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Read the following passages and choose the best word to fill in each of the blanks
 EXERCISE 1
he traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability
to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading
and writing at a level (1) _____ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and
communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (2)_____ in that society. The United Nations,
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition:
“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using
printed and written' materials (3) _____ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of
learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (4) _____ and
potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital.
This claim is made on the (5) _____ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate
people, generally have a higher socio-economic (6) _____ and enjoy better health and employment
prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher
education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (7) _____ in the
1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families.
Recent researchers, (8)_____, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to
do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (9) _____ of
educational systems worldwide includes a basic (10) _____ around communication through test and
print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.

Question 5: A. tunnels B. burrows C. caves D. dungeons
Question 6: A. rails B. streets C. rivers D. footpaths
Question 7: A. connect B. glue C. send D. subordinate
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Question 8: A. villages B. trams C. cities D. governments
Question 9: A. amounts B. numbers C. weights D. luggage
Question 10: A. faster B. slower C. worse D. better
 EXERCISE 3
he most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys. It gives a detailed and
interesting (1)_____ of everyday life in England (2)_____ 1660 and 1669. Pepys writes about
important news stories of the time, like disease, an enemy navy (3)_____ up the river Thames,
and the Great Fire of London.
He also writes about himself, even about his (4)_____ he often slept during church or
(5)_____ at the other people. He describes his home life – a (6)_____ with his wife and how they
became friends again, his worry about her illness. As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card
(7)_____, and parties with good food and (8)_____ of fun.
Pepys was a busy man who had many important (9)_____ - he was a Member of Parliament
and President of the Royal Society. He is (10)_____ for his work for the British Navy.
Question 1: A. description B. letter C. notice D. story
Question 2: A. between B. from C. through D. to
Question 3: A. driving B. flying C. running D. sailing
Question 4: A. accidents B. plans C. tastes D. faults
Question 5: A. looked B. prayed C. talked D. thought
Question 6: A. conversation B. discussion C. quarrel D. talk

Question 10: A. during B. of C. for D. when
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lean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and
for plant and animal (1)_______. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (2)_______
unevenly. Chronic water shortages (3)_______ in most of Africa and drought is common over
much of the globe. The (4)_______ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below
the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (5)_______ environmental stress because
of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in
(6)_______ countries is (7)_______ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors.
About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (8)_______ and 25 percent is used
in industry. Freshwater (9)_______ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like
(10)_______. irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide.
Question 1: A. survive B. survived C. surviving D. survival
Question 2: A. delivered B. distributed C. provided D. given
Question 3: A. exist B. lie C. show D. stay
Question 4: A. resources B. springs C. sources D. starting
Question 5: A. increasing B. growing C. climbing D. ascending
Question 6: A. growing B. miserable C. poverty D. developing
Question 7: A. recharged B. discharged C. charged D. discharging
Question 8: A. farming B. planting C. agriculture D. growing
Question 9: A. reservation B. conservation C. preservation D. retention
Question 10: A. ineffective B. illogical C. irrational D. inefficient
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any real difficulties the examiner may decide to step in and (11)_____ . Normally, however, you will
find plenty to say, which helps the (12)_____ to give you a fair mark. This mark depends on your
success in doing the task by (13)_____ with your partner, which includes taking (14)_____ in giving
opinions and replying appropriately, although in the end it may be possible to “ agree to (15) _____”.
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Question 1: A. single B. lonely C. unique D. once
Question 2: A. exists B. lasts C. stays D. maintains
Question 3: A. solving B. working C. making D. finding
Question 4: A. optical B. obvious C. noticeable D. visual
Question 5: A. argue B. discuss C. talk D. have
Question 6: A. essential B. needed C. helpful D. successful
Question 7: A. formally B. officially C. politely D. sincerely
Question 8: A. insist B. copy C. tell D. repeat
Question 9: A. little B. much C. few D. many
Question 10: A. ideas B. statements C. speeches D. suggestions
Question 11: A. complain B. help C. suggest D. fail
Question 12: A. judge B. referee C. assessor D. observer
Question 13: A. competing B. struggling C. opposing D. co-operating
Question 14: A. changes B. sides C. turns D. sentences
Question 15: A. contrast B. disagree C. argue D. object
 EXERCISE 8
t is estimated the (1)___ number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exist with
a (2)____ circulation of nearly 500 million. However, the number of readers is (3)____ greater-as

