17. How many cigarettes you smoke a day? a) does b) doesn’t c) do d) is
18. If you money, why ___ you get a job?
a) needed, won’t b) need, won’t c) need, don’t d) need, doesn’t
19.I ___ the piano, but I play very well.
a) play , don’t b) was playing, didn’t c) play, doesn’t d) playing, don’t
20.I promise I ___ you as soon as I arrive. a) phone b) will phone c) phoned d) am phoning
21.I’m too tired to walk home. I think ___ a taxi. a) I’m getting b) I’ll getting c) I’ll get d) I take
22. The police me on my way home last night. a) doesn’t stop b) stops c) stopped d) is stopping
23. She her examination because she studied very hard. a) passed b) was passing c) did pass d) have passed 24.This house £35,000 in 1980. a) costed b) costs c) cost d) will cost
25. I enough money to buy anything to eat. a) doesn’t have b) didn’t have c) didn’t had d) haven’t had
26. He the hotel, a taxi and to the theater. a) left, took , drove b) is leaving, is taking, is driving c) was leaving, was taking, was driving d ) leaves, takes, drive
27. I a car but I ___ it very often. a) have, don’t use b) will have, didn’t use c) had, don’t use d) have, doesn’t use
28. His wife a motorbike. a) doesn’t rides b) doesn’t ride c) don’t ride d) are riding
29. your parents the concert last night? a) do , enjoy b) did, enjoy c) did, enjoyed d) won’t , enjoy
30. she ___ listening to music? a) does, likes b) is , liking c) does , like d) did, liked
31. The rich man___ the artist to paint his portrait. a) asked b) is asking c) ask d) was asked
32. How many brothers you got ? a) have d) do c) are d) will
33. How long ___ it take to rehearse this scene? a) is b) will c) do d) was
The English enjoy beautiful Christmas music. They love to decorate Christmas Trees and hang up evergreen branches.
One England's customs is mummering. In the Middle Ages, people called mummers put on masks and acted out Christmas plays. These plays are still performed in towns and villages.
The English gift giver is called Father Christmas. He wears a long red or green robe, and leaves presents in stockings on Christmas Eve. However, the gifts are not usually opened until the following afternoon.
Christmas in England began in AD 596, when St Augustine landed on her shores with monks who wanted to bring Christianity to the Anglo Saxons.
Father Christmas delivers them during the night before Christmas. The Children leave an empty stocking or pillowcase hanging at the end of the bed. In the morning they hope it will be full of presents.
In England the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day because boys used to go round collecting money in clay boxes. When the boxes were full, they broke them open.
In England Christmas dinner was usually eaten at Midday on December 25, during daylight.
In England, the only thing that people ate on the day before the feast was Frumenty, which is, was a kind of porridge made from corn. Over the years the recipe changed. Eggs, fruit, spice, lumps of meat and dried plums were added. The whole mixture was wrapped in a cloth and boiled. This is how plum pudding began.
In England the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.
In England also they elect Boy Bishops in commemoration of St. Nicholas compassion for children. These mock bishops were allowed to do the duties of the ecclesiastic except deliver the Mass.