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on. We had Michael laughed when I told him the joke. The joke You may get hungry on the train, so take some sandwiches. In I didn’t let him know that I was thinking. He I’d do anything to be able to travel to China. There’s Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses. My car is much too _________ to take on a long journey. (RELY) He was too _________ to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake. (SHAME) To his great loss his wife died in _________ when he was only 24 years old. (child) I _________ this morning, and was late for school. (SLEEP) A holiday in American can be _________ cheap. (SURPRISE) My grandfather _________ my grandmother by five years. (LIVE) _________ about the companies future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it. (CERTAIN) Many _________ developed countries spend much money preventing environmental pollution. (INDUSTRY) The crowd showed its _________ by shouting insults at the players. (APPROVE) The cost of _________ must be paid by the buyer. (CARRY) This _________ faulty washing machine should be returned to the manufacturer. (REPAIR) These shoes are almost _________ out. She should buy new ones. (WEAR) Supply a correct preposition into the given space. One day while Newton was sitting (1) _________ his garden (2) _________ an apple tree, he saw an apple fall (3) _________ the ground. (4) _________ course, the fall (5) _________ an apple is a very common thing. A great many people (6) _________ Newton had seen an apple fall (7) _________ the ground, but they had never taken the trouble to investigate such an everyday occurrence. Newton was the first man to ask: “Why does an apple fall (8) _________ the ground? What makes it fall? Why does it not go (9) _________ (10) _________ the sky? Or why does it not go sideways when it leaves the tree?” He thought the matter (11) _________ (12) _________ a long time. It took him many years to solve the problem. (13) _________ last he found (14) _________ that the earth pulls all the things (15) _________ its center, and that this was the reason why the apple had fallen towards the earth and not away (16) _________ it. Newton also found that the sun attracts the earth and all the planets and that each planet attracts other planets, just in the same way as the earth attracts apples. Some of the lines are incorrect, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( Ö ). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on the following spare line. I’ve been trying to get in touch with you by the phone for a couple of weeks, but I think there must be something wrong with your phone. it keeps up making a funny noise every time I dial your number, so I thought I’d better write to you instead. The problem is that I won’t be able to come and stay with you the next weekend. What has happened it is that my parents have arranged to give a big party for the whole family at that weekend. They told me about it several weeks ago and I promised I would be there. Unfortunately after I had forgotten all about it when I arranged to come and stay with you. As you probably know, I haven’t got a very much good memory! Anyway I’m very sorry, but I really can’t let them down. I hope that this doesn’t cause to you too much trouble and that we’ll be able to arrange another one weekend when I can come. Please write back and suggest for a date that will suit you, or if your phone is working again, please give me a ring and we can discuss about it. Once again, I apologise for making such a terrible mistake and I hope that you won’t be too angry with me. I was really looking forward to spending a weekend with you and I hope so that we’ll be able to arrange this soon. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using between two and five words, including the word given. I didn’t agree with the idea.favourI the idea. Sandra said that she was willing to work late.mindSandra said that late. You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night.ifYou wouldn’t be tired to bed earlier last night. The number of tourists visiting this area rose last year.riseLast year the number of tourists visiting this area. I hadn’t made a speech before, so I was very nervous.usedBecause I speeches, I was very nervous. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentences as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the words given in bold letters. The words must not be altered in any way. All teachers like Kate. (popular) That jumper you knitted for my daughter no longer fits he (grown) He is said to be a very hard bargainer. (reputation) He doesn’t appreciate his wife. (granted) the amount the firm spent on the project initially was $ 15,000. (outlay) Find and correct the mistake in the following sentences. Paul did so well in his speech today that he should have rehearsed it many times this past week. Bess is used to fly after having crossed the continent many times during the past decade. Our Spanish professor would like us spending more time in the laboratory practicing our pronunciation. Sam used to living in Oklahoma, but his company had him transferred to a better position in Georgia. The bolder the matador’s display in the arena became, louder the audience expressed its approval of his presentation. Hal’s new sports car costs much more than his friend Joel. Max would rather to be fishing from this boat in the lake than sitting at his desk in the office. Sally must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to call her. The tractor was running on the farm, breaking the topsoil, and plant potatoes. It is necessary all girls should learn to prepare meals when they are young. Supply a correct preposition into the given space. One day while Newton was sitting ____ his garden ____ an apple tree, he saw an apple fall ____ the ground. Of course, the fall ____ an apple is a