Writing comprehention - Second Term (form 10)

Task1

Read the text below. For questions (1-10) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

This Week's Dream

        Most pubs in Bermuda have two TVs, one for cricket and one for baseball. In recent decades, American cultural (1)_______ over this little archipelago in the western Atlantic has been strong, but it remains a British Overseas Territory – the oldest of all. Bermuda is old-fashioned, democratic and very friendly – (2)_______ the eye of any stranger in the street and they'll smile and say hello. The island was known (3)_______ the Spanish but still uninhabited in 1609, when Sir George Somers ran aground on a sandbank in a storm and (4) _____ it for the Crown. The "pretty" town of St George's, which he founded, is the oldest English (5)_____ in the New World. Pink is the island's "defining colour". It's a popular shade for the neatly pressed Bermuda shorts (6)_____ by some locals (usually with a jacket and a tie). Many of the island's bungalows are pink, its buses are pink - and so are its beaches, (7)______ to grains of coral in the sand. (8)_______ Bermuda's other natural wonders are Crystal Cave – a cavern complex with stalagmites and stalactites – and its rich bird's life: like Prospero's isle, "(9)_____ of noises, sounds and sweet airs", Bermuda "thrums to the sound of birdsong (10)_____ dawn and twilight".

    Most pubs in Bermuda have two TVs, one for cricket and one for baseball. In recent decades, American cultural (1)____________ over this little archipelago in the western Atlantic has been strong, but it remains a British Overseas Territory – the oldest of all. Bermuda is old-fashioned, democratic and very friendly – (2)____________ the eye of any stranger in the street and they'll smile and say hello.

The island was known (3)_______ the Spanish but still uninhabited in 1609, when Sir George Somers ran aground on a sandbank in a storm and (4) ____ it for the Crown.

The island was known (3)_______ the Spanish but still uninhabited in 1609, when Sir George Somers ran aground on a sandbank in a storm and (4) ____ it for the Crown.

The "pretty" town of St George's, which he founded, is the oldest English (5)______ in the New World. Pink is the island's "defining colour".

It's a popular shade for the neatly pressed Bermuda shorts (6)_________ by some locals (usually with a jacket and a tie). Many of the island's bungalows are pink, its buses are pink - and so are its beaches,

It's a popular shade for the neatly pressed Bermuda shorts (6)________ by some locals (usually with a jacket and a tie). Many of the island's bungalows are pink, its buses are pink - and so are its beaches,(7)________ to grains of coral in the sand.

(8)_________ Bermuda's other natural wonders are Crystal Cave – a cavern complex with stalagmites and stalactites – and its rich bird's life: like Prospero's isle, "(9)_______ of noises, sounds and sweet airs", Bermuda "thrums to the sound of birdsong (10)______ dawn and twilight".

(8)_________ Bermuda's other natural wonders are Crystal Cave – a cavern complex with stalagmites and stalactites – and its rich bird's life: like Prospero's isle, "(9)_______ of noises, sounds and sweet airs", Bermuda "thrums to the sound of birdsong (10)______ dawn and twilight".

(8)_________ Bermuda's other natural wonders are Crystal Cave – a cavern complex with stalagmites and stalactites – and its rich bird's life: like Prospero's isle, "(9)_______ of noises, sounds and sweet airs", Bermuda "thrums to the sound of birdsong (10)______ dawn and twilight".

Task 2

Choose the correct form of the verbs to make first or second conditional sentences.

If you (11) _____ free tonight, we might go out for a drink, or to the cinema.

He (12) _____ depressed if he fails the exam.

If I didn't know you, I (13) _____ you were crazy.

Tell me the truth if you (14) _____ .

If you had a bigger salary, you (15) _____ more unnecessary things.

If it (16) _____ for Tom, I wouldn't be here.

You should call me if you (17) _____ anything unusual.

Task 3

Choose the answer which best completes the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

18. He’s arranged a meeting with his cousin tomorrow.

He ___ his cousin tomorrow.

19. Maria no longer has long hair.

Maria ___ long hair before.

20. We left 8 hours ago and we’re still driving.

      We ___ for 8 hours.

21. I took a short holiday after taking my final exam.

      I took a short holiday after I ___ my final exam.

22. As usual, I’ve got my piano lesson from 4 to 6 this afternoon.

 At 5 pm this afternoon, I ___ my piano lesson.

23. I met him on the plane to Rio.

      I met him ___ I was flying to Rio.

24. The sky’s very black. Snow is on the way.

      The sky’s very black. It ___ very soon.