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Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.
1 
People had to ___ to higher ground when the flood 9 
As the cities are becoming ___ , the government is
reached their village. encouraging people to move into the country.
a abandon a abandoned
b reside b remarkable
c flee c unusual
d suffer d overpopulated
2 
There have been a few ___ of crop circles around 10 
Archaeologists think that a(n) ___ caused so
the world. many deaths.
a incidences a epidemic
b prescriptions b myth
c legends c cemetry
d tricks d occurrence
3 
The historians came to the ___ that a natural disaster 11 
We decided to ___ the disappearance of the
wiped out the city. ancient civilisation.
a explanation a weaken
b situation b reside
c conclusion c investigate
d illusion d situate
4
Harry is too logical to ___ in UFOs. 12 
Everybody ran to see what caused Fred to ___
a believe a scream.
b bring a let out
c take b make out
d look c take in
5 
The explorers found a small ___ to camp in for d stick to
the night. 13 
A local ___ said he had seen a UFO from his
a riverbank bedroom window.
b cave a invader
c rainforest b creator
d tomb c citizen
6 
The police solved the mystery when a ___ came forward d people
who had seen everything. 14 
Mike’s colleagues began to ___ him when he said
a spirit he’d seen a ghost.
b discovery a conclude
c partner b ridicule
d witness c boast
7 
The children dressed up as aliens to play a practical ___ d embrace
on their parents. 15 I watched a news ___ on the bizarre event.
a legend a clue
b explosion b report
c joke c remark
d trick d theory
8 
They couldn’t explain why the walls of the house were 16 
Detectives are ___ into the cause of the
covered in a ___ green substance. mysterious explosion.
a revolving a letting
b sticky b taking
c pattern c bringing
d similar d looking
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That sounds absolutely ___ ! I don’t believe a word 19 
There isn’t enough ___ evidence to prove that the
of what you’re saying. yeti exists.
a thriving a scientific
b logical b practical
c ridiculous c mysterious
d careful d weird
18 
No one has been able to come up with a(n) ____ for 20 
The temple is ___ in the middle of the rainforest.
the strange lights. a unexplained
a phenomenon b situated
b explanation c discovered
c illusion d native
d theory

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Grammar
Choose the correct answers.
1 Where ___ the ruins of the castle? 8 
Tom is a tour guide at the haunted castle so he ___
a are they finding telling ghost stories.
b were they finding a used to
c did they find b would
d they were finding c is used to
2
We ___ across Peru when the earthquake happened. d gets used to
a travelled 9 
What ___ while his sister was reading
b were travelling the newspaper?
c would travel a does he get used to doing
d got used to travelling b would he do
3 
Lesley ___ enjoy reading, but she now prefers c was he doing
watching films. d is he doing
a is getting used to 10 
My aunt ___ always send us postcards when she
b used to went to far away places.
c will get used to a would
d is used to b was used to
4
How quickly ___ living away from home? c got used to
a are you used to d isn’t used to
b did you use to 11 When ___ that the coins were missing?
c did you get used to a were you realising
d would you b do you realise
5 
I ___ the news about his disappearance until c did you realise
this morning. d you were realising
a would hear 12 
My best friend and her family ___ to New Zealand
b didn’t hear in 2013.
c got used to hearing a got used to moving
d don’t hear b moved
6 
While the archaeologists ___ at the site, they c were moving
discovered the king’s tomb. d move
a work 13 I ___ getting up early until I became a police officer.
b would work a didn’t use to
c were used to working b will get used to
d were working c used to
7 
People ___ understand that there were scientific d didn’t get used to
explanations for strange phenomena. 14 Is Mary ___ the Internet to look for information?
a aren’t used to a used to use
b weren’t used to b used to using
c didn’t get used to c get used to using
d didn’t used to d use to use

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Ann ___ writing stories because she’s been doing it 18 They ___ where to start looking for the temple.
for years. a weren’t knowing
a used to b didn’t know
b gets used to c would know
c is used to d are used to knowing
d would 19 
He’s quickly ___ the cold weather and the pouring
16 
When I was very young, my mum ____ to me everyday. rain.
a reads a getting used to
b would read b being used to
c was reading c got used to
d is used to reading d used to
17 ___ to school when you lived in Rio de Janeiro? 20 
We didn’t ___ Mexican food until we’d been in
a You were used to walking Mexico for a few months.
b Were you walking a be used to
c Did you use to walk b get used to
d You were used to walking c use to
d getting used to

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