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Exercise 1 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
Several years ago while I was visiting Athens for a few weeks, I decided to spend a whole day on a nearby island The weather (1) had predicted that it would be a scorching hot day
so (2) off early in the morning
Even though I arrived at the port in plenty of time, I was forced to sit on the top (3) because other passengers who had got to the boat earlier filled the lower ones Soon after the boat had departed, somebody came round with raffle tickets There were, as far as I could make (4) two prizes: a bag of fresh fish and several (5) of chocolate I bought a ticket, not expecting to win as I had never won anything in a raffle (6)
Some time later the person who had sold the tickets announced the winning numbers To
my great surprise, I had won the chocolate I was naturally delighted, but (7) how I could prevent it from (8) in the intense heat Realizing that I could not possible eat it all myself, I (9) it with the passengers sitting near me In return, they offered me sandwiches and (10) drinks
All in all, it was a pleasant start to a memorable day with my new acquaintances
Exercise 2 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
An unlucky day
Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to (1) to the station There was no one (2) waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as
if a bus had just left Helen looked at her watch anxiously; it was already two o’clock Her train left
at two thirty, and since it would (3) at least twenty minutes to reach the station, she did not have much time to (4) , even if a bus came along at once
Just then a taxi came slowly down the road Helen knew that the (5) to the station was at least two dollars, which was more than she could (6) _, but she quickly made her (7) _ that it would be well (8) _ the extra expense in order to be sure of catching the train So she stopped the taxi and got in she told the driver that she had to catch the train which left
at half past two The man nodded and said that he would take a short (9) _ to get her to the station in good time
All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the (10) _ that lead to the station, the taxi ran (11) _ a car There was a loud crash and Helen was thrown (12) _ so violently that she hit her head on the front seat Both drivers got out and began (13) _ each other Helen got out as (14) _ to ask them to stop quarrelling, but (15) _ took any notice of her at all
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Exercise 3 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
Dolphins communicate mainly by (1) of sounds These sounds not only (2) whistles, but also so-called pulsed sounds, which are often described as squawks, barks, rasps, etc However, they also use breaching (jumping and falling back into the (3) with a loud splash) and pectoral fin (or flipper) and tail (or fluke) slaps (hitting the flipper or fluke on the water surface) Body posturing and jaw popping also have a role in (4) As for language, we do not know (5) they have one Several studies have demonstrated that dolphins can understand a structured language like (6) This has been demonstrated for a number of other animal species as well (gorilla, California sea lion, and parrot) Some studies also indicate that dolphin vocalizations are complex (7) to support some form of language (8) , it has not been demonstrated (9) that they can undoubtedly communicate (10) themselves
Exercise 4 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1) _ live in an age of increasing leisure Not only are more and more people reaching (2) _ age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3) _ but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (4) _ are becoming greater and greater all the time Not to mention the fact that people (5) _ to spend less time travelling to work or may even be working from home What I can't understand, however, is who these people are As far as I can (6) _ the whole thing
is another one of (7) _ journalistic fictions I admit that there are a lot of retired people (8) _ but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang-gliding or sailing single-handed (9) _ the world My own parents seem to (10) _ most of their time gazing at the television And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (11) _ remind my company about it I seem to be working longer and longer hours (12) _ the time The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in the traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13) _ up at rain-swept platforms I haven't noticed any dramatic improvements in my (14) _ either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (15) _
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Exercise 5 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
The Internet bus
In the desert areas that surround Tucson city, USA, students spend hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and from their schools But when mobile internet equipment was (1) on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were transformed into quiet, studious individuals
District officials got the idea during (2) drives on school business to Phoenix, two hours each way, when they (3) that, when they went in pairs, one person could drive and the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card They (4) if internet access
on a school bus could (5) students’ academic productivity, too
But the idea for what students call ‘the internet bus’ really took shape when the district’s chief information officer (26) across an article about having internet across in cars He thought, “What if you could put that in a bus?”
