Key to Pre-unit Test 4
Key structures
A
1 He missed the train because he did not hurry.
2 Although he ran fast,he failed to win the race.
3 I was so tired that I went to sleep immediately.
4 My neighbour,who went to Tokyo for a holiday,could not return home because he did not have enough money.
5 Finding the door unlocked,I went into the kitchen.
6 I bought a picture which was very valuable.
7 He walked quietly down the corridor so that no one would hear him.
8 They cleared the ground to build a house.
B
One day,a workman who was digging in a field accidentally struck a 6,000-volt electricity cable with his spade.Although he was thrown twenty feet,he was unhurt.However,that night the neighbouring town was in darkness and no one knew what had happened.
C
a I'd(would)prefer…don't understand…doesn't matter…does that word mean…don't know…is bringing
b got…decided…began…wrote…included…paid…rang…was not surprised…led…hid…was embarrassed
c lookd…arrived…have been waiting…said…answered…Were…went…said…got…weren't…came…said…waited…didn't come…have you been doing…asked…have just been… answered
d came… was used… used to hide… would often bury/often buried…(would)fail/failed… went…was examining… showed… was… dug… found
e is setting out/will set out…will send…receive…receive/have received…will try…locate/have located…will fire…will carry…will pour…will be sent
f will soon be sending up…will be taking…will grab…will soon be sending…will tell…will have sent
g (had)discovered…appeared…had taken…died…happened…claimed…had died…had been searching…had been found
h was taking…had been asked…having been instructed…must have been pleased…be stopped…could be heard… were both thrown
1 He told me to keep quiet.
2 He suggested(that) I should send him a telegram(or He suggested sending him…).
3 He insisted(that) I should ask him about it(or He insisted on my asking him…).
4 He told me not to worry about it.
j
1 I wonder if he can wait a few minutes longe.
2 I wonder when he will arrive.
3 I wonder if he has passed his examination.
4 I wonder where he is.
k
1 had listened
2 had written
3 would have had
1 meeting…running…pretending…meeting…coming…preventing…following…meeting…doing… coming…speaking D
a
1 should/ought to come
2 had to do
3 should have/ought to have come
4 should have/ought to have asked
b
1 He is having a new house built.
2 She will have a new dress made.
3 I had my hair cut yesterday.
4 We must have this tree cut down.
c
1 I did not manage to get into town this morning.
2 They did not manage to find the boy who had run away.
3 He did not manage to find a new job.
4 I did not manage to translate the passage into English.
E
breakfast… the children… school…(the) market… The children… school… work… the house.some tarts for tea… a short time… butter and flour… sticky pastry… the telephone… the receiver…two sticky fingers…the voice…the receiver…a mess…pastry…the telephone…the doorknobs…the kitchen…the door bell…the dead…the postman…a registered letter
F
of…deal…most…most…oldest…many…Many…more…few…than…lot of…deal… from…less
G
1 in…at…in…in
2 at…out of
3 to…in…with…in…in
H
1 with 2 at 3 of 4 for5 to 6 for 7 of 8 to
Special difficulties
a
1 loose 4 hard 7 used to 10 pick 13 let 16 amused
2 rise 5 won 8 dropped 11 grown 14 part 17 checking
3 laid 6 quiet 9 at 12 invented 15 reason 18 advise
b(sample sentences)
If you promise not to mention it to anyone else,I'll tell you a secret.
Have you said your prayers tonight,Johnny?
He told me a lie.
She said nothing to me or to anyone else.
I always tell the children a story before they go to bed.
‘Are they really coming tonight?’-‘Of course.They said so.’
c
1 Our school dining room is very large.
2 He told us a ghost story.
3 She gave me a birthday present.
4 We stopped at a village pub.
5 The party leader made a speech.
