11 CB PRACTICE TEST -UNIT 15

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UNIT 15

SPACE CONQUEST

GLOSSARY
1. Biography [bai'ɔgrəfi] tiểu sử; lý lịch
2. Cosmonaut ['kɔzmənɔ:t] nhà du hành vũ trụ
3. Deal with [di:l] xử lý, giải quyết
4. Failure ['feiljə] trường hợp hỏng hóc; tình trạng khơng hoạt đợng
5. Feat [fi:t] kỳ cơng
6. Gravity ['grỉviti] (vật lý) sự hút, sự hấp dẫn, trọng lực
7. Launch [lɔ:nt∫] phóng (tên lửa..)
8. Leap [li:p] bước nhảy, bước tiến
9. Lift off : phóng vụt lên
10. Man (v): bố trí người
11. Mankind [mæn'kaind] loài người, nhân loại
12. Precisely [pri'saisli] đúng, chính xác
 Precise (adj.) / precision (n)
13. Press [pres] báo giới
14. Psychological [,saikə'lɔdʒikl] (thuộc) tâm lý  Psychology (n) / Psychologist(n)
15. Quote / quotation [kwout] lời trích dẫn; đoạn trích dẫn
16. React [ri:'ỉkt] tác đợng trở lại, ảnh hưởng trở lại, phản ứng lại Reaction (n)
17. Routine [ru:'ti:n] lề thói hằng ngày; thói thường
18. Shuttle ['∫ʌtl] Tàu con thoi
19. Technical ['teknikl] kỹ thuật  Technique (n)
20. Tension ['ten∫n] sự căng thẳng
21. Uncertainty [ʌn'sə:tnti] sự khơng chắc chắn; hồi nghi
22. Venture ['vent∫ə] việc mạo hiểm, việc liều lĩnh
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Weightlessness ['weitlisnis] tìng trạng phi trọng lực  Weightless (adj.)

MORE EXERCISES
I.

Give the correct word form.

1. Our recent _____ in medicine is the development of laser in treating cancer. (achieve)
2. Before Gagarin’s _____ flight, there were still enormous uncertainties.(history)
3. Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its _____ made him a national hero. (succeed)
4. Although we didn’t win, we were able to take some _____ from our performance. (satisfy)
5. _____ 60,000 people filled the stadium. (Approximate)
6. Laughter can be a great release of _____. (tense)
7. May I offer my heartest ______ on your promotion? (congratulate)
8. The appropriate attitude makes it ______ to socialize among strangers. (possibility)
9. ______, many houses are going to be demolished to make ways for a new supermarket.
(Fortunate )

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II.

Underline the correct or more natural answer. If both answers are possible, underline
them both.

1. Valuables can / are able to be left in the hotel safe. Please ask at the reception desk.
2. We could / were able to finish the football match before it started snowing too heavy.
3. The rebels could / were able to draw on the support of over 20,000 soldiers.

4. Could you / Were you able to understand Professor Larsen's lecture? I found it really difficult.
5. 'Do you want a game?' 'Sorry, I can't / 'm not able to play chess.
6. Look at me, I can / 'm able to ride my bike without any help.
7. When the fire officers arrived they could / were able to put out the flames in a couple of minutes.
8. The air was so polluted in the city center, I could hardly / was hardly able to breathe.
9. I knew John had been smoking. I could / was able to smell the cigarettes when I came into the
room.
10. Can you / Are you able to drive without your glasses?
11. No changes can / are able to be made to this rail ticket after purchase.
12. He could / was able to untie the ropes without the guards noticing.
13. She looked all over the house, but couldn't / wasn't able to find her keys anywhere.
14. I was very busy at work; but I could / was able to have a couple of days off last week.
15. She swam strongly and could / was able to cross the river easily, even though it was swollen by
the heavy rain.
III.

Add question tags to the following statements.

1. He hardly ever makes a mistake, ________?
2. Nobody liked the play, ________?
3. She'd save money if she bought fresh food, ________?
4. She's very' funny. She's got a great sense of humour, ________?
5. The area was evacuated at once, ________?
6. Mr. Smith usually remembered his wife's birthdays, ________?
7. It never works very well, ________?
8. He ought to have made a note of it, ________?
9. Neither of them offered to help you, ________?
10. There'll be plenty for everyone, ________?
11. Let's go out for dinner tonight, ________?
12. That isn't Bill driving, ________?

