Don't forward an ________ without the sender's permission. Don't send confidential information in your ________ . Be sure to fill in the subject box so that people can see what the ________ is about. Stay calm if you get a rude ________ . Wait a while before answering, then do so in a polite manner.
e-mail
answer
address
letter
Read the text and put the four paragraphs of this story in the correct order.
1. After landing, the Canadian doctor who had saved Mr Smith's life, explained that he had had a bad attack of asthma due to the turbulent flight.
2. The British Airways Boeing 747 en route to Toronto had been flying steadily at 30,000 feet when it suddenly flew into a violent storm.
3. Sixty-five-year-old Mr Trevor Smith had a very lucky escape on a flight to Canada yesterday.
4. Mr Smith immediately felt a sudden pain in his chest and collapsed from a lack of oxygen.
3 - 2 - 4 -1
3 - 2 - 1 - 4
1 - 4 -3 - 2
4 - 1 - 3 - 2
Supermarkets make shoplifting too easy. It was less tempting in old-fashioned shops when there was a heavy, wooden shop counter between the customer and the goods. It's much too easy to go into a supermarket and accidently place goods into your own shopping bag instead of into the trolley. But how can shopkeepers tell what is a genuine mistake and what is intentional theft ?
The text is MAINLY about ...
stealing goods from supermarkets.
doing the shopping with bags.
doing the shopping with trolleys.
stealing goods from old-fashioned shops.
Find out the negative point about school uniforms.
School uniforms ...
are an unfair additional expense for parents who pay taxes for a free public education.
diminish economic and social barriers between students.
help identify intruders in the school.
prevent gangs from gathering on the campus.
A chemistry teacher decided to have a great experiment with his students by using cabbage juice. He was excited and so were the kids. The principal of the school even came by for an unexpected visit - an added bonus, the teacher thought. Everything seemed to be alright but it soon turned out that the teacher had used the wrong type of cabbage. He used green when he should have used red, that's why the experiment didn't work at all.
The teacher's experiment was not a success because ...
the teacher used red cabbage.
the kids didn't want the teacher to use cabbage.
the teacher didn't want the principal to come.
the teacher used green cabbage.
Mary Queen of Scots was the daughter of James V of Scotland and Marie de Guise of France. She was Queen of Scotland from the age of one week but she lived at the French court. She was Queen of France for one year, until her husband King François II died in 1560.
Which sentence about Mary Queen of Scots is NOT correct?
When King François II died, she became Queen of France.
Marie de Guise was her mother.
She was one week old when she became Queen of Scotland.
She was the wife of King François II.
Nicola Thomas, 15, was the heroine of the hour when the Greek cruise ship 'Jupiter' started to sink. She was about to be rescued from the cold sea when she heard cries for help. She went back into the water twice to rescue fellow school pupils. And in spite of cold and tiredness Nicola pulled two children to safety before being taken to hospital.
Choose the correct sentence about Nicola Thomas:
She rescued pupils from her own school.
She didn't manage to rescue two children because she was too tired
She didn't manage to rescue two children because the water was too cold.
She was finally rescued by the 'Jupiter'.
THIRD PERSON required to share large house. Central. Phone 846592
In this advertisement we learn that ...
three people will live in this house..
someone is looking for a house.
someone is selling a house.
the house is in the suburbs.
After many years of faithful service, London's remaining 200 Routemaster buses are approaching the end of the line. A familiar sight on the capital's streets for more than 50 years, the buses are gradually being replaced by a newer species, more accessible to people with disabilities, parents with buggies and elderly people.
London's Routemaster buses ...
are one of the traditional means of transportation in the city.
are not going to be replaced.
are very convenient for handicapped people.
have been seen around the city since the year 2000.
John Chen has bungee-jumped from 120-foot-high bridges, has walked over red-hot coals and has parachuted from planes. But in his opinion the scariest thing he has ever done happened in 1999 when he decided to leave his former employer Microsoft. Since then he has worked full-time for his own company, PlayTime.
Which term does NOT describe John Chen?
Cowardly
Fearless
Thrill-seeking
Sporty
Though he was born without hands or feet, Tony Volpenstest took up track as a high school student. Fitted with carbon-fiber prostheses that mimic the muscle action of natural feet, he has become a world-class sprinter. In the Paralympics, Tony Volpenstest clocked in at 11.36 seconds - only about a second and a half behind the world's fastest able-bodied man.
Which sentence about Tony Volpenstest is NOT correct?
He is the fastest sprinter on earth.
He can run very fast.
He is disabled.
He started running at High School.
I am almost 20 and I feel hopeless about my future. I live at home with my parents and haven't had a job since I left school at 17. I'm quite shy and I don't have any friends or social life. I am lacking in confidence and I tend to be afraid of new people and situations. I feel so trapped in my present state. What can I do to escape this feeling?
This young person is addressing his or her ...
psychologist
best friend
boss
neighbour
Fast, loud music contributes to dangerous driving, according to a study that suggests youngsters who listen to techno at the steering wheel are twice as likely to have an accident as those who listen to ballads. Warren Brodsky, a researcher at Havard University, put 28 student volunteers on a driving simulator while they listened to loud music ranging from slurpy George Benson songs to furious 120-beat-per-minute techno, or drove without any music at all. As the tempo increased, the drivers sped up and took more risks, such as running red lights. At the top of the rhythm scale, drivers had twice as many accidents as when they listened to slow or medium-paced numbers, the British weekly New Scientist reports. Brodsky suggests drivers be educated about the tempo effect of music and choose slower pieces, or else turn down the volume, so that they are less distracted at the steering wheel.
(Agence France-Presse )
The article mainly deals with the dangers of ...
driving while listening to very loud music.
drink driving
listening to classical music.
turning down the volume while driving.
Fast, loud music contributes to dangerous driving, according to a study that suggests youngsters who listen to techno at the steering wheel are twice as likely to have an accident as those who listen to ballads. Warren Brodsky, a researcher at Havard University, put 28 student volunteers on a driving simulator while they listened to loud music ranging from slurpy George Benson songs to furious 120-beat-per-minute techno, or drove without any music at all. As the tempo increased, the drivers sped up and took more risks, such as running red lights. At the top of the rhythm scale, drivers had twice as many accidents as when they listened to slow or medium-paced numbers, the British weekly New Scientist reports. Brodsky suggests drivers be educated about the tempo effect of music and choose slower pieces, or else turn down the volume, so that they are less distracted at the steering wheel.
(Agence France-Presse )
Only one sentence is correct. Which one?
The louder the music is, the more dangerous the driving is.
George Benson's heart beats very fast when he drives.
The experiment involving volunteers took place on the road.
Young drivers who listen to ballads never have car accidents.
Mr Bud Lind was retired but active in his community and one of his volunteer jobs was to occasionally drive the high-school band bus to different outings. Because drivers often changed, there was a sign at the front of the bus that read "your driver is: //first initial// last name//". Bud always smiled at watching the reactions of new band members when they read the sign stating "your driver is: B.LIND.
Only one sentence is correct. Which one?
Even if Bud was retired, he drove the high-school band bus.
Although he couldn't see at all, Bud Lind drove a school bus.
Bud was blind and yet, he drove the high-school band bus.
The new band members were always very happy when they saw the driver's name.