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14. Does your country import a lot of foreign / strange goods?
15. I felt a bit strange / foreign when I took the pills for the first
time.
7.5. Fill each space in these sentences with an appropriate ad-
jective from the list.
HIGH LAST GREAT LARGE THIN LATEST
GREATEST LARGEST WEAK NATURAL
1. There were some … cliffs beside the sea.
2. The road was covered with a … layer of ice.
3. Who was the … person to see the man alive?
4. This car is the … model and much better than the previous one.
5. The bridge is much too … for all those trucks.
6. It’s … for a child of his age to want his mother.
7. I’d love to visit the …Wall of China.
8. The T-shirt comes in small, medium and … .
9. Glasgow is the … city in Scotland but I prefer Edinburgh.
10. Rembrandt was one of the …painters who ever lived.
7.6. Choose the correct option in italics.
1. He slapped him friendly / in a friendly way on the back.
2. Does that flight go direct / directly or is there a stopover?
3. Many of the senior staff are right / rightly concerned about their
pensions.
4. There’s been a lot of talk about European integration late /lately.
5. Our new cell phone fits easy / easily into the average-sized
pocket.
6. The path leads straight / straightly to the front door.
7. Healthy / Healthwise, stress is probably the most serious prob-
lem today.
8. Animals are now able to wander free / freely throughout the
game reserve.
9. In late spring the gulls nest high / highly on the cliff face.
10. The remains of the Spanish galleon lie deep / deeply under the
ocean.
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11. The minister will give a statement. After / Afterwards, you will be
able to ask him directly.
12. Jackson came pretty close / closely to winning that last race.
13. You’ll never get better if you hard / hardly touch your dinner!
14. In the Denver play-offs the Miami team did real / good well.
15. Some of these kids drive their cars far too fast / fastly.
7.7. Choose those adverbs which can complete the sentence.
Sometimes more than one choice is possible.
1. Clarice … opened the door to the secret compartment.
A slowly В last week С probably
2. We don’t …know the identity of the masked stranger.
A still В really С certainly
3. You can … see the coast from this point.
A definitely В just С as well
4. Our next door neighbors … go there.
A as well В hardly ever С a lot
5. … the boss gives me a hard time.
A Every day В Daily С Sometimes
6. I get the feeling you haven’t … understood my point.
A entirely В really С probably
7. The public don’t … respond in the ways advertisers expect them to.
A sometimes В any longer С always
8. I haven’t been to the cinema … .
A yet В often С very often
9. Signs of radiation leakage have … been reported around the station.
A often В this week С always
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10. … have I been subjected to such outrageous demands.
A Never В Rarely С Frequently
11. I’m afraid the bank does not … permit such large overdrafts.
A generally В any longer С any more
12. The patient … reacts to any kind of bright light.
A badly В immediately С usually
13. He plays the saxophone … .
A too В quite rarely С never
14. The data from those sensors isn’t … reliable.
A absolutely В sometimes С always
15. She treats her children … .
A carefully В well С badly
7.8. Fill in each space with an appropriate word from the list.
NERVOUS EMBARRASSED ENJOYABLE BAD-TEMPERED
USUAL ORDINARY ANXIOUS FORMAL
AMUSING TYPICAL SHY AFRAID
TIRESOME ASHAMED SYMPATHETIC
CULTURE SHOCK
Penny, a friend of mine, has just got back from a trip to Japan. She
had a very (1) … time but there were occasions, she says, when the rather
(2) … behavior of her hosts led to moments of cultural confusion, and at
times she even felt (3) ... by some of the mistakes she made. For example,
it is (4) … for Europeans to call each other by their first names, but this
is not the (5) … way of addressing people in Japan. Now, because Penny
was (6) … to show everyone how friendly she was, she called everyone
by their first name. Most people were (7) … because she was obviously a
foreigner but some became quite (8) … and showed little sympathy.
