1.     He had a soft voice. We could hardly hear him

2.     His voice was so soft. We could hardly hear him

3.     His health was bad. They took him straight to hospital

4.     He had suffered a serious injury. They took him straight to hospital

5.     The children make a noise. We could hardly hear ourselves speak

6.     The kids were noisy. We could hardly hear ourselves speak

7.     I got a shock when I heard the news. I didn’t know what to say.

8.     I was shocked when I got the news. I didn’t know what to say.

9.      He lived a long way off. We hardly ever saw him

10.   He lived far away. We hardly ever saw him.

Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which is  closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

 1. Seeing that he was so angry, she left the office.

a. She didn’t want to make him angry, so she left.

b. She left the office when she saw how angry he was

c. He grew very angry when he saw her leaving the office.

d. He wouldn’t have been so angry if she hadn’t left.

2. They arrived too late to get good seats.

a. Although they were late, they found some good seats.

b. They got good seats some time after they arrived.

c. When they arrived, the good seats were already taken.

d. They had to stand for the whole show.

3. The meeting was put off because of pressure of time.

a. The meeting lasted much longer than usual.

b. The meeting is planned to start in a short time.

c. The meeting began early because all the people had come.

d. There was not enough time to hold the meeting.

4. I would rather read books than  play video games.

a. I  prefer reading books to playing video games.

b. I like playing game better than reading books.

c. I’ll read books if there’s no interesting games to play.

d. I’d like  to play video games and read books.

5. She feels bad when she stays up late.

a. Staying up late is her bad habit.                                     b. She is bad to stay up too late.

c. She is not used to staying up late.                                 d. Feeling bad, she stays up late.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 49.

On 26^th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent the next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and refused all food except for bread and water. Some people assumed that Kaspar had grown up alone in the forest, like a wild animal. But gradually, a different picture emerged.

Kaspar said he had spent his whole childhood in a small dark cell. He had never seen the world outside or left his cell. He had never met or spoken to another human being. The cell was empty apart from a small bed and one toy-a wooden horse. He claimed that he had found bread and water in his cell every morning. According to Kaspar’s account, a mysterious man had begun to call on him shortly before his release. The man never showed his face.

Kaspar became well-known throughout Germany and in other countries too, and people found his ascinating. Some suggested that Kaspar was the son of a rich and powerful man-a prince perhaps-who wanted to keep his identity secret. A schoolteacher called Friedrich Daumer met Kaspar and agreed to look after him. Daumer taught him various subjects and encouraged Kaspar’s talent for drawing.

One day in 1829, Kaspar was found with a knife wound to his head. He claimed that a man with a hood over his face had attacked him-the same man who had brought him to Nuremberg. It wasn’t a serious injury, and Kaspar got over it. But in 1833, Hauser came home with a deep knife wound in his chest, saying someone had attacked him in a garden. Three days later, Kaspar died from the wound. Just before he died, Kaspar told the police that his attacker had given him a bag, so the police went to the garden and looked for it. They found it, with a note inside. The note was in mirror writing and said in German: “I want to tell you about myself. I come from the Bavarian border, on the river.”

Over the years, books have been written about Kaspar’s stories and various historians have looked into them. Most have concluded that the stories were untrue and that Kaspar Hauser was a liar who killed himself (possibly by mistake). But for some people, Kaspar Hauser’s life and death remain one of the most mysterious stories in history.

Police found a mysterious letter inside a bag .

A. in Kaspar Hauser’s room, after his death      

B. in the place where Kaspar Hauser died

C. near a river in Baravia                           

D. in the place where Kaspar Hauser was attacked

1. When I .... him, he was living in London.

A. last saw                B. last see               C. see            D. was seeing

2. We haven't seen Dorothy since she, ...... an accident.

A. has had            B. had            C. has             D. was having

3. The train ...... half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving             B. left           C. has left           D. had left

4. Jack ..... the door before going out 2 hours ago.

A. has just painted         B. painted            C. will have painted         D. painting 5. Christopher Columbus ..... American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered   B. has discovered   C. had discovered   D. has been discovering

6. He said he ......... return later.

A. will             B. would.              C. can              D. would be

7. Almost everyone had left for home by the time we .........

A. arrive          B. had arrived        C. arriving           D. arrived

8. While her husband was in the army, Mary ..... to him twice a week.

A. was writing     B. wrote        C. was written      D. had written

9. Since ......, I have heard nothing fom him.

A. he had left       B. he left       C. he has left         D. he was left

10. After I had had lunch, I ..... my bag.

A. looked at         B. looked for             C. had looked for        D. looking for

11. The man got out pf the car, ........ round to the back and opened the book

A. walking           B.walked        C. walks           D. walk

12. Her father ..... when she was a small girl.

A. dies            B. died        C. has died                D. had died

13. Last week, my professor promised that he ..... today.

A. would come    B. will come          C. comes         D. coming

14. Pasteur ..... in the 19th century.

A. was living          B. lived          C. had lived           D. has lived

15. We ..... to go on a picnic and ....... a hotel last month.

A. decided/ rented      B. decided/ rent       C. decide/ rented       D. decide/ rent

1. When I .... him, he was living in London.

A. last saw                B. last see               C. see            D. was seeing

2. We haven't seen Dorothy since she, ...... an accident.

A. has had            B. had            C. has             D. was having

3. The train ...... half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving             B. left           C. has left           D. had left

4. Jack ..... the door before going out 2 hours ago.

A. has just painted         B. painted            C. will have painted         D. painting 5. Christopher Columbus ..... American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered   B. has discovered   C. had discovered   D. has been discovering

