UNIT 1_A DAY IN THE LIFE OF.doc

UNIT 1 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
I. Write the word so that /I/ becomes /i:/ and vice versa.
/i/ /i:/
1. rich reach
2 peak
3. hit
3. beat
3. rid
6. sheep
7. live
8 seek
9. sin
9. chip
II. Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.
A B
1. When did the plane rake off? a. building
2. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off. b. move downward
3. Let's take a break. We'll goon when you are ready c. made stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? d. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women e. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? f. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. g. getting into
8. I've given up trying to understand her. h. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in the dark. i. continue
10. Fire fighters soon put out the fire. j. rang,
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.
IV. Complete the conversation. Put in the past simple form of the verbs.
Claire : (1) (you/ have) a nice weekend in Paris?
Mark : Yes, thanks. It (2) (be) good. We (3) (look) around
and then we (4) (see) a show. We (5)

(not/ try) to do too
much.
Claire : What sights (6) (you/ see)?
Mark : We had a look round the Louvre. I (7) (not/ know) there was so
much in there.
Claire : And what show (8) (you/ go) to?
Mark : Oh, a musical. I forget the name. I (9) (not/ like) it.
Claire : Oh dear. And (10) (Sarah/ enjoy) it?
Mark : No. not really. But we (11) (enjoy) the weekend. Sarah did some
shopping, too, but I (12) (not want) to go shopping.
V. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form.
1. Trees more quickly in summer than in winter. (grow)
1. 'Shall I phone at 6:00?' `No, I dinner at that time. (normally/ cook)
2. We at about 7:00. Couldn't you come an hour later? (usually/ get up)
3. 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)
8. Scientists some fundamental discoveries in the 18th century. (make)
10. Alice her mother in London most weekends. (see)
11. 'What's that terrible noise?' `The neighbors a party.' (have)
12. At the start of his career, Cousteau the aqualung, opening the oceans to
explorers, scientists, and leisure divers. (invent)
13. durian when you lived in Malaysia? (ever/ eat)
9. Both ancient and recent records show that farmers long hours.(work)
VI. Choose the correct verb form.
1. I'd like to borrow this book. it yet?
a. Did you read b. Had you read c. Have you read d. Do you read
2. We in this town for a long time. We here sixteen years ago.
a. had been/ come b. have been/ came c. were/ came d. are! came
3. No breakfast for Mark, thanks. He breakfast.
a. hasn't eaten b. didn't eat c. isn't eating d. doesn't eat
4. The news came as no surprise to me. I for some time that the
factory was likely to close.
a. knew b. had known c. have known d. know
5. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish on earth for ages and
ages.
a. existed b. are existing c. have existed d. exist
6. Glenda extremely hard when she was a student.
a. worked b. has worked c. was working d. had been worked
7. The World War II in 1939 and in 1945.
a. begins/ ends b. had begun/ ended
c. has begun/ had ended d. began/ ended

8. I at the checkout when I a strange-looking man.
a. waited/ noticed b. was waiting/ noticed
c. waited/ was noticing d. was waiting/ had noticed
9. According to the research reports, people usually in their sleep 25 to 30
times each night.
a. turn b. are turning c. have turned d. turned. .
10. Homestead High School's football team a championship until last
season.
a. has never won b. had never been winning
c. is never winning d. had never won
VII. Complete the conversations using the words in brackets. Put the adverbs in the
best place.
1. A: Did you know the man who tried to steal your bag?
B: No, but I him again. (certainly/ recognize / would)
2. A: That was a goal, wasn't it?
B: Yes, the ball the line. (clearly/crossed)
3. A: The weather is a lot better today.
B: It said on the radio it later. (probe/ rain/ will)
4. A: How do we get to Mike's place?
B: I don't know. I the directions. (didn't/ fully / understand)
5. A: It's quiet here today, isn't it?
B: Yes, the neighbors cut on a Sunday. (usually/are)
6. A: Have you been to this place before?
B: Yes, I as a child. (it/ occasionally/visited)
7. A: Did the computers crash this morning?
B: Yes. but they main. (soon/ were/working)
8. A: Your friend's late. Vicky.
B: Rachel that we arranged to go out. (forgotten/ has/ obviously)
9. A: Do you know them?
B: Yes, they live in the same street as me but I to them. (never/ have/

spoken)
10. A: Have you finished your homework yet?
B: Yes, I have. But I homework. (hate/really)
VIII. Are the adverbs in the right position or not? If they are correct, put a tick. If
they are not, write the correct answer.
1. He sings always when he's having a shower.

2. I just have bought a new car.

3. Normally, we don't worry if the children are

late home from school.
4. He speaks fluently five languages.

5. Jenny has been appointed recently Professor of Nursing.

6. I was totally unprepared for the news.

7. The traffic isn't usually as bad as it was this morning.

8. He had been to London never before.

9. Susan became soon bored with the new toys.

10. John frequently was away from home in his new job.

11. They are at home these days hardly ever.

12. I could never understand why he got so annoyed.

13. We had been already given three leaving presents.

14. Being alone brought her usually a sense of peace.

15. Jim never phones me. I have always to phone him.

IX. Read the passage, then choose the correct completion.
Last year 1 went to Nepal for three months to York in a hospital. When the hospital
let me have a few days' holiday, 1 decided to go into the jungle and I asked a Nepalese
guide, Kamal Rai, to go with me. In the jungle there was a lot of wildlife, but we were
trying to find big cats, especially tigers. We climbed onto the elephants' backs to get
better view, but it is unusual to find tigers in the afternoon because they sleep in the heat
o the day. Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and Kamal told me to be very quiet. We
crept nearer and found a dead deer. still bleeding. This was the tiger's lunch! Suddenly. I
started to feel very frightened.
We heard the tiger a second before we saw it. It jumped out like a flash of lightning,
five hundred kilos plus and four. meters long. I looked into its eyes and face, and saw
right down the animal's throat. It grabbed Kornal's between its teeth, but I managed to
pull Kamal away. One of our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the grass,
so we quickly escaped to let the tiger cat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep!
1. The writer went to Nepal
a. for holiday b. for treatment c. for business d. on a visit
2. When having a few days off, he decided to go into
a. the remote villages b. the mountains
c. the seaside d. the tropical forest
3. He wanted to see
a. wildcats b. tigers c. wildlife d. wild animals
4. He felt very frightened when
a. he saw a tiger b. he saw the tiger's lunch a. chat
c. he crept nearer d. he found a deer

5. The tiger
a. was like a flash of light
b. saw them a second before they saw it
c. jumped out very fast
d. jumped out of the grass at about four meters.
6. Kamal made his escape when
a. one of the elephants ran at the tiger b. the tiger went back into the grass
c. the tiger ate its lunch d. the writer pulled him away