D introduce

Question 3: A indicates B is C means D is said

Question 4: A information B properties C elements D parts

Question 5: A to B on C with D of

Question 6: A provide B take C give D bring

Question 7: A going B willing C likely D happened

Question 8: A However B Luckily C Unfortunately D Consequently Question 9: A which B it C what D that

Question 10: A enjoy B provide C share D divide

 EXERCISE 21

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