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2 A sheer

3 Acry

4 Astrict5 A mark

6 Asupport

1 Readhe ext anddecidewhichoption A,B,c or D)best itseach pace.

1 Whata peculiar.,99.*:npy:.?.ry....lWhatnearth s that or?2 A washing-machines probablyhe mostuseful ousehold

3 we will have o ordera new ...,,...o repracehe damagedne,4 Thenoise f ......,......... filled he actory ndnearly eafened e.5 My newcomputer asacompletelyifferent perating

6 Scientistsn this aboratory reconducting n nteresting

7 when ........s ntroduced,henumberof workerswili be educed..

8 Do you i ke hisnew ,,.,....boughtor peeling otatoes?

9 Every ix months he nucleareactor eeds complete

10 My brother as shop elling hotographic................

Mostpeople hohavemobile honesay hathaving ne ssimply matterof (1) . . .P.. . .Asatechno-phobehodoes otpossessmobi le hone,sti l l ess nonline onnection,amalwayslabbergastedhen hear eoplesayinghis.The 2) .........easondo nothave mobile hones hat refuseto beat someonelse's eck nd 3) 24 hours day.Butapparentlythereareplenty f sane dults ut herewhoactually ant o be n thisposi t ion.f course lotof peopleay hey nlygota mobi le n he 4) .. . . . . . . .understandinghat t was o beusedoremergenciesnly.Butsure noughthe nsidioushing oonookover heir ives,o the(5) wheret seemstheycanbarelyivewithoutt.Civing mobile honeo a childmakes ven esssense.arentsoseheir reedomnd hechildrenoseheabil i tyo (6)

for hemselves.

B handiness

B perfect

B ring

B absoluteB point

B keep

C utility

Cvery

C need

C severeC spot

C fend

D convenience

D utter

D call

D preciseD position

D sustain

2 Complete achsentence ith a word rom the box.

appliance

€ontraptien

comPonent

equipment

automation

experiment

machinery

overhaul

gadget

system

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ADVANCED ANGUAGERACTIEE

Correct nyerrorsn each ineof the ext.Some ines recorrect.

Whenfacedwith somenewandpossibly ewilderingecnological 1

change, ostpeopleeact,n oneof two ways. heyeither ecoil 2

from anythingnew claiming hat t is unnecessaryr too complicated, 3

or that t somehow akesife ess ersonal. r they earn o adapt o 4the new nyention,andeventuallywonder,how theycouldpossibly 5

haveexistedwithout t. TakecomPuters sanexample,or manyof 6

us, heystill represent threat o our freedom,and giveusa 7

frigteningsense fa future n which all decisions iil be takenby 8

machines.hismaybebecauseheyseemmisterious,nddifficult 9

to und.erstand.skmostpeople, hatyoucanusea homecomputer 10

for,andyouusually etvauge nswers bouthow'theygiveyou'

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informationin fact,even hose f us whoare amiliarwith computers',2

anduse hem n our daylywork,havevery ittle ideaof howthey 13actuallywork?But t does ot ake ong o learnhow o operate 14

bussinessrogramme,venf thingsoccasionallyowrong or no 15

apparant"ron. Presumab$ uch he same appened hen he 76

telephonend he elevisionecame idespred.Whatseemso 17

alarmmostpeoples he'speedf technologicalhange,ather han 18

changetself.And the objectionshat aremaidto new echnology 19

maywellhave1point to them,sincechanges not always n 20

improvement. swediscover urin$powercuts here s a ot to be 2I

said'forhe oil gmp, he cole ire,and ormsof entertainment,uch 22

asbooksor boardgames,hatdont haveo bepluggedn to work. 23

Match ach roblem1-10)wi th solut iona- j ) .

I Thedoorsqueaks....,4....,

2 Thecarbatterys dead.

3 Thepencil s blunt.

4 Thescrewscomingoose,,.........

5 My watch asstopped

6 Thecarseats n thewrongposition.7 Thelightbulb s flickering

8 Thedishwashersmakingoddnoises.

9 Thiswirehascomeoose.

l0 Thepiano oundserrible!

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It needs ervicing.

It needsightening.

It needs econnecting.

Thehinges eedoiling.

It needsuning.

It needs echarging.It needs harpening.

It needswindingup.

It needs djusting.

It probably eedseplacing.

