Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. From the clink of dishes one could tell that supper (prepare).

2. They (take) George out of the house, and he (show) the way to the office.

3. Mrs Brown (come) to inform her that dinner already (serve).

4. His phrase (greet) by a strange laugh from a student who (sit) near the wall.

5. The house where the robbery took place (guard) by the police to prevent it from (enter).

6. Anne (not see) Harry until the party (seat).

7. When the phone (ring), I (reach) for the phone, and (tell) that 1 (call) from Moscow.

8 She (want things not so much for herself as for her child, and she (be) anxious to do whatever she (tell).

9. A note (bring) in and (put) on the table (await) Eleanor.

10. Jerry (know) George (hide) by the dark

11. We (tap) on the door but it (not lock), then we (open) the door and (enter).

12. Lester (not attend) the wedding, though he (invite).

1. what you (learn) ........since you (come)........? How many new friends you (make) ........? I hope you (meet, already) ...... a lot of interesting people.

2. Since classes beagan, I (have, not) ......much free time. I (have)...... several big test to study for

3. Last night my roommate and I (have)......some free time, so we (go)..... to a show

4. I admit that I (get)... ..older since I last (see)......you, but with any luck at all, I (get, aslo)....wiser.

5. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, medical scientist (make)......many important discoveries.

6. Libraries today are diffrent from those in 1800s. For example, the contents of libraries (change)......greatly through the year. In the 1800s, libraries (be)....simply collections of books. However, today most libraries (become)...... multimedia centera that contain tapes.

Simple past or present perfect tense

Many people nowadays have to wear false teeth when they was middle-aged.

Since the beginning of this century,(1)………………decay has greatly increased. The amount(2) ………………sugar in our food has also increased Doctors and dentists now know that(3)……………………..is the chief cause of tooth(4) ……………. Eskimos’ teeth, for example, started to(5)……….when they began to eat sweet(6)……………...

Long ago doctors did not like(7)………treat people’s teeth. Barbers and blacksmiths(8)…………….after people’s teeth and pulled them(9)………… when they decayed. Some people thought(10)…………………………….was a punishment from the gods.

I. put the words in parentheses inyo their correct form.

1. My English friends find driving on the right __________ (difficulty)

2. The people in the area need the ______ of food and pure water.(provide)

3 One of the _______ English is that it is becoming more and more international. (strong)

4. ______________ made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s' fashions. (design)

II. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions.

Today, supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the world. But the first supermarket (1)___________ opened only fifty years ago. It was opened in New York by a man named Micheal Cullen. A supermarket is different (2) ________ other types of stores in several ways. In supermarkets, goods are placed on open shelves. The (3) __________ choose what they want and take them to be checkout counter. This means that fewer shop assistants are needed thanin other stores. The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of stores (4) __________ example, in supermarket, there is usually a display of smallinexpensive items just in front of the checkout counter: candies, chocolates, magazines, cheap food and so on.

Most customers (5) ___________ go to a supermarket buy goods from a shopping list. They know exactly what they need to buy. They do the shopping according to a plan.

1. A. is B. has been C. was D. were

2. A. in B. from C. of D. with

3.A. customers B. managers C. assistants D. sellers

4.A. in B. for C. of D. by

5.A. whom B. what C. which D. who

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 33

What is meant by the term economic resources? In general, these are all the natural, man-made, and human resources that go into the (33) __of goods and services. Economic resources can be broken down into two general categories: property resource – land and capital, and human resources – labor and entrepreneurial skills.

What do economists mean (34) __________land? Much more than the non-economist, land refers to all the natural resources that are usable in the production process: arable land, forests, mineral and oil deposits, and (35) __________ on. What about capital? Capital goods are all the man-made aids to producing, storing, transporting, and distributing goods and services. Capital goods differ from consumer goods in that (36) __________ satisfy wants directly, while the former do so indirectly by facilitating the production of consumer goods. It should be noted that capital as defined here does not refer to money. Money, as such, produces nothing.

The term labor refers to the physical and mental talents of humans used to produce goods and services (with the exception of a certain set of human talents, entrepreneurial skills, which will be considered separately because of their special significance). Thus the services of a factory worker or an office worker, a ballet (37) ___________ or an astronaut all fall under the general heading of labor.

A. lately

B. the latter

C. the latest

D. later