connecting schools to the Internet via radio links. These people were fortunate (5)____ being able to
afford solar panels, radios and old computers. How much bigger would the impact be if these things
(6)____ and priced specifically for poor people?
Multinationals must become part of the solution, because (7)____ they own around 60 percent
of the world’s technology, they seldom make products for poor customers. Of 1,223 new drugs
marketed worldwide from 1975 to 1996, for example, just 13 were for tropical diseases.
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People think those enterprises should do more to provide vital products such as medicines
(8)____ different prices around the world to suit (9)____ people can afford. Alternatively, they could
pay a percentage of their profit towards research and development for (10)____.
Question 1: A. for B. with C. at D. to
Question 2: A. toll B. penalty C. amount D. number
Question 3: A. cheaply enough B. enough cheap C. cheap enough D. enough cheaply
Question 4: A. were starting B. started C. had started D. have been starting
Question 5: A. by B. in C. at D. on
Question 6: A. have been made B. are made C. made D. were made
Question 7: A. while B. when C. however D. unless
Question 8: A. at B. with C. on D. to
Question 9: A. where B. that C. what D. which
Question 10: A. the rich B. the wealthy C. the better-off D. the poor
 EXERCISE 10
ost people feel that when they dream, they are (1)___ off to another world. On the (2)___,
dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)___ is filled with
something, when we are either very upset (4)___ when we are in good spirit, a dream will
represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)___ that we benefit from dreams because they help the
spirit to heal itself, when things (6)___ wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday

Question 2: A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
Question 3: A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
Question 4: A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
Question 5: A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate
Question 6: A. way B. kind C. form D. type
Question 7: A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubble
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Question 8: A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
Question 9: A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium
Question 10: A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement
 EXERCISE 12
o you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1)___ to be successful?
Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (2)___ - we all know
someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch
yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it.
You can change your view of life, according to psychologist. It only takes a little (3)___, and
you'll find life more rewarding as a (4)___.Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and
confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (5)___. Optimists are
more (6)___ to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (7)___ to the world. Some people are
brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything
(8)___ wrong. Most optimists, on the (9)___ hand, have been brought up not to (10)___ failure as the
end of the world - they just get on with their lives.
Question 1: A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited
Question 2: A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun

Question 11: A. beak B. abattoir C. dead-end D. fast-lane
Question 12: A. package B. section C. province D. parcel
Question 13: A. level- headed B. hot- headed C. hot- blooded D. kind-hearted
Question 14: A. push B. pull C. grind D. roughage
Question 15: A. cart B. wheel C. engine D. boat
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tress is our body’s reaction to events or conditions that we cannot easily manage or control.
When we are troubled by something, we usually experience some types of (1)____. There are
thousand conditions that (2)____us to become tense. These may be major and horrible fighting
for our lives in a war, being imprisoned or facing death. On the other hand, minor (3)____ in our daily
lives cause stress as well: waiting in lines, taking a quiz, or asking for or accepting a date. Although
we usually think of stress as something caused by (4)____ events, pleasant happenings also bring
stress.
As a new (5)____is done on the effects of stress, new techniques are developed to help
(6)____ with anxiety. One aid is to plan for situations that we know will be stressful. Some imagine
the event before it happens, thus preparing their minds and bodies (7)____ the tension. Others pretend
they are on a pleasant beach (8)____ in the sunshine; soon their bodies relax and tension melts away.
Other people believe strenuous exercise helps the body handle the problems of daily life. It (9)____
very little which method we use to relax; what does matter is finding the time to temporarily reduce
the (10)____ of modern life on our brain and body.
Question 1: A. anxiety B. strain C. stress D. pressure
Question 2: A. take B. enable C. bring D. cause
Question 3: A. events B. things C. occasions D. conditions

Question 8: A. tendency B. custom C. habit D. practice
Question 9: A. utterly B. widely C. quite D. rather
Question 10: A. makes B. encourages C. reassures D. supports
 EXERCISE 16
nterpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we (1)___ as much
on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial (2)___ and tone of voice
are obvious ways of showing our (3)___ to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously
express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being (4)___ lies in picking up these signals,
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realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way.
For example, we may understand that they are in fact (5)___ to answer our question, and so we stop
pressing them. Body movements in general may also indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay
particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However it is
not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates
to the candidate’s character traits, and (6)___ stability. This raises the awkward question of whether
job candidates should be asked to complete psychological tests, and the further problem of whether
such tests actually produce (7)___ results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test
would be an objectionable (8)___ into their private lives.
After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or
expect his or her family doctor to provide (9)___ medical information. Quite apart from this problem,
can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a (10)___ employee or a values colleague?
Question 1: A. reckon B. rely C. trust D. estimate
Question 2: A. manner B. image C. expression D. looks

