Rewrite:
1. It was only then that many of them thought about it
-> Before that ... thought about it.
2. "The race is going to start in a minute", said Rod.
-> Rod said that ... start.
3. Damian did everything possible to make new neighbours feel welcome. (lengths)
-> Damian ... sure that his new neighbours felt welcome.
24. He is said _________ English as well as an English man.
A. to speak B. speaking C. speaks D. speak
28. Millions of years ago, it _________ that the earth was square.
A. is said B. thought C. is believed D. was believed
Write the second sentence in such a way that is is a similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence and use the word given in brackets and other were necessary. Do not change the form of the given world.
1. Dickens last novel was unfinished when he died.
(Without)
2. All the hostages were released by the kidnappers yesterday.
(Let)
3. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test.
(Came)
4. He is likely to come.
(Probability)
5. Mateo did not listen to what his doctor told him.
(Notice)
6. I don't feel like going to the party.
(Mood)
7. The new manager blames me for everything that goes wrong.
(Picking)
8. He talked about nothing except weather.
(Sole)
9. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club.
(Regrets)
10. He is different from his brother in almost all aspects.
(Bears)
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
It is often said that the British talk about the weather more than any other people in the world; some extremists (1.)______ that they talk about nothing else. But in fact, even in countries with (2.)______ less changeable climates than Britain’s, the weather is an endless, if not varied, (3.)______ of conversational fodder. This seems only natural when you consider that the weather is one of the few things we all have in (4.)______. It affects our senses, and (5.)______ our moods, so directly and, at times, so intensely (6.)______ it is only natural we should talk about it. After several days (7.)______ even weeks of dark, gloomy weather, a bright day tends to bring out the best in everyone; people recognize the relief (8.)______ others’ expressions which they feel inside themselves, and find it hard to resist commenting a change which is having such an evident (9.)______ on everyone. “Nice day, isn’t it?” is much more than simply a comment on the state of the weather; it is a comment on the human state itself, an acknowledgement that the tenability of our place in the universe depends
(10.)______ the existence of a community of human feeling
Change into passive
1. People know that English is an international language
It ...................................................................................................................................................................
English ................................................................................................................................................
2. They said that she won the competition
It ............................................................................................................................................
The competition .................................................................................................................................
3. It is said that the actress Tania Revesky has refused a part in the film Volcano
The actress Tania Revesky ..............................................................................................................
4. It has been reported that the newsreader Ann Slater is furious at losing her job
The newsreader Ann Slater ...........................................................................................................
5. It is believed that The Prime Minister and his wife are getting divorced
The Prime Minister and his wife .......................................................................................................
6. Journalists have said that The footballer Gary Johnson earn $ 1 million a year
The footballer Gary Johnson ........................................................................................................
7. It is considered that the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Turkey
The 2008 Olympic Games .....................................................................................................................
8. It is said that our teacher is 55 years old
Our teacher ...................................................................................................................................
9. It is thought that Tom didn't steal their rings
Tom ...................................................................................................................................................
10. It is claimed that this examination will be the most difficult one
This examination ...........................................................................................................................................
THE END.
Change into passive
1. People know that English is an international language
It ............................................................................................................
English .................................................................................................................
2. They said that she won the competition
It ..................................................................................................................................
The competition ................................................................................................................
3. It is said that the actress Tania Revesky has refused a part in the film Volcano
The actress Tania Revesky ..............................................................................................
4. It has been reported that the newsreader Ann Slater is furious at losing her job
The newsreader Ann Slater ......................................................................................
5. It is believed that The Prime Minister and his wife are getting divorced
The Prime Minister and his wife ..............................................................................
6. Journalists have said that The footballer Gary Johnson earns $ 1 million a year
The footballer Gary Johnson ..........................................................................................
7. It is considered that the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Turkey
The 2008 Olympic Games .................................................................................................
8. It is said that our teacher is 55 years old
Our teacher .................................................................................................................
9. It is thought that Tom didn't steal their rings
Tom .........................................................................................................................................
10. It is claimed that this examination will be the most difficult one
This examination .........................................................................................................
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It might not have looked very impressive, but the Penny Black, now 170 years old, was the first stamp to be created and it launched the modem postal system in Britain.
Before 1840 and the arrival of the Penny Black, you had to be rich and patient to use the Royal Mail. Delivery was charged according to the miles travelled and the number of sheets of paper used; a 2-page letter sent from Edinburgh to London, for example, would have cost 2 shillings, or more than £7 in today’s money. And when the top-hatted letter carrier came to deliver it, it was the recipient who had to pay for the postage. Letter writers employed various ruses to reduce the cost, doing everything possible to cram more words onto a page. Nobody bothered with heavy envelopes; instead, letters would be folded and sealed with wax. You then had to find a post office - there were no pillar boxes - and hope your addressee didn't live in one of the several rural areas which were not served by the system. If you were lucky, your letter would arrive (it could take days) without being read or censored.