13. Nothing went wrong, ________?
14. There used to be trees here, ________?
15. This won't take long, ________?
16. Don't touch that button, ________?
17. I'm too late, ________?
18. Not a very good film, ________?
19. Somebody wanted a drink, ________?

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IV.

Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.

1. Yuri Gagarin lifted ______ into space aboard the Vostok 1 ________ 9.07 a.m. Moscow time
______ 12th April, 1961.
2. He was ______ orbit around the Earth ______ a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour.
3. No one knew precisely what would happen ______ a human being ______ space.
4. How would the mind deal ______ the psychological tension?
5. How would the body react ______ the extreme changes in temperature?
6. We congratulate you ______ your successful flight.
7. The American people shared ______ the Soviet people their satisfaction for the safe flight.
8. After his death, his hometown was named ______ him.
9. China became the third country in the world to be able to independently carry ______ manned
space flights.
10. China launched its first manned spacecraft ______ space ______ October, 2003.
V.

Rewrite the following sentences.
1. They have just sold that old house.
 That old house …………………………….
2. Study hard or you will fail the next exam.
 If you …………………………………………………………………..
3. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year.
 Why …………………………………………………………………
4. Why don’t we use energy-saving bulbs?
 I suggest …………………………………………………………….
 I suggest…………………………………………………………….
5. The last time they played tennis was two years ago.
 They haven’t ………………………………………………………..
6. The weather was too bad for us to go for a picnic.
 The weather was …………………………………………………………..
7. He is not good at speaking English.
 He does not ………………………………………………………………..
8. Peter is the same age as Mary.
 Peter is as …………………………………………………………………..
9. They take pride in their school uniform.
 They are ……………………………………………………………………….
10. My sister can speak English better than me.
 I cannot…………………………………………………………………………
11. He spent two hours doing that test.
 It took ……………………………………………………………………………
12. I have played tennis for three years.
 I began ………………………………………………………………………….

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 Because of …………………………………………………………………….
14. I’m sorry I didn’t go to your birthday party last night.
 I wish …………………………………………………………………………..
15. “You’d better look for a new job, Andrew.”
 Jane advised ………………………………………………………………….

TEST 15
A. PHONOLOGY
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
1.

a. lifted

b. lasted

c. happened

d. decided

2.

a. advise

b. raise

c. lose

d. precise

3.

a. with

b. earth

c. death

d. thanks

4.

a. miles

b. words

c. accidents

d. tensions

5.

a. speed

b. person

c. temperature

d. psychology

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern.
6.

A. sunlight

B. explode

C. backpack

D. planet

7.

A. cultivate

B. attitude

C. endanger

D. optimize

8.

a. cosmonaut

b. beautiful

c. enormous

d. technical

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a. precisely

b. temperature

c. astronaut

d. scientist

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a. conquest

b. never

c. window

d. extreme

B. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
You have probably heard about the unappealing dried foods that astronauts eat in
space, such as the chalky ice cream and powdered pea soup. That means all the water is
removed from those foods. But did you know that there are more than 90 different food and
drink items on NASA's space menu? (NASA is the American government organization
concerned with spacecraft and space travel. NASA is an abbreviation for 'National
Aeronautics and Space Administration')
Many food items are dehydrated to prevent bacteria growing, so water must be added

before consumption. But some foods look like those ready meals you find in the
supermarkets, made hot in the microwave. In fact, the chefs have recently provided some
gorgeous meals for the space crew. Astronauts choose their individual food selections on
Earth, getting to taste it all first beforehand.
Drinking is another matter. Although much is brought up with the astronauts and in cargo
deliveries, a lot is recycled from human waste water. Yes, the water they use could have been
someone else's urine a day ago. You cannot be squeamish if you are an astronaut!
1.

The text is about __________.
a. eating in space
c. eating and drinking in space

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b. foods and astronauts
d. water in space

Food for astronauts in space _____________.
a. is the same as what they have on Earth

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c. is delicious
d. is dehydrated
3.

NASA _____________.

a. is a spaceship
b. does not prepare meals for astronauts
c. prepares foods for astronauts
d. does not allow astronauts to eat in a spaceship

4.

