EXERCISES ON CLOZE TESTS
Passage 1
Nowadays, we are all aware of the fact that we (1) ______ be eating a healthy diet. We get
advice from (2) ______; TV, radio, magazines, books, videos and the Internet as well (3) ______
friends, colleagues and family. Well, if you find all this advice a little confusing, then there is now
a much simpler solution, dieting by colour. The colour Diet is (4) ______ on the theory that the
natural colour of food reflects (5) ______ nutritional content. For example, green food (6) ______
as broccoli, spinach and lettuce (7) ______ high levels of beta carotene and glucose. These help
reduce the risk of cancer, are a good source of iron and act as powerful antioxidants, while yellow
foods like bananas, corn and lemons have potassium and vitamin C which can reduce the pain of
arthritis, reduce stress and be a good source (8) ______ energy. The principles of the colour diet
are very easy to follow. Make sure that each metal contains a (9) ______ of colours, and you will
be eating a balanced, healthy diet. But remember, the colours have to be natural. Eating a packet of
Smarties, a day will not give you anything (10) ______ toothache.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. will
A. anywhere
A. as
A. fixed
A. its
A. like

A. add
A. in
A. variety
A. from

B. need
B. somewhere
B. by
B. based
B. his
B. such
B. own
B. to
B. minimum
B. but

C. ought
C. everywhere
C. from
C. written
C. her
C. similar
C. need
C. of
C. blend
C. apart

D. should
D. elsewhere
D. to

D. formed
D. them
D. including
D. contain
D. for
D. pattern
D. except

Passage 2
On December 4, 1872, Captain David Morehouse spotted another ship. It was sailing
without direction, (1) ______ he approached it in (2) ______ to offer help. (3) ______, when he
reached the ship he found that it (4) ______ been abandoned. (5) ______ everything was soaked
with seawater, Captain Morehouse managed to sail it to Gibraltar. The name of the ship was Mary
Celeste and what happened to the crew remains a mystery. The ship's cargo consisted of industrial
alcohol and, according to one theory, this (6) ______ have started to leak. (7) ______ that the ship
was about to go up in flames, the captain (8) _____ have ordered everyone into the lifeboat, (9)
______ then became separated from the ship. However, it is unlikely that we will ever find (10)
______ the truth.
1.
2.

A. so
A. purpose

B. since
B. intention

C. but
C. order


D. because
D. aim


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3.

A. Therefore

B. However

C. Next

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. has
A. Despite
A. an
A. Believed
A. might
A. that
A. off


B. was
B. However
B. may
B. Believe
B. can
B. which
B. on

C. were
C. Although
C. can't
C. Believing
C. ought
C. who
C. in

D. As a
result
D. had
D. Because
D. will
D. Belief
D. should
D. where
D. out

Passage 3
BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM - A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
Bette Nesmith Graham had always wanted to be an artist, but in the 1940s, she was a (1)

______ mother with a child to (2) ______. She learned typing and found work as a secretary. She
was an efficient employee who was (3) ______ of her work and tried to find a better way to correct
typing. She remembered that artists painted over their mistakes, so why not typists?
With this idea in (4) ______, Graham put paint, the same colour as the office stationary,
into a bottle and took her brush to work. She used this to correct her typing mistakes and her boss
never (5) ______. Soon everyone in the office was using it.
In 1956, Graham started the Mistake Out Company from her home. Her kitchen (6) ______
a laboratory in which she mixed up an improved product (7) ______ her food mixer. Although she
worked (8) ______ hours, she made little money. Then, one day she made a mistake at work that
she couldn't correct, and her boss sacked her. She now had the time to (9) ______ to selling Liquid
Paper, and the business boomed. By 1967, it was a million-dollar (10) ______.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. single
A. carry
A. pleased
A. heart
A. found
A. became
A. into
A. large

A. pass
A. work

B. lonely
B. support
B. arrogant
B. mind
B. understood
B. converted
B. by
B. long
B. spend
B. production

C. alone
C. provide
C. boastful
C. head
C. realised
C. turned
C. with
C. great
C. invest
C. business

D. solitary
D. maintain
D. proud
D. thought
D. recognised

D. developed
D. through
D. slow
D. devote
D. trade

Passage 4
THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Would you like a job where you could eat chocolate (1) ______ day? Well, such a job does
exist! Did you know that most chocolate factory (2) ______ chocolate tasters? Their job is to taste
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the chocolate while it is being (3) ______ and say if it is too sweet or too bitter. You have to be
very good at tasting different (4) ______ and you have to comment on (5) ______ the chocolate
feels as well. Is it smooth or crunchy? Unfortunately, you can't just go along and say you like
chocolate - that, I'm afraid, is not enough! Most chocolate tasters have a degree (6) ______ food
technology and you will not be able to work (7) ______ you have had lots of training. Then you
have to go through several (8) ___ before you can be selected. If you think you would be good at
chocolate tasting then try to develop your taste buds by tasting different chocolate (9) ______
blindfold. See if you can tell what type of chocolate it is. If you get a job like this, you will not be
well-paid but most tasters enjoy their job so much that (10) ______ is not very important.
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. whole
A. employ
A. carried out
A. scents
A. what
A. of
A. when
A. experiments
A. bars
A. income

B. all
B. use
B. done
B. odours
B. why
B. about
B. until
B. trials
B. sticks
B. payment


C. entire
C. utilize
C. made
C. smells
C. how
C. on
C. although
C. tests
C. rods
C. wage

D. each
D. rent
D. fabricated
D. flavours
D. if
D. in
D. after
D. exams
D. pieces
D. pay

Passage 5
GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is an independent organization that campaigns to protect the environment. It
has approximately 4.5 million members worldwide in 158 countries, 300.000 of these in the
United Kingdom. (1) ______ in North America in 1971, it has since opened offices round the
world. As (2) ______ as its campaigning (3) ______, it also has a charitable trust which (4)
______ scientific research and (5) ______ educational projects on environmental issues.

