Buddy arrived unannounced one Sunday morning in August after breakfast. We (1)____ .

I don't know
how he found out where we lived. He must (2)_____at the crossroads where there were a ew houses , a
gas station, and a genra store with Coca-Cola ads on the screen door and a post office at the back. The
people there would have been able to help Buddy decipher a rural –route number, probably they knew
exactly anyway where we were.
My mother was in her shorts, in front of the house, cutting the grass and weeds with a small scythe. I was
carrying a pail of water up the (3)_____steps from the river. I knew that when I (4)______ to the top of
the stepsmy mother would ask me (5)______ for lunch, (6) ______ would drive me mad with irritation. I
never knew and if I did know there was never any of it. It didn'toccur to me then that my mother was even
more bored with mealtimes than I was, (7)_____she had to do the actual cooking, or that her question
might have been a request for help.
Then we heard a roaring motor noise out on the main road. We both stopped dead in our tracks and
looked (8)_____, as we always did whenever we heard a car (9)____ along our road. We believed, I
think, that nobody knew we were there. The good part of this was that nobody would be (10)____ sort of
people we would (11) _____ want to see.
The noise stopped for (12) ____minutes; then it started up again, louder this time. My mother dropped her
scythe and (13)____ into the house. I knew she was going to (14) ____ out of her shorts. I (15)_____ the
pail of water. If I (16)_____ it was Buddy I would have brushed my hair and put on lipstick.
When I saw Buddy's car, I was surprised and almost (17)_____. I felt I had been caught out. What would
Buddy think of the decaying cabin with (18) _____ parachute curtains and decrepit furniture? My first
idea was to keep him out of the house, at least. I went to meet the car , which was floundering over the
road towards me. I was conscious of the dead leaves and dirt sticking to my wet (19) ____.
Now I know I (20) ____ have felt so ashamed of that place – it was no worse than any other homestead
in the village. But on that day I did.

1. A have just done up B had just done up C had just washed up D have just washed up
2. A have asked B had asked C asked D be asking
3. Awoody B wood C wooden D wooded
4. A got B get C would get D will egt
5. A what I wanted B what did I want C what I want D what do I want
6. A what B who C which D that
7. A yet B although C while D since
8. Aat ourselves B one another C at one another D ourselves
9. Ato come in B to be coming in C comes in D coming in
10. A a B - C the D some
11. Aworst B the least C least D the worst
12. Aa couple B a few C few D couple
13. Arun B ran C had run D would run
14. Achange B shift C undress D take off
15. Awent on to carry B kept up carrying C went on carrying D kept up to carry
16. A would havw known B 'd know C knew D 'd known
17. A horrible B horrified C horrific D horrifying
18. Aher's B her C its D it's
19. Abare feet B barefoot C barefooted D barefootedness
20. Aoughtn't B couldn't C mustn't D needn't
21. You'd ______I sat next to you this time, ______you? You hate sitting alone.
A rather / wouldn't B rather / hadn't C better / wouldn't D better / hadn't
22. I saw your mother last January, but ___________. How is she?
A since I haven't seen her B I haven't seen her since C I didn't see her since D since I didn't see
her
23. ______was his strength that he _____bend iron bars.
A Such / should B So much / should C Such / could D So much / could
24. Everyone _______what they have to do , _____?
A knows / don't they B know / don't they C knows / isn't it D know / isn't it
25. Do you want to meet me at 9 or 10?
_____time is convenient. ____meet at 11 instead.
A Either / Let's B Neither / Let's C Either / Lets' D Neither / Lets'
26. He's just been at the ______. He's had ______
A dentist's / pulled out his toothe B dentists' / pulled out his tooth
C dentists' / had tooth pulled out D dentist's / his tooth pulled out
27. Some people enjoy _____out, ______don't.
A working / other B to work / other C working / others D to work / others
28. We'we had _____ brilliant weather for the _____week.
A such / whole B such a / whole C such a / all D such / all
29. The police __________instructed to take firm actions against hooligans _____stop further
fighting in the streets.
A were / so as to B were / so that C was / so that D was / so as
30. The man _____had been _____by a snake was given a serum.
A who / bit B who / bitten C whom / bitten D whom / bit
31. The cold weather is _____given the altitude of 1430m.
A hardly surprised B hardly surprising C surprised hard D surprising hard
32. Three hundred new houses will _____ by the end of next year.
A have been built B be building C have built D build
33. Louise looks ______and so _____
A beautifully / her sister does B beautifully / does her sister
C beautiful / her sister does D beautiful / does her sister
34. Since the pupils started doing their _____regularly, they have been making _____mistakes in
writing.
A homework / less B homeworks / fewer C homework / fewer D homeworks / less
35. If you want to use the tool for conventional drilling, the hammer action _____be switched off.
A must B need C might D will
36. Several _____people took _____in the demonstration last Sunday.
A hundreds / place B hundreds / part C hundred / place D hundred / part
37. He _____from his enormous desk and ______a big cigar.
A raised / light B rose / light C raised / lit D rose / lit
38. She lay awake all night thinking „ If only I _____Den _____“
A have made / stay B have made / to stay C had made / stay D had made / to stay
39. If I _____ better qualified , I'd succeed ______the job.
A were / in getting B had been / in getting C had been / to get D were 7 to get
40. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is one of the most _____stories I have ever read.
A imaginable B imaginary C imaginative D imagining