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Tricks on April Fool’s Day In 1698, a number of Londoners received invitations to see the lions washed in the Thames. This event ___ (1) in news describe papers. However, the same trick ___ (2) in 1860, and again a lot of repeat curious Londoners ___ (3) to enjoy the lions washed. In 1957 BBC come Television played an even ___ (4) joke on its viewers. It showed hilarious a film about a spaghetti crop ___ (5) in Southern Switzerland. grow Agricultural workers ___ (6) long strands of spaghetti from bushes pick and the presenter of the film ___ (7) on the uniform length of the comment spaghetti and on the successful cultivation of ‘these vegetables’. After be the programme there ___ (8) a lot of calls from people who not get ___ (9) the joke and wanted to know where they ___ (10) buy spaghetti bushes. can 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Americans talk with ___ (1) of their government and ___ (2). They proud, institute seem certain that they have more ___ (3), better laws and free stronger leaders. But even the most ___ (4) Americans have а few doubts. patriot ___ (5) is one problem area, and so is the law. There are not educate enough clever teachers, and too many clever ___ (6). But Americans law feel ___ (7) that they can change things that don’t work. Americans confidence want to be proud of their President. They like him to be good-looking, ___ (8), and a good family man. They want him to be a good ___ (9). religion, talk They expect him to keep the prices down at home and to keep the country looking ___ (10) abroad. power 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to ___ (1) this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you ___ (2) well have heard some or all of the ___ (3). It’s the money of course, some say with а smile, as if explaining something to а small child. Or it’s the satisfaction of ___ (4) well done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important ___ (5). I worked as а bus conductor once, and I can’t say I ___ (6) the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to ___ (7) out tickets without falling over into someone’s lap. It’s the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the ___ (8), what about farmers? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is power and а sense of status say those ___ (9) have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved that nobody has yet recognised their leadership ___ (10). Or we can blame it all on someone else, the family or the taxman. I suspect, and I say this under my ___ (11), that most of us work hoping for something to ___ (12) up. We’ll win the pools, and tell the boss what we really think. We’ll scrape together the ___ (13) and open that little shop we always dreamed of, or go ___ (14) the world, or spend more time in the garden. One day we’ll get that ___ (15) we deserve, but until then at least we have something to do. And we are so busy doing it that we won’t have time to wonder why. 1. a) propose b) meditate c) consider d) launch 2. a) might b) can c) will d) should 3. a) below b) rest c) following d) latter 4. a) a work b) а job c) а task d) an effort 5. a) deal b) position c) job d) engagement 6. a) enjoyed b) wished c) hoped d) felt 7. a) make b) turn с) issue d) give 8. a) one b) case с) question d) former 9. a) people b) must c) who d) to 10. a) qualities b) status c) property d) requirements 11. a) oath b) suspicion c) breath d) pressure 12. a) move b) turn с) ease d) end 13. a) resources b) opportunities c) rest d) money 14. a) round b) over c) into d) to 15. a) ambition b) station c) vocation d) promotion Test 3 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. Mountain Biking In the past people ___ (1) watching TV or reading enjoy in their free time. Nowadays people are more interested in doing ___ (2) activity which take them out of their homes. That’s why mountain biking ___ (3) a very popular sport in recent years. It is one of the ___ (4) become, reward ways to explore the countryside. Cyclists must pay attention to the type of path they ___ (5) on. Some paths ___ (6) for people be, design who are on foot, so if you cycle along these, you ___ (7) inconvenience cause to walkers. On any other path, you should still respect walkers. Another thing which you ___ (8) to do is ___ (9) gates behind you, so ask, close that farm animals cannot escape. If the weather is fine, you will enjoy a wonderful day out, especially if you ___ (10) to take not forget some food and drinks with you. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. When the famous explorer, Columbus claimed Florida for Spain in 1492, he had never ___ (1) eyes on it. The area’s most important early ___ (2) lay, visit thus set а pattern that has continued for centuries. There is а general ___ (3) amongst people, apparently quite ___ (4) with whether believe, connect or not they’ve been there themselves, that Florida is а good place to go. In fact, it is almost ___ (5) not to enjoy yourself in Florida possible today, given the wonderful ___ (6) of facilities available to tourists. select Some of the world’s most popular tourist ___ (7) are located in the attract state whose ___ (8) beaches welcome 40 million people each year. sand These days it seems ___ (9) to describe Florida’s geography and point climate. After all, few people would have ___ (10) in finding it on difficult а map and most would know what weather to expect there. 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to ___ (1). There have been many objections to it during this time and ___ (2) а variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the ___ (3) bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the advertisements ___ (4) subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so ___ (5) programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours they had ___ (6) glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create а vast passive ___ (7), drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation ___ (8)? On the other hand, did it increase anxiety by sensationalising the news (or the news which was ___ (9) by suitable pictures) and filling our living rooms with war and political unrest? ___ (10) in аll, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, ___ (11) for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no ___ (12) how much we despised it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies ___ (13) as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We ___ (14) staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny ___ (15) was in it if we looked carefully. 