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1.

Tim woke up later than usual. It was Sunday and he _________HAVE_________ lots of plans for the day. He was in the bathroom cleaning his _________TOOTH_________ when he heard some unfamiliar voices from the veranda. “Who could they be?” Tim _________THINK_________. When he came into the room, his mum and two other women ________CHAT__________ happily and didn’t notice him. Tim coughed to attract _________THEY_________ attention. “Oh, Tim, you’re up already!” his mother sounded excited. “Meet my school friends, Linda and Emma.” Linda shook his hand, Emma smiled and said: “We _________BE_________ happy to meet you, Tim.” Your mum showed us your photo, but you are much _________YOUNG_________ there. Join us for tea. I wish we _________CAN_________ talk about our school days for ages, but we have some other business to discuss with your mother. It’s going to be interesting for you, too.” Tim sat at the table. Emma had some papers in her hands but Tim couldn’t read what _________PRINT_________ there – the letters were too small.

2.

It was about 6pm when I heard a knock on the door. It ____BE____ Jason, my teenage neighbour. He looked cold and upset.

“What’s wrong, Jason?”

“I ___LOSE____ my key and I can’t get into my house.”

“Come in. Today’s not a day for long walks, or long waits,” I looked out the window. It ___SNOW____ hard and it was windy. The weather was getting __BAD____ every hour.

Jason ____TAKE___ off his coat and boots. His __FOOT____ were wet and I gave him a pair of socks to change into. A cup of hot tea and some biscuits soon made the boy feel warm.

“Where are your parents, Jason?”

“I ____NOT/KNOW____. I can’t call them because of this,” he pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed it to me – the screen ____BREAK____ and the phone was obviously dead.

Jason focused on the food again. He took his ____FOUR____ biscuit and said: “I wish my mum could make biscuits like this.”

3.

We arrived at the lake very early. It was cold but in spite of that there were several ____MAN__ there. Dad pulled our fishing rods out of the rucksack and we joined the others.

“Hey, look what I___CATCH__!” a man sitting several metres upstream proudly showed us his bag. There was a large fish in it.

“Good job,” Dad ___SAY___ and everyone became quiet again.

“How long do we have to wait? When will they bite?” I whispered.

“I __NOT/KNOW___,” Dad whispered back and a moment later he was holding a little, silver fish.

“See?” he turned to me. “But this one is too small. We’d better let it go and wait for the next one.” And he let ___HE___ fish go.

The second fish was ___BIG____ than the first one and soon Dad caught a few more.

“If it goes on like this, mum ___COOK___ us a great dinner,” he said.

We kept fishing till noon but I didn’t catch anything ___I__ and got really bored with it. To me, it __BE___ a stupid waste of time but I certainly wasn’t going to tell Dad that. He wouldn’t have liked it.

4.

When I came into the room, my computer was on. It worried me since I ___NOT/REMEMBER___ switching it on. I looked around – there ___BE___ nobody in my room and everything was in its usual place. Suddenly I ___UNDERSTAND___ – the book had gone! I had left it on the table but it wasn’t there any more. I checked the window – it ___CLOSE___. That meant that someone had come into the room through the door. My ___ONE___ impulse was to call the police but I called Jim instead. “What __HAPPEN___?” Jim sounded sleepy. I explained that someone __TAKE___ the book. “Oh, no!” Jim sounded unhappy. “Have you any idea how valuable it is?” “There’s another thing I __NOT/CAN__ understand,” I interrupted Jim. “My computer’s on but I always switch it off before leaving home.” “Ok, stay at home. I’ll be at ___YOU__ place in half an hour,” he said and the phone went dead.

5.

Michael could not imagine his life without computers. His parents ___BUY__ him his first computer at the age of seven. It took __HE____ several days to learn how to use it. His mum said that the younger people were, the ___FAST___ they could learn computer skills. That was probably true – most ___CHILD___ in Michael’s class were very competent computer users. Michael was really surprised to find out that the first personal computer ___INVENT__ in the 70’s of the last century.

“And how did you chat or send your e-mails without computers?” he asked his mother.

She smiled: “We ___NOT/SEND___ each other e-mails. And there were no networks.”

She also said that it ___BE___ fun to communicate face-to-face, to play out-of-doors and to visit friends’ homes.

“But if there ___BE___ no computers, I wouldn’t be able to communicate with my friends who live far away from me,” Michael replied.

“True. Technological progress is a great thing,” his mother said “And I think people __CREATE__ even more amazing communication devices in the near future.”

6.

