Write the second sentences in such a way that the meanings stay the same as the first ones :
1. Because the weather was cold, they stayed at home.
=> The weather ......................
=> They stayed at home because of .............................
2. Because Mr. Ba is old, he can't join the game.
=> Mr Ba is ........................
=> Mr Ba can't join the game because of ....................
3. Because it was raining heavily, the game was cancelled.
=> It was .....................
=> Because of ......................
4. He wasn't successful because he was not hard enough.
=> He was not ..................
=> He wasn't successful because of .........................
5. He came late because his bike was broken.
=> His bike was ..................
=>He came late because of .......................
6. Although the sea was rough, the fishermen went fishing. (despite)
7. Though the test was difficult, we could finish it. (despite)
8. Though Mr Brown is old, he runs 5km every morning. (despite)
9. Although he tried hard, he was unsuccessful. (in spite of)
10. Even though he has a well-paid job, he wants to move to another company. (despite)
11. Though he is young, he is successful in business. (despite)

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 8.

(1) It was the first photograph that I had ever seen, and it fascinated me. I can remember holding it at every angle in order to catch the flickering light from the oil lamp on the dresser. The man in the photograph was unsmiling, but his eyes were kind. I had never met him, but I felt that I knew him. One evening when I was looking at the photograph, as I always did before I went to sleep, I noticed a shadow across the man’s thin face. I moved the photograph so that the shadow lay perfectly around his hollow cheecks. How different he looked!

(2) That night I could not sleep, thinking about the letter that I would write. First, I would tell him that I was eleven years old, and that if he had a little girl my age, she could write to me instead of him. I knew that he was a very busy man. Then I would explain to him the real purpose of my letter. I would tell him how wonderful he looked with the shadow that I had seen across his photograph, and I would most carefully suggest that he grow whiskers.

(3) Four months later when I met him at the train station near my home in Westfield, New York, he was wearing a full beard. He was so much taller than I had imagined from my tiny photograph.

(4) “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I have no speech to make and no time to make it in. I appear before you that I may see you and that you may see me.” Then he picked me right up and kissed me on both cheeks. The whiskers scratched. “Do you think I look better, my little friend?” he asked me.

(5) My name is Grace Bedell, and the man in the photograph was Abraham Lincoln.

What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

A. To explain how Grace Bedell took a photograph of Abraham Lincoln

B. To explain why Abraham Lincoln wore a beard

C. To explain why the first photographs were significant in American life

D. To explain why Westfield is an important city

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

1) It was the first photograph that I had ever seen, and it fascinated me. I can remember holding it at every angle in order to catch the flickering light from the oil lamp on the dresser. The man in the photograph was unsmiling, but his eyes were kind. I had never met him, but I felt that I knew him. One evening when I was looking at the photograph, as I always did before I went to sleep, I noticed a shadow across the man’s thin face. I moved the photograph so that the shadow lay perfectly around his hollow cheecks. How different he looked!

(2) That night I could not sleep, thinking about the letter that I would write. First, I would tell him that I was eleven years old, and that if he had a little girl my age, she could write to me instead of him. I knew that he was a very busy man. Then I would explain to him the real purpose of my letter. I would tell him how wonderful he looked with the shadow that I had seen across his photograph, and I would most carefully suggest that he grow whiskers.

(3) Four months later when I met him at the train station near my home in Westfield, New York, he was wearing a full beard. He was so much taller than I had imagined from my tiny photograph.

(4) “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I have no speech to make and no time to make it in. I appear before you that I may see you and that you may see me.” Then he picked me right up and kissed me on both cheeks. The whiskers scratched. “Do you think I look better, my little friend?” he asked me.

(5) My name is Grace Bedell, and the man in the photograph was Abraham Lincoln. 

What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

A. To explain how Grace Bedell took a photograph of Abraham Lincoln 

B. To explain why Abraham Lincoln wore a beard 

C. To explain why the first photographs were significant in American life 

D. To explain why Westfield is an important city

          I. Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences. (1.0p)

1. He has never been late for work.

-  Never…has he been late for work?

2. The man is my new boss. He is talking to the lady over there.

- The man who is talking to the lady over there  is my new boss

3. “Does Mr. Pike live here?” the postman asked the boy.

- The postman asked the boy ……………………………………….…………………….

4. They will build a new school next month.

- A new school………………………………………………

5. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.

- It is …...........................................................

III. Fill in each blank with an appropriate relative pronoun: 1. He is the man I met yesterday. 2. He is the man ************………………. was helped last night. 3. The bicycle *******************... was painted red is mine. 4. That is the book he bought last night. 5. Easter is a festival *************…………. Occurs in late March or early April. 6. Has he found the key he lost yesterday? 7. The city ……………………….. we visited last year was very beautiful. 8. She has a friend is the manager of this company. 9. What is the picture you want to buy? 10. My children. have an opportun to go to the zoo, always look very excited.