LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

GRAMMAR REVIEW

GRAMMAR :
I/ Put the verbs into the correct form :
1/ On the first of next month, he …………… (be) in prison for five years.
2/ I’d rather you ……………. (not be) absent form class yesterday.
3/ Tom was pleased ……………… (admit) to the college.
4/ Where do you think Ba is today ? I have no idea. He ……………. (sleep) late.
5/ He suggested that a petition ………………. (draw) up.
6/ I must take this watch ……………… (repair).
7/ He is walking ……………… (hurry) to the place where his ex – wife, a famous na furalist now ………………. (lie)
………………. (bury) among the animals she …………….. (love) so well.
II/ Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable preposition :
When Edition was a boy ……….(1)………. fifteen, he worked ……….(2)………. a telegraph oprerator. He had to be
……….(3)………. duty from 7pm to 7am and give a signal every hour to prove that he did not sleep. This signal
was made ……….(4)………. astonishing exactnees. One night an inspector arrived and saw Edition sleeping ……….
(5)………. a chair.
He was ……….(6)………. to shke him when he caught sight of a mechanism on a table ……….(7)………. the telegraph
instrument. He waited to see what would happen. When the hand of the clock pointed ………. (8)………. the hour ,
the instrument got busy and one lever trew open the key while the other sent the signal ……….(9)………. the wire.
The inspector seized the sleeping boy, roused him anh fired him. That is why the first ………..(10)………. Edition’s
numerous inventions was never patened.
VOCABULARY :
I/ Supply the correct forms of the world in the parenthese :
1/ The boy was very violent and his parents found him ………………. (manage).
2/ We regret that the present economic difficulties will ………………. a reduction in our work force (necessary).
3/ Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to …………… between the two (different).
4/ The ………………. of his argument was obvious to everyone (false).
5/ She is ……………… the finest pianist in the world (argue).
6/ She is very efficient, and ………………… polite to the customers (fail).
7/ Be careful ! That’s a ………………. poison (dead).

8/ I’m afraid the talks were totally …………………..We didn’t reach agreement on anything (produce).
9/ His disappearance is very strange in fact quite …………………. (explain).
10/ They fought ………………… in the war (hero).
Choose the correct answer :
1/ Picasso was a well – known cubist painter.
a- artistic
b- celebrated
c- colouful
2/ The director’s spacious new office overlooked the City

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d- knowledgeable


a- quite
b- colourful
c- rommy
d- comfortable
3/ The Protesting crowd disersed after the rally
a- sattered
b- became violent c- fought
d- danced
4/ Therw was no trace of poison in the coffee the chemist analized
a- indication
b- taste
c- colour
d- smell
5/ We have to seek and develop a new method
a- work out

b- set on
c- set out
d- catch on
6/ Nobody except Helen understood the joke
a- caught on
b- got lost
c- caught up
d- was up to
7/ His tastes coincide with those of his wife
a- are different b- is in harmony
c- are similar d- are in argeement
8/ The question was discarded because it was ambiguous
a- incorrect
b- vague
c- dull
d- excellent
9/ Your mood seems very meditative this evening
a- gleeful
b- thoughtful
c- desperate
d- stern
10/ I have only the time to tell you the gist
a- reference
b- main idea
c- first point
d- few details
Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word :
Best known ……….(1)………. his Theory of Relativity. Abert Eintein has been acknowledged ……….(2)……….
one of the greatest scientists ……….(3)………. human history.
Born in Geraman in 1879, Einstein did ……….(4)………. in all his school subject, with the ……….(5)………. of

mathematics, which was his favourite subject. While ……….(6)………. as a clerk in Switzerland. Einstein
produced the special Theory of Relativity. This theory states that mass, length and time changes ……….(7)……….
on how a person looks at it. In 1915, Einstein publised his General Theory of Relativity. This new theory
created a controversy ……….(8)………. many scientists did not agree ……….(9)………. him.
In the end, some simple experiments ……….(10)………. Einstein to be correct. In 1921, Einstein was awarded the
Nobel Prize for his work in physics.
WRITING :
I/ Complete each of the following sentences so that it means exactly the same the one given :
1/ I can’t often afford to spend my holiday abroad
→ I’m seldom .......................................................................................................................................
2/ The minister gave no pricise figures about the casualties
→ The minister didn’t go ...................................................................................................................
3/ Every possible effort was made by orphanage to find the boy’s parents
→ The orphanage left no stone .........................................................................................................
4/ The company will well make a profit next year
→ I wouldn’t ........................................................................................................................................
5/ These problems of ours are just the tip of the iceberg
→ I’m afraid our problems ................................................................................................................
6/ They’ve been arguing about the motorway extension for years.
→ The proposed ..................................................................................................................................

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7/ Pleas don’t give me an injection
→ I’d rather .........................................................................................................................................
8/ Imagine my surprise when a policeman appeared at the door
→ When a policeman appeared at the door I was .........................................................................
9/ She slept well last night
→ She had ...........................................................................................................................................

10/ The new musical has taken theatre audiences by storm
→ The new musical has delighted ...................................................................................................
The passage below contains 10 errors. In dentify and correct them :
She was eight year old and small for her age and the baby brothers she carried on her left hips was large
and plump so that all the way to the Grand house where her mother works. The little girl puffed and panted.
She paused several time in the course of her walking to jerk the baby to a more comfort position on her hip.
He was held a biscuit in one hand and a bright red plastic spoon in the another.
GRAMMAR:
I. Verb Tenses and Verb Forms:
Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. I’d rather you ______ (not be) absent from class yesterday.
2. After working with her for so long, I came _______ (admire) her patience.
3. He looked frightened as if he ______ (see) a ghost.
4. Up to now it ________ (visit) by thousands of people.
5. I ______ (think) that she would have liked her present.
6. Wear several layers of clothing _______ (keep) warm.
7. It’s no good _______ (try) to persuade me. You wont succeed.
8. Had I known her address, I ______ (go) to visit her.
9. If only I _____ (see) you earlier.
10. This time next week, we _____ (walk) about in London.
II. Prepositions
Write the correct preposition in the following sentences. There is an example at the beginning (0).
(0)__During__ the summer, we went (1)______ the beach every day. We stayed (2)______ a lovely motel
right (3)______ the beach. (4)______ the morning we would get up (5)______ 9:30, have breakfast, and then
spend four hours (6)______ the pool (7)______ all the other guests. (8)______ 1:00 we would have lunch
(9)______ our room. (10)______ lunch we would eat something light like sandwiches and fruit.
VOCABULARY:
Word form
Read the text below and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to
same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Computers have had the (0) __ability__ to play chess for many years now, and
their (1)_______ in games against the best players in the world has shown
steady (2)_______ . However, it will be years before the designers of computers
game machines can beat their (3)_______ challenge yet - the ancient

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form a word that fit in the
ABLE
PERFORM
IMPROVE
BIG


board game called Go. The playing area is (4)_______ larger than in chess
and there are far more pieces, so that the (5)_______ of moves is almost
(6)_______ . The game involves planning so many moves ahead
that even the (7)_______ calculations of the fastest modern computers
are (8)_______ to deal with the problems of the game.
In a recent (9)_______ for computer Go machine, the best machine beat all
its computer rivals, but lost (10)_______ to three young schoolchildren, so
there is obviously still a lot of work to do!

