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Exercise 1
BRENDA SUPERGLUES LITTLE BROTHER TO BICYCLE
Brenda Sandilands,aged four,rubbed superglue …..(1) her three-year-old brother’s bottom
yesterday.”I thought it was cream , “she said . When Craig sat on his bike , he found he was
stuck and…..(2) move The …..(3) mother ,Mrs Sandra Sandilans said ,”It happened when I was
in the kitchen .I…..(4) when Brenda came in and …..(5)that Crag was stuck to his bike . She
told me she ….(6)cream on Crag’s bottom and on the saddle of the bike . Crag wasn’t able to
move at all ……(7). I had to phone for an ambulance . The ambulance …….(8) over an hour to
arrive . When it finally did come , the ambulance men unscrewed the saddle from the rest of the
bike and took Crag,…..(9)stuck to the saddle , to the hospital .There they …….(10)to get Crag
off the saddle .He thought it was all very funny . But he was lucky .It could have been much
more serious .
1. A.at B.on C.through D.beside
2. A.wouldn’t B.shouldn’t C.couldn’t D.mightn’t
3. A.children B.childrens C.children’s D.childrens’
4. A.cooked B.have cooked C.was cooked D.was cooking
5. A.told B.said C.spoke D.talked
6. A.puts B.has put C.had put D.would put
7. A.but B.so C.unless D.although
8. A.needed B.wanted C.lasted D.took
9. A.still B.always C.yet D.presently
10. A.could B.were able C.succeeded D.achieved
Exercise 2
Flood in dorchester
Dorchester,S eptember 13
……..(1)six o’clock yesterday evening,the River Thames burst its banks and flooded a wide
area. By nine o’clock the floods had reached the town of Dorchester.The main street was soon
……(2) 3 feet of water .Fire engines arrived quickly to pump away water , but heavy rain made
their jod very …….(3).

Mrs Rose Willow , a …....(4)nearly 80 years old , and living alone in her cottage , was strapped
upstairs……..(5)three hours .Finally , firemen were able to rescue her with laddlers and a small
……..(6) .”My cat, Tibble, stay with me all time .”said Mrs Willow . “She ………(7)me a lot .She
sat with me , so I am not feel afraid .”
The rain has finally stopped , the river level is falling and the weather forecast is good,……..
(8)the floods have done a great deal of damage .”Luckily, no body was ………(9)or
injured ,”Chief Fire Office Hawkins…………(10)reportes,”but it will take along time to clear up
the mess”.
1. A.In B.To C.At D.Until
2. A.over B.under C.through D.between
3. A.easy B.difficult C.quick D.clean
4. A.girl B.man C.lady D.child
5. A.for B.during C.while D.through
6. A.ship B.boat C.car D.bicycle
7. A.worried B.frightened C.bored D.helped
8. A.but B.also C.therefore D.so
9. A.burnt B.cut C.scratched D.drowned
10. A.said B.asked C.told D.spoke
Exercise 3
Car Catches fire
Three people jumped ………(1) a car on a busy Oxford road after a fire started under the
bonnet this morning .They were just able to rescue their possessions before the car burst into
……..(2).Mr Peter Collins ,25,of Wey Road ,Berinsfield …………(3)his Avenger estate car
home …….(4)work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the car .He stopped ,
……..(5)was unable to open the bonnet . He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where
the smoke was coming from , but could not put out the flames .He then ………(6)to get fire
extinguishers from a nearby ……..(7) , but ……..(8) also failed to have any effect . …………
(9) he telephoned for a………(10), but by the time it arrived , the car was totally burnt out .
1. A.into B.on C.out of D.over
2. A.flames B.petrol C.smoke D.sparks