Greenpeace (6) ______ in non-violent direct action. Activists
(7) _______ public attention to
serious threats to the environment. (8) ______ issues on which the organization is campaigning
include the atmosphere (globe warming), the
(9) ______ of the rainforests and toxic (10)
______ being emitted from factories.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A. Built
A. long
A. work
A. pays
A. undertakes
A. accepts
A. get
A. Current
A. ruin

B. Produced
B. well
B. job
B. funds

B. engages
B. believes
B. pay
B. Recent
B. extinction

C. Invented
C. good
C. occupation
C. rewards
C. commits
C. holds
C. draw
C. Immediate
C. destruction

D. Formed
D. far
D. position
D. earns
D. enters
D. depends
D. take
D. Next
D. downfall

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10.

A. leftovers

B. litter

C. rubbish

D. waste

Passage 6
Can you imagine working on a writing project for seventeen years? J.K. Rowling first (1)
______ up with the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 but it was not until 2007 that she finally
completed the last book in the series. In 1990, of course, she had no idea how much Harry would
take (2) ______ her life, or that she would end (3) ______ as a multimillionaire. But (4) ______
then, the books have been translated into over 60 languages and also been made into films, each of
which has been a (5) ______ with cinema audiences. It is not just J.K. Rowling's life which has
been transformed. The same can be said of Daniel Radcliffe, the teenage actor who (6) ______
Harry Potter. Although he made his acting (7) ______ in 1999, it was in the role of Harry Potter
that he found his route to (8) ______. The final film is expected to come out in 2010. By then
Daniel will (9) ______ been acting in this role for ten years. And after seventeen years, has
Rowling now (10) ______ out of ideas? It seems not. She is currently writing two new books, one
for adults and one for children, and is also planning to compile an encyclopedia of the Harry Potter
world.
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. came
A. out
A. in
A. after
A. blow
A. plays
A. debate
A. stardom
A. has
A. taken

B. went
B. up
B. up
B. until
B. knock
B. performs
B. debut
B. stardust
B. be

B. come

C. took
C. over
C. down
C. for
C. hit
C. shows
C. debris
C. starburst
C. have
C. gone

D. brought
D. off
D. out
D. since
D. smash
D. makes
D. debit
D. starlight
D. was
D. run

Passage 7
THE PRICE OF FAME
Charlotte Church looks like a normal teenager, but she is far from average. She has an
amazing voice. Her fan stands in (1) ______ for hours to get tickets for her concerts, and she is
often on television. Charlotte's singing (2) ______ began when she performed on a TV show at the
age of 11. The head of a record company was so impressed by her voice that he (3) ______ her up

on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the charts.
Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. (4) ______, she is often away
on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn't miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own
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tutor with her! She (5) ______ three hours every morning with him. Her exam results in all the (6)
______ she studies are impressive.
But how does she (7) ______ with this unusual way of life? She (8) ______ that she has the
same friends as before. That may be true, but she can no longer go into town with then because
everybody stops her in the street to ask for her (9) ______. It seems that, like most stars, she must
learn to (10) ______ these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It's the price of fame.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

A. rows
B. files
C. ranks
A. profession

B. job
C. career
A. wrote
B. signed
C. made
A. However
B. While
C. For
A. takes
B. spends
C. utilises
A. titles
B. materials
C. lessons
A. cope
B. adjust
C. bear
8.
A. denies
B. refuses
C. insists
9.
A. signature
B. autograph
C. sign
10. A. look down on
B. make do with
C. run out of

D. queues

D. labour
D. picked
D. Although
D. uses
D. subjects
D. tolerate
D. complains
D. writing
D. put up
with

Passage 8
REGRETS
Most of us are always forgetting important dates, (1) ______ from the lucky few who are
blessed with a good memory or the (2) ______ to organize themselves so they don't forget
important obligations. How many times have we all said, "I wish I had remembered!" How often
have we (3) ______ people by failing to remember their birthdays or name days?
Although they say it doesn't matter, we know, deep down, that we have hurt their (4)
______. We can always try to make it (5) ______ to them next time but unfortunately the (6)
______ has been done and our relationship with that person can never quite be the same again.
On the other (7) ______, we sometimes do too much for someone else because we want to
please them and then feel we have damaged our own interests in (8) ______ doing. When friends
are involved we may find it difficult to say "no" when they ask us to (9)______ them a favour, but
true frindship should mean that we can say "no" without risk (10) ______ the relationship.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.

A. off
A. capacity
A. wounded
A. souls
A. back
A. damage
A. approach
A. so
A. fetch

B. except
B. ability
B. hurt
B. sentiments
B. up
B. injuries
B. way
B. such
B. make

C. away
C. proficiency
C. injured
C. feelings
C. for
C. detriments

C. methods
C. thus
C. do

D. apart
D. aptitude
D. offended
D. emotions
D. again
D. losses
D. hand
D. that
D. bring

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10.

A. for

B. to

C. towards


D. with

Passage 9
AIRPORT ROBBER GETS 20 YEARS
The leader of a gang of thieves who stole 5 million pounds from a Belgian airport was
yesterday (1) ______ to 20 years in prison. The High Court in Brussels heard that Ricky Cools,
aged 35, had remained in the country after the robbery had taken (2) ______ because of his (3)
______ of flying. The court was told that the gang had (4) ______ themselves as security guards in
order to gain access to the airport and (5) ______ the crime. Once inside the ristricted area, they
had (6) ______ a security vehicle, firing several warning (7) ______ from their automatic
weapons. They then (8) ______ the cash and ran to a waiting light aircraft, which immediately left
the country. Cools, however, preferred to walk through the airport terminal to the railway station.
He was later (9) ______ on a train bound for Amsterdam, after he was recognised by police (10)
______ closed circuit television at the station.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. convicted
A. part
A. fright
A. wrapped

