HS2 2019 unit4 p78 act4

Read the text below. Match choices (A-H) to (1-5). There are three choices you do not need to use.

Which notice says this?

A You needn't go far to get to this college.

B The school year starts early at this college.

C The sign shows the way to the sports centre.

D You can find out the college majoring with the help of the sign.

E This college isn't situated in the city centre.

F You can learn about the college staff.

G The sign informs about the college curriculum.

H You can find information about college campus.

1.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

2.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

3.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

4.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

5.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (1-5). There are two choices you do not need to use.

A how long they have been teaching

B that can contribute

C what will be studied in the class

D to interact with people in the community

E high standards of excellence

F caused by the poor preparation

G who speak your language

H spread out around the world

With thousands of English Language Studying Programmes (1) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] students often have a difficult time identifying the ideal programme for them, So, in order to make the right choice, students should consider a number of factors.

First, find a programme that will help you to reach your goals, whether they are for business, entrance to a university, or pleasure. Look over the programmes website and see if you can find a statement which should reveal the programme's own goals. Ask for a copy of a class syllabus to see (2) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] . Talk to current or former students to see what their experiences were like.

Second, look into the teachers' qualifications to see not only (3) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] but also what experiences they have had working with international students. Do the teachers have experience working overseas? Do they speak another language? If so, they might have a better understanding of the educational backgrounds of their students. Third, ask about the student composition of the programme. How many nationalities are represented in the classes? A broad mix of students will give you a variety of opportunities to speak English and learn about other foreign cultures. However, even if there are students (4) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] , you can still have a very positive experience, especially if the teacher encourages the use of English in class. On the other hand, don't choose a programme solely based on classroom composition. Remember that you will only be in class a few hours a day, so you'll actually have more time outside of class (5) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] , so THAT is your real classroom.

Then, compare the prices of programmes in the area you want to live Just remember that price is not the best indicator of a programme's quality, though keep in mind that better and more experienced instructors are often paid more, and thus, the tuition reflects this. Also, the school might provide good computer, recreational, and educational facilities (6) _   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] to a good learning atmosphere, and thus, this can be added to your tuition cost. Thus, as the experience shows, you get what you pay for.

Read the text below. For questions (22-33) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

iPhone That Talks Back

Now even your phone can talk back.

Matt Legend Gemmell, a (22)            [software, footware, silverware, chinaware] designer from Edinburgh, got a new Apple Inc. iPhone on Friday and asked it: «Who's your daddy?»

«You are», the phone answered, in the (23)        [saying, vote, voice, speech] of an authoritative man.

The real science of artificial intelligence is finally catching up to science (24)           [discovery, computer, fiction, based]. HAL 9000, the scary computer that could respond from the movie «2001: A Space Odyssey, has come to life, in the form of Siri, a (25)             [theoretical, unreal, actual, virtual] personal assistant that comes with Apple's new iPhone 4S, which arrived in stores in October 2011.

The phone takes verbal commands and questions, and (26)          [responds, inquires, asks, demands] with computer-generated speech. Real humans are responding to this amazing (27)            [invitation, invention, invasion, envision] by asking their iPhones ridiculous questions.

The good news is Siri has a sense of humour.

Micah Gantman, the director of mobile business at software firm HasOffers.com in Seattle, asked his (28)           [iPhone, staff, personnel, employees]: «How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? » It answered: «Depends if you're talking about African or European wood».

Nicky Kelly, a 40-year-old from Suffolk, UK, asked her iPhone: «Tell me a joke. It answered: «Two iPhones walk into a bar ... I forget the rest».

When blogger Joshua Topolsky asked Siri about the meaning of life, it said: «I can't answer that now, but give me some time to write a very long play in which nothing happens».

A lot of work went into so much (29)            [false, imitation, natural, artificial] sarcasm.

The (30)           [users, consumers, creators, clients] of Siri put «deep thought» into the personality of their software, says Norman Winarsky, a co-founder of the company that was bought by Apple for $200 million in 2010. Siri was born out of an artificial intelligence project at SRI International, a research institute.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to answer questions about (31)      [why, what, how, when] Siri works. (32)      [He, She, It, They] uses different voices in each of its available markets: female in the US, Australia and Germany, and male in the UK and France.

