Practice Exercises Close Test

PRACTICE EXERCISE 1
Read the text and complete each blank with ONE suitable word from the list supplied. Then write
your answers in the boxes provided at the bottom of the page. Each word can only be used ONCE.
There are THREE words that you will not use. The first blank has been completed as an example.
Text messages
Can you remember where you were (0) when the first text message __________ (1) sent in the UK?
You cant? Im not surprised. Nor __________ (2) anyone else. But its an unpredictable world, and nothing
has been less predicted __________ (3) the rise of text messaging. It came from nowhere to become
__________ (4) fastest growing phenomenon __________ (5) recent times.
Over 2 million text messages are sent __________ (6) hour in the UK. The mobile phone industry
claims __________ (7) 95% of them arrive within 10 seconds in normal circumstances. Texting has opened
up an entirely new __________ (8) in communication that didnt exist before brief messages for
__________ (9) there is a huge demand but which dont need the fuss of a written letter.
Texting has become a means __________ (10) parents to maintain contact with __________ (11)
children, for grandparents to bond with grandchildren, for television to interact with the audience. It is a
marketing __________ (12) of huge potential for companies which, for the first time, can build up profiles of
individual users and target them __________ (13) special offers.
Texting has not been successful __________ (14) because it enables you to communicate with others
__________ (15) phone and without speaking, but because it is brief and no one expects __________ (16) of
the usual formalities. Its simplicity may ensure its long life.
ANY
EVERY
SIMPLY
THE
WERE
AREA
FOR
SOME
THEIR
WHAT
BY
HOW
THAN
TOOL
WHICH
CAN
IN
THAT
WAS
WITH
Write your answers here:

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WERE
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PRACTICE EXERCISE 2
IM THE BOSS
The idea of being your own (0) boss is very attractive. No more working for __________ (1)
else; no more orders; no prospect of __________ (2) sacked or made redundant, and time off whenever you
like it. __________ (3) benefits are, broadly speaking, true. Working for __________ (4) means being in
charge of your own destiny. If you succeed, the skys the limit for your ambitions.
__________ (5), self-employment can be extremely hard work and comes without the
certainty of a regular income or benefits __________ (6) as sick leave and pension arrangements. The
hours are usually __________ (7) longer especially with the mountain of paperwork to get through and at
times it __________ (8) be a lonely, thankless task.
Taking leave, at __________ (9) in the early stages when you are unlikely to have any staff to cover,
will be impossible __________ (10) losing money. There are __________ (11) the financial risks.
Thousands of young firms __________ (12) started out with such promise go bankrupt every year,
__________ (13) swallowed up their owners life savings and put __________ (14) into years of debt. So, if
you see __________ (15) as an automatic route to an easier life, perhaps you __________ (16) think again.
ALSO
CAN
LEAST
SHOULD
THESE
ALTHOUGH
HAVING
LIKE
SOMEBODY
WHICH
BEEN
HOWEVER
MUCH
SUCH
WITHOUT
BEING
IT
OWN
THEM
YOURSELF

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OWN
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8.
16.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 3
Simply Entertainment?
Many youngsters these (0) days easily devote more time to the box than they __________ (1) to
any other form of entertainment. Each year children read less and __________ (2) and watch television more
and more. In fact, a typical child sits through an __________ (3) of about four hours of TV viewing a day.
They spend more time on this form of entertainment __________ (4) they spend talking to parents, playing
with friends, attending school or reading books.
According to a recent __________ (5), sixty-two percent of television programmes contain scenes of
violence. It would be logical then to assume that watching a steady __________ (6) of violent images on
screen cannot be seen simply as entertainment. The bright colours, quick movements and sudden
__________ (7) will always capture a childs attention and there are certainly very few children __________
(8) find television totally uninteresting.
If we listen to the experts, it seems that viewing __________ (9) amounts of TV violence does not
necessarily cause a child to act in a violent __________ (10), but can lead to the view that violence
__________ (11) acceptable in everyday life, as well __________ (12) possibly creating a fear of being
attacked on the streets.
With governments finally __________ (13) measures to improve the quality of childrens TV,
parents must now become aware that __________ (14) many hours of viewing can have serious effects
__________ (15) a childs behaviour and attitude. Obviously, turning off the set __________ (16) be the best
solution in the end.
AS
FLASHES
LARGE
STUDY
TOO
AVERAGE
FLOW
LESS
TAKING
WAY
BIG
IN
MIGHT
THAN
WHICH
DO
IS
ON
THESE
WHO

