VOCABULARY
If you want to keep … with the latest developments in your field, you have to read the news.
a) current
b) currently
c) currant
a) current
… you leave for the airport, you’ll miss the flight.
a) Unless
b) However
c) When
a) Unless
Many men do not approve … blood-sports.
a) for
b) of
c) with
b) of
……………… you ……………… (visit) your grandparents a lot when you were younger?
DID, USE TO VISIT/VISIT
Do not _ _ d _ _ _ with the remote control or else you will break it.
FIDDLE
She has been made … because her work is no longer needed.
a) redundant
b) repellent
c) reduced
a) redundant
Alexia worships the sun and … she spends her holidays in Greece.
a) yet
b) however
c) accordingly
c) accordingly
You must encourage Mary … her efforts.
a) in
b) at
c) with
a) in
He told me that he …………………………….(LOVE) doing sport in the rain.
LOVED
I don’t believe in a single word he says. He is a _ _ _ o _ _ _ _ _ liar.
NOTORIOUS
European cuisine always … a sense of nostalgia and romance.
a) evokes
b) evicts
c) evolves
a) evokes
I started early … to avoid the worst of the traffic.
a) so that
b) in so far
c) in order
c) in order
She’s entitled … a pension, but she doesn’t want to retire.
a) to
b) on
c) in
a) to
It was the first time I ……………………………… (meet) my cousin.
HAD MET
These animals _ _ d _ _ _ _ complete metamorphosis during their life cycle.
UNDERGO
The government announced its plan to … cultural reform.
a) carry off
b) carry out
c) carry away
b) carry out
You must move your car; … I have to give you a ticket.
a) whether
b) therefore
c) otherwise
c) otherwise
Can you make … what she has written there?
a) for
b) out
c) up for
b) out
Why was she nervous? ……………… she never ……………… (fly) on a plane before?
HAD, FLOWN
John is a first- _ _ t _ swimmer but I don’t believe he will be able to win the competition.
RATE
Last week I … that magazine you wanted.
a) came up
b) came by
c) came across
c) came across
… it was raining she went out without a raincoat.
a) In spite
b) However
c) Although
c) Although
My grandmother buys eggs … the dozen.
a) to
b) for
c) by
c) by
She told us that she ……………………………(TRAIN) really hard before the tournament.
HAD TRAINED
The present food _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ in this country has been caused by several years of centrally
planned economy.
SHORTAGE