Try to deduce the meaning from the con:ext, or from words that sound similar to words j.. Put X in the correct column. These markets offer a chance fo r farmers to sell fre sh produce directly to the public.
This direct contact w ith the producers gi ves customers the opportunity to ask questions about the produce they are bu ying. This is exactly w hat appeals to the cit y shoppers w ho frequent these markets - they want to know w here their food comes from and how it is made. They are looking for fresh, highquality produce from local suppliers, and an authentic taste ofthe country. It takes place every Saturday from 9 a. Visitors t o t he market can find a w ide variety of local products, including fre sh seafood.
There are even cookery demonstrations where you can learn how to really make the most of the delicious home-grown pro duce. You will be asked to talk abo ut yO:.! Now work in pairs. How can they get a good balarc:: Are the inhabitants of an urban area like New York City less healthy than their nearby neighbours in rural Sullivan County? Many of us associat e ill and exhaustion, and big city living with 4 dream of leaving an urban environment to li ve in the country.
We tend to believe that fresh air and peace and quiet will help calm and less hectic existence. One ofthe reasons given for this surprising result was that the city populations still had better access to 7 educate and healthcare facilities and more job opportunities. High rates of 8 employ in rural areas mean that the local population is more likely to buy cheaper, less healthy fo od products, leading to problems such as obesity and economy heart disease.
Also, a lower 9 status is often associated with smoking and a more se dentary lifestyle. Look at each point and talk about your own lifestyle. Suggest changes you could make. It might be better to To sum up..
Remember to give reasons, and try to justify your opinions. Describe your personal qualities. Are you into sports and looking for a summer job? We are looking for sports coordinators to supervise groups of 10 children aged during our summer camps.
You should be over 16 years old and be fit and healthy, and you need to have some experience of working with young children or of organising events. We will provide you with accommodation and food. Send your CV now to: jobs gatewaycamp. Match a word in A with a word in B to make words and collocations used in computing.
Then label the pictures. A data desktop user web. Match the speakers with the uses a-e. There is one use that you do not need. I used it to publish a blog. I use a social-networking site. I use it to speak to my English teacher. I used it to down load television shows. I use the Internet for writing essays. Match the prefixes with the words a-f. Then complete the sentences.
Use a dictionary to check if you need to use a hyphen or not. Match the sentence halves to make predictions. J you might lose them. If the weather h ave a barbecue. Rewrite them correctly : -ecessary. Complete the summary about the time capsules in Flushing Meadows with the words in the box.
The time capsules under Flushing Meadows contain items that reveal what everyday life was like in For example, it includes the thing we use in the morning and then to to wake ourselves up, an 1 turn on our kitchen light, a 2. The capsule also includes items everyone uses in the bathroom in the morning, a 3 and as used by lots of women, a 4. Complete the sentences with A Alex or L Linda. Two of the most famous are known as the Voyager Golden Records. These were records which were sent up into space inside spacecrafts Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in They contain messages to any intelligent life in space that might find them.
The two records contain sounds and images which show the many different aspects of life and culture on Earth. There are greetings from people speaking in 55 different languages and also recordings of a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by the sea, the wind and thunder during a storm.
They even added animal sounds, like the songs of birds and whales. And finally, there are musical selections from different cultures and periods in history. The images on the records are both in black and white and colour.
The first images are of scientific interest. They show the solar system and its planets, as well as images of animals, insects, plants, DNA, human anatomy and reproduction.
The images of humans show food, architecture and people in portraits, with examples of them doing typical daily activities. As the spacecraft are extremely small and space is incredibly large, the probability of the records being discovered is very small.
Even if they are ever found by aliens, it is likely to be far into the future. Voyager 1 will travel through space for about another 40, years before it reaches the nearest star. If so, when? Fossil fuels will ran out by Some comp anies Complete the text about the future with the future perfect or the future continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Li fe in By , technology will have taken over our -ives and there will be no reason for us to leave ur houses. The director led the students into a bare room, very bright and sunny, where a group of identical eight-month-old babies were looking happily at picture books and playing with bowls of flowers. The crying of the babies changed its tone to a desperate scream until the Director signalled for the treatment to stop.
