Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
It has been a law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are pulished.
To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,Ireland and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks and all shops and factories are working.
Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?
A.An English family prefers a house with a flat.
B.An English family prefers a house with a garden.
C.An English family prefers both of them
D.An English family don't prefer anything

You'll never be rich because you spend money like ..............
A.water
B.liquid
C.garbage
D.rubbish

Elderly people, _________ , require constant attention.  
A.many of whom are financially dependent on the government
B.a large number's depending on government aid
C.and many of them depend on the government to finance them
D.who are dependent many of them on the financing from the government

Mark  the  letter  A,  B,  C  or  D  in  your  answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  underlined  part  that  needs correction in each of the following questions.
The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
A.The food
B.is cooking 
C. is smelling  
D.delicious

It is much easier to walk home from here than get on a crowded minibus.
       
A.If the minibus is full, I will probably just choose to walk home from here
B.While it is not easy to get on a crowded minibus, it’s better than going home on foot.
C.It is a lot more difficult to squeeze into a full minibus than to go home from here on foot.
D.People generally walk home from here rather than use the minibuses, because they are always full.

We waited ________ Jim for half an hour but he never came.
A.on 
B.at
C.for       
D.with

It/ wrong/you/ not/ help / him/ studies.
A.It's wrong of you not to help him with his studies.
B.It's wrong of you not helping him with his studies.
C.It's wrong of you not to be helped him with his studies.
D.It's wrong of you not help him with his studies.

The bus hit a truck coming __________the opposite direction
A.in
B.at
C.for
D.by

For most male spiders courtship is a perilous procedure, for they may be eaten by females.
A.complicated      
B.dangerous        
C.safe      
D.peculiar

Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
A.John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill.
B.Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday.
C.John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
D.John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.