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A. Insert A, AN, THE or Φ (zero article) where necessary.
HIGH FLYER
I travel all over _______ world on business and my neighbour thinks my life is one long
holiday. You know what _______ business travel like: up at _______ dawn to catch
_______ plane; _______ breakfast in _______ London, _______ lunch in _______
New York, _______ luggage in _______ Bermuda. When you’re in _______ sky, you
see only snow in _______ Arctic or _______ Greenland. You have glimpses of
_______ Andes or _______ Pacific. You’re always exhausted. Your wife or husband
complains you’re never there to take _______ children to _______ school or put them to
_______ bed. When you get home, your neighbour says, “Another nice holiday, eh? Give
me Home Sweet Home any day!
B. Put in about, down, down on, in, in on, up, up on, up to, up with or to.
A CURE FOR SNORING
It’s very difficult for people who sleep silently to put _________ the sound of snoring.
Some people are asleep the moment the lie _________; other stay _________ half the
night waiting for the miracle of sleep to come _________. Even insomniacs snore.
Insomniacs are the ones who need to lie _________ in the morning to catch _________
lost sleep. Snorers will never admit to snoring. They know the rest of the world looks
_________ them and they just can’t face _________ reality. My friend, Henry, a
champion snorer, has just found a cure and he let me _________ his little secret. He has
just coughed _________ good money for a band with a stud on it. He wears the band
round his head at night and if he tries to sleep on his back, the stud gives him a jab. I’m
sure this news will cheer _________ all snorers, who now have a new experience to look
forward _________. With one of these on their heads, all they have to lose is their sleep!
C. Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The thing I hate about John is his _____________. RELY
2. He examined the parcel _____________, as he had no idea what it could be.
SUSPECT
3. He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later _____________ when a
medical check proved that he had been taking drugs. QUALIFY
4. Before the bridge was built, the island was _____________ from the mainland except

by ferry. ACCESS
5. You can’t neglect your work with _____________ in Mr Brown’s class because he
checks the homework everyday. PUNITIVE
6. After Romeo and Juliet died, their families, who had been _____________ enemies,
became friends. RECONCILE
7. Sandra’s parents were _____________ when they learned she had failed two subjects.
PERTURBATION
8. At breakfast the aroma of freshly brewed coffee _____________ the kitchen and
dining room. PERMEABLE
9. A mother has to be a nurse, housekeeper, shopper, cook, teacher, etc. She plays a
_____________ role. LATERAL
10. Don’t judge the matter by my opponent’s _____________ statement, but wait till you
have heard the other side. LATERAL
D. Choose one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if
it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
1. Financial consultants acknowledge that the value of common stock is inherently
changeable.
A. relatively B. intrinsically C. sporadically D. incrementally
2. In Action Painting, the paint is sometimes dribbled onto the canvas.
A. trickled B. trampled C. stroked D. soaked
3. After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra. Glenn
Miller finally achieved world flame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A. requesting B. trying C. offering D. deciding
4. From an airplane, the grasslands of the western prairie appear almost as uniform as a
placid sea.
A. fake B. seedy C. hilly D. calm
5. The manic depressive usually fluctuates between great excitement and deep
depression.
A. recovers B. falls C. improves D. alternates
6. The Ford Foundation is one of the world’s wealthiest philanthropic organizations.

A. profligate B. governmental C. humanitarian D. multinational
7. The tendency of the human body to reject foreign matter is the main obstacle to
successful tissue transplantation.
A. factor in B. impediment to C. occurrence in D. phenomenon of
8. Summer weather of ninety degrees or more has been reported off and on in Fort
Yokon, Alaska.
A. back and forth B. as of late C. now and then D. on the spot
9. Hypnotized individuals can be induced to act bizarrely.
A. in harmful ways B. against their wills C. oddly D. emotionally
10. A postage stamp has been issued to pay tribute to Hellen Keller and her teacher, Anne
Sullivan.
A. accentuate B. redeem C. honor D. reimburze
1. unreliability 2. suspiciously 3. disqualified 4. inaccessible 5. impunity 6. irreconcilable
7. perturbed 8. permeates 9. multilateral 10. unilateral
E. Verb tense & Verb form
Millions of years ago, trees from now(1) _____________ (vanish) forests produced a
sticky substance that slowly (2) _____________ (harden) into sparkling rocks. Often, the
(3) _____________ (harden) sap would drip onto an unlucky grasshopper or beetle, (4)
_____________ (encase) it in a premature tomb. Today, a piece of amber with such
content is worth thousands of dollars. However, not long ago, miners tossed out these
pieces, believing them (5) _____________ (flaw) and worthless. The preservation of
creatures in amber is (6) _____________ (amaze). Scientists are able to cut the amber
and expose the actual structures of a prehistoric creature’s muscles, eyes, jaws and
nervous systems. Although amber supplies (7) _____________ (decline) in some areas of
the world, it is doubtful that supplies (8) _____________ (deplete) any time soon. New
deposits always (9) _____________ ( discover), (10) _____________ (guarantee) a rich
link to the past.
F. Rewrite the following sentences, using exactly the words given.
1. It was risky of him to ask for more pay although he got a pay rise three months
ago. NERVE

