Test 1

Latter, member, rest, into, after, hatched, male, such, laid, over,
unlike , together, collect, during, when, in, other, that, with, span.
The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects which live alone, the
honey bee lives as a ___2___ of a community. These bees live ___3___ in what is known as
a bee colony.
The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the___4___ of the bees.
Her main task ___5___ the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the ___6___ bees are the worker
bees. These bees ___7___ nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar ___8___ is carried by
the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ___9___ honey. The worker
bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon as the eggs are ___11___, the worker
bees feed the young bees ___12___ pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the
colony is the drone or ___13___ bee. The main task of ___14___ a bee is to mate with a
new queen.
The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this period, she would
have ___17___ more than half a million eggs. ___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new
queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take ___19___ the 'duties' of
the old queen when the ___20___ dies.

TEST 2
Safety, whom, stop/bother, snowing, away , which, home, face
its, were out, to, time, picked, in, look, late, onto ,one, drive

"Would you like to buy a box of matchsticks, mister ?" the little girl asked. The man ___1___
she approached did not even ___2___ to answer her. He shuffled ___3___ in his great coat,
eager to get home ___4___ his cosy fireplace.
The girl was shivering ___5___ the cold. It had been ___6___ continuously for the past two
days. The girl's shoes, ___7___ were already thin were thoroughly soaked. Yet, her sweet,
angelic ___8___ did not lose ___9___ innocent smile. It only made her ___10___ more
pathetic when she knitted her brows sometimes. Her feet ___11___ sore with painful
chilblains.
Someone shouted, "Watch ___12___, girl !"

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It was too ___13___ ! The coach was going too fast and the ___14___ had not seen her
earlier. There was barely enough ___15___ for the little girl to take a step back. In her hurry
to get to ___16___, the basket of matchsticks fell ___17___ the snow.
She ___18___ them up, wet and dirty from a puddle of melted snow. The matchstick
couldn't be used now. as she began to make her way ___19___, she realised that she had
lost ___20___ of her shoes in the snow.

TEST 3 Full, used , rid, mine, on, something, out , on , air, up, broken, saw, take,
as, have, it, in, together, out, now

It was midnight when the last guest left. I sighed heavily as I looked around. The living room
was ___1___ of cigarette smell and stale perfume. As I looked around, I ___2___ wet
patches of spilt beer on my best Persian carpet. My antique vases were totally smashed.
They had even ___3___ my antique oak tables as ashtrays. These guests of ___4___ had
done their best to destroy my expensively decorated living room ! What a night this had
turned ___5___ to be.
I shook my head. The mess would ___6___ hours to clear. Getting ___7___ of the smell
would require days. My housekeeper would had resigned ___8___ the spot if she saw the
mess. i had to do ___9___ fast. I could not afford to lose her ___10___ she is the best cook I
___11___ ever had
I had no choice. I went to the bookshelf, took ___12___ the book 'The Evolution of Man' by
Charles Darwin and pressed on the wall behind ___13___ . A small hole in the wall
appeared ___14___ my right. I reached ___15___ and took out a long object. Then I waved
it in the ___16___. The room started to clean itself ___17___ . Even the antique vases
started fitting themselves ___18___ so well that one could not tell they had been
___19___. As you might have guessed by ___20___, the long object is a wand, and I am
what they call a witch.

TEST 4
when, down, crying , face , to, up, goes, up/forward, on , Fast, Came,
inside , with so, sorry, one, turned, saw, for, like.

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You must have heard of many ghost stories, but have you heard of this ___1___ from Japan
? The story ___2___ like this; one moonlit night, a man was walking home along the river
___3___ he saw a woman ___4___ on the bridge. He could not see her ___5___ because
she was sitting with her back ___6___ him. However, he could see that she was crying
___7___ hysterically that her whole body was shaking. The man felt ___8___ for her. when
he went ___9___ to comfort her, she suddenly ___10___ around. To his horror, the man I
___11___ that she had no eyes, no nose and no mouth ___12___ her face ! ___13___ a
while the man stood frozen. Then he turned and ran away as ___14___ as he could until he
___15___ to the nearest inn.
Once ___16___, he began to stammer out what he had seen, for he was trembling
___17___ fear. The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___18___ to clean the
tables, straightened ___19___ and asked him, "Did she look ___20___ this ?" His face, too,
was egg-like.
The man fainted !

TEST 5 When, one, wife, about/on, find, on believe , inserted, read , every ,
of, wherever, wrong, weighing, same, not, sound, later, talented, for,

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs Kerugesu were window shopping at a shopping
centre. As they stood outside a boutique, Mr. Kerugesu spotted a shiny new ___1___
machine.
"Look ! It's ___2___ of those modern computerized machines that tells your weight and
gives you your fortune at the ___3___ time. I think I shall try it," he told his ___4___.
Mrs Kerugesu, however, was not too keen ___5___ the idea.
"Let's ___6___ bother. I don't ___7___ in fortune telling," she said.
Mr. Kerugesu, however, insisted ___8___ trying the machine. He was very curious to
___9___ out his 'fortune'. He stepped on the machine and ___10___ a fifty cent coin. There
was a soft buzzing ___11___ from the machine. A few seconds ___12___ , a slip of paper
emerged. Mrs. Kerugesu took the slip and ___13___ it out to her husband :
"Your fortune : You are a clever and ___14___ person. If you are working, you will become
an employee that ___15___ boss would be proud of. You will become a good leader
___16___ men. Everyone will listen to you ___17___ you speak. ___18___ you lead,
everyone will follow."

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Mrs. Kerugesu paused ___19___ breath.
"It's got your weight ___20___ too," she added.

TEST 6 An, sight , to , in, after, on, placed, with, other, time , for , with, of
required, both, as, another, because/for , too, mind,

Sandwiches make a delicious snack any time. They are a common ___1___ at picnics and
teas. Interestingly enough, the sandwich is the invention of ___2___ eighteen century
English Earl called John Montagu. Montagu was addicted ___3___ card games. he would
play these games ___4___ his friends for long stretches of ___5___ . Often, he even found it
___6___ bothersome to stop his games ___7___ meals.
One day, ___8___ the middle of a game, Montagu was served a meal of sliced meat
___9___ bread. At that time, Montagu was playing the game that ___10___ its players to
cover cards one on top ___11___ another. As Montagu looked at ___12___ the game and
his food, an idea came to his ___13___.
"I can do the same with my food ___14___ well," he thought.

He took a slice of bread, ___15___ a piece of meat on it and covered that with ___16___
slice of bread. Montagu was very pleased with his invention ___17___ it allowed him to
play cards with one hand and eat his meal with the ___18___.
Montagu's friends quickly caught ___19___ to his idea and they named the new invention
___20___ him. As Montagu's full title was 'the Earl of Sandwich', the new invention became
known as a 'sandwich'.

TEST 7 after, up, to, from, for , Over, from, refused, with, hands, again ,
behind/after , nap/sleep, pinched, up, since , happen, and, wanted, still,

"I will never forgive her," Anne muttered as she walked away ___1___ the class. Panting
and running ___2___ her, Lilian came up ___3___ her and apologised profusely ___4___
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accidentally spilling chocolate milk all ___5___ Anne's new bag. Anne ___6___ to listen to
Lilian. She cupped her ___7___ over her ears, glared at Lilian ___8___ screamed.
"I'll never talk to you ___9___ !" Then she ran away.
Anne was ___10___ angry when she reached home. She banged the door hard ___11___
her and woke Granny from her afternoon ___12___ . She was rude to Mother when Mother
asked her what she ___13___ for dinner. She ___14___ little Tony when she found that he
had messed ___15___ her room again. Tony ran howling ___16___ Mother. His poor arm
was red ___17___ Anne's pinching.
"What's the matter ___18___ you today, Anne ?" Mother came into the room and asked.
"You've made everybody upset ___19___ you stepped into the house. Did something
___20___ in school ?"

TEST 8 Stay, along, before ,visit, that, bored, by, to, from, of , me,
showing/having , with , and, too/by, as, also, returned , Worth, reading,

I will always remember the trip I made to the zoo in 1988. It was then ___1___ I caught
measles from one of my friends, Peter, who had gone ___2___ too. ___3___ he met us at
the zoo, he had gone to ___4___ his cousin who was recovering ___5___ measles. The next
day, Peter was complaining ___6___ a sore throat, a bad cold and high fever. When he was
diagnosed ___7___ a doctor as having measles, his parents rang ___8___ up to warn me
that I had been exposed ___9___ measles too. By the next day, I was also ___10___ the
same symptoms. My doctor advised me to ___11___ at home for the next two weeks.

I was quite pleased ___12___ the doctor's instruction. I spent the time ___13___
storybooks, listening to music ___14___ watching television. When I get ___15___ , I would
call up Peter, who ___16___ had to spend two weeks at home, for a chat. Unfortunately,
the two weeks passed ___17___ quickly. When we ___18___ to school, we had to work
twice ___19___ hard to catch up with our classmates. It was definitely not ___20___ the
'holiday'.

TEST 9 escape/avoid , but , made, when , sip , fallen, more , at anyone , down,
work, grown, dressed, making , to, content, did, group, woke, himself
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Once upon a time, there was a man called Rip Van Winkle. He was a likeable ___1___ lazy
man who never did an ounce of ___2___ in his life. His wife was always nagging ___3___
him for being so lazy.
One day, to ___4___ his wife's nagging, Rip Van Winkle took a stroll in the woods. In these
mysterious woods, he encountered a ___5___ of old men with long beards. ___6___ they
saw Rip Van Winkle, they offered him a drink from a flask. Rip Van Winkle took a ___7___
and found the drink delicious. As he was very thirsty, he drank to his heart's ___8___ .
Immediately after the drink, he felt his eyelids becoming heavy. Before he knew it, he had
___9___ into a deep sleep.
When he ___10___ up, the sun was shining brightly.
"I must have slept the whole night," he thought to ___11___. As Rip Van Winkle ___12___
his way home, he discovered, to his astonishment, that the landscape around him had
changed. As he approached his village, he was even ___13___ dumbfounded. He found that
he could not recognise ___14___ in the village ! Not only ___15___ the people look
different, they were also ___16___ in a different fashion. Everyone was staring at his chin.
As Rip Van Winkle looked ___17___ at his own chin, he realised, to his surprise, that he had
___18___ a very long beard.
After ___19___ some enquiries, Rip Van Winkle realised that one hundred years had passed
from the time he drank the liquid ___20___ the time he woke up. This meant that he had
been asleep for one hundred years !

TEST 10
drops, across, mind, blowing, when , since , against, scored , get, kick past,
heavily , through/down, sun, by, score, better, feeling, practicing, from,

The sky was getting darker by the minute and strong wind was ___1___ across the field.
Soon, ___2___ of water were falling down ___3___ the overcast sky.
Peter did not ___4___ the rain at all. It was ___5___ than playing under the hot ___6___.
He liked the ___7___ of rain on his face and the cold sensation ___8___ it soaked through
his football jersey.

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His team had been ___9___ hard for the tournament. It had been two years ___10___ they
last won the Inter-Constituency Football Cup. Last year, in the game ___11___ Rockingham,
their team had lost ___12___ just one goal. They were determined to win the Cup back this
year.
"Goal !"
His team had ___13___ again. Peter wanted to ___14___ the next goal. If only he could get
___15___ the two defenders, he would be able to ___16___ the ball into the goal easily.
He did not ___17___ to score his goal because the rain was pouring too ___18___ and the
field was getting too wet. As the boys ended their game and walked___19___ the field,
Peter sneezed. he felt and unpleasant tingle of coldness running ___20___ his body.
TEST 11 rainy, till, most, all, is, When, unusual, for ,from, there , to , found,
pains, over, warm, collecting, for, their , themselves , duration/rest

Squirrels are the most resourceful animal in the world. They have the knack of saving up for
___1___ days.
Autumn can be very entertaining ___2___ them. That is the time ___3___ they begin the
great harvest collection ___4___ their winter store. You can see them scampering here and
___5___ , collecting nuts of ___6___ sorts. Walnuts, beechnuts, chestnuts, dried berries ...
They are not fussy. Relentlessly, they run ___7___ their storage point, usually a tree hollow,
___8___ the vast amount of wild nuts to be ___9___ in the forest.
These beautiful animals are house-proud. They take great ___10___ to ensure that their
nest is secure and ___11___ enough to tide them ___12___ the harsh winter. You will see
them busily ___13___ soft pieces of bark, wood and leaves to line ___14___ nests.
After all their scavenging ___15___ done, and when the first, cold hard frost arrives, they
will seal ___16___ inside their nests for the ___17___ of the cold spell. There, they will
hibernate ___18___ it is warm enough to bring out their stored food. Ah, but then again,
they are the ___19___ forgetful little animals, and it is not ___20___ to see squirrels
searching desperately for their hoards.

TEST 12 source , out, survive , top, all, while , past, felt , Other, of, which,
up built , on, round , off, who , , them Near, down

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The Red Indians were waiting for the arrival ___1___ the bison. The beasts, ___2___ come
only once a year, are a good ___3___ of meat and hide. The Red Indians needed these to
___4___ the cold, bitter winter.

Tikki, the young boy, was chosen to look ___5___ for the herd's arrival. Every day, he would
run to the ___6___ of the hill to see if he could spot them ___7___ the vast horizon.
One night, ___8___ he was sleeping, the ground shook violently and his bag of arrows fell
___9___ from its hook on the wall. Tikki rushed out of his wigwam and ___10___ a strong
gust of wind and dust gush ___11___ him. Shouting excitedly, he ran to the ___12___
wigwams and woke everyone ___13___ . A big fire was immediately ___14___ and the Red
Indians danced ___15___ it, giving praises to their God ___16___ had, at last, sent
___17___ their food and clothing of animal hide. The next morning, ___18___ the warrior
were assigned to hunt ___19___ the beasts which were grazing ___20___ the river.

TEST 13 back, way, late, voice/scream , of , out, started, reached ,Lying , for,
with, along, feel , thought , see, heard, camera , Save, through, not,

"Help ! Help ! It's a gang fight !"

Shoppers at Marina Centre in Singapore ___1___ cries coming from the field nearby. A girl
screamed, loudly and very shrilly. The fright in her ___2___ turned Daryl's blood cold.
___3___ a split second, time seemed to be frozen as the horror ___4___ the situation
penetrated every shopper's brain. Then, all of a sudden, everybody ___5___ running
towards the field. It seemed as if everyone had gone mad! Daryl ran ___6___ with them,
eager to see part of the action.
When he ___7___ the field, the fight was over. All he could ___8___ was a huge crowd
huddled in the middle of the field. Daryl pushed his ___9___ through the crowd and stared.
___10___ on the ground was a teenager. His face was very pale and he was covered
___11___ blood. The handle of a switch blade could be seen sticking ___12___ of his
stomach. Daryl began to ___13___ very sick.
Suddenly, a man pushed his way ___14___ the crowd and called for a little space.
Obediently, the people moved ___15___ . Daryl was very relieved. He ___16___ that the
ambulance had arrived. However, the man whipped out a ___17___ and started taking

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photographs of the boy, ___18___ bothered that the teenager was injured. He even tried to
interview the boy. Finally, help came, but it was too ___19___ . The paramedics fought to
___20___ the injured teenager, but failed. Daryl looked on as the corpse was loaded into
the ambulance.

