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Though Japanese and Korean cultures appear similar to the outsider, they are quite _____.

When Michael stayed out till 4 in the morning, his parents decided it was time to _____.

A: What made you ______?

B: When we arrived at the cabin, we saw signs that someone had been there before us.

Sometimes one gets the impression that people are quite callous and ______ to the sufferings of their fellow countrymen and women.

In this biography, she is ______ as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad-tempered old witch.

Her penknife came in very _____ when they were on their picnic.

Ideas about human nature are ______.

Despite his poor performance in last month's athletics trials, Jack is still _____ for a medal in next week's race.

They are very good friends but in terms of sports they are worlds _____.

Tom: Betty didn't win the beauty contest of Singapore.

Mary: She would have _____ some talent.

My father is showing signs of age and forgetfulness. _____, his knowledge and caring nature still make him an important resource.

Many a _____ it difficult to avoid the interference of mass media in their life.

The patient was administered medication to _____ the pain.

A: I hear Paul has a job at a restaurant.

B: Well, it's _____ a restaurant as a café really.

Left-handed children are said to be _____ to accidents in the kitchen.

It was _____ of Harry to arrive late and then try to dominate the meeting.

During their first date, Jane had nervously peppered the conversation with _____ talk.

I'm _____ my brother is.

The WHO demanded that the experimental vaccine data _____ by multiple independent research institutions.

The documents _____, the merger was officially completed and announced to shareholders.

She turned away from the window _____ anyone see her.

_____ in joining the hiking club should sign up by Friday.

The terrible weather in Sapa spoiled what _____ a perfect family vacation during the festive season.

_____ when he heard the bell for class.

Such _____ that every tourist takes a chance to enjoy it.

The scientists are working on a drug capable of _____ the spread of cancerous cells.

I _____ it’s going to snow tonight, don’t you?

Fill each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word.

APPEARANCE CAN BE DECEPTIVE

35.1 cover as normal shoppers, Sue Davies, Principal Policy Adviser for Food Issues, and her team at Consumers' Association, trawl the supermarkets and independent retailers, tracking down enticing packaging that is designed to mislead, and gathering samples that will provide evidence with which to name and 35.2 the culprits.

There 35.3 the creamy chicken and sweetcorn pasta which contained only 2 per cent dried chicken and 1 percent sweetcorn, or the maple syrup creams which contained  no maple syrup people now consume more 35.4 food than ever before, so we have become more reliant on manufacturers to provide us with information about it. Yet this is frequently distorted, through the 35.5 of logos, pictures, claims and labeling, which suggest a product is something that it is not. Some companies will change their labels within a couple of hours of our writing to them, or publishing what we have found,' says Davies. 35.6 don't acknowledge the problem at all, but in 35.7 case we are able to give ammunition to the trading Standards officers who may be able to take action.

Currently the team is homing in on misleading health claims such as 'good for the heart', 'can boost your immune system' or 'help support your body's  35.8 defences'. These may be within the letter of the law, but flout its spirit. For example, the claim that a product is up to 90 per cent fat-free is misleading, 35.9 that strict guidelines state it should have not more than 3 per cent fat to qualify as a 'low-fat' product. These are the areas that make Davies' 35.10 boil.

Fill each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word.

LAUGHING IS GOOD FOR YOU - SERIOUSLY

It is a sad fact that adults laugh far less than children, sometimes by as much as a couple of hundred times a day. Just take a 36.1 at people's faces on the way to work or in the office: you'll be lucky to see a smile, let 36.2 hear a laugh. This is a shame - especially in view of the 36.3 that scientists have proved that laughing is good for you. "When you laugh" says psychologist David Cohen, "it produces the feel-good hormones, endorphins. It counters the effects of stress and enhances the immune system."

