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5. You are on a flight, trying to enjoy the view as much 8. You work as a secretary in a hospital and you have been
as you can. However, the kids sitting right behind you given the task of informing the husband of a driver who
keep kicking the back of your seat. Having warned their has been seriously injured in a traffic accident on the
parents so many times, you are fed up with that and say phone. You do not want to make him shocked, so you
furiously: _______ say to him calmly: _______
A) Before someone becomes a parent, they should undergo A) Our hospital is sorry to inform you that your wife has
a series of psychological tests. life-threatening injuries, but I hope she will survive.
B) I’ve never wanted to have a parachute this much before. B) According to the information I’ve got from our doctors,
your wife has been badly injured in an accident and has
C) If I ever have kids, I’ll never be an irresponsible parent
been taken into the intensive care unit.
like those two, I swear.
C) I regret to tell you that your wife has been involved in a
D) It’s almost impossible for you to understand how difficult
traffic accident. Please be calm and rest assured as our
raising a child could be.
experienced doctors are caring for her.
E) How many times do I have to tell you that I’m disturbed by
D) I’d like to assure you that your insurance company will
your children’s behaviour?
make up for the damage.
E) Do not worry. Your wife could have been dead in such a
6. A friend of yours who has just started writing poetry terrible accident.
speaks highly of his own poems. One day he asks you
to read and critique his poems. Though you are not
much interested in poetry, you know what you have
read cannot be called poetry. You try to discourage your
friend from writing poetry and channel his interest in
writing into something different without offending him,
and say: _______

A) Your poems aren’t as good as you say, but you can have
a much better writing style if you practise more.
B) I think you’re much more inclined to write in prose, so why
don’t you try short stories?
9. You were not able to finish the report you had been
C) Honestly, you call yourself a ‘poet’? If I were you, I’d do working on for a long time. One of your colleagues said
my best to make sure no one reads them. he could help you, and after a short study, you managed
D) I do not think you can find a publishing house brave to complete it. In order to show your gratitude and
enough to put these poems in print. appreciation, you say: _______
E) To nurture your talent, I suggest you carefully read and A) If I had had time management, I would definitely have
analyse the works of well-known poets. finished it sooner.
B) I hope I won’t have to wait this long to finish the report
next time.
7. Your cousin is not doing well at university and does not
have the motivation to keep studying. He decided to drop C) Thanks to this report, many problems related to work will
out of school and travel across the USA with a backpack. be solved.
You think that it is not a good idea, so you attempt to D) If it hadn’t been for your support, I would never have
dissuade him by saying: _______ finished it. Thanks a lot for everything.

A) It will be an unforgettable experience in your life. E) Should I see the manager, I will thank her for not assigning
me such boring tasks again.
B) It may seem enjoyable, but it will detract you from the
chance to be qualified for a satisfactory job.
C) How nice! I would join you if I were as energetic as I used
to be in my youth.

D) It was a mistake for you to study at university as you
always wished to do this.
E) America is not a good idea. You had better start with
Europe.

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