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WorksheetsPreparation 5
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
A ….. novel that raised many interesting questions
depressing
Heavy-going
Thought-provoking
intriguing
Rather …. . I had to make a real effort to finish it
implausible
Heavy-going
gripping
moving
A …. Story. I was hooked from the very first page.
moving
entertaining
intriguing
gripping
The plot was ….. . It was impossible to predict how it would end.
Depressing
gripping
moving
Intriguing
The characters were totally ….. . I couldn’t take any of them seriously
entertaining
intriguing
implausible
Heavy-going
A ….. story which jumps from past to present and back again at breakneck speed
moving
Thought-provoking
Fast-moving
Heavy-going
A well-written novel, but so ….. it made me feel almost suicidal
gripping
entertaining
depressing
implausible
A ….. tale which stayed with me long after I’d finished reading it
moving
gripping
intriguing
haunting
Find the meaning of: hardly
Vast
profoundly
awkward
barely
Find the meaning of: deeply
awkward
barely
Vast
profoundly
Find the meaning of: it could be argued
Vast
arguable
barely
profoundly
Find the meaning of: enormous
awkward
barely
Vast
profoundly
Find the meaning of: with little colour or excitement
quirky
arguable
awkward
bland
Find the meaning of: difficult to deal with
Staccato
Lowly
awkward
bland
Find the meaning of: original, strange
Vast
bland
quirky
neatly
Find the meaning of: humble, low in status
arguable
neatly
quirky
Lowly
Find the meaning of: with short sharp sounds
Lowly
barely
profoundly
Staccato
Find the meaning of: tidily
Vast
Lowly
bland
neatly
РHaving a lot of money and a good standard of living (adj)
Be off
over
Affluent
Well off
(formal) flu, an infectious illness
influenza
Bird flu
bacteria
suggestion
When you’re abroad, you get a better….if you take money out at a cash machine
over
Take out
currency
through
The provision of financial services to low-income clients, to help poor people out of poverty (noun)
Embroider
The DR
Microfinance
Cantina
Bangladeshi developer of the microcredit movement, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace prize
'd written
've been writing
Muhammad Yunus
'II have written
Property or sth valuable that you promise to give to sb if you cannot pay back money that you borrow (noun)
Cantina
Lending Card
peer
Collateral
A person who has the same social status as you (noun)
old
Middle aged
peer
Same aged
The Dominican Republic
Collateral
Embroider
The DR
TDR
Spanish for a canteen or kitchen (noun)
Starter
Cafeteria
cantina
Buffet
To decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using colored thread (verb)
Decoration
Casual
Embroider
Collateral
A person or a company that buys goods from the company that makes them and sells them to sb else
Store man
Representative
Shareholder
Middle man
A British chain of department stores, often just called M/S
Hunger
Pop psychology
The big issue
Marks and Spencer
A magazine published on behalf of and sold by homeless people in the UK
obtained
earned
won
The big issue
The use by ordinary people of simple or fashionable ideas from psychology in order to understand or explain people’s feelings and emotional problems
Holder
The issue
Marks and Spencer
Pop psychology
Give the translation for the word ‘addiction’
Изысканность
Очаровательность
Привлекательность
Склонность
Put the right preposition: A lot of people are obsessed…..celebrities and their lifestyles
from
to
with
for
Put the right preposition: Some young people are becoming addicted….social networking websites
to
for
from
with
Put the right preposition: People are normally very kind and helpful …..foreign tourists
in
with
For
to
Put the right preposition: Most young people are dependent….their parents until their mid 20th
to
from
on
With
