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in front of her.As thegirl (60) (always/be)nice to me before,I ( 6 1) - (know) what to do - report her to the manageror ignore thewhole thing.By that time, almosteveryone(62) ( l e a v e )t h e s t o r e .I could hearthe cleaningwomen (63) (talk) amongthemselves. S u d d e n l y J. u l i e ( 6 4 ) (walk) up to me and said she (6s) (have) financial difficulties for the past three months. Surprisedby this confessionI, The room (66) (be) in the children (67) (throw) everythingon the floor. the airport, I After Alan (68) *** (take)his (6e) (leave) for (realise)that he (70) passportwith him. There 01) (be) any apples in the fridge. My brother (125 (eat)them all. *** I oncehad a part - time job in a big departmentstorein Liverpool.I'll alwaysremember the first day of the sales.I (73) (reach)the store half an hour beforethe openingtime and saw that hundredsof people (14) (wait) outsidethe doors.The crowd was quite impatientto get in. I could see why our b o s s( 7 5 ) (plan) the salelike a militaryoperationthe previous day.At five to ninethecrowd... Yesterdayevening r (76) (run) into Mr. Page,who was mY (look) at the new physics teacher at high school. I (77) publicationswhen he entereclthe bookstore. I immediately recognised him as he (78) (change)much. He looked almostthe sameexceptthat he (7e) (wear)glassesat school.You know, at thosetimescontact lenseswere not so common.Anyway, we talked about the good old days for sometime and then I invited him to have a cup of tea at my place.He kindly turned down my i n v i t a t i o nb, u ts a i dt h a th e ( 8 0 ) ( v i s i t )m e s o o n .

A: Yesterdaymorning was a nightmare. (happen)? W h y ?W h a t( 8 1 ) A: Well, I overslepbI ecauseI 182.; (forget)to setthe alarmclock the nightbeforeN. ot surprisinglyI ,waslatefor the mid-term.When I got to the classroom,the teacher(83) (let) me in as she (84) (start)readingthe listeningsection.I waiteduntil ... *** I (85) (feel) terribly embarrassed when I realized that I (86) (leave)my wallet at home.It was the first tirne DebraandI wcre goingout andI (87) (haveto/ask)her to pay the bill. Yesterday while my two brothers and I (88) (paint) my room, my sister (8e) (open) the door suddenly Nobody(90) ( t e l lt her that we would be there. So insteadof paintingthe wall, we spentall morning cleanin-{the painton thecarpet. *t<t< Studentsin Terror Ride The driver of a schoolbus was questionebdy policeyesterdaayfterparentscomplainedthathe ( e l ) (take)twentyof theirchildrenon a highspeedrerrorrideandlefi them thirty miles away from home.When the students(92) ( - q e t )o u t of the bus, they telephonedtheir parents.The studentsexplainedthat someof them were not rn their seatsand when the driver noticedthem (93) (run)up anddown the aisle in the bus, he got angry and accelerated. Anxious parenrs (94) (telephone)the bus company and the school as their children (return/still).Mrs. Ann Stalker,whosechildrenwere on the bus. (9s) said\"Anything(96) (can/happen)I.t was quite wrong to drop them thirty miles away from home. Most of the children (97) (have)no money. I am extremely angry.\" A spokesman for the bus company said thev (98; (look) into the matterand that therewere someother complaints aboutthis driver ashe (99) (drive) very fast for sometime. Join the following sentencesusing when, He worked for 10 yearsat the bank.He becamethe manager. 2. He gainedsomeexperienceH. e receiveda promotion. +t)

3. The police suppliedevidence.The man was convicted. 4. They movedto a differenttown. He died. 5. He kissedthe children.He left the house. 6. They becamemembersof the club.They changedall the rules 7. They consulteda lawyer.They boughtthe house. 8. He drove through the red light. He got a fine. 9. Shedid all the shopping.He camein and offeredto help. C. Put the verbs in bracketsinto their 'simple past' or 'past perfect simple / continuousf' orms. l. They (neverfind) wherehe (hide)the knife. 2. As my sister (forget) to tell people about the party, it (be) a completefailure. 3. Most of the guestswe (invite)came,but the one who was supposed to give a speech (appear). 4. I arrived at the bus stop and I suddenly lrealise; that I (leave)the electriccookeron. 5. We (feel)too tiredaswe (work) in the gardenfor solong. 6. Most of the houses (be) underwater as it ( r a rn . ; heavilyall day long. 1. Sincehe (have)his car servicedfor a lons time. it ( b r e a k )d o w n . 8. After I (do) exercisefor about an hour. I (stop) and (decide)to havesomethingto drink. 9. She (look) a lot healthierbecauseshe ( g i v eu p ) smoking. 10. When we (finish) painting the living room, we furnitureso we (realised)that the colour (go) with the (decide)to changeit. 1\"7

1.6REVIEW OF TENSES Fill in the blankswith the correctforms of the verbsgivenin brackets. A. Mike and Anna (I ) (get) married next month. They ( 2 ) (already/buy)a fridge, a sofa,a bed and somearmchairsbut they (3) (find) a flat yet. They (4) (look) at the newspaperadvertisementnsow. Mike (5) (ust/read) abouta f-latin Elm Street.It's in a busy street.but theydon'tmind living in the city center. B. I'm BernardLesling.I ( 1 ) (work) in the Los AngelesZoo.I'n the managerthere.It's one of the largestzoos in the world. There are all kinds of animals: kangaroos, crocodiles, tigers, penguins and even chameleons. Last month. I \\ 2 ) (receive)a letter from the zoo in Peking, China. The letter was about a female baby panda called Ling Ling. My assistantM, rs. Parker, and I immediately ( 3 ) (fly) to Pekingto seeit. We'rein Pekingnow. We (4) (stay)at a hotel nearthe PekingZoo. I can'tforget the momentI sawLing Ling. It (5) (sleep)on her mother's stomach.Ling Ling is very healthy, and we're very happy about that. Pandas (6) (eat) bamboo, but Ling Ling is too young to eat it. She ( 1 ) (probably/ start)eatingbamboonext month. Mrs. Parker is very busy today. She (8) (organize) a press conference.We (9) (have) the conf'erencetomorrow. I expect there (l0) (be) lots of journalists. Some of the reporters ( l l ) (already/arrive)T.hereis one takingphotosin front of Ling Ling's cageright now. C. TonightI ( l ) (go) to a Beethovenconcert. I want to tell you about Beethoven He is a famous composer. He was born ln Bonn, in 1110. He (2) (work) as a pianist there.In 1792, he (3) (go) to Vienna.He (a) (study) with Haydn. He (5) (die) in Viennai,n 1827. D. I r hought everythingwas readyfor the party and steppedinto the gardento have a final look. Just then I realized that there were no sandwiches left for our ,quests. I ( 1 ) (prepare)them myself and put them on the tables in the garden, but they were not there. Obviously, our neighbour's dogs (l )_ (eat) theml I was mad and immediately ( 3 ) (ring) their door to complainaboutthe situation 48

\"Mrs. Meyer,\" I shoutedangrily, \"You'd better start preparing some sandwiches beforethis place (4) (get) crowded becauseI believe your dogs havefinishedall of them,leavingnot evenone to our guests.\"Mrs. Meyer respondedvery calmly. \"If I were you, I would ask your children and their friends before accusingmy dogs. becauseI (5) (see) them running away with the s a n d w i c h e \"s . E. A: Mav I talkto Bobv? B : I'm afraidhe (1) (sleep)at the moment.Janealso wanted to talk to him but I didn't want to wake him up when I (2)- (see) him sleepingon the couch.He must havebeenvery tired when he camein from school.I'll tell him thatyou'vecalledassoonashe (3) (wake)up. A: Thanks,Mrs. Meadows. F. Last Saturdayan old friend from abroad. whom I was expectrngto stay wltn me, telephonefdrom theairportto tell m e t h a lh e ( l ) (arrive).I was still at the office at the time, but I (2) (make) arrangementsfor his arrival.After I (3) (explain)where my flat was, I told him that the key wasunderthe door-mat. Trvo hourslater,my friend phonedme from the flat. He said that at that momenthe \\4) (listen) to some of mv records.When I asked him i1'he had reachedthe flat without difficulty, he answeredthat he hadn't been able to find the key under the door-mat,but luckily the living-room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I realizedthat he (5) (enter)the wrong flat. He was lucky becausemy neighbours(6) (be) awayfor the weekend.If they had beenat home,they would havecalledthe police. G. have pen-friend in England. His name ls Ken Roberts. I (1) (know) him very well, but I ( ) \\ (never/meeth) im. We often write to eachother.Ken i s a writer. His first book was publisheidn 1992.He (3) (be)a very popularwriter sincethen.

