Use of English for advanced learners 3 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. USE OF ENGLISH 03 4. Your finger came close to (bite) off by that horse. FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS 5. She seems to (open) a veterinary surgery without a licence ten years ago. Develop your Use of English skills: understanding lexico-grammar 6 .The vet objectedt o (carry) out the procedure without the cat owner’s permission, saying he may not have authorised it. I. Match each lexico-grammatical structure with a sentence. 7. That woman has dedicated her life to (help) animals. 1. verb + wh-clause d 8. We arranged for the animals to (keep) in kennels while we went on holiday. 2. verb + full infinitive . 3. verb + -ing form . IV Write the full infinitive or -ing form of the verb given in each gap. 4. verb + object + bare infinitive . 1. take 5. verb + object + full infinitive . a. I’ll always remember .my Labrador to the vet only to find out she was 6. adjective + full infinitive . pregnant! 7. adjective + preposition + -ing form . b. Remember .a few snacks to give to the dog in the waiting room. 8. adjective + that clause . 2. put 9. noun + preposition + -ing form . a. Try . the pills inside a treat your dog likes - he might not notice them then. 10. noun + full infinitive . b. The vet attempted .restraints on the animal, but it broke free. a. Vets who visit farms soon grow accustomed to driving long distances. 3. call b. There’s little possibility of getting accepted into a veterinary school with my results. a. I’ve been meaning . the vet to come and have a look at one of the cows. c. It’s obvious that most people think less highly of vets than of doctors. b. If there’s any problem, just pick up the phone. If that means .me at midnight, d. He loves horses, so we understand why he went into veterinary medicine. so be it. e. I suggest waiting a while before any further surgery. 4. visit f .It’s the government’s commitment to improve funding for animal welfare. a. Just like children and doctors, animals never forget .a vet for the first time. g. The vet found it. impossible to diagnose the dog’s illness. b. Don’t forget .Timmy in the animal hospital this afternoon. h. The pet’s owner has authorised me to implement any therapy necessary. 5. think i. Fortunately, the horse’s condition appears to be improving. a. If you stop .about it, docking dogs’ tails and cropping their ears is rather cruel. j. The owners let me keep the parrot overnight for observation. b. Stop .about Spot - he’s in good hands with Dr Williams. 6. tell II. Cross out the word or phrase in each sentence that is grammatically incorrect. a. I regret .you that the pedigree dog you wanted has been sold. 1. I can’t bear think / thinking / to think about what I’d do if I lost my cat. b. The Simpsons regret. .the vet to neuter their puppy Henry 2. He had great difficulty to hold / holding / in holding the Great Dane down for its injection. V. Write the correct word in each gap. 3. Can you please help me get / to get / getting this horse back into its stall? 1. on / with 4. No one noticed the monkey leave I to leave / leaving its cage. a. We’re going to experiment a new treatment for your fish’s condition. 5. There’s no point to blame / blaming / in blaming the cat for the canary’s b. They are demonstrating outside the vet’s office, saying he is involved in disappearance. experimenting animals. 6. We continued look / to look / looking for a cure for the sickness. 2 at / to 7. It was a great relief to the vet when he saw the hamster to come / come / coming a. Veterinary medicine is getting better diagnosing problems earlier. round. b. She’s a wonderful vet - very good our pets. 8. Begin take / to take / taking the dog for short walks after about a week. 3. to / with 9. What exactly do you intend do / to do / doing about this? a. Your Dalmatian is very familiar me - are you sure I haven’t treated him before? b. Tina wasn’t familiar the procedure, so her vet kindly explained it to her. III. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets in each gap. 4. towards / on 1. I’m not really used to (stand) next to wild animals even if they aren’t dangerous. a. Lean the cat’s chin the counter and hold her tight. 2. The vet was compelled to (tell) us that the surgery was not risk-free. b. We’re leaning an operation for Biggies on the advice of our vet. 3. The animal didn’t appear to (suffer) from any pain when I looked in on itjust now. TQT EXTRA COURSE - GRADE TEST No.