There are many 36.4 why we might laugh less in adult life: perhaps we are too work-obsessed, or too embarrassed to 36.5 our emotions show. Some psychologists simply believe that children have more naive responses and 36.6 adults, we naturally 36.7  out of spontaneous reactions. Luckily, 36.8, it is possible to relearn the art of laughter. In India, "laughter clinics" have been 36.9  in popularity over the last few years, thanks to the effort of Dr. Madan Kataria, whose work has won him a lot of devoted followers. Dr. Kataria believes that his laughing techniques can help to strengthen the immune system and lower stress levels, among other things. He teaches his patients different laughs or giggles to relax specific parts of the body. In 1998, when Dr. Kataria organized a World Laughter Day at Bombay racetrack, 10,000 people 36.10 up.

Read the following paragraph and choose the correct option for each blank.

When I first entered general practice I was living in a small community on the east coast of Lake Huron. People expected me to be 37.1a carbon copythe spitting imagean equivalenta counterpart of their last physician, and they were both disappointed and upset when this didn’t turn out to be the case. Although I had few 37.2matchingcorrespondingsimilarlike-minded companions, I was a young, unmarried and attractive woman who had been through one of the best medical schools in the country, and had a reasonable regard for my own qualities. It was upsetting at first when professional 37.3regulationsetiquetterulesprotocol was ignored and my patients insisted on second opinions for the most trivial of conditions, but things became even more difficult when people started to spread malicious 37.4gossipspeculationreportsscandal about my private life.

However, I decided that I would not let myself be made 37.5wistfuldejectedhomesickmiserable even if there were enough reasons to make anyone feel 37.6ignoreddespondentgrievinginconsolable. I followed my father's cure for all problems — plain old hard work. I got up early every morning, 37.7ransprintedjoggeddashed to my office, and followed my profession. This was in the ‘30s and the level of poverty was 37.8mournfulplaintivebleakheartbreaking. Children didn't have enough to eat and mothers couldn't feed them. Because I was sympathetic and able to give practical help in some cases, my surgery became a 37.9shieldsafeguardsafe betrefuge for women trying to escape from the threat of domestic violence and the trap of poverty and too many children. And ironically, as I 37.10operatedfixedtreatedhealed the poorest people in the community, the middle class began to think that maybe I had something to offer and started to beat a path to my surgery door.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

The best of the best

We are obsessed with success. We seek to rank and list all manner of people and things according to how good they are. 38.1AnywhereSomewhereWhereverNowhere is this more true than in sport, especially in international events like the Olympic Games. It is the nature of sport that athletes 38.2attemptfightcontestcompete against each other in order to be recognized as the best. But how should we define sporting success? What does it 38.3havewantseemtake to be considered a 38.4conquerormythlegendprotagonist? Certainly, 38.5takingholdingcarryingforming a world record is one way. Another is by winning the most medals.

After beating most of his competitors at the 2012 London Olympics, champion swimmer Michael Phelps now leads the tally of most Olympic medals won. 38.6ButSoNeverThen not all sports are equal. Swimmers, gymnasts and sprinters can win many more medals because more are available in their sports, particularly when compared to volleyball, basketball and handball where there is only one gold medal available 38.7allperforin Olympiad.

Perhaps instead of counting medals, we could mark the all-time best Olympic moments; performances that became a 38.8sourcerootpointcause of inspiration for generations to come. Such as when, in 1968, American long jumper Bob Bearnon 38.9placedputmadeset a record which challenged athletes for the next 20 years. We 38.10claprecommendapplaudapprove such feats and marvel at superhuman effort. Bob Bearnon only ever won one gold medal, but what a performance it was! 

You are going to read an article about New York's mayoral race. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-7) of the article. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

A. He was quick to condemn the shooting, saying "everything is contingent upon whether our streets and our subways are safe". The Democratic primary is on June 22nd, and it is likely to be decisive. There are two Republican candidates Tunning, but Democrats outnumber Republicans in the city seven to one.

B. Crime is still much lower than it was at its height three decades ago, but New Yorkers list it among their top three priorities for the next mayor, along with stopping the spread of COVID-19 and kick-starting the economy. Eric Adams, Brooklyn’s borough president and a former policeman, is second in most polls and has made combating crime a focus.

C. For the first time in a mayoral primary, city voters will be able to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. When the Board of Elections begins tabulating the results, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, all votes for the lowest-performing candidate will be eliminated, and those voters’ second-choice picks will be counted instead. The cycle continues until one winner remains.

