Practice exercises on reading comprehension

Practice exercises on
reading
comprehension


Passage
4. C
Passage
4. B
Passage
4. A
Passage
4. C
Passage
4. C

1:
5.
2:
5.
3:
5.
4:
5.
5:
5.

1. A 2. C 3. B
A
1. C 2. D 3. C
A

1. D 2. A 3. C
D
1. B 2. B 3. D
A
1. C 2. D 3. A
A


Passage 6:
Passage
Passage
Passage
Passage

1.
4.
7:
1.
4.
8:
1.
4.
9:
1.
4.
10: 1.
4.

C
A

C
B
D
A
B
D
C
B

2.
5.
2.
5.
2.
5.
2.
5.
2.
5.

B
D
B
D
A
C
B
C
A
C

3. A
3. C
3. C
3.
3.


Practice exercises on
cloze test


Passage 1:
1. share
2. backs
3. up
4. bring 5. result
6. experiences
7. had known
8. take 9. enough 10. who
Passage 2:
1. affected
2.scarce
3. throughout
4. almost
5. where
6. severe
7. pasture
8. conducted
9. emergency

10. at
Passage 3:1. as 2. because
3. provides 4. of
5. number 6. or 7.stop
8. gradually
9. amount 10. require


Passage 4: 1. whether
2. underneath
3. at
4. much
5.made
6. cultivating
7. exploring 8. forms
9. feet
10. possible
Passage 5: 1. survival
2 . Distributed
3. exist
4. sources
5. of
6. developing
7. discharged 8. is
9. agriculture
10. wasteful
Passage 6: 1. invention
2. ordinary
3. doing
4. in

5. save
6. capable . 7. instructions
8. lead 9. servants
10. improve


Passage 7:
1. planets
2. called
3. water4. is
5. to
6. distant
7. from
8. life
9. half
10. observe
Passage 8:
1. event
2. first
3. swam 4. medals
5. six
6. men’s 7. threw
8. ever
9. accident
10. slipped


Passage 9:
1. belonged to
2. raises

3. any
4. at
5. selling 6.
takes
7. air
8. extra
9. take over
10. dull
Passage 10: 1. carrying
2. crowd
3. sight
4. advised
5. main
6. stolen 7. found
8.damaged
9. alarm
10. put off


Practice exercises on
sentence
transformation


1. That new pair of shoes was too expensive for me to
buy.
S+ Can afford st=st be cheap enough (for+S) to+V
S+ can’t aford+ st=st be + too expensive for sb to V
2. I had a plumber repair the leak this morning.
Have sb do st# have st PP

3. Because of his serious illness, he couldn’t go camping
with his classmates lastSunday.
4. I used to be made to drink a lot of milk by my mother
when I was small.
Used to + V # be used to +v-ing
5. However carefully he drives, there is still a danger of
accidents


6. Was thirteen believed to be an unlucky
number?
7. The reason why she lost her job was that
she didn’t work hard enough.
8. It’s years since I last went to a cricket
match.
S+ have/has (not) PP = It is --- since S +
last/first +V(simple past)
9. Not as many people die from flu now as 50
years ago.


10. The higher the sun
rose, the more quickly
the fog disappeared


11. It is high time we left / for us to leave
now if we want to arrive on time.
12. When Peter got home, his father had
gone on a fishing trip.

13. Sally was able to buy a new car with the
prize money.
S+Be able to V with st/sb=sb/st enable sb t
to V
14. My sister asked if I was interested in the
Language Centre.
15. I’m not used to sleeping in the afternoon.


16. Contrary to your belief / opinion, fat
people are not always jolly.
17. Neither alcohol nor cigarettes are
good for your heart.
18. Would you like me to give you a lift to
the airport in my car?
19. Could you possibly have left the key
in the door?
20. Because he didn’t hurry, he couldn’t
catch the train.


21. Because of feeling terribly tired last night,
Jane went to bed early.
22. I’ve met so many people in the last few
days that I can’t possibly remember all of
their names.
23. Has there been a dramatic rise in house
prices this year?
24. It’s up to you whether we will go to the
seaside or the mountain on holiday.

25. Mary and Peter have many things in
common.


26. It’s unusual for Jill to say such rude words
to his friends.
27. We are going to have the house
redecorated by a local firm / a local firm
redecorate the house next week.
28. She’d rather he picked her up at the airport
next Wednesday.
29. It wasn’t until the end of last weekend that
he finished the final report.
30. Two tablets should be taken every two
hours.


31. The children must have been playing
football all yesterday afternoon.
32. If I hadn’t tried to move this heavy box, my
back wouldn’t have ached so much.
33. He suggested going for a picnic in two
days’ time because he wanted to get some
fresh air.
34. We suggested (that) smoking (should) be
banned in the meeting this afternoon.
35. He told the boy not to touch the iron as it
was still hot.

36. He offered me some coffee and I refused.
37. The manager threatened not to select
Tommy for the team if he didn’t train
harder.
38. This is the first time his authority has
been challenged.
39. I’ve never known a more warm-hearted
person than my mother.
40. She is the most skillful player in the
team.


41. I wish I could sing beautifully so that I
could join them now.
42. No matter how hard he has tried, he
cannot master English pronunciation.
43. You should have your car repaired
and re-sprayed.
44. Veronica didn’t forget and neither did
Dorothy.
45. When she woke up, she felt terrified.


46. Carol doesn’t feel like coming to the
beach with us today.
47. He has had his house broken into by
the thief three times recently.
48. “Could you keep an eye on my
handbag while I go to the loo?”
49. She warned them not to swim just

after they had eaten.
50. Will the date of the meeting have to
be changed again?


Practice exercises on
sentence building


Letter 1:
Dear Mr. Peter,
1. I am writing to thank you for spending the
summer with us.
2. It was nice of you to come to teach us how to
use computers.
3. You were helpful because it was easy to
follow your lesson.
4. Before you came, computers were strange to
us.


5. Now we have known how to use them to
support our study.
6. As you see I am using my computer to write
the letter to you.
7. All of us regretted when the summer had
passed fast.
8. We can’t wait for the next summer when you
return.
9. Once again thank you so much. We love you

from the bottom of our heart.
10. I look forward to hearing from you soon.


Letter 2:
Dear Scott,
1. Thank you very much for the interesting
magazines and comics you have sent to me.
2. I read all of them last night together with my
younger brother.
3. I have never seen American comics before so I
like them a lot.
4. They are really good - much better than English
comics.


5. Do you know that I have just had some
good news?
6. I am going to Florida for the summer with
the whole family.
7. I have never been to the States before so
I am really excited about the journey.
8. I have already bought a guidebook and a
map and I hope they will help us a lot in
America.
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