Part D

Cloze test
Exercise 1

Exercise:

Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (1) ……… is as complicated as it is serious. It is
complicated (2) ……… much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (3) ………from
automobiles causes large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile (4) ……… transportation to millions of
people. Factories (5) ……… much of the material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large
number of people.
Thus, to end (6) ……… greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things
that (7) ……… them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (8) ……… reduced in
several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as
automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (9) ……… businesses and (10)
……… to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities.

1. Work problem accident event

2. Because so that while
3. Exhaust fire gas liquid
4. Carries takes affords provides
5. Offer bring discharge cause
6. To or so that
7. Benefit harm motivate encourage
8. Little gradually so that
9. Require forbid prevent request
10. Commercials surroundings individuals traffic

Vocabulary:
Exercise 2

Exercise:

For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite
terrifying, (2) ……… flying is no more dangerous (3) ……… any other form of travel and some experts say it is
considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accidents occur during taking off and landing when a (4) ………
decisions are vitally important.
The people, (5) ……… job is to look (6) ……… the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an
important part in helping passengers to (7) ……… safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8)
……… such care of is all part of the total experience. (9) ……… other form of travel involves waiting for people in the
quite same (10) ………, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video film

1. although too and because

2. than as then with
3. while during for through
4. leader’s chief’s driver’s pilot’s
5. whose which their that
6. for up after round
7. feel rest experience lie
8. given kept shown taken
9. any no all not
10. way kind sort part

Vocabulary:
Exercise 3

Exercise:

Many parent believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are (1) ……… more
than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (2) ………a child could be counter-productive if she
isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (3) ………attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is
a selection of (4) ………books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty good (5) ……….available for young
children , and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (6) ………them to read.

Of course , books are no longer the only (7) ……….of stories and information. There us also a huge range of
videos, which can (8) ……….and extend the pleasure a child finds in books and are (9) ………valuable in helping to
increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets bad (10) ……….as far as children are concerned, mainly
because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age group.

1. Scarcely rarely slightly really

2. Insisting forcing making starting
3. Cheerful contented relaxed hopeful
4. Bright thrilling energetic stimulating
5. Material sense produce amusement
6. Provoke encourage provide attract
7. Source site style basis
8. Uphold found reinforce assist
9. Properly worthily perfectly equally
10. Review press criticism result

Vocabulary:
Exercise 4

Exercise:

The table tennis match was very enjoyable before (1) ……… lit a cigarette and ruined the evening.
After (2) ……… smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor. Unfortunately, they dropped it
without putting it out but (3) ……… paid any attention to it. Even the woman (4) ……… sitting next to the
man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon, however, there was (5) ……… smoke. Suddenly, flames (6)
……… up into the air. Someone immediately ran out of the room (7) ……… the fire brigade. Two or three
men got some buckets of water (8) ……… the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hall (9) ………
very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main doors. Before the fire brigade arrived
the whole building was on fire. On (10) ……… the burning building, one of the firemen succeeded in
rescuing an old woman.

1. Someone anyone no one nobody

2. Finish finishing finished finishes
3. Someone any one no one anybody
4. She was was who was she
5. A lot of many a few little
6. Shoot shoots shot shooting
7. Phone phoning to phone for phoning
8. To put out they put out putting out put out
9. Was were has have
10. Enter entering entered he entered

Vocabulary:
Exercise 5

Exercise:

Mr. Alex Fraser lived his entire life in a small town in the north of England. He never left the house
(1) ……… he had been born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends. He worked in a
local factory for (2) ……… forty years but even the people who had worked with him for years (3)
………very little about him. He wore the same old clothes year in and year out, and (4) ………he shopped
regularly at the local store, he bought only the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases from
one week to the next. So (5) ……… he died last month, neighbors and local people were astonished to
learn that Mr. Fraser was not just a rich man, he was in fact (6) ……… millionaire! He had no bank
account or money invested anywhere. In the various drawers, cupboards and boxes in his house there
were hundreds and thousands of bank (7) ………and coins. It took police over two weeks to clear the
house and the bank clerks took just as long to (8) ……… all the money.
'We had absolutely no idea that he had been hiding his money over the years', one of his
neighbors (9) ………. 'In fact we used to feel sorry for him, we thought he was a poor old man unable to
(10) ……… anything better for himself!'

1. Which where who what

2. Until above over cross
3. Reminded held had knew
4. Although but because however
5. While when during that
6. The this a one
7. Paper money letters notes
8. Number count guess make
9. Said spoke mentioned told
10. Pay spend afford give

Vocabulary:
Exercise 6

Exercise:

You don’t have to be a famous (1) _______ to make great food! Here is a recipe for a simple, (2) _______ Chinese
vegetable dish which is ready in minutes. Buy some green vegetables and oyster sauce from an oriental (3) _______.
You may even be able to find them in your (4) _______ store. Chop the green vegetable, then steam or boil it for a
minute or two until it is cooked but still (5) _______. Now put it on a warm plate and pour oyster sauce on the top of it.
You can also add a little sesame oil, which has a lovely (6) _______ and gives it a nutty taste. Now give it a very (7)
_______ stir, to mix the sauce in, and (8) _______ it to make sure the taste is just right. Then (9) _______ it to your
guests immediately, while it is still hot. You can add (10) _______ sauce at the table, according to taste.

1. cook painter chief cleaner

2. complicated real sincere sophisticated
3. warehouse bookstore pharmacy supermarket
4. next nearby by next to
5. firm soft crushed alive
6. stink gas smell atmosphere
7. short durable big shy
8. make cook throw try
9. produce give pay put
10. more again something few

Vocabulary:
Exercise 7

Exercise:

It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual, everyone was busy sorting through their mail before starting
work. The other staff had (1) ……… that Nicky, one of the computer operators, had been (2) ………rather miserable
recently and they wondered what might have happened to make her so (3) ……… Suddenly Nicky accidentally (4)
………over a cup of coffee. As she was clearing up the mess, the girl sitting next to her happened to glance at Nicky's
right hand. There was a large swelling at the (5) ………"what on earth have you (6) ………to yourself? Does it (7)
………?" asked the girl. "yes, it does. I think I've (8) ………it using the computer," replied Nicky. "I think you'd better
go and let the doctor (9) ……….it," said the girl. "Let's hope there's no permanent (10) ………to your hand".

[Link]. Realized. Noticed. Identified.

2. Appearing. Seeming. Pretending. Looking.
3. Sick. Bored. Uninterested. Depressed.
4. Kicked. Punched. Hit. Knocked.
5. Wrist. Elbow. Knee. Ankle.
6. Made. done. Happened. Brought.
7. Harm. Hurt. Disturb. Upset.
[Link]. Ruined. Spoiled. Destroyed.
9. Check. Inspect. Examine. Investigate.
10. Pain. Destruction. Damage. Suffering

Vocabulary:
Exercise 8

Exercise:

Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Do I stay on at school and
hopefully go on to university(1) ……… ? Do I leave and start work or begin training (2) ……… ?
The decision is yours, but it may be (3) ……… remembering two things :There is more unemployment (4) ………
people who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (5) ……… will have a big advantage in the
competition for jobs.
If you decide to go (6) ……… into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualification will (7)
……… you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) ……… you earn.
Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) ……… possibility. This way, you can save up
money for your student days as well as (10) ……… practical work experience.
1, after later then past
2, school class course term
3, worth necessary important useful
4, between among with through
5, notes papers arts skills
6, straight just direct rather
7, make help let give
8, where while when what
9, also again another always
10, getting making taking doing

Vocabulary:
Exercise 9

Exercise:

Meeting old school friends again can be a strange experience. Some have changed so much that you can
hardly recognizes them: they speak with a different (1)………….., are interested in different things, and all you can do
it make (2) ……… talk and hope they’ll go soon. Others, though you might have been out of(3) ………. With them for
years, are just the same as they always were-it’s (4) ……… you last saw them yesterday.
Before you know it , you’re exchanging (5)………...about your families and friends, and setting out the
(6)…….for another game of chess. A few change for the better. There’s one person that I get (7)……….. with very
well now , though we weren’t on speaking (8)….for our last two years at school. One day, we met at a party and
made it (9) ……… and (10)….. engaged the same evening.

