WE FINISHED THE MARATHON _____________THE SAME TIME.C. READINGI. R...

10. We finished the marathon _____________the same time.C. READINGI. Read the passage and fill each gap with ONE suitable word.TREES FOR LIFETrees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some datingback longer than the oldest buildings. But as well as being nice to look at, treesalso (1) _____________ an important role in improving the quality of our lives.On a world-wide scale, forests help to slow down the (2) _____________ ofglobal warming by using up the gas known as carbon dioxide and giving (3)_____________ the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighborhood level,trees also (4) _____________ important environmental benefits. They offershade and shelter, which in turn reduces the (5) _____________ of energyneeded to heat and cool nearby buildings, at the same time, they also removeother impurities from the air we breathe. Urban trees are especially importantbecause for many people they provide the only daily contact with the naturalworld. What's (6 _____________ urban trees also provide a home for birds, smallanimals and butterflies. (7) _____________ the trees, we would lose the pleasureof seeing these creatures in our cities. Regrettably, (8) _____________,trees incities are now coming under (9) _____________ . There is a limit to the level ofpollution they can put up with and down at the street level, their roots are (10)_____________ seriously disturbed by the digging needed to make way formodem telephone, television and other cables.II. Read the text below and circle the option (A, B, C or D) that best fits eachgap.WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BILL GATES?Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer industry. He has been(1)_____________executive officer of Microsoft corporation for several years. Heis also the richest person in the United States. How did he do that?He learned a lot from his parents. While Bill was going to school, his father went tocollege, got a (2) _______________ and became a successful lawyer. From this, Bill learnedthat you have to work hard if you want something. His mother was a very busy teacher,but she also enjoyed going to parties. From this, he learned something (3) ______________you want to work hard and play hard, you have to make a schedule.When Bill was young, he spent a lot of time (4) ______________. While most of hisfriends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and finished it whenhe was 8 years old.Bill's childhood was not (5) ______________work, however. He used to play a lot ofsports such as swimming, water-skiing, tennis. He was very serious (6) ______________sports. He loved winning and he hated losing. When Bill got older, he spent more andmore time working or playing on a computer.Before he was 20, Bill (7) _____________the world's first computer language for thepersonal computer. When he was thinking (8) ______________the future, he realizedsomething important. He thought that every home was going to have a computer, andevery computer would need software, his software. He said, "I'm going to (9)______________ my first million dollars on software (10) ______________the time I'm 25.’And he did.