Match the sentences a-f with the gaps in the text. There is one extra sentence you do not need. Is that what you wanted to ask? We established another reason for the masses to go to the country instead: country sports. We condition them to hate the country, but to love country sports, especially those country sports which require the use of complicated apparatus. Read the dialogue, ignoring the gaps. Megan Hi Oavi d. Megan Have you got any pla ns for Saturday afterno on?
Oa vi d Yes. Oavid Co mplete the responses to the suggestions wi th t he words i n the box. What are David and Megan going to do on Sunday afternoon? When are they going to meet? Complete the gaps in the sentences. Use the ideas in the chart or your own ideas. Dear Christina, Thanks for your email. Best wishes, Joanna. Remember to follow the instructions carefully, and to use informal language and future time clauses. Say how you feel about the plan.
Give some information about your plans for the holiday. Explain when the best time for the trip would be for you and why. Ask your friend to give you more details about the trip. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.
Use the word in brackets. Co mplete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in Jrackets. Use the future continuous or the future perfect. I can talk about computers and computing. SO I can write an informal email about future plans and ambitions. Match a word from A with a word from B to make compound nouns. A book chair key light window. Complete the sentences with compound nouns. Then write an example sentence with each.
George C. Parker was an American con man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge several times to tourists. Read the reported conversation between Parker and a tourist and write the direct speech. Complete the conversation between two sisters with said or told. Then rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.
He said that he had made a lot of money that year. He told the tourist that he. When was the last time you used your mobile phone? Report part of the conversation you had. I phoned. Match the speakers with the statements a-e. There is one statement you do not need.
Write some facts about him here. Who wrote about him? When were the stories set? Where did he work? One of the best crime dramas on TV at the moment is the American series Bones. The programme puts a completely new perspective on criminal investigation as each episode is about the mystery behind some human remains.
Despite the serious subject matter, the show contains an element of light-hearted comedy. Much of the humour re volves around the central character Dr Brennan, who is cold and unemotional, with no social skills, and her relationship w ith Agent Booth, who is much more friendly and outgoing.
Predictably, Booth and Or Brennan do, eventually, become a couple. Although the show has been criticised for making forensic science seem simple, it has been very popular with TV audiences all over the world. This is mainly because of the dual storyline about the solving of a crime and the relationship between the main characters. Seven seasons have been filmed since the series began, and if the writers are able to continue producing such a gripping storyline, it will continue to be popular.
Put the words in the correct order to make reported questions. Look again at exercise 4. Then complete the reported speech. First, the interviewer asked me which school I went to and.
Simon has been away from school for a month. Read - is description of his first day back and write the direct :uestions. Think of three questions you have asked someone today. Write the questions and answers in reported speech. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the phrasal verbs in the box.
S The writer believes that the Mande Barung a D definitely exists. But does this creature or animal really exist? Recently, journalists have travelled to the Garo Hills in northern India to look into reports that the Mande Baruns has been seen.
The first report comes from Nelbison Sangma. He says that he watched the Mande Baruns for three days while he was working in the area. He reported that the creature was on the other side of the river near some trees and looking for food.
Llewellyn Marak, a writer and environmentalist, has not seen the Mande Baruns himself, but he knows a lot of people. Do you think the Yeti or Mande Barung really exists? Write your opinion here. Marak has been to visit some giant footprints, which he said were made by the animal. He says that it was impossible that they were human footprints, because they were 46 cm long!
Tengsim was walking through the forest when he came across the animal sitting on a rock playing with a stone. He only saw it for a few seconds, but he can describe it perfectly. Unfortunately, the 8, km 2 area is covered with dense jungle, so it is difficult to know what is out there. Nobody can prove that the Mande Baruns definitely exists, but nobody can say that it does not exist, either. Read the headline and the start of the newsp aper story.
