2. a) ground b) basis c) root d) plot
3. a) Behind b) Beneath c) Besides d) Between
4. a) grow b) do c) form d) make
5. a) fact b) true c) real d) actual
d) fit 6. a) able b) expert c) skilled
7. a) repeat b) heart c) memory d) mind
8. a) come b) reach c) go d) arrive
9. a) however b) despite c) although d) whether
10. a) lines b) notes c) book d) page
11. a) rule c) trust d) belief b) certainty
12. a) awareness b) touch c) grasp d) feeling
13. a) degrees b) qualities c) measures d) practices
14. a) let b) set c) put d) cut
15. a) benefit b) favour c) gain d) profit

Test 6
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

A Practical Joke Mr and Mrs Parker were having a quiet day at home. Their
18-year-old daughter was away in Wales ___ (1) with a friend. Suddenly stay
the phone ___ (2). A hoarse voice told Mr Parker that his daughter ring
___ (3) and that he had to pay a ransom of $2,000. He was also warned that kidnap
if he ___ (4), he would never see his daughter again. The voice then not pay
gave him instructions about where and when to hand over the money. one
Mr Parker took the ___ (5) train to Wales. He went to the hotel and gave
the briefcase with the money to a woman in a scarf and a raincoat. At 11 p.m.
the same evening, to his great relief, his daughter came back home. She happy
looked ___ (6) than ever and could hardly stop herself from ___ (7) laugh
when she handed him his briefcase with $2,000. It turned out that she decide
and her friend ___ (8) to play a practical joke. The joke ___ (9) but, work
strangely enough, Mr and Mrs Parker ___ (10) it as much as their not enjoy
daughter did!

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

How to Learn Vocabulary Students are under enormous pressure to learn
huge amounts of vocabulary but they are rarely given ___ (1) as to how to guide
go about it. They have a ___ (2) to try and learn long lists by tend
heart, but this is hardly the most ___ (3) approach to the problem. efficiency
The golden rule is to do lots of ___ (4) at regular intervals. Secondly, revise
students should concentrate on words with the highest ___ (5), particularly frequent
everyday words which also improve the students’ spoken ___ (6). fluent
They should also take every opportunity to use the words in communication –
there is considerable ___ (7) evidence that learners who like psychology
using the foreign language improve their oral ___ (8) and their perform
overall ___ (9) of the language much more rapidly than acquire
students who are ___ (10) to practise the language in real situations. reluctance

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Keeping fit and staying healthy have become а growing industry. ___ (1) apart from the amount of money spent each year on doctors’ ___ (2) and approved medical treatment, huge sums are now spent on health foods and ___ (3) of various kinds, from vitamin pills to mineral water, not to mention health clubs and keep-fit ___ (4) and videos. We are more concerned than ever, it seems, ___ (5) the water we drink and the air we breathe, and are smoking less, though not yet drinking less alcohol. This does not appear to mean that ___ (6) and sneezes have been banished, or that we can all expect to live to а hundred. To give а personal example, one of my friends, who is а keep-fit ___ (7), а non-smoker and teetotaller, and who is very ___ (8) about what he eats, is at present languishing in bed with а wrist in ___ (9) and а badly sprained ankle. Part of his healthy ___ (10) is to play squash every day after work, and that ___ (11) for the ankle. He also cycles everywhere, and if you have ever tried to cycle through the rushhour traffic with а sprained ankle, you will understand ___ (12) he acquired the broken wrist. For _____ (13), it seems, is not just а matter of а good ___ (14) and plenty of exercise. Too much exercise can be harmful, as many joggers have discovered. Eating the right food can easily become an obsession, as can overworking, which you might have to do so as to be able to afford your ___ (15) of the squash club, your mountain bike, your health food, and а few holidays in peaceful and healthy places.

