MY FATHER READS AND WRITES PEOPLE DIED. ENGLISH VERY WELLI. BECAUSE...

8. My father reads and writes people died. English very wellI. because they are more convenient for them them.J. while his wife works part-time at a grocery store in a nearby town. QUESTION 10: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (1 pt)The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they can’t live _(1)_ all the year around. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time. English villages are not all alike, but _(2)_ some ways they are not different _(3)_ each other. Almost _(4)_ village has church, the round and square tower of which can be _(5)_ for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people were buried. The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are_(6)_ round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages _(7)_ water brought through pipes into each _(8)_ . Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village. QUESTION 11: Read the passage then pick out one best option for your answer (1pt) Every four to ten years something happens to the weather system of the Earth. Everything changes, and scientists don’t know why. The low-pressure area moves toward the east, the high-pressure area is very weak, and the winds blow toward the east. A great pile of warm surface water moves toward South America. People call this “El Nino“. It usually happens at Christmas time, and El Nino is the Spanish name for the baby Jesus. Usually the effects of El Nino are very mild. However, the one that started in 1982 was different from the other recent ones. It had a very powerful effect on the world’s climate. It caused huge changes in the ocean currents. It caused floods in some areas and droughts in others. There were terrible windstorms and huge ocean waves. These waves swept houses into the sea. El Nino did billions of dollars worth of damage. Thousands of people lost their lives and thousands of others were left homeless. In 1983, the winds, ocean currents, and pressure areas started to become normal again. Meanwhile, scientists throughout the world organized research to learn more about El Nino. They are using satellites and research boats to observe the atmosphere and the ocean. It is a very complicated problem, but if the scientists of the world work together, they should be able to learn the causes of El Nino. Then they will be able to predict what will happen and work to prevent a repeat of the death and destruction of 1982-1983.