Choose the correct words in the box and write them on the lines. You do not need to use all the words.
| appliance | contact | responsible | private | relation |
| suitable | accessory | increase | property | complain |
Example: increase: to become or make something larger or greater
1. : something added to a machine or to clothing that has a decorative purpose
2. : to say that you are annoyed, unhappy, or not satisfied about somebody/something
3. : only for one person or group and not for everyone
4. : a piece of equipment, especially electrical equipment, such as a cooker or washing machine, used in people’s homes
5. : to communicate with someone by phone, email, letter, etc
6. : right or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion
Linda is thanking Daniel for his birthday present.
Lida: Thanks for the book. I've been looking for it for months.
Daniel: _____
We hope there will be an increase _____ salary soon.
Tower blocks from the 60s and 70s could be _____ after the Grenfell Tower fire.
_____ atheist does not believe that _____ God exists.
Are you going to hold a party when you _____?
If the weather is fine this weekend, we _____ to see our grandparents.
There are many people _____ lives have been spoiled by that factory.
That event was described in _____ Italian newspapers.
Read the conversation and choose the best answer. Write a letter (A-J) for each question. You do not need to use all the letters.
A. I'd prefer a lake in the mountains.
B. When's the cheapest time to go?
C. I would rather go to the sea in Southern Italy
D. Can I pay by credit card? I have no cash with me.
E. Yes, my friends paid $450 each last year. The most I can pay is $380.
F. No, I don't how to sail.
G. No. I wanted to go to Sweden last year, but I didn't have enough money.
H. October's too late for me, so I'll go in September.
I. I will go in August because I think I have enough money.
J. I wished to go sailing last year, but I was so busy.
Man: Hello, can I help you?
Chloe: Yes, I'd like to go on a sailing holiday this summer in Italy.
Man: Have you been sailing before?
Chloe:
Man: Yeah, it is quite expensive. Sailing holidays start at about $300.
Chloe:
Man: Well, that should be enough.
Chloe:
Man: Well, August is the most expensive month, around $500. September and October are cheaper.
Chloe:
Man: Would you like to be by the sea or a lake?
Chloe:
Man: OK. The Aqua Centre in north Italy will be best for you. That costs $370.
Chloe:
Man: Yes, that's fine.
Read the text. Choose the correct word from the box to fill in each blank.
| solution | adventurous | popularity | metal | extreme | force |
Surfing on the Land
Waves don’t always hit the beaches with enough height or to allow a sport such as surfing. The surfers in the 1960s looked for something that would allow them to have the thrill of riding waves without having to actually go in the water on days when it looked more like a mirror rather than a series of hills reaching the shore. The simple was to put wheels on a board, and before long, a new style of surfing was born, but it was done on land.
Looking back, it is easy to see how skateboarding could become more popular than even surfing. To surf, you need coastline and waves, but to skateboard, all you need is a paved surface. As its grew, skateboarding took on new forms, and skateboarders tried new stunts. Skateboard parks started popping up throughout several countries, and there was plenty of innovation in skateboards.
Early skateboards had wheels, usually taken from roller skates. Clay wheels replaced these, followed by the special urethane wheels that are used today. The innovations with wheels made the sport safer in many ways, but they also allowed the stunts to become more and more .
Read the passage.
A research project called Mineral has created robots that move around in farm fields, collecting information about how plants are growing. It aims to use computers to help farmers grow more food in ways that are healthy for the environment. The project is run by a company called X, which focuses on projects with big goals that seem almost impossible at first.
With the number of people on earth getting bigger each year, more and more food needs to be grown in order to feed everyone. Because of the climate crisis, this task is becoming even more difficult. Some experts say that to feed everyone, more food will need to be grown over the next 50 years than in the last 10,000 years.
In the past, when farmers have tried to quickly increase the amount they produce, they’ve used methods that aren’t always healthy for the environment – more fields, fertilizers, and pesticides. Instead, the focus of the Mineral project is on getting farms to produce more by improving conditions for each plant. Mineral’s team spent several years talking to farmers to see what problems they were having and how these problems might be fixed. That led to the creation of special robots, called “plant buggies”, which collect detailed information about crops. At first, the buggies were very simple. They were built on bicycles and took pictures with cell phones. Over time, they’ve improved these machines repeatedly. The plant buggies roll on four wheels and are high enough to move over rows of plants without hurting them. They’re covered in solar panels and have strong wheels, allowing them to roll through muddy fields.
The robots can take detailed pictures of plants, track each plant’s location, and measure the plant’s size. They can even do things humans can’t, like count all of the small buds on a plant. Before, farmers had information about the soil and the weather, but they couldn’t track every plant. Now, with Mineral’s robots, they can. By collecting lots of information like this, Mineral believes computers can help farmers make predictions about how their plants will grow. Studying each individual plant could end up saving time and money. For example, if robots can detect which plants have diseases, farmers can quickly get rid of these plants before they ruin the entire crop. The detailed information will also allow farmers to only fertilize and water the plants that truly need it, meaning fewer plants will spoil and more food will be produced.
Currently, the Mineral team is working in countries around the world, including Argentina, South Africa, and Canada, learning how computers and robots can help farmers produce more, in ways that are good for the environment.
Now use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER to answer each question.
1. What does Mineral use to make huge improvements in farming?
2. Which element makes people have more difficulty in growing more food?
3. What did Mineral do in several years to be able to invent “plant buggies”?
4. Which allows the plant buggies to go through the mud?
5. What could farmers save when using Mineral’s robots?
6. Thanks to useful information, farmers can give to plants which really need it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Staying at home is better than going out in this wet weather.
=> I’d rather ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
“Don’t forget to lock the house when you go out, William,” his mother said.
=> William’s mother reminded ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Helen plays the piano better than Elizabeth.
=> Elizabeth doesn’t .....
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
I’ve never had to wait this long for a bus before.
=> This is ............
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
If we get a key, we will be able to get into the house.
=> Unless ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Although he was born in a poor family, he always makes every effort to study well.
=> Despite ...........