PRACTICE PAPER #2 – WEATHER
18/08/2017
1 – word game
seat: east; thorn: north; sore: rose; stew: west; shout: south
The odd one out: rose, which is not a cardinal point.
2 – crossword
ACROSS: 5 gale, 6 icing, 8 few, 9 back, 11 scattered, 14 droplet, 15 updraught, 17 embedded, 22 windmill, 23 drizzle, 24 layer, 26 overcast, 28 thunderstorm, 29 turbulence, 30 gauge;
DOWN: 1 shift, 2 ashes, 3 windturbine, 4 veer, 5 gust, 7 cb, 10 contrail, 12 tradewinds, 13 abate, 16 gap, 18 lull, 19 lightning, 20 windsock, 21 rise, 25 broken, 27 rain
IDIOM: it never rains but it pours
3 – listening comprehension
– automated weather
– common traffic advisory and pilot controlled lighting
– due to numerous cranes operating near the approach end of runway 7
– out of service
4 – grammar
