Fill in the blank in the passage with ONE suitable word :Soon it’s morning in the big city. By eight o’clock the streets are filled again (6) ____________ people. Millions of people live in the big city, and millions of people who (7) _____________ in the big city live in the suburbs, the (8) ____________, are hurrying out of railroad station, subways, buses and apartment houses. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Everyone is in a (9) ___________. Some stop only to drink a quick (10) ____________ of coffee. There is no time (11) ______________ breakfast. Others stop to but the morning paper. They read the headlines before they hurry on to the tall office buildings. (12) ____________ they work.   

Complete the passage: in/ live/ their/ with/ from/ sleep/ are/ and/ or/ gets:

The streets are crowded __1.__ the traffic. Taxis are bringing tired people __2.__ the airport and the train stations to the hotels. They hope to __3.__ a few hours before their busy days in the big city. Trucks __4.__ bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into the city. Ships are bringing food __5.__ fuel to the harbour.
By 7 o'clock __6.__ the morning, the streets are filled again with people. Million of people __7.__ in the big city and millions of people who work in the big city, who live in the suburbs, the communiters are hurring to get to __8.__ offices. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink a cup of coffee. Others stop to buy the morning paper __9.__ to have breakfast.
The noise of traffic __10.__ louder. The policemen blow the whistles to stop the traffic or to hurry up along.

Read the text and fill in the blanks with correct words. Use the words in the box.

(In, live, their, with, from, sleep, are, and, or, gets)

       The streets are crowded (1) ....................... the traffic. Taxis are bringing tired people (2)............................... the airport and the train stations to the hotels. They hope to (3) .......................... a few hours before their busy day in the big city. Trucks (4) ........................... bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into the city. Ships are bringing food (5) ......................... fuel to the harbour.

       By seven o'clock (6) ............................. the morning, the streets are filled again with people. Millions of people (7) .................... in the big city, and millions of people who work in the big city live in the suburbs, the commuters, are hurrying to get to (8) ......................... offices. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink a cup of coffee. Orthers stop to buy the morning paper (9) ......................... to have breakfast.

       The noise of traffic (10) ........................... louder. The policemen blow their whistles to stop the traffic or to hurry it along.

read the text and answer the following questions.

The streets are crowded with traffic. Taxis are bringing tired people from the airport and the train stations to the hotels. They hope to sleep a few hours before their busy day in the big city. Trucks are bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into the city. Ships are bringing food and fuel to the harbour. By seven o'clock in the morning, the streets are filled again with people. Millions of people live in the big city, and millions of people who work in the big city live in the subrbs, the commuters, are hurrying to get to their offices. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink a cup of coffe. Other stop to buy the morning paper or to have breakfast. The noise of traffic gets louder. The policemen blow their whisles to stop the traffic or to hurry it long.

1. Where do taxis often take people from?

2. What are trucks bringing? And what about ships?

3. Who are commuter?

4. What do people often do when they are in a hurry in the early morning?

5. What do the policemen do to control the traffic?

1.                   Streets are always crowded ………. people and vehicles nowadays.                                                                    A. with                         B. by                             C. of                            D. for

2.                   Robert ……………. in three movies already. I’m sure he’ll be a star someday.                                                    A. appeared                   B. had appeared            C. has appeared            D. has been appearing

3.                    I’ll look after the children while you ………….. dinner.                                                                                    A. making                     B. will be making         C. made                       D. are making

4.                   She’s been studying ………. chemistry at university for three years.                                                                   A. an                            B. ∅                              C. a                              D. the

5.                   We always …………lots of photos while we go on a camping trip.                                                                     A. take                         B. do                            C. make                       D. catch

6.                   My doctor ………. me to take up swimming as it is such good exercise.                                                              A. suggested                 B. proposed                  C. advised                    D. said

7.                   The excuse Jane gave for her absence seems …… unbelievable                                                                          A. to being                   B. to be                         C. being                       D. be

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Question: During time of Tet, the streets are crowded because people go shopping.

