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Preparation 5

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ….. novel that raised many interesting questions

a)

depressing

b)

Heavy-going

c)

Thought-provoking

d)

intriguing

2.

Rather …. . I had to make a real effort to finish it

a)

implausible

b)

Heavy-going

c)

gripping

d)

moving

3.

A …. Story. I was hooked from the very first page.

a)

moving

b)

entertaining

c)

intriguing

d)

gripping

4.

The plot was ….. . It was impossible to predict how it would end.

a)

Depressing

b)

gripping

c)

moving

d)

Intriguing

5.

The characters were totally ….. . I couldn’t take any of them seriously

a)

entertaining

b)

intriguing

c)

implausible

d)

Heavy-going

6.

A ….. story which jumps from past to present and back again at breakneck speed

a)

moving

b)

Thought-provoking

c)

Fast-moving

d)

Heavy-going

7.

A well-written novel, but so ….. it made me feel almost suicidal

a)

gripping

b)

entertaining

c)

depressing

d)

implausible

8.

A ….. tale which stayed with me long after I’d finished reading it

a)

moving

b)

gripping

c)

intriguing

d)

haunting

9.

Find the meaning of: hardly

a)

Vast

b)

profoundly

c)

awkward

d)

barely

10.

Find the meaning of: deeply

a)

awkward

b)

barely

c)

Vast

d)

profoundly

11.

Find the meaning of: it could be argued

a)

Vast

b)

arguable

c)

barely

d)

profoundly

12.

Find the meaning of: enormous

a)

awkward

b)

barely

c)

Vast

d)

profoundly

13.

Find the meaning of: with little colour or excitement  

a)

quirky

b)

arguable

c)

awkward

d)

bland

14.

Find the meaning of: difficult to deal with

a)

Staccato

b)

Lowly

c)

awkward

d)

bland

15.

Find the meaning of: original, strange

a)

Vast

b)

bland

c)

quirky

d)

neatly

16.

Find the meaning of: humble, low in status

a)

arguable

b)

neatly

c)

quirky

d)

Lowly

17.

Find the meaning of: with short sharp sounds

a)

Lowly

b)

barely

c)

profoundly

d)

Staccato

18.

Find the meaning of: tidily

a)

Vast

b)

Lowly

c)

bland

d)

neatly

19.

РHaving a lot of money and a good standard of living (adj)

a)

Be off

b)

over

c)

Affluent

d)

Well off

20.

(formal) flu, an infectious illness

a)

influenza

b)

Bird flu

c)

bacteria

d)

suggestion

21.

When you’re abroad, you get a better….if you take money out at a cash machine

a)

over

b)

Take out

c)

currency

d)

through

22.

The provision of financial services to low-income clients, to help poor people out of poverty (noun)

a)

Embroider

b)

The DR

c)

Microfinance 

d)

Cantina

23.

Bangladeshi developer of the microcredit movement, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace prize

a)

'd written

b)

've  been writing

c)

Muhammad Yunus

d)

'II have written

24.

Property or sth valuable that you promise to give to sb if you cannot pay back money that you borrow (noun)

a)

Cantina

b)

Lending Card

c)

peer

d)

Collateral

25.

A person who has the same social status as you (noun)

a)

old

b)

Middle aged

c)

peer

d)

Same aged

26.

The Dominican Republic

a)

Collateral

b)

Embroider

c)

The DR

d)

TDR

27.

Spanish for a canteen or kitchen (noun)

a)

Starter

b)

Cafeteria

c)

cantina

d)

Buffet

28.

To decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using colored thread (verb)

a)

Decoration

b)

Casual

c)

Embroider

d)

Collateral

29.

A person or a company that buys goods from the company that makes them and sells them to sb else

a)

Store man

b)

Representative

c)

Shareholder

d)

Middle man

30.

A British chain of department stores, often just called M/S

a)

Hunger

b)

Pop psychology

c)

The big issue

d)

Marks and Spencer

31.

A magazine published on behalf of and sold by homeless people in the UK

a)

obtained

b)

earned

c)

won

d)

The big issue

32.

The use by ordinary people of simple or fashionable ideas from psychology in order to understand or explain people’s feelings and emotional problems

a)

Holder

b)

The issue

c)

Marks and Spencer

d)

Pop psychology

33.

Give the translation for the word ‘addiction’

a)

Изысканность

b)

Очаровательность

c)

Привлекательность

d)

Склонность

34.

Put the right preposition: A lot of people are obsessed…..celebrities and their lifestyles

a)

from

b)

to

c)

with

d)

for

35.

Put the right preposition: Some young people are becoming addicted….social networking websites

a)

to

b)

for

c)

from

d)

with

36.

Put the right preposition: People are normally very kind and helpful …..foreign tourists

a)

in

b)

with

c)

For

d)

to

37.

Put the right preposition: Most young people are dependent….their parents until their mid 20th

a)

to

b)

from

c)

on

d)

With