Write each sentence, beginning as shown.. It is reported that many people are homeless after the floods... It is reported that two people were injured in the explosion.. People believed
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WONDER OF THE WORLD
I Complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words in parentheses.
1 The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven of the ancient world
(wonderful)
2 The tourists lost all their in the hotel fire (belong)
3 The structure consisted of 2 million blocks of stone (approximate)
4 He was very , and wouldn't tell me what he was up to (mystery)
5 Cremation is more common than in some countries (bury)
6 He sets standards that are unlikely to be (surpass)
7 The village has become terribly (tourist)
8 I'll meet you at the main to the theatre (enter)
II Write each sentence, beginning as shown Use the underlined word in your sentence.
1 It is expected that the strike will end soon
The strike
2 It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall
The prisoner
3 It is reported that many people are homeless after the floods
Many people
4 It is said that the man robbed the store of $3,000 in cash
The man
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The building
6 It is said that the company is losing a lot of money
The company
7 It is said that she works 16 hours a day
She
8 It is reported that two people were injured in the explosion
Two people
III Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1 People think the government will build a supermarket here
The government
It
2 People believed that fresh air was bad for sick people
Fresh air
It
3 They say he is in an agitated state
He
It
4 We expect that the rate of inflation will fall
The rate of inflation
It
5 They say he is somewhere in Germany
Trang 3It
6 People rumoured that he was involved in the bank robbery
He
It
7 People think that she died in a plane crash
She
It
8 People believed that the earth was the centre of the universe
The earth
It
IV Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
To the people of ancient Egypt, life (1) earth was short Life after death, (2) ., was eternal Therefore they built their tombs of stone and they (3) their possessions with them into another world The (4) important the person was, the greater the tomb they (5) The Pharaoh's tombs were the (6) The Pharaohs were the rulers of the country and (7) they died, they became Gods Many of (8) tombs remain, some of them have become one of the wonders of the world
V Read the passage and answer the questions below.
The Empire State Building is a 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper in New York City Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York It stood as the world's highest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1972, and is now once again the highest building in New York after the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11,2001
Questions
Trang 41 How many storeys does the Empire State Building have?
2 Where is it?
3 Is its name derived from the nickname for the state of New York?
4 When was it completed?
5 Which building is the highest in New York now, the Empire State Building or the World Trade Center?