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1. A. He is leaving now. 1. A. The final exam was harder than the others.
B. He has to go out of this way B. there was two exams rather than one.
C. He will not be leaving soon C. He thought the exam would be easier.
D. He will do it his own way D. The exam was not very difficult.
3. A. She doesn’t like to listen to Turkeys. 3. A. The company was founded about a year ago.
B. She thinks the dinner sounds special B. It was just established that he could go into
C. She especially likes the roast turkey business.
D. She’d prefer a different dinner. C. The family is well established.
D. The business only lasted a year..
4. A. He’ll be busy with her homework tonight.
B. He can’t help her tonight. 4. A. He didn’t look at the new schedule.
C. He’s sorry he can ever help her tonight. B. The plane landed in the right place.
D. He’ll help her with her physics. C. The plane arrived on time.
D. He had to wait for the plane to plane.
5. A. Her eyes hurt.
B. She thought the lecture was great. 5. A. She’d rather go running.
C. The class was boring. B. She doesn’t want to go into the pool.
D. She didn’t want to wacth to Professor martin. C. she’ll change clothes quickly and go swimming.
D. She needs a wearuit to go running.
6. A. Not all the bill have been paid.
B. They don’t have enough credit to pay the bills. 6. A. The firefighter saved the homes for last.
C. What she said on the phone was not credible. B. The firefighter saved the hillside last night.
D. He used a credit car to pay some of the bills. C. The homes on the hillside were burned .
D. The houses weren’t destroyed.
7. A. She’ll call back quickly.
B. She’ll definitely be back by 4:00. 7. A. There’s enough soup.
C. She’ll give it back by 4:00. B. The spices are adequate.
D. She’ll try to return fast. C. She thinks the soup’s too salty.
D. The man should add more salt and pepper.
8. A. She hasn’t seen Tim.
B. Tim was there only for a moment. 8. A. He was lucky to receive a grant for his studies.
C. Tim was around a short time ago. B. He used his fortune to pay his fee.
D. Tim will return in a minute. C. He is a scholar at acollege with a low fees.
D. He paid to get a scholarship.
9. A. She doesn’t like the place he chose.
B. She doesn’t want to get into the car. 9. A. It profited from previous mistakes.
C. She’s glad the spot is reserved. B. It earned a lot of money.
D. They can’t park the car there. C. This was the last year that it would make a profit.
D. It was not so successful..
10 A. There’s plenty to eat.
B. The refrigerator’s broken. 10.A. Chuck’s bank account has too much money in it.
C. The food isn’t in the refrigerator. B. He thinks Chuck has the wrong kind of bank
D. He‘s not sure if there’s enough. account.
C. He thinks that Chuck is not the way home from the
bank.
D. There isn’t enough money in Chuck’s account .
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DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO, WHAT, WHERE LISTEN FOR WHO AND WHAT IN PASSIVE
7. A. Respond to the mail 6. A. The road the horses took was long and hard
B. Put the letters in a file B. It was hard to find the hidden houses.
C. It depends on where the file is C. the riders worked the horses too much.
D. File the answers she received to the letters D. it was hard for people to ride the horses for long.
8. A. The chairman decited that Tony would serve on 10. A. The panel was analyzed.
the B. A commitee evaluated recent political events.
Board for another year. C. The program featured a psychoanalyst .
B. The chairman elected the board. D. The panel discussed the television program.
C. The board decided Tony could be chairman
after
One year.
D. Tony became chairman for one more year.
NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS
1. A. He seemed to be rather hungry.
B. she was quite angry at him. 1. A. She is very busy.
C. he was trying to hang the posters. B. she has lots of free time.
D. she believes he was mad. C. it is not necessary to take out the trash.
D. She will do it if she has time.
2. A. The parents are going to stay up late.
B. the parents have given hannah her allowance. 2. A. The interview is very important.
C. lately, the parentshave not been so loud. B. he is worried about the interview.
D.hannah does not have to go to bed early. C. what he’s wearing to the interview is important.
D. he is not concerned about the interview.
3. A. At a department store.
B. At a service station. 3. A. He has almost all the notes.
C. At a collection agency. B. his attendance was perfect.
D. In a delivery room. C. he went to all the lectures but one.
D. he missed more than one psychology class.
4. A. She just broke some eggs.
B. They neet to eat fast. 4. A. They passed the library at 6:00
C. She is serious about the boat. B. the library opens at 6:00 in the summer.
D. He has a choice to make. C. the library closes at 6:00
D. you can’t check out more than six books in the
5. A. It was urgent that Ellen do her best. summer.
B. He really urged Ellen to do more.
C. He was encouraged by Ellen to try harder. 5. A. Water the plants once a day.
D. Ellen told him that she was trying to do better. B. give the plants no more water.
C. water the plants often while the man is gone
6. A. The car stalled on the road. D. give the plants a limited amount of water.
B. someone took the car.
C. Rob sold his car. 6. A. The service satisfied her.
D. Rob heard someone steal his car. B. The food was worse than the service.
C. she thought the service was bad.
7. A. Buying the bigger container. D. neither the food nor the service was satisfying.
B. Putting the milk in the cart
C. Taking a carton that is smaller. 7. A. He told his kids to leave.
D. Getting the milk tomorrow instead. B. he seriously wanted to woman to go.
C. he was joking when he told the woman to leave.
8. A. The receptionist welcomed the D. he left with the woman.
businesspeople.