TEST 14 Money, clothes, set , into , in , spent, without from/off , on back few
, told , down , faults , like, said, no, use, if, waste,

"You paid forty dollars for this miserable ___1___ of stamps ?" Susan asked in disbelief.
Michael put the stamps carefully ___2___ his album. It was no ___3___ telling Susan about
his precious stamp collection. She, ___4___ all girls, is only interested ___5___ glossy
fashion magazines with pouting women in designer ___6___ and articles like 'How to lose
weight ___7___ eating less'.
This was ___8___ ordinary set of stamps. Michael had bought them ___9___ Daniel as
Daniel needed ___10___ to buy a new walkman. Daniel said that it was a gift from his
grandmother ___11___ his last birthday. The stamps dated ___12___ to the early part of
the century. There were only a ___13___ sets left in circulation today.
"She ___14___ it's a priceless antique," Daniel had ___15___ him. "My mum would be very
angry with me ___16___ she knew I'm selling it to you."
Susan interrupted his reveries.
"Mother should cut ___17___ on your pocket money, the way you ___18___ it on these
silly stamps," she muttered.
Michael felt irritated. Susan was always finding ___19___ with him about the way he
___20___ his money.
"What do you know ?" Michael snapped back.

TEST 15
Here, doing, whether/if , calling, represented, After , out, keep/catch ,
Trying, longer an , it, by, Without, amount , cast, determined, on,
because/as, poor.

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Last evening, I decided to go for a jog. As I was ___1___ my warm-up exercises, I heard a
familiar voice ___2___ my name.
"Hi, Mabel ! I didn't expect to see you ___3___ ," the voice said. I turned around. ___4___
was my classmate, Judy. When she heard I was going jogging, she asked me ___5___ she
could come along. I declined at once ___6___ Judy was an excellent runner and had
___7___ the school in many competitions. I told her she would probably run circles around
me. However, she still insisted ___8___ joining me.
We started running round the track. ___9___ running for about four hundred metres, I was
already ___10___ of breath. I had not been exercising for many weeks and my stamina was
___11___ . Judy, in contrast, ran effortlessly ___12___ my side. She ___13___ a pitying
glance at me and said :
"We could go at a slower pace if you like."
"Hah ! You think I cannot ___14___ p with you ?" I said contemptuously.
I then spent the next few minutes ___15___ to prove myself right. After two laps around
the track, I could not stand it any ___16___ . I came to ___17___ abrupt halt. Panting
heavily, I asked Judy to continue ___18___ me.
She ran six more laps. i was amazed by the sheer ___19___ of energy she had. Looking at
her, I was ___20___ to go jogging more often to improve my stamina.

TEST 16 up , into , dropped , left , serve , Delicious, true, found , from,

Asked, for, Means, think, onwards , with, The, with, it, in, next,
while.
You probably ___1___ that French fries is a legacy of France. This is not ___2___ . In fact,
this delicious snack originates ___3___ Belgium.
One day, a cook in Belgium was preparing a stew___4___ his employer's guests. He
chopped ___5___ several potatoes into small slices to be thrown ___6___ the stew.
However, ___7___ he was transferring the potato slices to the pot, he accidentally ___8___
them into the frying pan. The cook stared at the potatoes ___9___ dismay. He had no more
potatoes ___10___ in his kitchen and he did not know what to ___11___ his guests.
While the cook stood wondering what to do ___12___ , the aroma of fried potatoes
enveloped the kitchen. The cook eyed the sizzling potatoes ___13___ curiosity. He took a
slice and tasted ___14___ . He realized it was ___15___ .
His guests also ___16___ this dish delicious. When his guests ___17___ his for the name of
the dish, he told them it was 'Pommes frites' which ___18___ 'fried potatoes' in French.
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From then ___19___ , people began ordering potatoes ___20___ French way. These
potatoes eventually came to be known as 'French fries'.

TEST 17 Direction, there, Under, during, of , Sent, sound , To, burst, stop ,
turned , answers, herself , Cheating, up, towards up , at, here, busy.

Laura nudged me with her elbow.

"Look over ___1___ ," she whispered. I was surprised that she was talking to me ___2___ a
test, but I followed the ___3___ of her eyes. Audrey was copying her___4___ from a piece
of paper she held ___5___ her desk. At the other end ___6___ the classroom, Miss Brown
was ___7___ marking some books.
"Wait till Miss Brown catches Audrey ___8___ it. She's bound to be ___9___ out of class,"
Laura whispered.
Just at this moment, Miss Brown looked ___10___ . Laura was bending slightly forward
___11___ my side of the table.
"Laura Dean, ___12___ what you are doing immediately and come ___13___ !" Miss Brown
shouted. Laura's face ___14___ red. Desperately trying to defend ___15___ , Laura cried
out :
"Miss Brown, Audrey is ___16___ !" All eyes were directed ___17___ Audrey. Suddenly,
there was a rustling ___18___ of paper from her desk. Audrey had crumpled ___19___ her
test paper. Then she ___20___ into tears.

TEST 18 Thought, unless , face , wore , covered , anything , Hands,

changed , do , throat , hour, kill, off, End, Heard, where, at, run,
before, laughed

Ali rubbed his eyes as the clock slowly chimed the ___1___ . He groaned as he ___2___ of
his mother. She would die ___3___ something was done. He wished he could meet Death
___4___ to face. He would ___5___ Death so that Death could not take her.
Suddenly, Death appeared. He ___6___ a big black cloak that ___7___ him totally. When
Death walked nearer, the cloak fell ___8___ his head and little blue lights shone from

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___9___ the eyes should have been A skeleton-like face grinned ___10___ Ali. Horrified Ali
stood staring at him.
"I am Death," he said. "Do you have ___11___ to say to me ?" His bony ___12___ grabbed
Ali as he tried to ___13___ out of the room.
Ali swallowed hard. He had ___14___ his mind about killing Death. In fact, all he wanted to
___15___ was to get out ___16___ Death kills him !
"Um ... I ... " Ali's ___17___ went dry and no sound came out. Death ___18___ menacingly.
His laughter made Ali's hair stand on ___19___ . It did not sound like anything he had
___20___ before !

cause , out, more, because , because , take, and spread Parts,

TEST 19
between, although , keep when , on, Stop, as, feet, who, for, can,

The next time you come ___1___ of the shower, be careful to dry thoroughly the areas
___2___ your toes before you put ___3___ your socks or shoes. Otherwise, fungi might
grow on your feet and ___4___ itchy blisters to appear. This is ___5___ fungi grow best in
warm ___6___ moist surroundings. This disease is known as Athlete's Foot ___7___ it often
affects people ___8___ exercise regularly and do not ___9___ care of their personal
hygiene. The fungi can ___10___ to the soles of your ___11___ if you are not careful. They
can even spread to the other ___12___ of your body if you scratch the blisters.
___13___ Athlete's Foot is rarely painful and serious, it ___14___ be quite a nuisance. The
treatment ___15___ Athlete's Foot is to ___16___ the skin dry, especially in hot weather
___17___ the skin sweats more. Dust your feet with powder ___18___ a precaution before
you go out of your house. In ___19___ serious cases, fungicides and antibiotics are used to
___20___ the growth of fungi.

TEST 20
turned , with, over, near, myself , wrong , over , next, in , seemed ,
still, stopped , learn , finishes, of, rather, when, having, poured, up,

When I was young, I used to enjoy watching Mother cook, especially ___1___ she was
preparing my favourite omelettes. When the eggs ___2___ golden and Mother flipped
them ___3___ , I would jump and clap my hands ___4___ glee.
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Once, when Mother was not in, I decided to fry an egg by ___5___ . ___6___ watched
Mother do it so many times before, I thought I could not go ___7___ . First, I washed the
pan. Then I ___8___ some oil into the pan. However, as the oil heated ___9___ , it
splattered all ___10___ the stove. Some of it got on my face and arms, and I cried out
___11___ pain. I was terrified and did not even try to go ___12___ the pan ! After what
___13___ like eternity, the sizzling oil ___14___ hissing. I then turned off the stove and
spent the ___15___ hour cleaning up the mess.
After that incident, I never wanted to ___16___ cooking. Up till now, I ___17___ have not
learnt the art ___18___ frying anything. I would ___19___ help Mother wash the cooking
utensils after she ___20___ cooking !

TEST 21 already , on, servants , at , eyes , true , mind , Boat, himself, weight
, net, rich, too , rich, into , continued , sank, that, With, were, in,

An Indonesian folktale tells the story of a fisherman who always wanted more than what he
___1___ had.
"If only I ___2___ rich !" was the thought constantly ___3___ his mind. He would never
have to fish again. He would build a large house for ___4___ and have hordes of ___5___ to
wait on him.
One day, when the fisherman was ___6___ sea, something heavy got entangled ___7___
his fishing net. Cursing his bad luck, he hauled the ___8___ in. Something shiny caught his
___9___ - it was a gold chain ___10___ was 'caught' in the net !
"Gold ! I'll be ___11___ !" Visions of his day dreams coming ___12___ raced through his
___13___ as he began to pull in the gold chain. His small ___14___ began to sink due to the
___15___ of the gold, but the man was ___16___ greedy to stop. Soon, water was rushing
___17___ the boat.
Still, the man ___18___ pulling in the never ending gold chain. The boat eventually capsized
and the gold chain ___19___ to the bottom of the sea, taking the greedy fisherman
___20___ it.

work , money, one, could, collected, himself , what , such, was, allowed,
TEST 22
showed, understand , for, after, first , career ,throughout, adults, As, on,

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Charles Schulz, the world-famous cartoonist, came from a humble background. ___1___ a
young boy, Schulz used to ___2___ as a delivery boy. When he ___3___ his first salary, he
took the ___4___ to a department store and bought ___5___ a book on cartoons. As he sat
reading his book during lunch, ___6___ of his colleagues came over. He asked Schulz
___7___ he was reading. When Schulz ___8___ him the book, his colleague was extremely
surprised. He could not ___9___ how Schulz would spend two dollars and fifty cents
___10___ a book of cartoons.
___11___ working as a delivery boy for some time, Schulz applied ___12___ a job in an
advertising firm. At ___13___ , all he did in his job ___14___ to tie bundles of papers
together. Eventually, however, his bosses discovered that he ___15___ draw and do
lettering. He was then ___16___ to work on simple cartoons for his company. This was the
start of his ___17___ as a cartoonist.
Today, Schulz is the creator of famous characters ___18___ as 'Snoopy' and 'Charlie Brown'.
His cartoons are well-loved ___19___ the world and are enjoyed by both children and
___20___.

Important, which, wear , travelling also, Without , along, the, only ,

TEST 23
pieces off, way, thought , against, down, from, road , to , on, and

If you go horse-riding, you may notice that horses wear 'horseshoes' on their hooves. These
U-shaped shoes, ___1___ are made of hard metal, are very ___2___ to the horses. If horses
do not have these shoes, their hooves will ___3___ out quickly on hard ___4___ brittle
roads. Hence, horses ___5___ on rough roads tend to become lame often. ___6___ shoes,
horses carrying heavy loads ___7___ become injured easily.
In ___8___ olden days, horses did not always wear shoes. Instead, horse riders would carry
the horseshoes ___9___ with them. These shoes would be worn ___10___ if the horses
were trotting on a hard or bumpy ___11___ . They were usually fastened ___12___ the
'horses' feet with small ___13___ of wire. However, riders soon discovered that this
___14___ of having horses 'wear shoes' was difficult and clumsy. Often, the shoes would
come ___15___ .
In the ninth century, riders ___16___ of a way of preventing the shoes ___17___ coming
off. The metallic horse shoes were heated up ___18___ a high temperature and then

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pressed ___19___ the horse's hooves. By nailing the shoes ___20___, they were securely
fastened onto the hooves.

challenge , sent , made ,dared, King , because/for by, fight , such ,

TEST 24
but/except , hit, into , with, by, lost, versa, win, with, big, against

The Israelite camp was in a state of panic. They had received a ___1___ from their enemy,
the Philistines, to fight a battle. The Philistines ___2___ their champion, Goliath, a giant
over nine feet tall, as their representative ___3___ the Israelites. If the Israelites ___4___
the battle, they would be ___5___ the slaves of the Philistines, and vice ___6___ . For forty
days, no Israelite ___7___ to volunteer to fight the gigantic Philistine.
One morning, David, a young shepherd, went to the Israelite ___8___ to volunteer to fight
Goliath. He said that his God would help him ___9___ the battle. The king was surprised
___10___ David was only a young boy. However, touched ___11___ the boy's faith in his
God, he allowed him to ___12___ the giant.
Goliath roared ___13___ laughter when he saw David. He was ___14___ a puny boy that
even the armour was too ___15___ for him ! He had no weapons ___16___ a sling. David
was unperturbed ___17___ Goliath's ridicule. Using his sling and a stone, David ___18___
the giant right between his eyes. The stone sank ___19___ Goliath's brain and ___20___ a
deafening roar of pain and anguish, the giant fell down and died.

learn , books , rid, each, reached , based, beginning , easier,

TEST 25
came/originated, for, Made, in, communicate, him, use , by ,as,
much , blind , came

Louis Braille was born in the nineteenth century. When he was three years old, a tragic
accident at his father's workshop left ___1___ permanently blind. ___2___ a young boy,
Louis was hardworking and intelligent. His teachers suggested that he should be enrolled
___3___ the National Institute for Blind Youths. At that time, this was the only school
___4___ the blind in France.
At the institute, Louis was eager to ___5___ to read and write. To his great disappointment,
the few ___6___ he found at the institute used raised letters. This method of reading was
difficult for the blind, who had to feel slowly ___7___ letter. By the time they ___8___ the
end of a sentence, they had forgotten what the ___9___ was about !
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Louis wanted to develop an ___10___ reading system for the blind. His idea of such a
system ___11___ from Charles Barbier, a French army officer. Barbier had invented a
system called 'Night Writing', which was ___12___ up of dots and dashes. Soldiers used this
system to ___13___ with one another during the night. Louis adapted this system for his
own ___14___ . He got ___15___ of the dashes and produced a simpler system ___16___
on dots. For example, 'A' is represented ___17___ a single dot. Many blind students found
this system ___18___ easier to use.
This ___19___ to be known as the 'Braille' system. Today, millions of ___20___ people are
able to read, thanks to the work of a dedicated, young blind man.

TEST 26
Drawn, not , too, for , gone, Kept, took, that , down , back, telling
,remembered , pair , after , just , bear , out/away, spend , realise , to

I cleaned up the family attic last week. I had been prepared to ___1___ at least three days
finishing the job. Little did I ___2___ that much more time was required.
It was ___3___ the accumulated junk to be tidied that ___4___ up most of the time that I
had bargained ___5___ . What ___6___ me preoccupied was discovering the things
___7___ had sentimental value, and reliving the memories that came flooding ___8___ . I
spent the greater part of my time running up and ___9___ the stairs, yelling ___10___ my
wife, son or daughter, ___11___ them the history of every little item.
I found my high school photographs and ___12___ the good old days of accidentally
breaking windows with baseballs. I found my son's first ___13___ of shoes. Then there was
the painting of me that my daughter had ___14___ in kindergarten. My wife's knitting,
which she aborted ___15___ trying to knit me a sweater, lies among the junk ___16___.
So, it was this incessant reminiscing of times ___17___ by which hindered my progress. I
suspect that a the end of it all, I have ___18___ as much junk as before, for I could not
___19___ to throw most of the things ___20___ .

TEST 27 With, decorated, are, along, and ,Which, most, platform , end,
with, participants/contestants , off, up , all , Line, take, cheer
receive, winners, three,
On Sports Day, the field is ___1___ with banners. Little coloured triangular flags are stuck in
the ground ___2___ the length of the track. The pavilion is the ___3___ decorated area,
especially ___4___ its lavish display of rosettes and banners. In front of the pavilion
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___5___ three long wooden tables displaying the cups, trophies ___6___ other medals
___7___ would be given to the winners at the ___8___ of the meet. A three-levelled
___9___ stand opposite the pavilion ___10___ the figures 1,2 and 3 clearly marked on the
___11___ different levels.
All the ___12___ feel very nervous as they warm ___13___ for their events. Bang ! As the
gun goes ___14___ for each race, the contestants would run with ___15___ their strength.
As the runners come near the finishing ___16___ the crowd would ___17___ the runners
on. At the end of the day, the prize-winning ceremony would ___18___ place. All the
winners are called to step onto the platform to ___19___ their medals. Usually, a well-
known person is asked to present the medals to the ___20___ .

