society disaster civilians natural activity established expression adopts
national dedicated initiative medical official constitute situation
epidemics sign
sign
convention floods earthquakes result
potential surely
musician assure
assure cross mission emergency hesitate children possession conference
president tsunami washed passenger research charity suggestion nations /s/
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f/_____________________________________________________________________
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II. Complete each of the sentences with an aprropriate verb from the box.
appalled dedicated mount up washed away encouraged adopted inspired hesitated appealing initiated 1. He________ all his life to helping the poor and the lonely.
2. Most people think that volunteer work should be________ more in our communities.
3. The government has________ a program of economic reform since last year.
4. They are now________ for funds to help the cities hit by the earthquake.
5. She was________ to hear that her husband had been arrested.
6. The famous symbol of the Red Cross, the white flag bearing a red cross, was________ in 1964.
7. Prices continue to________, leading to inflation and reducing purchasing power.
8. The foundation of International Red Cross was________ by a Swiss businessman, Henry Dunant.
9. The whole village was________ by the floods in 1997.
10.He ________for a moment, and then knocked on the door.
III. Fill in each blank with correct form of the word in brackets.
1. Even with pain killers, his________ eventually became overwhelming, (suffer)
2. CARE is a leading ________ organization fighting global poverty, (human)
3. It takes a lot of hard work and ________ to be successful, (dedicate)
4. ________, I found city life incredibly difficult but now I'm used to it. (initiate)
5. Doctors are ________ to comment on the new treatment, (hesitate)
6. Your table manners are ________ don't you know how to use a knife and fork?
(appal)
7. He ________ that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment, (proposal)
8. The organisation’s ________ is to create a world where people live in harmony with nature, (object)
9. 15 observers and civilian police went to help ________ a ceasefire,(force)
10. Scientists worry that climate change will have a ________ effect on the planet, (catastrophe)
IV. A says something and B replies. Which goes with which?
A
1. I’ve made a mistake on this form.
2. I’m too warm with my coat on.
3. This jacket looks nice.
4. My phone number is 579620.
5. What’s 45 euros in dollars?
6. How did you find the mistake?
7. I’m not sure whether to accept their offer or not.
8. I need a place to stay when I’m in London
9. It’s a subject he doesn’t like to talk about.
10. I don’t know what this word means.
B
a. No problem. I can fix it up.
b. Kate pointed it out.
c. That’s OK Just cross it out and correct it.
d. Yes, why don’t you try it on.
e. OK, I won’t bring it up.
f. Just a moment. I’ll write it down.
g. Why don’t you take it off then?
h. You can look it up.
i. I think you should turn it down.
j. j. Give me a moment to work it out
V. Complete the following sentences with the correct particles or the correct form of the verbs given.
verbs: make, take (2), look, carry, dip, put particles: up, down (2), out, on, over (2), off, in
1. Now, don’t let us ________. We’re counting on you to cook something really special for the party this Saturday.
2. ________ out! You nearly knocked my cup out of my hand.
3. Giving ________ my job to go and live abroad turned ________ to be the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.
4. He ________ up some story about catching the wrong train to explain his lateness.
5. If you want-to lose weight, you should cut ________ on amount of dairy, products you eat.
6. Modern computers are capable of ________ out the most complex operations in micro-seconds.
7. It’s no the sort of book you’d want to read from cover to cover but it’s quite interesting to ; into ________ now and then.
8. Jimmy, ______ on your coat before you go out.
9. The gas supply was cut ________ for about four hours as they had to repair some leaking pipes.
10. Toby’s getting ________ really well at his new job. He’s already been promoted twice.
11. Look ________ your paper for errors before you hand it.
12. He ________after his mother; he has blue eyes and fair hair too.
13. She got ________ the problem of lack of time by hiring a house-cleaner..
14. He asked them to put ________ their cigarettes as he is allergic to smoke.
15. It was warm inside, so I ________ off my jacket
VI. Replace the underlined words by the correct form of the phrasal verbs from the box.
Break down talk over give up get over turn down tear down find out put out hand in call off go on put off make up go off torn up
