………, HER ILLNESS WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN WE THOUGHT. (FORTUNATE) VII...

10. ………, her illness was more serious than we thought. (fortunate)

VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the following passage (10 pts).

Rivers are on of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, and (1)

………….. every country has a least one river that (2)……….. an important part in the lives of its people. Besides

transportation, rivers (3)………..water for crops, water to drink , and recreation for people who live

along their (4)………….. And in (5)………….to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (6)

…………a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not (7)

………..to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. (8)………….the water often

becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow (9)……….and the number of industries increases. We are

learning that it is necessary to (10)…………rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.

VIII. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the passage (10 pts).

THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look...(1)..., we also use them to tell the world ...(2)...

our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance...(3)... a whole give other people useful information

about what we think and...(4)... we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear...(5)... clothes and if we

feel...(6)... we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so...(7)...? Is it because

they feel miserable all...(8)...? This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is...(9)... to wear

black, and young people they are real fans...(10)... fashion.