CONSIDERABLE
COMBINE
END
IMPRESS
SUFFICIENT
COMPETE
HEAVY

Error Correction: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. If a line is correct, put a tick ()
after it. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word after it. There are two examples at the
beginning, (0) and (00).
THE LADY VANISHES
0.
In 1889, an English woman and her daughter, on a visit
______
00.
to the Great Exhibition in Paris, checked up into one of the
__up_____
1.
most expensive hotels there. Each they had her own room. The _________
2.
daughter wanted to have take in the sights and sounds of the
_________
3.
city immediately but her mother, tired after the trip, wanted to _________
4.
sleep. The girl accordingly she went out alone, strolled the
_________
5.
Champs Elysses and saw the Effel Tower. When has she
_________
6.
returned to her mother’s room for six hours later, she found it
_________
7.
empty. There was no sign of her mother ever having been there. _________
8.

When she asked the manager he insisted on that no one at the _________
9.
hotel had seen her or her mother to check in.
_________
10.
The mother had disappeared away!
_________
Sentence transformation:
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in
brackets. Do not change the word given. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. My brother is too young to drive a car. (not)
 My brother is not old enough to drive a car.
1. Why are you interested in taking up a new hobby? (want)
2. “Have you seen my gloves anywhere, Eric?” asked Mrs Noble. (seen)
3. Suzanne was too excited to sleep. (that)
4. Robert has not had a job for two years. (out)
5. “I will complete the work only if you pay me $500 extra,” said Frank. (not)
6. The thief ran right past you so I’m sure you saw his face. (must)
7. The clients demanded to stay in a first-class hotel. (staying)
8. I don’t object to the council building a new road here. (objection)
9. The author wrote her latest novel while she was staying in Majorca. (was)
10. The newspaper offered Lynda $5,000 for her story, but she refused. (turned)

GRAMMAR:
I/Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense
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Yesterday, my three brothers and I (start)1 _______________ painting the downstairs
rooms.Unfortunately while I (mix)2 ______________ the paint,one of my sisters

(open)3_______________ the door.Nobody (tell)4______________ her that we (be)5
___________ in the room,you see.So instead of painting the walls, we (spend)6
____________ all morning cleaning the paint off the floor. But worse things (7)(happen)
______________ since then.This morning when I (wake up)8______________ water
(drip)9_____________ through the ceiling next to my bed.We (spend)10 _______________
the day so far repairing the roof.
II/Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition
1.The chairman called the meeting _________ because there was no business to transact.
2. Our desire ____________ adventure usually decreases as we grow older.
3. The Davises’ marriage ended ____________ divorce.
4. That company exports farm machinery ____________ South America.
5. That artist is famous ____________ his unusual methods of painting.
6. Why are you trying to hide the information _______________ them?
7. Why is that man always jealous ___________ his friends’ success?
8. I cannot make my mind _____________ whether to go or not.
9. We can all profit _______________ travelling.
10.The slaves finally rebelled ______________ their masters.
VOCABULARY:

I/ Multiple choice
Choose the word or phrase which could be substituted for the underlined word or phrase without changing the
meaning of the sentence.
1.There is no alternative; the president must approve the bill if Congress passes it.
a.chance of agreement b.doubt c.other choice d.mistake
2. One symptom of the diseases is a high fever.

a.symbol b.sign c.cause d.pain
3. The picture is tilted; please straighten it.
a.high
b.level

c.crooked
d.adjustable
4. The boy felt disgraced because he knew that he had been wrong to steal.
a.ashamed b.worried
c.tempted d.phony
5. A sealed bottled thrown into the ocean often floats aimlessly before it reaches land.
a.sinks b.leaks
c.disintegrates d.drifts
6. The initial step is often the most difficult.
a.quickest b.longest
c.last d.first
7. The clerk had to break off the conversation in order to wait on a customer.
a.interrupt b.hurry
c.continue d.begin
8.Most high school students look up to the star player on the football team.
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a.envy
b.respect
c.trust
d.pursue
9. The police confisticated the stolen goods.
a.reported
b.located
c.released d.seized
10.A conscientious teacher spends hours preparing for classes and correcting students’
papers.
a.creative b.leading
c.skillful

d.careful
II.Word form: Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word in brackets.
A friend of mine had a pretty (embarrass)1______________________ experience.He was a very fast
(swim)2_______________ and he raced on his university swim team. One day the swim team was at a big
(compete) 3_________________ .My friend was pretty (nerve)4_________________ and he
(forget)5___________________ to do something (importance)6_________________ -he forgot to tie his
swimsuit! So when he dove into the water, his swimsuit started to come off.
My friend didn’t want to lose the race, so he didn’t stop. He kept on (swim)7_______________ and before
long,his swimsuit came off altogether. Everyone was laughing, but my friend didn’t stop. He just kept on
swimming.

As soon as the race was over he (quick) 8__________________ swam over to his swimsuit
and put it back on. Everyone was (laugh)9_______________ and cheering. Even though he
didn’t win the race that day I think everyone admired him for still (finish)
10________________________.
Cloze test: Fill in each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word
Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world- of the roughly 1,000
(1)_________________ pandas in the world, more than 120 live in captivity and 80 percent
live in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China.
It is estimated (2)________________ giant pandas now exist in about 35 isolated
populations and that most of these contains fewer 20 individuals.
The main threat to the survival of the giant panda is the destruction of their
(3)__________________. Cattle, sheep,and goats graze on any emerging seedlings and
prevent regeneration of the forest. In the last 30 years Sichuan has lost some 30 percent
(4)_______________ its forests, and more than half of the natural forest vegetation has been
destroyed or disturbed
so badly that it no (5)__________________ provides suitable habitat for the panda.In
addition,the demand for land and natural resources by China’s more than one billion
inhabitants also threatens the giant pandas ‘s (6)__________________. To offset this
situation, the Chinese government has set aside 11 nature preserves where bamboo flourishes

and giant pandas (7)__________________ to live.
Giant pandas are also susceptible to poaching, as their dense fur carries a high price
(8)__________________ the black market in East Asia, and the low reproductive capacity of
the giant panda makes it more vulnerable to these threats,(9)________________ less capable
of rebounding from its low numbers.
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Whatever the number of giant pandas surviving in the wild, it is quite clear that the giant
panda will become (10)____________________ by the next century unless more steps are
taken to protect its habitat.
.WRITING: I. Error correction: There are eleven mistakes in the following passage. Find
and correct them. Number one has been done for you.
Line:
(1)
Although million of people send e-mail messages from work and
(2) home each day, not much can decribe exactly how e-mail works.
(3) So how does it works, and what can go wrong sometimes? Here ‘s a
(4) simple description for a sophisticated, high technological feat we’ve
(5) come to take for granted.
(6)
E-mail is not that different from regular mail; actually, you have a
(7) message, an address, and a carrier that figures in how to get it from
(8) here to there.
(9)
The difference is which e-mail messages and any attachments are
(10)broken down into small chunks of data called packets, that travel
(11)independently, weaving their way along with innumerable other
(12)packets traveling to different destinations. It’s as if each page of a
(13)letter was mailed separately. In the way, the packets are passed from

