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3 My English improved noticeably when I started not just writing down four or five new words
every day, but really making an effort to ___________________ them every night. MEMORY
5 We would like to thank all the ___________________ in our research programme who let us
monitor their sleep patterns. PARTICIPATE
6 Research into the effects of sleep ___________________ have revealed how dangerous not
getting enough sleep can be for both body and mind. DEPRIVE
7 Despite its unattractive ___________________ when seen from the outside, the building is
actually a very pleasant place to work in. APPEAR
8 To meet the growing demand for housing for young families, the ___________________ of
over 200 new homes is planned for next year. CONSTRUCT
9 This is an ___________________ area of the city: all the young professionals want to live
here, so the house prices are rising fast. ASPIRE
10 Our first priority is to find a new name for the company and a new logo: almost anything
would be ___________________ to what we’ve got now! PREFER
11 Most of our problems over the last few years are due to a lack of strong
___________________ ; we need to find someone who is capable of developing a vision for
the future and who can inspire people. LEAD
12 I’m not sure about the idea of offering free gifts and holidays to teachers and lecturers who
adopt our learning programmes – would it be___________________ ? ETHIC
16 The school requires that all pupils follow certain rules, but we also understand that everyone is
different and we try to respect the ___________________ of each child. INDIVIDUAL
17 She doesn’t expect automatic ___________________ from the people that work for her; she
prefers to discuss issues openly and is happy when people express their doubts or asks
questions. OBEY
19 Although there are many ___________________ between alligators and crocodiles, they are
actually different species; crocodiles are larger and more aggressive than alligators, with
different-shaped head and jaws. SIMILAR
20 Although good zoos try to provide a habitat that feels natural and has plenty of space, animals
in ___________________ often suffer from stress and boredom. CAPTIVE
21 Although sheep are not known for their ___________________ , they are surprisingly
intelligent animals: they group together to protect themselves when threatened and can
remember and identify both human and animal faces. CLEVER
23 Van Gogh’s paintings were so original that they were met with ___________________ by the
conventional art community, and people only began to appreciate them after his death.
DISAPPROVE
24 Rock star Keith Richards was Johnny Depp’s ___________________ for the character of
Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: he based the character’s hairstyle and
clothes on him, and imitated his manner of speaking. INSPIRE
27 The new user interface for this app is so ___________________ different and so much better
than the old one that you will hardly recognise it. DRAMA
28 Most of the men in my family have a tendency to suffer from high blood
___________________ as we get older, so it’s vital we take regular exercise and pay attention
to our diets. PRESS
29 The city aims to improve its___________________ of sport and leisure facilities for young
people by opening a new sports centre and setting up new sports clubs for teenagers.
PROVIDE
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thinking were somewhat larger than normal. However, this could be attributed to the fact that he used
these parts of his brain a great deal. From this we might conclude that the (18) ___________________
of the brain is not nearly as important as what you do with it. On the other
(19) ___________________ , if this latter fact is true, then computer games which are specially
designed to exercise the brain in certain ways might have (20) ___________________ effects and help
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PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Longman ELT 9
PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Longman ELT 10