1. a) long b) stay c) exist d) be 2. a) with b) over c) by d) on 3. a) screen b) danger c) machine d) reason 4. a) contain b) of c) take d) having 5. a) that b) far c) many d) what 6. a) almost b) spent c) quite d) madly 7. a) programme b) personality c) audience d) tense 8. a) comedies b) programmes c) perhaps d) consequently 9. a) taken b) presented c) capable d) accompanied 10. a) Taken b) All c) Somewhat d) Thus 11. a) broadcasting b) looking c) blamed d) ready 12. a) one b) matter c) difference d) reason 13. a) known b) even c) described d) such 14. a) refused b) received c) turned d) kept 15. a) fault b) reflection c) situation d) consciousness Test 4 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The American People Black, white, rich, poor – you can find them all in the USА, one of big the ___ (1) countries in the world. The great American idea ___ (2) that all these people always be should become something new. They should leave their old ___ (3) behind and become life American. In some ways, the idea ___ (4). work Many people ___ (5) where their grandparents came from. forget They share the ideas, experiences, and feelings that make up the American culture. now ask But new questions ___ (6). Some people wonder if too much ___ (7). lose They are becoming more interested in the countries their families leave once ___ (8). They are not sure if new immigrants should try ___ (9) their own forget languages and cultures so completely. Americans talk а great deal about how wonderful it is to be American. The reason may be because they need to keep ___ (10) themselves that that is what they are. remind 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Dear Sir or Madam, I read your ___ (1) in International Business advertise magazine and I am writing for more information concerning entry ___ (2) require for the course in English Language. Could you tell me what language ___ (3) qualify are required? I do not possess the First Certificate and would like to know if ___ (4) on the course depends on having the FCE? In fact, as I am an accept ___ (5) for an international company I would be interested in a course account which focuses on language ___ (6) for both social and develop ___ (7) purposes. I would also like to know the ___ (8) from the busy, distant college to London and if ___ (9) at all classes is obligatory, attend or whether an occasional ___ (10) for purposes of travel be acceptable. absent I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Nelson Fernandez 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Nobody knows for certain what the origin of music was. Music is certainly older than poetry and painting but as early man had no way of ___ (1) it, we can only ___ (2) what it sounded like. Watching а child ___ (3) on а drum with its hands or а ___ (4) of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of instruments. It does not ___ (5) much effort to produce а rhythm on it. Wall paintings show what some of the first instruments ___ (6) like. Early civilisations had already discovered the three basic ___ (7) of producing music: blowing into а tube, striking an object, and scraping а string. We know that western music comes from the ___ (8) Greeks. The musical scales we use now are ___ (9) on certain sequences of notes which the Greeks used to create а particular ___ (10). Until the 16th century, most players of instruments were ___ (11) performers, but as music became more ___ (12), orchestras and musical groups began to ___ (13). This ___ (14) about the writing of music to be played by several musicians at one time. This can certainly be ___ (15) the birth of modern music. 1. a) recording b) playing c) producing d) performing 2. a) think b) reckon c) guess d)realise 3. a) hitting b) knocking c) crashing d) banging 4. a) slice b) point c) piece d) shape 5. a) make b) call c) take d) do 6. a) looked b) appeared c) felt d) sounded 7. a) forms b) manners c) systems d) ways 8. a) ancient b) old c) aged d) antique 9. a) raised b) based c) established d) supported 10. a) spirit b) temper c) mood d) humour 11. a) separate b) lonely c) unique d) single 12. a) widespread b) enlarged c) expanded d) extended 13. a) turn b) appear c) spring d) be 14. a) produced b) affected c) caused d) brought 15. a) appointed b) called c) decided d) named Test 5 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. One morning Mr Sherlock Holmes was sitting in his room in Baker Street. His friend Dr Watson was standing near the window ___ (1) at a walking stick. look This stick ___ (2) by a strange visitor the day before. The words forget ‘To Dr Mortimer’ ___ (3) on it. Dr Watson had already been examining write it for half an hour but ___ (4) say anything about it. Suddenly not can Sherlock Holmes ___ (5), ‘The owner of this stick has a dog which is say ___ (6) than a terrier. I have noticed the marks of a dog’s ___ (7) large, tooth on the stick. Probably the dog often ___ (8) the stick behind the carry master.’ ‘I wonder why this man wanted to visit us,’ asked Dr Watson. ‘Well, we soon ___ (9),’ answered Sherlock Holmes. ‘I can hear know the bell ___ (10).’ ring 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. School Then and Now Parents and teachers are always making ___ (1) compare between the time when they were ___ (2) and the child present ___ (3). They say everything was better than it generate is today, especially in ___ (4). For example, they say they educate used to work much ___ (5) in school, and that nowadays, we hard aren’t very interested. I ___ (6), because we spend hours agree every day doing homework after our lessons or ___ (7) for revise ___ (8). I wonder if our parents really had to study so much examine after school every day. In my opinion, it is no ___ (9) to exaggerate say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason why kids behave ___ (10) in class is because they need to get rid of stress. 