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VOCAEIJLARY6 TEEHNSOLOGY

5 Completehe textsbywriting a form of the word n CAPITALSn eachspace.

Text

(1) .....11".-s!.q!!.4tie*.,....f yournewenergy-efficientomesticas

boilers ree f charge,ndwil lbeperformedithin days f

payment.egular2) . . . . . : . . . . .

isadvised.hesystemomes ithan(3)

froma qualif ied ngineer

cover, hich anbekept ullyextendedr halfdown, hecover

mustbecompletelyemovedor repairso becarried ut .Aswith

al l(a) equipment,leasexercisereat are f

youareattemptingo repairhe(5) yourself'

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Attachhemotor o the 6) ........... ., outlet ipe.

Screwhemotor own ntoplace.f themotor oes ot

engage,emovet and 7) .. . . . . . . . . . ' . heout let -pipe.l l

engineersnstall ingr repairinghismachineryust bservell

necessary8) .. . . . . . . . . .

wear ingf goggles, asksndother 9) . ' . ' . . . . . . .

equipment.or nstructionsn how o removeheoutlet alve,

pleaseefero the (10) describedn page 8

of thismanual.

6 Underlinehe mostsuitable ption n eachsentence.

1 Thehair-drier s fittedwith athreepoint cable/plug/socket'

2 Dont touch hatwire!Its live/lively/Iiving.

3 This smallvacuum leaneruns/powers/worksnbatteries'

4 Thesetwouldntworkbecauseherewasafaultyconnection/joint/link'

5 I cantusemy drill here.The ead/plug/wiresit longenough'

6 Turnoff the mains irst in case ou getan impact/aolt/a shock.

7 oh dear he ightshavegoneoff!The cable/fuse/safefTusthavegone.

8 Canyou endme hatDVD? want o recordltranscribe/writet.

g Theappliances powered ya smalielectricengine/machine/motor.

10 Jimhasuststarted orkasanelectrical/electricity/electricianngineer.ll Theelectricianwisted hewires ogetherusinga pair of.hammers/chisels/pliers.

12 I buycoffeebeans ndput them n agrinder/mixer/blender.

L3 Thegood hingabouthis knife s that heblade/point/edgeanbe replaced'

L4 I can't ndo hisnut. needa argerbolt/screwdriver/spanner.

15 Youcansave lectricity yusingow energy ghtglobes/bulbs/glasses.

INSTALL

MAINTAIN

ADJUST

ELECTRIC

APPLY

CYLINDER

TICHT

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PROTECT

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*"ffhe quality f l i fe hese aysssomething os-tf us ake or . . , :

B (1) ...?... tt takes gme adicallyiffer.entiperienceo (2) ..;......his .

E facthomeo people.n my( i ) , i i. l , i i tWas.spendingthreeeeks i

aboard yachtwith welve therPeoPle,ompetingn atmajor ailingage:. i

Although wasofficially guest,,i! asmad,e lear,flomhe stan hat herewas'

to benb room ol passengers,'andhaf ;d have o 14; ,,,,'.:,,,.,ylweight,

,, l forhe irst ew nightr, one:us as Uti o'i teeptfor ore hana-cbuPle'of '

, inor6 at'a 5) .. I lu.tor.belng udetylawot<eny aniaggiessiveor*.nd , i

Then .;d ao pf'ysicallyxhausting ork'in.tOtal:darkness,ViV few minutes ;

1 Read he extanddecidewhichoption A,B,C or D)bestcompletes achcollocationr f ixedPhase.

iheets ack ome,'a otchocolatenda warmbath.' , .

;,*. 'd becompletetyoakedo ttre.,CAi..., i :r:byiarge au.Wu ouldn't ee

, coming! sharedleeping'tZ)..,,..-., i th,sl i l therwomen,withbarelYtnough

,'roor to stretch:myegs; oor,rf foundmyselfa)1. , .,. ot ty.otfortable

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1 Agiven Baccepted Cgranted

2 Abring Bpush CsweeP3 Aexample Binstance Ccase

4 Aoffer Bmove Cuse

5 Apiece Bt ime CPer iod

6 Aflesh Bskin Cbones

7 Aquarters Bpremises Cdormitories

8 Adesiring Byearning Cdreaming

D read

D carryD experience

D pull

D moment

D toes

D digs

D craving

Bothoptionsmake ense. nderl inehe onewhich ormsa common ollocation.

1 Weadvertisedhe housewidely but onlya handful/minorityof peoplehaveshown

any nterest.