very common thing. A great many people ____ Newton had seen an apple fall to the ground, but they had never taken the trouble to investigate such an everyday occurrence. Newton was the first man to ask: “Why does an apple fall to the ground? What makes it fall? Why does it not go ____ into the sky? Or why does it not go sideways when it leaves the tree?” He thought the matter over for a long time. It took him ND-22 Circle the word or phrase from A, B, C, or D that is the best answer. Either excessive social obligations or just plain laziness _____ him from his work.A. has kept B. has been keptC. have kept B. have been kept Socrates was a _____ man.A. fun-looking B. fun-looked C. funny-looking D. funny-looked I offered my friend _____ with his students, but he refused.A. some help B. a help C. the help D. to help Some of the boys _____ didn’t come.A. whom I invited them B. I invited themC. I invited D. when I invited A handsome reward will be given to _____ finds the missing emerald.A. who B. anyone C. whom D. whoever There’s smoke and I smell something burning. There _____ be a fire nearby.A. have B. must C. ought to D. might The Prime Minister _____ the Parliament, but he did.A. had better not to dissolve B. must have not dissolved C. should not have dissolved D. need not to dissolve That vase is an antique. It _____ a lot of money.A. worths B. is worthy of C. is worthed D. is worth Tom admired his friends Frank and Jerry. He imitated ____ A. their every action B. theirs every actionC. every action of them D. every action of theirs It was _____ I met Mr. Wong in London.A. before many years ago B. since many years ago whenC. many years ago that D. for many years since The sky was overcast; it _____A. looked liked rain B. looked like rainingC. looked likes rain D. looked like rain The machines often broke down because the staff were not _____ careful.A. sufficient B. enough C. sufficiently D. too That’s a good idea. At any rate, it’s worth _____A. looking into B. to be Iooked intoC. a looking into D. to look into + “He’s going to send your cheque back to you.”+ “Well, that’s very kind of him, but I told him that he _____.”A. needn’t have B. didn’t need itC. needed to D. needn’t Just another coat of paint on the front door; that’s all _____ doing.A. you need B. that needs C. you’re D. that’s Read this passage carefully and then choose the best answer to questions below. Petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, home heating oil, residual fuel oil, and lubricating oils, come from one source – crude oil found below the earth’s surface, as well as under large bodies of water, from a few hundred feet below the surface to as deep as 25,000 feet into the earth’s interior. Sometimes crude oil is secured by drilling a hole through the earth, but more dry holes are drilled than those producing oil. Pressure at the source or pumping forces crude oil to the surface. Crude oil wells flow at varying rates, from ten to thousands of barrels per hour. Petroleum products are always measured in 42-gallon barrels. Petroleum products vary greatly in physical appearance: thin, thick, transparent or opaque, but regardless, their chemical composition is made up of only two elements: carbon and hydrogen, which form compounds called hydrocarbons. Other chemical elements found in union with the hydrocarbons are few and are classified as impurities. Trace elements are also found, but these are of such minute quantities that they are disregarded. The combination of carbon and hydrogen forms many thousands of compounds which are possible because of the various positions and joinings of these two atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule. The various petroleum products are refined from the crude oil by heating and condensing the vapors. These products are the so-called light oils, such as gasoline, kerosene, and distillate oil. The residue remaining after the light oils are distilled is known as heavy or residual fuel oil and is used mostly for burning under boilers. Additional complicated refining processes rearrange the chemical structure of the hydrocarbons to produce other products, some of which are used to upgrade and increase the octane rating of various types of gasolines. Which of the following is not true?A. Crude oil is found below land and water.B. Crude oil is always found a few hundred feet below the surface.C. Pumping and pressure force crude oil to the surface.D. A variety of petroleum products is obtained from crude oil. Many thousands of hydrocarbon compounds are possible becauseA. the petroleum products vary greatly in physical appearanceB. complicated refining processes rearrange the chemical structureC. the two atoms in the molecule assume many positionsD. the pressure needed to force it to the surface causes molecular transformation Which of the following is true?A. The various petroleum products are produced by filtration.B. Heating and condensation produce the various products.C. Chemical separation is used to produce the various products.D. Mechanical means such as the centrifuge are used to produce the various products. How is the crude oil brought to the surface?A. Expansion of the hydrocarbonsB. Pressure and pumpingC. Vacuum created in the drilling pipeD. Expansion and contraction of the Earth’s surface Which of the following is not listed as a light oil’?A. Distillate oil B. GasolineC. Lubricating oil D. Kerosene Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. NATURE’S LIGHT When you see a firefly flitting through the air on a dark summer (1) _________, you may wonder (2) _________ the source of its light. This light (3) _________ from a mineral called phosphorus, which is found in small amounts in the (4) _________ of the firefly. Phosphorus is also found in the bodies of many (5) _________ of deep-sea fish. Sometimes (6) _________ a large number of these fish congregate near the surface of the ocean, their bodies illuminate an area that can be (7) _________ for long distances. Phosphorus is also found in many parts of our bodies (8) _________ is essential to human life. In modern times, many vital uses have been found (9) _________ this mineral. Large amounts of phosphorus are utilized in medicines, in agriculture, and in manufacturing. Perhaps (10) _________ most generally familiar (11) _________ to find phosphorus is in the heads of matches. Because phosphorus burns violently (12) _________ low temperatures, the small amount of heat produced by the friction of rubbing the head of a match (13) _________ a rough surface is sufficient to (14) _________ the phosphorus in the match head to burn. As the head of the match ignites, it lights the wood or paper that forms the (15) _________ of the match. