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III. Complete each sentence with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the box provided for
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- IV. Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits in the space of the passage. Write your answers in the box provided for Answers. (10 pts)
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Answers. (10 pts) 1. Lynn took several deep breaths to compose ______herself______ before hearing the news. 2. After all, stranger things have happened: legend ______has______ it that the hooked burrs of plants inspired the invention of Velcro. 3. It took quite a while but at ______long______ last the website’s starting to take off. 4. Stock brokers are believed to grow _____fat_______ on other people's money. 5. I think you’re on very weak _______ground_____ with that argument. 6. Get it off your ______chest______ and tell me exactly what’s wrong. 7. The Minister’s disappearance speaks _______volumes_____ about his involvement in the corruption scandal. 8. She wants to make a ________clean____ break and leave the publishing industry completely 9. Dave’s an _____old_______ hand when it comes to doing the carnival disco - he’s been doing it for years. 10. Jean Paul is clearly a very talented designer. His Achilles’ ______heel______,however, may be his lack of business sense. Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. IV. Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits in the space of the passage. Write your answers in the box provided for Answers. (10 pts) Our council members, a hopeless group who demonstrated remarkable (1. COMPETENCE) ___incompetence___ in the design process of Hillside Road, are now busily working on plans for the rest of Bayview, again behind (2. CLOSE) __closed_____ doors. Only when these people finish will the public be 'invited' to submit comments, by which point none of these will make a difference. The council will simply go ahead despite our concerns. Where is the (3. TRANSPARENT) ___transparency____ in this process? When has anyone from the council ever taken responsibility for the vast sums of money wasted when their schemes fail? And now we have to prepare for further (4. WASTE) __wastage_____ as the council use taxpayers' money to 'develop' Bayview in ways that no local desires. The reason for this tirade is that, in my view, the problems we are faced with – the escalation of (5. RISE) ____ high-rise ___ housing in single-storey areas, the road design, the connection to our city. These issues have to be addressed before our beautiful environment is damaged beyond repair. The council has announced its intention to spend a figure approaching $20 million over the next few years improving facilities and transport in Bayview. Furthermore, they have (6. APPEAR) ___apparently____ set aside further funds to improve traffic flow on Hillside Road, and to finance the design and building of an exhibition centre and renovation of the library. People who live and work here will have to face the inconvenience of noise, dust and (7. BLOCK) ____ block-off ___ pavements as roads are widened and car parks are extended in downtown Bayview. As a suburb that draws more tourists than any other in the city, Bayview deserves the considerable investment that the council has proposed. However, it is not for the council to force upon us developments that people here object to, and which we recognize are fundamentally detrimental to the community. Many of us have asked the council for details concerning the anticipated population figures, should their high-density housing projected be (8. ACT) ___enacted____, but they appear reluctant to (9. CLOSE) _____disclosed__ them. We have thus been forced to work it out for ourselves. It has been estimated that by building apartment blocks of four to five storeys, the council will facilitate an (10. EXPONENT) ___exponential____ and undesirable growth in population: 400 homes are likely to rise to 1200 in the North Bayview area and 700 cars could turn Trang 4 / 13 |