TEST 28 Find, who, of, There, find, washed , if, shoulders , how, Open, before,
gone , now , are, leave , took, how , Out, up, order, More, on,

James threw his hands ___1___ in frustration.

"Mum ! I thought I told you ___2___ I didn't want anybody to touch my things. Now I can't
even ___3___ my socks."
Mother, ___4___ was hanging up the laundry in the garden, replied, "They're in the second
drawer ___5___ your cupboard. Your jeans are ___6___ too."
James was horrified. "You ___7___ my jeans ! Mum, the signatures Michael, Kelvin and
Eugene ___8___ on it ... do you know ___9___ they are still there ?"
Mother shrugged her ___10___ . She looked genuinely puzzle. "Why, I didn't notice. The
water did look very blue ..."
James went into his room, pulled ___11___ the second drawer and took out a pair of jeans.
They were ___12___ ! All the precious things his best friends had scribbled ___13___ his
jeans were ___14___ just patches of colour. Oh, why didn't she just ___15___ his things
alone ? She hated his Bon Jovi and Madonna posters and always told him ___16___
disgusting they looked. She also always ___17___ the opportunity, whenever he was
___18___, to go into his room and 'put every in ___19___', as she puts it. To James, it was
___20___ like messing it up.

Who, If, deals , these, type ,from, their , hopes, bother , time ,
with , put ,altogether , one, towards, matter/offence, end, Under ,
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when, abusing/ill-treating.
TEST 29

Not long ago, a kitten was tied in a plastic bag and then flung into a canal. It would have
died ___1___ it had not been rescued by a kind soul ___2___ brought it to the Society for
the Prevention of cruelty to Animals ( SPCA ). The throwing of this kitten into the canal is
just ___3___ instance of an act of cruelty towards animals.
Every month, the SPCA ___4___ with animals that have been ill-treated by their owners. A
common ___5___ of animal abuse occurs when these pets are badly neglected by ___6___
owners. Some pet owners do not ___7___ to look after their pets ___8___ the poor animals
are ill. By the ___9___ these animals are brought to the SPCA, they are usually infected
___10___ diseases. Some of ___11___ diseases are so severe that it would be more
humane to ___12___ these animals to sleep just to ___13___ their suffering. Then there
are other pet owners who abandon their pets ___14___. These pets often suffer ___15___
hunger and diseases.
The SPCA ___16___ to educate pet owners to be more responsible ___17___ their pets.
Cruelty towards animals is a serious ___18___. ___19___ the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals act, anyone found ___20___ an animal can either be jailed up to six months, fined
up to five hundred dollars, or both.

Recognize, before, Different, who, used , smelled, high, wore know,

TEST 30
heard , as , same, Breath, Hurry, at, waiting ,an, Away, in, felt

Somebody tapped me on my shoulder, I turned and saw a familiar face ___1___ me.
However, I could not tell ___2___ she was.
"It's me, Maybelline. We were from the ___3___ secondary school, remember ?" the girl
said. I stared intently ___4___ her heavily made-up face. Maybelline ? Suddenly, something
clicked ___5___ my brain.
"It's you ! I almost couldn't ___6___ you. You look so ___7___ now," I said.
'Different' was ___8___ understatement. She ___9___ to be a plain girl in pigtails when we
sat together in the same class. Now she ___10___ of perfume and ___11___ expensive
clothes. Her shoes were four inches ___12___ . I had ___13___ from some of my friends
that she worked ___14___ a singer in a club. I could tell from her ___15___ that she

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smoked. I felt uncomfortable before this sophisticated person and did not ___16___ how to
act naturally.

Fortunately for me, she was in a ___17___ to go. Her boyfriend was ___18___ for her, she
said. As I watched her walk ___19___ , I wondered what had happened to the simple, easy-
going Gertrude I had once known. I ___20___ I did not know this Maybelline at all.

TEST 31 Knew, have, was, Least, out, waited, placed, order, continue, Decided, saw,
took , that, Before, but, served , for/upon , heads , listening , into , but,

One day, an old and fussy millionaire entered a plush restaurant to ___1___ a meal. The
staff of the restaurant sighed when they ___2___ him. They ___3___ he was a man who
wanted the best but ___4___ only willing to pay the ___5___.
A menu was ___6___ in Mr. John's hands, and the waiter ___7___ patiently as the
millionaire kept changing his ___8___ . Finally, he ___9___ to order a bowl of oxtail soup.
Relieved, the waiter ___10___ the order and promptly disappeared ___11___ Mr. John
changed his mind again.
When the dish was ___12___ to the millionaire, Mr. John called ___13___ the waiter again.
The staff shook their ___14___ . They knew Mr. John was going to ask for proof ___15___
the soup was made with real ox tail. However, the clever waiter just smiled. He was
prepared for this situation. After ___16___ to the complaint, the waiter went ___17___ the
kitchen and dragged ___18___ an ox with a bandaged tail. Speechless, the millionaire had
no choice ___19___ to ___20___ with his meal.

Everyone, of, for , given, better, both, challenge , When , Dared, with, In ,
TEST 32 completed, Far, your, lost , most, changed, at, Able, speed,

Once upon a time, there lived a peasant girl named Arachne. Arachne was a very talented
weaver ___1___ wool. Her skilful fingers could create the ___2___ intricate and beautiful
tapestries in the world. ___3___ who knew Arachne admired and praised her ___4___ her

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gift. They told her that Minerva, the goddess of weaving and handicraft, must have ___5___
her this talent. Instead of agreeing ___6___ them, Arachne was proud and scornful.
"Minerva indeed ! I'm quite sure I'm even ___7___ than she is at weaving. In fact, I'm ready
to ___8___ her in a weaving contest," she said.
___9___ Minerva heard about Arachne's challenge, she was very angry that a mortal had
___10___ to challenge a goddess. One day, Minerva appeared ___11___ Arachne's cottage
and reminded Arachne of her challenge. ___12___ no time, the contest began. ___13___
Arachne and Minerva started to weave, their fingers moving at lightning ___14___ . When
they had ___15___ their task, everyone was astounded. Arachne's tapestry was ___16___
more beautiful than Minerva's ! In a fit of jealousy, Minerva ___17___ her temper.
"You will now do all ___18___ weaving in the air !" she declared. After saying this, she
___19___ Arachne into a small black hairy creature with eight legs. As the first spider in the
world, Arachne was ___20___ to weave the most elaborate webs.

TEST 33 ended, with, into whose, To, back in, as, same, landed , taking, lived, who,
back , of, was, out, recovered, promised destroyed

A young soldier, ___1___ plane was shot at during the war, ___2___ his plane in a forest
and escaped ___3___ minor injuries. He tried to make his way out of the forest but ___4___
up walking deeper and deeper ___5___ it. ___6___ he wandered around, he came to an old
cottage. It seemed strange ___7___ him that a solitary cottage should exist ___8___ the
heart of the forest. All the ___9___ , he thanked Fortune for ___10___ pity on him.

An elderly couple ___11___ in the cottage. They took the soldier in and nursed him
carefully ___12___ to health. They treated him as if he ___13___ their own son. When he
was fully ___14___ , they gave him precise directions to get ___15___ of the forest. He was
grateful to them and ___16___ to visit them again.

The soldier reported___17___ to camp and told his captain of the old couple's hospitality.
The soldier was shocked when the captain revealed that the forest bad been ___18___ by
bombs much earlier in the war. The elderly couple, ___19___ were officially listed as dead
in their records, were the parents ___20___ one of their young soldiers who had died in the
war.

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 place, quiet, in, instead fall , when, take, hard, on, period , yourself
TEST 34 while find, feel, set, lose, aim, lift , soothe, one

Getting good results in your studies comes from developing good study habits. The best
___1___ to study is a comfortable room with good lighting. The best chair for studying
should be ___2___ which you would be comfortable ___3___, but not so comfortable that
you may ___4___ asleep on it after a while ! Before you study, look for a ___5___
environment with no distractions. If you ___6___ your home too noisy for studying, try the
library or community centre ___7___.
When you study, ___8___ realistic targets for yourself to achieve. For example, do not
___9___ to study five chapters of Geography in one sitting ___10___ you know that you
take more than an hour to read one chapter. Furthermore, remember not to push yourself
too ___11___ . When you have studied for a ___12___ of time, reward ___13___ by taking
a short break. You could perhaps take a short walk or listen to some music for a ___14___.
If you begin to ___15___ sleepy when studying, do not force yourself to go o as you may
___16___ your power of concentration. Instead, you may want to ___17___ a short nap to
refresh yourself. Studying may also be strenuous ___18___ the eyes. When you study, it
may be a good idea to ___19___ your eyes away from your books occasionally. Looking at
objects at a distance or at greenery can help ___20___ tired eyes.

spreads, when, all, hands, on , these , from, prevent , drink, advice , cure ,
TEST 35
better, likely, get , plenty, so, yourself, or, no, and

When you catch a cold, you tend to feel miserable. You are tired of sneezing and blowing
your nose ___1___ the time. When someone in your house has a cold, you are ___2___ to
get it too. This is because the cold virus ___3___ easily. ___4___ a person who has a cold
blows his nose, his ___5___ could carry the cold virus. This virus is then deposited ___6___
whatever he touches such as doorknobs, telephone handles ___7___ shower handles.
people who also touch the surfaces of ___8___ things and then clean their nose would
obtain the virus as well. To ___9___ your cold from spreading, here is a piece of good
___10___ : wash your hands with soap and water frequently ___11___ that the cold virus
would have ___12___ chance to survive.

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There is no actual ___13___ for the common cold. The medicine that you take makes you
feel ___14___ but it cannot ___15___ rid of the cold virus completely. Most people tend to
recover ___16___ colds within a week. When you have a cold, the best thing to do is to get
___17___ of rest. You should go to bed early and not over exert ___18___ . Your must also
___19___ more water as fluids help to cool the throat ___20___ relieve nasal passages.

TEST 36 thin, where, had, Around, help, before, from, anyone, with , on, beyond ,
explained,
Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi, pair,
a veryInto, lost, caught,
wealthy as,worried.
lady, was its , to,Recently,
down, her favorite ___1___ of
gold earrings and a silver bracelet had vanished into ___2___ air. Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi
admitted that she ___3___ never been very careful about ___4___ she kept her jewelry.
She often left them lying ___5___ the house. However, her jewelry had never disappeared
___6___. Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi had no reason to think of ___7___ in her household as a
thief. Her three servants had been ___8___ the family for more than fifteen years and had
never been dishonest. They were ___9___ suspicion. When Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi ___10___
the situation to her son, Roger, he told her he would ___11___ her catch the thief.
A few days later, Roger ran ___12___ her room excitedly.
"Mom, I've ___13___ the thief!" he said, panting. Roger went ___14___ to explain.
"I was doing my homework ___15___ usual at my desk. All of a sudden, a dark shape flew
by my window. It was a magpie. The bird swooped ___16___ , grabbed my silver scissors
with its beak and flew off again. I trailed the bird and found it depositing my scissors into
___17___ nest at the end of the garden. when I reached the nest, I discovered all the items
you had ___18___ . You see, Mom, birds like the magpie are attracted ___19___ shiny
objects."
After this speech, Roger showed his mother the objects he had retrieved ___20___ the
nest. In addition to Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi's jewelry, there were three forks, two spoons, a
thimble and a pair of scissors.

TEST 37 take, missed , now, with , all, tell , dishonest, well, end, already, heart ,
would , low, returned, told, scored , about, full , landed, fair

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Jill was walking to her class slowly. She was worried ___1___ the History test she would
have to ___2___ that morning. As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of paper
suddenly fluttered down and ___3___ near her feet. As Jill glanced down at the paper, her
heart nearly ___4___ a beat. It was the History test paper complete ___5___ answers !
Jill's very first thought was not to ___6___ anyone about what she had found. She would
memorize ___7___ the answers and do extremely ___8___ in the test. After some hard
thinking, however, she knew that it would be a very ___9___ thing to do. Besides, it would
not be ___10___ to her classmates. In the ___11___ , Jill returned the paper to her History
teacher, Miss James.
"Thanks, Jill. I have been searching high and ___12___ for it," said the teacher.

"I...I've read all the questions ___13___, Miss James," Jill confessed.
Miss James ___14___ her not to worry as she would think of new questions for the test.
Jill's ___15___ sank. She was half hoping that the test ___16___ be cancelled. Nevertheless,
she did her best in the new test later that day.
A few days later, the test papers were ___17___ to the class. Go her pleasant surprise, Jill
discovered that she had ___18___ eighty marks.
"You know something," she told her friends. "I could easily have scored ___19___ marks if I
had cheated on this test. But I wouldn't be as pleased as I am ___20___ with the eighty
marks I obtained."

TEST 38 do/live , well, periods , Like , through , by ,down , into, other/some , all,
During, to, from, returns/comes/arrives, one, example, stored , into, Include,
little, end,

A desert is a special region where only certain kinds of plants and animals can survive. All
deserts have very ___1___ water. This means that only animals and plants that can ___2___
without water for long ___3___ of time can exist in the desert.
Plants in the deserts are particularly adapted ___4___ the dry and hot environment.
___5___ well-known desert plant is the cactus. ___6___ many desert plants, this plant has
very tiny leaves. As plants lose most of their water ___7___ their leaves, the small leaves of
the cactus help to cut ___8___ water evaporation. There are ___9___ desert plants that do
not have leaves at all.

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Some desert plants survive ___10___ avoiding the dry season altogether. ___11___ the dry
season, this plant remains as a seed and does not emerge ___12___ the soil at all. When
the rains come, this seed would grow very quickly ___13___ a plant. It would bloom rapidly
___14___ then scatter its seeds before the dry season ___15___.
Desert animals have also learnt to adapt ___16___ to life in this region. The camel, for
___17___ , survives well in the desert because water can be ___18___ in its body. Other
desert animals ___19___ rodents such as mice. These animals need very little water as they
can get ___20___ the water they require from their food.

TEST 39 racked , time, able , lesson, more , since, with , agreed , on, passed , out ,
kept , changing, of , for, that , made, At, up, only,
Once upon a time there was a king who loved to wear new clothes. He wanted a new outfit
___1___ for himself every day, until finally, the royal tailor ran ___2___ of ideas for his
wardrobe.
The tailor ___3___ his brains and then came ___4___ with a plot to teach the vain king a
___5___. He told the king that he would make him a special robe this ___6___ . It would be
the most beautiful robe in the world, but ___7___ intelligent people would be able to see it.
The foolish, however, would not be ___8___ to see or feel the robe. To make his story
sound even ___9___ credible, the tailor requested ___10___ a week to finish his
masterpiece. The king, fascinated ___11___ the idea of owning the most beautiful robe in
the world ___12___ readily to his request.
The week ___13___ quickly. The king tried ___14___ the robe enthusiastically. To his
horror, he could not see it ! Yet, he ___15___ quiet, fearing that others would say he was
foolish ___16___ he could not see the robe. He pretended that he was really ___17___ into
the new robe and echoed the tailor's praises ___18___ the beautiful robe. Finally, he
paraded down the streets unclothed, not realising ___19___ all the subjects of his kingdom
were laughing ___20___ him, including the tailor !