1. Language accent way tongue

2. Small little silly gossip
3. Sight touch sound feel
4. Just like so as
5. Words speech talk gossip
6. Counters draughts squares pieces
7. On off up down
8. Relations terms situation condition
9. On off up down
10. Came went got made

Vocabulary:
Exercise 10

Exercise:

Scott Newman wouldn’t be without his pocket-size TV ,which he mainly watches in bed . ‘I only watch
programs which last about half an hour ,as any longer (1) ……… my eyes .I use the set for general entertainment
though it is also really good for (2) ……… up with current affairs .The main problem with the set is that it’s not (3)
……… enough even when you use headphones .The(4) ……… is all right as long as nothing moves in front of the
aerial’. Scott admits to being a gadget man, but doesn’t (5) ……… buying the set since he uses it nearly every day.
Retired engineer Paul Hardcastle ,has owned a pocket TV for a (6) ……… of years . ‘ I use it mostly in the
bathroom .I wanted to use it outdoors ,but the trouble is that in (7) ……… light you can’t see the picture .I use
rechargeable batteries as (8) ……… ones would cost too much .Paul believes that this sort of TV could be improved
if the (9) ……… was slightly bigger and it didn’t (10) ……… up batteries so quickly : he can only get half an hour’s
viewing before the batteries go flat.

1. struggles stretches stresses strains

2. coming keeping going holding
3. loud noisy high strong
4. respond receiving receipt reception
5. mind disapprove regret disappoint
6. number total sum quantity
7. shiny hard bright high
8. real usual genuine ordinary
9. design screen face display
10. finish use end take

Vocabulary:
Exercise 11

Exercise:

The most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys. It gives a detailed and interesting (1)
…………of everyday life in England (2) ………… 1660 and 1669. Pepys writes about important news stories of the
time, like disease, an enemy navy (3) ……… up the river Thames, and the Great Fire of London.
He also writes about himself, even about his (4) …………he often slept during church or (5) ……… at the
other people. He describes his home life – a (6) ………… with his wife and how they became friends again, his worry
about her illness. As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card (7) ……… and parties with good food and (8)
……… of fun.
Pepys was a busy man who had many important (9) ……… - he was a Member of Parliament and President of the
Royal Society. He is (10) …………for his work for the British Navy.

1. Description letter notice story

2. Between from through to
3. Driving flying running sailing
4. Accidents plans dreams faults
5. Looked prayed talked thought
6. Conversation discussion quarrel talk
7. Battles games matches plays
8. Amount plenty much some
9. Acts hobbies jobs studies
10. Reviewed remembered reminded reported

Vocabulary:
Exercise 12

Exercise:

You can make life more difficult for thieves by (1) ………… your wallet in an inside pocket instead of a back
pocket. but make sure that you still have it if someone bumps into you in a (2) …………. Most pickpockets are very
skillful. Never let your handbag out of your (3) …………. On public transport, (4) ………… hold of it. You are also
(5) ………… to take traveler’s checks rather than cash when you go abroad, and to use cash dispensers which are
on (6) ………… streets, or are well lit at night.
A quarter of all crimes are car thefts or thefts of things from cars, like radios and cassettes players. If your
car is (7) …………, you may not get it back. One in four are never found, and even if it is, it may be badly (8)
…………. Always lock all doors and windows, and think about fitting a car alarm too. If you are buying a new
radio/cassettes player, it is (9) ………… choosing one that is security-coded or removable by the driver. These
precautions will help to put (10) ………… thieves.

1. Taking holding carrying bringing

2. Mass band crowd group
3. View sight visibility vision
4. Keep give take have
5. Suggested told informed advised
6. Main important principal major
7. Robbed burgled stolen hijacked
8. Hurt damaged spoilt injured
9. Beneficial practical worthwhile sensible
10. Put off put down put out put back

Vocabulary:
Exercise 13

Exercise:

A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) ………… is that the rest of the family
and the neighbors often complain (2) ………… they don't like the music. One (3) ………… to this problem is to wear
headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable. An armchair which has a record-player system built into it
has just been (4) ………… by a British engineer, Stephen Court.
The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with a high back. However, each of the two sides of the chair
has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of
loudspeakers in a hollow (5) ………… under the seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all
round his / her head. Because we cannot tell the exact (6) ………… from which low sounds come, it doesn't (7)
………… that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the side of the chair that
create a stereo effect. These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener's ears. (8) ………… it takes only a
little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the
room to (9) ………… others. Most of the sound is (10) ………… by the listener.

1. Conclusion impact sequence result

2. If for lest since
3. Way answer conclusion settlement
4. Drawn discovered imagined designed
5. Hole set location space
6. Destination reason source departure
7. Care make sense matter mean
8. Surprisingly strangely consequently eventually
9. Disappoint dismiss deter disturb
10. Integrated absorbed admitted accommodated

Vocabulary:
Exercise 14

Exercise:

The wind controls our planet’s weather and climate, but how much do we understand about this complex
force, which can kill and spread fear? On the night of 15 October 1987, the South of England was struck by the (1)
………… winds it had known for over two hundred years. (2) ………… of over 130 km/h blew through the region.
Nineteen people were killed, £ 1.5 billion –worth of (3) ………… was caused and 19 million trees were (4) ………… in
just a few hours.
Although people thought of this as a hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only (5) ………… storm force. They
are far better known than the much more serious storms of 25 January 1990, when most of Britain was hit by daytime
winds of up to 173 km/h. On this (6) ………… 47 people were killed, even though unlike in 1987, the weather
forecasters issued accurate (7) ………… (8) ………… weather events such as these are dramatic reminders of the
power of the wind. It is one part of the weather that people generally do not (9) ………… a second thought to, but
across the world the wind (10) ………… a crucial role in people’s lives.

1. Heaviest fastest strongest quickest

2. Blows hits clouds guests
3. Hurt injury destruction damage
4. Blown down cut down knocked down blown up
5. Powerful severe serious dangerous
6. Occasion event accident incident
7. Threats warnings news signs
8. Extreme excessive extravagant exaggerated
9. Have make put give
10. Has makes plays does

Vocabulary:
Exercise 15

Exercise:

When you (1) ………… a new car, you should start by using consumer magazines. You can find them in (2)
………… section of a library. You can read about the advantages and disadvantages of each new car and get (3)
…………of how much you should pay. When you decide (4) ………… which make and (5) ………… you want to buy,
you should go to a dealer and test-drive the car to see (6) …………you like it. The salesperson will tell you the sticker
price. You should bargain with the salesperson and make (7) …………based on what you learned from the consumer
magazines. Then you should go to one or two other dealers to see if you can get a better price. Sometimes you have
to go back and for the several times between dealers to bargain for the best price.
When you agree on a price with a salesperson, you usually have to leave a small (8) ………… The
salesperson writes up a contract that you both have to sign. When the dealer (9) ………… the car, you have to pay
the balance or get a loan. Most people make a down payment and take out a loan for the rest. You can get a loan
from a bank or sometimes from the auto company. You can (10) …………the loan over o period of time, usually from
two five years.

1. Shop for purchase for afford for get for

2. Reference auto science fiction
3. A thought a consideration an idea a value
4. At on by out
5. Structure shape model pattern
6. As that when if
7. An offer a price a payment a judgement
8. Tip deposit gift payment
9. Drives delivers orders presents
10. Cover give away carry out pay off

Vocabulary:
Exercise 16

Exercise:

Bermuda (1) ………… in the Western Atlantic Ocean some 800 miles east of North Carolina and 3,000 miles
west of Europe. It consists of a group of approximately 160 closely-knit islands of which the seven largest are (2)
………… together by bridges and causeways forming "Mainland" Bermuda, roughly 22 miles long, with an average
width of half to one mile. On the map, Bermuda (3) ………… a scorpion or a fish-hook.
Bermuda is the (4)…………of a submarine volcano that exploded into life some 100 million years ago. Coral
reefs almost entirely surround the islands, proving treacherous to shipping during the last three hundred years, but
creating beautifully calm (5) ………… waters for bathers, snorkelers and scuba divers as well as a (6) ………… for
fishing enthusiasts.
There are no freshwater streams in Bermuda so that Bermudians are forced to rely on rainwater or, in times
of drought, imported water. Every house on the island has a white lime-washed roof on which the rain is caught and
(7) ………… into a tank. The government and some of the larger hotels operate desalination plants. In the late 18th
century the tourist, trade came to Bermuada - since when it has grown increasingly (9) …………and today tourism is
the island's single most important revenue earner. Bermuda is the oldest (10) ………… colony of Britain with the third
oldest parliament in the world.