At first Penny found bowing to people quite (9) … as she is an actress, after all, but after a while it became a bit (10) … having to bow to
everyone you met. Penny is not at all (11) … but after the first few misunderstandings she was (12) … to open her mouth in case she offended
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someone. I myself am quite an experienced traveler, but I would feel (13)
… about putting my foot in it in Japan because there even (14) … people
observe the most elaborate rules of social behavior. Silence, for example,
is nothing to be (15) … of in Japanese culture, but in the West we get very
worried if there are even short periods of silence at social gatherings.
7.9. Fill in each space with a word from the list. Y ou may use the
words more than once.
LOT YOUNGEST ELDEST LIVELIER EXPENSIVE MORE MOST
MUCH THAN THE AS BETTER LESS OLDER
WOOF OR MIAOW?
Cats, as we all know, are (1) … quieter than dogs and a (2) … smaller,
so when my wife and I were debating whether to buy our (3) … son a pet
it seemed (4) … sensible to choose a kitten (5) … a puppy. Our (6) … son,
who is now sixteen, had a tortoise when I he was little but found it the
(7) … I boring pet on earth. At least a kitten would do (8) … interesting
things (9) … a tortoise. However, the little spaniel we saw in one shop
was, my wife said (10) … cutest thing she had ever seen. I didn’t argue
because, although cats are not (11) … noisy as dogs, they are much (12)
… entertaining. Dogs, they say, are also (13) … intelligent. Cats, like
tortoises, don’t do much: they tend to just sit around all day, looking as
enigmatic (14) … a sphinx – and just as dull. Dogs are much (15) … and
we both felt young Edward would learn more from that frisky little spaniel (16) … he would from any cat. The (17) … Edward grew (18) … more
difficult it became to keep him occupied and we both felt a dog would be
a (19) … companion for him from that point of view. Admittedly, cats are
(20) … demanding and also less (21) … to look after but we thought that
such a beautiful spaniel was worth it.
7.10. Read the article and decide which word (A – C) best fi ts
each space (1–10).
FAKES FOUND IN MAJOR MUSEUMS
Oscar Whire Muscarella, a highly respected archeologist at New
York’s Metropolitan Museum, claims that more than 1,250 forgeries are
on display in the world’s leading museums and art galleries. In his latest
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book Muscarella specifically names 37 forgeries in the Louvre, 16 in the
British Museum and 45 in his own museum in New York. Muscarella’s
earlier claims have been heavily (1) ... by some museum officials who are
(2) ... opposed to his arguments. But Muscarella has (3) ... good scientific evidence for his claims, showing that over 40 per cent of the objects
examined by the Oxford Thermo-luminescence laboratory are fakes.
The reason for the quantity of forgeries is (4) ... simple. Because
many of the objects in our museums were found by amateurs and illegally
exported from their countries of origin they have no official provenance
or documented history. Museums are painfully (5) ... of this embarrassing problem and as a result they have been known to overlook the lack of
written records before accepting or buying antiquities. This makes it (6)
... impossible to detect forgeries, especially if they are accurate copies.
But in fact many forgeries are (7) ... obvious as they are often copied from a photograph which only shows the front of an object. When
examining the back of the forgery they can look (8) ... different from the
original. But museum officials tend to be (9) ... conservative and hate to
question objects which have been sitting in their collections for many
years.
Muscarella specialises in the ancient Middle East, and this is the
area of archaeology in which he has found so many forgeries. But his
research has had the effect of undermining the reputation of some of
our most (10) ... regarded institutions, and this should be of concern to
anyone who values our cultural heritage.
AB C
1 discussed rejected criticized
2 bitterly highly rather
3 perfectly absolutely somewhat
4 virtually quite really
5 conscious understanding aware
6 very virtually pretty
7 a bit entirely deeply
8 completely absolutely almost
9 heavily dead deeply
10 very highly absolutely
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7.11. Complete the sentences, using adjectives with SUCH or SO.
