CANE WAS TRANSPORTEDA. FROM THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, T...
5. Cane was transported
a. from the islands of the Southwest Pacific, to India, to Asia and then to Spain.
b. from the island of the Southwest Pacific, to the western areas of Asia and then to
the countries near the Mediterranean.
c. from India to the Southwest Pacific, to Asia, into Arabia and then to the
countries bordering the Mediterranean.
d. from India to Asia into Arabia and then to the countries on bordering the
Mediterranean.
III. Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best
fits each space.
It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual everyone was busy sorting
through their mail before starting work. The other staff had (1)………… that Nicky,
one of the computer operators, had been (2)………….. rather miserable recently and
they wondered what might have happened to make her so (3)………… . Suddenly
Nicky accidentally (4)………….. over a cup of coffee. Asshe was clearing up the
mess, the girl sitting next to her happened to glance at Nicky’s right hand. There was a
large swelling at the (5)……… . “What on earth have you (6) ………….. to
yourself? Does it (7) ………..?” asked the girl. “Yes, it does. I think you’d better go
and let the doctor (9)…………. It,” said the girl. “Let’s hope there’s no permanent
(10)………. To your hand.”
1 a. recognized
b. realized
c. noticed
d. identified
2 a. appearing
b. seeming
c. pretending
d. looking
3 a. sick
b. bored
c. uninterested
d. depressed
4 a. kicked
b. punched
c. hit
d. knocked
5 a. wrist
b. eblow
c. knee
d. ankle
6 a. made
b. done
c. happened
d. brought
7 a. harm
b. hurt
c. disturb
d. upset
8 a. injured
b. ruined
c. spoiled
d. destroyed
9 a. check
b. inspect
c. examine
d. investigate
10 a. pain
b. destruction
c. damage
d. suffering
IV. Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word. Write the words
in the spaces on your answer sheet.
My friend Jones is not a very practical person. (1)……… along a main road
one dark night he suddenly had a flat (2)………….. Even worse he discovered that he
did not have a (3)……….wheel in the back of his car Jones waved to passing
cars and lorries, but no one of them (4)……….. Half an hour passed and he was
almost (5)……… despair. At (6)……… he waved to a car just like his
own. To his surprise, the car actually stopped and a well – dressed young woman got
out. Jones was terribly (7)………….. How could a person like this possibly help him?
The lady, however, offered him her own spare wheel, but Jones had to explain that he
had never (8)……… a wheel in his (9)………She set to work at (10)
……… and (11)………..the wheel in a few (12)……… while Jones
looked on in admiration.
V. Use the words to make sentences.