H. C a r l o sS a n t o y a( l ) (come) to the United Staresfiom Mexico six months ago. He (2) (live) with his aunt and uncle in Burbank. Californiasincethen.When he (3) (be)in High Schoolin Mexico City, C a r l o s( 4 ) (study)English and computerscienceso after his arrival in California,he (5) (get) a job as an office assistanftor a small companv that sellsbusinessmachinesT. hen one day,while he (6) (chat)with his friendsfrom work, Carlos(7) (hear)aboutGlendaleCommunitv Collese. which has a good dataprocessingprogram to train studentsfor future employment.Althoush Carlosenjoysworking as an office assistanth, e ( 8 ) (plan)to applyfor the program to improve his computer skills becausehe believes that he will have better employmentopportunitiesif he successfullycompletesthe dataprocessingprogram at Glenclale CommunityCollege. I. DearJulie, As you know. I (1) (arrive) in Paris a week ago but there was a problem with mv suitcasesU. nfortunatelv. thev had been sent to Madrid instead of Paris. Yesterday,they (2) (call) me from the airport in the afternoon to go there and pick them up. That's why I (3) (be) at home when you (4) (phone).At the time, I (5) (tryt to find my suitcuscs amongthosewhich had arrivedat HeathrowAirport frorn Madrid. You know what? It took me the whole afternoonto do that. Well, I'm sure you are curious about what's going on here in Paris. The family who I (6) (stay) with now are very nice. Thev treat rne exactlyIike oneof the family. They (7) (introduce/alreadym) e to all their fiiends. I share a room with Penny,the dauehterof the family. who is my age. It is amazing...Every morning her mother (8) (wake) us up with a cup of teal Mr. Phillips,Penny'sfather.is also very nice. He (9) (let) Pennyand me do everythingwe want. He evenallowsus to borrow his car if we needto go somewherefar. Tomorrow will be my first day at the languageschool and I'm really looking forward to l t . They told me to be thereat 9 o'clock. I (10) (take) a placementtest i n the morning.I expectthey (11) (announcet)he resultsby the end of the day.As soonasI learnwhich level I'm a r ,I ( 1 2 ) (give)you a call. Well. that'sall from me now. Pleasewrite soon.I really would like to know what'sgoin_e on there. Love,Claire 50

J. The day after the big marathon,I was still in bed, trying to relieve the painsin my legs.\" What a closerace,\"I thoughtto myself and turnedto have a look at my beautifultrophy sparklingon the top shelfof my bookcaseM. y family and I ( I ) (put) it therehoping that otherswould follow it. The pride andjoy that I felt eachtrme I looked at it was indescribableR. ealizingthat I (2) ( s p e n d )t o o much time resting, I decidedto get some exercisebecauseI knew that a short workout would do my legsgood.The sun (3) (shine), so I thoughtit would be a good ideato ride my bike aroundthe block for a while. | (4) t c y c l e )d o w nt h eh i l l w h e nI ( 5 ) ( s e e )a c a r travellingtowardsme at top speed.I hoped it would slow down, but it didn't. I didn't have enoughtime to escapeandit (6) (crash)right into me, knocking me off rny bike. There was no sign of the driver after the accident.The police are still searching.They (1) (look) for him everywhere since the accident. Unfortunately, they (8) (can/find) him yet. The doctorstold me that I (9) (never/ableto/run) again.And. I guess thistrophywill be the only oneI'll everhaveon my shelf. K. The first man to jump out of an aeroplanewhen travellingat a speedgreaterthan soundwas Arthur Ray Hawk. Up to that time,jumps of this sorthad beenregardedasimpossiblebut this outstanding United States Navy pilot proved the world that such jumps ( 1 ) (be)possible. During an air show over Mississippin 1954,Hawk (2) (fly) an entirely new type of plane when, at 40,000 feet, the nose of the PrqrlL ( 3 ) (dip)sharplyA. s Hawk (4) (try)to pull the planeout of the dive, he noticedthe speedometegr oing up very fast. A few minuteslater it reacheda speedfasterthan sound.Trapped in his seat,and hangingupside-down,the pilot (s) (be able / press) the button that would put the plane on automaticpilot. Near him, however,therewas anotherbutton which was to be used only in times of greardanger.Hawk pressedit, the glassshell abovehis head openedup and he was thrown up into the air. Then he went down with greatspeed,trying to pull the ribbon which would openhis parachuteH. owever,he (6) (fail) in his attempt.He was fortunatebecauseif his parachutehad opened,at that rateof speed,it would havebeentorn to piecesby such a strong wind. At about 29,000 feet, Hawk managedto open his parachute. Soonafterwardsh, e landedsafelyin a field of cotton. 5r

L. JunkoTabei,a JapanesferornHokkaidow, asthefirstwomanto climb Mount EverestI.n 1975.a Tokyo newspaper-televisioncompany (i7 (choose) fifteen women from mountaineeringclubs to go to Nepal. The group (2) (climb) Mount Everestfor severaldays. Then there was an avalanche.Becauseof the heavy ice and snow,ten of the women (3) (want) to continuethe climb. Arnong the otherfive, only Mrs. Tabeiwas able to climb the last 70 meters.Today, 24 yearsafter her worldwidesuccess. Mrs. Tabeistill (4) (go) mountainclimbing every year.Her husband (like) climbing mountains, too but they and children (s) ( 6 ) (have)enoughtime to go with her all the rime. Mrs. Tabei is very busy thesedays.She (7)_ (work) on her rhird book. which includesher experiencesof her latest adventures.She expects that her third book (B) (be) as popular as the other two. When Mrs. Tabei ( 9 ) l f i n i s h , th e r b o o k , s h e ( 1 0 ) (travel) around the United Statesto give lecturesat severaluniversities. M. Matt is talkingto Mary, a memberof the policeforce. Matt Hi. I'm Matt Rotell.a friendof Alice's. Mary O h , y e s .A l i c e ( 1 ) (mention) you the other day. Gee! You(2) (look)like a detective. Matt Well, that'sgood,I guess.lt meansI don't have to disguisemyselfin ordernot to be recognized. Mary Tell me, when (3) (decide / you) to become an u n d e r c o v e rp o l i c e ? Matt Well, my interestin detectivesand their storiesbeganwhen I was ten yearsold. one day, I (4) (wander) around the bookstorelookins for somethinginterestingto read.An old man holding an Agatha Christie book in his hand (5) (approach)me. He advisedthat I should buy one of Agatha Christie'sdetectivestories.Taking his advice into consideration,I boughtmy first AgathaChristiebook that day. 1Z

Mary : I see.Well. as far as I know, you (6) (attend) law s c h o o lt h e s ed a y s . M a t t : R i g h t .I ( 7 ) (mind)beingon thepoliceforcewhen I (be) singlebut ever sinceI got marriedto Nicole, (8) (consider)doing somethinglessdangerous. r(e) Mary : I understandB. y the way, haveyou had any luck yet with thosecounterf-eiters'l M a t t : W e l l .I i l 0 r (fbllow) themfor the lastthreemonthsbut so farl(11) (succeed)in catchingthem in act. (think) that, by the time they are caught.I'll have my I (r2) law degree. Mary : In that case,yolr might defendtheml N. Batman.one of the most populartwentieth-centuryfictional heroes.hasa long past\"He first (l) (save) Gotham City from evil, in a comic book in 1939 and ( 2 ) (fight) crime with his partner,Robin, for the pastfifty-eight years. They (3) (make) three TV series so far. Batman ('t) (appear)in a few movies recently,too. With criminalslike the PenguinC, atwomanandtheJokeraddedto thestoryeachtime,he(5) (probably/ live)on in fictionin thefuture. 1.7TI]VIEEXPRESSIONS A. Mark the bestchoice. l. The shopkeeperwaited all the customershad left the shop.He then put up a'closed'signandstartedcleaningup the shop. a) before b) assoonas c) until d) when 2. Mrs.Riggsrushedto thehospital sheheardaboutthe accident c) afterwards d) assoonas a) by thetime b) firstly 3. She'llbe readyin ten minutes. , we cantakea look at her wedding photos. a) While b) Meanwhile c) During d) After 4 . rny brother.loinedthe army',he had neverbeenabroad. a) Since b) While c) During d) Llntil

August 1995 was the hottestAugust -(5)- Britain has ever had. Some unusualthings happenedin London -(6)- this extremelyhot period. Twenty carsfell off window ledges -(1)- they were sleepingin the sun. -(8)- this, two rhinos at the London Zoo haclto havesuncreamon their backsto stoptheir skin from burning. 5. a) of which 6. a) until b) when b) during c) for d) where d) on 7. a) while 8. a) Apart from b) before b) Despite c) after c) Becauseof d) and d) In spiteof 9. This is thefourth quiz we'vehad two weeks. c) during a) for b) in d) at 10.It wasn't she left collegethat she realizedhow much she had enjoyedher time there. b) meanwhile until d) when a) assoonas I I . It really wasn'tsucha revolutionaryideaasit had seemed a) at first b) firstly c) afterwards d) lastly 12. The teacherwill not beginthe lesson ail the studenrsarequlet. a) until b) when c) by d) after B. I. Fill in the blanksusingthe wordsgivenin the box.use them onlv ONCE. L going on a holiday,you shouldreservea room at a hotel 2 . He wasonlv 19 vearsold he graduatedfrom university. -). usingthe electricdrill, he injuredhis finger. He immediatelystoppedthe machineand went to the hospital. il. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem onlv ONCE. Emma was having a shower(l) the telephonerang, so she didn't hear it. The telephonerang again(2) shewas gettingout of the shower.This time Emma heardit. She quickly put on her bathrobe13) sheran to the living room to answerthe phone.It was her friend,Sally.This is their telephoneconversation: 54