1. It was … that I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face.
2. The canteen served … food that nobody could eat it.
3. It was … car that the police couldn’t catch it.
4. The case was … that nobody could lift it.
5. It was … lecture that I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
6. This language is … that foreigners can’t learn it.
7. He was … person that everybody liked him.
8. I was … that I went to sleep standing up.
9. I wish my hair weren’t … .
10. I wish I hadn’t got … .
7.12. Add these adverbs to this text.
ACTUALLY CERTAINLY NERVOUSLY PROBABLY
STILL UNCONTROLLABLY APPARENTLY COMPLETELY
OF COURSE SERIOUSLY VERY UNFORTUNATELY
A GHOST STORY
“Have you seen the ghost?” I asked.
“More than once”, the old man replied, “(1) … , I have a photograph. Want to see it?”
This is absurd, I thought, but asked, “Did you take a photo of the
ghost?”
“No, not me. It’s a photo of Lady Barnett from an old newspaper
report of her death. She’s wearing a long white gown, almost (2) … the
same one she wears when she appears at night”.
He said all this (3) … (4)… as if it was solid evidence for the truth of
his ghostly tale. “She was rich and, (5) … for her, she was murdered for
her money. It all happened about ten years ago. The police thought it
was her husband who did it. He disappeared soon after. They found him
later, locked in a small basement room. His hair had turned (6) … white
and his eyes were wide open. He was dead, (7) … . He was clutching the
key to Lady Barnett’s safe deposit box in the bank. I think her ghost had
(8) … found him and had scared him to death”.
“Oh, my god! And she-she-she … is she still here?”
I found myself stuttering (9) … .
“Oh, yes. I think she (10) …walks through the house in search of his
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mistress. She only appears when there’s a new woman in the house, (11)
… her husband was in love with another woman and he just wanted Lady
Barnett’s money so he could run away with her”.
“What happened to the mistress?” I asked rather (12) … , looking
round the dark room. “Nobody knows”, he answered. “But if I was her,
I would stay far away from this house”.
7.13. Make the right choice.
SCHOOL REPORT SHOCKS PARENTS
Teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to control classes of
young pupils, says a report published yesterday. The evidence from the
100 schools which were involved in the study is not (1) encouraged /
encouraging. The report paints a (2) depressing / depressed picture of
schools up and down the country, with teachers feeling (3) disappointed / disappointing not only by students’ results in tests but by the (4)
worrying / worried increase in violent behavior in class and in the playground.
“I am worn out at the end of the day; my job is (5) exhausted / exhausting, I can tell you”, complained one teacher. One of the most (6)
disturbed / disturbing revelations is the use of drugs by youngsters. Although teachers were not totally (7) surprised / surprising by the findings, parents are (8) worried / worrying. Some even described the report
as (9) shocked / shocking and demanded immediate action. Pupils who
were asked to comment on the report said they found school (10) uninterested / uninteresting. They blamed teachers for teaching (11) boring /
bored lessons. The report is particularly (12) embarrassed / embarrassing for the Minister of Education who claimed recently that British education is “the best in the world”.
7.14. Add these adjectives to the text.
AMAZED AMAZING ANNOYED ANNOYING BORED BORING
INTERESTED INTERESTING
A DULL DAY
Monday was a school holiday and, unfortunately, it rained all day, so
the children kept telling me they were (1) … and there was nothing (2) …
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to do at home. I was trying to write up some of my reports, but they kept
interrupting me every five minutes and just became very (3) … . I’m (4)
… that their teachers can keep them busy and (5) … in their lessons every
day. After only one morning with them, I was extremely (6) … because of
the constant noise and squabbling. I was ready to throw them out in the
rain. Instead, I decided to take them to the cinema. It’s really (7) … to
see how calm they can become in a dark cinema. The film seemed rather
(8) … , but at least it kept them quiet.
7.15. Complete the following sentences with the correct -ED or
-ING adjective, using the verbs in the list.
INTEREST RELAX SURPRISE CONFUSE BORE ANNOY
EMBARRASS FRIGHTEN DEPRESS IRRITATE
1. The instructions were very complicated and left the students
feeling totally… .
