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Once upon a time (1).................... rich man was sick. His doctor told him to go away to the mountains (2).................... a rest and a change of air. He went home and told his family what the doctor (3).................... said. He said that while he was away he was (4).................... to be sent letters or telegrams, or (5).................... which might worry him. And so he went to Switzerland and stayed there for about two months. He came back feeling very (6).................... better and looking (7).................... to seeing his family again. His secretary was waiting for him at the airport. (8).................... greeted her, saying,
Hallo, Mary. What's new?
Oh, there's nothing new, sir. Everything's just about as (9)................... always was.
You mean (10).................... has happened at all?
No, sir. Not really.
But what's happened to the family? Surely they have been up to (11).................... ?
No, sir. Nothing. It's been very quiet (12).................... your Great Dane died.
Oh, my dog's dead. How (13)...................... that happen?
He ate the burnt beef, sir.
(14).................... did he get the burnt beef from?
The farm burnt (15).................... and the cows in the barn were burnt, and the dog ate the burnt beef.
Oh, the farm's destroyed, then?
Yes, sir. It caught fire when the fire spread (16).................... the house.
The house is destroyed?
Yes, sir. It caught fire from all the candles (17).................... were burning.
(18).................... were the candles burning?
They were burning round the body, sir.
What body? (19)................... is dead?
Your mother-in-law, sir.
And how did she die?
It was the shock, sir. She couldn't believe (20).................... when your wife ran off with the gardener. But, apart from that, there's nothing new.
Answers.
Once upon a time (1) a rich man was sick. His doctor told him to go away to the mountains (2) for a rest and a change of air. He went home and told his family the doctor (3) had said. He said that while he was away he was (4) not to be sent letters or telegrams, or (5) anything which might worry him. And so he went to Switzerland and stayed there for about two months. He came back feeling very (6) much better and looking (7) forward to seeing his family again. His secretary was waiting for him at the airport. (8) He greeted her, saying:
Hallo, Mary. What's new?Oh, there's nothing new, sir. Everything's just about as (9) it always was.You mean (10) nothing has happened at all?No, sir. Not really.But what's happened to the family? Surely they have been up to (11) something?No, sir. Nothing. It's been very quiet (12) since your Great Dane died.Oh, my dog's dead. How (13) did that happen?He ate the burnt beef, sir.(14) Where did he get the burnt beef from?The farm burnt (15) down, and the cows in the barn were burnt, and the dog ate the burnt beef.Oh, the farm's destroyed, then?Yes, sir. It caught fire when the fire spread (16) from the house.The house is destroyed?Yes, sir. It caught fire from all the candles (17) that (which) were burning.(18) Why were the candles burning?They were burning round the body, sir.What body? (19) Who is dead?Your mother-in-law, sir.And how did she die?It was the shock, sir. She couldn't believe (20) it when your wife ran off with the gardener. But, apart from that, there's nothing new.
Late (1).................... evening in 1973, on the Palamino River in Arkansas, Kelvin Parker and Chuck Hickson were quietly fishing. Then they saw (2)..................... What they saw was a spaceship. Oblong. Egg-shaped. Kind of shaped (3).................... a fish. It came over the water and landed on the bank behind them. It had a pulsating blue light. Two creatures got out, buzzing, (4).................... pointed ears, crab claws. eye slits, holes in the middle of the face, one-legged. Parker fainted.
The creatures dragged the two men (5).................... board the spaceship, examined them, and returned them unharmed to the river (6).................... .
The men then went to the sheriff's office. Sheriff Fred Diamond of Palamino City was at (7).................... sceptical. He locked them in a bugged (8)..................... Parker fell to his (9).................... and started to pray. The sheriff was convinced. "If these two men are lying, they (10)..................... be in Hollywood," he said.
The same night, UFO (11).................... were reported from several places near Palamino. A service station attendant reported to police a flashing blue light he had seen in the sky. A radio station weather-caster reported his radar was blacked (12)....................
Investigators flew (13)..................... from the Universities of Chicago and California. They were soon convinced that this was a non-terrestrial occurrence. The scientists hypnotised both men and made them live (14)....................the experience again.
Soon, Palamino City, (15).. ....................... 30,000, was the focal (16).................... of national attention. Sheriff Diamond was receiving 2,000 telephone calls a day. The mayor was interviewed (17).................... national network television. The town's hotels and bars were full of newspapermen. One reporter asked (18).................... if he believed the story. He got the answer, "Hell, I don't know. But I can tell you this one sells. It's selling us (19).................... down here, and it'll sell your newspaper for you (20)...................., shouldn't wonder."
