P. b.f.075
10. choose the correct answere from the given alternatives in the
brackets to complete the following text:
10x0.5=5
tom was going to introduce la an, the) guest speaker and that
evening we went to the library to meet him. since he had not yet
arrived, (had, left, left, has left). tom and i went into the reading
, where, what) a large audience had already gathered.
i was disappointed to find that i did't know a single person there.
(make, made, got) me remember my friend, tom. just before
the talk was due to begin, i saw tom waving to , on, from)
the door way i went to him immediately, as he looked very worried.
he explained that (has had, would) just received telephone
message from the writer's secretary. our guest speaker had missed
the train; he would be unable to come. while we were thinking about
the problem, tom suddenly asked me if ,mind, will
mind, can mind) acting as the , although,
because) i hardly had time to think about the matter, i
(i am being, was being, were being) taken into the reading room to
address the waiting audience. i was impatient for a while, 't,
weren't, wasn't)i?
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