(14)one server to the next until they reach their final destinate.Any given
(15)message’s packets and attached file may travel by different route, so
(16the components often arrive out of order and at different times. Once
(17)all the packets have arrived, they are recombining into their original
(18)form.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence above it.
1.He tried to escape but the police stopped him.
The police prevented _______________________________________
2.” If I were you I wouldn’t trust Peter,” she told John.
She advised ________________________________________________
3.He started investigating the case a week ago.
He has _____________________________________________________
4.His parents made him study for his exams.
He was ____________________________________________________
5.”You were cheating,” said Carol to John.
Carol accused ______________________________________________
6.We spent five hours getting to London.
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It took _____________________________________________________
7. This is his first visit to England.
He is ______________________________________________________
8.She just had time to put up her umbrella before the rain came down.
No sooner ______________________________________________________
9.I’m more interested in the people than the job.
It’s not the _____________________________________________________
10.When the police caught him,he was climbing over the garden wall.
The police caught______________________________________________________

GRAMMAR :
I/ Put the verbs into the correct form :
1/ On the first of next month, he …………… (be) in prison for five years.
2/ I’d rather you ……………. (not be) absent form class yesterday.
3/ Tom was pleased ……………… (admit) to the college.
4/ Where do you think Ba is today ? I have no idea. He ……………. (sleep) late.
5/ He suggested that a petition ………………. (draw) up.
6/ I must take this watch ……………… (repair).
7/ He is walking ……………… (hurry) to the place where his ex – wife, a famous na furalist now ………………. (lie)
………………. (bury) among the animals she …………….. (love) so well.
II/ Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable preposition :
When Edition was a boy ……….(1)………. fifteen, he worked ……….(2)………. a telegraph oprerator. He had to be
……….(3)………. duty from 7pm to 7am and give a signal every hour to prove that he did not sleep. This signal
was made ……….(4)………. astonishing exactnees. One night an inspector arrived and saw Edition sleeping ……….
(5)………. a chair.
He was ……….(6)………. to shke him when he caught sight of a mechanism on a table ……….(7)………. the telegraph
instrument. He waited to see what would happen. When the hand of the clock pointed ………. (8)………. the hour ,
the instrument got busy and one lever trew open the key while the other sent the signal ……….(9)………. the wire.
The inspector seized the sleeping boy, roused him anh fired him. That is why the first ………..(10)………. Edition’s
numerous inventions was never patened.
C/ VOCABULARY :
I/ Supply the correct forms of the world in the parenthese :
1/ The boy was very violent and his parents found him ………………. (manage).
2/ We regret that the present economic difficulties will ………………. a reduction in our work force (necessary).
3/ Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to …………… between the two (different).
4/ The ………………. of his argument was obvious to everyone (false).
5/ She is ……………… the finest pianist in the world (argue).
6/ She is very efficient, and ………………… polite to the customers (fail).
7/ Be careful ! That’s a ………………. poison (dead).

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8/ I’m afraid the talks were totally …………………..We didn’t reach agreement on anything (produce).
9/ His disappearance is very strange in fact quite …………………. (explain).
10/ They fought ………………… in the war (hero).
II/ Choose the correct answer :
1/ Picasso was a well – known cubist painter.
a- artistic
b- celebrated
c- colouful d- knowledgeable
2/ The director’s spacious new office overlooked the City
a- quite
b- colourful
c- rommy d- comfortable
3/ The Protesting crowd disersed after the rally
a- sattered b- became violent c- fought
d- danced
4/ Therw was no trace of poison in the coffee the chemist analized
a- indication
b- taste
c- colour
d- smell
5/ We have to seek and develop a new method
a- work out b- set on
c- set out d- catch on
6/ Nobody except Helen understood the joke
a- caught on
b- got lost
c- caught upd- was up to

7/ His tastes coincide with those of his wife
a- are different b- is in harmony c- are similar
d- are in argeement
8/ The question was discarded because it was ambiguous
a- incorrect b- vague
c- dull
d- excellent
9/ Your mood seems very meditative this evening
a- gleeful
b- thoughtful
c- desperate
d- stern
10/ I have only the time to tell you the gist
a- reference
b- main idea
c- first point
d- few details
Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word :
Best known ……….(1)………. his Theory of Relativity. Abert Eintein has been acknowledged ……….(2)………. one of
the greatest scientists ……….(3)………. human history.
Born in Geraman in 1879, Einstein did ……….(4)………. in all his school subject, with the ……….(5)………. of
mathematics, which was his favourite subject. While ……….(6)………. as a clerk in Switzerland. Einstein
produced the special Theory of Relativity. This theory states that mass, length and time changes ……….(7)……….
on how a person looks at it. In 1915, Einstein publised his General Theory of Relativity. This new theory
created a controversy ……….(8)………. many scientists did not agree ……….(9)………. him.
In the end, some simple experiments ……….(10)………. Einstein to be correct. In 1921, Einstein was awarded the
Nobel Prize for his work in physics.
The following story is completely mixed up. Put it in the right order by numbering the sentences 1 – 12.
Some have been done for you :
A

I didn’t have much money and couldn’t afford to phone them.
B

There was my boyfried in one of the telephone boxes.

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C
D

I wanted to tell them that I was coming home at the week end
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E
F

But I hadn’t recerved it – I didn’t know he was coming to visit me
“ Hello ” he said, “ I was just trying to get throgh to your school ”

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Some years ago, I spent six months abroad – at a languages
school

G

There wasn’t a phone in the place where I was staying, so they
couldn’t phone me either.

H

He said he was glad I’d received the message the day before
asking me to meet at the station.

