Question

8 Too many words Replace the words in bold type in the following sentences with a single word from the box. 1 2 3 apologized atmosphere biography emergency exhausted hitchhiking insomnia nephew eptimistie- outskirts regretted shelter souvenirs stamina surgeon 5 6 He was a happy person who was always expecting the best to happen (. optimistic .). 7 He was very sorry for ( happened. He felt that it was his fault. 4 I sometimes read in the middle of the night, as I suffer from a serious inability to sleep (. He had great resistance to tiredness (. and could run for hours without stopping. ) what had I've just read a very good account of the life ) of Fidel Castro. The manager of the hotel said she was sorry ( ) for all the problems we had experienced. And she offered a discount! Since the age of about nine, I've always wanted to be a person who performs operations at a hospital ( ). 8 9 10 13 14 It was a terrible storm and on the bare mountainside there was nowhere to get out of the bad weather ( .). 15 By the way, this is my brother's son ( I was totally tired and worn out ( running the London Marathon. 11 Too much carbon dioxide is now entering the layer of air and gases surrounding the Earth ( 12 I tried standing by the road with my thumb in the air ( .), Roger. ) after P .), but nobody stopped - so I took the bus. Quick! Call an ambulance. This is an extremely dangerous situation in which we must act fast ( ). We met in a cheap hotel, somewhere in the area of housing a long way from the centre ( ). The shop next to the Tower of London sells cheap things to remind you of your visit ( ) - well, they look cheap, but actually they're quite expensive! When you learn a new word, you often meat it again very soon in your marinn It's a nieacant inrise but it likely to hannen it you don't mad​

Answer 1

1. optimistic
2. regretted
3. insomnia
4. surgeon
5. shelter
6. stamina
7. apologized
8. biography
9. nephew
10. exhausted
11. atmosphere
12. hitchhiking
13. emergency
14. outskirts
15. souvenirs