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. According to а group called The Voices Foundation, everyone has а singing voice as well as а speaking voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be encouraged from an early ___ (1) because it provides the best, and the cheapest, ___ (2) on which to build an understanding of music. ___ (3) the Foundation’s ideas, lies the teaching of the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly. He observed that song can ___ (4) а key part of the relationship between mother and child almost from birth. This is especially ___ (5) of more traditional societies, like those of West Africa, where some small children are ___ (6) to sing literally hundreds of songs, all of which have been learnt by ___ (7). But many modern children first ___ (8) to an understanding of music when they learn to play an instrument, and ___ (9) some teaching of the theory of music is usually а part of this, their relationship with the music on the ___ (10) is often а mechanical one. The ___ (11) of the Voices Foundation is that а natural ___ (12) for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very ___ (13) we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the exploration of music with the voice from the start. The Foundation has, therefore, ___ (14) itself the task of developing а singing-centred musical education programme that could ___ (15) junior pupils all over the world. 1. a) start b) life c) time d) age 2. a) ground b) basis c) root d) plot 3. a) Behind b) Beneath c) Besides d) Between 4. a) grow b) do c) form d) make 5. a) fact b) true c) real d) actual d) fit 6. a) able b) expert c) skilled 7. a) repeat b) heart c) memory d) mind 8. a) come b) reach c) go d) arrive 9. a) however b) despite c) although d) whether 10. a) lines b) notes c) book d) page 11. a) rule c) trust d) belief b) certainty 12. a) awareness b) touch c) grasp d) feeling 13. a) degrees b) qualities c) measures d) practices 14. a) let b) set c) put d) cut 15. a) benefit b) favour c) gain d) profit Test 6 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. A Practical Joke Mr and Mrs Parker were having a quiet day at home. Their 18-year-old daughter was away in Wales ___ (1) with a friend. Suddenly stay the phone ___ (2). A hoarse voice told Mr Parker that his daughter ring ___ (3) and that he had to pay a ransom of $2,000. He was also warned that kidnap if he ___ (4), he would never see his daughter again. The voice then not pay gave him instructions about where and when to hand over the money. one Mr Parker took the ___ (5) train to Wales. He went to the hotel and gave the briefcase with the money to a woman in a scarf and a raincoat. At 11 p.m. the same evening, to his great relief, his daughter came back home. She happy looked ___ (6) than ever and could hardly stop herself from ___ (7) laugh when she handed him his briefcase with $2,000. It turned out that she decide and her friend ___ (8) to play a practical joke. The joke ___ (9) but, work strangely enough, Mr and Mrs Parker ___ (10) it as much as their not enjoy daughter did! 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. How to Learn Vocabulary Students are under enormous pressure to learn huge amounts of vocabulary but they are rarely given ___ (1) as to how to guide go about it. They have a ___ (2) to try and learn long lists by tend heart, but this is hardly the most ___ (3) approach to the problem. efficiency The golden rule is to do lots of ___ (4) at regular intervals. Secondly, revise students should concentrate on words with the highest ___ (5), particularly frequent everyday words which also improve the students’ spoken ___ (6). fluent They should also take every opportunity to use the words in communication – there is considerable ___ (7) evidence that learners who like psychology using the foreign language improve their oral ___ (8) and their perform overall ___ (9) of the language much more rapidly than acquire students who are ___ (10) to practise the language in real situations. reluctance 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Keeping fit and staying healthy have become а growing industry. ___ (1) apart from the amount of money spent each year on doctors’ ___ (2) and approved medical treatment, huge sums are now spent on health foods and ___ (3) of various kinds, from vitamin pills to mineral water, not to mention health clubs and keep-fit ___ (4) and videos. We are more concerned than ever, it seems, ___ (5) the water we drink and the air we breathe, and are smoking less, though not yet drinking less alcohol. This does not appear to mean that ___ (6) and sneezes have been banished, or that we can all expect to live to а hundred. To give а personal example, one of my friends, who is а keep-fit ___ (7), а non-smoker and teetotaller, and who is very ___ (8) about what he eats, is at present languishing in bed with а wrist in ___ (9) and а badly sprained ankle. Part of his healthy ___ (10) is to play squash every day after work, and that ___ (11) for the ankle. He also cycles everywhere, and if you have ever tried to cycle through the rushhour traffic with а sprained ankle, you will understand ___ (12) he acquired the broken wrist. For _____ (13), it seems, is not just а matter of а good ___ (14) and plenty of exercise. Too much exercise can be harmful, as many joggers have discovered. Eating the right food can easily become an obsession, as can overworking, which you might have to do so as to be able to afford your ___ (15) of the squash club, your mountain bike, your health food, and а few holidays in peaceful and healthy places. 1. a) Poles b) Far с) Quite d) So 2. a) prescriptions b) surgeries c) hospitals d) payments 3. a) medications b) cures c) drugs d) remedies 4. a) books b) television c) advice d) enthusiasts 5. a) than b) about c) for d) hence 6. a) colds b) coughs c) flu d) fevers 7. a) fanatic b) follower c) fad d) person 8. a) interested b) varied c) detailed d) particular 9. a) crutches b) plaster c) treatment d) danger 10. a) living b) lifetime c) lifestyle d) liveliness 11. a) is b) caters c) depends d) accounts 12. a) how b) that c) whenever d) thus 13. a) fit b) this c) health d) all 14. a) diet b) eating c) menu d) recipe 15. a) share b) visit c) membership d) subscription Test 7 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. What Can Computers Do? Computers and microchips _____ (1) part of our everyday lives: we become read magazines which _____ (2) on computer, we buy things with the produce help of computers, we pay bills _____ (3) by computers. Just _____ (4) prepare а phone number involves the use of а sophisticated computer system. dial In the past, life without computers was much _____ (5) than it is today. difficult The _____ (6) computers were able to multiply long numbers, but they one _____ (7) do anything else. Nobody _____ (8) stories about robots not can and space travel, but now computers are able to do almost all difficult jobs. believe What makes your computer such а miraculous device? It is а calculating machine speed that _____ (9) up financial calculations. It is а personal communicator that _____ (10) you to interact with other computers and with people around enable the world. And you can even use your PC to relax with computer games. