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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.