Part 1
He found it rather difficult to settle into life at university and he still has very ...memories of that time.
A sore
B harmful
C painful
D aching
C painful
Esperanto was invented in 1887 by a Polish scientist, L. L. Zamenhof. In creating a new language,what Zamenhof hoped ………… that people would be able to communicate without the
political and historical weight that existing languages carried.
was
Communication at the college is poor. There's hardly any ... between the students and teachers. ACT
INTERACTION
The photo and the portrait look identical to me.
DIFFERENCE
I can't see ... the photo and the portrait.
I can't see ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the photo and the portrait.
This designer is known for her technically perfect work – every single one of her designs is ............ .
A meaningful
B flawless
C powerful
D observant
B flawless
A recent government report spells out the three purposes of prisons. First of all, they should provide an element of punishment, … could involve the loss of
liberty, for example
WHICH
The president is normally never lost for words, but in this film he seems completely ... with shock. SPEAK
SPEECHLESS
Kate says that she only plays tennis because her friends do.
REASON
Kate says that the … because her friends do.
only reason she plays tennis is / reason she plays tennis is / reason that she plays tennis is
We are now seeing a decreasing proportion of young people entering the workforce and an increase in the proportion of older people. So unless we change the way of our learning across life, we will see a … in these new skills in the working population.
A decline
B cutback
C fall
D lessening
A decline
Most people who become regular smokers started when they were young. This is the time to get the facts straight: smoking does no one any good, and it does a great ... of harm to your health.
DEAL
At present some 85 percent of languages have yet to be documented. Understanding them can only … our comprehension of what is similar in all languages. RICH
ENRICH
Immediately after the storm began, lightning struck the roof.
SOONER
No ... lightning struck the roof.
No SOONER HAD THE STORM BEGUN THAN lightning struck the roof.
So fun workplaces where friendships flourish attract workers who can handle changing job roles. This is not … surprising since numerous experiments carried out by workplace psychologists over the years have clearly demonstrated that work is a social affair.
8 A extremely B thoroughly C entirely D utterly
C entirely
My atlas index shows eight entries for 'Paradise'. There is ... missing, though: Paraíso in the Dominican Republic.
one
Cyclists who commute readily make the admission that part of the reason for riding a bike is to beat the traffic. There is a thrill in weaving around ... stationary cars. APPEAR
APPARENTLY
'Let's meet tomorrow,' said Svetlana.
SUGGESTED
Svetlana … day.
Svetlana SUGGESRED MEETING THE FOLLOWING/ day.
Svetlana SUGGESTED (THAT) WE (SHOULD) MEET THE FOLLOWING day.
Thousands of people were left ... after a huge storm destroyed their homes along the
east coast yesterday.
A destitute
B demolished
C deprived
D derelict
A destitute
As a professional photographer and environmental psychologist, Wayne Hill knows what needs to be done with bland-coloured offices and windowless conference rooms: hang art on the walls. It cuts … on stress and raises productivity and creative thinking.
DOWN
Those wax statues are so ... that you could easily be fooled into thinking that they were real. LIVE
LIFELIKE
We would have gone swimming if Bruno hadn't
advised us not to.
FOR
If it … we would have gone swimming.
If it HADN'T BEEN FOR BRUNO'S ADVICE we would have gone swimming.