A. commit
A. blackmailed
A. shots
A. planted
A. hijacked
A. looking

B. sentenced
B. notice
B. fear
B. served
B. make
B. attacked
B. bangs
B. enveloped
B. prosecuted
B. seeing

C. assigned
C. place
C. worry
C. uncovered
C. stalk
C. butgled
C. crashes
C. seized
C. suspended
C. watching

D. persecuted

D. off
D. concern
D. disguised
D. attend
D. smuggled
D. blasts
D. overtook
D. detained
D. viewing

Passage 10
HAIR-RAISING FACTS
Panic is rising (1) ______ hair stylists in Denmark. Some of those who often colour, perm
or highlight hair - 125 stylists in all - are complaining (2) ______ symptoms which may indicate
brain damage. Authorities have been forced to investigate, and it appears that many stylists are (3)
______ from memory loss, nausea and frequent headaches. The reason is that the chemicals (4)
______ produce harmful fumes. The hairdressers' unions are funding investigations into the
problem. However, scientists are (5) ______ because the quantity of chemicals used is not enough
to be harmful. Many stylists are now worried, so Denmark has (6) ______ strict regulations.
Manufacturers must now list all the chemicals contained in the products. (7) ______ ventilation
must be provided in hairdressing salons and clients will wear a special perm-helmet, (8) ______
the fumes away from stylist. All of Europe will have to (9) ______ these new regulations. At the
moment, everything is still at the committee stage, but soon the revolutionary perm-helmet will be
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worn in all salons. Final decisions will be (10) ______ when hairdressers' unions meet in Brussels
to discuss the problem.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. in
A. from
A. experiencing
A. operated
A. sceptical
A. initiated
A. Abundant
A. directing
A. apply to
A. introduced

B. among
B. about
B. suffering
B. consumed

B. thoughtful
B. launched
B. Ample
B. leading
B. follow
B. done

C. between
C. of
C. impaired
C. used
C. doubtful
C. passed
C. Surplus
C. turning
C. comply with
C. given

D. at
D. because
D. injured
D. exploited
D. scornful
D. introduced
D. Plenty
D. guiding
D. fulfil
D. made

Passage 11

Our family has got many books. All the (1) ________ of our family buy books and read
them. My mother says that books help us in self-education. In ancient times books (2) _____
written by hand. It was difficult to write a book (3)_____ a pen. Then printing came into our life.
Printing played an important (4) ______ in the development of literature and culture. Now there
are a lot of books in the shops, there are many books in our flats. But it is difficult to buy all books
(5) _____ we want to read. That’s why we get books in public libraries. There are some problems
in our life and sometimes it is difficult to (6them. I think that books can help us.
Last year I read a very interesting book “An American Tragedy” by Theodore
Dreiser. This novel was (7) ___ at the beginning of the 20th century. The novel (8) __ the
tragic fate of a boy and a girl, Clyde and Roberta (9) __ name. It is a sad story. This novel was
written many years ago, but it is (10) _ nowadays. Books must be our friends during our life.
1. A. members
2. A. are
3. A. in
4. A. step
5. A. who
6. A. deal
7. A. published
8. A. writes
9. A. on
10. A. amazing

B. partners
B. were
B. by
B. stage
B. which
B. imagine
B. presented
B. prescribes

B. by
B. favorite

C. groups
C. have
C. with
C. chain
C. when
C. create
C. opened
C. describes
C. of
C. popular

D. relates
D. had
D. at
D. role
D. where
D. solve
D. constructed
D. mentions
D. with
D. worth

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Desert biomes are the (1) ______ of all the biomes. In fact, the most important
characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little (2) ______. Most deserts receive less than
300 mm a year compared (3) ______ rainforests, which receive over 2,000 mm. That means that
the desert only gets 10 percent of the rain that a rainforest gets! The temperature in the desert can
(4) ______ drastically from day to night because the air is (5) ______ dry that heat escapes rapidly
at night. The daytime temperature averages 38°C (6) ______ in some deserts it can get down to
4°C at night. The temperature also varies greatly depending on the (7) ______ of the desert.
Since desert conditions are so severe, the plants that live there need to have (8) ______ to
compensate for the lack of water. Some plants, such as cacti, (9) ______ water in their stems and
use it very slowly, while others like bushes conserve water by growing few leaves or by having
large root systems to gather water or few leaves. Some desert plant species have a short life cycle
of a few weeks that (10) ______ only during periods of rain.
1. A. coldest
2. A. rain
3. A. with
4. A. change
5. A. such as
6. A. when
7. A. part
8. A. adaptations
9. A. place
10. A. spend

B. hottest

C. driest
B. rainfall
C. raindrop
B. for
C. about
B. exchange
C. transform
B. such
C. so much
B. while
C. as
B. region
C. area
B. agreements
C. accepts
B. put
C. store
B. take
C. last

D. wettest
D. raincoat
D. in
D. transfer
D. so
D. because
D. location
D. achievements
D. hold
D. experience


Passage 13
On the evening of February 3rd people in Japanese families (1)_____ one dried bean for
each year of their age and throw the beans on the floor, shouting “Good luck in! Evil spirits out!”
This is (2)_____ as “Setsubun”, a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
Before the Chinese New Year, many Chinese families burn the picture (3)_____ their kitchen god,
Tsao Chen, to bring good luck. When New Year’s Day (4)_____, they put a new picture of Tsao
Chen on the wall.
When American women get (5)_____, they sometimes follow an old custom in choosing
what (6)_____ on their wedding day. The custom says the bride must wear “something old,
something new, something borrowed, and something blue.” This is to bring good luck.
Before Lent (a time on the Christian calendar), the people of Ponti in Italy, eat an omelet
(7)_____ with 1000 eggs. People cannot eat meat or dairy products during Lent, so they try (8)
_____ these things before Lent begins.
When winter ends in Czechoslovakia, children make a straw man called “Smart”, (9)
_____ is a figure of death. Then they burn it or throw it in the river. After they destroy it, they
carry flowers home (10) _____ the arrival of spring.
1. A. takes
B. took
C. take
D. taking
2. A. know
B. knows
C. knowing
D. known
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. of
A. come
A. marry
A. to wear
A. make
A. use up
A. that
A. show