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. A Challenge for Europe Although recently there has been a small _____ (1) in the number of people out reduce of work in Europe, _____ (2) is still the number one _____ (3) employ, society problem facing the 15 member states of the European Union. Moreover, _____ (4) of opportunity between men and women is still an issue that equal _____ (5) in many countries have not come to grips with. In _____ (6) political, professional such as law and engineering women are still noticeable by their absence. _____ (7) still discriminate against women in a number of employ ways even if their _____ (8) are the same as those of men. It would qualify be a pity if the _____ (9) of the EU on an economic level were marred achieve by _____ (10) in the vital area of social policy. fail 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Trees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But _____ (1) being nice to look at, trees also _____ (2) an important role in improving the quality of our lives. On a world-wide _____ (3), forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas _____ (4) as carbon dioxide and giving _____ (5) the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighbourhood level, trees also _____ (6) important environmental benefits. They offer shade and shelter, which in _____ (7) reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool _____ (8) buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe. Urban trees are especially important because for many people they provide the only daily _____ (9) with the natural world. What’s _____ (10), urban trees also provide a home for birds, small animals and butterflies. _____ (11) the trees we would lose the pleasure of seeing these creatures in our cities. Regrettably, _____ (12), trees in cities are now coming under _____ (13). There is a limit to the level of pollution they can _____ (14) and, down at street level, their roots are being seriously _____ (15) by the digging needed to make way for modern telephone, television and other cables. 1. a) as far as b) as long as c) as soon as d) as well as 2. a) play b) show c) act d) serve 3. a) scale b) size c) range d) area 4. a) called b) known c) titled d) referred 5. a) in b) away c) up d) out 6. a) bring b) make c) take d) find 7. a) turn b) place c) order d) reach 8. a) opposite b) close c) next d) nearby 9. a) junction b) touch c) contact d) taste 10. a) more b) else c) most d) other 11. a) Throughout b) Beyond c) Without d) Outside 12. a) therefore b) whilst c) however d) despite 13. a) risk b) threat c) danger d) warning 14. a) stand in for b) face up to c) put up with d) fall back on 15. a) concerned b) disturbed c) interfered d) involved Test 8 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. Street Styles Many people, especially young people, wear things which express their ideas and feelings about life. If a boy _____ (1) very short, almost shaven hair, have people expect him _____ (2) right wing politics. But boys with very have long hair _____ (3) to have left wing politics. A boy who wears a leather think jacket _____ (4) in bits of metal will probably ride a motorbike. The cover rules of fashion are not as rigid as they once _____ (5) and today’s be teenagers _____ (6) any particular trend at all. But teens are very not follow influenced by _____ (7) and they have a desire to buy more luxurious celebrity items. Street styles _____ (8) by the big fashion designers. In fact, not create the fashion designers often use ideas from street fashions. But some leaders of British fashion have enough ideas of _____ (9) own. One of them they is Jean Muir, whose designs let her be one of the _____ (10) designers. good 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. I have only been once to an art _____ (1). In fact, the Tate in London exhibit was my _____ (2) to modern art, but although the gallery was introduce quite interesting, I found the pictures difficult to understand. The _____ (3) paint in the exhibition were by famous _____ (4) from all over the world. Our art guide told us about each painting, and I listened carefully to her _____ (5). explain After she had given us а _____ (6) of а painting by Picasso, 1 asked her describe what it all _____ (7). She said we should not look for meaning but for _____ (8), mean, please as the most important thing was to enjoy the shapes and colours. _____ (9), I found this advice а complete _____ (10). person, reveal 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Whenever we read about the natural world nowadays, it is generally to be _____ (1) dire predictions about its imminent destruction. Some scientists go so _____ (2) as to assert that from now on, the world can no longer be called ‘natural’, insofar as future processes of weather, _____ (3), and all the interactions of plant and animal life will no longer carry on in their time-honoured way, unaffected by _____ (4). There will never be such а thing as ‘natural weather’ again, say such writers, only weather _____ (5) by global warming. It is hard to know whether to believe such _____ (6) of doom, possibly because what they are saying seems too terrible to be _____ (7). There are other equally influential scientists who argue that climate has changed many times over the _____ (8), and that what we are experiencing now may simply be part of an endless cycle of change, rather than а disaster on а global _____ (9). One cannot help wondering whether these attempts to wish the problem away _____ (10) underline the extent to which western industrialised countries are to blame for upsetting the world’s _____ (11). It is not our fault, they seem to be saying, because everything is all right, really! One certain _____ (12) which is chilling in its implications, is that there is no longer anywhere on the earth’s _____ (13), whether in the depths of the oceans or in the polar wastes, which is not _____ (14) by polluted air or _____ (15) with empty cans and bottles. Now we have to come to terms with understanding just what that means, and it is far from easy. 1. a) made b) given c) told d) granted 2. a) much b) often c) really d) far 3. a) change b) atmosphere c) climate d) even 4. a) beings b) man c) people d) humans 5. a) built b) manufactured с) affected d) organised 6. a) prophets b) champions c) warriors d) giants 7. a) stopped b) true c) guessed d) here 8. a) top b) again c) centuries d) world 9. a) sense b) form c) scale d) existence 10. a) simply b) to с) chat d) or 11. a) future b) ecology с) balance d) population 12. a) fact b) must с) fault d) and 13. a) planet b) atmosphere c) anywhere d) surface 14. a) full b) stained c) breathing d) only 15. a) even b) recycled c) littered d) bothered Test 9 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. Things That Go Bump In The Night It was quite late on a Friday night. Bill and Lora were having supper in their new house. Things still felt a bit strange so they _____ (1) much notice not take when they heard someone _____ (2) about noisily in the move house next door. From the windows they _____ (3) see figures in the can front garden. Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbours _____ (4) have some sort of party. ‘That’s all right,’ said Bill. ‘Our neighbours dislike big _____ (5). I hope they _____ (6) us long.’ Not long after, party, not disturb they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. Bill and Lora went to bed and _____ (7) all about it. At breakfast early the next day, forget they heard someone _____ (8) loudly. Their neighbours arrived back shout home and discovered that some _____ (9) _____ (10) all their furniture thief, take and valuables from the house. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. The most _____ (1) pop group in history was the Beatles and the success most _____ (2) bands of the 1960s and 1970s were male bands. The excite Spice Girls were _____ (3) when they became _____ (4) in the usual, fame 1990s, but now female pop groups are not only common but quite interest _____ (5) from а _____ (6) point of view as well. But what happens music when а schoolgirl suddenly becomes very _____ (7) and well known? wealth She leaves behind the _____ (8) life other girls lead, earns bore а lot of money and buys x_____ (9) clothes. She gets _____ (10) to expense, expense trendy parties. Will she forget all her old schoolfriends? 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Have you ever thought about the future? One of the most amazing predictions I have heard _____ (1) the twenty-first century is that we will be living longer and longer. Scientists will have _____ (2) up with а cure for а lot of the most _____ (3) diseases that people die of at the moment. They say that _____ (4) the year 2050, the average person’s lifespan will have _____ (5) to one hundred years. They also _____ (6) that work will take _____ (7) less of our lives and we will have more _____ (8) time to spend. Robots, which will look more and more _____ (9) human beings, will have taken _____ (10) а lot of the boring everyday _____ (11) we do today. In the next five years, the Japanese will have _____ (12) а robot that understands human speech. This will _____ (13) about а big change in the way we live, and some people see robots as а _____ (14) to human freedom. They are afraid that we will not be _____ (15) to control them and that in the end, they will control us. 1. a) to b) about c) across d) up 2. a) turned b) made c) come d) found 3. a) common b) usual c) everyday d) known 4. a) until b) by c) up to d) on 5. a) gone b) come c) turned d) risen 6. a) predict b) tell c) wait d) advise 7. a) on b) over c) up d) away 8. a) break b) enjoy c) fun d) free 9. a) as b) like c) similar d) how 10. a) up b) off c) over d) in 11. a) jobs b) works c) employment d) occupations 12. a) discovered b) found c) done d) invented 13. a) bring b) turn c) take d) come 14. a) damage b) dream c) threat d) problem 15. a) reaching b) able c) manage d) succeed Test 10 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The National Health Service in GB The NHS (the national health service) in GB _____ (1) centrally and organize medical insurance is compulsory. There _____ (2) a number be of private medical insurance schemes in the country. The _____ (3) one big is BUPA. These days such schemes _____ (4) increasingly popular become as being more convenient. The modern _____ (5) of the NHS are difficulty the same as those faced by equivalent systems in other countries. The need number of old people _____ (6) medical care _____ (7) dramatically grow since 1998. But the country spends _____ (8) money per person on health care little than any other country in the western world. One possible reason for this is the way that GPs _____ (9). The money which they get from the pay government _____ (10) on the number of consultations they not depend perform, it depends on the number of registered patients. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Primary schools in London are trying out an ambitious plan through which young children get an _____ (1) to serious music. The idea comes introduce from а group of famous (_____ 2) who are concerned about the music _____ (3) of certain types of classical music. They see the plan as survive one possible _____ (4) to the problem of declining audiences at classical solve concerts. Their _____ (5) is that an interest in classical music should argue be developed in early _____ (6). They reject the idea that children child are _____ (7) in serious music or necessarily find it boring. The group interest goes into а school and gives а live _____ (8) of а short classical perform piece and then this is followed by an _____ (9) of how the instruments explain work. These sessions have proved so _____ (10) that they have now success become а regular feature in some schools. 