Reading and Use of English (Part 1)
There have been countless stories of dolphins appearing to ________ with humans.
a. support b. assist c. co-operate d. benefit
c. co-operate
Anais Marin is a teenager (1)____________ lives on the coast in the south of France, (2)________________ the climate is quite mild and the views spectacular.
1. WHO
2. WHERE
USUAL
What´s the most ______________________ birthday present you´ve ever been given?
UNUSUAL
Eat out
To eat at a restuarant (not eat at home).
Ex. I don´t feel like cooking, let´s eat out tonight.
But a recent indicident has convinced a group of lifeguards that some dolphins were _________ attempting to help them- by protecting them from a shark!
a. surely b. absolutely c. totally d. definitely
d. definitely
Yet (3)_________ she and her family go on holiday, they always go to a resort (4)__________ they can find snow!
3. WHEN
4. WHERE
INTRODUCE
How would you feel if your birthday surprise turned out to be an ______________________ to gliding? That´s exactly what happened to me- when I was only 8 years old!
INTRODUCTION
Call off
To cancel
Ex. The tennis game was called off because of the heavy rains.
The lifeguards were on a training exercise in the sea when the dolphins swam towards them at considerable ______________, then circled them repeatedly, hitting the surface of the water with their fins.
a. distance b. pace c. time d. speed
d. speed
Anais finds it difficult to explain (5)_________ she and her family choose somewhere that´s so different from their home town.
5. WHY
BELIEVE
I´d never experienced anything like it- absolutely _________________!
UNBELIEVABLE
Count on (someone / something)
To rely on someone or something
Ex. I am counting on you to make dinner while I am picking up the kids.
At first, the swimmers were puzzled by the dolphins´ (3)___________, but then began to fear they´d swum too close to some baby dolphins by (4)____________, and disturbed them.
3. a. occupation b. behaviour c. situation d. attitude
4. a. accident b. confusion c.error d. fault
3. b. behaviour
4. a. accident
I know there are lots of tourists (6)____________ absolutely love coming to this town. But it´s not the same if you live here- you need to change from time to time!´ says Anais.
6. WHO
FLY / ACTIVE
After that I was hooked, so my parents arranged another (19) _____________________ for me as soon as they could, and then I started taking lessons. It´s been the perfect (20) ____________________ for me- I learn a lot and I´m outside too, which I love.
19. FLIGHT
20. ACTIVITY
Blow up
Explode
ex. The race car blew up as it hit the fence.
Suddenly, one of the lifeguards spotted a small shark some way off. He realised that the dolphins had been (5)_________ a lot of noise and causing general chaos in order to (6)_________ off the shark.
5. a. doing b. making c. having d. trying
6. a. call b. set c. put d. take
5. b. making
6. c. put
Anais loves going skiing, and her three brothers, (7)___________ hobbies range from snowboarding to ice skating, start looking forward to their holiday as soon as the summer´s over. We know (8)____________ the temperature starts to drop slightly here that it´s time to prepare our winter sports equipment!´ she says.
7. WHOSE
8. WHEN
ENTHUSIASTIC / DRAMA
I don´t think my friends really understand my (21) ___________________, though. They´re more into music and fashion. I enjoy those, too, but there´s nothing to beat the (22) ____________________ views I get from inside the glider.
21. ENTHUSIASM
22. DRAMATIC
Look into
Investigate
Ex. We are going to look into the price of snowboards today.
Ex. The police force is looking into the disappearance of a man and his wife.