1. Stands lies located poses

2. Put grouped linked rounded
3. Resembles resets follows after duplicates
4. Summit head tip crown
5. Inshore ashore inland off-shore
6. Paradise wonder ideal perfection
7. Transported channeled travelled flowed
8. Useful profitable beneficial fruitful
9. Producer winner earner gatherer
10. Self-operating self-acting self-possessed self-governing

Vocabulary:
Exercise 17

Exercise:

When I first arrived here to take up my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking for some permanent (1)
………… accommodation. The first flat I (2)………… over was in a basement, and was obviously extremely damp in
winter. Quite apart from the fact that only (3) ………… was a brick wall. Then I had a look at a small flat in a modern
(4) …………. It had a (5) ………… space and a garden, but the (6) …………was far too high for me. I didn’t want to
end up in a tiny place, so I answer an ad for house – sharing. The house was in a quiet (7) …………, and as soon as
I saw it I fell in love with it. There was a high overgrown ) hedge around the front garden, and a place to park cars in
the drive. The room to (8) …………looked out (9) …………the back garden, and had a big bay window. Although it
meant (10) …………sharing the kitchen and living room, I did have my own bathroom, really just a shower and
washbasin crammed into what must have once been a cupboard.

1. Home accommodation house landlady

2. Passed viewed came looked
3. View entrance distance bathroom
4. Tower department block square
5. Living breathing working parking
6. Lift roof area rent
7. Surrounding neighborhood context premises
8. Let myself pay lend
9. In over at for
10. Without in sharing having

Vocabulary:
Exercise 18

Exercise:

In the US, industries that generate hazardous wastes want to dispose of them as cheaply as possible.
Private companies hired to dispose of this waste complete with each other to offer the lowest prices to these
industries. The government does not get involved, beyond setting minimum safety standards.
Unfortunately, the (1)…………l of companies that generate and dispose of water is to save money, (2)
………… to guarantee safety. These companies usually send waste to landfills because this is cheaper than recycling
or incineration. Disposal firms who want to increase their business must cut corners to low costs and (3) …………
customers. At the same time, relatively (4) ………… is done to reduce the volume of waste generated, because
disposal costs (5) ………… relatively modest.
Things are different in Denmark. There the government(6) ………… in the waste disposal process beginning (7)
………… the front end. Together with industry, the government formed a corporation to establish and (8) …………
waste disposal facilities. This company, called Komminichem, has a (9) ………… on waste disposal. Generator or
hazardous waste (10) ………… ship their waste to one of Kommunichem’s disposal facilities. In this system, there is
no price competition in the waste disposal facilities business.

1. Solution license importance goal

2. Not just besides something
3. Survive efficient gain prosper
4. More this recycling little
5. Still have remain cheap
6. Interferes participates involves controls
7. To by of at
8. Operate found prepare generate
9. Power profit monopoly responsibility
10. Will may shall must

Vocabulary:
Exercise 19

Exercise:

Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are
(1) ……… as stunts, are usually (2) ……… by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (3)
……… can crash a car, but if you’re shooting a film, you have to be extremely (4) ………, sometimes stopping (5)
……… in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (6) ……… in the production an expert stuntman is (7) ………
in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (8) ……… the wishes of the
director, (9) ……… he will usually only do this in the (10) ……… of safety.
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since
stuntmen don’t have to (11) ……… in for the actors. Actors like to become (12) ……… in all the important aspects of
the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would
never (13) ……… them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be
sensible and know their (14) ……… If they were to be hurt, the film would (15) ……… to a sudden halt.

1. Remarked known referred named

2. Performed given fulfilled displayed
3. Everyone someone anyone no one
4. Detailed plain straight precise
5. Right exact direct strict
6. Period minute part stage
7. Led taken drawn called
8. Over against through across
9. Despite so although otherwise
10. Interests needs purposes regards
11. Work get put stand
12. Connected arranged involved affected
13. Allow let permit admit
14. Limits ends frontiers borders
15. Come fall pull go

Vocabulary:
Exercise 20

Exercise:

Every summer Miss Dredger took in visitors at clos de joi. It was a square house with a (1) ……… across
the land to the sea with the (2) ……… of Jersey on the horizon.
Miss Dredger had (3) ……… a carriage to take her down the harbor hill. (4) ……… it was a steep descent,
she would (5) ……… have taken it her purposeful stride, and would even have returned (6) ……… foot up the long
slope, for Miss Dredger scorned all physical (7) ……….
Nevertheless, she had (8) ……… on a carriage this (9) ……… morning, for she had a gentlemen to meet at
the harbor. Both he and his luggage must be got up the harbor hill. It was (10) ……… that the luggage couldn't walk
up on its own and from what she knew about men, it was ten (11) ……… one that her new lodger (12) ……… be as
helpless as his luggage
And so, as the carriage had to go down the hill before it could come up again, Miss Dredger, with her sharp
(13) ……… of logic, decided that , in order to (14) ……… use of this fact, it would be as well to be (15) ……… for at
clos de joi.

1. Sight vision view look

2. Distance background outskirts horizon
3. Ordered required commanded asked
4. However Although despite even
5. Commonly actually mostly normally
6. At on with off
7. Weakness lightness tenderness softness
8. Decided chosen arranged considered
9. Definite certain particular individual
10. Honest simple direct plain
11. To by for under
12. Should would ought could
13. Sense idea feeling impression
14. Take have make get
15. Looked visited sent called

Vocabulary:
Exercise 21

Exercise:

With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned away from the window and walked back to her favorite armchair. (1)
……… her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much.
Over the years Helen had given (2) ………waiting for Martin to take an interest in her. Her feelings for him
had gradually (3) ……… until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sister's(4) ………to
see what had (5) ……… of her brother.
Almost without (6) ………, Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last
eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. Somehow the two of them hadn't (7) ……… to keep in touch
and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her(8) ………in her own judgment growing.(9) ……… the wishes of her
parents, she had left university halfway(10) ……… her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she
was(11) ……… a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough
to live (12)) ……… from her paintings.
Of course, she (13) ………no pleasure in Martin's sudden misfortune, but she couldn't (14) ……… looking
forward to her brother's arrival with(15) ………satisfaction at what she had achieved.

1. Could should would ought

2. In up out away
3. Depressed weakened lowered fainted
4. Wonder idea curiosity regard
5. Become developed arisen changed
6. Caution warning advice signal
7. Minded concerned worried bothered
8. Dependence confidence certainty courage
9. Ignoring Omitting Avoiding Preventing
10. Along down through across
11. Gaining reaching starting opening
12. For by with on
13. Made took drew formed
14. Help miss fail drop
15. Soft fine quiet still

Vocabulary:
Exercise 22

Exercise:

The anger that descends on people when they get behind the steering wheel of a car used to be (1) ………
as a joke. But the laughter is getting noticeably quieter (2) ……… that the problem has become increasingly
widespread. (3) ……… in a traffic jam, with family cars inching their (4) ……… past, the driver of fast sports car
begins to lose his temper. (5) ……… the capabilities of his car, there is nothing he can do. The (6) ……… is anger.
Many people live in (7) ……… of losing control. This is true of many situations but driving is a good example. People
think that the car might not start, it may break (8) ……… or someone might run into it. Before anything even
happens, people have worked themselves up into a (9) ……… of anxiety. And when something does happen, they
are r(10) ……… to explode. In fact, it is their very anxiety about losing control that (11) ……… them lose control.
This isn't to (12) ……… that all offenders have psychological problems or drive powerful sports cars. In fact,
most of them are (13) ……… ordinary human beings who have no history of violence. There is(14) ………
something deep in our nature that (15) ……… when we start up a car engine.

1. Found thought treated intended

2. Once even since now
3. Set stuck held fixed
4. Path way course route
5. However Besides Although Despite
6. Outcome event issue effect
7. Worry fright fear concern
8. Up down out off
9. State condition feeling case
10. Good prepared near ready
11. Causes leads makes forces
12. Inform say tell announce
13. purely fully exactly perfectly
14. Openly directly clearly frankly
15. Excites awakens disturbs upsets

Vocabulary:
Exercise 23

Exercise:

In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being (1) ……… to the
idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history. They can try
to (2) ……… out more about where their families came from and what they did, This is now a fast—growing hobby,
especially in countries with a (3) ……… short history, like Australia and the United States.
It is (4) ……… thing to spend some time (5) ……… through a book on family history and to take the (6)
……… to investigate your own family's past. It is(7) ……… another to carry out the research work successfully. It is
easy to set about it in a disorganized way and (8) ……… yourself many problems which could have been (9) ………
with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you that you are (10) ……… with a famous character , whether hero or
criminal , do not let this idea take over your research. Just (11) ……… it as an interesting possibility. A simple
system (12) ……… collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may
only get in your (13) ………. The most important thing, though, is to (14) ……… started. Who knows what you (15)
……… find?

