OPT 1 Leisure activities ‘Read the text and decide which answer (A,B, © or D) besttts each space. tis now geucrally recognised that stress is a major (1) .C,,pftheat disease, ‘and contributes to many other illnesses. Stress is increased by (2)........suehas ‘worry, overwork and lack of exercise or relasation. For itis just as important from a psychological point of @)......,f0 relax as i isto (4,......physical ‘excise. Relaxing doe: not necessarily mean just lasing about and doing ‘nothing. The benefits of a weekend away or the diversion of sporting activities are considerable. Ifyou are suffering from high stress (3)... ...« oF Wish to (bons afier a trying day itis generally advisable to have a change of @. Although there are come individuals who (@)........om stress, for ‘most of, it can lead to exhaustion, mood swings and even severe depression. 1) Areason Bantive Comme D purpose 2) A factors Baspects Celemeats items 3) A fact Béepatuce — Cview Dretora 4) Amke Bhave Cundergo take 5) Arates Blayers C ratios Dievels © Aboldup — Bwinddown CC drawback —_D peter out T) A scene Blocation C sight Dplace 8) A bloom B prosper C tive D flourish 2 Choose two items from the box which are used in each activity (2), @) Gymnastics hare. bars. ) Scuba Diving ©) Fishing © Walking ©) Photography 1) Dod-Youselt © Swimming 8) Cysting3. Both options make sense. Undertine the one which forms a common collocation. “Lastweekwellover thousand people (1) tok place n/tookpart in ox foal rouud-the-city 10-ilomete fon ran. This kind of race doesn't normally ©) appeal fo molamece me, a, rankly, Tm not really @) ext ot foriht for long distence maning. Bot I've got wo fiend: who are dead heen manners ané who keep going on about the (3) Denicial posmve effects ofrmnning. So decided to. ‘run, partly for that reason and partly to (5) earw/raise money for charity. Friends. and colleagues agreed to (6) sponsor/support me, and pay for each mile I completed. Wel, I badat done mvch training for the big even, and after two kilometres I was (7) gasping/panting for breath, so I settled down to a slow jog and resigned myselfto plodding along with the (8) smigelersragelars at the Yack of the race. Atleast I finished, and was vary pleased with myself. as didat need to sop. timed myself with astop-watch, and reckon I (9) crosced/arived atthe finsshing line in 43 minstes -not tad for a novice. The heat proved too inch fora few people who'd gone off oo fast for their capabilities and ended up (10) fre fomshowing exhaustion. Apparently. the course wat very fat, ‘and both of my friends ran a (1) personal best/personal record. The winner (2 sinpesced broke the cource record. Twas actualy very imprezzed withthe ‘whole event: the organisation was first-class, with medical volunteers (13) on shuty’on standby thronghovt, and din (4) stopesttions every few kilometres ‘ofthe rote. So now the charity of my choice i £150 the richer, and ac fer me Tm well and trly batten by the runzing tug. Igo running with my friends regularly now, and Im actally staring to (15) catch up wit/get ear fo thera! 4 Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word in capitals. 4) The new leisure centre doesn't quite come up to my expectation. EXGECT 1) There was a bare ‘of people at the youth club. HAND ©) Helen's solo crossing of the Pacific was a feat REMARK @ We 1g0 to the pub before lunch on Sunday. VARY ) All the runers, with the of Marke, were echauwited, ‘EXCEPT ) Our chib has just purchased new sports. EQUP 2) Our city has some open spaces but they are not very en ACCESS. 1) Ie it possible to | between a hobby and aa interest? DISTINCT i) Nowadays sumbers of people are taking up specie. INCREASE |p) Leisure habits won't change nmch in the future, SEEADVANCED LANGUAGE PRACTICE 5 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C orD) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase. ‘Very few popular (1) ..C... sports today remain amateur in any sense of the ‘word, In the past, even in cases where payment to players or athletes was forbidden, many sports tolerated what became known as 'shamateurism', and even the sports governing (2),,...... fumed a blind eye to such @)sen..28 the ‘paying of ‘expenses’. More recently, sport has become, in effect, a (4).....08 the entertainment industry, and the elle (5),..,.u.di sports such as swimming, tennis, football and track athletics can expect to become very rich. This worries some people, who complain that the old Olympic ideal has been lost, but the fact is, sport has become more and more professional in the wider sense, not ‘only requiting total dedication from (9)... champions, but also expensive facilities, training and mutrtional advice 1) A audience B watching C spectator viewing 2) Associations --B confederations authorities bodies 3) A practices B occurences C acts D operations 4) Abranch B division C wing D kim 5) Adoers B players Cmmakers performers 6) A hopeful B aspiring Csuiving =D wishtul 6 Complete each sentence with the most appropriate word from the bor. board draw = sp referee «runner-up dive fan car round whistle 8) While I was rowing scross the lake [lost one .oar. b) Neither team deserved to lose and the match ended in a, ©) Ruth was well out in front by the exd of the Aft... 4) After the mghy match David was attacked by an angry. ©) Brian impressed everyone with his. {nto the pool. 4) Our gym teacher used to make us stop by blowing a... 12) During the chess game Carol knocked all the pieces off the, 1b) Our team was knocked out ofthe competition in the second, 4) During the match one of the spectators offered the, 4) Denise woa the race and her sister was...7 Complete the spaces by finding one word which fits in all tree sentences. a) Later in the programme we have highlights of two big matches played eatlier today: Ajaxmet Juventus while Barcelona _..took....on Porto. ‘The weightlifter who allegedly took,,..,.performance-enhancing drugs thas been named today. (On my doctor's advice, I _took.....p youa in order to relax. ') The transfer of Mario Rossi to Manchester United has been approved by the of directors, ‘The new pool las a slide, water chute and diving. Jn any game of chess, the queen is the most powerful pisce on the whole ©) Right now Evans is very, J confidence; she needs to start ‘winning a few races again, ‘There was a disappointingly. stumont for the youth club's open cay. ‘When you're cycling up a steep hill you will need to be in a eae, a, the earth down around the roots after you've planted the flower. Tim's Dad took him out into the middle of the pool and showed him how to ve got my photos drying out on the kitchen floor, so whatever you do, don't, on them! ¢) Unbelievable - what an amazing, around! Smith has come from ‘echind to take the gold medal! ‘As Pdnever played this card game before, the others let me have another and Walton showed a, of speed that left his opponents for 191