With answer key for advanced

Reading and Use of English Part 3:3
1 1 a 2 c 3 e 4 d 5 g 6 b 7 f
1b 1 hilarious/fabulous
2 insane
3 immense/enormous
4 devastated
5 pointless/senseless
6 fabulous/magnificent
7 appalling/disgusting
Get it right!
Every day we learn about bad habits we have in our daily 
lives and how they affect the environment.
2 1 MISHANDLING
2 HANDY
3 SECOND-HAND
4 CHANGEABLE
5 UNCHANGED
6 EXCHANGE/
INTERCHANGE
7 WORKOUT
8 HARDWORKING
9 TEAMWORK

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Answer key
5 When it comes down to it, do you think that 
targeted direct mail really persuades us to 
purchase products?
Do you think that, when it comes down to it, 
targeted direct mail really persuades us to 
purchase products?
Do you think that targeted direct mail really 
persuades us to purchase products, when it 
comes down to it?
6 Needless to say, future issues of the magazine will 
be printed on recycled paper.
Future issues of the magazine will, needless to 
say, be printed on recycled paper.
3 1 KEEPS (HIMSELF)/ STAYS UP I TO 
DATE WITH
2 IT HADN’T/HAD NOT I BEEN FOR / IT 
WERE 
/WAS I ‘NT/NOT FOR
3 IT AMOUnTs TO I IS THAT IT
4 CAME OUT I OF THE BLUE
5 InCLInED TO I AGREE WITH YOU
6 TOOK IssUE I WITH THE (PRESS) COVERAGE 
Reading and Use of English Part 4:3
1 1 brush up on
2 done away with
3 fits in … with
4 stay away from
5 get through to
6 stand up to
7 come up against
2 1 What forced the evacuation of hundreds of 
residents and the closure of the airport was the 
volcanic eruption.
It was the volcanic eruption that forced the 
evacuation of hundreds of residents and the 
closure of the airport.
2 What causes animals to be added to the list of 
endangered species is the destruction of the 
natural habitats.
It’s the destruction of the natural habitats 
that causes animals to be added to the list of 
endangered species.
3 What never ceases to amaze me is the public 
response to large-scale disasters.
It’s the public response to large-scale disasters 
that never ceases to amaze me.
4 What has led to a ban on hose pipes for the 
foreseeable future is the ongoing drought.
It’s the ongoing drought that has led to the ban on 
hose pipes for the foreseeable future.
5 What flooded the roads and made the rivers burst 
their banks was the torrential rain.
It was the torrential rain that flooded the roads and 
caused rivers to burst their banks.
6  What is needed are more severe measures to 
tackle the issue of global warming.
It’s more severe measures that are needed to 
tackle the issue of global warming.