Ex. 10. Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.

Lionel Mendax: The Truth

It was my misfortune to be Lionel Mendax’s form master in his last year at school. Lionel was a (0) compulsive liar and an inveterate cheat who, when not (1) … truant, plagued the hell out of both myself and my teaching colleagues. Contrary to his own inflated opinion of his intellectual abilities, Lionel was not a (2) … student. Far from it. He was at best a (3) … candidate for his GCSE exams and as such it was at best a blessing that he was (4) … from the school before he took them. It is only fair, however, that I should give Lionel credit where credit is due. No one had ever been (5) … out of Greyfriars Schools before. Notwithstanding that, even our ridiculously (6) … and excessively liberal headmaster could not ignore the fact that Lionel had been caught cheating (7) … every single one of his (8) … GCSE exams. After his (9) … , he (10) … a course in printing and design at the local technical college, but soon (11) … out.

A hardened B heavy C compulsive D addictive

A running B playing C making D doing

A gifted B understanding C skilled D strict

A grey B borderline C futile D debatable

A evacuated B expelled C evicted D expired

A thrown B pitched C discarded D hurled

A harsh B light C stringent D lenient

A on B at C in D by

A false B pretend C mock D fake

A eviction B extradition C expulsion D evacuation

A made B did C assisted D sat

A fell B went C let D dropped

Ex. 11. Look at this information leaflet for students at Welney College. Then look at how David explains the system informally to a friend, using phrasal verbs. Match the phrases in italics with their definitions.

Welney College

Promoting excellence

● Autumn term ends on 18 December. Spring term begins on 8 January.

● Students wishing to register for spring term courses should do so before 12 December.

● Any student not completing a course will not receive credits for that course.

● Course essays must be submitted in a final form seven days before the end of a course.

● Students failing more than 30% of their total coursework will be expelled from the college.

David:

- If you fail 30% or more of your courses, they throw you out of the college.

- We break up on 18 December and go back on 8 January, so we’ve got about a three-week break.

- And you have to write up your course essay and submit it a week before the course ends.

- You have to go to all the lectures; if you drop out before the end, you don’t get the credits.

Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets, so that they keep the same meaning.

1. I’m going to register for a course in statistics next year. (sign)

2. Several students did not complete the Moral Philosophy course. (drop)

3. Our course finishes on 20 June. (break)

4. He was forced to leave university after one term. He’d done no work at all. (throw)

5. I can’t come out tonight. I have to have my essay finished for tomorrow. (write)

6. My next term at college starts on 12 September. (go)

Ex. 12. Study the tips for exam success. Match the phrases in italics with their definitions.

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