2. I don’t find horror films at all … – in fact, I find them quite
funny.
3. Would you be … in coming to the theatre this evening? I have a
spare ticket.
4. Can’t you fix that dripping tap? It’s getting on my nerves – it’s
really… .
5. I didn’t expect to see Peter at the party. I was really … to see him
there.
6. He’s had a lot of bad news and is feeling a bit … . Let’s go and
cheer him up.
7. I find it … to lie on the sofa and listen to music after a hard day’s
work.
8. I was told the film was really good but I felt utterly … by it.
9. I get … when people throw rubbish down in the streets. It makes
me furious.
10. If I said anything so stupid in front of people, I’d feel really… .
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7.16. Choose the correct alternative.
1. Unlike many people, I believe in the / – supernatural.
2. I can’t do this. You are asking me to do the / – impossible.
3. Zoologists are always interested in the / – unusual in the animal
world.
4. There’s a good old rule: never speak ill of the / – dead.
5. As for my musical tastes, I have always been attracted to the / an
exotic.
6. The / a poor and the / a rich will never understand each other.
7. Out with the / – old, bring in the / – new!
8. The Art teacher tried to instill love for the / – beautiful in his
students.
9. Computer technology is moving into the / – unknown.
10. For a Hollywood film it’s definitely out of the / – ordinary.
7.17. Complete this letter with comparative or superlative forms
of the adjectives given or any other words (e.g. MORE, THE, AS) that
are needed.
A LETTER
Dear Lily, we’ve moved at last. When we got here, the flat seemed
(1) … (large) than we remembered, because it was empty, but now its got
our furniture in it, it doesn’t feel (2) … (spacious) before. We’ve got to do
some decorating and that will be (3) … (expensive) we expected because
the walls are in (4) … (bad) condition than we thought. But well managed somehow, and soon we’ll have (5) … (smart) house in the town. And
if your Uncle Bob has his way, we’ll have (6) … (lovely) garden as well.
We’ll also be (7) … (poor) and (8) … (exhausted) householders in the
country, but never mind. We still think moving here is (9) … (good) thing
we’ve done for years. We can’t imagine now why we didn’t do it when
we were (10) … (young). Come and see us soon. Catch a train if you can,
because it’s almost (11) … (cheap) the bus, and the railway station is (12)
… (near) our end of town. Love from us both, Auntie Rosie.
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7.18. Complete the sentences with a comparative or superlative form, adding any words that are needed. Y ou may use some words
twice.
BORING WARM SIMPLE GOOD WONDERFUL LUCKY
INTELLIGENT COMFORTABLE HOT OLD FAR
DIFFICULT CHEAP BAD INTERESTING
1. This exercise is too easy, so can’t we try a … one?
2. England’s too cold in the spring. Let’s go to Spain where it’s ….
3. She comes top in all the exams. She must be … girl in the class.
4. The temperature in July reaches forty-four degrees, so it’s …
month of the year.
5. Let’s buy this video. It doesn’t cost that much and it’s … the
other one.
6. This pen’s not very good, so I’d like a … one, please.
7. When I passed my driving test, it was the … day of my life.
8. Lying down in bed is … sitting on a hard chair.
9. Our youngest son doesn’t want to be a teacher unlike his …
brother.
10. Australia is much … from Europe than I thought.
11. I could hardly keep awake because it was … film I’ve ever seen.
12. The rules of this game are far too complicated. Can we play
something …?
13. She’s … person I know, always winning prizes in lotteries.
14. A couple of miles is … I can walk. Then we’ll have to catch the
bus.
15. I have a … headache today than I did yesterday.
16. This is … restaurant in town. I’m never coming here again.
17. I can’t do this test. Can you give me a … one?
18. She was the … person at the party and I sat next to her all evening. How awful!
19. When his girlfriend accepted his proposal Peter was … man on
earth.
20. This is … bed I have ever slept in. Everything hurts.
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