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VI. Fill each blank with one suitable word.

The greatest enemy of forests is fire. Every year millions of acres of forests are …1… by forest fires. Most of these fires are started …2… man. More forest fires can be traced to campers, and smokers …3… to any other …4…

Some of the people who start forest fires do …5… because …6… ignorance. They do not …7… to know that …8… is important to watch a camp fire …9… and to put the fire …10… with water when they leave. It is …11… important to know that camp fire should be built only in safe …12…, and that forest soil will often burn because it is so …13… of plant materials. In …14… weather, such soil may …15… ablaze by a camp fire.

V. Choose the correct particles from those given in brackets.

1. When we set (away/ off/ about/ over) from home this morning the weather was fine. Now the rain is coming (down/ on/ in/past) in buckets.

2. The man was standing in the middle of the road waving his arms (around/ up/ out/ away) so we stopped the car and got (off/ down/out/away).

3. John and Mary said they’d be here by 8 o’clock. I’m not going to sit (around/ in/ down/ on) any longer waiting for them. I have a headache and I’m going to lie (about/in/ off/ down).

4. I wouldn’t like to be a football referee. From the time the teams kick (out/ off/ away/ about) until the final whistle you have to race (across/ up/ down/ about) like a madman. And then sometimes you have the unpleasant duty of sending a player (away/ off/ out/ back).

5. “Oh, it’s 8 o’clock. I have to get (out away/ through/ around) now, I’m afraid.” “I’ll see you (away/ out/ past/ through) then. Why don’t you come (about/ in/ on/ around) next week and then we’ll go (away/ out/ off/ through) and see a film.” “That’s a good idea, but why don’t you come (in/ by/ past/ over) to my place at about 7 o’clock. I’ll be waiting (about/ on/ in/ through) for you.”

6. The modern fear is that some fool will spark (away/ around/ off/ up) a nuclear war and then the missiles will start flying (about/ away/ off/ up) and raining (away/down/ in/ through) on all the major cities of the world.

7. Nuclear weapons are not things to play (along/ around/ on/ up) with. Once a missile has been sent (across/ off/ out/ through) on its mission it just cannot be called (away/ off/ back/ down).

IV.

1. What’s this room? (store room)

.... - We use it ..........................................................................................................

2. Where’s Daisy? (holiday)

.... - She's .................................................................................................................

3. What would you like to do now? (shade)

.... - Let’s sit ............................................................................................................

4. Why aren’t you eating any cake? (diet)

.... - I’m....................................................................................................................

5. Can you really afford to buy that CD player now? (credit card)

.... - It’s OK. I’ll pay ...............................................................................................

6. Surely they didn’t drive all the way to Istanbul? (plane)

.... - No. They travelled............................................................................................

7. Was the exhibition interesting? (famous Italian artists)

.... - Yes. The works were all ..................................................................................

8. Why were so many people injured in the crash? (130 km an hour)

.... - Because the train was travelling.......................................................................

9. Why are you writing so slowly? (capital letters)

.... - Because I have to put my address....................................................................

10. Can you ring to let me know you’re home safely? (phone)

.... - Not very easily. You see, I’m not.....................................................................

11. What was the course like? (whole)

.... - Some parts were a bit dull, but it wasn’t bad ..................................................

12. How do you get on with your father? (best friend)

.... - I regard him .....................................................................................................

13. Why were you so late? (fog)

.... - We got lost .......................................................................................................

14. What sort of car has Jim bought this time? (the last one)

.... - A Ford, .............................................................................................................

15. What are you doing in the summer holidays? (motorcycle messenger)

.... - I’ve got a job ....................................................................................................

VII. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. The oceans contain about 97% of the world’s water supply, and about another 2% of the world’s water is ices.

