Live and ……………….… !

PRACTICE 4
Vocabulary 1 ADJECTIVES
AWE: I'm sure Suzy is dead but the .............. thing is not knowing how it
happened.
You look totally .................. in that dress.
ALTERNATE You can relax on the beach or ...................... try the bustling town
centre.
I had no ..................... but to report him to the police.
Arrange the leeks and noodles in ..................... layers.
APPRECIATE There's no ........................ change in the patient's condition.
She was ........................... of Greg's concern for her health
EXHAUST This morning, President Chávez promised an ......................
investigation into the causes of last night's fatal blast at Amuay Refinery.
Raising campaign money is an ......................... process.
Eating can be an ..................... process for ALS patients and can cause
choking.
DEPEND Norway's economy is heavily ..................... on natural resources.
Is writing a ..................... income? This is a common question among new
freelance writers.
LOVE Children are less likely to get sick when they have a ................... family and
good friendships.
Children Are Precious, ..................... , and Sweet
REGRET This was a very .................. error
She apologized and sounded genuinely .....................
TASTE The food that was served at the party was very .....................
Though Vibha spent a lot of money, she has a ........................ decorated
home.
USE Many ................. railway lines have become public footpaths.
Even harmless drugs can be ...................
DREAM She gets this .................. expression on her face when she talks about food.
I sank into a deep, ................ sleep.
Her paintings have a naive, .............. quality. 
Their posh house has a .................. kitchen
CONTINUE I've had ................... problems with this car ever since I bought it.
My computer makes a .................. low buzzing noise.
.................. fighting in the city is causing great concern.
LAUGH You may laugh, Harold Bowden, but it is no .................. matter.
The comment that the seals are partly responsible for the disappearance of
the cod is .......................
REPEAT I can't really say what I said to the players at half-time because it's
not .........................
Vocabulary 2 WORD FORM Food Production
In the not-too-distant past farm animals were able to live (0) NATURAL 0. NATURE
lives in what we would now term 'free-range' conditions. Such farming 1. POPULATE
methods however, were not able to supply the rapidly growing (1) ... of 2. CONSUME
the world and the increasing demands on food (2) ... In order to cope 3. DEVELOP
with this rising demand, factory farming methods were introduced along 4. GROW
with the (3) ... of genetically engineered (4) ... hormones, which resulted 5. PRODUCE
in a massive increase in food (5) ... However, these developments in the 6. TREAT
use of factory farming and drug (6) ... have led to a widespread feeling 7. AGREE
that animals are being caused a lot of distress and that the quality of the 8. EXIST
food itself suffers as a consequence. Certainly, many people (7) ... with 9.
the idea of keeping animals in one building for their entire (8) ... and ALTERNATE
argue that more emphasis should be given to (9) ... farming methods. A 10.
growing number of people are choosing to eat organic food, supporting ECONOMY
farmers who use free-range methods, a system which has proved to be
both (10) ... and more humane.