Sally Let'sgo to the cinema(4) schooltoday. Emma Sally I can't.I haveto so to the librarv to do mv sciencehomework. Emma Sally You cango to thelibrary(5) the lunch break. Emma That'sa good idea.I'll do that. OK. Seeyou later. Bye. III. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. You can usethe words more than ONCE. X when during at the until on so for such I can'tforget (I ) dinner(2) we had at Jack's house. The food and the drinks were (3) good and we had (4) a good time that we didn't leave (5) dawn.The sunwas aboutto rise(6) we sot into our carsanddrove off to our homes. It was (7) three o'clock in the afternoon (8) I woke up and had (9) breakfast.I had to drink four cupsof coffeebeforeI was able to really wake up and get readyto catch (10) four o'clock bus to Oxford, where I had promisedto meeta friend. IV. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem only ONCE. during meanwhile previously while since afterwards as soon as until at first lastly firstl at last as b for 1. We canleave I finish typingthis letter. 2. Usine this machineis not as difficult as it seems. , makesure that all the greenbuttonsarelit. You can do this by pushingthis knob. Next. adjust thevolumeby .... 3. The studentssilently watched the documentaryand had a d i s c u s s i o na b o u ti t . 4. I'm afraid you can't seeMr. Brian on Monday. He's on a businesstrip and won't be back Wednesday 5. I'm sorry for making you wait. It won't take long. I'll be ready in ten minutes , you canmakeyourself a cup of coffee or watch TV. 55

I ran into Jack in r pub the other day. We hadn't seeneach other for twelve yeiirs. , I didn'trecognizehim. He had grown a beardand lost mostof his hair. What mademe rememberhim, however,was the look in his eyes.It hadn'tchangedat all. 7. You canreachme in the morningand in the afternoon.Don't call me my lunch breakbecauseI'm not in my office then. V. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem only ONCE. then lastly so that as soon as while fi durins until in orderto after that Scrabbleis a very populargameall aroundthe world. You need a Scrabbleboard.a setof tileswith lettersof the alphabeot n them.a penciland somepaper(l) play scrabble. each persontakesone tile from the bag and the personwith the (2) hi-qhesntumberon his tile will startthe game.(3) each persontakes S I X morelettersfiom the bag becauseeveryonein the gamemust havesevenletters. The first player startsby making a word which coversthe star in the centreof the board (4) the next player makesanotherword by either creatinga new word which crosses the original word or by adding more letters to the original word. (s) players make a word, they must take more letters from the ba-l ( 6 ) they alwayshave sevenletters.All the playerscontinuemaking words in thisway (7) thereare no more lettersin the bas and one Dersonhasused allhistiles. ( B ) playing, players try to cover the coloured squaresbecausethese increasethe numberof pointson thetile.(9) the game.one personkeepsthc scoreby addingup all the numbersin eachword played.(10) , when the gameis over.eachplayeraddsup the numberof pointson his remainin-tgiles and subtractsit from thetotal. It should be rememberedthat Scrabblecan take a long time if the playersare really keen and.of course.playersget betterwith practice. VI. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem only ONCE. immediately afterwards previously finally later then after first as soonas meanwhile M i n a C a h i l la r r i v e dh o m eq u i t el a t e .( l ) shesawherfiont door open. sherealizedthatsomeonehad brokeninto her house.When shesawtheman in her lir,'ingroom. sheknew at oncethat he was a dangerouscriminal who had escapedfrom prison a f-ewdaysago 56

becauses h e h a d ( 2 ) sgenhim on TV. The man wils busy goin-e through the dra'uversso he did nol nolice Mina^ Trying to be quiet, she (3) went into the kitchen and phoned the policc\" (4) the man had left the living room. He was walking througtrthe hallwaytowardsthe kitchen.At (5) Mina did not know whatto do but (6) she decidedto hide behind the kitchen door. A few minutes (7) the rnanenteredthe kitchen.(8) turnln-g the light o n , h e went straightto the refrigeratorand helpedhimself to somefood. Mina was relievedrvhen she heard the sound of police sirens.They had (9) arrived.( 1 0 ) _ Mina learntthat the man was sentto Brixton Prisonto servea lif'esentence. VU. t'ill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem only ONCE. from time to time on time at the time after a time at one time at the sametime for a time . thcnleft. l . I alwaysfind it difiicult to do two things 2 . He chattedto us 3 . Don'tpanic! This is thekind of problemthatwe have Thereforc.I know what we shoulddo. 4 . I was a studentin the 1950's,andthingswere very different The meetingstartsat l0 a.rn.sharp. Be here Otherwrset.hebosswill go crazy! 6. At the party, I f-elt verv restlc'ssat first. However. s t a r t e de n j o y i n gm y s e l f . VIII. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. Usethem only ONCE,. i at the sametime from time to time after a time I for a time at the time on time in time at one time some time peoplebelievedthat the eirrthu,asflat. 2. I can'tgive you an exacttime, but I'll call you in thelrftcrnoon. We didn't haveto wait for our flight-theplatte'uvaesxactly 4. I didn't hearyou call me. I waslistenitlgto mttsic 5. I f'eelhome sick but on the ivholeI can sav I anrused to living in a loreigncountry.

C. Rewrite the sentencesusing the clues given. 1. Paulbrokehis arm while he wasplayingfootball Paul (during) 2. The orchestrahad played for severalhours. The embassyprovided the musicianswith refreshments. (after) 3. You visit Washington.Wheredo you staythere? (when) 4. It was only when we startedworking on the sameprojectthat I realisedhow ambitiousshe was. (until) D. Put in during, whileor before. l. The teachedr idn't speak the exam. 2. I was asleeo.I fell out of bed. 3. Maryboughtnicepresent_s Christmas. 4. The studentsenjoyedthemselvesa lot theirvisit to thenruseum. 5 . leavingfor Rome,he had his car serviced 6. He doesn'tusuallysmoke he goesto bed. 1. Your parentscalledyou up you were away. B . the day sheis full of energybut at night shefeelsterribly tired. 9 . you buy a new food product,you must checkthe additivesrn it. 58

2.PRONOUNS 2.1PERSONALPRONOUNS A. Usethe table to fill in the blanks.You can usethem more than once. they're my he's ours we these they her there it our this it's one me him mine theirs his who's whose hers M v brother gave me and my sister, Felicia, two very nice Chinese blouses. (l ) made of silk and have got big flowers oll them. ( 1 \\ blouse is more colorful than Felicia'sblouse.I think the best and alsothe cheapesst ilk blousesaremade in China. Mrs. Palmer,the teacher.is talking to her studentsin the classroom. Teacher (3) u m b r e l l a sa r e ( 4 ) Tom I think theblue(5) is Susan'sumbrella. Jenny No, it'snot (6) . The red oneis Susan's. Susan Yes.Mrs. PalmerJ. enny'sright.Theredumbrellais (7) Thankyou.I left it in theclassroomyesterday. Teacher And whatabout heblueumbrella? Susan Ir'sBilly's,but (8) not in the classroomtoday. I can take this afternoon^We're the umbrellaand give it to (9) neighbours. *** JackandMary are leaving the party at Laura'sflat Laura : Are theseyourjackets? Mary : No, they aren't. (10) upstairs. (ll) is blue and Jack'sis black. It was (12) birthday yesterday.I'm twenty-five! Some friends took (l3) (l5) to a restauranltast night. (14) all hadprzzas. (l6) were very good. At the end of the dinner, Janet opened bagandtook out a smallpackage. *>k* 59

Our son. Tom, broke (17) arrn last night. My rvife and I took (1B) to the hospitalright away. All the doctors \\ /ere very busy when (l9; gor(20) . Fortunately,a beautifulyoung nursesaw us ( 2 1) was very helpful and took us to the emergency roolr.t. (22) was quite a largeroom with cupboardsfull of medicine. B. Substitutepronouns for the italicizedwords. Eg. Georgeand John like comedyfihns. They Iike them. I . Mr.Sntith eatsspoghetti everyweek. 2. Tomrrtyund I playfootbull very often. 3. This c:oJfeeis for Mary anclher-frientls. 4. Mr. tutclMrs.Brttu.,nsell eggs. 5. Teuclrersaskquestionsto students. 6. Edvt,ttrtl knows the ansytter 1. My brotherand I havea bis hluse 8. Mt, morhercookstheJood. C. Conrpletethe sentenceswith somebody,anybody,everybody,or nobody. l. This problemis too dilficult c a n s o l v ei t . 2. lt's verveasvto cookomelette cando it. is knockingtlie door,canyoll hearit? 4. Thereisn't to helpus. 5. There is at home. This is the third time I'm phoning and answers. 6. Can curr.ythi\\ suilcuscl'orme.) 1 was tired alterthe picnic asr.vedid a lot of things 60