1. The football match had to be cancelled because of the weather.
2. The story Kate told wasn’t true. She invented it.
3. A bomb exploded near the station, but no one was injured.
4. How long are you going to continue working?
5. George finally arrived nearly an hour late.
6. How could you refuse such a fantastic job?
7. A number of buildings are going to be demolished to make way for the new road.
8. We’ll have to postpone the meeting until next month.
9. Sue recovered her cold and returned to work.
10. All term papers must be submitted by Tuesday.
11. For the sake of your health, you ought to stop alcohol.
12. Teachers should encourage kids to discover things for themselves.
13. I’m afraid the machine has stopped working.
14. We extinguished the campfire before we left.
15. We need to fully discuss the situation.
VII. Complete the sentences. Use one word each time.
1. I had the flu, but I ________ over it a couple of days ago.
2. It was only a small fire and I managed to ________ it out with a bucket of water.
3. The doctors there are very good, and I’m sure you’ll be well ________ after.
4. I was talking to the woman sitting next to me on the plane, and it ________
out that she works for the same company as my brother.
5. ‘Do you know what happened?’ ‘Not yet, but I’m going to ________ out.’
6. There’s no need to. get angry. ________ down!
7. If you’re going on a long walk, plan your route carefully before you ________ off.
8. You’ve written my name wrong. It’s Martin, not Marin – you ________ out the T.
9. Come and see us more often. You must ________ in any time you like.
10. My alarm clock ________ off in the middle of the night and me up.
VIII. In the following sentences add a particle to complete the phrasal verb and an appropriate object pronoun [it, me, them, etc. ) in the correct place - either before or after the particle.
1. OK, you read out the phone numbers and I’ll jot ________.
2. That cheese in the fridge had gone off so I threw ________ .
3. He doesn’t look like his father much but he takes ________ in the way he behaves.
4. Their company has gone bankrupt and they only set ________two years ago!
5. Look, don’t keep complaining to me about it. If your steak is underdone, Send ________!
6. Did you believe that story about a long-lost brother? -No, not a word of it.
I’m sure she was making ________.
7. You don’t have to give me an answer right now. Think ________ for a few days before you decide.
8. The form was so complicated that she had to ask her accountant to fill ________
for her.
9. I still don’t understand this word and I’ve just looked _______________ in the dictionary.
10. Nina fainted in the heat and we had to bring ________with smelling salts.
11. You can borrow this book, but you must promise to look ________ .
12. Don’t make up your mind at once; talk ________ with your lawyer first.
IX.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. Compared with their counterparts 20 years ago, the highly educated now receive vastly higher salaries.
The highly educated now
_____________________________________________________.
2. I know this reporter’s background well and he’s 100% honest.
This reporter,
_______________________________________________________________.
3. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
Only by
___________________________________________________________________.
4. The workers do not intend to call off their strike.
The workers have;'.
5. ‘Is it or is it not true that you have been misappropriating company funds?’ the manager asked the accountant.
The manager wanted
_________________________________________________________.
6. Someone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building.
No sooner
_________________________________________________________________.
7. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.
There has been a
____________________________________________________________.
8. It was overeating that caused his heart attack.
If
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9. People say he was once in the French Foreign Legion.
He
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_.
10.After fighting the fire for twelve hours the firemen succeeded in extinguishing it.
The firemen managed to put
___________________________________________________.
TEST 1
I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1.a. disaster b. appall c. wartime d. quarter
2.a. mount b. wounded c. found d. without
3.a. appeal b. treatment c. peace d. bearing
4. a. mission b. result c. disaster d.
hesitation
5. a. wounded b. dedicated c. appealed d.
adopted
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences.
6. They are appealing ________ local business for sponsorship money.
a. in b. at c. on d. to
7. The Red Cross is aimed ________ providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters.
a. in b. at c. to d. for
8. WHO ’s main activities are carrying out research ________ medical development and improving health care.
a. on b. in c. for d. of
9. They have launched a(n) ________ to send food to the flood victims.
a. aid b. proposal c. appeal d. attraction
10. The British government has now suspended ________ aid to the area.
a. human b. humane c. humanistic d. humanitarian
11. The ________ for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss called Jean Henri Dunant.
a. research b. invention c. initiative d. inspiration
12. The Red Cross provides relief in case of ________ such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes.
a. challenges b. disasters c. commodities d.
disadvantages
13. Protests died down when they realized that the new tax ________ to only 50p a week.
a. added b. reached c. approached d. amounted
14. In many parts of the world, crop failure means ________ , which leads to the death of many people each year.
a. drought b. epidemic c. famine d. flood
15. I’m just as ________ as you are to make this company successful.
a. dedicated b. serious c. willful d. determined
B. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences or has the closest meaning to the underlined part.