D. But for decades until the mid-1990s, New Yorkers and visitors alike avoided this "Crossroads of the World" because of its reputation for crime and drugs. On May 8th, when a gunfight erupted in Times Square and a toddler and two visitors were wounded, New Yorkers feared, not the first time, that their city was sliding back into its old ways.

E. Several progressive candidates, including Dianne Morales, a former non-profit executive, are calling for new programmes and higher taxes on the wealthy. But the city cannot raise taxes without the state government's approval, and New York City already faces the highest income-tax rate in the country.

F. Last year it shrank by perhaps 300,000 people (an estimate from CBS, a broadcaster, based on postal changes of address). Perhaps more worrying, the Partnership for New York City, an industry group, surveyed the city’s big employers and found that only 10% of Manhattan’s office workers had returned to their desks by March. Employers expect only 46% of their people back at their desks by September, and they expect 56% will work remotely at least part of the time after that.

G. New Yorkers have more reason than usual to master fine distinctions among all the candidates because this is the first big-city election to be decided by ranked-choice voting. Voters will be able to express their preference, in order, for up to five candidates. But whom to rank where?

H. Crime is again confronting many American cities, but the next mayor will also face problems that are peculiar to New York. One is how to raise taxes enough to finance more spending without prompting more Wall Street firms to leave town. Several, including Blackstone, a private equity giant, have already opened offices in Florida, where taxes are far lower.

UNCERTAINTY AND THE CITY

Next month's primary is the first in a generation to be run while the city seems to be shrinking

Times Square is the only neighborhood in New York City where regulations require a minimum amount of display lighting. Before the pandemic, tourists flocked there to gawk at the dazzling lights or to take selfies with someone dressed as Elmo or Spiderman, or maybe with the guitar-strumming Naked Cowboy (who in fact wears Y-fronts). 

39.1 On promises to make New York's lights shine brighter than ever, about a dozen Democrats are running for mayor, known as the second-toughest job in America. They are elbowing one another for attention from the city's diminished media. New Yorkers are still struggling to keep track of their names, much less the fine points of policy that (sort of) distinguish them. The candidate leading in the polls is the one with the most name recognition, Andrew Yang, who competed for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, and who is positioning himself as the field's tech-savvy moderate. 

39.2 Typically mayoral candidates find themselves arguing about how to manage New York’s growth, This is the first election for a generation in which they are confronting the hazards of shrinkage. Reliable numbers are hard to come by, but even before the epidemic, the population was declining very slightly. 

39.3 With so many commuters vanishing, thousands of small businesses have closed their doors, taking one out of every eight jobs with them. On once-busy commercial streets, storefronts are empty and dark. Though Broadway is set to reopen in September, the hospitality industry has taken a beating during the pandemic: more than seven in ten of those working in the sector lost work last year. Across the city, employment is not expected to recover its pre-pandemic levels before 2024.

39.4 He compared gun violence to a virus. "If we do not inoculate against it now, it will spread and spread and it will mean the death of countless New Yorkers and the city we have built." Fearmongering, perhaps, but also a sign of how fearful many constituents are. When Mr. Adams recently strolled down Brooklyn's Metropolitan Avenue, which he once patrolled, many passers-by shared their concerns about violence with him. "I'm afraid to walk to work," said one Fed-Ex worker.

39.5 Another New York specific problem is the subway, beset before the pandemic by delays caused by an ageing signal system and now seeing a decline of two-thirds in daily riders, which was 5.6m before COVID-19 struck. New York's governor actually has more control over the subway, which only makes the next mayor's task harder: the city will not rebound if the subway doesn't. Not only the virus but fear of crime is keeping New Yorkers from going down into the tunnels. The current mayor, Bill de Blasio, has felt it necessary to create a travel-buddy scheme for City employees.

39.6 Each candidate has a plan for the city’s recovery. Ray McGuire, a former Citigroup executive, says through measures like salary subsidies to small businesses he will bring back 500,000 jobs. He ticks a lot of boxes. He had a modest upbringing by a single mother, but at Citi, he advised on transactions even bigger than the city’s $99bn budget.

