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EXERCISE SHEET
I. Choose the best answer.
1. A dividend is ……… the only benefit a corporation can offer its shareholders.
A. no B. nor C. none D. not
2. Would you be ……… my letter while I am away?
A. too good as to forward C. as good as forward
B. so good as to forward D. so good as forwarding
3. You could have done ……… inviting Sam to the party.
A. better or worse than C. much better as
B. a lot worse than D. nothing as worse as
4. I would rather go skiing ……… picnicking this weekend.
A. than going B. than to going C. than to go D. than go
5. It is mandatory that smoking in public ……… .
A. is prohibited C. prohibiting
B. must be prohibited D. be prohibited
6. The mini dress was ……… , but now it is making a comeback.
A. a fad once thought to be finished C. thought a fad to be finished once
B. once thought a fad to be finishing D. once thought be a finishing fad
7. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus of all points ……… distances from two fixed points is constant.
A. the sum of whose C. whose sum of
B. of which the sume D. which the sum of
8. You’ll feel better once you’ve got it ……… . Just go and tell her exactly what happened.
A. at arm’s length C. behind your back
B. off your chest D. in the neck
9. ……… your anger at work is not a very good idea. You should show more restraint.
A. Steering B. Decreeing C. Asserting D. Venting
10. It’s no good constantly complaining but at the same time being totally ……… . You have to do something to help
yourself.
A. lazy B. apathetic C. upset D. outraged
11. As long as the help you’re giving is ……… , you won’t feel they are taking advantage of you.
A. remote B. compatible C. reciprocal D. one-sided
12. They used to ……… all the time about his acting, singing and his clothes. But now he’s famous, he’s having the
last laugh!
A. wind him up B. egg him on C. fall out D. lead him on
13. The flat shows signs of ……… but apart from that, it is in very good condition.
A. decline B. decay C. falling-off D. wear and tear
14. Although Peter is a so-called ……… , he never seems able to help me with phone or my computer.
A. native digital B. digital native C. digital immigrant D. digital migrant
15. This computer is ……… . You won’t be able to access emails or the internet on it.
A. obsolete B. up-to-date C. current D. imminent
16. We actually need ……… evidence that you’ve made progress. You need to send us a photo at the very least.
A. sure B. heavy C. concrete D. avid
17. The new findings about the disease have been widely ……… by different health organisations so that people
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A. lampooned B. decimated C. cemented D. disseminated
18. You can’t know for sure if her new book is atrocious just because her last one failed. It may turn out to be a
good read. After all, the proof of the ……… is in the eating.
A. cake B. cookie C. pudding D. milk
19. The disease is caused by bacteria that ……… in farm animals.
A. incubate B. ferment C. inoculate D. perpetuate
20. She’s a(n) ……… lover of Gothic literature, which was why she decided to study English Literature in the first
place.
A. arduous B. ardent C. vivid D. barbarous
II. Complete each sentence with one word in each gap.
1. They drifted ……………………… years ago and hardly see each other now.
2. You should stick ……………………… for yourself. Don’t let the others intimidate you.
3. What did you get ……………………… ……………………... the course? How useful was it?
4. Don’t settle ……………………… second best. You deserve better than that.
5. It’s not ……………………… and running yet, I’m afraid. The engineer is coming back to fix it tomorrow.
6. Those rooms are ……………………… limits at the moment. They haven’t been refurbished yet.
7. This is a really tricky problem. We’re going to have to think ……………………… the box to solve it.
8. That course was too hard for me. I was completely ……………………… ……………………… my depth and couldn’t really
keep up.
9. I realised I’d been ripped ……………………… when I saw the exact camera online for half the price.
10. It finally dawned ……………………… us that he wasn’t going to honour his debts.
11. When I was tidying my grandmother’s house I stumbled ……………………… some really old photo albums.
12. They set ……………………… what would take place at each stage of the operation, which made me feel much
better about it.
13. I’m sorry but I’m not ready to ……………………… through with the plan after all.
14. When are you heading ……………………… on your travels?
15. You only need to explain it once, she catches ……………………… so fast!
16. My parents finally came ……………………… to my way of thinking and agreed that I’d chosen the right course.
17. As my work began to mount ……………………… , I started suffering from panic attacks.
18. George drifted ……………………… in the middle of the film and started snoring! It was so embarrassing.
19. I don’t know how you managed to take ……………………… all that information. It was far too complicated.
20. Don’t discredit his efforts just because he’s from an affluent household. He’s gotten where he is right now
……………………… dint of hard work.
III. Fill in each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. This meat is completely undercooked! It’s ……………………… (EAT)!
2. Most people quit their jobs because they think they’re being ……………………… (PAY).
3. Please stop trying to ……………………… (JUST) your horrible attitude towards an innocent person.
4. Some people have attitude problems because they come from ……………………… (FUNCTION) families.
5. It’s hard for the public to make ……………………… (PASSION) judgement when all parties are trying to appeal to
them emotionally.
6. The ending was rather ……………………… (CLIMAX) considering the fact that the film had been so intense
throughout.
7. I think the film has great cinematography and is extremely ……………………… (DIRECT), which is why it is a box-
office hit despite the common plot.

