IX. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers in the box below.

                                                SEASONAL ADVICE

If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little advice about what’s important in life, you could do a lot worse than consider the words of  ___(1)____that were read out on my last day at school. Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has ____(2)_____. But you can be sure that thirty years from now you’ll _____(3)_____ back on life and  _____(4)_____ just how good things were.

Try not to worry about the future – or at least be aware that worrying never really helps to solve anything. Real troubles will always sneak up and _____(5)_____ you by surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do something that scares you every so often.

Do not lie and cheat – especially in love – and do not _____(6)_____ up with people who deceive you. Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs ____(7)______. Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow.

It helps to be kind ______(8)___ your neighbors and colleagues – it’s nice and they’ll  miss  you when you’re not ____(9)_____. Friends come and go but there are a precious few that you should try and  _____(10)_____ on to. Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by.

1. A. knowledge                     B. learning                               C. opinion                               D. wisdom

2. A. gone                               B. been                                    C. lasted                                  D. spent

3. A. come                               B. look                                                C. think                                   D. go

4. A. remind                            B. rethink                                C. recall                                   D. reappear

5. A. get                                  B. happen                                C. appear                                 D. take

6. A. look                                B. come                                   C. put                                      D. bring

7. A. out                                  B. down                                  C. off                                      D. over

8. A. about                              B. to                                        C. with                                                D. for

9. A. in                                    B. around                                C. with                                                D. over

10. A. take                              B. hold                                                C. stay                                     D. stick

Question 1: (10 points) Read the following passage and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the space provided.

                                                                POSTCADS

Today, people like to send postcards (1)   _ their friends and family. These postcards often have pictures  of  beaches,  mountains  or  castles  on  them  and  you  (2)                  write  a  message  on  the

 and the  pictures  on  them  are  often  (5)   than  people‟s  own  photos.  Somebody  sent  the  first

their newspapers then.

Your anwers:

I. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space given. Write your answer ( A, B, C or D ) in the numbered box. (1.0 point)

            Over the past forty years, TV sets have become standard pieces of equipment in        ( 1 ) …. and watching TV has become a standard activity for many families. Children in our culture grow up and ( 2 ) ………. TV in the morning, in the afternoon, and often in the evening as well. ( 3 ) ………… there are many excellent programs for children, many people think that TV may not be good for them.

            ( 4 ) ………… TV may be a bad influence ( 5 ) ………. children for three main reasons. ( 6 ) ……… some programs are not good for children to see. For example, there are many police stories on TV: people are killed ( 7 ) …………… guns, knives and even poisons. Some children might think these things could ( 8 ) ……….. to them at any time.   ( 9 ) ………. they can  become ( 10 ) ………. .

Part C: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each spacce (10 points)

Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their ......(1)..... to read when they are more than todders. This is fine if the child shows a real interest bujt ......(2)..... a child could be counter- productive if she isn`t ready. Wise parents will have a relaxed attitude and take the ....(3)...... from their child . What they should provide is a selection of ......(4)...... toys, books, and other activities. Nowadays, there is a plenty good .....(5)..... available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also .....(6)...... them to learn.

Of course, books are no longer the only .....(7).... of stories and information. .....(8)....... is also a huge range of videos , which can reinforce and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are .....(9)...... valuable in helping to in crease vocabulary and concentration . Television gets a bad .....(10).... as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their are group.

1. A. children                                B. adults                           C. off- springs                    D. babies

2. A. insisting                                B. forcing                         C. making                          D. starting

3. A. guide                        B. way                              C. lead                               D. part

4. A. bright                      B. thrilling                        C. energetic                        D. stimulating

5. A. material                                B. sense                            C. produce                         D. amusement

6. A. provoke                                B. encourage                    C. support                          D. attract

7. A. source                       B. site                               C. style                               D. basis

8. A. it                               B. that                              C. there                              D. this

9. A. properly                    B. worthily                       C. perfectly                        D. equally

10. A. review                                B. press                            C. criticism                         D. result

IV. READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 points)

                         The quality of life these days is something most of us take for (1) .................... . It takes some radically different experience to (2) .................... this fact home to people. In my (3) ...................., it was spending three weeks on a yacht with twelve other people, competing in a major sailing race. (4) .................... I was officially a guess, it was made clear to me from the start that there was to be no (5) .................... for passengers, and that I’d have to work as (6) .................... as others.

                        For the first (7) .................... nights, none of us was able to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time before being rudely (8) .................... by an aggressive command. Then we’d do physically exhausting work in total darkness. I shared sleeping compartment with six (9) .................... women, with barely enough room to stretch  my legs.  Soon I found myself dreaming of my (10) .................... sheets back home, a hot chocolate and a warm bath.

