November 10th, 2018 Review 9 CFA 8.

8 - Teacher Stephanie
Name:_____________________________________ Choose if/when for the first sentence. Finish the
second sentence using a zero/first conditional.

Example: _____ you don’t like the present, you/

not/ have to/ keep it.
If you don’t like the present, you don’t have to
keep it.

EXERCISE ONE
1 _____ I finish an exercise, I / check / the
ChoOse the correct answers to complete the
answers immediately.
sentences. In some cases, both forms are possible.
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1 I was trying to write / writing about ancient
Egypt and someone suggested that I should try to
2 _____ you live to be 100 in the UK, you / get /
look / looking on the internet. I found loads of
a letter from the Queen.
information there!
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2 He had won prizes for his research, but he
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didn’t like to talk / talking about them.
3 I hate to tell / telling people that they are
3 _____ I’m older, I start / saving money.
wrong, but I’m sure you’ve made a mistake.
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4 I remembered to put / putting my phone number on
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the form, but I forgot to sign / signing!
5 He said he was sure we would invent a time
4 _____ the bus stops, you help / me with these
machine and he went on to say / saying that he
bags?
would happily volunteer to test it!
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EXERCISE TWO
Complete the story with the infinitive (with or
5 _____ He doesn’t feel better soon, we / have to/
without “to”) or gerund (ing) form of the verbs in
call the doctor.
brackets.
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How many of us have considered (1)
___________________ (travel) back in time as a
6 _____ you finish a meal, you / aways do the
possibility? It has been the theme of countless TV
washing-up?
programmes for children, which have taught us (2)
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___________________ (believe) that the possibility
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exists, or that it will exist in the future. Who
among us wouldn’t want (3) ___________________
7 _____ you get up in the morning, you / listen /
(see) what it was like in ancient Greece or Rome?
to the rádio?
Imagine (4) ___________________ (talk) to someone
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from an earlier civilisation and (5)
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___________________ (find out) what the past was
really like. Amazing, isn’t it? From a scientific
EXERCISE FOUR
viewpoint, however, there are too many obstacles.
Choose the correct answers (A, B or C).
Even if we finished (6) ___________________
(build) a time machine, we would need (7)
1 When I _____ my boyfriend, he _____ in Russia
___________________ (go) faster than the speed of
for two years.
light. At the moment, we’re not even close!
A had met, was studying
Fiction is filled with plots and scenarios which
B met, had studied
raise many questions. For example, which period in
C was meeting, studied
history would you decide (8) ___________________
(visit)? And what if you got there but something
2 I _____ of a flat of my own for years when I
didn’t let you (9) ___________________ (come
_____ a lovely house from my aunt Jennie.
back)? Wouldn’t you miss (10) ___________________
A was dreaming, inherited
(be) with your family and friends? But although
B dreamt, had inherited
we might enjoy (11) ___________________ (think)
C had been dreaming, inherited
about the possibility, too many things make us
(12) ___________________ (doubt) that time travel
3 A Danish rescue boa finally _____ to locate the
is possible. As Stephen Hawking pointed out, if
sunken whaling boat yesterday. The Pacific-wide
time travel is possible, people would have
search _____ for almost two weeks.
travelled back to our time. Therefore, we should
A managed, had been going on
expect (13) ___________________ (see) people from
B had managed, went on
the future. Of course, true believers explain this
C managed, went on
away by saying they are here, but we haven’t
recognized them yet!
4 In 1965 the United States _____ restrictive
immigration laws after several decades in which
EXERCISE THREE
November 10th, 2018 Review 9 CFA 8.8 - Teacher Stephanie
hundreds of thousands of foreigners _____ in the politics and treaties also play a significant
country. role. In 2006, in the US alone, parents adopted
A was introducing, have settled more than 20 thousand children from overseas.
B had introduced, settled
C introduced, had settled Historically, adoption across national and
cultural borders (2) _______________ many
5 Massive emigration from Ireland to America in purposes, for example, to replenish families after
the 19th century _____ the result of a potato wartime losses or to strengthen political
disease which _____ potato harvests throughout the alliances. But today most governments, social
country. welfare professionals and parents agree that the
A was, had devastated main purpose of adoption is to serve the best
B had been, devastated interests of children (3) _______________
C was, devastated providing loving, permanent homes.

