16. Fill in the correct preposition.
1 Little Tommy was so afraid ___________the toy lion his grandmother gave him that his parents had to get rid____________ it.
2 Claire's bad behaviour at school resulted ___________her being expelled.
3 Jane is terrified _____________dogs. When she was young, she would always cling ______________her parents if there were any around.
4 The schoolchildren were restricted _____________ the playground, but some disobeyed this rule. This led ______________them being severely punished.
5 I'll deal ____________ it as soon as I finish typing the report.
17. Match the idioms with their definitions.
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IDIOMS |
DEFINITIONS |
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1) head for a fall |
A) to work or try extremely hard |
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2) break one's back |
B) to do sth which will result in failure |
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3) have/get one's fingers burnt |
C) from a bad situation to one that is worse |
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4) lightning never strikes in the same place twice |
D) the same accident/disaster won't happen to the same person twice |
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5) out of the frying pan and into the fire |
E) to suffer because of doing sth without first considering the (usu negative) results |
18. Look at the picture and say what may / will happen to the man if he finds gold.
B: If he becomes rich, he'll buy a car
19. Look at the picture
would (not) happen if the
Ice-skater didn't follow
a healthv diet.
e.g. A: If she didn't follow
a healthy diet, she wouldn't
be fit.
B: If she weren't fit, she wouldn't be able to practice on the rink
20. Look at the picture, read the text and then
say how the problems of Mr. Brown's day could/
Mr. Brown woke up late yesterday morning, so he left the house in a hurry. As he was speeding down the road, he didn't see the rubbish bin lying in the middle of the street. He didn't have the time to avoid the bin so he crashed into a tree. He suffered shock. The ambulance wasn't called immediately, so he arrived at the hospital two hours later. The doctors were on strike, so he didn't receive immediate treatment. Finally, after a five-hour delay, he arrived at his office. His boss was very angry with him.
e.g. A: If Mr. Brown hadn't woken up late yesterday morning, he wouldn't have left the house in a hurry.
B: If he hadn't left the house, in a hurry, he wouldn't have been speeding down the road
21. For questions 1-15, read the text below and fill in the gaps with one word. The first has been done as an example.
In the fourth century B.C. the Greek philosopher, Plato, wrote about a(n) (0) .A., civilization called Atlantis which he claimed existed long before the ancient civilized (1) .... of the Middle East or Egypt. Atlantis was thought to have been a huge island (2) .... to the west of Europe which had an extremely advanced civilization whose empire stretched as (3) .... as Greece and Egypt. However, (4).... to Plato, the island and its people disappeared into the ocean around 11,500 years ago as a result of an enormous earthquake.
Since Plato first wrote about Atlantis, many attempts have been (5).... to find the island, all of which have been unsuccessful. As a result, it is now (6) .... believed that Plato invented the place and its people. In spite of this, there are still those who think there might have been some (7) .... in what Plato said. They believe that some Atlanteans escaped the destruction of the island and (8) .... on their knowledge to the Egyptians, who later (9) .... their own advanced civilization. There is a possibility that these believers might be (10) ...., as ancient Egyptian records report that there was a massive volcanic eruption (11) .... the Greek island of Thira in about 1500 B.C. which (12) .... a number of severe earthquakes.
The debate (13) .... the existence of Atlantis seems (14) .... to continue until scientists or archaeologists settle the argument one (15) .... or another. In the mean time, however, we can do nothing but speculate about what a great civilisation it may have been.
A mysterious B antique C elderly D odd
A unions B clubs C groups D societies
A put B situated C founded D based
A large B long C away D far
A saying B following C according D due
A made B tried C done D happened
A widely B thickly C extremely D lot
A mistake B truth C base D correctness
A gave B passed C offered D promoted
A formed B found C made D did
A real B exact C true D right
A on B in C to D onto
A made B led C occurred D caused
A affecting B concerning C influencing D questioning
A steady B put C set D fixed
A way B manner C reason D solution
22.Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words. The first one has been done as an example.
1) The telephone was disconnected due to the heavy storm
off The telephone was cut off due to the heavy storm.
2) You should reduce your consumption of alcohol.
down You should ____________ alcohol.
3) She was such a friendly person that everybody liked her.
so She was ___________ everybody liked her.
4) Lucy hasn't finished typing the letters yet.
is Lucy __________ the letters.
I'd rather stay in than go to that noisy party.
prefer I'd ____________ than go to that noisy party.
It's such a pity James has decided to go abroad.
wish I ___________ to go abroad.
"You hid the photo on purpose!" she said to him.
of She ______________ the photo on purpose.
Why didn't he tell us he would be away?
should He __________ he would be away.
I won't go to the cinema unless he comes with me.
come I won't go to the cinema _____________ with me.
10) "Do you remember her name?" he asked me.
if He asked me ___________ her name.
They didn't call an ambulance and now it's too late.
called If only ____________ an ambulance.