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It is very hot in the ----1----and in the evenings nobody likes ----2----at home. People walk in the streets or sit in the open. We have a special summer ----3----and my friends and I often go there. There are ----4----trees all around and it is very cool. Sometimes the films are not very good, but we don’t ----5---- . The stars ----6----in the clear sky and there is often a large bright ----7---- . We can forget the ----8----and enjoy a pleasant evening.

1.A)spring                 B)summer                 C)autumn                  D)winter

2.A)controlling         B)moving                  C)leaving                  D)staying

3.A)cinema               B)zoo                        C)park                       D)supermarket

4.A)short                   B)tall                        C)little                       D)small

5.A)wash                   B)start                      C)clean                      D)mind

6.A)go                       B)fly                         C)shine                     D)move

7.A)moon                  B)sun                       C)star                        D)planet

8.A)story                   B)play                      C)film                       D)theater

It is January 10^th. Today Jane is seventeen ----9----of age. She is ----10----a pretty new dress. It is blue and white. Jane is having a ----11----today and she is expecting all her friends to ----12---- . They are going to arrive in a short ----13---- . They are going to bring many beautiful ----14----with them. Jane’s mother has prepared a lot of nice things to ----15----and drink. They will have a wonderful ----16----together.

9.A)years                   B)months                  C)weeks                    D)days 

10.A)fixing                B)painting                C)drawing                 D)wearing

11.A)effect                B)party                     C)dress                      D)book

12.A)watch                B)come                    C)leave                      D)run

13.A)second              B)hour                      C)minute                   D)time

14.A)bags                  B)machines              C)presents                D)shoes

15.A)eat                     B)play                      C)watch                    D)relax

16.A)sheet                 B)skill                      C)time                      D)picture

I am learning how to drive a ----17---- . A week ----18----I had my first lesson. Yesterday  my  teacher  took  me  out  on  a  ----19----road.  It  was  full  of  cars  and ----20---- . I ----21----very slowly and carefully, but I felt afraid the ----22----time. At last the ----23----finished and I went home. I felt very tired. I have ----24----many things, but I have still got a lot to learn.

17.A)bicycle              B)car                         C)train                      D)boat

18.A)ago                   B)later                       C)past                       D)future

19.A)clean                B)dirty                       C)busy                     D)empty

20.A)people              B)houses                   C)shops                    D)books

21.A)fixed                B)washed                  C)drove                    D)played

22.A)healthy            B)nice                        C)next                      D)whole

23.A)school             B)lesson                     C)book                     D)average

24A)thought             B)learnt                     C)educated               D)commented on         

In 1921 Ellen Peel moved to another ----25---- . She liked her new ----26----because she   looked   after  the  children. There  were  five  children, ----27----sons   and  one ----28---- . She loved them, ----29----the baby, Robert. She ----30----with that  family ----31----twenty  years. Ellen  never  married. She  just  looked  after  other  people’s ----32----until she retired when she was seventy years old.

25.A)factory              B)family                   C)office                     D)bank

26.A)skill                  B)job                         C)hobby                     D)exam

27.A)four                  B)three                      C)two                         D)one

28.A)girl                   B)boy                        C)daughter                 D)son

29.A)immediately    B)suddenly                C)especially               D)completely

30.A)disliked           B)behaved                 C)continued                D)stayed

31.A)at                     B)for                          C)after                        D)by

32.A)children           B)effect                     C)medal                      D)service  

My uncle is a shopkeeper. He has a shop in a small village----33----the River Thames near Oxford. The shop sells almost ----34----from bread ----35----newspapers. It is also the post office. The children always stop to ----36----a few pence on sweets or icecream on their ----37----to and from school. My uncle doesn’t often leave the village. He doesn’t have a car, so once a month ----38----by bus to Oxford and            ----39----lunch at the Grand Hotel. He is one of the happiest ----40----I know.

33.A)far                    B)by                           C)from                      D)to

34.A)something        B)anything                C)nothing                  D)everything

35.A)to                     B)at                            C)by                          D)with

36.A)cycle                B)educate                  C)control                   D)spend

37.A)means              B)end                        C)way                        D)cover

38.A)goes                 B)takes                      C)catches                  D)misses

39.A)holds               B)records                   C)has                         D)improves

40.A)women            B)men                        C)children                 D)policemen

He was a student in Florence, where he studied painting, sculpture, and design. He began a lot of the paintings, but he didn’t ----41----many of them. His ----42----of the Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the ----43---- . Leonardo was ----44----in many things. He wanted to know about everything that he saw. He ----45----the human body. He thought that the sun didn’t go ----46----the earth. He wrote music. He designed a flying machine 400 years before the first one ----47---- . Many people didn’t understand his ----48---- . It is difficult to think that one man can do so much.

41.A)buy                    B)realize                   C)occur                     D)finish

42.A)picture               B)member                C)poem                     D)information           

43.A)city                    B)country                 C)world                     D)village

44.A)interested          B)educated               C)emotional               D)conscious

45.A)encouraged       B)examined              C)permitted               D)celebrated

46.A)toward              B)after                       C)behind                   D)round  

47.A)relaxed              B)flew                      C)met                        D)refused

48.A)choices              B)scenes                   C)ideas                      D)viewers

A businessman went to see his doctor because he could not ----49----at night. The doctor ----50----him carefully and said to him, “Your ----51----is that you need to learn to relax. Have you any hobbies?” He said, “No, I don’t have any ----52----for hobbies.” “Well,” the doctor answered, “that is your main problem, you see. You don’t have time for anything ----53----your work. Why don’t you ----54----to paint pictures?” The businessman said, “I will try.” The next day he telephoned the doctor and said, “That was very good ----55---- . Thank you. I’ve painted fifteen ----56----since I see you.”

49.A)sleep                  B)walk                     C)watch                     D)write

50.A)affected             B)lent                       C)cured                      D)examined

51.A)flight                 B)goal                      C)problem                  D)choice

52.A)pressure            B)time                      C)interest                    D)illness

53.A)with                  B)since                     C)except                     D)about

54.A)seem                 B)learn                     C)win                          D)refuse

55.A)company          B)secretary               C)struggle                   D)idea

56.A)pictures            B)abilities                 C)channels                 D)feelings

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