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USING YOUR ACCOUNT
At regular intervals, perhaps monthly, you will receive a __1__
from the bank, giving details of each __2__ (money you put in) and
__3__ (money you take out). If you’re not sure how much money you
have in your account, you can just go to your bank and ask what your
__4__ is. If you have to make a regular payment, like rent, you can ask
the bank to pay this amount for you automatically. This arrangement is
called a __5__.
1.
A) balance
B) deposit
C) standing order
D) statement
2.
A) balance
B) deposit
C) standing order
D) statement
3.
A) withdrawal
B) deposit
C) standing order
D) statement
4.
A) balance
B) deposit
C) standing order
D) statement
5.
A) balance
B) deposit
C) standing order
D) statement
SPENDING
Some people spend more money than they receive. In other
words, their __1__ is greater than their __2__, If you take more
money out of the bank than you have in your account, you are __3__.
To keep a(an) __4__ of your spending, it’s a good idea when you write
a cheque to fill in the __5__, which stays in the book. Most cheques
are __6__ cheques, which means that no one else can __7__ them.
They must be paid into someone’s account
1.
A) expenditure
B) income
C) cash
D) record
2.
A) expenditure
B) income
C) cash
D) record
3.
A) counterfoil
B) underdrawn
C) overdrawn
D) crossed
4.
A) counterfoil
B) record
C) income
D) expenditure
5.
A) counterfoil
B) record
C) overdrawn
D) expenditure
6.
A) counterfoil
B) record
C) overdrawn
D) crossed
7.
A) expenditure
B) income
C) cash
D) overdraw
BOOKS AND READING 1
Match each kind of book below with the kind of material you
would normally find in it.
1.
Maps
2.
Exercises and diagrams etc. for school study
3.
Meanings of words
4.
Information about a subject
5.
An exciting story of crime or adventure
6.
Instructions, e.g. on how to maintain, repair and use a car
7.
Tourist information and advice about a place or country
8.
A list of important, famous people and details of their lives
A) Guidebook
B) Dictionary
C) Manual
D) Atlas
E) Thriller
F) Textbook
G) Who’s Who
H) Encyclopedia
BOOKS AND READING 2
I love books. I love to read. I’m a real __1__, and I love to __2__
in bookshops, just looking briefly at one book after another. I look at
the __3__, the photos or drawings. If there
are foreign or technical
words in the book, I look at the __4__ at the back for their meanings
(unless they’re explained in __5__ at the bottom of the pages) and I
look at the __6__ also at the back, which is a list of other books on the
same subject. And I use the library a lot. I __7__ two or three books
a week, and I have to pay a(an) __8__ if I return them late. Friends
often recommend books to me, and I also read book __9__ in the
newspapers. I don’t always agree with them, but anyway they let me
know what new books are being __10__.
1.
A) review
B) footnote
C) glossary
D) bookworm
2.
A) borrow
B) browse
C) lend
D) publish
3.
A) reviews
B) illustrations
C) dictionaries
D) bibliographies
4.
A) reviews
B) footnotes
C) glossary
D) bookworm
5.
A) pricelists
B) footnotes
C) glossaries
D) dictionaries
6.
A) reviews
B) covers
C) contents
D) bibliography
7.
A) borrow
B) browse
C) lend
D) book
8.
A) fine
B) attention
C) time
D) bookworm
9.
A) reviews
B) illustrations C) pricelists
D) names
10. A) created
B) produced
C) punished
D) published
CARS AND DRIVING
The amount of petrol a car uses is called the __1__ and it is
measured in __2__. The petrol goes in the __3__. The way a car
behaves (speed, brakes, acceleration etc.) is called the car’s __4__.
We can talk about the back of a __5__ (car, bus, lorry etc.) but more
often we use the word __6__. The speedometer, fuel gauge, and so
on are called __7__. To __8__ means to pass another vehicle going in
the same direction. If you have to go backwards, you __9__. The
outside surface of the car, made of metal or fiberglass, is called the
__10__. Make sure you __11__ before turning left or right.
1.
A) fuel consumption
B) petrol tank
C) petrol quality
D) pipe
2.
A) rear
B) indicate
C) mpg (miles per gallon)
D) scales
3.
A) fuel consumption
B) petrol tank
C) pipe
D) tube
4.
A) quality
B) price
C) performance D) action
5.
A) truck
B) petrol tank
C) vehicle
D) overtake
6.
A) rear
B) indicate
C) wheel
D) reverse
7.
A) vehicles
B) instruments C) performance D) body
8.
A) speed up
B) over speed C) overload
D) overtake
9.
A) run back
B) look back
C) return
D) reverse
10. A) vehicle
B) instruments C) indicate
D) body
11. A) show
B) indicate
C) slow down
D) reverse
Everyday Vocabulary
Book 2 Part B
