Question 1: (10 points) Read the following passage and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the space provided.

POSTCARDS

Today, people like to send postcards (1)________ their friends and family. These postcards often have pictures of beaches, mountains or castles on them and you (2)________ write a message on the (3)________. Many people send postcards (4)________ they are on holiday because postcards are cheap and the pictures on them are often (5)________ than people’s own photos. Somebody sent the first postcard (6)________ the end of the nineteenth (7)________. It had a picture of a town by the sea on it. Later on, postcards had pictures showing (8) _________ in the news that week, perhaps an accident or (9) _______ important person’s visit. People liked to see them (10) ________ they did not have pictures in their newspapers then.

1.         A. from                       B. about                      C. to                            D. by

2.         A. shall                        B. can                          C. do                           D. have

3.         A. back                        B. middle                    C. top                          D. front

4.         A. during                     B. until                        C. before                     D. when

5.         A. good                       B. better                      C. best                         D. well

6.         A. from                       B. on                           C. in                            D. at

7.         A. month                     B. year                        C. century                   D. decade

8.         A. something              B. anything                 C. nothing                   D. everything

9.         A. a                             B. some                       C. many                      D. an

10.       A. but                          B. so                            C. because                   D. if