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The document contains exercises related to filling in gaps with appropriate words, answering questions about a school geography trip, and listening comprehension tasks involving descriptions of important people. It also includes a lecture extract about birth order and personality, with questions assessing understanding of the content. The exercises focus on vocabulary, comprehension, and the relationship between family dynamics and personality traits.
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Day 1

The document contains exercises related to filling in gaps with appropriate words, answering questions about a school geography trip, and listening comprehension tasks involving descriptions of important people. It also includes a lecture extract about birth order and personality, with questions assessing understanding of the content. The exercises focus on vocabulary, comprehension, and the relationship between family dynamics and personality traits.
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Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word.

You must use a word which is


somewhere in the rest of the text.
1. Japanese food is popular all over the world. Many people know about sushi, tempura, and
tofu. (1)....... dishes often look beautiful, like works of art. However, in 2022, the most
popular dish in Japan was frozen
(2)....... Every year, the Gurunavi Research Institute chooses a "dish of the year" to show
what people enjoy eating the most. Frozen food became (3)...... during the COVID-19
pandemic. As people stayed at home instead of (4)..... at restaurants. Many people bought
frozen meals like meat and pizza, which were simple but easy to prepare.
Because of the (5)......, food companies in Japan worked on new ways to freeze food. Food
(6)....... wanted to make sure it stayed tasty and fresh.

2 In the future, cities will be different. These (1)...... will be even more amazing. There will
be many buildings, and these (2)....... will be even taller. There will be self-driving cars.
These
(3)...... will run on sustainable energy
There will also be spaces like parks and gardens. These (4)....... will help keep the air
clean. We will use holograms to talk instead of computers. You can (5)...... to a person from
another part of the world as if they're in front of you. Future cities will be safer. There will be
robots patrolling around, and these (6)....... will not need sleep or rest and will work nonstop.

3. For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a
number or a date or a time.
School Geography Trip
Date of Geography trip:
Wednesday (9) …………………
Each group will be given: a (10) …………………
Length of walk: (11) …………………
Person responsible for health issues: (12) Mr …………………
Type of shoes to wear: (13) …………………
Coach arrives at school at: (14) ………………… p.m.

4-.1 a client b parent c sibling d colleague e spouse f employer


4-2.Listen to three speakers talking about people who have been important to them. Indicate
the person each speaker describes by writing a letter a-f from Exercise 1 in each space.
1._________. 2.____________. 3.______________
4-3. Listen again to the three speakers and write down the adjectives from the table above
that you hear. Listen for the word endings: -able, -ible, -al, -ant, -ent, -ic, -ive, -ous.
1._________. 2._____________. 4.______________
4-4.Listen to the extract again and complete the definitions the speaker gives for words 1-6
above. Write one word in each space.
1. only children - ‘children without____________’
2. parental resources - ‘not just money, but also____________and____________ ’
3. tolerant - ‘able to accept___________ ’
4. co-operative - ‘able to work____________with---------------------’
5. autonomy - ‘ability to____________their own---------------------’
6. unconventional - ‘not quite____________in social terms’
Listen to the lecture extract about birth order and personality and answer questions 1-5 by
choosing the correct letter A, B or C. Exam tip: Listen for key adjectives and clues in the
context for what they mean.
1.What does the speaker discuss in relation to personality?
A Family size
B The relationship between children and their parents
C People’s position in the family
2.What does the speaker imply about anxiety?
A It is a positive trait.
B It is a negative trait.
C It is experienced by younger siblings.
3.What do some researchers say about youngest children?
A They form relationships easily.
B They agree with the opinions of other people.
C They like it if people agree with them.
4.Why are middle children considered to be rebellious?
A They don’t like to be told what to do.
B They don’t know how to be agreeable.
C They like to be different from others.
5.What does the speaker say about the quality of research on birth order?
A Most research has been done correctly.
B Most research has been done incorrectly.
C Most research has come to a clear conclusion.

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