Drilling
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:
1.Firemen rescued several people from the……floor of the blazing building.
a. high b. top c. basement d. low
2. When the electricity failed , he……a match to find the candles.
a. rubbed b. scratched c. struck d. started
3. She put…….speaking to him as long as possible.
a. off b. over c. away d. black
4. She wondered……….her father looked liked now, after so many years away.
a. how b. whose c. that d. what
5. She……her neighbour’s children for the broken window.
a. accused b. complained c. blamed d. denied
6. He refused to give up work,…..he’d won a million pounds.
a. despite b. however c. even though d. as though
7. They were……..for smuggling jewellery into the country.
a. judged b. arrested c. accused d. warned
8. I have to leave before seven and so…….
a. leave you b. you have c. you do d. do you
9. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please….the table?
a. lay b. settle c. make d. put
10. I was sitting in a cafe…..afternoon when I saw the prime Minister pass by.
a. an b. the c. in d. one
11. You…..better be careful not to miss the train!.
a. would b. should c. had d. did
12. By half past ten tomorrow morning I……along the motorway.
a. will drive b. am driving c. drive d. will be driving
13. There was nothing special about his clothes…..from his flowery tie.
a. but b. except c. apart d. other
14. After the accident, the injured cyclist was in great………
a. agony b. suffering c. hurt d. pain
15. her excellent…..in the exams helped her to find a job.
a. notes b. reports c. marks d. degrees
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space:
Last Wednesday, Mary went to a concert with her friend Julia. The concert-hall was on the other side of the town and so they decided to….(1)..home early. They caught the bus and arrived long…(2)…the concert was due to start. There was a cafe nearby so they went in. Mary ordered a sandwich and coffee but Julia decided to have a hot meal. While they were waiting to…(3)….served, Mary looked….(4)….her handbag for the tickets to check what time the concert….(5)….begin.
To….(6)…dismay, she discovered that the tickets were not there! Then she remembered that she…(7)…..left them on the table at home. She told Julia..(8)….had happened and said she would go home to get the tickets. She promised to be…(9)…before the concert started.
Mary rushed….(10)….of the cafe and went to the bus-stop to catch a bus back to her house. Unfortunately, she had just…(11)…a bus and she…(12)..to wait a long time for…(13)…one. She was just beginning to despair…(14)….she saw a taxi, which she signaled to top. Giving her address to the driver, she jumped …(15)…, and fifteen minutes later she was home. “Wait for me” she said and ran into the house. Mary picked….(16)…the tickets from the table and the taxi-driver drover her straight back to the cafe.
Julia had just finished her meal, together they hurried out of the cafe and walked quickly to the concert-hall,..(17)…they arrived hot and…(18)…of breath. Mary showed the tickets to the man at the door,…(19)..looked at them carefully and then …(20)…them back. “I’m sorry,” he said. “These are for next Wednesday.”


III. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it:
1.If you don’t want Sally to be angry with you, I suggest you apologise