However, we know that Siri has two distinct systems at its heart. One listens and (33)            [answers, translates, copies, reloads] what customers are saying, the other interprets the meaning behind the request and responds.

Listening 1.

Listen to seven short conversations about people’s homes. Match the picture to the conversation.

1.   [a, b, c]

2.   [a, b, c]

3.   [a, b, c]

4.   [a, b, c]

5.   [a, b, c]

6.   [a, b, c]

7.   [a, b, c]

Listening 2.

There are six questions in this part. For each question listen to a short recording and answer the question.

1. You will hear two people discussing holiday plans. They both want to ...   [a, b, c]

2. You will hear a woman complaining about her new French teacher. The woman thinks that her teacher ...   [a, b, c]

3. You will hear a man talking about a woman he met recently. Why did he enjoy meeting her?   [a, b, c]

4. You will hear two people talking about transport. Why does the woman drive her car to work?   [a, b, c]

5. You will hear two people talking about a history museum. Who would the man recommend the museum to?   [a, b, c]

6. You will hear two people talking about a bike ride. What did the man dislike about the ride?   [a, b, c]

Listening 3.

Listen to Adam talking to Carol about his day. Choose the correct answer.

1. Adam went to bed late because…   [a, b, c]

2. Adam’s son returned to bed at…   [a, b, c]

3. At ten to eight,   [a, b, c]

4. In the morning, Adam didn’t have time to…   [a, b, c]

5. Adam borrowed money to buy…   [a, b, c]

6. This evening, Adam will…   [a, b, c]

Listening 4.

Look at six sentences for this part.

You will hear a conversation between a boy, William, and a girl, Sophie, in a music shop. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.

1.     [yes, no]

2.     [yes, no]

3.     [yes, no]

4.     [yes, no]

5.     [yes, no]

6.     [yes, no]

Choose the correct item.

1. Skiers are missing after the   [a, b, c, d]in the Alps.

2. After the   [a, b, c, d] all the houses were left under water.

3. High buildings are often hit by   [a, b, c, d] during storms.

4. It took fire fighters 3 days to put out the   [a, b, c, d] .

5. 3 months without rain has caused a   [a, b, c, d] in Africa.

6. A   [a, b, c, d]occurs when loose land and rocks fall down a mountain.

1. . The   [a, b, c, d] picked up the car and threw it 100 meters into the air. That’s an incredible strong wind!

8. A big storm in the Pacific is known as a   [a, b, c, d] .

9. The   [a, b, c, d] shook my house last night. It was 3.5 on the Richter scale.

10. Mount Fuji in Japan is a famous   [a, b, c] .

Complete using the words in the boxes.

1 Have you heard what the weather          for tomorrow?

2 Britain is experiencing a          at the moment. If's unusually hot and it hasn't rained for several weeks.

3 If's not going to rain much, but there might be the occasional        .

4 During the thunderstorm, the         was so loud I hid under the bed!

5           hit a tree in the garden during the thunderstorm and a branch came off.

6 I wish I lived in a country with a warmer         .

7 I don't see a lot of          because I live in a big city.

8 It's very unusual to see this         of bird round here at this time of year.

9 lf it's got six legs, it's probably a/an        .

10 Humans and monkeys are different types of        .

11 Snakes and lizards are different kinds of         .

Open the brackets. Mind Reported Speech.

1. He (визнав)           that in the event of a volcanic eruption the dust clouds (will restrict)                the amount of light available to plants and animals.

2. He (погодився)        that the strategic analytics (were selecting)                    a course of actions for three weeks.

3. She (наполягала)          that the group of scientists (informed)              about the approaching hurricane (last week)                  

4. The supervisor (нагадав)          that they (are defining)                the roles and responsibilities (now)      .

5. Her co-worker (заперечував)        that the consultants (will have established)                        new norms by Monday.

6. He (запропонував)           he (can)       examine all the information about the incredible loss of humankind and other organisms.

7. Their representative (чув)       that through the redevelopment of infrastructure the living conditions in some areas (must)        improve.

8. The weather forecaster (пригрозив)            that high temperatures (might)       also cause flooding.

Read the sentences and fill in the gaps with tell/ say/ told/ said/ asked.

