Exercises January 2015

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Magic on the Moors

For questions 1-15 read the text below. Use the root of the words given with relevant number to form a word that fits the space.

1.                  EXPLODE-........................................................

2.                  BEAUTY-...........................................................

3.                  DWELL-.............................................................

4.                  LARGE-..............................................................

5.                  POPULATE-......................................................

6.                  CONSERVE-......................................................

7.                  DISTINGUISH-..................................................

8.                  WHITE-..............................................................

9.                  REGARD-...........................................................

10.              ECOLOGY-........................................................

11.              BEAUTY-............................................................

12.              LONG-.................................................................

13.              MOBILE-............................................................

14.              REMARK-..........................................................

15.              ADOPT-...............................................................

Wolves in Britain-Should we welcome them back?

Read the following text and decide which of the prepositions a-h (some of them can be used more times) is missing from 1-15.

a./ to    b./for              c./by                d./in                e./of                f./from            g./at     h./ on

In the Company of Wolves

For questions 1-15 read the text below. Use the verb given with relevant number to form a verbal structure that fits the space.

1.                  walk-.............................................

2.                  be-..................................................

3.                  howl-..............................................

4.                  hand-rear-.....................................

5.                  pass-...............................................

6.                  believe-..........................................

7.                  have-..............................................

8.                  prepare-.........................................

9.                  bite-................................................

10.              bring up-........................................

11.              run-................................................

12.              rear-...............................................

13.              be-..................................................

14.              result-............................................

15.              go-..................................................

My Countryside- Esther Freud – the novelist often escapes to her Suffolk home to walk the coastal paths and swim in the sea

You are going to read a magazine article about Esther Freud. Some parts of the article have been removed. Choose from the sentence chunks A-H and match them with the numbers 1-8.

A./ If I was ever bored as a girl, my mother would give me two options: tidy your room or go for a walk.

B./ I'm so passionate about Suffolk that it often doesn't occur to me to visit anywhere else.

C./ For the past two years, I've spent as much time as  I possibly can in Suffolk, where I have a house in Walberswick, near Southwold.

D./ I'm based in London, but the country is where I belong.

E./ Between May and October, I often start my day with a swim in the sea, having cycled to the beach and caught up with friends before venturing in.

F./ Walking is still one of my favourite pastimes.

G./ I have embedded my love of the countryside in my own family.

H./ My mother was a talented gardener and created a beautiful space everywhere we lived.

Shades of Simplicity

The following phrases are from the text. Put them in Hungarian.

1.                  It  had to be in keeping with its surroundings-..........................................................................

2.                  using colour and textures that echoed the beach and the East Sussex countryside-...............................................................................................................................

3.                  The basement was running with damp-.....................................................................................

4.                  Six months of hard graft followed-............................................................................................

5.                  they could both indulge their passion for cooking again-..........................................................

6.                  In this age of high tech gadgetry its simplicity is so appealing-...................................................................................................................................

7.                  while the walls and surfaces are decorated with local beachcombing finds and treasures brought back from their travels-.................................................................................................

8.                  using samples of his own oil paints – raw umbers, ochres, Scandinavian blues, dove greys and knocked-back whites – for reference-..................................................................................

9.                  the three bedrooms and Derek's studio are flooded with light-...........................................................................................................................................

10.              The main bedroom epitomises the air of simplicity-..................................................................