KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION
WORD FORMATION
OPEN CLOZE
VOCABULARY
LISTENING
100

It wasn't Mark that you met in the shop. HAVE           It .......................Mark that you met in the shop.            

It COULDN'T HAVE BEEN | COULD NOT HAVE BEEN | CAN'T HAVE BEENMark that you met in the shop.


100

Margaret ...................... quickly and got into the warm bath. (DRESS)

UNDRESSED

100

Gap year is the ................. used to describe the year that some students take off before ................. to university. Gap years are quite popular in many countries, ................. the UK, Australia and Germany.

1. WORD

2. GOING

3. LIKE

100

You can take a boat trip around the ____________________ of Amsterdam.(CHANNELS/CANALS)

CANALS

100

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T6 P1 Q1

1 You hear part of a talk by a man who works for a tourist company.

What is his role in the company?

A He trains the guides.B He chooses the destinations. C He designs the advertisements

 

C

200

She was just going to have her breakfast when the phone rang. ABOUT                         

She was just ......................... breakfast when the phone rang.            

She was just ABOUT TO HAVE breakfast when the phone rang.      

200

1. Her arguments are so ........................... that it is not possible to have a real discussion with her. (LOGICAL)

2. You can wear anything you want . It's an  ........................... occasion. (FORMAL)

1. ILLOGICAL

2. INFORMAL


200

There is no doubt that money, in the form that we know it today, ................ what keeps modern economic life functioning. Yet, in the course ................ history, money, in whatever form, has provided people ................ the ability to buy and  goods.

1. IS

2. OF

3. WITH

200

1. You can get a good ____________________ of the sea from the church tower. (VIEW/SCENERY)
2. Her jewels were all imitations; they are quite ____________________ . (PRICELESS/WORTHLESS)

1. VIEW

2. WORTHLESS


200

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T6 P1 Q 2

2 You overhear two people talking about a film.

Why didn't the man enjoy it?

A He was distracted by noise.

B His seat was uncomfortable.

C The sound volume was too low

A

300

Was it necessary for her to spend so much money on it? HAVE                        

Did ............................. spend so much money on it?            

 Did YOU HAVE TO spend so much money on it?            

300

1. On our country roads there is ______________ (CONSIDER) less traffic.
2. It was very __________________ (CONSIDER) of you to include me.
3. "The Lord of the Rings" is a _____________ (TIME) classic, as fresh today as it was when it was first published.

1. CONSIDERABLY

2. CONSIDERATE

3. TIMELESS


300

When we consider how the world has changed ...............  our great-grandparents’ time, it’s important to take ...............  account how transport has changed. Of course, people complain ...............  traffic now, but even in the past people ...............  to think that the roads were dangerous.

1. SINCE

2. INTO

3. ABOUT

4. USED


300

1. She is very ____________________ and is easily upset. (SENSIBLE/SENSITIVE)
2. Does the sun ____________________ in the east or in the west? (RAISE/RISE)
3. Would you ____________________ me to finish early tonight.(REMIND/REMEMBER)

1. SENSITIVE

2. RISE)

3. REMIND


300

19. E
20. F
21. A

400

1. Susan and Frank don't like each other. WELL         Susan and Frank don't ............................... with each other.  

2. It's possible that he hasn't been informed about his uncle's death. MIGHT                          

He ........................... informed about his uncle's death.                        

1. Susan and Frank don't GET ON WELL with each other.

2.   He MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN informed about his uncle's death.

400

1. The result was very strange. In fact, it was simply .................. (BELIEVE).

2. They reached an .................. not to sell the product to each other's base customers. (AGREE)

3. After losing her job she was .................. for another month. (EMPLOY)

4. The most important value in our school is .................. (OBEY).

1. UNBELIEVABLE

2. AGREEMENT

3.UNEMPLOYED

4. OBEDIENCE


400

Albert Einstein is ...............  of the best -known scientists of the 20th...............  . Yet he was not       ...............  particularly good student. At school in Munich , Einstein got fairly good grades in nearly       ...............  subjects and was excellent in mathematics and physics.

1. ONE

2. CENTURY

3. A

4. ALL/EVERY

400

1. I am very ____________________ to her problems. (SYMPATHETIC/KIND)
2. Be very careful with that painting; it’s ____________________ . (PRICELESS/WORTHLESS)
3. The airlines are going to ____________________ their fares again. (RAISE/RISE)
4. Can I ____________________ your car to go to the supermarket.(LEND/BORROW)

1. SYMPATHETIC

2. PRICELESS

3. RAISE

4. BORROW


500

1. I'm sorry I didn't go to college. REGRET             I ................................... to college.         

2. Nobody took any notice of his bad behaviour.  ATTENTION                         

Nobody ..................................his bad behaviour.                

1. I REGRET NOT GOING/HAVING GONE to college. 

2. Nobody PAID ATTENTION TO his bad behaviour.      


500

Parks in large cities are  (USUAL) thought of as refuges, as islands of green in the middle of a concrete desert. But High Line Park in the  (NEIGHBOUR) of Chelsea in New York looks on first  (SEE) like something that city parks were created to get away from. It's an  (ATTRACT) steel structure supporting an  (ELEVATE) rail line that once brought freight cars into the city's factories.

1. USUALLY

2. NEIGHBOURHOOD

3. SIGHT

4. UNATTRACTIVE

5. ELEVATED


500

Fitness experts are now telling us that cycling is one of the best forms of exercise. As ..............  as making you stronger and ..............  energetic, cycling also helps to improve your breathing. Not only ..............  correct breathing help your lungs develop, but it is also good for your general well-being. But for cycling to have the right effect ..............  the body, you should cycle as ..............  as you can, because the more you practice , the better the results ..............  be.

1. WELL

2. MORE

3. DOES

4. ON

5. MUCH

6. WILL

500

1.You should travel early to ____________________ traffic jams.(AVOID/PREVENT)
2. I am getting fed up with her ____________________ complaints.(CONTINUAL/CONTINUOUS)
3. It took two policemen to ____________________ the traffic. (DIRECT/CONDUCT)
4. I ____________________ you to put all your money into a savings account. (ADVISE/ADVICE)
5. I didn’t have much ____________________ on my birthday (FUN/FUNNY).

1. AVOID

2. CONTINUAL

3. DIRECT

4. ADVISE

5. FUN


500

9. consultant
10. ecologist
11. bills
12. carbon meter
13. the government

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