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TOEIC tests evel 8 / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 8

Speaking: The Broadcast

Q1 Welcome to Radio News and now over to our ....... who's covering the procession this morning.

(a)    reviewer (b) reporter (c) announcer (d) introducer

cover

v. encase; review; conceal completely underneath; protect; include; insure

procession

n. succession of people (or cars, etc.); forward movement of a succession

procession

n
1. [U and C] a line of people or vehicles moving slowly as part of a ceremony:
▬ > parade
funeral/wedding/carnival etc procession
▬ They marched in procession to the Capitol / capital  building.
2. [C] several people or things of the same type, appearing or happening one after the other: procession of
▬ an endless procession of visitors

announcer

n [C]
1. someone who reads news or information on the television or radio:
2. someone who gives information to people using a loudspeaker or microphone, especially at an airport or railway station:

Q2 Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a ....... eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes

underneath me.

(a)    cat's eye view (b) dog's eye view (c) bird's eye view (d) rat's eye view

Bird's eye view

    If you have a bird's eye view of something, you can see it perfectly clearly.

Worm's eye view

    A worm's eye view of something is the view from below, either physically or socially.

cat's eye

n. (Gemology) type of gem or chalcedony that reflect light when cut in a circular shape

cat's eyes

eyes resembling those of a cat; type of gem; (British) road reflectors

Q3 To tell you the truth I shouldn't be ....... up here on top of this large statue / figure / figurine of Field Marshal Smith.

(a)    caught (b) catching (c) cornered (d) perched

perch

n [C] [Sense: 1-2; Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: perche, from Latin pertica 'pole']
[Sense: 3; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: perche, from Latin perca, from Greek perke]
1. a branch or stick where a bird sits:
2. informal a high place or position, especially one where you can sit and watch something:
▬ She watched the parade from her perch on her father's shoulders.
3. a type of fish that lives in lakes and rivers
perch 2 v
1. be perched on/above etc sth: to be in a position on top of something or on the edge of something
▬ a house perched on a cliff above the town
2. perch (yourself) on sth: to sit on top of something or on the edge of something
▬ Bobby had perched himself on a tall wooden stool.
3. [I + on] if a bird perches on something, it flies down and sits on it:

Q4 There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a ....... band.

(a)    copper band (b) brass band (c) zinc band (d) aluminium aluminum band

Q5 It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman ....... at me, which I don't like.

(a)    spying (b) guiding (c) staring (d) starring

star

v. play a leading role in a film (or play, television program, etc.)

I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.

Martin guided him to the reception-room.

She has starred in some thirty films.

Q6 After the soldiers I can see a group of circus ....... who are jumping and dancing as they go.

(a)    members (b) doers (c) actors (d) performers

actor

■  noun
     a person whose profession is acting.
     a participant in an action or process.

Q7 Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in ........

(a)    highchairs (b) low chairs (c) wheelchairs (d) pushchairs

Q8 That policeman is getting out / get out of his ....... and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.

(a)    notebook (b) exercise book (c) storybook (d) copybook

Q9 It has started to rain and I shall get ....... to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

(a)    sunk to the skin (b) suited to the skin (c) stuck to the skin (d) soaked to the skin

wet to the skin

totally saturated, soaked through

Q10 Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to ....... me.

(a) seize (b) arrest (c) grasp (d) hold

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