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Are ________ your sunglasses?
2.
What ________ is her dress?
3.
A What nationality are Veronique and Lysiane?
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Is your new car fast?
B No, it isn’t. It’s very ________.
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A What’s your mother’s name?
B __________ name’s Isabella.
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________ you speak Spanish?
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A Hello. Are you Michael?
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I’m very _______. I need some water.
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When it rains you need ________.
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Hiro is 75 years old. He doesn’t work now. He’s ________.
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That man drives _____. Don’t get in his car!
READING:
The long journey home
Last month a computer problem at London’s Heathrow airport caused problems with air travel around the world. We interviewed two people about their journeys.
Fumi Watanabe, 37 ‘It was very stressful. There was no information at the airport. I wanted to know: ‘Will there be flights tomorrow? Will the airline give us our money back?’ The information desk didn’t have any answers, which was really annoying. They should have a plan for this sort of thing. There were thousands of people, all trying to change their journeys at the same time. Some people got angry with the airline workers, which meant – they were only trying to do their job. I decided to stay at the airport. I thought, ‘If a plane arrives, I’ll be first in the queue.’ I lived in the airport for the next 16 hours. The food was OK, and I even found some showers. It was all very expensive but I kept my receipts. When I finally arrived home, nearly two days late, I was exhausted.’
Charles Henley, 54
‘People ought not to panic in these situations. But we do. It’s normal human psychology. If we feel trapped, we try to run away or we get angry. That’s why people sometimes get angry in traffic jams – they just want to escape. This happens even if we’re not physically trapped – so although we are not in danger, we still feel that running is a good idea. The best thing to do, usually, is to stay where you are. I was in Madrid on business when the computers at Heathrow broke down. I didn’t go to the airport, I phoned my hotel straight away and booked three extra nights. With my laptop and good wi-fi I could still work easily.’
12.
The day after Thursday is _____.
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Charles compares the situation at the airport with _____.
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If James isn’t telling the truth, he’ll have to leave the college course.
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If Fabio sends James a text, he’ll probably reply.
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Tom and Anna came for lunch. We ate in the _____.
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If Fabio leaves college now, he’ll find James at the park.
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Whose bag is this? It’s _____.
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I _____ at the moment because I’m on holiday.
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We’ve got a very good shower in the _____.
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When the computer problem started, Charles was _____.
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I’m waiting _____ the bus. It’s late!
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Overall, the 16 hours that Fumi spent at the airport were _____.
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Paul left school _____ 2014.
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My uncle’s wife is my _____.
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If James isn’t really ill, he’ll explain
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This is _____ food I’ve ever eaten.
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All of the passengers at the airport with Fumi wanted to ______.
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According to Charles, people _____ when they feel trapped.
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If Fabio speaks to their teacher, it’ll make things worse.
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William’s British. He’s from _____.
33.
One dictionary (choose the correct plural form of it)
35.
What kind of films do you _______ ?
38.
‘What’s _____ name?’ ‘I’m Alexa.’
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They’re from Poland. They’re _____.
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If we’d known you were coming, we ______________ (buy) more food for this evening.
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This castle ________ in 1600.
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Our flight leaves from ______ 2
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I’ve bought a new ________ for the athletics competition.
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He fell ________ the steps and broke his leg.
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If I can borrow Tolga’s car, I ________ come and see you tonight.
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I don’t have ________ money left because I bought a new jacket.
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Mariana and Stephan ________ married last year.
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Andrea asked me if I could ________ her some money.
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We’ve lived in the same house ________ 20 years.
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We were relieved when the airport bus finally arrived because we’d been ________ it much earlier and we were worried we might miss our flight.
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Toshiya reads an English newspaper every day ________ forget his English.
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________ the plane departed late, we arrived in Costa Rica on time.
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________ are well-known for eating raw fish.
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The blackmailer was ________ guilty and sent to prison.
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It’s difficult to get accurate information about current events here because the news is ________.
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I shouldn’t ________ that email when I was angry. I really regret it now.
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Do you have any idea what time
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Did Artem ________ when he proposed to you?
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I heard that Nadia’s company ________ a good profit last year.
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I would have gone to the party if I ________ you were there.
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According to the writer, smart devices that measure sporting performance ...
63.
What advantage do smart yoga leggings have in comparison to regular ones?
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We ________ the house if we’d known about the noisy neighbours!
LISTENING:
Listen to five people talking about photographs. Choose from the list (A–H) what each person is describing. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters you do not need to use.
A. a childhood memory
B a very old photograph
C. a fake news photograph
D. a school photograph
E. a wedding
F. a person they once knew
G. a journey
H. a place they once lived
66.
My sister has moved to a ________ just outside the city.
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I wanted to buy some tickets for the concert, but they’d sold ________.
69.
Rory usually has two ________ eggs for breakfast.
Reading
The future of smart clothing
Scientists have been developing smart clothing for medical purposes for some time, but now we’re beginning to see it coming onto the market with a wider variety of uses. While it hasn’t become popular just yet, it’s likely we’ll all be wearing smart clothing soon. Why? Because it allows technology to be part of our clothing whatever activity we’re doing. Here are just a few examples.
Sports
A few years ago, we were all attaching smartphones, watches, and pedometers to our bodies to monitor our fitness and sporting performance. But the days of checking a device every few minutes at the gym are over. In future, your sports clothing will collect all the data you need, leaving you to concentrate on your performance. The newest technology features sensors which are fitted into your sports clothing. It can perform various tasks such as monitoring your heart rate and breathing, tracking the movement of your muscles, and counting the number of calories you’ve burned. Your data appears on a smartphone app which then designs your own personalized training programme. Another invention which is likely to become popular is clothing which allows you to practise activities like yoga without an instructor. Specially designed fitness leggings have technology in them which vibrates at key points such as the hips, knees, and ankles. These are programmed to direct your movements, helping you get into the correct position, which prevents you from injuring yourself.
Fashion
A particular appeal of smart clothing is that it can be both stylish and practical. An innovative design team has developed a material which contains sensors that react to temperature and movement, and then respond by heating or lighting up. So, if it’s cold, your footwear will become warm, and when it gets dark, your jacket will light up to ensure that you remain visible in traffic. The lightweight material works as a sensor which can be fitted to any clothing like a label. It contains metal inks which can conduct electricity. These inks connect to a battery and generate heat or light when they are required. Unsurprisingly, this new smart material has attracted the attention of several big clothing brands.
Smart clothing is not only useful and fashionable, it can allow its wearer to make money too. The sensors in your outfit can gather large amounts of data as you go about your daily life. This data is valuable to clothing brands because they can use it to develop better advertising. The clothing brands give wearers tokens, which can be used to purchase more products, in exchange for their data. Clever clothes that look great and can earn you money too, isn’t that what we’ve all been waiting for?
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I ________ stay at home at weekends, but now I go out with my flatmates.
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Can you tell me where ________?
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The town _____ Adrian grew up is near Manchester.
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What innovation allows smart clothing to respond to temperature and light levels?
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What is the potential use of data collected from smart clothing sensors?
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You should speak to the ________ if you want to make a complaint.
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The film is a ________ and it’s so funny, you won’t stop laughing.
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Smart clothing brands will reward customers if they ...
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