8. I didn'tsee there. 9. Why isn't phoningme? 10. Helengavethe packetto butwe don'tknow who. 2.2REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS Fill in the blanks with the suitable reflexive pronouns myself,yourself, himself, hersel,f itself,themselveso,urselvesy,ourselves. 1. Tom did thehousework 2. The studentstalkedamong 3. The stewardess signedthe letter. 4. If you want it to be well done,do it 5. We lookedat in themirror. 6. He wentto Eneland 7. The dog openedthe door 8. Alice startedsingingto 9. You andyoursistermustfinishthereport 10. I lookedafterthebaby-- for 10months. 2.3FORMS OF OTHER Fill in eachblank with oneof the words in the box. other the other another others one another l. There are many kinds of insects in the world. Ant is one kind. The wasp is 2. Therearetwo bookson the tableOne is a novel. is a coursebook. 3. He had a reallyseriousaccident.He is alrightbut his car is badly damaged.He needs to get car. 4. I havetwo sistersO. ne is namedMarv. is namedSylvia. 5. There are many kinds of trees in the world. The oak is one kind. Some arepine trees,willows, sycamores. 6. Therearemany kinds of treesin the world. The oak is one kind. Some kindsarewillows.svcamores. 6l

1. It snoweda lot this morning,and from the looks of thosedark clouds,thereis going to be snowstorm. R Of thefour girls,oneof themis blonde. arequite dark. 9. Therearefour girls.Oneof themis blonde girlsarequitedark. 1 0 .There are many tourists from different countries. Many of them are from Japan arefrom Germany.Enelandand the U.S.A. 1 1 .Mr. And Mrs. Miller are a happily married couple. They love ver) much. 12. One commonillnessamongchildrenis chickenpox. common one ls mumps. areyellow fever,measles. 13. One of the two countriesI would like to visit is Tibet. is India. Of course,besidesthesetwo , thereare mysticalplacesI would like to see. 14. Some studentsare hardworking; arelazy. Still are indiff'erent to everything. 15. They havefour children.One is married is a graduateof universityand hasa nicejob two are hish schoolstudents. oz

3. NOUNS 3.1SUBJECT.VERB AGREEMENT Choosethe correct answers in parentheses. 1. There(isn't, aren't)any lettersin the mail for you today. 2. There(isn't,aren't)anymail for you today. 3. There(is,are)a lot of problemsin theworld. 4. There(is. are)an insectin this room. Whereis the insecticide? 5. There (is, are)over 600,000kinds of insectsin the world. 6. How many kinds of birds (is. are)therein the world? 1. Why (isn't. aren't)therea hospitalcloseto thosevillages? 8. There(is, are)a greenpen on Tim's desk. 9. There(is, are)a blue pen and a yellow notebookon Sue'sdesk 10. There(is, are)somepensand notebookson Jack'sdesk. 1l. Someof the furniturein my house(needs,need)painting. 12. Someof my books(was.were)stolen. 13. Physics(is, are)the most difficult coursefor me. 14. The police always(comes.come)latein Turkish fihns. 15. Two thousandmiles(is,are)too muchto go by train. 16. Japanese(is, are)one of the most difficult languagesto learn. 17. One of the languagesI want to learn(is, are)German. 18. Every child (needs,need)love and affection. 19. A million dollars(is, are)enoughfor him. 20. Most of the students(lives,live) in the dormitories. 21. The blind always(needsn. eed)help. 22. Most of thefood in thefridge (is, are)delicious. 23. Someof thatinformation(is, are)wrong. 24. Eachof the students(is, are)readyfor the examination. 25. Five hoursof sleep(is, are)not enoughfor a child.

26. Half of my money(was,were)stolen. 27. Everybody(like, likes)chocolate. 28. The peoplein my country(is, are)friendly. 29. Everyone(has,have)his own ideas. 30. A coupleof people(is, are)demonstratingin front of the parliament. 31. Mary andTim were on time for the meeting,but the restof us (was,were) late. 32. (Is , Are) baconand eggswhat you want to eat? 33. If everybody(want,wants)to cometo the convention,they haveto registerfirst. 34. Not only her family but alsoher relatives(was,were) at the conferenceto listento her. 35. A group of us (have,has)decidedto stayat the hotel. 36. The youth of today(don't, doesn't)know manners. 37. What (is , are)the percentageof nitrogenin the air? 38. 50Vaof oxygenin the air ( is, are)wastedin theprocess. 39. 507cof students(is, are)likely to fail. 40. There (seem,seems)to be a few minor pointsof disagreementyet to be settled. 41. NeitherMark nor Kate (love,loves)pets. 42. NertherMark nor his sisters(love,loves)pets. 43. Not only Mark but alsoKate (attend,attends)classesregularly. 44. Not only Mark but alsohis sisters(study,studies)regularly. 45. Both Mark andKate (was.were)in the class. 46. Both Mark and his sisters(was,were)at the party. 3.2 THERE+BE AND HAVE GOT Rewrite / Complete the sentencesusing there is/are or has/have (got). l. Denveris an interestingcity andit lots of theatresand art salleries. 2. The classroomshaveeot white boards. in theclassrooms 3. There'sa rack at the top of the car. top. The car 64

A: Excuseme, (4) a chemist in thetown? B : Y e s ,( 5 ) one in Elm Street,oppositethe bank. SamandMark aretalking aboutthe hotelthey areplanningto stayat during their holiday. Sam (6) swimmingpool at the hotel? Mark Yes. therearetwo. Rememberit's a five-starhotel. Sam OK. What about the rooms? (7) TV sets?There'sa very importantmatchon Sundayand I don't want to miss tt. Mark Of course,they have.Don't worry. The hotel hasall kinds of facilities. Jackdoesn'tknow much aboutWilmington becausehe hasjust moved there.He has a lot of questionsaboutthe town. He is talkingto his neighbour,Peter. Jack : I like reading very much. (8) a library near here? Peter Yes, the Lincoln Library is in Olden Street.It's a very big library with many booksand alsoa nice selectionof magazines. Jack What aboutpubs?When I was in London, my friendsand I went to a pub every Peter Jack weekend(. 9) any good onesin Wilmington? Peter Jack Sure.Wilmington is famousfor its pubs.The music in thesepubs is excellent. Peter That'sgreat.We can go to one tonight. Jack Peter Fine,but I'm veryhungryright now. Let'seatsomething. Jack What aboutChinesefood? Peter I'm afraid (10) a Chinese restaurant in Wilmington. I saw a smallrestauranat crossthe street.Let's go there. That's a nice steak-houseb,ut it (11) got any vegetarianfood. I'm not a vegetarian. But I am. **x 65

We live in a small,old housein Guilford.Ir (12) two bedroomsa. living room. a dining room. a kitchen and a bathroom, of course. In the livins rooln. (13) two blue armchairsand a red sofa.We also( l4) televisiona, videoand a radio.In theeveningsw, e sit in the living room and watchtelevision or listento music.ln the dining room, (15) a table and four chairs.The kitchenis new.We havebreakfasitn thekitchen,but we havelunchanddinnerin thetlinine room. 3 . 3A R T I C L E S Put a, an, theor X in exerciseAs , B, C, D and E. A. We were so tired when we arrived in New York that we wanted to go straislrt to (l) bed.We rook (2) taxi from the airport to the celttreof town. ( - l ) taxi-driverwho took us to our hoteltold us that (zl) streetso{' Manhattanwere not crowded becausemost people do not go to work on (5)______ Saturdays. B. L Haroldis most interestingpersonI know 2 . D i a n ai s v e r y n l c ep e r s o n . 3. Lastnightwe wentout for meal. 4. Toni-ghtwe areprobablygoing to eat in hotel restauranat nd then set tc) bedearly.I hatestayingin hotelsbut it's partof thejob. -5. I can'trememberif I sawthatfllm on televisionor lt ctnema. 6 . I'm sureit won't be long beforepeopleareliving andworking in ___ sp.rce 1 . Have you alreadyhad lunch? 8 . I spoketo severapl eopleat the cocktailparty.Was John onewith thered hair? 9 . I'd like to invitehim to dinnernextweek.if that'sOK with you? i0. Couldyouclose door.please?It's reallycold. l l . We havegot new officesnear centerof the city. 1 2 .Have your new olficesgot canteen? I . J . For lunch I had a sandwich I can't rememberwhat fillins was m sandwich. oo

14. When you come out of the lift, you'll seetwo doors, red one and blueone.My dooris redone. 15. We needto do morefor poor. 16. The greatesitnventionof the 20'hcenturyis computer. 1 7 . I ' m l o o k i n gf o r n e wj o b . 18.I saw mangoing into the office. I don't know who manwas. 19. When you areready,I'll takeyou to alrport. 20. United Nationsis an internationaol rganization. C. l. Watchoutl Therets pollceman comlng. 2. Phil wantedto see photoswhich Janetook on holiday. 3. Many peoplebelievethat h o n e s t yi s best policy. 4. [t'sknown thilt Japanesearevery hard-working 5. Shebought furniture for her ner,vflat. 6. It is verv important to have varied diet and not to eat u n h e a l t h yf o o d 1. Her flitt is on first floor. 8. It's gettinglate.The childrenmustgo to bed. 9. What would be bestway to get to the nearestbank? 10. A : I'm starving.I haven'thad anythingto eatsince lunch they servedus on the plane. B : I know an Italranrestaurandt own the street.Let's go there. Anne: Jack. you're here! I wasn't you until (11) \"^0.:;;, dinnertime. Jack : I managedto find a ticketandcameon (12) e a r l yt r a i n . >k*)k 13.As hemissed 7.30 train to New York, Mark couldn't attendthe party that was organizedto celebratehis exceptionapl rogressat work. If you areplanningto get therebefore(14) sunsety, ou haveto selotf e a r l yi n ( 1 5 ) mornlng.

