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TEST G
Picture this
Getting friends and family to pose for photos is hard enough, but
how would you cope with a rabbit, an owl or a butterfly that simply
__(1)__ to keep still?
Simon King, wildlife film-maker and photographer, says you don’t
need any formal __(2)__ to get started. The whole __(3)__ is that
photographing wildlife should be fun. Simon offers the following
__(4)__:
Specialize from the start. You’re more likely to get good __(5)__
sooner if you __(6)__ on one type of wildlife - insects for instance -
__(7)__ than just going off to the woods or park with your camera and
snapping whatever you see.
__(8)__ something that isn’t hard to photograph. Choosing an
animal that’s hard to __(9)__, or will run away if it sees you __(10)__
unnecessary problems. How about flowers, or a group of birds?
__(11)__ second-hand camera shops and local papers for quality
__(12)__. You don’t need to __(13)__ a fortune - Simon started with
just a second-hand camera that cost around £30. But you will need a
single lens reflex camera.
Remember it’s the __(14)__ photograph that counts, not just the
subject. __(15)__ you’re composing a picture and try to be as artistic
as possible.
1.
A) disobeys
B) dislikes
C) refuses
D) avoids
2.
A) training
B) education
C) exercise
D) lecture
3.
A) thought
B) idea
C) dream
D) plan
4.
A) lessons
B) facts
C) warnings
D) tips
5.
A) progress
B) luck
C) results
D) events
6.
A) think
B) concentrate C) limit
D) depend
7.
A) more
B) other
C) better
D) rather
8.
A) Decide
B) Pick
C) Prefer
D) Collect
9.
A) spot
B) notice
C) meet
D) glance
10. A) creates
B) starts
C) puts
D) leads
11. A) Visit
B) Look
C) Find
D) Search
12. A) instruments B) equipment
C) material
D) tools
13. A) cost
B) make
C) spend
D) lose
14. A) big
B) all
C) whole
D) full
15. A) Think
B) Guess
C) Invent
D) Imagine
TEST H
Shopping in Japan
Unlike millions of Britons, who will not know how much the
Christmas turkey, child’s bicycle and the January sales have __(1)__
them until the credit card bill arrives, the Japanese __(2)__ to settle
up before they’ve even __(3)__ their shopping list.
The Japanese like to improve on every idea, even if the idea is
cash. So they have been __(4)__ about the pre-paid card. It __(5)__
the bother of banknotes and it saves the Japanese __(6)__ the fear of
being in __(7)__ to someone else.
It __(8)__ with the convenient pre-paid telephone card and has
__(9)__ through train ticket cards, taxi cards, and supermarket cards
all the way to McDonald’s hamburgers cards.
Few Westerners can understand why anyone __(10)__ want to
give money to a supermarket or a department store __(11)__ by
buying a pre-paid card. But credit companies are held in some suspicion
in Japan. People have traditionally preferred cash and will happily
stroll the streets with quite large __(12)__ of money in their pockets.
The fact that street crime is fairly __(13)__ helps.
Pre-paid cards are now as __(14)__ as chopsticks and twice as
convenient. About 500 million cards were sold in the first five years
after they became __(15)__.
1.
A) lost
B) cost
C) charged
D) priced
2.
A) prefer
B) desire
C) enjoy
D) select
3.
A) written about
B) written off
C) written out
D) written up
4.
A) keen
B) enthusiastic C) exciting
D) eager
5.
A) does away with
B) does out of
C) does without
D) does out
6.
A) of
B) from
C) for
D) by
7.
A) payment
B) bill
C) debt
D) interest
8.
A) opened
B) invented
C) introduced
D) started
9.
A) followed
B) developed
C) changed
D) turned
10. A) would
B) will
C) may
D) must
11. A) in time
B) in front
C) in future
D) in advance
12. A) savings
B) sums
C) deposits
D) masses
13. A) seldom
B) slight
C) rare
D) slow
14. A) common
B) usual
C) regular
D) often
15. A) prepared
B) possible
C) ready
D) available
TEST I
The personal trainer
What does a personal trainer do?
I meet each client to discuss what he or she is looking for. It could
be __(1)__ from improving general fitness to losing - or, in a few
cases, - __(2)__ weight. I then devise a training program for them
which I think will __(3)__ them to achieve their __(4)__. If they’ve had
anything __(5)__ with them, say a back __(6)__, I speak to their doctor
who will __(7)__ me what not to do. If someone eats and drinks too
much, it’s easy to suggest they __(8)__ , but if that doesn’t __(9)__, I
look at their diet. I prefer to train on a one-to-one __(10)__, though I
do sometimes work with __(11)__ if they are friends and want to train
together.
Who needs a personal trainer?
I think most people do. A trainer will __(12)__ you to try __(13)__.
You achieve 20 per cent more than you could training alone, no
__(14)__ how dedicated you are. I’ve got a lot of Americans on my
books, and I actually prefer them. __(15)__ most Brits, who still haven’t
really got the idea, Americans know how to work out.
1.
A) nothing
B) everything
C) anything
D) something
2.
A) adding
B) gaining
C) putting
D) finding
3.
A) help
B) ensure
C) let
D) organize
4.
A) hope
B) intention
C) aim
D) wish
5.
A) ill
B) bad
C) off
D) wrong
6.
A) wound
B) hurt
C) injury
D) accident
7.
A) persuade
B) advise
C) suggest
D) order
8.
A) cut out
B) cut off
C) cut back
D) cut down
9.
A) work
B) function
C) manage
D) advance
10. A) way
B) method
C) basis
D) style
11. A) crowds
B) couples
C) twins
D) doubles
12. A) move
B) push
C) make
D) insist
13. A) stronger
B) better
C) more
D) harder
14. A) matter
B) point
C) way
D) doubt
15. A) Compared
B) Contrary
C) Different
D) Unlike
Book 2 Part B
Use of English
