Exercises of Unit 2-PERSONAL EXPERIENCES (E1)

READING AND VOCABULARY
I.PRONUNCIATION Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently to the others.
a. grade b. great c. sneaky d. embrace
a. money b. notice c. glance d. ankle
a. imagine b. glance c. geography d. religion
a. looked b. noticed c. turned d. helped
5.a. change b. English c. single d. anger
embarrass personal idol excite imagine memory embrace sneak fuss experience

II.Complete each of the sentences with the appropriate word from the box. Make changes if necessary.
A lot of teenagers make Bi Rain their ________.
The task needs the skills of a suitably ________ engineer.
She smiled to hide her slight ________.
I ________ prefer Pizza to hamburgers.
The romantic evening cruise will be a ________ experience.
They left quietly, without ________.
I have a ________ suspicion that she knows more than she`s telling us.
They were locked in a passionate ________ on the station platform.
Don`t get the children too ________.
I haven`t got a picture of this so you`ll just have to use your ________.
III. Complete each of these sentences with a suitable preposition.
She had a quick glance ___ the newspaper as she gulped down her coffee.
She got ________ the bus and sit ________ next ________ an old man.
If you don`t like the scarf, you can take it ________ to the shop.
She showed her new toy ________ her friends.
How much did you pay ________ your new car?
He pointed _______ the dog when it ran ________ them.
Are you interested ________ practicing speaking English?
You should have more confidence ________ your own abilities.
The fire started in the kitchen because she forgot to turn the light ________.
My parents gave me a bicycle ________ my birthday.
IV.READING
Fill in each blankwith one appropriate word from the box.
eventually reached totally sketch for ahead heard much clearly straight attracking pleased off fast there
I used to go into the country to (31) __________ animals and plants, carrying my drawing materials in a bag. One day I was walking across a field, looking (32) __________ rabbits to draw. Lost in thought, I had not noticed a bull running towards me. About one hundred meters (33) __________ was a tree under which I intended to sit and draw. Suddenly, I (34) __________ a noise behind me. I turned and saw the bull. I knew that a bull cannot see (35) __________ and notices only shape and movement. I did not panic but ran towards the tree, keeping the tree, myself and the bull in a (36) __________ line. To distract the bull, I then threw my bag to the right, so it was out of the line of the tree. The bull saw this sudden movement and headed towards the bag. I (37) ________ the tree and climbed up it. From there I watched the bull (38) __________ my bag with its horns and feet. It continued to do this for fifteen minutes I was very (39) __________ to be, up the tree. (40) __________ the bull was satisfied and move off. I waited until it was a very long way (41) __________ and then got down from the tree and picked up my bag. I left the field as (42) __________ as I could and then looked inside my bag. Everything in it was (43) __________ ruined.


B.Read the passage, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
I knew it was going to be a bad day when, on the way to the airport, the taxi driver told me he was lost.
I had booked my flight over the telephone, so when we finally arrived, I had to rush to the reservation desk to pay for my ticket. The woman at the desk told me that my name was not on the passenger list. It took fifteen minutes to realize that she had spelled my name incorrectly. She gave me the ticket and told me I`d better check in my luggage quickly or I`d miss my night. I was the last person to get on the plane.
I found my seat and discovered that I was sitting next to a four-year old boy who had a cold. I sat down and wondered if anything else could go wrong. I hate flying, especially take-off, but the plane took off and everything seemed to be all right. Then, a few minutes later, there was a funny noise and everything started to shake. I looked out of the window and – oh my God - there was smoke coming out of the wing. All I could think was "The engine are on fire. We