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UNIVERSITATEA SPIRU HARET

Facultatea de Relaii Internaionale i Studii EuropeneLimba EnglezAnul I, SEMESTRUL I

Manual recomandat:

Mihil, Ramona Current Issues. (Expanding English for Communication), Editura Fundaiei

Romnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006

Bibliografie facultativ:

Bondrea, Emilia, tefan, Rodica (coordonatori):Dicionar explicativ poliglot de termeni

comunitari, Editura FundaieiRomnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006

Gleanu Frnoag, Georgiana Sinteze de gramatic englez exerciii i teste de evaluare,

Bucureti, 1992.

Thomson, A. J. and A.V. Martinet A Practical English Grammar - Exercises 1 and Exercises 2,

Oxford University Press, 1996.

UNIT 1

Making an impression (p. 7)

Colors (p. 8, 9)

Fashion and clothes (p. 11, 12, 13)

Idioms of the body (p. 14, 15)

Verbs not normally used in continuous tenses(p. 15, 16)

Examples:

Choose the word which best completes the sentence:

1. They use to be good friends and they visited very often while now they only see each other once

in a moon.

a) black b) green c) blue d) white

Answer: c

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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:

2. The judge (tohear) .. the case tomorrow morning. The audience can barely (tohear)

what the lecturer is saying.

a) will be hearing/hear b) will hear/heard c) will have been heard/hears

Answer: a

UNIT 2

Making a living (p. 17, 18, 19)

Families (p. 22, 23)

Simple Present Tense/Present Continuous (p. 25, 26, 27, 28)

Examples:


1. The employers should avoid people on the first impression.

a) assessing b) estimating c) judging d) regarding

Answer: c


2. This message has just arrived and the man (towait) in case you (towant) a reply.

a) will be hearing/wanted b) waits/are wanting c) is waiting/want

Answer: c

UNIT 3

Globalization (p. 29)

Privacy (p. 31, 32)

The Simple Past Tense. The Past Continuous Tense (p. 34, 35, 36)

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Examples:


1. The ambassador was declared and sent back to his own country.

a) interim b) persona non grata c) verbatim d) de facto

Answer: b


2. Two men (tofight) at a street corner and a policeman (totry) to stop them.

a) were fighting/was trying b) fought/was trying c) were being fought/tried

Answer: a

UNIT 4

Society (p. 60)

Tomorrows world (p. 41)

The natural world (p. 42)

The Present Perfect Tense. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense (p. 44, 45)

Examples:


1. The mysterious case of the missing MP has become the of considerable interest of press

over the last days.

a) focus b) middle c) pin-point d) target

Answer: a


2. The journalist (toreport) .. quickly what he (tofind out) .

a) has been reporting/had found b) has reported/found c) reported/has found

Answer: b

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UNIT 5

The living planet (p. 49, 50, 51, 52)

The Past Perfect Tense. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense (p. 53, 54)

Examples:


1. The governing party will always try to find a if anything goes wrong.

a) duck b) scapegoat c) snake d) donkey

Answer: b


2. They (not vote) .. about that because one of the members (to miss) .

a) hadnt been voting/had missed b) didnt vote/had missed c) hadnt voted/missed

Answer: b

UNIT 6

Means of transport (p. 56, 57)

Buying a plane ticket (p. 58, 59)

The Future Simple Tense. The Future Continuous Tense (p. 60, 61)

Examples:


1. The tourists missed their flight of delays on the motorway.

a) by means b) owing c) in case d) as a result

Answer: d


2. The people (tostay) .. in the waiting room until the bus (to be) .

a) will stay/will be b) will be staying/will be c) will be stay/is

Answer: c

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UNIT 7

Cities, towns and villages (p. 63)

Meals (p. 67, 68)

Nouns. The plural of Nouns (p. 71, 72, 73, 74)

Examples:


1. The menu of various starters, main courses and deserts.

a) contained b) consisted c) composed d) comprised

Answer: b


2. Many are given to the tourist office.

a) informations b) pieces of information c) packets of informations

Answer: b

UNIT 8In a foreign country (p. 75)

Holidays (p. 81)

Tourism (p. 82)

Weather (p. 83)

Ways of Expressing Future (p. 85, 86, 87)

Examples:


1. There is a constant .. of visitors to this archeological site.

a) stream b) tide c) river d) current

Answer: b

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2. This time next month they (totravel) .. around Italy if they (to save) .

a) will be travelling/save b) will be travelling/will save c) will travel/will travel

Answer: a

UNIT 9

Politics (p. 89, 90)

Elections (p. 92, 93, 94)

Passive Voice (p. 95, 96)

Examples:


1. The chain of events that led to the coup detat was set in by the assassination of the

military leader.

a) train b) progress c) development d) momentum

Answer: b


2. The man who (tobreak) .. into the office last night (to be) caught.

a) has broken/was b) broke/has been c) had broken/will be

Answer: b

UNIT 10

Communication Language (p. 99, 100, 101)

Euphemisms and Political Correctness; Racism and Sexism (p. 102, 103, 104, 105)

Reported Speech (p. 106, 107)

Examples:

Match the word underlined in the headline to the right explanation given below:

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1. Members of Parliament Clash on Green Policy

a) disagree b) prohibition c) bad experience d) assistance

Answer: a

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:

2. In his televised speech, the president saidthat his administration (tocut) .. taxes in that

country.

a) will cut b) would cut c) will be cut

Answer: b

UNIT 11

Crime and Law (109, 110, 111)

Reported Speech (Questions and Answers, Promises, Orders, Requests, Advice, Offers, Requests,

Advice- p. 115, 116, 117)

Examples:


1. Unfortunately, many people a blind eye if they see a crime committed.

a) close b) turn c) show d) wink

Answer: b

Put the following question into indirect speech:

2. Why doesnt he read this interesting article?, asked she.

a) She asked why doesnt he read that interesting article.b) She asked why he didnt read that interesting article.c) She asked why he hasnt read this interesting article.

Answer: b

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UNIT 12

Business and Money (120, 121, 124, 125)

If Clause (126, 127, 128)

Examples:


1. When the stock market crashed, the traders were to beggary.

a) inclined b) collapsed c) ruined d) reduced

Answer: d


2. The police (toarrest) .. him if they (to catch) him.

a) would arrest/will catch b) arrest/would have caught c) will arrest/arrest

Answer: c

UNIT 13

World of Sports and Entertainment (p. 131, 134, 135)

The article:The Definite Article/ The Indefinite Article

Examples:


1. The football player was very depressed toward the end of his career, because although he had

been successful, he had never felt that he really it.

a) reached b) climbed c) ruined d) made

Answer: d

Which is the correct sentence:

2. a) The people say that the rich have a duty to help the homeless and those who are out of the

work.

b) People say that the rich have a duty to help the homeless and those who are out of work.

c) People say that rich have a duty to help homeless and those who are out of work.

Answer: c

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14. Revision (tests- vocabulary and grammar, p. 140-155)

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