1. Please don’t      me that the sky is still overcast.

2. The teacher      her students to study a new weather system that introduces rain, wind and temperature levels for every day.

3. The teacher      her students had already tested the new system for possible ground frosts.

4. I cannot     that I like heavy showers during summer vocation.

5. Jane      Mary to listen to the weather update and forecast on a private radio station.

6. Jane      Mary would see hashes of lightning and hear rumblings of thunder.

7. They did not     that had been soaked to the skin.

8. I will never     where I have spent my weekend with moderate breeze and bright sunshine.

9. Can you please      me how he manages to make a storm in a teacup?

10. I will tell the children all about geysers, volcanoes and tornadoes on our planet.

11. The farmer       to inform him on the following weather conditions in time.

12. A daughter       her mother to tell her about waterfalls.

Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct tense. Mind the tense markers.

1.The teacher (to correct)                           mistakes for an hour when pu­pils come into the classroom.

2. By seven o'clock he (to drive)                  for nine hours.

3.I (not to think)              that it (to be)    comfortable to ring him now. He     just (to arrive)         from Europe and he (to unpack)              his things at the moment.

4. They (to pass)              passport control when I was there yesterday.

5.Who (to take)                 exam by this time tomorrow?

6.     you (to find)      your security tag which you (to lose)          before?

7. This work must (to finish)        in an hour.

8. If we (not to like)             his suggestion, we (to tell)            him about it.

9.How many months      they (to build)               this house already?

10. When they (to leave)      the airport, the rain     already (to start)         .

11. They (to find)           the solution, if they (to understand)            the problem.

12.Peter (to write)            letters now. He (to write)                  since seven o'clock. He (not to finish)                  writing yet.

13.He was tired as he (to play)                  badminton for several hours.

1. Before making a decision, the leader considered all …      [a), b), c), d)] of the argument.

a) features

b) perspectives

c) sides

d) shades

2. This new printer is recommended as being …      [a), b), c), d)] reliable.

a) highly

b) greatly

c) strongly

d) readily

3. When I realized I had dropped my gloves, I decided to …     [a), b), c), d)] my steps.

a) regress

b) resume

c) return

d) retrace

4. The snow was …     [a), b), c), d)] heavily when I left the house.

a) dropping

b) falling

c) landing

d) descending

5. I can't find my keys anywhere - I …      [a), b), c), d)] have left them at work.

a) must

b) can

c) ought

d) would

6. You should not have a dog if you are not …      [a), b), c), d)] to look after it.

a) adapted

b) prepared

c) arranged

d) decided

7. The farmhouse was so isolated that they had to generate their own electricity …      [a), b), c), d)] .

a) current

b) supply

c) grid

d) power

8. We stopped to let each other talk, then we started talking …     [a), b), c), d)] , and laughed at each other.

a) same time

b) meanwhile

c) punctually

d) simultaneously

9. The bus is not …      [a), b), c), d)] to come so we'd better go on foot as it is not very far.

a) maybe

b) completely

c) likely

d) alike

10. In a democracy, if there is a …     [a), b), c), d)] decision, anything can be done even if the decision is not reasonable.

a) majority

b) absolute

c) rare

d) minority

11. …      [a), b), c), d)] meeting has been cancelled.

a) Tomorrow’

b) Tomorrow’s

c) Tomorrows’s

d) Tomorrows’

12. The more cigarettes you smoke a day, and the longer you've smoked, the higher your risk of lung cancer. …     [a), b), c), d)] , the risk rises the deeper you inhale and the earlier in life you started smoking.

a) However

b) Conversely

c) Therefore

d) Similarly

13. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder affecting mainly girls or women, …     [a), b), c), d)] boys or men can also suffer from it.

a) nevertheless

b) such as

c) despite

d) since

14. They will be coming in an hour, so I have got to prepare something for dinner, …     [a), b), c), d)]?

a) shouldn’t we

b) won’t they

c) haven’t I

d) don’t I

15. She never takes her books to the dormitory with …     [a), b), c), d)] .

a) hers

b) her

c) she

d) herself

16. Jane has a car, the doors of …      [a), b), c), d)] are completely different.

a) that

b) whose

c) its

d) which

17. She is …     [a), b), c), d)] single parent.

a) a

b) an

c) the

d) -

18. …     [a), b), c), d)] black is her favourite colour.

