Use the word in brackets at the end of each sentence to form the word that fits in the space in the same sentence. The cave is only .. .. . . . . . . by boat. (access)
The ability to motivate people is a asset. (price)
The bathroom was with gold taps and a thick carpet. (luxury)

Choose the right verb form.
She /finished/ had finished packing by 3 o’clock.
When my parents returned/ had returned I showed them what I had done.
I’m glad to see you. I heard/ have heard so much about you.

Use the word in brackets at the end of each sentence to form the word that fits in each space in the same sentence.
Thanks for your over the pasts few weeks. (hospital)
I’d like to thank you. You were kind. (exceed)
This is an case. I’ve never seen anything like it before. (except)

Fill in the gaps with the following words.
( atmosphere, evaporate, hail, windless, frost )
The radio has given a and icy warning for car drivers tomorrow.
is frozen rain drops which fall as little hard balls.
The day was , without moving clouds.

Correct the errors.
He wanted to know where was the nearest bank.
She said she had known everything he was saying.
Colin asked Rose why hadn’t she bought vanilla ice cream.

На дальние расстояния большинство людей слышали о «титанике». это был самый большой пассажирский корабль в мире и был запущен в 1912 году, но он попал в айсберг и затонул в атлантическом океане с 1517 людьми. (1) это странная , но, к счастью, она лучше закончилась, чем оригинального титаника. алекс эванс работает на спасательной шлюпке в уэльсе, и он много времени проводит, спасая людей от моря. (2) несколько недель назад алекс торговал со своей матерью, когда зазвонил его мобильный телефон. он был удивлен, услышав сигнал и ответил на него. он был еще более удивлен, услышав голос своего друга марка корбетта, который был на моторной лодке в карибском бассейне за 4000 миль. (3) он сказал алексу, что лодка тонет, и им нужна ! алекс сначала подумал, что это шутка. (4) затем он услышал панику в голосе марка и понял, что это настоящая чрезвычайная ситуация. марк сказал, что в лодке много воды, и они потеряли власть. (5) он использовал спутник

The rapid development of technologies makes the diverse educational mode come true. an increasing number of universities have opened up distance education in many countries at present. at the same time, hundreds of millions of people will benefit from the emergence of brand-new educational mode. from my perspective, i stand on the side of the view that the positive development from distance learning outweighs its negative effect.there is a common recognition that high quality of education should be available for all to enjoy, not just confined to the rich students. take studying abroad as an example, before appearing distance learning, poor students have no chance to take part in further education abroad because of shortage of money. however, now these students can gain the same quality knowledge by spending less tuition. in addition, distance learning is not restricted to special targets and places. the schedule of distance learning is flexibility so that workers can have classes on their leisure time, which cannot affect workers’ daily work, more important thing is both students and workers can choose study places wherever they want. furthermore, schools will save plenty of expenditure on classroom to improve teacher quality.however, there are certainly shortcomings on distance learning. to begin with, taking traditional classes, we can acquire a variety of opinion on group discussion while distance learning is considerably hard to carry out discussion classes with other overseas students. in the second place, distance learning is unable to use without internet. if we suffer from enormous disaster like earthquake or tornado that makes our internet break off, our learning had to halt until the internet recover.in conclusion  , as a  coin has two sides, distance learning without exception. distance learning is not only to make universal education possible but also to promote international exchanges.