Read the following passage and mark the letter Ay B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

When man first learnt how to make fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The fuel he used was probably wood. As time passed, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil would (23) ______.

Coal was not used very widely as a (24) ______of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production would double if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, (25) ______of the huge factories and electricity stations would be unable to function if there was no coal.

In the last twenty or thirty years, (26) ______, the use of coal has declined. As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It is (27) ______that more people would use coal if oil and gas were not available.

23. A. heat              B. bum                     C. fire                   D. light

24. A. resource       B. reason                  C. Cause              D. source

25. A. much            B. many                   C. more                D. few

26. A. however       B. therefore             C. because            D. since

27. A. believed       B. Considered         C. made               D. provided

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The greater part of London______ of wood, but after the great fire, wider streets and brick houses__________.

A. have been/are built

B. was/ were built

C. was/ would be built

D. had been/were built

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

John never comes to class on time and _______.

A. neither does Peter

B. so does Peter

C. so doesn’t Peter

D. neither doesn’t Peter 

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 8. People have used coal and oil to electricity for a long time.

A. bred

B. raise

C. cultivate

D. generate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 13: Time was up, and the judges the results.

A. announced

B. spoke

C. declared

D. delivered