Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

39. The city was covered__________smoke from the burns nearby.

40. The police said a notorious criminal was involved__________the robbery.

41. For most North American household lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. However, this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100. watt light bulb_______an energy saving bulb.

42. The weather is terribly hot, so many boys run to the rivers, jump_______and swim.

43. Ho Chi Minh devoted all his life to the struggle_______the liberation of our country.

Give the correct forms of words in the brackets.

Rewrite the sentences so as to have the same meaning.

1. We could not have succeeded without my father’s money.

=>If it....................................................................................................................

2. One runner was too exhausted to complete the last lap of the race.

=>One runner was so..............................................................................................

3. Even though his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the burn.

=> In spite....................................................................................................................

4. The room was so small that we couldn’t live in it together.

=> It was...................................................................................................................

5. Mark may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.

=>Mark’s poor.............................................................................................................

6. The guestdidn’ttell us whyhehadbehavedso strangely at the ceremony.

=>The reason why .........................................................................................................

7. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.

=> As long as...............................................................................................................

8. We left quietly so that we would not disturb the children.

=>So as....................................................................................................................

9. The robber wore dark glasses so that no one would recognize him.

=>The robber avoided......................................................................................................

Read the sentences carefully and choose the best answers to make complete ones.

1. From 1949 onward, the artist Georgia O’keeffe made New Mexico _______.

A. her permanent residence was B. where her permanent residence

C. permanent residence for her D. her permanent residence

2. Just as remote-controlled satellites can be employed to explore outer space, _______ employed to investigate the deep sea.

A. can be robots B. robots can be C. can robots D. can robots that are

3. _______ is not clear to researchers.

A. Why dinosaurs having become extinct. B. Why dinosaurs became extinct

C. Did dinosaurs become extinct D. Dinosaurs became extinct

4. The first transatlantic telephone cable system was not established _______ 1956.

A. while B. until C. on D. when

5. Drinking water _______ excessive amounts of fluorides may leave a stained or mottled effect on the enamel of teeth.

A. containing B. in which containing C. contains D. that contain

6. In the 1820’s physical education became _______ of the curriculum of Harvard and Yale Universities.

A. to be part B. which was part C. was part D part

7. If you can win his attention ___________ for you.

A. the so much better B. the better so much C. so much the better D. so the much better

8. The President resigned; the whiff of scandal remained ____________.

A. otherwise B. therefore C. immediately D. nevertheless

9. Which __________ agency do you work for?

A. ads B. advertised C. advertising D. advertisement

10. Van Gogh suffered from depression ____________ by overwork and ill-health.

A. brought on B. coming about C. taken up D. put through

Read the text & decide which word best fits each space by choosing A, B, C or D.

Action scenes in films

Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are (1) __________ as stunts, are usually performed by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (2) ________ can crash a car, but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely (3) __________ sometimes stopping right in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (4) ___________ in the production, an expert stuntman is (5) __________ in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (6) __________ the wishes of the director, although he will usually only do this in the (7) __________ of safety.

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (8) _________ in for the actors. Actors like to become (9) _________ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never let them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (10) ___________.If they were to be hurt, the film would come to a sudden halt.

1. A. remarked B. known C. referred D. named

2. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one

3. A. detailed B. plain C. straight D. precise

4. A. period B. minute C. part D. stage

5. A. led B. taken C. drawn D. called

6. A. over B. against C. through D. across

7. A. interests B. needs C. purposes D. regards

8. A. work B. get C. put D. stand

9. A. connected B. arranged C. involved D. affected

10. A. limits B. ends C. frontiers D. borders

Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.

THE BIRTH OF THE T-SHIRT

The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, was born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Oesireopened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (1) ____________ Marlon Brando went (2) __________ stage wearing a (3) _________ of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt had been seen publicly as anything (4) ____________ an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (5) _____________ the end of the century. The idea for the T-shirt came (6) __________ Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was so impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (7) ___________ a fashionable garment in its (8) ____________ right, rather than just something to be worn (9) __________ warmth beneath a denim workshirt (10) ___________ an army uniform. It was Brando, however, who popularized it, especially with the release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be adopted by teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards.