PART II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.0 points) Question 1 (1.0pt): Choose the best answer. 1. On Thanksgiving, families and friends ______ to have a feast. A. gather B. meet C. appear D. arrive 2. _____ the film is a bit frightening, I really enjoyed it. A. However B. Nevertheless C. Despite D. Although 3. Everybody attends the festival _____ fun. A. with B. for C. in D. of 4. Now there are more traffic accidents than there _____. A. will be B. is C. used to be D. can be Question 2 (1.0pt): Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets 1. The film was so ___________________ (frighten) that I couldn’t sleep last night. 2. I am not __________________ (amaze) that Brazil football team has won five FIFA World Cups. 3. Although he is so young, he performs ___________________ (excellent). 4. Who do you think is the best __________________ (act)? PART III. READING (2,0 points) Read the passage. In Britain, the climate is not very good. There are very few hot days and it rains a lot. Because of this, people spend a lot of time at home. Generally, British homes have a lot of furniture in them, carpets on the floors and heavy curtains. Many houses in Britain are old. Many of them are over one hundred years old. Often, they do not have enough insulation and the heat goes out through the windows, the doors and up the chimney. Because of the climate, people in Britain have to spend a lot of money on heating. Many houses have a special system called "central heating". This heats all the rooms and, at the same time, heats the hot water. Houses without central heating often have gas, electric or coal fires. The rooms in most British houses are quite small. New houses are much better. They have two layers of glass in the windows to stop the heat going out. Task 1: Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each question. 1. Why do British people spend a lot of time at home? A. Because they don't know where to go. B. Because the climate is not very good. C. Because the climate is very good. D. Because they want to stay at home. 2. The heat goes out of the houses through ______. A. the doors and up the chimney B. the windows and up the chimney C. the walls and up the chimney D. the windows, the doors and up the chimney 3. Because of ______, people in Britain have to spend a lot of money on heating. A. bad weather B. cool weather C. hot weather D. cold weather 4. Houses without central heating often have ______. A. gas, electric or coal fires B. only coal fires C. gas or coal fires D. electric or coal fires 5. New houses usually have ______ in the windows to stop the heat going out. A. one layer of glass B. two layers of glass C. three layers of glass D. two or three layers of glass Task 2. Are the following sentences true or false? Tick () the correct box True False 1. There is a lot of furniture in British homes. 2. British people use central heating to heat their rooms only. 3. New houses in Britain are better than old houses.