Read the story carefully and then choose the best answers in this John and Dorreen Wise ‘a used to live in England, » live in England now. ¢ used to live in Tasmania. b Their journey to England from Tasmania a was very long and tiring. b took about five months. ¢ lasted a year. ¢ Their journey to Tasmania from England a will be quicker than the journey from Tasmania to England b will be more expensive than the journey from Tasmania to England, ¢ will be longer than the journey from Tasmania to England. 4 During their journey a they had no trouble because they were well prepared. b they were very lucky to have no trouble ¢ they had a little trouble but nothing serious. e The total cost of their journey is expected to be a about £500 each. b about £1,000 each. ¢ about £250 each. 2 Teacher John Wise and his wife Dorreen who emigrated to Tasmania twelve years ago decided to revisit England and see the world on the way. (I. 1-6) Fill the spaces in these ten sentences with expressions using way Choose the expressions from this list by the way inthe way outof the way wayside ailthe way inaway ontheway under way by way of his own way a ‘You look very tired’ "Yes, I am, I couldn’t get a lift and I had to alice: F b Work is now —_ on the new bridge and they hope to have finished it by November. Deen Mae Wise came back to England —— Mexicojand the USA. We stopped at a little inn for the night. Quick! Get | A mad bull is coming! ‘did you notice what is on at the cinema? Would you please move your motor-cycle? It's —— my car out of the garage. nm mee _. [can’t get ia3 5 ‘ad when the holiday is over. stopped — to have a snack. he gets very bad-tempereq a li | shall be very W xo we aren't hungry. We i Torandfather can't have irritable. 100 miles overland without even a puncture they h ae (. 8-11) In this sentence, two ideas are combine land without even a puncture. They haye After driv arrived in Englan They drove 10,000 miles over! arrived in England. Join these pairs of sentences in the same way. using after and making any changes that are necessary. We were able to buy three tickets for the concert. We waited an hour for the office to open. : b He passed his examination. He studied hard for six years ¢ Uncle Joe worked hard for fifty years. He has now retired. @ Aunt Sally thought about driving for many years. She has at last bought a car. - We reached the top of the mountain. We climbed for nearly six hours. f He asked his father for some more money. He spent all the money he had. g She could not see anything at all. She broke her glasses. They have arrived in England. (J. 10-11) They left Tasmania in January. (2. 12-13) Put the verbs in these sentences into the right tenses (present perfect or past simple). a My friend Paul is in hospital because he (break) his leg; he (break) it last week, in a motor-cycle accident. b I(take) a lot of photographs this year but none of them areas good as those I (cake) last summer. ¢ Aunt Clara’s bulldog (bite) me yesterday. I can’t understand it, because he never (bite) anyone eise. d_ My brother (write) several novels, and last year he (write) a success ful play. € 1 (lear) my trousers on that chair yesterday. I really must have the f chair repaired; it is the third pair of trousers I (rear) in three weeks. “You ever (ride) a camel?’ ‘No, but I (ride) an elephant when I was in India,’ & Uncle Vietor (give) me a very expensive present for my birthdsy fast year. It surprised me very much, because he never (8!” expensive presents to any of his relatives. The headline t ND THE WORT OS SFY is MOTOR-BIKE COUPLE GO ROU"7 cance Imag account of Write suitable paragraphs, of about 100 words each, for these head- lines. WATER SHORTAGE HITS GARDENERS RECORD SMOOTH TYR! Clues across 1 When something is quite new and has never been used, we say that it is ___ new (5) “There's no like home’ (5) Sick (3) Opposite of over (5) Corner; a triangle has three, a square has four (5) 10 A measurement of weight ~2240 pounds (3) 12 William Tell was a Swiss and Robin Hood was an English one (4) 15 The forty days before Easter (4) 17 Verb: to join together (5) 18 This may be used instead of braces (4) CROWD WATCH CHELSEA WIN RISE IN FARES PREDICTED FOR AUTUMN BLAMED FOR COACH CRASH PAY DISPUTE CLOSES CAR FACTORY jne that you are either Mr or Mrs Wise. Write a first person f your story (using only the information contained in the printed story), in about 150 words 20 The entrance to the garden (4) 23 If you are not yet 18, you are under —___(3) 25 A good housewife will do this to her kitchen floor when it is dirty (5) Flowers will do this if they do not have enough water (5) 27 A piece of wood, cut ready for burning on an open fire (3) 28 Your sister's daughter (5) 29 Opposite of friend (5) Clues down 1 You may do this if you are em- barrassed or shy (5) 2 The only poisonous snake to be found in Great Britain (5) 3 A good housewife does not like to see this in her home (4) 4 An architect may draw this (4) 5 To discuss (5) 6 Happening (5) 11 ‘to the rain, the party was cancelled’ (5) 13 December 24th is Christmas rs + — (3) 14 Not in 3) 15 You have two; a table has four 3) 16 ‘To Have and Have —— (Hemingway) (3) 18 You will find one in the room (5) 19 Not small (5) 21 Opposite of below (5) 22 Not full (5) 23 Ican = Lam — 24 ‘The Razor's — bath- to (4) _> (Somerset Maugham) (4) 19