CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER (A, B, C OR D) THAT FITS THE BLANKS IN THE PASS...

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) that fits the blanks in the passage below:

Reading 1

Learning English

Every year students in many (1)…. learn English. (2) ….... of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are

adults. Some learn at school, others study (3) …… themselves. A few learn English just by (4) ...… the language in films, (5) …

television, in the office, or among their friends. But not many are lucky to do that. Most people must work (6) ……… to learn

another language.

Learning another language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn English? It is (7) ………to answer that

question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is (8)

…… for their work. Teenagers often learn English (9) ……their higher studies, because some of their book are in English at the

college or University. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines (10) …… English.

1

b. homes

d. families

a. countries

c. house

b. Some

d. All

a. None

c. Any

2

d. on

c. by

a. for

b. with

3

a. hear

b. heard

4

d. hearing

c. to hear

b. at

c. in

a. on

5

d. to

c. easy

d. easily

b. hard

6

a. hardly

d. careful

b. cold

c. difficult

7

a. horrible

b. used

d. useless

a. use

c. useful

8

9

d. of

c. to

10

d. in

Reading 2

The Internet has (1)...and become part of our life .It’s very fast and convenient way to get information. People use the Internet

(2)...many purposes: education, communication, (3)...and commerce. The Internet helps people communicate

(4)...friends and relatives by (5)...of email or chatting.

However, the Internet has limitations. It is time-(6)...and costly. It is also dangerous because of virus and bad programs.

(7)...the other hand, the Internet (8)...sometimes have to suffer various risks such as spam or electronic junk mail and

personal information leaking. So, while enjoying surfing, be alert!

1.A-develop

B-developed

D-developing

C-development

D-to

C-at

B-in

2.A-for

C-entertained

B-entertaining

D-entertain

3.A-entertainment

C-with

B-among

D-between

4.A-to

C- meant

D-means

5.A- mean

B-meaning

D-consuming

6.A-consume

C-consumer

B-consumed

C-to

7.A-at

B-on

D-in

D-used

8.A-use

B-users

C-using

Reading 3

My village is about 50 kilometers (1)…….the city center. It is a very beautiful and (2) ……. place where people (3)

………. flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque (4)………….The air is quite (5)

……….; however, the smell of the roses makes people (6) ………. cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7)

…….Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8) ……. much time to water the roses. And

even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.

B. for

D. since

C. from

1. A. on

D. quite

2. A. peace

B. peaceful

C. peacefully

3. A. grow

D. bought

B. buy

C. grew

D. scenes

C. sceens

4. A. scenery

B. sneces

B. fresh

C. bad

5. A. dirty

D. hot

D. feeling

B. to feel

C. feel

6. A. felt

7. A. colors

C. spots

D. styles

B. colorful

D. city-dwellers

B. towns

8. A. village

C. villagers

Reading 4

Millions of people (1) ………the world want to learn English. Many of them go to the US and other English (2) ……… countries

to study at language schools, especially (3) ………Summer. There are thousands of different schools. They often course (4) ……

children, teenagers and adults.

If you go to a language school, you should try (5) …… English as much as possible. Students can stay with a local family.

This is a good opportunity (6) ……your English and to learn a lot about everyday life. You should try to talk to students from

other countries. This will help you to improve your English (7) ………it will also show how important English is for international

(8) ………

B. around

D. to

C. on

1. A. at

B. spoke

D. spoken

2. A. speak

C. speaking

C. for

D. in

3. A. at

B. on

4. A. to

D. for

B. with

C. between

D. speaking

5. A. to speak

C. spoke

B. speak

6.A. to improve

D. improve

C. improving

B. improved

C. and

D. therefore

7. A. but

B. so

D. communicate

B. communication

8. A. communicator

C. communicative