2. 5. in / from IX. Choose the correct word or phrase. a. The vet’s negligence resulted my suing him for medical malpractice. One of the main arguments in favour of large animals (1) in zoos has been called b The notches in his ear resulted a fight he had with another tomcat. into question, at least in the case of the particularly large ones. Wildlife experts are 6. on/to warning (2) having elephants in zoos in the light of evidence showing that they a. If I were you, I’d report him the British Veterinary Association. have far shorter lifespans there than they do in the wild or as working animals. b. She went to the conference to report advances in veterinary surgery. The source of this is a survey (3) the captivity of elephants for the fact that they live half as long in zoos as those living free or working. Asian elephants used as VI Write a word from the box in each gap. working animals in Burma live for an average of 41.7 years, compared to Asian how ■ that (x2) ■ what (x2) ■ why elephants in zoos, who only (4) the age of 18.9 years on average. African elephants in zoos live for 16.9 years on average, far less than that of African elephants in the wild 1. Dr Hammond explained to me .to change the dressing on the wound. at 35.9 years, without (5) into account early deaths through poaching. Additionally, 2. Can you give me one reason .I should pay this high medical bill? elephants born in zoos have a comparatively low chance of surviving to adulthood. 3. The vet insisted .surgery was the best option. The question which needs (6) is why. The report (7) that two factors are 4. Dr Kessler toldme .happened to your parakeet and I came straight over. largely to blame: lack of exercise and stress. African elephants in the wild (8) huge 5. Let’s concentrate on .can be done to reduce its pain. areas of the savannah every year; Asian work elephants are used by their handlers to 6. It certainly appears .many of the procedures he prescribed were unnecessary. move logs, and work in transportation and agriculture in Burma. It is not uncommon (9) an elephant in a zoo to be restricted to an area the size of a football pitch. This VII. Rewrite each sentence using the word in bold. restrictive and often rather bare habitation, combined with the constant stream of 1. There’s too little information for me to make a diagnosis. so curious, chatty, camera-wielding visitors, (10) to stress. There’s The report, the work of wildlife scientific officer Ros Clubb, blows one widely shared 2. There are too many incidences of foot-and-mouth disease in the area for the local vets notion out of the water - namely, the idea of life in a zoo being longer, healthier and to deal with them all. such happier than life in the animal’s natural habitat. Wildlife experts are recommending There are every zoo should (11) the captivity of elephants - and possibly stop (12) all 3. Such a lot of cases are coming in that I can’t manage alone. too large animals in zoos altogether. There are 4. The puppy is so young that it has to stay with its mother. enough 1. A. live B. to live C. living D. to living The puppy is. 2. A. of B. for C. against D. that 5. The clinic had such a lot of clients that it had to move to bigger premises. so 3. A. accusing B. blaming C. condemning D. attributing The clinichad. 4. A. reach B. succeed C. achieve D. manage 6. The vet doesn’t have enough time to make house calls. too 5. A. take B. to take C. to taking D. taking The vet is 6. A. to ask B. to be asked C. ask D. of asking 7. A. tells B. writes C. says D. talks VIII Choose the correct word or phrase. More than one option may be correct in 8. A. journey B. travel C. cross D. pass each sentence. 9. A. for B. that C. of D. as 1. They achieved / succeeded / managed their goal of delivering a baby panda. 10. A. leads B. results C. causes D. creates 2. Researchers are keen / interested / eager to find the source of the highly contagious 11. A. rethinking B. of rethinking C. rethink D. that rethin avian flu strain. 12. A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D. to keeping 3 Do we have procedures in place to deal / cope / handle cases of viruses jumping the species barrier? 4. .Your pet had better / should I ought be operated on sooner rather than later. 5. Your flat is not really ideal / suited / suitable to such a large dog. 6. I’d much prefer / rather / sooner give the puppy its shots today, and not delay it any longer. TQT EXTRA COURSE - GRADE TEST No.
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