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey are some of the popular singers I admired a lot.Among I come to see my parents on Sundays no matter what kind of weather I haveWhatever Mr. Brown is the most skillful of many clever mechanics in my factory.Among They greet me warmly anytime they meet me. Whenever One of the firsts to arrive was the Chairman.Among Charles Dickens always wrote to his wife to tell about the place that he came to see. Wherever Despite the difficulties my father was involved in, he managed to overcome them. However The first to reach the finish line first wins the race. Whoever If I say “Heads, I win; tails you lose,” I will win whatever happens. If I say “Heads, I win; tails you lose,” I will win whichever Among many interesting books recently published are the books by Victor Hugo.The books by Victor Hugo are Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses. He was a spoiled child. he was very _______________ to my father. (obey) All contracts are translated to avoid any _______________ between the companies. (understand) To prevent the environment from pollution, the governments of all the countries on the earth encourage the producer using _______________ plastic. (Recycle) _______________ a person who is concerned about the natural environment and wants to improve and protect it. (environment) Only by giving a _______________ description of life at sea, can those students succeed in reporting marine lives. (picture) The helicopter crashed into the _______________. (MOUNTAIN) The level of inflation is a serious _______________ to economic recovery. (IMPEDE) The statue will remain in the museum for the _______________ future. (see) I’m sure we can come to some _______________ arrangement. (work) Nobody wants to buy their new products. They are _______________ products. (sale) Supply a correct preposition into the given space. 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. Millions (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 (IOC) chooses a city, not a country, to host the Games. No one 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. Read the following passage. One word has been omitted from each line. Put an oblique stroke (/) where the word should be and write it in each blank. London was not built as a city in the same as Paris or New York. It began life as a Roman fortification at place where it was possible to cross the River Thames. A wall was built around town for defence, but during the long period of peace followed the Norman Conquest, people built outside the walls. building continued over years, especially to the west of the city. In 1665 there was terrible plague in London, so many people left the city and escaped to the villages in surrounding countryside. In 1666 the Great Fire of London ended the plague, but it destroyed much of the city. Although people returned to live in the rebuilt city the plague and the Great Fire, there were never so many Londoners living in the city centre. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using between two and five words, including the word given. I suppose it’s possible that she didn’t understand my message. mayI suppose my message. A local mechanic repaired our car.RepairedWe by a local mechanic. “Why don’t you relax for a while?” she said to me.takeShe suggested easy for a while. The information I got from the assistant was so confusing that I didn’t know what to do. suchThe assistant that I didn’t know what to do. “It’s not worth worrying about the past,” I told him.pointI told him that there was about the past. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentences as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the words given in bold letters. The words must not be altered in any way. Most people know that Britain’s economy is heavily dependent on North Sea oil. (COMMON) I’d be grateful if you would check these accounts for me. (MIND) That jumper you knitted for my daughter no longer fits her. (GROWN) He said he was anxious about the plight of the homeless. (CONCERN) He did the puzzle in 2 minutes. (SOLUTION) Find and correct the mistake in the following sentences. If a crisis would occur, those unfamiliar with the procedures would not know how to handle the situation. Standing among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable. The teacher tried to make the classes enjoyable experiences for the students so they would take a greater interest in the subject. Whenever students asked for help or guidance, the counselor would advise them or refer them to someone who will. Anybody who plans to attend the meeting ought send a short note to the chairperson. The teachers and the administrators are having such difficult time agreeing on a contract for the forthcoming year that the teachers may go on strike. Mary usually arrives at the office at nine o’clock, but because the storm, she was two hours late. + How many elder brothers and sister have you got?+ I have three elder brothers and two sisters.+ What are their jobs?