6. He said he ......... return later.

A. will             B. would.              C. can              D. would be

7. Almost everyone had left for home by the time we .........

A. arrive          B. had arrived        C. arriving           D. arrived

8. While her husband was in the army, Mary ..... to him twice a week.

A. was writing     B. wrote        C. was written      D. had written

9. Since ......, I have heard nothing fom him.

A. he had left       B. he left       C. he has left         D. he was left

10. After I had had lunch, I ..... my bag.

A. looked at         B. looked for             C. had looked for        D. looking for

11. The man got out pf the car, ........ round to the back and opened the book

A. walking           B.walked        C. walks           D. walk

12. Her father ..... when she was a small girl.

A. dies            B. died        C. has died                D. had died

13. Last week, my professor promised that he ..... today.

A. would come    B. will come          C. comes         D. coming

14. Pasteur ..... in the 19th century.

A. was living          B. lived          C. had lived           D. has lived

15. We ..... to go on a picnic and ....... a hotel last month.

A. decided/ rented      B. decided/ rent       C. decide/ rented       D. decide/ rent

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 49.

On 26^th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent the next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and refused all food except for bread and water. Some people assumed that Kaspar had grown up alone in the forest, like a wild animal. But gradually, a different picture emerged.

Kaspar said he had spent his whole childhood in a small dark cell. He had never seen the world outside or left his cell. He had never met or spoken to another human being. The cell was empty apart from a small bed and one toy-a wooden horse. He claimed that he had found bread and water in his cell every morning. According to Kaspar’s account, a mysterious man had begun to call on him shortly before his release. The man never showed his face.

Kaspar became well-known throughout Germany and in other countries too, and people found his ascinating. Some suggested that Kaspar was the son of a rich and powerful man-a prince perhaps-who wanted to keep his identity secret. A schoolteacher called Friedrich Daumer met Kaspar and agreed to look after him. Daumer taught him various subjects and encouraged Kaspar’s talent for drawing.

One day in 1829, Kaspar was found with a knife wound to his head. He claimed that a man with a hood over his face had attacked him-the same man who had brought him to Nuremberg. It wasn’t a serious injury, and Kaspar got over it. But in 1833, Hauser came home with a deep knife wound in his chest, saying someone had attacked him in a garden. Three days later, Kaspar died from the wound. Just before he died, Kaspar told the police that his attacker had given him a bag, so the police went to the garden and looked for it. They found it, with a note inside. The note was in mirror writing and said in German: “I want to tell you about myself. I come from the Bavarian border, on the river.”

Over the years, books have been written about Kaspar’s stories and various historians have looked into them. Most have concluded that the stories were untrue and that Kaspar Hauser was a liar who killed himself (possibly by mistake). But for some people, Kaspar Hauser’s life and death remain one of the most mysterious stories in history.

Some people suggested that Kaspar Hauser was 

A. from another country                            

B. really an artist

C. the son of a schoolteacher                      

D. from a wealthy family

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 49.On 26^th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent t

he next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and refused all food except for bread and water. Some people assumed that Kaspar had grown up alone in the forest, like a wild animal. But gradually, a different picture emerged.

Kaspar said he had spent his whole childhood in a small dark cell. He had never seen the world outside or left his cell. He had never met or spoken to another human being. The cell was empty apart from a small bed and one toy-a wooden horse. He claimed that he had found bread and water in his cell every morning. According to Kaspar’s account, a mysterious man had begun to call on him shortly before his release. The man never showed his face.

Kaspar became well-known throughout Germany and in other countries too, and people found his ascinating. Some suggested that Kaspar was the son of a rich and powerful man-a prince perhaps-who wanted to keep his identity secret. A schoolteacher called Friedrich Daumer met Kaspar and agreed to look after him. Daumer taught him various subjects and encouraged Kaspar’s talent for drawing.

One day in 1829, Kaspar was found with a knife wound to his head. He claimed that a man with a hood over his face had attacked him-the same man who had brought him to Nuremberg. It wasn’t a serious injury, and Kaspar got over it. But in 1833, Hauser came home with a deep knife wound in his chest, saying someone had attacked him in a garden. Three days later, Kaspar died from the wound. Just before he died, Kaspar told the police that his attacker had given him a bag, so the police went to the garden and looked for it. They found it, with a note inside. The note was in mirror writing and said in German: “I want to tell you about myself. I come from the Bavarian border, on the river.”

Over the years, books have been written about Kaspar’s stories and various historians have looked into them. Most have concluded that the stories were untrue and that Kaspar Hauser was a liar who killed himself (possibly by mistake). But for some people, Kaspar Hauser’s life and death remain one of the most mysterious stories in history.

Between 1829 and 1833, Kaspar Hauser suffered .

A. two knife wounds, but they weren’t serious   

B. two knife wounds, one small and one fatal

C. two very serious knife wounds              

D. two knife wound on the same occasion

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I went _________ (6) the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I was swimming in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father _________ (7) some wine. Suddenly I _________ (8) a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue _________ (9) the water in the sea and his hair was beautiful black. He was very tall _________ (10) thin. My heart beat fast. I asked him for _________ (11) name with a shy voice. He told me _________ (12) his name was John. He stayed _________ (13) me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We _________ (13) pizza in a restaurant. The following days we had _________ (14) fun together. _________ (15) the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him. We continued to be good friends.

Question 9:

A. like

B. as

C. same

D. similar