TEST 40 contains , cause, much, all , produce , down, possible , times , for ,
look, with, If , in, between, by, and , end, apply, shown, make,

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You have spent a day at the seaside. At the ___1___ of the day, everyone tells you how
___2___ darker you look. You are proud of your tan; it makes you ___3___ healthy.
However, studies have ___4___ that too much sunlight can be damaging to your skin.
Sunlight ___5___ harmful rays known as ultraviolet rays. Over exposure to these rays can
___6___ your skin to become dry and wrinkled. It may even ___7___ you age faster ! Worst
of ___8___ , too much sunlight may even result ___9___ skin cancer.
Our bodies ___10___ a kind of pigment called melanin. When the sun blazes ___11___ on
you, the melanin pigment helps protect your skin ___12___ absorbing as much ultraviolet
rays as ___13___ . However, if you stay in the sun ___14___ too long, this pigment is unable
to 'cope ___15___' the strong rays of the sun.
___16___ you do want to go swimming, you should take the following precautions. First, try
to avoid swimming ___17___ ten in the morning ___18___ two in the afternoon. These are
the ___19___ when the sun is the strongest. It may also be a good idea to ___20___ a sun
protection lotion when you go out in the sun.

TEST 41 feeling , recorded , found, height , herself, for, about , something, since,
stopped, weigh, difficult/hard, up , ready, Loose, have, sew , hope, voice ,
up, Off

It was the time of the year for physical fitness tests again. The girls of Secondary 1B were
lining up to ___1___ their height and weight measured.
"Kate, it's your turn to ___2___ yourself," Susie said.
"Let's ___3___ she doesn't spoil the machine !" somebody shouted. There was a roar of
laughter. Kate, ___4___ embarrassed, stepped onto the weighing machine.
"Sixty-two kilograms," said Miss Murphy as she ___5___ Kate's weight onto the register.
"Your ___6___ is one hundred and sixty centimeters. Now, girls, go to Mr. Shane at the car
park ___7___ your sit-and-reach evaluation."
That afternoon, Kate went home and had a good look at ___8___ in the mirror. There was
no mistake ___9___ it, she was really overweight for her height. However, she had been
plump ever ___10___ she was a baby.
Kate decided to do ___11___ about her weight. She started to go for regular jogs in the
park near her house. She ___12___ having snacks between meals. It was ___13___ for her

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because she enjoyed eating. During the holidays, she even took ___14___ swimming
lessons from one of her cousins.
Soon school reopened and she was getting ___15___ to go to school; she ___16___ that
her skirt was an inch too ___17___ . She went to her mother.
"Mum, can you ___18___ the buckle of my skirt further in by an inch ?" she asked. There
was an unmistakable note of joy in her ___19___. Her perseverance had paid ___20___ .

TEST 42 out , Cause, before, gives , off, doing ,When, produce, still , near ,
ready, into, legs, is, know, on, make , to, in , life

The skunk is a creature which you probably do not want to go ___1___. What makes this
animal unpopular ___2___ the terrible odour it gives ___3___ . The skunk has two scent
glands under its tail. These glands ___4___ a smelly fluid called musk. When it meets an
enemy, the skunk squirts ___5___ musk in a spray. This spray is overpowering and may
___6___ sickness in the stomach. If the spray accidentally gets ___7___ your eyes, you will
also get temporary blindness.
The skunk does not strike ___8___ giving its victims plenty of warning first. the first warning
the skunk ___9___ is to stamp its feet, as if it were ___10___ a little dance. ___11___ this
warning fails, the skunk would shake its head from side ___12___ side. If the intruder
___13___ does not leave, the skunk would get ___14___ to spray. Some skunks stand on
their hind ___15___ to spray. Others remain ___16___ all fours.
Many people do not ___17___ that the skunk is actually a friendly creature. In fact, it would
___18___ a good pet. The skunk only sprays ___19___ self-defence. It uses its spray when it
feels that its ___20___ is being threatened.

shade , head, far, back , twice, put , either, Than, with, though, with , on,
TEST 43 Finished, up, of , for, before , up, into , fell

"I couldn't go ___1___," Mary thought wearily. She had no idea how ___2___ they had
walked, or ___3___ how long. It seemed like forever. She had protested once or ___4___ in
the beginning that they would be wiser to ___5___ remain in the jeep or return to the cool
___6___ of the trees around the oasis. Philip scolded her angrily.

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She stumbled and ___7___ in the sand, twisting her ankle. ___8___ of her was Philip. He
turned and glared at her, coming back to pull her ___9___ . Mary held ___10___ a cry as
her full weight was ___11___ on her foot.
"Can't you try to keep ___12___ with me ?" he said harshly. Mary knew better ___13___ to
ask him where they were going. They seemed to have been following this sandy track for a
lifetime. Her face felt as ___14___ it was on fire and her ankle throbbed agonizingly
___15___ every step she took. Their water supply had ___16___ hours ago. She thought
longingly ___17___ the cool water of the oasis. Philip's outline wavered ___18___ her tired
eyes as she felt herself slip ___19___ a world filled ___20___ hallucinations and mirages.

TEST 44 Around, reports/people, in, Does, from, Ever , and ,watch, catch, is, In ,
Photograph, said, out, known , From, days , adapt, out, one,

In the beautiful highlands of Scotland, there is a lake called the Loch Ness. ___1___ these
peaceful surroundings, a sea monster known as the 'Loch Ness Monster' is ___2___ to be
living in the lake. This creature, affectionately ___3___ as 'Nessie', has been reported to be
seen by many people ___4___ the lake. According to these ___5___ , Nessie looked like a
creature ___6___ the dinosaur age. It had a huge body, a small reptilian head ___7___ a
long neck.___8___ the Loch Ness Monster really exist ? No ___9___ can tell for sure.
___10___ since the sighting of the monster, many people have been keeping ___11___ at
the lake, hoping to ___12___ a glimpse of Nessie. ___13___ 1934, a doctor, Colonel Robert
Wilson, even managed to ___14___ the creature. The picture revealed a creature with a
long neck sticking ___15___ of the water.
Where could the Loch Ness Monster have come ___16___ ? One explanation given is that
the monster ___17___ a pre-historic creature which lived in the ___18___ of the dinosaurs.
While other dinosaurs have died ___19___ and become extinct, this creature has somehow
managed to ___20___ to its surroundings and live on !

TEST 45 though/but , with, weapons, same, or , did , so, tell, becomes , both ,
around, himself, fell, have, up, Down, into, of, became, who,

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( John and Mark are having lunch in the school canteen.)
John : I just heard a very good riddle yesterday. Do you want to hear it ?
Mark : I love riddles. Try me.
John : Listen carefully. Romeo and Juliet are dead on the floor, ___1___ shattered glass and
spilt water all ___2___ them. A man lies unconscious, ___3___ not dead like Romeo and
Juliet, in the ___4___ room. There are no ___5___ , such as knives ___6___ guns around in
the room. Now, ___7___ me who killed who and how he or she ___8___ it.
Mark : (thinking ___9___ hard that his forehead ___10___ furrowed) Let's see ... the man
poisoned ___11___ Romeo and Juliet and he ___12___ was poisoned too.
John : What an imagination you ___13___ ! But the answer is no.
Mark : (after a long time) I give ___14___ . What happened ?
John : Romeo and Juliet are fishes. The man, ___15___ was drunk, had walked right
___16___ the fish tank, knocking it ___17___ and breaking the glass ___18___ the
aquarium. He himself ___19___ unconscious when he slipped and ___20___, hitting his
head.
Mark : Fishes ! That was unfair.
John : Ha ! Ha ! Ha !

TEST 46 Sent, pay , of, experience , after , own , when, character, an

,background , family, For, in, Through, story, in, much such, today,
like,

Charles Dickens, who wrote ___1___ unforgettable stories as Oliver Twist and David
Copperfield, was born to a poor ___2___. His father was always ___3___ debt, and ___4___
Charles was twelve, his father was ___5___ to prison for failing to ___6___ his debts. Young
Charles had to work in a dismal factory. This terrible ___7___ continued to haunt him even
___8___ he attained success with his novels. David Copperfield is the ___9___ of Dickens'
___10___ life when he worked in the factory. Another ___11___ in the novel, Mr.
Micawber, is a portrayal ___12___ Dickens' own father, who was ___13___ incorrigible
spendthrift.
Because of his humble ___14___ , Dickens never forgot what it was ___15___ to be poor.
He was always concerned ___16___ the orphaned and the destitute. He worked ___17___
his books to arouse public concern for their plight. Dickens was a ___18___ respected

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writer when he died ___19___ 1870. Till ___20___, many people still think that he is the
greatest of English novelists.

Entered, except , summon , Close, times , know, fell , were , left, report ,
TEST 47 later, remembered , there , for, Ashamed, only, Once, to, of, key,

Mr Jones, the manager of a large company, was worried. His money was missing. When he
went ___1___ a meeting this morning, he had ___2___ an envelope with five hundred
dollars on his table. When he returned to his office ___3___ , the envelope was gone. As Mr
Jones always locks his office when he leaves, no one could have ___4___ it. No one
___5___ for the cleaning lady, Mary, who also had the ___6___ to his office. Mary cleaned
his office every morning.
Mr Jones sighed. He had no choice but to ___7___ Mary to his office. Mary was soon
___8___ to tears. She swore that she had not seen the envelope. Mr Jones ___9___ Mary
had always been an honest and hardworking worker. However, ___10___ were bad for her
as her husband had been jobless for several months. As Mary was the ___11___ one who
could have taken the money, all suspicion ___12___ on her. Mr Jones told her firmly that if
she ___13___ to return the money, he would not ___14___ the matter to the police.
After Mary left, Mr Jones sat down to resume his work. as he opened his top drawer, he
found, ___15___ his horror, the missing envelope. Mr Jones suddenly ___16___ he had put
the money ___17___ for safe-keeping just before going off for the meeting. He felt
___18___ of himself for falsely accusing Mary ___19___ the theft and decided to apologise
to her at ___20___.

By, Length, looks , until, easily , stays, skin, feeds, With, legs,
TEST 48
other, gives , Poses, run , faster , for, into , with , by, never,

The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Like ___1___ mammals, it has only seven
bones in its neck; its height is accounted ___2___ by the extraordinary ___3___ of the
bones.
Because of its long neck, the giraffe ___4___ very clumsy when it spreads out its four
___5___ and bends down to drink. It ___6___ enters deep forests where it can ___7___ be
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caught, or even be strangled ___8___ tree branches. It ___9___ only in grassland and open
country and plains. It ___10___ on leaves and not grass; picking the leaves from trees
___11___ in tongue.
The soft, dark eyes of the giraffe ___12___ a giraffe its gentle look. Indeed, a giraffe in the
wild ___13___ no harm to other animals. Instead, it is hunted ___14___ the lion for food
and by man for its ___15___ which makes good leather. The giraffe can ___16___ at more
than forty-five kilometers per hour, even ___17___ than a horse.
The giraffe occasionally fights. It does so swinging its head and horns ___18___ its
opponent's neck. When two giraffes disagree ___19___ each other, they will sometimes
fight ___20___ one of their necks is broken or dislocated.

TEST 49
First, Presence, back, Sound, not, When , let, Laughter, Down, not , on,
If , class , into, Stopped, top, own , at, word ,being, to,

It was April Fool's Day. Victor, ___1___ a mischievous boy, decided to play a trick ___2___
his teacher, Miss Williams. He scooped his pet mouse, Snoopy ___3___ his pocket and took
it to school.
In the middle of a science lesson, Victor___4___ Snoopy loose. The little creature at once
scampered ___5___ the front of the class. At ___6___, Miss Williams did not notice the
mouse. She was writing on the blackboard with her ___7___ facing the class. The mouse,
however, decided to announce its ___8___ by giving a loud squeak. On hearing the
___9___, Miss Williams turned around. ___10___ she saw the mouse, she screamed at the
___11___ of her voice and climbed on her table.
"Who brought this creature here ?" she demanded. However, no one heard her as the class
was roaring with ___12___. Several students even laughed till tears rolled ___13___ their
cheeks. Miss Williams was ___14___ amused.
"___15___ no one admits to playing this trick, I shall punish the whole ___16___," she
declared angrily.
When the class heard this threat, they ___17___ laughing. Everyone looked at Victor,
expecting him to ___18___ up. Victor, however, stared at the floor and did not say a
___19___. He was a coward ___20___ heart.

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 Start, feel/get ,Thinking, on, Without, away, makes, Why , hungry
TEST 50
juices , satisfy , causes, is , called, plays , of, This, there, When, eat,

You are in the middle of a science test. ___1___ is total silence in the class. While the others
are writing ___2___ furiously, you are beginning to ___3___ hungry. It is nearly recess time
and you are___4___ of how delicious a bowl of laksa in your canteen would taste. Suddenly,
___5___ any warning at all, your stomach ___6___ a loud growling sound. Your classmates
___7___ to giggle and you nearly die ___8___ embarrassment.
___9___ does your stomach behave that way ? When you are ___10___ , your stomach
begins to secrete digestive juices. The churning of these ___11___ in your stomach is what
___12___ the growling sound. When you eat something to ___13___ your hunger, the
juices will not churn as there is now something to work ___14___ . Thus, the churning of
these juices ___15___ the stomach's way of alerting you that it is time to ___16___.
Your brain also ___17___ an important part in informing you that you are hungry. There is
part of the brain ___18___ the 'appestat'. Scientists believe that it is ___19___ part of the
brain that tells your body ___20___ you are hungry as well as when to stop eating.

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KEY
Test 1

1. Unlike 2. member 3. together 4. rest 5. in 6. other 7. collect 8. that 9.

into 10. after 11. hatched 12. with 13. male 14. such 15. span 16. During
17. laid 18. When 19. over 20. latter

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects which live
alone, the honey bee lives as a ___2___ of a community. These bees live ___3___ in
what is known as a bee colony.
The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the___4___ of the
bees. Her main task ___5___ the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the ___6___ bees are
the worker bees. These bees ___7___ nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar
___8___ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted
___9___ honey. The worker bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon
as the eggs are ___11___, the worker bees feed the young bees ___12___ pollen
and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ___13___ bee.
The main task of ___14___ a bee is to mate with a new queen.
The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this period, she
would have ___17___ more than half a million eggs. ___18___ the queen bee is
dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take
___19___ the 'duties' of the old queen when the ___20___ dies.

