NAME: CLASS:

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, active or passive. (15 points)

1. He would be able to pay for his studies only if he ………………………………...…. (take) a part time job.2. Listen! The train…………………………..……...……...(come).3. I’ll phone you as soon as I ……………………..……… (arrive).4. How long………………………………………………..(you/work) on this paper? You look very tired!5. My aunt ………………………………….……………..(teach) me French three years ago.6. If you try harder, you…………………..…………….. (manage) to find a solution, I’m sure.7. They promised they ………………………..…………. (be) there before the beginning of the show.8. I …………………………….…………..(take) my medicine before I went to bed last night.9. If I …………………………………….. (be) you, I wouldn’t do that.10. Where …………………….…………… (he/spend) his last summer vacation?11. ……………………………………..…… (you/ever/be) to Prague? It’s a very nice city.12. What ……………………………..……...(Mary/do) on Saturdays? 13. When I arrived at the cinema, the film …………………………….…………. (already/start).14. I promise I …………………........................... (not tell) him anything about this .15. When George came into the room, Julie ………………..………..…………... (study) for her Physics test.

II. Write questions for the sentences below. The underlined words should be the answer. (10 points)

1. There were twenty books on that table.....................................................................................................................................................................................2. Jeremy has worked in that company for ten years.....................................................................................................................................................................................3. When I arrived, my classmates were trying to repair the broken chair.....................................................................................................................................................................................4. The boys have been playing basketball all morning.....................................................................................................................................................................................5. Mike’s presentation was the best.....................................................................................................................................................................................6. Your friend is really smart and funny.....................................................................................................................................................................................7. She should talk to the manager about their problem.....................................................................................................................................................................................8. I rode my bike every day while I was on holiday.....................................................................................................................................................................................9. My best friend told me what really happened at that meeting.....................................................................................................................................................................................10. She went to the U.S.A. on holiday.....................................................................................................................................................................................

III. Complete the sentences using the word in bold. Use two to five words. (10 points)

1. This table is still dirty.cleaned This table………………………………………………………………….………………yet.2. It’s forbidden to eat in this room.must You ……………………………………………………………………………...……………in this room.

3. There isn’t a better hotel in the area than this one.the This is .......................................................................................................................... in the area.4. I don’t see the point in looking in any more shops.worth In my opinion, it…………………………………………………………………………any more shops.5. We’ll inform you of the results next week.informed You ...................................................................................................................... results next week.6. It’s possible that the neighbours saw someone leaving the house.might The neighbours……………………………………………….……………. someone leaving the house.7. Stewart is going to repair my car.be My car…………………………………………………………………………………………by Stewart.8. Jim last contacted me two months ago.heard I ………………………………………………………………………………..Jim for two months.9. “Have you been to the new shopping centre?” Steve asked.if Steve asked her ................................................................................................ the new shopping centre.10. There is only a little coffee left in the jar.much There ............................................................................................................................ in the jar.

IV. Use the words in capitals at the end of each sentence to form another word that fits in each blank space. (10 points)

1. People have wondered for centuries who was …………………….for building the pyramids and why. RESPONSIBILITY

2. Tom is so……………………………that you can’t trust him to do anything. RELY3. The two…………………………….fought hard to win the competition. CONTEST4. This book is really …………………………It has all the information I need. USE5. The …………………………..for the meeting have already been made. ARRANGE6. I looked for Jamie all over he place but ……………………….I couldn’t find her anywhere. FORTUNE 7. Ten of the most …………………..leaders have joined the congress. POWER 8. I’ll always remember my ………………as a very happy period of my life. CHILD 9. I spend time in the countryside because I enjoy the………………………… SILENT10. It’s …………………………… to talk to him. He’s very stubborn. USE

V. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word for each space. (15 points)

The Chip

Every schoolgirl and schoolboy knows that 1. ________ was Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone and Thomas Edison who invented the electric 2._______ bulb. But what 3. _______ more modern inventions? Who, for exam-

ple, invented the silicon chip or the mobile phone, both of 4. ________ have transformed our lives so suddenly and so completely?

Nowadays, inventions tend to be far 5. _______ complex than a hundred or a hundred and fifty years 6. _______ , and they are normally developed by teams of scientists or technologists working 7. _______ large companies or universities. Nobody in particular invented the mobile phone, 8._______ we can give credit to Ted Hoff for inventing the silicon chip in 1971.

Ted Hoff 9. _______ been working for Intel, which in those days had about a dozen employees, 10. _______ about a year 11. _______ he was asked by a Japanese customer to develop a chip for an adding machine. 12. _______ he came up with was a microprocessor on a single piece of silicon, 13. _______ could be used for any number of different tasks, depending 14. _______ the software, 15._______ than one predetermined task. The computer revolution had begun.