Read the following passage and then choose one word to fill in each blank.
MTV stands for Music Television. It's a television (56)________ dedicated to pop music. It was (57)________ on 1st August 1981 in the United States. Because of MTV's instant success in the US, the company expanded into other (58)________. MTV Europe (59)________ operating on 1st August 1987. MTV Europe (60)________ 24 hours a day from its London studios. It can be seen in 33 countries and reaches an estimated (61)________ of 110 million viewers.
People of 19 different nationalities work at London headquarters, and they try to offer a (62) of music from all over Europe. The channel broadcasts in (63)________ but Germany provides the biggest number of viewers. Currently, one fifth of the (64)________ is by German artists.
Most of TV output is video and concerts, but there is also a programme (65)________ Unplugged, where major artists play live and acoustic in front of a small studio audience.
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Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
He soon received promotion, for his superior realized that he was a man of considerable__________.
It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
→ Sad______________________________________________________.When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall.
→ The police caught_____________________________________.
Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
Forests from an integral component of the (21. SPHERE)_______ are essential to the (22. STABILITY)_______ of global climate and the management of water and land. They are home for (23. COUNT)_______ plants and animals that are vital elements of our life-supporting systems, as well as for millions of forest (24. DWELL)_______ . They provide goods for direct (25. CONSUME)_______ (including recreational activities) and land for food production. They also represent capital when converted to shelter and (26. FRASTRUCTURE)_______ .
The two main types of forests are tropical, which are rich in (27. DIVERSITY)_______ and valuable tropical (28. WOOD)_______ and temperate, which serve as the world’s primary source of industrial wood. The temperate forests (1.5 billion hectares) can be found mainly in developed countries, whereas the tropical forests (both moist and dry, (29. TOTAL)_______ about 1.5 billion ha each) stretch across the developing world. Two thirds of the tropical moist forests are in Latin America, with the (30. REMAIN)_______ split between Africa and Asia; three quarters of the tropical dry forests are in Africa.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
→ Rather__________________________________________________.Robert is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job.
→ Robert now wishes___________________________________.
I am having a lot of trouble now because I host my passport last week.
→ If I______________________________________________________.Since we had nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.
→ Having_________________________________________________.