TEST 2

1. whom 2. stop/bother 3. away 4. to 5. in 6. snowing 7. which 8. face 9.

its 10. look 11. were 12. out 13. late 14. driver 15. time 16. safety 17. onto
18. picked 19. home 20. One

"Would you like to buy a box of matchsticks, mister ?" the little girl asked. The man
___1___ she approached did not even ___2___ to answer her. He shuffled ___3___
in his great coat, eager to get home ___4___ his cosy fireplace.
The girl was shivering ___5___ the cold. It had been ___6___ continuously for the
past two days. The girl's shoes, ___7___ were already thin were thoroughly soaked.
Yet, her sweet, angelic ___8___ did not lose ___9___ innocent smile. It only made
her ___10___ more pathetic when she knitted her brows sometimes. Her feet
___11___ sore with painful chilblains.
Someone shouted, "Watch ___12___, girl !"
It was too ___13___ ! The coach ws going too fast and the ___14___ had not seen
her earlier. There was barely enough ___15___ for the little girl to take a step back.
In her hurry to get to ___16___, the basket of matchsticks fell ___17___ the snow.
She ___18___ them up, wet and dirty from a puddle of melted snow. The matchstick
couldn't be used now. as she began to make her way ___19___, she realised that she
had lost ___20___ of her shoes in the snow.
TEST 3

1. full 2. saw 3. used 4. mine 5. out 6. take 7. rid 8. on 9. something 10. as

11. have 12. out 13. it 14. on 15. in 16. air 17. up 18. together 19. broken
20. Now

It was midnight when the last guest left. I sighed heavily as I looked around. The
living room was ___1___ of cigarette smell and stale perfume. As I looked around, I
___2___ wet patches of spilt beer on my best Persian carpet. My antique vases were
totally smashed. They had even ___3___ my antique oak tables as ashtrays. These
guests of ___4___ had done their best to destroy my expensively decorated living
room ! What a night this had turned ___5___ to be.
I shook my head. The mess would ___6___ hours to clear. Getting ___7___ of the
smell would require days. My housekeeper would had resigned ___8___ the spot if
she saw the mess. i had to do ___9___ fast. I could not afford to lose her ___10___
she is the best cook I ___11___ ever had
I had no choice. I went to the bookshelf, took ___12___ the book 'The Evolution of
Man' by Charles Darwin and pressed on the wall behind ___13___ . A small hole in
the wall appeared ___14___ my right. I reached ___15___ and took out a long
object. Then I waved it in the ___16___. The room started to clean itself ___17___ .
Even the antique vases started fitting themselves ___18___ so well that one could
not tell they had been ___19___. As you might have guessed by ___20___, the long
object is a wand, and I am what they call a witch.
TEST 4

1. one 2. goes 3. when 4. crying 5. face 6. to 7. so 8. sorry 9. up/forward

10. turned 11. saw 12. on 13. For 14. fast 15. came 16. inside 17. with 18.
down 19. up 20. Like

You must have heard of many ghost stories, but have you heard of this ___1___
from Japan ? The story ___2___ like this; one moonlit night, a man was walking
home along the river ___3___ he saw a woman ___4___ on the bridge. He could not
see her ___5___ because she was sitting with her back ___6___ him. However, he
could see that she was crying ___7___ hysterically that her whole body was shaking.
The man felt ___8___ for her. when he went ___9___ to comfort her, she suddenly
___10___ around. To his horror, the man I ___11___ that she had no eyes, no nose
and no mouth ___12___ her face ! ___13___ a while the man stood frozen. Then he
turned and ran away as ___14___ as he could until he ___15___ to the nearest inn.
Once ___16___, he began to stammer out what he had seen, for he was trembling
___17___ fear. The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___18___ to clean
the tables, straightened ___19___ and asked him, "Did she look ___20___ this ?" His
face, too, was egg-like.
The man fainted !

TEST 5

1. weighing 2. one 3. same 4. wife 5. about/on 6. not 7. believe 8. on 9.

find 10. inserted 11. sound 12. later 13. read 14. talented 15. every 16. of
17. when 18. Wherever 19. for 20. Wrong

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs Kerugesu were window shopping at a
shopping centre. As they stood outside a boutique, Mr. Kerugesu spotted a shiny
new ___1___ machine.
"Look ! It's ___2___ of those modern computerized machines that tells your weight
and gives you your fortune at the ___3___ time. I think I shall try it," he told his
___4___.
Mrs Kerugesu, however, was not too keen ___5___ the idea.
"Let's ___6___ bother. I don't ___7___ in fortune telling," she said.
Mr. Kerugesu, however, insisted ___8___ trying the machine. He was very curious to
___9___ out his 'fortune'. He stepped on the machine and ___10___ a fifty cent
coin. There was a soft buzzing ___11___ from the machine. A few seconds ___12___
, a slip of paper emerged. Mrs. Kerugesu took the slip and ___13___ it out to her
husband :
"Your fortune : You are a clever and ___14___ person. If you are working, you will
become an employee that ___15___ boss would be proud of. You will become a
good leader ___16___ men. Everyone will listen to you ___17___ you speak.
___18___ you lead, everyone will follow."
Mrs. Kerugesu paused ___19___ breath.
"It's got your weight ___20___ too," she added.

TEST 6

1. sight 2. an 3. to 4. with 5. time 6. too 7. for 8. in 9. with 10. required

11. of 12. both 13. mind 14. as 15. placed 16. another 17. because/for 18.
other 19. on 20. after

Sandwiches make a delicious snack any time. They are a common ___1___ at picnics
and teas. Interestingly enough, the sandwich is the invention of ___2___ eighteen
century English Earl called John Montagu. Montagu was addicted ___3___ card
games. he would play these games ___4___ his friends for long stretches of ___5___
. Often, he even found it ___6___ bothersome to stop his games ___7___ meals.
One day, ___8___ the middle of a game, Montagu was served a meal of sliced meat
___9___ bread. At that time, Montagu was playing the game that ___10___ its
players to cover cards one on top ___11___ another. As Montagu looked at
___12___ the game and his food, an idea came to his ___13___.
"I can do the same with my food ___14___ well," he thought.

He took a slice of bread, ___15___ a piece of meat on it and covered that with
___16___ slice of bread. Montagu was very pleased with his invention ___17___ it
allowed him to play cards with one hand and eat his meal with the ___18___.
Montagu's friends quickly caught ___19___ to his idea and they named the new
invention ___20___ him. As Montagu's full title was 'the Earl of Sandwich', the new
invention became known as a 'sandwich'.

TEST 7

1. from 2. after 3. to 4. for 5. over 6. refused 7. hands 8. and 9. again 10.

still 11. behind/after 12. nap/sleep 13. wanted 14. pinched 15. up 16. to 17.
from 18. with 19. since 20. happen

"I will never forgive her," Anne muttered as she walked away ___1___ the class.
Panting and running ___2___ her, Lilian came up ___3___ her and apologised
profusely ___4___ accidentally spilling chocolate milk all ___5___ Anne's new bag.
Anne ___6___ to listen to Lilian. She cupped her ___7___ over her ears, glared at
Lilian ___8___ screamed.
"I'll never talk to you ___9___ !" Then she ran away.
Anne was ___10___ angry when she reached home. She banged the door hard
___11___ her and woke Granny from her afternoon ___12___ . She was rude to
Mother when Mother asked her what she ___13___ for dinner. She ___14___ little
Tony when she found that he had messed ___15___ her room again. Tony ran
howling ___16___ Mother. His poor arm was red ___17___ Anne's pinching.
"What's the matter ___18___ you today, Anne ?" Mother came into the room and
asked. "You've made everybody upset ___19___ you stepped into the house. Did
something ___20___ in school ?"

TEST 8

1. that 2. along 3. Before 4. visit 5. from 6. of 7. by 8. me 9. to 10.

showing/having 11. stay 12. with 13. reading 14. and 15. bored 16. also 17.
too/by 18. returned 19. as 20. Worth

I will always remember the trip I made to the zoo in 1988. It was then ___1___ I
caught measles from one of my friends, Peter, who had gone ___2___ too. ___3___
he met us at the zoo, he had gone to ___4___ his cousin who was recovering
___5___ measles. The next day, Peter was complaining ___6___ a sore throat, a bad
cold and high fever. When he was diagnosed ___7___ a doctor as having measles,
his parents rang ___8___ up to warn me that I had been exposed ___9___ measles
too. By the next day, I was also ___10___ the same symptoms. My doctor advised
me to ___11___ at home for the next two weeks.

I was quite pleased ___12___ the doctor's instruction. I spent the time ___13___
storybooks, listening to music ___14___ watching television. When I get ___15___ , I
would call up Peter, who ___16___ had to spend two weeks at home, for a chat.
Unfortunately, the two weeks passed ___17___ quickly. When we ___18___ to
school, we had to work twice ___19___ hard to catch up with our classmates. It was
definitely not ___20___ the 'holiday'.

TEST 9

1. but 2. work 3. at 4. escape/avoid 5. group 6. When 7. sip 8. content 9.

fallen 10. woke 11. himself 12. made 13. more 14. anyone 15. did 16.
dressed 17. down 18. grown 19. making 20. to

Once upon a time, there was a man called Rip Van Winkle. He was a likeable
___1___ lazy man who never did an ounce of ___2___ in his life. His wife was always
nagging ___3___ him for being so lazy.
One day, to ___4___ his wife's nagging, Rip Van Winkle took a stroll in the woods. In
these mysterious woods, he encountered a ___5___ of old men with long beards.
___6___ they saw Rip Van Winkle, they offered him a drink from a flask. Rip Van
Winkle took a ___7___ and found the drink delicious. As he was very thirsty, he
drank to his heart's ___8___ . Immediately after the drink, he felt his eyelids
becoming heavy. Before he knew it, he had ___9___ into a deep sleep.
When he ___10___ up, the sun was shining brightly.
"I must have slept the whole night," he thought to ___11___. As Rip Van Winkle
___12___ his way home, he discovered, to his astonishment, that the landscape
around him had changed. As he approached his village, he was even ___13___
dumbfounded. He found that he could not recognise ___14___ in the village ! Not
only ___15___ the people look different, they were also ___16___ in a different
fashion. Everyone was staring at his chin. As Rip Van Winkle looked ___17___ at his
own chin, he realised, to his surprise, that he had ___18___ a very long beard.
After ___19___ some enquiries, Rip Van Winkle realised that one hundred years had
passed from the time he drank the liquid ___20___ the time he woke up. This meant
that he had been asleep for one hundred years !

TEST 10

1. blowing 2. drops 3. from 4. mind 5. better 6. sun 7. feeling 8. when 9.

practising 10. since 11. against 12. by 13. scored 14. score 15. past 16. kick
17. get 18. heavily 19. across 20. through/down

The sky was getting darker by the minute and strong wind was ___1___ across the
field. Soon, ___2___ of water were falling down ___3___ the overcast sky.
Peter did not ___4___ the rain at all. It was ___5___ than playing under the hot
___6___. He liked the ___7___ of rain on his face and the cold sensation ___8___ it
soaked through his football jersey.
His team had been ___9___ hard for the tournament. It had been two years
___10___ they last won the Inter-Constituency Football Cup. Last year, in the game
___11___ Rockingham, their team had lost ___12___ just one goal. They were
determined to win the Cup back this year.
"Goal !"
His team had ___13___ again. Peter wanted to ___14___ the next goal. If only he
could get ___15___ the two defenders, he would be able to ___16___ the ball into
the goal easily.
He did not ___17___ to score his goal because the rain was pouring too ___18___
and the field was getting too wet. As the boys ended their game and
walked___19___ the field, Peter sneezed. he felt and unpleasant tingle of coldness
running ___20___ his body.
TEST 11

1. rainy 2. for 3. when 4. for 5. there 6. all 7. from 8. to 9. found 10. pains
11. warm 12. over 13. collecting 14. their 15. is 16. themselves 17.
duration/rest 18. till 19. most 20. unusual

Squirrels are the most resourceful animal in the world. They have the knack of saving
up for ___1___ days.
Autumn can be very entertaining ___2___ them. That is the time ___3___ they begin
the great harvest collection ___4___ their winter store. You can see them
scampering here and ___5___ , collecting nuts of ___6___ sorts. Walnuts,
beechnuts, chestnuts, dried berries ... They are not fussy. Relentlessly, they run
___7___ their storage point, usually a tree hollow, ___8___ the vast amount of wild
nuts to be ___9___ in the forest.
These beautiful animals are house-proud. They take great ___10___ to ensure that
their nest is secure and ___11___ enough to tide them ___12___ the harsh winter.
You will see them busily ___13___ soft pieces of bark, wood and leaves to line
___14___ nests.
After all their scavenging ___15___ done, and when the first, cold hard frost arrives,
they will seal ___16___ inside their nests for the ___17___ of the cold spell. There,
they will hibernate ___18___ it is warm enough to bring out their stored food. Ah,
but then again, they are the ___19___ forgetful little animals, and it is not ___20___
to see squirrels searching desperately for their hoards.

TEST 12

1. of 2. which 3. source 4. survive 5. out 6. top 7. on 8. while 9. off 10. felt

11. past 12. other 13. up 14. built 15. round 16. who 17. them 18. all 19.
down 20. near

The Red Indians were waiting for the arrival ___1___ the bison. The beasts, ___2___
come only once a year, are a good ___3___ of meat and hide. The Red Indians
needed these to ___4___ the cold, bitter winter.
Tikki, the young boy, was chosen to look ___5___ for the herd's arrival. Every day, he
would run to the ___6___ of the hill to see if he could spot them ___7___ the vast
horizon.

One night, ___8___ he was sleeping, the ground shook violently and his bag of
arrows fell ___9___ from its hook on the wall. Tikki rushed out of his wigwam and
___10___ a strong gust of wind and dust gush ___11___ him. Shouting excitedly, he
ran to the ___12___ wigwams and woke everyone ___13___ . A big fire was
immediately ___14___ and the Red Indians danced ___15___ it, giving praises to
their God ___16___ had, at last, sent ___17___ their food and clothing of animal
hide. The next morning, ___18___ the warrior were assigned to hunt ___19___ the
beasts which were grazing ___20___ the river.

TEST 13

1. heard 2. voice/scream 3. For 4. of 5. started 6. along 7. reached 8. see 9.

way 10. Lying 11. with 12. out 13. feel 14. through 15. back 16. thought 17.
camera 18. not 19. late 20. save

"Help ! Help ! It's a gang fight !"

Shoppers at Marina Centre in Singapore ___1___ cries coming from the field nearby.
A girl screamed, loudly and very shrilly. The fright in her ___2___ turned Daryl's
blood cold. ___3___ a split second, time seemed to be frozen as the horror ___4___
the situation penetrated every shopper's brain. Then, all of a sudden, everybody
___5___ running towards the field. It seemed as if everyone had gone mad! Daryl
ran ___6___ with them, eager to see part of the action.
When he ___7___ the field, the fight was over. All he could ___8___ was a huge
crowd huddled in the middle of the field. Daryl pushed his ___9___ through the
crowd and stared. ___10___ on the ground was a teenager. His face was very pale
and he was covered ___11___ blood. The handle of a switch blade could be seen
sticking ___12___ of his stomach. Daryl began to ___13___ very sick.
Suddenly, a man pushed his way ___14___ the crowd and called for a little space.
Obediently, the people moved ___15___ . Daryl was very relieved. He ___16___ that
the ambulance had arrived. However, the man whipped out a ___17___ and started
taking photographs of the boy, ___18___ bothered that the teenager was injured.
He even tried to interview the boy. Finally, help came, but it was too ___19___ . The
paramedics fought to ___20___ the injured teenager, but failed. Daryl looked on as
the corpse was loaded into the ambulance.

TEST 14

1. set 2. into 3. use 4. like 5. in 6. clothes 7. without 8. no 9. from/off 10.

money 11. on 12. back 13. few 14. said 15. told 16. if 17. down 18. waste
19. faults 20. spent

"You paid forty dollars for this miserable ___1___ of stamps ?" Susan asked in
disbelief. Michael put the stamps carefully ___2___ his album. It was no ___3___
telling Susan about his precious stamp collection. She, ___4___ all girls, is only
interested ___5___ glossy fashion magazines with pouting women in designer
___6___ and articles like 'How to lose weight ___7___ eating less'.
This was ___8___ ordinary set of stamps. Michael had bought them ___9___ Daniel
as Daniel needed ___10___ to buy a new walkman. Daniel said that it was a gift from
his grandmother ___11___ his last birthday. The stamps dated ___12___ to the early
part of the century. There were only a ___13___ sets left in circulation today.
"She ___14___ it's a priceless antique," Daniel had ___15___ him. "My mum would
be very angry with me ___16___ she knew I'm selling it to you."
Susan interrupted his reveries.
"Mother should cut ___17___ on your pocket money, the way you ___18___ it on
these silly stamps," she muttered.

