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V.  READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num­bered blank.

Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (1) ..................... was a courageous and determinal woman. She left her home for Paris to (2) ..................... her interest in science. Living in (3) ….................. , she still (4) …….............. to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (5) ..................... after graduation and (6)     …………… him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marie (7)...................... the most famous husband-and-wife (8) ...................... in science history. They (9) ….................. the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (10) …….............. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

1. a. biologist                   b. mathematician            c. chemist                           d. physicist and chemist

2. a. follow                      b. take                             c. pursue                             d. satisfy

3. a. poverty                    b. loneliness                    c. wealth                             d. difficulty

4. a. made                        b. managed                     c. harbored                         d. worked

5. a. immediately             b. soon                            c. shortly                             d. rightly

6. a. married                  b. left                              c. divorced                         d. devoted

7. a. built                       b. organized                    c. established                      d. formed

8. a. couple                    b. partnership                  c. scientists                         d. partners

9. a. discovered            b. invented                      c. built                                d. made

10. a. had awarded         b. awarded                      c. were awarded                 d. were awarding

V. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num­bered blank.

David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1) ..............  his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2) ................ sheep on his land. He does not employ (3) ................ fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not (4) …........... school. His wife adds to the family income by (5) ............... eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often (6) ............. paying guests into the farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country (7) ............... and Mrs. Evans enjoys having some (8) ..............  money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (9) ............... the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and (10) .............. to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm for the city some day.

1. a. been to                         b. belonged to                     c. possessed                       d. depended on

2. a. feeds                            b. grows                              c. raises                              d. leads

3. a. some                            b. more                                c. much                              d. any

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

5. a. selling                          b. sells                                 c. to sell                             d. sell

6. a. take                              b. takes                                c. took                               d. is taking

7. a. wind                            b. sights                               c. life                                 d. air

8. a. more                            b. free                                  c. extra                               d. interest

9. a. take off                        b. take over                         c. take after                      d. take care

10. a. interesting                  b. exciting                           c. dull                                d. peaceful

Task 1:Read the following pasage and choose the best option A, B, C or D that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

    My grandma and I share a pastime: Knitting. She taugnt me how to (1)_____ when I was ten year old. In the evening, we both sit in front of the TV and Knit. Now I can Knit scarves, hats and even sweaters. I remember last year I (2)_____ find a birthday present for my dad. Then I thought of Knitting a sweater for him. I searched (3)_____ for a day and finally I found the pattern that came with a YouTube video showing me how to make a sweater. It took me a week to finish it. Dad was so happy (4)_____ the present and said it was his favourite sweater. The best thing about Knitting is that it makes you be (5)_____ careful and patient. My grandma says Knitting is magical because you can create anything you want with just wool and a pair of needles. I love Knitting!

1. A.read               B.paint           C.Knit                D.draw

2. A. had to           B.start            C.have to           D.began

3. A. atereo           B.radio           C.television        D.the Internet

4. A.about             B.with             C.on                   D.at

5. A. more             B.many           C.the most         D.some

A. Choose the one option a,          b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.

I (1)        _____my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2) _____ in a remote village (3) _____the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (4) _____ bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time, with my youth (5) _____, I tried my best to devote (6) _____to the noblest career, that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in (7)^­­­­_____but they could not (8) _____from empty mind.

I am proud (9) _____ myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to the "destination" of (10) _____.

1. a. begin                  b. began                     c. have begun            d. had begun

2. a. teach                  b. to teach                  c. teaching                 d. taught

3. a. which                 b. there                       c. when                       d. where

4. a. in spite of          b. because of c. because                  d. though

5. a. enthusiasm        b. movement             c. emotion                  d. culture

6. a. me time  b. my career                          c. my duty                  d. myself

7. a. poor                    b. poverty                  c. debt                        d. shortage

8. a. bear                    b. cope with               c. suffer                      d. manage

9. a. in                        b. on                           c. about                      d. of

10.a. knowledge       b. competence           c. background           d. experience

IV. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num ­bared blank.

Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (1) .................. of the blind. He (2) …................ was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked (3) .................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris as an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the school . Braille is known for his idea of (4) .................... the Briberies “point writing” system , used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system (10) ................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.

1. a. designer                        b. doctor                           c. teacher                          d. lawyer

2. a. who                               b. whom                           c. himself                          d. for himself

3. a. activity                         b. ability                           c. intelligence                   d. determination

4. a. expressing                     b. learning                        c. bringing                        d. modifying

5. a. made                             b. taken                            c. done                             d. derived

IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (2 points / 0.25 each)
Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space in the following
passage.
Long ago a lot of people (17)_______ the moon was a god . Other people thought it was
just a light in the sky. And other thought it was a big (18) _______ cheese.
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They
wondered (19) _______ it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20th, 1969, that dream
came (20) _______. Two American men landed on the moon (21) _______ names were Neil
Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered (22) _______ dust. The dust
is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living
thing had ever made on the moon. And they could (23) _______ there for years and years.
There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. The two men picked up rocks to bring back to the
earth to study. They drug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people
want to know, then they were off their long trip (24) _______ earth
17. A. thought B. guessed C. told D. said
18. A. form B. stone C. ball D. round
19. A. how B. which C. that D. what
20. A. real B. true C. unreal D. untrue
21. A. Their B. His C. Its D. Theirs
22. A. by B. for C. to D. with
23. A. stay B. remain C. be D. all are correct
24. A. back to B. from to C. into D. onto