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.

2. Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage.

friendly as different from the same as(2) as quiet as as narrow as

My hometown has changed a lot - it's defintely not (1) ............................... it was before. It's not (2) ............................ it was 5 year ago. It' much more noisy, but I prefer it now. There are more shops and restaurants. The restaurants are (3) ......................... the ones we had before. Now we can eat many different kinds of food - Italian,French,and even Mexican!

There have been so many changes. Even the streets are not (4) ................... they were before. They are wider now to make space for the extra traffic.

One things hasn't changed though. The people here are as warm and (5) ............................. before. That's one thing that's (6) ....................... it was before.

20, Fill each gap in the passage with one word.

One (1) ................ John's father bought a computer for him. He thought it was a good replacement for John's typewriter, (2) ................. had broken down. John could use the computer to write essays. His father did (3) .............. expect that Jonh would (4) ............all his rime playing computer games on it, which was (5) .............. he did.

John neglected his studies and he actually (6).............his examinations. When that happened, John realized that he had made a terrible (7) ................. He began to use the computer mainly (8) ................typing his essays. He only played computer (9)...........in his time. As a (10) ............of this, he passed his final examinations

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that

best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for every word.

            The Ancient Egyptians had a (32) _______of picture writing that was called hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (33) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for over a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

          An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman's and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.
Question 31

A. notice

B. show

C. appear

D. mark

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that

best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for every word.

            The Ancient Egyptians had a (32) _______of picture writing that was called hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (33) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for over a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

          An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman's and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Question 32

A. practice

B. manner

C. plan

D. system

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that

best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for every word.

            The Ancient Egyptians had a (32) _______of picture writing that was called hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (33) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for over a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

          An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman's and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Question 35

A. broadly

B. widely

C. deeply

D. hugely

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that

best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for every word.

            The Ancient Egyptians had a (32) _______of picture writing that was called hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (33) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for over a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

          An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman's and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Question 34

A. consists

B. includes

C. contains

D. involves

when bill was eight years old,in 1908,he used to work for an old lady who lived in his cillage,everyday before and after school,he.................to chop wood ,light fires ahd go shopping for her.he was paid 5p per week which was....................very much even then

this old lady kept...............many cats that she didn't know exactly how many.oneday,one of these cats was found dead in the garden and the lady,who was very upset asked bill to dig a grave and bury it,bill did this and was given 10p.he couldn't help noticing that he.............as much for buring the cat as for a whole week's work,...............made him think .he had many friends whose fathers,the local farmers,often had to shoot cats to protect their chickens.he offered his friends 2p for every dead cat they.............him.he would then place the cat in the old lady's garden where she would find it,think it...................one of her own and gave bill 10p for buring it.................the time he left school,bill had saved quiter a lot of.................later in life he became a very..............businessman