39.7 Mr. Yang has some intriguing ideas, and New York's mayors are supposed to do things that other cities copy. But he stands apart mainly because the city likes a star: Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg were all well-known before they became mayors. Mr. Yang has said he would hire Kathryn Garcia, an experienced problem-solver in city government, to help him run the place. Like a true New Yorker, Ms. Garcia, who is also a candidate, shot back that Mr. Yang could work for her.

Read the passage and answer the questions.

The psychology of innovation 

Why are so few companies truly innovative?

Innovation is key to business survival, and companies put substantial resources into inspiring employees to develop new ideas. There are, nevertheless, people working in luxurious, state-of-the-art centres designed to stimulate innovation who find that their environment doesn’t make them feel at all creative. And there are those who don’t have a budget, or much space, but who innovate successfully.

For Robert B. Cialdini, Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, one reason that companies don’t succeed as often as they should is that innovation starts with recruitment. Research shows that the fit between an employee’s values and a company’s values makes a difference to what contribution they make and whether, two years after they join, they’re still at the company. Studies at Harvard Business School show that, although some individuals may be more creative than others, almost every individual can be creative in the right circumstances.

One of the most famous photographs in the story of rock’n’roll emphasises Ciaidini’s views. The 1956 picture of singers Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis jamming at a piano in Sun Studios in Memphis tells a hidden story. Sun’s ‘million-dollar quartet’ could have been a quintet. Missing from the picture is Roy Orbison’ a greater natural singer than Lewis, Perkins or Cash. Sam Phillips, who owned Sun, wanted to revolutionise popular music with songs that fused black and white music, and country and blues. Presley, Cash, Perkins and Lewis instinctively understood Phillips’s ambition and believed in it. Orbison wasn’t inspired by the goal, and only ever achieved one hit with the Sun label.

The value fit matters, says Cialdini, because innovation is, in part, a process of change, and under that pressure we, as a species, behave differently, ‘When things change, we are hard-wired to play it safe.’ Managers should therefore adopt an approach that appears counterintuitive -they should explain what stands to be lost if the company fails to seize a particular opportunity. Studies show that we invariably take more gambles when threatened with a loss than when offered a reward.

Managing innovation is a delicate art. It’s easy for a company to be pulled in conflicting directions as the marketing, product development, and finance departments each get different feedback from different sets of people. And without a system which ensures collaborative exchanges within the company, it’s also easy for small ‘pockets of innovation’ to disappear. Innovation is a contact sport. You can’t brief people just by saying, ‘We’re going in this direction and I’m going to take you with me.’

Cialdini believes that this ‘follow-the-leader syndrome, is dangerous, not least because it encourages bosses to go it alone. ‘It’s been scientifically proven that three people will be better than one at solving problems, even if that one person is the smartest person in the field.’ To prove his point, Cialdini cites an interview with molecular biologist James Watson. Watson, together with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA, the genetic information carrier of all living organisms. ‘When asked how they had cracked the code ahead of an array of highly accomplished rival investigators, he said something that stunned me. He said he and Crick had succeeded because they were aware that they weren’t the most intelligent of the scientists pursuing the answer. The smartest scientist was called Rosalind Franklin who, Watson said, “was so intelligent she rarely sought advice”.’

Teamwork taps into one of the basic drivers of human behaviour. ‘The principle of social proof is so pervasive that we don’t even recognise it,’ says Cialdini. ‘If your project is being resisted, for example, by a group of veteran employees, ask another old-timer to speak up for it.’ Cialdini is not alone in advocating this strategy. Research shows that peer power, used horizontally not vertically, is much more powerful than any boss’s speech.

Writing, visualising and prototyping can stimulate the flow of new ideas. Cialdini cites scores of research papers and historical events that prove that even something as simple as writing deepens every individual’s engagement in the project. It is, he says, the reason why all those competitions on breakfast cereal packets encouraged us to write in saying, in no more than 10 words: ‘I like Kellogg’s Com Flakes because… .’ The very act of writing makes us more likely to believe it.

