Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp." All of us, our family and the Chinese guests, stopped eating to watch the activities of the Gleasons. I wanted to giggle. Then I caught my mother’s eyes on me. She frowned and shook her head slightly, and I understood the message: the Gleasons were not used to Chinese ways, and they were just coping the best they could. For some reason I thought of celery strings.

What part of the plot is revealed in this excerpt?

A. an introduction of the Gleason family
B. a conflict between the Gleasons and the Lins
C. a resolution in which the Lins have become the hosts
D. a conflict between the narrator and her culture

Within a farewell to arms, what would be the best definition of the word “hallow”? a) to shine a bright light onto a path. b) a deep hole. c) to treat as holy or sacred. d) lacking depth.

Read the excerpt from "thoughts on the works of providence" by phillis wheatley and complete the sentence that follows.

Choose the correct answer. 1 our team will win / will be winning the championship this year. 2 jane has trained harder than everybody and she is going to win / will have won the race next week. 3 by next week we will have finished / will finish watching the series. 4 you will do / will be doing the environment good by recycling. 5 by the time i am eighteen i will have finished / will be finishing secondary school. 6 i am going to be / will be being in better shape because i bought a bicycle. 1 i have decided that i will go work / am going to work as a volunteer at an animal rescue centre. 2 the flight arrives / will arrive in paris at ten. 3 if they continue the good work they will have saved / will be saving all of the tortoises by the weekend. 4 you will probably be / are going to be probably tired when you finish the work. 5 ‘the phone is ringing’. ‘i will get / am going to get it’. 6 i will go / am going to the italian restaurant tonight with janet. complete the sentences with will, going to, the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 i hope mary (not be) late tomorrow. 2 the schedule says that the bus (leave) at 3.00 tomorrow. 3 look at those clouds – it (snow). 4 i (meet) jim at the cinema at 9 o’clock. 5 i (have) a party on saturday – it’s all arranged. 6 i joined a gym and i (get) in shape for summer.