第二单元：Composition
(Possible completions)
a After an absence of forty years, the man returned to the town where he had been born. Now, as the train drew into the station, he remembered how, as a boy, he had spent many days there watching the trains.The station itself had not changed, but when he walked outside, he got a shock. The old church which used to stand alone was now surrounded by lots of buildings. He noticed with dismay that new blocks of flats had grown up all round the church. After, he went to his old neighbourhood. He was pleased to find that little had changed. Everything was exactly as he remembered it. Even the little shop where he used to buy his sweets. He smiled with pleasure when he saw that the
old school was still there, too. When he had spent enough time there, he rapidly made his way to the house where he had been born and brought up. (158 words)
b When the prisoner saw that the soldiers were coming, he climbed up and hid on the roof of the house.From his hiding place behind a large chimney, he saw the soldiers arrive and watched as they surrounded the village. The first thing they did was to take the villager outside the house into the square and question him. It was obvious to the prisoner, from the way that the villager shook his head, that he pretended not to understand what the soldiers were saying. Fortunately, then, the soldiers just left him, and did not beat him,as the prisoner thought they might have done.
While some of the soldiers then searched the house and the fields around the house, three or four others fetched a ladder and climbed on to the roof. They were on the other side of the house, but the moment the prisoner saw this, he climbed down a drain pipe on his side, and managed to get back into the house through an open window. As he found himself in a bedroom, he hid in a large wardrobe, closed the door and waited. After about half an hour, he heard the sergeant shouting orders down in the square, and the soldiers left. (207 words )
Key structures
a going, seemed, had (no sooner) gone, rang, was, spending, got, dressed, was, got, were, hurried, had been walking, decided, was just opening or had just opened, discovered, was, had set
b have been discovered, used, drew, was made, was walking or had walked, stopped, did, saw, have been found, are being hunted, are shooting, are running, are trying, thinks, are learning or have learned
c will supply, will take, will change or will be changed, are employed, is completed or has been completed,will cost or will have cost, has built/have built or is building/are building, will improve, will produce, will be built, will have
d After the crash, two angry drivers got out of their cars.
‘Do you always sleep when you're driving?’asked the first driver sarcastically.‘You were on the wrong side of the road.’
‘Do you mean to tell me,’shouted the second driver,‘that you didn't notice that this road was being repaired? Of course I was driving on the wrong side of the road when you hit me. The other side is full of holes.’
‘Didn't you see the traffic sign?’
‘Listen,’said the first driver. ‘Have you ever driven a car before? I've been driving a car for twenty years.
There are good driving schools for people like you. There they teach you lots of things ---- how to drive a car, for instance.’
‘Now you're really telling me something,’answered the second man angrily.‘I happen to be a driving instructor.’
e After the crash, two angry drivers got out of their cars. The first driver asked sarcastically whether the other man always slept when he was driving. He was on the wrong side of the road. Shouting angrily, the second driver asked the first one whether he had noticed that the road was being repaired. He was driving on the wrong side of the road when the first man hit him because the other side was full of holes. He asked him if he had seen the traffic sign. The first driver then asked whether he had ever driven a car before. He said that he had been driving a car for twenty years. There were, he added, good driving schools for people like the other driver.There they taught you lots of things ---- how to drive a car, for instance. Grateful for this information, the second man angrily informed the first one that he happened to be a driving instructor.
f 1 If you hadn't been more careful, you might have been knocked down by a car.
2 If she hears anything, she will let you know.
3 If you were in my position, what would you do?
g 1 You mustn't go into town on your own.
You needn't do that if you don't want to.
2 I had to pay the man a dollar, so I did.
I should have paid the man a dollar, but I didn't.
3 I have to be there by 11 o'clock for my appointment.
I should be there early if I want to get a good ticket.
4 You must be here at 8 every morning.
You must eat more vegetables.
5 I could swim very well when I was younger.
After trying to pick the lock for ages, she was finally able to open the door and escape.
6 My brother could solve difficult maths problems even when he was very young.
I finally managed to solve the problem.
h 1 On receiving the prize, he smiled with pleasure.
2 I am not looking forward to getting my exam results.
3 Instead of lying in bed, you should see a doctor.
4 Don't you think this room needs redecorating?
5 You should avoid staying in the sun too long.
i ----, ----, ----, ----, a, a, an, the, a, the, the, the, The,----,----, a, the, The, the, a, the, ----,the, the
j 1 At, in, at or outside, out, (up) to, on , into or inside
2 of, in, on, out of, to, since, after
3 with, and, in,in, into, in, in or inside, for, at, at
4 of
5 of, to
6 to, from
7 about, on
8 from, with
9 to, of
10 with, to
11 at, on
Special difficulties
1 If he happens to mention me, give him my regards.
2 It happens that I met him last year.
3 Not only was she first in the test, but she scored 99%.
4 Never have I seen such a messy house.
5 Seldom do we have to do jobs like this.
6 Suppose he gets the job, what then?
7 I suppose you want to go soon.
8 She is supposed to be an expert.
9 They were supposed to be home by 8.
10 Whatever you do, don't tell her what I've told you.
11 You can come whenever you like.
12 Whenever she sees that film, it makes her cry.
13 I now wish (that) I had listened more carefully.
14 I wish (that) I had stayed at home yesterday.
15 I wish (that) they would come back soon.
16 I was delighted to receive your letter.
17 We are proud of our basketball team.
18 I would sooner wait for the rest.
19 He would rather not go alone.
20 I would rather she listened to her parents.
21 You had better start studying for your exams.
22 I find it difficult to know what to say.
23 No one considers him to be very clev