(A) IT IS YOUR DAD (B) WHOM I (C) MET AT THE LECTURE (D) LAST WEEK...

30. (A) It is your Dad (B) whom I (C) met at the lecture (D) last week.

A. B. C. D.

VIII. Read the text below and complete it with the words provided. (1.5 pts.)

put - got - find out - provide - talk - cope - how - other - are

My hobby got started when I was a little boy. I had always wanted my parents to read fairy tales and other stories to me.

Soon they ...(31)... fed up with having to read to me continually. So as soon as I could, I learned to read. I started with

simple ABC books. Soon I could read fairy tales and stories. Now I read just about anything that is available.

Reading enables me to learn about so many things. I learned about ...(32)... people lived in bygone days. I learned about

the wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and ...(33)... fascinating things.

The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to

catch a disease to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to deep into the jungle

to ...(34)... about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.

Books ...(35)... the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have certainly helped me in my daily life. I

am better equipped to ...(36)... with living. Otherwise I would go about ignorantly learning things the hard way.