1. a) Poles b) Far с) Quite d) So

2. a) prescriptions b) surgeries c) hospitals d) payments
3. a) medications b) cures c) drugs d) remedies
4. a) books b) television c) advice d) enthusiasts
5. a) than b) about c) for d) hence
6. a) colds b) coughs c) flu d) fevers
7. a) fanatic b) follower c) fad d) person
8. a) interested b) varied c) detailed d) particular
9. a) crutches b) plaster c) treatment d) danger
10. a) living b) lifetime c) lifestyle d) liveliness
11. a) is b) caters c) depends d) accounts
12. a) how b) that c) whenever d) thus
13. a) fit b) this c) health d) all
14. a) diet b) eating c) menu d) recipe
15. a) share b) visit c) membership d) subscription

Test 7
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

What Can Computers Do?
Computers and microchips _____ (1) part of our everyday lives: we become
read magazines which _____ (2) on computer, we buy things with the produce
help of computers, we pay bills _____ (3) by computers. Just _____ (4) prepare
а phone number involves the use of а sophisticated computer system. dial
In the past, life without computers was much _____ (5) than it is today. difficult
The _____ (6) computers were able to multiply long numbers, but they one
_____ (7) do anything else. Nobody _____ (8) stories about robots not can
and space travel, but now computers are able to do almost all difficult jobs. believe
What makes your computer such а miraculous device? It is а calculating machine speed
that _____ (9) up financial calculations. It is а personal communicator
that _____ (10) you to interact with other computers and with people around enable
the world. And you can even use your PC to relax with computer games.

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

A Challenge for Europe
Although recently there has been a small _____ (1) in the number of people out reduce
of work in Europe, _____ (2) is still the number one _____ (3) employ, society
problem facing the 15 member states of the European Union. Moreover,
_____ (4) of opportunity between men and women is still an issue that equal
_____ (5) in many countries have not come to grips with. In _____ (6) political, professional
such as law and engineering women are still noticeable by their
absence. _____ (7) still discriminate against women in a number of employ
ways even if their _____ (8) are the same as those of men. It would qualify
be a pity if the _____ (9) of the EU on an economic level were marred achieve
by _____ (10) in the vital area of social policy. fail

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Trees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But _____ (1) being nice to look at, trees also _____ (2) an important role in improving the quality of our lives. On a world-wide _____ (3), forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas _____ (4) as carbon dioxide and giving _____ (5) the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighbourhood level, trees also _____ (6) important environmental benefits. They offer shade and shelter, which in _____ (7) reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool _____ (8) buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe. Urban trees are especially important because for many people they provide the only daily _____ (9) with the natural world. What’s _____ (10), urban trees also provide a home for birds, small animals and butterflies. _____ (11) the trees we would lose the pleasure of seeing these creatures in our cities. Regrettably, _____ (12), trees in cities are now coming under _____ (13). There is a limit to the level of pollution they can _____ (14) and, down at street level, their roots are being seriously _____ (15) by the digging needed to make way for modern telephone, television and other cables.

1. a) as far as b) as long as c) as soon as d) as well as

2. a) play b) show c) act d) serve
3. a) scale b) size c) range d) area
4. a) called b) known c) titled d) referred
5. a) in b) away c) up d) out
6. a) bring b) make c) take d) find
7. a) turn b) place c) order d) reach
8. a) opposite b) close c) next d) nearby
9. a) junction b) touch c) contact d) taste
10. a) more b) else c) most d) other
11. a) Throughout b) Beyond c) Without d) Outside
12. a) therefore b) whilst c) however d) despite
13. a) risk b) threat c) danger d) warning
14. a) stand in for b) face up to c) put up with d) fall back on
15. a) concerned b) disturbed c) interfered d) involved

