(60 minutes on Ae the word or phrase that hest completes each sentence. )N 1: (10 points) __ about his expedition to the Amazon jungle? A. Has Alex ever talked C. Have Alex ever talked B. Is Alex ever talking D. Does Alexever talks 2. Lots of people get __ from watching football match on their armchairs. A. enjoy B. defeat C. pleasure 3. Alex is very __ You can trust him completely. D. dislike A. typical C. great B. responsible D. hard-working 4. She __ breakfast when a letter __ through the letter box. A. were eating came C was eating-came B. ate/ was coming D. ate/was coming 5. The manager expected the team __ because they hadn't done enough training A. has lost C. to be lost B. to lose D. by losing 6.What __ do we need for this recipe? A. cooking C. dish B. infections D. ingredients . 7. Thanks for looking after my cat for the weekend. I'm really __ A. grateful C. happy D. sad B. sorry 8. I'm using a computer __ to translate Chinese into English. C. research A. program D. mouse B. device

## Answer Key:<br /><br />1. **A. Has Alex ever talked** <br /> * This is the correct tense and structure for a question about a past event. <br /><br />2. **C. pleasure**<br /> * "Pleasure" is the most fitting word to describe the feeling people get from watching football.<br /><br />3. **B. responsible**<br /> * "Responsible" means trustworthy and reliable, which aligns with the sentence's meaning.<br /><br />4. **C. was eating - came**<br /> * This uses the past continuous tense for the ongoing action (eating) and the simple past tense for the interrupting action (the letter coming).<br /><br />5. **B. to lose**<br /> * The manager expected the team *to lose* is the correct grammatical structure.<br /><br />6. **D. ingredients**<br /> * "Ingredients" are the components needed for a recipe.<br /><br />7. **A. grateful**<br /> * "Grateful" expresses appreciation for someone's help.<br /><br />8. **A. program**<br /> * A computer program is used for translation. <br />