III. Read the following passage carefully and fill in each gap with one suitable word.

         New Year is one of the most important (1) _______ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2) _______ night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3) _______ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4) _______ . Many people don’t go home (5) _______ next morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday, children (6) _______ as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go (7) _______ house to house asking for candy or fruit. If people at the house don’t give (8)_______candy, the children will (9)_______a trick on them. But this hardly ever happens. Almost people give them (10)_______or fruit.

1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word from the list. (1m)

Toronto is one of the world’s most (a)................. cities. Almost half of its population are immigrants. You’ll hear more than 140 languages and dialects (b) ..............on the streets in this “City of Neighborhoods”. It’s the most populous city in Canada. Visit Toronto, and one of the first things you’ll (c) ............... is that the city’s appeal lies in its citizens’ friendliness: ask for directions, and you’ll be helped. Although Toronto’s (d) .....................is partially moderated by its Great Lakes location, with somewhat hotter summers and considerably colder winters. Summertime  in Toronto is festival time.

IV. Read the passage
A. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list
education - grades - reponsibilities
competition - decision - confident
Dealing with pressures and stress in middle school can be difficult. The pressure may be to make friends, earm good (1)____, excel in Middle school students face  pressure to keep their grades up every day. Theu are in a(n) (2)____with their peers to be the best and the brightestin everything
During the teenage years, children will feel the pressure to grow up. No longer will they be able to act like a child and not worry about (3)_____. Their parents should help them make this transition from a child to an adult easy and teach them to make wise (4)____
Prepare the for the word ahead of them and don't let go completety at once. Gradually let the growing up occur

II. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the box
translate                      matter                      meaning                    mistake
If you don’t know what a word means, try to guess the (1)..................., or look up the word in your dictionary. All foreign speakers have an accent, but that doesn’t (2).................. To make your pronunciation better, listen to English speakers and try to imitate. Don’t worry if you make mistakes or don’t try to correct a (3)........................ That’s normal! It’s often useful to (4)...................... words from one language to the others, but it’s best when you can start to think in the new language.

Part IV. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box. ONE word will not be used.

Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (26)________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very (27) ________. It has never been one job it has always been many. A factory robot carried one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn‟t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (28) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (29) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.

IV. Reading. 1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (1 m)

Now teenagers spend a lot of their free time using the internet. They (a)_______ using social networking sites to keep in touch (b)_______ their friends, write blogs or upload photos. They also follow famous people on the internet. Teenagers don’t usually use their real names online, but have a username. They use this on their profile pages (c)_______ show their pictures, interests and other details. Some people don’t like social networking (d)_______ they think teenagers are wasting too much time on it. But the use of social networking is still increasing.

1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the box.
make    do    which    what     so     same          

Many people believe that life on a farm is very quiet and easy, but it isn’t the (1)__________ as they think, It is very hard. I myself have lived on a farm for nearly twenty years, and I know (2)__________ farm work is. You must get up early, feed the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetables, (3)__________ a lot of gardening, and then work in the fields. But I like this way of life and (4)__________ do all my children.

Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage.

During the year ...(1) in England try their best to study at ... (2) and help their mother with the ....(3). They have no lesson .... (4) Christmas Day. They stay at home to help their parents decorate the .... (5) and the Christmas tree. Before bedtime on Christmas Eve , they ... (6) their stocking at the feet of their beds. ... (7) Christmas will bring them presents during the night. On Christmas Day they go to .... (8) in the morning then they have a special ...(9) with turkey and Christmas cakes. After that they ... (10) some game in the afternoon.