(l6) tea Sambrewedfrom differentherbsfor (17) breakfastwas extremelydelicious. D. Many common objects are named after (l) famous people who used or inventedthem. One of (2) most famous examplesof theseare 'Wellington' boots.(3) 'Wellington' got its name from (4) Duke ol Wellington,w h o w a s( 5 ) famousBritish general.Among otherthings,he was responsiblefor defeating (6) Napoleon at (7)_ Battle of Waterloo in 1 8 1 5W. e l l i n s t ownanted(8) specialpair of bootsmadefor him. He asked(9) bootmakerto make(10) boots from rubberso they would be both comfortableas well as waterproof.Wellington was very pleasedwith ( t l ) boots and wore them constantlywhile he was campaigning.As he was (12) famousmilitary figure, a lot of (13) p e o p l e s t a r t e dt o u s e( l 4 ) samekind of boots,which soon becamevery popular.It is also true thatthis type of boot is perf-ecftor (15) B r i t i s h c l i m a t ew. h i c hi s c o l d a n dr . r c t for much of the time. Today (16) British still use Wellingtonboots,or wellies'. RogerSpentthreemonthsin(17)-Himalayas.Hetriedclimbing(lB)- MountEverest,butwithnoluck.Hewascaughtin(19)-SnowStormandhadto return. Now, he is in Brazil discovering the secretsof (20)- Amazon river. I SuppoSehe'llnevergiveupbeing(21)-adventurousperSon. E. 1. I come home on 8.30 train every evening.If I miss it, I either have to wait for two hoursor take a taxi. which costsa fortune. 2. Linda prefersto go out for lunch becauseshedoesn'tlike eatins in the office. 68

Lasr Sundaymy friendsand I decidedto go to Kartalkaya.We set off at (3) sunriseso that we could get thereearly in (4) morning and spendthe whole day skiing but becauseof the bad weather,we were not able to reachthe mountainuntil (5) noon. t<>k* SallymetLinda at a party. Sally : What lovely (6) earringslWhere did you get them from? Linda : Do you remember(7) girl I introducedyou at John'swedding? Shegavethem to me asa birthdaypresent. 8. As Bob Golden was sentencedto life-long imprisonmentfor killing his wife and her lover,he is going to spendthe restof his life in pnson. *>F>* We spentour holiday at (9) nice hotel near(10) Rrver Thames.Although (l l) stillhada lot of fun. hotel was not as good as we had expected,we 12. We camehereby - carwe boughtlastmonth. 13. I haven'tbeento -open-air t h e a t r eb e f o r e . 14. Let'shavea holidayin -- AlPs. 15. We need-- t h o u s a n dP o u n d s . 16. Canyou pass marmalade? 17. ThamesRiver flows into - North Sea. 18. Sallv spentsix weeksout of -- work. 19. Whereare scissorsyou borrowedlastweek? 20. dinnerwe had with my sister'sfriendswas very nice.We really enjoyedit. 21. To startour journey we had to get up at dawn 22. I alwaystake 7.45busto school. 69

3.4 PREPOSITIONS A. Mark the bestchoice. l. Janethas decidedto study hard becauseshe has a very importantexam theendof December. a) in b) on n\\ cf d) since 2. My sisteris 7 monthspregnant.Sheis going to havea baby-_-- 2 months d) in a) at b) on c) next 3. I'm sorryfor breakingyour favouritevase.Itjust happened accident. d) in a) on b) for c) by 4. cecilia is my bestfriendfrom school.she is Peruvianc. ecilia is a tall eirl in her twenties dark greeneyes.Sheis a hard-workingstudent.Shegetsvery high gradesin all her examsbut becausesheis modest,sheneverboasts.That'swhy I like her verv much. a) has b) and c) with dt- 5. I receiveda letter of congragulationfrorn mv teachers my finishin-e d) of universityin thetop five list. a) on bt with ^\\:- L,, rlt 6. It's 7:00 now. The train leavesat 8:00.We must hurry or we will never set to the station time to catchthe train. a) at b) in c)by d) on 1. Sheis gettingmarried two weeks. c) about a) next b) in d) this B. Sheis still young.Sheis herearlytwenties. c) about a)in b)on d) at 9. Thereis an index of thisbook. a) in theend b) at theend c) in thefinal d) at last 10. Sheneverknowswhatto do difficulty c) at a) out of b) in d) on 70

B. I. Look at the map andfill in the blanksusingthe words in the box. in front of next to tn convenient behind opposite reliable at the front I live in North Street.Mv f-latis t!ml very(l ) Caf6 Bank Shop for the shops.I can walk to the **;;f\",Carpark bank, to the cinema or to the library. When I have a lot of NoRTH STREET shoppingto do, I take my car to the supermarket.I can park my -----p5+sBtoups car very easilythere,becausethe carparkis just (2) Cinema Library Museum My Pub Shop the supermarket.My school ts hous outsidethe city. I go thereby buseveryday.The busstopis (3) themuseum. When I needmoney,I go to the bank.It's (4) lny house. II. Look at the map below and fill in the blanks. Bcclcsfcr cldo-duld-en Kid Tales is a bookshop. It is Vichr.,:srette; (1) the first ardCD; floor of a big building.The shopis n (2) 9 in the morning to B in the evening.It rs also open (3) the weekend. When you go (4)_ the shop, there plcture books (5) the left. (6) thesebooks, there are shelves of videos and cassettesT.here are also someCDs ( 7 ) theseshelves. ( 8 ) the videos. cassettesand CDs there are books for older children.There arepuzzles(9) the oppositecorner.There are lots(l0) puzzleshere.The counteris (l 1) thepuzzlesandthe shopwindow.The shopassistanstits(12) the counter. 1l

III. Study the picturesand fill in eachblank with ONE WORD ONLY to complete the texts. *#a tffi= + |]--1 ' f- (' I live in a smalltown calledSaxborrow.It's a quiet little town. There( I ) any big cinemas,restaurantsor crowdedpubs there.I live in a flat (2) the post office. There is a news-standin (3) of the post office. I always buy my newspapersand magazinesthere. My living room is not very large but it's very nice. It's got two big armchairsand a sofa. There's also a television set (4\\ the room. lt's the two armchairs sofa is (6) the televisionset. lt's very comfortable and I usuallylie on (7) and relax affer work. My grandfatherdied 5 yearsago and I puthispicture(8) the wall (9) the television set. There isn't (10) table in my living room but there's (11) in the kitchen. I have my meals there and I don't mind it, becauseit's a big kitchen. 72

IV. Martin is giving a party at his housethis evening.He gavehis friends a map to help them find his housemore easily.Look at the map and completethe following directionsto Martin's houseF. ill in eachblank with ONE word only. Martints House #ru.CITY PARK M ,' i:rl- 'rnjI-l' I N r---JH------ldL-J r-::-::---1 ilffi ffit w ffi BRowN STREET A I I I I I Gcarlton -tsrl T,AKECOLLEGB S DORMITORY T R. EI T I You are here .GrO out of the Lake Collegedormitory. W a l k( l ) Main Streetand so under C ai rrlton Bridge. Carry on walking (2) you get to the florist's,then turn t1i) (4) White Street.Walk (5) Citv Park.You will seemy house(6) your right. It is at the end of the s t r e e t ,( 7 ) the supermarket.' '73

V. Study the picture and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Oak Hill SPORTSCENTRE above next to tn in front of behind between OI ite below l . There is a caf6 thegym andthe swimmingpool. z . Theshopis thegym. 3. The runningtrackis t h e s w i m m i n gp o o l . +. Thereis a toilet the caf6. aA

vI. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with a suitable word/phrase from the box. Use each only once.Be careful! There are more words than you need. Mr. Smith's Flat SUPBRMARKET below convenient above crowded on behind comfortable dangerous in front of next to at the end of between reliable ite Mr. Smith hasgot aflat in Main Street.He lives (l) the pub. There is a suPermarke(t2) the pub and the newsagent. Mr. Smith bought this flat because lt rs very (3) for shopping. Main Steet is a (4) street.There are always a lot of people and cars.Look at the picture.Can you seeMr. Smith?He is carryinga briefcase.He is talking to a man ( s ) the pub. And can you seehis car?He hasparkedit ( 6 ) thenewsagenatndthe supermarkeMt.r. Smithworks i n a t o y s h o p .I t i s ( 7 ) the caf6. l5