Michael felt irritated. Susan was always finding ___19___ with him about the way he
___20___ his money.
"What do you know ?" Michael snapped back.
TEST 15

1. doing 2. calling 3. here 4. It 5. whether/if 6. because/as 7. represented 8.

on 9. After 10. out 11. poor 12. by 13. cast 14. keep/catch 15. trying 16.
longer 17. an 18. without 19. amount 20. determined

Last evening, I decided to go for a jog. As I was ___1___ my warm-up exercises, I

heard a familiar voice ___2___ my name.
"Hi, Mabel ! I didn't expect to see you ___3___ ," the voice said. I turned around.
___4___ was my classmate, Judy. When she heard I was going jogging, she asked me
___5___ she could come along. I declined at once ___6___ Judy was an excellent
runner and had ___7___ the school in many competitions. I told her she would
probably run circles around me. However, she still insisted ___8___ joining me.
We started running round the track. ___9___ running for about four hundred
metres, I was already ___10___ of breath. I had not been exercising for many weeks
and my stamina was ___11___ . Judy, in contrast, ran effortlessly ___12___ my side.
She ___13___ a pitying glance at me and said :
"We could go at a slower pace if you like."
"Hah ! You think I cannot ___14___ p with you ?" I said contemptuously.
I then spent the next few minutes ___15___ to prove myself right. After two laps
around the track, I could not stand it any ___16___ . I came to ___17___ abrupt
halt. Panting heavily, I asked Judy to continue ___18___ me.
She ran six more laps. i was amazed by the sheer ___19___ of energy she had.
Looking at her, I was ___20___ to go jogging more often to improve my stamina.

TEST 16

1. think 2. true 3. from 4. for 5. up 6. into 7. while 8. dropped 9. in 10. left

11. serve 12. next 13. with 14. it 15. delicious 16. found 17. asked 18.
means 19. onwards 20. The
You probably ___1___ that French fries is a legacy of France. This is not ___2___ . In
fact, this delicious snack originates ___3___ Belgium.
One day, a cook in Belgium was preparing a stew___4___ his employer's guests. He
chopped ___5___ several potatoes into small slices to be thrown ___6___ the stew.
However, ___7___ he was transferring the potato slices to the pot, he accidentally
___8___ them into the frying pan. The cook stared at the potatoes ___9___ dismay.
He had no more potatoes ___10___ in his kitchen and he did not know what to
___11___ his guests.
While the cook stood wondering what to do ___12___ , the aroma of fried potatoes
enveloped the kitchen. The cook eyed the sizzling potatoes ___13___ curiosity. He
took a slice and tasted ___14___ . He realized it was ___15___ .
His guests also ___16___ this dish delicious. When his guests ___17___ his for the
name of the dish, he told them it was 'Pommes frites' which ___18___ 'fried
potatoes' in French. From then ___19___ , people began ordering potatoes
___20___ French way. These potatoes eventually came to be known as 'French fries'.

TEST 17

1. there 2. during 3. direction 4. answers 5. under 6. of 7. busy 8. at 9. sent

10. up 11. to 12. stop 13. here 14. turned 15. herself 16. cheating 17.
towards 18. sound 19. up 20. burst

Laura nudged me with her elbow.

"Look over ___1___ ," she whispered. I was surprised that she was talking to me
___2___ a test, but I followed the ___3___ of her eyes. Audrey was copying
her___4___ from a piece of paper she held ___5___ her desk. At the other end
___6___ the classroom, Miss Brown was ___7___ marking some books.
"Wait till Miss Brown catches Audrey ___8___ it. She's bound to be ___9___ out of
class," Laura whispered.
Just at this moment, Miss Brown looked ___10___ . Laura was bending slightly
forward ___11___ my side of the table.
"Laura Dean, ___12___ what you are doing immediately and come ___13___ !" Miss
Brown shouted. Laura's face ___14___ red. Desperately trying to defend ___15___ ,
Laura cried out :
"Miss Brown, Audrey is ___16___ !" All eyes were directed ___17___ Audrey.
Suddenly, there was a rustling ___18___ of paper from her desk. Audrey had
crumpled ___19___ her test paper. Then she ___20___ into tears.

TEST 18

1. hour 2. thought 3. unless 4. face 5. kill 6. wore 7. covered 8. off 9. where

10. at 11. anything 12. hands 13. run 14. changed 15. do 16. before 17.
throat 18. laughed 19. end 20. heard

Ali rubbed his eyes as the clock slowly chimed the ___1___ . He groaned as he
___2___ of his mother. She would die ___3___ something was done. He wished he
could meet Death ___4___ to face. He would ___5___ Death so that Death could not
take her.
Suddenly, Death appeared. He ___6___ a big black cloak that ___7___ him totally.
When Death walked nearer, the cloak fell ___8___ his head and little blue lights
shone from ___9___ the eyes should have been A skeleton-like face grinned
___10___ Ali. Horrified Ali stood staring at him.
"I am Death," he said. "Do you have ___11___ to say to me ?" His bony ___12___
grabbed Ali as he tried to ___13___ out of the room.
Ali swallowed hard. He had ___14___ his mind about killing Death. In fact, all he
wanted to ___15___ was to get out ___16___ Death kills him !
"Um ... I ... " Ali's ___17___ went dry and no sound came out. Death ___18___
menacingly. His laughter made Ali's hair stand on ___19___ . It did not sound like
anything he had ___20___ before !

TEST 19

1. out 2. between 3. on 4. cause 5. because 6. and 7. because 8. who 9.

take 10. spread 11. feet 12. parts 13. Although 14. can 15. for 16. keep 17.
when 18. as 19. more 20. Stop
The next time you come ___1___ of the shower, be careful to dry thoroughly the
areas ___2___ your toes before you put ___3___ your socks or shoes. Otherwise,
fungi might grow on your feet and ___4___ itchy blisters to appear. This is ___5___
fungi grow best in warm ___6___ moist surroundings. This disease is known as
Athlete's Foot ___7___ it often affects people ___8___ exercise regularly and do not
___9___ care of their personal hygiene. The fungi can ___10___ to the soles of your
___11___ if you are not careful. They can even spread to the other ___12___ of your
body if you scratch the blisters.

___13___ Athlete's Foot is rarely painful and serious, it ___14___ be quite a

nuisance. The treatment ___15___ Athlete's Foot is to ___16___ the skin dry,
especially in hot weather ___17___ the skin sweats more. Dust your feet with
powder ___18___ a precaution before you go out of your house. In ___19___
serious cases, fungicides and antibiotics are used to ___20___ the growth of fungi.

TEST 20

1. when 2. turned 3. over 4. with 5. myself 6. Having 7. wrong 8. poured 9.

up 10. over 11. in 12. near 13. seemed 14. stopped 15. next 16. learn 17.
still 18. of 19. rather 20. finishes

When I was young, I used to enjoy watching Mother cook, especially ___1___ she
was preparing my favourite omelettes. When the eggs ___2___ golden and Mother
flipped them ___3___ , I would jump and clap my hands ___4___ glee.
Once, when Mother was not in, I decided to fry an egg by ___5___ . ___6___
watched Mother do it so many times before, I thought I could not go ___7___ . First,
I washed the pan. Then I ___8___ some oil into the pan. However, as the oil heated
___9___ , it splattered all ___10___ the stove. Some of it got on my face and arms,
and I cried out ___11___ pain. I was terrified and did not even try to go ___12___
the pan ! After what ___13___ like eternity, the sizzling oil ___14___ hissing. I then
turned off the stove and spent the ___15___ hour cleaning up the mess.
After that incident, I never wanted to ___16___ cooking. Up till now, I ___17___
have not learnt the art ___18___ frying anything. I would ___19___ help Mother
wash the cooking utensils after she ___20___ cooking !

TEST 21

1. already 2. were 3. on 4. himself 5. servants 6. at 7. in 8. net 9. eyes 10.

that 11. rich 12. true 13. mind 14. boat 15. weight 16. too 17. into 18.
continued 19. sank 20. with

An Indonesian folktale tells the story of a fisherman who always wanted more than
what he ___1___ had.
"If only I ___2___ rich !" was the thought constantly ___3___ his mind. He would
never have to fish again. He would build a large house for ___4___ and have hordes
of ___5___ to wait on him.
One day, when the fisherman was ___6___ sea, something heavy got entangled
___7___ his fishing net. Cursing his bad luck, he hauled the ___8___ in. Something
shiny caught his ___9___ - it was a gold chain ___10___ was 'caught' in the net !
"Gold ! I'll be ___11___ !" Visions of his day dreams coming ___12___ raced through
his ___13___ as he began to pull in the gold chain. His small ___14___ began to sink
due to the ___15___ of the gold, but the man was ___16___ greedy to stop. Soon,
water was rushing ___17___ the boat.
Still, the man ___18___ pulling in the never ending gold chain. The boat eventually
capsized and the gold chain ___19___ to the bottom of the sea, taking the greedy
fisherman ___20___ it.

TEST 22

1. As 2. work 3. collected 4. money 5. himself 6. one 7. what 8. showed 9.

understand 10. on 11. After 12. for 13. first 14. was 15. could 16. allowed
17. career 18. such 19. throughout 20. adults

Charles Schulz, the world-famous cartoonist, came from a humble background.

___1___ a young boy, Schulz used to ___2___ as a delivery boy. When he ___3___
his first salary, he took the ___4___ to a department store and bought ___5___ a
book on cartoons. As he sat reading his book during lunch, ___6___ of his colleagues
came over. He asked Schulz ___7___ he was reading. When Schulz ___8___ him the
book, his colleague was extremely surprised. He could not ___9___ how Schulz
would spend two dollars and fifty cents ___10___ a book of cartoons.

___11___ working as a delivery boy for some time, Schulz applied ___12___ a job in
an advertising firm. At ___13___ , all he did in his job ___14___ to tie bundles of
papers together. Eventually, however, his bosses discovered that he ___15___ draw
and do lettering. He was then ___16___ to work on simple cartoons for his company.
This was the start of his ___17___ as a cartoonist.

Today, Schulz is the creator of famous characters ___18___ as 'Snoopy' and 'Charlie
Brown'. His cartoons are well-loved ___19___ the world and are enjoyed by both
children and ___20___.

TEST 23

1. which 2. important 3. wear 4. and 5. travelling 6. Without 7. also 8. the

9. along 10. only 11. road 12. on 13. pieces 14. way 15. off 16. thought 17.
from 18. to 19. against 20. down

If you go horse-riding, you may notice that horses wear 'horseshoes' on their hooves.
These U-shaped shoes, ___1___ are made of hard metal, are very ___2___ to the
horses. If horses do not have these shoes, their hooves will ___3___ out quickly on
hard ___4___ brittle roads. Hence, horses ___5___ on rough roads tend to become
lame often. ___6___ shoes, horses carrying heavy loads ___7___ become injured
easily.
In ___8___ olden days, horses did not always wear shoes. Instead, horse riders
would carry the horseshoes ___9___ with them. These shoes would be worn
___10___ if the horses were trotting on a hard or bumpy ___11___ . They were
usually fastened ___12___ the 'horses' feet with small ___13___ of wire. However,
riders soon discovered that this ___14___ of having horses 'wear shoes' was difficult
and clumsy. Often, the shoes would come ___15___ .
In the ninth century, riders ___16___ of a way of preventing the shoes ___17___
coming off. The metallic horse shoes were heated up ___18___ a high temperature
and then pressed ___19___ the horse's hooves. By nailing the shoes ___20___, they
were securely fastened onto the hooves.

TEST 24

1. challenge 2. sent 3. against 4. lost 5. made 6. versa 7. dared 8. King 9.

win 10. because/for 11. by 12. fight 13. with 14. such 15. big 16. but/except
17. by 18. hit 19. into 20. with

The Israelite camp was in a state of panic. They had received a ___1___ from their
enemy, the Philistines, to fight a battle. The Philistines ___2___ their champion,
Goliath, a giant over nine feet tall, as their representative ___3___ the Israelites. If
the Israelites ___4___ the battle, they would be ___5___ the slaves of the
Philistines, and vice ___6___ . For forty days, no Israelite ___7___ to volunteer to
fight the gigantic Philistine.
One morning, David, a young shepherd, went to the Israelite ___8___ to volunteer
to fight Goliath. He said that his God would help him ___9___ the battle. The king
was surprised ___10___ David was only a young boy. However, touched ___11___
the boy's faith in his God, he allowed him to ___12___ the giant.
Goliath roared ___13___ laughter when he saw David. He was ___14___ a puny boy
that even the armour was too ___15___ for him ! He had no weapons ___16___ a
sling. David was unperturbed ___17___ Goliath's ridicule. Using his sling and a stone,
David ___18___ the giant right between his eyes. The stone sank ___19___ Goliath's
brain and ___20___ a deafening roar of pain and anguish, the giant fell down and
died.

TEST 25

1. him 2. As 3. in 4. for 5. learn 6. books 7. each 8. reached 9. beginning

10. easier 11. came/originated 12. made 13. communicate 14. use 15. rid 16.
based 17. by 18. much 19. came 20. blind
Louis Braille was born in the nineteenth century. When he was three years old, a
tragic accident at his father's workshop left ___1___ permanently blind. ___2___ a
young boy, Louis was hardworking and intelligent. His teachers suggested that he
should be enrolled ___3___ the National Institute for Blind Youths. At that time, this
was the only school ___4___ the blind in France.
At the institute, Louis was eager to ___5___ to read and write. To his great
disappointment, the few ___6___ he found at the institute used raised letters. This
method of reading was difficult for the blind, who had to feel slowly ___7___ letter.
By the time they ___8___ the end of a sentence, they had forgotten what the
___9___ was about !
Louis wanted to develop an ___10___ reading system for the blind. His idea of such
a system ___11___ from Charles Barbier, a French army officer. Barbier had invented
a system called 'Night Writing', which was ___12___ up of dots and dashes. Soldiers
used this system to ___13___ with one another during the night. Louis adapted this
system for his own ___14___ . He got ___15___ of the dashes and produced a
simpler system ___16___ on dots. For example, 'A' is represented ___17___ a single
dot. Many blind students found this system ___18___ easier to use.
This ___19___ to be known as the 'Braille' system. Today, millions of ___20___
people are able to read, thanks to the work of a dedicated, young blind man.

TEST 26

1. spend 2. realise 3. not 4. took 5. for 6. kept 7. that 8. back 9. down 10.
to 11. telling 12. remembered 13. pair 14. drawn 15. after 16. too 17. gone
18. just 19. bear 20. out/away

I cleaned up the family attic last week. I had been prepared to ___1___ at least three
days finishing the job. Little did I ___2___ that much more time was required.
It was ___3___ the accumulated junk to be tidied that ___4___ up most of the time
that I had bargained ___5___ . What ___6___ me preoccupied was discovering the
things ___7___ had sentimental value, and reliving the memories that came flooding
___8___ . I spent the greater part of my time running up and ___9___ the stairs,
yelling ___10___ my wife, son or daughter, ___11___ them the history of every little
item.
I found my high school photographs and ___12___ the good old days of accidentally
breaking windows with baseballs. I found my son's first ___13___ of shoes. Then
there was the painting of me that my daughter had ___14___ in kindergarten. My
wife's knitting, which she aborted ___15___ trying to knit me a sweater, lies among
the junk ___16___.
So, it was this incessant reminiscing of times ___17___ by which hindered my
progress. I suspect that a the end of it all, I have ___18___ as much junk as before,
for I could not ___19___ to throw most of the things ___20___ .

