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For questions 1-12 choose the best answer
A
,
B
,
C
or
D
.
1
Please ..... to this email.
A
reply
C
report
B
answer
D
comment
2
Do you ..... meeting her before?
A
remind
C
recollect
B
recall
D
recognise
3
He was ..... pressure to finish it by noon.
A
of
B
over
C
in
D
under
4
She looks ..... to me, but I don’t remember where
I’ve seen her.
A
common
C
familiar
B
recognised
D
known
5
She made a good ..... at the interview.
A
effect
C
impact
B
influence
D
impression
6
It ..... hard work to learn to play the violin.
A
claims
C
requests
B
demands
D
needs
7
The shopping centre ..... a lot of visitors every
month.
A
drives
C
attracts
B
tempts
D
appeals
8
He found it difficult to ..... to the dry climate.
A
accustom
C
use
B
familiarise
D
adapt
9
The restaurant ..... a wide range of
international dishes.
A
presents
C
suggests
B
submits
D
offers
10
He was having second ..... about what he was
asked to do.
A
ideas
C
views
B
thoughts
D
opinions
11
There has been an increase in the ..... of the
country during the last few years.
A
persons
C
population
B
community
D
citizens
12
The team has ..... several matches this season.
A
won
C
gained
B
earned
D
scored
2
a) You are going to listen to a radio
interview. Read the sentences.
What is the recording about? What
type of word(s) could be missing in each
gap (1-10)?
The radio host says you should pay attention if you’re interested
in
and a stronger sense of
community.
The people who share items don’t live more than
away from each other.
Geoffrey’s wife agreed to share her
.
As well as sharing things they own, neighbours also share
.
The programme was modeled on a similar one in
.
The system uses the Internet to organise the sharing programme,
but also to tell people about
in the
community.
Geoffrey and his wife’s next project is to start a
.
Geoffrey suggests delivering
to your
neighbours to tell them all about your ideas for a similar share
programme.
People who have
about their new
neighbourhood share programme should go to the kick-off party.
Geoffrey ends by recommending that
begin a programme like theirs.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Listening for specific information
Read the rubric and the sentences. Try to decide
what could be missing from each gap, i.e. a noun,
a verb, a number, a name, a day of the week, a
month, an activity, etc. Listen and complete the
sentences with words from the extract. Read the
sentences through again and check they make
sense.
b)
Listen and complete the gaps.
Compare with your partner.
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istening
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