B. in
B. comes
B. marries
B. wear
B. making
B. to use up
B. who
B. showing


C. on
C. came
C. married
C. wears
C. to make
C. using up
C. which
C. showed

D. at
D. coming
D. marrying
D. wearing
D. made
D. used up
D. it
D. to show

Passage 14
A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) ______ is that the
rest of the family and the neighbours often complain (2) ______ they don't like the music. One (3)
______ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable. An
armchair which has a record-player system built into it has just been (4) ______ by a British
engineer, Stephen Court. The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with a high back. However,
each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high
sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) ______ under the
seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all round his/her head. Because we
cannot tell the exact (6) ______ from which low sounds come, it doesn't (7) ______ that they come
from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the side of the chair that create a

stereo effect. These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener's ears. (8) ______, it takes
only a little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out
from behind the chair into the room to (9) ______ others. Most of the sound is (10) ______ by the
listener.
1. A. conclusion
B. impact
C. sequence
D. result
2. A. if
B. for
C. lest
D. since
3. A. way
B. solution
C. conclusion
D.
settlement
4. A. drawn
B. discovered
C. imagined
D. designed
5. A. hole
6. A. destination
7. A. care
8. A. Surprisingly
9. A. disappoint
10. A. integrated

B. set
B. reason

B. make sense
B. Strangely
B. dismiss
B. absorbed

C. location
C. source
C. matter
C. Consequently
C. deter
C. admitted

D. space
D. departure
D. mean
D. Eventually
D. disturb
D. accommodated

Passage 15
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
The death of Fred Hill was recorded by a (19) ________ article in the Times newspaper.
Fred was 74 years old and died in prison. He was in prison for the 32nd time. Why? Not for any
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great crime, but for a reason you may find difficult to understand. You see, Fred was a
motorcyclist who (20) ________ to wear a crash helmet.
He believed that he was a safer motorcyclist without a crash helmet. More importantly, he
believed that, right or wrong, the decision to wear a crash helmet was his to (21) ________. It was
not for the State to tell him what to do. So Fred went out on his old motorbike with no helmet,
over and over again.
The police knew him. They (22) ________a blind eye when they could. But often they had no
choice. And in the court they had no choice (23) ________ to send him to prison because he
refused to pay the (24) ________. They usually gave him 30 days. But the last time, they gave the
old man two months. Some way through the sentence, Fred suffered a heart attack and died.
Was he heroic? If he was, he was a most unlikely hero. But perhaps we do need someone
to (25) ________ out for the little liberties, the sort of thing which the greater boring mass of
"public opinion" considers too silly, too undignified, not worth (26) ________ about. The sort of
thing is there are no votes in for anyone. Fred Hill stood (27) ________ an individual freedom,
which is a freedom to do things that the (28) ________ generally considers to be silly, harmful,
immoral or unnecessary.
1.

A. main

B. editorial

C. front

2.

A. disagreed


B. differed

C. refused

3.
4.
5.
6.

A. do
A. made
A. and
A. fines

B. take
B. turned
B. other
B. fees

C. settle
C. had
C. but
C. fares

7.
8.

A. show
A. bother


B. look
B. bothers

C. illustrate
C. bothering

B. for
B. other

C. in for
C. people

9. A. out
10. A. commons

D.
leading
D.
rejected
D. decide
D. closed
D. option
D.
rewards
D. prove
D.
bothered
D. up
D. public


Passage 16
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (35)_____
human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (36) _____ on
consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to
stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (37) _____ resource we have by which all people can
survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (38) _____ built on or washed into the sea.
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Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (39) _____. We
discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (40)
_____ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human
numbers and consumption are (41) _____ increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's (42)
_____ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth,
shelter and minerals to (43) _____ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in
how we use the resources, they will (44) _____ indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and
excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.
1. A. Although
B. Yet
C. Still
D. Despite
2. A. continues
B. repeats

C. follows
D. carries
3. A. individual
B. alone
C. very
D. solitary
4. A. neither
B. sooner
C. rather
D. either
5. A. utterly
B. completely
C. quite
D. greatly
6. A. result
B. reaction
C. development
D. product
7. A. making
B. doing
C. having
D. taking
8. A. living
B. real
C. natural
D. genuine
9. A. maintain
B. stay
C. hold
D. keep

10. A. remain
B. go
C. last
D. stand

Passage 17
George Holmes has (1) ………… a lottery ticket once a week for as long as he can (2)
………… , but he won’t be doing that any more. He (3) ………… to dream about what he would
do if he ever (4) ………… a big prize but he never really (5)………… this to happen. However,
on Saturday George (6) ………… the news that would change his life forever – he had become a
millionaire! In (7) ………… , his lucky ticket had rewarded him with £3.7 million. The first thing
he did was to (8) ………… some flowers delivered for his wife – one thousand red roses, to be
exact. George (9) ………… that the money won’t change his life completely but he has (10)
………… his wife to fly to the Caribbean with him, on their first holiday abroad for more than ten
years.
1.A
2.A
3.A
4.A
5.A
6.A
7.A
8.A

paid
remind
had
won
thought
replied

turn
set

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

spent
know
used
put
felt
sent
fact
book

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C


earned
remember
needed
ordered
expected
handled
case
get

D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D

bought
believe
must
kept
imagined
received
time
make

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9.A tells
10.A argued

B insists
B blamed

C speaks
C offered

D refuses
D persuaded

Passage 18
It’s always worth preparing well for 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 and make
a video tape of yourself. Find (5) ………… to watch it with you and give you a (6) ………… of
advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how 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.A against
B. for
C to

D at
2.A little
B. several
C few
D lot
3.A intend
B. consider
C imagine
D think
4.A his
B yours
C mine
D ours
5.A anybody
B nobody
C everybody
D somebody
6.A number
B slice
C plenty
D bit
7.A colleagues
B employees
C customers
D employers
8.A in
B of
C with
D by
9.A Attract

