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9. Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the first _______.
a. try
b. attempt
c. doing
10. She is never willing _______ any personal question.
a. answer
b. to answer
c. answering
d. aim
d. answered
2. In (compare) ______________ with their American (part) ______________, young Asians are
considered to be less (romance) ______________.
3. The spectators cheered in (astonish) ______________ when the goal was scored in the very first few
minutes of the game.
4. The man got sacked right after the boss realized that he was (trust) ______________
5. The scales in front of the court (symbol) ______________ justice.
6. The Chinese (wide) ______________ their eyes to express (angry) ______________whereas the
(Europe) ______________ regard this expression a sign of (respect) ______________
7. This zone was completely (secure) ______________ during the war. Few people lived here.
8. The hostess showed little (approve) ______________ of her guests' behavior.
9. Tina is a (demand) ______________ teacher who encourages (perfect) ______________ in most of her
students.
10. If eye contact is prolonged may be considered (respect) ______________.
1. marriage 2.comparison counterparts-romantic 3.astonishnemt 4.untrue 5.symbolize 6.widen
anger European respect 7.secure 8.disapproval 9.demanding - perfectly 10.respectfully
UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING
Exercise : Supply the correct form of the word in bold.
1. I'm sorry I'm late,' he murmured (apologize) apologetically
2. The summit wasonly from the south. (approach) approaching
3. They are thinking of the of travelling abroad this summer. (attract)attractiveness
4. of the new system will take several days. (install)Installation
5. The company had received complaints both and in writing. (verb)verbally
6. The government has been accused of not respondingto the needs of the homeless.
(appropriate) appropriately
7. We took amore direct route. (slight)slightly
8. This type of behavior is no longer acceptable. (society)socially
9. His casual behavior was whollyfor such a formal occasion. (appropriate) inappropriate
10. Robs very - he likes his party. (society) sociable
exercise 2:
1. The family has a very important role in_____________ children.
A. social
B. socialist
C. socializing
D. socialism
2. When we apologize, we admit our___________.
A. courtesy
B. courteous
C. discourteous
D. discourtesy
3. In U.S. schools, teachers don't mind their students'___________ them during the lectures.
A. interrupt
B. interrupted
C. interrupting
D. to interrupt
4. His achievements were partly due to the____________ of his wife.
A. assist
B. assistant
C. assisted
D. assistance
5. By working day and night, they succeeded____________ their work in time.
A. finished
B. to finish
C. finishing
D. in finishing
6. They started, as ___ gatherings but they have become increasingly formalized in the last few years.
A. informal
B. informally
C. informalize
D. informality
7. Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
A. communicate
B. communication
C. communicative
D. communicator
8. The lecturer explained the problem very clearly and is always _______ in response to questions.
A. attention
B. attentive
C. attentively
D. attentiveness
9. I make no __________ for encouraging my children to succeed in school.
A. apologize
B. apologetic
C. apologies
D. apoplectic
10. It was very more __________of a chat than an interview.
A. formal
B. informal
C. formality
D. informality
a. initial
b. initiate
c. initiative
d. initiation
9. Since 1990, India has had high growth rates, and has emerged as one of the wealthiest _______ in the
developing world.
a. economics
b. economies
c. economists
d. economically
10. Those specialists are trying to find ways of making more _______ use of agricultural land.
a. produce
b. production
c. productive
d. productivity
Exercise : Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fit each gap.
There are big changes (1. happen)_________ in the way people spend their money in Japan. More
people are shopping round the clock, single women in their 30s are now a major market force and senior
citizens are becoming (2. know)_________ for their spending power. Changes in population, family
structure and (4. employ)_________ practices at the end of the 20th century caused these new (4. develop).
The birth rate is falling and people are living longer and marrying later and as a result they are spending
more.
Consumer spending is becoming a 24-hour business and business is
(5. bloom)_________.
For example, when one men's clothing store started opening its doors round the clock ten years ago,
(6.sell)_________ immediately increased by 20%. Nowadays, many customers are office workers on their
way home. More retail outlets are expanding their night- time opening hours because (7.
shop)_________are often more relaxed at night and spend more money. The type of goods people buy is
also changing. For example, fewer people are eating (8. tradition)_________food and the
(9 . consume)_________ of western-style meals is (10. ease)_________ common. People are drinking a lot
less sake and a lot more red wine. They are also drinking less whisky, but more beer.
1. happening 2. known 3. employment 4. developments 5. blooming 6. sales 7. shoppers
8. traditional 9. consumption 10. increasingly
UNIT 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Exercise :Fill each gap in the sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets.