1. Pushed attracted fetched brought

2. Lay make put find
3. Fairly greatly mostly widely
4. A one no some
5. Seeing moving going living
6. Idea plan purpose decision
7. Quite just more even
8. Produce cause build create
9. Missed lost avoided escaped
10. Connected joined attached related
11. Treat control contact direct
12. With by for thorough
13. Track path road way
14. Get appear be feel
15. Should might ought must

Vocabulary:
Exercise 24

Exercise:
Interest in undiscovered human like creatures continues to be widespread. Everyone has (1) ……… of the
Yeti, and its North American 'cousin' Bigfoot, but since the last century there have been (2) ……… of the existence in
Australia of another, less famous creature-the Yahoo. In 1912, a Sydney newspaper (3) ……… an account by
Charles Harper of a strange, large animal he observed (4) ……… the light of his campfire: "Its body, legs, and arms
were covered with long, brownish-red hair, but what (5) ……… me as most extraordinary was its shape, which was
human in some ways, (6) ……… at the same time very different. The body was enormous, (7) ……… great strength.
The arms were extremely long and very muscular.'
Harper continued: 'All this observation (8) ……… a few minutes while the creature stood there, as if
frightened by the firelight. After a few growls, and beating his breast, he (9) ……… , the first few meters upright, then
on all four limbs through the low bushes. Nothing (10) ……… persuade my companions to (11) ……… the trip a fact
at which I must admit I was rather pleased.'
What could Harper and his companions (12) ……… have seen? Such a creature was (13) ……… in south-
eastern Australia in the 1980s, but no specimen was ever obtained for scientific (14) ……… , and all we are (15)
……… with today is an historical puzzle.

1. Understood known heard noticed

2. Statements reports arguments proofs
3. Delivered typed declared printed
4. By at with under
5. Marked struck touched knocked
6. Even just still yet
7. Announcing pointing indicating describing
8. Lasted covered involved engaged
9. Set back set up set in set off
10. Should must might would
11. Continue to continue continuing having continued
12. Probably likely possibly doubtless
13. Referred mentioned related remarked
14. Arrangements designs plans purposes
15. Concerned involved interested keen

Vocabulary:
Exercise 25

Exercise:

Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1) ……… to be successful? Having
someone around who always (2) ……… the worst isn’t really a lot of (3) ………– we all know someone who see a
single cloud on a sunny day and says, ‘It’s looks (4) ……… rain.’. But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s
important to do something (5) ……… it.
You can change your view of life, (6) ……… to psychologists. It only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life
more rewarding as a (7) ………. Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it’s also a more
positive way of looking at life and all it has to (8) ………. Optimists are more (9) ……… to start new projects and are
generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10) ……… to the world. Some people are brought up
to (11) ……… too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (12) ……… wrong. Most
optimists, on the (13) ……… hand, have brought up not to (14) ……… failure as the end of the world – they just (15)
……… with their lives.

1. Counted expected felt waited

2. Worries cares fears doubts
3. Amusement plan enjoyment fun
4. So to for like
5. With against about over
6. Judging according concerning following
7. Result reason purpose product
8. Supply suggest offer propose
9. Possible likely hopeful welcome
10. Opinion attitude view position
11. Trust believe depend hope
12. Goes fails comes turns
13. Opposite next other far
14. Regard respect suppose think
15. Get up get on get out get over

Vocabulary:
Exercise 26

Exercise:
Everyone can dream. Indeed, everyone does dream. Those who (1) ……… that they never dream at all
actually dream (2) ……… as frequently as the rest of us, (3) ……… they may not remember anything about it. Even
those of us who are perfectly (4) ……… of dreaming night (5) ……… night very seldom remember those dreams in
(6) ………detail but merely retain an untidy mixture of seemingly unrelated impressions. Dreams are not simply
visual-we dream with all our (7) ………, so that we appear experience sound, touch, smell, and taste.
One of the world's oldest (8) ……… written documents is the Egyptian Book of Dreams. This volume is
about five thousand years old, so you can (9) ……… that dreams were believed to have a special significance even
then. Many ancient civilizations believed that you (10) ……… never wake a sleeping person as, during sleep, the soul
had left the body and might not be able to return (11) ……… time if the sleeper were suddenly (12) ……… .
From ancient times to the present (13) ……… , people have been (14) ……… attempts to interpret dreams
and to explain their significance. There are many books available on the subject of dream interpretation, although
unfortunately there are almost as many meanings for a particular dream (15) ……… there are books.

1. Demand promise agree claim

2. Also just only quite
3. Though besides however despite
4. Familiar accustomed aware used
5. After on through over
6. Great high strong deep
7. Feelings emotions impressions senses
8. Considered known regarded estimated
9. See feel ensure think
10. Would ought should need
11. By in with for
12. Awoke awoken awake awaken
13. Minute hour moment day
14. Doing putting making taking
15. As like so such

Vocabulary:
Exercise 27

Exercise:
Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast. One evening, she
phoned to tell me that what she really wanted to do was a (1) ……… round the world, so she was looking (2) ………
the possibility of working in another country. She had seen several (3) ……… in the paper for student teachers of
English abroad, and she was (4) ……… in one in Italy, which she was desperate to visit
She decided that this would be a good (5) ……… to achieve her ambition, so she was (6) ……… to apply for
the job. The reply (7) ……… a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she (8) ……… go for
an interview in London the following week. She was so excited that she immediately (9) ……… in touch with the
school owner and agree to attend the interview . She was determined that nothing would prevent her (10) ………
doing what she had set out to do.
A (11) ……… days before the interview she had a very strange dream in which she (12) ……… birth to a
beautiful baby. She was a little nervous and (13) ……… about the dream and phoned to ask me what I thought it
might (14) ……… . As I knew something about dreams, I was able to assure her that it only symbolized her (15)
……… to do well in the interview.

1. Journey travel voyage trip

2. Up over into round
3. Notices posters advertisements announcements
4. Interested keen attracted enthusiastic
5. Path route manner way
6. Claim inquire request apply
7. Was took spent passed
8. Should would must will
9. Got came went became
10. Of from in about
11. Some several few little
12. Made had gave produced
13. Bored worried offended annoyed
14. Intend mean interpret realize
15. Desire request want demand

Vocabulary:
Exercise 28

Exercise:
The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been (1) ……… for broken
relationships, fobs loses, financial ruin and even one suicide. Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction
Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that could (2) ……… serious problems and ruins many lives. Special help groups
have been set up to (3) ……… suffers help and support.
Psychologists have described many (4) ……… examples, including one man who took his own life after (5)
……… more than £14000 to feed his addiction, and a teenager also had to receive psychiatric treatment for his 12-
hour-a-day (6) ……… .” This illness is not a (7) ……… , and it must be taken seriously,” said an expert in behavior
addiction at Nottingham Trent University.” There are not sad people with serious personality (8) ……… ; they are
people who were fine before they found the Internet.
ISA is similar to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have dreams about the
Internet, they need to use it first thing in the morning: they(9) ……… to their partners about how much time they
spend online: they (10) ……… they could cut down, but are unable to do so. A recent study found that many users
spend up to 40 hours a week on the Internet; (11) ……… they feel guilty, they became depressed if they were (12)
……… to stop using it.
Almost anyone can be risk. Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already (13) ……… on computer
games and who (14) ……… it very difficult to resist the games on the Internet. Surprisingly, however, psychologists
(15) ……… that most victims are middle-aged housewives who have never used a computer before.