B Give
C Turn
D Pay
10A so
B either
C neither
D or

Passage 19
Have you ever stopped (1) ……… why people give each (2) ……….? eggs at Easter? - The
Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Christ from the dead, but the festival is actually
name (3) ………. the goddess of the sun, Easter, whose name is taken from the East where she (4)
………. In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that winter was (5) ……… and that a new
life was about to begin. The rabbit, (6) ………. to the number of young it produces, it the symbol
of life. In some parts of the world, the rabbit leaves large (7) ……. of eggs (another symbol of new
life) in the garden and children have to find as many as they can. This is very (8) ………….
Christmas when Santa Claus leave presents for individual children. At Easter children have to be
independent and (9) ……… after themselves. In this (10) ………. the hunt for Easter eggs
presents the need for young people to go out in to the world and make their own fortune.
1A. to wonder
B. wondering
C. wonder
D. wander
2A. else
B. person
C. others
D. other
3A.for
B. about
C. after

D. with
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4A. goes
5A. finish
6A. as
7A. numbers
8A. like
9A. take
10A day

B. sets
B. conclusion
B. since
B. sums
B. unlike
B. et
B. way

C. rises
C. up
C. due
C. figures

C. different
C. look
C. habit

D. raises
D. over
D. because
D. totals
D. similar
D. carry
D. time

Passage 20

Energy resources.
There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy resources, particularly about those
involving fossil (1) __________. In less than a hundred years we shall probably (2) __________
all the present (3) ________ of oil and gas. The world’s coal (4) ______ should last longer, but,
once used, these cannot be (5) ________. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such
(6) _________ sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind (7)
______ classed as (8) _________ energy. Until these energy (9) ________ are widely used, it is
important for the developed countries to reduce energy (10) ______ as much as possible.
1. A. fuels
B. powers
C. forms
D. energies
2. A. end
B. complete
C. total
D. run out of

3. A. findings
B. productions
C. amounts
D. sources
4. A. reserves
B. stores
C. mines
D. contents
5. A. update
B. repeated
C. renewed
D. produced
6. A. traditional
B. alternative
C. revolutionary
D. surprising
7. A. force
B. strength
C. power
D. motion
8. A. repeatable
B. continual
C. renewable
D. continuous
9. A. goods
B. supplies
C. provisions
D. materials
10 A. exhaustion
B. destruction

C. waste
D. consumption
Passage 21
The earth has a tremendous amount of water, but almost ............(1)..........is in the oceans.
The oceans...............(2)...........about 70 % of the earth surface. They .............(3).............about 97%
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of all the water on earth, and are the source of ...............(4)............precipitation that falls on earth.
Ocean water is too .............(5)..............to be used ..............(6)............, agriculture or industry. But
the salt is left..............(7).............during evaporation and the precipitation that falls to earth is
usually water.
Only about 3% of the water on earth is fresh water and most of it is not easily .........
(8)........... to man. It includes water locked in ..............(9).............and icecaps, more than 2% of the
earth water. About half of 1% of the earth’s water is beneath the earth’s surface. Rivers and lakes
contain only about ..............(10)..............of 1% of the earth’s water.
1. A- all of them

B- entire

C- all it

D- all of it


2. A- cover

B- over

C- extend

D- spread

3. A- contain

B- consist

C- imply

D- involve

4. A- mostly

B- most of

C- the most

D- most

5. A- salt

B- salty

C- bitter


D- spicy

6. A- to drink

B- drank

C- to drinking

D- for drinking

7. A- over

B- on

C- behind

D- out

8. A- drinkable

B- edible

C- available

D- valid

9. A- glacial

B- glaciers


C- ice cubes

D- rivers

10. A- one-five

B- one-fifth

C- one-fifths

D- one-fives

Passage 22
YOUR BEST FRIEND IN DISGUISE?
Do you (1) ……. people on what they look like? I think we all (2) ……. that we shouldn’t do this
although many of us still do. Some people are impressed by clothes from a particular (3) …….;
others think that things such as someone’s hairstyle is critical to their (4) ……of someone. But, if
you sit and chat to people, you can see that, whatever they look (5) ………., that person may be
really good (6) ……and could become a close friend of yours – if only they were given the (7)
……... The point is that we should take people as they are and not dismiss them just because they
(8) ……. differently from us. You may ignore someone who could be your best friend just because
they are (9) ……. the wrong jeans. We need to look past the clothes, the tattoos and the hairstyles
and think about personality, not (10) …….
1. A. decide
B. rule
C. consider
D. judge
2. A. notice
B. catch
C. realize

D. aware
3. A. seller
B. designer
C. cutter
D. maker
4. A. view
B. sight
C. thought
D. picture
5. A. alike
B. as
C. similar
D. like
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. pleasure
A. moment

A. dress
A. fitting
A. figure

B. laugh
B. opportunity
B. wear
B. wearing
B. form

C. fun
C. occasion
C. clothe
C. matching
C. manner

D. sport
D. hope
D. look
D. carrying
D. appearance

Passage 23
You can rob a bank without leaving your house these days. Who needs stocking (1) ______,
guns and getaway cars? If you’re a computer whiz-kid, you could grab your first million (2)
_______ with nothing more dangerous than a personal computer, a telephone and a modern to (3)
_______them.
All you have to do is to dial into the networks which like the computers in large
organizations together, type in a couple of passwords and you can rummage (4) _______in the
information that’s stored there (5) _______your heart’s content. Fortunately, it isn’t always quite

as easy as it appears. But, as more and more information is (6) _______and stored on computer,
whether it is details of your bank account or the number of tins of baked beans in the stockroom at
the supermarket, a computer crime seems set to grow.
A couple of months ago a newspaper reported that five British banks were being (7)
_______to ransom by a gang of hackers who had managed to (8) _______their computer. The
hackers were demanding money (9) _____revealing exactly how they did it. In case like this,
banks may consider paying just so that they can protect themselves better in the future.
As with (10) ________else, hackers start young in the States. A 12-year-old boy in Detroit
was (11) _______of entering a company’s credit rating computer and (12) _____the numbers he
found there. His mother told reporters that he spent up to 14 hours on his computer during the
weekend.
Prevention is probably easier than detection, and many companies now spend lots of time
and money (13) ______programs using passwords and codes. Of course all this is no use (14)
_____if computer users tell each other their password, stick it on their screen so they don’t (15)
______it or use passwords like “password”. It all happens. There are plenty of software companies
which specialize in writing software that makes computers hacker-proof. One company in the
States set (16) ______to prove that its system can defeat hacker by asking over 2000 of them to try
to hack it. The hackers were given 2 weeks to discover the secret message stored on 2 PCs in
offices in New York and San Francisco. The message (17) ______: “The persistent hunter who
(18) ____his prize (19) ______becomes the hunted.” You will be relieved – or perhaps
disappointed – to learn that (20) ______hacker managed it.
1. A. covers
2. A. supported
3. A. connect

