Question VIII: Read the passage; Then choose the best answers.

... Smith did not explain the large ...1... he had shown in Magnan but sat thinking ...2... some minutes and then began to talk ...3... something else. About ten that evening I met Smith and he asked me up to his room ...4... coffee.  ...5... room looked nice with comfortable chairs. We talked a little and then he ...6... me his story.

" A long time ...7... I was young artist and came to France where I was traveling from place to place making sketches. One day, I met two French artists ...8... were also moving from place to place making sketches and I joined them. We were as happy ...9... we were or as poor as we were happy, as you like it."

"Claude and Carl-these are the names of those boys-were always in good spirits and laughed at poverty. We were very poor. We lived ...10... the money which we got from time to time for our sketches...."

1 A. interest B. to interest C. interested D. interesting

2 A. at B. of C. for D. up

3 A. in B. about C. for D. as

4 A. drink B. to drink C. drinking D. drank

5 A. Þ B. ¢ C. An D.  The

6 A. told B. said C. spoke D. asked

7 A. next B. up C. ago D. before

8 A. why B. whom C. whose D. who

9 A. as B. more C. than D. less

10 A. about B. in C. against D. on

. Read the notice (A-H). Then write the correct answer.

What does Chris say to the waiter. Complete the conversation. 

Read the article about some pop stars. Choose the best answer

Complete the conversation between two friends outside a cinema.  What does Mary say to Sarah? 

Read the article about bears. Then choose the best answers.

Read the note and the ticket. Fill in the information in Mary’s diary. 

VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

 A hobby can be almost what a person likes to do in his/ her spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, or hunt animals. They also climb the mountains, fish, ski, skate, and swim. They also paint pictures, attend concerts and play musical instruments. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from shells to stamps.

People have hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation. Sometimes they can bring financial profit. Hobbies also bring interesting activities for people who have retired. People, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow a satisfying hobby, regardless of their age, position, or income.

Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health. Doctors have found that hobbies are available in helping patients suffering from physical or mental illness. Hobbies give these patients activities to do, and provide interests that prevent them from thinking about themselves.

1. According to the passage, a hobby is what a person likes to do when…………………

2. The underlined word they in the passage refers to……………………

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage of having hobbies?

4. The word “income” is closest in meaning to………………………..

5. According to doctors, hobbies are helpful to……………………….

Read the passage, and then choose the best answers.

            Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of students in the       United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the elderly.           They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen   to their problems.

            Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean   up, or repair their houses, do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things those boys usually learn from their fathers.

            Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games. Some of these clubs   show movies or hold short trip to the mountains, the beaches, museums, or other places of interest. Most            of these clubs use a lot of students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the     problems of younger boys and girls.

      21. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

            A. They do the shopping, and repair or clean up their house.

            B. They tell them stories and sing dance for them.

            C. They cool, sew, and wash their clothes.

            D. They take them to basketball games.

      22. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

            A. To learn things about their fathers.

            B. To get to know thing about their fathers.

            C. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.

            D. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

      23 .Which activities are NOT available for the students at the clubs?

            A. playing games                                          B. learning photography

            C. going to interest places                           D. watching films

      24. Why do they use many students as volunteers? – Because                   .

            A. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

            B. they have a lot of free time.

            C. they know how to do the work.

            D. they are good at playing games and learning new things.

      25. Where don’t students often do volunteer work?

 A. hospitals              

B. orphanages          

C. clubs            

D. homes for the elderly 

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