2 Thesurgeonold Samhat he operation adbeenonlya minor/partial uccess,3 Theamount fparking pace vailable eres no ongeradequate/passable.

4 Sue asalready ritten hebulk/mass f her hird novel.

5 Youhave o usea magniffingglasso see omeof theminiature/minuteetails.

6 I amglad o report hat hecompany asmadealarge-scale/sizeablerofit.

7 There asbeenquitea dearth/wanrf goodbiographieshisyear.

8 I supposehave adafair/good mountof experiencen makingspeeches'

9 Wecarit affordsucha avishpartywith the imited/narrowmeans vailable,

10 Theres reallyawide/vast ifference etweenhe woplans.



ADVANCED AruGUAGERAETXEE

Askanyadult ver orty o make (1) .......q?.T$.q!'r1.qw....-etween COMPARE

thepast nd hepresentndmostwil l ellyou haithings ave

been etting teadilyorseor as ongas heycarr emember.

Takeheweatheror example.veryoneemembershat n their

(2) . , . . . . . . . . . . . hesummersere onsiderablyot ter ,

and hatwinter lwaysnc luded3) , . . , , . , . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . ' . . . ' .

fal ls f snowustwhen heschool olidaysadstarted.

Of course,he ood n hose ayswas arsuperioroo,asnothing

was mportedndeverythingas resh.4) .. . . . . . . . . . . . EMPLOY

wasnegligible,he moneynyourpocketeally asworth

something,ndyoucould fford (5) house ven SIZE

if yourmeans ere imited. ndabove ll,people ere omehow

nicern hose ays, ndspentheir ree imeon ;tnocent

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . making odel oats nd endingheir Pt j ;LSUE

stamp7) ........... .. ratherhangazing t the elevision COLLECT

screenor hours n end.Aswe know,his mage f thepast imply

cannot e rue, nd here replenty f statisticsealing ith health

and 8) which rovehat t is rot rue. o,why PROSPER

is t thatweal lhave (9) .. . . . . . . . . . . . o ideal izehepast TEND

and o beso 10) .. . . . . . . . . of thepresent? CRITICIZE

ale not alike completelydifferent similar is not as good aswe had hoped

calculatedn relationo

Theres no equivaiento thisword n anyother mguage.

wothi,wa xaoLLr,lhesavwe s. t ! . . t ! . , 9 , ' M t t .

I am afraid ha t your sales erformancehas allen shortof expectations.

These wo carsare alike.

4 The problem canbe divided nto two distinct parts.

YOUNC

ABOUND

5 Completehe ext by writ inga formof theword n CAPITALSn eachspace.

6 Roplacehewordsunderl inedn each entence ith a phrase rom he box.

5 Although heyarebased n the same ovel,he two ilmsdifter.

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7 Complete achsentence ith an adjectiverom the box.

abundant

negligible

excesslve

middling

superior

potential

inferior

ample

la#sh

major

VOCABULARY7QUALITY NDQUATNTITV

I The guestswere mpressed y the ......!3.Y1:1L.....caleof the banquet.

2 Water s .....,.................n thispalt of the country,owing o the heavy ainfall.

3 Make a list of ....... clients,and then send hem our brochure,

4 Responseo our sales ampaignwas only ............ , which was a ittle bit

disappointing.

5 The governmentwasaccused f making .. demandson the taxpayers.

6 There s no need o rush. We have .. ime before he meeting.

7 Sincewinning thepools,Helenan d oe havemoved o a .......................

neighbourhood.

8 There's o need o take he ca r o a garage, he damages .......................

9 The signingof thepeace reatywasan eventof .......................mportance.

10 |ust because ou dont haveyour own desk n the office,you neednt feel

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United arevirtually certainof aplacen the final after his result. }:3?:,1?1!,1H,,

I'mpgrlicglathproudof ]an's ontributiono thePlay..'.....'...

Peter ays e s utterly ed up with the governmentBecarefull canhardlywalk! ....,.,..

After inishing he decoratingfelt completelyxhausted.

Classes and4 scored10points and 15points each n that order.

I am fairly satisfiedwith the results so far.

Since he revolution, he army has o al l intents andpurposes un the country.

9 Wehave eengreatly eartenedy thenews rom thesurgeonn charge.

10 I told you clearlyand definitelynot to write your answersn pencil,Smith!

I Replacehe word(s) nderlined n eachsentence ith a word rom the box.

altogether

barely

considerably

effectively

especially

moderately

pra€+i€eHy specifically

respectively thoroughly

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