I

In my second week a postal strike started, and I lasted for a long
time

J

One morning I walked to the main station where I wanted to use
all the money I had to phone my boyfriend and may parents

K

I was unhappy because I couldn’t write to my family and may
boyfriend

L

When I reach the telephone box. I couldn’t believe my eyes

WRITING :
I/ Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same the one given
: (10m)
1/ I can’t often afford to spend my holiday abroad
→ I’m seldom .......................................................................................................................................
2/ The minister gave no pricise figures about the casvalties

→ The minister didn’t go ...................................................................................................................
3/ Every possible effort was made by orphanage to find the boy’s parents
→ The orphanage left stone ..............................................................................................................
4/ The company will well make a profit next year
→ I wouldn’t ........................................................................................................................................
5/ These problems of ours are just the tip of the iceberg
→ I’m afraid our problems ................................................................................................................
6/ They’ve been arguing about the motorway extension for year
→ The proposed ..................................................................................................................................
7/ Pleas don’t give me an injection

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→ I’d rahter .........................................................................................................................................
8/ Imagine my surprise when a policeman appeared at the door
→ When a policeman appeared at the door I was .........................................................................
9/ She slept well last night
→ She had ...........................................................................................................................................
10/ The new musical has taken theatre audiences by storm
→ The new musical has delighted ...................................................................................................
II/ The passage below contains 10 errors. In dentify and correct them : She was eight year old and small
for her age and the baby brothers she carried on her left hips was large and plump so that all the way to the
Grand house where her mother works. The little girl puffed and panted. She paused several time in the
course of her walking to jerk the baby to a more comfort position on her hip. He was held a biscuit in one
hand and a bright red plastic spoon in the another.
B. GRAMMAR
I. Supply the correct tenses or forms of the following words :
1. Without further delay Mark dialled the member he ( want ) from the beginning.
2. The computer isn’t working. It ( damage ) during production.

3. “ Good night. It ( be ) nice to meet you”, he said and went off to his car.
4. We have to have these floors ( polish ) at least once a month.
5. We came to sit on a park bench for a rest. We ( shop ) around all morning.
6. Wherever have you been ? We ( look ) for you everywhere.
7. I don’t know how to mend this two – way switch. It ( do ) by an electrician.
8. I (tell ) them that they are making a great mistake.
9. His mother went abroad last week, so it ( not be ) her you saw at the theatre last night.
10. Roger would like ( go ) to Oxford, but he couldn’t pass the entrance examination.
II. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle :
1. We had some problems when we checked
the hotel.
2. The little boy was forced to give
to his brother’s wishes.
3. Your new dress really brings
the color of your eyes.
4. That man runs
his monthly salary in less than a week.
5. Camille is coming
for dinner tonight.
6. One’s success usually turns
one’s qualifications.
7. If he doesn’t keep
the expenses, he’ll go bankrupt.
8. To think of a very imaginative and not really possible plan is to dream it
.
9. Little children like to take their toys
.
10. He tried to pass himself
as the leader of the community.
VOCABULARY

I.Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle your choice :
1. Making mistakes is all _____ of growring up.
a. chalk and cheese
c. part and parcel
b. top and bottom
d. odds and ends
2. The supervisor’s job is to _____
the work of his particular department.
a. overlook
c. overrun
b. oversee
d. overview

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3. Certain details in the contract still remain to be ______ out.
a. flattened
c. borne
b. dealt
d. ironed
4. The Romans ______ a large part of Europe and the Middle East.
a. oppressed
c. submitted
b. subdued
d. surpassed
5.The choir stood in four rows according to their
_____
heights
a. respected

c. respectable b. respective
d. respectful
6. The _____ of employment are set out in the contact.
a. conditions
c. arrangements b. specifications
d. requirements
7. Those ballpoint pens were made in a large ______ of colours and styles.
a. series
c. range
b. network
d. collections
8. What the treasurer said virtually
to a confession.
a. embodied
c. stood
b. came
d. amounted
9. The Meteorological Office reported 20 centimetres of rain in October this year
____ only 14 last year.
a. in comparison
c. in contrast
b. as against
d. contrary to
10. “ But son”, I told him, “ you’re my own_______ .”
a. skin and bone
c. heart to heart b. body and soul
d. flesh and blood
Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets :
1. That rule is not _____ in this case. ( apply)
2. The police conducted a _______ hunt for the missing prisoners. ( nation )

3. Recent financial scandals have ______
changes in parliamentary procedures.
( necessary )
4. I was surprised by his _______
to break the law. ( prepare )
5. _______ counts for natural disasters, such as flood and hurricane. ( forest )
6. He was too _____ with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. ( occupy )
7.The printed instruction are quite _______; there’s no need for me to further explain anything. (explain )
8. It may be ______ to force them into making a decision, and if you upset them, they’re quite likely to overact.
( produce )
9. The burglars gained entry to the building after
______ the alarm. ( able )
10. It’s difficult to
______ between the two varieties. ( different )
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word :
The future of the African elephant depends on man. No longer can human beings and wild animals live
in (1)
throughout vast areas of the continent as was possible in days gone by, for man’s needs
have increased as well as his (2)
.
There are regions, such as the Congo forests and the equatorial Sudan, where the old relationship may
(3)
for a few more years or even generations, but in general it has gone. Conservation, if it is to
be effective must, be a (4)
, constructive policy, and it is wishful thinking to imagine (5)
, particularly in the case of the elephant. And if this is not yet true of the whole of Africa, it soon will be, for
the increase in the human population is almost (6)
. Where human beings and wild animals find
themselves in (7)
with each other, the animals will lose. Even if there appears to be enough room

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for both, man will not (8)
for long a situation in which elephants and other creatures make even
occasiona raids (9)
his fields of food or economic crops. For many years this has been a major cause of (10)
interests and one of the reasons why so many elephants have been shot to control their numbers.
WRITING
I.The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify ( by underlining ) and correct them :
Who were the people responsible for collecting and sending plants from one country to another ? And
why did they do it ? Initially they were travellers with other purposes : traders, colonists, pilgrims and
missionaries have all been important in providing new plants for English gardens. They sent back
indigenous wild plants, or sometimes, as in the cases of visitors to China and Japan, plants which had been
cultivated and improved for hundreds of years. This worked, of course, in both directions : English gardens
were making in the most unlikely places.
Travellers did not always recognise an interesting plant on seeing it – interesting, that is, to the
collector at home. So in the 16th and 17th century, attempts were made to collect on a most professional
basis, either by patrons sending collections into the field, or by subscriptions to finance local enthusiasts in
the most promised areas. By 1611 John Tradescant was travelling and collecting in France and other parts
of Europe. Lately, Peter Collinson, a London merchant, who had seen the richness of the plant material
sending back by Tradescant, organised a syndicate to finance the amateur botanical John Bartram. Before
long, special collectors were being dispatched on all parts of the world with institutions such as the
Chelsea Physic Garden.
Sentence transformation
Complete each sentence so that it says the same as the sentence before it :
1. He decided to repair the thing himself and not to take it back to the shop.
->Rather ……
2. Mr Tipper’s wife was very sorry she couldn’t celebrate the New Year with her husband.

