Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 points)                       

Computing is now at the (1) ___________ stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. (2) ___________ printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these (3) ___________ were unable to read and hadn’t got enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book (4) ___________ we do today. They wanted books (5) ___________ they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to (6) ___________, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.

The position with computers is very similar today. A few years (7) ___________, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but (8) ___________ didn’t know how to (9) ___________ them. In many (10) ___________,  however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space .The first one has been done for you. Write your answers in the table below. (2,0ms)                         

I (0)............. several good friends but I suppose that my best (1)............. is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2)............. we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3)............. class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4).............. she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5)..................  at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) ................. and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7).................. although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8).................. see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9)................around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10)............. a lot of fun and see exciting places.

Some lines of the following passage below contain errors. Underline them and write the correct answer in the space provided. The frist one has been done for you as an example

maria, from class 7A, has been very ill with cancer last

year and was in hospital for several weeks.she was

now at home and is getting gooder, but she needs a

holiday in the sun to help her recover.class 8A would

like raising some money for Maria to have a holiday.

Can you help our? We are having a meeting in the

school hall in Friday at four o'clock. Please come and

give up your ideas and your help.

Part IV. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box. ONE word will not be used.

Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (26)________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very (27) ________. It has never been one job it has always been many. A factory robot carried one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn‟t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (28) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (29) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.

VI. Each line in the following passage contains one mistake. Write down the mistake and your corrections in the       spaces provided on the right. The first one has been done for you as an example. (10 pts)

Language is considered a significant means for communication in                                                                                                                  (0) ____ for_____  _____of _____

international relations. People in modern world have not longer been kept                                                                                                                  (1) ____________  ____________

to their own countries. Moreover, in older to keep pace with rapid scientific                                                                                                                  (2) ____________  ____________

developments nowadays, they must widen them cooperative relations with                                                                                                                  (3) ____________  ____________

those highly developing nations in other parts of the world. Due to the fact                                                                                                                  (4) ____________  ____________

that no one is unable to communicate with any natives in the world, it is                                                                                                                  (5) ____________  ____________

necessary for people to choose to learn a foreign language like a worldwide  (6)____________  ____________

common means of communication. That is why English has being chosen                                                                                                                  (7) ____________  ____________

by almost people to be a foreign language to master. More and more people                                                                                                                  (8) ____________  ___________

use English and the number of those who learns English as a foreign                                                                                                                  (9) ____________  ____________

language has been increasing so fast and that it is the highest nowadays.     (10) ____________  ____

III. Fill each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the box. (10 ms)

SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND

In England, children start secondary school (86) ………………. the age of 11. In the first two years of secondary school, all the students study the same 12 (87) ………………………... They are: English, maths, science, design and technology, history, geography, a foreign (88) ……………………. , art and design, music, citizenship and P.E. When students are 14, they can (89) ……………………. the subjects that they like, but some subjects (e.g. maths, English, science and P.E.) are still (90) ……………………..

At the (91) ………………………. of sixteen, students take national exams called GCSEs (General Certificate of secondary Education exams). After the (92) …………………….., about 25% of students leave school and find jobs. The other 75% stay at (93) …………………. They study two, three or four school subjects and take advanced level exams (‘A levels’) when they are 18.

Most students in England (about 90%) (94) ……………..… to state secondary schools. State schools are free. The other 10% go to private schools. Some of these schools are very famous – and very expensive. For (95) ……………………, it costs about £24.000 a year to study at Eton College!

III. Fill each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the box. (10 ms)

SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND

In England, children start secondary school (86) ………………. the age of 11. In the first two years of secondary school, all the students study the same 12 (87) ………………………... They are: English, maths, science, design and technology, history, geography, a foreign (88) ……………………. , art and design, music, citizenship and P.E. When students are 14, they can (89) ……………………. the subjects that they like, but some subjects (e.g. maths, English, science and P.E.) are still (90) ……………………..

At the (91) ………………………. of sixteen, students take national exams called GCSEs (General Certificate of secondary Education exams). After the (92) …………………….., about 25% of students leave school and find jobs. The other 75% stay at (93) …………………. They study two, three or four school subjects and take advanced level exams (‘A levels’) when they are 18.

Most students in England (about 90%) (94) ……………..… to state secondary schools. State schools are free. The other 10% go to private schools. Some of these schools are very famous – and very expensive. For (95) ……………………, it costs about £24.000 a year to study at Eton College!

Part II: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list A - H  for each gap from 1 - 5. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Write your answer in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example. (2,5 points)
      The Sahara’s meager resources are being plundered right to the present day. This is shown most clearly in the dramatic fall in the region’s precious water reserves. The rock is of a type which hinders easy underground storage so the water supply depends on rainfall. (0)        B      . However, the seriousness of the situation goes far beyond mere seasonal changes.
There’s one district where observations go back at least 125 years. Here it is known that wells of the balance beam type were once used in cultivated areas. This way of drawing water is intended for the irrigation of gardens and small plots and works only if there’s water not more than about five metres below the surface.
(1) ______. They have all been replaced by wells from which the water has to be raised by draught animals, because it is now 25 metres down. (2) ______.
In a classic example of a vicious circle, shortage of water has led to the digging of more wells to save the flocks and birds. As these have been deepened the water supply has been further depleted. (3) ______.
The Air region was once regarded as the Switzerland of Africa because of its temperate climate. (4) ______. Nowadays, though, there are only a third of the palms which existed there at the turn of the century. The amount of wildlife has shown a proportionate fall. (5) ______. This is highly dangerous in a world where the overall population is growing rapidly. We cannot afford to lose fertile land.
A. So, too, has the number of human beings who can now survive in the area.
B. This being so, it is easy to understand why it varies.
C. Today, though, not one well of this type exists.
D. This has resulted in soil erosion which then dries out the land still further.
E. Here, then, the water level has evidently dropped by 20 metres in little over a century.
F. It was criss-crossed by valleys filled with palm trees and was thronged with wildlife.
G. Such are conditions in the Sahara Desert in recent times.