Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space

There are two main factors that make it difficult to overcome poverty in the countryside. First, there is a (1) ... to inherit one's occupation. If a person's parents work in agriculture, he will have chances to work in a agriculture, and the income levels of many (2) ... are very low. Another main problem is thet families in the countryside are usually (3) ... Before machines and modern technology are applied to farm work, the farm family used children as workers. But now (40 ... conditions have changed they still remain large families including several generations. The older members are (5) ... work hard and the young men go to the cities to look for jobs. Those who are left behind have an ever-grater burden to bear.

IX. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers in the box below.

                                                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

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

I. Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space 

First of all, you need to eat the right kind of food. Frying food is very unhealthy so try to grill meat. You (1) _______ eat too much fatty food. Things like chips and burgers have a lot of fat. You should also try to (2) _______ more fresh food and vegetables. Secondly, you (3) _______ eat three meals a day so that you don’t get hungry. You definitely (4) _______ miss breakfast. When people don’t eat breakfast, they often eat unhealthy snacks like (5) _______ during the day. Lastly, you don’t need to be good at sports, but you (6) _______ do some exercise. Exercise can be (7) instead of taking the bus or using the stairs instead of the lift. You (8) _______ do exercise every day - twenty minutes, three times a week is fine. 

1. A. don’t have to        B. need to        C. mustn’t            D. can’t

2. A. shouldn’t            B. have to        C. can                D. need to

3. A. don’t need to        B. should        C. mustn’t            D. will

4. A. shouldn’t            B. have to        C. must                D. can

5. A. soup            B. fish            C. juice                D. chips

6. A. mustn’t            B. can’t            C. won’t            D. should

7. A. swimming            B. walking        C. staying            D. skiing

8. A. don’t have to        B. have            C. mustn’t            D. can’t

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
 

I. Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space 

PASSAGE A. As a community, community service can bring neighborhoods, families, and people (1)_________ together. Through a community-wide effort to solve problems and better the lives of (2)________, a community can work closer together and become (3)_______. Some communities may be even (4) ________ to benefit from more funding because (5)_______ community service. State and local government sometimes recognized the effort to better (6)__________ improve a community. This effort is awarded with (7)_________ in funding or awareness. This extra help can (8) ________ get the word out to others looking to engage in community service.

1. A. close            B. closer            C. closing            D. closest

2. A. another            B. some            C. others            D. all

3. A. stronger            B. strongest            C. strength            D. strengthen

4. A. ability            B. enable            C. disable            D. able

5. A. with            B. of                C. at                D. for

6. A. but            B. since            C. and                D. because

7. A. assistance            B. assistant            C. assisting            D. assist

8. A. make            B. do                C. play                 D. help

PASSAGE B. Caring for infants and children who (1)_________ at risk or have limited resources can have a lasting impact (2)_________ a child’s development and is one of the (3)_________ rewarding placements available (4)_________ volunteers. The children are (5)_________ to see new and smiling faces, and love games, songs, and rhymes that volunteers help to organize. Simply holding infants, sharing your (6)_________, and providing (7)_________ attention is important to their future well-being. The staff (8)_________ the help with (9)_________ routines such as feeding and clothing the children and playing (10)_________ them.

1. A. are            B. is                C. were                D. was

2. A. in                B. on                 C. at                D. for    

3. A. best            B. more            C. most                D. better

4. A. for            B. to                C. on                 D. of

5. A. unhappy            B. sad                C. bad                D. delighted

6. A. affecting            B. affection            C. affect            D. affected

7. A. individually        B. individuality        C. individual            D. individualize

8. A. appreciates        B. appreciate            C. appreciated            D. appreciating

9. A. everyday            B. date                C. daily                D. day

10. A. of            B. without            C. to                D. with

PASSAGE C. Have you ever wanted to do something different? Five years ago, Will Slade read about (1)_________ organization called Earthwatch. Earthwatch finds volunteers (2)_________ expeditions (3)_________ and explore different parts of the world. Will decided (4)_________ an expedition to study elephants in Africa. “I wasn’t sure about it before I went,” says Will. “But in fact, I really enjoyed every minute of the expedition. We slept (5)_________ tents and we cooked our own food, but it was the great (6)_________ elephants and all the other animals there”. “I’ve (7)_________ all the expeditions, and  I have seen some fantastic places. How (8)_________ people have slept (9)_________ a beach, climbed a mountain, or see a whale? This world is such a beautiful place, but it’s disappearing fast. We have to learn more (10)_________ it if we are going to save it”.