AnswersLate (1) one evening in 1973, on the Palamino River in Arkansas, Kelvin Parker and Chuck Hickson were quietly fishing. Then they saw (2) something. What they saw was a spaceship. Oblong. Egg-shaped. Kind of shaped (3) like a fish. It came over the water and landed on the bank behind them. It had a pulsating blue light. Two creatures got out, buzzing, (4) with pointed ears, crab claws, eye slits, holes in the middle of the face, one-legged. Parker fainted.The creatures dragged the two men (5) on board the spaceship, examined them, and returned them unharmed to the river (6) bank (NOT side).The men then went to the sheriff's office. Sheriff Fred Diamond of Palamino City was at (7) first sceptical. He locked them in a bugged (8) cell (room). Parker fell to his (9) knees and started to pray. The sheriff was convinced. "If these two men are lying, they (10) should be in Hollywood," he said.The same night, UFO (11) sightings (NOT happenings, events, occurrences) were reported from several places near Palamino. A service station attendant reported to police a flashing blue light he had seen in the sky. A radio station weather-caster reported his radar was blacked (12) out.Investigators flew (13) in (out) from the universities of Chicago and California. They were soon convinced that this was a non-terrestrial occurrence. The scientists hypnotised both men and made them live (14) through (out) the experience again.Soon, Palamino City, (15) population 30,000, was the focal (16) point of national attention. Sheriff Diamond was receiving 2,000 telephone calls a day. The mayor was interviewed (17) on national network television. The town's hotels and bars were full of newspapermen. One reporter asked (18) another if he believed the story. He got the answer, "Hell, I don't know. But I can tell you this one sells. It's selling us (19) out down here, and it'll sell your newspaper for you (20) too (NOT also), shouldn't wonder."
ERROR CORRECTION 01
(FCE Use of English Part 4)
Some of the lines in this exercise are correct; others have a word which should not be there. Which lines are correct? Which are wrong, and what is the unnecessary word.
1. Mr Andrew Strubb was sent from London to Uganda on his business.
2. While he was in Uganda, he fell down ill.
3. His illness was so serious, and he was taken to hospital. During the operation
4. he lost a lot of blood, and had to be given a blood transfusion.
5. After when he had been given blood, he immediately began to speak fluent Swahili.
6. There was a male nurse who did worked at the hospital.
7. He was a regular blood donor: he gave the blood regularly.
8. This gentleman, a Mr Ogoni Gohim, demanded £20 a pint for his blood
9. when he discovered what had so happened. He said
10. his blood must have the special powers.
11. But don’t run away off from this cassette,
12. and off to Uganda to see Mr Ogoni Gohim. Firstly, Mr Gohim does not speak English.
13. And, secondly, bad luck for everyone who himself has to learn a language,
14. Mr Strubb said that he had learnt Swahili as being a child.
15. The shock of the operation must have brought it all back to him
ERROR CORRECTION 02
01. A policewoman can often get a confession out from a suspect
02. by giving to him tea and sympathy. If a suspect is a young person of 16 or 17,
03. she can act be as a mother. In fact, policewomen make regular patrols
04. of night spots and discotheques looking there for young people
05. who have run away from home. But they are also employed for more dangerous work.
06. A big-time gambler called as Russian Robbie was shot dead
07. and robbed of many several thousand pounds. To help
08. find the killers, a policewoman disguised up herself. She had a description
09. of one of the wanted men, and knew he was called Joe. She went on
10. from the door to door in a rough slum area. She said Joe had left her with a baby,
11. was her boy-friend, and she was trying to find him.
12. A lot of dear old ladies told her she should have lead a better life.
13. But she did find the flat at where the men were hiding. They were arrested.
ERROR CORRECTION 03
01. Mr George Wilton, a schoolmaster of Epping, England, has been got in trouble.
02. It seems he told to his class of 9-year-old girls to write kidnap letters and demands for ransom.
03. One of the parents, a Mrs Virginia Waters, said, “We only discovered
04. this dreadful thing during an evening class then for some of the mothers in knitting.
05. The notes were pinned up to the classroom wall.”
06. Another parent, the Mrs Joan Dripper, said, “My child’s note read,
07. ‘I have kidnapped your daughter and demand for £25. As proof, I enclose her head.’”