Astronauts___________.
a. do not like the foods supplied by NASA
b. can eat ready meals in the supermarkets
c. have to eat all the foods that the chefs prepare
d. can choose their foods before their flight into space

5.

Astronauts_____________.
a. are not allowed to drink water

b. have to use recycled waste water

c. only drink refreshment

d. never have to drink recycled waste

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
The moon is the most noticeable feature in the night sky and it is also (1)_________, but it
doesn't give off its own light. It is, (2)____________, reflecting the light given off by the sun. Only
seven percent of the light from the sun is reflected. (3)__________________, the moon appears to
change shape, but it is only because the sun is lighting different parts of it. When the moon passes
through the earth's (4)_____________and the earth comes right between the sun

(5)___________the full moon, it's called a lunar eclipse. This is (6)_____________the moon is
dimmed and it turns into a dark copper color.
When you look at the moon from earth, it looks soft with light and dark shades of blue and gray.
The dark parts of the moon are extensive, flat plains that were first observed by Galileo,
(7)___________. He was the first person (8)______________at the moon through a telescope in
1609. He, perhaps, thought that the plains were water (9)___________he called them "maria," which
is a Latin would that means Seas. Today we have discovered that they are actually huge, deep, holes
with edges covered by rock and soil. The word "maria" appears to imply that there is water on the
moon, but we now know that there is none on (10)_____________surface.
1.

A. the brighter

B. the more bright

C. the most bright

D. the brightest

2.

A. in deed

B. in fact

C. yet

D. still

3.

A. At where

B. Much

C. Which

D. Sometimes

4.

A. meadow

B. widow

C. window

D. shadow

5.

A. and

B. but

C. or

D. nor

6.

A. who

B. when

C. why

D. what

7.

A. the scientist of Italy

B. an Italian scientist

C. a scientist Italian

D. Italy scientist

8.

A. to look

B. looking

C. to be looked

D. look

9.

A. so

B. because of

C. by means of

D. because

10.

A. it is

B. its

C. it's

D. it

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I. Vocabulary
Choose the best answers.
1. The workers _______________a fair wage for their work.
A. asked

B. campaigned

C. appealed

D. demanded

2. I ____________of the way he behaved at the meeting.
A. disapproved

B. condemned

C. disagreed

D. objected

3. She is so ___________that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.
A. sensitive

B. sensible

C. touched

D. impressive

C. gave

D. came

4. John ____________round to see us the other night.
A. made

B. was

5. He is always ____ fault with other people though he doesn't do his own work properly.
A. seeking
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d. tragedies

b. attraction

c. attracted

d. attractive

b. dead

c. deadly

d. death

b. big

c. wide

d. large

In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the Earth.
a. circle

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c. tragically

He failed again, which was a / an ______ disappointment.
a. enormous

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b. tragic

He finds it difficult to recover from his son's _______.
a. die

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D. finding

Since the former days, stars have _______ cosmologists all over the world.
a. attract

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C. putting

Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of _____ accidents.
a. tragedy

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B. looking for

b. fly

c. get back to

d. attract

The flight will take approximately three weeks.
a. closely

b. exactly

c. about

d. precisely

12. ____ is the empty area outside the Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and the stars
are.
a. The sun
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d. strengthen

b. watch

c. notice

d. stare

b. weight

c. weightless

d. weightlessness

b. precisely

c. precision

d. preciseless

Working as an astronaut requires high _______________knowledge.
a. technique

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c. late

When astronauts are in a spaceship they always have to work with______________.
a. precise

17.

b. last

Without the pull of the Earth, we would be ________________.
a. weighed

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d. Space

There's a special area at the airport where you can view aircraft taking off and landing.
a. look

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c. The moon

- How long did Yuri Gagarin's trip into space ______ ? - Only 108 minutes.
a. lengthen

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b. The earth

b. technical

c. technically

d. technician

A / an ______________is a person who is trained for traveling in a spacecraft.
a. astronaut

b. scientist

c. engineer

d. technician

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Gagarin could have made another space flight if a tragic accident had not occurred.
a. happened

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c. viewed

d. dealt

Can we never know precisely what would happen in space?
a. interestedly

21.