1. Blamed faulted mistaken accused

2. Lead affect take cause
3. Offer suggest recommend advise
4. worrying worried disappointing disappointed
5. Gaining lending wining borrowing
6. Habit custom manner routine
7. False imitation fake artificial
8. Mistakes errors faults defects
9. Betray deceive cheat lie
10. Want wish rather prefer
11. Although despite unless without
12. Let allowed had made
13. Taken allowed had made
14. Taken addicted tied hooked
15. Say feel find have
16. Promise tell say object

Vocabulary:
Exercise 29

Exercise:
Janet got married to Pedro last Saturday , and we went to the (1) ……… that (2) ……… place in a lovely
little church in the country . Janet , the (3) ……… wore a beautiful white dress ; it had a long train made of silk and it
was carried by a young (4) ……… , who was the daughter of her elder sister . At the start , her husband –to- be , the
(5) ……… , was waiting for her at the front of the church . She walked down the aisle to the front with her father and
after the (6) ………, she came back down again with her husband .
Afterwards , people (7) ……… photos outside the church , and all the (8) ……… were invited to a (9) ………
in a hotel nearby , where we all had a meal . During the meal , the (10) ……… man , who was Pedro ‘s oldest friend ,
made a lovely (11) ……… , and told everyone about how they had met , what it was like when they first started (12)
……… out , and what Pedro had said when he had (13) . Then a few hours later , they set off on their (14) ……… ,
which they were going to (15) ……… in Bali

1. Engagement proposal marriage wedding

2. Found held took stood
3. Lady groom maid bride
4. Bridesmaid bridegroom bride groom
5. Male man groom bride
6. Ceremony party celebration custom
7. Made did shot took
8. Guests members spectators viewers
9. Reception meeting greeting date
10. First best top greatest
11. Talk lecture story speech
12. Leaving setting going dating
13. Proposed engaged suggested intended
14. Holiday honeymoon festival carnival
15. Take spend pass get

Vocabulary:
Exercise 30

Have you ever noticed how compulsive shoppers are never in a (1) ………when they are hunting for
something to buy? Now, I don’t want to be (2) ………to these people, but it has always struck me that this sort of
person must, in (3) ………ways, be able to put up (4) ………the most incredible boredom. I, myself, am an extremely
reluctant shopper. I only have to (5) ……… a glimpse of the window of a large department (6) ……… as I flash past
in a taxi and I am immediately seized by a desire to be a million miles away.
To be (7) ………, I think it has something to (8) ………with the fact that I was once wrongly (9) ………of
shop-lifting. It goes without saying that I was completely innocent of the charge of (10) ………anything, but the
experience (11) ……… me with the feeling that I wanted to (12) ………the manager for wrongful arrest. I (13) ………
to think what might have happened (14) ………I had actually been wrongly convicted. Even now I sometimes have
nightmares about (15) ……… in vain to ruthless detectives that I was not a shop-lifter.

1. Dash run race hurry

2. Violent severe stern unkind
3. Any the few some
4. For with in by
5. See catch notice look
6. Store shop market stall
7. True decent reliable honest
8. Be do put go
9. Charged accused blamed criticized
10. Robbery theft stealing robbing
11. Gave left made caused
12. Claim sue try compensate
13. Fear worry dread resist
14. Whether unless when if
15. Expressing opposing protesting arguing

Exercise:

Vocabulary:
Exercise 31

Exercise:
While I was in prison , I spent a lot of time (1) ……… about what had gone wrong . obviously pillar and I had
(2) ………a mistake somewhere , but we had taken a lot of trouble to (3) ……… to it that no one would catch us . I (4)
……… a bad time in prison , but while i was there , I (5) ……… a decision that i would find pillar again when I got out
and we would spend the time of our lives together .
Just before I was release , I had a visitor . it was my lawyer he said he just wanted to (6) ……… word with
me about pillar . I hope he would tell me where she was , but he (7) ……… me to stop looking for her and (8) ………
me that it would not do any good. I told to him that I had (9) ……… a promise to pillar that I would never forget her . it
was then that he told me something which finally allowed me to (10) ……… through her . the police (11) ……… told
him that it had been pillar who had betrayed me . we had an argument, and of course I (12) ……… him (13) ……… it
all up , but somehow i knew that he was telling the truth
A few days later I was release . I realize that i had (14) ……… a terrible mess of my life . I started drinking ,
and (15) ……… on drinking until I had lost everything , and ended up on the streets . It took me years to recover.

1. Inquiring wondering demanding regarding

2. Done made had taken
3. Watch look see notice
4. Had passed spent did
5. Made did held found
6. Speak have give say
7. Urged suggested indicated argued
8. Avoided warned noticed prevented
9. Done had made taken
10. Look see watch notice
11. Made took had did
12. Claimed charged blamed accused
13. Doing saying inventing making
14. Done taken made had
15. Stayed kept continued remained

Vocabulary:
Exercise 32

Exercise:
A long and happy marriage is something that many people wish for, but finding the right partner is (1)
………more difficult than you might imagine. A friend of mine, Susan, had not been very successful in her (2)
………to find the perfect partner, and she was beginning to lose heart and feel rather (3) ………. One day she
happened to hear someone (4) ……… about a computer dating agency which could help you to find the ideal partner.
Susan immediately (5) ……… an appointment to see someone at the agency, then waited to see (6) ………would
happen. The agency arranged a meeting with a ‘suitable’ partner at the local railway station a week later, although I
(7) ……… her not to go. My friend arrived a few minutes (8) ……… but could see no one who matched the (9) ………
of the man in the photograph she had been sent. She (10) ………a man waiting under the station clock and (7)
………a bunch of flowers, but there was no one (12) ……… around. Suddenly the man started chatting to her and,
after a while, asked her if she would (13) ……… to go and have a coffee. Not (14) ………much later did they come to
the conclusion that they had both been waiting for each other! When they had both (10) ……… from the shock, they
decided that the computer had been right after all.

1. So much too lot

2. Fight duty work attempt
3. Depressed ashamed embarrassed bored
4. Mentioning telling taking relating
5. Did had set made
6. That what which who
7. Advised urged suggested whispered
8. After since ago early
9. Look appearance gesture manner
10. Realized considered noticed respected
11. Fetching wearing carrying holding
12. More other extra else
13. Want desire like need
14. Until when then after
15. Returned recovered reviewed realized

Vocabulary:
Exercise 33

Exercise:

A climber whose heart had stopped beating in a snowstorm on Mont Blanc was revived by French doctor
during a five-hour operation yesterday. Alan Haywood, 41, had set off with three friends on Saturday to climb Mont
Blanc. Early on Saturday morning the (1) ………had set off for the summit, and although the skies were (2) ……… at
first, it soon began to snow heavily. As the storm got worse, they (3) ………see where they were going. They had no
(4) ……… but to dig a hole in the snow to keep the (5) ……… in and wait for the storm to pass. They were (6)
………for 24 hours. During the night, Mr. Haywood's body temperature began to fall, and when it dropped to below
25o, his heart stopped beating. His friends feared the worst and thought he was (7) ……….
The men were found the following day by the Chamonix mountain (8) ……… team, who had been sent up
the mountain to find two other climbers who had also disappeared. All six were then lifted off the mountain by
helicopter and taken to Chamonix hospital, where doctor (9) ………to get Mr. Haywood's heart beating again (10)
………in time. A doctor said there was a good chance that he would (11) ………, and explained that the effects of the
extreme cold could have helped to (12) ……… serious brain damage.
So far this year there has been a (13) ………number of emergencies in Chamonix. The mountain around the
town have (14) ………93 lives and left 726 people injured. Eleven people are still (15) ………

1. Party set crew pack

2. Clean clear pure calm
3. Didn’t manage couldn’t didn’t succeed didn’t achieve
4. Possibility choice occasion opportunity
5. Temperature warmth fever hot
6. Caught held trapped cl0osed
7. Die died death dead
8. Rescue release delivery repair
9. Could managed achieved succeeded
10. Only simply just merely
11. Save repair recover rescue
12. Avoid prevent escape obstruct
13. Record greatest largest highest
14. Claimed removed killed died
15. Away absent out missing

Vocabulary:
Exercise 34

Exercise:
An American professor who studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of
their empire. (1) ……… to Professor Richard Hansen , an archaeologist at the University of California , the (2) ………
of the Mayan civilization in central American was (3) ………t about by the Mayans themselves .
Their object was to display their (4) ……… and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful
as possible. This (5) ……… using large quantities of lime , which they put on the walls to make them smooth.
Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they, therefore, (6) ……… to cut
down huge numbers of trees . This affected the quality of the soil , and it became almost impossible to farm.

Professor Hansen , who has (7) ………returned from an excavation in the El Mirador region of northern
Guatemala , (8) ……… a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia that the Mayas , having (9) ……… this mistake in
the 3rd century , repeated it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal. Increasing food (10) ……… among the
Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which ravaged (11) ……… Greece .
However, (12) ……… the Greek civil war, which only (13) ……… for 27 years , the Mayas wars (14) ……… on for
many centuries and left many of their great cities and temples in (15) ………

1. Referring relating according respecting

2. Collapse drop crash stop
3. Made came turned brought
4. Wealth fortune salary cash
5. Depended needed requested involved
6. Obliged forced must had
7. Still just already yet
8. Explained suggested claimed told
9. Done had taken made
10. Lack shortages droughts failures
11. Antique old past ancient
12. Unless apart without unlike
13. Stayed spent longed lasted
14. Ran went came brought
15. Injuries damages spoils ruins

Vocabulary:
Exercise 35

Exercise:
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending out a huge cloud of dust and rock that darkened the sky. It
came without warning, and the (1) ……… of the explosion was so great that it was felt from hundreds miles away.
In the town of Pompeii, at the foot of the volcano, the inhabitants picked up whatever belongings they (2)
……… carry and (3) ……… the open countryside. In the terrible storm that followed, dust and rock from the volcano
rained down onto the town, filling the streets with deep layers of ash and poisonous gas, (4) ……… it impossible for
the people to (5) ………. The town of Pompeii was completely (6) ……… by the rain of death, and (7) ……… lost to
the world for centuries.
Excavation work did not begin (8) ………1748, when Rocco Alcubierre found some wall paintings while he
was digging at the site. In the years that followed, archaeologists realized that they had (9) ……… one of the most
astonishing ruins of all time. Almost everything in Pompeii had been (10) ………preserved. Several houses still had
their roofs, and inside the furniture and the decorations were (11) ……… as they had been centuries (12) ……….
There were also the remains of over 2,000 people. Some of the (13) ……… had made the mistake of sheltering in
their cellars, where they were killed by poisonous gases form the volcano. Others had been (14) ……… from
escaping, and in the prison were men who had been chained to the wall and (15) ……… to die.

