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

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1    Circie the correct words.    (5 points)

0    Pleasc tell the eourt what you [remcmber]/ are rcmembering about. t.he attack.

1    When we saw t.he weathor forecast, we decidcd / had, decidcd to go skiing.

2    Pm really tired. I was reuising / rcidscd all last night.

3    I t.hink /’// buy / i'm buying a coat today.

4    Would you have joincd this club if you had / harc known how much time it would take up?

5    Our cat is always washing it / itsclf.

6    John often would / used (o forget things.

7    In the futurę we can / will be ablc to speak to animals.

8    Hes always bccn doing / done well in exams.

9    If only we had gone / went soniewhere else. This is a terrible place.

10 I won’t help you if you do / will do anything illegal.

2    Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and

correct them. Tick (/) those sentences that are correct.    (5 points)

0    When I was young, I would think

that my dad knew everything. ^$ 'used to

1    Chris and I met ourselves

three years ago.    ____

2    We often watch the sun going down. _____

3    If only I installed a virus checker

on mv Computer.

o    i.    __„

4    Pluł has been here for as long

as 1 can remember.    ___

5    1 wish I am somewhere else

right no w.    _

6    You mustnft open any attachments

without as king me first.    _____

7    I’ve never could understand

why peopl e break th e 1 a w.    ___

6 U will probably be cołd so take

a juniper.    _

9 If the hurricane will hit the town,

it will cause terrible problems.    _____

10    If I had been the judge, I would have

sentenced him to 20 years in prison. __

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

0    Loavc that. It, docent bc\om (not belong) to you.

1    We ________ (drive) sińce five o’clock

and we’re still not there.

2    I _________ (not do) very well in last

week's exam.

3    They told us to Ieave the meeting because

we ______ (be) silly.

4    By the time we arrived, he ______

(already go) to prison.

5    I’ve decidcd that, next year, I ________

(study) harder.

6    Como on. lot. s go out. I _______ (buy)

you a cup of coffee.

7    We ______ (have) a meeting at seven

o’clock this evening.

8    You won’t get a good job if you ________

(not dress) morę smartly.

9    I ________ (not sack) him, if he had

worked harder.

10 If only I ________ (not forget) my

lucky rabbifts foot.

4 Complete thajext with the correct forms of the words in brackets.    (10 points)

There has been a 20% inerease in crimes in this area of the last five years and we hnve to do someuting about it.

_;risen by over 33% and    ¹    fmug) i

much morę common than they used to be.

No w I don’t want to be ²_(diplom''*"'

but I would have to say that the police and courts are not doing a very good job in

preventing this and it is not very ³_

(comfort) to be told that there will be even

fewer policemen on our streets next year. Now,

I have recently read about a_________

(success) scheme to fight crime that has been used in other areas. Tłie ⁵    (aclueve)

of the ‘Neighbourhood watch’ idea have been incredible. Their methods are ^tł (complicate) and would be easy for us to follow. We just need to be ⁷    (decide)

and this meeting gives us a chance to organize

ourselves. A⁸    (fail) to agree tonight

would be a disaster for us all. Criminals are

⁹_(predict) and we need to be on

our guard at all times, especially the most yulnerable members of society such as the old

and those with ¹⁰_(able).

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