Exercise 1. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. ⇱
Exercise 2. Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence. ⇱
Exercise 3. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets. ⇱
1. My uncle (not/ be) (16) out of his house since he (buy) (17) a color TV.
2. I don’t think I (go) (18) out tonight. I (be) (19) too tired.
3. John is washing his hands. He (just/ repair) (20) the TV set.
4. Tell him (bring) (21) his bike inside. If he (leave) (22) it there, someone (steal) (23) it.
5. Where (you/ spend) (24) your summer holiday last year?
Exercise 4. Choose the best word to complete the passage below. ⇱
Most people think ___(25)___ computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries ago by a man ___(26)___ Charles Babbage. Babbage was born ___(27)___1791 and grew ___(28)___ to be a brilliant mathematician. He ___(29)___ up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he ___(30)___ building some of these, he never finished any of them.
Over the years, people have argued ___(31)___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building engine based ___(32)___ of the Babbage’s designs. ___(33)___ has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made.
Whether it works or not, the machine will ___(34)___ on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage’s work.
Exercise 5. Read the passage and choose the best answer. ⇱
"Let’s have a picnic lunch in the countryside." This is easy to say nice to think about. You imagine a beautiful green field with a big tree in the middle which gives some shade from the sun. All around is lovely scenery and in the distance you can see the cows quietly eating the grass. After a meal of delicious sandwiches and raw fruit you can imagine lying in the warm sun then as darkness comes.
You strap up your basket and drive happily home. But it doesn’t always happen like this. You must not forget that flies also like raw food, that green fields are sometimes damp fields, that rain may follow the sun that peaceful cows may be unfriendly bull.