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Unit 1 3 decompose 7 shan’t understand

4 deduct 8 to make
A 5 analyse 9 are going to play
1 back 6 interpret 10 will already have deduced
2 rut 7 calculate
3 pain 8 dissolve Unit 3
4 edge 9 disintegrate
5 head 10 eradicate A
6 arm’s 1 They decided they would have to
B
7 grudge cut back on the number of free
8 anger 1 on
meals they gave to the homeless.
9 foot 2 within
2 You’ve got to face up to the
10 courage 3 behind
fact that you have to find
11 pride 4 before
another job.
12 head 5 in
3 His request for help fell on deaf
6 at
ears.
B 7 ahead
4 How could I turn my back on
1 overjoyed 8 by
all those children needing
2 drift 9 outside
medical aid?
3 mutual 10 off
5 Why not try not to jump on the
4 remote bandwagon? Be original!
C
5 breeds 6 It seems they always fall back
6 abnormal 1 c 2 d 3 b 4 b
5 a 6 a 7 b 8 c on the same old celebrities to
7 inseparable help collect money for charity.
8 obsessive D 7 A crisis always seems to bring
9 arousing 1 Little by little this type of out the best in the public and
10 gullible artificial intelligence will have everyone helps each other.
11 platonic become obsolete by the end of 8 Why are we running up against
12 out the century. so many bureaucratic
C 2 I’m just about to go in to the problems?
1 b 2 c 3 b 4 a laboratory. 9 The point has been reached at
5 a 6 b 7 b 8 c 3 As soon as we hear from our which we can no longer bury
researchers in Taiwan, we’ll our head in the sand.
D respond to your query. 10 He is hoping that a lot of
1 started 4 A cure for malaria is bound to wealthy people will get behind
2 had been talking be discovered some time in the his cause.
3 recommended next decade.
4 stuck 5 Changes in the way we study B
5 was always missing may occur in the twenty- 1 picketed
6 had been training twenties, a decade which is fast 2 condone
7 had been approaching. 3 dispersed
8 was hoping / (hoped) 6 She’s really looking forward to 4 prosecuted
spending Saturday at the 5 persecuted
E university Physics Fair. 6 condemn
1 would watch 7 If I don’t win that research 7 alarmed
2 meet grant, I shan’t be very happy 8 banned
3 promised about it. 9 suppressed
4 did you use to 8 We’ll worry all evening unless 10 favoured
5 used you phone and/to tell us
6 used to you’re/are safe and sound when C
7 never used to you get home. 1 People were frequently abused in
8 didn’t use to 19th century British workhouses.
E
2 Prejudice can occasionally
1 is looming
Unit 2 2 will ever discover
drive people to commit crimes
against their neighbours.
A 3 be going
3 The oppression of certain
1 infer 4 to want
groups of people has been
2 estimate 5 develop (have developed)
frequent throughout history.
6 have read
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 4 In order to humiliate them, 6 analogous D
people are ignored and ridiculed 7 two-sided 1 Had I known you’re a
by callous bullies. 8 famously vegetarian, I would have made
5 I try to be unbiased when (I’m) 9 long-lost you something different.
following political debates. 10 deactivated 2 Were the decision up to my
6 No effort will be spared in our younger brother, he would
D
attempt to be heard. choose Florida for our holiday.
7 If you get your house painted 1 have
3 If I might make a suggestion, I
by professionals, it’s cheaper in 2 ought
think we should keep Jack in
the long term. 3 well
the loop.
8 A police officer must be obeyed 4 didn’t
4 If he hadn’t made such an
by his dog at all times. 5 can’t
unwise choice, he wouldn’t
6 needn’t
D regret it now.
7 May
5 If you will dash her hopes,
1 c 2 b 3 b 8 had
she’s bound to feel pessimistic.
4 a 5 c 6 a 9 daren’t
6 We’re sure to be fine provided
7 a 8 b 9 a 10 won’t
everyone makes an effort.
E E 7 If your crowd is going to come
1 interviewed 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 b with you, make sure you bring
2 them made 5 a 6 c 7 b 8 c more food.
3 are said 8 As long as you’ve studied
4 walking everything and you don’t go to
Unit 5 bed late, you can’t fail.
5 were told
6 have it done A E
7 is said 1 to 1 Whether 2 should
8 behind 2 In 3 If you 4 might
9 yourself arrested 3 of 5 Were you to 6 gave
10 send 4 in 7 don’t 8 be
5 In
Unit 4 6 over
Unit 6
7 of
A 8 of A
1 choir 9 down
1 nest
2 troupe 10 up
2 off
3 entourage 11 up
3 out
4 board 12 with
4 resort
5 acquaintance
B 5 broke
6 diaspora
1 track 6 rolling
7 speaking
2 rough 7 side
8 mob
3 criticism 8 red
9 side
4 backbone 9 cuts
10 best
5 setback 10 strapped
11 clickbait
12 keep 6 bleak B
7 corner
B 1 treasurer
8 spots
2 squandered
1 cultivate 9 chances
3 blackmail
2 keep 10 towel
4 dosh
3 avatars 11 back
5 well-off
4 crowdfunding 12 chance
6 of
5 in
C 7 bet
6 up factions
1 wanted 8 affluent
8 tag
2 had asked 9 down on
9 tribe
3 are 10 crooked
10 base
4 would only ever give C
C 5 ‘re putting
1 b 2 b 3 c 4 b
1 diversity 6 Will you still love
5 c 6 c 7 a 8 a
2 proximity 7 ‘ll be
3 friendship 8 solve
4 discontinued 9 wouldn’t be telling
5 contradiction(s)

