- Sandra and I decided _____ to Vida Loca's because we wanted to have fun.   To go.

- Scrabble is the world's most popular word game. Alfred Butts, an architect, invented it ... found himself out of ... .   when/work

- Scrabble is the world's most popular word game. Alfred Butts, an architect, invented it ______ found himself out of ________ .   when/work

- Sculptures make _____a large proportion of the museum collection.   up

- Se James non avesse frequentato quel corso di formazione non avrebbe incontrato sua moglie.   If James hadn't attended that training course, he wouldn't have met his wife

- See you _____ Bill's house   at

- Select the different meaning sentence   I'm annoyed by it

- Select the wrong sentence:   I have any bread

- Selezionare l'alternativa che completa correttamente la frase: "Because you're in that road ____________ now."   Right

- Selezionare l'alternativa che completa correttamente la frase: "We simply didn't know what to choose for our main dish so in the end we made a ____________ choice."   Random

- Seren had always been petrified of the water and when she was a child she was not so comfortable with swimming. Her parents, however, tried to encourage her to persevere so that she soon started taking part in competitions. Although her initial failure to win annoyed her terribly, she felt that she just had to get better. At some point, something clicked with her and in college she actually became a professional swimmer. (Adapted from BBC News Jan 30, 2022)
 
Swimming did not come naturally to Seren   but she eventually loved it despite her initial difficulties

- Seren had always been petrified of the water and when she was a child, she was not so comfortable with swimming. Her parents, however, tried to encourage her to persevere so that she soon started taking part in competitions. Although her initial failure to win annoyed her terribly, she felt that she just had to swim more frequently. At some point, something clicked with her and in college she actually became a professional swimmer. (Adapted from BBC news Jan 30, 2022)
 
In this context, "petrified" means   extremely frightened

- Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T.H. Lawrence's account of the 1916-1918 Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. It offers a thorough look at war and its consequences. Lawrence was an excellent gymnast and a skilled mechanic. During the revolt, he carried Malory's King Arthur's Death in his bag, and in later life he translated Homer's Odyssey. Soon called "Prince Dynamite", Lawrence proved to be - in the words of military historian B.H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970) - "a supreme artist of war" for his highly effective military tactics. (The Washington Post, March 9 2022; adapted)
 
B.H. Liddell Hart   regarded Lawrence to be a great military strategist

- Several common educational strategies favour the idea that, in the classroom, challenge and struggle are vital to learning. John Hattie, the director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, in Australia, spent 15 years studying the educational factors that most influence learning. In 2017, he published "10 Mindframes for Visible Learning," which identified the factors that work best to accelerate learning. One of these factors is actually having to cope with problems and not "just doing your best." (Adapted from The New York Times, 8 April 2022)
 
According to John Hattie,   dealing with difficulties is important for learning

- Shakespeare ____ in 1616.   died

- Shall we meet ____ lunchtime?   at

- Shanghai, China's most populous city, went into another COVID-19 lockdown, and officials asked its 25-million residents to stay indoors. The streets of this financial city are empty for the second time since the start of the pandemic, and its bridges and tunnels are also closed down. Officials earlier attempted to limit lockdowns to certain neighborhoods and buildings, but the city was not able to control new cases. Some residents were surprised by these restrictions, and they woke up to find a fence around their houses. (Adapted from News in Levels)
 
Shanghai officials   tried to avoid locking down the whole city

- She ... her neighbour's children for the broken window.   blamed

- She .... here since 1988. And she's still with us.   Has worked.

- She ____ in Cairo since she got married.   has been living

- She ____ very ____.   is / tired

- She ____ very much ____ her father.   looks / like

- She _______ a beautiful painting for her friend's birthday yesterday.   Painted

- She _________ her neighbour's children for the broken window.   blamed

- She admitted to .... the handbag.   Stealing.

- She ate _______________ cookies as her sister did.   Twice as many

- She can't play the piano! In fact, she's ....   Hopeless.

- She can't stand .... by herself!   Working.

- She didn't just win the race, she also ______ a new world record.   set

- She fainted, but came to shortly afterward.   E' svenuta, ma ha ripreso conoscenza poco dopo.

- She felt ______________ when she first arrived because she had __________ to talk to.   Lonely / nobody

- She flies _____ London every summer   to

- She has just applied for admission ________ Medicine and Surgery in Milan.   to

- She is ______ speak ______ the meeting.   going to / at

- She is not ____ he is.   as tall as

- She never spoke about herself and was always very ....... about the good things she had done.   modest

- She never spoke about herself and was always very ______________ about the good things she had done.   modest

- She regards ____________ as a failure for having dropped out ______ university.   Herself / of.

- She said that she ____________ help us with the task.   would

- She started ____ the piano when she was only four years old.   playing

- She still ______ whether to get a new TV or not, but she'll make her final choice tomorrow.   hasn't decided

- She stopped .... last year.   Smoking.

- She suggested I .... you.   Call.

