Practice exercises on reading comprehension

Unit 3 SITE LABOUR Practice exercises on reading comprehension Passage 1 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 A Passage 2 1 C 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 A Passage 3 1 D 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 D Passage 4 1 B 2 B 3 D 4 C 5 A Passage 5 1 C 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 A Passage 6 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 D Passage 7 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 D Passage 8 1 D 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 C Passage 9 1 B 2 B 3 4 D 5 C Passage 10 1 C 2 A 3 4 B 5 C Practice exercises on cloze test Passage 1 1 share 2 backs 3 up 4 bring 5 result 6 experiences 7 had known 8 take 9 enough 10 who Passage 2.

Practice exercises on

reading comprehension

Practice exercises on

reading comprehension

Practice exercises on

cloze test Practice exercises on

cloze test

Passage 1: 1 share 2 backs

3 up 4 bring 5 result

6 experiences 7 had known

8 take 9 enough10 who

Passage 2: 1 affected 2.scarce

3 throughout 4 almost 5 where

6 severe 7 pasture 8 conducted

Passage 4: 1 whether 2 underneath

Passage 7: 1 planets 2 called

3 water 4 is 5 to

6 distant 7 from 8 life

9 half 10 observe

Passage 8: 1 event 2 first

3 swam 4 medals 5 six

6 men’s 7 threw 8 ever

9 accident 10 slipped

Passage 9: 1 belonged to 2 raises

3 any 4 at 5 selling 6 takes 7 air 8 extra

9 take over 10 dull

Passage 10: 1 carrying 2 crowd

3 sight 4 advised 5 main

6 stolen 7 found 8.damaged

9 alarm 10 put off

Practice exercises on

sentence transformation

Practice exercises on

sentence transformation

1 That new pair of shoes was too expensive for me to buy.

S+ Can afford st=st be cheap enough (for+S) to+V

S+ can’t aford+ st=st be + too expensive for sb to V

2 I had a plumber repair the leak this morning.

Have sb do st# have st PP

3 Because of his serious illness, he couldn’t go camping

with his classmates lastSunday.

4 I used to be made to drink a lot of milk by my mother when I was small.

Used to + V # be used to +v-ing

5 However carefully he drives, there is still a danger of accidents

6 Was thirteen believed to be an unlucky

S+ have/has (not) PP = It is - since S +

last/first +V(simple past)

9 Not as many people die from flu now as 50 years ago

10 The higher the sun rose, the more quickly the fog disappeared

11 It is high time we left / for us to leave

now if we want to arrive on time.

12 When Peter got home, his father had gone

16 Contrary to your belief / opinion,

fat people are not always jolly

17 Neither alcohol nor cigarettes are good for your heart

18 Would you like me to give you a lift

to the airport in my car?

19 Could you possibly have left the key

in the door?

20 Because he didn’t hurry, he couldn’t catch the train

21 Because of feeling terribly tired last night, Jane went to bed early.

22 I’ve met so many people in the last few days that I can’t possibly remember all of their

names.

23 Has there been a dramatic rise in house

prices this year?

24 It’s up to you whether we will go to the

seaside or the mountain on holiday.

25 Mary and Peter have many things in common.

26 It’s unusual for Jill to say such rude words

to his friends.

27 We are going to have the house

redecorated by a local firm / a local firm

redecorate the house next week.

28 She’d rather he picked her up at the

airport next Wednesday.

29 It wasn’t until the end of last weekend that

he finished the final report.

30 Two tablets should be taken every two

hours.

31 The children must have been playing football all yesterday afternoon.

32 If I hadn’t tried to move this heavy box, my back wouldn’t have ached so much.

33 He suggested going for a picnic in two days’ time because he wanted to get some fresh air.

34 We suggested (that) smoking (should) be

banned in the meeting this afternoon.

35 He told the boy not to touch the iron as it was still hot.

36 He offered me some coffee and I

refused.

37 The manager threatened not to select

Tommy for the team if he didn’t train

harder.

38 This is the first time his authority has

been challenged.

39 I’ve never known a more warm-hearted

person than my mother.

40 She is the most skillful player in the team.

41 I wish I could sing beautifully so that

I could join them now.

42 No matter how hard he has tried, he cannot master English pronunciation

43 You should have your car repaired and re-sprayed.

44 Veronica didn’t forget and neither did Dorothy.

45 When she woke up, she felt terrified.

46 Carol doesn’t feel like coming to

the beach with us today

47 He has had his house broken into

by the thief three times recently

48 “Could you keep an eye on my

handbag while I go to the loo?”

49 She warned them not to swim just after they had eaten

50 Will the date of the meeting have

to be changed again?

Practice exercises on

sentence building

Practice exercises on

sentence building

Letter 1:

Dear Mr Peter,

1 I am writing to thank you for spending the

summer with us.

