IV. READING (4,0 marks)

A. Choose the words with best completes each blank in the following passage. Write your answer on the answer sheet.

What will the city of the future look like? This question has been asked so many times over the (1) ________ 500 years and answered inconsequently an equal  number of times – that we can be sure of one  thing only: no one can predict accurately how cities will look 50 or 500 years from now. The reason is simple. Cities change continually. For over fifty years they have change (2) ________ rapidly that the oldest residents will remember a time (3) ________ their city seemed to belong not just to another era (4) ________ to a different dimension. (5) ________ is true both of planned and unplanned cities. Planned cities such New York and Paris, (6) ________ are closely organized on a grid or diagram of street and avenues, have effectively burst at the seams this century, (7) ________, unplanned cities such as London, Tokyo and Los their centers (8) _________ dramatically. Although their centers might remain much as they were many years ago, their suburbs have spread (9) ________ the tentacles of an octopus. Some economists argue that expansion is a sign of healthy economy, (10) ________....... that expanding cities attracts international investment.

1. A. last           B. few                      C. previous             D. next

2. A. very           B. so                      C. such                        D. really

3. A. because           B. though                      C. as                           D. when

4. A. according           B. so as                      C. referring             D. but

5. A. This           B. There                      C. It                           D. So

6. A. that           B. where                      C. which             D. they

7. A. but           B. after                      C. while                        D. however

8. A. so           B. as                      C. this                           D. such

9.  A. like           B. in the way                   C. to                           D. for

10. A. so           B. now                      C. or                           D. and