Message for: (01)…………………………………………

Name of caller: (02)………………………………..……

Telephone number: (03)………………………………

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 

If you___________ your homework, I___________ you watch TV.

We've recently studied the___________ of stones in the kidneys.

We're so proud___________ her for telling the truth.

Marie Curie___________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.

I___________ to him three times since he___________ to live here.

Fill in each blank in the following passage with a suitable word. 

The electronic computer is the (01)................... significant invention since the steam engine. While the industrial revolution previously (02)................... the nature of manual work, the computer revolution is now changing the work done by the brain. Nowadays micro-computers are manufactured in hundreds of thousands and are constantly being equipped with more (03)................... more ingenious devices. Contrary to popular belief, computers themselves cannot (04)................... mistakes. The answer will always be correct if the programme fed into the computer is correct.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer. 

For the last few months I have spent every Saturday in my flat and have done nothing more exciting than work at home, read the newspapers and watch television. I had begun feeling, bored with this and so, last weekend I thought I would do something different. I rang up several of my friends and we decided to go to London for the day. I was really excited as I hadn't been to London since I was ten. We decided to go by coach as this was by far the cheapest means of transport that was available even though it meant that we needed to get up very early. Once in London we decided to take a sightseeing tour as we wanted to see some of the famous buildings. After the tour we bought some sandwiches and ate them in a small park. In the afternoon two of us went shopping and the others went to the theater. We met up again at 6:30 p.m. and went to a small restaurant in Soho. The meal was really good but, unfortunately, it took much longer than we had expected. We had to get a taxi back to the coach station. Luckily, we got there just two minutes before our coach left.

 According to the passage the writer

Why did they decide to go by coach?

Rewrite each of the following sentences without changing its original meaning. 

I wish I hadn't sold my bike

I regret……………………………………………………..………….

No one told me about the change of the plan.

Although her living conditions were difficult, she worked very hard.

The last time I saw her was when we were in Spain.

I have tidied the house.

The house…………………………………………