Test 8
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

Street Styles
Many people, especially young people, wear things which express their ideas
and feelings about life. If a boy _____ (1) very short, almost shaven hair, have
people expect him _____ (2) right wing politics. But boys with very have
long hair _____ (3) to have left wing politics. A boy who wears a leather think
jacket _____ (4) in bits of metal will probably ride a motorbike. The cover
rules of fashion are not as rigid as they once _____ (5) and today’s be
teenagers _____ (6) any particular trend at all. But teens are very not follow
influenced by _____ (7) and they have a desire to buy more luxurious celebrity
items. Street styles _____ (8) by the big fashion designers. In fact, not create
the fashion designers often use ideas from street fashions. But some
leaders of British fashion have enough ideas of _____ (9) own. One of them they
is Jean Muir, whose designs let her be one of the _____ (10) designers. good

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

I have only been once to an art _____ (1). In fact, the Tate in London exhibit
was my _____ (2) to modern art, but although the gallery was introduce
quite interesting, I found the pictures difficult to understand. The _____ (3) paint
in the exhibition were by famous _____ (4) from all over the world. Our art
guide told us about each painting, and I listened carefully to her _____ (5). explain
After she had given us а _____ (6) of а painting by Picasso, 1 asked her describe
what it all _____ (7). She said we should not look for meaning but for _____ (8), mean, please
as the most important thing was to enjoy the shapes and colours.
_____ (9), I found this advice а complete _____ (10). person, reveal

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Whenever we read about the natural world nowadays, it is generally to be _____ (1) dire predictions about its imminent destruction. Some scientists go so _____ (2) as to assert that from now on, the world can no longer be called ‘natural’, insofar as future processes of weather, _____ (3), and all the interactions of plant and animal life will no longer carry on in their time-honoured way, unaffected by _____ (4). There will never be such а thing as ‘natural weather’ again, say such writers, only weather _____ (5) by global warming. It is hard to know whether to believe such _____ (6) of doom, possibly because what they are saying seems too terrible to be _____ (7). There are other equally influential scientists who argue that climate has changed many times over the _____ (8), and that what we are experiencing now may simply be part of an endless cycle of change, rather than а disaster on а global _____ (9). One cannot help wondering whether these attempts to wish the problem away _____ (10) underline the extent to which western industrialised countries are to blame for upsetting the world’s _____ (11). It is not our fault, they seem to be saying, because everything is all right, really! One certain _____ (12) which is chilling in its implications, is that there is no longer anywhere on the earth’s _____ (13), whether in the depths of the oceans or in the polar wastes, which is not _____ (14) by polluted air or _____ (15) with empty cans and bottles. Now we have to come to terms with understanding just what that means, and it is far from easy.

1. a) made b) given c) told d) granted

2. a) much b) often c) really d) far
3. a) change b) atmosphere c) climate d) even
4. a) beings b) man c) people d) humans
5. a) built b) manufactured с) affected d) organised
6. a) prophets b) champions c) warriors d) giants
7. a) stopped b) true c) guessed d) here
8. a) top b) again c) centuries d) world
9. a) sense b) form c) scale d) existence
10. a) simply b) to с) chat d) or
11. a) future b) ecology с) balance d) population
12. a) fact b) must с) fault d) and
13. a) planet b) atmosphere c) anywhere d) surface
14. a) full b) stained c) breathing d) only
15. a) even b) recycled c) littered d) bothered

Test 9
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

Things That Go Bump In The Night
It was quite late on a Friday night. Bill and Lora were having supper in their
new house. Things still felt a bit strange so they _____ (1) much notice not take
when they heard someone _____ (2) about noisily in the move
house next door. From the windows they _____ (3) see figures in the can
front garden. Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbours _____ (4) have
some sort of party. ‘That’s all right,’ said Bill. ‘Our neighbours dislike big
_____ (5). I hope they _____ (6) us long.’ Not long after, party, not disturb
they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. Bill and Lora
went to bed and _____ (7) all about it. At breakfast early the next day, forget
they heard someone _____ (8) loudly. Their neighbours arrived back shout
home and discovered that some _____ (9) _____ (10) all their furniture thief, take
and valuables from the house.

