1. Listen! Someone at the door. A knocks b knocked c has knocked d is knocking

DTM 2

1. Have Tim and Jane … bought a house?

A) just B) ever C) never D) yet

2. ... did they lie in the sun?

A) What B) Which

C) How many D) How long
3. He … completely different since he … married.

A) was / has got B) had been / has got

C) is / got D) has been / got
4. Mary’s hair looks nice.

She’s just … to the hairdresser’s.

A) been B) gone C) went D) was
5. She … speaking over the phone when the phone rang again.

A) had finished hardly B) had hardly finished

C) has hardly finished D) hardly finished
6. My Jaguar isn’t here anymore. Someone ... it.

A) steal B) steals

C) was stolen D) has stolen
7. In two years I ... my studies. I study biology

A) will have finished B) am finished

C) finish D) will finish
8. I hardly ever write letters now but I . . . a lot of letters when I was young.

A) had written B) write

C) wrote D) have written
9. On Saturday morning the weather ... unusually lovely. The sun ... brightly in the cloudless sky.

A) was/is shining B) was/was shining

C) has been/shone D) is/are shining
10. Tomorrow when you ... I ... .

A) will come/shall sleep B) come/sleep

C) come/shall sleep D) come/shall be sleeping
11. No sooner . . . down than the phone rang.

A) have I sat B) had I sat

C) was I sitting D) I had sat

12 - 15. Read and answer the following four questions about the text.

In order to overcome the limits of the nine-to-five schedule and to grant workers increased independence, thousands of companies have been experimenting with flexible work hour schedules, or flexitime, with flexitime workers set their own schedules as long as the hours are compatible with company needs and are sufficient to complete assignments. Thus one worker may work from seven to three while another works from ten to six. One variation of flexitime is the four-day work week, in which workers put in four ten-hour days rather than five eight-hour days. When possible, employees are allowed to choose their days off. with many choosing three-day weekends.

12. The passage tells us that workers with flexitime

A) are free to work whenever they want.

B) must still complete their work.

C) usually enjoy working the traditional nine-to-five schedule

D) always work four days a week instead of five.
13. It is stated in the passage that one advantage of flexitime is ....

A) to compel workers into working ten-hour days.

B) to allow a more flexible dress code.

C) to give workers more free time.

D) to make workers complete their assignments on time. 
14. We can conclude that one reason a worker might choose flexitime is —

A) to get a longer weekend in return for longer working days.

B) to be able to work longer hours and impress his or her boss.

C) to earn more money by working more overtime hours.

D) to avoid the rush-hour traffic by commuting at different hours from the majority.
15. The word “grant” in the text is closest in meaning to —

A) conform B) reduce C) give D) reject