IN THE OCEAN, ……… .. MORE SALT IN THE DEEPER WATER.A. IS THERE B....

36. In the ocean, ……… .. more salt in the deeper water.

A. is there B. There are C. there is D. are there.

III: Reading comprehension.

Question IV: Read the passage and then decide which word (A, B, C, D) best

fits each space.

Three people jumped ……… (1) car on a busy oxford road after a fire started

under the bonnet this morning. They were just able to rescuce their possessions

before the car burst into …… .(2) Mr Peter Collins, 25 of Wey Road,

Berinsfield …… .(3) his Avenger, estate car home ……… (4) work with two friends

when he noticed smoke coming into the car. He stopped, …… ..(5) was unable to

open the bonnet. He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where the smoke

was coming from, but could not put the flames. He then …… .(6) to get fire

extinguishers from a nearby ……… (7), but …… .(8) also failed to have any

effect …… .(9) he telephoned for a ……… (10), but by the time it arrived, the car

was totally burnt out.

1 A. in to B. on C. out of D. over

2 A. flames B. petrol C. smoke D. sparks

3 A. drove B. has driven C. was driving D. was driven

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

5 A. but B. because C. although D. so

6 A. wandered B. jumped C. walked D. ran

7 A. hospital B. garage C. library D. swimming pool

8 A. this B. those C. that D. these

9 A. at length B. Finally C. at the end D. terminally

10 A. police car B. ambulance C. taxi D. fire engine

Question V: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question

from the four choices (A, B, C, D) given.

Health food addicts have at last agained the support of the national Academy of

Sciences in the argument about the relationship between diet and cancer. The

National Academy has issued a 500 - page report called “Diet, Nutrition and

Cancer” that recommends dietary strategies for protecting yourself from cancer.

For example, they advise you to reduce your consumption of fat, as in pork and

butter, and increase your intake of vitamin C, as in grape fruit and cabbage. More

beta - carotene, a type of vitamin A in yellow and green vegetables, should be

added to your diet as well.