Write not es using the words below to help you or your own ideas. He had a big party and a cake. Five years ago John Darwin went canoeing in the North Sea. A few days later his empty canoe was found on a beach several miles away. The police thought he was dead. But last night he walked into a police station. He t old the police that h e h ad faked his death and gon e home to his wife. For the past five years he h as been living at home.
When he went out h e wore a disguise so that nobody would recognise him. I forgot my keys. Complete the phrases to react to speculations with the ,yords in the box. I remember putting it in my locker before PE. No way! I suppose so. I doubt it. Put the wo rds in order to make sentences with two objects.
Dear Sir or Madam, Having read your advertisement in the Scottish Times, I am very interested in going on your tour of Loch Ness in search of the monster. I w ill be t ravelling to Scotland w ith a large gr oup. Read the letter again. Complete the gaps with the sentences a-e. Have you: started and finished your letter appropriately? Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences. Read the dialogue between the inspector and the woman.
Then complete the text with reported speech. Inspector Woman Inspector Woman. Where were you on the night of the robbery?
You can go home if you answer my questions. The inspector told her that she 4 go home if she 5 his questions. I can suggest solutions to a mystery. Match the words and phrases below with similar words or phrases in the statements. You will be given the chance to listen again.
Decide if the statements are true D, false F or not given NG. Read the text below and complete the missing information in sentences The sentences are not in the order in which the information appears in the text.
Milton Security had an extremely conservative image and this small, anorexic young woman with short hair and piercings did not fit in. She had a wasp tattoo about two centimetres long on her neck, a tattooed ring around the biceps of her left arm and another on her left ankle.
In the summer, Armansky saw that she had a dragon tattooed on her left shoulder. Her hair was naturally red, but she dyed it black. She did not, in fact, have an eating disorder, Armansky was sure of that. On the contrary, she seemed to consume every kind of junk food. She had simply been born thin with small bones that made her look girlish.
She was twenty-four, but she sometimes looked fourteen. Her movements were quick and spidery, and when she was working at the computer, her fingers flew over the keys.
She was too thin to ever become a model, but with the right make-up, advertisers all overthe world could have used her face. Sometimes, she wore black lipstick.
In spite of the tattoos and the pierced nose and eyebrows, Salander was, in fact, the most competent investigator he had met in all his years in the business. During the four years she had worked for him, she had never once made a mistake or handed in a bad report.
Armansky was convinced that she possessed a unique talent. She had imagination and she always came back with something different from what he expected. Sometimes he thought that her ability to collect information was magic. She somehow managed to get under the skin of the person she was investigating. If they had any deep, dark secrets, she would find them immediately. Remember you need to keep talking for 2. Talk about the fo lio.
Choose the correct word, A, B or C, to complete each gap. How much does the accommodation cost? Is there a discount for students? You are interested in the course described in the advert below. Write an email words asking for more information about the course. Write ph rases for -rJ aking a suggestion, accepting a suggestion and declining a suggestion.
If you love the sea and enjoy adventure and excitement, our lO-day diving course is perfect for you! Come and dive with us in the spectacular waters off Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Our intensive course for beginners will teach you all you need to know about a basic dive. We have qualified instructors with years of experience, and we can provide accommodation with local families. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
Use two or three words including the word in brackets. Complete the sentences with the correct three-part phrasal verbs. She asked him ou t the next day. Use the words to make superlative sentences with tne present perfect. Complete the sentences with comparative forms of the words in brackets. Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box to make comparisons. Write four sentences comparing yourself with your best friend.
Use comparative adjectives and adverbs. Are the sentences true or false CF? Choose a-c or your own ideas. Include details about their birth, their life, their loves, their work and their death. Her face it bloomed like a sweet 5. Talking about imaginary situations I can talk about imaginary situations and things I would like to ctJonge. Read what boys say about their girlfriends and what the girls say about their boyfriends. My busy working day made it impossible for me to meet new people, so I decided to try a dating site.
