Choose the correct adverb
Research suggests that regular exercise and a feeling of being happy are _______________ linked.
a. nearly
b. finely
c. exactly
d. closely
d. closely
Are you addicted ___ anything at all?
to
Danny briefly _______________ the discussion that had taken place. (summarise)
Helen says she learnt Turkish through total ________________(immerse)
summarised
immersion
I'm sure customers will complain about the new shop layout.
(bound)
There ____________________ from customers about the new shop layout.
There are bound to be some complaints from customers about the new shop layout.
The taxi is late, and I get nervous. Once at the airport, I’m thrown into the harsh lights of Terminal B, running with my suitcase so I can wait in a long security line. My belt buckle sets off the metal detector, and my aftershave is confiscated. By now you can probably guess the punchline of this very banal story: my flight has been cancelled due to bad weather. I will be stuck here for the next 218 minutes, my only consolation a plastic cup of coffee and the predictably tasteless sandwich. Then I will miss my connecting flight and wait, in a different city, with the same menu, for another plane. It’s not the flying I mind – I will always be awed by the physics that gets a fat metal bird into the sky. The rest of the journey, however, will inevitably feel like a depressing lesson in the ills of modernity, from the pre-dawn X-ray screening to the sad airport malls peddling rubbishy souvenirs
What is the writer’s attitude towards flying in the first paragraph?
A. He is frustrated by the inefficiencies of air travel.
B He is surprised by the poor standard of airport facilities.
C He is anxious for the flight to be over as soon as possible.
D He is resigned to the tediousness of the airport experience
He is resigned to the tediousness of the airport experience
The local newspaper played a ___________ important role.
a. vitally
b chiefly
c. completely
d. principally
a. vitally
Marcus is really concerned ____ the exam.
about
I was so surprised at how reasonable the _____________ (member) fees at the sports club were.
The team's success last year was all down to their ___________ (determine)
Yolanda was trained as a classical ___________(violin)
membership
determination
violinist
Everyone I talk to thinks cars should be banned from the city centre.
(favour)
Everyone I talk to is ______________________ cars from the city centre
Everyone I talk to is in favour of banning cars from the city centre
So why do we travel? Sometimes it’s because we have to, but most travel isn’t non-negotiable. (In recent years only 30% of trips over 100 kilometres were made for business.) Instead, we travel because we want to because the annoyances are outweighed by the thrill of being someplace new. Because we need a vacation. Because work is stressful. Because home is boring. Because New York is New York. Travel, in other words, is a basic human desire. We’re a migratory species. But here’s my question: is this collective urge to travel still a worthwhile compulsion? Or is it like the taste for fatty foods: one of those instincts we should have lost a long time ago?
The writer mentions business trips to make the point that
A relatively few people travel out of necessity.
B relatively few journeys are taken for pleasure.
C the majority of people travel without a valid reason to do so.
D the majority of journeys are made for the same few reasons.
A. relatively few people travel out of necessity.
Advice on how to invest your savings is much more ____________ available than it used to be.
a.thoroughly
b. largely
c. widely
d. highly
c. widely
The security guard had to take the blame _______ the shopping mall yesterday
for
One thing that attracts Rosie to physics is the ____________ (complex) of the subject.
The economy is good and (employ)________ prospects for young adults are improving.
The police are still trying to _________ (identity) the suspect.
complexity
employment
identify
Sally thought the two cars looked exactly the same.
(difference)
Sally _____________________________ the two cars.
Sally couldn't tell the difference between the two cars.
The good news is that pleasure is not the only advantage of travel. In fact, several new science papers suggest that travel is essential for effective thinking. Of course, it’s not enough simply to jump on a plane: if we want to experience the psychological benefits of travel, then we have to rethink why we do it. An Englishman, for example, might take a short break in Paris so as not to think about those troubles he’s leaving behind. But here’s the twist: that tourist is actually most likely to solve his stubbornest problems while sitting in a stylish Parisian café. Our thoughts are constrained by the familiar, and with a near-infinite number of things to think about, our brain spends most of its time choosing what not to notice. As a result, imagination is traded for efficiency. Putting some space between you and home, however, makes it easier to see something new in the old; the mundane is grasped from a slightly more abstract perspective.
What does the writer recommend in the third paragraph?
A having a holiday so as to take a rest from everyday worries
B going as far away as possible rather than spending holidays at home
C taking full advantage of the cultural experiences that travel can offer
D travelling in order to gain original insights into familiar situations
D. travelling in order to gain original insights into familiar situations
Alex was ____________ moved by the sad story that his mother had told him.
a. soundly
b. heavily
c. widely
d. deeply
d. deeply
I have to keep an eye ______________ my sister's flat while she is away.
on
Susan has a tendency to sound rather ___________ (sarcasm) when she speaks.
_____________, Jenkins was not selected for the national team. (controversial)
In ______________ terms, this isn't the best thing to eat, but it's very tasty. (nutrition)
sarcastically
controversially
nutritional
Michael soon learned how to communicate in English every day.
(Long)
It __________________Michael to learn to communicate in English every day.
It didn't take very long for Michael to learn to communicate in English every day.
And that isn’t the only psychological perk of travel. Recently researchers at business schools in France and the USA have reported that students who had lived abroad were 20% more likely to solve a classic experiment, known as the Candle Task, than students who had never lived outside their birth country. In this task, subjects are given a candle, a cardboard box containing drawing pins, and some matches. They are told to attach the candle to a piece of corkboard on a wall so that it can burn properly and no wax drips on to the floor. Nearly 90% of people either try to pin the candle directly to the board, or melt it with the matches so that it sticks to the board. Neither strategy works. Only a slim minority of subjects come up with the solution, which involves attaching the candle to the cardboard box with wax and then pinning the box to the board. According to the researchers, the experience of another culture gives us the open-mindedness to realise that a single thing can have multiple meanings.
According to the writer, recent ‘Candle Task’ results suggest a link between living abroad and
A. practical skills.
B mental flexibility.
C determination to solve problems.
D confidence in one’s own resourcefulness.
B. mental flexibility.
Silvia was ____________ disappointed when she only came third in the 800 metre race.
a.sharply
b. bitterly
c. fiercely
d. crossly
b. bitterly
We were provided ______all the material we needed to start the term
with
My uncle was a ____________ (profession) footballer when he was younger. _____________(fortunate) he had to retire from the game when he was only 28 years old because of a knee injury. He says he can see many _________(different) between his life as a player nearly 30 years ago and lives of players today. For one thing, the players ____________(fit) levels today are much higher than they were when he was playing. My uncle is glad that he never has had to deal with social media, which thinks is one of the ____________(draw)
professional
unfortunately
differences
fitness
drawbacks
I found Catherine's commitment to her job impressive.
(impressed)
I was ________________ Catherine was to her job.
I was impressed by how committed Catherine was to her job.
According to the researchers, the experience of another culture gives us the open-mindedness to realise that a single thing can have multiple meanings. Consider the act of leaving food on the plate: in some Oriental countries this is seen as a compliment, a signal that the host has provided enough to eat. But in many Western countries the same act is a subtle insult, an indication that the food wasn’t good enough to finish. Such cultural contrasts mean that seasoned travellers are alive to ambiguity, and more willing to accept that there are different (and equally valid) ways of interpreting the world.
The writer mentions leaving food on one’s plate in order to highlight
A. The difficulties travellers face when interpreting cultural conventions.
B the importance of behaving naturally in different contexts.
C the wide variation in levels of politeness across the world.
D the effect of exposure to foreign influences
D. the effect of exposure to foreign influences