TEST 27

1. decorated 2. along 3. most 4. with 5. are 6. and 7. which 8. end 9.

platform 10. with 11. three 12. participants/contestants 13. up 14. off 15. all
16. line 17. cheer 18. take 19. receive 20. winners

On Sports Day, the field is ___1___ with banners. Little coloured triangular flags are
stuck in the ground ___2___ the length of the track. The pavilion is the ___3___
decorated area, especially ___4___ its lavish display of rosettes and banners. In front
of the pavilion ___5___ three long wooden tables displaying the cups, trophies
___6___ other medals ___7___ would be given to the winners at the ___8___ of the
meet. A three-levelled ___9___ stand opposite the pavilion ___10___ the figures 1,2
and 3 clearly marked on the ___11___ different levels.
All the ___12___ feel very nervous as they warm ___13___ for their events. Bang !
As the gun goes ___14___ for each race, the contestants would run with ___15___
their strength. As the runners come near the finishing ___16___ the crowd would
___17___ the runners on. At the end of the day, the prize-winning ceremony would
___18___ place. All the winners are called to step onto the platform to ___19___
their medals. Usually, a well-known person is asked to present the medals to the
___20___ .

TEST 28

1. up 2. before 3. find 4. who 5. of 6. there 7. washed 8. are 9. if 10.

shoulders 11. open 12. gone 13. on 14. now 15. leave 16. how 17. took 18.
out 19. order 20. more
James threw his hands ___1___ in frustration.
"Mum ! I thought I told you ___2___ I didn't want anybody to touch my things. Now I
can't even ___3___ my socks."
Mother, ___4___ was hanging up the laundry in the garden, replied, "They're in the
second drawer ___5___ your cupboard. Your jeans are ___6___ too."
James was horrified. "You ___7___ my jeans ! Mum, the signatures Michael, Kelvin
and Eugene ___8___ on it ... do you know ___9___ they are still there ?"
Mother shrugged her ___10___ . She looked genuinely puzzle. "Why, I didn't notice.
The water did look very blue ..."
James went into his room, pulled ___11___ the second drawer and took out a pair of
jeans. They were ___12___ ! All the precious things his best friends had scribbled
___13___ his jeans were ___14___ just patches of colour. Oh, why didn't she just
___15___ his things alone ? She hated his Bon Jovi and Madonna posters and always
told him ___16___ disgusting they looked. She also always ___17___ the
opportunity, whenever he was ___18___, to go into his room and 'put every in
___19___', as she puts it. To James, it was ___20___ like messing it up.

TEST 29

1. if 2. who 3. one 4. deals 5. type 6. their 7. bother 8. when 9. time 10.

with 11. these 12. put 13. end 14. altogether 15. from 16. hopes 17.
towards 18. matter/offence 19. Under 20. abusing/ill-treating.

Not long ago, a kitten was tied in a plastic bag and then flung into a canal. It would
have died ___1___ it had not been rescued by a kind soul ___2___ brought it to the
Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals ( SPCA ). The throwing of this kitten
into the canal is just ___3___ instance of an act of cruelty towards animals.
Every month, the SPCA ___4___ with animals that have been ill-treated by their
owners. A common ___5___ of animal abuse occurs when these pets are badly
neglected by ___6___ owners. Some pet owners do not ___7___ to look after their
pets ___8___ the poor animals are ill. By the ___9___ these animals are brought to
the SPCA, they are usually infected ___10___ diseases. Some of ___11___ diseases
are so severe that it would be more humane to ___12___ these animals to sleep just
to ___13___ their suffering. Then there are other pet owners who abandon their
pets ___14___. These pets often suffer ___15___ hunger and diseases.
The SPCA ___16___ to educate pet owners to be more responsible ___17___ their
pets. Cruelty towards animals is a serious ___18___. ___19___ the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals act, anyone found ___20___ an animal can either be jailed up to
six months, fined up to five hundred dollars, or both.

TEST 30

1. before 2. who 3. same 4. at 5. in 6. recognise 7. different 8. an 9. used

10. smelled 11. wore 12. high 13. heard 14. as 15. breath 16. know 17.
hurry 18. waiting 19. away 20. felt

Somebody tapped me on my shoulder, I turned and saw a familiar face ___1___ me.
However, I could not tell ___2___ she was.
"It's me, Maybelline. We were from the ___3___ secondary school, remember ?" the
girl said. I stared intently ___4___ her heavily made-up face. Maybelline ? Suddenly,
something clicked ___5___ my brain.
"It's you ! I almost couldn't ___6___ you. You look so ___7___ now," I said.
'Different' was ___8___ understatement. She ___9___ to be a plain girl in pigtails
when we sat together in the same class. Now she ___10___ of perfume and
___11___ expensive clothes. Her shoes were four inches ___12___ . I had ___13___
from some of my friends that she worked ___14___ a singer in a club. I could tell
from her ___15___ that she smoked. I felt uncomfortable before this sophisticated
person and did not ___16___ how to act naturally.

Fortunately for me, she was in a ___17___ to go. Her boyfriend was ___18___ for
her, she said. As I watched her walk ___19___ , I wondered what had happened to
the simple, easy-going Gertrude I had once known. I ___20___ I did not know this
Maybelline at all.
TEST 31

1. have 2. saw 3. knew 4. was 5. least 6. placed 7. waited 8. order 9.

decided 10. took 11. before 12. served 13. for/upon 14. heads 15. that 16.
listening 17. into 18. out 19. but 20. Continue

One day, an old and fussy millionaire entered a plush restaurant to ___1___ a meal.
The staff of the restaurant sighed when they ___2___ him. They ___3___ he was a
man who wanted the best but ___4___ only willing to pay the ___5___.
A menu was ___6___ in Mr. John's hands, and the waiter ___7___ patiently as the
millionaire kept changing his ___8___ . Finally, he ___9___ to order a bowl of oxtail
soup. Relieved, the waiter ___10___ the order and promptly disappeared ___11___
Mr. John changed his mind again.
When the dish was ___12___ to the millionaire, Mr. John called ___13___ the waiter
again. The staff shook their ___14___ . They knew Mr. John was going to ask for
proof ___15___ the soup was made with real ox tail. However, the clever waiter just
smiled. He was prepared for this situation. After ___16___ to the complaint, the
waiter went ___17___ the kitchen and dragged ___18___ an ox with a bandaged
tail. Speechless, the millionaire had no choice ___19___ to ___20___ with his meal.

TEST 32

1. of 2. most 3. Everyone 4. for 5. given 6. with 7. better 8. challenge 9.

When 10. dared 11. at 12. In 13. Both 14. speed 15. completed 16. far 17.
lost 18. your 19. changed 20. able

Once upon a time, there lived a peasant girl named Arachne. Arachne was a very
talented weaver ___1___ wool. Her skilful fingers could create the ___2___ intricate
and beautiful tapestries in the world. ___3___ who knew Arachne admired and
praised her ___4___ her gift. They told her that Minerva, the goddess of weaving
and handicraft, must have ___5___ her this talent. Instead of agreeing ___6___
them, Arachne was proud and scornful.
"Minerva indeed ! I'm quite sure I'm even ___7___ than she is at weaving. In fact, I'm
ready to ___8___ her in a weaving contest," she said.
___9___ Minerva heard about Arachne's challenge, she was very angry that a mortal
had ___10___ to challenge a goddess. One day, Minerva appeared ___11___
Arachne's cottage and reminded Arachne of her challenge. ___12___ no time, the
contest began. ___13___ Arachne and Minerva started to weave, their fingers
moving at lightning ___14___ . When they had ___15___ their task, everyone was
astounded. Arachne's tapestry was ___16___ more beautiful than Minerva's ! In a fit
of jealousy, Minerva ___17___ her temper.
"You will now do all ___18___ weaving in the air !" she declared. After saying this,
she ___19___ Arachne into a small black hairy creature with eight legs. As the first
spider in the world, Arachne was ___20___ to weave the most elaborate webs.

TEST 33

1. whose 2. landed 3. with 4. ended 5. into 6. As 7. to 8. in 9. same 10.

taking 11. lived 12. back 13. was 14. recovered 15. out 16. promised 17.
back 18. destroyed 19. who 20. of

A young soldier, ___1___ plane was shot at during the war, ___2___ his plane in a
forest and escaped ___3___ minor injuries. He tried to make his way out of the
forest but ___4___ up walking deeper and deeper ___5___ it. ___6___ he wandered
around, he came to an old cottage. It seemed strange ___7___ him that a solitary
cottage should exist ___8___ the heart of the forest. All the ___9___ , he thanked
Fortune for ___10___ pity on him.

An elderly couple ___11___ in the cottage. They took the soldier in and nursed him
carefully ___12___ to health. They treated him as if he ___13___ their own son.
When he was fully ___14___ , they gave him precise directions to get ___15___ of
the forest. He was grateful to them and ___16___ to visit them again.

The soldier reported___17___ to camp and told his captain of the old couple's
hospitality. The soldier was shocked when the captain revealed that the forest bad
been ___18___ by bombs much earlier in the war. The elderly couple, ___19___
were officially listed as dead in their records, were the parents ___20___ one of their
young soldiers who had died in the war.

TEST 34

1. place 2. one 3. in 4. fall 5. quiet 6. find 7. instead 8. set 9. aim 10. when
11. hard 12. period 13. yourself 14. while 15. feel 16. lose 17. take 18. on
19. lift 20. soothe

Getting good results in your studies comes from developing good study habits. The
best ___1___ to study is a comfortable room with good lighting. The best chair for
studying should be ___2___ which you would be comfortable ___3___, but not so
comfortable that you may ___4___ asleep on it after a while ! Before you study, look
for a ___5___ environment with no distractions. If you ___6___ your home too noisy
for studying, try the library or community centre ___7___.
When you study, ___8___ realistic targets for yourself to achieve. For example, do
not ___9___ to study five chapters of Geography in one sitting ___10___ you know
that you take more than an hour to read one chapter. Furthermore, remember not
to push yourself too ___11___ . When you have studied for a ___12___ of time,
reward ___13___ by taking a short break. You could perhaps take a short walk or
listen to some music for a ___14___.
If you begin to ___15___ sleepy when studying, do not force yourself to go o as you
may ___16___ your power of concentration. Instead, you may want to ___17___ a
short nap to refresh yourself. Studying may also be strenuous ___18___ the eyes.
When you study, it may be a good idea to ___19___ your eyes away from your books
occasionally. Looking at objects at a distance or at greenery can help ___20___ tired
eyes.

TEST 35

1. all 2. likely 3. spreads 4. When 5. hands 6. on 7. or 8. these 9. prevent

10. advice 11. so 12. no 13. cure 14. better 15. get 16. from 17. plenty 18.
yourself 19. drink 20. And
When you catch a cold, you tend to feel miserable. You are tired of sneezing and
blowing your nose ___1___ the time. When someone in your house has a cold, you
are ___2___ to get it too. This is because the cold virus ___3___ easily. ___4___ a
person who has a cold blows his nose, his ___5___ could carry the cold virus. This
virus is then deposited ___6___ whatever he touches such as doorknobs, telephone
handles ___7___ shower handles. people who also touch the surfaces of ___8___
things and then clean their nose would obtain the virus as well. To ___9___ your
cold from spreading, here is a piece of good ___10___ : wash your hands with soap
and water frequently ___11___ that the cold virus would have ___12___ chance to
survive.
There is no actual ___13___ for the common cold. The medicine that you take makes
you feel ___14___ but it cannot ___15___ rid of the cold virus completely. Most
people tend to recover ___16___ colds within a week. When you have a cold, the
best thing to do is to get ___17___ of rest. You should go to bed early and not over
exert ___18___ . Your must also ___19___ more water as fluids help to cool the
throat ___20___ relieve nasal passages.

TEST 36

1. pair 2. thin 3. had 4. where 5. around 6. before 7. anyone 8. with 9.

beyond 10. explained 11. help 12. into 13. caught 14. on 15. as 16. down
17. its 18. lost 19. to 20. from

Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi, a very wealthy lady, was worried. Recently, her favorite
___1___ of gold earrings and a silver bracelet had vanished into ___2___ air. Mrs
Elizabeth Sanyagi admitted that she ___3___ never been very careful about ___4___
she kept her jewelry. She often left them lying ___5___ the house. However, her
jewelry had never disappeared ___6___. Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi had no reason to
think of ___7___ in her household as a thief. Her three servants had been ___8___
the family for more than fifteen years and had never been dishonest. They were
___9___ suspicion. When Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi ___10___ the situation to her son,
Roger, he told her he would ___11___ her catch the thief.
A few days later, Roger ran ___12___ her room excitedly.

"Mom, I've ___13___ the thief!" he said, panting. Roger went ___14___ to explain.
"I was doing my homework ___15___ usual at my desk. All of a sudden, a dark shape
flew by my window. It was a magpie. The bird swooped ___16___ , grabbed my
silver scissors with its beak and flew off again. I trailed the bird and found it
depositing my scissors into ___17___ nest at the end of the garden. when I reached
the nest, I discovered all the items you had ___18___ . You see, Mom, birds like the
magpie are attracted ___19___ shiny objects."
After this speech, Roger showed his mother the objects he had retrieved ___20___
the nest. In addition to Mrs Elizabeth Sanyagi's jewelry, there were three forks, two
spoons, a thimble and a pair of scissors.

TEST 37

1. about 2. take 3. landed 4. missed 5. with 6. tell 7. all 8. well 9. dishonest

10. fair 11. end 12. low 13. already 14. told 15. heart 16. would 17. returned
18. scored 19. full 20. now

Jill was walking to her class slowly. She was worried ___1___ the History test she
would have to ___2___ that morning. As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of
paper suddenly fluttered down and ___3___ near her feet. As Jill glanced down at
the paper, her heart nearly ___4___ a beat. It was the History test paper complete
___5___ answers !
Jill's very first thought was not to ___6___ anyone about what she had found. She
would memorize ___7___ the answers and do extremely ___8___ in the test. After
some hard thinking, however, she knew that it would be a very ___9___ thing to do.
Besides, it would not be ___10___ to her classmates. In the ___11___ , Jill returned
the paper to her History teacher, Miss James.
"Thanks, Jill. I have been searching high and ___12___ for it," said the teacher.

"I...I've read all the questions ___13___, Miss James," Jill confessed.
Miss James ___14___ her not to worry as she would think of new questions for the
test. Jill's ___15___ sank. She was half hoping that the test ___16___ be cancelled.
Nevertheless, she did her best in the new test later that day.
A few days later, the test papers were ___17___ to the class. Go her pleasant
surprise, Jill discovered that she had ___18___ eighty marks.
"You know something," she told her friends. "I could easily have scored ___19___
marks if I had cheated on this test. But I wouldn't be as pleased as I am ___20___
with the eighty marks I obtained."

TEST 38

1. little 2. do/live 3. periods 4. to 5. One 6. Like 7. through 8. down 9.

other/some 10. by 11. During 12. from 13. into 14. and 15.
returns/comes/arrives 16. well 17. example 18. stored 19. include 20. all

A desert is a special region where only certain kinds of plants and animals can
survive. All deserts have very ___1___ water. This means that only animals and
plants that can ___2___ without water for long ___3___ of time can exist in the
desert.
Plants in the deserts are particularly adapted ___4___ the dry and hot environment.
___5___ well-known desert plant is the cactus. ___6___ many desert plants, this
plant has very tiny leaves. As plants lose most of their water ___7___ their leaves,
the small leaves of the cactus help to cut ___8___ water evaporation. There are
___9___ desert plants that do not have leaves at all.
Some desert plants survive ___10___ avoiding the dry season altogether. ___11___
the dry season, this plant remains as a seed and does not emerge ___12___ the soil
at all. When the rains come, this seed would grow very quickly ___13___ a plant. It
would bloom rapidly ___14___ then scatter its seeds before the dry season
___15___.
Desert animals have also learnt to adapt ___16___ to life in this region. The camel,
for ___17___ , survives well in the desert because water can be ___18___ in its
body. Other desert animals ___19___ rodents such as mice. These animals need very
little water as they can get ___20___ the water they require from their food.

