Use the words in the box to complete the passage below.

THE OSTRICH

The ostrich is the (32)________ bird in the world, and an adult can be more (33)________ 90 kilos. Most wild ostriches live (34)________ southern Africa, but there are only a (35)________ of them left. Like all birds, ostriches have wings, (36)_______ they cannot fly. They use (37)________ wings to help them turn when they are running. Ostriches can run very fast, from 65 to 90 kilometres (38)_______ hour, so it is very difficult (39)_______ other animals to catch them. Baby ostriches are the same size as chickens and take about 3 years to become adults. Ostriches (40)________ plants and can live for many days without water.

Part D. WRITING.

Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same. (6 pts)

41. I couldn’t do the test although it wasn’t difficult.                      

->In spite of ……………………………………………………………………………………….

42. She didn’t go to the circus with Betty because she had a bad cold.     

->Because of ………………………………………………………………………………………

43. Despite the narrow streets, many people drive cars in this city.                   

->Although ………………………………………………………………………………………..

44. Listening to music is more interesting than watching TV.

->I  prefer…………………………………………………………………………………………..

45.You shouldn’t eat too much candy.

->You’d…………………………………………………………………………………………….

46. She likes to play the guitar.

->She is in………………………………………………………………………………………….

47. Shall we go to the zoo?      

->Let's  ……………………………………………………………………………………………!

48.Although my friend doesn’t have enough money, she wants to buy that new car.   

Despite …………………………………………………………………………………………….

49.How heavy is the chicken?

->What……………………….…………………………………………………………………….?

50.It isn’t important for you to finish the work today.

->You don’t………………………………………………………………………………………...

II. Put the verbs into the correct tense or form.

III. Give the correct form of the words given in brackets.

I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (8 pts)

6. My father ________ the bus to work every day, but I cycle.

7. You should look right and left when you go _______ the road.

8. The play was so boring. ________, An saw it from beginning to end.

9. – “ Do you like seeing a film?” – “_____________.”

10. The film is ________ gripping that we have seen it twice.

11. She is staying ________ her uncle and aunt’s house.

12. There is ________ meat in the box.

13. He doesn’t like candy. I ________.

14. I divided the sweets ________ several boys.

15.Tung is usually punished by his teacher because he’s always late _______ school.

I.Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

I.Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

.     Fill in the blanks with available words in the box.

1. They have six holiday _______________ for sale.

2. I keep all the children’s playthings in that big ________________.

3. This ____________ even washes pots and pans.

4. The ____________ keeps food at a constant temperature.

5. I left my bags in the _____________.

6. We usually eat breakfast in the _____________.

7. His bedroom’s always _____________.

8. Put the fish in the ___________ please!

9. I just want to get home and stretch out on the _______________.

10. He hung his suit in the ______________.

I.   Fill in the blank with a word/ phrase in the box.

      I live in a semi detached house, it used to be a true bungalow but I had a loft conversion to give me two extra bedrooms (1) _____________I lost one bedroom in the process because the stairs had to go where the bedroom (2)_________; I now have three bedrooms, one downstairs (3)____________ two up. I still (4)____________ a reasonable amount of loft space left. I have a long drive and a (5)_______________, detached, brick garage at the bottom of it. I have a small front (6)____________ and a medium sized back garden which hold water badly of the clay in the soil. I have (8)_______________ bathroom, living room, hall and kitchen downstairs and (9)_________________ is a porch at the front. All the windows, facias and doors (10)________________ white plastic.