- •Part II
- •The Benefits of Online Fitness Training
- •Part III
- •Good Food Guide to the States
- •In which review are the following stated?
- •Use of english Part I
- •Fingernails growing faster
- •Part II
- •A short history of tattooing
- •Part III
- •India's rainforest by night
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Getting rid of plastic bags
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The sticking plaster
- •Part II
- •How the Tour de France began
- •Part III
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Australian Adventure Holiday
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Chance encounter
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The Orient Express
- •Part II
- •In pursuit of excellence
- •Part III
- •The people of the Orinoco Delta
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •The magnificent carrot
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •An Apple Day
- •A New Approach to Cooking
- •Zookeepers for a day
- •Part II
- •Two Journalists and the Butterflies of Britain
- •Independent journalist Michael McCarthy reports on a new book about butterflies which has made a remarkable impression on him.
- •Learning about Black Bears
- •Conserving Jaguars
- •Ecology in a Volcanic Lake
- •The not so nutty professor
- •Part III
- •The Latest Computer Games
- •Campsites of Australia
- •Use of english part I
- •What makes someone intelligent?
- •The value of walking
- •Fashion hurts
- •Greenpeace
- •Part II
- •Salt consumption and health
- •Environmental issues
- •Kangaroos
- •Flamingos
- •Part III
- •An unusual park
- •The importance of pets
- •The smell of New Zealand birds
- •Evidence of ancient towns found in Amazon
- •Part IV
- •Speaking
- •Listening
- •Section three supplementary files
- •An Autism Treatment as Easy as h2o?
- •Ants Are First Animal Known To Navigate By Stereo Smell
- •As Elders Rock, Emotional Burden Of Dementia Eases
- •Beyond the Brain
- •In Sheep, an Upside To Immune Weakness
- •Arthritis
- •The effect of climate change on migratory birds
- •Allergy Alert
- •Fire Crews Hunt Escaped Hamster
An unusual park
Parks in large cities are (0) … thought of as refuges, as islands of green in seas of concrete. Yet the High Line Park in the (1) … of Chelsea in New York looks on first (2) … like something that urban parks were created to get away from. It's an (3) … steel structure supporting an (4) … rail line that once brought freight cars right into the city's factories. Now the structure has been turned into an (5) … and inviting public park. Walking on the High Line is (6) … any other experience in the city. You can sit surrounded by (7) ... tended plants taking (8) … from the views, or you can walk the line as it slices between old buildings and past (9) … new ones. I have walked the High Line dozens of times, and the (10) … thing is that its vantage point, different from that of any ordinary street, or park, never ceases to surprise and delight. |
0 - USUAL 1 - NEIGHBOUR 2 - SEE 3 - ATTRACT 4 - ELEVATE 5 - INNOVATE 6 - LIKE 7 – CARE, 8 - ENJOY 9 - STRIKE 10 - REMARK |
Exercise 3. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 extremely
The importance of pets
Having friends is (0) …important, and most people spend a lot of time with them. But is there another important type of (1) … that they may be missing out on? Would having a pet be just as good? There is some (2) … to support this interesting (3) … .It is well-known that dogs can form strong bonds with people, and can show signs of (4) … if their owner suddenly leaves (5) … . In the same way, some people feel as close to their pets as to their human friends, gaining (6) … and comfort from their animals. It seems that the (7) … between animals and people goes deeper than might be expected. Studies into the (8) …of gorillas show that these creatures have (9)… relationships that are not so different from our own. So although a pet may never (10) … replace a friend, there is clearly a place for both. |
0 - EXTREME 1 - FRIEND 2 - EVIDENT 3 - SUGGEST 4 - HAPPY 5 - EXPECTED 6 STRONG 7 - CONNECT 8 - BEHAVE 9 – EMOTION 10 - COMPLETE |
Exercise 4. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 presence
The smell of New Zealand birds
New Zealand's native-bird body odour is so strong, it's alerting predators to the birds' (0) … ongoing research shows. The smells may drive some species to (1) … Many bird scents stem from a gland that produces waxes (2) … to keeping feathers healthy. In Europe and the Americas, birds' bodies alter this wax during the (3) … season. During this period the wax's (4) … changes in a way that reduces smells and keeps the birds' nests less (5) … by predators that use their noses to find food. Native New Zealand birds did not do this and their smells are remarkably (6) … Scientists say they have (7) … that New Zealand's birds may be so pungent largely because they were able to get away with it for so long. Native birds never had to mask their scents to improve their (8) … chances. But things eventually changed when rats and cats were introduced into the islands. (9) … of the nests was easy for animals with such good noses. Now many Native New Zealand birds are listed as (10) … by conservation organisations. One solution might be to put some kind of deodorant into the smelly nests in order to prevent predators finding them. |
0 - PRESENT 1 - EXTINCT 2 - ESSENCE 3 - BREED 4 - COMPOSE 5 - DETECT 6 – PLEASE 7 - SUSPECT
8 - SURVIVE
9 - COVER 10 – THREAT
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Exercise 5. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 densely