ENGLISH IN USE Clasa a IX-a

a. Multiple Choice
EXAMPLE: (0) a) begin
b) began
c) have begun
d) had begun
The day (0) ______ auspiciously. They (1) ____ lost no dogs ______ the night, and they
swung out upon the trail and into the silence, the darkness, and the cold with spirits that
were fairly light. Bill seemed to ____ forgotten his forebodings of the previous night, and
even waxed facetious with the dogs when, at midday, they overturned the sled on a bad
piece of trail.It was an awkward mix-up.
The sled was upside _____ and jammed _______ a tree-trunk and a huge rock, and they
were forced tounharness the dogs in order to straighten out the tangle. The two men were
bent ____ the sled and trying to right it, when Henry observed One Ear sidling away.
"Here, you, One Ear!" he cried, straightening up and turning around on the dog.
But One Ear broke into a run across the snow, his traces trailing ______ him. And there,
out in the snow of their back track, was the she-wolf waiting for him. As he neared her,
he became suddenly cautious. He slowed down to an alert and mincing walk and then
stopped. He regarded her _________ and dubiously, yet desirefully. She seemed to smile
at him, showing her teeth in an ingratiating rather ____ a menacing way. She moved
______ him a few steps, playfully, and then halted. One Ear drew near to her, still alert
and cautious, his tail and ears in the air, his head held high.
(Jack London-White Fang, Chapter III-The Hunger Cry)
1.
a) have
b) had
2.
a) during
b) through
3.
a) be
b) had
4.
a) in
b) down
5.
a) between
b)among
6.
a) on
b) over
7.
a) follwing
b) beneath
8.
a) carelessly b) careless
9.
a) than
b) then
10.
a) to
b) forward

c) havent

d) hadnt

c) at

d) in

c) have

d) been

c) up

d) on

c) into

d) under

c) onto

d) above

c) under

d) behind

c) carefully

d) careful

c) in

d) for

c) toward

d) onto

b. Word Formation
EXAMPLE: (0) purchase
Used-car (0) purchases often begin with an online (1) _____________, and, as a result,
an (2) ___________ number of scams involving online car buying seek to dupe (3)
____________ shoppers.
Online car-buying scams are also becoming (4) ___________ sophisticated and,
therefore, harder to detect, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, a
(5) __________ between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. From
2008 through 2010, the IC3 received nearly 14,000 (6) __________ from car (7)
__________ who have been targeted or victimized by an online car-buying scam. Victims
lost $44.5 million over that period.
The scam typically starts with a used car that is being sold on a (8) __________ website
for automotive advertisements. The car is priced below value with some plausible story
for the rock-bottom price, according to an IC3 consumer bulletin. Common reasons for
the low price include the seller suddenly moving for work or for military (9) _________,
or the seller needing cash quickly because of a job (10) ____ or unexpected medical bills.

1. AD;
5. PARTNER;
9. DEPLOY;

2.INCREASE;
6.COMPLAIN;
10. LOSE

(www.Bankrate.com)
3.SUSPECT;
4.INCREASE;
7. SHOP;
8. REPUTATION;

c. Open Cloze
Count Dracula, the _____-sucking vampire from Transylvania, is a __________ character
who has taken on a life of its ___. No matter how many times someone kills him by
driving a _______-stake through his heart, we can never be sure that that is the ____ we
see of him. And ____ enough, its not long before he reappears, sinking his ______ teeth
into the neck of yet another unfortunate victim. Amid this present-day fascination with
vampires it is easy to forget that Count Dracula was in fact the ________ of the Irish
writer Bram Stoker. Dracula was ___________ in Britain in 1987 and it was an instant
success with Victorian readers who had a fascination with Gothic horror stories.
Peoples lives were changing rapidly as a _______ of the industrial revolution and horror
stories which dealt with unseen forces of good and evil, offered readers an escape from
the new scientific age.
(BBC English)

d. Fill in with the appropriate word.

1. Dad was the one ____ fixed my bike. 2. Its _____ first time I have visited The Tower
of London. 3. You lied ____ me! she said to him.. 4. He was accused ____ lying. 5.
They sell _______ in a bookshop. 6. She cant ____ done it.7. You didnt help me,
_____ I couldnt solve the exercise. 8. When we arrived at school the class had
________ started.9. If _____ I hadnt met her.10. What I need ____ time.

A. KEY
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. a

6. b
7. d
8. c
9. a
10.c

B. KEY: 1.advertisement; 2. increasing; 3.unsuspecting; 4. increasingly; 5.

partnership; 6. complaints; 7. shoppers; 8. reputable; 9. deployment; 10. Loss
C. KEY: 1. blood ; 2. fictional; 3.own; 4.wooden; 5.last; 6.sure; 7. sharp; 8.creation;
9. published; 10. result
D. KEY: 1.who; 2. the; 3.to; 4.of; 5.books; 6. have; 7. so; 8. already; 9. only; 10. is