Word formation
The ............................ rate of company failures is having a disastrous effect on unemployment. QUICK
quickening
[teacher to school kids] Who broke the window? We are not leaving this room until someone.................. .
OWN
owns up (to sth)
This juice is made ............... natural fruits.
from
The tickets for stands A, B and C are 100, 80 and 60 pounds ....................... .
(A) subsequently (B) conversely
(C) respectively (D) additionally
respectively
It has never been easy to be a king or a queen, but as all good monarchs know, the best that can ever happen is that ....................... ever happens.
(A) something (B) anything (C) nothing (D) everything
nothing
The dog found the cat in his bed and walked off feeling as though he'd been........................... . WIT
outwitted
After a heavy meal and three glasses of wine, I ....................... in front of the telly. DOZE
dozed off
In the old city you can find a couple bigger hotels ..................... the many smaller ones.
among
Welcoming foreign leaders and high-ranking ........................ has given headaches to courtiers for millennia.
(A) bosses (B) coaches (C) dignitaries (D) personalities
dignitaries
The Christian emperors ................... in Constantinople, the magnificent imperial capital, knew that...
(A) had lived (B) to live (C) living (D) lived
living
Thanks to ................................. costs, everyone is expected to agree to a pay freeze for this year.
BALLOON
ballooning
If you don't know what that word means Jenkins, ............ it ......... in the dictionary! LOOK
look it up
My son asked ............ go to Burger King for dinner.
to
In the early 16th century in Spain, special coverings marked with the royal ............................ were placed on bulls in the fields by the side of the road when any king came to visit.
(A) coat of arms (B) flag of convenience
(C) sleight of hand (D) coat of mail
coat of arms
In the past, the arrival of a mighty ruler ..................... by processions, gaiety and elaborate performances.
(A) marked (B) has marked (C) was marked (D) to mark
was marked
After his shocking ................................... , Nigel managed to find a new job and get his finances back in order. BANKRUPT
bankruptcy
She wasn't interested in his money. She ........................... his sense of humour. FALL
I’ve heard ..................... that band, but I can’t even remember where I heard their name.
of
In the 14th century, the .................................... rich ruler of the Malian Empire, Mansa Musa, brought so much gold with him – and spent so much – when he travelled to Mecca that...
(A) eye-wateringly (B) mouth-wateringly
(C) open-mouthed (D) open-eyed
eye-wateringly
(horribly, unspeakably...)
In the Byzantine Empire, records ..........................on hand to advise on correct forms of address for correspondence.
(A) kept (B) were kept (C) were being kept (D) had kept
were kept
Unless you .......................... your mistakes, you'll never succeed in making up for them. KNOWLEDGE
acknowledge
He .......................... a lot of money when his rich French uncle died a couple of years ago. COME
came into
In Japan, gasoline is priced ............84 yen a liter.
at
+ at any price (za každú cenu)
Establishing and maintaining precedents, and having rules to follow for every imaginable occasion, provides what the Byzantines called “taxis” and the Chinese called “huaxia” – an ............................. sense that everything and everyone is in the right place.
(A) overriding (B) overexposing (C) overstating (D) overworking
overriding
(main, primary)
Throughout his life he has been an exceptional athlete, rarely ................................................ .
(A) find we such talent (B) find we so talent
(C) do we find such talent (D) such talent find we
do we find such talent
(inversion)