VERB TENSES Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.
1. By May 5th, we (live) .................. in this city for ten years.
2. The boy with his two companions (split) .................. the cherry tree now.
3. I didn’t get home until after midnight last night. Otherwise, I (return).................. your
call.
4. It won’t be safe to use these stairs until they (repair) .................. .
5. I’m really sleepy today. I wish I (not take) .................. Bob to the airport late last night.
6. I demand that I (retake) .................. the exam.
7. Tom was the last person (leave) .................. the classroom yesterday.
8. His greatest ambition is (choose) .................. to take part in the Olympics.
9. It looks as if this light (burn).............. all night. I (forget) ............... to switch it off
before I went to bed last night.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Jane was a bit crazy when she was younger but now she's a ________________,
she's started to calm down a bit.
A. thirty-something       B. thirty-or-so       C. thirty-so-and-so       D. thirty-ish
2 Now that our children have grown up and _____ the nest we don't need so much
space so we're moving to a smaller house soon.
A. outgrown       B. fled       C. flown        D. quit
3. The Clarkes' oldest child is starting school this year but their youngest is still just a
_______ .
A tumbler       B toddler       C tippler       D toppler
4. My husband recently started listening to pop music and now he's got a way-out
hairstyle. I think he's having a _______ crisis.
A middle-aged       B middle-age       C midlife       D mid-forties
5. Toby is only in his twenties but he's already getting a bit ____ on top. Pretty soon he'll
be totally bald.
A flat       B thin       C smooth       D shiny
6. In Britain, the age of _______ is sixteen but you still need your parents' permission
to get married until you are eighteen.
A romance      B respect       C responsibilty      D consent
7. I was very angry when I heard one of the nurses referring to my grandad as 'another
old ______'. So I told them it's a part of their job to treat him with respect.
A dodger       B lodger       C codger       D stodger
8 Don't be so ridiculous. Being thirty doesn't make you '_____________' . There are
lots of jobs you'll be able to get.
A out of age       B round the corner      C over the hill       D on the pile
9 After forty years working for the same company he was expecting a
________________ but all they gave him was a card and a box of chocolates.
A retiring sum       B golden handshake      C farewell fortune       D financial
thankyou
10 I used to think that all three-year-olds were screaming, spoilt little _____ but Sarah's
child is so quiet and good-natured.
A tots      B pups       C lads       D brats
11. Many biologists and environmental activists ............. that too many whales ...........
every year.
A. have been arguing / killed B. are arguing / have been killed
C. were argued / are killed D. argue / are being killed
12. The new film's director was distressed at the audience's reaction: at the end, they......,
but instead, they were all laughing.
A. may have cried B. must have been crying C.used to cry D. were
supposed to be crying
13. .......I like going to parties, if I go too often, I get bored.
A. However B. As though C. Because D. Much as
14. .......had Andy arrived home......Flo began to shout at him for staying out so late.
A. No sooner / as B. Barely / when C. Not only / that D. Hardly / as
15. When you get to the rendezvous point, make sure you are carrying a copy of today's
Times in your right hand; ......, our agent will not know who you are.
A. in order that B. thus C. otherwise D.whether
16. .......the curfew, no one will be allowed on the streets after 8 o'clock.
A.In case B.So that C.In order to D. On account of
17. You should have worked harder. It's no ____ complaining about the results now.
A trouble B point C good D need
18. I'll go. You stay here. There's no _____ in everybody getting wet.
A sense B sign C reason D regret
19. Only call the police as a ___________.
A final case B last resort C hopeless case D no-win situation
20 ____ before you leap.
A wait B look C watch D sleep
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1.I don’t think the television’s likely to blow up at any minute. likelihood
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2.This car only cost me five hundred pounds. picked
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.Someone paid five thousands pounds for the painting. went
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year. even
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I’m afraid our problems are just beginning. iceberg
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6. In 1967 programs began to be transmitted in color. advent
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7. No-one can believe how successful the composer’s first musical has been. TAKEN
The success of the composer’s first musical ………………..………………………..surprise.
8. Tom is so tall he can only just get through that door without stooping. ANY
If Tom was ………………..……………….... be able to get through that door without stooping
9. Despite arriving at work late on several occasions, my brother was still promoted.
TURNED
Even ………………..………………..… late for work on several occasions, my brother was still
promoted.
10. We ought to discuss the date for the annual art exhibition. HAVE
We ought to ………………..………………..……. we are going to hold the annual art exhibition.
Read the passage and put one suitable word into the space to make a
meaningful phrasal verb
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
I was reading an article last week in which the writer describes how her children had
changed as they (0) ____ up. When they were small, she had to (1) ____ up with noisy
games in the house, or (2) ____ in their interminable games of football in the garden
which (3) ___ her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were
(4) ____ up to, or what crisis she would have to (5) ___ with next. She dreaded the fact
that they might (6) ____after her husband, who admitted having been an
uncontrollable child who (7) ____ most of the time (8) _____ off to his friends by
breaking things or (9) _____ into fights. What was worse was that everyone else
thought he was a sweet child, and he (10) _____ away with terrible things! However,
she had experienced an even greater shock with her children. They had (11) ____ out of
all their naughty behaviour, and (12) _____ up serious hobbies such as chess and
playing the piano. They never did anything without (13) ______ it over first, and
coming to a serious decision. She had to (14) _____ up to the fact that they made her
feel rather childish, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and
noisy!
Fill the gaps in the text below with ONE suitable word.
Those of us ___(1) have a normal relationship with teenage offspring long ago gave
___(2) commenting on what
they choose ___(3) wear. Once you reach a certain age, your appreciation of ___(4) is
appropriate for a teenage girl dwindles to almost nothing. Your ability to impose ___(5)
will goes with it. Complain ___(6) you will about the Ugg boots, the tights revealing all
contours, the low tops, the short shorts, the improbable heels – all a waste ___(7)
breath. I once joined a shopping trip ___(8) pursuit of some of this stuff. In Hollister,
we wandered around in the dark for a ___(9) minutes. I thought there ___(10) been a
power cut. They said ___(11) was a fashionable half-light, presumably to obscure the
prices. This is ___(12) doubt one of those things parents worry about ___(13) much.
Without letting you know they know, they do in ___(14) know when the eyelash
extensions should stay in the box and a sensible skirt ___(15) called for. They might not
appear to be absorbing instructions but that’s because they are watching you instead.

