I. Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1. If you are raring to go, are you eager to (a) leave, or (b) start an activity? 

2. If you get your bearings, do you (a) lose your way, or (b) find out where you are? 

3. If you are nowhere close to done, do you (a) still have a lot more work to do to finish the job, or (b) still feel strong and ready to work? 

4. If you haven’t made a dent in something, have you (a) made good progress, or (b) hardly begun the job? 

4. Is a racket (a) a loud and unpleasant noise, or (b) a low musical sound? 

5. If something goes berserk, is it (a) quiet and well-behaved, or (b) out of control? 

II. Translation

1. I thought how we firemen were always saying to each other, “I’ll see you at the big one.” Or, “We’ll all meet at the big one.” I never knew how it started, or when I’d picked up on it myself, but it was part of our shorthand. Meaning, no matter how big this fire is, there’ll be another one bigger, somewhere down the road. We’ll make it through this one, and we’ll make it through that one, too. I always said it, at big fires, and I always heard it back, and here I was, thinking I would never say or hear these words again, because there would never be another fire as big as this. This was the big one we had all talked about, all our lives, and if I hadn’t known this before – just before these chilling moments – this sick, black noise now confirmed it. (Para 4, AR1)