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Use of English B2 for all exams
UNIT 15 SECTION 1 (B)
CONSOLIDATION 3
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PART 3
For questions 25-34, read the text below.
Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that
fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (O).
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DESERT ANIMALS
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Deserts are not (0) _____ uninhabited ______ places as many people believe. Although the
daytime air
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INHABIT
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temperature may reach a(n) (25)_____________________ 58° C and the
surface temperature 77° C,
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BEAR
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many animals live in these conditions. Their (26) _____________
however, is
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SURVIVE
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(27) ___________ on them being able to get the water they need.
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DEPEND
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(28) ______________ of desert animals has revealed a
lot about the strategies they
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OBSERVE
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employ to achieve this. (29) ________________ have found that
beetles, for example, get their daily
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RESEARCH
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(30) _________ of water after waiting for the
moisture from fog to condense on their bodies and drip down into their
mouth.
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REQUIRE
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Larger desert animals have come up with another (31) ___________ to
the problem of finding a
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SOLVE
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source of water. For example, (32) ________ like
hares or rats get their supply by eating
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CREATE
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(33) ________ amounts of
desert vegetation, which contains the water they require.
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CONSIDER
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However extreme the conditions may be, desert animals
(34) _______________ manage to
obtain water.
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SOME
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PART 4
For questions 35-42, complete the second
sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning (O).
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We took the ring road because
we didn't want to get caught in traffic in the city centre.
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We took the ring road ___________________________________
caught in traffic in the city centre.
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36
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“Why don't we participate in
the game?” my friend said,
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part
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My friend suggested________________________
the game.
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37
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By the look on their faces,
you'd assume they had seen a ghost.
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though
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They looked ___________________________________
a ghost.
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38
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Although he smokes heavily, he
refuses to go for a check-up.
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smoker
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Despite_________________________________________________,
he refuses to go for a check-up.
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39
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You might get lost and need to
ring us, so take your mobile phone with you
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in
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Take your mobile phone with you
______________________________________________ and need to ring us.
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40
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They had better demolish that
old building on Kensington Road,
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down
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It is____________________________________________
that old building on Kensington Road.
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41
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“Do you speak Spanish
fluently, Vanessa?” he asked,
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whether
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He wanted to know
______________________ fluently.
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42
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Fortunately, the motorcyclist
was wearing protective clothing, so he got away with minor injuries.
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injured
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The
motorcyclist_________________________________________________ had he not
been wearing protective clothing.
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ANSWER KEY
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A
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unbearable
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survival
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dependent
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Observation
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Researchers
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requirement
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solution
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creatures
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considerable
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somehow
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B
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so as not to get
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taking /that we take part in
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37
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as
though they had seen
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being a heavy smoker
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in
case you get lost
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time they knocked/pulled down
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41
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whether
Vanessa spoke Spanish
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would/could have been (seriously)
injured
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