Task 2. Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 6 to 10.
Many animals in the wild are suspicious and fearful of human beings. Many animals would take   escape   instantly (6) _______ a   human   approaches.   Man, however, soon discovered that some animals can be tamed or domesticated. Unlike animals in the wild, these animals would (7) ___       _man to come close to them. They would even allow their owners to stroke or pet them. In the early times man would domesticate animals by setting traps to catch their young. A young animal is (8)___        easily domesticated than an adult one. From young, the animal learns to trust and obey its owner. Many different kinds of animals have been domesticated. Some common examples are animals like horses, elephants, chickens and pigs. The dog, which is also (9)_______ as "man's best friend", is one of the first animals to have been domesticated. In England, long ago, the pig was a wild animal. It was a ferocious and aggressive (10)_______which was not easily captured. Yet nowadays, the domesticated pig is no longer the lean and tough than creature it used to be.
(10)
A.species
B.individual
C.A & B   
D.creature

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Two students are chatting in the corridor after class.
Tim: “ We should make a slide show for our history presentation next week.”
Laura: “__________”
A.Sorry, I have to check my diary.          
B.That’s exactly what I was going to say.
C.I’d love to but I just can’t now. 
D.That’s true. I understand how you feel.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Had she read the reference books, she would have been able to finish the test.
A.If she had read the reference books, she could finish the test.
B.Not having read the reference books, she couldn’t finish the test.
C.Although she didn’t read the reference books, she was able to finish the test.
D.Because she read the reference books, she was able to finish the test.

Exercise 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 15.
The Gerneral Cerificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE excaminations for short are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (11)_______ school before you (12)_______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE excaminationin up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulory, including English and matchematics, and you can select (13)_____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (14)_______ you can build (15)______ at colleage and eventually at university.
(13) 
A.other                       
B.each other  
C.another
D.others

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Tom seldom drinks coffee, _______? 
A.doesn't Tom
B.does Tom
C.doesn't he
D.does he

Peter _________football when he was younger.
A.used to playing
B.is used to playing   
C.is used to play   
D.used to play

My penpal lives in the USA. We have............. for years but we haven't met each other yet.
A.worked
B.written
C.corresponded
D.talked

Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 32 to 34.
It is important that you turned off the heater every morning before you leave for class.
A.turned off   
B.before                     
C.leave for            
D.It

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Cows with newly born calves often show a strong urge to protect their helpless young.
A.desire                        
B.reaction                     
C.thought                     
D.decision

________(9)
A.questions
B.namely
C.computers
D.answers