The coats are available in....................___________ colours. (vary) various
Half the world's population is living in.....................__________. (poor) poverty
They emphasised that their equipment was for _________ and not military purposes. (peace) peaceful
We re _________ about our chances of success. (optimist) optimistic
Mary watched until the train__________ from view. (appear) disappeared
France is________ for its wine. (fame) famous
We must assist our clients in the most_________way. (economy) economic
Her little daughter is a normal_______ child.(health) healthy
They are now under a great deal of pressure to tighten their airport __________. (secure) security
The traffic here is very________for children. (danger) dangerous
Exercise : Choose the best answer to fill the blank
1. The new policies include cutting _______ subsidies and trade barriers.
a. agriculture
b. agricultural
c. agriculturalist
d. agriculturally
2. The control of _______ has been carried out through measures rooted in monetarism.
a. inflate
b. inflationist
c. inflation
d. inflator
3. It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.
a. achieve
b. achievement
c. achievable
d. achiever
4. For more than ten years, we have seen the significant _______ in the economy of our country.
a. develop
b. developments
c. developers
d. developed
5. Henry was a studious student. He needed no _______ to work hard.
a. encourage
b. encouraging
c. encouragement
d. encouraged
6. During the time of economic reforms, the economy has grown _______ with only a few major setbacks.
a. constant
b. constantly
c. constants
d. constancy
7. Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their future.
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a. depress
b. depression
c. depressing
d. depressed
8. Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.
a. threat
b. threaten
c. threatening
d. threateningly
9. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
a. expected
b. unexpected
c. expectedly
d. unexpectedly
10. In the future, the number of tiny but _______ computers you encounter every day will number in the
thousands, perhaps millions.
a. power
b. powerful
c. powerfully
d. powered
11. Advances in computing _______, from processing speed to network capacity and the internet, have
revolutionized the way scientists work.
a. technology
b. technological
c. technologically
d. technologist
12. What will the relationship between computing and _______ bring us over the next 15 years?
a. science
b. scientific
c. scientifically
d. scientist
13. There is a wide _______ of computers in that shop for you to choose.
a. vary
b. various
c. variety
d. variously
14. There are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.
a. terrorist
b. terrorism
c. terrorize
d. terror
15. Many people think that in some more years we will see the complete _______ of newspapers and
magazines due to the Internet.
a. disappear
b. disappearance
c. appear
d. appearing
UNIT 9: DESERTS
Exercise: Choose the best answer
1. More and more ________ are very excited at discovering as many interesting things in the deserts as
possible.
a. explores
b. explorations
c. explorers
d. exploratory
2. Can you make a ________ estimate of how much our expedition in the desert may be?
a. rough
b. roughly
c. roughing
d. roughen
3. After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease.
a. mystery
b. mysteriousness
c. mysteriously
d. mysterious
4. ________ is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees
or crops on.
a. Desert
b. Desertification
c. Desertify
d. Deserted
5. Several ________ advanced countries have had plans to make desert more hospitable.
a. science
b. scientific
c. scientifically
d. scientist
6. The desert biome includes the hottest places in the world because it absorbs more ________ from the
sun than land in humid climates do.
a. heat
b. hot
c. hotly
d. heating
7. I wanted to go a more ________ route across Montana.
a. north
b. northernmost
c. northerner
d. northerly
8. We often enjoy walking barefoot across the damp __ to the water's edge.
a. sand
b. sanding
c. sandy
d. sandily
9. If the deserts are ________ managed, there may be troubles for scientific expeditions.
a. loose
b. loosen
c. loosening
d. loosely
10. The exact origin of the universe remains ____.
a. mystery
b. a mystery
c. a mysterious
d. mysteries
11.
Yesterday it was so cold that most streets seemed to be ____________ places.
a. desert
b. deserted
c. deserter
d. deserting
Exercise: Fill the gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1.
A permanent motion machine is___________ impossible. (science) scientifically
2.
The window of my bedroom faces___________ .(north) northerly
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
From New York to Los Angeles is___________three thousand miles. (rough) roughly
Electricity is a___________ type of energy.(mystery) mysterious
Long ago, mammoths of great___________ lived on the earth .(enormous) enormousness
Most of the shore is rocky, but there is a___________ beach. (sand) sandy
The collar___________ around his neck.(loose)loosened
Rainfall is the most effective agent in soil forming and conditioning.(climate) climatic
A concrete wall has more___________ than a light wooden fence.(stable) stability
The store has an___________ in the newspaper of a special sale. (advertise) advertisement
a. Soaked
b. Soaking
c. To soak
d. Having soaked
12. England was one of the first countries to ____________.
a. industry
b. industrial
c. industrialize
d. industrialization
13. Their ____________is rejected due to some problems of pollution.
a. suggest
b. suggestion
c. suggestive
d. suggestible
14. We all regard pollution as a ____________matter to human beings.
a. serious
b. seriously
c. seriousness
d. seriousful
15. The people in our village are leading a ________life.
a. peace
b. peaceful
c. peacefully
d. peacefulness
16. We have to suffer a lot of floods due to our serious
of forests.
a. destroy
b. destructive
c. destruction
d. destructor
17. She is a famous
.She tries her best to protect rare animals from extinction.
a. environment
b. environmental
c. environmentalist
d. environmentally
UNIT 11: BOOKS
Exercise : Choose the best answer.
1. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform
b. information
c. informative
d. informatively
2. Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
a. difficult
b. difficulty
c. difficultly
d. difficulties
3. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
a. review
b. reviewing
c. reviewer
d. reviewed
4. Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
a. care
b. careful
c. carefulness
d. carefully
5. Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV.
a. interest
b. interested
c. interesting
d. interestingly
6. To become a novelist, you need to be ________.
a. imagine
b. imagination
c. imaginative
d. imaginarily
7. After leaving school, many of us only read for ________.
a. please
b. pleasant
c. pleasure
d. pleasing
8. Mary enjoys reading ________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
a. romance
b. romantic
c. romanticize
d. romanticism
9. The novel has had a tremendous impact on ________ and publishing markets.
a. entertain
b. entertainer
c. entertainment
d. entertainingly
10. The children have very different __________.
a. person
b. personal
c. personality
d. personalities
11. __________ of his biography was timed to coincide with his 70th birthday celebration.
a. Publish
b. Publisher
c. Publishing
d. Publication
12. He talked ____________ of the past and his youth.
a. romance
b. romantic
c. romantically
d. romances
13. If he isnt Spanish , what ___________is he ?
a. nation
b. international
c. nationality
d. national
14. Star Wars was created by a highly_________ writer.
a. imaginable
b. imaginative
c. imaginary
d. imagination
15. The film The First to Fly is an ____________biography of the two famous Wright brothers.
a. entertainer
b. entertaining
c. entertained
d. entertainment
Exercise :Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fit each gap of the passage.
Johannes Gutenberg, who was born around the year 14000 in Germany, is (1.wide) __________
regarded as the (2.invent) _________of the modern printing. Before about 1450, most books were written
or copied by hand. This made them extremely time ________(3.consume) to produce and (4.expense)
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___________ to buy. But in 1455, Gutenberg developed a machine which could print multiple copies of the
same books. These printed books were (5. sell) _________ for 30 florins each and although this presented
three years wages for average office worker at the time, it was still (6.considerable)___________ cheaper
than a handwritten book.
Today, there are 40 copies of Gutenbergs first book in (7. exist) __________. Two are at the British
Museum and can be viewed online. Gutenberg did not achieve (8.finance) _________ success as a result of
his breakthrough the rich at that time regarded printed books as inferior and preferred handwritten works
but his (9.invent) __________ helped to spread (10.know) ___________ across Europe and was a major
factor in the Renaissance.
1.widely - 2. inventor 3.consuming 4. expensive - 5.sold 6. considerably 7. existence 8.financial
9.invention 10.knowledge
UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS
Exercise : Choose the best answer.
1. They are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter.
a. deep
b. depth
c. deepen
d. deeply
2. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______.
a. penalty
b. penalize
c. penal
d. penalization
3. The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the _______.
a. shoot
b. shooting
c. shooter
d. shot
4. The referee's _______ is the most important in any sport competition.
a. decide
b. decisive
c. decision
d. decider
5. ____ players are not allowed to interfere with the opponent's movements unless the player is holding
the ball.
a. Defense
b. Defensive
c. Defender
d. Defensively
6. The main task of a defender in a sport game is to _______ the opponents from scoring.
a. prevent
b. preventing
c. prevention
d. preventable
7. Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _______.
a. adventure
b. adventurous
c. adventurously
d. adventurist
8. I _______ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure.
a. person
b. personal
c. personally
d. personalize
9. A water polo cap is used to ____ the players' heads and to identify them.
a. tie
b. penalize
c. protect
d. move
10. lf a defender _______ with a free throw, holds or sinks an attacker, he is excluded from the game for
twenty seconds.
a. punches
b. passes
c. plays
d. interferes
Exercise : Fill each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. Mr. Brown defeated his_____________ in the election. (oppose)opponent
2. You should make____________ for the wishes of others.(allow)allowance
3. Sometimes our teacher helps us_____________ .(individual)individually
4. He was paid for the_____________ he worked. (time) overtime
5. Hard work brought him an_____________ in pay. (advance)advancement
6. Speeding on city streets is_____________ , so don't drive too fast. (penal)penalized
7. Lava is a volcanic_____________ .(eject)ejection
8. In a tennis game, the umpire is the official _____________ or scorekeeper. (score)scorer
9. A_____________ is a device in a clock or watch to make it go faster or slower. (regulate) regulator
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7. The right to speak freely is one of the necessary means to the______________ of the truth.
(attain)attainment
8. Conservationists work to save wilderness areas and wildlife from human ______________
(destroy)destruction
9. Much of the world's mineral resources come from
regions. (mountain)mountainous
10. Many_________________ children live in the slums. (advantage)disadvantaged