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Holidays, holidays, holidays! That's all you hear before summer begins. Everyone is busy planning and booking ahead. Many              [look forward, expect, anticipate, wait]to their break for months and are in a              [situation, circumstance, state, position]of excitement for weeks before they leave. People have their cars serviced and go shopping to buy             [correct, relevant, right, appropriate]clothes.

I suppose it's logical, I         [say, mean, express, remark]after a whole year of work, people want to relax and           [relieve, take off, remove, shake off]themselves of some stress. However, I have my               [uncertainties, hesitations, dilemmas, doubts]about summer holidays. It's the time when people vacate the city and go to summer resorts             [only to, such as, so that, even though]find that everyone else has done the same thing. Places are very crowded. You go to restaurants where you have to           [insist on, call for, demand, command]to be served, the room you had booked is next to the beach and            [whole, everything, entire, total]is expensive.

      [Until, While, As, When]you finally get back, you feel so tired that you need another holiday to get        [over, by, off, out of]the one you just had. I sometimes wonder if going on holiday is worth all that preparation and               [annoyance, problem, inconvenience, disturbance].

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

The Emperor Penguin is the largest penguin, standing over one metre tall. Its life cycle is something extraordinary and rather different (1)_____________that of other animals.

The Antarctic summer (Dec-Feb) is the time when the Emperor Penguins have a "holiday" and they feed in the sea. During the month of March, they set off for their long journey south to the place where they breed and lay their eggs. As the long, dark winter arrives, each female lays one egg directly on the ice. The male immediately lifts the egg of the ice onto his feet. He (2)____________ pushes it under his stomach for warmth.

The female has completed her task and can now return to the sea to feed, leaving the male with the egg. For over two months, (3) __________ the males huddle together (4) __________keep warm. (5) _________________other animal except for the penguin can survive in temperatures of -70 C.

The chick will hatch during July. That's (6) ____________the female returns bringing food for her chick. By that time the male penguin will have lost about half his body weight, because he won't have eaten (7) ____________ for five months. As (8) ______________as the female returns, the male leaves in search of food.

For the next six months, both parents take turns looking (9) _____________ the chick. (10) _____________ the beginning of the following summer, the (11) ____________ family goes to the sea. The adults can at last have a two-month break before (12) _____________________cycle begins again.

Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.

Magazines are big business. A large          (MAJOR) of the population buy them           (REGULAR). In fact, some people even get their magazines brought to their home by a          (DELIVER) service. For others, magazines are an           (OBSESS) and they even collect them.

But magazines are not to my        (LIKE). They have ads promising a           (DESIRE) appearance with the use of certain products. They also print            (ACCURATE) and unreliable information. Apart from that, they fill their pages with photos of             (FASHION) clothes. What a waste of money! I admit that I'll              (OCCASION) buy one when going on a trip, but short novels or comics are always            (PREFER), as far as I'm concerned.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

"Did you go to the swimming pool yesterday?" Macey asked me.

whether

Macey asked _____________ to the swimming pool the previous day.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

He didn't say anything although he was dissatisfied with the service at the hotel.

spite

He didn't say anything ________________ with the service at the hotel.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

I can't stand people interrupting me when I'm studying.

rather

I'd ________________me when I'm studying.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

We must return the books to the library by Wednesday.

taken

The books ____________ to the library by Wednesday.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

The house will need painting before we move in.

have

We'll need ________________ before we move in.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

Mike, I'd like to know the name of the hotel you stayed at.

which

Mike, _________________ at?

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

Look, if she goes to the shopping centre by bus, she'll be there in ten minutes.

take

Look, _______________ ten minutes to go to the shopping centre by bus.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

They didn't let us feed the animals at the zoo.

allowed

We ____________________ the animals at the zoo.