REVIEW

1.The adjective prefix multi- means many. Complete the

sentences with an
adjective starting with multi-. The first sentence is given as an
example.
1. The city is home to people from many different cultures. Its a
multicultural city.
2. Many different languages are spoken in our country. Its a
_______________ society.
3. HSBC is a bank which operates in many different nations. Its a
__________________company.
4.The fabric is printed with many contrasting colours.
Its___________________ fabric.

2.Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs (past
simple, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future in
the past)

3.Read the text. Some of the lines have an extra, unnecessary

word. Write the word at the end of the line. If the line is
correct, put a tick ().
How often have you looked back over the years and wondered
how your life might have been if you had done things more differently?
more
I would say that most people tend not to look back at one time
______
or another and regret certainly decisions they have taken. It is
______
obvious that you cant go through life without making choices,
______
but for some it is very difficult to decide and they will be mull
4 ______
things over for ages before coming to any kind of conclusion.
5 ______
Others, however, will not make a snap decision and waste no time.
______

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Once taken, of course, the decision may have a lasting impact

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______
on your life. What if you had decided to study law instead of
8
______
engineering? What if you had been travelled instead of getting
9
______
married at the age of 21?
10 ______
The most important decision I had ever made was a snap decision.
11 ______
I had been working in a job that I hated for a couple of years and
12 ______
one day I just decided to quit as Id had totally enough. I realised
13 ______
I was always complaining and my friends must have been tired
14 ______
of listening to me. Im pleased to say that Ive never regretted that move.
15 ______

4.You have to read 5 short texts, related by theme, and answer

two multiple choice questions on each text.
1. New Power Cream is now even more powerful because it leaves a
long-lasting
invisible shield that keeps new dirt and grime from really sticking. So next
time
you clean, dirt comes right off. Goes on easy, comes off easy. Simple as
that.
2. A couple who had been out for a spin in their speed boat were left high and
dry when
their car was accidentally pulled into the sea and sank. The pair, in their 50s, had
been
trying to attach the boat to their silver BMW when it pulled the vehicle down the
slipway and into the water. They watched helplessly as the BMW 7 series filled
with
water, slowly spun through 180 degrees, then slowly disappeared from view.
3. At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through
the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles round the room, making
that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzz that hummed along my skin. I
watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the
longing build in my chest. The way those bees flew, not even looking for a
flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam.

4 . This conclusion is suggested by a literature review and confirmed by an

analysis of a large number of alternative specifications of an industry
wage equation using individual wage data and industry characteristics
from a number of recent sources. Only industry average education and
industry profi tability have the same (positive) sign in every specification
and in all the studies reviewed. Of these two, only average education was
nearly always significantly related to wages.
5. Built before the Pyramids, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China, the
ten houses that can be seen today were occupied from about 3100 to
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2500 BC. Historians believe that the site was gradually abandoned as the
islands community developed and peoples needs changed. Over the
centuries it was covered with sand and remained untouched until a winter
storm in 1850 brought the Stone Age into the modern era.
It sits just above the magnificent white beach of the Bay of Skaill that arcs
round in one huge semicircle. Since the houses original roofs of turf have
long since disappeared, visitors can now look down into the mound and
see the layout of the village. The main street, a semi-subterranean
passage linking the houses, runs down the middle of the site from todays
entrance to what is thought to be a workshop at the other end, a place
where tools would have been made.
Text 1
1. What is the main impression the writer is trying to give of New Power
Cream?
A. it makes cleaning surfaces quicker
B. it is enjoyable to use
C.no other cleaning product will be required D. there is a good reason for
its effectiveness
2. Which word best describes the style of Text 1?
A. conversational
B. scientific
C. exaggerated
D. literary
Text 2
3. Where were the couple when the incident happened?
A. sitting in the boat
B. sitting in the car
C. standing on land
D. standing in the water
4. Why did the incident happen?
A.The boat was not properly fixed to the car.
B.The boat rolled down a slope with the car attached.
C.The car pulled the boat into the water.
D.The couple did not detach the boat properly from the car.
Text 3
5.How does the writer feel about having bees come in her bedroom?
A. afraid they will sting her
B. annoyed that they stop her sleeping
C. surprised they could find their way into her room
D. interested to watch their behavior
6. What does the writer say about the bees flight?
A. They are unexpectedly powerful and beautiful when flying.
B. They fly to search for flowers even when there is no hope of finding any.
C. They appear to fly for the sheer pleasure of it.
D. They fly with determination to escape from the writers room.
Text 4
7.What kind of textbook does this paragraph probably come from?
A. a psychology one
B.an economics one
C. a mathematics one
D. a computer programming
one

