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2. After the air-hostesses (serve)_
(sit)_____ down.
lunch to the passengers, they
3. Do stop (talk)______; I'm trying (finish)_____ this form.
4. Mozart (start)________ (compose) at the age of five and
(write)_____ more than 600 pieces of music.
to Mr. Brown before the lecture yesterday.
Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it.
1. I (A) advise you (B) starting looking (C)for a flat (C) at once.
2. Mr. Phong (A) was teaching (B) for 30 years (C) before he (D) retired last
month.
3. He postponed (A) to make a decision (B) till it was (C) too late to do (D)
anything.
4. When (A) living in the (B) countryside, Tom usually (C) goes swimming
(D) with his friends.
X. Use the suggestion to complete the letter of complaint below.
Dear sir,
I.I/ write / complain /condition / cassette recorder / which /1 buy / shop / 3
2. Although / outer box / be / perfect condition /I find / when / arrive home / that /
player / itself/ obviously / use / before.
3. Headphone cable / badly twist / and I / not think / it / be / long.
4. Addition / neither / two free cassettes / which / come / machine / be / the
beginning.
5. I / sure / they / must / play / before /by / previous customer,
6. or / perhaps / machine / be use / demonstration purposes.
7. There / be / nothing / wrong / sound quality / player,
5. I (speak).
8. but / as /I / pay / full price / have /right / expect / receive /brand new
equipment.
9. I / therefore / grateful / if / you / replace / player / new model / same type.
10. I / look forward / hear / you / due course. Your

faithfully,
1. "Do you like the material?" - "Yes, it ____ very soft."
A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D, is felt
2. - "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." - "Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few
minutes."
A. have been B. had been C. was D. will be
3. - "Can I join the club, Dad?" - "You can when you __
A. get B. will get C. are getting
a bit old."
D. will have got
9. The idea got a lot of _____ from the children's parents.
A. opposition B. disagreement C. dislike D. denial
JO. All the students _____ the class on the first day.
A. went B. attended C. came D. took
Jl. Jane has _____ great efforts to study well.
A. produced B. created C. done D, made
_ their arms in the math lessons.
B. raised , C. took
The mother had been waiting for her son ____
A. when B. during C. until
After her friend showed her, the little girl her
mother.
A. appreciated B. realized C. discovered
The teacher's
pupils to understand the lesson.
A. demonstration B. show
D. display
At first, the children did not make out what their teacher was trying to
explain, but _____, they began to understand.
A. carefully B. gradually C. slowly D. lately

The work was really _____. It took him nearly 13 hours!
A. time-consuming B. long C. lengthy D. extensive
Despite being ______ handicapped, he has achieved high results at school.
A. mentally B. spiritually C. emotionally D. sensitively
His father _____ to his idea of going to a specialist music school.
A. is against B. disagrees C. opposes D. resists
Ann was _____ of John's behaviour at the party yesterday. He talked
and smiled strangely.
A. worried B. interested C. concerned D. suspicious
The children have a strong _____ for painting.
A. passion B. interest C. attention D. excitement
Many kids
A. rose
D. carried
he came back. D. after she
had misbehaved to
D. grasped of adding and subtracting made it
easier for the
C. exhibition

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D. had just stared __ her
several times.
C. met the newspaper, Granndy ______ asleep.
A. read / was sleeping C. was
reading / was falling 75. I don't
really work here; I _ A. just help
out C. am just helping out
D. will just help out
76. - "Do you like the material?" - "Yes, it ____ very soft."

A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D, is felt
77. - "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." - "Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few
minutes."
A. have been B. had been ' C. was D. will be
78. - "Can I join the club, Dad?" - "You can when you __
A. get B. will get C. are getting
79. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he __
A. leaves B. would leave C. left
80. The pen I ____ I ____ is on my desk, right under my
nose.
B. thought / had lost
D. thought / have lost
each other before they ____ married?" - "For about a
A. have they known /get B. did they know / were going to get
C. do they know / are going to get D. had they known / got
82. My dictionary • . I have looked for
it everywhere but still ___ it.
A. has lost / don't find C. has lost /
haven't found
83. The last time I ____ Jane, she __ A.
had seen / was picking C. had seen / picked
84. Tom _____ into the house when no one ____.
A. slipped / was looking B. had slipped / looked
C. has just stared
73. You don't need to describe her. I
A. had met B. have met
74. As she
D. meet
B. was reading /fell D.
read/fell

until the new secretary arrives.
B. have just helped out
a bit old."
D. will have got
office soon.
D. had left
A. think / lost C.
think / had lost
I. - "How long __
year."
B. is missing / don't find
D. is missing / haven't found
cotton in the fields.
B. saw / picked
D. saw /was picking