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ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in capitals.
1 My sister is not a very person. She keeps changing her mind. DECIDE
2 We are several new designs this season. PRODUCT
3 I was of the man hiding in the doorway. SUSPECT
4 We completed the project on time. Everyone was happy. SUCCEED
5 It’s that he’ll be at the meeting. He hasn’t been invited. LIKE
6 Sometimes you have to be and do things which scare you. COURAGE
7 We have no idea where he went. It’s all very . MYSTERY
8 My parents have always me to do the best I can. ENCOURAGEMENT
9 He’s a person who considers other people’s feelings. THOUGHT
10 The economy is bad at the moment so there is a lot of . EMPLOY
11 Don’t be so . I’m nearly ready. We won’t be late. PATIENCE
12 I like his . He’s always happy and funny. PERSONAL
13 The of the car is its best feature. RELY
14 Do you know the between these two words? DIFFER
15 It was that they were concerned about the move. UNDERSTAND
16 I think your plans are . You’ll never be able to achieve them. REAL
17 I like a job with lots of . I hate doing the same work every day. VARY
18 I found the film rather if I’m honest. BORE
19 We need to the table legs, otherwise it will collapse. STRENGTH
20 His sudden appearance was quite . We all thought he had left. EXPECT
21 There’s nothing more we can do. The situation is . HOPE
22 I went on a very course last week. I learnt a lot. USE
23 We need that this is really the man who took the money. EVIDENT
24 The actor’s at the restaurant caused everyone to turn round. ARRIVE
25 We’re looking for fit, healthy, people to join the team. ADVENTURE
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2 Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

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Helen is a young woman 76 lives and works 77 London. She 78 a very
good job and has been working for her present company 79 nearly four years. But 80 a lot of
people don’t know about her is that 81 weekends she participates in a rather unusual hobby. 82
she looks like a city girl, her passion is studying dolphins. As a 83 , every weekend she travels around
the country to work 84 a volunteer with marine research groups. She hasn’t had the chance to swim
with these beautiful creatures 85 , but she hopes to one day soon. Last Friday evening she set off for
a town on the coast to spend the weekend counting dolphins as part of a scientific study. As she 86
driving through the countryside, the weather changed completely and a dreadful thunderstorm 87 her
pull over and stop the car. Suddenly, lightning struck some trees just in front of the car and they burst into
flames. Panicking, she tried to start the car in 88 to move away from the flames 89 were
reaching out towards her, but the engine wouldn’t start. Then she tried to open the doors, but they seemed
to 90 locked themselves. Helen took a deep breath and tried to calm down. She knew 91
would be a simple solution. She tried pushing all the doors hard and suddenly 92 of them opened. It
was 93 locked, it was just stuck. She climbed out of the car and walked away from it 94 she
could see the burning trees. She looked at 95 carefully and decided they were not going to reach her
car, but she was aware 96 how lucky she had been. As soon as she was 97 longer shaking,
she decided to continue on her journey. 98 she finally arrived at the volunteer centre an hour later,
she told everyone what had happened. They all agreed that she had 99 extremely lucky. Later that
night Helen began thinking how her experience was almost the 100 as the lives of the dolphins she
studies – both affected by luck and the forces of nature.

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TOTAL……./100

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