The officials have been delighted to see the (7) of homework getting done, morning and evening, as the internet bus (8) up and drops off students along the 70-minute drive (9) some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking sites, most students do make (10) their travel time to study
Exercise 6 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS
On the fourth day, we started our descent from the mountain range We walked down the narrow track in single (1) , taking care not to slip on the wet surface We followed the river down a steep-sided (2) _, stopping just once along the way to take a shower under a beautiful (3) Soon the (4) _ began to change, with more and more trees and (5) vegetation Several (6) _ of birds flew overhead, and we saw an amazing multi-colored snake lying under a small (7) as we walked past By the afternoon, the countryside was changing again as we approached the coast Here, there were (8) _ where farmers grew a variety of crops such as wheat, and we saw a (9) _ of cows near a farmhouse Then we climbed up and down some tall, grass-covered (10) , and at last we had arrived at the sea
Exercise 7 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
GIRLS AND TECHNOLOGY
If you want your daughter to succeed, buy her a toy construction set That is the advice from Britain’s (1) _ female engineers and scientists Marie-Noelle Barton, who heads an Engineering Council campaign to encourage girls into science and engineering, maintains that some
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‘It’s a (5) _ of giving them experience and confidence with technology so that when they are (6) _ with a situation requiring some technical known-how, they feel they can handle it and don’t just (7) _ defeat immediately’, says Mrs Barton ‘I believe that lost of girls feel unsure of themselves when it comes (8) _ technology and therefore they might be losing out on jobs because they are reluctant even to apply for them.’
Research recently carried out suggests that scientific and constructional toys should be (9) _ to girls from an early age, otherwise the result is ‘socialization’ into stereotypical female (10) _, which may explain why relatively few girls study science and engineering at university in Britain Only 14% of those who have gone for engineering options at university this year are women, although this figure does represent an improvement of the 7% recorded some years ago
Exercise 8 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
Viewed from the outside (1) , the Houses of Parliament look impressive The architecture gives the place a traditional look, and the buildings are sandwiched between a busy square and the river, making them a (2) between the country house of an eccentric duke and
a Victorian railway station You have only to learn that the members (3) to each other as ‘The Honorable Member to (4) the picture of a dignified gentlemen’s club, with of course a few ladies to (5) _ the numbers Sadly, over the past few years first radio, and now television, have shown the general public, who are (6) the electorate, what in fact goes on when bills are discussed and questions are asked The first obvious fact is that the chamber is very rarely full, and there may be only a handful of members present, some of whom are quite clearly asleep, telling jokes to their neighbor, or shouting like badly-behaved schoolchildren There is not enough room for them all in the chamber in any (7) _, which is a second worrying point Of course, television does not follow the work of committees, which are the small discussions groups that do most of the real work of the House But the (8) impression that voters receive of the workings of government is not a good one To put it (9) _, parliament looks disorganized, is clearly behind the time and seems to be filled with bores and comedians This is presumably why members (10) _ for so long the efforts of the BBC to broadcast parliamentary matters on television
Exercise 9 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
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If Gladys did nothing else, caring for the world's (2) population of 650 gorillas would alone justify her wages Since the 1970s, gorillas have (3) severely from war and poaching Now for $150 each, tourists can be led through the forest and come within five meters of gorilla –
no closer, for (4) of transmitting diseases such as measles and flu
The gorillas here make a small but viable population (5) in the national parts the usual animals, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, are either not there or present in insignificant numbers which are dangerously out of (6) with the creatures around them If Uganda stays calm, wildlife may,
in (7) _, return by itself But Gladys believes the country cannot wait Animals must be brought
in to swell tourism and provide (8) to expand her work
Despite her difficulties, Gladys feels more useful and fulfilled than she would be anywhere else "At this moment, my friends from vet school are reading the best way to (9) a cat or dog, and here am I planning to translocate elephants In my small (10) _ I am part of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of my country."
Exercise 10 Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
Action scenes in films
Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films These scenes, which are (1) _ as stunts, are usually performed by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely (2) can crash a car, but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely (3) _ sometimes stopping right in front of the camera and film crew At
an early (4) _ in the production, an expert stuntman is (5) _ in to work out the action scenes and form a team He is the only person who can go (6) _ the wishes of the director, although he will usually only do this in the (7) _ of safety
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (8) _ in for the actors Actors like to become (9) _ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never let them take the risk To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (10) .If they were
to be hurt, the film would come to a sudden halt
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