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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.
DELAYING
LESSENING
DECLINING
SLOWING
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However scientists only get six months ------- of the need to add a leap second.
NOTICE
INFORMATION
ADVICE
INSTRUCTION
15
------------- systems to fail temporarily.
CAUSING
INFLUENCING
COMPELLING
MAKING
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400 flights were grounded as check-in systems ------------ down.
FELL
RAN
WENT
CAME
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Some countries are in favour of abolishing the leap second while others ----- that there are many technical challenges.
QUESTION
DISAGREE
ARGUE
DISPUTE
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Others argue that challenges are -------------- if the second is added at the same time in all countries.
ADAPTABLE
MANAGEABLE
GOVERNABLE
CONTROLLABLE
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The cafe was --------with people.
MASSED
CRAMMED
PILED
CRUSHED
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-------------- our lives,the Reading Club clears some mental space.
SIMPLIFYING
MODERATING
RELIEVING
RELAXING
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The rules of the club are --------- straightforward.
SOMEWHAT
EXACTLY
THEREBY
RATHER
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Bring a book and ---------- yourself as you did as a child.
LOSE
FREE
CONCENTRATE
PLACE
15
Galileo was the first person to ---------- the night sky through a telescope.
REGARD
NOTICE
WATCH
RECOGNISE
15
Europeans were well aware of the ----------- of glass.
ASPECTS
PROPERTIES
MEANS
RESOURCES
15
Galileo had highly skilled glassmakers he could ------------ on to provide him with a lens.
PICK
CATCH
HOLD
CALL
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Glass lenses were then -------- to many other uses.
TURNED
TAKEN
SET
PUT
15
It's hard to ------- the impact of this technology on those who could only see a blurred world.
OVERTAKE
OVERSTATE
OVERCOME
OVERDO
15
From the top of a skyscraper we can---------- the quality of the light but rarely the glass itself.
COMPLIMENT
APPRECIATE
APPROVE
HONOUR
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