WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST TITLE FOR THE PASSAGE

10. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs

C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs

Part 2. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer

sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered

blanks.

CHANGING COUNTRIES

Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1)______________in their standard of living,

foreign

workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first

immigrants arriving

(2)______________ the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but

the dream

of a new life soon (3)______________ sour for many.

Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was

often one of

wages and, in many (5)______________, unemployment. There were times when

(4)______________

the

newcomers encountered open hostility; in 1958, riots (6)______________ out in Notting Hill, west

London,

when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.

Yet despite the (7)______________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage

to

(8)______________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering.

Their

contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the

(9)______________ of economic change in the post-

war

period, it also (10)______________ Western Europe into a multiracial society.

1

. A. switch B. change C. modification D. variation

2

. A. from B. to C. in D. at

B.