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III. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
There (1)...............(be) three adults and two children in the Bartons. The children are Ben, aged
twelve, and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other adult is Leslie,
who is Andrew's brother. He is twenty-four. They (2)........... (live) in Newcastle, a large city in the
north- east of England.
On weekday mornings, everyone (3)............(get up) early. Andrew Barton 4).............. (work) for
a company which (5).............. (manufacture) computers. He (6)............... (leave) at seven o'clock.
He (7)............ (like) to avoid the rush hour, he says. Marion (8)............ (suspect) that really he wants
to avoid having breakfast with the children, who (9)............. (be) very noisy.
Ben (10)............... (catch) the school bus at eight-fifteen. Leslie (11).............. (be) at university,
studying physics. He lives away from home during term-time, so he (12)............. (avoid) the noise,
too.
Stella (13)............ (not go) to school yet, of course. Next year, she (14)............... (start) at the
nursery school where Ben used to go. Her mother (15)................. (look) forward to this. as it will
mean that she can go back to work. Before her marriage, she (16).............. (live) in London, where
she (17)....................(work) for the National Gallery. She (18)............... (hope) to find the same sort
of job in Newcastle.
V. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form.
1. Trees................more quickly in summer than in winter. (grow)
2. 'Shall I phone at 6:00?' `No, I...............................dinner at that time. (normally/ cook)
3. We .....................at about 7:00. Couldn't you come an hour later? (usually/ get up)
4. In 1788 he............................his last great work in Vienna. (write)
5. She............................at Kennedy Airport at 2 o'clock this morning. (arrive)
6. I refuse to believe that he....................... the car was stolen. (not know)
7. ‘How are you getting on with the book?' At the moment I ............... chapter four. (read)
8. My mother................. all the doors and windows before she goes to bed. (lock)
9. I ....................away most of my old books when 1 moved house. (throw)
10. Scientists.........................some fundamental discoveries in the 18th century. (make)
11. Alice ...................... her mother in London most weekends. (see)
12. 'What's that terrible noise?' `The neighbors..........................a party.' (have)
13. At the start of his career, Cousteau..................the aqualung, opening the oceans to explorers,
scientists, and leisure divers. (invent)
14. ................. durian when you lived in Malaysia? (ever/ eat)
15. Both ancient and recent records show that farmers......................... long hours.(work)
A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. scream b. death c. ready d. peasant
2. a. traveled b. stared c. landed d. seemed
3. a. chat b. panic c. park d. passenger
4. a. frightening b. brigade c. pilot d. fire
5. a. technology b. teaching c. purchase d. lunch
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. tobacco b. contented c. buffalo d. transplanting
2. a. passenger b. purchase c. district d. routine
3. a. technology b. comfortable c. activity d. experience
4. a. repair b. harrow c. arrive d. announce
5. a. interested b. serious c. wonderful d. immediate
B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B. C or D - that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
1. It was an extremely frightened experience in my life.
A B C D
2. Mark went on working despite he felt unwell.
A B C D
3. Frank is usually swimming before work, but this morning he is jogging.
A B C D
4. Once when 1 was ten. I used to get sick and went to the hospital.
A B C D
5. As soon as the alarm clock had gone off, she woke up and go out of bed.
A B C D
6. All the children have been returned safe to their parents.
A B C D
7. I know you're too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again..
A B C D
8. Have you forgotten to lock the back door frequently?
A B C D
9. I like lying on the beach, so I always spend my holiday to sunbath.
A B C D
10. The bank lent us money for a down payment, so now we owned the house we used to rent.
A B C D
IV. SPEAKING
Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.
A: What do you usually do on your day off?
B: (1) ________________________________________________
A: Do you get much exercise?
B: (2) ________________________________________________
A: How often do you exercise?
B: (3) ________________________________________________
C: What do you usually do?
0: (4) ________________________________________________
A: Where do you go swimming?
B: (5) ________________________________________________
A: You're really in good shape!
B: (6) ________________________________________________
1. a. I usually drive to work. b. I will sleep all day.
c. I usually do not much. d. Nothing much. I always sleep until noon.
2. a. I usually do b. Yes. I do c. How about you? d. Very often.
3. a. No, I sometimes do. b. Yes, I often do.
c. About three times a week. d. Often I don't do.
4. a. I usually go swimming and play badminton.
b. No. I never do
c. I go straight home after work.
d. I watch TV a lot.
5. a. Every day from 5 to 6. b. I always go to the YWCA.
c. No, I play tennis d. I usually go by motorbike
6. a. Yeah, I'm a real couch potato. b. Oh, are you?
c. Thanks a lot. d. Good for you!
V. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.
David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1)..............
his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2)................ sheep on his land. He does not
employ (3)................ full time workers. His sons help him when they are not (4)........... school. His
wife adds to the family income by (5) ............... eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often
(6) ............... paying guests into the farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in
the clean country (7)............... and Mrs. Evans enjoys having some (8).............. money to spend on
clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests
have gone. The question is that if his children want to (9) ............... the farm when Mr. Evans gives
up working. Country life is quiet and (10) ............... _to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the
farm for the city some day.
VI. WRITING
Choose the best answer to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one.
1. I wish I hadn't sold my bike.
I regret ______________________________________
a. to sell my bike. b. selling my bike.
c. I had sold my bike. d. not to sell my bike.
2. No one told me about the change of plan.
I_____________________________________
a. knew about the change of plan.
b. am not known about the change of plan.
c. was told about the change of plan.
d. didn't know about the change of plan.
3. Nigel felt sick from eating too many cakes. Nigel felt sick because _____________
a. he has eaten a lot of cakes. b. he was eating too many cakes.
c. there were too many cakes he ate. d. he had eaten too many cakes.
4. In the middle of our lunch there was a knock at the door.
When _____________________________________
a. we were having lunch, there was a knock at the door.
b. we knocked at the door, we were having lunch.
c. we had just finished lunch, there was a knock at the door.
d. our lunch were in the middle there Was a knock at the door.
5. Their game of badminton is always on Tuesday.
They_____________________________________
a. always play their game of badminton
b. play badminton always on Tuesday.
c. always play badminton on Tuesday.
d. have always played badminton on Tue:
6. Adrian wears jeans all the time.
Adrian _____________________________________
a. always wears jeans. b. often wears jeans.
c. sometimes wears jeans d. usually wears jeans.