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Phrases, Patterns and Collocations - 02

This document contains an exercise on phrases, patterns, and collocations. It includes examples of fill-in-the-blank questions testing prepositions, choosing the correct answers, and completing sentences to have similar meanings. The document also contains a passage about how ideas of genes and their workings have evolved since the concept was coined, with missing words to fill in about how genes encode functional units or proteins and generate outward effects through variations.

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Phrases, Patterns and Collocations - 02

This document contains an exercise on phrases, patterns, and collocations. It includes examples of fill-in-the-blank questions testing prepositions, choosing the correct answers, and completing sentences to have similar meanings. The document also contains a passage about how ideas of genes and their workings have evolved since the concept was coined, with missing words to fill in about how genes encode functional units or proteins and generate outward effects through variations.

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PHRASES, PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS - 02

PHRASES, PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS – 02 - KEY


Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
1. She received a special reward ______ acknowledgement ______ all her hard work.
2. We’ve rebuilt the theatre ______ the assistance _______ of the National Lottery.
3. This sort of behaviour is simply ______ contempt.
4. It is an area steeped ______ tradition.
5. The helicopter burst ______ flames after hitting a power line.
6. Fears of renewed terrorist attacks cast a cloud ______ the event.
7. Tom is a pianist with the keys ______ his command.
8. Conceptions of time in modern physics are ______ odds not just ______ our intuitions, but
______ each other.
9. The bowl is removable ______ ease ______ cleaning.
10. She couldn’t get to sleep, what ______ all the shooting and shouting.

Answers:
1. in/of 2. with/of 3. beneath 4. in 5. into
6. over 7. at 8. at/with/with 9. for/of 10. with

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer.


1. His kindness had ______ her faith in human nature.
A. returned B. restored C. recovered D. regained
2. He was found in ______ of the order.
A. disobedience B. conjuction C. reprisal D. contempt
3. All that drink has ______ his brains!
A. muddled B. addled C. fiddled D. cuddled
4. The new law has ______ the definition of terrorism.
A. extended B. expanded C. enlarged D. lengthened
5. The enzyme is derived ______ human blood.
A. of B. from C. in D. on
6. Nobody from the President down should imagine they are ______ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. within D. above
7. Any involvement in the accident was ______ denied by all the children.
A. seriously B. blatantly C. conspicuously D. strenuously
8. With drug addicts, we need to _______ the emphasis from punishment to treatment.
A. change B. shift C. move D. transfer
9. These shoes are made of ______ leather.
A. imitation B. fake C. counterfeit D. dodgy
10. She was caught cheating in the race. ______, she was disqualified.
A. Explicitly B. Fundamentally C. Accordingly D. Equally
Answer:
1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C

Exercise 3: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word(s) given. Do not change the word(s) given.
1. As well as the cost, we need to think about how much time the job will take. (ACCOUNT)
➔ Aside _______________________________________________________________________.
2. Officials believe that more than one person may be responsible for the fire. (BLAME)
➔ It __________________________________________________________________________.
3. I will find out what caused the accident no matter what. (BOTTOM)
➔ I will _____________________________________________________________ or high water.
4. An automatic car will make driving much easier. (EFFORT)
➔ An automatic car ______________________________________________________________.
5. I really think my son is going to be a hugely successful businessman. (HIGH)
➔ ____________________________________________________________________________.
6. You shouldn’t complain about the service here; it’s not worth it. (FUSS/JUSTIFICATION)
➔ There is _____________________________________________________________________.

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PHRASES, PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS - 02
7. That he believes in ghosts is impossible for me to understand. (COMPREHENSION)
➔ His ________________________________________________________________________.
8. It seems that businesses in this area are suffering from financial difficulties, (PINCH)
➔ Businesses in this area _________________________________________________________.
9. As soon as the new law was introduced, a mistake was realised. (IN)
➔ Hardly _________________________________________________________________ light.
10. In my opinion, drug dealers should be severely punished by the local authorities.
(MONEY/CRACK)
➔ ____________________________________________________________________________.

Answers:
1 Aside from the cost, we need to take account of/take into account how much time the
job will take.
2 It is believed by officials that more than one person is to blame for the fire,
3 I will get to the bottom of what caused the accident, come hell or high water.
4 An automatic car will take (much) effort out of driving.
5 I have high hopes of my son being a hugely successful businessman.
6. There is no justification for making a fuss about the service here.
7. His belief in ghosts is beyond my comprehension.
8. Businesses in this area seem to be feeling the pinch.
9. Hardly had the new law been brought in when a mistake came to light.
10. For my money, local authorities should crack down on drug dealers.

Exercise 4: Fill in the missing gaps to complete the passage below.

Whether they are humans or pea plants, the way living organisms look and behave is
(1) i _ _ i _ _ t _ _ _ connected with their genes. But ideas of genes and their workings have
evolved hugely in the century since the word was (2) c _ _ n _ _.

In (3) _ _ se_ _ e it is simple. “A gene is the stretch of DNA letters that encodes individual
functional (4) _ _ it_ or proteins,” says Stacey Gabriel of the Broad Institute in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Within our cells, double-stranded DNA is continually unzipped and
(5) t _ _ _ scr_ _ _ _ into single-stranded RNA, which performs cell functions itself or can be used
as a template to assemble the proteins that make us what we are. As such, genes are basic,
universal units of (6) _ er_ _ i_ _. You generally have two copies of each, one from your mother
and one from your father. Each gene has different versions that vary slightly at the molecular level,
generating different (7) _ _tw_ r _ effects – brown or blue eyes, for example.
(Adapted from The New Scientist)
Answers:
1. 2. coined 3. essence 4. units 5. 6. heredity 7. outward
intimately transcribed

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