The reading is followed by several questions about it. There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer.

Benjamin Franklin

Few people can embody the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the eighteenth century, being born six years after it began, and dying ten years before it ended. In this time he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation, and he also contributed much to the development of the new state.

At the age of 17 Franklin ran away to Philadelphia. He had already received some training as a printer’s apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He also received a contract to do government printing work, which helped him to rise from his poor background to become a successful entrepreneur. Some of his experience in business was shared in his famous Poor Richard’s Almanak, which established his reputation throughout the American colonies. In another of his works, the Autobiography, which was written toward the end of his life, he shows the same quiet common sense.

He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and - because he was a pragmatic man - a fire prevention service. In 1753 he became Postmaster-General of the colonies. Through this experience he began to develop the idea that the colonies of North America should be a single nation. Later, he went to London to try to persuade the British government to change the conditions, especially the taxes, that later led the American colonists into rebellion.

Whatever Benjamin Franklin’s personal feelings about the rebellion of the American states, he worked hard to make it succeed. As ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war he attended the American constitutional congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States.

1. What is a good description for this text?

A. An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. B. The life of Benjamin Franklin

C. The works of Benjamin Franklin. D. Franklin and American Independence.

2. When was Benjamin Franklin born?

A. 1806 B. 1794 C. 1717 D. 1706

3. Which of these happened first?

A. Franklin trains as a printer. B. Franklin runs away to Philadelphia.

C. The American colonies rebel. D. Franklin starts his first publication.

4. What was Poor Richard’s Almanak about?

A. Franklin’s reputation. B. How to succeed in business.

C. How to do government printing. D. The text does not say.

5. In which countries did Franklin live?

A. England and France. B. Philadelphia and England.

C. London and America. D. England, America and France.

The reading is followed by several questions about it. There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer.

Benjamin Franklin

Few people can embody the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the eighteenth century, being born six years after it began, and dying ten years before it ended. In this time he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation, and he also contributed much to the development of the new state.

At the age of 17 Franklin ran away to Philadelphia. He had already received some training as a printer’s apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He also received a contract to do government printing work, which helped him to rise from his poor background to become a successful entrepreneur. Some of his experience in business was shared in his famous Poor Richard’s Almanak, which established his reputation throughout the American colonies. In another of his works, the Autobiography, which was written toward the end of his life, he shows the same quiet common sense.

He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and - because he was a pragmatic man - a fire prevention service. In 1753 he became Postmaster-General of the colonies. Through this experience he began to develop the idea that the colonies of North America should be a single nation. Later, he went to London to try to persuade the British government to change the conditions, especially the taxes, that later led the American colonists into rebellion.

Whatever Benjamin Franklin’s personal feelings about the rebellion of the American states, he worked hard to make it succeed. As ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war he attended the American constitutional congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States.

1. What is a good description for this text?

A. An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. B. The life of Benjamin Franklin

C. The works of Benjamin Franklin. D. Franklin and American Independence.

2. When was Benjamin Franklin born?

A. 1806 B. 1794 C. 1717 D. 1706

3. Which of these happened first?

A. Franklin trains as a printer. B. Franklin runs away to Philadelphia.

C. The American colonies rebel. D. Franklin starts his first publication.

4. What was Poor Richard’s Almanak about?

A. Franklin’s reputation. B. How to succeed in business.

C. How to do government printing. D. The text does not say.

5. In which countries did Franklin live?

A. England and France. B. Philadelphia and England.

C. London and America. D. England, America and France.

6. Fill each blank with an article (a/ an / the/ x) to complete the sentences..
1. How far is it from here to ________________ airport?
2. “What’s ____________ capital of Spain?” – “It’s Madrid”.
3. My father works in _____________ office ______________ city center.
4. ______________ earth is ______________ planet of ______________ solar system.
5. She was born in ____________ village in ____________ north of England.
6. ____________ village where she was born has _____________ beautiful river.
7. Who is ____________ best singer in _____________ United Kingdom?
8. Can you switch off ____________ television? Nobody’s watching it.
9. He felt bored with _____________ woman who sat beside him at the party.
10. The ship was crossing _____________ Atlantic Ocean when it hit ____________ huge iceberg.
11. Mount Everest is _____________ hightest mountain in ____________ world.
12. ____________ Mississppi River flows through several states of _____________ United States.
13. My grandparents live in ____________ old house in ____________ south of Dong Nai provice. There is ____________ large garden behind ____________ house. They grow some fruit trees and vegetables in ____________ garden.
14. There was ____________ accident near my house this morning. ____________ taxi crashed into ___________ lamp post. ____________ taxi was damaged, but ___________ driver of ___________ taxi was not hurt.
15. This morning I had ____________ sandwich and ____________ cup of coffee for breakfast. ___________ sandwich was OK, but ____________ coffee was terrible.
16. Miss Lin speaks ________________ Chinese.
17. Eli likes to play ________________ volleyball.
18. My daughter is learning to play ________________ guitar at her school.
19. Can anyone give me ________________ hand, please because I have just fallen over?
20. Please meet me at the train station in ________________ hour from now.