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THESE
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16.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 4
ARCHAEOLOGY: The bare bones?
If we want to find out (0) what happened in the past, we can read history books. Another
__________ (1) to learn about the past is archaeology: the study of the past through things people have left
__________ (2). The written word and archaeological remains are very different from __________ (3) other,
of course, but is one more reliable than the other? You might __________ (4) tempted to say that something
written down is more dependable __________ (5) a pile of old bones, say, or weapons from a prehistoric
period. But stop a minute and think: is this really the case?
On an archaeological dig, excavation __________ (6) uncovering artefacts and structures that have
been buried for a __________ (7) time. Things literally come to light. Modern scientific techniques enable
archaeologists __________ (8) get detailed information on what they have discovered, like __________ (9)
different foods have been cooked in a clay pot, for example, __________ (10) the sex, age and size of a
human skeleton.
It is probably almost impossible to be completely objective __________ (11) writing history,
whatever period one is writing in. Reading history, therefore, and __________ (12) historical research, is
also a process of uncovering: the objective truth __________ (13) to be separated from subjective falsehood.
__________ (14) archaeological remains and historical documents need to be interpreted: neither can be
taken at face value. The __________ (15) is, the evidence from a clay pot or a pile of bones may be just
__________ (16) reliable as a written historical account.
AS
DOING
HAS
MAKING
TO
BE
EACH
HAVE
OR
WAY
BEHIND
EVERY
INVOLVES
OUT
WHEN
BOTH
FACT
LONG
THAN
WHICH

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OUT
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PRACTICE EXERCISE 5
RSPB. For Birds, For People, Forever
Since it was founded in (0) 1889 in London, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
__________ (1) grown into Europes largest wildlife conservation charity, with more __________ (2) a
million members. It has offices across __________ (3) UK and its activities include a huge variety of issues.
Originally set __________ (4) to protect the Crested Grebe, whose members had __________ (5)
reduced due to demand for its feathers for hats in the __________ (6) 19th century, the RSPB has spent most
of __________ (7) 104-year history buying land for nature reserves. In __________ (8) way, it has prevented
the extinction of rare species, as __________ (9) as increasing public awareness of the dangers __________
(10) by bird life in Britain and Europe. The RSPB has __________ (11) managed to have very important
laws __________ (12) by Parliament to ensure the conservation of birds in Britain. The success of societies
__________ (13) as the RSPB proves that there __________ (14) indeed many people out there who
__________ (15) care about the world around __________ (16).
ALSO
FACED
ITS
PASSED
THEM
ARE
HAS
LATE
SUCH
THIS
BEEN
IN
LIKE
THAN
UP
DO
IS
OUT
THE
WELL

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IN
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PRACTICE EXERCISE 6
Are we Over the Hill at 40?
Some say that (0) life begins at 40, __________ (1) scientists have discovered that __________ (2) does the
process of mental decline. Psychologists in Reading __________ (3) found that people start to slow
__________ (4) mentally in their mid-forties. They tested routine abilities such as time __________ (5) to
remember names and faces, speed of reaction to situations, and concentration on tasks of decision
__________ (6). The results clearly showed that in __________ (7) mid-forties peoples mental faculties
remain unchanged. __________ (8), it also showed that thinking speed starts to decline and might
__________ (9) a long time to recall someones name. They are also __________ (10) to bring things to the
front of their __________ (11) quickly.
Nevertheless, experts agree that older people can rely __________ (12) their greater experience to
compensate __________ (13) the slowdown in their mental functioning. In other words, they cannot process
the information as quickly __________ (14) they did in the past, but they know the shortcuts. After all,
experience and __________ (15) are qualities which do not decline with age. Is it better to come
__________ (16) with a quick decision or a wise one?
AS
FOR
MAKING
TAKE
THEIR
BRAIN
HAVE
MIND
TAKEN
UNABLE
BUT
HIS
ON
THAN
UP
DOWN
HOWEVER
SO
THAT
WISDOM

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THAT
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KEY
Exercise 1
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WAS
CAN
THAN
THE
IN
EVERY
THAT
AREA
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
WHICH
FOR
THEIR
TOOL
WITH
SIMPLY
BY
ANY
SOMEBODY
BEING
THESE
YOURSELF
H0WEVER
SUCH
MUCH
CAN
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
LEAST
WITHOUT
ALSO
WHICH
HAVING
THEM
IT
SHOULD
DO
LESS
AVERAGE
THAN
STUDY
FLOW
FLASHES
WHO
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
LARGE
WAY
IS
AS
TAKING
TOO
ON
MIGHT
WAY
BEHIND
EACH
BE
THAN
INVOLVES
LONG
TO
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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15.
16.
WHICH
OR
WHEN
DOING
HAS
BOTH
FACT
AS
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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HAS
THAN
THE
UP
BEEN
LATE
ITS
THIS
9.
10.
11.
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14.
15.
16.
WELL
FACED
ALSO
PASSED
SUCH
ARE
DO
THEM
BUT
SO
HAVE
DOWN
TAKEN
MAKING
THEIR
HOWEVER
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
TAKE
UNABLE
MIND
ON
FOR
AS
WISDOM
UP
Exercise 6
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