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. When faced with some new and possibly bewildering technological change, most people react in one of two _____ (1). They either recoil from anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary, or too _____ (2) or that it somehow makes life less than _____ (3). Or they learn to _____ (4) to the new invention, and eventually _____ (5) how they could possibly have existed without it. _____ (6) computers as an example. For many of us, they still represent а _____ (7) to our freedom, and give us а frightening sense of а future in which all _____ (8) will be taken by machines. This may be because they seem mysterious, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what you can (_____ 9) а home computer for, and you usually get _____ (10) answers about how ‘they give you information’. In fact, even those of us who are familiar with computers, and use them in our daily work, have very little idea of how they _____ (11). But it does not take long to learn how to operate а business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong for no apparent reason. Presumably much the same happened when the telephone and the television became _____ (12). What seems to alarm most people is the speed of _____ (13) change, rather than change itself. And the _____ (14) that are made to new technology may well have а point to them, since change is not always an improvement. As we discover during power cuts, there is а lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board games, that don’t have to be _____ (15) in to work. 1. a) moments b) kinds c) ways d) types 2. a) complicated b) much c) obscure d) tiresome 3. a) formerly b) lively c) personal d) human 4. a) adapt b) react c) conform d) use 5. a) decide b) wonder c) suppose d) admit 6. a) Discuss b) Propose c) Take d) Thus 7. a) hazard b) risk c) control d) threat 8. a) measures b) decisions c) chances d) instructions 9. a) run b) apply c) learn d) use 10. a) vague b) such c) up with d) hundreds 11. a) are b) work c) manage d) consist 12. a) in existence b) widespread c) through d) extensive 13. a) future b) machinery c) physical d) technological 14. a) objections b) appliances c) criticisms d) fears 15. a) wired b) batteries c) plugged d) connected Test 11 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The Benefits System in GB The _____ (1) way in which people get help is by direct payments of easy government money. This help comes in various ways and _____ (2) by pay the Department of the Social Security. Anyone below the retirement age who _____ (3) for a certain minimum period of time can receive unemployment work benefit _____ (4) colloquially as ‘the dole’. All retired people _____ (5) know, entitle to the standard old-age pension, provided that they _____ (6) pay their insurance contributions for most of their working _____ (7). After life a certain age, even people who still _____ (8) can receive their pension earn though at a slightly reduced rate. The government pension, however, _____ (9) very high. That’s why Personal Pension Plans not be _____ (10) in July 1988 to extend pension choice and encourage people introduce to build up a retirement fund. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. If you’re interested in getting, then what you need is а training programme. Although aimed at improving physical fit _____ (1), this programme fit can also be _____ (2) in such а way that it helps in the _____ (3) design, develop of particular athletic skills. There is а range of different _____ (4) to active choose from and а growing amount of scientific (_____ 5) to explain know the effects of each one. When you begin training, it is important gentle to start _____ (6), raising the _____ (7) of the programme in а intense gradual way. Although it is important to work sufficiently hard impress to make an _____ (8) on your physical condition, the activities shouldn’t be _____ (9). It is _____ (10), therefore, to ignore warning pain, wise symptoms such as sharp or persistent pain in particular muscles. 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements in communications and yet many people are still very worried _____ (1) using the latest computer technology. I am often _____ (2) to meet colleagues who still don’t know what the ‘е’ in e-mail stands for and they are too _____ (3) to ask. They assume you have to be skilled _____ (4) computers to send а message via е-mail but in fact it is _____ (5) thing in the world. It is also _____ (6) to send an e-mail message _____ (7) to send an ordinary letter or а ‘snail’ message which also takes _____ (8) longer. An e-mail message is only _____ (9) more expensive than а local telephone call to send; on top of the call itself you also have to pay а fee to your ‘server’. If you send а letter by _____ (10) mail it will take а couple of days to get there whereas an e-mail will not take _____ (11) than а few seconds. Once you become _____ (12) to using the system you will be _____ (13) at how much more _____ (14) it is than other means of communication. Of course, before you have access to е-mail, you will need а fairly _____ (15) computer, which can be quite expensive. 1. a) for b) about c) at d) with as 2. a) surprising b) irritating c) surprised d) irritated 3. a) embarrassing b) embarrassed c) tired d) tiring 4. a) about b) into c) to d) in 5. a) simplest b) the more simple c) simpler d) the simplest 6. a) cheaper b) more cheaper c) the cheapest d) the cheaper 7. a) as b) than c) that d) from 8. a) much b) more c) as d) lot 9. a) little b) slightly c) less d) least 10. a) second-hand b) low-paid c) part-time d) first-class 11. a) more long b) longest c) as long d) longer 12. a) capable b) accustomed c) clever d) good 13. a) amazed b) puzzled c) experienced d) pleased 14. a) confident b) certain c) efficient d) skilful 15. a) strong b) great c) powerful d) large Test 12 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The History of Father’s Day Father’s Day is an occasion to honor your dad and express gratitude for his love and support. Most _____ (1) including the US, the UK and Canada country celebrate Father’s Day on the _____ (2) Sunday of June. The idea of three celebrating Father’s Day _____ (3) by Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd suggest in 1909. Mrs. Dodd’s father, William Smart, _____ (4) when his wife died in childbirth. Despite the obvious hardships, Mr. Smart proceeded widow to raise the newborn along with his five other _____ (5) by himself. child It wasn’t until Sonora Dodd _____ (6) an adult that she realized the become strength and selflessness her father _____ (7) in raising his children show as a single parent. President Wilson approved of the festival in 1916 but it was President Johnson who signed a Proclamation _____ (8) the declare celebration of Father’s Day in 1966. Thanks to Sonora, Father’s become Day _____ (9) a hugely popular festival and _____ (10) around celebrate the world. 