A2-01 9. If you’re …….

with watching TV, why don’t you go out

1 He ……… to his parents. for a walk?
A) not often writes A) boring
B) doesn’t often write B) annoyed
C) don’t often writes C) bored
2. Jill: “Is Sam ready to go out?” 10. Jack remembered to post the letter, …….?
Carol: “Yes. He ……… on his coat .” A) does he
A) put B) didn’t he
B) is put C) didn’t Jack remember
C) is putting 11. Would you like to go out after dinner?
3. Greg: “Did you get anything in town yesterday?” A) Yes, I’m going out.
Tom: “Yes, I ……… the CD I wanted.” B) No, I’m not hungry.
A) bought C) Not really. I’m a bit tired.
B) am buying 12. (In a shop)
C) was buying This is enormous! Haven’t you got a smaller size?
4. They’re old friends. He ……… her for years. They A) Yes, you are very big.
went to the same school. B) Not in this colour.
A) knows C) You should eat more.
B) has known 13. How long does it take him to get to work?
C) is knowing A) It depends on the traffic.
5. Joe: “Where’s Terry? He’s late .” B) Yes, he goes by train.
Bob: “Don’t worry. I expect ……… here soon.” C) Yes, he works a long time.
A) he’s 14. When are you leaving for the USA?
B) he’ll A) Yes, I’m very excited about leaving.
C) he’ll be B) Last week.
6. He’s not a vegetarian but he doesn’t eat ……. meat. C) Next Tuesday morning.
A) little 15. Have you ever eaten Japanese food?
B) much A) No, never.
C) many B) I love Chinese food.
7. (On the phone) C) No, I’m not hungry.
Woman: “Can I speak to John, please?” 16. Shall I help you with those heavy shopping bags?
Girl: “……. on, I’ll call him.” A) I’m going shopping tomorrow.
A) Come B) That’s very kind of you. Just put them on the
B) Wait kitchen table.
C) Hold C) Yes, I’ve done the shopping.
8. Sue: “……. do you see her?” 17. What’s your new boss like?
Mark: “Twice a week.” A) He doesn’t like the old boss.
A) How often B) No, he isn’t like work.
B) How many C) OK. Pleasant but very professional.
C) How long 18. What did Tom say when he heard the bad news?
A) Yes, he heard the news yesterday.
B) Nothing. He was too shocked.
C) Yes, he said something.
19. Woman: “……… before the train leaves?” Sally: Not bad, but he’s got a few (29) _______ habits.
Man: “About twenty minutes. Plenty of time for a Harry: Oh? What kind of habits?
coffee.” Sally: Well, if you talk (30) _______ for more than five
A) How long we’ve got minutes, he starts looking at his watch. Then he
B) How time have we got stands behind me while I am working on my
C) How much time do we have computer. It makes me nervous. I didn’t ask you,
20. Man: “………. me yesterday?” which film are we going to see?
Woman: “I did! But you didn’t answer.” Harry: There’s a film on at the Planet. It looks (31)
A) Why did you call _______.
B) How never did you call Sally: Wait a minute! The Planet always shows films
C) Why didn’t you call in the original language – what language is the film
21. Policeman: “………. at about nine o’clock last night?” in?
Suspect: “Watching the football match on TV.” Harry: French. You studied it at school, didn’t you?
A) What were you doing Sally: Yes, but I was always (32) _______ languages!
B) Did you watch TV No, I don’t want to see a film in French.
C) What have you done Harry: But you’ll enjoy it, I’m sure. It’s a (33) _______.
22. Woman: “Excuse me. ……….. the way to St George Sally: No, don’t insist. I don’t want to see a film I
Avenue?” won’t understand.
Man: “Go straight on and turn right at the end of the Harry: Well, if you change your (34) _______, give me
road.” a ring and I’ll come and (35) _______.
