The text below is the introduction from a book on sports. 

SPORTSWRITING

Offices and bars are full of casual obscenity, but most British newspapers are ... well, not necessarily careful about language, but careful about bad words anyway. The phrase 'family newspaper' is an ineluctable part of our lives. Newspapers are not in the business of giving gratuitous offence. It is a limitation of newspaper writing, and one everybody in the business, whether writing or reading, understands and accepts. There are many other necessary limitations, and most of these concern time and space.

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The exercise below tests your abilities in understanding business vocabulary related to mortgages and loans.
1 You can get 2.2% __________ on your savings at our bank. 2 I couldn't buy the house because the bank refused to give me a __________. 3 We __________ a twenty-year mortgage on the house. 4 We __________ our mortgage last year, so we have no debts now. 5 I couldn't afford to buy the car, so I got a small __________ from the bank. 6 We paid 4% interest __________ the loan.
What is the best option?

Choose the best answer that completes the sentence “He became a rich man after he was __________ a great deal of money by his aunt whom he had never seen before.”:

What’s the best answer for: “Group work is useful because it…”:

The words below include examples of which lexical or phonological items?

? unhappy and incorrect

? hole and whole

? vehicle: car, bicycle

? fit and feet

Choose the best answer that completes the sentence: “A civilized man respects all life and __________ cruelty to animals.”

Read the text below and decide which option best fits each gap:

Planetary Artistry

By Johanna Kieniewicz

For me, the highlight of this past week's science news was the images __________ back from the Curiosity rover, providing __________ geologic evidence that water flowed on Mars. Of course, this wasn't exactly a surprise; for decades, planetary scientists have suggested the channel networks visible in spacecraft imagery couldn't have been made by anything else. The evidence has been __________ as well, as various clay minerals and iron oxides have been identified through hyperspectral imagery.
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What’s the best answer for: “oral fluency is…”:

Match the sequence of coursebook activities listed below with the uses of coursebook materials:
SEQUENCE OF COURSEBOOK ACTIVITIES:
Uses of coursebook materials:
( ) Involves speaking practice ( ) practices note-taking skills ( ) pre-teaches vocabulary ( ) develops listening for detail ( ) personalizes the topic ( ) brainstorms ideas about the topic ( ) introduces the theme of the lesson ( ) provides language needed to do the activities
The correct sequence is:

Match the examples of teacher’s classroom language with their functions:

Function

A- checking understanding

B- emphasising word stress

C- drilling

D- nominating

E- monitoring

F- eliciting

G- organizing pairwork

Teacher’s classroom language

( ) Listen, I like playing football, repeat everyone, I like playing football.

( ) Maria – collect the books, please.

( ) Tell me three adjectives beginning with the letter “C”.

( ) Just listen to how I say it – poTAtoes.

( ) Okay, discuss it with your partner now, please.

( ) I’m really full, I’ve just eaten a big lunch. Am I hungry now?

( ) Let’s have a look. Yes, that’s great. Now try the next one.

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