Complete the text with so, while, after, what's more, at first and anyway.

Last week a friend of mine invited me to watch her doing her hobby. (1)............ I was confused: Why would she want me to do that? (2)......... l went along to the local theatre, where a band was playing that night. I arrived early, (3) .......... I sat down and waited. (4).....I was sitting there, my friend appeared on stage with a huge piece of paper, which she stuck to a board. That was strange enough, but (5) ........when the band came on, she took out some paints and . they finished brushes as well. As the band played, my friend painted to their music! (6)......they finished playing, my friend showed the picture to the audience. It was amazing!

Last Sunday was definitely not a good day for me. It all started when I got into my car and it refused to start. I immediately realised that I had left the lights on and the battery had gone flat. I telephoned my friend George and he came round and helped me start the car. I then drove into town to see a friend. I had arranged to meet him at six thirty, but by the time I got there, it was ten past seven and my friend was not there. I waited for him for an hour despite the freezing weather, but he didn’t come. When I returned to my car, I saw that someone had broken into it, probably looking for the radio. Luckily , I never leave the radio in the car ! There was nothing I could do but get into my car and drive home. Later I spoke with my friend and discovered that he had waited for only half an hour and left. He didn’t even apologise for not waiting for me longer.

1.How did the writer's unlucky day start?

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2. Who helper her start the car?

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3. How long was she be late for seeing her friend in town?

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4. Did her friend wait for her? How long had he waited?

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1. I am glad I was able to be there for my friend when her mom died.

      A. to offer support in time of need for                B. to cry with

      C. to travel with                                                     D. to visit

2. She simply took it for granted that the check was good and did not ask him any questions about it.

      A. permitted it                                                        B. accepted it without investigation

      C. objected to it                                                     D. looked it over

3.When you consider all the advantages you've gained I think you'll admit you had a good ________ for your money.

      A. run                               B. way                           C. earn                           D. drive

4. In a modern family the husband is expected to join hands with his wife to ________ the household chores.

      A. do                                 B. make                        C. run                             D. take

5. While everyone else in this class prefers working in groups, Alice likes working ________

      A. on her own                 B. of her own               C. on herself                 D. in herself

6.   Reaching 35 and obviously aging, Jane has to make up her mind on her future very soon.

      A. give a thought about B. pay attention to       C. prepare a plan for    D. make a decision on

7. Foreign students who are ________ a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the choices are located.

      A. doing                           B. making                     C. taking                         D. having

8. Since he failed his exam, he had to ________ for it again.

      A. pass                             B. make                        C. take                            D. sit

9. It is very important for a film or a company to keep ________ the changes in the market.

      A. pace of                        B. track about              C. touch with                 D. up with

10. My brother left his job last week because he did not have any ________ to travel.

      A. position                       B. chance                     C. ability                         D. location

11. I haven't read any medical books or articles on the subject for a long time, so I'm ________ with recent developments.

      A. out of reach                B. out of the condition C. out of touch              D. out of the question

12. Laws on military service since 1960 still hold good.

      A. remain for good                                                B. are still in good condition

      C. stand in life                                                       D. remain in effect

13. I get quite depressed when I think about the damage we are ________ to the environment.

      A. having                         B. taking                       C. making                      D. causing

14. I stayed there with her for a while before I left.

      A. in the difficult time                                            B. whenever she needed me

      C. for relaxation                                                    D. for a short period of time

15. I am glad that we see eye to eye on the matter of the conference location.

      A. dislike                          B. agree                        c. disagree                     D. approve

16. Make sure you ________ us a visit when you are in town again.

      A. pay                               B. have                         c. give                             D. do

17. I used to run a mile before breakfast but now I am ________

      A. not used to it              B. no longer practice it                                        C. out of practice          D. out of the habit

18. The government is determined to ________ terrorism.

      A. put the stop to            B„ put stop to               C. put stops to               D. put a stop to

19. Can I ________ our brain for a moment? I can't do this crossword by myself.

      A. use                              B. have                         C. mind                           D. pick

20. We are going to build a fence around the field with ________ to breeding sheep and cattle.

      A. a goal                          B. an outlook               C. a reason                    D. a view

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

My friend, Ali sent me a postcard this morning. It was yellow in color and had Eiffel Tower in the cover. In the postcard, she said she was in Paris on her vacation. It’s spring so the weather was fine. She was coming on a tour. She went there with her family. She was staying in a big hotel. The accommodation and tour guide were included in the ticket price. She was quite satisfied with the service of the hotel. The receptionist was hospitable and helpful. The porter was polite. And room service is nice. The following evening, she would go to a dance club to have fun. She promised to send me some more pictures soon

Question: She was coming on a tour with her colleagues.

A. True

B. False

Hannah had been waiting for a collegue of ___________ father's to collect her from the bus sation for more than an hour, and she was tired ___________ waiting. There was ___________ else there, and it had ___________ raining. A friend of ___________ had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she __________ to be getting wet. Perhaps her fatjer was angry ___________ her, she thought, or had simply ___________ to collect her. Her mobile phone wasn't working and there wasn't ___________ a phone-box in the bus sation. Why did ___________ always go wrong when she travelled by bus? ___________ the bus was crowed and she felt very uncomfortable, or it ___________ stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she ___________ a car stopping outside. ___________ was waving at her. It was her father!

1, I saw Tom last on his wedding day => I haven't ............. 2, I last ate raw fish when I was in Japan. => I haven't ............... 3. This last time she came back to her hometown was 4 years ago. => She hasn't............................................................................................................ 4. He started working as a bank clerk 3 months ago. => He has................................................................................................................. 5. It has been 5 years since we first flew to Singapore. => We have................................................................................................................ 6. I last had my hair cut in November. => I haven't................................................................................................................ 7. The last time we called each other was 5 months ago. => We haven't............................................................................................................. 8. It is a long time since we last met. => We haven't............................................................................................................. 9. This is the first time I had such a delicious meal. => I have never................................................................................................................ 10. I haven't seen him for 8 days. => The last..............................................................................................

Mrs Forbes was very old and very poor. Everybody in the neighbourhood called her Granny Forbes and tried to hhelp her. Some neighbours came in each day and cooked meals for her. Others came and cleaned her room. There was little furniture in her room. It was small, dark, and almost empty. There was a bed and a table, and there were two chairs. In winter, neighbours sometimes brought coal and lit a fire, but Granny’s room was often very cold. Granny lived in poverty all her life. She died at the age of eighty-four. Then her neighbours got a big surprise. She left £50,000!

1. How was Mrs Forbes's room/?

2 .What were there in her room?

3. How old was she when she died?

Fill one suitable word in each blank to complete the passage.

When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow White lying on the ground. She (1) _______ not breathing at all. She was dead. The lifted her (2) ________ and looked at her longingly. They talked to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead. They (3) __________ her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three days. They were going to bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her beatiful red cheeks.

They said, "We cannot (4) __________ her in black earth", and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she could be seen all sides. They laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she was a princess. Then they put the (5)__________ outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it and watched over her. The animals too came and mourned for Snow White, first an owl, then a reven and finally a dore......