II. Put the verbs in brackets in correct future tenses 1. By the end of this week, my grandmother (work) ………………… as a nurse for more than thirty years

II. Put the verbs in brackets in correct future tenses
1. By the end of this week, my grandmother (work) ………………… as a nurse for more than thirty years.
2. This time tomorrow, Tom and his wife (have) ………………… lunch together in a restaurant in Paris.
3. I (meet) ………………… Jane this evening. Would you like me to pass your words?
4. There’s no point in running. We (miss) ………………… the bus anyway.
5. On the 15th of the next month, we (go) ………………… out together for exactly three months.
6. Meet me at the café at 8 o’clock this evening. I (sit) ………………… at a table outside.
7. This traffic is terrible. We’re going to be late. By the time we get to the airport, Bob’s plane (already arrive)
…………………, and he (wonder) ………………… where we are.
8. Next year at this time, I (do) ………………… exactly what I am doing now. I (teach) …………………
students at university and (correct) ………………… their papers.
9. I (watch) ………… a TV program at 9 tonight. Before I watch that program, I (write) ……………… a letter to
my parents.
10. The first plane to Tokyo (take) ………………… off at seven o’clock tomorrow.
III. Choose the best answer
One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean
drinking water is a basic human right. But acid rain, (industrious / industry / industrial / industrialized)1 ____
pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas
have become vast pools (on / in / of / to)2 ____ poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the
world. It (composes / contains / encloses / consists)3 _____ a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300
rare species that do not exist (where / somewhere / everywhere / anywhere)4____ else in the world. But they
are being destroyed by the massive volumes of toxic effluent which (stay / pour / boil / burn)5 ____ into the lake
every day. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to enforce them.
Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea (makes / occupies / comprises /
holds)6____ 1% of the world’s water surface. But it is the dumping (shore / land / ground / soil)7____ for 50% of
all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles (away / of / on / off)8 ____
shore.
Water is free to everyone. A few years ago, people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was
limitless. Today, many water supplies have been (ruined / kept / made / conserved)9 ____ by pollution and
sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious (well / outlet / nature /
source)10 _____.We should do something now.
IV. Fill in the blank with a suitable word Charles Dickens’ childhood experience
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest nineteenth-century English novelists. At the time of his death in 1870
he was a wealthy man, in contrast to the poverty of his early days. His parents (1) ……………………..their best to
look after him but were always in difficulties (2)……………………..money. Eventually, his father owed (3)
……………………..a large amount of money that he was sent to prison for three months.
Two days after his twelfth birthday, Dickens was taken away from school by his parents and made (4)
……………………..work in a factory in London to increase the family income. Factories could be dangerous places
in (5) ……………………..days and some employers were cruel. Charles was not (6) ……………………..extremely
unhappy, but also ashamed of working there, and he (7) ……………………..never forget that period of his life.
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Years later, (8) ……………………..his novel ‘Oliver Twist’, Dickens described his own childhood experiences.
Oliver Twist was one of his most famous characters and he too suffered (9) …………………… a child worker.
Dickens’ novels showed how shocking working and living conditions (10) …………………….
Working in the factory affected him so deeply that he found (11) ……………………..much too painful to speak
about in later life. His own wife and children knew (12) ……………………..at all about the unhappiness of his
childhood while Dickens was still alive, (13) ……………………..shortly after his death a biography was published in
(14) ……………………..Dickens’ terrible childhood experiences in the factory were revealed (15)
……………………..the first time.