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

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 34

A. best-sell

B. best-sold

C. best-selling

D. best-to- sell

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

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 35

A. succeed

B. success

C. successful

D. successfully

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

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 32

A. off

B. to

C. away

D. from

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

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 31

A. in

B. for

C. by

D. as

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

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 33

A. collected

B. to collect

C. collecting

D. collection

Read the passage and answer the questions.  

Salvador Dalí was a very famous Surrealist painter. He didn’t paint pictures of his real life. He painted pictures of his ideals and dreams. Dalí was born in Figueres, Spain, in 1904. He was good at art form a very early and had drawing lessons from the age of ten. When he was fifteen, he had his first art exhibition. At the age of eighteen, he went to art college in Marid. Three years later, Dalí was tired of his teachers and they asked him to leave the college. He wanted to learn new things, so he went to Paris and met Picasso. 

1. Where was Dalí born? 

________________________________________________________________________________ 

2. What did he paint? 

________________________________________________________________________________ 

3. When did he have his first art exhibition? 

________________________________________________________________________________ 

4. Who did he meet in France? 

________________________________________________________________________________ 

Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the question below.

Antonio lives in the city of Valencia in Spain. Every year he goes to La Tomatina Festival in Bunol, a town near Valencia. The festival is on the last Wednesday in August, when everyone comes into the main square to throw tomatoes at each other. Before the fun begins, people cover the shop windows with plastic. Antonio always wears his oldest clothes so he doesn’t get his best clothes dirty. He also always puts his camera in a plastic bag to keep it clean. In the morning trucks arrive in the main square, the Plaza del Pueblo, bringing more than 100,000 kilos of tomatoes. The fight begins at 11 o’clock and always last for two hours. At exactly 1 o’clock everyone stops. They never throw tomatoes after 1 o’clock. They then usually spend the rest of the day cleaning themselves and the town! In the evening, Antonio usually watches the fireworks, eats the local food and sometimes joins in the dancing.

(Adapted from KET Objective, Cambridge University Press)

41. Where does Antonio come from?

A. Valencia.        B. La Tomania.        C. Bunol.        D. Plaza del Pueblo.

42. When does the La Tomatina Festival take place?

A. At the beginning of August            B. At the end of August

C. At the middle of August                D. All are correct

43. Why does Antonio want to wear his oldest clothes to the festival?

A. He doesn’t have new clothes.            B. He loves his old clothes.

C. He doesn’t get his new clothes dirty.        D. He doesn’t like his newest clothes.

44. How long does it take people to throw tomatoes at each other during this Festival?

A. 2 hours.        B. 10 hours.            C. 11 hours.        D. A day.

45. What does NOT Antonio do in this evening?

A. watch fireworks.    B. eat local food.        C. join the dancing.    D. watch TV

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 50.

          Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then. A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature history.

When did he travel to Spain?

A. in 1956

B. in 1928

C. in 1958

D. in 1960

III.    Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.

    This is my favourite singer. He (1)         a famous rock star. He (2)         in America. He (3)        all around the world and (4)             in rock concerts. He (5)            his songs and(6)            his own video dips. In his free time, he (7)            staying at home listening to his CDs. At weekends, he usually (8)            to expensive restaurants with his friends. He also (9)            a lot of books about strange things. I can’t wait to see him perform live. I (10)        him so much.