EXERCISE 2: Choose the word that best completes each space in the passage.

The English countryside between the towns is (1).......... a carpet of

many colours. In spring and summer, the fields, meadows and woods are light green or dark green, and the gardens are green, red, blue, yellow and white (2)............ flowers. In autumn the leaves on the trees (3).......... their

colour from green to yellow, brown and red. They fall from the trees in winter. The English summer is never very hot, and the winter is not very cold. Spring and autumn are very cool. Cold winds (4)........... in winter and there

are cool winds in summer. Snow does not (5)............ often in England.

The (6).................... over England is often blue, but the wind often bring grey

clouds from the sea, and rain falls in all seasons.

Spring and summer are beautiful seasons, because the sun often (7)............

brightly in the blue sky: the fields, meadows and woods are green and there

are many beautiful flowers of (8)........... colours in the gardens. Autumn is a

nice season, too: it is the season of the harvest, the season of beautiful ripe apples and pears. There are many fine days in winter, when the sun shines (9)........ the cold blue sky. But all children like summer, because it is the

season of the holidays, the season (10).............. they go to the seaside or

play in the green meadows and woods.

1. A. like B. same C. likely D. alike

2. A. for B. of C. with D. by

3. A. grow B. change C. become D. paint

4. A. blow B. flow C. fly D. run

5. A. drop B. leak C. strike D. fall

6. A. weather B. climate C. sky D. air

7. A. lights B. shines C. shows D. burns

8. A. all B. almost C. every D. the most

9. A. in B. on C. at D. above

10. A. which B. where C. why D. when

1, We have to walk home because we don't have enough money to catch the bus. ( So )

2, Jack had to stay at home because of his serious sickness. 
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