Kitty lived next door to me and we’d been friends since childhood. We learnt at the same school and ___WALK____ there together. I was sixteen and she was four years _____YOUNG____ than me. But we had a lot in common and enjoyed chatting on ___WE____ way to school. Every morning Kitty knocked on my door and I had to be ready by that time – she ____NOT/LIKE___ waiting for me. One day she didn’t knock. When I caught up with her at the bus stop, she ___READ___ a magazine and didn’t even look at me. I ____NOT/CAN___ understand what was going on.

“Hey, Kitty, what’s wrong? Why aren’t you talking to __I__?”

“You yourself know why,” Kitty said angrily.

“No, I don’t. I wouldn’t ask you if I ___KNOW____.”

“You went to the cinema with Lisa Parker yesterday,” Kitty was almost crying.

I felt puzzled and didn’t know what to say. The two ___WOMAN___ at the bus stop looked amused at our conversation and didn’t hide their smiles.

7.

The phone woke Kim up. She answered the call almost immediately, after the ___THREE___ beep, because she was expected her mother to call. But it wasn’t her. The voice on the other end of the line sounded familiar but Kim ___NOT/CAN___ remember who it belonged to.

“Hello,” the lady said.

“Can I speak to Mrs. Len?”

“I’m sorry but she’s not at home. She’s out. She ___WALK__ in the park.”

It was very cold out-of-doors and everything ___COVER___ in snow but Kim’s mother walked in all weathers. She believed that it ___HELP___ her keep fit and gave her extra energy. She actually looked younger than other ___WOMAN___ of her age and that was probably because of her walking.

“Can I take a message?” Kim asked politely.

“No. I ___CALL___ her later. When is she going to be back?”

“She normally ___COME___ home at five.”

“Fine,” came the answer and the phone went dead.

Kim felt a bit hurt. “It’s not polite to break off a conversation like that,” she thought to herself. If I __BE__ older, I would explain to that lady how to talk to people politely.”

8.

Anna was glad that the academic year was about to finish. Like most ____CHILD____ she was looking forward to the summer but not because she wanted to relax. Her plans ____BE____ ambitious. Anna wanted to buy a professional digital camera and it wasn’t easy to save enough money. Anna had already chosen the model she wanted. Her dad said that he _____GIVE____ her the camera in a couple of years. But Anna _____NOT/CAN____ wait so long, she needed it right then. “If I ____HAVE___ it now, I would be able to take part in the Professional Photograph Competition. Everyone says I’ve got talent,” she said to herself, looking at the magazine where an article about the competition ___PUBLISH____. While she was reading the article for the ___TWO____ time, a brilliant idea came to her – why not take up a summer job as a photographer? She reached for the phone and dialed the number of the ____LARGE____ photography agency in the town. “Hello, can I help you?” the woman’s voice sounded encouraging and Anna ___THINK___ that she probably had a chance.

9.

Bella was a good student. She ___ENJOY__ learning but she always started to feel very nervous when she had to write tests. That Monday __NOT/BE__ a lucky day for her and she realised it as soon as she came into the classroom.

“Oh, no! I ___LEAVE___ all my pens at home.” She turned to Jenny: “Have you got a spare pen?”

“Let __I__ see,” Jenny opened her bag and pulled out a pen. “I’ve got this one. But it’s green.”

“Give it to me anyway,” Bella said. “If I don’t find a proper pen, I __WRITE__ in green ink. I hope it won’t affect my grades.”

When the teacher handed out the tests, Bella felt even ___BAD___ than she had felt before. The test was really long – the tasks ___PRINT__ on both sides of the page! Bella did the first task quickly, but the __TWO__ one was a real problem. Bella got panicky. Time ticked on but she ___NOT/CAN__ concentrate on the tasks.

10.

Linda was looking forward to her holidays. First of all, she ____FEEL____ really tired from school and wanted to have a break. The ____TWO___reason was that they were going to take a trip to the mountains. Linda enjoyed it very much when they went somewhere all together as a family. They ____NOT/DO___ it very often since her parents were very busy people. Linda ___NOT/CAN_____ ski but the prospect didn’t scare her. She learnt everything very quickly, especially when her father taught ___SHE____. He was the ____GOOD_____teacher in the world!

“I ____BUY____ special sunglasses for skiing,” Linda boasted to her father. “Have a look! Nice, aren’t they?”

“They are,” he gave Linda a quick look and turned back to his computer. He ___PREPARE____ a presentation or something else very important.

Linda could see diagrams on the screen. They _____DRAW____ in different colours which made them look complicated.

