Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.  Fill in the appropriate word in question 34

Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, “How are you” when they met each other or saw their friends. They said,” (33)_____ you eaten your rice today?”. Eating rice (34)_____ such an important part of daily life in China!

Rice is still one of the (35)_____ important kinds of food in the modern world. Nearly half the people that live on our planet eat it every day and in some countries, an adult cats more than 100 kilos of rice each year.

We think that people first (36)______ rice in India. In China, people began eating rice about 5,000 years ago. Rice wasn’t eaten in North America until 17th century, but many Americans prefer to eat pasta these days (37)_________ only eat about 2 kilos of rice per year.

Make the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

I only have time to tell you the main idea of it, not the details.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.

this switch must not be touched on any account.

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs

The need (A) for (B) a well rounded education was an idea (C) espoused by the Greeks (D) in time of Socrates.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet that completes each of the following questions.

He went to the airport ______ a taxi.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet that completes each of the following questions.

The development company _____ approval from the council for their plans for a new shopping centre.

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 from 36 to 45.

On July 16, 1969, America launched the Apollo 11, Lunar Landing Mission from Kennedy Space Center. This was a 363-foot-tall space vehicle, the five engines of which on the Saturn V rocket generated 7.5 million pounds of thrust. Twelve minutes after the launch, the astronauts were in orbit 120 miles above the Earth. At a speed of 17,400 mph, they began their four-day journey to the moon. They had nearly a quarter of a million miles to go.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Amstrong descended from the lunar module ladder. Just prior to taking his first step on the moon, Armstrong pilles on a special ring, causing a TV camera to automatically deploy. as he stepped into the moon’s surface, he proclaimed, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” However, Armstrong inadvertently omitted the “a” before “man”. This error slightly changed the meaning of what was to become known as Armstrong’s famous statement.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet that completes each of the following questions.

The Smiths _______ Rome for this weekend