B2 - FCE Use of English parts 2 and 3 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Reading extended texts (9) ......... as novels or biographies, (10) ......... require intense concentration for a considerable period of time, help to lengthen attention spans in children and improves their ability to think clearly.

SUCH, WHICH

Researchers have found that just six minutes of reading per day can reduce stress levels to as ________ as 2/3.

MUCH

Reading not _____________ helps combat feelings of loneliness, but it also allows people to forget about their problems and concentrate on someone else's life for a period of time.

ONLY

Reading is good ______________ us.

FOR

Some animals have even managed to put signs together in _______________ to make simple sentences.

ORDER

Tickets for the film can't be bought until the 12th February. SALE Tickets for the film will not ____________________________ 12th February.

BE ON SALE UNTIL (THE)

I didn't buy the watch because it was too expensive. BEEN I wuld have bought the watch _________________________ too expensive.

IF IT HADN'T/HAD NOT BEEN

"Well done for scoring twice, Aratz" said the coach. CONGRATULATED Aratz ____________________________ for scoring twice.

WAS CONGRATULATED BY THE COACH

My brother doesn't play tennis as well as he used to. BETTER My brother used to ____________________ does now.

PLAY TENNIS BETTER/PLAY BETTER TENNIS THAN HE

Getting animals to respond to your voice takes a huge ____________ of training.

AMOUNT

Only human beings are capable ________ doing this.

OF

When animals make a sound such _______ a bark or a hiss, it's in reaction ___ what is happening around them.

AS,TO

Some animal species have developed amazingly sophisticated ways of communicating with _______ another.

ONE (EACH __________)

It _____ sometimes said that animals use their own language to communicate.

IS

The physical benefits are obvious but the mental benefits are ___________ important. (EQUAL)

EQUALLY

It is never a chore and always a ____________________ (PLEASE)

PLEASURE

Cycling is ____________ any other type of exercise I've ever done (LIKE)

UNLIKE

On the whole, the experience was very ___________________. (ENJOY)

ENJOYABLE

Years ago, cycling uphill used to leave me ______________. Now, I take them slowly and steadily. (BREATH)

BREATHLESS

A long flat cycle can be both dull and ______________ as you can be riding for hours (EXHAUST)

EXHAUSTING

When I began cycling, I found the flat roads easy but the hills were ________________. (POSSIBILITY)

IMPOSSIBLE

I have been a keen _________________ for about nine years. (CYCLE)

CYCLIST