I knew Craig was special and on our first date we started talking about marriage and children. We moved in together in July and got married in October the following year. Match the sentences with the people A-D. Each person matches two sentences. Everything felt very natural when I met Susan. The following December, our son Sam was born. What do you think are the most important qualities to look for in a partner?
Explain why you think they are important. She looked really beautiful and I arranged to meet her. When I saw Unda, I realised the photo she had used was from ten years ago.
She was much older than in the photo. I felt very deceived and I never used a dating site again. Other people should be careful and remember that photos may give a false impression. I met Steve on a dating website. He invited me to go and stay with him in South Africa. Of course, I never heard from him again once I returned home. Is logging on to a dating website really the ideal way to meet yaur future partner?
Read the following stories and decide for yourself. A Kathy White. It 3 expe ns;. I prefer restaurants which are more traditional. In contrast, this restaurant looks very modern. Listen to a student answering the questions. Which restaurant does she choose and why? Look again at the photos and read the exam task below. Write your answers to the questions. Use the adjectives in exercise 1 and the phrases in exercise 2 to help you. Which of these restaurants would you choose? You are sightseeing in London with some friends and you.
Which of these res taurants would you choose? Read the essay title below. Then read the arguments and decide if they are points in favour of Internet relationships or against. Write F for or A against. Which is the best title? Choose a, b or c. Plan the second and third paragraphs for the essay title in exercise 3.
Choose two arguments for and two arguments against from exercise 3, and think of a supporting statement or an example for each of the arguments. For: 1. If tj0lA. St OVl-e -persoVl-. Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Paragraphs 2 and 3: Use your notes from exercise 4. Paragraph 4: Conclusion: sum up with your own opinion.
Have you: organised your essay into four paragraphs? I can talk about dating and relationships. Complete the compound nouns in the sentences. Write the answers in the puzzle to find the mystery word. Complete the sentences with the opposite adjectives. They are discussing whether to travel by plane or by train.
Complete the sentences with B 8ecky or I Ian. Complete the sentences with appropriate words. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.
Use the correct tense. S They night. Write five sentences about it. Use the passive. Icy cold but with amazi ng animals! Sporting adventures - on land or in the water Learn in luxury Rela x on th e river 5 Nature cru ises for all budgets. Match the headings with the paragraphs A-D. Choose the best holiday and describe it. Talk to one of the many boat operators in the area to choose a route. Discover a place where only really intrepid explorers went in the past.
A comfortable cruise liner will show you the amazing landscape of one of the coldest and most inhospitable places on Earth. Admire the beautiful coastline and experience the perfect beaches of countries like Tanzania, Madagascar and the Seychelles. During the cruise, you can try fishing, diving and snorkelling.
Head North to explore the spectac ular coastline of this country. The scenery is amazing and travelling by boat is the only way to see it. Visit beautiful bays during the trip to find icebergs and glaciers. For more information, go to www.
The indefinite pronouns in these sentences are incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Governments ne e to do 7 to stop the damage airlines arE causing. Relying on individuals to limit the flights t hE. One thing is clear. Read the questions and use indefinite pronouns to write your answers. Who would you like to go on holiday with? Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Vietnam traffic is crazy nobody follows any rules and there are bikes and scooters everywhere! The highlight of the day was the evening because it was the Lantern Festival.
On the 14th of each month, all of the lights in the Ancient Town are turned off and lanterns are lit in the streets. Floating lanterns are also released into the river as a way to remember lost relatives. We drove to Hue by car and were then taken up the river to the Ancient Pagoda on a boat. It took 10, people over eleven years to complete because the architecture is so complex - incredible. At Maya Bay, we had a breathtaking view of the green cliffs rising out of the water like skyscrapers - amazing!
The effect was spoilt by the hundreds of boats manoeuvring round each other to let their cargo of tourists out onto the beach. Our next stop was Monkey Beach, home to monkeys who are addicted to junk food.
In the afternoon we did a bit of snorkelling and saw thousands of colourful fish - at least that part of the day was peaceful. At least Ella was pleased to see us. She came running up to us wagging her tail furiously when we opened the door! Which phrase from exercise 3 is used in each cas e?