I. Fill each blank with an article ( a/an/the/x) to complete the sentences.
1. How far is it from here to __________ aiport?
2. '' What's _________ capital of Sapa?" - " It's Madrid ''
3. My father work in______ office__________city center.
4. ___________ earth is__________planet of_______ solar system
5. She was born in _______ village in ________ north of England
6. ____________ village where she was born has___________ beautiful river
7. Who is_______best singer in_________United Kingdom ?
8. Can you switch off_______television? Nobody' watching it.
9. He felt bored with________woman who sat beside him at the party.
10. The ship was crossing_________ Atlantic Ocean when it hit ________ huge iceberg
11. My grandparents live in_______old house in ______ south of Dong Nai provice. There is _______ large garden behind_______house. They grow some fruit trees and vegetables in______garden.
12. There was______ accident near my house this morning.________ taxi crashed into _______lamp post. _______ taxi was damaged, but______driver of _______ taxi was not hurt.
13. This morning I had________ sandwich and_______cup off coffee for breakfast.______ sandwich was OK, but _______coffee was terrible.
14. Miss Lin speaks______ Chinese.

I. Fill each blank with an article ( a/an/the/x) to complete the sentences.
1. How far is it from here to __________ aiport?
2. '' What's _________ capital of Sapa?" - " It's Madrid ''
3. My father work in______ office__________city center.
4. ___________ earth is__________planet of_______ solar system
5. She was born in _______ village in ________ north of England
6. ____________ village where she was born has___________ beautiful river
7. Who is_______best singer in_________United Kingdom ?
8. Can you switch off_______television? Nobody' watching it.
9. He felt bored with________woman who sat beside him at the party.
10. The ship was crossing_________ Atlantic Ocean when it hit ________ huge iceberg
11. My grandparents live in_______old house in ______ south of Dong Nai provice. There is _______ large garden behind_______house. They grow some fruit trees and vegetables in______garden.
12. There was______ accident near my house this morning.________ taxi crashed into _______lamp post. _______ taxi was damaged, but______driver of _______ taxi was not hurt.
13. This morning I had________ sandwich and_______cup off coffee for breakfast.______ sandwich was OK, but _______coffee was terrible.
14. Miss Lin speaks______ Chinese.

Fill in an appropriate word in each blank.

Kipling was the first writer........ (1)..... expressed the faith and national pride. He was.......(2)...... in Bombay India.........(3)..... 1865 and was taken .....(4)..... England to .....(5).... educated at the .....(6).... of 6. But at the age of 17 he returned ......(7)...... India and became a journalist. ........(8)..... this time he.....(9).... a great amount of prose and portry. After wards he returned to England and travelled in Japan and America. He received the 1907 Nobel ....(10)... for literature and died in 1936 while he was working on his autbiographical notes.

Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)………nor the last child prodigy, (2)……….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)……….his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)……… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)………at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father (6)……..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)……..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)……..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)………a lot of operas. His first opera,

Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)……… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.

Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points)
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1).................................on music and played in a pop group (2) ........................................ school and Art college .
John (3).................................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4)............................... name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)................................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) .................................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7).................................... scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8)..................................... “The Beatles” and John was (9).............................. richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)................................. his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11).................................... marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12).......................... he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ................................ seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ............................... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15).................................... shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.

Read the passage and fill one suitable word in each blank.

The history of the computer in the twentieth century is one of dramatic adaptation and expansion. The computer had modest beginnings in areas where is was (1)__________ as a specialities tool. The first electronic computer was built in the 1930s and was solely for the use (2)__________ undergraduate students in Iowa State University to handle mathematical computation in unclear physics. (3)_________ World War Two computers were developed in order to wage counter espionage and break codes used by the enemy. In the post-war war years the scope of computers was expanded to include the military industrial complex and academia. Obviously people needed to (4)________ around these institutions and so there was a needed for early network tools. In the 1960's an early version of the Internet, ARPPANET was used in computer science and engineering projects. However, only 10 years later computers were starting to change our lifestyle, the way we do business and many style things (Elliott, 1994) and by the late 1980's networks were expanding to embrace section of the general public. The (5)______ was born.