2. After the air-hostesses (serve)_ (sit)_____ down. lunch to the passengers, they 3. Do stop (talk)______; I'm trying (finish)_____ this form. 4. Mozart (start)________ (compose) at the age of five and (write)_____ more than 600 pieces of music. to Mr. Brown before the lecture yesterday. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it. 1. I (A) advise you (B) starting looking (C)for a flat (C) at once. 2. Mr. Phong (A) was teaching (B) for 30 years (C) before he (D) retired last month. 3. He postponed (A) to make a decision (B) till it was (C) too late to do (D) anything. 4. When (A) living in the (B) countryside, Tom usually (C) goes swimming (D) with his friends. X. Use the suggestion to complete the letter of complaint below. Dear sir, I.I/ write / complain /condition / cassette recorder / which /1 buy / shop / 3 2. Although / outer box / be / perfect condition /I find / when / arrive home / that / player / itself/ obviously / use / before. 3. Headphone cable / badly twist / and I / not think / it / be / long. 4. Addition / neither / two free cassettes / which / come / machine / be / the beginning. 5. I / sure / they / must / play / before /by / previous customer, 6. or / perhaps / machine / be use / demonstration purposes. 7. There / be / nothing / wrong / sound quality / player, 5. I (speak). 8. but / as /I / pay / full price / have /right / expect / receive /brand new equipment. 9. I / therefore / grateful / if / you / replace / player / new model / same type. 10. I / look forward / hear / you / due course. Your faithfully, 1. "Do you like the material?" - "Yes, it ____ very soft." A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D, is felt 2. - "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." - "Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few minutes." A. have been B. had been C. was D. will be 3. - "Can I join the club, Dad?" - "You can when you __ A. get B. will get C. are getting a bit old." D. will have got 9. The idea got a lot of _____ from the children's parents. A. opposition B. disagreement C. dislike D. denial JO. All the students _____ the class on the first day. A. went B. attended C. came D. took Jl. Jane has _____ great efforts to study well. A. produced B. created C. done D, made _ their arms in the math lessons. B. raised , C. took The mother had been waiting for her son ____ A. when B. during C. until After her friend showed her, the little girl her mother. A. appreciated B. realized C. discovered The teacher's pupils to understand the lesson. A. demonstration B. show D. display At first, the children did not make out what their teacher was trying to explain, but _____, they began to understand. A. carefully B. gradually C. slowly D. lately The work was really _____. It took him nearly 13 hours! A. time-consuming B. long C. lengthy D. extensive Despite being ______ handicapped, he has achieved high results at school. A. mentally B. spiritually C. emotionally D. sensitively His father _____ to his idea of going to a specialist music school. A. is against B. disagrees C. opposes D. resists Ann was _____ of John's behaviour at the party yesterday. He talked and smiled strangely. A. worried B. interested C. concerned D. suspicious The children have a strong _____ for painting. A. passion B. interest C. attention D. excitement Many kids A. rose D. carried he came back. D. after she had misbehaved to D. grasped of adding and subtracting made it easier for the C. exhibition 31 D. had just stared __ her several times. C. met the newspaper, Granndy ______ asleep. A. read / was sleeping C. was reading / was falling 75. I don't really work here; I _ A. just help out C. am just helping out D. will just help out 76. - "Do you like the material?" - "Yes, it ____ very soft." A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D, is felt 77. - "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." - "Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few minutes." A. have been B. had been ' C. was D. will be 78. - "Can I join the club, Dad?" - "You can when you __ A. get B. will get C. are getting 79. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he __ A. leaves B. would leave C. left 80. The pen I ____ I ____ is on my desk, right under my nose. B. thought / had lost D. thought / have lost each other before they ____ married?" - "For about a A. have they known /get B. did they know / were going to get C. do they know / are going to get D. had they known / got 82. My dictionary • . I have looked for it everywhere but still ___ it. A. has lost / don't find C. has lost / haven't found 83. The last time I ____ Jane, she __ A. had seen / was picking C. had seen / picked 84. Tom _____ into the house when no one ____. A. slipped / was looking B. had slipped / looked C. has just stared 73. You don't need to describe her. I A. had met B. have met 74. As she D. meet B. was reading /fell D. read/fell until the new secretary arrives. B. have just helped out a bit old." D. will have got office soon. D. had left A. think / lost C. think / had lost I. - "How long __ year." B. is missing / don't find D. is missing / haven't found cotton in the fields. B. saw / picked D. saw /was picking C. slipped / had looked D. was slipping / looked 85. - "Do you know our town at all?" - "No, it is the first time I ___ here." 66 5 - BTLTA-B