8. Which two things were found to correlate most significantly?

A.branch of industry and profitability
B. education and wages
C.branch of industry and wages
D. education and profitability
Text 5
9.What does the writer emphasise about the village?
A. its beauty
B. its age
C. its size
D its architecture
10. How was the site discovered?
A. Archaeologists uncovered it by chance.
B. Community historians were investigating the area.
C. Strong winds blew what was covering it off.
D. The land was needed by local farmers.
5.Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
balance
suggested
order
recommend
action
purpose
outlines
short
summing
considered
1.We would _______________that such a course should be opened in the
Department of English.
2.It was __________________ that a short course in English should be
opened under the management of the English teachers.
3.In________________ to reduce operational cost of $500 for every two
months, the project team recommends more research and development.
4.What is the __________________of this report?
5.Remarks like this are generally___________________ to be unacceptable
today..
6.On ___________________, I think we made the right decision.
7. __________________up the discussion, he said that all parties would
consider how to resolve the problem.
8. The document _______________our companys credit policy.
9. Inflation is up, spending is down. In ______________the economy is in bad
shape.
10. What course of _________ do you recommend?
6.Change the following sentences into reported speech.
1. The spokesman said: I cant understand why billiards has been
prohibited.
.
2. A company representative said: This probably wont happen.
.
3. If I dont win this game, I will retire, Kasparov said.

4. Im living the adventure of my life, Banderas said.

5. I was trying to plan todays meeting, all day yesterday, so I said to John,
Please let me know by some time tonight if you are indeed coming. I
need to fix the items on tomorrows agenda.
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I was trying to plan todays meeting, all day yesterday, so I asked

John .......................................................................................................
because ............................................................................................ .
7.Cross out and correct eight errors in this extract from a letter. A
ninth error has already been corrected.
Dear Sir,
I had recently been on a two-week holiday with your company to the
island of Thassos.
I am sorry to have said say that it was the worst holiday I've ever had.
Over the years I went on rnany holidays to Greece, a country I have now
come to know quite well. I think I can safely say that, until this year, all of
those holidays were wonderful. For exarnple I have once spent six weeks
on Crete, which I had not visited before. I had loved that holiday so much
that I returned every spring for the last four years.
This year, however, was different. I honestly consider this to had been the
worst holiday of my life. This is not the fault of Thassos: the fault lies
entirely with your company whose inability to organise the simplest thing
is quite unbelievable.
As both the outward and return flights have been delayed for several
hours, there was nobody to meet us at the airport or transfer us to our
hotel, and when we eventually did reach the hotel, we discovered it had
been built over a mile from the beach. Reading your brochure carefully, we
feel this was not what we have expected.
8.Circle the most appropriate of the underlined words.
1. She looks very pale. I think shell / she's going to faint.
2. Ill / I'm going to do that for you, if you like.
3. Ill be / I'm going to be a rocket scientist when I grow up.
4. 'Somebody's at the door.' 'Ill / I 'm going to see who it is.'
5. I need to be home early today so I leave / am leaving at 4.00.
6. We'll be in plenty of time providing the traffic is not / will not be too
bad.
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7. She asked if I would / will be so kind as to give her a lift.

8. What sort of job do you think you will do / will be doing in a few years
time?
9. By the time you get back, all the food will have gone / will go.
10.The two Prime Ministers are to / shall discuss the current economic
crisis.
Add the correct prefixes from the box to form words.
bi

mis

out

il

dis

over

post

anti

inter

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under

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1.The .war protesters marched towards the embassy.

2. The group holds .monthly meetings in January, March, May, and
so on.
3. A significant portion of .graduate students finance their tuition
and living costs with teaching or research work.
4. Nothing is more important in an organization thandepartmental
cooperation.
5. Not giving up your seat to an elderly person is an act of .respect.
6. Previous applicants need not ..apply.
7. Statistics can be presented in ways that are ..leading.
8. Most employees in Greece today are paid and ...qualified.
9. Despite being ..numbered, they managed to fight back bravely.
10.This was an appropriate dress for the occasion.
11. It was .expected that there were no traditional interview questions.
12. I know its logical to worry so much, but I just cant help it.