2. Brain waves patterns vary among different people and in different activities.

3. Dinosaurs are classified as reptiles, although some appear to have been warm-blood.

4. Human brain are more powerful than those of other species because of their complex circuitry.

5. The brain loses fifty thousands neurons a day and yet maintains its basic patterns and memories.

6. Each part of the brains controls a separate part of the body.

7. Intelligence is the ability to use thought and knowledges to understand things and solve problems.

8. The number of oxygen available to the brain is important.

9. If your brain gets fewer oxygen than it needs, you could become unconscious.

10. The most animals rely on instinct.

VIII. Choose the correct answer.

Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp?

Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really …1… (use, used, be used, be using) by all; machines to …2… (measure, test, obtain, take) the electricity each home or office used; things …3… (make, to make, making, to be made) it certain that the electricity in the wires did not …4… (like, put, start, begin) fires; things to send electricity …5… (to, by, at, in) the right places.

Everything that was …6… (obtained, accepted, tried, needed) had to be thought of and …7… (building, built, was building, builds) by Edison and the men who worked …8… (about, near, with, together) him. There was no place where they could buy the things they …9… (need, are needing, were needing, needed). Edison made 360 inventions …10… (less, least, much, more) in order to send electric power to …1… (whoever, wherever, whatever, whenever) it was wanted.

Edison directed all the work himself, …12… (to test, test, testing, tested) new machines, pulling wires underground, fixing lights, and so on. He …13… (seemed, worked, thought, looked) to be everywhere at the same time. He wanted his men to do as much as he …14… (was done, is doing, does, did). But he …15… (neither, never, nor, ever) asked them to do things he …16… (oneself, themselves, itself, himself) would not do or could not do.

He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep; and he often …17… (forgot, remembered, thought, wanted) completely about sleeping. He …18… (sleeps, was sleeping, slept, can sleep) for a few minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room at his power station, …19… (in, at, with, within) a metal box for his bed. …20… (For, At, During, Between) these days, he almost never saw his wife and their children.

IIII. Read the passage and answer the questions below it.

You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call major cities. When you cannot make a direct dialing call, you can ask the international operator to help you. This more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else. In this case you should ask for a ‘person to person’ call. Even more expensive is a reverse charge call where the person who receives the call pays. If the international line is busy, you can reverse a call: explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free. You can save money by calling outside office hours, e.g. early in the morning, late at night, and no Sundays.

1. What is the most expensive type of call?

2. What do you do if the international line is engaged?

3. When is it cheaper to make an international call?

4. What is the closest meaning to ‘major cities’?

5. What do you do when you cannot phone directly the person you want?

I. Complete the space with the right form of the word in brackets.

THE HISTORY OF FISHING

…1… (commerce) fishing has been carried out since the middle ages. Before that it was …2… (possible) to keep fish for long periods, but the …3… (develop) of …4… (store) methods such as drying and salting made it possible for …5… (fish) to go on fishing trips further away. In fact, although …6… (Europe) were completely …7… (aware) of America’s …8… (exist), they were fishing near its coasts then. They were, however, still …9… (ability) lo keep fish fresh for any …10… (long) of time.

All this changed as a result of the new …11… (technology) advances in …12… (fridge) in the nineteenth century. Soon the …13… (coast) waters of Africa and the Mediterranean were full of Northern European …14… (fish). In the …15… (twenty) century, scientific …16… (discover) made during the Second World War were used for discovering large groups of fish.

I. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

1. When I looked at my suitcase, I could see that somebody (try) to open it.

2. I wanted to be the first (tell) her the news, but I was too late. Someone else (tell) her.

3. Is it important that we (be) on time for the meeting tonight?

4. The children are filthy. Where they (be)?

5. I’m going to bed. I (work) for hours and I’m tired.

6. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) her seatbelt, she (not hurt) so badly.

7. Tom (sit) in a corner with a book. I (tell) him that he (read) in very bad light.

8. I wish I (know) you needed the book. I could (buy) it for you in London.

9. I (do) my homework when my mother (send) me lo the chemist’s with the prescription she (give) by the doctor.

10. We came to sit on a park bench for a rest. We (shop) around all morning and (buy) a lot of food.