V. Fill in each blank space with one appropriate from the box.
Some day people will certainly try to build settlements on the moon. The best places for houses in a moon town will be a cave or a tunnel. Underground houses will not be squashed by meteorites that constantly fall on the moon (26) outer space. This will be important on the moon, (27) daytime is so hot that food could be cooked in the rocks, and the nights get bitterly cold.
Pioneer moon homes may be made of airtight plastic that can be (28) like a balloon inside the cave. The reason for this is that the moon has no air around it. The pioneers will have to take along from the earth the oxygen masks when they are away from home. But the balloon house (29) will be filled with air. Perhaps the house will have beds, tables, and chairs, built into it. These can be inflated, too. So people will sleep, eat and work on air! Moon-house building will be easy. The moon’s gravity is less than the earth’s. Everything weighs only (30) as much as it does on the earth.
(28)




A.blown up
B.grown up
C.got up
D.put up

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Let's go for a long walk, ______?




A.will we
B.shall we
C.don't you
D.do you

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
About 100 Russian satellites are the earth.




A.flying
B.orbitting
C.traveling
D.circuiting

Ha has ______ money that he can’t afford to buy food.




A.so few
B.so many
C.so little
D.so much

I like school______ , but later I hate it.




A.at the first
B.at first
C.in the first time
D.in a first time

Nancy talks as if she _____everything.




A.knows
B.had known
C.knew
D.know

I wish I_______ work tomorrow.




A.won’t have to
B.don’t have to
C.didn’t have to
D.needn‘t

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 46 to 50.
VIRTUAL DOCTORS
Clare Harrison rarely falls ill and hates going to the doctor’s when she does. So when she recently (46) _________ out in a painful rash down one side of her body she emailed her symptoms, (47) _______ also included a (48) _________ fever, to e-doc, the internet medical service. Two hours later she was diagnosed as having shingles (Herpes Zoster) by her online doctor, who prescribed a special cleansing solution for the rash and analgesics to help relieve the pain.
Health advice is now the second most popular topic that people search for on the internet, and online medical consultation is big business. Sites vary enormously in what they offer, with services ranging from the equivalent of a medical agony aunt to a live chat with a doctor via email. They are clearly (49) _________ a demand from people who are too busy or, in some cases, too embarrassed to discuss their medical (50) _________ with their GP.
(48)




A.small
B.weak
C.mild
D.calm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.beloved
B.observed
C.interrupted
D.succeeded

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 8 to 12.
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
Some people think of 'traditional ' gender roles as being like a 1950s TV sitcom: Dad puts (8) _____ his suit and goes to the office, while Mum, in her apron, stays at home and (9) ____ the housework. But for most of human history, it has taken the efforts of both men and women, whether working in an office (10) _____ in the fields, to look after the family. And that's the situation to which we now seem to be returning.
By 2050, women will make up 47% of the workforce in the United States, up from 30% in 1950. But some experts are predicting that, at (11) _______ in the short term, the number of women in the workforce may actually overtake the number of men. What's the reason? During the economic recession that began in 2008, many jobs disappeared from industries traditionally dominated by male workers, such as manufacturing. Unless many more manual manufacturing jobs (12) ______, it may be that women, who traditionally work in healthcare, education and other service industries, will take the lead in the labour market.
(Adapted from http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com)
(8)




A.off
B.up
C.on
D.out