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8. The main beneficiary of this new law will be the ……………………… (PRIVILEGE). We hope it’ll help create a fairer
society.
9. Japan is a ……………………… (HOMOGENISE) society in which individualism isn’t prioritised.
10. Her hunger for power is almost ……………………… (SATIATE). She will never be satisfied until she can stand above
everyone.
IV. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Women’s Rights
It is fewer than 100 years since women were finally and fully (1) ……… in the United Kingdom. Women over the age
of 30 were allowed to vote in 1918, provided they met minimum (2) ……… qualifications. In other words, if they
didn’t own or part-own a house or flat, for example, they would not be (3) ……… the vote. In the same year, all men
aged 21 and over were given the vote regardless of property qualifications, but it was not until 1928 that women
were given the same (4) ……… as men, being allowed to vote from the age of 21. The (5) ……… age was then
reduced for both men and women in the UK in 1969, which was around the time many women had begun fighting
for the same rights as men in the home and in the workplace. The Women’s (6) ……… Movement began in the
1960s and was concerned with issues such as the Married Women’s Property Act, equal opportunities, equal pay
and domestic violence. Traditionally, it had been almost impossible for women to be (7) ……… , especially if they
were married and had children. They were usually financially (8) ……… on their husbands. Things had only begun to
change for women towards the end of the nineteenth century when they were allowed to keep any money they
earned with the introduction of the first Married Women’s Property Act in 1870. Before this act, everything a
married woman owned or earned (9) ……… to her husband. Women gained a little more (10) ……… in 1964 when
this act was revised and women were allowed to keep half of any (11) ……… they might have made from money
their husbands gave them for housekeeping. Today, women in first world countries like the UK have the same
rights as men under the law. This, however, is not the case for a great ,amy other women all over the world, so the
struggle for female (12) ……… goes on.
1 A. liberated B. enfranchised C. emancipated D. freed

