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.

It’s always worth preparing well for an interview. Don’t just hope for the best. Here are a (25)_________tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (26)_________to say. If you don’t own a video camera, perhaps a friend of yours does. Borrow it and make a video tape of yourself. Find somebody to watch it with you and give you some (27)_________of advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how the company expects its employees to dress. At the interview, believe in yourself and be honest, open and friendly. Pay attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and (28)_________do you.

25. A. little                         B. several                           C. few                                D. lot

26. A. intend                      B. consider                         C. imagine                         D. think

27. A. numbers                  B. slices                              C. plenties                          D. pieces

28. A. so                             B. either                             C. neither                           D. or

Fill the blank with a suitable word. There are two extras.

intend, in, of, pay, employees, for, few

yours, neither, give, number, somebody

It's always worth preparing well an interview. Don't just hope (1)_______ the best. Here are a (2)_______ tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (3)_______ to say. If you don't own a video camera, perhaps a friend of (4)________ does. Borrow it can make a video tape of yourself. Find (5)_________ to watch it with you and give you a (6)_________ of pieces of advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out the company expects its (7)________ to dress. At the interview, believe (8)__________ yourself and be honest, open and friendly. (9)_________ attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn't want to waste time and (10)__________ do you.

1.Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There are TWO words that you don’t need.

decorate      decorations      traditional       parade       celebrate      costumes       fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days. The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events. People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42) __________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish food at the food stands.

. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There are TWO words that you don’t need.

decorate      decorations      traditional       parade       celebrate      costumes       fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days. The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events. People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42) __________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish food at the food stands.

VI. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There is ONE word that you don’t need.

snorkelling      buy       cloudy       take       rain       sightseeing

Amy: Hi, Poppy. It’s Amy.

Poppy: Oh, hi Amy! Are you enjoying yourself in the Caribbean?

Amy: Yes, the weather is a bit (38) ______________ but I’m still having a lot of fun. 

Poppy: What are you doing right now?

Amy: I’m relaxing on the beach. We’re staying in a big hotel right on the beach, so it’s really fantastic. This afternoon we are going (39) ______________ in the sea. My sister Zoey thinks it’ll be scary, but I can’t wait. 

Poppy: Wow! What else are you going to do?

Amy: Tomorrow, we’re going to take a jeep tour and go (40) ______________  around the island. We’re going to visit a banana farm and a fishing village. People can (41) ______________ amazing souvenirs there. 

Poppy: Promise me you’ll (42) ______________ lots of photos.

Amy: Of course, Poppy. See you next week. Bye

Read the following email and fill in each blank with a suitable word/phrase from the box. There are two words/phrases that you don't need.

                        experience      sample       excited       interesting

                      walking tour      performance          sightseeing

Hi Amy,

My family and I are going to Edinburgh next month and I'm really __________. We are traveling on Friday. I've made some plans. In the morning, we are talking a ___________ around Edinburgh. It's a good way to learn about the city. In the afternoon, we are visiting Edinburgh Castle. That will be an amazing ___________ for sure. Then we are going to have dinner àn enjoy live ___________ in a really nice restaurant. If we have time, we will visit Royal Botanic Garden. It's very popular with tourists. There's also a local market near the garden. People can ___________ traditional cakes and chocolate, or buy local art and jewelry for souvenirs. I think we will have a terrific time

I. Read the passage and fill each blank with a suitable word from the box. (2,0ms)

There are two main kinds of sports: team sports and (1)_______________sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball, basketball (2)________ volleyball. Team sports (3) ___________ two separate teams. The teams play against each other. They compete (4)____________ each other in order to get the (5)________ score. For example, (6)________ a football game, if team A gets 4 points and team B (7)__________3 points, team A wins the game. Team sports are sometime called (8)_________________sports.

VIII. Fill in each blank with the suitable given word. clean are lots live and for sell prices city goods Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It’s a beautiful (36) __________ with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a (37) __________ city. Most of the people (38) __________ in high rise flats in different parts of the island. The business district is very modern with (39) __________ of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In China town, there (40) __________ rows of old shop houses. The Government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful (41) __________ date from the colonial days. Singapore is famous (42) __________ its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the (43) __________ are duty free. Singapore’s restaurants (44) __________ Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the (45) __________ are quite 

Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the passage. There are two extra words.

      Would you like to know how people in Spain welcome New Year? Eating twelve (31) …………………… .Tradition has it that you have to eat them one by one, in time with the striking of the clock (32)…………..…… midnight on 31 December. If you manage to eat all the grapes in time, you will have a year of prosperity and good (33) ……………….. Whether or not you believe in magic, try the experience – it’s great fun. On this day, family or friends usually get together for a (34) …………… dinner and then have the twelve grapes. In many towns and villages, people go to a central square or an iconic place where there is a large clock, to eat the grapes (35) …………………… and share the last minutes of the old year.