11.

Paul was going to be late for his morning class again. He ____NOT/UNDERSTAND___ why it happened to him so often. This was going to be the __THREE__ time in one week and that was too much even for Mrs Pitt. She was the ___KIND__ teacher in the world but Paul wasn’t sure that she would forgive him again.

“If I don’t invent a very good excuse, she ___CALL__ my parents.” Paul thought.

His parents ___NOT/BE__ very strict people but they didn’t approve of Paul’s habit of playing computer games till late at night. As a result, he couldn’t make ___HE___ get up in the morning and was regularly late for school. Paul quietly opened the door and ___GO___ into the classroom. His classmates ___WRITE__ something in their notepads and didn’t pay any attention to him.

Mrs Pitt looked at him and said in a flat voice: “You are late again, Paul. What ___HAPPEN____?”

Paul was not ready with an answer.

12.

It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I ____COME____ in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he ___SURF_____ the Internet for job vacancies.

“Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You ____EMPLOY____ by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.”

“Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I ___LOSE___ that job already. They said I was rude to a client.”

“Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the ___PATIENT___ and tolerant person I’d ever met.

“Yes, it was probably rude of ____I____ to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they ____NOT/LIKE____ it. When they said that for the ___FOUR____ time, I lost control. One of the ___WOMAN____ called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”

13.

Emma lived in a big city and worked for a large company. Her days were usually very busy – she ___CAN__ hardly find half an hour for lunch. However, at weekends she ___FEEL___ bored and lonely. Emma had moved to the city because of her job. Only two months before she had thought she was the ___LUCKY___ girl in the world. She had got a job most of her friends could only dream about. It was her ___ONE___ full-time job. The company ___CALL___ ‘Imagination’. They focused on Internet technologies. Emma ___NOT/KNOW____ much about the Internet but her boss said that it didn’t matter. He also said that she ___BE___ creative and had imagination and that was why she had a good chance of succeeding in the job. When Emma told her friend, Lucy Pitt, about the new job, Lucy said:

“I’m very happy that you ___FIND___ a good job. But I also feel very sad about it because you’ll go to the city and will forget about your friends.”

“I wish we could always be together but it’s impossible,” Emma said. “I promise that I ___COME___ to visit you as soon as I can.”

14.

Kate called me early in the morning. It was the ____TWO___ day of holidays; I felt angry with her for waking me up.

“What ___HAPPEN___?” I didn’t sound very polite, but she paid no attention to that.

“Oh, nothing! I want to go shopping today and wondered if you wanted to go with ___I___.”

“No, I don’t want to.”

“But it ___NOT/TAKE___ you long! I promise.”

My first impulse was to say “no”-unlike most ___WOMAN___ I hated shopping. But Kate sounded so unhappy that I felt sorry for her.

“Ok, what do you need to buy?”

Kate’s voice ____BECOME____ cheerful again. She excitedly explained to me that she ___WANT____ to buy a pair of hiking boots and a raincoat. That ____BE___ strange as Kate had never been fond of hiking.

“I want to take up hiking as a new hobby,” went on Kate. “Bob Smith says that it’s very exciting.”

Now I knew what was going on. Bob Smith, the captain of the school baseball team, was the ____POPULAR____ boy in our school. All the girls wanted to attract his attention.

15.

When you look at this lovely house in the Welsh countryside, you may think it's a picture from J.R.R. Tolkien's book ‘The Hobbit’. In fact it's a real house designed by a real person. When __THEY____ first son was born, Simon Dale’s wife, Jasmine, said: “I wish we __LIVE___ in the country. It would be so good for the baby”. However, they __NOT/HAVE___ enough money to buy or rent a house in the country so they decided to take matters into their own hands. The house __BUILD__ by Simon himself, with a bit of help from his friends. The result is impressive. The home is made of natural materials, such as wood, stone and mud. It uses solar panels for energy and its water ___COME___ from a nearby spring. It took Simon four months to complete his fairytale home. He managed to create a modern wooden eco-home – one of the ___WONDERFUL__ houses you can imagine. Simon Dale said, “I ___START___ working on a new house of the same eco-style. My ___TWO___ house will be smarter than the first one. My son ___BE____ five now and I hope to celebrate his tenth birthday in a new house.”

16.