1. A. a                B. the                C. an                D. some

2. A. to                B. for                C. at                D. on

3. A. studying            B. studied            C. study            D. to study

4. A. to join            B. join                C. joining            D. joined

5. A. on             B. in                C. at                D. under

6. A. see            B. saw                C. seeing            D. to see

7. A. enjoyed            B. enjoy            C. enjoying            D. to enjoy

8. A. much             B. far                C. many            D. long

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

10. A. at            B. in                 C. of                D. about

I. Read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space 

PASSAGE A. As a community, community service can bring neighborhoods, families, and people (1)_________ together. Through a community-wide effort to solve problems and better the lives of (2)________, a community can work closer together and become (3)_______. Some communities may be even (4) ________ to benefit from more funding because (5)_______ community service. State and local government sometimes recognized the effort to better (6)__________ improve a community. This effort is awarded with (7)_________ in funding or awareness. This extra help can (8) ________ get the word out to others looking to engage in community service.

1. A. close            B. closer            C. closing            D. closest

2. A. another            B. some            C. others            D. all

3. A. stronger            B. strongest            C. strength            D. strengthen

4. A. ability            B. enable            C. disable            D. able

5. A. with            B. of                C. at                D. for

6. A. but            B. since            C. and                D. because

7. A. assistance            B. assistant            C. assisting            D. assist

8. A. make            B. do                C. play                 D. help

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning

SAVING THE TIGER

 In 1973, when the tiger appeared to be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and (1) _____Indian Government agreed to set (2) ______ “Operation Tiger”- a campaign (3) ______ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4) _____that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region (5) _____ was quickly turning into a desert (6) _____ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (7) ______ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which mean moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (8) ______ be handed back to nature.

  Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9) _____ for tigers to hide in, and there are now at (10) ______ forty of them (11) _____ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (12) _____ deer and monkeys than before. The people (13) _______were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) _____ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (15) ______little safer

read the passage below and decide which option best fits each space
Last year I ... on a home stay to the United States. I lived ... the Johnsons in California. When I ... there, I went to school with my American sister, Julie. At first,speaking English ... day was hard. I was homesick. But then I started to enjoy my home stay. English was ... School ... fun. I liked with the Johnsons. During Spring vacation, we went ... a camping trip. Now I am back hime with my parent. I often write ... my American family and they write to me. Next year the Johnsons are ... to visit me.

 Read the passage below and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (10 points)

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a (66)_____  of stone earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt and maintained (67)_____  the 5th century BC and the 16th century (68) ____ the northern borders of the Chinese Empire (69) _____ the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall (70) ____ between 200 BC-220 BC by the first Emperor of China, Quin Shi Huang; little of it (71)____; it was much farther north than the current wall, (72) ____ was built during the Ming Dynasty.

The Great Wall (73) ____ over approximately 6,400 km from Shenanigan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km in total. At its peak, the Ming Wall was (74) _____ by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese (75) _____  as part of the centuries long project of building the wall.

66. A. box                     B. series                        C. ranks                        D. ranges

67. A. in                       B. from                            C. among                      D. between

68. A. to protect            B. protecting                  C. prevent                     D. to prevent

69. A. during                 B. within                        C. while                         D. when

70. A. done                   B. made                        C.  built                          D. designed

71. A. conserves           B. remains                     C. guard                        D. exist

72. A. that                     B. where                       C. what                           D. which

73. A. stretches             B. length                       C. stretch                       D. carry

74. A. looked after        B. covered                     C. guarded                     D. concealed

75. A. die                      B. died                           C. death                        D. dead