INTERMEDIATE Test 6

_____ Friday evening we went to a party.

We slept late _____ Saturday morning.

_____ the afternoon we went shopping.

____ 7:00 some friends came round for a drink.

We didn’t do anything _____ Sunday.

The weather in England is unreliable. _____ summer it can be hot, but it often rains _____ April and June.

_____ last year the summer was awful.

The best English weather is _____ spring and autumn.

I learned to drive _____ 1980 _____ the age of 17.

My brother learned _____ the same time as me, but I passed first.

I’ll phone you _____ next week. _____ Thursday.

I’ll phone you _____ about 3.00.

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

Helen Keller’s deafness and blindness _____ by a severe illness when she was a baby.

Her parents _____ what to do, and they _____ it difficult to control their growing daughter. 

Her parents _____ what to do, and they _____ it difficult to control their growing daughter.

One day, they _____ about a brilliant young teacher called Anne Sullivan.

She _____ to work with Helen. 

Very firmly and patiently, she _____ her that every object _____ a name.

Very firmly and patiently, she _____ her that every object _____ a name.

Eventually, Helen _____ a place at the university.

After this, she _____ the world helping people like herself. 

In 1962, the story of her life _____ into a film, The Miracle Worker.