16. You made me disappointed. I’d like you did not ________ me down anymore.
a. get b. let c. look d. tear
17. We had to cheer her ________ after the company turned ________ her application.
a. in – over b. on - out c. up – down d. off - on
18. I ran into my old friend when I was on my way home from work, a. collected b. phoned c. crashed d. met
19. “To give someone a ring” is to ________ .
a. call him up b. marry him c. tie him down d. pick him up
20. Never postpone till tomorrow what you can do today.
a. take over b. put off c. call off d. turn down
21. Let’s wait here for her; I’m sure she’ll turn up before long.
a. return b. visit c. arrive d. enter
22. When it started to snow he ________ his overcoat
a. turned over b. got in c. took off d. put on
23. You need more exercise; you should ________ golf.
a. take up b. look over c. keep on d. carry out
24. The firemen fought for three hours before they managed to ________ the fire.
a. give up b. put out c. break off d. cut back
25. Although they are poor, they have ________ five children well.
a. grown up b. taken up c. brought up d. pulled up
26. We called off the picnic due to the bad weather.
a. postponed b. cancelled c. changed d. took
27. When they ________ for the beach, the sun was shining, but by the time they arrived it had clouded over.
a. set off b. went on c. left out d. moved up
28. When the lights ________ we couldn’t see a thing.
a. lit up b. switched of c. went out d. turned down
29. He ________ the boys for making so much noise.
a. brought up b. put down c. took back d. told off
30. If we want to buy a house, we’ll have to ________ our spending.
a. care for b. cut back c. let down d. miss out
C. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
31. Instead of calling off the meeting, maybe we can just put it over until next month.
A B C D
32. If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can look up it in a dictionary.
A B C D
33. I wrote a letter of complaint and the airline has promised to look the matter into.
A B C D
34. I know I let Andy down when I forgot picking his suit up from the dry cleaner’s.
A B C D
35. They have set up a research project to investigating the harmful effects of
A B C D
air pollution.
III. READING
A. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
campaigns task eradicated outbreaks
agency diseases discourage against
Established on 7 April 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized (36) ________of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Its major (37) ________ is to combat disease, especially key infectious diseases, and to promote the general health of the people of the world.
As well as coordinating international efforts to monitor (38) ________ of infectious diseases, such as SARS, malaria, and AIDS, the WHO also sponsors programs to prevent and treat such (39) ________. The WHO supports the development and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and drugs. After over 2 decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1980 that the disease had been (40) ________- the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort. The WHO is nearing success in developing vaccines (41) ________ malaria and schistosomiasis and aims to eradicate polio within the next few years.
In addition to its work in eradicating disease, the WHO also carries out various health-related (42) ________- for example, to boost the consumption of fruits and vegetables worldwide and to (43) ________tobacco use.
B. Read the passage carefully, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), and then answer the questions.
The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946,, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name.
Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors and UNICEF’s total income for 2006 was $2,781,000,000. Governments contribute two thirds of the organization’s resources; private groups and some 6 million individuals contribute the rest through the National Committees.
UNICEF is currently focused on five main priorities: Child Survival and Development Basic Education and Gender Equality (including girls’ education), Child protection from violence, exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy advocacy and partnerships for children’s rights. Related areas of UNICEF action include early childhood development* adolescence development and participation, life skills based education and child rights all over the world. UNICEF’s programs emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.
True or false?
44. UNICEF is a part of the United Nations.
45. UNICEF was originally named The United Nations Children’s Fund.
46. UNICEF works for the survival, protection and development of all children
worldwide.
47. UNICEF is a voluntarily funded agency.
48. The National Committees collectively raise around two-thirds of UNICEF’s annual income.
Answer the questions.
49. What are the UNICEF’s five main priorities?
50. Where are the UNICEF main offices?
IV. WRITING
From the words or phrases - a, b, c or d - choose the one that best completes the sentences..
