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a) threw b) found c) felt d) fought
11. We can travel to Germany by __________ and sea.
a) land b) grass c) lake d) wood
12. The reporter wanted to know how everything had __________ .
a) graduated b) happened c) invited d) explained
13. We hoped that he will ___________ the game.
a) sell b) cut c) tell d) win
14. We always __________ hard to finish our work on time.
a) take b) try c) shout d) wash
15. A dark __________ covered the sky and soon it began to rain.
a) coat b) land c) cloud d) stick
16. William Hill made it the aim of his life to get a good _________ .
a) decision b) expression c) examination d) education
17. The Central Lowlands ___________ between the Western Australian Plateau and the Eastern Highlands.
a) ruin b) lie c) pay d) place
18. Mrs. Green __________ the house at 10 o’clock every morning to go shopping.
a) draws b) comes c) leaves d) lives
19. It was great __________ to meet the famous scientist.
a) friendship b) honour c) memory d) knowledge
20. This discovery is of great __________ .
a) movement b) ability
c) difficulty d) importance
15. Rewrite each of the sentences in reported speech.
1. “Why did he leave yesterday?”
She asked me ________________________________________
2. “Where will you be going next summer?”
He asked me _________________________________________
3. “Have you met him before?”
I inquired ____________________________________________
4. “Eat more fruits and vegetables,” the doctor said.
The doctor said _______________________________________
5. “Don’t come before 10 o’clock,” I said to him.
I told ________________________________________________
6. “Can you speak more slowly?” he asked me.
He asked ____________________________________________
7. Ann says, “I am working tomorrow evening.”
Ann says ____________________________________________
8. Tom said, “I am feeling ill.”
Tom said ____________________________________________
9. Ann said, “I am going away for a few days.”
Ann said _____________________________________________
10. John said, “I can’t come to the party on Friday.”
John said ____________________________________________
16. Put the verbs in the simple present or the simple progressive.
Supermarkets in the U.S. __________ (test) a new robot checkout system. The machines __________ (attract) interest from several European chains. Shoppers __________ (start) by touching a video screen which _________ (give) instructions on how to pass the shopping over a scanning window. As the customer __________ (do) this, the system __________ (get) information from the computer and __________ (print) a bill. Customers can pay by credit card without human contact. The largest American supermarket chain __________ (study) customer reactions. 25% of the customers __________ (prefer) the system but 25% __________ (hate) it because they are afraid of technology and like human contact.
17. Use the correct form of the word.
In the last four years, over 150 football magazines _________ (appear) in Britain. They are about football, football, and more football.
The magazines are called “fanzines,” and Howard Presser _________ (start) one when he was sixteen.
Howard __________ (speak) to Jill Evans about his magazine.
“I __________ (be) a football fan since I __________ (be) eleven. I __________ (decide) to start my own magazine because the newspapers never __________ (write) about my team.”
Howard __________ (be) a fan of Queens Park Rangers (a London) team and his fanzine __________ (come) a long way in a short time.
When the magazine __________ (begin), Howard only __________ (have) a few readers. He __________ (sell) over five hundred copies at his last match!
Howard __________ (not have) a free minute since he __________ (start) the magazine two years ago, but he doesn’t mind.
“I ___________ (meet) lots of interesting people in the last two years and I _____________ (be) never bored.”
18. Underline the correct form.
1. He ran / had run out of the room as soon as we walked in.
2. I had gone to sleep / went to sleep by the time he arrived.
3. They waited until we were all there before they had started / started.
4. He left because he had finished/ finished his homework.
5. He left / had left school by the age of sixteen.
6. He wasn’t there where I had looked / looked.
7. I was sure that I saw / had seen her somewhere before.
8. The house has been / had been empty for several months when I bought it.
9. He couldn’t play because he had injured / injured his leg.
19. Complete the text with a / an, the or “zero”.
__________ Komodo dragon lives on __________ island of Komodo, which is part of __________ Indonesia. __________ Komodo dragons are very dangerous animals. They grow up to be three metres long. They eat __________ chickens, __________ goats and other small animals, as well as __________ humans. Just the saliva of __________ Komodo dragon can kill __________ man, and there is a well-known case of __________ Frenchman who was bitten by __________ dragon, and died two years later.
Most animals survive because __________ adults do not eat their own babies. __________ Komodo dragon survives because __________ babies can climb __________ trees whereas __________ adults cannot. __________ adults are too big to do it, so __________ babies just sit in the trees until they are ready to look after themselves. The Komodo dragon does not breathe __________ fire but it has ________ worst breath known to __________ mankind, and there is __________ strong temptation to run when you are close to these animals.
20. Choose the best answer. Only one answer is correct.
One of Elvis Presley’s best known gestures was to run a comb through his hair, and he _______1________ for it. In the spring of 1957, Life magazine ran a story about a large group of girls who all ____2_____ like Presley’s by a hairdresser in Michigan. The hairdresser responsible _______3_________ as saying that she _______4__________ over a thousand “Elvis heads,” and that by the following year over 75,000 girls would be wearing it. This didn’t happen. Elvis _____5__________ the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958, at the height of his success. By the end of the following day, he _____6_________ in one of the most photographed events of his career. The photographers ______7________ the barber to cut more slowly, and Elvis ______8_________ , “Hair today, gone tomorrow.” The Presley hair _____9___________ and destroyed, but the cutting of his hair was very symbolic. Although Elvis looked similar when he returned from the army in March 1960, his career was never the same. As John Lennon said when he ____10________ of Elvis’s death in 1977, “Elvis died the day he went into the army.”