C. Fill in the blanks using the words in the boxes. I. past out of until from through into along on Jamesis in the train station.He is talkins to the man at the informationdesk. James : Excuseme, can you tell me the way to the public library? Theman : Yes, of course.Go (1) the station and turn left (2) Main Street.Walk (3) Main Street. Turn left again at the end of the street. Carry on (4) you get to the town square. Go the town squareand you'll see the public library (s) (6) your right. II. by with to on for at between in l . She'sstill going out the sameboy. I think they are going to get married. 2. I'd like to inviteyou the concertat the exhibitioncenter. J . PreoSchoolstudentsset to class 8:40 everyday. + . I usuallyhavesalad lunch. 5 . In Turkey planesneverleaveor arrive time. III. by with to on between for at in from off I . As soonasI get the car.I fastenmv seatbelt 2. Chicken d la Basque is a kind of casserole.It's made chicken.wine. tomatoesand sarlic. 3. If you catchthe 8 o'clockbus you can get schoolon time 4. Nowadays a lot of people have toast and tea or coffee breakfast. 5. The train to istanbuleaves 9:30 from olatform4. We'd betterhurrvun or we'llmissit 76

IV. in about of over into with for round at on from uD The workersdidn't agree(l) the companymanager(2) the rate of increaseto their wages.The manageraccusedthe workers (3) asking for an unreasonableamount of increase,which made them even more furious. Workers claim that the manager'srude attitude discouragethem (4)- working efficiently. They also add that they came up againstsimilar problems with the previousmanagerw. ho wasjust asuncompromising. *** Two days ago, we went to the Italian restauranthat my wife and I had been to several times previously.We were planning to spend a pleasantevening and at the same time celebrateour tenthweddinganniversarybut thingsdid not go as we had expected.You just cannot imagine how furious we were (5) the waiter (6) servingus most unsatisfactorilyW. hen we arrived,we discovered that our tableoverlookingthe gardenhad beenallocatedto someothercustomersT. he new table we eventually received was by the door. I complained to the waiter ( 7 ) the tablewe had got. In responseto my complaint,he just laughed. He seemedto be fed up (8) whathe wasdoing.That may be thereason why he servedthe food so casuallyand at the end collectedthe plates in a most messy fashion.In additionto the low quality of the service,the food was not good, either.It did not live (9) to our expectationsat all. On the menu it was statedthat coffeewas free (10) charge.However, when I receivedthe bill, I saw that they had chargedus $10 for the coffee we had had after dinner.I immediatelycalled the waiter over and tried to explain it to him but he didn't seem to catch (11) so I gave up and paid $10 for the coffee. As I was extremely a n n o y e d( 1 2 ) what had happenedat the restaurantI, wrote a letter of complaintto the managerthe next day. '71

D. Fill in the blankswith suitableprepositionswherenecessary. I. 1. My husbandis veryupsetH. e'shada fightwith hisbossH. e camehomeat l l:30 a.m.erncl startedto drink midday. 2. Felicia'sbirthdayis November30th.I'm going to buy her a blouse 3. Mr. Sanderswill be at a meetins 10a.m.till lunchtime. 4. Brightonis the southcoast England. 5 . T h eb o yw h os i t s my rightis Spain. 6. Harvardis notfar Boston. 7. The trainwaspassing a tunnel. 8. Simonis takingJanet a party tomorrow night. a few spelling 9. The student'scomposition was quite good except mistakes. 10. Contrary all advice, he didn't quit smoking and had anotherheart attack. The trainto oxford leaves(11)_London at 9 pm. It arrives(12)-_-- oxford at I I p.m.. I prefer trains,becausethey are never late. They're always (13)-_-- time. But busesare not very reliable. Last month I travelledfrom Brighton to Lexington. We r e a c h e d( 1 4 ) - - Lexington at 2 in the morning. All the passengerswere very tired whenthebusgot to thestation. **>k 1 5 .A : Wheredid he spendhis holidaylastyear? B: Italy. 16.A: Wheredid theygo? B Miami. 1 1 .A Where areJack and Susan? B Berlin. 1 8 .A When areyour parentscoming back? B June6th. 1 9 .A How longdid Alice staythere? B two weeks. 20. A When'sthe bossgoing to leave? B two weeks. 78

2 1 .A When did theygetmarried? B January,1976. 22.A When weretheyin Hawaii? B - July. Roger Monroe visited Banskok last summer. Bangkok is a big city (23) Thailand. Roger travelled (24) plane. He flew London to Banskok and he arrived there (26), July (2s) lzth. He stayed there (27) three weeks. He got back to London (28) August. TI. We'vegot a cafe near Lake Bismark. It's open from May to October, but it's closed (l) the winter. It's (2) a lovelv oosition.It looks out (3) a park and has got a wonderful view (4) the forest. It's a family business.We openedit three years ago, (5) May. ( 6 ) Last Tuesday,a group of Japanesetourists came. They sat in the garden,atecheesecakeand took hundredsof photographs. 1 . I don't think Suewill get thatjob. Shehasno experience c o m p u t e rw o r k 8.Wi1liamcanhelpyourepairyourcar.Hehasagoodknowledge-car engines. Simonis a studentat Oxford University.He lives in an attic room (9) the third floor of an old house. His room has got a sloping ceiling because it's just (l0) the roof. The room is quite small. There's a bed (l l) thecorner.(12)-tothebed,there'sanarmchair. *** 1 3 . My parentsgot married l2th August 1 9 6 8T. h i s year,they gavea gardenparty to celebratetheir 30th anniversary. 14. Mike usuallyplaystennis the weekendsbut Iast weekendhe stayedat home becausehe had flu. 15. I startedwriting my thesisthreemonthsago and I hopeI will finish it four months.Otherwise.I will be dismissed. 16. Her parentscalledSally yesterdaymorning. When they called, l t was 7 o'clockandSallywas asleepso shedidn't hearthe phone. 1c)

17. Is it too latefor the 8.45 train? Oh. ves.its 8.50 now andthe train left 5 minutes 18. I'll seeyou lunchtime. 19. I wasborn 1972. 20. Saturdays,I usually work the morning but lastSaturdayI didn't work. this afternoon. 21. I am planningto go and seemy grandparents 22. Shecameto seeme 25thMay. 23. We aregoing to Spain March. 24. I prefergoing to thecinema the weekend. 25. Areyouinterested antiques? 26. Shewassurprised how cheapthe watercolourwas. 27. Isheaware how lons we havebeenwaitinefor the tour to start? 28. Pisais famous its LeaningTower. 29. When I was at school.I was reallv bad history. 30. We wereextremelyimpressed the guidedtour. 31. Thisfestivails similar theonein Rio. 32. The flood wasresponsible damagingthe statue. 33. I'm reallytired- l o o k i n ga t m o n u m e n t s . 34. Shewasterriblydisappointed the tour. 35. This oortraitof her is completelvdifferent thatone. 36. We're not keen visitinstheruins. 37. I'm sorry beingso late.I had to go back my camera. 38. Sorry the delay.We shouldstill get to the museumbeforeit closes. 80

III. 1. BernhardGoetzwasconvicted illegalgun possession. 2.Hewasfined$5,000-hiscrime,andhewaSSentenced-six monthsin jail. 3. He was acquitted attemptedmurder. 4. In bad weather,we can't rely public transportation. 5. Bus driversin New York aresometimesrude passengers. 6. Smoking is prohibitedon public transportationbecauseit's harmful - the healthof the passengers. 7. We needto allocatemore money m a s st r a n s i t . 8. New Yorkers often complain the problems in the subway. StraphangersC' ampaignis trying to do something them. 9. In some subway stationsthere are always beggarsasking money. 10. When a policemanstopssomeone speeding,he alwayswants to look the driver'slicenseand the car registration. I l. If yourun gason the highway,you may haveto walk to the nearest gasstation. 12. Robert wants to transfer the state university, where he is now. a smallcollege. 13. Whatarehisreasons wanting to transfer? 14. He says that the professors at a small college really care individuals. 15. If you want a good grade,nevershout yourprofessor! 16. There is a book written by childrencalledCry for Our Beautiful World, the aim which is to bring adults' attention to the state of the world which we live today. 11. They hatedthe food Spain.Nonethelesst,hey enjoyedthe weatherand the Spanish. 18. Hereis the list of videoswe can select ,) 19. Which was the newspaperyou saw the advert 20. Motivation is essential being successfulin whateveryou aredoing. 21. Shehasto give up the habit drinkingtoo much coffee. 22. Wateris vital all living things. 23. If youwantto go on workinghere,youhaveto learntheart cooperatlon. 24. We have decided to cut down on transportationexpensesso I go to school Ioot. 25. Thev won't let vou therestauranutnlessyouhavea tie. 8l

