FCE Masterclass gapped sentences

I think this new fridge is ___ ___ our old one; it keeps everything cool and never breaks down.

better in quality or greater than sb / sth else

The country is expensive in ___ ___ the rest of Europe.

compared with

start their journey to

___ flowers made from plastic sometimes look exactly like natural ones.

created by people or machine; not happening naturally

These days texting seems to be young people’s favourite ___ of communication.

a way of achieving or doing sth

a vehicle that travels in space, carrying people

When the company I worked for closed down, I ___ many problems.

have to deal with sth difficult or unpleasant

The time we spent together is now a ___ memory.

far away in space or time

something that the family is responsible for

I ___ business with our partners in China.

organize and / or do a particular activity

a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft

There is always something on the news about a war in a ___ country.

a long distance away

Venus is one of the hottest planets in our ___ ___.

the system of the sun and the planets around it

You've been absent six times ___ ___ our records.

as stated or reported by sb / sth

How are we going to ___ (phrasal) this problem?

take appropriate action in a particular situation etc.

After a year in such a small office, ___ appeared among the staff who worked there.

a situation in which people do not trust, or feel unfriendly towards, each other also: feeling of anxiety and stress that makes it impossible to relax

Many parts in southern Italy were ___ by the Ancient Greeks.

make a place where no one has lived before your permanent home

Some ___ villages in the mountains are difficult to reach in the winter.

far away, distant

He’s a very ___ person with few friends.

(of a person) not very friendly or interested in other people

The first part of the plan has been safely ___.

succeed in doing or completing sth

flight into space also: important job that a person or group of people is given to do

a brother or sister

The ___ of labour was unfair.

the process or result of dividing sth or sharing it out

The price will include the ___ and materials.

work, especially physical work

Many Indians were killed as a result of the ___ of the Americans by the Europeans.

taking control of a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending people from your own country to live there

The car is quite small, ___ if you have children.

more with one person, thing, etc. than with others

any vehicle that travels in space

person, esp. a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies

There were over 2,000 people ___ ___ the ferry.

on or in a ship, an aircraft or a train

Apart from some ___ problems, everything else worked out very well.

happening at the beginning, first

I can’t come out tonight. I have to ___ (phrasal) of my younger brother.

care for sb / sth / yourself

I was ___ when I realized I had left my handbag on the train.

extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened

Many consider it an event that changed the ___ of history.

the way sth develops or should develop

It’s difficult to ___ this level of economic growth for long.

keep, maintain, make sth continue at the same level

Come on, can’t you walk any faster? At this ___, it will take us hours to get home!

measurement of the speed at which sth happens

husband or wife

My eyes slowly grew ___ ___ the dark.

familiar with sth and accepting it as normal or usual

It’s our responsibility to teach our children proper social ___.

beliefs about what is right and wrong and what is important in life

She had to get used to the ___ of a different society.

standards or principles of good behavior

The Titanic sank on its first ___ to New York.

long journey, esp. by sea or in space