1. a. loved 2. a. have their hair cut
b. was loved b. cut their hair
c. had loved c. had their hair cut
d. has been loved d. had cut their hair
3. a. was reported 4. a. has cut
b. reported b. was cut
c. had reported c. cut
d. had been reported d. had cut
5. a. had joined 6. a. cut his hair
b. was joined b. has cut his hair
c. had been joined c. had had his hair cut
d. joined d. was cut his hair
7. a. was begged 8. a. says
b. had begged b. said
c. begged c. had said
d. had been begged d. told
9. a. swept up 10. a. informed
b. had been swept up b. had informed
c. was swept up c. had been informed
d. had swept up d. was informed
21. Choose the best answer. Only one answer is correct.
_____1______ very poor woman _____2_____ to a party by a rich friend of hers. At first she thought she _____3_____ accept the invitation because she _____4______ nothing to wear and no jewelery. But then she _____5_____ “Why not? May be it’s the only party I’ll ever go to.”
So she made _____6____ a dress from some clothes that _____7____ gave her. She also _____8___ a beautiful bracelet from her rich friend. The bracelet was the most beautiful thing she _____9____ ever _____9____. At the party she felt rich and happy. She laughed, she _____10_____ wine, she danced, she talked and she _____11_____ again.
When she got home she looked very _____12_____ . Suddenly she noticed there was no bracelet; it ____13______ .
Next day she ran to the jeweller, described the bracelet to him and asked, “How much may a bracelet like that ____14______ ?” He named a very big sum of money. She borrowed the money from a money-lender and bought a new bracelet identical to the one she ____15_____ and gave it to her rich friend. The friend didn’t notice ______16_______ .
The poor woman ______17_____ pay the money back. So she took two jobs and worked eighteen hours _____18______ . She worked like that for twenty years and at forty she ____19______ sixty. Of course, she hadn’t seen her rich friend since then.
One day, however, she met the friend _____20______ in the street. The rich lady ____21______ recognized her. And the woman had to remind her of _____22______ party and ____23____ beautiful bracelet she had borrowed from her.
“Oh, that,” laughed the rich friend. “That wasn’t a real bracelet. It was just an imitation. Not worth ____24______ at all.”
1. a. The 2. a. was invited 3. a. didn’t
b. A b. invited b. can’t
c. An c. was inviting c. couldn’t
4. a. didn’t have 5. a. thinks 6. a. her
b. had b. was thinking b. herself
c. hasn’t had c. thought c. yourself
7. a. somebody 8. a. was lending 9. a. has seen
b. anybody b. borrowed b. has been seeing
c. nobody c. was borrowing c. had seen
10. a. has drunk 11. a. has been laughing 12. a. happily
b. drinks b. laughed b. luckily
c. drank c. laughing c. happy
13. a. went 14. a. cost 15. a. lost b. has gone b. costs b. had lost
c. was gone c. was costing c. has lost
16. a. different 17. a. had to 18. a. in day
b. the different b. must b. a day
c. the difference c. was c. on day
19. a. looked 20. a. by chance 21. a. hard
b. looking b. in chance b. harder
c. was looked c. on chance c. hardly
22. a. the 23. a. a 24. a. somethng
b. an b. an b. anything
c. a c. the c. nothing
22. Correct the mistakes. G- grammar, P- punctuation, Sp- spelling
Cole Porter
P Cole Porter was born in indiana, USA, in 1891. When he was GG young, his mother teached him to play __ piano and __ violin. After PPSp leaving high school, he studyed law at harvard university and music G at yale, where he wrote football songs. In 1917, he did go to Europe G and join the French Foreign Legion. After the was he has got G married and lived in Paris and Venice. He worked very hard during G ten years writing songs but he was not successfully. Then he wrote a G song called “Let’s Do It”. It was _____ big hit and he becomes one G of the most greatest song writers of all time. Cole Porter died in G 1964 but his songs will live forever.
23. Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
Dear Boris,
I _____1_____ your letter about a month ago but I could not find time to write ever since. I _____2_____ very busy lately revising for my exams. Next Friday I ____3______ my first exam. Right now it is 6 p.m. and I ______4____ at my desk. I ____5______ here since 9 a.m. Thank you for everything you ____6______ for me. I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Helen
1. recieve 2. be 3. take 4. sit 5. sit 6. do
24. The Title Tells It All
Read the sentences. Then put a X next to the title that tells what all the sentences are about.
1. Some animals, like bears, sleep in caves. Turtles might sleep in burrows[1] in the ground. Birds can sleep in trees, and a little deer will lie down in the leaves.
· Burrows Used By Animals
· Places Where Animals Sleep
· A Home in the Trees
2. Fish like to eat bugs[2] - or other fish! Birds like to eat bugs, too. A bear might eat the fish he pulls out of the a lake. Dogs like lots of things. And cats just love to have milk.
· A Bear at the Lake
· Birds and Bugs
· Foods That Animals Like
3. Everyone likes a special kind of animal. Some people like dogs, and some like cats. I know a girl who loves horses, and I know a boy who loves mice. What animals do you like?
· The Girl Who Loves Horses
· The Cat Family
· Animals That People Like
25. What Do They Really Mean?
Put an X next to the right answer.
1. Ted’s mother told him to clean his room and then go outside to rake the leaves. Ted said, “A giant couldn’t do all the work I have to do.”
What did Ted really mean?
_____ Ted thought he could do the work but a giant couldn’t do it.
_____ Ted thought he had too much to do.
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