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The following sentences have been removed from the text below. Read the passage CAREFULLY and decide where each sentence should go. Match the numbers and the letters. a. with a window that did not look on to the street b. enquired if she had a room to let c. where he could live for the next two months d. charged him a small fee of six pence e. He was pleased to see a large table in the room f. Peter was beginning to feel disappointed After breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter started to look for a room .....1..... . He knew exactly what he wanted: a room which was not too small, nor so large that it would be difficult to heat in winter. Above all, it had to be quiet, .....2..... . In the newspaper there were very few advertisements for rooms to let. A notice in bold capital letters caught his eye: BOLTON'S ACCOMODATION AGENCY - FLATS AND ROOMS TO LET. He made a note of the address and set off towards the agency. The woman at the desk smiled at him, and after he had explained what sort of room he wanted, gave him a list of about half a dozen rooms to let and . ....3..... . At the first house Peter tried, the landlady was so deaf that he had to shout so that she could hear. When at last she understood, she told him she no longer had rooms to let. At the second and third houses, the rooms were already taken. .....4..... when he noticed there was a telephone number after one of the addresses on the list. Therefore Peter rang up the landlady and .....5..... . As she had a vacant one, he went round to the house, which stood on a pleasant avenue. The room lay at the back of the house, overlooking a garden full of flowers. .....6..... , where he could put his books and work comfortably. The rent was not too expensive, and as it was just what he was looking for, he immediately told the landlady he would take it.

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The following sentences have been removed from the text below. Read the passage CAREFULLY and decide where each sentence should go. Match the numbers and the letters.

a.with a window that did not look on to the street

b.enquired if she had a room to let

c.where he could live for the next two months

d.charged him a small fee of six pence

e.He was pleased to see a large table in the room

f.Peter was beginning to feel disappointed

After breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter started to look for a room .....1..... . He knew exactly what he wanted: a room which was not too small, nor so large that it would be difficult to heat in winter. Above all, it had to be quiet, .....2..... . In the newspaper there were very few advertisements for rooms to let. A notice in bold capital letters caught his eye: BOLTON'S ACCOMODATION AGENCY - FLATS AND ROOMS TO LET. He made a note of the address and set off towards the agency. The woman at the desk smiled at him, and after he had explained what sort of room he wanted, gave him a list of about half a dozen rooms to let and .....3..... .At the first house Peter tried, the landlady was so deaf that he had to shout so that she could hear. When at last she understood, she told him she no longer had rooms to let. At the second and third houses, the rooms were already taken. .....4..... when he noticed there was a telephone number after one of the addresses on the list. Therefore Peter rang up the landlady and .....5..... . As she had a vacant one, he went round to the house, which stood on a pleasant avenue. The room lay at the back of the house, overlooking a garden full of flowers. .....6..... , where he could put his books and work comfortably. The rent was not too expensive, and as it was just what he was looking for, he immediately told the landlady he would take it.Fill in the blanks with the most suitable option: A, B or C.I ...............................(1) very good at exams. When I was a child I ..........................(2) very nervous before an exam, even if I thought I ................................... (3) everything and I .................................... (4) really well. I am not lazy and I normally ................................(5) quite hard, but I am not fond of ................................... (6) exams at all. This year is even worse than usual because I ................................(7) as hard as I .................................(8).

My parents kept telling me I ............................... (9) or I ................................ (10) but I just couldnt. But this time I have an excuse because I have been ill for the last few days.(16) A- have never been

B- never was

C- am never

(17) A- was getting

B- used to get

C- had got

(18) A- had known

B- was knowing

C- knew

(19) A- would prepare

B- had prepared

C- prepared

(20) A- work

B- use to work

C- worked

(21) A- do

B- to do

C- doing

(22) A- havent worked

B- dont work

C- didnt work

(23) A- can have done

B- should do done

C- should have

(24) A- must study

B- had to study

C- studied

(25) A- would fail

B- would have failed C- will fail