Question

Exercise 8. Read the passage and choose the best answer which best fits each numbered space.

I was (1.)_______by my uncle and aunt and (2.) _______on a small farm in the west of England. I think it was better (3.) _______living in a city, because (4.) _______day I ran about in the open air. (5.) _______I went to school, (6.) _______I did was play on the farm all day. (7.) _______my aunt and uncle worked with the animals, and although they worked very (8.) _______, they always explained (9.) _______things to me. They didn’t have (10.) _______money, but they (11.) _______well with everyone, and we didn’t have (12.) _______of the problems of living in the city. I always felt (13.) _______on the farm. There was (14.) _______noise or pollution, and it was (15.) _______peaceful. That’s probably why I became a farmer when I was older.

1.      A. lived up to                B. taken after                          C. grown up                D. brought up

2.      A. grew up                    B. joined in                             C. turned up                D. put off

3.      A. as                              B. more                                   C. than                         D. the

4.      A. every                        B. in                                        C. for                           D. both

5.      A. by                             B. nowadays                           C. in time                    D. until

6.      A. every                        B. each                                    C. none                        D. all

7.      A. Either                       B. Both                                    C. Neither                   D. All

8.      A. hardly                       B. harder                                 C. hard                        D. hardest

9.      A. interests                    B. interesting                           C. interest                    D. interested

10.  A. much                        B. lots                                      C. many                       D. too

11.  A. dropped in                B. got along                            C. kept up                    D. dealt with

12.  A. much                        B. none                                    C. no                           D. any

13.  A. happily                    B. a happy                               C. happy                      D. the happy

14.  A. any                           B. no                                       C. none of                   D. not

A. too                          B. much                                   C. really                      D. as 

Answer 1

1.      A. lived up to                B. taken after                          C. grown up                D. brought up

2.      A. grew up                    B. joined in                             C. turned up                D. put off

3.      A. as                              B. more                                   C. than                         D. the

4.      A. every                        B. in                                        C. for                           D. both

5.      A. by                             B. nowadays                           C. in time                    D. until

6.      A. every                        B. each                                    C. none                        D. all

7.      A. Either                       B. Both                                    C. Neither                   D. All

8.      A. hardly                       B. harder                                 C. hard                        D. hardest

9.      A. interests                    B. interesting                           C. interest                    D. interested

10.  A. much                        B. lots                                      C. many                       D. too

11.  A. dropped in                B. got along                            C. kept up                    D. dealt with

12.  A. much                        B. none                                    C. no                           D. any

13.  A. happily                    B. a happy                               C. happy                      D. the happy

14.  A. any                           B. no                                       C. none of                   D. not

A. too                          B. much                                   C. really                      D. as