EnglishClub 9

English club 9
I . Put in : A , AN or THE :
I read recently in …………….Times that the big American company , General Motors , has developed …………….vehicle that uses……………power of………..sun instead of petrol. ………vehicle is called Sunraycer . Sunraycer has just taken part in …………race against 25 solar-powered vehicles . ………….route of…………race was from Darwin to Adelaide , …………immense distance. Sunraycer covered…………distance in 45 hours at…………. average speed of 41 miles …….hour in temperatures as high as 48 C . It beat all other cars by two and ……….half days ! Sunrayer ( ray of sun + racer ) is certainly …………car of future !
II. Fill in the blank with one word :
Today , there are libraries in almost ………………….town in the world . Even in areas ……………there are no libraries , there are often mobile libraries which takes books from one village to……………But in the days when books were copied by hand ……………than printed , libraries are very rare . The reason is simple : books took a very …………………time to produce , and there were far ……………..copies of any given work around . The greatest library …………….all , that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books . In the ancient world , this number ……………considered huge . It was the first time that anyone …………
ever collected so many books from all round the world …………..one roof . There are many theories about ……….these books were lost . ……………..is that the library accidentally burned down . Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to ……………burned .They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them . ………………happened , the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever –some books were …………………recovered .We
cannot even know ……………exactly the library contained .
III .Change the sentences in the passive voice :
1 . Who composed this peace of music ?
2 . She introduced me to her brother whom I hadn’t met before .
3 . New Art Gallery is to exhibit my paintings for the first time .
4 . This is the first building which Christopher Bell designed .
5 . People say Picasso has been one of the greatest painters of all times .
6 . I don’t like people to ask me stupid questions .
IV . Write a new sentence as close as possible in meaning to the original one , using the words given in brackets :
1 . Perhaps he has already gone home ( possible )
2 . He can write better than anyone in his class ( may )
3 . There is possibility of her getting a place in that college ( possible )
4 . She could not at his speed ( as )
5 . The news seems too good ; it can’t be true . ( too )
6 . She could not eat or sleep for three days . ( neither )
V. Circle the underlined portion which is not correct :
1 .The little boy’s mother bought him a five speeds racing bicycle for his birthday .
2 . We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow .
3 . Kurt had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work on his committee .
4 . Max would rather to be fishing from this boat in the lake than sitting at his desk in the office .
5 . Even though she looks very young , she is twice older than my twenty -year -old sister .
6 It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft , comfortable bed to lie on
VI . Put the verbs into the correct tense and form
1 . The film ( show ) when we ( enter ) the cinema . As we ( try ) to find the way to our seat , The usher ( approach ) us and kindly ( show ) us the way with his torch .
2 . A week ago they ( quarrel ) ; they ( not speak ) to each other since then .
3 . This is the first time he ( go ) to a dentist . He always ( be ) afraid of dentists and doctors ever since he
( be ) small .