B. The man created a shipping and receiving 8. A. The project will take all their effort.
business. B. they have no other work to do.
C. The businesspeople were rather greedy. C. it’s impossible to finish.
D. The businesspeople greeted the receptionist. D. they aren’t even close to finishing the project.
9. A. The police officer was stationed near the 9. A. She doesn’t mind an hour more.
tourist. B. she’d rather stay more than an hour.
B. The tourist was forced to accompany the C. it’s better to stay than go.
police officer. D. she prefers to leave.
C. The tourist became mad at the police station.
D. The tourist stated that the police officer never 10. A. The sevice at the hotel wasn’t too good.
came. B. this hotel gave excellent service.
C. the service at the hotel could have been improved.
10. A. He hasn’t seen her ideas. D. this hotel’s service was the same as the service at
B. It was a terrible deal. other hotels.
C. He doesn’t like the idea.
D. It sounds magnificent to him.
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2. A. Both parts of his game were bad. 2. A. The university accepted there students.
B. he served better than he volleyed. B. none of the students is going to the university.
C. some parts of his game were better than C. John was not accepted.
others. D. two were not admitted.
D. he played rather well.
3. A. Although he did pass, Mark’s exam grade wasn’t too
3. A. It is a surprise that he was prepared. good.
B. he was not ready, as usual. B. Mark failed his history exam.
C. he prepared a really big surprise. C. the highest grade on the history exam went to
D. his strong preparation came as no surprise. Mark.
D. professor Franks didn’t past Mark on the history
4. A. She felt good enough to go out. exam.
B. she went out to get some medicine.
C. she felt like dancing, so she went out with 4. A. He often has long waits in Dr. Roberts’ office.
everyone. B. he must wait patiently for Robert.
D. she stayed home because she was sick C. Dr. Roberts is generally punctual.
D. he doesn’t mind waiting for Dr. Roberts.
5. A. She has problems that others aren’t aware of.
B. others aren’t aware of her problems. 5. A. Betty often takes vacation in winter.
C. she knows she’s been a problems. B. Betty prefer to takes vacation in winter.
D. she doesn’t have a care in the world. C. occasionally Betty works on week during vacation.
D. a winter vacation is unususal for Betty.
6. A. Steve wanted to finish his paper, and so did
paul. 6. A. He rarely spends times on his courses.
B. both steve’s and paul’s papers were B. he’s an excellent students
incomplete. C. he never studeies.
C. steve and paul were busy doing their term D. his books are always open.
papers.
D. when steve wasn’t able to finish his paper, paul 7. A. He finished the exam in plenty of time.
couldn’t help. B. he was scared he wouldn’t finish.
C. he used every possible minute to finish.
7. A. It wasn’t george’s responsibility to pay the bill. D. he was unable to complete the exam .
B. bill was irresponsible about paying george’s
rent. 8. A. This was a very long staff meeting.
C. george acted carelessly by not taking care of B. this was the only staff meeting in a long time.
the bill C. the meeting lasted only until one o’clock.
D. george took responsibility for the unpaid bill. D. the one staff meeting should’ve lasted longer.
8. A. It’s fortunate that he was accepted. 9. A. Meat tastes delicious to him when it’s cooked rare.
B. it’s good that he wasn’t admitted. B. he isn’t sure if the meal is delicious.
C. fortunately, the university didn’t admit him. C. this meat is the best he’s tasted in a long time .
D. it’s too bad he was rejected. D. he’d like to eat some meat from this delicatessen .
9. A. The first essay was better than the second. 10. A. He broke his arm trying to move it.
B. the first and second drafts couldn’t be better. B. He only hurt the broken arm.
C. the second draft of the essay was much better C. He only tries to move the broken arm .
than the first. D. There’s no pain if the rests quitely.
D. both versions were poorly written.
2. A. Paula is always lazy. 2. A. She always been late for the bus.
B. Paula didn’t work very hard this semester. B. The bus has always been late.
C. Paula made a strong effort. C. The bus only left on time once.
D. Paula could have worked harder. D. Only on this trip has the bus been on time.
1. A. In a doctor’s office.
B. At a bar.
C. In a travel agent. 11.A.She can try a little harder.
D. In a bussiness office. B. There is a lot more than that she can do.
C. She is doing the best that she can.
2. A. She bought some sheet. D. It is impossible for her to do anything.
B. She got a new piece of clothing.
C. She couldn’t find anything because she’s too 12. A. She always been late for the bus.
short. B. The bus has always been late.
D. She was sure to greet her boss. C. The bus only left on time once.
D. Only on this trip has the bus been on time.
3. A .The hotel wasnall right, except for the poor
view. 13.A. There wasn’t enough soup to go around.
B. The prices were too high B. We had so much soup that we couldn’t finish it.
C. The view from the hotel room was C. Everyone got one serving of soup, but there wasn’t
spectacular. enough for seconds.
D. Only a few hotels would have been better. D. Everyone around the table had a lot of soup.
10. A. This math project was extremely complex. 20. A. With so many members present, the committe couldn’t
B. This math project was less complicated than reach the decision.
the last B. 1The committe shouldn’t waited until more members
C. They seldom complete their math projects were present.
D. Complicated math projects are often assigned. C. The issue shouldn’t have been decided by all the
committed member .
D. The issue wasn’t decided because so many members
were absent.