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Choose the best answer to each question: 
1. Most of the current staff at Ariana are: 
a. hard-working
b. lazy and corrupt 
c. new 

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2. The situation at Ariana is: 
a. getting worse 
b. getting better 
c. dangerous 
3. Ariana is banned from most European and US airports because of: 
a. its safety record 
b. its pilots 
c. UN sanctions 
4. The flight to Kandahar in 1989 crashed because of: 
a. engine failure 
b. an American missile
c. a fight between the pilot and co-pilot 
 
Match the words in the left-hand column with those in the right hand 
column to make phrases from the text: 
1. safety
a. failure 
2. flight
b. centre 
3. rescue
c. standard 
4. boarding 
d. plan 
5. engine
e. schedule 
6. flight 
f. pass 
7. sales
g. class 
8. business 
h. simulator 
Complete the table: 
 Adjective 
Noun 
1. safe 
___________ 
2. disastrous 
___________ 
3.
different 
___________ 
4. corrupt ___________ 
5.
incompetent ___________ 
6. proud 
___________ 
7. enthusiastic 
___________ 
8. successful 
___________ 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2006 
Taken from the Magazine
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
Fill the gaps using an appropriate preposition. Check your answers in 
the text. 
1. different _______ 
2. advantage _______ 
3. get rid _______ 
4. fall _______ the sky 
5. _______ bad _______ worse 
6. a process _______ change 
7. increase _______ 10 _______ 15 
8. 85% of flights are _______ time