Formula One development driver - Module 10

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Advanced Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

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title

topic

subject

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make

get

put

observed

shared

connected

monitored

record

sum

count

clock

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in order to

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as well as

backlog

setback

backup

feedback

issues

matters

bothers

questions

according

based

following

related

I'm one of 580 team members whose job it is to (0) ___ that our Formula One cars are as competitive as possible. My job (1) ___ is Development Driver, a role which involves both helping to (2) ___ the cars up for races and testing new parts on a simulator. I drive a mock-up car, under an egg-shaped dome, surrounded by 3D computer screens, which are (3) ___ to a team of engineers sitting behind a glass partition. I can (4) ___ up 100 laps a day, at up to 300 kilometres an hour, in an environment of total secrecy at the team factory. What the engineers want is the most precise description of how the car is performing on the track, (5) ___ they can convert that information into faster laptime. At a Grand Prix, I always have my headset on, listening to the (6) ___ from the drivers. If they have any (7) ___ with the way the car is handling, the engineers can make suggestions (8) ___ on the techniques we've tried in the simulator.

Formula One development driver

ensure

enable

enforce

encourage

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