+ One is an engineer. Another brother is a teacher. the other is an architect. One sister is a nurse. The other sister is an artist. After wearing glasses for five months, I am eventually used to wearing them. Getting good marks all the time means to work hard day and night. Choose the best answer. + “Why didn’t he report the incident to the boss?”+ “He probably thought _____ not his responsibility.”A. it to report was B. being reported itC. reporting it was D. to have it reported + “I saw Larry at the library yesterday.”+ “You _____. He’s in the hospital.”A. won’t have B. couldn’t haveC. should have D. could have + “Why haven’t these letters been mailed?”+ “Well, John said he’d get someone _____ tomorrow.”A. for mailing them B. mailing themC. will mail them D. to mail them + “You seem to have a lot of money with you.”+ “Yes. The store _____.”A. cashed for me a check B. cashed me a checkC. cashed a check to me D. cashed a check for me The difference between monkeys and apes cannot _____ in a few short sentences.A. describe adequate B. describe adequatelyC. be described adequate D. be described adequately I _____ him that much money.A. oppose to lend B. oppose to lendingC. am opposed to lend D. am opposed to lending The boys _____ their teacher if they _____ in the examination room.A. ask / might smoke B. ask / permitted to smokeC. asked / permitted to smoke D. asked / might smoke Winnie _____ to the hospital yesterday but nobody took her there.A. could go B. would go C. should have gone D. must have gone + “I can’t find the book I left here an hour ago.”+ “It _____ unintentionally for there were books here.”A. might be taken B. should have been takenC. should be taken D. must have been taken + “Michael has lived in Peru for ten years.”+ “Yes, but he _____ doesn’t understand Spanish.”A. already B. yet C. still D. anymore + “I see the travel agency gave you a lot of information.”+ “Yes, some of it is useful but _____ isn’t.”A. the remain B. another C. the rest D. the other one I thought you said she was going away this summer, ____?A. didn’t I B. didn’t you C. wasn’t she D. wasn’t it Sam was a really silly boy when we were in high-school. I still remember _____ very stupid questions.A. his asking B. asking him C. him to ask D. his being asked There is no need to use a boat to cross this stream. It is only _____. A. a knee-depth B. a depth-kneeC. deep-knees D. knee-deep + “You have been spending too much money lately.”+ “You’re right. I need to _____ on my expenses.”A. cut out B. cut up C. cut down D. cut away + “What was your advice to Marvin?”+ “Well, I recommended that he _____ harder.”A. study B. studies C. studying D. studied + “Did you enjoy the play?”+ “Yes, but I don’t think the actors performed as well as they _____.”A. do B. have done C. once did D. did + “Let’s go to the new movie downtown.”+ “Thanks, but I _____ it already.”A. have seen B. was seeing C. had seen D. did see I feel dizzy but I expect the feeling will pass _____ in a minute.A. off B. on C. by D. from What _____ to see him at the stadium. A. the surprise B. surprise C. a surprise D. surprising Read the following passage and choose the best way of finishing each of the sentences below. East Somalia’s prolonged shortage of rain, which has already caused food supplies to fail and brought unemployment in farming areas, could also affect the production of electricity, and thus reduce the output from the nation’s mines. The mining industry and especially copper mining, uses a huge amount of electricity and is almost completely dependent on the government’s Electricity Supply Commission. But the Commission has recently asked the mines what would happen if electricity supplies were reduced by ten, twenty or thirty per cent. The Commission’s power stations, which produce the electricity using coal as fuel, are mostly situated near the large coal fields of Eastern Province. But this area has little water so the cooling towers at the power stations have to be supplied with water from elsewhere. The problem now is that water levels in all rivers and lakes have fallen dangerously low and, in some cases are well below the intake pipes which feed into the pipelines which supply the cooling towers. In a desperate attempt to solve the problem, engineers are spending some forty million dollars on building a series of small dams across the Haro river. It is hoped that these dams will make the water level at the Malawa Dam rise so that water can then be pumped through a new pipeline to the power stations. This will take time and it is now the dry season. Very little rain falls before October or November, and, after a shortage which has lasted for four years and is believed to be the worst in two centuries, nobody can say whether the rains will be sufficient. The amount of electricity and water used by the mines has tended to increase in recent years. The mines, which produce about half the country’s export earnings, need electricity in order to pump fresh air through their workings and to drive machines which crush vast quantities of rock. Each mine also has to provide accommodation for as many as three thousand workers. How might West Somalia’s lack of rain affect electricity supplies and mining?A. Copper mines are having to use less electricity.B. Coal supplies are failing to reach power stations.C. Electricity supplies to mines may he cut by up to thirty per cent.D. Copper mines may be unable to pump water by October. Where does the Electricity Supply Commission produce most of its electric its?A. Along the Haro River B. Near the copper minesC. At the Malawa Dam D. In Eastern Province The action that the engineers are takingA. may not help if there is sufficient rainB. will become effective towards the end of the yearC. should get enough water to the minesD. will use up a lot of electricity The engineers aim toA. change the direction of the Haro riverB. keep more water at the Malawa DamC. get more water into the Haro riv