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Medical research has found that happiness has а strongly beneficial effect on health. The healing properties of _____ (1) are such that laugh humour is now being used alongside more _____ (2) courses of tradition _____ (3) in some hospitals. In а London children’s hospital, for example, treat two clowns are provided for the _____ (4) of patients. Doctors entertain say that these clowns are _____ (5) in making the children feel success better. It seems that when we laugh, there can be а _____ (6) in reduce both blood pressure and the amount of _____ (7) in our muscles. tense Although it is _____ (8) to prove it at the moment, this may also mean that possible people who feel unhappy and who are, therefore, _____ (9) to laugh likely so much, suffer more often from physical _____ (10). ill 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Until the early part of this century there was certainly а distinction between popular music, the songs and dance _____ (1) of the masses, and what we have come to call _____ (2) music. Up to that point, however, there were at least some points of contact _____ (3) the two, and perhaps general recognition of what made а good voice, or а good song. With the development of _____ (4) entertainment, popular music split away and has gradually _____ (5) а stronger life of its _____ (6), to the point where it has become incompatible with _____ (7) classics. In some respects, it is now dominated by the _____ (8) of youth culture, so that а concert by Elton John is just as much а fashion _____ (9), and other artists may be promoting dance styles, or social _____ (10). For this reason, it is impossible to talk about popular music as if it were а unified art. The kind of music you like may _____ (11) on what kind of person you are. Curiously, there are now classical musicians who have _____ (12) the status of rock stars, and have been marketed in the same way. This seems to suggest that many young people enjoy classical music but do not wish to be associated with the _____ (13) of those who are traditionally supposed to enjoy it. Or it may simply be that recording companies have discovered that there is an insatiable _____ (14) for ‘sounds’, and that classical music is beginning to sound exciting to а generation _____ (15) on rock but now settling into affluent middle-age. 1. a) halls b) tunes c) musicians d) artists 2. a) rock b) modern c) underground d) classical 3. a) with b) between с) by d) of 4. a) mass b) live с) recorded d) the 5. a) founded b) lived с) developed d) suggested 6. a) supporters b) self с) fans d) own 7. a) other b) the с) some d) further 8. a) promotion b) discovery с) tendency d) survival 9. a) as b) however с) event d) design 10. a) service b) grace с) protest d) science 11. a) depend b) identity с) suppose d) be 12. a) lost b) admired с) penetrated d) achieved 13. a) number b) dislike с) lifestyle d) meaning 14. a) desire b) sale с) interest d) outlet 15. a) raised b) carrying с) dependent d) listening Test 13 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The stars of American journalism can build up reputations which make them _____ (1) known than most members of the Cabinet. Although good each one _____ (2) for а single big city newspaper, their articles work may _____ (3) in hundreds of local papers across the nation. reproduce To be successful it _____ (4) always necessary to be а graduate in not be journalism. In 1955 the Chicago Sun Times _____ (5) an untrained engage housewife from Iowa Esther Lederer to take over the give ‘Anne Landers’ column, _____ (6) comforting answers to all _____ (7) query on personal problems. Thirty years later her ‘Anne Landers’ column _____ (8) by eighty million people. Meanwhile, her twin-sister read _____ (9) an almost identical column, ‘Dear Abby’. By 1987 these amazing have twins, then aged 67, _____ (10) yet. not retire 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. А magazine _____ (1) asked people what they thought the most recent useful _____ (2) of the last century was. It is а very _____ (3) invent, interest question, since technology has _____ (4) our lives today. Lots of transform people said cars, but I _____ (5). Although cars have made life easier agree in some ways, I believe they have serious _____ (6). The worst advantage thing about cars is that they are so _____ (7). They also cause noise а lot of _____ (8). Other people said TV. Of course, _____ (9) will pollute, entertain never be the same again and it can be _____ (10) to watch TV after relax а long day. And what’s your opinion? 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Thirteen-year-olds do not spend as much money as their parents suspect – at least not _____ (1) the findings of a _____ (2) survey, Money and Change. The survey _____ (3) three hundred teenagers, 13–17 years old, from _____ (4). By the time they _____ (5) their teens, most children see their weekly allowance rise dramatically to an amazing national average of $8. Two thirds think they get _____ (6) money, but most expect to have to do something to get it. Although they have more cash, worry about debt is _____ (7) among teenagers. Therefore, the _____ (8) of children _____ (9) an effort to save for the future. Greater access to cash _____ (10) teenagers does not, however, mean that they are more irresponsible _____ (11) a result. The economic recession seems to have encouraged _____ (12) attitudes to money, even in case of children at these ages. Instead of wasting what pocket _____ (13) they have on sweets or magazines, the 13-year-olds who took _____ (14) in the survey seem to _____ (15) to the situation by saving more than half of their cash. b) based on c) relying on d) according to 1. a) counting on 2. a) late b) recent c) latest d) fresh 3. a) included b) contained c) counted d) enclosed 4. a) entire b) all over c) complete d) the whole 5. a) reach b) get c) make d) arrive 6. a) acceptable b) adequate c) satisfactory d) enough 7. a) gaining b) heightening c) increasing d) building 8. a) most b) maximum c) many d) majority 9. a) make b) do c) have d) try 10. a) among b) through c) between d) along 11. a) like b) as c) for d) in d) cautious 12. a) aware b) knowing c) helpful 13. a) cash b) money c) change d) savings 14. a) part b) place c) share d) piece 15. a) reply b) answer c) respond d) return Test 14 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The United States has strong political and military ties to governments in all areas of the world. America’s alliances _____ (1) by its formidable back military and nuclear forces. Over 2 million _____ (2) are members of the man armed forces. About one _____ (3) of the United four States military personnel serve over seas. Most of its overseas forces _____ (4) in Western Europe under provisions of the NATO. This concentrate military alliance _____ (5) the defense of member nations. guarantee Since 1949, when the alliance _____ (6), the United States create _____ (7) as Western Europe’s military leader. America’s political act