           1.         A. given                             B. accepted                       C. granted                        D. admitted

           2.         A. bring                              B. push                               C. take                               D. fetch

           3.         A. example                       B. sample                           C. instance                       D. experience

           4.         A. Although                      B. Despite                         C. However                     D. In spite

           5.         A. position                        B. job                                  C. work                             D. room

           6.         A. hard                               B. hardly                             C. fastly                             D. good

           7.         A. a few                             B. few                                 C. a little                           D. little

           8.         A. got up                           B. woke up                       C. awoken                       D. getting up

           9.         A. other                             B. the other                      C. another                       D. one another

           10.A. convenient                        B. comfortable                C. comfortably               D. conveniently

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space .The first one has been done for you. Write your answers in the table below. (2,0ms)                         

I (0)............. several good friends but I suppose that my best (1)............. is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2)............. we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3)............. class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4).............. she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5)..................  at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) ................. and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7).................. although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8).................. see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9)................around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10)............. a lot of fun and see exciting places.

Part 1: Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 points)

The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry. The direct (1) .................... impact of the industry, including accommodation, transportation, entertainment, and attractions, is worth trillions of dollars every year. The statistics show that the number of international tourist (2) .................... worldwide reached 1.04 billion in 2012.

Such large (3) .................... of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the many thousands of skiers are (4) .................... the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (5) ....................  old food tins, tents, and pieces of equipment that have been (6) .................... away. At a time when we have greater freedom to travel (7) .................... ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (8) .................... causing damage to their destinations.

Now there is a new holiday guide(9) .................... "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you how you can be a responsible tourist by asking your travel agent or your tour (10) .................... the right questions before you book a holiday.

          1.     A. national               B. educational          C. economic           D. cultural

           2.    A. arrivals                B. deliveries            C. comings              D. figures

           3.    A. totals                    B. numbers               C. amounts              D. digits

           4.    A. bending               B. destroying           C. fixing                  D. hurting

           5.    A. for                        B. on                         C. with                     D. below

           6.    A. put                        B. tidied                     C. given                   D. thrown

           7.    A. than                      B. when                    C. then                     D. while

           8.    A. outside                B. instead                 C. beside                 D. without

           9.    A. called                   B. known                  C. termed                D.described

           10. A. advisor                 B. director                C. operator              D. worker

Read the passage below and choose the answer which best fits each gap.

    Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space given on the right. (10 pts)

Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (1) is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (3) from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But the automobiles (4) transportation for millions of people. Factories (5) much of material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.

Thus, to end (6) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that (7) them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (8) reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (9) businesses and (10) to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities.

1.        A. work                           B. problem                         C. accident                        D. event                              

2.        A. because                     B. so                                  C. that                                D. while                                       

3.        A. exhaust                      B. fire                                 C. gas                                D. liquid                                       

4.        A. carries                        B. takes                             C. gives                              D. provides                                       

5.        A. offer                            B. bring                              C. discharge                      D. cause                                       

6.        A. to                                B. or                                   C. so                                  D. that

7.        A. benefit                        B. harm                              C. motivate                        D. encourage                                       

8.        A. little                            B. gradually                       C. extremely                      D. a bit                                   

9.        A. require                       B. forbid                             C. prevent                          D. request                                       

A. commercials           B. surroundings          C. individuals               D. traffic 

Part 2 (10 points).   Read the text and choose the best answer from A,B,C or D.Write the answer in ‘ Your answers’ Part.

            Many people are now wondering what robots will be able to do in 20 years' time. Scientists believe that robots will be able to learn a language, recognize your face, and understand what you say. They will also be able to walk and run, just like humans.

In the home, domestic robots will cook your meals and do all the housework. They will be able to talk to other machines in your house, like the fridge and the washing machine. Old people will have robot friends to look after them, and rich people will have a lot of robot servants to do anything for them, even to drive their car!

However, robots will not be able to do complicated things like playing football or writing a book. And they will not look like humans, they will still look like machines.

1. Scientists believe that robots will be able to learn ___________.

A. what to say           B. your face               C. a language             D. how to run

2.  In the home, robots will be able to ___________.

A. buy and prepare your food                    B. do the housework

C. manage other machines                          D. look after children

3.  Who will have robot friends in the future?

A. Old people            B. Rich people          C. Servants                D. Scientists

4.  Which of the following can a robot NOT do?

A. Walk and run                                           B. Cook your meals

C. Drive a car                                                D. Write a book

5.  The word “they” in the last sentence refers to ___________.

A. robots                    B. things                     C. humans                  D.  machines

Your answers: