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MIDDLE-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-7 TEST A

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1 Circlethe correct words.    (5 points)

0    Be careful. This Computer [belo ngs) / is bc.longing to me now.

1    I blamc you /yoursclf for this mess.

2    The wind has blown / be,en blowing hard all morning.

3    Somobody stole / was sleaUng our car Iast night.

4    When I was young, I would / used (o bełieee in ghosts.

5    By the time we caught; him, he had stolon / stole $20,000.

6    This is the first time I could /harc been obie to understand computers.

7    The bus to London leares / will lravc at fice o’clock every day.

8    If we left now, we would / will be there by teatime.

9    I woukhdt have come herc if l knew / Ud known it was luirricane season.

10 l wish I didn’t buy /hadn’t boughl this laptop.

■2 Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (/) those sentences that are correct.

(5 points)

I haven’t seen anyone sińce ages.

I don’t usually believe what he says.

Tom and Jane want to sort out the Ir proolems ihemselces.

1 neeer would >av anvthing i. when I was younger.

You don’t have to install this but

lYhinkit would be a good idea. _

What do you think I ought do now? There won’t probably be any met.eorites hitting the earth this year.

If he breaks the law again, he w¹’U go to pri^con.

^{1 wouldr|,t} i\ave said anjdhing if you told me not to.

I wish I worked harder when I was at scłiool.

If only we had enough money for sonie foocl.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.    (10 points)

0    What arg you thinkin<a (you think) about now?

1    Ho w long_(you own) a

Computer?

2    _______ (you go) to the concert last

night?

3    The burgłars broke in while w^re ________

(slecp).

4    Before I met Jim, I ________ (never be)

in troublc with the law.

5    I know tiiat. when 1 leave school, I ______

(work) for my father.

6    I think that we__(probably lose)

hut you never know.

7    I can’t talk now. 1 ______ (play) l.ennis

willi Mark in fifteen minut es.

8    If you ______ (not swit.ch) off the

Computer properly, you will have problems.

9    If I liadnT sludied French, I_

(not ineet) Sophie.

10 I wish I __________ (ha\^re) a dog when

I was younger.

i Complete the text with the correct forms of the words in braetfets.    (10 points)

You have been brought to this °courtroom (court) today because of your long history of criminal behawour. You have been invo!ved in several

^ł____(burglai') and show no sliame in

v\ iiac you iiave done. You are a²_

(self) person who cares nothing for other

people. You are 3__(sense) of their

JSuffeTing and ⁴_(sympathy) to their

losses due to your actions. You do not ordy rob

u ic _(wealth) but also yoiu friends

and ncighbours. You have also shown yourself

to be 6    (aggresion). If it wasn‘t for

the ______ (brave) of the police officers

who arrested you, you would, no doubt, still be committing crimes. We eannot⁸ (tolerant) such beliaciour in a civilized society and because of the ⁹    (fail) of

previous, non-prison sentences and your

¹⁰ _(able) to lead a normal,

productlve life, I have no hesitation in sending you to iirison for five years.

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