Choose the word which best fits each gap.
Breakfast is the (30) ______ important meal of the day. It provides the nutrients your body needs for good health, the calories it needs for (31) ______ and helps to maintain your blood sugar level. Studies have shown that people who don’t have breakfast have a low blood sugar level and are often slow, tired, hungry, and (32) ______ to concentrate. Surprisingly, breakfast actually plays a part in weight control. It's easier to (33) ______ weight if you eat in the morning rather than later in the day. Dividing the day’s calories (34) ______ three meals helps take-off weight more efficiently than (35) ______ breakfast and having two larger meals a day does. 30. A. healthy B. tasty C. main D. most 31. A. strength B. power C. energy D. effort
32. A. able B. enable C. unable D. capable
33. A. lose B. put C. gain D. drop
34. A. in B. into C. up D. for
35 A. skipping B. making C. buying D. serving
Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence or best combines the two given sentences.
36. It was very hot. He switched on the fan.
A. It was very hot, so he switched on the fan.
B. Because he switched on the fan, it was very hot.
C. It was very hot, but he switched on the fan.
D. So it was very hot, he switched on the fan.
37. You will miss the train. You must hurry.
A. You must hurry, so you will miss the train.
B. Because you must hurry, you will miss the train.
C. You must hurry, or you will miss the train.
D. Missing the train means you must hurry.
38. She had a sunburn. She didn’t apply sunscreen on her body.
A. She had a sunburn or she didn’t apply sunscreen on her body.
B. Although she had a sunburn, she didn’t apply sunscreen on her body.
C. Because she had a sunburn, she didn’t apply sunscreen on her body.
D. She had a sunburn because she didn’t apply sunscreen on her body.
39. Helen has a temperature. She has a headache.
A. Although Helen has a temperature, she has a headache.
B. Helen has a temperature or a headache.
C. Helen has a temperature and a headache.
D. Helen has a temperature because she has a headache.
40. You have to get up early. You will be late for school.
A. Because you have to get up early, you won’t be late for school.
B. Get up early or you will be late for school.
C. You have to get up early and you will be late for school.
D. Although you get up early, you will still be late for school.