-> Mrs Tipper greatly ……
3. The minister’s involvement in that corruption scandal has tarnished his reputation.
->The minister is ……
4. Emma was very surprised when she heard she had passed the exam.
-> It ……
5. Sally is very disorganized so she has no chance of getting that secretarial job.
-> Were it …
6. According to the literature, rich pickings awaited the settlers.
->The settlers were led ……
7. Andrew doesn’t claim to have a lot of musical talent.
-> Andrew makes ……
8. We were lucky to find somewhere to park so quickly.
->It was ……
9. This is a subject that Jack and I disagree about.
->Jack and I ……

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10. As well as being rude, she’s dishonest.
-> She’s ……
GRAMMAR:
I. Supply the suitable tense and form of the verbs:
1. Something ________ (tell) me that you ________ (not, listen) a single word I ________ (say) in the past
ten minutes.
2. Tom is pleased ________ (admit) to the college.
3. He is walking ________ (hurry) to the place where his ex-wife, a famous naturalist now ________ (lie)
________ (bury) among the animals she ________ (love) so well.
4. As he was dying the old man said “ I ________ ( make) a lot of mistakes in my life, but I don’t regret any
of them.”

5. We would like ________ (call) in on you but we didn’t have time.
II. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition:
1. We stayed at home because Ann wasn’t keen _______ going out ________ the rain.
2. I didn’t see the end of that mystery movie on TV last night. How did it turn __________ ?
3. I can’t believe Gina and Dave broke _________ last week. They have been married for almost fifteen
years. I hope they get back together.
4. It’s grown _________ 75% of the country’s total land suitable for farming.
5. The sound of a heartbeat obviously has a special quality _________ making babies more comfortable.
6. To get a good price ________ a new notebook computer, you really need to shop _________. There are
some great bargains out there, but you have to look for them.
7. Mr. Hill rents this land to us __________ $500 a year.
8. It dawned ______ that there was a ditch between the grass verge and the hedge.
VOCABULARY:
I. Multiple choice:
6. You may have to stay the night, so take a toothbrush just in _________
a. case
b. time
c. order
d. preparation
7. Having __________ the table, Mrs. Robert called the family for dinner.
a. ordered
b. laid
c. finished
d. prepared
8. His love of languages __________ him towards a career as a translator.
a. encouraged b. opened
c. inclined
d. introduced
9. This is the _________ of the bicycle which was stolen.
a. detail

b. description
c. information c. example
10. This is the woman __________ the artist said posed as a model for the painting.
a. which b. whom
c. who
d. whose
11. Is your father any _________ at all?
a. well
b. good
c. better
d. best
12. After a thorough search, the police __________ most of the stolen jewels.
a. retreated b. refreshed
c. recorded
d. recovered
13. It is expected that all members will ___________ to the rules of the club.
a. comply b. concede
c. conform
d. compromise
14. He retired early ___________ ill health.

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a. on behalf of
b. ahead of
c. in front of
d. on account of
15. During the war, the shipping planes proved vulnerable to attack.
a. futile b. feasible

c. susceptible
d. dangerous
II. Word form:
1. The _________ of his knowledge surprised them. (extend)
2. In design and quality of manufacture they were ____________ by Italians. (class)
3. ____________ fish always live in lakes and rivers. (water)
4. IQ stands for _______________ quotient. (intelligent)
5. Scholarships and awards are usually given on the __________. (day)
6. Everyone admired her _____________ beauty. She’s old but she is still beautiful. (time)
7. She is extremely __________ of heights and will feel faint when she only on the fifth floor. (fear)
8. It was sheer __________ riding in the roller coaster and I would like to try it again. (ecstatic)
9. Thomas _________ broke the expensive vase. (accident)
10. Part of the building has been __________ into offices. (divide)
Cloze test: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space
Millions of Americans (1) ……………………… college students, businessmen, workers and especially retired
people are now living (2) …………………… wheels. Their mobile homes are trailers which are ingeniously made
with the (3) …………………… conveniences as those in fixed houses. These trailers also have large living rooms,
bedrooms, kitchens, heating units and even air conditioners. Besides, they are supplied (4) ……………………
running water, electricity and telephone. Many of them are expandable. When they are ready for towing,
their sides are pushed in towards the others, thus making them narrow (5) ……………………… to fit the highway.
When they are parked, they can be opened wide again to make more floor (6) ……………………… They are moved
by tow trucks to mobile-home parks (7) …………………… there are also clubhouses, swimming pools, restaurants,
markets and even beauty (8) …………………… as in small town.
There are about 18,000 mobile-home parks in the United States. The people living in these parks called
(9)_________ “park dwellers”. Park dwellers can move at will from one park to another, but most of them
are loyal to their communities. They all enjoy the freedom and neighbourhood of their new life.
Mobile-home living is economical (10) …………………… the purchase of trailers can be paid by instalments. It is
regarded as a permanent American way of life.
Jumble sentences: Rearrange the following sentences to form a good passage. The first sentence has been
chosen.

1. The most effective way, however, of ensuring that the people within a society work together peacefully is
for them to be brought up to behave in a particular and broadly similar way.
2. When cooperation takes place, it is necessary for the people concerned to agree on a certain ideas and
share a similar pattern of behaviour.
3. A culture will include speech, dress, food and general behaviour, but perhaps more importantly, it will
include ways of thinking.
4. If a group of chickens fought constantly over their food, they would often injure each other. This is
avoided, however, by the establishment of a ‘pecking order’ in which the more aggressive chickens have the
right to eat first.

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5. Most animals live in groups in order to protect themselves, raise their young and improve their efficiency
in providing themselves with food and shelter. Because they have to cooperate, certain rules and
expectations develop.
6. In Britain, it is accepted that the first person to start a bus queue has the right to get on the bus first.
7. Because people live much more complex lives than the chickens, it is more important for them to
cooperate with others.
8. From the moment we are born to start to learn- first in the family, then the neighbourhood and school. In
this way, we are ‘socialized’, or brought up to behave and to expect other people to behave in a certain way.
9. People arriving latter will not usually push in because of the expectation that others in the queue would
disapprove of such an action.
10. When a group of people establish a way of life in which there are generally accepted rules of conduct
and beliefs, their behaviour and morality is described as their culture.
11. There are a number of ways in which social order can be maintained, including the use of force.
___5__

______ ______ ______
______ ______ ______

______ ______
______ ______

WRITING:
Error correction: There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find out and correct them.
In fact, the production of traffic lights gave the English language with a new idiom-‘to get the green
light’, meaning ‘ permission to proceed’. This expression is being replaced nowaday with phrases that come
from modern space exploration, as ‘all systems go’ and ‘to have lift off’.
With the increase in road traffic in cities, traffic lights became more common. Mechanic aids became
necessary to regulate its safe movement, since policemen alone can not keep pace with the increased need
for control on busy streets. And so, in 1868, the first traffic lights were installing at a danger spot near
Parliament so that politicians could cross the road in safe. To begin with, a policeman operated the lights,
changed the colours by hand. The world’s first electric lights, with the now familiar colour of red, amber and
green, went into operation in America in 1914. Four years on, the first automatic lights were erected in New
York.
Sentence transformation:
As far as I know, that is highly unlikely.
→ To the _______________________________________________
1. You could be arrested for not giving a sample to the police.
→ Refusal ______________________________________________.
2. When did you and Linda get married?
→ How long _______________________________________
3. The river is so cold the children can’t swim in it.
→ The river isn’t ___________________________________
4. People say that there was a terrible storm through the island.
→ There ______________________________________________.
5. You should take account of his age in this position.
→ You should make _____________________________________.

