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C1 Exam practice Part 1

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  • The "leap second" is designed to allow the Earth's rotation, which is gradually----------to catch up with atomic clocks.
    DECLINING
    LESSENING
    SLOWING
    DELAYING
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  • However scientists only get six months ------- of the need to add a leap second.
    NOTICE
    ADVICE
    INFORMATION
    INSTRUCTION
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  • ------------- systems to fail temporarily.
    COMPELLING
    INFLUENCING
    CAUSING
    MAKING
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  • 400 flights were grounded as check-in systems ------------ down.
    FELL
    WENT
    CAME
    RAN
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  • Some countries are in favour of abolishing the leap second while others ----- that there are many technical challenges.
    QUESTION
    DISPUTE
    ARGUE
    DISAGREE
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  • Others argue that challenges are -------------- if the second is added at the same time in all countries.
    ADAPTABLE
    GOVERNABLE
    CONTROLLABLE
    MANAGEABLE
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  • The cafe was --------with people.
    PILED
    CRAMMED
    CRUSHED
    MASSED
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  • -------------- our lives,the Reading Club clears some mental space.
    RELIEVING
    SIMPLIFYING
    RELAXING
    MODERATING
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  • The rules of the club are --------- straightforward.
    THEREBY
    RATHER
    SOMEWHAT
    EXACTLY
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  • Bring a book and ---------- yourself as you did as a child.
    CONCENTRATE
    LOSE
    PLACE
    FREE
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  • Galileo was the first person to ---------- the night sky through a telescope.
    NOTICE
    REGARD
    RECOGNISE
    WATCH
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  • Europeans were well aware of the ----------- of glass.
    ASPECTS
    PROPERTIES
    MEANS
    RESOURCES
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  • Galileo had highly skilled glassmakers he could ------------ on to provide him with a lens.
    CALL
    PICK
    HOLD
    CATCH
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  • Glass lenses were then -------- to many other uses.
    TURNED
    SET
    PUT
    TAKEN
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  • It's hard to ------- the impact of this technology on those who could only see a blurred world.
    OVERDO
    OVERCOME
    OVERTAKE
    OVERSTATE
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  • From the top of a skyscraper we can---------- the quality of the light but rarely the glass itself.
    APPROVE
    HONOUR
    COMPLIMENT
    APPRECIATE
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