b. lasted
b. approximately

c. amusingly

d. exactly

A spaceship is one of the extraordinary ________________of human beings.
a. feats

b. moments

c. reactions

d. tensions

22.
_______________is a feeling of worry and anxiety which makes it difficult for you to
relax.
a. Precision.
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b. Tension

c. Weightlessness

d. Satisfaction

I admire the astronauts who devote their life to _______________into space.
a. lifting

b. walking

c. venturing

d. dealing

C. for

D. of

II. Prepositions and Phrasal verbs
Choose the best answers.
1. Are you very upset _______ losing your job?
A. from

B. about

2. Because she kept putting ________ going to the dentist, her toothache went worse.
A. as

B. off

C. out of

D. on

C. for

D. out

3. Our education must put an end ______ illiteracy.
A. to
4. Something went wrong
A. in
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B. off

_______ my car yesterday.
B. to

C. of

D. with

C. by

D. from

When did you check out ______ the hotel?
A. of

B. with

6. Do human beings have any problem to survive ________ weightlessness?
a. for

b. at

c. in

d. on

7. The spaceship was launched into space ___ the speed of 25,000 miles per hour.
a. in

b. at

c. on

d. with

c. at

d. in

8. Do it ______ the way that I have ever told you.
a. by

b. on

9. Everybody congratulated the astronauts ______ their successful trip into space.
a. on

b. for

c. of

d. in

10. Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space _____ April 12th, 1961.
a. at

b. on

c. in

d. from

11. Although every good preparation has been made, no one knows what may happen

______ an astronaut, during his space flight.
a. for

b. with

c. to

d. on

III. Structures
Choose the best answers.
1. Mary was told _________________TV when having dinner.

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B. no watching

C. not to watching

D. not to watch

2. Every one of the students _________________to take the midterm test.
A. do

B. has

C. should

D. have

3. He ________________his ambition of becoming a lawyer.
A. achieved finally

B. finally achieve

C. achieve finally

D. finally achieved

4. She could speak French __________________she was a child.
A. when

B. since

C. because

D. despite

5. I used ________________, but I gave up two years ago.
A. to smoke

B. to smoking

C. smoke

D. smoking

6. On no account ________________for personal reasons.
A. the telephone in the office should be used
B. the telephone in the office be used
C. should the telephone in the office be used
D. should be used the telephone in the office
7. There were a lot of students gathering at the stadium, all __________________looked very excited.
A. of which

B. of whose

C. of who

D. of whom

8. Two years ______________a long time without a job.
A. are

B. were

C. is

D. was

9. Provided that no one objects, the project __________.
A. will be carried out

B. carries out

C. would be carried out

D. will carry out

10.You are not old ________________drink alcohol.
A. so as to
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C. so that

D. such that

You _______________right, I suppose.
a. could be

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B. enough to
b. was able to be

c. can be

d. was not able to be

Don't worry, they ________________to phone.
a. could forget
c. could have just forgotten

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b. were able to forget
d. were not able to forget

Help me with housework, ________________?
a. don't you

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c. don't you

d. didn't you

b. could

c. can

d. will be able to

b. could

c. are able to

d. were able to

c. Am I able to

d. Was I able to

_____________your cell phone?
a. I can borrow

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b. haven't you

At last, they ________________get through the mountain in such a heavy rain.
a. can

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d. won’t you

Jenny ______________leave the hospital only four days after the operation.
a. was able to

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c. will you

You have ever heard about Yuri Gagarin, ______________?
a. do you

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b. do you

b. Could I borrow

Despite yesterday's snowfalls, we _____________arrive at school on time.

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b. Could I

c. Am I able to

d. Was I able to

b. could not

c. were able to

d. were not able to

b. could not

c. was able to

d. was not able to

b. could not

c. was able to

d. was not able to

b. do us

c. won't we

d. shall we

b. did you

c. were you

d. weren’t you

b. does him

c. didn't him

d. didn’t he

b. don't you _________c. aren’t you

d. haven’t you

b. won't you

c. shall we

d. shan't us

John does not look well today, ____________?
a. isn't he

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d. was able to

Go with us, _______________?
a. will you

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c. am able to

You have got a new car, _________________?
a. do you

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b. could

He learnt English at school, _______________?
a. doesn't he

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c. were able to d. were not able to

You did not read anything about the space, _______________?
a. didn't you

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b. could not

Let's begin the meeting, _____ ?
a. don't we

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d. aren't I

The footballer _____________play again in spite of his severe injury.
a. could

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c. am not I

b. don't I

I was not appointed to be a tour guide because I ___ speak English at that time.
a. could