Authority doesn’t have to inhibit innovation but it often does. The wrong kind of leadership will lead to what Cialdini calls ‘captainitis, the regrettable tendency of team members to opt out of team responsibilities that are properly theirs’. He calls it captainitis because, he says, ‘crew members of multipilot aircraft exhibit a sometimes deadly passivity when the flight captain makes a clearly wrong-headed decision’. This behaviour is not, he says, unique to air travel, but can happen in any workplace where the leader is overbearing.

At the other end of the scale is the 1980s Memphis design collective, a group of young designers for whom ‘the only rule was that there were no rules’. This environment encouraged a free interchange of ideas, which led to more creativity with form, function, colour and materials that revolutionised attitudes to furniture design.

Many theorists believe the ideal boss should lead from behind, taking pride in collective accomplishment and giving credit where it is due. Cialdini says: ‘Leaders should encourage everyone to contribute and simultaneously assure all concerned that every recommendation is important to making the right decision and will be given full attention.’ The frustrating thing about innovation is that there are many approaches, but no magic formula. However, a manager who wants to create a truly innovative culture can make their job a lot easier by recognising these psychological realities.

The example of the ‘million-dollar quartet’ underlines the writer’s point about _____.

James Watson suggests that he and Francis Crick won the race to discover the DNA code because they _____.

The writer mentions competitions on breakfast cereal packets as an example of how to _____.

In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that it is important for employees to _____.

The physical surroundings in which a person works play a key role in determining their creativity.

Most people have the potential to be creative.

Teams work best when their members are of equally matched intelligence.

A manager’s approval of an idea is more persuasive than that of a colleague.

Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Tidal power

Undersea turbines which produce electricity from the tides are set to become an important source of renewable energy for Britain. It is still too early to predict the extent of the impact they may have, but all the signs are that they will play a significant role in the future.

A. Operating on the same principle as wind turbines, the power in sea turbines comes from tidal currents which turn blades similar to ships’ propellers, but, unlike wind, the tides are predictable and the power input is constant. The technology raises the prospect of Britain becoming self-sufficient in renewable energy and drastically reducing its carbon dioxide emissions. If tide, wind and wave power are all developed, Britain would be able to close gas, coal and nuclear power plants and export renewable power to other parts of Europe. Unlike wind power, which Britain originally developed and then abandoned for 20 years allowing the Dutch to make it a major industry, undersea turbines could become a big export earner to island nations such as Japan and New Zealand.

B. Tidal sites have already been identified that will produce one-sixth or more of the UK’s power - and at prices competitive with modern gas turbines and undercutting those of the already ailing nuclear industry. One site alone, the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and mainland Scotland, could produce 10% of the country’s electricity with banks of turbines under the sea, and another at Alderney in the Channel Islands three times the 1,200 megawatts of Britain’s largest and newest nuclear plant, Sizewell B, in Suffolk. Other sites identified include the Bristol Channel and the west coast of Scotland, particularly the channel between Campbeltown and Northern Ireland.

C. Work on designs for the new turbine blades and sites are well advanced at the University of Southampton’s sustainable energy research group. The first station is expected to be installed off Lynmouth in Devon shortly to test the technology in a venture jointly funded by the department of Trade and Industry and the European Union. AbuBakr Bahaj, in charge of the Southampton research, said: 'The prospects for energy from tidal currents are far better than from wind because the flows of water are predictable and constant. The technology for dealing with the hostile saline environment under the sea has been developed in the North Sea oil industry and much is already known about turbine blade design, because of wind power and ship propellers. There are a few technical difficulties, but I believe in the next five to ten years we will be installing commercial marine turbine farms.' Southampton has been awarded £215,000 over three years to develop the turbines and is working with Marine Current Turbines, a subsidiary of IT power, on the Lynmouth project. EU research has now identified 106 potential sites for tidal power, 80% round the coasts of Britain. The best sites are between islands or around heavily indented coasts where there are strong tidal currents.