a) The

b) -

c) A

d) An

19. …      [a), b), c), d)] coffee is produced in … Brazil.

a) The / -

b) - / a

c) - / -

d) A / the

20. Some people think that we should preserve the …      [a), b), c), d)] traditions of countries.

a) brand-new

b) deeply-rooted

c) part-time

d) bright-lit

21. They were very tired      [a), b), c), d)] last Monday.

a) energized

b) refreshed

c) exhausted

d) lively

22. The dog was very small.      [a), b), c), d)]

a) enormous

b) giant

c) significant

d) tiny

23. Can you recommend a book that's suitable …     [a), b), c), d)] her.

a) for

b) about

c) in

d) by

24. Tom is hopeless …      [a), b), c), d)] remembering birthdays.

a) to

b) for

c) at

d) in

25. The red jacket is      [a), b), c), d)] the blue jacket.

a) expensiver than

b) the most expensive

c) the more expensive than

d) more expensive than

26. Please, …     [a), b), c), d)] me the newspaper a postman … today.

a) show / brought

b) show / has brought

c) showed / brought

d) shows / brings

27. Do you …      [a), b), c), d)] that woman in the corner? She … her dog walk.

a) saw / was having

b) to see / is having

c) see / is having

d) seen / have

28. My dog …     [a), b), c), d)] a lot but it … at the moment.

a) barks / isn’t barking

b) is barking / doesn’t bark

c) barked / didn’t bark

d) was barking / won’t bark

29. I …      [a), b), c), d)] about it at the moment and I think that I … how to use it now.

a) am reading / know

b) was reading / knew

c) read / know

d) shall read / have known

30. Tom …      [a), b), c), d)] the book since yesterday morning and he … it.

a) has read / just finished

b) had been reading / has just finished

c) has been reading / has just finished

d) read / is just finishing

31. You …      [a), b), c), d)] avoid being in such a room full of cigar smoke. The doctor has warned you.

a) can

b) must

c) would

d) would rather

32. My word! It …     [a), b), c), d)] you ages to write all this. There are more than 2,000 pages!

a) will take

b) ought to take

c) must take

d) has to take

33. Dad …      [a), b), c), d)] his pills before starting to fast; now he is suffering from his stomach.

a) had to take

b) must have taken

c) had better take

d) should have taken

34. The doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days otherwise complications …     [a), b), c), d)] .

a) had to set in

b) could set in

c) might set in

d) must set in

35. Hillary told me she …      [a), b), c), d)] in New-York all that year, and she had no wish to leave the city.

a) had lived

b) was living

c) lived

d) were living

36. Sharon said she …      [a), b), c), d)] her key in her pocket, but she couldn't find it there.

a) had left

b) left

c) had been left

d) has left

37. Julia said that she …     [a), b), c), d)] hard for the past few weeks and was very tired.

a) was working

b) would be working

c) worked

d) had been working

38. Ann begged me not to tell her father what …      [a), b), c), d)] earlier that day.

a) would happen

b) happen

c) had happened

d) would be happening

39. The teacher said the pupils …      [a), b), c), d)] so much noise during the breaks.

a) don’t have to make

b) mustn't make

c) didn’t make

d) haven’t make

40. George was worried if …      [a), b), c), d)] enough time to finish his report for the conference.

a) he would have

b) would he have

c) will he

d) he will

41. In my interview I asked Celia Young why …      [a), b), c), d)] another romantic novel.

a) she wrote

b) she is writing

c) she has written

d) she had written

42. I thought you said Jack …     [a), b), c), d)] you when he got back from his trip to the mountains.

a) will phone

b) would phone

c) phoned

d) ought to phone

43. Nina said Lucy complained that her friends never …     [a), b), c), d)] any attention to what she told them.

a) had paid

b) would pay

c) paid

d) pay

44. Lora wondered if her cousin …     [a), b), c), d)] in town for the rest of the summer; she wanted him to go to the country with her.

a) is going to stay

b) was going stay

c) was going to stay

d) would be going to stay

45. Jerry said that by the end of the year he …     [a), b), c), d)] in this new house for four years.

a) would have been living

b) would live

c) would be living

d) would been living