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Indeed, once a group of people is in the mood, even the most awful
joke can prompt (7) … (control) hilarity, as all (8) … (talent) comedians
know.
7.55. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
THE PERFECT COMEDY FACE
Ricky Cervais is a highly (1) … (invent) British comedian, who wrote
and acted in an (2) … (incredible) funny TV mock-documentary series
called The Office. In it, Gervais plays the highly (3) … (embarrass) boss
of a paper supply company, whose (4) … (extreme) high opinion of his
managerial skills and his sense of humour is not shared by his group of
employees. Now, having analysed the facial characteristics of 20 top comedians, scientists have come to the (5) ... (expect) conclusion that the
perfect comedy face must be (6) … (particular) soft and feminine, with
a small forehead, wide nose, large lips and high cheekbones. They say
we should not underestimate the importance of how comedians come
across when we first see them. Their ability to appear (7) … (agree) and
(8) … (oblige) puts us at our ease and encourages us to relax – in fact, the
ideal image has an incredible likeness to Ricky Gervais!
7.56. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
KEEPING CUSTOMERS HAPPY
For years, there has been a (1) ... (disturb) trend in stores to cut costs,
by reducing staff to the (2) … (small) possible number. Many stores, however, now realise that when employees are (3) … (exhaust) from overwork
they become (4) … (patience) with their customers. Nordstrom, an (5)…
(extreme) well-respected US department store, knows that customers
find poor service (6) … (stress). The company believes that the helpfulness and friendliness of its staff contribute to customer satisfaction. One
of Nordstrom’s customers was about to take a flight recently and left her
ticket on the counter. The assistant was so worried when he caught sight
of it that he took a taxi to the airport and, to the woman’s amazement,
(7) … (prompt) delivered the ticket himself. Now that’s (8) … (efficiency)
service!
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7.57. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
THE RIGHTS OF CUSTOMERS
EFFICIENT, HONEST, AWARE, LEGAL, CORRECT
Many people are (1) … of exactly what their rights are as customers.
But many people experience (2) … service, receive bills that are totally
(3) … or are victims of traders who are either simply (4) … or engaged in
activities that are completely (5) ….
WISE, WILLING, CAPABLE, POLITE, FAIR
What can you do in this position? Many people feel that they are (6)
… of doing anything about it, while others don’t wish to be (7) … when
dealing with a shop or other trader and are (8) … to make a fuss. But this
attitude is surely (9) …. If you’ve been the victim of what you believe to
be (10) … treatment, you should do something about it and in this leaflet
we’ll explain exactly what.
7.58. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
A SERIOUS ACTRESS
BELIEVE, FANTASY, SIGHNIFICANCE, ABLE, DISAPPOINT
Penelope Cruz’s career in movies has been extraordinarily successful, although she feels she has always had to struggle for recognition as a
(1) … actress because of her (2) … looks. As she says, “No one will take
you seriously once you are known as the ‘pretty woman’.” Nevertheless,
in her best films, which she has made in her native Spain, she has managed to play some well-rounded, (3) … characters. In 2000, Cruz was (4)
… to resist the call of Hollywood and early on appeared in one or two (5)
… films such as All the Pretty Horses.
CHARITY, CREDIBLE, IMPRESS, TALENT, GOOD
Now she is an (6) … international performer who appears in both
Spanish and English language films and many regard her recent appearance in Almodovar’s film Volver as one of her (7) … films. In it she plays a
woman who not only has (8) … looks but also great strength of character.
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Not just a (9) … actress, Cruz gives generously to (10) … organizations,
such as Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Chanty, and has spent months
as a volunteer in Uganda.
7.59. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
THE ROSS HOTEL
COMFORT, PROFESSION, EXCEPT, REASON, HELP
For the most (1) … rooms in town, all available at extremely (2) …
rates, look no further than the Ross Hotel. You will always find a warm
welcome here from our highly (3) … staff, who are keen to be (4) … to
guests at all times. We are in the best location in town, and many of our
rooms have (5) … views of the coast.
DAY, NUMBER, TRADITION, COUNT, SURROUND
There are also (6) … tourist attractions that are well worth visiting in
the (7) … area. Our dining room has an excellent reputation, particularly
for the (8) … dishes of the region. Take advantage of one of our (9) …
special offers. Phone the number below to find out about our very low
(10) … rates and our rates per week.
7.60. Out of twenty degrees of comparison in this text ten have
been used incorrectly. Spot the mistakes and correct them.
WESLEY SO – THE PHILLIPINES’ CHESS TOP GUN
Wesley So is an eighteen-year-old Fili-
pino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he
achieved this title at the age of fourteen which
made him the eighth (1) younger person to do
it in the history of chess. Though he may be not
as (2) famous as some of his peers the young
chess player has already gathered quite a few
outstanding victories.
The boy was six when his father introduced him
to the game only to discover that his son was (3)
a far much better player than him. Then Wesley
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So started playing and winning and winning matches against his neighbours. (4) The more he played more fascinating chess seemed to him. At
nine the boy was already successfully competing in junior chess tournaments.