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D C 10 the hard way
1 Never (in our lives) had we 1 c 2 b 3 b 4 a 11 drop
seen such a tremendous waste 5 c 6 a 7 c 8 c 12 in
of money. C
D
2 It was such an opulent hotel
1 city centre proper 1 count
(that) I felt uncomfortable there.
2 serious 2 off
3 You’d better stop spending so
3 responsible person 3 books
much on shoes.
4 Hardly 4 unintelligible
4 I wish I had invested my money
5 absolutely 5 saved
when I had the chance.
6 terribly 6 accordance
5 Under no circumstances should
7 surprisingly 7 in
you tell him you have so much
8 hungrily 8 course
money in the bank.
6 No sooner had he been paid E D
than he had gambled his money 1 The folk concert we stumbled 1 c 2 a 3 c 4 a
away. upon was surprisingly good. 5 c 6 b 7 b 8 a
7 Don’t be so extravagant with 2 The hotel room was absolutely 9 c 10 a
your money! You’ll need it spotless.
when you’re older. E
3 Staying on the right path back
8 Only after ten years did the 1 She inquired whether/if we
to the village was virtually
markets recover from the crisis. were enjoying our course.
impossible,
9 I’d rather you didn’t tell my 2 Ryan complained about the way
4 The streets of the town were
parents that I’ve lost my job. / how he was always whistling
deceptively narrow, making it
and making strange noises in
E tricky to drive through.
exams.
1 did they squander 5 It is not difficult to understand
3 She wondered why he had been
2 I wasn’t always how the sudden influx of noisy
asking about her.
3 Wouldn’t wish tourists has annoyed local
4 “All right, you can stay up late
4 had asked residents.
on Friday evening to watch the
5 will she lend 6 Hardly any of us were brought
final.”
6 could spend (our) dessert before midnight.
5 Mrs Galbraith accused the class
7 would never have bought 7 Considering his hatred of
of taking her copy of the
8 would stop flying, he took the plane
answers.
9 had fallen unusually enthusiastically.
6 Mr Black asked Stephen to take
8 Practically no rooms were
them over to his desk.
available in the whole city,
Unit 7 thanks to Carnival.
7 I promise I won’t let you give
up on yourself or on your
A future.
1 riot of colour Unit 8 8 Our history teacher reminded us
2 dawn on them all to change our clocks on /
A
3 On a whim that Saturday.
4 satisfy their curiosity 1 thesis
5 stumble upon 2 ropes
6 out of this world 3 hypothesis Unit 9
7 stone’s throw 4 submission A
8 sense of adventure 5 lines
1 a 2 b 3 c 4 a
9 wipe them out 6 syllabus
5 d 6 a 7 b 8 c
10 spur of the moment 7 act
9 d 10 b 11 a
11 bucket list 8 infinite
12 play it by ear 9 methodology B
10 all 1 hierarchical
B 11 indicator 2 references
1 educational 12 papers 3 agency
2 long-held / widely-held 4 tenancy
B
3 phenomenal 5 dismissal
4 inquisitive 1 on
6 independent
5 desirable 2 apply
7 disenfranchised
6 thirst 3 scope
8 mediocrity
7 narrow-minded 4 analysis
9 self-sufficient
8 tranquility 5 bibliography
9 sustainable 6 on C
10 injection 7 by 1 both
11 oddity 8 intellect 2 where
12 deciding 9 arguments 3 which

