Choose the best answer:
Childbearing is the women's most wonderful role.

Water polo was the first team sport added ________ the Olympic program, in 1900.

 This river is extremely ….. 

You are not allowed to go out now _    a strong storm.

 Information technology is very ________ to our lives. 

Identify the error in each sentence: When he was a little boy, Mark Twain would walk along the piers, watch the river , swimming and fish in the Mississippi, much like his famous character, Tom Sawyer

It is important to keep ourselves clean   ............  germs can cause infections in parts of our body.

He _    out yesterday. His friend called many times but no one answered the phone.

............. research team is an effective way to prepare for class preparation of social studies such as history, geography, literature and economics.

She couldn’t watch the football team last night________ she had a meeting with her colleagues.

Jim is so untidy! If he _________ some new clothes, he _________ so bad. 

............ being the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is also one of the world's greatest philanthropists.

There’s a ___ of blackbirds at the bottom of the garden.

Identify the error in each sentence: I can’t stand make noise in class. Would you please do something more useful?

They spent a lot of money _________ their children with the best education.

Every country has its (1) _________ traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. In my opinion, we should do everything possible to preserve them.
Some people think that in today's high-tech world traditional celebrations are too old-fashioned and (2) _________ to our lives. However, (3) _________ such as Carnival, are important, as they bring communities together and make us think about other people and not just computers. 
(4) _________ argument against traditional festivals is that they are expensive to organise. To some extent this is true, particularly when there are firework (5) _________ or parades. On the other hand, it is a small price to pay for brightening up our lives with entertainment and colour. (6) _________, celebrations like the 'Fallas' in my home town of Valencia (7) _________ many tourists and their money.
Finally, although I agree that some traditional customs (8) _________ their original significance, they can provide an opportunity for us to learn about our past. For example, Bonfire Night teaches British children about a particular period of their country's history.
To conclude, traditional celebrations are (9) _________ great pleasure and interest, and they are certainly (10) _________ keeping.
(3)...............

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The speaker will start his speech as soon as everyone has arrived.

It's important that she ________to take her medicine twice a day.

A ……….. eruption occurred here last night. 

They stood for     moment, then all together slowly moved towards ...............  church.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

___________, items sold at the Scottville Craft Fair are unique and of very high quality.