Reading Tree of the Year + UoE B1/B2

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

1 __________

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

2 __________

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

3 __________

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

4 __________

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

5 __________

You are going to read an article about a national vote for people’s favourite tree. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Tree of the Year

6 __________

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

For questions 7-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (7) ______ their dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (8) ______ some research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain individuals, a silver medal may (9) ______ their expectations and so naturally they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who believed they had absolutely no (10) ______ of achieving anything.

In (11) ______ , the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but then suffers a (12) ______ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way behind the winner. There is a (13) ______ in the research that shows such a person will feel significantly happier.

To a certain (14) ______ , these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists who were close to victory will almost certainly (15) ______ on what might have happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.