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d. didn’t they

After about forty years' working hard with a lot of experiments, the Soviet
cosmonauts _____ venture into space.
a. could

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c. did they

b. weren't they

________________use your computer? - Certainly, help yourself.
a. I could

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d. was able to

Look at me! I _____________ride a bicycle.
a. can

24.

c. can

We were all very lucky. We _____ get out of the fire in such a terrible accident.
a. could

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b. will be able to

I am on duty today, _______?
a. will I

22.

d. weren't able to

They used to work as astronauts, _______?
a. don't they

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c. were able to

The girl ____ tell what had happened to her after she had been unconscious for three
days.
a. could

20.

b. couldn't

b. does he

c. does him

d. will he

c. do you

d. don’t you

Let's have a drink,_____________?
a. will you

b. shall we

D. WORD FORM
Choose the best answers.
1. Such printing is a time-consuming ___________________
A. process

B. procession

C. processional

D. processer

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A. consider

B. considerer

C. considering

D. consideration

3. Nothing could stop the _________________of the flood waters.
A. advance

B. advanced

C. advancing

D. advancement

4. We welcome the government's _______________of its intention to act.
A. affirm

B. affirmative

C. affirmatively

D. affirmation

5. ______________cost him his job, his health and finally his family.
A. Alcohol

B. Alcohols

C. Alcoholic

D. Alcoholism

E. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.
1. The last time I talked to him was in 2000.
A. I talked to him since 2000.

B. I didn't talk to him since 2000.

C. I have talked to him since 2000.

D. I have not talked to him since 2000.

2. "Would you mind if I turn on the radio?" he asked.
A. He wanted me to turn on the radio.
B. He wanted me not to turn on the radio.
C. He asked for permission to turn on the radio.
D. He offered to turn on the radio for me.
3. "Unless you leave immediately, I will call the police," said Peter.
A. Peter asked me to leave immediately before he calls the police.
B. Peter asked me to leave immediately without calling the police.
C. Peter threatened to call the police if I didn't leave immediately.
D. Peter was asked to leave immediately before I called the police.
4. The teacher made his students prepare new lesson.
A. The students were made to prepare new lesson.
B. The students prepared new lesson thanks to the teacher.
C. The teacher as well as his students prepared new lesson.
D. The teacher prepared new lesson for his students.
5. Peter arrived late, so he couldn't get the ticket.
A. Unless Peter arrived early, he wouldn't get the ticket.
B. If Peter had arrived earlier, he could have got the ticket.
C. However late Peter arrived, he couldn't get the ticket.
D. However late Peter arrived, he could get the ticket.
Rewrite the sentences as directed without changing the original meaning
1. I do not know Russian.
→ I have_________________________________________________________________
2. As soon as Tom bought a television set, Peter bought a record player.
→ No sooner_____________________________________________________________

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→ Among _______________________________________________________________
4. He never helps his wife do housework.
→ At no time______________________________________________________________
5. My grandfather had a habit of drinking a glass of tea after meal when he was in London.
→ My grandfather would____________________________________________________
6. We were in disagreement with what you said.
→ We did not_____________________________________________________________
7. The schedule has been changed.
→ They have made________________________________________________________
8. They kept on walking in spite of the heavy rain.
→ Although_______________________________________________________________
9. That patient had three operations last year.
→ That patient was________________________________________________________
10. A terrible fire destroyed most of the forest.
→ The destruction_________________________________________________________
F. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
1. She left her home to Paris to pursue her interest in science.
2. Lived in poverty, she still managed to graduate at the top of her class.
3. She met him shortly after graduation and married to him a year later.
4. The sky was so clearly that I could see millions of stars.
5. “You are better not lend him any more money, Paul!” said Tom.
6. I can say for sure that you have made many progress in learning English.
7. Being reasonable! You can’t expect a child to do all that work.
8. She has taught in this school in 1985. She is an experienced teacher.
9. Seldom people travelled far from home years ago.
10. My brother, whom talked with you yesterday, is a factory worker.
11. Although she was seriously ill, but she enjoyed life very much.

12. I asked Jane did she liked music.
13. It is more dangerous to ride a motorbike than driving a car.
14. He is too young for him to understand this problem.

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