In 2005, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, two software designers from Silicon Valley in California, were invited to a dinner party. Several people had brought their camcorders to the party and these people were complaining about (1) ................................ difficult it was to share home videos online. That was when Chad and Steve came up (2) ................................ the idea for YouTube, the site which makes (3) ................................ easy to upload home videos onto the Internet. They formed a company, borrowed some money (4) ................................ set themselves up in business.

It turned (5) ................................ that millions of people already had short home video clips that they thought it (6) ................................be fun to share with other enthusiasts around the world.

Launched in December 2005, YouTube soon contained more (7) ................................ a million short video clips. People were uploading 8000 clips a day, and watching three million a day. They had mostly heard about the site through word (8) ................................ mouth, email and hyperlink, and eighty percent of the clips had (9) ................................made by amateurs.

So why was YouTube such an immediate success? Researchers found that, (10) ................................average, people were spending fifteen minutes on the site during each visit, which was (11)................................. time to view several short funny clips. In (12) ..............................words, they were using YouTube to give them a little break from their work or study.

VII. Read and fill in each blank with the suitable word from the box.

Los Angeles

centre             along           second        next                 leads

Los Angeles is the most populous city in California, and the ____________ most populous city in the USA. It is a global city, a ___________ of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, and fashion. The Los Angeles areas includes Hollywood, and ___________ the world in the creation of television productions, video games, and recorded music. The weather here is usually dry and warm, Visitors like to go to the film studios and to drive __________ Hollywood Boulevard. There are also some beaches near the city, such as Venice Beach.

  Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

      Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

      (3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.

IX. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

(3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.

I. Read the passage and fill each blank with a suitable word from the box. (2,0ms)

There are two main kinds of sports: team sports and (1)_______________sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball, basketball (2)________ volleyball. Team sports (3) ___________ two separate teams. The teams play against each other. They compete (4)____________ each other in order to get the (5)________ score. For example, (6)________ a football game, if team A gets 4 points and team B (7)__________3 points, team A wins the game. Team sports are sometime called (8)_________________sports.

I. Read the passage and fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box. (1pt)
happen     shelter     towns     occurred      from      across
The earthquake of 26 December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory. It was a massive under water quake and (1) _____________ in the Indian Oceans. This os 1 
caused a huge tidal-wave (a tsunami) to cross the Indian Oceans. It destroyed coastlines, communities and brought death and destruction to many people. Thousands of people were killed as the wave travelled miles (2) _______________ the ocean to distant beaches. Whole the families were swept out to the sea or drowned as the sea invaded the land. The survivors need fresh water, food, (3) _____________, as well as medical help. People from all over the world are giving lots of money so that (4) ______________ and villages can be rebuilt.

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There
are TWO words that you don’t need.
decorate decorations traditional parade celebrate costumes fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan
means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day

of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days.
The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events.
People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing
animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds
of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42)
__________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish
food at the food stands.

Read the text and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. A birthday party is a celebration that occurs to (1) the birth of the person being honored. Birthday parties are celebrated in many cultures. While a child’s party is usually at home and consists (2) soft drinks and sweet food as (3) as some main courses, adults’ birthday (4) in Western countries often take (5) in bars or nightclubs where a range of alcoholic beverages are consumed. In Western culture, particularly in (6) United States, birthday parties are often accompanied by colorful decorations (7) as streamers and balloons. A birthday cake is often served with (8) that are to be blown out after a “birthday wish” has (9) made. While the birthday cake is brought to the table, the song “Happy Birthday to You“ is (10). Wealthy people or celebrities may hire an event management agency (11) a party service to organize a birthday party. The birthday cake has been integral part of the birthday tradition in Western culture (12) the middle of the 19th century. The cake, or sometimes a pastry or dessert, is served to a person on his or her birthday, and it is often decorated (13) small novelty candles, with the person’s name and a message of congratulations inscribed with icing. The phrase “Happy Birthday” did not appear on birthday cakes. Tradition holds that the person with the birthday may make a wish, (14) will come true if all the candles can be blown out in (15) breath

III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (15 points)
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ________ been caught in the storm (2) ________ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ________ their door, (4) ________ worried to talk. 
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ________the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ________ missing men. Some had (7) ________ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ________ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ________ the east, a small point if light was (10) ________ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ________ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ________ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ________ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.