English Language Proficiency and Vocabulary Exercises

Section X14A: Vocabulary and Sentence Practice

Vocabulary: look after, accelerated, took part (in), demanding.

Exercise 3

• a) Had only one bedroom.
• b) Read together, but they also played games.
• c) Their parents were not well off; both children were brought up with an emphasis on education.
• d) Taking various accelerated courses, she went on to attend...

Section X14B: Travel and Adventure Phrases

Vocabulary: duration, abroad, cash, suit.

Exercise 3

• a) You can go on your own mini-adventure because our trips start from a one-week duration.
• b) Before you move on to Southeast Asia, you could work in Australia.
• c) It's easy to plan your adventure.
• d) She told them that if they were sensible, they would be safe.

Section S14A: Health and Lifestyle Habits

Vocabulary: put on weight, skipping, rush, continue.

Exercise 3

• a) Can be determined by the genes you inherit from your parents.
• b) He/she fills him/herself with junk food during the weekend after a week of dieting.
• c) You eat several small meals a day.
• d) To have a specific time and place for eating.

Section S14B: Education and Resilience

Vocabulary: recovered, power, courageous, highlight.

Exercise 3

• a) While she was returning home, she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen.
• b) He hadn't learned the importance of education from a book but had lived it.
• c) Had a similar school experience to his (one) / (had) had a school experience similar to his (one).
• d) To have access to specialist technology; Ban Ki-Moon began with very little.

Section X13A: Pet Ownership Trends

Vocabulary: banned, purchased, increasing, strolls.

Exercise 3

• a) With growing wealth and exposure to foreign ideas, attitudes towards pets have become more progressive over the past decade.
• b) Pet ownership had risen dramatically and it had just gone through the roof.
• c) An increasing number of Chinese people, many of whom live alone, keep dogs as company.
• d) A ridiculous amount of money is spent on people's dogs / is spent on dogs by people / is spent by people on their dogs.

Section X13B: Family and Social Issues

Vocabulary: a) hampered, b) significant, c) engage with, d) likelihood.

Exercise 3

• a) “Our drinking behavior has no impact on our family life,” they said.
• b) It seems that the arrival of children has led more parents to drink more.
• c) Children's development is seriously affected by the unpredictability of the behavior of an intoxicated parent.
• d) If people drink too much, their judgment can be seriously distorted / this can seriously distort their judgment.

Section S13A: Public Health and Regulations

Vocabulary: a) extreme, b) high-income, c) inconvenience, d) entice.

Exercise 3

• a) The text asks if/whether a government-issued licence could/would/might be the best solution to reduce smoking.
• b) If an establishment sells cigarettes to anyone without a licence, it will be severely punished.
• c) Shops would not be able to sell tobacco products to anyone without a licence.
• d) “Perhaps we can/could build in a financial reward to entice smokers to quit,” he suggests.