homework 33

Susan: This neighborhood sure has changed!

Denis: I know. A few years ago, not many people lived here. But the population is growing so fast these days.

Susan: Yeah. It seems like there is a construction site on every corner.

Denis: Remember how we used to buy candy at that little grocery store? Now it’s a multiplex cinema.

Susan: Yeah, and they are tearing down our high school. They are going to build a shopping mall. Soon, there will be just malls and parking lots.

Denis: That’s because everyone has a car! Fifty years ago, people walked everywhere. Nowadays, they drive.

Susan is _________ to see the changes in the neighborhood.

• surprised

• thrilled 

• enjoyed

• excited

• delighted

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Susan: This neighborhood sure has changed!

Denis: I know. A few years ago, not many people lived here. But the population is growing so fast these days.

Susan: Yeah. It seems like there is a construction site on every corner.

Denis: Remember how we used to buy candy at that little grocery store? Now it’s a multiplex cinema.

Susan: Yeah, and they are tearing down our high school. They are going to build a shopping mall. Soon, there will be just malls and parking lots.

Denis: That’s because everyone has a car! Fifty years ago, people walked everywhere. Nowadays, they drive.

Denis is _________ about the place.

• encouraged

• hopeful

• optimistic

• nostalgic

• positive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The pace of change in the world of technology is amazing. It wasn’t long ago that the postal service was our only way to communicate over any distance. It took days and sometimes weeks to receive letters from within the same country. As a result, the news in the letters was out of date when people received them. In the workplace, this meant that business was mostly conducted locally, over relatively short distances.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 it laid the foundation for the communication system we have today. The telephone allowed two people to communicate instantly across a great distance. Eventually computers replaced typewriters and dramatically increased the speed of our daily work of life. Nowadays the Internet is an essential part of every business. The Internet has brought many opportunities for storing and sharing great amount of information and knowledge that are key to human development.

However, it is not just communications that have changed. Only 50 years ago most people didn’t own a car. People walked or rode bicycles. Changes in travel as well as the increased speed of communications have led to the global business world that we have today.

The pronoun “them” in bold and italics in the 4^th line refers to _________. 

• people

• letters

• news

• postal service

• result

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The pace of change in the world of technology is amazing. It wasn’t long ago that the postal service was our only way to communicate over any distance. It took days and sometimes weeks to receive letters from within the same country. As a result, the news in the letters was out of date when people received them. In the workplace, this meant that business was mostly conducted locally, over relatively short distances.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 it laid the foundation for the communication system we have today. The telephone allowed two people to communicate instantly across a great distance. Eventually computers replaced typewriters and dramatically increased the speed of our daily work of life. Nowadays the Internet is an essential part of every business. The Internet has brought many opportunities for storing and sharing great amount of information and knowledge that are key to human development.

However, it is not just communications that have changed. Only 50 years ago most people didn’t own a car. People walked or rode bicycles. Changes in travel as well as the increased speed of communications have led to the global business world that we have today.

The word “conducted” in line 4 is closest in meaning to _________.

• serviced

• worked

• played

• run 

• made

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dear Paul and Claire,

We are having a wonderful time here in France. The weather 37. _________ beautiful and we have lots of plans for now to spend the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we’re going out on a glass-bottomed boat to 38. _________ the wonderful sea life, and then on Wednesday we think we’ll take a tour of the old town. Ollie’s aunt lives quite close, so we’re going to visit her too if we have time.

The hotel is lovely and lively and has lots of good night life. 39. _________ they’re holding an international evening, with lots of food from different countries.

As you know, we are here with our friends, John and Wendy, but they aren’t staying as long as us, we’ll probably do the really ‘touristy’ things with them, and be lazy in our second week. You can hire small sailing boats for the day, so we think we’re going to do that next week, and we’re also going to try to have time to do some shopping.

I hope you are ready for your big trip. You’ll love Australia. In fact, you’ll probably end up staying there much longer than you’ve planned.

Have a great time, and we’ll see you when you get back.

Love Kath and Ollie

• had been 

• was

• were

• have been

• is

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Dear Paul and Claire,

We are having a wonderful time here in France. The weather 37. _________ beautiful and we have lots of plans for now to spend the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we’re going out on a glass-bottomed boat to 38. _________ the wonderful sea life, and then on Wednesday we think we’ll take a tour of the old town. Ollie’s aunt lives quite close, so we’re going to visit her too if we have time.

The hotel is lovely and lively and has lots of good night life. 39. _________ they’re holding an international evening, with lots of food from different countries.

As you know, we are here with our friends, John and Wendy, but they aren’t staying as long as us, we’ll probably do the really ‘touristy’ things with them, and be lazy in our second week. You can hire small sailing boats for the day, so we think we’re going to do that next week, and we’re also going to try to have time to do some shopping.

I hope you are ready for your big trip. You’ll love Australia. In fact, you’ll probably end up staying there much longer than you’ve planned.

Have a great time, and we’ll see you when you get back.

Love Kath and Ollie

• look at

• look up

• look ahead

• look after

• look for

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Dear Paul and Claire,

We are having a wonderful time here in France. The weather 37. _________ beautiful and we have lots of plans for now to spend the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we’re going out on a glass-bottomed boat to 38. _________ the wonderful sea life, and then on Wednesday we think we’ll take a tour of the old town. Ollie’s aunt lives quite close, so we’re going to visit her too if we have time.

The hotel is lovely and lively and has lots of good night life. 39. _________ they’re holding an international evening, with lots of food from different countries.

As you know, we are here with our friends, John and Wendy, but they aren’t staying as long as us, we’ll probably do the really ‘touristy’ things with them, and be lazy in our second week. You can hire small sailing boats for the day, so we think we’re going to do that next week, and we’re also going to try to have time to do some shopping.

I hope you are ready for your big trip. You’ll love Australia. In fact, you’ll probably end up staying there much longer than you’ve planned.

Have a great time, and we’ll see you when you get back.

Love Kath and Ollie

• Next morning

• At noon

• Last night

• Tonight

• Yesterday 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

If anyone had attacked me, my dog would jumped at him

• had

• my

• jumped

• him

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

There _________ too much air pollution in the city, and it _________ worse day by day

• is / are getting

• are / is getting

• was / gets

• is / is getting

• are / are getting

Answer explanation

there is+ singular noun

there is a book on the table.

ганц тооны нэр үгэн дээр

there are+ plural noun

олон тооны нэр үгэн дээр

there are books on the desk

жилээс жилд өөрчлөгдөн хувьсаар буй зүйлийг одоо үргэлжилж байгаа цагаар илэрхийлнэ шүү.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They showed a documentary on animal communication.

• programs that give facts about real situations and real people]

• programs where famous people are asked questions about themselves

• [information about world events

• titles written in large letters above reports/articles

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10