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7. There are so many candidates that the university authority have to borrow more classrooms for the
entrance exam.
→ There are such __________________________________
6. We see it as a wonderful opportunity.
→ We look ______________________________________________..
7. Attendance at this exhibition has been down this year.
→ The exhibition ______________________________________________.
9. I haven’t decided which side to support.
→ I am ______________________________________________.
GRAMMAR

Prepositions and Adverbial Particles

1. She knew she was in trouble so she made ___ story about going to the movies with her friends.
2. As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed ___ the major historical sites.
3. Day after day, Efrain showed ___ for class 20 minutes late.
4. I ran ___ my old roommate at the college reunion.
5. I ran ___ my English teacher in the hallway.
6. My second son seems to take ___ his mother.
7. It seemed strange to see my old boss wait ___ tables.
8. My wife set ___ the living room exactly the way she wanted it.
9. I tried ___ 4 cars before I could find one that pleased me.
10. It was a disgusting movie. It really turned me ___ .
VOCABULARY
I.- Multiple Choice (10 pts)

1. Mr and Mrs. Smith live at home with their 2 children. They are a typical example of a modern

___ family.
a. extended
b. nuclear
c. compact
2. Mr and Mrs. Popatlal live at home with their aged parents, children and grandchildren.
a. nuclear
b. enlarged
c. extended
3. Mrs. Jones lives on her own and has to look after her 2 children. There are a lot of ___ families
like hers.
a. single-parent
b. mother-only
c. mono-parent
4. The country has seen a sharp drop in the ___ in the last few years.
a. birth rate
b. baby rate
c. born rate
5. She has 5 ___ who rely on her to look after them.
a. dependants
b. dependers
c. dependents
6. He didn’t make a good grade the first time he did his TOEIC, so he decided to ___ it.
a. resit
b. remake
c. repair
7. People who attended university later in life are often called ___ students.
a. aged
b. mature
c. old
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8. Although she had left school and was working, she went to evening classes at the local College
of ___ Education.
a. Upper
b. Further
c. Higher
9. After he left school, he decided to go on to ___ education and applied for a place at Edinburgh
University.
a. further
b. upper
c. higher
10. He received a local government ___ to help him pay for his course.
a. fee
b. fare
c. grant
Word Forms
Through the classroom ___ , the teacher can develop ___ in the
ACT/CREATE
preschool child by giving importance and value to what the child
has made and by ___ him to develop his own ideas and ___. For COURAGE/THINK
example, when the child paints a boat on the sea, the teacher could
ask him what he had painted, what colors he had used, and why
he had painted it. In this way, not only the teacher but also the child
is evaluating and ___ the product. Furthermore, if the teacher
DESCRIPTION
___ that a child is not happy with the task he has accomplished,
CERTAINTY
the teacher should show him the value of the task. This will give
the child ___ in his work and will allow him to ___ develop his

SECURE/FAR
creativity. Finally, the dual evaluation of the task by the teacher
and child will be ___; the teacher can suggest new ideas by asking CONSTRUCTION
the child if there is another way he can accomplish the task and by
making the child aware of various ___ available to him.
ALTER
Cloze Test
Because goldfish can be kept easily in small ponds and aquarium, they make good 1___, but like
any other pets, they must have proper 2 ___, and the right kind of place to live. A two-inch fish
requires a minimum of two gallons of 3___ containing sufficient oxygen to support life. Some
4___ will make its way into the water of an aquarium from the air that touches the 5___ , plants
in an aquarium also help to furnish oxygen. Snails help to keep an aquarium clean. Thus, with
plenty of plants and snails, the water in an aquarium does not have to be 6___ frequently. It is
important that goldfish not to be overfed. They can be fed such things as dried insects and
shrimps in 7___ to commercially prepared goldfish 8___ but they should never be fed more than
once a day. Even then, they should 9___ be given more food than can be consumed 10___ about
five minutes.
Jumbled Sentences
Put these sentences in the right order to make a meaningful story.
a. The next day, the same thing happened again. He ordered a sandwich and a beer again, drank
the beer, put the sandwich on his head and left.
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b. The man looked confused for a moment. Then he said, ‘OK, I’ll have a packet of nuts then.’
c. But this time the barman stopped him. ‘Look, I’ve got to ask you this. Why have you got that
packet of nuts on your head?’
d. A man walked into a bar and asked for a pint of beer and a sandwich. He drank the beer first,
then put the sandwich on his head and left.
e. When the man came in the following day, the barman gave him his beer as usual, but when he

asked for a sandwich, said that they had sold out.
f. On the following day the same thing happened. By now, the barman was becoming just a little
curious, so he decided he would try to find out what was going on.
g. The man looked at him as if he were an idiot. Then he said patiently, ‘ …I’ve got these nuts on
my head because you didn’t have any sandwiches’. Then he left.
h. The barman gave him the nuts. He drank the beer, put the nuts on his head and started to leave.
WRITING
Error Correction Find and correct the 10 mistakes in the following composition.
‘I’m writing these words in English because I need the practice. At this moment I have been
on an airplane over the Pacific Ocean, en route to a year of study at New York University in the
Unites States I’m looking forward to being there, but I’m also a little afraid. What will I find
when I will get to America? Will the Americans be arrogant and violent? Would I make friends?
Am I happy?’
These had been the words I had written in my diary on the plane last month. When I arrived at
J.F. Kennedy Airport, I used to be timid and nervous. I have heard a lot about crime before I left
my country, so I am very scared when I arrived. People in Japan had also told me that Americans
will be rude, unfriendly and unhelpful. For this reason, I was surprised when the taxi driver from
the airport would carry my luggage and spoke kindly and slowly to me. He even asked if there
was anything else he can do. And when I had been arriving at the college, everyone seemed
concerned about me. I found that the majority of people here are friendly and are going out of
their way to help you if you need to.
Sentence Transformation
1. We could go for a picnic if it weren’t cold today.
…..……………………………………………….[It’s}
2. People say that Spain is a beautiful country.
……………………………………… ……[supposedly]
3. Thomas said that he would rather watch sport than play it.
……………………………………………………………..[watching]
4. Casablanca is the best movie I’ve ever seen.
……………………………………………….[better]