A. During time of Tet, the streets are crowded but people go shopping.

B. During time of Tet, people go shopping, so the streets are crowded.

C. During time of Tet, the streets are not crowded because people go shopping.

D. During time of Tet, people go shopping and the streets are not crowded.

Question 6: The streets are getting more and_______these days.

A. crowded              B. less crowded        C. more crowded      D. most crowded

Question 7: New York City's Central Park is nearly twice as large_______second smallest country.

A. as                        B. is the                   C. as is                    D. as the

Question 8: You must explain your problems_______.

A. as clear as you can                                                              B. as clearly as you can

C. as clear than you are                            D. as clearly as you are

Question 9: Phil is_______person we have ever known.

A. the happier          B. the happiest         C. happier                D. happiest

Question 10: Which woman are you going to vote for? -I’m not sure. Everyone says that Joan is_______.

A. smarter                B. the smarter           C. more smarter       D. more smart

Question 11:I thought this test would be difficult, but it is_______test I've ever taken.

A. the easiest           B. easier                  C. the most easy       D. easily

Question 12: It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere_______?

A. noisier                 B. more quiet           C. more noisy          D. quieter

Question 13:_______the time passes,_______I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I have just finished half of it.

A. The faster / the nervous                       B. The more fast / the nervous

C. The fast / the more nervous                  D. The faster / the more nervous

Question 14: China is the country with_______population.

A. the larger             B. the more large      C. the largest            D. the most large

Question 15: She sat there quietly, but during all that time she was getting_______. Finally she exploded.

A. more and more angrily                         B. the more angry

C. angrier and angrier                              D. the most angry

Question 16: For_______, it is certain that in the future some things will be very different.

A. the better or the worse                         B. the good or the bad

C. good or bad                                         D. better or worse

Question 17: Her grandfather’s illness was_______we thought at first.

A. more seriously as B. as seriously as     C. more serious than D. as serious than

Question 18: My brother was feeling tired last night, so he went to bed_______usual.

A. more early than    B. as early as           C. more earlier as     D. earlier than

Question 19:_______you study for these exams,_______you will do.

A. The harder / the better                          B. The more / the much

C. The hardest / the best                           D. The more hard / the more good

Question 20: That is his house which is_______mine.

A. twice as big as                                     B. as twice big as

C. as two times big as                              D. as big as twice

Question 21: My town is_______this city.

A. more peaceful                                      B. more peacefully than

C. peaceful than                                       D. more peaceful than

Question 22: I was ill yesterday but I am_______today.

A. better                   B. gooder                 C. weller                  D. best

Question 23: Monkeys are_______learners than elephants.

A. faster                   B. very fast              C. more faster          D. more fast

Question 24: The use of detail is_______method of developing a controlling idea and almost all students employ this method.

A. more common      B. common              C. most common      D. the most common

Question 25: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that_______it is at night, _______he plays his music!

A. the less/ the more loud                         B. the less/less

C. the more late/ the more loudly              D. the later/the louder

Question 26: It gets_______when the winter is coming.

A. cold and cold                                       B. the coldest and coldest

C. colder and colder                                 D. more and more cold

Question 27: The cuisine of France is_______.

A. more famous than that of England        B. famous than the cuisine of England

C. more famous than which of England     D. as famous than that of England

Question 28: My sister is two years_______than me.

A. young                  B. so young              C. younger               D. the youngest

Question 29: What is the_______movie you have ever seen?

A. worst                   B. baddest                C. most bad             D. the worst

Question 30: The Missouri River is the_______river in the United States.

A. most long            B. longer                  C. longest                D. the longer

Question 31: That whale is_______than this dingo.

A. big                      B. most big              C. biggest                D. bigger

Question 32: Our crazy Uncle Pete is the_______fisherman in all of Oregon.

A. talented               B. most talented       C. more talented       D. talentedly

Question 33: The people applauded_______than before when Bobo the Clown came out.

A. most loudly         B. louder                  C. loudest                D. more loud

Question 34: I'm positive that I am_______and beautiful than my opponent.

A. more intelligent    B. most intelligent    C. as intelligent        D. intelligent

Question 35: Of all two sisters, Kizzy is the_______.

A. hard-working                                       B. more hard-working

C. most hard-working                              D. as hard-working