ACTIVITY 352: For each group of
sentences (A-to-D), choose the best verbal alternative from the
menus. You can use the same word once only. Then check the
answers.
GROUP 1
A.
At the end of the party the children
all the
balloons they could
reach
with pins.
B.
The elastic on these pants has been so
that I
can't wear them any
more.
C.
There's very little water left: the bottle
has
all over the car floor.
D.
The glass
when she poured the boiling water
into it.
GROUP 2
A.
The car mechanic
the cost of
the repairs and wrote out a bill.
B.
She
the
pages of her essay
before handing it in.
C.
The teacher watched while the pupils
the diameter of the circle
with
their rulers.
D.
The country is
to spend about
$25 million a year on military
research.
GROUP 3
A.
The atmosphere in America's Skylab Spacecraft
75% oxygen
and 25%
nitrogen.
B.
The first space food for astronauts
of baby food.
C.
For lift-off the satellite is
to a
rocket, which later falls away.
D.
The students
various
chemicals to produce a small explosion in
the
chemistry lab.
GROUP 4
A.
The young pupils watched as the salt
in water and the sand
remained.
B.
The teacher
the class into two
groups and gave each something
to do.
C.
In her essay, she
a section on
the theory of evolution.
D.
Many industries are
in the
manufacture of satellites.
GROUP 5
A.
In the test, most students gave the
answer.
B.
The first witness gave the most
account of what had happened.
C.
The street-vendors sell watches which are
copies of famous makes.
D.
Come to my office at ten o'clock
.
GROUP
6
A.
Computers can
a large
number of tasks in a very short time.
B.
I don't know how to
this
photocopier. Can you show me?
C.
OM Personal laptop computers can
either on batteries or from the
mains.
D.
That signal means the computer is ready
to
with printing.
GROUP
7
A.
Computers have been
in every
classroom in the school.
B.
The company has recently
a
skyscraper in Dallas and various
other properties.
C.
The most outgoing student
quickly
his position as team-leader.
D.
Before going bankrupt, the company
in many countries in Asia.
GROUP
8
A.
Some of the equipment you
us with was faulty: I trust you'll replace it.
B.
Engine parts are
at the back
of the warehouse.
C.
The shop which has just closed was the only one
in town which
typewriter
ribbons.
D.
After leaving school he first
in
a shop, before setting up his own
business.
GROUP
9
A.
Visitors to the Control Room are
not to take photographs.
B.
The children
to be allowed to
look inside the spaceship.
C.
The university science department
to the Government to give it
more money for research.
D.
When her husband was seriously injured in the
explosion, she
that he would
survive.
FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la UNIT 13 - LESSON 51
del OM First Certificate Exam. Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de
repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.
