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    1. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. You wouldn’t have lost your files through that computer virus, if you had been more

    careless
    careful
    thoughtful
    thoughtless
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    2. First read thè passage; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. After having saved up for years, thè Smith family were fìnally able to make their dream come true. They were ready to travel from Southampton to start affesh in America. However, just a few days before their departure, one of their children, Nancy, carne down with scarlet fever; and they were unable to leave on thè date planned. Thè family were all disappointed as thè tickets for thè ship could not be refunded. However, a few days later thè terrible news arrived that thè Titanic, thè ship thè Smith family should have travelled on, had sunk, taking hundreds of people with it. According to thè passage:

    thè Smith family gave away their tickets.
    they booked on thè wrong boat.
    thè children were all too sick to travel.
    Nancy indirectly saved thè family.
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    3. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Ito cali you, but I forgot.

    supposed
    thought
    meant
    pretended
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    4. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. FU take you to thè airport, 1 have enough time.

    as far as
    as long as
    as well as
    as much as
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    5. First read thè article; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Excessive pressure at work can lead to stress, and this can negatively influence thè health of employees. Stressed staff are generally much less motivated and develop a negative relationship with superiors, which in thè end leads to them wasting time on personal activities, such as messaging on their celi phone, exploring thè intemet, and chatting through social media. In some cases, it can lead to absenteeism, with employees taking periods off sick. All these consequences represent a cost for a company. We could say these are hidden costs, as they are not automatically calculated, whereas creating a relaxed atmosphere pays. It should be company policy to create a happy, healthy, therefore positive workplace, which, in tum, improves company performance. According to thè article:

    company performance improves with stress
    company policy creates stress
    stressed staff spend all their time on social media
    stress represents a cost to thè company
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    6. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. He gets his new business, so he doesn’t need to advertise.

    by word of mouth
    by passing thè words
    by thè grapevine
    by mouth to mouth
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    7. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Thè pay gap is incredibly large; it’slast year.

    a little farther than
    nowhere near as
    much thè same as
    far greater than
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    8. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Goodbye, it’s been a great pleasurewith you.

    doing business
    having business
    making business
    getting business
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    9. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. We’re spending far too much; we need toour costs.

    cut back on
    curb down on
    drop down on
    drag back on
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    10. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. All candidates have a right to take thè exam.

    in spite of age
    regardless of age
    however their age
    in doubt of their age
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    11. First read thè passage; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. If they roll out thè red carpet for you, should you be overjoyed or concemed? Thè latter if you happen to be like King Agamemnon. Despite thè recent associations with thè glamour of Hollywood and thè happy landings of foreign heads of state and royalty, thè first mention of a red or crimson ‘carpet’ led to a different end to that expected by thè protagonists. In thè play by Aeschylus, Queen Clytemnestra, rightly suspicious of her husband’s amorous attentions while he was away at war, prepares a red path ‘to lead thè unwary king to his death’. Some sources say she killed him in thè bath and she certainly took revenge on his travelling companion Cassandra, who she believed to be thè king’s lo ver. According to thè passage:

    A red carpet was, in antiquity, associated with blood.
    Agamemnon was aware of his destiny
    Cassandra wamed thè king to be careful
    Clytemnestra would not put up with thè king’s unfaithfulness.
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    12. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Hedisagree with thè teacher.

    didn’tdare
    was frightened of
    wanted not
    was wary to
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    13. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Thè discovery of vaccines was a great scientifìc.

    breakthrough
    break-out
    outbreak
    breakdown
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    14. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Thè manhis dog.

    suggested me to not touch
    advised me that I don’t touch
    wamed me not to touch
    recommended me not touching
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    15. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. I was lucky to fmd so manyin thè spring sales.

    affairs
    occasions
    bar gai ns
    scoops
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    16. First read thè email; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Dear Ms Harris, Last month our clients sojourned for 3 days in your hotel, Thè Bayview. According to your website, thè hotel is a 5-minute walk from thè seafront; instead, it tumed out to be at least 20 minutes on foot. Although thè rooms were rather large, they were not with a view of thè bay, as advertised and requested. Furthermore, thè rooms were not those of thè website - thè fumiture was old; thè air conditioning was malfunctional, and thè beds were uncomfortable. Thè bathroom lefì something to be desired; my clients complained that thè plumbing made strange noises in thè night, and thè shower was by no means new. I look forward to hearing from you, Sally Greene. According to thè email, thè Bayview Hotel is:

    on thè seafront.
    well fumished.
    thè same as thè website
    in need of renovation.
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    17. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. It was a very bad decision;I should have held on to my old car.

    thinking backwards
    in hindsight
    remembering again
    wishful thinking
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    18. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer.

    Many people haveon thè renovation work. I would say it was money well spent
    complimented
    remarked
    discussed
    responded
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    19. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. It’s no useCathy to help with thè move this weekend. She will only say she’s too busy.

    in asking
    asking
    to have asked
    having asked
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    20. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. There are many positive ideas coming in .......................... their targets are a little too optimistic, in my mind.

    In fact,
    Having said that,
    Thus,
    Whatever,
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    21. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Thè twins are very, but they’re not identical.

    alike
    dose
    likewise
    similarly
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    22. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. If we hadn’t jumped thè queue, wethè train.

    would have missed
    might not have missed
    should have missed
    needn’t have missed
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    23. First read thè article; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Is there any truth in thè belief that bats are blind, or is it a total invention? We don’t normally see bats before twilight, which led some people to suggest that eyes are not so useful for bats. But anyone who has ever held a bat in their hands can see thè little eyes. There are over 1000 different types of bat across thè globe, some of which use echolocation, not sight, as their preferred method for catching insects. When it comes to fruit bats, however, echolocation is no use whatsoever as they drink nectar. These species have sharp vision, and some indeed have visual receptors which can make out ultraviolet wavelengths of tight, outside thè human spectrum. Accordìng to thè article:

    Bats are only ever seen in thè evening.
    Most bats use a combination of sound and vision to hunt insects.
    Some bats have infra-red sensors to orientate themselves.
    Nectar-drinking bats can see colours that we cannot.
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    24. Complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. Thè computer labnow, so you can’t go in.

    is be cleaned
    is being cleaned
    has been cleaned
    is cleaned
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    25. First read thè article; then complete thè sentence with thè correct answer. One of thè customs habitually associated with thè British is tea-drinking. Even though thè Chinese were drinking tea in thè third millennium BC, it is thè British drawing room or garden that is invariably associated with thè ceremony of tea drinking. Yet tea only made its entrance in Britain around 1660, popularized by thè Portuguese wife of Charles IL It would be another 200 years before thè Duchess of Bedford, feeling hungry at around 4PM, instituted thè tradition of inviting guests for aftemoon tea. Fortunately, she was also able to offer them filled slices of bread ‘invented’ a little earlier by thè Earl of Sandwich. So popular did it become that by thè 1880’s upper class ladies would change into long gowns especially for thè occasion. According to thè article:

    Drinking tea is an indicator of social status.
    Thè wife of Charles II made her own tea.
    Thè Duchess of Bedford should be credited with thè time for drinking afternoon tea.
    Thè Earl of Sandwich drank tea to help him eat his sandwiches.
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