The state of mail had been causing concern throughout the 1830s, but it was Rowland Hill, an inventor, teacher and social reformer from Kidderminster, who proposed a workable plan for change. Worried that a dysfunctional, costly service would stifle communication just as Britain was in the swing of its second industrial revolution, he believed reform would ease the distribution of ideas and stimulate trade and business, delivering the same promise as the new railways.
Hill’s proposal for the penny post, which meant any letter weighing less than half an ounce (14 grams) could be sent anywhere in Britain for about 30p in today’s money, was so radical that the Postmaster General, Lord Lichfield, said, 'Of all the wild and visionary schemes which I ever heard of, it is the most extravagant.’ Lord Lichfield spoke for an establishment not convinced of the need for poor people to post anything. But merchants and reformers backed Hill. Soon the government told him to make his scheme work. And that meant inventing a new type of currency.
Hill quickly settled on 'a bit of paper covered at the back with a glutinous wash which the user might, by applying a little moisture, attach to the back of a letter’. Stamps would be printed in sheets of 240 that could be cut using scissors or a knife. Perforations would not arrive until 1854. The idea stuck, and in August 1839 the Treasury launched a design competition open to ‘all artists, men of science and the public in general’. The new stamp would need to be resistant to forgery, and so it was a submission by one Mr Cheverton that Hill used as the basis for one of the most striking designs in history. Cheverton, who worked as a sculptor and an engineer, determined that a portrait of Queen Victoria, engraved for a commemorative coin when she was a 15-year-old princess, was detailed enough to make copying difficult, and recognisable enough to make fakes easy to spot. The words ‘Postage’ and ‘One Penny’ were added alongside flourishes and ornamental stars. Nobody thought to add the word ‘Britain’, as it was assumed that the stamps would solely be put to domestic use.
With the introduction of the new postal system, the Penny Black was an instant hit, and printers struggled to meet demand. By the end of 1840, more than 160 million letters had been sent - more than double the previous year. It created more work for the post office, whose reform continued with the introduction of red letter boxes, new branches and more frequent deliveries, even to the remotest address, but its lasting impact on society was more remarkable.
Hill and his supporters rightly predicted that cheaper post would improve the ‘diffusion of knowledge’. Suddenly, someone in Scotland could be reached by someone in London within a day or two. And as literacy improved, sections of society that had been disenfranchised found a voice.
Tristram Hunt, an historian, values the ‘flourishing of correspondence’ that followed the arrival of stamps. ‘While I was writing my biography of Friedrich Engels I could read the letters he and Marx sent between Manchester and London,’ he says. ‘They wrote to each other three times a day, pinging ideas back and forth so that you can almost follow a real-time correspondence.’
The penny post also changed the nature of the letter. Weight-saving tricks such as cross-writing began to die out, while the arrival of envelopes built confidence among correspondents that mail would not be stolen or read. And so people wrote more private things - politically or commercially sensitive information or love letters. ‘In the early days of the penny post, there was still concern about theft,’ Hunt says. ‘Engels would still send Marx money by ripping up five-pound notes and sending the pieces in different letters.’ But the probity of the postal system became a great thing and it came to be expected that your mail would not be tampered with.
For all its brilliance, the Penny Black was technically a failure. At first, post offices used red ink to cancel stamps so that they could not be used again. But the ink could be removed. When in 1842, it was determined that black ink would be more robust, the colour of the Penny Black became a sort of browny red, but Hill’s brainchild had made its mark.
1. One of the characteristics of the postal service before the 1840s was that
A. postmen were employed by various organisations.
B. letters were restricted to a certain length.
C. distance affected the price of postage.
D. the price of delivery kept going up.
2. Letter writers in the 1830s
A. were not responsible for the cost of delivery.
B. tried to fit more than one letter into an envelope.
C. could only send letters to people living in cities.
D. knew all letters were automatically read by postal staff.
3. What does the text say about Hill in the 1830s?
A. He was the first person to express concern about the postal system.
B. He considered it would be more efficient for mail to be delivered by rail.
C. He felt that postal service reform was necessary for commercial development.
D. His plan received support from all the important figures of the day.
VIẾT LẠI CÂU
1. We can't leave if Johns doesn't drive ( until )
We'll ........................................................................................
2. That old keyboard is not worth repairing ( pointless )
It is ...................................................................................
3. Reus has improved a lot this term
Reus ................................................................................
4. "Don't break the doll , John , or I'll scream , " said Mary
Mary threatened .........................................................................
5. Can you describe him to me ?
What ........................................................ ?