3. A.drove B.has driven C.was driving D.was driven
4. A.to B.from C.at D.in
5. A.but B.because C.although D.so
6. A.wandered B.jumped C.walked D.ran
7. A.hospital B.garage C.library D.swimming pool
8. A.this B.those C.that D.these
9. A.At length B.Finally C.At the end D.Terminally
10. A.police car B.ambulance C.taxi D.fire engine
Exercise 4
Driving instructor killed giving car lesson
A driving instructor died in a road accident near Oxford while he ……….(1) a lesson to
learner driver.
Mr Tony Carter of Market Street ,Oxford , was in the passsenger seat of a Metro car when it
………(2) into the lorry on the A ,361.Mr Carter ,34, a married man with two children , was the
sixty – ninth person to die ………(3)Oxfordshire’s roads so far this year . The accident
happened at 2.30 p.m last Thursday , when Mr Carter ‘s Metro ,driven ………(4) 17-year-old
Wayne Easton ,of Iffley Road ,Oxford , was turning right at a crossroads . The car hit a
Mercedes lorry ……(5) was travelling in the opposite direction . Mr Easton was taken to the
John Radcliffe……..(6) , Oxford , where his condition was described as satisfactory. He has
…………(7) gone home . The lorry driver Mr Ron Tubbs ,of Queen Street ,Abingdon , was
…………..(8) . “There was no signal”, said Mr Tubbs .”I didn’t know he was going to turn right ,
………(9) I just kept going straight ahead as normal .” Police …………(10) talk to the driver
of a red and white coat which was travelling behind the lorry at the time of the accident .
1. A.gave B.was giving C.was given D.had given
2. A.crashed B.was crashing C.was crashed D.had crashed
3. A.in B.on C.by D.from
4. A.of B.from C.by D.through
5. A.this B.which C.who D.whom
6. A.School B.Hotel C.Hospital D.Garage
7. A.after B.since C.next D.then

8. A.unhurt B.unhappy C.uninterested D.unusual
9. A.too B.so C.as D.very
10. A.like B.want C.would like D.would like to

Exercise 5
Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric
lamp?
Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really ………(1) by all ;
machines to…………(2) the electricity each home of used ; things ……….(3)it certain that
the electricity in the wires did not…………(4) fires ; things to send belectricity ………(5) the
right places.
Everything that was …………(6) had to be thought of and ………….(7) by Edison and the
men who worked ………….(8) him . There was no place where they could buy the things
they………(9).Edison made 360 inventions …….(10) in order to send electric power to……..
(11) it was wanted .
Edison directed all the work himself , ………(12) new machines , putting wires underground ,
fixing lights and so on. He ………..(13) to be every where at the same time . He wanted his men
to do as much as he ………(14) .But he …(15) asked them to do things he…….(16) would not
do or could not do .
He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep , nor he often …(17) completely
about sleeping . He ……….(18) for a few minutes at the time , in the middle of the night , in an
underground room at his power station ,…….(19) a metal box for his bed. …………..(20)
these days , he almost never saw his wife and their children.
1. A use B used C be used D be using
2. A measure B test C obtain D take
3. A make B to make C making D to be made
4. A like B put C start D begin
5. A to B by C at D in
6. A obtained B accepted C tried D needed
7. A building B built C was building D builds

8. A about B near C with D together
9. A need B are needing C were needing D needed
10. A less B least C much D more
11. Awhoever B wherever C whatever D whenever
12. A to test B test C testing D tested
13. A seemed B worked C thought D looked
14. Awas done B is doing C does D did
15. A neither B never C nor D ever
16. A oneself B themselves C itself D himself
17. A forgot B remembered C thought D wanted
18. A sleeps B was sleeping Cslept D can sleep
19. A in B at C with D within
20. A For B At C During D Between
Exercise 6
What teenagers do with their money
Thirteen- year-olds do not spend as much money as their parents suspect- at least not
according to the findings of a (1)……….. survey, Money and Change . The survey (2)…….. three
hundred teenagers ,13-17 years old , from (3)……. Britain.
By the time they (4) ……..their teens , most children see their weekly allowance rise
dramatically to an amazing national average of $5.14. Two thirds think they get (5)……..
money , but most espect to have to do something to get it.
Although they have more cash , worry about debt is(6)……….among teenegers Therefore ,
the (7)………of children (8) ……an effort to save for the future .
Greator access to cash (9)…….. teenagers does not , however , mean that they are more
irresponsible (10)………. a result . The economic recession seems to have encouraged (11)
…….. attitudes to money , even the case of children at these ages .Instead of wasting what
pocket (12) ……… they have on sweets or magazines , the 13-year-olds who took (13) ………
in the survey seem to (14)………. to the situation by saving more than half (15)……..their
cash.
1. A.late B.recent C.latest D.fresh

2. A.included B.contained C.counted D.enclosed
3. A.entire B.all over C.complete D.the whole
4. A.reach B.get C.make D.arrive
5. A.acceptable B.adequate C.satisfactory D.enough
6. A.gaining B.heightening C.increasing D.building
7. A.most B.maximum C.many D.majority
8. A.make B.do C.have D.try
9. A.among B.through C.between D.along
10. A.like B.as C.for D.in
11. A.aware B.knowing C.helpful D.cautions
12. A.cash B.money C.change D.savings
13. A.part B.place C.share D.piece
14. A.reply B.answer C.respond D.return
15. A.from B.as C.of D.for