Due date: Thursday January24, 2008
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I. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb in the past simple. (5 points)
write buy choose give up go
know leave meet see take off
1. We ______ to the theater last night.
2. We ______ some very interesting people at the dinner party.
3. He ______ smoking last winter.
4. She did some shopping. She ______ a dress and some shoes.
5. I ______ him when I was in school.
6. Who ______ that book? It's very good.
7. They ______ home at seven o'clock.
8. I ______ a good movie at the Odeon last night.
9. They ______ to travel by train because he doesn't like driving long distances.
10. The plane ______ on time.
II. Write questions with who, what, or which about the underlined words.
(5 points)
1. ________________________________________________________________?
Steven Spielberg made the movie “Jurassic Park.”
2. ________________________________________________________________?
My parents traveled around the world on a three-month package tour.
3. ________________________________________________________________?
We stayed at the Continental Hotel in the center of town.
4. ________________________________________________________________?
We took a tent on vacation.
5. ________________________________________________________________?
I met Albert Einstein when I was a student.
III. Complete with so or because. (5 points)
1. The flight was late ______ there was a lot of traffic that morning.
2. The main hotel was full, ______ we took a taxi to a small hotel on the edge of town.
3. We didn't stay in the city very long ______ it was noisy and dirty.
4. We checked out of the hotel ______ our friends invited us to stay with them.
5. Our apartment was too small, ______ we are looking for a bigger one.
IV. Complete the passage with correct words from the list. (5 points)
climate beaches expensive tourists room
I live in a small town by the sea. It's a pretty town and the (1)_____________ are beautiful. I love living here in the fall and winter, but in the summer it's very busy with (2)_____________. In fact, there are so many people in August that there's not enough (3)_____________ for them all. It's really (4)_____________ to live here because there aren't any supermarkets. The (5)_____________ is very pleasant because the winters aren't very cold.
V. USE OF WOULD
Link these words to make predictions with would ( 8points)
1. COMPUTERS/ WRITE / OWN SOFTWARE
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2. IMPLANTS / STIMULATE / MUSCLES OF DISABLED
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3. SCREEN / UNFOLD / WRISTWATCH
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4. CLOTHES / ALTER / THERNAL PROPERTIES
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5. ROBOT PETS / REQUIRE / NO FOOD
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6. ARTIFICIAL LUNGS / HELP / CANCER PATIENTS
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7. PEOPLE / BE ABLE TO / TRAVEL TO MARS
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8. A BODY CHIP / CORRECT / POOR VISION
VI. MAKING PREDICTIONS
Study These notes about posible “cibercity” of the future.(8 points)
fibre-optic links between every house
paper-free education
no money used
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computers to every house
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driver-less public transport
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wall-size computer screens for entertainment
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houses cleaned by robots
virtual doctors for medical advice
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VII.WRITING
Develop one of the following topics ( 9 points)
Describe some of the importan developments in computing.
Describe how developments in computing will affect homes in the future.
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VIII. GOING TO
Use the cues to write pairs of sentences with going to (6 points)
1. I (not study) medicine/ languages
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2. They ( not see) a film/ play
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3. She ( not help) in a hospital / in a school
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4. We ( not see) Eva/Anna
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5. He ( not work) with refugees / homeless children
6. I ( not teach) in Africa / in India
IX. GOING OR WILL
Circle the correct verb for the statement (6 points)
1. I am going to / will work in India when I leave school
2. The temperature tomorrow is going to / will be 28ªC
3. They aren’t going to/ won’t play tennis. They’re wearing the wrong clothes.
4. We are going to / will never forget this wonderful holiday
5. She is not going to / will not do the diving
6. Smile everyone! Anna is going to / will take a photo
X. Linking with before, after, to, when and then
Write before, after, to, when or then in the sentences ( 9 points)
_______ the oven is hot, put the food in.
_______ you use a coin machine, make sure you have a coin!
_______ you use my cassette player, please switch it off!
Put some paper in the printer and _______ click on print with the mouse.
_______ use a pay phone, first pick up the receiver
You can use my mobile phone _______ call home.
Turn the mobile phone off _______ you have finished the call.
Put the CD in the player first and _______ press the “on” button.
Take the disk out first, _______ that you can switch the computer off.
XI. WRITING
Make a leaflet about a touristic destination all around the world (4 points)
