Course 21 PROGRESS CHECK 1. Use your own information to answer each question. a.

How do you think people kept food fresh before refri erators were in!ented" #hey $i ht ha!e %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% b. How do you think people &ut their hair before s&issors were in!ented" #hey &ould ha!e %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &. How do you think people kept their ho$es war$ before heaters were in!ented" #hey $ust ha!e %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% d. 'hat do you think people did about heada&hes before aspirin was in!ented" #hey $ay ha!e %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2. Check () the most suitable response. a. () *id you re$e$ber to pi&k up so$e sta$ps at the post offi&e" +) Oh, no, - didn.t. /ou %%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%shouldn.t re$ind $e. %%%%%%%%%should ha!e re$inded $e. %%%%%%%%%would ha!e re$inded $e. b. () - didn.t en0oy eatin at the restaurant yesterday. -t was e1pensi!e, and the food tasted terrible. +) Really" - %%%%%%%%%to the $ana er. %%%%%%%%%needed to &o$plain %%%%%%%%%would ha!e &o$plained %%%%%%%%%$ust ha!e &o$plained &. () 2y new &a$era isn.t workin ri ht. +) 'ell, - %%%%%%%%%it ba&k to the store. %%%%%%%%%will ha!e taken %%%%%%%%% would take

%%%%%%%%%would ha!e taken d3 () 2ark was supposed to be here at ei ht o.&lo&k. He.s an hour late4 +) He %%%%%%%%% stu&k in a traffi& 0a$. %%%%%%%%%&ould et %%%%%%%%%$i ht ha!e otten %%%%%%%%%should ha!e otten 3. Complete the passage with these wor s. &onsideration pro!ide &reati!e su&&essful fa&ilities &usto$ers i$portant thorou hly en0oy

#o run a %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% restaurant, there are a nu$ber of i$portant thin s to &onsider) the lo&ation, the 5uality and pri&e of the food, and the ser!i&e. 6indin a suitable lo&ation is essential. People don.t want to dri!e a lon distan&e to eat out, and ood parkin i$portant. 6or $ost people, the food is the $ost i$portant %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%. ( restaurant should %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%are also

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%an interestin $enu with reasonable pri&es. #he &hef not only has to be a %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%&ook but also $ust be able to $ana e the kit&hen effi&iently so that %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%do not ha!e to wait too lon for their $eals. Ser!i&e is another %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%fa&tor. #he restaurant staff $ust $ake &usto$ers feel wel&o$e and &o$fortable. #hey should know the $enu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%, and they should do e!erythin they &an to $ake sure that &usto$ers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%their $eal in the restaurant and want to &o$e a ain. !. "hat qualities are important for these people an things to be successful# "rite one sentence about each topic. E1a$ple) a store 6or a store to be su&&essful, it $ust be well $ana ed. Or

-n order to be su&&essful, a store should ha!e a ood sales staff. a3 b3 &3 d3 e3 a. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ b. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ c. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ . $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ e. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ %. Circle the correct &erb to complete each sentence. a. *on.t let $e for et $y do&tor.s appoint$ent to$orrow. Could you please 8ad!ise, re$e$ber, re$ind3 $e in the $ornin " b. +ill said he &ould speak twel!e lan ua es, but - 8deny, doubt, uess3 if it.s true. &. - didn.t know 9udy was oin to Europe this su$$er. She didn.t 8des&ribe, $ention, tell3 it to $e. d. /ou.re always pointin out $y faults. 'hy don.t you 8&ontradi&t, &riti&i:e, deny3 so$eone else for a &han e" a student a $o!ie an a&tor7a&tress an ad!ertise$ent an En lish te1tbook

e. - don.t think all the infor$ation Peter a!e in his &lass talk was &orre&t, but - didn.t want to 8&ontradi&t, $ention, refuse3 hi$ in front of e!eryone. f. -.$ sure it was $y ne1t<door nei hbor who dented $y &ar, but if - ask hi$, - know he.ll 8&ontradi&t, deny, doubt3 it. '. Complete the responses to these statements. Example: () Rents are hi h around here, ___arent they___" +( /es, __they are. % a3 () #here aren.t $any ood restaurants around here, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) =o, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% b3 () #hey should build $ore parkin lots downtown, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) /es, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &3 () #hey don.t sell sta$ps in super$arkets, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) =o, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% d3 () #his resort has reat bea&hes, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) /es, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% e3 () /ou &an et a bus to the airport, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) /es, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% f3 () #here won.t be a test to$orrow, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% " +) =o, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ). Check () the best e*pression to complete these con&ersation. a. () - think +ritain has the best &li$ate in the world. +) %%%%%%%%% Oh, &o$e away4 %%%%%%%%% Oh, &o$e off4 %%%%%%%%% Oh, &o$e on4 b. () One thin about li!in in an apart$ent is that you don.t ha!e to take &are of a yard. +) %%%%%%%%% Oh, that.s a ood point4 %%%%%%%%% Oh, that.s the point. %%%%%%%%% Oh, that.s not a point. &. () - think wo$en are $u&h better dri!ers than $en.