26. The governmentis trying hardto cope the high ratesof inflation. 21. He'snot conscious his badmannersandkeepscomplainingthatpeople do not undersranhdim at all. 28. Sheis verveasygoingso shegets well rvithpeoplc-. 29. The town councildecidedto turn theold school a musellm. 30. They usu:illygo out Saturdayevenin-qsb,ut tonight thev rvill s t a yi n . 31. What kind musrc ale children ntost intcrestccl 32. Shedoesn'ft\"eewl ell. Sheis lvins bed 33. As soonashe gets thecar,he switches theradio. 34. Her husbandisn't work today,he is at home. 3 5 . S h ei s l i s t e n i n g the news TV. 36. Her youngesst isteris engaged an engrneer 31- The rich businessmanhad just got out off his car when sol1eone walked him andshothirnright theeyes. 3.5EXPRESSIONSOF QUANTITY AND NIJNIBER A. Fill in the blankswith quantityexpressions. Bob Jack!Waitl I'r'egot somerhingto tell you! time-only ierrntinutcs Jack Is it irnportant?I haven't_so(t1) Bob My classstartsat 3 o'clock. Jack It won'ttakelong. O.K\" Go aheadW. hat is it thatyou wanrto tell me? >k':* Pctcr Do you like yournewflat? Paual I m a f i a i d l d o n ' t . Peter Why not.l Paula It's on a busy street.It's very noisy'.Therc is (2) lnuch traffic. Peter Oh. I'rn sorry to hearthat. Paula T h a t ' sn o ta l l .T h e r ei s n ' t( 3 ) h o t w a t e r !C a ny o r -br e l i e r ei t l Peter That'sten'ibleW. hat do you do with thedishes? Prrulrr : I heatthe waterfbr the washin-eup. Peter : It'sa furnishedflat,isn'tit'l Ptrula : Yr's.thcrcis t4)_ f'urniturein it. Only a bed. a wardrobe.a bookshell-a.nd a table.When rny lriendscomc io visit me. somehaveto sit olt my bed.Therearent (,5) chairs- only two 82

Peter '. Why don't you mLrveto anotherf'lat? Paula '. I can'tafford a betterflat. DearMom andDad, This is my secondweek at school.I like my schoolbut I don't like the city. There is too (6) noisefrom traffic.I haveclassesfrom 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. I go to schoolon foot\" It takesabout l5 minutesto get to school.Last Friday I got up lateandgot to classat 8:29.iustin time beforethebell\" Mv rooln rn the dormitory is on the .first f-loor. It hasn't got furniture so it is not cluttered.I put someof my bookson the bookshelvesbut some of them are still on the floor because there aren't bookshelvesM. y room looks out on a beautiftrlpark. My desk is by the window. I am \"vriting this letter at my desk and I can seetl'repark. Therc ate some studentssittingon thegrass. I havegot a room mate.She rs Spanish.I don't know her rvell b u t I t h i n k w c ' l l b c good friends.You know, I haven'tgot (9) fiiends here- -just oneor two peoplefrom my class. I don'tgo out very often,onlv on SaturdaysI. haveto studya lot. This is all ior now. I'll write againsoon. Love.Sarah B. Chooseone expressionfrom Column A and one from B and fill in the blanks. COLUMN A COLUMN N wasn't weren't anv isn't aren't ennrroh was are much is many w er e quitea lot I went to Country Restauranton Thursday evening. There ( I a) (1b) customers-onltyhree-bust till the waiterswere ver)'slor.vto serve me I looked at lhe menu and wanted some tomato soutl The waiter said: \"I'm afiaid. there (2a) (lb) tomatosoup\". so I askcdfor thcir m u s h r o o m s o u p . It w:is O.K., br\"rt t(hr or L' ol L i i,. r \\-,q, (3b) saltin it, so I arddedsomemore. Next, I orderedthe home-cookedcheesepie. It was terrible.i.twas calledir cheesepie but it was more like a potatopie.There(4a) potatoesin it. I didn't enjoy,'iat t all andI don't think I'il evergo thereagain. 8l

C. Rewrite the following without changing the meaning. 1. Janeworks in a bank,and so doesher sister. Both 2. Mary andI havenot beento France. Neither 3. Both Martin andFrankaresinsle. Neither 4. We caneatbeforeor after the show. (either...or) 5. I feel miserableand tired. ( n o to n l y . . . b uatl s o ) D. Fill in the blanks using the words givenin the box. You can usethem more than once. many quite much enough some not a A I'dlike 11.1 e g g s ,p l e a s e . B How (2) wouldyoulike? A Six,please. t<** A Is there (3) petrolin thecar? B Yes,thereis (4) , but (5) much.I have to fill it up at the nearespt etrol station. *x* A I want to buy this book but I can't pay for it because I haven't got (6) money.I've got only f30 B How (7) do you need? A f20. The book costsf50. B Here you are. A Oh, thanksa lot. A How wasthepartylastnight? B Not very good.Therewere too (8) people.You know. I hate crowdedparties.You can'tdanceor find a placeto sit. (9) a lot of peopledidn't evenhaveanythingto eatbecausethe food finishedso soon. 84

E. Mark the best choice. My brotherhas saved_(1)- moneyby working in two jobs. He wantsto change his car but he hasn'tgot _(2)_ moneyto buy a brandnew one so he'slooking for a s e c o n d - h a n dA u d i . l. a) any 2. a) enough b) a lot b) too much c) some c) lots d) many d) very much 3. My grandmotherhasn'tgot relationsso we try to visit her every weekend. b) much c) many d) more a) any 4. Shehadto phonehomebut thephoneswasworking so she couldn't. b) not all c) not enough d) a few of a) noneof 5,Thereare-newfilmsshowingatthenewmovietheatre,but appealsto me. a) several... none b) many ... all c) few ...neither d) a lot of ...either 6. Neitherher sistersnor Jane skiing. c) doesn'tlike a) don'tlike b) like d) likes F. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the boxes below. You can use them more than once. I. neither little no both none each either enou 1. There are two films on at the Capitol but of them is worth seeing,so let'sgo somewhereelse. 2. We've had hundredsof guestsbut of themhasevercomplained aboutthe food. 3. I askedmy neighbourfor somemilk asI found out therewas ln the fridge. 4. paintingwas individuallywrappedand deliveredto the e x h i b i t i o nh a l l . 5. He was very sadto seethat of his classmatehs ad cometo watch his performanceH. e would havebeenhuppyif only one or two had come. 85

6 . Jennydoesn'wt ant to inviteTom or Billy. Shelikes of them. 1. They have money problemsat all. Their parentsare wealthv and willing to helpthem II. none very few neither both plenty of each ever hardlv an either too much 1. He spends money on his clothes.He has been wearing his blue suit,for example,for at leastsevenyears. 2. I tried on two beautifulswimsuits.Unfortunatelv. fitted me.We're going on vacationnext week and I'm still without a swimsuit. 3. He needs experiencebeforehe can be acceptedto our firm. 4 . At the police station,they mademe look at the picturesof severalcriminals.I examined very carefullyand finally recognizedthe man that had robbedrne. 5 . We spenthours interviewinghundredsof applicants,but of them was suitablefor thejob. 6 . TV setcomeswith a five-yearguarantee. G. Fill in the blanksusingthe wordsgivenin the box.Useeachonly ONCE. all none both every either neither each One day,my fatherfinally declared,\"I havedecidedthat you arematureenoughto haveyour own car.\" Oh, what joy! Though we actuallyhavetwo family cars,(1) fi ts within mv modeststudentbudeetin terms of running costs.So I immediatelvsat down to call the car dealersin town and carefullviotteddown (2) the information they had to offer. My father and I then went over (3) detail and. after long discussionsa, greedon a make that was (4) sportyano lnexpenslve. The next stepwas to visit the dealerclosestto our house.As soonaswe arrived,I noticedthe two carsin the window, one bright red,the otherBritish racinggreen.(5)----- would have been all right with me. My father, who is not easily impressedby attractive colors,startedaskingendlessquestionsW. hile he got a patientand thoroughanswerfrom the dealerto (6) one, my father looked as if (7) of the answerssatisfiedhim. After half an hour, I was really gettinganxious,thinking we were not going to buy the car today. How was I to know that my father was just enjoying the occasion?I am now the proud owner of a beautifulsportscar. 86

H. Fill in the blankswith quantity expressions. 1. The shopkeepear skedhim how sugarhe wanted. 2. He is going to the shopsto get cheese. 3. I takemy dog out for a walk a day - before I leavefor work. and afterI comeback home. 4.. The dealershowedus two cars, of which weretoo expensive. 87

4. QUESTTONS 4.1YES/NO,'\\ryH-\" SUBJECT/OBJECTAND INFORMATION QUESTIONS A. Ask questionsto completethe dialogues.(Usethe cluesif given) iob Tom Susan work doctor secretarv so runntns hospital office Tuesday 1. ,| No. heisn't.He's a doctor. ,) 2. in an office'? OnTuesdays. 5. Yes, shedoes. 4. A lunch? B My husband?At the restaurantnext to his office. 5. A in thiscity? B No. They live in Cambridge. 6. A B after dinner ? Well. we usuallywatchTV. And when the weatheris good, we go out for a walk. *** Mr. Carterl s a bank manager. He is talking to the new secretary,PamelaSanders Mr. Carter Hello, Pamela.Sit down, please. (7)_ Pamela aL. Mr. Carter (8) Pamela It' s 746-6613. a computer? Mr. Carter (9) Pamela My house?It's in GreenStreet. Mr. Carter (10 Pamela Yes,I can. Mr. Carter And whatabout... 88

Jasminis a waitress.Sheworks in a night club. Shestartswork at 6 p.m. and finishesat 2 a.m.Shegoesto work by bus,but shedoesn'tlike it. Shewantsto buy a car. Jasminusually gets up at about 1 p.m. The night club is closed on Sundays,so she usuallygoesoutwith herboyfriendG, eorge. You : (ll) ? Jasmin : At aboutone o'clock in the afternoon. You : (12) Jasmin : No, I haven't. I go to work by bus. You :(13) Jasmin No, I don't. The club is closed. **x David is a reporter. He is writing an article about sparetime activities.Now, he is talking to Mary. David (t4) in your sparetime, Mary? Mary Listeningto rock music.In fact, I was at the Rolling Stonesconcertin New York lastmonth. Robert we've got a new Engtish,\"\"\"n;:;\"r name'sMrs. Higgins. Clara Robert ls shea goodteacher? Clara Robert Yes, very good. like? Clara (15) Robert Clara She'squitetall and slim. Robert (16) eyes? They'reblue.She'sgot big blueeyes. (11) :^o t:! I I think she'sin her twenties. A Youcango to Birminghamby bus. B (18) A About two hours. B (1e) A A ticket?f 24. 20. A suitcases? B They'reours. 89 21.A thecinema? B It is betweenthepostoffice andthepolicestation.

