Activate! B2 Extra Vocabulary Tests
Test 2
1. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 I had … the snake as it slept in the sun and it was very angry.
A gripped
B disturbed
C survived
D struggled
2 I used to have a … when I was little; my mother always complained that it looked like a snake
with legs.
A turtle
B salmon
C frog
D lizard
3 Much of the panda’s natural … was destroyed in the terrible fire.
A marsh
B drought
C habitat
D reserve
4 I’d been bitten on the hand by a … and it began to itch.
A leopard
B turtle
C mosquito
D parrot
5 A tiger had escaped from its cage so I quickly … my rifle and went after it.
A gripped
B disturbed
C grabbed
D struggled
6 The man picked up his instrument, played a few notes and the … began to dance.
A seal
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B cobra
C panda
D frog
7 When I was young, I saw a black and white … eating bamboo when I visited a zoo in Thailand.
A panda
B turtle
C mosquito
D parrot
8 I used to think that the … was the fastest animal in the world, but it’s actually the cheetah.
A leopard
B salmon
C panda
D lizard
9 The man had bought the … from a shop and over the years he’d taught it to talk.
A seal
B parrot
C turtle
D leopard
10 When a …, like a lion, spots a smaller animal, it hunts it down and kills it.
A predator
B prey
C species
D wildlife
11 Once he had caught the … in the river, he took it home, cleaned it and cooked it for supper.
A salmon
B parrot
C mosquito
D leopard
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12 The zoo keeper tried to … the slippery fish more tightly but it managed to get away.
A survive
B grab
C grip
D struggle
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2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 After the bear had seen that I was all alone, it went for/back me.
2 The seal came for/up to me, took the fish from my hand and dived back into the pool.
3 We had come back/across an old cave in the woods and we decided to explore it.
4 After we had kept the leopard for about a year it went back/for to the wild.
5 The zoo keeper told us that it had all come about/from because some foolish person had been
throwing rocks at the animals.
6 After I’d been living at home for a month, I decided to come across/back and live in Africa forever.
7 Pandas come across/from China, but we bought these two and had them shipped here last year.
8 We’ve run out of/in to food for the lizards; we’d better buy some more.
9 Don’t throw away/off all that apple peel; the pigs will eat it.
10 The zoo keepers spent two days looking for the missing lizard, but finally they had to give out/up
and go back to the zoo.
Marks / 10
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3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals.
1 A giant …………….. wave washed away all the beachfront houses. TIDE
2 You should avoid driving in …………….. weather if possible.
FOG
3 A …………….. eruption destroyed the fields and villages for miles around. VOLCANO
4 …………….. warming is causing the polar ice caps to melt. GLOBE
5 The WWF works to save …………….. species from extinction.
DANGER
6 Many animals face a struggle for …………….. as their natural habitats are destroyed by man.
SURVIVE
7 On the …………….. reserve we were able to see deer, squirrels and lots of different kinds of birds.
NATURAL
8 The …………….. of its natural habitat is what is causing the disappearance of this rare bird.
DESTROY
Marks / 8
4. Complete the sentences with words to do with natural phenomena. All the letters
are given, but they are mixed up.
1
zerebe
We sat in the garden enjoying the lovely .……………. while the
children laughed and played .
2
nutherd
Our dog used to be afraid of the sound of .……………., but he
seems to have got over his fear now.
3
lvacaneah
The .……………. happened very suddenly and so it was lucky that
none of the skiers was killed.
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rudhtgo
As the.……………. entered its eighth month the animals began to
die and people had to walk for miles to get water.
5
lcatmei
More
and
more
scientists
are
becoming
concerned
about
.……………. change.
6
btlo
A lightning .……………. struck the old tree and set fire to it.
7
retaheukqa
The .……………. measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
8
sodolf
Heavy rains and .……………. have destroyed hundreds of homes in
Bangladesh.
9
agel
The trees were uprooted by a terrific autumn .……………. .
10
ehavtaew
Weather forecasters are predicting a .……………. this weekend so
get you swimming things out!
Marks / 10
Total Marks / 40
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