A. BRISK B. HARD C. CRISP D. BRIEF QUESTION II. READ THE TEXT...

60. A. brisk B. hard C. crisp D. brief Question II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (10pts) NEIL ARMSTRONG Neil Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930, in Ohio, United States. He was (61) _______ in flying from an early age. When he was only eight years old, he (62) ___________his first model plane. When he was ten years old, he got a part-time job mowing grass so that he could have (63)_________money to purchase newer and bigger planes. When Armstrong was a high school student, he continued to (64) ______up different part-time work. He wanted to earn more money (65)________was needed to pay for his flying lessons. On his (66) _______birthday in 1946, Armstrong was very exhilarated on learning that he had gained his pilot's license. The following year, 1947, Armstrong finished high school and went to Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering. However , before he could finish his university studies, he was called up by the Navy to fight in the Korean War. In 1952, Armstrong returned to the USA to (67) ______his studies at Purdue. He graduated from the university in 1955 and worked as a research pilot, testing new aircraft. In 1962, Armstrong was selected by National Aeronautics and (68)_____Administration (NASA) to be an astronaut. He and several others had to go (69)________an intensive program of training to prepare (70)_______for America's first mission to land on the moon. He is still famous for his saying “It's only a small step of ours, but it is a giant leap of the human”. Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below.(10 pts) American Online is one of the big names on the Internet, and unlike many other digital companies, it actually makes a profit. But the company which its rivals call the “Cyber –cockroach” was launched only in 1992. Before that, it was a small firm called control Video Corporation, and it made video games. Then Steve Case, a former Pizza Hut marketing executive arrived and took the company online, innovative, fast moving, and user - friendly, American online appeals to people who want to search the Internet, but who do not have a lot of experience. For the same reason “teachies”, people who think they are more expert with computers, look down on American Online and its users. Recently, American Online (or AOL, as it calls itself) joined with Time Warn – a multi - million dollar movie and magazine company - to create a multi media giant. Now, AOL has begun to expand abroad. In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, it is hard to buy a computer magazine that does not have a free AOL introductory offer. The company also puts advertisements onto the television, and employs people to hand out its free introductory disks at places like train stations. As the Internet gets faster, AOL is changing. With many homes getting high - speed connection through fiber optic cables, or the new ADSL technology, the “Cyber - cockroach” will have to show that like real cockroaches, it can survive in almost any environment.