IX. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers in the box below.

                                                SEASONAL ADVICE

If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little advice about what’s important in life, you could do a lot worse than consider the words of  ___(1)____that were read out on my last day at school. Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has ____(2)_____. But you can be sure that thirty years from now you’ll _____(3)_____ back on life and  _____(4)_____ just how good things were.

Try not to worry about the future – or at least be aware that worrying never really helps to solve anything. Real troubles will always sneak up and _____(5)_____ you by surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do something that scares you every so often.

Do not lie and cheat – especially in love – and do not _____(6)_____ up with people who deceive you. Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs ____(7)______. Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow.

It helps to be kind ______(8)___ your neighbors and colleagues – it’s nice and they’ll  miss  you when you’re not ____(9)_____. Friends come and go but there are a precious few that you should try and  _____(10)_____ on to. Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by.

1. A. knowledge                     B. learning                               C. opinion                               D. wisdom

2. A. gone                               B. been                                    C. lasted                                  D. spent

3. A. come                               B. look                                                C. think                                   D. go

4. A. remind                            B. rethink                                C. recall                                   D. reappear

5. A. get                                  B. happen                                C. appear                                 D. take

6. A. look                                B. come                                   C. put                                      D. bring

7. A. out                                  B. down                                  C. off                                      D. over

8. A. about                              B. to                                        C. with                                                D. for

9. A. in                                    B. around                                C. with                                                D. over

10. A. take                              B. hold                                                C. stay                                     D. stick

Question 1: (10 points) Read the following passage and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the space provided.

                                                                POSTCADS

Today, people like to send postcards (1)   _ their friends and family. These postcards often have pictures  of  beaches,  mountains  or  castles  on  them  and  you  (2)                  write  a  message  on  the

 and the  pictures  on  them  are  often  (5)   than  people‟s  own  photos.  Somebody  sent  the  first

their newspapers then.

Your anwers:

Part 2: Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space. (10 pts)

For a very long time, people tried to fly like birds or insects with wings made of wood or card. But no-one could fly (1) ___________two brothers who were called Wright made the first plane a century ago.

The first planes were very small. They were just big (2) ___________ for one pilot and they couldn’t fly very far. Today, there are very big planes which can (3) ___________ hundreds of people at the same time to (4) ___________ country in the world.

There are also a lot of small planes (5) ___________ are very important in people’s lives. In some very big countries when a person is very ill and needs a doctor to come (6) ___________, the doctors need to use a plane.

In some countries, (7) ___________there are fires in the big forests, firemen use small planes to pick up water from a river or the sea and drop (8) ___________ on the fire.

In the last fifty years, more and more people (9) ___________ begun to go on holiday by plane. Fifty years ago, most countries (10) ___________ had one airport but today there is an airport near most big cities.

1. A. past B. until C. during D. so

2. A. enough B. too C. ever D. such

3. A. carried B. carry C. carrying D. carryed

4. A. every B. both C. many D. all

5. A. where B. when C. who D. which

6. A. quickest B. quick C. quickly D. quicklier

7. A. if B. so C. or D. but

8. A. it B. they C. them D. its

9. A. had B. has C. having D. have

     10. A. before B. only C. yet D. since

Exercise 7: Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. 

I would like to live in one of the (96) ………… modern houses in the world. It will produce all the energy it needs from the (97) ………… energy, the wind energy, but not from gas, or oil. There will be modern electronic (98) ………… in the kitchen such as a smart refrigerator, a dishwasher, a microwave oven, and so on. The house will also have a hi-tech TV that helps us to watch TV programmes from space. A home robot will be able to do all of (99) …………, so our life will become more comfortable than ever (100) …………

96. A. more B. almost C. much D. most

97. A. solar B. sunny C. sun D. cloudy

98. A. tools B. appliances C. machines D. equip

99. A. the homework B. the housework C. homework D. housework

100. A. after B. until C. then D. before

Part 1: Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 points)

The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry. The direct (1) .................... impact of the industry, including accommodation, transportation, entertainment, and attractions, is worth trillions of dollars every year. The statistics show that the number of international tourist (2) .................... worldwide reached 1.04 billion in 2012.

Such large (3) .................... of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the many thousands of skiers are (4) .................... the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (5) ....................  old food tins, tents, and pieces of equipment that have been (6) .................... away. At a time when we have greater freedom to travel (7) .................... ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (8) .................... causing damage to their destinations.

Now there is a new holiday guide(9) .................... "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you how you can be a responsible tourist by asking your travel agent or your tour (10) .................... the right questions before you book a holiday.

