REVISION I

I.Choose the correct options

1. The story was so funny that we all ______ with laughter.
A.roared
B.bursted
C.died
D.came
2. Likewise, childlike behaviour can also be free, fun-loving, spontaneous and ________.
A.down-to-earth
B.pretentious
C.happy-go-lucky
D.affectionate
3. My father almost _____ the ceiling when I told him about my decision.
A.touched
B.hit
C.reached
D.lost
4. The children arrived at the fair and made a beeline _____ the ghost train.
A.of
B.for
C.in
D.at
5.The woman _______ with pleasure when she saw her daughter get off the plane.
A.beamed
B.tittered
C.sniggered
D.smirked
6. Stop _______ the bush! Come to the point
A.talking out of
B.speaking out
C.laying down
D.beating around
7. Being fired from my job was a blessing in _______ as I soon found a better one.
A.peace
B.offer
C.disguise
D.absentia
 Choose from the sets of synonyms the word which is most appropriate in each case
8.The picture looked very impressive but in fact it had been _______ from another.
A.imitated
B.copied
C.emulated
D.faked
9.We put some ______ of bread everyday out for the birds.
A.chunks
B.crumbs
C.cubes
D.chops
10.He’s promised to come to the party on Friday; ________, I don’t believe him.
A.all told
B.for all
C.all the same
D.for all I care

II.Sentence Transformation
1. He still hasn’t recovered from losing his job last year. (BEING)
He still hasn’t got _________________________________________last year
2.Children and older people are much more prone to infection than young adults. (PICK)
Children and older people ___________________________________easily than young adults.
3.You must try to accept the fact that you’ll never be famous! (TERMS)
You must ________________________________________________ fact that you will never be famous.
4.Selena gets on well with her father-in-law. (TERMS)
Selena is _________________________________________________her father-in-law.
5.Some members of the audience were offended by the words of the song. (GAVE)
The words of the song ______________________________________ some members of the audience.

III.Word Formation

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Begin Industry Far Worry Able

If the worst fear of Russian and Western (0) environmentalists turn out to be true, as seem likely, the (1)
_______ of a single major (2) ______ plant to poison a lake containing one-fifth of planet’s fresh water will be (3)
worrying new evidence of just how (4) ______ the Earth’s life support system can be harmed. Lake Baikal, 400
miles in (5) ______ and the deepest in the world, is one of the last few (6)_______ places on Earth. (7) ______
over in winter. It curves through a part of Siberia where Asia is spiltting apart, the (8) ________ of a future ocean.
More than 5,000 feet in (9) ______ with another four-mile-thick layer of mud (10) _______, the lake’s cold,
oxygen-rich water are full of strange life forms.