IV. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable from A to G on the list and write it in each gap from 1 to 5. Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. (10 pts)

STAYING HEALTHY IN SPACE
The range of foods available to astronauts is vast, and great care is taken to ensure that it looks and smells appetizing. Meals are organized to provide an average of 3,000 calories a day, which seems high for living in an enclosed environment in which there is no gravity. But astronauts can expend a great deal of energy in doing the simplest things. For example, if they try to turn a handle, they turn themselves as well. If they bend down to do up a shoelace, (1) ________. Finding unusual ways of doing such ordinary things uses up the excess calories. The space diet is balanced rather differently from a terrestrial diet. This is to try and compensate for changes that take place in the body during space flight. Bodily changes begin as soon as astronauts go into space (2) _______________Among the most serious is calcium loss, which causes a marked reduction in the mass and strength of bones. There is also a progressive loss of red blood cells. What causes these effects is not known, (3)  ______________ The heart muscles, with no gravity to battle against, start to waste away. The leg muscles start to waste away too, since walking, as done on Earth, (4) _______________ Exercise also helps to reduce muscle wastage (5) _____________ No one yet knows the limit of human endurance in space. If astronauts can withstand two years or more of continuous weightlessness, the mankind’s dream of visiting other planets could become reality in the early decades of the next century.
A. can only be done if astronauts put on their heavy spacesuits
B. and will never be known
C. which is rather more than astronauts really need
D. and are quite noticeable after even a week
E. they start turning somersaults
F. and is vital on very long flights
G. and the question must be answered before long-duration space-flight is really safe

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

1. I wish I __________ to drama school. Now I would be famous.

       A. was going                  B. could go                  C. had gone                 D. would go

2. The main __________ of going on holiday to Spain is the guaranteed sunshine.

       A. distraction                B. attraction                C. approval                 D. pressure

3. We invited Tom and Dane to the party, but __________ of them bothered to come.

       A. each                           B. none                        C. both                         D. neither

4. The children __________ when we entered the room.

       A. chatted                      B. were chatting         C. had chatted             D. are chatting

5. Living abroad is a great way for you to __________ your mind.

       A. enlarge                      B. increase                  C. widen                      D. broaden

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious institution

A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that prestigious institution

B. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious institution

C. Failing to apply to that prestigious institution, his academic record at high school was poor

D. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious institution

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious university. 

A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that prestigious university. 

B. Failing to apply to that prestigious university, his academic record at high was poor. 

C. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious university.

D. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious university. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 1 to 2.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious university.

A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that prestigious university.

B. Failing to apply to that prestigious university, his academic record at high school was poor.

C. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious university.

D. His academic record at high school was poor, as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious university

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 45 to 46.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious institution. 

A. The academic record at high school was poor because he didn't apply to that prestigious institution

B. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that pression institution

C. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious 

D. Failing to apply to that prestigious institution, his academic record at high school was poor. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 1 to 2.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious university.

A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that prestigious university. 

B. Failing to apply to that prestigious university, his academic record at high school was poor. 

C. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious university. 

D. His academic record at high school was poor, as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious university.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences of the following questions.

His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious university.

A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that prestigious university. 

B. Failing to apply to that prestigious university, his academic record at high school was poor. 

C. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious university. 

D. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious university.