          1.     A. national               B. educational          C. economic           D. cultural

           2.    A. arrivals                B. deliveries            C. comings              D. figures

           3.    A. totals                    B. numbers               C. amounts              D. digits

           4.    A. bending               B. destroying           C. fixing                  D. hurting

           5.    A. for                        B. on                         C. with                     D. below

           6.    A. put                        B. tidied                     C. given                   D. thrown

           7.    A. than                      B. when                    C. then                     D. while

           8.    A. outside                B. instead                 C. beside                 D. without

           9.    A. called                   B. known                  C. termed                D.described

           10. A. advisor                 B. director                C. operator              D. worker

I. Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space 

PASSAGE A. As a community, community service can bring neighborhoods, families, and people (1)_________ together. Through a community-wide effort to solve problems and better the lives of (2)________, a community can work closer together and become (3)_______. Some communities may be even (4) ________ to benefit from more funding because (5)_______ community service. State and local government sometimes recognized the effort to better (6)__________ improve a community. This effort is awarded with (7)_________ in funding or awareness. This extra help can (8) ________ get the word out to others looking to engage in community service.

1. A. close            B. closer            C. closing            D. closest

2. A. another            B. some            C. others            D. all

3. A. stronger            B. strongest            C. strength            D. strengthen

4. A. ability            B. enable            C. disable            D. able

5. A. with            B. of                C. at                D. for

6. A. but            B. since            C. and                D. because

7. A. assistance            B. assistant            C. assisting            D. assist

8. A. make            B. do                C. play                 D. help

PASSAGE B. Caring for infants and children who (1)_________ at risk or have limited resources can have a lasting impact (2)_________ a child’s development and is one of the (3)_________ rewarding placements available (4)_________ volunteers. The children are (5)_________ to see new and smiling faces, and love games, songs, and rhymes that volunteers help to organize. Simply holding infants, sharing your (6)_________, and providing (7)_________ attention is important to their future well-being. The staff (8)_________ the help with (9)_________ routines such as feeding and clothing the children and playing (10)_________ them.

1. A. are            B. is                C. were                D. was

2. A. in                B. on                 C. at                D. for    

3. A. best            B. more            C. most                D. better

4. A. for            B. to                C. on                 D. of

5. A. unhappy            B. sad                C. bad                D. delighted

6. A. affecting            B. affection            C. affect            D. affected

7. A. individually        B. individuality        C. individual            D. individualize

8. A. appreciates        B. appreciate            C. appreciated            D. appreciating

9. A. everyday            B. date                C. daily                D. day

10. A. of            B. without            C. to                D. with

PASSAGE C. Have you ever wanted to do something different? Five years ago, Will Slade read about (1)_________ organization called Earthwatch. Earthwatch finds volunteers (2)_________ expeditions (3)_________ and explore different parts of the world. Will decided (4)_________ an expedition to study elephants in Africa. “I wasn’t sure about it before I went,” says Will. “But in fact, I really enjoyed every minute of the expedition. We slept (5)_________ tents and we cooked our own food, but it was the great (6)_________ elephants and all the other animals there”. “I’ve (7)_________ all the expeditions, and  I have seen some fantastic places. How (8)_________ people have slept (9)_________ a beach, climbed a mountain, or see a whale? This world is such a beautiful place, but it’s disappearing fast. We have to learn more (10)_________ it if we are going to save it”.

1. A. a                B. the                C. an                D. some

2. A. to                B. for                C. at                D. on

3. A. studying            B. studied            C. study            D. to study

4. A. to join            B. join                C. joining            D. joined

5. A. on             B. in                C. at                D. under

6. A. see            B. saw                C. seeing            D. to see

7. A. enjoyed            B. enjoy            C. enjoying            D. to enjoy

8. A. much             B. far                C. many            D. long

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

10. A. at            B. in                 C. of                D. about

I. Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space 

PASSAGE A. As a community, community service can bring neighborhoods, families, and people (1)_________ together. Through a community-wide effort to solve problems and better the lives of (2)________, a community can work closer together and become (3)_______. Some communities may be even (4) ________ to benefit from more funding because (5)_______ community service. State and local government sometimes recognized the effort to better (6)__________ improve a community. This effort is awarded with (7)_________ in funding or awareness. This extra help can (8) ________ get the word out to others looking to engage in community service.

1. A. close            B. closer            C. closing            D. closest

2. A. another            B. some            C. others            D. all

3. A. stronger            B. strongest            C. strength            D. strengthen

4. A. ability            B. enable            C. disable            D. able

5. A. with            B. of                C. at                D. for

6. A. but            B. since            C. and                D. because

7. A. assistance            B. assistant            C. assisting            D. assist

8. A. make            B. do                C. play                 D. help

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space