Use of English

I. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they still mean the same.

1. Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?

............................................... ....................to reach that picture?

2. The hurricane has totally destroyed the town.

The town..........................................................................................................

3. There wasn't much snow and we couldn't go skiing.

There was so...................................................................................go skiing .

4. An optician must test your eyesight before you take your driving test.

You...........................................................before you take your driving test .

5. If she doesn't follow a stricter diet, she won't lose any weight.

Unless..........................................................................................any weight .

6. „It's a pity I didn't enter that competition after all”, Sally thought.

Sally wishes...........................................................................the competition.

7. She is so proud and reserved and that is why people don't like her.

If.................................................................................................................

8. We didn't follow the directions, that's why we got lost.

If................................................................................................................. lost .

9. ` You'd better not swim too far from the shore,' the lifeguard said to us.

The lifeguard advised...................................................too far from the shore .

10. ` Why are you laughing ?' Jill asked.

Jill wanted to know......................................................................................... .

II. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. I ...........................( listen ) to the weather report at the moment. I want to know tomorrow's weather.

2. I ............................. (not lend) him anything until he .................... (tell) me exactly when he's going to return it.

3. Please Mum, let me go to the dance . I ................................( not come ) late, I promise.

4. When the airplane landed, the pilot ............................ (find out) that one of the wings ..............................(be damaged) by a shell.

5. As a child I used ........................... ( spend) a lot of time in the country.

6. Do you mind ................................. ( close ) the window.

7. Roger ......................... ( meet ) his wife in the early 70's . She....................... (act) at the theatre then.

READING COMPREHENSION

Read the text carefully and choose the best answer to each question.

IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE! Does the furniture in your living room look tired? It probably looked good when you first bought it. Even if it's only a few years old, it will look out-of-date. Fashions in furniture change quickly. Our parents used to keep their furniture all their lives- but we don' t do this today. So take another look at your living room. A cheap way of making the room different is to change the furniture and the pictures round. Don't be afraid of making big changes. Take those old curtains down and give them a good wash. And while you're about it, give the carpet a wash, too. Take the pictures down and change them with pictures in another room. If you've got a little money to spend, you can make it go a long way. Buy some new material and get somebody to cover your old armchairs- if you can't do it yourself, of course. Paint the walls in bright modern colours. If you've got plenty of money to spend, burn that old sofa in the corner and buy a new one. Install hi-fi equipment, then sit back and enjoy your stereo records! A word of advice: if you want to buy new furniture don't spend a lot of money. Cheap wooden shelves look beautiful if you paint them. Wives can get their husbands to put up shelves in unused corners of the house (even the laziest do-it-yourself handyman will do something if you tell him you're going to save his money!). Husbands can get their wives to make new curtains cheaply (even the laziest housewife will do something if you tell her you'll save enough to buy her a new dress!). Take another look round the house - you'll agree, it's time for a change!

This article is about a) saving money b) interior decoration c) furniture business d) conflicts between generations How do we differ from our parents? we don't spend a lot on furniture we keep our furniture all our lives we buy poor-quality furniture we like to change our furniture The writer suggests that the curtains don't go with the furniture were cheap when you first bought them are now dirty should be replaced with new ones You can save a little money by selling your old furniture spending it carefully just painting the furniture you have buying good-quality furniture

5. One of the statements is true. Which one?

1. Most people are ready to do some extra jobs at home when they know they can save money that way.

2. Most husbands save money to buy their wives new dresses.

3. Husbands will do any jobs about the house when the wives tell them to.

4. A housewife will make a new curtain when her husband tells her to.

COMPOSITION

Choose ONE of the following topics and write a composition of 120-180 words.

1. Describe some of the students' bad habits (discuss the causes of such behaviour and possible consequences).

2. A friend of yours would like to visit Southern Poland for a week. Write to him/her suggesting places to visit.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a car?

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Complete the sentences with a suitable word or phrase.

1. Before visiting England, the writer used to consider the weather to be a ...................................................... subject of conversation.

2. He is talking about an experience he had once in ...................................... (MONTH)

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3. He got up at the usual time to go to the .......................................................

4. He took a thin pullover in case it..................................................... in the evening.

5. At about 11 o'clock it suddenly clouded over and it began .................................

6. Ten minutes later it began ........................................

7. People decided to leave their cars and walked home because they didn't want ................................................ or ...........................................

8. By 4 o'clock ........................................ and the speaker had to take his pullover off.

9. He has soon learnt people in Britain treat the weather forecasts .............................................

KEY

Listening boring July The university Turned chilly/cold To rain To snow To have and accident /get stuck in the snow (2 phrases) It was really warm Very seriously READING 1 B 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 A

Use of English Are you tall enough Has been totally destroyed by a hurricane Little snow that we couldn't Must have your eyesight tested She follows a stricter diet, she won't lose She had entered She wasn't/weren't so proud, people would like her better We had followed the instructions, we wouldn't have got us not to swim why I was laughing II am listening won't lend/ tells won't come found out/ had been damaged to spend closing met/ was acting

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