08. Another note said that, “We have captured the board of school directors
09. and your head teacher, Mrs Stallworthy. Unless school dinners are the better,
10. they will be allowed to starve. From Beryl and Diana.”
11. A psychiatrist described the exercise as “not a very good idea”.
ERROR CORRECTION 04
01. In the English, an animal doctor is called a vet. If your dog is sick,
02. you take him by to the vet.
03. Vet is short for the veterinary surgeon.
04. One day, a vet himself was sick. He felt very ill indeed.
05. So he went to see a doctor. He said to the doctor:
06. “I’m a vet. I can’t not ask a dog questions.
07. I have to find out myself what is wrong with a sick animal.”
08. The doctor did not say but a word.
09. He examined the vet. He listened to his heart with a stethoscope.
10. He took his blood pressure. He took his temperature. Then he gave him some medicine.
11. At last then he spoke. He said:
12. “Take you this medicine three times a day
13. after when you have eaten your meals. You should feel better
14. after one week. If you do not so feel better,
15. we shall have to put you out down. Put you to sleep. Kill you.”
CORRECTION 05
01. At the other end of the country, the same thing has been happening
02. to thousands of the blue-collar workers. Most of them start off angry.
03. After six months, when they calm down
04. as the dole becomes routine. The next stage is “couldn’t care less”.
05. It gets more worse as the years roll by. They believe
06. they are failures, and there is no much point to anything. But,
07. unlike the thirties, there are no any physical hardships.
08. The dole keeps everyone alive, just. One said:
09. ”I don’t think the money they give you does let you live. All it lets you do is to linger.”
10. These emotional and mental hardships can be so far worse
11. than the physical. In every one dole queue there are young long-haired types,
12. all on the dole themselves, giving out leaflets, trying to stir up
13. enthusiasm for a demonstration. But no one is any interested in demonstrating.
eRROR CORRECTION 06
01. The judge, George Milton, gave Mrs Dorothy Totton half the share
02. in the ideal bungalow at home she had shared
03. with her husband for over the past seven years.
04. When he heard the judge’s decision, Mr John Totton left out the courtroom,
05. drove back to the bungalow, hired a bulldozer,
06. and in less than six hours totally demolished up the ideal home.
07. He said that: “It was getting dark when the police arrived,
08. and there was one wall still being standing. I smashed it down
09. as they looked on. Dorothy can go home to her mother.”
10. Mr Totton intends to live on among the bricks and broken timber, alone
ERROR CORRECTION 07
01. A lady golfer has taken out three gentlemen golfers
02. to court. The three men from Richmond, London, who had taken the job
03. of choosing a golf professional for a golf course, said that they had not been shown
04. any sex discrimination. Miss Sally Richards, a successful golfer,
05. has won important tournaments. She has written The Complete Woman Golfer. She said
06. she was kept out off the final list for the job although she was better qualified
07. than anyone else. She has taken them to the court under the Sex Discrimination Act.
08. She says that questions she was asked at an interview discriminated against her
09. because of she was a woman. Mr Harry Chapman,
10. one of the three members of the golf committee, said he had suggested to
11. the name of Miss Richards. None of them said he had of given any thought to the Sex Discrimination Act.
ERROR CORRECTION 08
01. It takes a long time to fly from Sydney, Australia, to London, England.
02. By the time he arrived in London, Mr Henry Chancer had drunk so many lagers
03. and many double whiskies. He met by Mr and Mrs Jones,
04. Mr Chancer was happy to meet them. He returned to Mr Jones’s firm handshake.
05. They led him to their car. And then Mr Chancer fell off asleep.
06. He woke to find himself about 200 miles north of London,
07. on the way to Newcastle. His events became confused. Mrs Jones said:
08. “My brother, Henry, went to Australia since 15 years ago. This man
09. looked like my Henry, he walked like him, and he talked like him. But I am afraid
10. he was not my brother, He was the someone else.” Mr Jones said:
11. “We stopped half our way from London to Newcastle for a cup of tea
12. by the roadside. Anyway, we were in the middle of drinking up our tea
13. when he woke up then. He hit me in the face. He jumped out of the car
14. and ran away across the fields. He kept on shouting.
15. He shouted, ‘Take my money but spare my life.’”
ERROR CORRECTION 09
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