YOU (STOP) BY A POLICEMAN IF YOU (TRY) TO CROSS THE ROAD NOW. QUEST...
8.
You (stop) by a policeman if you (try) to cross the road now.
Question 2: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following passage.
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the ...(1- refuse) of the inhabitants
of No.13 to have any form of ...(2-communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as
noise ...( 3 - pollute). Every evening, the ...(4- think) neighbours used to turn up the volume on
the TV so loud that no one in the (5 -
neighbour) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what
...(6 - act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any ...(7 - suggest) as to how
to deal with the problem. A decision was made to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13 and
ask them ...
...(8- polite) to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out
to be ...(9 -
succeed), as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the ...(10 -
advise) of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court.
Question 3: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word
When you hear the word "bank", what do you think of ? A ...(1) to put money? The land on the edge
of a river? To depend on something or someone ? If you choose any of ...
...(2) things, you're right. Why ? because words often have ...(3) than one meaning. The tricky
part is figuring out ...(4) meaning is appropriate.
Choosing the correct meaning of a word depends on ...(5) things. First, it depends on the words and
...(6) surrounding your particular word. The other words and sentences give you context clues.
...(7), the meaning depends on how the word is ...(8) in the sentence. Is it a noun, a verb,
...(9) adjective or part of a phrase? Knowing the word's part of speech will ...(10) you discover
the word's precise meaning.
Question 4: Read the text then choose the correct answer
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. Before
printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these
people were unable to read and hadn't enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was
difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today. They wanted books because they were expensive
and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely
long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to
read.
The position with computers in very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large and
expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use them. In many
countries, however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputers
but also know how to use them.