English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Complete these sentences using the appropriate form of the words in brackets. Use a 
dictionary if necessary.
1 The town council expressed their 
to do what they could to help ease the traffic 
problems in the city. (determine)
2 The poem is about the poet’s 
for his lost innocence. (yearn)
3 Did you make any New Year’s 
this year? (resolve)
4 The President is 
that you attend her in her office immediately. (desire)
5 Her 
to please is very touching. (eager)
6 She would have enjoyed her year abroad more had it not been for her 
for her 
boyfriend at home. (long)
7 Amy is a very 
person. (ambition)
8 Liam has 
to be a great athlete. (aspire)
Answer the questions.
1 Which verb from the opposite page could you use to make this sentence a little less formal?
It was a hard day
.
 I was just yearning to get home and go to bed early
.
2 
With his qualifications
,
 he’s bound to get a good job in the oil industry
. Does this sentence mean 
(a) he may work in the oil industry, (b) he has no choice but to work in the oil industry, or (c) he’s 
almost certain to work in the oil industry?
3 Find four pairs of synonyms in this list of words. Which word is the odd one out?
resolved eager desire likelihood determined obligation keen wish probability
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Number: statistics and quantity
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Changes in numbers and quantities
During the five years 2010–2015, internet use across the world was estimated to have increased 
twofold
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, while in China, it