Put the verbs in brackets: present perfect or present perfect continuous

1. I (buy) ......................... a new pair of shoes.

2. (you/ finish) ............................ reading that book yet?

I (read) ......................... but I am still at chapter 10.

3. There is only a little cake left because your dad (eat) ........................it in the past 3 days.

4. I (not/ see) ...................... you for ages, how have you been?

5. I (drive) .................. for over eight hours now. I am extremely tired.

6. Sarah (lose) ................... a lot of weight lately, I hope she doesn't get sick.

7. Bryan (write) ..................................seven books and they are all published.

8. Bryan (write) ........................ all night and he's got 30 pages so far.

9. George (find) ...........................an amazing job at the local pharmacist.

10. We are out of money because your mother (spend).......................

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.

In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with

them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.

When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.

1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Complain about traffic accidents.

b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.

c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.

d. Advise drivers how to drive.

2/ Why would somebody read the text?

a. To find out about traffic laws.

b. To learn how to drive a car.

c. To find out about getting a driver's license.

d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .

3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................

a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state

b. get his/her vision tested

c. know all the traffic laws

d. pass a driving test

4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................

a. without limit b. without having to pay

c. without shopping d. at any time

5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................

a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.

In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with

them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.

When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.

1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Complain about traffic accidents.

b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.

c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.

d. Advise drivers how to drive.

2/ Why would somebody read the text?

a. To find out about traffic laws.

b. To learn how to drive a car.

c. To find out about getting a driver's license.

d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .

3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................

a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state

b. get his/her vision tested

c. know all the traffic laws

d. pass a driving test

4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................

a. without limit b. without having to pay

c. without shopping d. at any time

5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................

a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard allover the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

1/ Big Ben was built .......................

a. for the B.B.C. b. after a fire c. in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall d. long before 1834

2/ Accuracyis maintained ..................._

a. by microphones in the clock tower b. by workmen

c.because the clock is at Greenwich Observatory d.by officials who check the clock frequently

3/ Big Ben is one of the first sights you will see when you London.

a. will visit b. visit c. have visited d. will be visiting

4/ Big Ben is the ..................... clock in London.

a. famousest b. most famous c. more famous d. famouser

5/ It is .......................very big and very accurate. a. and b. also c. both d. together

6/ How often .....................checked?

a. have they it b. they have it c. do they have it d. they do have it

7/ A painter ......... working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.

a. who b. had been c. had d. ...................

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Quite a number of things have been done tohelp solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.

Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one. There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada. The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.

1/ In Singapore, drivers must have .................... to drive into the downtown business district.

a. a special I D card b. a special pass c. a driving certificate d. a driving lesson

2/ Singapore has done many things to make it difficult to buy cars because it ............................

a. wants to solve the car problems b. wants to help motorists to be safe

c. helps poor people d. wants to solve traffic problems

3/ The public transportation system in Singapore is ...................................

a. not very good b. very good c. very bad d. awful

III. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

When Nick and Jane got their phone bill, they knew something was wrong. They couldn't understand why the new bill was over fifty dollars more than the old one. Then Nick saw the long-distance charges. There were ten calls listed to the town of Rosemont, several hundred miles away.

"But we don't know anybody in Rosemont," Jane protested. "Where is Rosemont, anyway? Besides, no one would have such a ridiculous phone number as 123-456-7890." Suddenly, they thought of their twin sons, who were just learning how to count. They must have been playing with pushbuttons on the dial. This turned out to be the right solution to the mystery of their phone bill.

66. Nick and Jane are

A. friends. B. twin sons. C. telephonists. D. a married couple.

67. What was wrong with their new phone bill?

A. It couldn't be understood. B. It contained ten calls for an unknown town.

C. It was fifty dollars. D. It was several hundred miles away.

68. The word ridiculous in the passage could be best replaced by

A. funny. B. unreasonable.C. foolish. D. crazy.

69. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. They Couldn't understood why their phone bill cost much.

B. There were many long-distance calls in their phone bill.

C. They had to pay fifty dollars for the bill.

D. Their twin sons learned how to Count on the dial when they Were out.

70. This in the passage refers to

A. the phone number 123-456-7890.

B. Nick and Jane's thought.

C. the long-distance charge.

D. their sons' playing with Pushbuttons on the dia1.

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Gary Smith yesterday celebrated his twentieth birthday, but he's lucky to be alive. In March this year, he was climbing Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, when he lost his way and spent sixteen hours in sub-zero temperatures.

"My friends laughed at me for having so much survival equipment, but it saved my life."

On the first night, the weather was so bad that it tore his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a Youth Hostel. He left the hostel at 10.00 the next morning but that afternoon he was in trouble. "I fell off a rock and broke my left leg. I couldn't move."

Mountain rescue team went out to look for Gary, and found him at 9.00 the next morning. A helicopter took him to hospital, where he needed several operations. "Next time, I'll go with my friends, not on my own!" he joked.

1. Howald was Gary when he went climbing?

A. 16. B.19. C. 20. D.22.

2. How long did he spend on the mountain?

A. 10 hours. B. 16 hours.

C. 1 night. D. 2 nights.

3. Which of the following sentences is true?

A. He didn't take many things with him on his trip.

B. He spent the first night in his new mountain tent.

C. He went climbing alone.

D. In spite of his broken leg, his climbing trip was a great success.

4. Which of the following groups of adjectives best describe Gary?

A. Lost, alone, injured.

B. Hot, terrible, lucky.

C. Broken, alive, bad.

D. Bad, alone, lucky.

5. All the following sentences sound reasonable EXCEPT

A. If he hadn't fallen off a rock, he wouldn't have broken his leg.

B. If the Mountain rescue teams hadn't found him, he would have died.

C. If he hadn't been operated on, he wouldn't have been able to walk again.

D. If it hadn't been so cold on the mountain, he wouldn't have lost his way.

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. (1)................ the nineteenth century, and (2).................... came to the United States. Several (3)................of his family did a great (4)................ to encourage him in the (5)............. of science. His father was most instrumental by supervising his work (6) ..................the deaf. While he (7) ...................with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his studies eventually (8) ................to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention - the telephone. The last quarter century of his (9) ..............was dedicated to advances (10) ..................aviation.

1/ a. on b. in c. at d. by

2/ a. later b. after c. latter d. last

3/ a. members b. parts c. sections d. elements

4/ a. lot b. many c. much d. deal

5/ a. part b. expanse c. field d. acre

6/ a. with b. to c. at . d. through

7/ a. acted b. operated c. dealt d. managed

8/ a. ran b. flowed c. directed d. led

9/ a. live b. life c. living d. life story

10/ a. In b. by c. to d. across