B. veils
B. armed
B. link

C. masks

C. provided
C. combine

D. helmets
D. tampered
D. join

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4. A. further
5. A. off
6. A. dealt
7. A. held
8. A. turn off
9. A. on the verge of
10. A. anything
11. A. able
12. A. scattering
13. A. thinking
14. A. of all
15. A. forget
16. A. about
17. A. read

18. A. offers
19. A. now and then
20. A. none

B. out
B. to
B. progressed
B. asked
B. break into
B. with exception of
B. everybody
B. capable
B. dumping
B. discovering
B. in all
B. notice
B. out
B. is read
B. reaches
B. now and again
B. not any

C. about
C. with
C. tackled
C. kept
C. get into
C. in answer to
C. nothing
C. possible

C. distributing
C. devising
C. even
C. bother
C. off
C. was reading
C. obtains
C. sooner or later
C. neither

D. off
D. within
D. processed
D. captured
D. come up with
D. in return for
D. somebody
D. enabled
D. loading
D. manufacturing
D. whatever
D. mention
D. away
D. had been read
D. wins
D. safe and sound
D. hardly

Passage 24
Environmental pollution is a term that (1) ______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his

surroundings. Man dirties the air with (2) ______ gases and smoke, (3) _____ the water with chemicals
and other substances, and damages the (4) _____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also
pollutes his surroundings (5) _____ various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (6)
_____ junk and litter on the land and in the water.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil
are necessary to the (7) _____ of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (8) _____
death. Polluted water kills fish and other (9) _____ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is
available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (10) _____ beautiful
world.
1. A. means
B. refers
C. provides
D. reduces
2. A. thick
B. natural
C. exhaust
D. influent
3. A. purifies
B. pumps
C. sprays
D. poisons
4. A. soil
B. forests
C. streets
D. beaches
5. A. on
B. in
C. by
D. with
6. A. spoiling

B. leaving
C. scattering
D. gathering
7. A. survival
B. environment
C. development
D. growth
8. A. so
B. ever
C. too
D. even
9. A. animal
B. marine
C. human
D. plant
10. A. nature
B. natural
C. naturally
D. natured

Passage 25
An increasing number of people are now going on.... (1) ....... to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one
and a half million.... (2) ........visited Egypt. The ......(3) ........of Egypt is about fifty million and the....
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(4) ..........is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the.........(5)
............is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average......(6) .......from October to March is
not too high. The most.... (7) ...........are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to...........
(8) ...........Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and do as much........(9) ..........as possible in the
time available. A..... (10) .........to Luxor is an unforgettable experience.
1. A. visit
B. holiday
C. trip
D. excursion
2. A. tourists
B. Passengers
C. voyagers
D. explorers
3. A. people
B. citizenship
C. nation
D. population
4. A. town
B. head
C. state
D. capital
5. A. temperature
B. climate
C. condition
D. position
6. A. weather
B. measurement
C. temperature
D. climate

7. A. famous
B. known
C. visited
D. requested
8. A. search
B. inspect
C. examine
D. visit
9. A. sightseeing
B. looking
C. inspecting
D. viewing
10. A. picnic
B. trip
C. guide
D. entertainment

Passage 26
There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years …1...., newspapers were
being produced using techniques unchanged for…2…. hundred years.
The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on...3... the
printer. The printer who was a …4.... skilled man, set up the type. ......5... was then collected to make the
pages. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be...6.......
Nowadays what ...7......? The journalists type their stories into a computer. The ...8 .... checks their
spelling, plans the page, shapes the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the
printing.......9…… can be no doubt about it., producing a newspaper in an entirely different. 10.......now
1.a. before
b. after
c. ago
d. yet

2.a. a
b. some
c.an
d. over
3.a. to
b. by
c. through
d. with
4.a. hardly
b. mostly
c. partly
d. very
5.a. They
b. Which
c. This
d. All
6.a. switched
b. started
c. stopped
d. moved
7.a. gives
b. occurs
c. goes
d. happens
8.a. computer
b. editor
c. typist
d. printer
9.a. It
b. There

c. You’d. We
10.a. skill
b. work
c. management
d. business

Passage 27
English around the world
English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom.
When you…1… speakers of English from around the world, you …2…. notice that they do not all speak in
the same way. There are also some …...3…... in the words they use, including the names of …4…. objects
that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although pronunciation and …5… are not the same everywhere,
it is interesting that English speakers…6…. opposite sides of the world can understand …7… other quite
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easily. It does not seem to …8… where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why
speakers of other languages are keen …9… learning English too. If you know English, you are more…
10… to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.
1.
A- recognise
B- meet
C- find
D- attend
2.

A- originally
B- strangely
C- curiously
D- immediately
3.
A- mistakes
B- corrections
C- changes
D- differences
4.
A- common
B- popular
C- favourite
D- general
5.
A- reading
B- composition
C- dictation
D- vocabulary
6.
A- of
B- in
C- from
D- at
7.
A- each
B- one
C- the
D- some
8.

A- mine
B- care
C- matter
D- worry
9.
A- by
B- on
C- to
D- for
10. A- likely
B- probably
C- possibly
D- luckily

Passage 28
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find
the energy to get out of bed (1) ________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of
children are in danger of getting so (2) _______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health
at (3) _______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) _______teenagers
require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) ________ anything
between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
This (6) _____ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at
school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor
concentration is well (7) _______. Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night
can have profound effects (8) ______how children perform the next day. A good night’s sleep is also
crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9) ______ they release a hormone that is essential
for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that
they can, to some (10) ______, catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are
dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.
1. A. behind time


B. about time

C.in time

D. at time

2. A. few

B. less

C. much

D. little

3. A. jeopardy

B. threat

C. risk

D. danger

4. A. or

B. because

C. whereas

D. so


5. A. puts

B. gets

C. brings

D. makes

6. A. raises

B. rises

C. results

D. comes

7. A. organized

B. arranged

C. established

D. acquired

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8. A. in

B. on

C. to

D. at

9. A. at which

B. which

C. where

D. that

10. A. rate

B. extent

C. level

D. point

Write your answers here:
1 ………....


