REFERENCE:
CAE - Cambridge English Advanced (Flo-Joe for CAE, facebook).
Thursday, 3 April 2014
USE OF ENGLISH: Paper 3, Part 4
Use of English: Paper 3, Part 4
Complete the second sentences with three to eight words so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the
word given.
1- We sometimes argue,
but I get on well with him most of the time.
usually
Despite …………………………………………………………….......... get on well with him.
2- My friends are the
most important thing in my life.
mean
My friends …………………………………………………………….......... else.
3- I only just managed
to win the race.
close
I won the race, …………………………………………………………….......... thing.
4- There’s been a great
improvement in Hannah’s relationship with her sister.
leaps
Hannah’s relationship with her sister ……………………………………………………………..........
bounds.
5- That is the most
outrageous suggestion I’ve ever heard!
outrageous
I’ve …………………………………………………………….......... life.
6- No-one could deny
that he had won all the international competitions.
undisputed
He was …………………………………………………………….......... world.
7- The music was so
loud that she couldn’t understand what he was saying.
make
She couldn’t …………………………………………………………….......... the loud music.
8- The opinion of the
parents often has less effect on children as they grow older.
parental
As children grow older, …………………………………………………………….......... to decline.
9- It would have been a
disaster for him to be made responsible.
put
If he ……………………………………………………………..........
would have been serious consequences.
10- I think it would be
better to get on as fast as possible.
much
I’d prefer us …………………………………………………………….......... progress as we can.
11- I wish he would learn
to make his own breakfast.
high
It’s …………………………………………………………….......... for himself.
12- If only I had
travelled more widely when I had the chance.
taken
I wish …………………………………………………………….......... more widely.
13- I feel I must say how
worried I am about the proposed changes.
concern
I wish …………………………………………………………….......... over the proposed changes.
14- She thinks it would
be better if he discovered the answer for himself.
found
She’d prefer …………………………………………………………….......... for himself.
15- I’d be happier if you
kept it a secret.
rather
I’d …………………………………………………………….......... anyone.
16- I’d prefer to be
given the chance to work with other people.
allowed
I think it would be better …………………………………………………………….......... a team.
KEY
1- Despite (our)
occasional arguments, I usually get on well with him.
2- My friends mean more
to me than anything else.
3- I won the race, but
it was a close thing.
4- Hana’s relationship
with her sister has improved by leaps and bounds.
5- I’ve never heard such
an outrageous suggestion in my life!
6- He was the undisputed
champion of the world.
7- She couldn’t make out
what he was saying above the loud music.
8- As children grow
older, parental influence tends to decline.
9- If he had been put in
charge, there would have been serious consequences.
10- I’d prefer us to make
as much progress as we can.
11- It’s high time he
learned he learned to make breakfast for himself.
12- I wish I had taken
the chance to travel more widely.
13- I wish to express/voice
my concern over the proposed changes.
14- She’d prefer it if he
found the answer for himself.
15- I’d rather you didn’t
tell anyone.
16- think it would be
better if I were/was allowed to work in a team.
GLOSSARY:
- by/in leaps and bounds: (idiom) If someone or something gets better
by/in leaps and
bounds,
they improve
very quickly.
E.g.: Her Spanish
has come on (= improved) in leaps and
bounds
this year.
- get on: (phrasal verb) to manage
or deal with
a situation,
especially
successfully:
How are you getting
on in your new home? We're getting on quite
well with the decorating.
- make sth/sb out: (phrasal verb) to deal with
a situation,
usually in a successful
way. E.g.: How is Frances making out in her new job? The business
made out better
than expected
and profits
were slightly
up.
- outrageous: (adj) shocking
and morally
unacceptable.
E.g.: The judge criticized
the "outrageous greed"
of some of the bankers. [+ that] It is outrageous that these buildings
remain empty
while thousands of people
have no homes. These prices
are just outrageous (= much too high). describes
something or someone that is shocking
because they are unusual
or strange:
outrageous clothes/behaviour an outrageous character.
REFERENCES:
Cambridge Advanced Learner's
Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press. Available on < http://dictionary.cambridge.org/>
NEWBROOK, Jacky; WILSON, Judith. New Proficiency Gold coursebook. (new
edition for the rvised CPE exam). Longman, 2005.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)