. THE CHILDREN LAUGHED HAPPY WHEN THEY HEARD A FUNNY STORY. A B C D...

4). The children laughed happy when they heard a funny story.

A B C D

II. Reading (2pts)

Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to fill in the blanks

I was brought up by my uncle and aunt and (1)_____ on a small farm in the west of England. I think it was

better (2)_____ living in a city, because every day I ran about in the open air. (3)_____ I went to school,

all I did was playing on the farm all day. (4)_____ my aunt and my uncle worked with the animals, and

although they worked very (5)_____, they always explained interesting things to me. They didn't have

(6)_____ money, but they (7)_____ well with everyone, and we didn't have (8)_____ of the problems of

living in the city. I always felt (9)_____ on the farm. There was (10)_____ noise or pollution, and it was

really peaceful. That's probably why I became a farmer when I was older.