A) Where should I go 26 A) do you like
B) about
B) Could you tell me
C) do you
C) Can you to tell me 27 A) stressed
B) keen
23. Bob: “………... at the concert last Saturday?”
C) boring
Dave: “Thousands!” 28 A) What does your boss like
B) What’s your boss like
A) How many people are there
C) How is like your boss
B) How people were 29 A) bored
B) disgusted
C) How many people were there
C) irritating
24. Carol: “………. here in London?” 30 A) on the phone
B) at phone
Paul: “Since last May.”
C) to the phone
A) How much time are you staying 31 A) interested
B) interest
B) How long have you been
C) interesting
C) When are you going to stay 32 A) worse than
B) bad at
25. Man: “I hear you’ve got a new job. ……….?”
C) terrible
Woman: “At the beginning of next month.” 33 A) comedy
B) thrilling
A) How long are you starting
C) fiction science
B) Are you starting 34 A) idea
B) head
C) When are you going to start
C) mind
35 A) hang you up
B) pick you up
Harry: How (26) _______ coming to the cinema with
C) look forward to you
me this evening?
Sally: Yes, I’d like to go out. Our new boss is making
us work hard and I’m beginning to feel (27) ___ out.
Harry: (28) _____?
The Pilot Who Was Never Paid 37 Jack was trained to guide ships through French
One of the most famous life-savers in history saved Pass.
thousands of lives and many ships. This swimmer A) True
and navigator first appeared at the end of the B) False
nineteenth century. For more than twenty years he C) Doesn’t say
guided ships through dangerous waters. The 38 Before Jack’s arrival, many ships did not go
incredible life-saver could not read or write, had no through French Pass because it was too
training and worked for nothing. The sailors called dangerous.
him Jack, and he was a dolphin. A) True
Near the coast of New Zealand, there is a very B) False
dangerous passage through the D’Urville Islands C) Doesn’t say
called French Pass. French Pass had a bad reputation 39 The sailors on the Penguin wanted to kill the
until Jack arrived. Then for over twenty years, it was passenger who shot at Jack.
safe. A) True
For all those years, twenty-four hours a day, Jack met B) False
passing ships. He swam along at the side of the ship C) Doesn’t say
for miles, playing and jumping into the air, then 40 People forgot about Jack when he died.
diving under the ship and appearing on the other A) True
side. But when the ship reached the entrance to B) False
French Pass, Jack swam in front of the ship and C) Doesn’t say
stayed there, indicating the only safe channel 41 Jack is famous because ……
through the Pass, until the ship was on the other side. A) he was unpaid
In 1903, a passenger on board the Penguin drank too B) he saved many ships
much and fired a gun at Jack. The sailors were angry C) he didn’t have any training
and wanted to throw him into the sea, but the 42 Which is correct?
captain stopped them. Jack wasn’t seen for two A) New Zealand is dangerous.
weeks and everybody thought he was dead. Then, B) Ships couldn’t get through French Pass without
one morning, he appeared again. After he was shot at Jack.
by a passenger on the Penguin, Jack never met that C) With Jack, French Pass was safer.
ship again – the only ship he refused to accompany. 43 The sailors on board the Penguin ……
With only a human pilot to guide it, the Penguin hit A) wanted the passenger to swim and guide them
some underwater rocks in the Pass a few years later through the Pass
and was lost. Jack probably died of old age in 1912, B) wanted to throw the passenger into the sea
but he wasn’t forgotten. The story of his life-saving because he shot at Jack
ability is recorded on a statue erected to his memory C) threw the passenger into the sea because he was
on the beach of Wellington. drunk
36 This story is about a dolphin that helped ships 44 Which is correct?
A) Jack never guided the Penguin again.
many years ago.
B) The Penguin sank because there wasn’t a pilot.
A) True C) The Penguin never went to French Pass again
because Jack refused to guide it.
B) False
45 Jack ……
C) Doesn’t say A) remembered a statue in Wellington
B) probably died because he was old
C) was shot because he was too old