VII. Choose the appropriate word

I went to (study, teach) medicine in London as a pupil to a famous (surgeon, sergeant) and (while, during) I was in London I started to study navigation (because, that's why) I had always wanted to travel. (Soon, Sooner) I was (offered, suggested) a (job, work) as a (ship's, sheep's) doctor and I (accepted, rejected) it. At (first, the first) the (journey, hiking) was (pleasant, pleasantly), (but, and) in the Pacific we ran into a storm, the ship (sank, drowned) and (every, everybody) on board (except, besides) me was drowned. I managed to swim to an (isle, island), but I was (so, such) tired when I reached (land, soil) that I fell (fast, fastly) asleep on the sand.

TEST 14

I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. It (rain) hard this morning when I (wake up). It (seem) the rain (fall) the whole night.

2. I never (be) to India, but I (go) to Pakistan last summer.

3. When I (be) a child, my parents never (let) me watch TV after 8 p.m.

4 She (be) sixteen now but I thought she (be) older.

c fhey (try) to find a solution to this problem ever since I (get) to know them.

6 When the lake (freeze) it'll be safe for ice-skating.

7. Yesterday I (tell) that you (have) a vacancy for a com­puter operator in a couple of months.

II. Use the right article.

1. She sometimes gets... letters from her friends abroad.

2.... government ought to do something about housing.

3.... knife shouldn't be used as... screwdriver.

4.... plane crashed while it was being tested.

5. Some people believe in... life after... death.

6.... music which excites me is 1930s jazz.

7. While they were sailing up... west coast, they ran out of... food.

III. Choose the suitable preposition.

1. A strange thing happened (to, with, at) me the other day.

2.1 didn't have enough money to pay (-,for, on) the meal.

3. I'm waiting (-, to, for) the rain to stop. I must go (at, to, on) the post-office.

4.1 was upset that I had done so badly (in, with, at) the exam.

5. The driver of the car was injured (at, in, on) the accident.