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English VIII / Exam Units 9 and 10

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Complete the sentences with used to, be used to, or Rewrite the sentences to make them refer to the past.
get used to in the correct form, affirmative or I must mail the letters.
negative. I had to mail the letters.
If you aren’t used to Indian food, this dish might be too
10. I have to take the medication three times a day.
spicy for you.
__i had to take the medication three times a day
1. I’ll never _get used to_ your hair that short. You’ll
11. They must be away on vacation.
have to grow it again.
__They must have been away on vacation_
2. A. How do you drive in all this traffic?
12. We can’t see the top of the mountain.
B. I _am used to_ it now, so it’s OK. But it took me
__We couldn’t see the top of the mountain__
a while to _get used to_ all the cars, lanes, and bad
13. We can’t shout in the classroom.
tempers, believe me!
__We couldn’t shout in the classroom__
3. Matt didn’t like his new school at first, but he
eventually _get used to__ it and made new friends. Select certain or possible according to the degree of
4. I __used to__ jog every morning, but I don’t any probability each modal verb expresses.

more. I’m so out of shape now. 14. There’s so much snow. It must have been cold on
5. When I was a boy, I _used to_ like going to piano the mountain.
A. certain B. possible
lessons, so I stopped. Now that I’m in my forties,
I’ve started learning again. 15. They can’t have gone home. No one can walk or
drive in this weather.
A. certain B. possible
Choose the type of habit the sentence represents.
6. She’ll go on vacation and leave the door unlocked 16. They might have died in the cold.
for days on end. A. certain B. possible
A. a simple fact
B. an attitude about someone else’s habit 17. Use the words to write sentences. Use have + past
C. someone’s typical behavior participle.
The iceman/can’t/be/too tall.
7. She would make me drive two hours to lock the __The iceman couldn’t have been too tall___
door.
A. an annoying habit Complete the short answers. Choose the correct
B. someone’s typical behavior alternative.
C. a habit which happens more than usual 18. A: Frank never calls me back.
B: I think you __________ forget all about him.
8. My sister is forever forgetting to lock the door, A. could B. should C. would
which is worrying.
A. someone’s typical behavior 19. A: Amy and Matt broke up.
B. an attitude about someone else’s habit B: I ___________ have told you that!
C. a habit which happens more than usual A. could B. should C. would
9. She lives in the city.
A. an attitude about someone else’s habit
B. a simple fact
C. someone’s typical behavior
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Select the homonym that fits both sentences. 30. Do you think cavemen were ever fat?
20. It’s the __coolest__ bar in town. A. slow B. overweight C. healthy
That’s the coolest beach breeze I’ve ever
experienced. 31. Of course I’m furious! You said you had done your
A. fittest B. coolest C. meanest homework.
21. Did you _break_ Mr. Udall’s window? Why didn’t A. happy B. angry C. disappointed
you tell me?
I’m tired. Let’s take a __break__. 32. Match the synonyms.
A. fit B. see C. break
22. I don’t think I’ll play another __match__. He’s 2. concerned F. relate
much better at tennis than I am! 3. describe G. detested
Let’s start the fire. Do you have a __match__? 4. loathed H. upset
A. match B. book C. set 5. buddies I. friends

23. Complete the sentence with homophones.

My grandmother said that during World war II 33. Select the word that means the same or almost
they wear the same clothes for many years. the same as the underlined word.
Otzi the Iceman was found with an arrow in his
Complete the sentence. Choose the correct shoulder. What an unfortunate way to die.
alternative. A. hard
24. _finally_, in conclusion, I’d like to say this new tax B. difficult
is a bad idea. C. miserable
A. Firstly, B. Finally C. Basically
Listening
25. __________ I know, nobody likes the new
restaurant. Complete the sentence using two homophones.
A. First B. Another thing C. As far as 34. I wish for for
26. __________ I’m concerned she’s not ready for her the world.
driver’s test. 35. Do you think they ____________
A. I suppose
B. Anyway, as __________________________ here? I want to
C. As far as make some bread.
Complete the short answer. Choose the correct 36. I know that of cake is
alternative. not going to make my ____________________
27. A: That’s the oldest computer I’ve ever seen!
B: It is old! It’s on its last _lergs__. any smaller!
A. hands 37. The crash was caused by a bullet
B. heart
C. legs ______________ in the side of the ________ .
28. Can you give me a _hand__ with this table? I want 38. He set on the
to move it to the living room.
A. hand high in 1794.
B. heart 39. What do prisoners do in a ________________
C. leg
29. I don’t have the heart to tell Jim’s parents that he’s all day? Are they ?
dead.
A. hands
B. heart Choose the correct alternative.
Select the word that means the same or almost the 40. Which adjective best describes David?
same as the underlined word.
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A. easygoing
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B. clumsy
C. sensible
Touching the Void
41. Which adjective best describes Brent?
A. easygoing Touching the Void, a drama documentary directed by Ken
Macdonald, tells the story of two young men from the north
B. absentminded of England, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, both in their
C. sensitive early twenties, who in 1985 set out to climb the 21,000 foot
Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It's a modest
42. Why was David and Brent’s friendship interesting? "Alpinestyle" climb with no backup team, no helicopters,
A. They went to different high schools. and no equipment other than what they carry in their packs.
They make it to the top in three days, but on the way down
B. Their personalities were the opposites of (when apparently 80 percent of accidents occur) they run
each other. into terrible weather and a treacherous ridge.
Simpson has a bad fall that drives a bone up through his
C. They fought all the time. shattered knee and Yates tries to lower him down the
mountain, 150 feet at a time. But there comes a point when
Simpson is hanging in midair, irretrievable, and probably
dead. To save his own life, Yates cuts the rope and returns to
READING base camp, a decision he will have to live with for the rest of
his life. Simpson actually survives in a crevasse the size of
Read the text on the right to find out whether the the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London. Crippled and in
statements below are True or False. Circle the correct terrible pain, he makes the journey back in four days, one of
answer. the great stories of survival.
This story has been on moviemakers' minds for some years.
Then, in 2003, Macdonald had the brilliant idea of shooting
T F 43. Touching the Void is based on a true story.
the movie using actors to play Simpson and Yates, and to
T F 44. The climbers experienced serious difficulties have the real Simpson and Yates talking both to camera and
on their way up the mountain. over the action, as a form of commentary. The actors hardly
T F 45. Simon Yates cut the rope because he thought say a word.
that Simpson had died. The movie was shot entirely on location in Peru and in the
T F 46. Simpson had to be rescued from the crevasse. Alps with some very stirring music, and we never see the
T F 47. The voices of Simpson and Yates were those of men in their domestic contexts.
We experience the effort, the exhaustion, the pain, and the
actors. triumph of the climbers - and it is breathtakingly beautiful as
T F 48. All of the filming took place in Peru. we watch these small figures crossing glaciers and climbing
T F 49. Simpson sometimes had the feeling that the rock faces in the majestic mountains. Is there "some evil
mountains were a kind of enemy that wanted to kill him. force" in the mountains that's out to get you, Simpson
T F 50. The movie is about making decisions and wonders? The movie is also about taking control of your life
pushing yourself to the limit. and subjecting yourself to extreme challenges that involve
complex practical and moral choices.

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