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+) %%%%%%%%% 'ell, that.s the $atter of opinion. %%%%%%%%% 'ell, it.s a $atter of opinion. %%%%%%%%% 'hat.s the $atter" d. () - think -.ll retire when -.$ forty. +) %%%%%%%%% (re you kiddin " %%%%%%%%% #hat $ust be kiddin . %%%%%%%%% - don.t think that.s kiddin . e3 () #he reason $any students don.t do well at s&hool is be&ause they are too la:y. +) %%%%%%%%% - don.t a ree with that way. %%%%%%%%% - uess we &an.t a ree that way. %%%%%%%%% - don.t see it that way at all. +. ,ea the passage an circle - (true) or . (false) -n *e&e$ber 1?@2, a ship &alled the Dei Gratia was in the $iddle of the (tlanti& O&ean, sailin fro$ the Anited States to Europe, when the &aptain noti&ed another ship on the hori:on. (s he sailed &loser, he be&a$e pu::led be&ause the ship appeared to be out of &ontrol. He saw that the ship.s na$e was the Marie Celeste. #he &aptain de&ided to sail alon side the Marie Celeste to see if its &rew needed help. He tried si nalin the ship, but there was no response. So the &aptain and three of his &rew boarded the silent ship. #hey were a$a:ed to find that it was e$pty < there was no one on board, and the ship was sailin by itself. #hey sear&hed the ship to try to sol!e the $ystery and found se!eral !ery stran e thin s. #he Marie Celeste had lots of food and water aboard, and there was e!en a half<eaten $eal on the &aptain.s table. -t looked as if the &aptain $i ht ha!e been interrupted in the $iddle of his dinner. Howe!er, nothin on the ship was out of pla&e, and the only thin that was $issin was a lifeboat. O!er the past &entury, se!eral theories ha!e been su that the &rew $ay ha!e killed the &aptain. ested to try to e1plain the $ystery, but no one

is really sure what happened to the &rew of the Marie Celeste. #he &aptain of the Dei Gratia thou ht

(n offi&ial in!esti ation at the ti$e also reported that the $ost likely e1planation was that the &rew had killed the &aptain and es&aped in a lifeboat to another ship. +ut the in!esti ation left a lot of unanswered 5uestions. 'hat ship did they es&ape to" 'here did they sail" 'hy was there no si n of a fi ht on board" #here ha!e been other theories, althou h so$e of the$ are !ery diffi&ult to belie!e. -t has e!en been su ested, for instan&e, that so$e kind of sea $onster, su&h as a iant o&topus, $ay ha!e atta&ked the ship. Howe!er, no one knows for sure what really happenedC it is still a $ystery no one has been able to sol!e. #est B, pa e E a3 # 6 #he &rew of the Dei Gratia wanted to rob the Marie Celeste. b3 # 6 =othin was $issin fro$ the 2arie Celeste e1&ept a lifeboat. &3 # 6 #he 2arie Celeste.s &rew $ay ha!e es&aped in a lifeboat. d3 # 6 #he offi&ial in!esti ation answered a lot of 5uestions. e3 # 6 ( sea $onster killed e!eryone on board.

/. ,ea about these people an check () the correct response. a3 'O2(=) Huh4 - &anDt understand why the o!ern$ent de&ided not to o ahead with the new airport. /ou know, the airport we ha!e now is too s$all and too &lose to the &ity. 2ost &ities the si:e of ours ha!e a $u&h better airport. b3 2(=) Poor 2ary4 She had a terrible !a&ation4 She said the tour &o$pany did a really bad 0ob. #hey put her in so$e awful hotels, and they &an&eled se!eral of the si htseein tours that she.d paid for. don.t understand why she didn.t &o$plain to the tour &o$pany when she ot ba&k. &3

'O2(=) /ou know, a 0ob inter!iew is really i$portant. -n order to $ake a ood i$pression, you need to dress appropriately and be pun&tual. (nd you ou ht to find out as $u&h as you &an about the &o$pany before you o to the inter!iew. d3 2(=) 'ell, there are a lot of lan ua e s&hools around these days, but not all of the$ are su&&essful. - think if you want to run a su&&essful s&hool, you ha!e to ha!e really ood tea&hers. /ou also ha!e to ha!e a ni&e buildin in a ood lo&ation. e3 'O2(=) /ou know, - think o!ern$ent workers in this &ountry need lon er !a&ations. Ri ht now, they only et two weeks. !a&ation a year, and - think that they should et at least a $onth off ea&h year. -f they did that, $aybe $ore people would want to work for the o!ern$ent. f3 2(=) - don.t think ad!ertise$ents should be allowed on the subway trains. E!erywhere you look, there.s an ad that.s tryin to $ake you buy so$ethin . - et si&k of lookin at the$ all the ti$e4 a. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, we really need a new one. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, it.s a really ood airport. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, it.s $u&h better than ours. b. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, she should ha!e stayed in a better hotel. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, she should ha!e stayed an e1tra week. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, she should ha!e tried to et so$e of her $oney ba&k. &. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, and you need to take so$e books to read as well. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, and you ou ht to answer all the 5uestions thou htfully, too. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, and the lo&ation is !ery i$portant - think. d. %%%%%%%%%%(nd you $ust be on ti$e, too. %%%%%%%%%%%% (nd you need to do so$e ad!ertisin , too. %%%%%%%%%%%% (nd you should repla&e the e1er&ise e5uip$ent e!ery si1 $onths. e. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, - a ree. -n $y 0ob, - et four weeks off a year. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, - a ree. #hey should $ake the$ work harder. %%%%%%%%%%%% /es, - a ree. #hey should keep the$ open on publi& holidays. f. %%%%%%%%%%%% 'ell, - uess they need $ore infor$ation on that.

%%%%%%%%%%%% 'ell, - know what you $ean, but we.d probably pay hi her fares without the$. %%%%%%%%%%%% 'ell, probably that.s why they are ne!er on ti$e.