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SECTION 07 · Word-bank exercise

Words in context

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How to solve: Words in contextA text with gaps and a word bank; each word is used once and one word is extra.

What it tests

Vocabulary in context: meaning, word class and collocation (which words go together).

In the exam: part VII, 1 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read the whole text first without filling anything.
  2. Mark the word class of each bank word: noun, verb, adjective, adverb.
  3. For each gap decide which word class fits, then choose by meaning.
  4. Fill the gaps you are sure about first; the remaining choices get easier.
  5. One word is left over — check it really fits nowhere.

Watch out for

  • A word with the right meaning but the wrong form (rely vs reliable).
  • Collocations: pay attention, make a decision, facial expression.
  • Using the same word twice.

Example

Facial ____ and tone of voice show our feelings. Bank: rely, expression, pay, reaction…

expression — “facial expression” is a fixed collocation and a noun is needed after the adjective.

Part B · Text 4
EXERCISE TEXT

Mafia is a famous party game created in the USSR in 1986. It models a battle between the mafia and the townspeople. 1. They are either mafia, who know each other; or townspeople, who know only the number of mafia among them. A typical game starts with seven townspeople and two or three Mafiosi. 2. During the day phase, all of the surviving players debate, trying to find out the members of the mafia. 3. The game continues until all of the mafia have been eliminated, or until the mafia outnumber the townspeople.

4. He dates the first game to spring 1986 at the Psychology Department of Moscow State University spreading to classrooms, dorms, and summer camps of Moscow University. 5. Soon the game became popular in other Soviet colleges and schools and in the 1990s it began to be played in Europe, and then in the United States.

Mafia was called one of the 50 most historically and culturally significant games published since 1800.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 Dimitry developed the game to combine psychology research with teaching students.2 Then everybody votes to eliminate those who are suspected of being Mafiosi.3 After a heated debate the game comes to its end.4 The players are secretly assigned roles.5 Dimitry Davidoff is generally acknowledged as the game's creator.6 The creator of the game, Davidoff, was accused of teaching his students to lie.7 In the game's night phase the mafia secretly “murder' a townsperson.