3. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition or a particle. (2,5p) 1. She's totally wild ............... him.
2. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t get ………..
3. Firefighters were ...................... the scene immediately
4. Soviet citizens were prohibited ...................... travelling abroad.
5. The police are very unwilling to interfere ...................... family problems.
Your answers:
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
4. Give the correct form of the words in capitals. (10P) 1. I can’t believe you got another …………ticket! SPEED 2. Wilkinson went on to become a great athlete, his disability…..... STAND 3. I found her last book of poetry very…. MOVE 4. It’s pure…... – there’s no evidence to support these allegations at all. HEAR 5. In formal writing, it is unusual to make use of the …….mark to express surprise. EXCLAIM 6. The Chairman expressed doubts about the (SUIT)……of showing the film on
children’s television
7. You are ……..forbidden to use a calculator in this examination. EXPRESS 8. You may find it hard to answer all the questions in the ….. time. LOT 9. Doris Carter, who is 107 today, puts her……down to having a loving family and
seven cups of tea a day. LONG 10. Please keep e-mails short. ………makes everyone’s lives easier. BRIEF
5. Gap – filling: Fill in each gap with a suitable word. (10p) When you begin talking about good or bad manners, you immediately run into difficulties. Many people simply cannot (1) …… with what others think. We asked one person , who replied that she thought you could tell a well- mannered person (2) ……… the way she occupied the space around her. When such a person walks down a street, he or she is constantly aware of others. Such people always seem to walk into gaps. They do not bump (3) …….. other people. However, a second person thought that this was more a question of civilized behavior (4) …... good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story about an American who had been (5) ......... to an Arab meal in one of the Middle East countries. The American had not been (6) ……….. very much about the (7) ……… of food he might expect. If he had known about Arab food, he might have (8) …….. better.
Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked to him, very much like a napkin. Picking it up, he put it in his collar, so that it fell, like a napkin, across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, said nothing, but copied the (9) ………. But is there really so much difference (10) ………. the two examples? Both show concern for other people and a desire not to cause offence or embarrassment.
