5 Complete the text with one wordin each gap.

Thank you everyone for your ⁰_comments__. There seem to be arguments for and¹__________ re-opening the Internet café. Peter suggested that students need it. Peter, I²__________ you’re right but if we do³__________ we may have the same problems we had before. For the university, that’s just not⁴__________. I’m sure you⁵__________ that. Sarah has suggested students should pay a membership fee to use the Internet café and this money could pay for any damages. This idea is definitely worth⁶__________. To⁷__________ up, let me suggest this to the university, and we can meet up again next week.

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6 Fill the gaps with nouns or prepositions to make word combinations or phrasal verbs.

Last weekend, businessmen from Amonko Corp were looking ⁰around__ the offices of MixMax Fruit Juice Company. It looks like they are planning to take¹_________ MixMax. This is a risky move. MixMax has failed to make a²_________ every year since it began producing fruit juice. It is a surprise that they didn’t³_________ bankrupt. One reason for their failure is that they couldn’t find a persuasive⁴_________ that attracted customers. Secondly, they didn’t keep⁵_________ with the trends in the fruit juice industry. So, what is Amonko up to? They have no experience⁶_________ the fruit juice industry. They will have to spend vast⁷_________ of money on development and will certainly have to⁸_________ new products on the market and hope they catch⁹_________. The prospects¹⁰_________ success do not look good. In next week’s article we hope to find¹¹_________ the truth about Amonko’s plans.

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7 Correct the underlined mistakes in these sentences.

0Idon’t have seen him since your birthday. __haven’t seen____________

1Itmustn’t beEmilia. She’s in Brazil! ________________________

2I promised Davidgivinghim the answers. ________________________

3Bookswill returnto the library on time by students. ________________________

4Ishould behome by six but I was late. ________________________

5No ofthe students knew the answer, only me. ________________________

6Feel youhappier about your job now? ________________________

7That’s the manwhocar I bought. ________________________

8I’m not astaller thanyou. You are taller. ________________________

9They wanted to know what experiencedid I have. ________________________

10The Cornish dialect,thatwas spoken by my grandmother, is now nearly extinct. ________________________

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8 Listen to the talk. Put the information in the order you hear it.

Track 5

a)What idea he wanted to prove. _____

b)When he won an Oscar. _____

c)The books he published. _____

d)What he will be remembered for. _____

e) The subject of the talk. _1___

f)Where he studied. _____

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9 Listen to the talk again. Are these sentences true or false?

0The speaker will talk about Heyerdahl’s personality. _false_____

1He was born in Polynesia. __________

2His first expedition lasted a year. __________

3He believed the first Polynesians arrived from the west. __________

4He travelled with six companions. __________

5He proved that sailors sailed oceans in ancient times. __________

6He travelled to Easter Island in 1952. __________

7He crossed the Atlantic twice in 1969 and 1970. __________

8He wrote three books. __________

9He was a member of the American Academy of Science. __________

10He died at home. __________

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