I. Choose one suitable verb to fill each blank to complete the following newspaper report . Use the correct for of the verbs .

see / escape / tie up / find / steal / look / enter / film / put / force .

Over 1 million(1)_______ from a bank in West London yesterday . Three people(2)________ the bank at 10:30 . The bank staff (3)________ to lie on the floor , while the thieves(4)______ the money into bags . The staff(5)______ and the thieves(6)______ in a blue car . The incident(7)______by the bank;s security cameras. The car(8)_______ four hours later in the river . However , the thieves(9)_______yet and the police still(10)_____for them.

I. Choose one suitable verb to fill each blank to complete the following newspaper report . Use the correct for of the verbs .

see / escape / tie up / find / steal / look / enter / film / put / force .

Over 1 million(1)_______ from a bank in West London yesterday . Three people(2)________ the bank at 10:30 . The bank staff (3)________ to lie on the floor , while the thieves(4)______ the money into bags . The staff(5)______ and the thieves(6)______ in a blue car . The incident(7)______by the bank;s security cameras. The car(8)_______ four hours later in the river . However , the thieves(9)_______yet and the police still(10)_____for them.

II. use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.

1. Self interest ( govern)________ all his actions .

2. The ( deposit)_____will get some interest each month .

3. This is a beach ( access)_____ only from the sea .

4. She's doing a ( commerce )_____ course at the local college .

5. The ancient merchants used to hire ( cry)____ to go through the streets shouting and singing about the things thy had to sell.

6. He travelled ( world )______.

7. The Great Wall of China is among the great( wonder)____ of the world.

8. He is 23 years old but his behavior is not particularly (adult)______

9. They have suffered from four ( violence)______ stroms in the last few month.

10. He came back after a ( separate)_____ of five years from his parents .

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Where was Ernest Hemingway from?

A. Florida

B. Santiago

C. Bahamas

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Question. Where was Ernest Hemingway from?

A. Florida

B. Santiago

C. Bahamas

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Question. What is the content of The Old Man and the Sea?

A. the story of Santiago

B. the story of Alice

C. the story of Hemingway

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

What is the content of The Old Man and the Sea?

A. the story of Santiago

B. the story of Alice

C. the story of Hemingway

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Question. What genre does The Old Man and the Sea belong to?

A. fiction

B. fairy tale

C. humour

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

When was The Old Man and the Sea published?

A. 1951

B. 1952

C. 1953

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Question. When was The Old Man and the Sea published?

A. 1951

B. 1952

C. 1953