times go on Easter Sunday. It was once (4)____ for people to wear new clothes to church on this day.
Women (5)____new hats, called Easter bonnets. Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated
Easter bonnets for fun. A few people send Easter (6)____with religious symbols on them or pictures of
small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated (7)____Easter.
The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is (8)____ as the day Christ was
crucified (= hanged on a cross to die). On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns
decorated with a simple cross). The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday. In Britain, Good
Friday and Easter Monday are both (9)____ holidays. In the US, each company decides for itself
(10)____ to close or remain open on those days.
Question 1: A. take B. use C. spend D. expend
Question 2: A. fair B. festival C. parade D. carnival
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Question 3: A. for B. as C. and D. nor
Question 4: A. familiar B. ordinary C. common D. regular
Question 5: A. put on B. take on C. bore D. wore
Question 6: A. letters B. envelopes C. cards D. notes
Question 7: A. toward B. with C. to D. from
Question 8: A. missed B. recalled C. reminded D. remembered
Question 9: A. family B. nation C. school D. bank
Question 10: A. if B. how C. why D. whether
 EXERCISE 19
eople’s personalities (1)____ considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our
ingrained characteristics which (2)____ the patterns of our behavior, our reactions and
temperaments are unparalleled on (3)____ of the diversified processes that (4)___ our

same organization.
Question 1: A. branch B. jointed C. single D. large
Question 2: A. contact B. compare C. distinguish D. introduce
Question 3: A. indicates B. is C. means D. is said
Question 4: A. information B. properties C. elements D. parts
Question 5: A. to B. on C. with D. of
Question 6: A. provide B. take C. give D. bring
Question 7: A. going B. willing C. likely D. happened
Question 8: A. However B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Consequently
Question 9: A. which B. it C. what D. that
Question 10: A. enjoy B. provide C. share D. divide
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rom the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution
regimen depend heavily on technology. One (1)___ , however, depends much (2)___ on
technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but (3)___ chemical
fertilizers or pesticides. (74) ___ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not
used as food ,natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (5)___. Organic farmers also use
alternatives for pesticides; for example they may rely (6)___ natural predators of certain insect pests.
(7) ___ the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them
into their crop fields. They use (8) ___ techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops
together because one crop repels the other's pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; (9)___
organic farming is perfectly (10)___ to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many
organic farmers' average yields compare favorably with other farmers' yields.

Question 2: A. reach B. prolong C. stretch D. contact
Question 3: A. charge B. everage C. cost D. expense
Question 4: A. Most B. Mostly C. Almost D. Furthermost
Question 5: A. charming B. lovely C. gorgeous D. beautiful
Question 6: A. tall B. large C. high D. many
Question 7: A. by B. from C. at D. in
Question 8: A.
are more likelier
B. are much more likely C. would be able D.
could more or less

Question 9: A. see through B. keep alert C. watch out D. look up
Question 10: A. at B. from C. with D. on
 EXERCISE 23
nowledge of economy is one where (1)___ and people acquire, create, disseminate and use
knowledge more effectively for greater economic and social (2)___ Increased importance of
knowledge provides great (3)___ for countries to strengthen their economic and social
development by providing more efficient ways of producing goods and services and (4)___ them more
effectively and at lower costs to a greater number of people. Wealth creation through (5)___ of human
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knowledge and (6)___ is steadily outpacing wealth creation through (7)___ and processing of
natural resources. Knowledge has increasingly become an important means for value creation.
Knowledge has become a vital (8)___ to countries, businesses and (9)____ in the 21

 EXERCISE 24
NEIGHBORS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS
owever objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its
merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (1)___, we are easily
influenced by the people around us.
There is nothing (2)____ with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (3)___
on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that
groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been
tricky. It is because they are so similar with (4)____ to how much money they make and what
television ads they watch that they independently (5)___ at the same decision? Or do they copy one
another, perhaps (6)___ envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?
Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big
influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the
chances that that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half (7)____ by
86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a (8)____ of envy. Used cars seemed to attract
neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to (9)___ up with
their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a
recommendation of one can (10)____influence a buying decision.
Question 1: A. What’s more B. Instead C. Unlike D. In place
Question 2: A. wrong B. silly C. bad D. daft
Question 3: A. basing B. trusting C. supposing D. relying
Question 4: A. connection B. regard C. relation D. concern
Question 5: A. reach B. come C. arrive D. get
Question 6: A. for B. as to C. out of D. about
Question 7: A. boosted B. rose C. enlarged D. lifted
Question 8: A. thing B. point C. matter D. fact
Question 9: A. keep B. stay C. hold D. follow
Question 10: A. fiercely B. strongly C. firmly D. intensely
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