Stonehenge is an ancient monument in south-west England. For me, it’s the ___INTERESTING__ place I’ve ever visited. I clearly remember my ____ONE___ visit to Stonehenge with my aunt and uncle. They lived nearby and I often ___GO___ to stay with them in my summer holidays. On the day of __WE__ trip the weather was fine. There ___BE___ a cool wind blowing, the sun was bright in the sky and Stonehenge looked calm and magical. In those days it was possible to walk among the stones and even touch them. It's very different now. Stonehenge ___BECOME___ more crowded than it was. As a result, now people __ALLOW__ to walk around the monument but they can’t come up very close to it. Today I wish I __HAVE___ an opportunity to get inside the circle again but unfortunately it is not possible any more. The Stonehenge mystery is still unexplained but I believe scientists __SOLVE___ it in the near future.

17.

Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were our neighbours. They had two __CHILD___. Their son Michael ___NOT/DIFFER___ from the other children very much, but their daughter Matilda was a brilliant child.

By the time she was five, Matilda was able to read very well. She studied every magazine and newspaper that she ___CAN___ find around the house. Actually, she read ___WELL___ than most school pupils. One afternoon when the parents were out of the house, Matilda put on ___SHE___ dress and shoes and went to the library. The librarian was surprised to see such a small child.

"Are you here for the __ONE___ time? Would you like me to find a nice book with lots of pictures for you?" she asked.

"No, thank you, I ___FIND____ what I need," answered Matilda and pointed to a thick book of fairy tales. Then she added, “I ___COME___ for a new book as soon as I finish this one”.

The librarian was really shocked when she saw Matilda only two days later.

“I wish all children ____LIKE____ reading so much,” the librarian said. From that day on Matilda went to the library every afternoon.

18.

Dana Miller was a bus driver in the city of Philadelphia. Her working hours ___BE___ from 10.00 pm till 6:00 am. It was a hard job and very few ___WOMAN___ worked as bus drivers in those days but Dana loved her job very much. One of her regular passengers was a guitar player. Every Friday night he got on the bus carrying his guitar. The guitar __MAKE___ of wood, not plastic and Dana liked the way it sounded.

“You should come to see our show,” the guitarist kept saying to Dana.

“I ___SEE___ it one day,” Dana promised each time, but she never said when exactly she ___GO___.

Another passenger who often used Dana’s bus was a Biscuit Lady. She worked at the biscuit factory and often ___GIVE___ Dana a small bag of biscuits. Dana ___NOT/LIKE___ sweets and pastries very much, but she could never resist those biscuits – they were so fresh and tasty.

“How was ___YOU___ night?” Dana’s husband liked to ask her when she came home.

“Good music, good food and a great view of the city,” she cheerfully answered.

“I wish I __ENJOY__ my work as much as you enjoy yours,” her husband said, “ but I’m going to have just another boring day at the office.”

19.

Most adults miss their childhood. “Your school years are the ____GOOD____ years of your life,” – have you ever heard that phrase? Just recently, while I was on my way to work, I started thinking back to my own school years. They probably were not trouble-free but there ____BE____ many reasons for us to feel happy at school. One of them was spending every single day with friends. We _____NOT/GET___ tired of being together. The ___TWO____ one was uniform. Yes, in my opinion, the school uniform had more advantages than disadvantages. ____I____ was dark green. It was unfashionable but comfortable. It ____MAKE____ of natural materials. Besides, the uniform saved a lot of time in the mornings. Now it __TAKE___ me hours to decide what to wear. Another thing is that I don’t really like sport. But at school we ___PLAY____ football, netball, hockey and so on. Sport was compulsory. Now I realise that this was a good thing! And of course there were… holidays! Christmas, Easter, half-term, and the jackpot – the summer holidays. I wish I ___HAVE_____ as much free time now.

20.

Dad usually comes up with original ideas. Last Sunday Dad ___DECIDE____ that we should all go on a camping trip. The idea came to him while he ____READ____ an article about camping. The article said that camping brings families together.

“Not true”, I smiled. “What about television? It usually ___HELP_____ families to feel a lot more united.”

“If the weather is fine, we ___GO____ on a trip next weekend,” Dad said and put his magazine on the coffee table.

I quickly looked over at my ____YOUNG___ brother, Paul. He gave me a knowing smile, “Do you remember ___WE____ last trip?” I certainly did. Last summer Dad told us that fishing would be a great family activity. We bought four expensive fishing rods and drove for three long hours to a big lake in Virginia. When we got there, we discovered that we ____FORGET___ to take the fishing rods. Ten minutes later we made another unpleasant discovery: we _____NOT/HAVE____ the tent which meant we couldn’t stay overnight and we had to drive all the way back home again. We _____BE____ tired and disappointed with the trip.