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Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)
“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....
Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.
Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.
1. What is the author’s attitude to Bath?
A. It is a wonderful place to live in. B. It has far too many disadvantages.
C. He feels fortunate to live there. D. It has many good shops.
2. The people who live in the village
A. tend to work on the farms.
B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.
C. are able to afford houses in the town.
D. don’t like the old-style villagers.
3. It would appear from the text that the Post Office
A. sells a wide range of cards.
B. is where most of the charity work is organized.
C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.
D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.
4. The garden is not in good condition because
A. the author is too lazy to look after it.
B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.
C. the author’s no interest in it.
D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.
5. The author feels that living in the village
A. is better than living in Bath. B. has a number of disadvantages
C. tends to be rather dull. D. is something that everyone would enjoy
The present perfect and the simple past
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past tense.
1 This is my house. ~How long have you (live)lived here? ~ I have lived(live) here since 1970.
2 He (live)has lived in London for two years and then (go)went to Edinburgh.
5 Shakespeare (write)wrote a lot of plays.
6 My brother (write)has written several plays. He has just (finish)finished his second tragedy.
7 I (fly)flew over Loch Ness last week. ~Did You (see)see the Loch Ness monster?
8 I (not see)haven't seen him for three years. I wonder where he is.
9 He (not smoke)hasn't smoked for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
10 Chopin (compose)composed some of his music in Majorca.
11 When did he (arrive)arrive? ~ He (arrive)arrived at 2.00.
12 Had You (lock)locked the door before you left the house?
13 I (read)read his books when I was at school. I (enjoy)enjoyed them very much.
14 I can't go out because I (not finish)haven't finished my work.
15 I have never (drink)drunk whisky. ~Well, have some now.
16 I (write)wrote the letter but I can't find a stamp.
17 The clock is slow. ~It isn't slow, it (stop)stopped.
18 Here are your shoes; I have just (clean)cleaned them.
19 I (leave)left home at 8.00 and (get)got here at 12.00.
20 I (do)did this sort of work when I (be)was an apprentice.
21 He has just (go)gone out.
22 He (go)went out ten minutes ago.
23 Have you (have)had breakfast yet? ~ Yes, I (have)have had it at 7.00.
1 This is my house. ~How long have you (live) lived here? ~ I (live)have lived here since 1970.
2 He (live)has lived in London for two years and then (go)went to Edinburgh.
5 Shakespeare (write)wrote a lot of plays.
6 My brother (write)has written several plays. He has just (finish)finished his second tragedy.
7 I (fly)flew over Loch Ness last week. ~did You (see)see the Loch Ness monster?
8 I (not see)haven't seen him for three years. I wonder where he is.
9 He (not smoke)hasn't smoked for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
10 Chopin (compose)composed some of his music in Majorca.
Underline odd words in the following paragraph.
It was a great to see you again after so long and to be able to discuss about all the things we used to do when we were students together learning english in London. I hope you had a good time journey home. Did the flight reach to Athens in time for you to get up your connection? I hope so. Do you remember I promised to send you that a book we talked about? Well, I've searched in everywhere for it but so far I haven't managed to find it. As soon as I will do, I'll put it in the post to for you - it's a really exciting story. And now I'd like to ask you about a favor, ont for me but for mys sister. She wants to have a work in Greece. She doesn't mind what she does- she would be to happy to work in a bar or to look after children. So if only you know of anything, please let us know. She'd like to spend until one year there from next January, which it should be possible. I think. She has been decided it is the best thing for her. I'm looking forward to know hearing from you soon. Give my regards to your family.
Best wishes, Costars
Question 2 (10 points). Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in ‘Your answers’ part. Number 0 and 00 have been done for you.
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
0. English is the most widely spoken language in the world ..........√.............
00.today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English language has ..........a...........
1. become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperanto, .........The.............
2. which was especially written for to be as easy as possible ............not.........
3. for people to learn, and yet Esperanto is spoken by very ...........√..........
4. few people around the world. For many people, English is not as ............more...........
5. more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for ............such..............
6. French to catch up with English as an international language. ............√.............
7. German is the a useful language if you are in business ..........so...............
8. in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, ............been..........
9. and people say it doesn't sound as if pleasant as English. .........√............
10. English has been become so important that it is becoming the more ..........as...............
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job