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

The most _____ (1) pop group in history was the Beatles and the success
most _____ (2) bands of the 1960s and 1970s were male bands. The excite
Spice Girls were _____ (3) when they became _____ (4) in the usual, fame
1990s, but now female pop groups are not only common but quite interest
_____ (5) from а _____ (6) point of view as well. But what happens music
when а schoolgirl suddenly becomes very _____ (7) and well known? wealth
She leaves behind the _____ (8) life other girls lead, earns bore
а lot of money and buys x_____ (9) clothes. She gets _____ (10) to expense, expense
trendy parties. Will she forget all her old schoolfriends?

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Have you ever thought about the future? One of the most amazing predictions I have heard _____ (1) the twenty-first century is that we will be living longer and longer. Scientists will have _____ (2) up with а cure for а lot of the most _____ (3) diseases that people die of at the moment. They say that _____ (4) the year 2050, the average person’s lifespan will have _____ (5) to one hundred years. They also _____ (6) that work will take _____ (7) less of our lives and we will have more _____ (8) time to spend. Robots, which will look more and more _____ (9) human beings, will have taken _____ (10) а lot of the boring everyday _____ (11) we do today. In the next five years, the Japanese will have _____ (12) а robot that understands human speech. This will _____ (13) about а big change in the way we live, and some people see robots as а _____ (14) to human freedom. They are afraid that we will not be _____ (15) to control them and that in the end, they will control us.

1. a) to b) about c) across d) up

2. a) turned b) made c) come d) found
3. a) common b) usual c) everyday d) known
4. a) until b) by c) up to d) on
5. a) gone b) come c) turned d) risen
6. a) predict b) tell c) wait d) advise
7. a) on b) over c) up d) away
8. a) break b) enjoy c) fun d) free
9. a) as b) like c) similar d) how
10. a) up b) off c) over d) in
11. a) jobs b) works c) employment d) occupations
12. a) discovered b) found c) done d) invented
13. a) bring b) turn c) take d) come
14. a) damage b) dream c) threat d) problem
15. a) reaching b) able c) manage d) succeed

Test 10
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

The National Health Service in GB
The NHS (the national health service) in GB _____ (1) centrally and organize
medical insurance is compulsory. There _____ (2) a number be
of private medical insurance schemes in the country. The _____ (3) one big
is BUPA. These days such schemes _____ (4) increasingly popular become
as being more convenient. The modern _____ (5) of the NHS are difficulty
the same as those faced by equivalent systems in other countries. The need
number of old people _____ (6) medical care _____ (7) dramatically grow
since 1998. But the country spends _____ (8) money per person on health care little
than any other country in the western world. One possible reason for this is
the way that GPs _____ (9). The money which they get from the pay
government _____ (10) on the number of consultations they not depend
perform, it depends on the number of registered patients.

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

Primary schools in London are trying out an ambitious plan through which
young children get an _____ (1) to serious music. The idea comes introduce
from а group of famous (_____ 2) who are concerned about the music
_____ (3) of certain types of classical music. They see the plan as survive
one possible _____ (4) to the problem of declining audiences at classical solve
concerts. Their _____ (5) is that an interest in classical music should argue
be developed in early _____ (6). They reject the idea that children child
are _____ (7) in serious music or necessarily find it boring. The group interest
goes into а school and gives а live _____ (8) of а short classical perform
piece and then this is followed by an _____ (9) of how the instruments explain
work. These sessions have proved so _____ (10) that they have now success
become а regular feature in some schools.

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

When faced with some new and possibly bewildering technological change, most people react in one of two _____ (1). They either recoil from anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary, or too _____ (2) or that it somehow makes life less than _____ (3). Or they learn to _____ (4) to the new invention, and eventually _____ (5) how they could possibly have existed without it. _____ (6) computers as an example. For many of us, they still represent а _____ (7) to our freedom, and give us а frightening sense of а future in which all _____ (8) will be taken by machines. This may be because they seem mysterious, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what you can (_____ 9) а home computer for, and you usually get _____ (10) answers about how ‘they give you information’. In fact, even those of us who are familiar with computers, and use them in our daily work, have very little idea of how they _____ (11). But it does not take long to learn how to operate а business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong for no apparent reason. Presumably much the same happened when the telephone and the television became _____ (12). What seems to alarm most people is the speed of _____ (13) change, rather than change itself. And the _____ (14) that are made to new technology may well have а point to them, since change is not always an improvement. As we discover during power cuts, there is а lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board games, that don’t have to be _____ (15) in to work.

1. a) moments b) kinds c) ways d) types

2. a) complicated b) much c) obscure d) tiresome
3. a) formerly b) lively c) personal d) human
4. a) adapt b) react c) conform d) use
5. a) decide b) wonder c) suppose d) admit
6. a) Discuss b) Propose c) Take d) Thus
7. a) hazard b) risk c) control d) threat
8. a) measures b) decisions c) chances d) instructions
9. a) run b) apply c) learn d) use
10. a) vague b) such c) up with d) hundreds
11. a) are b) work c) manage d) consist
12. a) in existence b) widespread c) through d) extensive
13. a) future b) machinery c) physical d) technological
14. a) objections b) appliances c) criticisms d) fears
15. a) wired b) batteries c) plugged d) connected

Test 11
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.

The Benefits System in GB
The _____ (1) way in which people get help is by direct payments of easy
government money. This help comes in various ways and _____ (2) by pay
the Department of the Social Security. Anyone below the retirement age
who _____ (3) for a certain minimum period of time can receive unemployment work
benefit _____ (4) colloquially as ‘the dole’. All retired people _____ (5) know, entitle
to the standard old-age pension, provided that they _____ (6) pay
their insurance contributions for most of their working _____ (7). After life
a certain age, even people who still _____ (8) can receive their pension earn
though at a slightly reduced rate. The government pension, however,
_____ (9) very high. That’s why Personal Pension Plans not be
_____ (10) in July 1988 to extend pension choice and encourage people introduce
to build up a retirement fund.

2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

If you’re interested in getting, then what you need is а training
programme. Although aimed at improving physical fit _____ (1), this programme fit
can also be _____ (2) in such а way that it helps in the _____ (3) design, develop
of particular athletic skills. There is а range of different _____ (4) to active
choose from and а growing amount of scientific (_____ 5) to explain know
the effects of each one. When you begin training, it is important gentle
to start _____ (6), raising the _____ (7) of the programme in а intense
gradual way. Although it is important to work sufficiently hard impress
to make an _____ (8) on your physical condition, the activities shouldn’t
be _____ (9). It is _____ (10), therefore, to ignore warning pain, wise
symptoms such as sharp or persistent pain in particular muscles.

3. Choose the most suitable word for each space.

Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements in communications and yet many people are still very worried _____ (1) using the latest computer technology. I am often _____ (2) to meet colleagues who still don’t know what the ‘е’ in e-mail stands for and they are too _____ (3) to ask. They assume you have to be skilled _____ (4) computers to send а message via е-mail but in fact it is _____ (5) thing in the world. It is also _____ (6) to send an e-mail message _____ (7) to send an ordinary letter or а ‘snail’ message which also takes _____ (8) longer. An e-mail message is only _____ (9) more expensive than а local telephone call to send; on top of the call itself you also have to pay а fee to your ‘server’. If you send а letter by _____ (10) mail it will take а couple of days to get there whereas an e-mail will not take _____ (11) than а few seconds. Once you become _____ (12) to using the system you will be _____ (13) at how much more _____ (14) it is than other means of communication. Of course, before you have access to е-mail, you will need а fairly _____ (15) computer, which can be quite expensive.

1. a) for b) about c) at d) with as

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