Mac Indicator 2

1. Europe has witnessed an increasing demand for organically grown agricultural ____________ for the last decade.

2. "The match was _________ live on a leading sports channel." Which of the following words DOES NOT fit in the gap?

3. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Passenger surname:

4. ______________ the monkeys and birds are different species, the monkeys can understand the birds’ warnings.

5. Read the following text to answer the question.

No past eruptions have shown us the true extent of the damage which volcanoes can do. Yellowstone National Park in the USA occupies the caldera of an ancient volcano of extraordinary magnitude. Modern surveys show that its centre is rising. At some point in the next 200 million years, Yellowstone could erupt again, and if it does, the whole world will be transformed. Yellowstone could erupt tomorrow. But there’s a very good chance that it will give us another million years.

An eruption of Yellowstone is likely to be more destructive than previous volcanic eruptions.

6. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

US East Coast display: grains from the south coast are small, light-coloured and _______ in shape.

7. Read the following text to answer the question.

By the time he came to write the string quartets referred to as Opus 76 and Opus 77, Haydn was undoubtedly the most famous living composer in all of Europe. He had recently returned from a highly successful second visit to England, for which he had composed his last six symphonies, culminating in the brilliant and festive Drum Roll Symphony (No. 103) and London Symphony (No, 104). This is public music, full of high spirits, expansive gestures and orchestral surprises. Haydn knew how to please the audience. In 1796, following his return to Vienna, he began work on his largest and most famous work, “The Creation”.

Haydn wrote the Drum Roll Symphony and London Symphony in England.

8. They _______________________ be at a lecture because all lectures have been cancelled today.

9. Read the following text to answer the question.

And the future? It is anticipated that, in some years to come, leisure spending will account for between a third to a half of all household expenditure. Whilst it is difficult to give exact figures, it is clear that the leisure industry will certainly experience a long period of sustained growth. Notably, working hours are not expected to decrease. This is because more people will be needed to keep leisure services running.

In the future, people will pay less for leisure facilities than they do today.

10. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Shuttle departure time:

11. Which of the following words is a long channel of water that is man made?

12. We'll be looking at the three main causes of social change around the world, and we'll have one or two examples of _______________.

13. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Distance from airport to St Thomas:

14. Read the following text to answer the question.

If we look at the much reported rise in global temperatures over the last century, a closer analysis reveals that the lion’s share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before mankind began to “poison” the world with industrial processes and their accompanying greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the twentieth century.

Most of the increase in global temperature took place in the latter half of the twentieth century.

15. Complete the sentence using the correct passive form of the verb "see". "The plastic bag often seems _______________ as a symbol of an unsustainable way of life."

16. It remains _______________ whether society is under threat from the refugee crisis.

17. Complete the sentence with the verb "move" in the correct form. Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates ________________________ against each other.

18. Ur was ___________________located close to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

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A raft of forecasts were made two decades ago, predicting a decline in the number of working hours coupled with a consequent increase in leisure time. It was estimated that the leisure revolution would take place by the turn of the last century with hours devoted to work predicted to fall to an average of 25 per week. While this reduction failed to materialise, the revolution has, nonetheless, arrived.

At the turn of the last century, weekly working hours dropped to 25.

20. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Which organised activity can children do every day of the week?