2...................

3....................

4..................

5................

6 ………....

7...................

8....................

9..................

10...............

Passage 29
SEASONAL ADVICE
If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little advice about
what’s important in life, you could do a lot worse than consider the words of ___(1)____that were read
out on my last day at school.
Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has ____(2)_____. But you can be sure that
thirty years from now you’ll _____(3)_____ back on life and _____(4)_____ just how good things were.
Try not to worry about the future – or at least be aware that worrying never really helps to solve anything.
Real troubles will always sneak up and _____(5)_____ you by surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any
harm to do something that scares you every so often.
Do not lie and cheat – especially in love – and do not _____(6)_____ up with people who deceive you. Do
not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs ____(7)______. Today is almost

certainly more important than tomorrow.
It helps to be kind ______(8)___ your neighbors and colleagues – it’s nice and they’ll miss you when
you’re not ____(9)_____. Friends come and go but there are a precious few that you should try and
_____(10)_____ on to. Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by.
1. A. knowledge

B. learning

C. opinion

D. wisdom

2. A. gone

B. been

C. lasted

D. spent

3. A. come

B. look

C. think

D. go

4. A. remind


B. rethink

C. recall

D. reappear

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5. A. get

B. happen

C. appear

D. take

6. A. look

B. come

C. put

D. bring


7. A. out

B. down

C. off

D. over

8. A. about

B. to

C. with

D. for

9. A. in

B. around

C. with

D. over

10. A. take

B. hold

C. stay


D. stick

Your answers:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Passage 30
UNICEF means the United Nations Children's Fund. It serves children in (1) ________ all over the
world. It helps children of (2) ________ races, nationalities, religions and political systems in more than
140 worldwide countries. The (3) ________ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and
their mothers. UNICEF (4) ________ both long-term assistance and emergency.
UNICEF was (5) ________ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered
during World War two in Europe. It began (6) ________ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part

of the United Nations in 1953 (7) ________ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF's primary
concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (8) ________ of life for almost one
billion children. UNICEF's main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) ________ it also has
more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (10)
________ its work helping children and building brighter future.
1. A. communities
B. organizations
C. groups
D. society
2. A. every
B. all
C. some
D. few
3. A. view
B. purpose
C. opinion
D. intention
4. A. receives
B. gets
C. takes
D. gives
5. A. found
B. produced
C. created
D. built up
6. A. like
B. with
C. for
D. as
7. A. due to

B. in spite of
C. since
D. for
8. A. cost
B. level
C. character
D. quality
9. A. and
B. besides
C. but
D. moreover
10. A. as
B. with
C. for
D. in
Write your answers here:
1 …………..

2...........................

3...........................

4...........................

5..........................

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6 …………..

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10........................

Passage 31
Schools in the United States have not always had a large number of libraries. As (1) ________ as 1958
about half of the public schools in the United States had no libraries at all. The number of public school
libraries increased dramatically (2) ________ the federal government passed the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, (3) ________ provided funds for school districts to improve their
education programs and facilities, including their libraries. (4) ________, many educators claim that since
the legislation was passed federal spending has not increased sufficiently to meet the rising (5) ________
of new library technologies such as computer databases and Internet access.
Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individual school districts (6)
________ on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority of public school expenses.
Therefore, the libraries of the public schools tend to reflect the (7) ________ capabilities of the
communities in which they are located. Districts in wealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries (8)
________ abundant resources, spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support. In (9)
________, school districts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in small
rooms. The libraries in such areas are generally staffed by volunteers, who organize and (10) ________

books that are often out-of-date, irrelevant, or damaged.
1. A. freshly
B. frequently
C. recently
D. newly
2. A. though
B. with
C. during
D. when
3. A. that
B. which
C. who
D. this
4. A. Nevertheless
B. Consequently
C. Therefore
D. Otherwise
5. A. fine
B. fee
C. cost
D. sum
6. A. go
B. rely
C. come
D. stay
7. A. educational
B. economical
C. political
D. financial
8. A. with

B. for
C. on
D. by
9. A. country
B. converse
C. contrast
D. conflict
10. A. attain
B. obtain
C. contain
D. maintain

Passage 32
Modern English is the (1) _________ of the English language (2) ______ since the great vowel
shift, completed in roughly 1550.
Despite some (3) ________ in vocabulary, text from the (4) _______ 17 th century, such as the
works of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible, are considered to be in Modern English, or more
specifically, are referred to as using Early Modern English.
According to Ethnology, there are (5) ________ 508 million speakers of English as the first or (6)
________ language as of 1999, a number dwarfed only by the Chinese language (7) _________ terms of
the number of the speakers. However, Chinese has a smaller geographical range and is spoken primarily in
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mainland China and Taiwan and also by a sizable immigrant community in North America. (8) _______,

English is spoken in a vast number of territories including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the
United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, and Southern Africa. Its large number
of speakers, plus its worldwide presence, have made English a (9) _______ language for use in such
diverse applications as controlling airplanes, developing software, conducting international diplomacy, and
business (10) ________.
1. A. way
2. A. spoken
3. A. variety
4. A. soon
5. A. on
6. A. second
7. A. on
8. A. Contrary
9. A. private
10. A. relations