and military strength _____ (8) by its powerful economy. Although it is neither generate the world’s _____ (9) nor _____ (10) nation, its economic output large is twice Russia’s, three times Japan’s, and six times Germany’s. populous 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Thanks to the Internet, we are now living in a _____ (1) village. globe We have more _____ (2) about other countries than ever before. inform We know as much about the _____ (3) in the US as in Russia. _____ (4) situate, pollute which is produced in one country will affect other countries, too. For example, nuclear power is not _____ (5) only for one country danger but is an _____ (6) problem. If we do not take action soon, nation the _____ (7) of a nuclear disaster is very real. We should all possible _____ (8) our rubbish – not hope ‘green’ people will do it for us. cycle Some people think _____ (9) resources will go on forever, but they won’t. nature We all have an _____ (10) to protect the environment. oblige 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. The three blank spaces _____ (1) the wall of the Frankfurt Schirn Gallery are probably more photographed than the old paintings which _____ (2) there until last Thursday. That was the day when thieves _____ (3) two paintings by JMW Turner, which were _____ (4) loan from London’s Tate Gallery. In fact, as theft increases, empty walls are _____ (5) an increasingly familiar _____ (6) in Europe’s galleries. The thieves are usually _____ (7) of professional gangs who study the layout of their target in _____ (8) beforehand. They are becoming better at overcoming the tightest security. The thieves of Frankfurt waited _____ (9) the gallery closed at 10 pm, overpowered the security guard before he could _____ (10) on the alarm system and _____ (11) with the paintings to a waiting car. The pictures are _____ (12) at $65 million and, since they are _____ (13) famous to sell, police suspect that the thieves will hold them to ransom. A $100,000 reward is being _____ (14) for information. Unfortunately European Union policy has made it easier for thieves to _____ (15) borders and harder for police to follow them. To discourage thieves, galleries may have to turn themselves into high security fortresses. 1. a) in b) over c) on d) along 2. a) hung b) stayed c) held d) fixed 3. a) robbed b) stole c) burgled d) borrowed 4. a) for b) at c) in d) on 5. a) getting b) becoming c) having d) growing 6. a) sight b) scene c) site d) look 7. a) guest b) members c) partners d) owners 8. a) fact b) addition c) detail d) general 9. a) for b) while c) before d) until 10. a) turn b) go c) rely d) set 11. a) escaped b) parted c) got d) hid 12. a) measured b) charged c) valued d) appreciated 13. a) too b) enough c) very d) quite 14. a) stated b) offered c) held d) taken 15. a) swap b) alter c) change d) cross Test 15 1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form. The White House In Washington, D.C., 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is а very special address. It is the address of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. President Washington never _____ (1) in live the Presidential Palace. The _____ (2) president to live there was John one Adams, the _____ (3) president of the United States, but his wife Mrs Adams two really _____ (4) her new house because it was not warm enough! not like In 1812 the United States and Britain _____ (5) to war. Many buildings go _____ (6), including the Presidential Palace. After the war James burn Hoban, the original architect, partially _____ (7) the president’s home. rebuild To cover the marks of the fire, the building _____ (8) white. Since paint that time it _____ (9) as the White House. Nowadays the White House know _____ (10) lots of tourists from all over the world. attract 2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. More and more animals are fighting for _____ (1) nowadays, and it is not survive only _____ (2) who are to blame. Thousands of fish die every hunt year as а result of the _____ (3) _____ (4) of waste in legal, dump rivers by factories all over Europe. _____ (5) are often carried investigate out to discover who is _____ (6) for these ecological disasters, response but even when the offenders are found, the _____ (7) for this punish kind of _____ (8) is not as severe as it should be. Factories will only reform behave once the public _____ (9) to stop buying their products, and not before. threat It is the only _____ (10) to а very serious problem. solve 3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. If you tried to visualise a Paris caf e, you would probably _____ (1) plates of golden croissants and cups of steaming hot coffee. Whatever you picture, a teapot is _____ (2) to be part of the scene. Although the _____ (3) of taking afternoon tea is in many _____ (4) an English custom, its popularity is now _____ (5) through Paris. Tea salons have been fashionable in Paris _____ (6) early this century. One of the oldest tearooms in Paris, ‘Angelina’, was _____ (7) in 1903. The atmosphere has a charming turn-of-the-century feel and the menu includes a mouth-watering _____ (8) of cream cakes, meringues and almond macaroons. Tearooms in Paris are unfortunately often overlooked by tourists snared by the bright lights and bistros. But for those who know, tea drinking in saloons is serious _____ (9). Menus often give you _____ (10) descriptions of the teas’ _____ (11), or even what time of the day is _____ (12) for drinking a certain tea. For serious connoisseurs there is only one tearoom _____ (13) visiting ‘Marriage Freres’. In this sunny tearoom you’ll be surrounded by towering green plants and _____ (14) by white-suited waiters. In the adjoining shop, enormous chests of China tea are displayed alongside old canisters containing 350 _____ (15) of tea from more than 30 countries. 1. a) think b) imagine c) consider d) figure 2. a) rarely b) not c) unlikely d) hardly 3. a) means b) fact c) view d) habit 4. a) ideas b) ways c) types d) forms 5. a) spreading b) moving c) going d) swelling 6. a) for b) until c) since d) before 7. a) founded b) set c) run d) found 8. a) mass b) selection c) mixture d) collection 9. a) affair b) trade c) business d) commerce 10. a) tiny b) particular c) special d) detailed 11. a) origins b) births c) sources d) beginnings 12. a) conventional b) relevant c) appropriate d) reliable 13. a) right b) worth c) deserving d) worthy 14. a) shown b) ordered c) served d) brought 15. a) makes b) variations c) types d) breeds |