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9. Use very or too.1. It’s___ cold today.2. He’s ___old to work.3. I can’t drink that coffee, it’s ___ str<strong>on</strong>g.4. Sugar is _____ sweet.5. These trainers are _____ small for me.6. The Eiffel Tower is _____ high.7. C<strong>on</strong>corde flies ____ fast.8. My little brother is ______ young to go to school.9. I felt _____ tired to study.10. He’s _____ rich, he’s a milli<strong>on</strong>aireSpellingIn English there are a lot of words which sound more or less alike but have differentspellings:e.g. sea – see, piece – peace, meat – meet, etc.Rewrite out the text choosing the correct word.Driving a bus is harder work (then/than) you think. No <strong>on</strong>e who gets angry easilycan do this job well. On a bus (<strong>on</strong>e/w<strong>on</strong>) day, (eye/I) paid special attenti<strong>on</strong> to what washappening. First a man got <strong>on</strong> with a cup of coffee in his hand. He (blew/blue) <strong>on</strong> it tocool it. It took him (a l<strong>on</strong>g/al<strong>on</strong>g) time to drink it. Then a young woman got <strong>on</strong> the bus.She sat (right/write) behind the driver and asked him a lot of questi<strong>on</strong>s.A quarter of an (our/hour) later, a passenger got <strong>on</strong> and gave the driver a twentydollar note. The driver gave the passenger a (hole/whole) bag of silver as he didn’t haveenough paper m<strong>on</strong>ey. The man got angry and said he was going to (right/write) to thebus company.Just imagine if you had to (sea/see) such people every day (for/four) years. So Idecided that work of that kind (wood/would) certainly not suit me.Read the text and do the exercise.Speed up!In just <strong>on</strong>e hundred years, cars have changed the world, bringing easy, c<strong>on</strong>venienttransport within the reach of ordinary people for the first time. There are new motorvehicles 1 for every purpose, from ambulances and racing cars to buses and jeeps.However, all these vehicles cause problems, polluting the air and using valuable oilreserves. Now the search is <strong>on</strong> for cars that use less energy and keep our air cleaner.What was the first car? The first true motor car was a three – wheeler built bythe German engineer Carl Benz in 1885. It had a small petrol engine fitted under thepassenger seat and this drove the back wheels to a top speed of about 15 km/h. Benzwent <strong>on</strong> to build many more cars, becoming the world’s first motor-car manufacturer.1 vehicle [2vI:Ikl] – ÷á˳¹ñ³ÙÇçáó84

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