Variant 5 english in use Part 2

For questions 1—15, read the article below and then decide which word best fits each space. Put the letter you choose for each question in the correct box on your answer sheet. The exercise begins with an example (0). Example:

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Getting to the root of Bonsai crime

Bonsai trees have always been a (0) .... of great fascination to people. They are perfect miniatures, grown in pots small enough to sit on a windowsill. You have to keep reminding yourself that these trees are (1) .... real and identical to their larger cousins in all (2) .... except their size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees (3) .... quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn’t come as a great surprise to find that they also (4) .... the attention of thieves. It seems that quite a flourishing business has (5) .... , in which they stolen from the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by unscrupulous dealers, to be sold on, at good prices, to (6) .... buyers. One of Britain’s top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul Widdington, believes that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life’s work, (7) .... at when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to (8) .... the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement. This (9) .... injecting a microchip the size of a (10) .... of rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is laser-etched with information which is (11) .... in a central register held by the police. Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn’t (12) .... thieves from stealing the trees in the first (13) .... , although it may increase the (14) .... of getting them back. So he’s also (15) .... a security alarm system, complete with infra-red detectors, in his home.

O	A	source	B	root	C	base	D	spring
1	A	deeply	B	eventually	C	actually	D	greatly
2	A	concerns	B	respects	C	кegards	D	matters
3	A	obtain	B	expect	C	command	D	charge
4	A	attract	B	inquire	C	appeal	D	invite
5	A	erupted	B	evolved	C	adapted	D	arrived
6	A	unavoidable	B	undemanding	C	unconscious	D	unsuspecting
7	A	prized	B	treasured	C	valued	D	costed
8	A	look into	B	set about	C	try out	D	go after
9	A	requires	B	includes	C	involves	D	reflects
10	A	crumb	B	speck	C	bean	D	,grain
11	A	stored	B	detained	C	locked	D	piled
12	A	preserve	B	prevent	C	prohibit	D	protect
13	A	turn	B	time	C	point	D	place
14	A	counts	B	chances	C	choices	D	claims
15	A	investing	B	inserting	C	installing	D	inputting