Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

                                                Ball Games

___ It’s summer and a stadium in the USA is full (1) ……… 40,000 excited fans. Suddenly everyone stands up and sings the American (2) ………. anthem. The game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox is going to (3) ………… soon. The game? Baseball of course!

___ Modern baseball (4) ………… in the USA and the sport is an important part of American life. Traditionally people go to a game with all their family. It’s very (5) ………, sociable and noisy, and spectators eat, drink and sing during the game.

___ The Yankees and the Red Sox are (6) ………… teams. There are also professional baseball leagues in Asia and Latin America. It’s an Olympic sport, too.

___ In England, a few thousand supporters are sitting in the rain. There aren’t any players on the pitch. They’ll continue the match (7) …………… it stops raining. If it doesn’t stop, neither team will win or lose-it’ll be a draw. What’s the sport? Cricket!

___ Although England is the (8) ……….. of cricket, the places where cricket is most popular are hot and sunny – Australia, South Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean. A cricket match (9) ………. for a long time – sometimes five days – and each day there are breaks for lunch and tea! However, now there is few, faster version of cricket called Twenty20. There’s pop music and the (10) ………. at the ground is more exciting. Some people think that Twenty20 will replace traditional cricket one day.

Q23: Choose the correct word for each gap to complete the following passage. *

district

town

city

village

Q24: Choose the correct word for each gap to complete the following passage. *

large

dirty

small

clean

Q25: Choose the correct word for each gap to complete the following passage. *

live

lives

are living

lived

Q26: Choose the correct word for each gap to complete the following passage. *

their

the

it's

its

Q27: Choose the correct word for each gap to complete the following passage. *

priced

prices

goods

good

Q28: Why doesn’t the author like to live in an apartment? *

He/she doesn’t like to live in blocks of flats

He/she doesn’t like the city

He/she doesn’t like to live with rude neighbors

Both A and C are correct

Q29: Where will the house be located? *

inside the river

outside the city

in the sky

in the village

Q30: The house will use solar energy to ___________ *

prepare meals

run the computers

cool the water

water the flowers

Q31: Why does the author want to live in an eco-house? *

to save energy

so save the wild animals

to save the environment

to save water

Q32: What will the robots do? *

feed the pets

clean the house

cook meal

All are correct

IV. Choose the correct answer(A, B, C or D) for each gap to complete the following text.

Johnson lives in a small apartment (1)…………..New York. There are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen in the apartment. Johnson shares (2)………….. apartment with two other people. Behind the apartment there (3)…..………….many trees and in front of his apartment there is a (4)…………..…supermarket. There is a fish market to the left of the apartment and to the right there is a beautiful river. Every day he (5)…………… to work by motorbike at a quarter past seven.

1. A. on B. in C. between D. to

2. A. his B. he C. him D. their

3. A. have B. has C. is D. are

4. A. clever B. curly C. big D. kind

5. A. go B. goes C. is going D. are going

Choose the right word from the box to fill each blank to complete the following sentences.

31. She isn’t happy with her ………………………for Tet.

32. These ………………………will conserve the earth’s resources.

33. He’s having a party in ………………………of his 30^th birthday.

34. Environmental ………………………is everybody’s responsibility.

35. You should do something about the environmental ……………………….

36. She doesn’t pay ………………………to her cooking, so the food is horrible.

37. Mary, who had been listening to the ………………………, looked angry.

38. Few of people who applied for the job had the necessary ……………………….

39. The government is pressing for immediate ………………………of the changes.

40. We should do something immediately to save many kinds of rare animals from ……………………….

I. Fill each gap in the following article with ONE suitable word.

One summer I went to Florida in the USA (1) .................holiday. I said goodbye to my family (2) ..............the airport in London (3) ............... I flew to Miami. I stayed with my friend, Maria. Her grandfather had a boat and we wanted to (4) ................sailing. We had (5) ..............lovely time sailing. (6) ............morning I decided to sit on the side of the boat. Suddenly, I fell off (7) ............. the sea. I didn’t know how to swim well and I began (8) ...........shout. Then, after a minute (9) ............. felt something push me nearer the boat. It was a dolphin and he was trying to help me! Maria’s grandfather pulled me back on the boat. I have now learnt to (10) ............ and I will always love dolphins!