Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Industrialization has provided us with material (51)_______ and modern (52)____. Electrical appliances and efficient gadgets ease our daily (53)______. Yet, there is a heavy price tag (54)______ to this convenience. Large-scale industrialization is killing the world. Today there is a strong emphasis (55)_______ on the halt of CFC usage. CFCs, otherwise known as chloro-fluoro-carbons, are ozone-depleting chemicals. They (56)________ burn a hole in the earth’s atmosphere and we, on earth, suffer from the strong radiation (57)_______ by the sun’s rays. Household (58)_________ like refrigerators, aerosol cans, air-conditioners and styrofoam containers (59)________ ozone-depleting chemicals. The hole in the sky allows harmful radiation to reach the earth. As a result, the temperature on the earth will (60)_________. This is alarming because polar ice caps will melt in the heat. Ocean levels will rise and islands will gradually be flooded.

60__________

Choose the best answer: 
There are many advantages of having online friends. First, they can be anywhere in the world, so you can learn about (1)..............cultures and lifestyles. Distance does not matter, as all you need is a computer. Second, you can contact them whenever you wish (2).............. they are online- and you can end the conversation easily when you have other things to do. What’s more, you can save a lot of money as there’ll be no dinners, parties or get-togethers. You don’t have to spend money (3).............. things like food and drinks or cinema tickets. Most importantly, you can quickly end a relationship when you don’t feel comfortable with the person any more. The only thing, perhaps, you don’t like about this kind of (4)............ is that sometimes you don’t know for sure who these friends really are. They may not use their real names and post other people’s photos.
3.

Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Getting good results in your studies comes from (51)________ good study habits. The best place to study is a comfortable room with good (52)_______. The best chair for studying should be one which you would be comfortable in, (53)_______ so comfortable that you may fall asleep in it after a while! Before you study, look for a (54)_____ environment with no distractions. If you find your home too noisy for studying, try the library or community center (55)_______. When you study, set realistic (56)_______ for yourself to achieve. For example, do not (57)____ to study five chapters of Geography in one (58).________   when you know that you take more than an hour to read one chapter. Furthermore, remember not to push yourself too (59)_________ . When you have studied for a period of time, (60)______ yourself by taking a short break. You could perhaps take a short walk or listen to music for a while.

54____________

Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Industrialization has provided us with material (51)_______ and modern (52)____. Electrical appliances and efficient gadgets ease our daily (53)______. Yet, there is a heavy price tag (54)______ to this convenience. Large-scale industrialization is killing the world. Today there is a strong emphasis (55)_______ the halt of CFC usage. CFCs, otherwise known as chloro-fluoro-carbons, are ozone-depleting chemicals. They (56)________ burn a hole in the earth’s atmosphere and we, on earth, suffer from) the strong radiation (57)_______ by the sun’s rays. Household (58)_________ like refrigerators, aerosol cans, air-conditioners and styrofoam containers (59)________ ozone-depleting chemicals. The hole in the sky allows harmful radiation to reach the earth. As a result, the temperature on the earth will (60)_________. This is alarming because polar ice caps will melt in the heat. Ocean levels will rise and islands will gradually be flooded.

55_________

Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Clothing habits are a matter of (51)_________ preference in the United States. Most people are free to wear (52)______ they feel comfortable. Business people in large urban areas are (53)_______ to wear suits or dresses, while clothing in rural areas is less formal. Most Americans tend to dress casually when not in formal or business situations. When eating, most Americans (54)_______ a fork in the hand with which they write. Americans eat away from home often, and usually they (55)________ their own meals when dining with friends. When Americans greet one another they often (56)_________ a firm handshake. They may greet strangers on the street by saying ‘Hello’ or ‘Good morning’. Friends often greet each other (57)_________ ‘How are you?’ and respond ‘Fine, thanks.’ Americans do not really (58)_______ any other answer to the question ‘How are you?’ because it is a way of saying hello. Except in formal situations, people address each other by their given names once they are acquainted. Although Americans are generally informal people, it would be (59)________ to schedule an appointment before going to visit someone, especially in business (60) _________ an appointment has been made, it is considered to be prompt.

59__________

Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d.

Stress releases a number of different chemicals and hormones into your body that raises blood pressure, weakens your immunity to colds and illness, impair your memory, increase fat cell storage, and lead to depression. Doing exercise regularly is an effective and successful stress treatment for its bad effects. The set of good chemicals and hormones released during exercise are an important arsenal that can defeat the chemicals created by stress.

Canadian researchers have discovered that depressed people feel better about themselves after exercising from 20 minutes to an hour, three times a week for five weeks. In some cases, the benefits last up to one year. It is important to note that severe cases of depression require medical review and a combination of treatments.

In another study, a team of Australian researchers found that those who did 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week had lower blood pressure and responded best to acute stress.

The word ‘that’ in line 2 refers to__________ .

Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

"WORLD WIDE WEB
World Wide Web (WWW), computer-based (1) _______ of information resources that combines text and multimedia. The information on the World Wide Web can be accessed and searched through the (2) _______, a global computer network. The World Wide Web is often (3) _______ to simply as “the Web.” The Web started to become a (4) _______ resource after 1993 when the first widely distributed browser provided a convenient way to (5) _______ a variety of information on the Internet. The Web uses (6) _______, which means that information can be displayed in a wide variety of formats. (7) _______ can read text, view pictures, watch animation, listen to sounds, and even explore interactive virtual environments on the Web. A user can (8) _______ seamlessly from a document or Web page stored on the computer to a document or Web page (9) _______ on another computer. The Web offers a place where companies, universities and (10) _______ institutions, and individuals can display information about their products, services, facilities, or research, or their (11) _______ lives. Only a small percentage of information on the (12) _______ is restricted to subscribers or other authorized users. The majority of Web pages are available to (13) _______ who can access a computer that connects to the Internet. The Web has become a (14) _______ for many companies selling products or services, and a forum for people to exchange opinions and information. Museums, libraries, government agencies, and schools post information on the Web to make it (15) _______ to others."

7. (7) _______ can read text, view pictures, watch animation, listen to sounds, and even explore interactive virtual environments on the Web.

Choose the word or phrase (ạ, b, c, or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

There are various types of pollution in the world. The most (51)__________ one is air pollution. It is caused mostly by factories that exclude smoke. This smoke pollutes the atmosphere (52) ________  dust and cinder which can cause various types of diseases like lung cancer, heart failure, and sinus infection (53)________ inhaled. Carbon monoxide from exhaust (54) _________ of vehicles is also very dangerous and can cause instant death when inhaled in (55)_________ amount. Water pollution is the pollution that occurs in rivers, seas, oceans, lakes, and other waterways. Water pollution is normally caused by the (56)____________ of waste like garbage and feces. The marine life in these waters will be affected. Some sea creatures perish while others (57)__________ the toxic extracts of the poisonous waste in their fat glands. When human beings eat these creatures, they will (58)______ fall ill or die. In Japan alone, every year, thousands of people suffer (59)____ strange diseases due to mercury poisoning. Others either lose their mental (60)______ or meet their deaths.

60____________

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

He _________ that media company for five years.

Choose the best answer: 
What is pollution? Stinky stuff? Muck? Poison? Yes, all those things... and more. Some is obvious like smoke (1)...........you can see but much of it is not obvious at all. Yet you’re eating it and drinking it and breathing it most of the time. And what is worse is that all this muck (2).............all other life on Earth. You can find pollution made by people just about (3)..........on the planet. Even (4)...........places like the Arctic are badly polluted by nasty Chemicals made by people. The polar bears and seals there have poisonous Chemicals made by people in their bodies and (5)..........do the Inuit people who live with them. These nasty things kill many animals and make others sick - including penguins (6)..........the Antarctic. They also kill people and make them ill too. There’s nowhere on the planet (7).............. or high up in the air. with no pollution; (8).............. the bottom of the sea or high up in the air.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

We live in a time and age where information is just a button press away. We are swayed by information all around us. We millennials want __________ (6), read, understand and then speak our minds about it. That is where social media comes into play. Social media is one of the biggest __________ (7) that we live with and cannot ignore it.

Social media is collection of websites, applications and other platforms __________ (8) enable us to share or create content and also helps us to participate __________ (9) social networking. Social media is not limited to blogging and sharing pictures, there are lot of strong tools also that social media __________ (10). That is because that the impact of social media is very high and far reaching. It can make or break images.

Social media is not limited to blogging and sharing pictures, there are lot of strong tools also that social media __________ (10). That is because that the impact of social media is very high and far reaching. 

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

We live in a time and age where information is just a button press away. We are swayed by information all around us. We millennials want __________ (1), read, understand and then speak our minds about it. That is where social media comes into play. Social media is one of the biggest __________ (2) that we live with and cannot ignore it.

Social media is collection of websites, applications and other platforms __________ (3) enable us to share or create content and also helps us to participate __________ (4) social networking. Social media is not limited to blogging and sharing pictures, there are lot of strong tools also that social media __________ (5). That is because that the impact of social media is very high and far reaching. It can make or break images.

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
No writer in American literature is (41) or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. (42) in Missouri in 1835, he grew (43) on the bank of the Mississippi River and later adopted the (44) Mark Twain. The (45) environment inspired the two novels (46) made him famous.: "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" ": Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river (47) of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (48) as a newspaperman in Nevada and California. (49) short story "The celebrated  Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (50) and his new career began.

41_________

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

In the first part of the twentieth century, before a television set became an important (1) ____ of entertainment of most households, radio program was different (2) ___ what it is now. Children rushed home from school to listen to “Story Hour”. Someone was reading (3) ____ exciting story or a part of a story while the children’s imaginations provided visual images to fit the spoken ones. People listened to serials or stories (4) ____ were broken into one-hour segments. Because each hour ended with suspense, listeners have to (5) ______ at the same time the next day to find out what would happen.

