10 form 2 variant 2 semester

Read the following text. Three sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences the one which fits each gap (1-3) to obtain a logical and coherent text. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.

THE INJECTION

SONIA was eleven years old when it first happened. At school, the children were having vaccinations. They all queued up along the corridor outside the nurse’s room. (1) __Today it was double maths — ugh! She was beside her best mate Beth

in the queue and they chatted until it was their turn to go into the room. The nurse asked them to sit on two different chairs. (2) _ Then the needle went into Beth’s arm. Beth saw Sonia watching and smiled. ‘Don’t worry,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t

hurt!’ Then the nurse came over to Sonia with another needle in her hand. However, before it touched her skin, Sonia started to feel strange. The room seemed to move in front of her eyes and she felt really dizzy. She tried to say something but her mouth was too dry. (3) __ She stood up but her legs were very weak and then everything went dark. The last thing she heard was the nurse’s sharp voice. ‘Oh dear! We’ve got another fainter!’

For the first gap I fill in:

Read the following text. Three sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences the one which fits each gap (1 -3) to obtain a logical and coherent text. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.

THE INJECTION

SONIA was eleven years old when it first happened. At school, the children were having vaccinations. They all queued up along the corridor outside the nurse’s room. (1) __Today it was double maths — ugh! She was beside her best mate Beth

in the queue and they chatted until it was their turn to go into the room. The nurse asked them to sit on two different chairs. (2) _ Then the needle went into Beth’s arm. Beth saw Sonia watching and smiled. ‘Don’t worry,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t

hurt!’ Then the nurse came over to Sonia with another needle in her hand. However, before it touched her skin, Sonia started to feel strange. The room seemed to move in front of her eyes and she felt really dizzy. She tried to say something but her mouth was too dry. (3) __ She stood up but her legs were very weak and then everything went dark. The last thing she heard was the nurse’s sharp voice. ‘Oh dear! We’ve got another fainter!’

For the second gap I fill in:

Read the following text. Three sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences the one which fits each gap (1-3) to obtain a logical and coherent text. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.

THE INJECTION

SONIA was eleven years old when it first happened. At school, the children were having vaccinations. They all queued up along the corridor outside the nurse’s room. (1) __Today it was double maths — ugh! She was beside her best mate Beth

in the queue and they chatted until it was their turn to go into the room. The nurse asked them to sit on two different chairs. (2) _ Then the needle went into Beth’s arm. Beth saw Sonia watching and smiled. ‘Don’t worry,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t

hurt!’ Then the nurse came over to Sonia with another needle in her hand. However, before it touched her skin, Sonia started to feel strange. The room seemed to move in front of her eyes and she felt really dizzy. She tried to say something but her mouth was too dry. (3) __ She stood up but her legs were very weak and then everything went dark. The last thing she heard was the nurse’s sharp voice. ‘Oh dear! We’ve got another fainter!’

For the third gap I fill in:

Read the text and do the task

Siblings Reunited

Two long-lost twin siblings have become reunited after 30 years apart and found out, by sheer accident, they both work for the navy in the same state.

Commander Natasha Pimm and her brother, Chief Aviation Commander Robert Milles were separated in the 1970s when their parents went their own ways. The brother and sister tried to find each other for years but without much luck.One day Natasha was watching TV when she suddenly caught a glimpse of someone who was possibly her brother. She contacted the station and when she discovered he was in the navy too, she was delighted. She rang him and arranged a meeting for as soon as possible. The joyous moment they had waited thirty years for took place in the army barracks where Natasha serves in the army. The siblings reconnected

with a moving hug. It turned out they were like two peas in a pod sharing lots of qualities and interests together. Now they’re doing everything possible to reclaim the lost time!

The text is mainly about

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The room was terrible. The bathroom was dirty an there were black marks on the ceiling. __________, we couldn’t stay there and we moved to another hotel.

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The doctor’s bill was very high. _______, our insurance didn’t cover bike accidents and we had to pay it all ourselves.

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 I never met my American grandfather when we visited the family in the USA. _____,he had died the previous month. 

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I expect we _____ there in half an hour.

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I think you _______ be a great pianist in future.

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This time next week, I _____to Jamaica

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I'm afraid I ____ to come to the party.

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While Jo ____ the carpets, the bell rang.

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While Jo ____ the carpets, the bell rang.

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What was the _____ of the explosion?

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I don’t see any ______ why you can’t come with us.

Read the following text. Fill in the gaps (1-5) with the correct answer to obtain a logical and grammatically correct text.

Every country has its own unique games and Britain is no different. The British enjoy (1) __ a number of games which are typical of this country but not very well-known abroad. The most common ‘sports’ include cheese rolling, conkers and haggis hurling. Let‘s start with cheese rolling, Which is a race organised every year in Gloucestershire. The aim of the race is to catch a cheese rolling from the top of the hill. It may sound quite funny but the people there (2) __. As for conkers, it is often played by children, who drill a hole through a conker, thread a piece of string through it and try to hit the opponent’s conker with their own. The winner is the person who breaks (3) __ conkers belonging to the other player. Haggis hurling comes from Scotland. The contestants throw a haggis as far as they can and they must (4) __ sure that their throw is gentle so that the haggis does not break. These games may (5) __ the impression of being strange elsewhere, but they are certainly not strange in Britain!

1 A playing B play C to play

2 A make no difference B take it very seriously C give it a hand

3 A the most B most C more

4 A make B go C take

5 A give B made C get

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Has Sally arrived ____?

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There was no lemonade left because the girls ____ it all.