B. form
B. speak
B. difference
B. early
B. beyond
B. twice
B. with
B. On contrary
B. shared
B. relationship

C. road
C. told
C. differences

C. premature
C. above
C. two
C. in
C. In contrary
C. common
C. related

D. shape
D. said
D. unlikelihood
D. earlier
D. over
D. secondly
D. for
D. With contrary
D. public
D. relational

Passage 33
HOLIDAYS THAT DON’T COST THE EARTH
The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry. Before 1995 about 1 million people
(1) ……. abroad each year (2) ……. by the 1990s the figure had (3) …….. up over 400 million every year.
(4) …….. large numbers of tourist, however, beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps
the skiers are destroying the mountains (5) …… came to enjoy. Every parts of Mount Everest in the
Himalaya are reported to be covered (6) …… old tins, tents and food that have been (7) …… away. But at
a time when we have greater freedom to (8) ……. than ever before, more and more people are asking how
they can enjoy their holiday (9) ……. causing problems by spoiling the countryside.
Now there is a new holiday guide called Holiday That Don’t Cost the Earth. It (10) ..… you how you
can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent or your tour operator the right questions before

you go on holiday.
1. A. travelled

B. came

C. sailed

D. got

2. A. as

B. because

C. but

D. when

3. A. gone

B. flown

C. risen

D. raised

4. A. Such

B. More

C. Few


D. So

5. A. where

B. you

C. they

D. that

6. A. for

B. on

C. below

D. with

7. A. put

B. thrown

C. given

D. got

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8. A. travel

B. buy

C. send

D. have

9. A. outside

B. instead

C. beside

D. without

10. A. says

B. offers

C. tells

D. gives

Passage 34

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (1)
……………..…. planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a
telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50
(2) ……………..….years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3) ……………..…., NASA
scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope
may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4) ……………..…. of 500
million, is on a short list of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5) ……………..…. around 2015, its
destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50
meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ……………..…. processing station. The combined data from these
telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before.
Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7) ……………..…., but Penny
believes a second- generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the
universe around our (8) ……………..….galaxy, even though these planets lie (9)_______ our reach for the
moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision (10) ……………..…. Darwin within three years.
1.

A. another

B. other

C. others

D. the other

2.

A. light

B. lighten


C. lightening

D. lighting

3.

A. following

B. after

C. next

D. later

4.

A. price

B. schedule

C. charge

D. budget

5.

A. driven

B. fetched


C. launched

D. taken

6.

A. central

B. centre

C. middle

D. heart

7.

A. invents

B. searches

C. discovers

D. looks

8.

A. alone

B. same


C. one

D. own

9.

A. out

B. toward

C. beyond

D. over

B. on

C. about

D. with

10. A. of

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Passage 35
There can be no (0) ______ at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are
worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else
in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ______ to find out why the Internet is so attractive and they
want to know if it can be harmful for their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending
that much time (3) ______ their computers?
Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours, (4) _____ in some game, instead of
doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the
child should (5) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her word that it won’t interfere
with homework. If the child is not holding to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (6)
______. Dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from negotiating any other sort of
bargain about behavior.
Any parent who is seriously alarmed about a child’s behavior should make an appointment to (7)
______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not necessarily affect a child’s
performance at school. Even if a child is (8) ______ crazy about using the Internet, he or she is probably
just going through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!
0. A. reason
1. A. always
2. A. worried
3. A. staring at
4. A. supposed
5. A. do
6. A. rules
7. A. speak
8. A. absolutely

√ B. doubt
B. rarely

B. concerned
B. stare at
B. occupied
B. have
B. procedures
B. discuss

C. purpose
C. never
C. curious
C. stared at
C. excited
C. make
C. regulations
C. talk

D. motive
D. ever
D. hopeful
D. to stare at
D. absorbed
D. create
D. steps
D. say

B. more

C. less

D. few


Passage 36
The most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys. It gives a detailed and interesting
(1) …………of everyday life in England (2) ………… 1660 and 1669. Pepys writes about important news
stories of the time, like disease, an enemy navy (3) ………… up the river Thames, and the Great Fire of
London.
He also writes about himself, even about his (4) …………he often slept during church or (5) ………… at
the other people. He describes his home life – a (6) ………… with his wife and how they became friends
again, his worry about her
illness. As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card (7) …………
(8) …………of fun.

, and parties with good food and

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Pepys was a busy man who had many important (9) …………
- he was a Member of Parliament and
President of the Royal Society. He is (10) …………for his work for the British Navy.
1

A description

B letter


C notice

D story

2

A between

B from

C through

D to

3

A driving

B flying

C running

D sailing

4

A accidents

B plans


C tastes

D faults

5

A looked

B prayed

C talked

D thought

6

A conversation

B discussion

C quarrel

D talk

7

A battles

B games


C matches

D plays

8

A amount

B plenty

C much

D some

9

A acts

B hobbies

C jobs

D studies

10

A reviewed

B remembered


C reminded

D reported

Passage 37
In this week’s issue, our resident film critic discusses the etiquette of cinema going, and the (1)
____ who prefer chewing hot-dogs, slurping drinks, gossiping and rustling crisp papers to actually
watching the film. Fair complaint, or just cinema snobbery?
It’s the munchers and talkers, not those who complain about them, who are (2) _____ other
people’s(3) ______ pleasures and the (4)_______ seem to me to be self-evident. Junk(5) _______
and even popcorns and choc ices, when eaten in a(6) _______ and possibly crowded space, are
inclined to demand living space. They spread themselves about – usually onto other people’s (7)
_______ Crisps, peanuts, and boiled sweets make a lot of noise, first when being (8) ______ then
when being crushed or sucked. These are definite (9) _______, especially if you yourself – having
merely come to see and hear the film – are not eating and therefore generously (10) ________ your
friend onions, mustard and ketchup with the trousers of the stranger in the next seat.
Question 1: A. spectators
B. observers
C. witnesses
D. audiences
Question 2: A. damaging
B. spoiling
C. hurting
D. injuring
Question 3: A. simple

B. natural

C. primary


D. elementary

Question 4: A. excuses

B. accusations

C. reasons

D. complaints

Question 5: A. diets

B. meals

C. dishes

D. foods

Question 6: A. confined

B. closed

C. reduced

D. narrow

Question 7: A. dress

B. costume


C. outfit

D. clothing

Question 8: A. unpacked

B. untied

C. unwrapped

D. unfolded

Question 9: A. irritations

B. amusements

C. anxieties

D. inconveniences

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