Families gathered around the radio at night to listen to important news or favorite programs. However, (6) ____ there is the appearance of television, radio programming has changed. Radio stories have become a thing of the past (7)____ the fact that people prefer both to watch (8) ____ to hear. Radio is now a medium that is used more often in a car (9) ______ in a home. Because music and news are (10) ____ types of programs to listen to in a car, they are the most common. Radio, in fact, has become the music medium. It provides music for all tastes.

(9) ___________

Choose the best answer:
The position of sport in today's society has changed out of all recognition. People no longer seem to think of sports as 'just a game' - to be watched or played for the (1)_______ of enjoyment. Instead, it has become big business worldwide. It has become accepted practice for leading companies to provide sponsorship. TV companies pay large sums of money to screen important matches or competitions. The result has been huge rewards for athletes, some of (2)_______ are now very wealthy, particularly top footballers, golfers and tennis players. (3)_______ it is not unusual for some athletes to receive large fees on top of their salary, for advertising products or making personal appearances.

A trend towards shorter working hours means that people generally tend to have more free time, both to watch and to take in sporting activity; sport has become a significant part of the recreation industry that we now rely (4)________ to fill our leisure hours. Professional sport is a vital part of that industry, providing for millions of (5)________ people all over the world.
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Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.

When drawing human figures, children often make the head too large for the rest of the body. A recent study offers some insights into this common disproportion in children’s illustrations. As part of the study, researchers asked children between 4 and 7 years old to make several drawings of men. When they drew front views of male figures, the size of the heads was markedly enlarged. However, when the children drew rear views of men, the size of the heads was not so exaggerated. The researchers suggested that children drew bigger heads when they know they must leave room for facial details. Therefore, the odd head size in children’s illustrations is a form of planning ahead and not an indication of a poor sense of scale.

It can be inferred that during the research project, the children drew____________ .

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
No writer in American literature is (41) or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. (42) in Missouri in 1835, he grew (43) on the bank of the Mississippi River and later adopted the (44) Mark Twain. The (45) environment inspired the two novels (46) made him famous.: "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" ": Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river (47) of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (48) as a newspaperman in Nevada and California. (49) short story "The celebrated  Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (50) and his new career began.

45.________

Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Clothing habits are a matter of (51)_________ preference in the United States. Most people are free to wear (52)______ they feel comfortable. Business people in large urban areas are (53)_______ to wear suits or dresses, while clothing in rural areas is less formal. Most Americans tend to dress casually when not in formal or business situations. When eating, most Americans (54)_______ a fork in the hand with which they write. Americans eat away from home often, and usually they (55)________ their own meals when dining with friends. When Americans greet one another they often (56)_________ a firm handshake. They may greet strangers on the street by saying ‘Hello’ or ‘Good morning’. Friends often greet each other (57)_________ ‘How are you?’ and respond ‘Fine, thanks.’ Americans do not really (58)_______ any other answer to the question ‘How are you?’ because it is a way of saying hello. Except in formal situations, people address each other by their given names once they are acquainted. Although Americans are generally informal people, it would be (59)________ to schedule an appointment before going to visit someone, especially in business (60) _________ an appointment has been made, it is considered to be prompt.

51__________

Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d.

As computers have become powerful tools for the rapid and economic production of pictures, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computer science. It is used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research, training, and medicine.

One of the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer-aided design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hand drafting. For the three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design Vehicles and test their performance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems. Architects can design a building layout, create a three-dimensional model, and even go for a simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the outside of the building.

Business graphics are another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used to create graphs, charts, and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic data. As an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create weather maps and cartographic materials. Computer art also has creative and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing, and film productions, particularly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.

The word “it” in line 3 refers to__________ .

Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

BELL’S TELEPHONE

A pioneer in the (51)________ of telecommunications, Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Ontario, and then to the United States, (52)______ in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Throughout his life, Bell had been interested in the (53)________ of deaf people. This interest led him to invent the microphone and, in 18 76, his “electrical speech machine,” which we now call the telephone. News of his invention quickly (54)________ throughout the country, even throughout Europe. By 1878, Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1884, long-distance connections were (55)_____ between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City. Bell imagined great (56)________ for his telephone, like the model from the 1920s, but would he ever have imagined telephone lines being used to (57)__________ video images? Since his death in 1922, the telecommunication industry had undergone an amazing revolution. Today, (58)_________ people are able to use a special display telephone to communicate. Fiber optics are improving the quality and speed of data transmission. Actually, your ability to (59) _______ this information relies upon telecommunications technology. Bell’s “electrical speech machine” paved the (60)______for the Information Superhighway. 

51__________

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
No writer in American literature is (41) or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. (42) in Missouri in 1835, he grew (43) on the bank of the Mississippi River and later adopted the (44) Mark Twain. The (45) environment inspired the two novels (46) made him famous.: "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" ": Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river (47) of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (48) as a newspaperman in Nevada and California. (49) short story "The celebrated  Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (50) and his new career began.

44________