1. Energy fuel power efficiency

2. Managed succeeded achieved could
3. Made up made out made over made for
4. Having leaving making turning
5. Get down get over get away get on
6. Damaged hurt collapsed destroyed
7. Lay lied laid lain
8. By until for since
9. Come up come across come over come on
10. Exactly perfectly accurately precisely
11. Same alike just similar
12. Earlier previous former preceding
13. Injured victims sufferers deaths
14. Avoided blocked arrested prevented
15. Deserted abandoned left rejected

Vocabulary:
Exercise 36

Exercise:

Dear Mum and Dad,

This is just a quick letter to let you know that I’m fine. We’re all working quite hard because the exams are only a few
weeks away, but our teacher (1) ………he thinks we’ll do well. (My landlady’s not so sure - she keeps (2) ……… me I
should stop (3) ……… so much TV and do a bit more reading!)
Anyway, we had a wonderful time at half-term. I went off to Paris for (4) ………days with some of the others from the
school, and we went on a guided (5) ……… of the city. We saw most of the famous (6) ………like the Louvre, where
they have an amazing (7) ………of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then, we went down to the South of France (8)
……… train. It was so fast – the whole (9) ……… was only about four hours. We spent (10) ……… time in Nice and
in Cannes as well, and we all really enjoyed it. On our last day, we went to a small island (11) ……… the Ile des
Pelerines, and we saw the castle where they used to keep the “Man in the Iron Mask”. All in all, we had a great time
and (12) ……… weather was really good as well. The only thing I felt (13) ……… about was that we didn’t have
enough time to (14) ……… to go swimming – maybe next time.
Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to do a bit of homework for tomorrow.(15) ………you write soon?
Love, Janie

1. Says tells speaks talks

2. Saying telling speaking talking
3. Watch watched to watch watching
4. A little little a few few
5. Trip visit tour excursion
6. Shows sights views looks
7. Set group gallery collection
8. In by with on
9. Voyage travel drive journey
10. A little little few a few
11. Spoken said called told
12. Any a the those
13. Sorry apologetic displeased regretful
14. Spend waste spare take
15. Must should may will

Vocabulary:
Exercise 37

Exercise:
Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United
States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers,
clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations.
The pentagon (2) ……… six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military
base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spying operations. By
using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (3) ............... solutions to specific problems.
The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (4) ............... of the layout of the
building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they (5) ……… Customs
officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they
described the town he was in and in (6) ……… said exactly what the building looked like.
(7) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to
(8) ……… the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (9) ............... by the
results. They decided that (10) ............... the psychics had been right a (11) ……… times, this had probably just
happened by (12) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (13) ............... in
newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (14) ............ task of explaining to (15) ......... they
wasted $ 20 million on the project.

1. Look through look down on look up look into

2. Employee employer employed employment
3. Come into come up with come across come up against
4. Description definition plan details
5. Assisted employed supervised conducted
6. Also more addition else
7. But yet although however
8. Take over take up take after take in
9. Impressive impressing impressed impression
10. Despite although in spite of besides
11. Little some few number
12. Chance possibility occasion opportunity
13. Come into come round come across come up against
14. Embarrassed embarrassing embarrassment embarrass
15. Critical criticize criticism critics

Vocabulary:
Exercise 38

Exercise:
A seventy-two-year-old widow, Mrs Francis Lovell, pleaded guilty yesterday to causing unnecessary
suffering to the dogs she kept in her small three-roomed house in the village of Whitely near Oxford.
The court was told that Mrs Lovell's neighbours repeatedly complained to her for more than six months
about the (1) ……… in which the dogs were kept. The dogs often (2) ……… all night long. Despite these complaints,
she (3) ……… to do anything about the problem. Finally, one of the neighbours who was unable to (4) ……… up with
the noise any longer, called the police.
The police (5) ……… in touch with the RSPCA who sent one of their inspectors to call on Mrs Lovell. The
widow claimed that she had 'only a few pets' and that she (6) ……… after them very well. At first she tried to (7)
……… the inspector from entering her house. However, he (8) ……… on seeing the dogs for himself. It (9) ………
out that she had forty-four dogs, most of them poodles, and that she never let them out of the house.
According to the inspector, John Carey, the dogs were all suffering from neglect, malnutrition and the (10)
……… of being kept all day in a very small house. Seventeen of them were in such a (11) ……… state that they had
to be destroyed.
The lawyer defending Mrs Lovell said that she had never intended any (12) ……… to the animals.
"My (13) ………is a lonely old woman whose only companions were her dogs. She was afraid that if she let
them out of the house, something bad would (14) ……… to them. Her only (15) ……… of income is very small
pension, most of which she used in order to purchase food for them", he said.

1. States conditions situations positions

2. Cried barked sounded called
3. Denied resisted disagreed refused
4. Put stand pass let
5. Came went became got
6. Saw watched cared looked
7. Avoid prevent escape refuse
8. Insisted commanded emphasized impressed
9. Showed proved turned found
10. Results returns effects affects
11. Wrong ill poor ruined
12. Harm damaged hurt injury
13. Client customer patient passenger
14. Occur succeed happen come
15. Origin supply stock source

Vocabulary:
Exercise 39

Exercise:
The latest production at the Playhouse is a modern version of Molierce’s great play of 1666, Le Misanthrope.
As in many of his other comedies. Molierce takes an aspect of human nature and (1) ………it, so creating a rich
variety of comic scenes and situations. In the past, many directors have (2) ………to stress the serious (3) ………of
the play. But here, (4) ………Jack Long has kept the tone light and (5) ………
Peter Fowler plays the central character, Alceste. He is a man who has no (6) ………of people’s emotions.
He refuses to (7) ………any of the small (8) ………lies that are necessary in normal society, he doesn’t mind (9)
………people and ends up hurting the (10) ………of almost everyone he meets. It would be easy to feel some
sympathy for Alceste- after all, his only fault is that he is too (11) ……… – but Peter Fowler (12) ……… to make him
look a rather ridiculous figure.
There are some excellent performances from other (13) ………. The long-suffering Philinte (Sam Kirby)
comes across as a very sympathetic character. The romantic interest is prvided by Celimente (Amanda Barter),
although in the end she (14) ………to persuade him to change his ways. The Misanthropist is on every night for the
next three weeks ………Sundays.

1. Increases grows expands exaggerates

2. Used selected tended leaned
3. Side angle view edge
4. Direct directive direction director
5. Fun pleasant comic amused
6. Knowledge understanding conscience thought
7. Speak say tell talk
8. Green red grey white
9. Upsetting injuring wounding damaging
10. Sensations emotions spirits feelings
11. Honest true right accurate
12. Succeeds can achieves manages
13. Casts actors players roles
14. Fails misses mistakes drops
15. Apart without unless except

Vocabulary:
Exercise 40

Exercise:
A new VR (virtual reality) headset for the home user will be in the shops soon. The makers (1) ………that it
will change the way that computer games are played. Unlike the heavy VR headsets that people have been using in
arcades (2) ……… the last few years, the new sets look more like a pair of sunglasses than a fireman's (3) ……… A
spokesman for the company said: 'A lot of people had (4) ……… with the old headsets. They were (5) ……… heavy
that if you wore them (6) ……… for more than an hour or so, they could cause quite a lot of (7) ……… Our new
headsets are very comfortable, and will be perfect for games, as well as in education.'
Some scientists, however, are (8) ……… about the effects of VR. Child psychologist Brenda Smith
explained: "There have (9) ……… been several cases of violence among young children where computer games
were to (10) ………. With VR, we will soon have children who are not (11) ……… to playing with other people. (12)
………your life in a constant battle with aliens and monsters is not really a (13) ………environment for someone
young. We (14) ……… that a child should experience actual reality, not virtual reality, and it would be a great (15)
………for parents to bring this sort of technology into the home.

