:Choose the word or phrase amongthat best fits the blank space in the following passage:

explain should their consisted been

way any now when plenty

The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumiere. Although it only (1)_______________of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films have (2)___________________popular ever since. The first films were silent, with titles on the screen to (3)______________) the story.

Soon the public had (4)_________________ favorite actors and actresses and, in this (5) _______________, the first film stars appeared. In the 1927, the first “talkie”, a film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public (6)___________ only accept this kind of film.

Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (7)_________________produced 95% of all films. With the arrival of television in 1950s, (8)_________________ people went to see films, but in (9) years audiences have grown again. More countries have started to produce films that influences film-making and there are currently (10)________________ national film industries.

              READING.

I.               Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

MY FIRST VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCE

It was a sunny day when I first involved in community service. I (36)                 a group of more than 20 students to do voluntary work in a school of (7)                children. Soon after we came there, the leader divided us into several teams with different duties. My job was to play with the children there. To be honest, I was a bit confused at first. There were many children and all of them (38)                   health problems. However, most of them were well-behaved and friendly. They seemed to enjoy the volunteer’s visit and they played happily with us. We (39)                paper and pencils for the kids and instructed them to draw. We maintained a cozy atmosphere until the volunteer group had to leave. It was such an amazing experience to me that I could never forget it. I have involved in many other charitable projects (40)                 my first voluntary experience. I think I will continue doing charity in the future if I have time.

             I.         Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following

passage.

       When I first started learning English ten years ago, I could hardly (1)               a word - “hello”, “good bye”, “thank you” was just about it! I went to classes two evenings a week and I was surprised at how quickly I (2)                       progress. (3)                the course we learned lots of vocabulary and studied grammar  rules. (4)                              thing I enjoyed most was being able to practise speaking with the other students in my class.

       After two years I went to England to a (5)     school. It was in Cambridge.I did a(6)                      course at a very good school and I stayed with a local family. It was a fantastic experience and I (7)                  up a lot of things from speaking with my host family and with other students from (8)                the world. I really improved my pronunciation as well. When I got back (9)                      my home town, I was so much more confident. I(10)         actually hold a conversation with my teacher in English.

1.       A. talk                                B.speak                         C.say          D.tell

2.       A. do                                  B.make                          C.did          D.made

3.       A. During                          B.After                          C.Before          D.While

4.       A. That                              B.A                               C.The          D.Those

5.       A. science                          B.language                    C.art          D.finance

6.       A. three-weeks                  B.third-week                 C.threes-week          D.three-week

7.       A.picked                            B.looked                       C. got          D.stood

8.       A.all                                   B.over                           C.over all          D.all over

9.       A.the                                  B.to                               C.in          D.on

10.     A.had to                             B.used to                       C.could          D.would

Ex5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (33) ___________, particularly about those involving fossil (34)___________. In less than a hundred years we shall probably use up all the present (35)___________ of oil and gas. The world’s coal reserves should last longer but, once used, these cannot (36)___________. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (37)___________ sources of energy as solar energy as well as water and wind power, classed as renewable energy.

33. *

possessions

resources

goods

materials

34. *

fuels

powers

forms

energies

35. *

findings

productions

amounts

sources

36. *

updated

repeated

renewed

produced

37. *

traditional

alternative

revolutionary

surprising