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  1. Describe a situation to illustrate the meaning of the following verbs. Add adjectives that collocate with them.

glimpse

gaze

stare

glance

peep

peer

blink

make out

weep

wink

  1. For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Too late to learn?

After I had fallen over for the eighth time in 25minutes, I realized I (1) ……. not be able to teach myself to ski. I had fallen forwards, backwards and to both sides. I had landed on my wrists, arms, knees, thighs and shoulders and it seemed (2) ………….. were no new ways left to fall, (3) …………… I got in the way of other learners and (4) …………….. knocked down by someone else. I asked a friend (5) ………………. I could do to improve my technique. 'Stop crashing into things,` she said, at (6) …………… point I gave up. I tucked my skis under one arm, dropped them, tucked them under the (7) ……………. and stomped home through the snow in my very uncomfortable snow boots. (8) ……………. my anger, I booked a lesson with an instructor called Jane who was surprised that a 37-year-old could live life (9) …………… no co-ordination. It was this disability that meant my first lesson was wildly unsuccessful. The difference (10) ………….. skiing and sliding out of control down a steep hillis (11) ………… ability to 'snowplough'; meaning that you have to position the skis in an open V-shape with the apex parallel to your nose. If you (12) ………….. make a snowplough, you simply aren't going to step. I found (13) …………….. impossible to turn my feet to the correct angle, and when I finally (14) …………. make a V-shape, it was (15) ……………..could not move out of it! Jane was unimpressed.

  1. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. Book of Changes

I was at a difficult point in my life. Feeling disillusioned byboth work and home life, I realised I had reached a(1) ………….. . The thing was, where to go from here?I talked to various friends, most of whom soon tired of mywhimsical rambling and (2) …………. . One, however,gave me a book, the contents of which, (3) ………………. ,were to be my (4) ……………. .

Called 'The Everyday I Ching', this book (5) ……………. the way I look at life. 'I Ching' is Chinese for 'Book of Changes'. It was originally written in China centuries ago, (6) ……………… by King Wen and his son, and later developed by the Chinese philosopher Confucius, in order to give people (7) …………. in their daily life. As a result of increased interest in Chinese philosophy, Sarah Dening decided to write 'The Everyday I Ching' in a (8) ……………… manner that would render it (9) ……………. to people in the West. She succeeded in creating a wonderful self-help manual that describes the most sensible way to deal with difficult situations, and how to learn from the experience.

It certainly helped me immensely when I needed advice, and has continued to give me (10) ……………. support since then.

  1. ROAD

  2. DECISIVE

  3. CREDIBLE

  4. SALVAGE

  5. REVOLUTION

  6. REPUTE

  7. GUIDE

  8. FORWARD

  9. ACCESS

  10. VALUE