A. CHICKEN B. CHILDREN C. CHORUS D. CHIMEIV. READING

4. a. chicken b. children c. chorus d. chime

IV. Reading: (2 points)

A. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank: (1 point)

MARIA’S HOMECOMING

When the bus ... (1) ... in a small square, Maria was reading her magazine and didn’t realize that she had arrived at her

destination. “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said. “You’ve arrived home!” I suppose your cousin will be ... (2) ... for us. Come

on. I’ll carry the bags.” Maria thought, “All those years when I ... (3) ... in New York, I used to dream if this moment. And

now it’s real, I can’t believe it! Here I am, I’m really standing in the square.” Santa Teresa was Maria’s birthplace, but she

often left the town at the age of six. She had some ... (3) ... of the town, and some photos, but did she belong here still? She

didn’t know. Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadn’t received Maria’s letter. “What are we going

to do now?” asked Martin. “There isn’t even a hotel here!”