Question 2: Fill in the blanks with one suitable word. The first letter has been provided:

Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post. There are pictures of stars and snow or Christmas (1) t......................... . In these days it is hard to think of Christmas (2) w......................... Christmas cards. Yet little over a hundred and fifty years ago there were (3) n.......................... at all. Here is just one story of the way in which they started.

Some boys of those days who were at boarding schools had to write a special piece of English at Christmas   (4) t......................... . This was sent to their (5)  p......................... so that they could see how the boys' work was during the year.

Young people like to make little   (6) d.........................  on the paper when they write letters or poems. These boys were the    (7) s.......................... .They used to draw little pictures all  (8) r..............................  the writing. Sometimes they coloured them, and after a time the pictures became more (9) i.........................  than the writing. These were the (10) f......................... Christmas cards.

Question 1. Choose ONE appropriate question in the box to each paragraph below:

            1/ How do industry and transport cause pollution?

            2/ How can I help?

            3/ What is the pollution?

            4/ How can industry help?

            5/ What cause pollution?

            6/ What about air pollution?

            A. ___ Pollution is the poisoning of the land, sea and air.

            B. ___ Mainly industry and transport. If you go to any city, you will see too many factories, too many cars with not enough people in them, and not enough public transport.

            C. ___ Factories and vehicles produce waste which goes into the air and rivers and spreads all over the land. Poisons in the waste build up over the years and harm trees, plants, animals, and people.

            D. ___ Waste gases build up in the air, and dissolve into raindrops, forming a weak acid. This "acid rain" can fall far away from the country which produced it, killing trees in forests and fish in lakes and rivers.

            E. ___ If companies clean their waste gases before releasing them into the atmosphere, there'll be much less air pollution and no acid rain. But this can be expensive and it needs all the world's companies to do it.

            F. ___ Cars pollute the atmosphere. Walk, cycle and use public transport as much as possible. Only use your car when you really need to, and use unleaded petrol if you can - lead is one of the most dangerous ingredients in petrol. Join us, and help us to campaign for cleaner air for everybody.

Question 3: Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses.

1. Some of the (village)......................................have lived here all their lives.

2. The room still has many of its (origin)...................................features.

3. He doesn’t know the (mean)....................................... of the word.

4. They tried their best to avoid (get)................................into traffic jams at rush hours.

5. She had her hair (wash).................................... and styled.

6. It’s only a short trip. We (be)................................. back in an hour.

7. He spends most of his free time (play)............................... computer games

8. We produce cheaper goods than our (compete)..................................do.

9. He has been (separate) ....................................... from his wife for a year.

10. His father is a (special).....................................in Vietnamese history.

Question 2: Match a verb in A with a phrase in B to have a completely phrase.: