Exercise 6: Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

                1.    .................... Pelly was tired, he went to bed.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                2.    He passed the exam .................... he had a good teacher.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                3.    We stayed in .................... the rain.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                4.    He was able to go to university .................... his aunt’s help.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                5.    The price of oranges is high .................... frost damage.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                6.    I went to see the play, .................... it had good reviews.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                7.    I enjoy the course    .................... the professor is a good teacher.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                8.    We all felt tired .................... the hot weather.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                9.    I left home early, .................... I had to do several errands.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

                10.  .................... their interest in comets, they decided to study astronomy.

                        A. Because                          B. Because of

Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10points)

1. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _______ it before.

A.  saw                       B. had seen                C.  has seen               D. was seen

2. Astronauts_______ the earth in space capsules are weightless.

            A. orbit                       B. to orbit                  C. orbiting                D. orbited

3. Even though he didn’t have much _______, he still became a great scientist.

A. scholar                  B. study                      C. trial                        D. schooling

4. Without engineers there  _______ on television, no radio, no telephone, no telegraph lines and no cables.

A. is                            B. are                         C. will be                   D. would be

5. I think in the future many people will prefer ____________ by using social media.

A. to communicate                                       B. will communicate

C. communicate                                            D. to be communicated

6. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap.

A. surprise                 B. surprisingly          C. surprised               D. surprised  

7. ____ from Bill, all the students said they would go.

A. Except                   B. Only                       C. Apart                     D. Separate

8. If only he _______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.

A.  had                        B. has                                     C. would have           D. should have

9. Our visit to the beach made the holiday more _______ everyone was __________ by the story about our holiday.

A. amuse/amusing    B. amused/amusing  C. amusing/amused  D. amused/amuse

10. Would you be _______ my letters while I am away ?

A. too good as to forward                           C. as good as forward

B.  so good as to forward                            D. so good as forwarding

Question II: The word in capital letters at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in the blank in this way. (20 points)

     Some recent research into (1) ____________ (CONVERSE) between men and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) ____________ (RESEARCH) feels that men regard female talk as a kind of conversational (3) ____________ (HOUSE). They expect women to play a (4) ____________ (SUPPORT) role. So a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have a much more (5) ____________ (PLEASANT) listening style. Whereas a woman uses gestures or say: "mm", a man will say such thing as "right" or "okay" thus settle the stage for an (6) ____________ (INTERRUPT). Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has (7) ____________ (MEAN) communication. Male talk is often (8) ___________ (ARGUE) while women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) ____________ (LISTEN) than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) ____________ (IMPRESS) of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a chance to speak.

Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10points)

1. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _______ it before.

A.  saw                       B. had seen                C.  has seen               D. was seen

2. Astronauts_______ the earth in space capsules are weightless.

            A. orbit                       B. to orbit                  C. orbiting                D. orbited

3. Even though he didn’t have much _______, he still became a great scientist.

A. scholar                  B. study                      C. trial                        D. schooling

4. Without engineers there  _______ on television, no radio, no telephone, no telegraph lines and no cables.

A. is                            B. are                         C. will be                   D. would be

5. I think in the future many people will prefer ____________ by using social media.

A. to communicate                                       B. will communicate

C. communicate                                            D. to be communicated

6. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap.

A. surprise                 B. surprisingly          C. surprised               D. surprised  

7. ____ from Bill, all the students said they would go.

A. Except                   B. Only                       C. Apart                     D. Separate

8. If only he _______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.

A.  had                        B. has                                     C. would have           D. should have

9. Our visit to the beach made the holiday more _______ everyone was __________ by the story about our holiday.

A. amuse/amusing    B. amused/amusing  C. amusing/amused  D. amused/amuse

10. Would you be _______ my letters while I am away?

A. too good as to forward                           C. as good as forward

B.  so good as to forward                            D. so good as forwarding

Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in ach sentence below

31. Not many people went to see the film; because of good reviews from critics

          A                         B                                  C                                   D

32. The boy was so fightening by the film that he couldn't go to sleep last night

                            A         B                                         C                              D

33." The last words" was so bored that we all feel asleep    at the middle of the film                              A          B                                  C                D

34. We   find " Avenger" really    excited 

        A       B                     C            D

35. Last night , I didn't go to bed early   although being very tired

                            A                        B             C                   D

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31. Not many people went to see the film; because of good reviews from critics.

           A                       B                                    C                                 D

32. The boy was so frightening by the film that he couldn’t go to sleep last night.

                            A         B                                            C                               D

33. “The last words” was so bored that we all fell asleep at the middle of the film.

                                    A           B                            C                   D

34. We find “Avenger” really excited.

       A     B                        C         D

35. Last night, I didn’t go to bed early although being very tired.

                              A                       B          C                  D

Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences. 

1. A film in which strange and frightening things happen is called a/an
     A. thriller     B. comedy    C. drama
2. Not many  people went to film; see the it received good reviews from critics.
     A. however     B. despite     C.but
3. he spent much money on the film, it wasn't a big success.
     A. Even         B.But          C. Although
4.The biggest prize of the Cannes Film Festival is the Palme d'Or, which is given the best film.

       A. of          B. to           C. with
5. The festival every year at the end of August.
       A. takes   B. takes place   C. occur

Choose the correct option for each gap in the
sentences.
1. A film in which strange and frightening things happen is called a/an
     A. thriller     B. comedy    C. drama
2. Not many  people went to film; see the it received good reviews from critics.
     A. however     B. despite     C.but
3. he spent much money on the film, it wasn't a big success.
     A. Even         B.But          C. Although
4.The biggest prize of the Cannes Film Festival
is the Palme d'Or, which is given the best film.
       A. of          B. to           C. with
5. The festival every year at the end of August.
       A. takes B. takes place C. occur
6. La Tomatina on the last Wednesday of August every year.
       A hold       B. held          C. is held
7. There a bus station in the city centre, but it has been moved to the suburbs. 
      A. used to be   B. used to have   C. use to have
8. I marbleswhen I was young, but now I didn't.          A. play        B. used to play     C. have played 
9. "is it from your house to the nearest bus stop?" - "About 50 meters'
      A. How far B. How long C. How often
10. We should the street at the zebra crossing.
      A. walk       B. walk on      C. walk across

3. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A, B or C.