REPHRASING (PET)

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ANSWER KEY (15-16th January)

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MULTIPLE CHOICE GAP FILLING (FCE)

Is the history of the world in    need of correction?

Some historians, mostly women, argue that insufficient

1. ---------has been paid to a very important group: women.

These historians 2. ------------ history textbooks to be revised

so that they show accurately the role 3. -----------by women.

4. -----------  the history books, cavemen  5. ------------- most of the food for their

families through hunting animals. But the 6. -------------shows that 80% of the diet of

prehistoric humans was vegetarian and it was collected by females. 7.--------------,

women's efforts in fighting in wars or leading revolutions have been ignored. Textbooks

concentrate on men such as Hannibal or Che Guevara and neglect 8. ----------

women such as Théroigne de Méricourt, an opera singer who led the storming of the

Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a Bolshevik who organised a well-trained and

9. ------------- successful troop of 2,000 fighting women during the Russian revolution in

1917.  Women rulers are also forgotten. Between 962 and 1582 there were at least 16

women rulers in countries  10.------------- from Italy to Angola. 1.  a- attention        b- care                  c- notice                d- study 2.  a- ask                 b- demand            c- hope                 d- want 3.  a- done              b- got                    c- had                   d- played 4.  a- According to  b- Agreeing with   c- Depending on   d- Owing to 5.  a- arranged        b- brought             c- gave                 d- provided 6.  a- evidence        b- fact                   c- proof                 d- sign 7.  a- In addition      b- In the end        c- In time              d- In other words 8.  a- Main               b- Outstanding     c- particular          d- primary 9.  a- abvsolutely     b- deeply             c- highly               d- strongly 10.a- differing          b- ranging            c- separating        d- varying

PHRASAL VERBS (FCE)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING GAPS USING THE CORRECT OPTION:
1. They have increased the price of tinned tomatoes.
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

2. Can you provide accomodation for my nephew when he comes to Madrid?
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

3. I'm just trying to connect you, but the line seems to be busy.
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

4. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

5. I think they'll have to postpone the match.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

6. The horses were so badly injured that they had to be killed after the race.
   a. put off    b. put down  c. put by   d.put out

7 I don't know why you tolerate her rudeness.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

8. They manage to save some money every week.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

GAP FILLING (FCE)

Isabella Beeton, who    born in London in 1836,
is the most famous British woman cookery writer.
She was well educated and finished 1. --------------- education
in Heidelberg, 2. -------------- she learnt French and German.
In 1856 she married Sam Beeton, an enterprising young

publisher, and the following year  started contributing a column on various

household matters to his 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine'.

3. ------------ was the first of the cheap women's magazines. It pioneered the problem

page and medical columns, and introduced dress-making patterns  4. ------------- France

to British readers.   5. ----------------  she was only 23 she edited 'Beeton's Book of Household Management'. This was an immense work, containing more 6. ---------------3,000 recipes as well as advice on instructing servants, nursing, legal matters, good manners and bringing  7. ---------------  babies. Many of the recipes  8. --------------- contributed by the readers of 'The English Woman's Domestic Magazine' and others were simply taken 9. -------------previous cookery writers. The chapters on specialist topics were written anonymously by a doctor, a lawyer and  10. --------------  experts.   11. ----------- even though Mrs Beeton 12. -------------- was not a creative cook, the editing work that she did on the book is a great achievement for 13. --------------- so young. She died 14. ---------------- the age of 28 after the birth of her fourth son.

REPHRASING (FCE)

1. My sister and I are very alike physically. LOOK
I ................................... my sister.

2. I haven't smoked for three years.  GAVE
I ................................... three years ago.

3. Do you think I should buy a bilingual dictionary?   SUGGEST
Would you ................... a bilingual dictionary?

4. You can't smoke here.                ALLOWED
You .............................. here.

5. You ought  to buy a computer. MY
...................................  to buy a computer.

6.I will not lend you my jacket.         REFUSE
I ............... ................. my jacket.

7. Psychology interests me.   AM
I ................................. psychology.

8.He hates travelling by bus. STAND   
He ............................. by bus.

WORD FORMATION (FCE)

Copy the answers in your notebook and show it to your teacher:

Although my two sisters and I have  1. ........ (DIFFER)  mothers, we are  definitely 2. .......... (LIKE). This is not just a matter of 3. ........... (APPEAR), though we are all small with curly hair and with a 4. ......... (TEND) to put on  5. ......... (WEIGH). The resemblance goes much further than that. Throughout our 6. ........ (CHILD) we were brought up to be very 7. ........ (ADAPT) and our 8. ........ (ABLE) to accept change is another 9............ (CHARACTER) we share. Another would be 10.............. (SHY). We all hate parties. Being 11. ............... (CONSCIOUS) like this means we are all 12. ............ (INTEREST)  in wearing   13. ............ (FASHION)  clohtes. We often share our clothes.14.............(FORTUNATE) this causes arguments. We really should come to some 15. .............(AGREE) about who can borrow what from whom- and when.