Review Test 1&2 - Exercise

Read the text. Choose from sentences A–F the one which fits each gap (1–5). There is one extra sentence.

A- She was able to do this in 2005 when a youth group asked for volunteers to go to Thailand.

B -She loved it from the start, and she won her first competition at the age of eight.

C- She also works hard to promote healthy lifestyles and diet.

D- She has never wasted time feeling sorry for herself.

E -She was rushed to hospital, where doctors carried out emergency surgery.

F- At first, she wasn’t keen on all the publicity.

Answer explanation

1 B: This sentence fits with the sentences before and after it. She loved surfing from the start. So, it was no surprise that she was surfing the night before Halloween.

2 E: The sentence after the gap mentions her surgery again, as it describes what happened after the operation.

3 F: The sentence after the gap confirms this idea, saying that she was modest and didn’t enjoy being the centre of attention.

4 A: The sentence after the gap refers to Thailand again as ‘this country’.

5 C: This sentence adds a similar idea to the sentence before the gap, mentioning another one of Bethany’s passions.

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. Write down: 1____2____3____4____5_____

Answer explanation

1 had

2 like: If you look like a person, you look similar to them.

3 up: You can say that you make up your mind to do something.

4 let: If you let someone do something, you allow them to do it.

5 to: If you manage to do something, you are successful in doing it

Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fills in each gap.

1.....(able)

2......(attract)

3...(care)

4...(rely)

5....(tolerate)