2 A. rights B. proper C. property D. material

3 A. granted B. approved C. enfranchised D. accepted

4 A. rights B. honours C. justice D. autonomy

5 A. property B. independent C. self-sufficient D. voting

6 A. Enfranchising B. Sovereign C. Liberation D. Neutral

7 A. emancipated B. entitled C. self-sufficient D. obligated

8 A. entitled B. dependent C. obligated D. indebted

9 A. belonged B. entitled C. tendered D. assigned

10 A. sovereignty B. obligation C. independence D. maturity

11 A. deposit B. lease C. utilise D. savings

12 A. neutrality B. emancipation C. entitlement D. maturity

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V. For each question, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. Here is an
example.
0. ……..strong……..
● Last year’s champion is in with ……… chance of repeating his success in the grand prix next weekend.
● Some of the home owners are hoping to get compensation for the poor building work, and I think they
have a very ……… case.
● There’s no point in trying to put the tent up, the wind is far too ……… .
1. ………………………
● At the end of the holiday, ……… on to any unused foreign country currency because it may come in handy
on another occasion.
● If your call is not answered within two minutes, you’re advised to ……… up and dial again.
● The company decided to ……… a portrait of the retiring managing director in the boardroom.
2. ………………………
● After a long series of meetings with the management, the workers ……… for a 3% pay increase.
● Before leaving for Australia, Ray sold his car and ……… his account at the local garage.
● The contents of the jar ……… during the long car journey and it no longer looked so full.
3. ………………………
● It is necessary to wash clothes made from ……… fibres at a low temperature.
● Negotiations between the rival factions have reached a very ……… stage, with neither side willing to give an
inch.
● Although it is made from various root vegetables, the dish has a very ……… taste.
4. ………………………
● When the commanding officer entered the room, the young cadets all ……… to attention.
● They were moving steadily through the seemingly impenetrable jungle when suddenly a large animal ………
at them from out of the undergrowth.
● With the arrival of the ebullient young actor, the party really ……… to life.
5. ………………………
● Because he failed to ……… up for the job interview, Mr Garrard has been crossed off the shortlist of
applicants.
● In terms of recognition, Tamsin had little to ……… for all the effort she’d put into reorganising the office.
● Despite her poor reception in New York, the artist is still keen to ……… her work across the rest of USA.
VI. Write ONE word that best fits each gap.
Science Fact and Science Fiction
When writers attempt to anticipate the future, they often only succeed in providing an interpretation of the
present. This (1) …………………………. be seen in the fantasies produced by science fiction writers in the middle of the
twentieth century. Almost nothing has turned (2) …………………………. the way that these writers expected. Although
they (3) …………………………. manage to predict intelligent robots, they completely (4) …………………………. to anticipate
the developments in communications technology that would make them possible. This means that science fiction
written before 1980 now seems absurdly dated, and what strikes you most (5) …………………………. the curious
absence of personal computers, e-mail and the Internet. Science fiction writers, it seems, were remarkably (6)
…………………………. on the uptake when (7) …………………………. came to grasping the extent to (8) ………………………….
the nature of communications would change.

Instead, their focus was (9) …………………………. much on rocket technology and space travel. For they (10)
…………………………. not to know that lunar landings, so exciting at the time, would actually lead nowhere. There are

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no human colonies on the Moon, (11) …………………………. alone on Mars and the idea that people might eventually
populate the cosmos seems even (12) …………………………. the realms of possibility now than it did then, despite half
a century of bewilderingly rapid technological progress.
VII. You are going to read a magazine article about six young people who have been successful in various artistic
fields. For questions 81-90, choose from the people (A-F). The people may be chosen more than once.
Six to watch
Sarah Carter chooses six young people to watch in various artistic fields.
A. Yasmin Shahmir - singer
‘I was so excited. I felt euphoric,’ says Yasmin having heard her first single being played. After five years spent
DJing, this is one milestone the 22 year-old will never forget. The feline-eyed singer cuts a striking figure and you
sense she was not destined to stay behind the decks forever. ‘The song is about a time in my life when I was really
going out on a limb - I’d quit my university course and moved to London where I was up for whatever life threw at
me. At school I’d never been like others - I’m half-Iranian, half-English and have a weird name. So I stood out a bit -
maybe that’s where my determined attitude comes from.

B. Emma Hart - video artist

Emma Hart is tipped as ‘one-to-watch’. Her output consists of video works, lectures and performances that
challenge the way photographs and film are received. They make witty observations about everyday situations and
ask the viewer to be active and questioning. ‘The focus,’ she says, ‘is on how I use camera, not on what I’m filming.’
Recognition has been hard won. She worked first as a ‘frustrated’ office clerk. Bitten by the photography bug, she
began a degree course but, constantly getting marked down on technical issues, dropped out. However, the
criticism received was probably the making of her - it helped consolidate her artistic ideas, and made her more
determined. It paid off in the end.