- She told ______ scared of travelling by air. Planes are generally very safe.   me not to be

- She warned her children ___________ the wire   not to touch

- She was ... successful, but, when Hollywood became famous, the best days of the independent New York film companies were ... .   immediately/over

- She was ........ beautiful girl that she became a model.   Such a

- She was seriously thinking of __________her old books out, but it was too hard and she changed her mind.   throwing

- She works quite hard. You can't accuse her ... being lazy   of

- She works quite hard. You can't accuse her ______ being lazy.   of

- She would like you to visit her more often.   Le piacerebbe che tu andassi a trovarla più spesso

- Sheila is wearing her best ____. She is going to have a job interview.   clothes

- She's ____ tennis with her ____.   playing / brother

- She's ____ tennis with her ____.   playing / brother

- She's a .... nicer person than I thought she was.   Much.

- She's always late .......   isn't she?

- She's always late _________   isn't she?

- She's been living here ___ 2010.   Since

- She's been waiting ___ an hour.   For

- She's been waiting ___ the bus stop for 30 minutes.   At

- She's not very keen _____________ basketball.   On.

- She's the .... intelligent of the girls.   Least.

- Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to ... wrong.   go

- Shut the door on your way out, ....?   Will you.

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "... don't like going to school".   Children

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "... like chocolate".   Children

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "... like going shopping".   Women

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "... like playing padel".   Men

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "......... you like rock music?".   Do

- Si completi la frase che segue con il termine più corretto e appropriato al contesto "Sue...studying French".   Hates

- Si indichi il contrario dell'aggettivo inglese "Slim".   Fat

- Si indichi il contrario dell'aggettivo inglese "Tall".   Short

- Si indichi il corretto participio passato del verbo "to be".   Been

- Si indichi il corretto participio passato del verbo "to have".   Had

- Si indichi la corretta traduzione del verbo "to develop".   Sviluppare

- Si indichi la corretta traduzione in italiano della frase inglese "Do you like speaking in front of other people?".   Ti piace parlare davanti ad altre persone?

- Si indichi la corretta traduzione in italiano della frase inglese "Do you like your job?".   Ti piace il tuo lavoro?

- Si indichi quale tra queste parole non è attinente al concetto di cucina.   Pencils

- Si indichi quale tra queste parole non è attinente al concetto di giardino.   Roof

- Si indichi quale tra queste parole non è attinente al concetto di ufficio.   Sand

- Singapore is well known for its urbanisation and its fundamental role in the world financial market, but recently it has also become popular in social media because of a 79-year-old man. People have been reacting with shock and surprise to his story: he has been living in a tent in a forest for almost 30 years, surviving by trading flowers and vegetables. After his situation was discovered by the authorities, help was given and the man was offered a place in a shared house. (Adapted from BBC news Feb 20, 2022)
 
People around the world were astonished because   a Singaporean man had been living in a forest for years

- Singapore is well known for its urbanisation and its fundamental role in the world, financial market, but recently it has also become popular in social media because of a 79-year-old man. People have been reacting with shock and surprise to his story: he has been living in a tent in a forest for almost 30 years, surviving by trading flowers and vegetables. After his situation was discovered by the authorities, help was given and the man was offered a place in a shared house. (Adapted from BBC news Feb 20, 2022)
 
In this context "trading" means   buying and selling goods

- Sissinghurst Castle, located in Kent (England), was the home of the writer and artist Vita Sackville-West. Together with the Castle, the garden is a popular historical site with its enclosed "garden rooms" as well as the many different types of ancient roses and plants that can be found there. The White Garden is maybe the most famous area of Sissinghurst, with its shades of white, grey and green created by the combination of carefully selected species of local flowers, shrubs and trees. The White Garden   is part of Sissinghurst in Kent

- Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. The average teenager now believes they can follow six forms of media at the same time. Yet, there is a "switch-cost effect": if you check your texts while trying to work, you are not only losing the little time you spend looking at the texts themselves - you are also wasting the time it takes to refocus afterwards, which turns out to be a huge amount. (The Observer, Jan 02 2022; adapted)
 
"turns out " in this context means   proves

- Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. The average teenager now believes they can follow six forms of media at the same time. Yet, there is a "switch-cost effect": if you check your texts while trying to work, you aren't only losing the little time you spend looking at the texts themselves - you are also wasting your time to refocus afterwards, which turns out to be a huge amount. We need to rescue our minds while we can. (The Observer, Jan 02 2022; adapted)
 
The "switch-cost effect"   has serious consequences for our thinking skills

- Social networks connect people at low cost, and this can be quite beneficial for both large and small businesses wanting to expand their contact base. These networks are also very effective relationship tools because they often connect customers with the companies that sell products and services they need. In addition, companies use social networks to advertise their goods in the form of texts, images or videos that reach customers globally, making it easier to keep in touch with business contacts around the world. (Adapted from Tech Target)
 
Social networks   are used by businesses for marketing purposes

- Sociologists maintain that some of the films on show today have created a generation of very ....... children.   frightened

- Some 80 percent of all the planet's earthquakes occur along the Pacific Ocean, called the "ring of fire" because of the preponderance of volcanic activity there. Most earthquakes occur at fault zones, where tectonic plates collide or slide against each other. These impacts are usually gradual and are not noticed on the surface. However, immense stress is accumulated between the plates. When stress is released quickly, it sends massive vibrations, called seismic waves, often hundreds of miles through the rock and up to the surface. Other earthquakes can occur far from fault zones, when plates are stretched or squeezed. (National Geographic -Explainer; adapted)
 
Most earthquakes   cannot be seen on the surface

- Some new shares have just been ....   Issued.

- Some people ... Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.   in

- Some people describe Yoga as an ancient method of physical and mental exercises that can be practiced anywhere. Unlike many other forms of exercise, Yoga does not require any gadgets because you can practice it without using balls, gloves, or expensive shoes. People who practice Yoga can do so by simply wearing some comfortable clothes and using a blanket to do their training. Yoga is practiced by all kinds of people as you do not have to be young or old, a great athlete or a non-athlete. (Adapted from Discovery Channel)
 
Yoga can be practiced   without any special equipment

- Some people only read the ....... lines in a newspaper.   head

- Some people only read the ______ lines in a newspaper.   head

- Somebody once used her advice and made a ....... out of buying shares in a small company that did well.   fortune

- Somebody once used her advice and made a __________ out of buying shares in a small company that did well.   fortune

- Sonya helps everybody, she's so ____ .   Unselfish.

- Soon you will have to_________a decision about your future.   make

- Sorry, I don't ____ , ____ you speak slowly?   understand / could

- Spain and Portugal ____ the European Union ____ 1986.   entered / in

- Standing outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it is hard to believe that twenty years ago this was a post-industrial wasteland. This Basque city had to find a new direction. It reinvented itself as a hi-tech hub, and the centerpiece of this regeneration wasn't a new factory but a new art gallery. Frank Gehry's Guggenheim is as startling to the eye as the Eiffel Tower or Frank Lloyd Wright's 1959 Guggenheim in New York. But while these two buildings stand in contrast to their surroundings, this new Guggenheim deliberately embraces the site's past industrial life. (Adapted from BBC Arts, Oct 16 2017)
 
According to the text, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao   is appropriate for the area around it

- Students and academics can return to face-to-face teaching this term, in a place that truly has the benefits of meeting in the real world. The new Marshall Building, which looks out over Lincoln's Inn Fields, houses some of the finest spaces that any London university has to offer. The project is the latest addition to the London School of Economics' (LSE) impressive stable of recent commissions, which comprise the Centre Building's steel-framed blocks. (The Guardian, Jan 31 2022; adapted)
 
"looks out over" in this context means   has a view of

- Students in England will soon face a ban on using mobile phones in school. School principals are expected to enforce this ban during both breaks and lessons. Mobile phones have become a growing source of distraction and are frequently used for bullying. It's important to note that many schools have already implemented measures to restrict mobile phone usage, and the government encourages school principals to limit their use.
(Adapted from The Independent, 2 October 2023)
 
What's the main reason for the proposed ban on mobile phones in English schools, as stated in the passage?   Reduce distractions and bullying

- Students' seating arrangement in the classroom is very important, as it influences their attitude towards each other and towards the teacher. A horseshoe arrangement allows face-to-face contact, while in a café style the learners can easily do either pairwork or groupwork. The teacher, however, needs to make sure that the students in this position do not lose sight of what is going on at the front of the classroom, where the teacher's desk is. Working back-to-back, on the other hand, is the best solution for those activities where the students should not see what the others are doing. In a café style arrangement, students   should, in any case, see the front of the classroom

- Summer exams will take place in 2022 after two years of cancellations owing to the pandemic. Since the teacher-assessed grades used in 2020 and 2021 led to record results for students, Ofqual - the UK exams regulator - will return to pre- pandemic exam grading. The planned changes mean that in 2022 almost 91,000 pupils could fail to achieve very good and excellent grades. That is, the grades will be lower, compared with 2021. However, results in summer 2022 are still expected to be slightly higher than 2019. (The Guardian, Feb 7 2022; adapted)
 
Compared with 2019, summer exams in 2022   will see students get moderately higher grades

- Sundial is Catriona Ward's fourth novel, following the excellent Rawblood and Little Eve, and the bestselling combination of thriller and horror that was The Last House on Needless Street. It is, again, terrifying in its exploration of what humans will do to one another and the consequences of childhood trauma. Ward captures beauty and terror in Rob's thoughts and actions, as she returns to the endless sand and heat of her home in the desert, where "the land is spread out like a dirty coyote fur under the sky". (The Guardian, March 22 2022; adapted)
 
Sundial is   Ward's terrifying novel about life in the desert

- Surfing has become a big business and investors have tried to improve the sport thanks to technology. Indeed, new technologies can allow for a safer and more thrilling experience. Since the 1960s, artificial and inland facilities have been established all around the world, trying to provide a successful and adventurous experience for their customers. In Australia, Surf Lakes is preparing for a new idea that will revolutionise the sport with bigger and better waves. (Adapted from BBC news Mar 14, 2022)
 
As a sport, inland surfing facilities   have tried to improve the surfers' experience