1. Claim threaten offer recommend

2. Since ago among for
3. Hat cap helmet hood
4. Mistakes faults problems errors
5. Very too so such
6. Continuously throughout always regularly
7. Hurt ache paint suffering
8. Afraid worried scared threatened
9. Yet ever still already
10. Fault error defect blame
11. Used made allowed interested
12. spending doing making passing
13. convenient suitable real right
14. recommend tell offer speak
15. defect fault mistake blame

Vocabulary:
Exercise 41

Exercise:
It all happened rather quickly - the doctors realized that I needed to have my appendix out immediately, to
(1) ……… things from getting any (2) ………, and they operated (3) ……… me straight away. But I’m not feeling too
bad and I’m getting (4) ……… all the time. The doctors say it will take about a week for me to (5) ……… the
operation completely.
I’m in quite a large ward with about 20 other people, and (6) ………I would (7) ………to be somewhere a bit
smaller, we all (8) ………with each other quite well.
Still, I do find it a bit (9) ………here – there’s nothing to do. They say I (10) ……… get up unless it’s
absolutely necessary, so I can’t even get to the TV room. Unfortunately I didn’t have the (11) ………to get home
before coming in, so I haven’t got any money. (12) ………I’m sure one of the nurses would probably (13) ………me
enough to buy a paper, I’d (14) ………not ask as I’d (15) ………it a bit embarrassing.

1. Prevent forbid block avoid

2. Bad dangerous serious worse
3. On up at in
4. Improved good finer better
5. Get at get through get over get along
6. Although despite unless except
7. Better want more prefer
8. Get down get on get by get out of
9. Annoying irritating entertaining boring
10. Don’t have to needn’t mustn’t don’t need to
11. Opportunity possibility occasion permission
12. In spite despite unless even though
13. Owe lend borrow debt
14. Better rather prefer want
15. Feel see think find

Vocabulary:
Exercise 42

Exercise:
Adam Francis was nothing at all like the man Janet had expected to meet . During the year or two she had
been with Brinkman’s, from various conversations she had (1) ……… with the client, she had gradually drawn up a
mental (2) ……… of the man. She (3) ………not have been more wrong.
Not only was he years younger than she had expected but he was (4) ………attractive in a rugged sort of
way. Handsome was not quite the (5) ………word for him. No, the (6) ……… of the man who was approaching her
were not handsome but they were exciting, interesting, and for one silly (7) ………, Janet found herself wondering
why John Brinkman had never (8) ………how attractive Adam Francis was – until it occurred to her that her boss
obviously wouldn’t (9) ………him attractive.
He was a big, tall man and there was something about him that (10) ………attention, a strength that was
more than physical. His hair, (11) ………was a little too long, was (12) ……… and straight and brushed carelessly
from his face. Not only had Jane expected a much older man, but someone who would be dressed in a business (13)
………. And there she was, looking (14) ………a man who seemed more like a film (15) ………than a property
developer.

1. Had made done experienced

2. Drawing vision painting picture
3. Would could should can
4. Extremely greatly largely mainly
5. Just fair adequate right
6. Looks appearances look appearance
7. Instant moment second minute
8. Mentioned talked told related
9. Remark regard believe consider
10. Ordered commanded directed requested
11. That which who what
12. Dense thick fat heavy
13. Dress costume clothes suit
14. On to up at
15. Conductor register leader director

Vocabulary:
Exercise 43

Exercise:
I was with overseas volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village
in Chad, about 500kilometres from the capital N’Djamena. Coming from a (1) ……… country, I got quite a shock ,as
conditions were much harder than I had (2) ……… . But after a few days I soon got used to (3) ………there. The
people were always very friendly and helpful , and I soon began to appreciate how (4) ……… the countryside was.
One of my jobs was to supply the village with water. The well was a long walk away ,and the women used to
(5) ……… a long time every day (6) ……… heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted the organization and
arranged to (7) ……… some pipes delivered. We built a simple pipeline and a pump, and it worked first time . It
wasn’t perfect-there were a few (8) ……… , but it made a great difference to the villagers , (9) ……… had never had
running water before . And not (10) ……… did we have running water, but in the evenings it was hot , because the
pipe had been (11) ……… in the sun all day . All in all , I think my time with OV was a good experience . Although it
was not well-paid , it was well (12) ……… doing , and I would recommend it to anyone who was (13) ………working
for a charity.
Finally, there’s one more reason why I’ll never (14) ………working for OV . A few months before I left, I met
and fell in love (15) ……… another volunteer, and we got married when we returned to England.

1. Rich comfortable well-paid luxurious

2. Felt planned found expected
3. Live lived living lives
4. Beautiful good-looking handsome sweet
5. Spend spent spends spending
6. Fetching wearing carrying holding
7. Make let have allow
8. Breaks leaks splits punctures
9. Which that they who
10. Hardly scarcely only also
11. Lied lay laying lying
12. Worth value cost price
13. Considering thinking going planning
14. Regret feel sorry miss lose
15. At to for with

Vocabulary:
Exercise 44

Exercise:

Researchers in the United States have discovered a powerful drug, pregnenolone, that can improve (1)
……… in mice. In the laboratory, mice were trained to associate a sound with a shock a few second later. They had
to (2) ……… their way through a maze to avoid the shock. Then some of the mice were given pregnenolone. The
mice that had been injected with the drug showed such a (3) ……… improvement in memory that the researchers
were astonished.
It was already known that pregnenolone can help people (4) ……… from spinal cord (5) ………after car
crashes or falls, but (6) ……… this new research shows is that it plays an even more important role. The results
suggest that it may one day be possible to treat people (7) ……… memories have been affected by old age or
disease.
Scientists have already tried out the drug on a number of patients (8) ………had been (9) ……… affected by
Alzheimer’s disease and who were (10) ………of (11) ……… members of their own family. Unfortunately they only
show a (13) ……… improvement, if any, but the scientists believe that the doses they used (14) ……… have been
either too high or too low. They are confident that they will reach their (15) ……… aim of producing a drug that will be
safe and effective for humans.

1. Recollection recognition reminder memory

2. Remember remind review realize
3. Grand significant decisive important
4. Recover return rescue regain
5. Harm damage hurt injury
6. Which what who that
7. Who their whose which
8. Who they which whom
9. Badly wrongly hardly heavily
10. Disabled incapable unaware unconscious
11. Reviewing recognizing reminding realizing
12. Improbably unfortunately unlikely importantly
13. Petty mean poor small
14. Should ought will might
15. Long-distance long-time long-sight long-term

Vocabulary:
Exercise 45

Exercise:
A property expert who was described as a man who would have had a bright future if he had not fallen for a
mysterious and beautiful woman, was (1) ……… to five years in prison yesterday.
Kevin Rogers,39,of Hurst Road, Horsham,Sussex was employed by Selford Holdings, a London company
with a broad (2) ……… of investments in hotels, golf courses and shopping centers. His downfall began when he met
someone (3) ……… as "La Contessa"
I was completely at her (4) ……… .I did everything she asked me to do. It didn’t matter to me how
dangerous it was or that I was (5) ……… the law", he told the court.
"La Contessa",whose real name was Pilar Gutierrez, (6) ……… as an agent for Rogers' employers. She
found property in Spain and Portugal that was about to be (7) ……… down or needed extensive repairs and then (8)
……… Selford Holdings considerably more than the real (9) ……… of these properties. The original owners paid her
very large (10) ……… of money each time this happened.
Rogers, whose job it was to estimate how much the property was really worth ,admitted that he accepted a
large (11) ……… of the profits Gutierrez made in this way. Rogers claimed that at first he wasn't (12) ……… of what
she was doing. "When i finally (13) ……… through it all, I warned her not to do it. However ,I was already involved
with her, so instead of telling my employers what was really going on, I became her partner in crime", he said.
Gutierrez, who has been (14) ……… of accepting illegal payments of money and other crimes was last seen
in England on the same day Rogers was arrested. She is believed to be (15) ……… somewhere in South America.