C. Danielle Hope - actor

‘I’m 18, I’m a leading lady and a singer. I mean, who’d have thought it?’ Danielle’s life has undergone a
considerable change - last year she was working as a waitress and thinking about applying to drama school.
Instead, she auditioned on a whim and beat 9,000 hopefuls to win the lead role in a forthcoming musical. She
seems remarkably unfazed by the task ahead. ‘I don;t want to let anyone down. It’s self-pressure more than
anything. Of course some will like my performance, some will hate it. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. I won’t
take it to heart - they won’t be criticising me the person, but me the actress. It’s all been so exciting - I’ve no idea
what’s going to be next.’

D. Eudon Choi - fashion designer

Eudon Choi trained as a menswear designer in South Korea and has always enjoyed the support of his family. After
moving to London he won a prestigious award and his collection is soon to be stocked in ‘Brown’s Focus’, an
influential fashion boutique. For all the accolades, Eudon is surprisingly diffident. Is it a strain living up to all the
hype? ‘You can say that again.’ For a relatively new designer, it’s a great start. His inspiration comes from eclectic
sources - he trawls vintage shops for military jackets and has, in the past, taken the aesthetic of the industrial
revolution as his model. Now his clothes are acclaimed by fashion editors and worn by celebrities.

E. Andrew Sheridan - playwright

Andrew Sheridan’s debut play is soon to open in Manchester. It has already been described as ‘the best first play’
by one of a group of leading young playwrights, the friends who initially pushed him into writing. It will be judged
by the actors too, well known to Sheridan after a decade performing on stage and screen, and by his family. His
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his play. A desire to delve into ‘what it is to be human’ primarily drives his writing - ‘what ultimately makes us
stick’. Will his family find it all a bit weird?

F. Sunjeev Sahota - novelist

Sunjeev studied maths at university and didn’t catch the reading bug until relatively late - he didn’t read a novel
until he was 18. Now, after eleven years spent ‘catching-up’, with his own first novel just published - ‘It was just
maybe, maybe.’ Now that it’s out, he feels good. ‘My friends aren’t readers. They’re just normal lads. But they’ve
all bought the book. I’m anxious, slightly, and proud.’

Which of the successful young people

1. is inspired to investigate motivation? ……………..
2. is undaunted by the prospect of future demands? ……………..
3. makes a link between background and character? ……………..
4. appears to have thrived on negative feedback? ……………..
5. seems strangely unassuming given levels of success? ……………..
6. concentrates more on the medium than the message? ……………..
7. was prepared to make a leap into the unknown? ……………..
8. owes success to taking a step on impulse? ……………..
9. has a healthy disregard for adverse comment? ……………..
10. shows an understanding way beyond experience? ……………..
VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given.
1. We know that most people prefer buying car from someone they trust. (known)
Most people …………………………………………………………. buying a car from someone they trust.
2. We expect the President will start speaking at eleven. (due)
The President …………………………………………………………. at eleven.
3. They have been considering widening the road for some time now. (under)
Widening the road …………………………………………………………. for some time now.
4. Peter is not very aware of other people’s feelings. (lacks)
Peter …………………………………………………………. comes to other people’s feelings.
5. If only I hadn’t believed in his lies. (taken)
I wish …………………………………………………………. by his lies.
6. ‘I’ve decided I really want to go on a cruise round the Med this summer,’ said Molly. (heart)
Molly says …………………………………………………………. on a cruise round the Med this summer.
7. It would be in your interest to take an earlier train on Sunday. (off)
You would …………………………………………………………. an earlier train on Sunday.
8. I wish coffee didn’t affect me. (effect)
If …………………………………………………………. me.
9. Visitors can only enter the exhibition if they have booked online. (restricted)
Entrance …………………………………………………………. have booked online.
10. If Stevie hadn’t acted promptly to put out the fire, there might have been more damage to the kitchen. (in)
But …………………………………………………………. out the fire, there might have been more damage to the kitchen.

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