ACTIVITY 223: For each group of
sentences (A-to-D), choose the best alternative (word or phrase) from
the menus. You can use the same word once only. Then check the
answers.
GROUP 1
A.
Have you heard the
? There's
been an earthquake in the east
of the country.
B.
The student went to the library
for
about the number of recent
shipwrecks.
C.
Some rock bands will do anything to get
for themselves.
D.
Some governments use
to
influence the way the people think.
GROUP 2
A. Have you heard the
news?
There's been an avalanche in the ski resort.
B. The
two years of drought
have had a severe effect on agricultural
production.
C.
In the
1980s the country's
economy went through a boom.
D.
Has the volcano shown any signs of activity
?
GROUP 3
A. The
General
the troops to do
everything they could to take the
city.
B. The refugees were
to return
home by promises of shelter and
food.
C. The government
everyone to
stay indoors until the hurricane
had passed.
D. The official
that the sailors
checked the weather forecast
before they set out.
GROUP 4
A.
These days people are regularly
about the dangers of smoking.
B. The officer
to
shoot any
soldier caught stealing.
C. The suspect
the
police he
hadn't been near the bank on the day
of the
robbery.
D. Politics in this country are often
by what happens in the USA.
GROUP 5
A. When the robbers
the stolen
van, they ran away on foot.
B.
He was so heavy he
the legs
of the antique chair when he sat on it.
C.
The civil war
the country's
tourist industry.
D. The rock star went wild and
the hotel television set with his guitar.
GROUP 6
Which measure would you take to a new ...
A.
product?
►
B.
radio programme?
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C.
book?
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D.
policy?
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CONGRATULATIONS
!!! You have finished UNIT 8 - LESSON 31 at OM Personal First Certificate. Before moving on to next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you have learnt here.