His style was (5) much more aggressive and tactical than that of his
opponents and often brought him (6) a most impressive victory. At that
time Wesley’s family couldn’t afford descent training by grandmaster
coaches and the young player didn’t have any sponsors either.
So he had to rely on his (7) purest talent, diligence and computer
training programs.
The boy’s energy knew no bounds. He practiced (8) thrice as much
as his peers and such dedication bore fruit. Wesley So won his first major
tournament at ten, becoming the national champion for his age group.
His gift and competitive style of playing caught the attention of the former Filipino chess champion who took the boy under his wing for (9)
farther instruction and guidance.
(10) The nearest big step for Wesley So was joining the national
men’s team which he did at twelve. He also managed to gain two of his
(11) most impressive victories at that time becoming the National Junior
Champion.
He also brought his team a gold medal at the World under 16 Team
Championship. Not only was his score – 9.5 out of ten – (12) the best
but it was (13) more better than that of any other participants.
His game was becoming (14) more and more impressive. Wesley So
became (15) the strongest under 16 player in the world. He said it was
(16) the less educational aspect of chess that attracted him. For Wesley
playing chess is a learning experience which develops his memory, pattern recognition and decision making abilities.
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At present Wesley So’s world ranking is 60
and he is also the ninth
(17) higher junior in the world. He is also (18) the most young player ever
in the history of the game to break into the chess elite.
He managed to win some of the (19) most prestigious tournaments
like the one in Dubai which brought him enough money to travel all
over the world. He is also sponsored by the National Chess Federation.
Like any young man he has some hobbies: surfing the Net, reading and
exercising on his tread mill. He doesn’t go out much and yet he is one of
(20) the more famous people in his country.
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ACHIEVEMENT TEST
ON ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Part A. Choose the best option – A, B or C – to complete the
sentence.
MEMORY
It’s quite common to hear someone complain that their memory is
(1) … as it used to be, or that the more things they try to remember (2)
… quickly they seem to forget. However, memory is (3)…complicated
than we usually think. For example, remembering facts is not at all (4) …
remembering how to perform an action, and it seems that we don’t “forget” how to ride a bicycle or drive a car. For some people, it may be (5)
… to remember what they have just read (6) … recall where they left their
car keys. Of course, (7) … interesting a topic is, the more we remember
about it, and we are almost certainly (8) … to recall something we have
read or seen recently, because it remains active in our memory.
Where studying is concerned, there are certainly ways of making
the memory (9)…. It’s (10) …to remember disorganized information,
so note-making and summarizing are important, and the learner, not
the teacher, has to do this. Regular reviewing of what has been learned is
(11) … ways of strengthening memory. Some learners have (12) … visual
than a verbal memory, and may remember more by associating ideas with
visual images. There are plenty of books on the market which illustrate
these techniques, always assuming that you can remember to buy one!
ABC
1 less good worse not as good
2 not nearly as the more it’s just as
3 by far easily a lot more
4 the same as like as if
5 probably much easier nowhere near as
6 as than to the more
7 just about as much more and more the more
8 faster and faster far and away more likely
9 more efficient as good as every bit as
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ABC
10 just as easy not so easy easier and easier
11 as important more and more important one of the best
12 just as good easily the best a better
Part B. Choose the correct alternative.
16. This camera is easily the / a best of its type.
17. I wasn’t so much surprised as / than shocked by the result.
18. That was probably / not nearly the best football match I’ve
ever seen!
19. Politics is too / so important an activity to be left to politicians.
20. It was as / too good an opportunity to miss, so I accepted
the job.
21. It’s quicker to travel by bus than / like by car in the city centre.
22. As the medicine took effect, Tina became far and away / more
and more sleepy.
23. You are every bit / miles as responsible for what happened
as I am.
24. Cats are not nearly / a lot harder to understand than dogs.
25. This looks like / as the place. It fits the description, anyway.
Part C. Decide which word – A, B, C or D – best fi ts each space.
A FAMOUS TRAVELER
Wilfred Thesiger’s desert journeys in the Middle East are a (26)…
source of inspiration to all those who share his love for the region. If
you are (27) … in travelling in the Middle East, reading Thesiger is a /
an (28) … must. Wilfred was born and brought up in East Africa, where
his father worked as a British Government official. Although he left Africa
to get a / an (29) … education in the UK, he returned in the 1930s to begin his own career as an administrator. In the late 1940s, he travelled to
the Arabian peninsula to gather information for a locust control project.
There he first came across the Bedu, the (30) … nomadic inhabitants of
the desert, who would accompany him on two (31) … crossings of the
absolutely (32) … “Empty Quarter” and introduce him to their (33) … way
of life. Travel and exploration gave meaning to Thesiger’s life. While he
was travelling, he lived as a nomad, visiting (34) … corners of the world,
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often on foot living simply among the local peoples and writing about
his (35)… experiences. His books, more than any others, have struck our
imagination and led us to appreciate the beauty and solitude of the great
desert expanses.
AB C D
26 persistent continuous constant unstoppable
27 keen enthusiastic fascinated interested
28 absolute necessary total utter
29 expensive prestigious traditional necessary
30 common ordinary commonplace traditional
31 historic historical ancient famous
32 vast big large extensive
33 simple primitive unelaborated harsh
34 distant remote faraway isolated
35 large extensive wide huge
Part D. Decide which word – A, B, C or D – best fi ts each space.
ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
Sam was feeling (36) … nervous as he left the airport. This was (37)
… because the flight had not been good, but also because he had never
been to New York before. He took a taxi into the city. It was (38) … a
hot day and he looked in (39) … amazement at all the traffic. It was (40)
… different from the small town he came from, there was (41) … more
noise and (42) … more people and all the buildings were (43) … bigger.
He checked into his hotel and went to his room. It was (44) … small but
it was (45) … comfortable. Before unpacking, he lay on the bed and after
a while he started to feel (46) … better. Suddenly, there was an (47) …
loud knock at the door. Sam was (48) … frightened and did not want to
answer the door.
“Who’s there?” he called out, nervously.
“My name’s Robertson”, said a male voice. He sounded (49) … embarrassed. “I sat next to you on the plane today. I’m afraid I accidentally
took one of your bags with me. It’s (50) … my fault”.
Still feeling nervous Sam made his way towards the door.
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ABC D
36 partly rather considerably far
37 rather quite partly a bit
38 quite fairly complete slightly
39 far rather quite absolute
40 rather total utter lot
41 far absolutely totally quite
42 absolutely a lot quite utterly
43 considerably terribly utterly absolutely
44 bit fairly partly considerably
45 slightly reasonably utterly partly
46 fairly slightly partly reasonably
47 utterly extremely absolutely a lot
48 much considerably a lot terribly
49 partly bit slightly reasonably
50 extremely quite far completely
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PART EIGHT ARTICLES
ORIENTATION: ROBERT PATTINSON
8.1. Read the following biography and fi ll in the gaps with cor-
rect articles.
WOW, THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN THE WORLD IS HERE
He is one of (1) … most famous young stars
of today. He was born and raised in London. His
mother worked for (2) … modeling agency, and
his father imported (3) … vintage cars from (4)
… U.S.
teur theatre at (6) … early age.
more roles followed. He caught (8) … attention
of (9) … acting agent in (10) … production of
Tess of the d’Urbervilles and began looking for
professional roles. (11) … young actor started
his career by playing (12) … role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire. For this role he was named that year’s British Star of
Tomorrow by (13) …Times.
Later, he landed (14) … leading role of Edward Cullen in (15) … film
adaptations of (16) …Twilight novels by Stephanie Meyer, and came to
(17) … worldwide fame. (18) … film was released on 21 November 2008
in (19) … North America.
They say Pattinson was initially apprehensive about auditioning for
(20) … role of Edward Cullen. He was fearful that he would not be able
to live up to (21) … ‘perfection’ expected from (22) … character. Yet it
was (23) … great success.
By (24) … way, Pattinson plays (25) … guitar and piano, and composes his own music. He also appears as (26) … singer of two songs on
(27) … Twilight soundtrack – Never Think and Let Me Sign. Aside from
recording for (28) … soundtracks, Pattinson said he had never really recorded anything. When asked about (29) … professional music career, he
said, “Music is my back-up plan if acting fails”. Anyway, (30) … young
Robert became involved in (5) … ama-
He was first cast in (7) … small role, then
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actor was awarded (31) … Hollywood’s Most Influential Top Unexpected
Musicians award.
Pattinson was ranked one of (32) … highest paid actors in (33) …
Hollywood. He was also named one of (34) … Time Magazine’s One
Hundred Most Influential People in the World. Due to Pattinson’s rising
fame, (35) … wax statue of him was added to (36) … Madame Tussaud’s
collection in London and New York City. In 2009, (37) … Vanity Fair
named Pattinson “(38) … most handsome man in (39) … world”.
Well, not bad for (40) … start, is it?
8.2. Read this conversation about a theme park. Complete the
sentences with the where necessary.
– I’m going to Blare Gardens next weekend. You work there.
What’s it like?
– That depends. Do you like (1)… scary rides? If you do, then
you’re going to love (2)… rides at Blare Gardens.
– What’s (3) … most exciting ride there?
– The Python. I’ve seen people actually shaking with fear before
they got on it.
– Sounds like (4) … fun. By the way, what’s (5)… food like? I hate
(6) … hot dogs.
– Then you might have a little problem. They sell (7) … hot dogs
and (8) … pizza and that’s about all. But do you like (9)…
music?
– I love it. I listen to (10) … music all the time. Why?
– (11) … music at Blare Gardens is great. They have (12)… best
pop groups in (13) … whole country.
– What exactly do (14) … people do there?
– They have fun. And I – I dress up like a cartoon character and
guide people around (15)… park.
8.3. Complete the sentences with A/AN, THE or zero article
1. Graham is … biologist and for … last three years, he’s been
studying … lifecycle of … ant.
2. After … accident, … injured were quickly taken to … hospital.
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