I. Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1.   You should________ (do) your homework, instead of _________ (watch) TV before dinner.

2.   She turned on the radio because she wanted _________ (listen) to some music.

3.   ____________ (you/ watch) the news on TV last night?

4.   What ____________ (you/ do) tonight, Hung?

5.   Which programme ____________ (Linda/ like) best?

6.   A new series of wildlife programmes ____________ (be) on at 9 o’clock Monday evenings.

7.   My father never ____________ (watch) romantic films on television.

8.   I only let my kids ____________ (watch) television at the weekends.

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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.

All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don’t know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a million pounds one year after the programme started.

Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world’s most popular quiz programme.

1. Who is Chris Tarrant?

A. the news report in Britain          C. the contestant in Britain

B. the quizmaster in Britain            D. the winner in Britain

2. How many questions do you have to answer?

A. 14   B. 12   C. 13   D. 15

3. How much do you win for the fourteenth question?

A. 1 million pounds                   C. 1 billion pounds

B. £500,000                                 D. £50,000

4. How many ways can you get help?

A. 4     B. 2     C. 3     D. 1

5. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?

A. 100 countries       C. 10 countries

B. 100 countries       D. more than 100 countries

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Television is one of man’s most important means of communication. It brings pictures and (1) ………… from around the world into millions (2) ……….. homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President make a (3) ……. or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to bring about peace.

Through television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in (4) ……. lands. Television even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts (5)……………. the astronauts explore outer space.

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There was once a large, fat woman (26)………………had a small, thin husband. He had a
job in a big company and was given his weekly wages (27)………………Friday morning. As
(28)………………as he got (29)………………on Friday, his wife (30)………………to make
him give her (31)………………his money, and then she (32)………………to give him back only
(33)………………to buy his lunch in the office every day.

One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living room. His wife was (34)………………to the radio and eating chocolates there. " You'll never guess (35)…………… happened to me today, dear," he said.

He waited for a few seconds and then added, " I'll (36)………………ten thousand pounds
(37)………………the lottery!"

"That's wonderful!" said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a (38)……………… seconds and added angrily, " but (39)………………a moment! How could you (40)………………to buy the ticket?"

1. My sister is very fond .................... chocolate candy.

A. of

B. about

C. with

D. at

2. I have studied English ....................eight months.

A. for

B. since

C. by

D. in

3. Listen ....................our teacher !

A. with

B. to

C. for

D. in

4. There isn’t ....................food in the house.

A. none

B. no

C. some

D. any

5. He arrives …………………..at six o’clock.

A. at home

B. home

C. in home

D. to home

6. Herbert has had his car………………….. 1999.

A. ago

B. since

C. to

D. for

7. How long will it ....................to get there ?

A. cost

B. lose

C. make

D. take

8. I ....................it to you if you don’t have one.

A. give

B. gave

C. will give

D. would give

9. ....................your homework yet ?

A. Did you finished

B. Are you finishing

C. Do you finish

D. Have you finished

10. It’s the best book I …………………..read.

A. have ever

B. had ever

C. will ever

D. can ever

11. He looked very..................when I told him the news.

A. happily

B. happy

C. happiness

D. was happy

12. She is ..................in history.

A. interests

B. interested

C. interesting

D. being interest

13. Is the Eiffel Tower taller....................Big Ben ?

A. then

B. than

C. as

D. of

14. At school, David was..................anyone else in his class.

A. as clever as

B. as clever than

C. cleverer as

D. cleverest

15. She speaks French ....................than you.

A. more faster

B. more fluently

C. well

D. the most fluently

16. It began to rain while we…………………..soundly.

A. slept

B. were sleeping

C. have slept

D. are sleeping

17. She doesn’t like coffee, does she ?

A. Yes, she doesn’t

B. No, she does

C. Yes, she did

D. No, she doesn’t

18. I won't go to bed …………………..I finish my homework.

A. until

B. when

C. while

D. since

19. Is this book ………………….. ? Yes, it's mine.

A. you're

B. yours

C. you

D. your

20. …………………..do you come to school ? By bus

A. How

B. What

C. By

D. When