Close-up B2: Vocabulary Unit 1

____ ________ shows what you are thinking or feeling by the position of your body.

The scientists that _______ ___ the research were awarded the Nobel prize.

He has no food, no home and hardly any clothes. He lives in complete _______.

I couldn't believe it when my best friend surprised me at the airport. I was __ _ ____ for words.

I asked, out of _________, whether he had ever been arrested before.

Sue suffers from _______ which means that she feels particularly nervous before exams.

His _________ to complete a simple task severely affects his performance at work.

• difficulty

• inability

• unable

• incomplete

The whole flock of birds flew ___________ when they heard the dog bark.

• scared

• fast

• instinctively

• up

You can buy special chairs which help you sit correctly and improve your _______.

I tried to __________ my response to the news.

• rationalise

• reason

• reasonable

• rational