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Evening classes
a. carpentry b. explanation c. construction d. frozen e. pass f. secretarial
g. successful h. embarrassment i. solution k. failure j. occupation
Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a (1) __ agency
as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting (2) __ and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home
every evening, putting a (3) __ meal in the oven, and then watching TV. So, I decided to take up (4)
__ as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an (5) __ for my choice. Learning a skill is a good (6) __ to
the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a (7) __ because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for
example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a (8) __ woodworker! I am working on the (9) __ of
some furniture at the moment. And although there are only two other girls in the class, I don't feel
any (10) __. I've turned out to be the best student in the class!
2. Know Your Rights!
a. manager b. happiness c. advertisement d. delivery e. attraction f. shopper
g. complaint h. consumer i. assistant j. customers k. product
If you are a regular (1) __, you ought to make sure you know your (2) __ rights. For example, did
you know that TV, radio and newspaper (3) __ have to tell the truth? If they say something about a
(4) __ that isn’t true, they can be taken to court. Also, if you order something and you are promised
(5) __ before a certain date, you should get some money back if it doesn’t arrive in time. The general
rule is: don’t be afraid to make a (6) __. And if a shop (7) __ is unhelpful or rude, always insist on
speaking to the (8) __. The shop certainly doesn’t want to lose one of its (9) __. Now that more and
more people are buying things online, shops have to do more for the (10) __ of the buyers.
3. Learn English
Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. (1) __ are
teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, and some learn in evening classes. A few learn
English by (2) __ or just by (3) __ to the language on television or (4) __ their friends. Most people
must work hard to learn English. (5) __ do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to
answer that question. Young children learn English at school to study better at their subject. Many
(6) __ learn English because (7) __ of their useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for
their (8) __ studies, because some of their books are written (9) __ English at college and university.
Other people learn English because they want to read English newspapers or magazines for (10) __
and entertainment.
1. a. The others b. Others c. Another d. Each other
2. a. them b. their c. themselves d. theirs
3. a. listening b. speaking c. talking d. hearing
4. a. many b. between c. surrounded d. among
5. a. What b. How c. Why d. Where
6. a. adults b. teens c. youths d. kids
7. a. they are b. of being c. there is d. it is
8. a. taller b. higher c. better d. fuller
9. a. in b. at c. by d. with
 10. a. equipment b. example c. transportation d. information
4. English
Approximately 350 million people (1) __ English as their first (2) __. About the same number use
it (3) __ a second language. It is the language (4) __ aviation, international sport and world trade.
75% of the world's (5) __ is in English, 60% of the world's radio stations (6) __ in English, and more
than half of the world's newspapers are (7) __ in English. It is an official language in 44 countries. In
(8) __ others, it is the language of business, commerce and technology. There are many (9) __ of
English, but Scottish, Australian, Indian and Jamaican speakers of English, in spite of the differences
in pronunciation, structure and vocabulary, would (10) __ that they are all speaking the same basic
language.
1. a. say b. speak c. tell d. talk
2. a. language b. languages c. linguistics d. linguist
3. a. of b. with c. as d. in
4. a. on b. to c. from d. of
5. a. mail b. parcels c. envelopes d. letters
6. a. broadcast b. travel c. write d. show
7. a. spoken b. printed c. sold d. taken
8. a. an b. more c. many d. much
9. a. varieties b. kind c. type d. sort
10. a. use b. keep c. invent d. recognize
5. Learning how to learn
There is usually one important (1) __ from most school timetables. Very few students are (2) __
how to organize their learning and how to (3) __ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple
examples. Do you know how to (4) __ up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the
information the dictionary contains? Can you (5) __ notes quickly, and can you understand them (6)
__? For some reason, many schools give learners no help with these matters. Teachers ask students
to (7) __ pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don't explain (8) __ to do it. Learning
by heart can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (9) __ of a subject. You can (10) __ lot
of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject!
1. a. theme b. book c. subject d. mark
2. a. taught b. learnt c. educated d. graduated
3. a. take b. give c. get d. make
4. a. find b. look c. research d. get
5. a. do b. send c. take d. revise
6. a. after b. afterwards c. lastly d. at last
7. a. concentrate b. remind c. forget d. memorize
8. a. how b. what c. why d. it
9. a. information b. success c. understanding d. attention
10. a. pass b. waste c. tell d. use