C22 FE

A. Listen to two friends talk about an unusual activity. Choose True or False for each sentence. 1. The man has heard of geocaching.

2. The man has been given a new cell phone.

3. The man prefers the rural areas to the city.

4. The man agrees to go geocaching next week.

B. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Add the adverbs in parentheses to the verb phrase. Use by if necessary. 5. Downloadable music files have replaced CDs as far as most people are concerned. CDs _____ as far as most people are concerned. (largely)

6. By the late 1990s, manufacturers had abandoned the production of audio cassettes. By the late 1990s, the production of audio cassettes _____. (generally)

7. More and more people are appreciating the richer sound from a vinyl record. The richer sound from a vinyl record _____. (apparently)

8. Retailers are selling vinyl records in surprisingly large numbers. Vinyl records _____ in surprisingly large numbers. (still)

9. Engineers are developing new high-resolution formats for recording music. New high-resolution formats for recording music _____. (reportedly)

C. Choose the adjective with the more formal meaning. 10. small

11. out of date, not used

12. modest, ordinary

13. necessary

14. simple, basic

15. new, creative

16. useful

17. important, big

18. usual, not special

19. easy to carry

D. Complete the sentences in the passive. Use the adverbs in parentheses and by if necessary. In 2007, three athletes ran 4,000 miles across the Sahara Desert in 111 days. They battled extreme heat and sandstorms, relying on their GPS devices for direction much of the time. 20. Sandstorms could have delayed the athletes during their marathon run. The athletes _____ during their marathon run. (easily)

21. Sheer exhaustion could have prevented the runners from finishing the race. The runners _____. (also)

22. GPS devices must have made the run much easier. The run _____. (surely)

23. People might have made the organizers cancel the event if athletes had become seriously ill. The organizers _____ if athletes had become seriously ill. (well)

E. Choose the correct expressions to complete the conversation. 24. A: I don't think people should be allowed to do extreme sports. B: Why not? I mean, you can't stop them! A: _____, but I still think they should be prevented form doing really dumb things.

25. B: So what would you do -have an age limit for some sports? A: _____. But I do think people should only do things if they're fit enough and avoid having to be rescued from dangerous places.

26. B: Yeah, that always puts other people's lives in danger. And you're right, nowadays people can do things thanks to technology that could never have been done before. _____, I could go sky-diving tomorrow, if I could afford it! So people don't always really understand that they need to prepare properly. But like I said, how can they be stopped?

27. A: Well, maybe not stopped, exactly, but _____, I think people should be made to take out special insurance, at least.

F. Read the article. Then read the sentences and choose True, False, or NG if the information is not given. 28. The researchers discovered the new molecules by chance.

29. The molecules are going to be used in flashlights.

30. The researchers store the molecules in kitchen freezers.

31. The researchers know what type of light will be produced by each molecule.

32. These molecules have successfully detected cancer cells.