1. Punished sentenced subjected ordered

2. Range width extent number
3. Referred called spoken known
4. Command strength power use
5. Breaking cutting smashing crashing
6. Handled behaved treated acted
7. Pulled brought put taken
8. advised recommended suggested proposed
9. cost expense value quality
10. sums numbers totals figures
11. size share degree area
12. sensible sensitive aware apparent
13. saw looked glimpsed watched
14. criticized attacked accused doubted
15. hiding concealing covering escaping

Vocabulary:
Exercise 46

Exercise:
This year's Innovations and Inventions Fair has jut opened, and has attracted inventors from all over the
word who need to show their new ideas to the public.
The fair always provides a wonderful (1) ……… of inventions, and this year is no exception. One inventor is
demonstrating a way of making it impossible to copy documents (2) ………as passports and tickets. So far, the only
person who has offered to buy the patent is said (3) ………a member of the Mafia, but it is not clear what he wants to
do(4) ………it. The inventor will have to go ahead with the sale (5) ………he can find a more normal buyer (6)
………the end of the show. There are plenty of new gadgets too to help the disabled. The youngest inventor, fourteen
(7)- ………old Jane Watson, has come up with a battery-powered device for people who cannot clean their teeth (8)
……….One of its special features is that it never needs (9) ………, because it runs on solar power.
A new feature of this year's show is the Helpcenter, which has been (10) ………up to give new inventors
(11) ………on how to make the most of their ideas. According to the show's organizers, many inventions fail because
inventors spend (12)________much time developing the product and don't pay (13) ………attention to the business
side of the project.
The fair is open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. every day and runs (14) ………March 11. Tickets are (15)
………at USD3.50.

1. Choice variation difference range

2. So like such how
3. Had been to be to being was
4. By with in without
5. Unless if without except
6. Until by since ago
7. Age ages year years
8. Itself himself herself themselves
9. Re-charge re-charged to re-charge re-charging
10. Set established started founded
11. Advice suggestion recommendation directions
12. Too extra over far
13. Enough plenty complete full
14. B until for since
15. Priced valued worth cost

Vocabulary:
Exercise 47

Exercise:
A surgeon flying from Hong Kong to London on a jumbo jet (1) ………a fellow passenger's life by operating
on her with a pair of scissors, a coat hanger, and a bottle or brandy.
Pauline Dixon was involved in a motorcycle (2) ……… on the way to Hong Kong airport, but she didn't want
to see a doctor (3) ……… she missed her flight. Soon boarding the plane, she complained about a pain in her arm.
The pilot asked (4) ……… or not there were any doctors on board, and professor Wallace and Dr. Tom Wong came
forward.
At first they thought her arm was broken, but within minutes they saw that her condition was (5) ………
worse. They realized that one of her lungs may (6) ………collapsed and was filling up with liquid. Professor Wallace
said: 'I felt we had (7) ……… operate as soon as we could, but of course we didn't have (8) ……… right equipment,
so we had to use what was there. I cut a hole in her chest with a pair of scissors and then we had to find something to
push a tube into the lung. One of the cabin crew (9) ……… using a coat hanger, which worked well, and we (10)
……… to get the tube in quite easily.
Normally it is not a complicated operation (11) ……… you have the right equipment, but we had to be very
(12) ……… We sterilized everything with five star brandy. When the operation was over, I had a few (13) ………
myself. I can tell you, I needed it.'
After the plane landed safely in London, Miss Dixon went to hospital to recover. Although the operation had
been very (14) , she was very grateful to the doctors for saving her life, and was full of (15) ……… for what they had
done.

1. Rescued recovered saved freed

2. Accident disaster emergency breakdown
3. In case unless except without
4. For about if whether
5. Changing getting turning growing
6. Must should may would
7. Sooner greater rather better
8. A some the any
9. Advised persuaded suggested convinced
10. Succeeded managed arrived could
11. If unless in case except
12. Carefree careless caring careful
13. Bites sips swallows licks
14. Painful harmful hurtful aching
15. Frienshipp dedication admiration liking

Vocabulary:
Exercise 48

Exercise:

Thousands of young people come to London every month to (1)..................love, romance and adventure. A
few.(2)..................in finding what they are looking for, but most never do. It turns out to be far more (3) ……… than
you imagined to meet people in London,(4)..................the sort of people you want to meet. But now there is a new
scientific way - YOUNG CONTACTS.
How does it work?
First, we (5).................you a scientific personality test, using the very (6).................computer techniques. Then we
march you with someone whose tastes and interests are (7) ……… to yours, and who also has the characteristics
you are looking for in yours(8).................partner or companion.
Who can belong to Young Contact?
We are the first organization in this country to (9)..................in matching people between the ages of 17and 29.
But,(10)................. from that, anyone can join. We have people from all walks of life. But they all have one thing in
common. They're tired of feeling lonely and think it's time they did something (12)..................it. And that's why they
come to us.
How do I actually meet people?
Just come one of our centers, with its special club-like atmosphere, and we'll do the rest. A (13)..................of our
friendly staff will (14) ……… to you and then arrange for you to meet just the sort of people you will get on with. For a
list of centers and further (15) ………, simply fill in the form and send it off today!
1. Make have find get
2. Manage are able succeed achieve
3. Heavy hard difficult impossible
4. Particular exactly precisely additionally
5. Ask pass do give
6. Last recent modern latest
7. Alike similar same equal
8. Ideal best last absolute
9. Specialize focus concentrate centre
10. Apart besides except without
11. Common usual normal everyday
12. With about for to
13. Person member worker representative
14. Discuss interview question talk
15. Facts information knowledge news

Vocabulary:
Exercise 49

Exercise:

In 1967, a research team from an American university (1) ………out to explore the Well of Sacrifice at
Chichen Itza. Unfortunately, however, the water in this well was so dark that is was impossible for divers to see, so
the team had to use filters to clean it.
Just as this work was about to begin, some (2) ……… Indians told the team that the well was (3) ……… by
the spirit of a rain god. The god was (4) ……… as Chac, and they warned the team that Chac would (5) ………
revenge if his home was disturbed. The team listened politely but (6) ……… these warnings and went on with their
research.
(7) ……… the summer, pumps and filters were used, but it wasn't until (8) ……… months later that the water
was clear enough for divers to go down into the well.
When they (9) ……… down to work they began to discover various objects at the (10) ……… of the well.
(11) ……… the things they brought back to the surface were human bones, and by the time they had (12) ………,
they had recovered more than 50 skeletons. This was (13) ……… that the well had indeed been used for human
sacrifice.
Perhaps it would have (14) ……… better if the team had listened to the warnings of the Indians, because
within a year, several members of the team had been (15) ……… in mysterious accidents.

1. Put broke set looked

2. Local natural near close
3. Lived housed resided inhabited
4. Named called told known
5. Have make do take
6. Ignored refused denied rejected
7. Along within throughout inside
8. Few several various any
9. Down through about at
10. End ground depth bottom
11. Between around within among
12. Ended finished concluded achieved
13. Clear proof evident obvious
14. Listened heard noticed watched
15. Died wounded killed missed

Vocabulary:
Exercise 50

Exercise:
One of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in history was made in November 1922, when Howard
Carter was working in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. After many months of work, he finally (1) ……… across an
unknown tomb.
Together with his friend Lord Carnarvon, who was providing the (2) ……… for the excavations, he entered
the dark chamber. At first there was disappointment, because the tomb was (3) ……… and it was clear that it had
been (4) ……… at some time in the past. However, one of the workers eventually uncovered a small stairway that (5)
……… down to another door that had not been opened.
Carter went down the dark staircase, walking (6) ……… in case there were any traps. As he opened the
door, Lord Carnarvon (7) ……… if he could see anything. He replied, "Yes - wonderful things." It was clear at once
that they had discovered what they had been looking (8) ……… . The tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun was full
of treasures of great (9) ………. There were over 5,000 objects of silver, gold and precious stones which had (10)
……… there undiscovered for thousands of years.
Lord Carnarvon’s pleasure at (11) ……… the treasures did not (12) ……… long. Many of the local people
were afraid of disturbing the pharaohs’ tombs, and believed that the pharaohs would (13) ……… revenge on anyone
who entered them. Lord Carnarvon had (14) ……… little attention to these warnings, but only a few weeks later, he
suddenly fell ill and died; at the exact time of his death, all the lights in Cairo suddenly (15) ……… out, and far away
in England, his dog also died.

1. Came arrived got found

2. Salary money currency wage
3. Deserted abandoned left empty
4. Taken robbed stolen broken
5. Took brought led conducted
6. Accurately carefully carelessly precisely
7. Demanded requested questioned asked
8. Into after up for
9. Expense price cost value
10. Lied laid lain lying
11. Discovering inventing learning searching
12. Stay take make last
13. Have take make bring
14. Sent paid taken made
15. Went passed gave ran

Vocabulary: