Choose the option that best completes each blank in the passage. Write A, B, or C in the blank.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was a British (5). She was born in England in 1890 and died there in 1976. She first started writing (6) she was sixteen. Later, when she was a nurse, she had the idea for a detective story and she published her first novel in 1920. She was a very (7) person, so she was happier to stay in and write than to meet people.

Agatha Christie eventually became one of the most (8) writers in history. She wrote more than sixty novels, as well as plays and poetry, and sold more than two billion books. There are translations of her books in more than 100 (9). People love her works because the characters and the mysteries are so interesting.

5. A. player                           B. writer                                 C. actress

6. A. where                            B. how                                    C. when

7. A. shy                                B. left                                     C. went

8. A. horrible                        B. exciting                             C. popular

9. A. books                            B. languages                          C. stories

My sister _________ play the piano when she was 10.

Rewrite the following sentence with the given beginning in such a way that the meanings stay unchanged.

He should sleep early.

He shouldn’t stay _____________________

His height is _________ mine; we are both 1.70 metres.

Rewrite the following sentence with the given beginning in such a way that the meanings stay unchanged.

Read the passage and decide whether each statement is True or False. Write True or False in each blank.

One Monday afternoon in May 2013, Diana Palmore was at home with her husband, Pete, when they heard    a tornado coming the town. Diana’s daughter Monica was at the local school and Diana decided to go and pick her before the tornado reached the town. She ran as fast as she could to the school. In her classroom, Monica and her classmates were sitting under their desks. Diana ran in and took Monica. But the tornado was much closer now and it was too dangerous to go outside, so they hid in a bathroom. When the tornado hit, it ripped the roof from the school. Monica and Diana looked up and saw cars and trees flying above the school. ‘It was very scary. The whole school was shaking,’ said Monica.

When the storm passed, Monica and her mum went home but it was in ruins. They couldn’t find Pete. But they could hear him shouting for help. Then they saw his hand in a cupboard under the stairs. He couldn’t breathe, so they had to get him out quickly. Moments after they pulled him out, the whole house collapsed. The family survived a horrible experience with only small injuries. What a lucky escape!

There were three members in Diana’s family.            ___________

If she changes her eating habits, she will be healthier.

She should __________________________________________________