INTERNET SHOPPING
I find shopping extremely boring and I try to (1)_____ it as much as I can. I particularly dislike supermarkets. As a result, I (2) ______ a lot of things from the Internet. These days you can even (3) ______ your food shopping by computer! Imagine that! Somebody else takes your food from the shelves. They (4) ______ it and then they deliver it! People (5) ______ to distrust this way of buying things, but I haven't had many problems. (6) ______, the right things arrive at the right time. Sometimes there are mistakes. One day, I got mushrooms instead of mayonnaise! But these mistakes aren't very (7) ______. The most important (8) ______ to remember is that you don't have to keep anything you don't want. You can just send it back. At least you don't have to push your (9) ______ around the crowded supermarkets, or stand in long queues waiting for tired shop assistants to notice you. Everybody (10) ______ try shopping on the Internet. It's much easier than you think.
1. A. stop B. avoid C. prevent D. stay
2. A. ask B. shop C. order D. arrange
3. A. do B. make C. have D. find
4. A. put B. pack C. bag D. fill
5. A. hope B. want C. try D. tend
6. A. General B. Commonly C. Generally D. In generally
7. A. usual B. common C. general D. rare
8. A. is B. have C. way D. thing
9. A. basket B. wheels C. trolley D. shelves
A. should B. have to C. must D. is allowed to
I.B. Choose a verb and a preposition from the boxes and write phrasal verbs in their correct form to complete the sentences below. (5 marks)
give | find | turn | carry | look |
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on | off | up | after | out |
1. I ........................................ some interesting information about John the other day.
2. Who’s going to ....................................... the children while you’re away?
3. I'm going to ........................................... with my homework until it's finished.
4. I couldn’t understand the lecture so I just ..............................................
5. I am trying to ................................................. chips and other fast food, but it isn't easy!
I.A. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.
1. The manager was suspicious ______ the shop assistant.
A. with B. of C. for D. on
2. The audience enjoyed the play so much that they _____ for ten minutes.
A. booed B. screamed C. applauded 3. We were shocked by the poor living _____ of these people. | D. handed |
A. states B. conditions C. places 4. My mum's just knitted me a lovely ____________sweater. | D. possessions |
A. high-heeled B. second-hand C. long-sleeved 5. Nobody knows what the _______ of the explosion was. | D. ankle-length |
A. source B. reason C. cause | D. reaction |
6. __________should not open their exam papers until they are told to do so by the invigilators. A. Participants B. Candidates C. Competitors D. Takers
7. Please _____the milk carefully; I don’t want it to boil over.
A. see B. look at C. regard D. watch
8. __________ you are, I don’t want to see you now.
A. Who B. Whoever C. Whom ever D. Whom
9. It is not very easy to study a foreign language all by __________.
A. oneself B. itself C. himself D. herself 10. Why don’t we go to the park ________?
A. in the car B. with a car C. with car D. by the car.
11. John Wayne is famous _______ a film star.
A. as B. by C. for D. to be
12. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their ___________.
A. character B. appearance C. personality D. looking
13. This clock _________ on two small batteries.
A. goes B. works C. runs D. moves
14. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
A. business B. contain C. feature D. market
15. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
A. Christmas B. anchor C. chemistry D. cheque