Reading and choose the best answer from A,B,C or D.

Compost is a wonderful natural resource that helps plants grow well. Today I am going to tell you (16)……........ to start a compost heap. First we must use only household and garden matter (17)…………...... tea leaves and egg shells, but we must (18)………........ them first. Don't use any meat or grain products because this attracts rats. Find a place (19)…………....... your garden that gets a few hours of sunlight each day. The (20)………....... also needs moisture but it will get this from condensation. Cover the heap with a sheet of strong- plastic if the weather is wet. Keep adding to pile and after six months, your compost can be used for your fields , gardens.

16). A). why B). how C). where D). what

17). A). include B). to include C). included D). including

18). A). wash B). to wash C). washing D). washed

19). A). on B). for C). at D). in

20). A). glass B). cans C). compost D). bottles

Reading and choose the best answer.

Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty- four time zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty- four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days. If you make a five- day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling West, you set your clock back; traveling East, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty - five or twenty - three hours. If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean, you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. traveling East, today becomes yesterday; traveling east, it is tomorrow.

11). The difference in time between zones is ..............................

A). seven days B). more than seven days C). one hour D). twenty - four hours

12). From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean ....................... A). is in one time zone B). is divided into twenty - four zones C). can't be crossed in five days D). is divided into five time zones

13). If you cross the ocean going East, you set clock .......................................... A). ahead by twenty - three hours B). ahead one hour in each new time zone C). back one full day for each time zone D). ahead one hour for the whole trip

14). The international date line is the name for ......................... A). the beginning of any new time zone B). any time zone in the Pacific Ocean. C). the point where a new day begins D). any point where time changes by one hour

15). The best title for this selection is .......................... A). How Time Zones Were Set Up B). Crossing the International Date Line C). how Time Changes Around the World D). A trip Across the Atlantic

Phonetics: Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others. 1). A). use B). music C). public D). value 2). A). breath B). bread C). dead D). great 3). A). bubble B). truck C). pollute D). public 4). A). learn B). fear C). clear D). hear 5). A). cook B). look C). book D). proof 6). A). children B). chorus C). check D). chicken 7). A). caps B). jeans C). shirts D). pants 8). A). invite B). tropical C). primary D). divide 9). A). student B). menu C). fur D). tutor 10). A). hot B). here C). hour D). hope

Make sentences based on the given cues:

78. I / going / visit / after work / evening. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 79. Residents / store owners / concerned / new mall / for / few months. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 80. What / mum / going / do / weekend ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 81. You / ought / go / market / buy / fish / vegetables. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 82. People / do / everything / without / help / modern equipment / years ago. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 83. How old / your brother / sister / then ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 84. Some people / neighborhood / not happy / changes. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 85. It / difficult / learn / two languages / same time. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………..

Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first:

70. It was such an interesting film that we watched it several times The film………………………………………,…………………...........………

71. The football match was won by Manchester United Manchester………………………………………………................................... 72. Peter was too ill to get up. Peter was so……………………………………………………………………

73. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friends. Her father asked her:”…………………………………………………….”

74. Parents ought to send their children to school. Children…………………………………….......................................................

75. People think that doing morning exercises is good for health It is ………………………………………………………………………………

76. Tom is not as tall as Peter. Peter……………………………………………………………………................... 77. Every day thousands of trees are cut down in the world. Every day people……………………………………………………….........……

In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed.

52. a. person b. enough c. picture d. people

53. a. Japan b. Australia c. Britain d. Canada

54. a. surprise b. wonderful c. ticket d. evening

55. a. busy b. fortunate c. include d. follow

56. a. depart b. medical c. husband d. business

57. a. volcano b. gallery c. seafood d. windy

58. a. sunny b. facility c. humid d. minus

59. a. weather b. lava c

In three of the four words, the underlined part is pronounced the same; in the fourth word the underlined part is pronounced differently. Find the fourth word.

42. a. held b. flew c. mend d. tent

43. a. quiet b. industry c. relative d. participant

44. a. nothing b. clothes c. hold d. told

45. a. bear b. ear c. tear d. hear

46. a. lot b. floor c. box d. dog

47. a. small b. law c. tall d. plane

48. a. float b. noun c. about d. out

49. a. arrive b. abroad c. around d. armchair

50. a. snowy b. cold c. prison d. Chicago

51. a. great b. hate c. heat d. af