Vocabulary
A. Circle the correct words.
1. Mr Taylor is offering a two million euro REWARD / RULE to anyone whp finds his missing son.
2. According to the police investigation, the two men are RESPONSIBLE / RELATED for a series of bank robberies.
3. May I NOTICE / SUGGEST something for tonight?
4. Mike has been studying computers for years, so now he's a(n) LEADER / EXPERT.
5. I can't think of a(n) EXPLANATION / REPORT for this incident. It's a mystery.
6. This exercise doesn't make any SURE / SENSE. Could you help me, please?
7. Our teacher believes that life doesn't EXIST / HURT on other planets.
B. Circle a, b or c.
1. Scientists _____________ that this work of art is not by Da Vinci.
a. have solved b. have proved c. have offered
2. A strange __________ appeared from the lake and started coming towards us.
a. creature b. path c. issue
3. I didn't know you painted so well. This is a ________!
a. mystery b. valuable c. masterpiece
4. A car ___________ a tree the other day but the driver is OK.
a. ran ober b. crashed into c. set out
5. The police have on __________ thet he robbed the bank.
a. investigation b. direction c. evidence
6. The mysterious object ____________ over the park.
a. was hovering b. was existing c. was slipping
7. We heard a deafening __________ and the building fell to the ground.
a. symbol b. sound c. voice
C. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
theory, detective, superstition, ghost, false, local, mirror, truth.
1. My grandma can't get used to her ____________ teeth.
2. Ken kept looking at his new pair of jeans in the ______________.
3. When I saw Anna in thet long white dress last night, I tought I gad seen a ________!
4. It's an interesting ____________, but can you prove it?
5. A ____________ interviewed Tom about the car theft yesterday.
6. A common ___________ is that a black cat brings bad luck.
7. Henry promised to tell the ___________.
8. All the ____________ schools are raising money for the charity.

Communication
Match.
1. Look up there! It's alien spaceship.
2. Can you help me with this exercise? My mind is a complete blank.
3. The police arrested Mrs Murphy for shoplifting.
4. Did you know that aliens are responsible for the greatest buildings in the ancident world?
5. In Paris I tried frogs' legs and snails. To my surprise, they were delicious.
a. Give me a break! She would never do such a thing!
b. That's a load of rubbish. I don't believe all those theories.
c. Yuk! That's disgustind!
d. I hate to disappoint you, but it's just a cloud.
e. Later. I'm n the middle of something else now.

Grammar
A. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
1. While Jim _________(drive) along a country road, a strange creature suddenly ____________(jump) on his car.
2. As soon as we __________(develop) the fil, we ___________(notice)
there was something that looked like a ghost in one of the windows.
3. Lilly ________________(break) the bathroom window as she (clean) it.
4. When Kelly __________(enter) the room, a mysterious man (grab) her and __________ her __________(tie up).
B. Circle the correct words.
Last night I was walking home (1) from / to work when I saw a girl standing (2) near / over my house. She was screaming and there was blood (3) on / in her dress. I ran (4) around / towards her but she suddenly disappeared! Later my father told me a strange story about agirl.She was killed (5) in / at the age of fifteen exactly outside our house (6) in / since the 19th century! "A lot of poeple have seen her", he said. I had seen a ghost!
C. Match.
1. Cynthia isn't superstitious, a. shall we?
2. We locked the door before we left, b. don't you ?
3. Let's report the burglary to the police? c. aren't I?
4. I am still your best friend, d. will you?
5. Stop that noise, e. won't we?
6. We'll visit Peter this weekend f. is is she?
7. You believe me, g. didn't we?
D. Complete with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. ______________ the children ________________(come) back from the video arcade by the time you _____________(go) home?
2. The police _____________(not find) any clues about the crime by midnight.
3. By the time the security guard __________(arrive), the burglars __________(steal) all the valuable paintings ftom the museum.