5. John stopped smoking over 10 years.
………………………………………[smoked]
6. How long does it take to fly from London to Paris?
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……………………………………………………..[flight]
7. They seemed like they weren’t having a very good time.
…………………………………………………………….[impression]
8. Valentina doesn’t speak English as well as Johan does.
……………………………………………………… [better]
9. I don’t object to people smoking in public.
………………………………………….[objection]
10.Maxime was too busy to help me.
………………………………..[could]
GRAMMAR
I. Use the correct tense and the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
Before she went to Paris, Zena said she needed to brush up her French, so I gave her a few lessons.
'Why not (1. stay) for a few days after your work is over and practise the language?' I suggested.
On her return Zena (2. make) (3. open) all her bags at the customs. They (4. be) very suspicious of her,
for they finally made her turn out all her pockets. It hardly helped matters when she said in a loud voice:
'How dare you (5. suspect) me of smuggling?….
When I called on the McArthurs, Harry chanced (6. garden) for once, not (7. fish)., and so I was able to
have a chat with him. He and Mary seem (8. have) a very happy marriage so far, don't they? But their son
Charles played rather a nasty trick on them the other day, when he pretended (9. injure) in a cycle accident
that (10. never take) place.
II. Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition or adverbial particle.
a. Zena says that if one is patient (1) alligators and doesn’t interfere (2) them or their habits they behave
very well. She says they’re very sensitive (3) changes (4) the environment. I should have thought that Zena’s
alligator would find her flat a great change (5) the swamps of Florida.

b. As an actor Zena’s father looked down (6) ordinary morals. He put (7) a superior air to impress
people. But it didn’t take people (8). You must admit he was a marvelous mimic; he could take (9) some of
our public figures brilliantly. His wife gave (10) her own career for his sake….
C. VOCABULARY
I. From the four choices below each sentence, select the word or phrase that could best
underlined phrasal verb without changing the meaning of the sentence.
1. Different kinds of beads are used to ward off evil.
A. avert
B. conduce
C. anticipate
D. restrain
2. A nerve is made up of a bundle of nerve fibers.
A. conceived
B. produced
C. consumed
D. composed
3. After the ice Age many species of animals died out.
A. became extinguished B. receded
C. became extinct D. froze
4. With present day technology it has been possible to locate the exact spot where the
ship, the Titanic, went down.
A. faded
B. sank
C. slumped
D. diminished

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the

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5. There are about 200 grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park and the population is going
estimated four percent each year.
A. declining
B. decaying
C. succumbing
D. submerging
6. A brief outline of the course and bibliography were handed out to the students at the
meeting.
A. dispensed
B. dispersed
C. distributed
D. contributed
7. The brain uses up 25 percent of the oxygen you breathe in.
A. handles
B. consumes
C. adopts
D. exhausts
8. Certain wild animals are weighed and studied before the effect of the tranquilizer
A. decays
B. removes
C. leaves
D. shrinks
9. It is uncertain that salaries can keep up with the rate of Inflation.
A. restore
B. reduce

C. encounter
D. maintain
10. Talks over the persisting war broke down as they could not reach an agreement.
A. cracked
B. failed
C. smashed
D. were interrupted

down by an

first

wears off.

II. Use the correct form of the word at the end of the sentence to fill in the blank.
1. She had stayed with one of Madame Grimaud’s _________ cousins. NUMERAL
2. There were reports that Bush’s campaign team had been trying to dig up information
that
might _________ Clinton. (CREDIT)
3. Many people think that the famine was a result of the civil war, but it is ________.
(TRUTH)
4. I think you should apologize for the ________ way you treated your mother.
(SHAME)
5. I’m not going to any more of these conferences – they’re always so ________.
(ORGANIZE)
6. He’s a nice enough man, but rather ________ as a team captain. (EFFECT)
7. As Goldwyn sat _________ behind his desk , he told me I was no longer needed by the
company.
(EXPRESS)
8. In the ________, the authors thanked everyone who’d contributed to the book.

(ACKNOWLEDGE)
9. The game had an _________ of over 50,000 people. (ATTEND)
10. Human beings are the worst _________ on earth. (POLLUTE)
VOCABULARY:
A/. Choose the best answer:
1/. This football ___________ is one of the best in the country.
a. court b. ground c. course
d. track
2/. Yesterday Juventus beat Everton by three goals ___________ nil.
a. at
b. on
c. for
d. to
3/. The local stadium isn’t large enough for so many ___________.
a. spectators
b. audience
c. viewers
d. congregation
4/. The crowd went wild when Pele ___________ the winning goal.
a. beat
b. scored
c. won
d. served
5/. Most people find football very ___________ .
a. interested
b. interest
c. interesting
d. to interest
6/. He was ___________ from the champion after the discovered he had been taking drugs

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a. defeated
b. disqualified c. lost
d. aimed
7/. Their football team lost in the last knock-out ___________
a. match
b. part
c. final d. challenge
8/. Michael Owen hopes he’ll be fit enough to ___________ the game tomorrow.
a. take part in
b. take part of c. take place in d. participate
9/. The final result of the football game was a(n) ___________
a. equal
b. draw
c. score
d. point
10/. While trying to intercept the ball, Maldini fell and his ankle ___________
a. cut
b. sprained
c. torn
d. operated
B/. Fill each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in the capital letters: (10ms)
1/. I have decided to take up ___________ as a hobby. PHOTOGRAPH
2/. The team turned up on the wrong day because of a ___________. UNDERSTAND
3/. Her collection of medals is extremely ___________ . VALUE
4/. We all think what a ___________ player Pele is. SKILL
5/. The result was very strange! In fact it was ___________. BELIEVE
6/. My attempt to lose weight by running was a ___________. FAIL

7/. The young girl’s fine performance was completely___________. EXPECT
8/. Geogre’s second jump was ___________. SUCCEED
9/. It was a terrible game. Our team played very ___________. IMAGINE
10/. Jackson had another violent ___________ with the referee. AGREE
GRAMMAR:
A/. Read the letter and then make suitable changes to it, using the verb in brackets: (5ms)
Dear Winnie,
Thank you for your letter which I received this morning. You asked me what we(do)___________(1)
when the landside occurred. I ( not, remember)________(2) things too clearly now but I think I
( watch)_________(3) TV and my sister (do) _______(4) her homework at the time. Suddenly all the lights
( go out) _______(5) and I ( frighten)____(6)
I (remember)_________(7) ( call out ) _________(8) to my parents, who ( talk)______(9)
quietly in the next room. The next minute we (hear ) _______(10) a loud noise and the whole building
began to shake.
It was a terrible experience and I never want to go through anything like it again. We are all safe
now but we were very lucky.
Love,
Jane
B/. Fill each gap with a suitable article where necessary:
Once(1)___________ famous boxer went to (2)___________ restaurant to have (3)___________ dinner.
He took his coat at (4)___________ door, but was afraid that somebody would take it. So he took out
(5)___________ piece of paper and wrote on it :
’’ This coat belongs to Tom Brown, (6)___________ most famous boxer in (7)___________ world; he will
come back in (8)___________ few minutes”. He fastened (9)___________ paper to (10)___________ coat
and went to the restaurant to have his dinner . When he returned, however , the coat was not there , but he

