VI. My favourite genre of painting.
Final Test
I. Think of synonymous words or word combinations to the following. Use Topical Vocabulary:
1. abundance of colours and shades
2. tortured by pain
3. refined collection of paintings
4. to be good at painting portraits
5. perfect identity
6. clearly pictured
7. very pleasant
8. to be a failure
9. to be very negatively criticized
II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations and phrases from Topical Vocabulary:
1. She realized well enough what kind of person Peter was.
2. The boy tried very hard to make his mother buy him a puppy.
3. She did not say anything.
4. Inequality is built into the education system.
5. A system where there are two levels of school reduces the opportunities from poorer families and favours those from richer families.
6. Giving access only to privileged groups is bad for the country in the long term.
7. All parents want their children to achieve the best results at school.
III. Give definitions for the following words and phrases. Use them in sentences of your own:
- dead line
- mind-map
- first draft
- equality of opportunity
- feedback
- league tables
- drop out
- rote-learning
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IV. Use as many items of Topical Vocabulary as you can
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Handling children
What you are expected to do What you shouldn't do
V. There is an opinion that children who have had a surfeit of happiness in their childhood emerge like stodgy puddings and fail to make a success of life. Do you agree? Give your reasons.
VI. Is it a vital necessity to protect natural environment from destruction and pollution today?
VII. The way one's ages is closely connected with one's lifestyle.
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Final Test
I. Choose one of the words below each sentence to fill the gaps.
1. Since giving up smoking, I now find that I ... chocolate.
a) thirst b) crave c) hunger
2. Martha is very good at ... difficult situations.
a) placating b) appeasing c) defusing
3. Everyone is ... to bits that Joe was so successful in the competition.
a) blissful b) thrilled c) exultant
4. If he has a tantrum, you mustn't try to ... him. Don't give in!
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a) conciliate b) appease c)defuse
5. When Lorna retires, there probably will be a lot of internal applicants for what must be the most ... job in the company.
a) yearned b) hankered c) coveted
6. Fortunately, her parents were ... unaware of what was going on.
a) rapturally b) blissfully c) exultantly
II. What words from your Active Vocabulary might you use to describe the following?
1. someone who drives a pink Rolls Royce with fur seats
2. someone who laughs very loudly at the boss's jokes even if they are not funny
3. someone who never checks a piece of writing they have done and never bothers to use a ruler to draw lines
4. a woman who only goes out with rich men because she is interested in their money.
5. a flat clothes all over the floor and dust on every surface.
6. a story that is full of cliches and has a predictable and sentimental plot.
III. Think of synonymous words expressing intense negative feelings:
clever -
high-handed -
contempt -
disgust -
confident -
old-fashioned -
rude -
IV. If you were chosen to participate in the project "Survivor" would you find your life on a desert island wonderful - or a nightmare?
V. Expand on the points which you think are especially significant:
1. Cinema is an art of illusion.
2. In most films music is seldom used to advantage as it is extremely difficult to achieve a harmonious collaboration between the plot and music.
3. Cinema is an earnest, thought - provoking (or radimentary?) art.
VI. Using your Active Vocabulary describe the situation when you've experienced the strongest feelings and emotions.
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