For questions 1-7, choose the answer which you think is best according to
the article.
An Unlikely Muse
A new wave of music and arts projects has emerged, focusing on someone who may seem
for some a dubious source of inspiration. Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the
Philippines, is currently becoming the subject of musicals, song cycles and shows on a
worldwide arena.
When the Marcos regime collapsed in 1986, and Imelda and her husband Ferdinand
were exiled in Hawaii, they carried with them allegations of embezzlement, corruption
and human rights abuses. Imelda had spent the last twenty years living off a seemingly
endless supply of funds, living an exotic and glamorous lifestyle and rubbing shoulders
with powerful figures worldwide. In 1972, when the superstar couple’s popularity was
fading and they were at risk of losing their power, Ferdinand Marcos instated martial,
leading to an era of chaos and plunder, and what is described by some as the second
most corrupt regime of the twentieth century. Ferdinand and Imelda fled in 1986 to
escape the People’s Power Revolution, Imelda leaving behind some 2000 pairs of shoes.
After her husband died in Hawaii due to ill health, Imelda stood trial in the United States
on behalf of her husband. Following that, she returned to the Philippines to face seventy
more counts of corruption and tax evasion. She has now returned to congress in the
Philippines, her make-up and gowns as flawless as ever.
So what makes Imelda Marcos such an appealing muse? Undoubtedly, Imelda Marcos’s
resolute character which has withstood exile, legal battles and the wrath of her enemies
makes her an appealing heroine, but film-maker Fenton Bailey attributes her iconicity to
her sense of glamour and style, and her role as a cultural trend-setter. And like so many
women who let nothing come between them and their goals, she has gained a certain
iconic status, particularly among homosexuals, not unlike that of Judy Garland and Lady
Gaga.
And now the story of Imelda Marcos can be seen in the format of a musical, an artistic
genre which is quite befitting for this flamboyant, entertaining figure of beauty and
glamour. ‘Imelda – A new musical’ has played in Los Angeles and New York. The artistic
director of the musical, Tim Dang, realises that the musical glosses over the darker
aspects of the Marcos regime, but wanted to portray Imelda as a person with all her
faults on display, leaving the audience to come to a verdict. However, despite the glitz of
the show, reviews were mixed, stating the ‘the serio-comic spoof... had a vacuum at its
centre’.
The story of Imelda Marcos has also been immortalised as a song cycle, ‘Here Lies Love’
written by David Byrne and Norman Cook, in which Imelda comes across as both a hero
and villain. Their reasoning was to try to understand the story of how people can attain
positions of such power and greed. They were also inspired by Imelda’s love of dancing
and clubbing, and how her own style of music could be incorporated into their own.
Byrne adds that their story is not black and white – the couple were very popular at first,
and Imelda headed a lot of public works in the Philippines and added much to the
nation’s sense of culture and identity.
At the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, a tour named ‘La Vida Imelda’ led by Carlos
Sedran describes the life of Imelda Marcos, the cold war and martial law, while also
portraying the glamour of the Imelda lifestyle. He describes it as an eternal story, in
which her extravagance can be seen as either distasteful or in some ways estimable.
There is a danger that these new art forms airbrush out the atrocities which accompanied
the ostentation and glamour. It was a time when democracy was suppressed, political
enemies disappeared, and billions of dollars which could have helped the poverty-
stricken country were spent on the Marcos’s extravagant lifestyle. However, the artists
involved are keen to make clear that the regime also resulted in great leaps forward in
the country’s culture, architecture and infrastructure. The Marcos legacy remains in the
form of hospitals, Heart and Lung Centres, Folk Art theatres and homes for children and
the elderly, notwithstanding that the Marcos couple set their war-ravaged, poverty-
stricken land onto the world stage.

1 Why are Imelda’s shoes mentioned in the second paragraph?

A To illustrate how little she cared for her personal possessions
B To illustrate her love of fashion and beauty
C To indicate how quickly she had to flee the country
D To illustrate the extravagance of her lifestyle

2 What aspect of Imelda’s character is emphasised in paragraph 3?

A her flamboyance B her kindness C her resolution D her beauty

3 Why is Imelda compared with Judy Garland and Lady Gaga?

A Due to her status as a gay icon B Due to her ambition and drive
C Because she has created new fashions D Because she has triumphed over legal battles

4 Why was the musical of Imelda’s life criticised?

A Because it did not portray Imelda’s faults B Because the show was too shallow
C Because it was too glamorous and showy D Because it was both serious and
comedic

5 What was it about Imelda’s story that interested David Byrne and Norman Cooke?
A The ongoing themes of power, greed and music
B The fact that the story had both a clear hero and villain
C The reasoning why people such as Imelda become who they are
D The fact that her musical taste was similar to theirs

6 According to Carlos Sedran, how do people respond to Imelda’s expensive lifestyle?

A Most people are shocked by it. B It evokes both positive and negative feelings
C People want to be like her D People realise why she did it

7 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text as something Imelda Marcos did
for the Philippines?
A She made health services available to the people.
B She gave the country a cultural identity.
C She reduced the levels of poverty for Filipino people.
D She drew the world’s attention to the country.