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found a piece of paper in its place which said : “ Your coat has been taken by Rick Strong, the fastest runner

in this city, who will not come back at all.”
C/. Fill each gap in the following passage with a suitable preposition:
Every four years 180 or more nations send their best athletes to compete (1)___________ the Olympic
Games . As many (2)___________ 20,000 sportsmen and sportswomen take part in more than 20 different
sports. Million (3)___________ people around the world watch the events (4)___________ television.
The inspiration for today’s Olympics came (5)___________ ancient Greek Games (6)___________ more
than 2,700 years ago. The first modern Olympic Games began (7)___________ Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Individual excellence and team achievement are the theme of the Olympic Games, not
competitions(8)___________ nations. So the International Olympic Committee chooses a city , not a country,
to host the Games. No country “wins” the Games , and there is no prize money. Instead, individuals and
teams compete (9)___________ gold, silver and bronze medals, and (10)___________ the glory of taking
part.
WRITING:
A/. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the
sentences printed before it: ( 10 ms)
1/. Gunman kills 3 people in Bank Drama.
A man _____________________________________________________________
2/. Riddle of missing heiress solve.
The police _________________________________________________________
3/. “ Police attacked “ says student leader.
A student leader ____________________________________________________
4/. Storm grows over long hair in school.
Parents and pupils are ________________________________________________
5/. His appearance was completely unexpected.
His appearance was beyond ____________________________________________
6/. I was taken back.
I was very _________________________________________________________
7/. His story is far from true
His story is ________________________________________________________
8/. He is by no mean a smart boy.

He is _____________________________________________________________
9/. I take it for granted that is influential person.
I _____________________________________________________________
10/. She never seems to succeed, even though she studies much.
Much as ______________________________________________________
B/. Finish each of sentences in such a way that it means the same the sentence before it, using the word
in capital letters which must not be altered in anyway:(10ms)
1/. He won’t let anyone touch his records. OBJECTS
2/. He didn’t think much of the musical show yesterday. OPINION
3/. The concert was not as good as he had hoped. EXPECTATIONS
4/. The orchestra is looking for alternative accommodation. ELSE

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5/. The music teacher was the only member of staff not to attend the concert. EXCEPTION
6/. The impression most people have of him is that he is a good singer. COMES
7/. I’m sure the entertainer will cheer them all up. BOUND
8/. He is said to be a very good violinist. REPUTATION
9/. Both children and adults will enjoy the concert. ALIKE
10/. We missed the beginning of the concert because we had overslept. CONSEQUENCE
GRAMMAR :
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses and forms: (10pts)
1.
If you (put) ________ more mind on the test, you (anwer) _________ all the questions in the last
year’s exam.
2.
I think he deserves (punish) _________ seriously.
3.
If only he (come) ________ here soon.

4.
I don’t agree on Mr. Smith (choose) ________ as our leader.
5.
I’d rather you (come) ________ today than tomorrow.
6.
They (arrive) _________ just now.
7.
In a few minutes, when the train arrives, I (wait) _________ for you here.
8.
I wanted to be the first (tell) _________ her the news, but I was too late. Someone had already told
her.
9.
Coming back from the beach, Mary looked very red from the sun. She (lie) ________ in the sun too
long.
Fill in a suitable preposition or adverb particle in each blank :
1. We couldn’t figure _______ why we took that route.
2. Anne is terribly sorry to put you _______ this evening, but she is in bed with flu.
3. Maria thought that running _______ her old school friend on holiday in Greek was a stroke of fate.
4. The captain reported that the soldiers had refused to carry _______ his orders.
5. She agreed to think _______ his suggestion and tell him her decision the next day.
6. He said that he had left _______ question 6 as they had not studied this topic in class.
7. Mary could not work _______ how to get there as the small side roads were not shown
on the map.
8. The fireworks went _______ all at once and it sounded just like gunfire.
9. The teacher went _______ her essay with her in details.
10. It took him a long time to get _______ his illness.
VOCABULARY :
I. Multiple choice :
1.
The school _______________ a system of monthly tests in place of annual exam .

A. took
B. gathered
C. collected
D. adopted
2.
We lost the match _____________ one goal .
A. with
B. for
C. by
D. from

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3.
Do not believe what Johnny tells you . He is an ______________ liar .
A. irritable
B. admirable
C. unreasonable D. incorrigible
4.
The guest _______________ of honour was invited to give a speech .
A. extinguished B. distinguished C. lucrative
D. modest
5.
Thailand is famous for her ____________ leather goods .
A. similar
B. paralled
C. disparate
D. counterfeit
6.

Mr. Chen suffered ___________ financial losses as a result of the stock market crash .
A. sufficient
B. appropriate
C. substantial
D. abundant
7.
They rejected her application for the job .
A. turned up
B, turned in
C. turned down D. turned on
8.
After much consideration , Shihui decided to take up a secretarial course .
A. pursue
B. strive
C. withdraw
D. elevate
9.
He sent her a ___________ of flowers on Valentine ‘s Day .
A. brood
B. clutch
C. forest
D. bouquet
10.
While I was on a cruise last December , I saw a ____________ of dolphins .
A. set
B. swarm
C. school
D. stud
II. Word form : (10pts)
Use the correct word form of the word in brackets :

1.
His detailed description helped the readers to ________ the scene .
(visual)
2.
Tom’s parents were angry with him for ________ at the party .
(behave)
3.
Despite his failure , the inventor was not ________ .
(courage)
4.
Don’s father wrinkled his brow in _______ when he heard that Don
had failed the examination .
(please)
5.
The printed instructions are quite ________ ; there’s no need for me
to further explain anything.
(explain)
6.
This man is wanted in many countries for having committed many _____ acts . (law).
7.
Many people donated money to help the people in Africa who are starving
as a result of _______ of food .
(scarce)
8.
The government said that it would ensure that basic health care remained _______.
(afford)
9.
The technician was electrocuted when he ________ touched a live wire .
(accident)
10.

The agenda for the meeting is still not _______.
(final )
1. ________________
2. ________________
3. ________________
4. ________________
5. ________________

6. _________________
7. _________________
8. _________________
9. _________________
10. _________________

D. READING :
PASSAGE 1

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