Read the passage and answer the questions

I live in the house near the sea. It is an old house, about 20 years old, and it is not very large. There are two bedrooms upstairs but not bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living room where there is a lovely old fireplace. There is a garden in front of the house. The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere. I live alone with my dog, Boxer but we have many visitors. Many of my friends work in the city, so they often stay with me because they want to relax.

Where is the house?

I.      Fill in the blank with: in, on, to, under, behind, near. Ex: The book is on the table.

1.               They are waiting                 front of the theater.

2.               The lamp is next                 the picture.

3.               The picture is                      the wall.

4.               Can you see the cat                        the picture?

5.               The child is hiding                         a tree.

6.               The armchairs aren‟t far from the television. They are                   the television.

7.               The water flows                 the bridge.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on  your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 52.

A rather surprising geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater, one of the world’s largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice. Now known as Lake  Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block that comprises Antarctica. The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of ice because its waters are warned by geothermal heat from the earth’s core. This thick glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates it from frigid temperatures (the lowest ever recorded on Earth) on the surface.

The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an aerial survey of the area. Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated the ice and revealed a body of water of indeterminate size. It was not until much more recently that data collected by satellite made scientists aware of the tremendous size of the lake; satellite-borne radar detected an extremely flat region where the ice remains level because it is floating on the water of the lake.

The discovery of such a huge fresh water lake trapped under Antarctica is of interest to the scientific community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient microbes that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years, unaffected by factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the problems associated with obtaining uncontaminated sampled from the lake without actually exposing the lake to contamination. Scientists are looking for possible ways to accomplish this

Which of the following is closest in meaning to “ Frigid” in the first paragraph?

A. extremely cold           

B. never changing          

C. quite harsh                

D. rarely recorded

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

1. I have photographs of my family _______ the wall of my office.

A. on B. next to C. at D. in

2. Mr. Smith's jacket is _______ the closet.

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

3. Where's John? He's over there. He's standing________ Ellen.

A. on B. under C. next to D. between

4. I always eat ________ home.

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

5. The teacher stands ________ the class.

A. between B. at C. in front of D. next

6. I arrive at work _____ nine o'clock.

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

7. He was born _______ 15th, January.

A. on B. at C. in D. to

8. I like to watch the parade _______ Independence Day.

A. in B. to C. at D. on

9. My house is ______ the bookstore and the school.

A. between B. at C. in front D. behind

10. Let’s meet ________ Tuesday.

A. in B. behind C. on D. at

II. WRITING

Complete the following questions with appropriate prepositions.

1. What time do your children go to bed ___ night?

2. My birthday is next week, ____ October 26th.

3. We can go to the market ___ foot.

4. I'll wait for you ___ the bus stop.

5. They are waiting ____ front of the theater.

6. The child is hiding _____ the tree.

7. The armchairs aren’t far from the television. They are ______ the television.

8. The water flows ______ the bridge.

9. He started learning English ___ 2005.

10. We're going to have a picnic ____ Saturday afternoon