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

Which of the five adjectives in A best describes each of these things?
1 a textbook written by the most highly regarded expert in the field
2 research based on a survey of the population
3 a poem which can be understood in two quite different ways
4 an argument which is well-expressed and easy to follow
5 a textbook which gives a broad overview of an entire discipline
Answer these questions which use vocabulary from B opposite.
1 If the incidence of asthma in children is increasing, what is actually going up: (a) the seriousness of 
asthma attacks or (b) the number of asthmatic children?
2 What are the next two numbers in this sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36?
3 If the average mark in a maths test was 68% and Ulla’s mark deviated noticeably from that 
average, what do we know about Ulla’s mark?
4 If facts are distorted, are they presented (a) accurately, (b) clearly or (c) in a misleading fashion?
5 If sociologists choose the subjects of their research in an arbitrary fashion, do they take care to get 
people from an appropriate balance of backgrounds?
Use items from C to rewrite the underlined parts of the sentences in a more formal 
academic style.
1 The information lies in archives that must not be opened until 2050.
2 He thought up his theory while still a young man.
3 Each of the symbols in the phonetic alphabet stands for a sound.
4 This study went against what was previously held to be true, and so started a great deal of 
discussion amongst specialists in the field.
5 Details of the experiment have been added at the end of the report.
6 Jelowski’s book thinks about the rise and fall of great Empires over two millennia. She sees the 
Roman Empire as an example of a pattern that has repeated itself in other times and other parts 
of the world.
Rewrite this paragraph. Change the bold words and use words from C opposite to make it