2 It was nice of you to come to teach us how to use computers.

3 You were helpful because it was easy to follow your lesson.

4 Before you came, computers were strange to us.

5 Now we have known how to use them to support our study.

6 As you see I am using my computer to write the letter to you.

7 All of us regretted when the summer had passed fast.

8 We can’t wait for the next summer when you

5 Do you know that I have just had some good news?

6 I am going to Florida for the summer

with the whole family

7 I have never been to the States before

so I am really excited about the journey.

8 I have already bought a guidebook and a map and I hope they will help us a lot in America.

•

9 We are going by air and staying there for about a week.

10 Anyway, shall we arrange to meet

when I come over?

I’m looking forward to seeing you Please write and tell me what you think.

• Love,

Helen

5 Computers are machines and machines can break down.

6 When computers break down, they may erase

information like chalk on a blackboard

7 Or it can be even worse that they may stop doing anything at all.

8 And there is another kind of problems with

computers.

9 Some doctors say they may be bad for your health.

10 They say you should not work with computers all day because it damages your eyes a lot.

Passage 2:

1 Until the start of farming about 10,000

years ago, human had only a tiny impact on

the natural world.

2 Even 300 years ago large parts of the planet were natural grassland or dense forests.

3 Today that has changed and we now affect almost every habitat on Earth.

4 Unlike people, most plants and animals

depend on one particular kind of habitat.

5 If that habitat disappears, they

cannot survive and this is exactly

what has happened in many parts of the world

6 Forests and woods have been

chopped down and grassland has been plowed up

7 This has resulted in fewer places for plants and animals to live

8 Efforts are now being made to reduce our harmful impact on the natural

world and to protect endangered

species

9 According to scientist this is called

conservation

10 By using a range of conservation

methods we can give wildlife a better chance of survival

c. Re write sentences.

were translated more

often than Agatha Christie’s.

2 She wrote approximately one novel a year.

3 When she was a young girl, she hoped to be a great singer.

4 After some lessons in Paris, however, she realized her voice was not good enough.

5 In disappointment she tried to write a novel of her life as an

6 I have not prepared to discuss this matter with him yet.

7 In the past people did not have as many machines

to serve their life as we do

nowadays.

8 Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do to help you.

9 Although the weather was rainy and wet, my

brother insisted on going for a walk.

10 It is surprising to realize how much damage

people have done to the environment.

11 My sister is always willing to help my

mother with the housework when she is

on holiday.

12 Are the stores selling good food always full of people?

13 He was furious with me for not being

invited to my birthday party last Sunday.

14 There were panic people realizing

(that) the building was on fire.

15 Basketball was invented in 1891 by a

physical education instructor in

Springfield named James Naismith.

16 I did not feel like having breakfast this morning because of the headache.

17 Were the methods of making paper

brought into Europe by the Arabs in the

8 th century?

18 John had lived in Bristol for three

years before he moved to London.

19 No matter how hard I tried, I

couldn’t persuade him to come to her birthday party

20 When my friend came to see me, I was busy working in the garden

21 The texts are too long for the

learners to translate in two hours

22 A lot of young people today find it difficult to get a job they like

23 I have been studying / have studied

English for four years but I want to

improve my speaking and listening skills.

24 Yesterday we decided to go for a short walk before sitting down for lunch.

25 You had better avoid drinking beer

because it is bad for your liver.

26 I didn’t keep in touch with him before because I lost his phone number.

27 One advantage of having a car is

that you don’t have to rely on public transport

28 I will show you round the city when you come to visit me next summer

29 Unless she is able to speak Chinese, she cannot get the job

30 It is a good idea to be

smartly-dressed when you go to an interview

31 She has not finished typing the report yet

because she is busy preparing for the

conference.

32 Does a good exercise program help (to)

teach people to avoid the habits that might

shorten their lives?

33 New laws should be introduced to reduce the amount of traffic in the city centre.

34 My grandfather had been working as an

architect for 30 years until he retired in 1980.

35 Home is a base from which everybody can

go into the world with confidence.

36 If scientists don’t get energy from the

wind and the sun, fossil fuel will be more

39 Scientists are thinking / have thought

of how to use the rise and fall of the tide

42 The / This / That man doesn’t earn

enough money to support such a big

family

43 Will life in our country in the year

2050 be very different from what it is today?

44 Last summer we went back to look at the house (which) we used to live in.

45 I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me.

46 Most students are capable of working very hard when they feel like it

47 There is a plenty of time for you to

make up your mind whether to move or not.

48 The bookshelf in the room was so high that the children could not reach it.

49 In spite of the fact that his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the

car.

50 The more we learn English, the more difficult we find it.