Write A or B. Imagine you have just arrived at a hotel and gone to your room. Use phrases from exercise 3. Order the words to make sentences with introductory it. The Gower Peninsula is the ideal place to escape for a relaxing holiday in quiet surroundings. There are also fast and frequent coaches and trains that go to Swansea Bay, which is nearby. The southern coast of the peninsula has a selection of small, rocky and sandy bays, but there are also some large, beautiful golden beaches, too.
The Gower Peninsula 4 its coastline, but there are plenty of other attractions for holidaymakers. The area has many historic sites including six amazing castles and some incredible Bronze Age standing stones, called menhirs.
The park has a wide range of excellent mountain-biking trails offering thrilling rides through the trees. Have you: written your description in four clear paragraphs? A severe weather event has occurred in a nearby county. An example of an indirect weather observation system is: A. Buoys B. Radar C. ASOS D. Temperature probability graphics C. Forecaster reasoning D.
Radar imagery. In two days your community is hosting the State baseball championship and expecting record crowds. The Day 2 Convective Outlook indicates your area could have severe weather on game day. As an emergency manager, you should: A. Continue to monitor the forecast products and coordinate with the Weather Forecast Office B. Discuss the situation with event organizers and suggest they review their safety plans for severe weather C.
Inform public safety agencies in your community about the severe weather potential D. All of the above. A train has derailed in your community, resulting in a hazardous materials release. Customized wind forecasts to help determine areas that might be impacted B.
Anticipated health impacts of the hazardous substances C. Dispersion modeling to determine how the materials will be transported.
Forecasting precipitation type rain, snow, sleet, ice is difficult because: A. Who issues Tornado Watches? Convective Weather Prediction Center B. Private sector weather providers C. Hydrometeorological Prediction Center D. The National Weather Service B. The local governmental jurisdiction C. State emergency management officials D. An elected member of city council. Upward-moving air with the potential for storms to form B. An inversion in which air moves upward very rapidly C. A cold, sinking air mass causing potential heavy precipitation D.
Several days of overcast skies and continual rain or snowfall. Tornadoes are small, short-lived storms formed on the: A. You have just arrived at the office this morning. What is the best source for quickly determining the potential for severe thunderstorms today? Check the local Weather Forecast Office hourly storm summary B.
Check the Convective Day 1 Outlook D. Check in with your Warning Coordination Meteorologist. You are the emergency manager in Applegate, a community located alongside a stream called Big Creek. Six miles to your northeast, near the headwaters of the creek, is a community called Bunker Hill. Should you anticipate any potential hazards from this storm? Yes; the slow-moving storm could cause flooding along Big Creek, including in creekside areas of Applegate B.
Yes; the storm is headed directly to Applegate and significant hail damage should be expected C. No; based on the direction of travel this round of storminess will not affect my area. True or False. NOAA Weather Radio with SAME technology is programmable to sound alerts for hazards in your specific area, can be heard almost everywhere in the country, and can be relied on even if there is a power outage at your home or business.
Good warning messages for the public should: A. Avoid mentioning possible consequences that may cause people to panic B. Explain the possible consequences if the instructions are not followed.
Uncertainties in forecasts are primarily due to which of the following? Meteorologists are not paying close enough attention to the evolving weather situation B. The overnight model forecasts are poor so meteorologists must use their own best judgment C. Atmospheric processes are very complex, posing difficulties for both models and forecasters D. The large number of observations input to the models means that guidance might be delayed.
Severe weather season is around the corner. You would like to begin some public awareness efforts, as well as make sure your spotters are trained and organized.
Who in the National Weather Service should you call to work with you on these activities? No one; both of these tasks are your responsibilities C. Lead Duty Forecaster. Who is authorized to initiate official watches and warnings? Registered private weather information vendor C. Certified broadcast meteorologist using Doppler radar D. Glossary focuses on key terms relevant to the exam.
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