51. Glass that has been tempered may be up to________.
a. as hard as ordinary glass five times b. five times as hard as ordinary glass
c. hard as ordinary glass five times d. ordinary glass as hard as five times
52 ________, I would never have believed it.
a. If you didn’t tell me b. Since you hadn’t told me
c. Had you not told me d. Unless you told me
53. Tell me where________. Which hairdresser?
a. did you have your hair cut b. have you cut your hair
c. you cut your hair d. you had your hair cut
54 .to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again.
a. Even though she refused b. She refused
c. Not only did she refuse d. Hardly did she refuse
55. I’d advise ________to travel in August.
a. buying your tickets well in advance so that you can
b. to buy your tickets well in advance in order
c. you to buy your tickets well in advance in order that
d. buying your tickets well in advance if you want TEST 2
I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. vulnerable b. struggle c. volunteer d. suffering 2. a. adopt b. poverty c. colleagues d. society 3. a. initiate b. catastrophe c. hesitate d. wartime 4. a. stricken b. inspiration c. disaster d. epidemic 5. a. agency b. society c. civilian d. official
B. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from
that of the others
6. a. dedicated b. vulnerable c. catastrophe d. conference 7. a. epidemic b. disaster c. appeal d. initiate 8. a. hesitate b. civilian c. famine d. delegates 9. a. federation b. volunteers c. humanitarian d. disadvantage 10. a. advocate b. appalling c. temporary d. poverty
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Choose the word or phrase - at b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word.
11. Her life was devoted ________the relief of suffering.
a. for b. in c. on d. to
12. An international medical conference initiated by Davidson resulted________ the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies.
a. in b. of c. from d. for
13. The WHO was established ________7 April 1948.
a. in b. on c. since d. from
14. WHO’s objective, as set________ in its Constitution, is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health.
a. over b. off c. out d. down
15. The WHO is a specialized ________of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health.
a. agency b. society c. corporation d. colony
16. The first UN________ on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1972.
a. Committee b. Federation c. Council d. Conference
17. The United Nations ________ a golden rectangled building in New York City.
a. headcenters b. headquarters c. headships d. headlands
18. The WHO is financed by________ from member states and from donors.
a. contributing b. contributors c. contributions d. contributory
19. UNICEF’s________ is to provide special protection for the most disadvantaged children.
a. mission b. chore c. experience d. assignment
20. A ________funded agency, UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors.
a. voluntary b. involuntary c. voluntarily d. involuntarily
21. UNICEF’s aim is to get more girls and boys into school, ensure that they are equipped with the basic tools they need to succeed in later life.
a. direction b. proposal c. ambition d. objective
22. An influenza A (H1N1) ________broke out in April, 2009.
a. disaster b. epidemic c. famine d. virus
23. She was appalled to hear that her husband had been arrested.
a. shocked b. surprised c. offended d. unpleasant
24. The WHO ________research on whether the electromagnetic field surrounding cell phones has a negative influence on health.
a. demonstrates b. indicates c. conducts d. reveals
25. Help and supports are rapidly sent to wherever there are victims of catastrophe, a. epidemic b. destruction c. misfortune d. disaster
B. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences or has the closest meaning to the underlined part.
26. As the managing director dictated the letter, his secretary ________what he was saying in shorthand. 1
a. filled out b. took down c. set up d. put off
27. This morning traffic was held ________by an accident outside the town hall.
a. off b. out c. up d. in
28. The Earth’s natural resources are being ________at an increasing rate due to the world’s population growth.
a. ended up b. thrown away c. cut off d. used up
29. Police authorities say they will look into the matter.
a. investigate b. discuss c. inform d. pay attention
30. ‘Have you met Henry recently?’ ‘Yes, I ________While I was in Paris.
a. ran him into b. ran into him c. ran him down d. ran down him
31. The government has________ an inquiry to investigate bribery in local elections.
a. set up b. set to c. set out d. set about
32. The letters UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
a. replaces b. supports c. represents d. signs
33. He took the car to his nearest garage so that a mechanic could________
a. look it up b. look after it c. look it round d. look at it
34. He was arrested after________ computer networks in several states.
a. breaking out b. breaking into c. breaking down d. breaking for
35. Army had fainted, but we managed to________ with water from cold tap.
a. bring her round b. call her back c. lay her down d. clear her out
36. Betty is really pretty. Does she take after her mother?
a. care for b. love c. resemble d. recognize
37. There was a sign, but I couldn’t ________what it said.