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 4 all 7 He wants to win you over so C
5 given (that) you’ll buy him the latest 1 knowing
6 having video game. 2 signing
7 whose 8 What do you think they are 3 trying
8 who driven by: materialism and 4 to try
9 Much greed or fame? 5 to please
10 from 6 to shake hands with
C
D 7 accounting
1 d 2 a 3 d 4 b
8 to sign
1 Walking 5 d 6 d 7 a 8 b
9 pleasing
2 Having lived
D 10 talking to
3 advertised
4 liberated / having been liberated 1 each other D
5 Having been warned 2 great deal
1 to direct
6 given 3 no one
2 publishing
7 holding 4 a
3 Knowing
8 having looked 5 fewer
4 laugh
9 drawn 6 anybody
5 coming
7 one another
E 6 creating
8 The
7 to be ignored
1 allowing 9 reasons
8 to mention
2 Despite 10 none
3 not that I would 11 some E
4 In view of 12 ourselves 1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b
5 due to 5 b 6 b 7 c 8 a
E
6 whose
7 Being 1 an Unit 12
8 who 2 -
A
3 anything
Unit 10 4 each 1 mannerisms
5 the 2 long-gone
A 3 values
6 little
1 caption 4 ancestry
7 nothing
2 column 5 strongly-held
8 -
3 time 6 diversity
9 They
4 essence 7 disrespect
10 number
5 jingles 8 tight
6 degree Unit 11 9 forces
7 rule 10 mists
A
8 billboard
9 splash 1 hand B
10 edition 2 a comeback 1 deep-rooted
3 limelight 2 assumptions
B 4 acclaimed 3 tolerance
1 Product endorsement and 5 discreetly 4 sensitivity
advertising account for a large 6 instalments 5 irreverent
part of his income. 7 lampooned 6 renewal
2 He won the telephone vote 8 conspiracy 7 fondness
easily thanks to everyone in his 9 dropped 8 sanity
home town getting behind him. 10 of 9 heritage
3 They’re hoping to talk him 11 map 10 ever-present
into filming a campaign 12 correspondent
infomercial for them. C
B 1 culturally
4 I always enjoy passing the
time on a plane flicking through 1 b 2 d 3 d 2 observed
the inflight magazine. 4 c 5 d 6 d 3 turning
5 They use emotional 7 b 8 c 9 a 4 integrate
manipulation as a way of 5 put
getting people to donate more 6 oral
money. 7 indigenous
6 It is said that materialism has 8 dowry
taken over at the expense of 9 clash
happiness and our sense of
community

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D 5 What I’d really like to do right E
1 All I had ever read about these now is try some of the 1 What
islands was encapsulated in this traditional food. 2 who
one great carnival fortnight. 6 All they think about all year is 3 All
2 What you need to do is watch preparing for the annual 4 It
this documentary before you processions. 5 what
go. 7 It is often forgotten /not often 6 It
3 It annoys me that it is often said remembered that the name 7 that
traditions are dying out, when it Oxford traditionally meant ‘a 8 It
isn’t true. place where cows cross the 9 when
4 Halloween was unknown in the river’. 10 What
USA until/before people from 8 It was her grandmother who
Ireland and Scotland emigrated taught her everything she
to America. knows about traditional songs
and tales.

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