IELTS Test Review part 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What did Yoda say?

He asked Luke if he judged him by his size.

It is a ____ that eating a balanced diet will lead to a longer life.

common assumption

global assumption

local assumption

contagious assumption

We tried cutting out junk food first and only went on a diet as a ____.

last resort

last straw

last chance

last plan

I decided to see what ___ if I ____ regularly everyday but ____ my diet.

would happen/ exercised/ didn't change

could have happened/ would exercise/ hadn't changed

had happened/ exercised/ won't change

happened/ would exercise/ didn't change

Fifty years ago, people would have found it impossible to ___ of a society that discards perfectly good products in order to obtain the newest model.

conceive

conceptualise

consider

concentrate

Doctors have discovered that a couple of people in the area are allergic to a local plant but this could be just the ___ and there could be many more.

tip of the iceberg

drop in the ocean

root of the problem

surface of the sea

Today, most people will ___ that we ___ ourselves as a throw-away society.

acknowledge/ define

realise/ describe

assume/ present

notice/ convince

I guess they’ll have to ___ to the fact that they won’t be able to buy a house.

resign themselves

accept themselves

admit themselves

confess themselves

It’s not fair to ___ on something you know very little about.

pass judgement

make a review

take into consideration

have faith

There is a ____ about environmental protection in some industries.

lack of awareness

lack in awareness

lacking about awareness

lack from awareness

_____ you took a few days off, you might feel less stressed and happier.

Supposing

Unless

Otherwise

Provided

_____ efforts by governments to encourage more recycling, the world cannot keep up with the volume of rubbish being produced.

Despite

Although

However

Nevertheless

About ___ of people between the ages of 41 and 60 think space tourism is a good idea.

three quarters

a small minority

two third

more or less half

Many people are worried that scientists' relentless drive for ___ will eventually lead to human beings becoming totally unnecessary.

innovation

innovention

inventation

innovativity

Scientists continue to create machines which can emulate the human brain in what has become a very ___ subject.

controversial

contradictory

competitive

conditional

Forty years ago NASA scientists ____ that there would be huge habitats floating around Earth.

suggested

highlighted

proved

demonstrated

There is an ____ that waste products just magically disappear.

underlying belief

underlined belief

undermined belief

underwritten belief

Our brains need to be stimulated so that we are less likely to lose our cognitive functions. This ____ done in several ways.

can be

must be

should have been

will have been

The boss ____ to me that I was in line for a promotion in the near future.

mentioned

promised

told

advised

Report it without using 'say' or 'tell'!

He ordered the filthy animal to keep the change