2.It’s two years since I last met him
→ The last
3.The garage is going to repair the car for us next week
→ We are going
4.“You stole the jewels!” the inspector said to him.
→ The inspector accused
5.If you want my advice, I would forget about buying a new house.
→ If I
6.The new restaurant looks good. It seems to have few customers. (HOWEVER)
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7. We had planned to walk right round the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible. (ALTHOUGH)
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8. I’ve been too busy to answer my email. I’ll do it soon. (NEVERTHELESS)
→
9. Mary was sick. She didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.(DESPITE)
→
10. We live on the same street. We rarely see each other, (IN SPITE OF)
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There was a lot of (1)……..in the world of language teaching today when the (2) ……..of Education explained his plans for schools over the (3) ……..five years.
One of the plans is that (4) ……..children will start learning two foreign languages (5) ……..the age of six. When they enter high school, there is the (6) ……..of adding one more language.
“The government plans are a real (7) ……..for celebration,” said Mary Spencer, a friend (8) …….. at City High School. “These new plans for language teaching show that the secretary has (9) …….. the old problems with intelligence and imagination. These plans certainly a great (10) …….. . ”
1. | A. amusement | B. excitement | C. enjoyment | D. disappointment |
2. | A. Head | B. Leader | C. Director | D. Secretary |
3. | A. next | B. future | C. coming | D. following |
4. | A. the | B. all | C. these | D. those |
5. | A. in | B. for | C. from | D. until |
6. | A. likelihood | B. opportunity | C. possibility | D. probably |
7. | A. cause | B. reason | C. result | D. effect |
8. | A. engineer | B. teacher | C. electrician | D. architect |
9. | A. reached | B. revealed | C. discussed | D. solved |
10. | A. attainment | B. agreement | C. achievement | D. movement |
Question VI : Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the passage.
There was a lot of (1)……..in the world of language teaching today when the (2) ……..of Education explained his plans for schools over the (3) ……..five years.
One of the plans is that (4) ……..children will start learning two foreign languages (5) ……..the age of six. When they enter high school, there is the (6) ……..of adding one more language.
“The government plans are a real (7) ……..for celebration,” said Mary Spencer, a friend (8) …….. at City High School. “These new plans for language teaching show that the secretary has (9) …….. the old problems with intelligence and imagination. These plans certainly a great (10) …….. . ”