6. I live far from my bf . I miss him very much
The father .................................................................
7. Is it true that you haven't found a job yet ?
Are you still ................................................. ?
8. You can talk all you want , but I never believe you
Nothing you say ............................................................
9. Rita doesn't realize how serious her husband's operation is going to be
Little .......................................................................................................
10. Driving at that speed is dangerous on this road , whether you are an experienced driver or not
However ...................................................................................................................................
11. No decision in the issue has been made yet
Nothing .............................................................
12. One of my favorite pastimes is watching plays
Going .................................................................
13. The deer doesn't eat meat and hippotamus doesn't eat meat either
Neither .......................................................................................................
14. We can't start the meeting until John comes
Not until ...................................................................
15. "Viet, I'm sorry I broke you heart "
Lan apologized .........................................................
16. The owners of restaurants are usually rich
The people ......................................................
17. These two boxes weigh exactly the same
There is no .................................................................
18. Long and his family went on a trip to their home village for 2 days
Long and his family ...................................................................................
19. You should make an effort to get out and about more
It's high time ..........................................................................
20. A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent
Only ...........................................................................................
21. People say that he can speak 4 or 5 foreign languages
He ...................................................................................
22. She had completely forgotten him ( mind )
....................................................................................
23. My friend took no notice of my advice ( deaf )
....................................................................................
24. Thiago knew that he had no chance to get a driving license as it was too hard for him ( wind )
......................................................................................................................................................................
25. Having to tell her about that terrible news , he couldn't make himself to do it ( face )
.......................................................................................................................................
26. The box of candy was passed from one person to another ( hand )
................................................................................................................
27. It's impossible for us not to laugh when he starts singing
We can't .......................................................................................
28. They say Tom has been offered that job
Tom is ..................................................................................
29. You can't answer the question if you haven't read the book
Only when ...............................................................................................
30. Smoking in the library is against the rules
You are ..............................................................................
31. Nothing was done about it
Nobody ...........................................................................................
32. To be the best of my knowledge , Messi is the most footballer in the world
As far ............................................................................................................
33. I'm certainly not going to give you any more money
I have no ...................................................................................
34. You have disobeyed ; you will therfore be punished
As a result .............................................................................................
35. His real identity will always remain a secret
No one .....................................................................................
36. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back
Hardly ..................................................................................................
37. The manager is not to be disturbed
On no account ......................................................................
38. She said she thought Tom was a liar
She accused ...........................................................................................
39. It's against the rules to touch the ball with your hand
You are not ...................................................................................
40. Who is the owner of this modern house ?
Who does ............................................................................
41. Their knowledge of music is very limitted
They don't ...................................................................
42. Hitch-hiking is less popular now than 10 years ago ( not )
Hitch-hiking is ................................................................................
43. I am not strong enough to climb that steep path withou a walking stick ( too )
......................................................................................................................................
44. I think the concert will probably not take place ( highly )
I think it's ................................................... the concert will take place
45. Make sure you wear clothes that don't restrict your movements ( allow )
Make sure you wear clothes .............................................. freely
46. You don't have to pay to go into that museum ( get )
You can ............................................ free
47. I thought his behavior was very silly ( behaved )
I thought he ................................................... way
48. Not many students attended EXO's concert ( number )
Only .......................... students attended EXO's concert
49. Manse is heavier than he was two years ago ( put )
Manse ................................................... in the last two years
50. She had no intention of insulting you ( mean )
She ....................................................................... you
51. I have no objection to Paul coming as well ( mind )
I do ................................................................. as well
52. This old car probably won't last for more than a year ( unlikely )
This old car .................................................. for more than a year
53. Taylor will not buy that dress because she is no longer interested ( lost )
Taylor ......................................................................... buying that dress
54. Buying cheap equipment is not worth the money (waste )
It's a ........................................................ buying cheap equipment
THE END .
Complete the sentences without changing their meanings:
1. It is useful for many families to write down a set of rules about how family members are expected to behave.
Many families find _________________________________________________________________________
2. Many parents think that it's good idea to make the rules public by sticking them on the fridge.
Many parents think that they ____________________________________________________
3. It is necessary for young children to get supervision and support to follow family rules.
Young children will _______________________________________________________
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Supply the correct verb forms.
1.Charles (start) ____ to build the house last week.
2. my father had someone ____(wash) his car
3.they ______ (not, use) the room for ages
4. I (not drive) _____ very fast when the accident happened.
5.neither bill nor Mary ______(be) going to the party tonight.
Rewrite the following beginning with words given that keeps it's original meaning
1.she hopes that he with come back soon =>it is ..............
2.the plants may develop differently. She plants live on that is land =>the plants..........
3."I have lost my passport, "said mary => Mary said that . ..........
