Clasa a VIII-a

1. Completethe spaceswith one word only: (20 p)

Wednesday,December 23'd
9 a.m. Only two shoppingdays (A_ until Christmasand I am still penniless.I have
made a Blue Peter over-glovefor Miss Elf, but in (2)_ to give it to her in time for
ChristmasI will haveto go in the ghettoand risk (3)_mugged. I will haveto go out
(4)_ singing,thereis nothing elseI can do to raisefinance.
10 p.m. Justgot back.The suburbanhouseswere a deadloss.Peopleshouted,"Come
back at Christmas", (5) _ even opening the door. My most appreciative(6)_
were the drunks staggeringin and out of the Black Bull. (7)_ of them wept openly
at the beauty of my solo rendition of "silent Night". I must say that I presenteda
(8)- picture as I stood in the snow with my young face lifted to the heavens
ignoringthe scenesof drunkenrevelry Q)_me.
I'm going out again tomorrow. I'11wear-my school uniform, it should be (10)
few extrapence.
(Adapted from "The SecretDiury of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4"by sue
Townsend)

2. Rewrite the sentencesso as the meaningstaysthe same:(10 p)

1. He agreedthat that was exactlywhat they would need.

"This is

2. Peoplein most of the hotelsknow English.

Enslishis

3. Shemadethe mistakebecauseher vocabularywasn't very good.

If her vocabulary

4. "Let's go to a baseballgame",Bill said.

Bill
"\.
5. I am disappointedthat you can't comewith us.
 I wish

3. FiII in with the correct tenseof the verbs in brackets: (15 p)

A strangecreature

A 57-year-oldwoman (l-attuck) yesterdayby what she (2-claim) was a huge,

black cat as she(3+ake) her two dogsfor a walk nearBodmin Moor. Local police (4-
start) investigations. \
Visitors to WestCountry (S-advise)to avoid the Bodmin areaandparents(6aetl)
to make suretheir children (7-notplay) in thoseareas.
Mrs. Joan Williams, the wife of a local farmer, (8-say) to the police that she (9-
see) a strangecreature,as it (10-run) away."When I (IL-walk) home, | (12-see)this
huge,black cat staringat me. | (13-get)the fright of my life," Mrs. Williams (I4-tell)
the reporters.
Mrs. William's description matches that of other eyewitness accounts of the
"monster", which (15-be/apparently)spottedin far awayplaces.

4. Read the following from '6TheHappy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. Write what
happensfurther in the story. (15 p)

"The bird pulled off the gold until the Hoppy Prince looked grey and ugly. The
bird took the gold to the poor, and the children's faces becamebrighter.'We have
breadnow!' theycried...."