gold experience B2 units 7-9 correction work

Salma Khalil (2)       more than six and a half years old when she decided that she (3)       to be a doctor.

• 2)can’t be 3)was wanting  

• 2)could be 3) wants

• 2)can’t have been 3) wanted

After (4)       her decision she asked her parents (5)       to do to prepare.

• 4) making;  5) what she had   

• 4) she’s making; 5) what she can  

• 4) made; 5) what she must  

When she discovered that later on she (6)       to study science and maths to an advanced level, she got upset about not having started serious lessons yet and told them that she really (7)       those subjects from the age of five.

• 6) will need   7) must have been taught   

• 6) would need 7) should have been taught

• 6) need 7) can have been taught  

Her parents, (8)       only wish was to make sure all their children grew up happy and successful, (9)       it challenging to raise (10)       girl.

• 8) whose; 9) must have found; 10) such a determined little  

• 8) who's; 9) must find; 10) such a little determined  

• 8) that's; 9) have had to find; 10) such determined little

The flat where the Khalil family lived was in a large block and soon all the children in the building had joined in the after-school classes and (13)       extra lessons.

• had been giving

• were giving  

• were being given  

The time (14)       by parents and children was not wasted.

• being spent

• spending

• spent

The novel Again got (16)            reviews.

• courageous

• rave

If anyone else tells me to cheer (23)            , I think I will scream! Sometimes I don’t look cheerful precisely because I am not feeling cheerful. For example, sometimes I run (24)            of energy and need to catch (25)            on sleep. Sometimes I have to figure (26)            the solution to a problem, or I am trying to keep (27)            mind a serious decision I have to make. People can’t count (28)            me to show a cheerful face however bad I am feeling inside. I may come (29)            as quiet and possibly strange occasionally, but my real friends, who understand me, know when I am down and know that soon we will get back together and make (30)            for lost time.

• out

• 25

• up

• 24

• out

• 23

• in

• 26

• up

• 27

If anyone else tells me to cheer (23)            , I think I will scream! Sometimes I don’t look cheerful precisely because I am not feeling cheerful. For example, sometimes I run (24)            of energy and need to catch (25)            on sleep. Sometimes I have to figure (26)            the solution to a problem, or I am trying to keep (27)            mind a serious decision I have to make. People can’t count (28)            me to show a cheerful face however bad I am feeling inside. I may come (29)            as quiet and possibly strange occasionally, but my real friends, who understand me, know when I am down and know that soon we will get back together and make (30)            for lost time.

• up

• 29

• on

• 30

• across

• 28

Are you prepared to wear tight clothes

and even feel (COMFORT) in order to look good?