TEST 39
1. made 2. out 3. racked 4. up 5. lesson 6. time 7. only 8. able 9. more 10.
for 11. with 12. agreed 13. passed 14. on 15. kept 16. since 17. changing
18. of 19. that 20. at

Once upon a time there was a king who loved to wear new clothes. He wanted a new
outfit ___1___ for himself every day, until finally, the royal tailor ran ___2___ of
ideas for his wardrobe.
The tailor ___3___ his brains and then came ___4___ with a plot to teach the vain
king a ___5___. He told the king that he would make him a special robe this ___6___
. It would be the most beautiful robe in the world, but ___7___ intelligent people
would be able to see it. The foolish, however, would not be ___8___ to see or feel
the robe. To make his story sound even ___9___ credible, the tailor requested
___10___ a week to finish his masterpiece. The king, fascinated ___11___ the idea
of owning the most beautiful robe in the world ___12___ readily to his request.
The week ___13___ quickly. The king tried ___14___ the robe enthusiastically. To his
horror, he could not see it ! Yet, he ___15___ quiet, fearing that others would say he
was foolish ___16___ he could not see the robe. He pretended that he was really
___17___ into the new robe and echoed the tailor's praises ___18___ the beautiful
robe. Finally, he paraded down the streets unclothed, not realising ___19___ all the
subjects of his kingdom were laughing ___20___ him, including the tailor !

TEST 40

1. end 2. much 3. look 4. shown 5. contains 6. cause 7. make 8. all 9. in

10. produce 11. down 12. by 13. possible 14. for 15. with 16. If 17. between
18. and 19. times 20. apply

You have spent a day at the seaside. At the ___1___ of the day, everyone tells you
how ___2___ darker you look. You are proud of your tan; it makes you ___3___
healthy.

However, studies have ___4___ that too much sunlight can be damaging to your
skin. Sunlight ___5___ harmful rays known as ultraviolet rays. Over exposure to
these rays can ___6___ your skin to become dry and wrinkled. It may even ___7___
you age faster ! Worst of ___8___ , too much sunlight may even result ___9___ skin
cancer.
Our bodies ___10___ a kind of pigment called melanin. When the sun blazes
___11___ on you, the melanin pigment helps protect your skin ___12___ absorbing
as much ultraviolet rays as ___13___ . However, if you stay in the sun ___14___ too
long, this pigment is unable to 'cope ___15___' the strong rays of the sun.
___16___ you do want to go swimming, you should take the following precautions.
First, try to avoid swimming ___17___ ten in the morning ___18___ two in the
afternoon. These are the ___19___ when the sun is the strongest. It may also be a
good idea to ___20___ a sun protection lotion when you go out in the sun.

TEST 41

1. have 2. weigh 3. hope 4. feeling 5. recorded 6. height 7. for 8. herself 9.

about 10. since 11. something 12. stopped 13. difficult/hard 14. up 15. ready
16. found 17. loose 18. sew 19. voice 20. Off

It was the time of the year for physical fitness tests again. The girls of Secondary 1B
were lining up to ___1___ their height and weight measured.
"Kate, it's your turn to ___2___ yourself," Susie said.
"Let's ___3___ she doesn't spoil the machine !" somebody shouted. There was a roar
of laughter. Kate, ___4___ embarrassed, stepped onto the weighing machine.
"Sixty-two kilograms," said Miss Murphy as she ___5___ Kate's weight onto the
register. "Your ___6___ is one hundred and sixty centimeters. Now, girls, go to Mr.
Shane at the car park ___7___ your sit-and-reach evaluation."

That afternoon, Kate went home and had a good look at ___8___ in the mirror.
There was no mistake ___9___ it, she was really overweight for her height. However,
she had been plump ever ___10___ she was a baby.
Kate decided to do ___11___ about her weight. She started to go for regular jogs in
the park near her house. She ___12___ having snacks between meals. It was
___13___ for her because she enjoyed eating. During the holidays, she even took
___14___ swimming lessons from one of her cousins.
Soon school reopened and she was getting ___15___ to go to school; she ___16___
that her skirt was an inch too ___17___ . She went to her mother.
"Mum, can you ___18___ the buckle of my skirt further in by an inch ?" she asked.
There was an unmistakable note of joy in her ___19___. Her perseverance had paid
___20___ .

TEST 42

1. near 2. is 3. off 4. produce 5. out 6. cause 7. into 8. before 9. gives 10.

doing 11. When 12. to 13. still 14. ready 15. legs 16. on 17. know 18. make
19. in 20. life

The skunk is a creature which you probably do not want to go ___1___. What makes
this animal unpopular ___2___ the terrible odour it gives ___3___ . The skunk has
two scent glands under its tail. These glands ___4___ a smelly fluid called musk.
When it meets an enemy, the skunk squirts ___5___ musk in a spray. This spray is
overpowering and may ___6___ sickness in the stomach. If the spray accidentally
gets ___7___ your eyes, you will also get temporary blindness.
The skunk does not strike ___8___ giving its victims plenty of warning first. the first
warning the skunk ___9___ is to stamp its feet, as if it were ___10___ a little dance.
___11___ this warning fails, the skunk would shake its head from side ___12___
side. If the intruder ___13___ does not leave, the skunk would get ___14___ to
spray. Some skunks stand on their hind ___15___ to spray. Others remain ___16___
all fours.
Many people do not ___17___ that the skunk is actually a friendly creature. In fact, it
would ___18___ a good pet. The skunk only sprays ___19___ self-defence. It uses its
spray when it feels that its ___20___ is being threatened.
TEST 43

1. on 2. far 3. for 4. twice 5. either 6. shade 7. fell 8. Ahead 9. up 10. back

11. put 12. up 13. than 14. though 15. with 16. finished 17. of 18. before
19. into 20. with

"I couldn't go ___1___," Mary thought wearily. She had no idea how ___2___ they
had walked, or ___3___ how long. It seemed like forever. She had protested once or
___4___ in the beginning that they would be wiser to ___5___ remain in the jeep or
return to the cool ___6___ of the trees around the oasis. Philip scolded her angrily.
She stumbled and ___7___ in the sand, twisting her ankle. ___8___ of her was
Philip. He turned and glared at her, coming back to pull her ___9___ . Mary held
___10___ a cry as her full weight was ___11___ on her foot.
"Can't you try to keep ___12___ with me ?" he said harshly. Mary knew better
___13___ to ask him where they were going. They seemed to have been following
this sandy track for a lifetime. Her face felt as ___14___ it was on fire and her ankle
throbbed agonizingly ___15___ every step she took. Their water supply had
___16___ hours ago. She thought longingly ___17___ the cool water of the oasis.
Philip's outline wavered ___18___ her tired eyes as she felt herself slip ___19___ a
world filled ___20___ hallucinations and mirages.

TEST 44

1. In 2. said 3. known 4. around 5. reports/people 6. from 7. and 8. Does 9.

one 10. Ever 11. watch 12. catch 13. In 14. photograph 15. out 16. from 17.
is 18. days 19. out 20. adapt

In the beautiful highlands of Scotland, there is a lake called the Loch Ness. ___1___
these peaceful surroundings, a sea monster known as the 'Loch Ness Monster' is
___2___ to be living in the lake. This creature, affectionately ___3___ as 'Nessie', has
been reported to be seen by many people ___4___ the lake. According to these
___5___ , Nessie looked like a creature ___6___ the dinosaur age. It had a huge
body, a small reptilian head ___7___ a long neck.___8___ the Loch Ness Monster
really exist ? No ___9___ can tell for sure. ___10___ since the sighting of the
monster, many people have been keeping ___11___ at the lake, hoping to ___12___
a glimpse of Nessie. ___13___ 1934, a doctor, Colonel Robert Wilson, even managed
to ___14___ the creature. The picture revealed a creature with a long neck sticking
___15___ of the water.
Where could the Loch Ness Monster have come ___16___ ? One explanation given is
that the monster ___17___ a pre-historic creature which lived in the ___18___ of
the dinosaurs. While other dinosaurs have died ___19___ and become extinct, this
creature has somehow managed to ___20___ to its surroundings and live on !

TEST 45

1. with 2. around 3. though/but 4. same 5. weapons 6. or 7. tell 8. did 9. so

10. becomes 11. both 12. himself 13. have 14. up 15. who 16. into 17. down
18. of 19. became 20. fell

( John and Mark are having lunch in the school canteen.)

John : I just heard a very good riddle yesterday. Do you want to hear it ?
Mark : I love riddles. Try me.
John : Listen carefully. Romeo and Juliet are dead on the floor, ___1___ shattered
glass and spilt water all ___2___ them. A man lies unconscious, ___3___ not dead
like Romeo and Juliet, in the ___4___ room. There are no ___5___ , such as knives
___6___ guns around in the room. Now, ___7___ me who killed who and how he or
she ___8___ it.
Mark : (thinking ___9___ hard that his forehead ___10___ furrowed) Let's see ... the
man poisoned ___11___ Romeo and Juliet and he ___12___ was poisoned too.
John : What an imagination you ___13___ ! But the answer is no.
Mark : (after a long time) I give ___14___ . What happened ?
John : Romeo and Juliet are fishes. The man, ___15___ was drunk, had walked right
___16___ the fish tank, knocking it ___17___ and breaking the glass ___18___ the
aquarium. He himself ___19___ unconscious when he slipped and ___20___, hitting
his head.
Mark : Fishes ! That was unfair.
John : Ha ! Ha ! Ha !

TEST 46

1. such 2. family 3. in 4. when 5. sent 6. pay 7. experience 8. after 9. story

10. own 11. character 12. of 13. an 14. background 15. like 16. for 17.
through 18. much 19. in 20. today

Charles Dickens, who wrote ___1___ unforgettable stories as Oliver Twist and David
Copperfield, was born to a poor ___2___. His father was always ___3___ debt, and
___4___ Charles was twelve, his father was ___5___ to prison for failing to ___6___
his debts. Young Charles had to work in a dismal factory. This terrible ___7___
continued to haunt him even ___8___ he attained success with his novels. David
Copperfield is the ___9___ of Dickens' ___10___ life when he worked in the factory.
Another ___11___ in the novel, Mr. Micawber, is a portrayal ___12___ Dickens' own
father, who was ___13___ incorrigible spendthrift.

Because of his humble ___14___ , Dickens never forgot what it was ___15___ to be
poor. He was always concerned ___16___ the orphaned and the destitute. He
worked ___17___ his books to arouse public concern for their plight. Dickens was a
___18___ respected writer when he died ___19___ 1870. Till ___20___, many
people still think that he is the greatest of English novelists.

TEST 47

1. for 2. left 3. later 4. entered 5. except 6. key 7. summon 8. close 9. knew

10. times 11. only 12. fell 13. were 14. report 15. to 16. remembered 17.
there 18. ashamed 19. of 20. once

Mr Jones, the manager of a large company, was worried. His money was missing.
When he went ___1___ a meeting this morning, he had ___2___ an envelope with
five hundred dollars on his table. When he returned to his office ___3___ , the
envelope was gone. As Mr Jones always locks his office when he leaves, no one could
have ___4___ it. No one ___5___ for the cleaning lady, Mary, who also had the
___6___ to his office. Mary cleaned his office every morning.
Mr Jones sighed. He had no choice but to ___7___ Mary to his office. Mary was soon
___8___ to tears. She swore that she had not seen the envelope. Mr Jones ___9___
Mary had always been an honest and hardworking worker. However, ___10___ were
bad for her as her husband had been jobless for several months. As Mary was the
___11___ one who could have taken the money, all suspicion ___12___ on her. Mr
Jones told her firmly that if she ___13___ to return the money, he would not
___14___ the matter to the police.
After Mary left, Mr Jones sat down to resume his work. as he opened his top drawer,
he found, ___15___ his horror, the missing envelope. Mr Jones suddenly ___16___
he had put the money ___17___ for safe-keeping just before going off for the
meeting. He felt ___18___ of himself for falsely accusing Mary ___19___ the theft
and decided to apologise to her at ___20___.

TEST 48

1. other 2. for 3. length 4. looks 5. legs 6. never 7. easily 8. by 9. stays 10.

feeds 11. with 12. gives 13. poses 14. by 15. skin 16. run 17. faster 18. into
19. with 20. until

The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Like ___1___ mammals, it has only
seven bones in its neck; its height is accounted ___2___ by the extraordinary
___3___ of the bones.
Because of its long neck, the giraffe ___4___ very clumsy when it spreads out its four
___5___ and bends down to drink. It ___6___ enters deep forests where it can
___7___ be caught, or even be strangled ___8___ tree branches. It ___9___ only in
grassland and open country and plains. It ___10___ on leaves and not grass; picking
the leaves from trees ___11___ in tongue.
The soft, dark eyes of the giraffe ___12___ a giraffe its gentle look. Indeed, a giraffe
in the wild ___13___ no harm to other animals. Instead, it is hunted ___14___ the
lion for food and by man for its ___15___ which makes good leather. The giraffe can
___16___ at more than forty-five kilometers per hour, even ___17___ than a horse.
The giraffe occasionally fights. It does so swinging its head and horns ___18___ its
opponent's neck. When two giraffes disagree ___19___ each other, they will
sometimes fight ___20___ one of their necks is broken or dislocated.

TEST 49

1. being 2. on 3. into 4. let 5. to 6. first 7. back 8. presence 9. sound 10.

When 11. top 12. laughter 13. down 14. not 15. If 16. class 17. stopped 18.
own 19. word 20. at

It was April Fool's Day. Victor, ___1___ a mischievous boy, decided to play a trick
___2___ his teacher, Miss Williams. He scooped his pet mouse, Snoopy ___3___ his
pocket and took it to school.
In the middle of a science lesson, Victor___4___ Snoopy loose. The little creature at
once scampered ___5___ the front of the class. At ___6___, Miss Williams did not
notice the mouse. She was writing on the blackboard with her ___7___ facing the
class. The mouse, however, decided to announce its ___8___ by giving a loud
squeak. On hearing the ___9___, Miss Williams turned around. ___10___ she saw
the mouse, she screamed at the ___11___ of her voice and climbed on her table.
"Who brought this creature here ?" she demanded. However, no one heard her as
the class was roaring with ___12___. Several students even laughed till tears rolled
___13___ their cheeks. Miss Williams was ___14___ amused.
"___15___ no one admits to playing this trick, I shall punish the whole ___16___,"
she declared angrily.
When the class heard this threat, they ___17___ laughing. Everyone looked at
Victor, expecting him to ___18___ up. Victor, however, stared at the floor and did
not say a ___19___. He was a coward ___20___ heart.

TEST 50

1. There 2. away 3. feel/get 4. thinking 5. without 6. makes 7. start 8. of 9.

Why 10. hungry 11. juices 12. causes 13. satisfy 14. on 15. is 16. eat 17.
plays 18. called 19. this 20. When
You are in the middle of a science test. ___1___ is total silence in the class. While the
others are writing ___2___ furiously, you are beginning to ___3___ hungry. It is
nearly recess time and you are___4___ of how delicious a bowl of laksa in your
canteen would taste. Suddenly, ___5___ any warning at all, your stomach ___6___ a
loud growling sound. Your classmates ___7___ to giggle and you nearly die ___8___
embarrassment.
___9___ does your stomach behave that way ? When you are ___10___ , your
stomach begins to secrete digestive juices. The churning of these ___11___ in your
stomach is what ___12___ the growling sound. When you eat something to
___13___ your hunger, the juices will not churn as there is now something to work
___14___ . Thus, the churning of these juices ___15___ the stomach's way of
alerting you that it is time to ___16___.
Your brain also ___17___ an important part in informing you that you are hungry.
There is part of the brain ___18___ the 'appestat'. Scientists believe that it is
___19___ part of the brain that tells your body ___20___ you are hungry as well as
when to stop eating.