Part 1
'Stradivari violins clearly possess female singing qualities', said one researcher, 'and this may well ...... to their perceived sweetness'.
A) deliver
B) generate
C) assist
D) contribute
D) Contribute TO
These concepts have fallen out of favour. They're ..... longer up to date.
NO
(No longer = Not any more)
The ..... was made in a location used, over thousands of years, by early hunter gatherers. (DISCOVER)
DISCOVERY
My grandfather can't play any complicated tunes on the piano any more.
CAPABLE
My grandfather is no ............ any complicated tunes on the piano.
LONGER | CAPABLE OF PLAYING
No longer = not any more
Capable OF + verb-ing
What does the idiom 'see eye to eye' mean?
If two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other.
Recent research suggests that it ...... from the way their sounds correspond to the human voice.
A) Stems
B) Flows
C) Runs
D) Grows
A) Stems
(Phrasal verb: To stem from)
As far as I am concerned, the problems in education stem from a lack of government funding.
Taking a flexible approach ..... than sticking to one particular learning style makes better sense.
RATHER
At that time, humans gathered and consumed food for purposes that were ..... nutritional. (PRIMARY)
PRIMARILY
Wherever you buy petrol, the price is always the same.
DIFFERENCE
It doesn't ......... you buy petrol because the price is always the same.
Make a/any difference | where
To MAKE a difference (collocation)
Which word does NOT collocate with the verb?
STAND a possibility | a chance | trial | for parliament
HAVE a possibility
It's conceivable that Amati and Stradivari wanted instruments that could ..... into the music by imitating human voices.
A) Suit
B) Match
C) Blend
D) Mingle
C) Blend INTO
.... the 1990s onwards, theorists identified a number of learning styles.
From X onwards
It gives us some ...... useful insights. (EXCEPTION)
EXCEPTIONALLY
'I'm not feeling well, so I won't go to my dance class for once,' Julie said.
GIVE
Julie said she wasn't feeling well and that she .......... miss for once.
would give | her dance class a
(To give something a miss)
Reported speech
will - would
my - her
Fill in the missing word:
- The documentary gave me some .... for thought.
- Watching football on TV is not my cup of .....
- Sorry I can't speak clearly today. I feel like I've got a .... in my throat.
FOOD for thought
Not my cup of TEA
I've got a FROG in my throat
Over a hundred years later, another Italian, introduced adjustments to Amati's designs, creating violins that are now ..... considered to be the finest ever made.
A) Highly
B) Widely
C) Greatly
D) Strongly
B) Widely considered (Collocation)
Theorists identified a number of learning styles, some of ...... were visual, verbal, auditory and kinaesthetic learning.
WHICH
Bread represents a major change in eating practices, away from food as merely a source of energy to the ....... of food for social and cultural reasons. (CONSUME)
CONSUMPTION
Beppe often appears to lack confidence, but he's just shy.
ACROSS
Beppe often ......... confidence, but he's just shy.
comes across | as lacking
To come across as X
= to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic
Prepositions
(Un)aware ....
(Dis)approve ...
Congratulate sb ....
Invest ....
(Un)aware OF
(Dis)approve OF
Congratulate sb ON
Invest IN
But why do these violins sound so beautiful? Where does the secret to their brilliance.....?
A) Stand
B) Rest
C) Sit
D) Lie
D) Lie
If responsibility, blame, a decision, a choice, etc. lies with someone, they have responsibility, must make the decision, etc.:
e.g Where does the blame lie?
e.g Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government.
.... comes a point where you can't absorb any more information and you need to do something
THERE
The bread is about 14,400 years old and ...... the advent of agriculture by at least 4,000 years. (DATE)
PREDATES
Pre- (Prefix)
Before (a time or an event)
. Precooked food
. A preexisting condition
The train was cancelled because of a staff shortage.
RESULTED
A staff shortage ............ cancelled.
Resulted IN | the train being/getting
What do the following phrasal verbs mean?
- Put off
- Call off
- Put up with
- Brush up on
- Take on
- Put off = postpone
- Call off = cancel
- Put up with = tolerate
- Brush up on = refresh knowledge
- Take on = employ