EXERCISE FIVE There’s still some disagreement about whether

Complete the story. Put the verbs in brackets in international adoption should be promoted. Some
the correct narrative tense (past simple, past children’s rights experts believe that removing
continuous or past perfect). children from their birth cultures is traumatic
for the children and harmful to their homelands,
The small group of protestors (1) no (4) _______________ how caring their new
___________________ (arrive) at the fence families may be. International adoption is also
surrounding the perimeter of the airport at about sometimes viewed as the exploitation of poor,
3.30 a.m. It (2) ___________________ (rain) and developing countries’ human resources. Despite the
clearly the security guards (3) efforts of organisations such as the Joint Council
___________________ (decide) that their cabin and on International Children’s Services, which warns
a hot cup of tea were preferable to patrolling the agains viewing children as commodities, words like
fence on this cold November morning. Jack (4) a ‘market' for children in developing nations
___________________ (take) out the wire clutters inevitably appear in press reports on the topic.
and in two minutes he (5) ___________________ Each country has its own criteria for (5)
(make) a hole big enough for the others to get _______________ children and prospective parents;
through. One by one they (6) ___________________ these criteria are based on political and social
(climb) through the hole and then together they pressures which change over time, crating big
(7) ___________________ (run) towards the main variations in the number of children available for
runway. They (8) ___________________ (unroll) adoption from year to year.
their large banner which read ‘SAY NO TO AIRPORT
EXPANSION’ and then (9) ___________________ (sit Opponents of international adoption, including
down) on the runway itself, unable to believe that UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), suggest
everything (10) ___________________ (go) so that the money and effort spent on giving homes to
smoothly. It was only an hour later, as the sun a few children would be (6) _______________ spent
(11) ___________________ (come up), that the on improving conditions in the children’s native
authorities (12) ___________________ (realise) countries. The idea ia that by reducing poverty
that something unusual (13) ___________________ and disease, we should reduce the number of
(block) the main runway. orphans. In most cases, the children available for
international adoption are in institutions or
READING PART temporary foster care. But even people who (7)
_______________ international adoption in
The politics of adoption principle tend to agree that it’s preferable to a
life spent in an orphanage.
Adoption is an ancient practice. However, it
wasn’t until the eighteenth century that it EXERCISE SIX
assumed its current legal form. The first US Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct answer.
adoption legislation was passed in the 1850s.
Although adoptions from overseas occasionally took 1 A domestic B home C national D internal
place in the early 20th century, international 2 A had served B was serving C has been serving D
adoption began in earnest after World War II, when has served
Americans, led by military families stationed in 3 A with B as C by D for
Europe and Asia, were moved to help children 4 A question B interest C regard D matter
orphaned by the war. 5 A throwing away B killing C evaluating D giving
away
Legally speaking, international adoption (also 6 A better B instead C father D more
known as inter country adoption) is the adoption 7 A contradict B oppose C deny D disagree
of a child who is a citizen of one country by a
parent or parents who are citizens of a different EXERCISE SEVEN
country. In the United States, an adoption is Answer the following questions in one line,
considered a private legal matter between the respecting a complete answer format.
adoptive parents and the government of the child’s
(1) _______________ country. But in terminational
November 10th, 2018 Review 9 CFA 8.8 - Teacher Stephanie
1 When was the first adoption law passed in the
USA?
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2 Who did American families adopt after World War
II?
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3 How many international adoptions were there in
America in 2006?
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4 Which organization protects the rights of
adopted children?
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5 Which organisation is agains international
adoption?
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6 “The USA tried not to get involved in the legal
questions of adopting a child from another
country”. True or false?
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7 “People generally agree that international
adoption is a good thing”. True or false?
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8 “According to some experts, children benefit
from being removed from a poor country”. True or
false?
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9 “UNICEF thinks that it would be better to put
money into the country rather than removing the
child”. True or false?
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10 “Most children adopted internationally are
taken directly from their parents”. True or false?
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11 “People who are against international adoption
believe that it’s better than life in an
orphanage”. True or false?
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