matrix intermediate
UNIT 3
Vocabulary
1 Explain the following expressions in English.
ancestor __________________________________
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couch potato _______________________________
destruction ________________________________
development _______________________________
fort ______________________________________
gift shop __________________________________
global warming _____________________________
the human race ____________________________
hunter-gatherer ____________________________
invention __________________________________
living _____________________________________
variety ___________________________________
view _____________________________________
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2 Explain the following expressions in English, than complete the sentences with the suitable words.
voyage __________________________________
journey __________________________________
tour _____________________________________
trip ______________________________________
1 I was thinking we might go on a shopping ____________ to Oxford on Saturday.
2 He was a young sailor on his first sea ____________.
3 It's a two-hour train ____________ from York to London.
4 We went on a guided ____________ of the cathedral.
5 We might take a ____________ to Spain later in the summer.
6 Christopher Columbus brought cattle on his second ____________ to America in 1493.
7 She's away on a business ____________ and won't be back until next week.
8 The ship sank on its first ____________.
9 A bus took us on a sightseeing ____________ of the city.
10 Do you want to go on the school ____________ to France this year?
11 The ____________ to work takes me forty minutes.
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3 Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs. Be careful – you must put it in the correct tense form.
add - broadcast - invade - release - relive - shrink - soar - support
1 ____________ the eggs to the cream. The concert will be ____________ live next week.
2 Portugal was ____________ by the French in 1807.
3 The band's latest album will be ____________ next week.
4 Whenever I smell burning, I ____________ the final moments of the crash.
5 My shirt ____________ in the wash.
6 House prices have ____________.
7 He has a wife and four children to ____________.
8 Could you ____________ apples to your shopping list?
9 Every summer the town is ____________ by tourists.
10 Its forests have ____________ to almost half the size they were 10 years ago.
11 The birds were ____________ high above.
12 I don't know how they manage to ____________ their expensive lifestyle.
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4 Form the suitable words that fit the space.
The magic fat injection - Scientists in London are working on the _______________ (develop) of a new kind of _______________ (INJECT) that will help people to lose _______________ (weigh). The product is a liquid that kills off fat cells in the body, and tests on animals have shown _______________ (encourage) results. The _______________ (invent) of the drug are planning to carry out trials on humans soon, and are _______________ (enthuse) about the product’s potential. One of the advantages of the _______________ (treat) is that adults only have a _______________ (limit) number of fat cells, and when they are killed off, they are destroyed _______________ (permanent). If the new drug passes the necessary _______________ (safe) tests, it is likely that it will be extremely _______________ (success).
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5 Form the suitable words that fit the space.
The dull life of animals - I came across an article in a magazine the other day which made _______________ (compare) between people and animals. It seemed to come to the ______________ (conclude) that in most cases we are superior to animals and lead a more _______________ (comfort) life. Wild animals have much more _______________ (free) than pets or animals in zoo, but even a lion or a tiger in the jungle could be killed by _______________ (hunt) at almost any time. For animals, life is generally hard and _______________ (danger) compared to the life led by people in large cities, where there is not only _______________ (vary) but also the possibility to choose the kind of life you want to lead. It is hard to imagine a life more _______________ (bore) than that of a tortoise.
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6 Write sentences using the following expressions.
be/get too big for your boots
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bring sth to life
come to terms with
on the one hand …; on the other (hand) …
set the scene (for sth)
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7 Write the synonims
accurate _____________________________
average _____________________________
disastrous _____________________________
high _____________________________
undoubted _____________________________
slightly _____________________________
truly _____________________________
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1 I was thinking we might go on a shopping trip to Oxford on Saturday.
2 He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.
3 It's a two-hour train journey from York to London.
4 The journey to work takes me forty minutes.
5 We went on...
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