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.
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