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Empower C1 Unit 2

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They were making a __________ amount of noise last night.

a)

tremendous

b)

flimsy

c)

daring

d)

imminent

2.

He warned that an enemy missile attack was ____________.

a)

whizzling

b)

eruption

c)

imminent

d)

flimsy

3.

You won't be warm enough in that _____________ dress.

a)

tremendous

b)

flimsy

c)

elated

d)

defying

4.

The excitement of starting a new job is always ____________ with a certain apprehension.

a)

mingled

b)

defied

c)

hurtled

d)

coined

5.

His business ____________ in the years before the war.

a)

whizzled

b)

mingled

c)

thrived

d)

inclined

6.

Allen Ginsberg ______________ the term "flower power".

a)

strung

b)

whizzled

c)

pounded

d)

coined

7.

The high crime rate ______________ in unemployment and poverty.

a)

pounds

b)

roots

c)

hurtles

d)

soars

8.

My vow of silence seemed to ............ out unusual behaviour in people I met with.

a)

cross

b)

leave

c)

bring

d)

take

9.

I enjoy the speed of a rollercoaster but I hate ............ round those giant loops.

a)

whirling

b)

sending

c)

pushing

d)

floating

10.

Zorbing can make you dizzy because it involves ............ over and over downhill inside a giant plastic ball.

a)

drifting

b)

rolling

c)

flowing

d)

circling

11.

Learners always b _ _ _ _ _ _ the instructor with lots of questions about parachute safety before they start.

(a)  

12.

I've vowed to be silent tomorrow but I'm sure a few words will s _ _ _ o_ _ when I'm not thinking.

(a)  

13.

Adam joined the skydiving group, thinking it would help him to r _ _ _ _ _ better to other people.

(a)  

14.

Thirty sports club members went skydiving yesterday and the same number did a base jump.

as

Thirty sports club members went skydiving yesterday and just ……………………………………….. of them did a base jump.

(a)  

15.

My speed increased as I snowboarded down the mountain.

and

I went increasingly ……………………………………….. in speed as I snowboarded down the mountain.

(a)  

16.

If you are so frightened when you go zip-lining, why do you do it?

such

If you find zip-lining to be ……………………………………….. thing to do, why do you do it?

(a)  

17.

If standards of safety are not satisfactory, the roller coaster will be closed.

sufficiently

The roller coaster will be closed if standards of safety ……………………………………….. high.

(a)  

18.

You (a)   well get a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get you.

19.

There's (a)   for living alone.

20.

Have you (a)   of writing a story for Paul and Patty and for Simone? I wish you would give Paul and Patty a happy ending.

21.

It might be in (a)   to check this information out as soon as possible.

22.

Don't get so wound (a)   before the game.

23.

Don't (a)   the bush - get to the point!

24.

You can't help being biased so you may as well be (a)   about it.

25.

What am I (a)   do if she says 'no'?

26.

I'm (a)   to meet his new secretary this afternoon.

27.

(a)   your gran this weekend? (SEE) (as you normally do)

28.

(a)   your gran this weekend? (SEE) (have you planned this?)

29.

Someone who wants to have or do something all the time

(a)  

30.

Leon's dog was sitting by the door __________, so I thought I'd better take it for a walk.

a)

thumping

b)

gurgling

c)

whining

d)

absorbing

31.

He had the ________ feeling that he had met this stranger before.

a)

deafening

b)

eerie

c)

gurgling

d)

stillness

32.

Signs of the illness include fever, _______, and vomiting.

a)

nausea

b)

whine

c)

eerie

d)

thump

33.

It's hard to ________ so much information.

a)

demand

b)

absorb

c)

apparent

d)

plunge

34.

Her unhappiness was __________to everyone.

a)

absorbed

b)

eerie

c)

apprehensive

d)

apparent

35.

__________ sounds of this place usually make me feel relaxed.

a)

Ambient

b)

Deafening

c)

Demanding

d)

Apprehensive

36.

They used sleep __________ as a form of torture.

a)

malfunction

b)

deprivation

c)

apparency

d)

gurgling

37.

Any sign of remorse was completely ___________ from her face.

a)

absent

b)

ambient

c)

suspended

d)

absorbed

38.

They were making a __________ amount of noise last night.

a)

tremendous

b)

flimsy

c)

daring

d)

imminent

39.

There's a sense of _______________ at having completed a race of such length.

a)

elation

b)

eruption

c)

junkie

d)

canopy

40.

You won't be warm enough in that _____________ dress.

a)

tremendous

b)

flimsy

c)

elated

d)

defying

41.

His business ____________ in the years before the war.

a)

whizzled

b)

mingled

c)

thrived

d)

inclined

42.

The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass ___________ through the air.

a)

hurtling

b)

attaching

c)

craving

d)

daring

43.

All night long fireworks ______________ into the sky.

a)

plunged

b)

soared

c)

rooted

d)

coined

44.

The ____________ of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.

a)

novelty

b)

eruption

c)

canopy

d)

folk

45.

The ____________ of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.

a)

novelty

b)

eruption

c)

canopy

d)

folk