B2 - Use of English

Living next to an airport has always meant having to (1)…………… the noise of planes landing and taking off.

• A keep out of

• B put up with

• C miss out on

• D stand up for

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Now it seems that (2)…………… residents also have bad weather, according to a (3)…………… published study.

• A   neighbouring

• B close

• C local

• D surrounded

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Now it seems that (2)…………… residents also have bad weather, according to a (3)…………… published study.

• A lately

• B recently

• C lastla

• D freshly

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CCSS.L.3.1G

The scientists looked at satellite (4)…………… of clouds above airports, and also studied computer models of the way clouds behave.

• A images

• B figures

• C aspects

• D portraits

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What they found was that as a plane flies through a very cold cloud, the air behind it expands and then cools (5)…………… rapidly.

• A   totally    

• B   extremely

• C   entirely

• D   perfectly

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CCSS.L.3.1G

This sudden drop in temperature, (6)…………… with the hole formed in the cloud where the plane has passed through, can increase the (7)…………… of rain or snow on the ground.

• A   joined

• B   attached

•  C   composed

• D   combined

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

This sudden drop in temperature, (6)…………… with the hole formed in the cloud where the plane has passed through, can increase the (7)…………… of rain or snow on the ground.

                   

• A   forecasts

• B   certainties

• C   chances

• D   opportunities

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In the case of major airports, with hundreds of flights every day, this can have a significant (8)…………… on weather patterns up to 100 kilometres away.

• A   result 

• B   influence  

• C   consequence

• D   impression

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CCSS.L.3.1C

The researchers point out, however, that aircraft passing through clouds are (9)…………… to affect the global climate.

• A   doubtful 

• B   unsure

• C   unlikely

• D   improbable

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Some years ago, there were (1)…………… (PREDICT) that email would soon be replaced as the most common means of online communication by social (2)…………… (WORK) sites.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C