THIS ROOM IS………..BA. SO SMALL THAT WE CAN'T WORK IN B. TOO SMALL FOR U...
40: This room is………..
B
A. so small that we can't work in
B. too small for us to work in
C. not big enough for us to live in it
D. such small room that we
can't live in it
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 45.
New Year's Eve in Tines Square
You may have seen this on television. (41) … the chilly winter weather, thousands
of people head for Times Square in New York City on the evening of December 31.
They stand for hours in the cold night air watching the clock. The crowd grows
larger as the hours tick by. People walk around distributing balloons, flags, and
confetti. Soon music begins playing, and everyone sings along. Midnight
approaches,
and the crowd becomes more and more (42) . At 11:59, an enormous lighted ball
starts descending a flagpole. Everyone counts as it nears the bottom. Five ...
four ... three ... two. . one. . Happy New Year! Thousands of voices cheer as the
ball reaches the bottom of the pole and fireworks light up the sky. People hug and
kiss each other and wave at the TV cameras. Confetti and balloons fill the air.
The New Year's (43)
in Times Square is an old tradition. The first one
occurred in 1904.
Nowadays, TV has also become part of the tradition. Many families across the
United States gather in their living rooms to watch the lighted ball descend the
flagpole at midnight. The first New Year's ball was
lowered down a flagpole in 1907. That ball was (44) iron and wood and weighed
over 300 kilos. It
was decorated with 100 light bulbs. The ball that is used now is covered with glass,
mirrors, and hundreds
of colored lights. It sparkles and shines spectacularly as it goes down the pole to
(45)
the New Year.