train    medal    contact    communicate    professional    championship 

27. Chatting online is a good way to stay in ...................... and ...................... with friends who live far away.

28. ............................... athletes ............................. very hard every day.

29. Usain Bolt won the gold ........................................ in the 100 meter race.

30. Last year our team won the .................................... This year it will be more difficult. 

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals:

53. Everyone was ......................................... by Anna’s football skills. (AMAZE)

54. Why do people love ....................................... films so much? (FRIGHTEN)

55. I’m so ......................................... Let’s go out tonight. (BORE)

56. Learning a new hobby is very ......................................... (SATISFY)

57. Olga wasn’t .............................................. by Adrian’s joke. (AMUSE)

58. Rugby is an .................................... game, but it’s quite dangerous. (EXCITE)

59. She was ...................................... to meet you here. (THRILL)

60. The new Tia Tungsten album is just ..................................... (AMAZE)

Everyone thinks / is thinking  Mark is a bored / boring  person because he collects things, and some people feel / are feeling  that collecting things is one of the most bored / boring  hobbies. Mark’s collections are rather different, though: one is a collection of chocolate wrappers, while the other is aeroplane boarding passes! ‘I know my collections look / are looking  unusual, or even eccentric, but in fact there are quite a few people collecting these things,’ he says. I now have 102 wrappers and 23 boarding passes, and both my collections still grow / are still growing ! Whenever I'm out, I always / occasionally  keep an eye out for different wrappers and if I see a chocolate bar with a wrapper I haven't got, I buy it. As for boarding passes, I rarely / sometimes  travel by plane myself, but I’ve asked all my friends and relatives to bring me some whenever they fly anywhere. It's actually really fun and quite challenging to find different designs, though my mum gets / is getting  more and more tired of the mess in my room; she is always / sometimes  telling me she is going to throw everything out!’. 

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined words or phrase.

11. Ba is the ................... of the stamp collectors’ club.

A. head B. president C. manager D. chairman

12. Suzi’s theatre group is ................. a play for the school anniversary celebrations.

A. rehearsing B. practicing C. acting D. experimenting

13. Nam is not very ................ He never plays any sports.

A. sportive B. sportsmanlike C. sporty D. sport-loving

14. There aren’t any good movies ....................... at the moment.

A. going on B. being on C. performing D. showing

15. Lan’s ................... tired to tidy her bedroom.

A. so B. very C. too D. much

16. Some young people are working ................ hospital volunteers.

A. to be B. such as C. like D. as

17. Would you like to come to my house for dinner? - ................................

A. Yes, I do B. I’d love to C. Yes, I like D. OK, I like it

18. I enjoy spending my holiday here because the .................... is so splendid

A. scenery B. sceneries C. sights D. views

19. I often ............................. in winter.

A. go playing skiing B. go skiing C. play skiing D. go to ski

20. Let’s.....................and talk about our plans for the weekend

A. get together B. pick up C. put away D. look fo