III. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered
box. (1,0 point)
Mickey Mantle was one of (16) ___ greatest baseball players of all times. He played for the
New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to (17) ___ professionally in
1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular (18) ___ in the United States. For many
people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful (19) ___ who could bat both (20) ___ and left-handed. He won
game after game, one World Series championship (21) ___ another, for his team. He was a wonderful
athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner
from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West (22) ___ the heights of success and fame,
was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a
“natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, (23) ___ talent appears to come from an inner
grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life (24) ___ of problems. He played
without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to (25) ___ his father’s dreams and drank
to forget his father’s early death. Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase (1p)

              Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most people as Mark Twain, was born (….1…) 1835 in a town near Hannibal, Mo. He spent his boyhood in Hannibal, (…2…) is on the Mississippi River. When he grew up, he became (…..3…..) river pilot.  Later, he went and worked as a reporter in Virginia City, Nev. From then on Clemens used Mark Twain as his pen name. Mark Twain died in (…..4…..) when he was seventy five years old.

1. a. in                    b. at                     c. on                                d. for

2. a. which                        b. that                   c. who                    d. when

3. a. an                           b. the                    c. a                       d. no article                               

4. a. 1910                    b. 1901                        c. 1900                   d.1835

* Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word.
On Sunday, Ba (1) …………………Liz to join his family on a day trip to his home village. The journey to the village was very interesting. They crossed the green paddy fields and a small bamboo (2)…………………before they reached a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village. Then, they walked up the mountain to visit the shrine of a Vietnamese hero and enjoyed the fresh air there. In the afternoon, they (3) …………………boating in the river and had a picnic on the river bank. Liz took a lot of photos to (4) …………………the trip to her parents.

* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. A. village B. language C. dormitory D. university
2. A. invite B. visit C. improve D. agree
3. A. European B. sightseer C. providence D. monument
4. A. particular B. accidental C. analysis D. outnumber

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Fill each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

     Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (15 pts)

He was born in a very poor part of London. His father was a comedian and his mother worked (1) a dancer and singer. However, (2) of them was very successful, so the family had very (3) money. At one time they were (4) poor that he and his brother had to share one pair of shoes, and they had to take turns wearing them. The first time he himself earned money (5) dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved (6) was working in the theatre.

When he was about 15 he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (7) such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, (8) he eventually became both an actor and a film director. He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes (9) the other actors repeat a scene many times (10) he was finally satisfied with it.

Many people found him difficult and someone accused him of (11) mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty (12) made him careful with his money. He died in Switzerland in 1977, (13) the age of 88. (14) is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his (15) and early upbringing. His name was Charlie Chaplin.

III, Fill the blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

When Bill was eight years old, in 1908, he used to work for an old lady who lived in his village. Everyday, before and after school, he (1) ....... to chop wood, light fires, and go shopping for her. He was paid 5p (2) ....... week which was (3) ....... very much even then. This old lady kept (4) ....... many cats that she did not know exactly (5) ....... many (6) ....... day, one of these cats was found dead in the garden and the lady, (7) ....... was very upset, asked Bill to dig a grave and burry it. Bill did this and (8) ....... given 10p. He couldn't (9) ....... noticing that he (10) ....... as much for burying the cat (11) ....... for a whole week's work (12) ....... made him think. He had many friends (13) ....... fathers, the local farmers, often had to shoot cats to protect their chickens. He offered his friends 2p for every dead they (14) ....... him. He would (15) ....... place the cat in the old lady's garden where she would find it, think it (16) ....... one of her own and (17) ....... Bill 10p for burying it. (18) ....... the time he left school, Bill (19) ....... saved quite a lot of money. Later in life, he became a very (20) ....... bussinessman.

VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ……………successful so the family (4) ……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (5) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) ………………the theatre.

When he (7) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.

He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) ……………… of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.

Read the story. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

John's parents gave him a red drum for his eight birthday. When John (0)...opened....his present early that morning, he was very (1)..................to see a drum inside! He started to play it very loudly. He played it all morning and then after lunch he wanted to play it again. But his mum felt ill. She had a bad (2)......... because John and his drum were so noisy. His dad said, "John, if you want to play your drum, go outside please." John went into the garden and played his drum there. After fives minutes, he (3)................some lovely music. He went out into the street and saw a lot of people there. It was the circus! They drove into town in their lories and trucks. The (4)................of the first truck stopped when he saw John. John jumped on the back of the truck and (5)................ into town with them. He played his drum all the way there!

VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. 
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (5) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) ………………the theatre. 
        When he (7) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.
         He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) ………………  of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.