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2. After a hard day of work, he went straight to bed without eating the dinner.
HAY
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3. He got into a panic when he realized that he had lost his passport. HOT
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4. Even though the election is tomorrow, many voters still haven’t decided on the
candidate they are going to vote for. FENCE
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5. Whatever difficulties Mary had, she still attended university. SHINE
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6. Your loud music really drives me up the wall, please turn down a bit. CEILING
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7. That movie star used to have lots of fans, but in recent years he has become
unattractive. TOUCH
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8. The thief had to confess when he was caught in the act. ALTERNATIVE
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9. I give him a job despite lingering doubts about his suitability. QUESTION
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10. I’m afraid our problems are only just beginning. ICEBERG
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G. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it.
1. She thought that she had paid the bill but she hadn’t.
She was __________________________________________________________
2. It’s what people eat that betrays their social background, not their table manners.
What gives ________________________________________________________
3. Do you agree with Jill Tweedie’s views on male female relations?
Are you ___________________________________________________________

4. I can’t believe that the rates are going to remain at the same level this year.
I find _____________________________________________________________
5. Is it because they’re working class that behave like this?
Is it their __________________________________________________________
6. Contact the social Services department if you have any further problems.
Get ______________________________________________________________
7. Apart from Phillip, every one else at the meeting was a party member.
With _____________________________________________________________
8. No tuition fees are payable in any publicly – maintained school.
Publicly – maintained schools do ______________________________________
9. Half the afternoon was spent on clay – modelling.
Clay – modelling ___________________________________________________
10. It was more an argument than a discussion.
It was not so ______________________________________________________
H. Fill in each gap with an appropriate preposition.
1. Tall players are _________ an advantage _________ football matches.
2. I can’t recite the whole poem _________ memory.
3. Has this glass been drunk _________ _________?
4. The kitchen floor looks clean enough to eat _________.
5. There should be some news _________ the hour.
6. Manufacturers must con form _________ and abide _________ certain
standards laid _________ by the goernment.
I. Read the passage. One word is missing from each line. Put an oblique stroke (/)
where the word has been omitted and write the missing word in each blank at the
end of the line.
1. 18,000 years ago, much of Europe lay/ buried vast sheets of ice, beneath__
2. hundreds of metres thick. Even since this astonishing fact discovered _________
3. in the last century, scientists speculated on the nature of the _________
4. Ice Age climate, and the circumstances that brought it to end. _________
5. More recently, people have wondered if climatic changes could be _________

6. place in our own time. During early 1970s there were disastrous _________
7. droughts in Africa, frequent failures of the Indian monsoon. In 1976, _________
8. Europe sweltered the hottest summer for over a century, and experienced _________
9. of the worst droughts since records began. Could such events _________
10. as these symptoms of a world-wide climatic shift? _________
11. Even small changes in climate occur from time to time can have a _________
12. highly effect on agriculture. With food reserves now standing at _________
13. only few per cent of annual production, the world is extremely _________
14. vulnerable adverse shifts in climate. It is therefore vitally important for _________
15. us to understand climatic changes take place. _________
16. Equally is the need to understand why such changes occur. _________
17. Until recently we have assumed that variations regional and global _________
18. observed over the centuries resulted natural phenomena. But _________
19. there now some tentative evidence suggesting that man’s activities _________
20. are already affecting local climates, and may affect regional even _________
21. global climatic patterns in future. _________
22. There are several ways which man could be altering regional and _________
23. global climate. First, the carbon dioxide content the atmosphere is _________
24. increasing, as result of burning fossil fuels. Second, the atmospheric _________
25. transparency is decreasing, because particular matter (dust, sulphates, _________
26. liquid droplets, etc.) being injected the atmosphere from _________
27. such activities industry cars and agriculture. Next – deforestation, _________
28. irrigation, urbanization and agriculture changing the albedo _________
29. of the Earth’s. (The albedo is the percentage of incoming solar _________
30. radiation is directly reflected outward.) Fourth, the atmosphere is _________
31. being directly heated the burning of fossil and nuclear fuels. _________
SUGGESTED ANSWERS
A.
1. the 2. (-) 3. (-) 4. a/the 5. (-) 6. (-) 7. (-) 8. (-) 9. (-) 10. (-) 11. the 12. the 13. (-) 14. the
15. the 16. the 17. (-) 18. (-)