22. A : How therein Selton? B : RestaurantsT?hree.One in Main Streetand two in Elm Street. 23. Mary You've got a car,Paul. (take)the bus to Paul s c h o o le v e r y m o r n i n g ? Becausemy schoolhasn'tgot a carpark 24. Jerry Is thatMr. Miller overthere? (talk) to Janet? David Yes. Jerry David No. that'snot Janet.That's his wife. Jerry Really?Shelooks like Janet,doesn'tshe? 25. Billy seesJanetwith a book in her hand. Janet? Billy : Janet : A novel.It's a very good one. Billy : I'd like to readit too afteryou've finishedit. 26. Bill and Janeown a restaurantB. efore they go shopping,they alwayscheck the food and thedrinksin thekitchen. Bilt : there? Jane : Oil? Not much. Bill : What aboutpotatoes? Jane : It's O.K. We havea lot. >F** Sallyis in a shop.Shewantsto buya sweater. Shopassistant : (27) you? (take)? Sally Yes,please.I'd like a sweater. Shopassistant (:28) Sally S i z e4 0 . Shopassistant Here aresomesweaterss, ize40. Sally Oh, the red sweateris very nice.(29) (cost)? S h o pa s s i s t a n t f]5. Sally Fine.I'll haveit. A touristis in London. He is talking to a policeman,askingfor information. Tourist : Excuseme.(30) here? I haveto makea phonecall. Policeman Yes. thereis one in Elm Street. Tourist ( 3 1) the nearestexchangeoffice? Policeman In QueenStreet. Tourist And (32) thecity centre? David By bus. 90

Tourist : (33) *** David : Lessthan 15minutes. Tourist : Thank you. FredGateshasjust won the marathon.Now a reporteris talking to him. Reporter (34) Mr. Gates? Fred I a m very happy.of course. Reporter fi5 r Fred Tired?Yes,a little. JackandPaulwere at a party last night. They aretalking aboutit. Paul (36) (see)Maria at the party last night? Jack No. Who's Maria? Paul She'sPatrick'snew girlfriend.She'snot English. she? Jack (311 Paul S h e ' sF r e n c h (live)in London'l Jack (38) Paul Yes.She'sa studenat t Patrick'sschool. (meet)? Jack (3e) Paul Patrick and Maria?Threeweeksaso. Jack (40) (be)happyin England? Paul Oh. ves.ShelovesLondon. Mr. And Mrs. Wilson have been married for 30 years.Mr. Wilson met his wife when they were studentsat university.They live in a house in Oxford. They have got three sons and one daughter.They are all married. Mrs. Wilson is a housewife. She likes readingin her sparetime. She has got more than five hundredbooks. Mr. Wilson is a professorat Oxford University.He is going to retire next month. The Wilsons want to move to a warmer country - Italy or Spain- becausethey do not like the weatherin England,but they haven'tdecidedyet. 41. h r sw i f e ? 30 yearsago ,) 42. At university. 43. More than five hundred 9l

44. whenMr. Wilsonretires? They'll probablylive abroad. 45. A B One.It's anold VolkswagenI.boughtit tenyearsago. 46. A thereby car? B About onehour. (get) 41. A (shoes/wear) B 39. 48. A shirt shouldI wear with this iacket? B Blue would so well with it. 49. A Twice a day. the dog out? B (you / take) *** Sally and Linda aregoing homefrom school. Sally : Our EnglishteacherMrs. Brown gaveus our first pop-quiz this morning. Linda : Reallyl (50) Sally : No, it wasn't.Actually,it wasquiteeasy. Linda : t5l) eachsemester? Sally Normally, shegives about20 but this year shesaidsheis planningto give more pop-qulzzes x** Mike is talkingto hisfriendBobon thephone. Mike : Bob, we had a meetingyesterdayY. ou weren'tthereand Mr. Greengot very angry.(52 to themeeting? Bob : BecauseI had a terriblebackacheand I had to leaveearly.I left a messagefor Mr. Greenbut I guesshe didn't get my message. Mike : Isee.t53.) today ? Bob : I'm feeling much better,thankyou, becauseI restedall night. *** 54. Martin is talking to his girlfriend abouthis plansfor the future. Hisgirlfriend : afier you complete yourmaster's? Martin : Well,I'm notsure.MaybeI'll work in my father'sbusinessM. y fatherand I discussedit last nisht and he offered me a positionin the Sales Department. Hisgirlfriend : That'sa goodidea. 92

Anna My brotherhashurt his back.He's in hospitalnow. (be)in hospital? Grace Anna oh!(ss) Grace Anna Sincelastmonth. Grace That's a long time.Do you visit him everyday? Anna Grace Yes,I do. (go) to the hospital (s6) tomorrow? At 2 p.m. I'd liketo gowithyou. 57. David I went to Mrs. Tiger's office at 5 o'clock yesterdayb, ut sherefusedto talk to me. Her secretarysaid.\" Mrs. Tiger's busy at the moment.\" Helen David yoga ? Helen Yes, shewas.How did you guess? Well, shealwaysdoesyogafor half an hour, startingat 5 p.m. everyday. Shedoesn'tanswerthe phonesor meetanybodyin those30 minutes. 58.A: (pay)for thisencyclopaedia? B ' . By creditcard.I didn't havecashwith me. 59.Anne: (go)to thehairdresser, Susie? Susie: Oncea week- usuallyon Saturdays. A : I sawyou in thepark lastnight.(60) (do) thereat 1I p.m. ? Justwalking around.I couldn't sleeplast night. I wantedto get some fresh air (61) (drive)homewhen you sawme'? A Yes. You know, I finish work at 10:45p.m. B 162) (stop)your car and walk with me? A Well, becauseAlice was waiting for me at home. She gets very angry when I'm Iate. B I understand. Jane Richardis in hospital. (happen)to him? Anne (63) (break)it. Jane He hasbrokenhis leg. Anne (64) Jane Duringhistrip to theAIps. Alice (6s) (stay)with you? Nancy My parents?For a week.They left yesterday. 93

Alice : (66) (visit) them in their new homein Florida.too? Nancy : Of course.Next summer. 67.Jenny : I'd likerosee,nur.\"ollss.Size40,please. Shopassistant : Hereyou are. Hmmm. It looksbeautiful. Jenny : f45. S h o p a s s i s t a n :t 68. Helen is talking to Maria. Maria is Spanishand she is studying Scienceat London University. Helen : a studentat London University? Maria: Forayear. Mike andJennyarefriendsfrom school. Mike : (69) at eight last night?I phonedyour house,but nobodyanswered. Jenny I was at Mum's PizzaPlacein the new shoppingcentre. dinnerthere Mike oh! (70) with your boyfriend,Larry? Jenny No, I wasn't.You know. I don't seeLarry any more.I work at Mum's pi:,:.cpt ltLc'e Mike Really?Do you like it? Jenny Yes, I do. I work for only threehoursin the eveningsand the pay is goocl. Mike (11) there? Jenny : Well, I haveto cleanthe tablesand help with the washingup. Betty and Thelma are two secretariesT. hey work for the samecompany.Theirmanager.Mr. Hutwill, retireda few daysago.The new managerstartedwork yesterday. Betty : (72) thenew manager'/ Thelma No, I haven't.I wantedto talk to her yesterdayb, ut shewas busy (73) l'ifties? Betty : No, sheisn't.Sheis quiteyoung. ,] Thelma : \\74) Betty Sheis tall andslim with shortcurlv hair. 15. The burglarsbroke into an old woman's flat while she was watching TV in her bedroom.A policemanasksa neighbouraboutthe old woman. Policeman : What Neighbour : Shewas watchingTV in her bedroomthen. 16. Leila is looking at ajug in a shopandshewantsto know aboutits exactcapacity. Leila : Excuseme.How muchliquid Shopkeeper: 2liters,madam. 94