D. A marine turbine blade needs to be only one third of the size of a wind generator to produce three times as much power. The blades will be about 20 metres in diameter, so around 30 metres of water is required. Unlike wind power, there are unlikely to be environmental objections. Fish and other creatures are thought unlikely to be at risk from the relatively slow-turning blades. Each turbine will be mounted on a tower which will connect to the national power supply grid via underwater cables. The towers will stick out of the water and be lit, to warn shipping, and also be designed to be lifted out of the water for maintenance and to clean seaweed from the blades.

E. Dr Bahaj has done most work on the Alderney site, where there are powerful currents. The single undersea turbine farm would produce far more power than needed for the Channel Islands and most would be fed into the French Grid and be re-imported into Britain via the cable under the Channel.

F. One technical difficulty is cavitation, where low pressure behind a turning blade causes air bubbles. These can cause vibration and damage the blades of the turbines. Dr Bahaj said: ‘We have to test a number of blade types to avoid this happening or at least make sure it does not damage the turbines or reduce performance. Another slight concern is submerged debris floating into the blades. So far we do not know how much of a problem it might be. We will have to make the turbines robust because the sea is a hostile environment, but all the signs that we can do it are good. 

Label the diagram below.

Choose ONE or TWO WORDS from the text for each answer. 

1. 48.1

2. 48.2

3. 48.3

4. 48.4

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer. 

1. 49.1 have the potential to significantly benefit from tidal power as a major source of export revenue.

2. The UK’s tidal power resource is going to represent at least 49.2 of the country's energy capacity.

3. The technology to manage 49.3 in another industry may be useful to develop tidal power.

4. The abundant power produced on the single undersea turbine farm would be 49.4 into Britain.

The passage below contains 8 errors in spelling, grammar, word form. The first mistake is corrected as an example numbered (0). Find the other seven mistakes, write and correct them.

Write the mistakes in the order they appeared in the text.

Example: (0) Line 0: has -> have

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

There is little hope that Maurice's behavior will ever improve. It will probably remain so till he grows up. (CORRECT)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

For safety reasons, car windshields are made from glass that cracks in a spiderweb pattern instead of breaking into sharp pieces. (SHATTER)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

In comparison to country life, life in the city is more expensive, but salaries are higher. (CORRESPOND)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

If you are a sports enthusiast, visit this webiste for result and sports news. (MINUTE)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

materials such as plastic and polymer are causing more and more damage to the environment. (GRADE)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

She knows a great deal about different cultures. She's extremely . (TRAVEL)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

Politicians and academics pointed to the building's contours as a cautionary tale of architectural overreach. (BECOME)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

Since most important problems are , there are several alternatives to choose from, each with unique advantages and disadvantages. (FACET)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

Traffic often comes to in the city centre, especially in the rush hour. (STAND)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

This brand of orange juice is very good as it is completely free from harmful . (ADD)

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

William concluded that a career in the dramatic arts was not his true vocation. (CUT)

=> William decided that he be an actor.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

Our detectives will not rest until they have established the precise facts of this case. (BOTTOM)

=> transpired in this case is the primary goal of our detectives.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

I’m sure Nancy is still presuming that the party starts at nine. (IMPRESSION)

=> I’m sure Nancy that the party starts at nine.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

A reliable source told me that the local newspaper is going to shut down. (AUTHORITY)

=> I that the local newspaper is going to shut down.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

I’m never going to forget to consider Darren’s views when I make a decision again. (ACCOUNT)

=> That’s the last time I when I make a decision.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

The council’s decision will mean that the bypass can now be built. (SMOOTH) 

=> The council’s decision will  built.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

His excuse for such bad behavior has little effect on her. (NO)

=> His excuse her.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

It's not worth getting worked up over such trivial things. (MOUNTAIN)

=> There's no need

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

I started enjoying literature when I was in high school. (BREATHING)

=> Ever since high school, I literature.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

Simon would found a new company whenever he ran into difficulties. (USED)

=> Whenever Simon ran into difficulties, up a new company.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence before it. Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given in bracket. Do not change the word given in brackets in any way. 

It would be impossible for us to redecorate the house at the moment because we don’t have enough money. (QUESTION)

=> Redecorating the house is at the moment because we don’t have enough money.