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 blank (1). THE STAR There are millions of stars in the sky. If you look (1) _______ the sky on a clear night, it is possible to see about 3000 stars. They look small, but they are really (2)_______ big hot balls of burning gas. Some of them are huge, but others are much smaller, like our planet Earth. The biggest stars are very bright, but they only live for a short time. Every day, new stars (3)______ born and old stars die. All the stars are very far away. The light from the nearest star takes more (4) _______ four years to reach Earth. Hundreds of years ago, people (5)_________ stars, like the North Star, to know (6)_________ direction to travel in. Today you can still see that star. A. up B. to C. at D. on 8 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 blank (2). A. much B. so C. too D. very 9 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 blank (3). A. will B. are C. be D. is 10 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. A. that B. than C. over D. of 11 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 blank (5). A. use B. using C. used D. have used 12 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 blank (6). A. when B. where C. which D. how Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. The use of computer and the Internet allows people to work at home instead of travelling to work. For example, a journalist who lives in a remote part of the world still gets in his articles on time for the next day’s newspaper. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in any part of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. E-mail allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at most 5 minutes. The Internet is providing a lot of new business opportunities. Some businesses are advertising their products on the Internet. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of time. It is possible to use the Internet for education. Students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e-mails or talk about their problems through ‘online’ rather than attend a class. Question : What can you send through e-mail? A. you can send data from home. B. users can send letters very fast. C. users send documents in 5 minutes. D. documents, pictures and other data. Question : What does the word “This” in the passage refers to? A. Using the Internet B. Using the Internet to do shopping C. Doing shopping D. Using the Internet to advertise Question : Which of the following sentences is true in the passage? A. Students nowadays spend more time going online than attending school. B. E-mail can be used to advertise new products. C. The Internet can be used for education D. Thanks to the Internet, people do not need to go to work.