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Expert Proficiency Testmaster Module 2 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1 For questions 1 – 8, 8, read the sentences below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. 1
‘You
won’t get away with this!’ the old woman ____ angrily.
A chirped 2
B squawked
C roared
D croaked
B capture
C sustain
D amount to
B turn
C burst
D crack
B chirp
C hoot
D twitch
Woken up suddenly by the explosion, he _____ out of his tent, still half asleep. A waded
8
D enmeshed
He doesn’t give a _____ about anyone or anything except himself. He’s the most selfish person I know. know. A howl
7
C encroached
We woke up at the ____ of dawn this morning. A touch
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B extracted
A good advertisement advertisement should _____ the attention of its target audience immediately. immediately. A take in
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D croaked
The monkeys _____ incessantly as we walked through the forest. A chattered
4
C screeched
The project became became _____ in a lot of political arguments, which was a great shame. A disrupted
3
B hooted
B tramped
C trudged
D staggered
Crazed with thirst, they _____ wildly over the rocks to get to the river. A scrambled
B stalked
C strolled
D skulked /8
2 For questions 1 – 9, 9, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. WORKING WITH GORILLAS
When we woke up it was (1) __________ with rain. rain. Everything was was soaking (2) __________ and and I knew this would have a major (3) __________ on the gorilla project we were working working on. If we were to (4) __________ our goals goals for the month, month, we had to be able to travel freely through the forest. forest. However, if it kept on raining, the rivers would flood, making the tracks impassable. Thus began the worst rainfall and floods in the area in (5) __________ memory. memory. This would have have serious (6) __________ for the animals we we were monitoring, monitoring, who were in danger danger of being killed killed by bandits if we were unable to keep a watch on them. (7) __________ occasion, occasion, I had been been unfortunate enough enough to come up (8) __________ some some of these poachers poachers and they were very dangerous. They had already wiped (9) __________ most most of the forest elephant elephant population in the area and could do the same same to our gorillas if we didn’t stop them. /9
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3 For questions 1 – 7, read the sentences below. Use the word given in CAPITALS at the end of the lines to form a word that fits in the space. 1
The campaigners staged a protest to show their __________ with the forest tribes.
SOLID
2
The search for oil, causing the destruction of virgin forest, seems to be one of the __________ threats to this beautiful part of the world. SURGE
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There are arguments both for and against keeping wild animals in __________ .
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It’s absolutely vital that governments find __________ energy sources, such as wind and tidal power. NEW
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Until humans started to encroach on their land, most of these animals lived relatively __________ . PEACE
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In all __________ , our children may never see a tiger in the wild.
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Although the fire did a lot of damage, __________ none of the animals were hurt.
CAPTIVE
LIKE THANK /7
4 For questions 1 – 6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Use between three and eight words, including the word given. 1
We couldn’t find our tickets anywhere. NOWHERE Our ___________________________ .
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It’s disgraceful that nobody warned us that these animals were dangerous! SHOULD We ___________________________ that these animals were dangerous!
3
People believe that elephants never forget. IT ___________________________ that elephants never forget.
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It was obvious that someone had fed the animals before we got there. MUST The animals ___________________________ before we got there.
5
Zoologists think that there are fewer than 400 wild cats still living in Scotland. BE Fewer than 400 wild cats ___________________________ in Scotland.
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Critics say that she is the greatest living artist. TO She ___________________________ the greatest living artist. /6
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WRITING 5 Complete the article with words from the box. There are more words than you need.
stalking / bounding / freezing / skulking / tramping / boiling / twitching / trumpeting / terrifying / contamination / self-sufficient / grumpy / sustainable / starry / pleasurable / massive / daintily / wistfully / painstakingly / wearily / touch / peace / basics / manual / community / organic / HOW A TRIP TO AFRICA INSPIRED A LOVE OF ORGANIC FARMING
Forty years ago, I went to live on a small farm in the f oothills of Mount Kenya. I shall never forget my first sight of a herd of elephants (1) __________ through the forest and (2) __________ loudly at the edge of my garden, or the antelope (3) __________ over the fences to munch on the crops we had (4) __________ planted. In the evenings, as I sat on my veranda, gazing up at the (5) __________ night, I experienced a deep sense of being i n (6) __________ with nature. Then the cough of a leopard (7) __________ nearby or the (8) __________ roar of a lion (9) __________ its prey would warn me that it was time to put the dogs safely in their kennels. We were totally (10) __________ with regard to food and one thing I shall never forget was the taste of my home-grown produce. Neither before nor since have I ever tasted anything so amazing. The land was not tainted with chemicals and the pure (11) __________ cold mountain water slaked the thirst of these fast-growing plants, so everything was (12) __________ . The (13) __________ hot days and afternoon rains created lush conditions for growing: tomatoes were the size of apples, with a richness and depth of taste that is hard to describe; peppers and chillies were (14) __________ too, filling the mouth with fiery deliciousness, and banana trees were heavy with fruit. Returning to the UK ten years later and discovering that fruit and vegetables were exceedingly expensive and tasted of absolutely nothing, I decided to grow my own produce organically. After twenty-five years of hard (15) __________ labour, I finally have a thriving organic smallholding whose produce, even if the taste isn ’t quite as exotic or (16) __________ as that from my African garden, gets quite close to it. Having seen the (17) __________ of both plant and animal life by chemicals, it is satisfying to know that the organic movement is growing, but sad to see how slowly this is happening in the Western world. Each night I (18) __________ trudge home and sit on my veranda dreaming (19) __________ of my time in Africa. Now there are fewer stars in the sky and the lion’s roar and leopard’s cough are replaced by the sound of cows and sheep, all accompanied by the distant hum of a busy motorway. A far cry from Mount Kenya, but a little bit of relative (20) __________ and quiet in the midst of a busy world. /10 TOTAL /40
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