CONSOLIDATION 3 UNIT 15 SECTION 1 (B) Use of English B2 for all exams

 

Use of English B2 for all exams UNIT 15 SECTION 1 (B) CONSOLIDATION 3

 

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). DESERT ANIMALS   Deserts are not (0) _____ uninhabited ______ places as many people believe. Although the daytime air   INHABIT   temperature may reach a(n) (25)_____________________ 58° C and the surface temperature 77° C,   BEAR   many animals live in these conditions. Their (26) _____________ however, is   SURVIVE   (27) ___________ on them being able to get the water they need.   DEPEND   (28) ______________ of desert animals has revealed a lot about the strategies they   OBSERVE   employ to achieve this. (29) ________________ have found that beetles, for example, get their daily   RESEARCH   (30) _________ of water after waiting for the moisture from fog to condense on their bodies and drip down into their mouth.   REQUIRE   Larger desert animals have come up with another (31) ___________ to the problem of finding a   SOLVE   source of water. For example, (32) ________ like hares or rats get their supply by eating   CREATE   (33) ________  amounts of desert vegetation, which contains the water they require.   CONSIDER   However extreme the conditions may be, desert animals (34) _______________  manage to obtain water.   SOME 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). 35 We took the ring road because we didn't want to get caught in traffic in the city centre. as We took the ring road ___________________________________ caught in traffic in the city centre. 36 “Why don't we participate in the game?” my friend said, part My friend suggested________________________ the game. 37 By the look on their faces, you'd assume they had seen a ghost. though They looked ___________________________________ a ghost. 38 Although he smokes heavily, he refuses to go for a check-up. smoker Despite_________________________________________________, he refuses to go for a check-up. 39 You might get lost and need to ring us, so take your mobile phone with you in Take your mobile phone with you ______________________________________________ and need to ring us. 40 They had better demolish that old building on Kensington Road, down It is____________________________________________ that old building on Kensington Road. 41 “Do you speak Spanish fluently, Vanessa?” he asked, whether He wanted to know ______________________ fluently. 42 Fortunately, the motorcyclist was wearing protective clothing, so he got away with minor injuries. injured The motorcyclist_________________________________________________ had he not been wearing protective clothing.

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ANSWER KEY

A 25 unbearable 26 survival 27 dependent 28 Observation 29 Researchers 30 requirement 31 solution 32 creatures 33 considerable 34 somehow B 35 so as not to get 36 taking /that we take part in 37 as though they had seen 38 being a heavy smoker 39 in case you get lost 40 time they knocked/pulled down 41 whether Vanessa spoke Spanish 42 would/could have been (seriously) injured