1. After he had had his breakfast, he (go) …………… to school.

2. I think she has no objection to (go)…………………. on a picnic.

3. Mary is used to (stay) ………………… up late on Sunday night.

4. My sister always (wear) ……….…….nice clothes. Today she (wear) ……………..a blue jacket.

5. Anyone who (not finish) ………………… his work won't be allowed to leave now.

6. John decided (not buy) ……………… a new house in London.

7. Nothing (do) ……………………… since I moved here.

8. Measles (take) ……………………. a long time to get over.

9. I always prefer driving to (be drive) ………………………

1. He ___________ home last week while we ___________ dinner.

A. came – were having    B. was coming – had  C. came – had             D. was coming – were having

2. After he ___________ a new girl, he ___________ up with his wife.

A. met – broke                 B. had met – broke      C. met – had broken    D. had met – had broken        

3. At this time yesterday, I ___________ with my friends.

A. were singing                B. sang                        C. was singing             D. had sung

4. She ___________ Paris in 1907.

A. visits                            B. visited                     C. was visiting            D. had visited

5. She told me that she ___________ Spaghetti in Italy.

A. tried                            B. has tried                  C. had tried                 D. trying

6. While my father ___________, my mother___________ a cake and we ___________ around.

A. swam – made – were playing                         C . was swimming – made - played

B. swam – made – played                                   D.was swimming – was making – were playing

7. Linda ___________ no one before she ___________ Jack.

A. loved – married                                               B. had loved – married           

C. had loved – was marrying                               D. loved – had married

8. We___________ pizza the whole last week.

A. eat                               B. ate                           C. had eaten                D. was eating

9. When you ___________, I ___________ . I am so sorry for that!

A. arriving – sleeping                                          B. arrived – was sleeping       

C. arrived – slept                                                 D. arrived – had slept

10. Panda ___________ tired because she ___________ too late last night.

A. was –worked                                                   B. was – was working            

C. had been – worked                                          D. was – had worked

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.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First Nation Bank.

In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however, she died six months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in Ohio. At the age of thirty- five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after regaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.

The word "his" in paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A. William Sydney Porter

B. Porter’s father

C. a medical colleague

D. Webster

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.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First National Bank.

In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however she died six months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short Story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.

According to the passage, Porter’s Father was ___________.

A. the person who gave him a life-long love of books

B. a medical doctor

C. a licensed pharmacist

D. responsible for his move to La Salle County in Texas

Exercise 1:Choose suitable words/ phrases to fill in the blanks. Some sentences may have MORE THAN ONE possible answers.

1. They came back home ____________ the volcano had been erupted.(after/ when/ until)

2. ____________ the tsunami waves traveled inland, people had moved to safe places. (by the time/ before/ after)

3. ____________ I got to Nick’s village, the flood had destroyed his house. (when/ while/ by the time)

4. ____________ we came back to our home village last month, it had changed so much. (as soon as/ when/ since)

5. He told me he hadn’t seen tornado ________.(after/ before/ by the time)

A pioneer in the field of telecommunications , Alaxander Graham Bell , was (1)............... in 1874 in Edinburgh , Scotland . He moved to Ontario , and then to the United States , setting in Boston , before beginning his career as an inventor . Throughout his life , Bell had been interested (2) ........... the education of deaf people . This interest led him to (3) ...............the microphone and , in 1867 , his " electrical speech machine " , which we now call a (4) .............. News of his invention quickly (5) ...........throughout the country , even throughout Europe . By 1878 , Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Havan , Connecticut . By 1884 , long distance connections were (6) .............between Boston , Massachusetts and New York City .

Bell imagined great uses for his telephone , like the model from (7) ............ 1920s , but would he ever have (8) ................telephone lines being used to transmit video images ? Since his (9) .............in 1922 , the telecommunications industry has undergone an amazing revolution . Today , non-hearing people are able to use a special display telephone to communicate . Bell's " electrical speech machine " paved the way (10)................ the information superhighway .