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To learn more about her students, my younger brother’s teacher sent home a lengthy questionnaire at the beginning of the school year. There ___________________ a lot of questions about this and that.
BE
WERE
Christmas is the most important annual festival in both Britain and North America. In its origins, it combines the Christian ___________________ of the birth of Christ, on 25 December, with the ancient tradition of a winter feast during the darkest period of the year.
CELEBRATE
CELEBRATION
A fter her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework th at morning, because in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress _____ with her husband.
1) show 2) performance 3) party 4) programme
3)party
She asked _______ about their likes and dislikes and about many other things.
THEY
THEM
Christmas carols — a special kind of religious songs — are an important part of it. You may hear th e m ___________________ times over the radio but it is quite different when you listen to people sing carols around you in church.
COUNT
COUNTLESS
She intended to dress up as a ghost and she had made her costume the night before. Now she was_____ to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet , it was very effective. Mrs Richards put it _____ smiled and went downstairs.
1) nervous 2) restless 3) ill at ease 4) impatient
1) up 2) on 3) over 4) down
4) impatient
2) on
She asked what they ________ about their school in twenty years’ time.
THINK
WOULD THINK
At this time, too, many carol ___________________ make door-to-door visits to people at home, collecting money for this or that charity
SING
SINGERS
She wanted to find out whether the dress would be____ to wear.
1) attractive 2) exciting 3) comfortable 4) convenient
3) comfortable
The ___________________ question, in my opinion, was the one relating to their self-image: ‘When you look in a mirror, what do you see?’
BAD
WORST
All kinds of traditional Christmas food are also_____ available.
WIDE
WIDELY
Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a ____ on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to ______ the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
1) knock 2) kick 3) hit 4) crash
1) fear 2) worry 3) disturb 4) frighten
1) knock
4) frighten
But my ten-year-old brother had no trouble with his answer: ‘Myself, and everything behind ___________________ .’
I
ME
Shop ____________ decorate their shops with holly, mistletoe, candles and colourful paper chains and lanterns.
OWN
OWNERS
She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized th at it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to _____ the situation, saying ‘I t ’s only me’, but it was too late.
1) describe 2) explain 3) interpret 4) clear
2) explain