B.
1. put up with 2. lie down 3. stay up 4. come about 5. lie in
6. catch up on 7. looks down on 8. face up to 9. let me in on
10. coughed up 11. cheer up 12. look forward to
C.
1. unreliability 2. suspiciously 3. disqualified 4. inaccessible 5. impunity 6. irreconcilable
7. perturbed 8. permeates 9. multilateral 10. unilateral
D.
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. C 10.C
E.
1. vanished 2. hardened 3. hardening 4. encasing 5. to be flawed 6. amazing 7. are
declining 8. will be depleted 9. are always being discovered 10. guaranteeing
F.
1. He had / took a lot of / the nerve to ask for more pay although he got a pay rose
three month ago.
2. After a hard day of work, he hit the way without eating the dinner.
3. He went hot and cold when he realized that he had lost his passport.
4. Even though the election is tomorrow, many voters still sit on the fence about
whom they are going to vote for.
5. Mary still attended university (come) rain or shine.
6. Please turn down a bit. I really hit the ceiling to listen to your loud music.
7. That movie star used to have lots of fans, but he has lost (his) touch recently.
8. The thief had no alternative but to confess when he was caught in the act.
9. I gave him a job although his suitability for the job was open to question/ in
question.
10. These problems of ours are just the tip of the iceberg.
G.
1. She was convinced that she had paid the bill, but she hadn’t.
2. What gives (away) people’s social background away is what they eat, not their
table manners.

3. Are you in agreement with Jill Tweedie’s views o male/ female relations?
4. I find it hard to believe that the rates are going to remain at the same level this
year.
5. Is it their class/ working class origins that makes/ make them to behave like this?
6. get in touch with the Social Services department if you have any further
problems.
7. With the exception of Phillip, everyone else at the meeting was a Party member.
8. Publicly – maintained schools do not change tuition fees.
9. Clay – modelling was timeabled for/ took up/ half the afternoon.
10. It was not such much a discussion as an argument.
H. 1. at – at 2. from 3. out of 4. off 5. within 6. to – by - down
I.
1. 18,000 years ago, much of Europe lay/ buried vast sheets of ice, beneath
2. hundreds of metres thick. Even since this astonishing fact/ discovered was
3. in the last century, scientists/ speculated on the nature of the have
4. Ice Age climate, and the circumstances that brought it to/ end. an
5. More recently, people have wondered if climatic changes could be/ taking
6. place in our own time. During/ early 1970s there were disastrous the
7. droughts in Africa,/ frequent failures of the Indian monsoon. In 1976, and
8. Europe sweltered/ the hottest summer for over a century, and experienced in
9. /of the worst droughts since records began. Could such events one
10. as these/ symptoms of a world-wide climatic shift? be
11. Even small changes in climate/ occur from time to time can have a that
12. highly/ effect on agriculture. With food reserves now standing at damaging
13. only/ few per cent of annual production, the world is extremely a
14. vulnerable/ adverse shifts in climate. It is therefore vitally important for to
15. us to understand/ climatic changes take place. how
16. Equally/ is the need to understand why such changes occur. important
17. Until recently we have assumed that variations regional and global/ climate
18. observed over the centuries resulted/ natural phenomena. But from

19. there/ now some tentative evidence suggesting that man’s activities is
20. are already affecting local climates, and may affect regional/ even and
21. global climatic patterns in/ future. the
22. There are several ways/ which man could be altering regional and in
23. global climate. First, the carbon dioxide content/ the atmosphere is of
24. increasing, as/ result of burning fossil fuels. Second, the atmospheric a
25. transparency is decreasing, because/ particular matter (dust, sulphates, of
26. liquid droplets, etc.) being injected/ the atmosphere from into
27. such activities/ industry cars and agriculture. Next – deforestation, as
28. irrigation, urbanization and agriculture/ changing the albedo are
29. of the Earth’s/. (The albedo is the percentage of incoming solar surface
30. radiation/ is directly reflected outward.) Fourth, the atmosphere is that
31. being directly heated/ the burning of fossil and nuclear fuels. by