Self study5 Task 2 Vocabulary For questions 1-15 read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C,or d best fits each space. The best stone in the world

Self study5
Task 2 Vocabulary For questions 1-15 read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C,or D best fits each space.
The best stone in the world
In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade Bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone in southeast London on a 1) Ground at Pedlars Acre south 2) of the river.The family were 3) already running a successful factory in the south-west of England.Within a year of moving 4) on the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to 5)run on the business.The Coade Stone they perfected 6)had to become the most permanent stone ever made.The product developed by the factorys former 7)owner Richard Holt,was a kind of baked clay.The two women 8)experimented with his recipe,and 9)completed in creating a new kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof.The advantage f Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly breaks down and erodes away,Coade Stone seems to be 10)able to survive in all weather conditions for many years.The National Gallery,the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace 11)just display their original ornaments made of Coade Stone.12)Both mother and daughter were clrver businesswomen. They 13)employed only the top artists of the dat to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory survived for twenty years,but in 1840 it 14)finally closed. With itwent the Coade Stone recipe which was 15)lost and has never been rediscovered.
TASK 1
Grammar Fill in the blanks with an appropriate answer.
21) This is my friend.His names Richard.
A)are/his B)is/my C)is /his D)his/His
22)They are Lisa and Max . They are from the USA.
A)is/is B)are/is C)are/are D)is/is
23) What is your name ?My names Carlos.
A)his B)her C) your D)my
24) This is my sister.Her name is Laura.
A)His B)My D)Her D)Its
25)I have a brother.His name is David
A) an/His B)a/Her C)a/His D)his
26)I saw him three months ago
a)see B)sees C) saw D) seen
27) We met in 1965
A)met B) meets C)meet D)meeting
28)Princess Diana died in 1997
A) die B) died C) dies D)dye
29)Alice came back from America last month
A)come b)came C)comes D)coming
30)Their son was born at 2 oclock this morning
A)were b) is C) was D)are

TASK 3. Reading Answer the following questions according to the text.
This was the first time Mary was going to fly.It wasn’t going to be a long flight.in fact,she would be in the air just under an hour.She got to the airport an hour before the plane was exoected to take off.She was very excited and also a little nervous.But before long,it was announced that herflight was going to be delayed fortwo house.Suddenly she felt vey disappointed and didn’t know what to do while she was waiting.

1. 
   Marys flight was delayed for two hours.
   

A)left an hour early
B) was delayed for two hours
C)suddenly had to be cancelled
D)was enjoyable from the beginning to the end
E)was over far too quickly
2)On arrival at the airoport Mary expected the plane to take off in an hour
A)was calm and confident
B)expected the plane to take off in an hour
C)had to hurry to catch the plane
D)found out that her plane would take off in less than an hour
E)didn’t know how long the flight would take
3)It was obvious from the passage that Mary began her first flight with a disappointment
A) was pleased the flight had been postponed
B) was used to traveling by air
C) nearlymissed her plane
D) was of aid her flight would last for hours
E) began her first flight with a disappointment