C – READING

Part 1: Match a sentence (51-55) to a suitable notice (A-H). (5 points)

51. You should put things back in the right place.

52. Go here if you have lost something.

53. You must walk in this place.

54. These students do not have a lesson.

55. You cannot go in through here.

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Part 2: Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)

I live in a small  village  called Henfield. There  (56)__  about 500 people here. I love it because it is (57) __ and life is slow and easy. You (58) ___ have to queue in shops or banks. The village is clean. People look after it and (59) _ their rubbish in the streets. The air is also (60) __ because there’s not much heavy traffic. It’s much more (61) __ here than in a city. Everyone knows everyone and if someone (62) __ a problem, there are always people who can help. There are (63) __ things I don’t like about Henfield. One thing is that there’s not much to do in the evening. We haven’t got any cinemas (64) __ theaters. Another problem is that people always talk about each other and everyone knows (65) ___ everyone else is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.

56. A. be

B. is

C. are

D. was

57. A. quite

B. quiet

C. noisy

D. noisily

58. A. can’t

B. should

C. not

D. never

59. A. don’t throw

B. throw

C. not throw

D. throwing

60. A. dirty

B. not clean

C. clean

D. nice

61. A. friendly

B. unfriendly

C. boring

D. uninteresting

62. A. have

B. are

C. has

D. get

63. A. much

B. a little

C. a few

D. a lot

64. A. and

B. or

C. but

D. because

65. A. who

B. where

C. how

D. what

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (10 points)

Once a poor farmer had a daughter named Little Pea. After his wife died, the farmer married again. His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died of a broken heart.

Summer came and went. In the fall, the village held its harvest festival. That year, everyone was excited as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village. Stout Nut’s mother made new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none.

However, before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes.

As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes and lost it. When the prince found the shoe, he decided to marry the girl who owned it. Of course the shoe fitted Little Pea, and the prince immediately fell in love with her.

66.  Little Pea’s father was a_.

     A. fairy                      B. prince               C. cruel man                   D. poor farmer

67.  How was the new wife of Little Pea’s father? ~ She was not very____.

     A. upset                     B. kind                 C. cruel                 D. beautiful

68.  Who made Little Pea do chores all day?

     A. the prince              B. her father                   C. Stout Nut  D. Stout Nut’s mother

69.  What made Little Pea’s father very annoyed?

     A. Little Pea had to do chores all day.

    B. His new wife was very cruel to his daughter.   

     C. He had a broken heart.                                D. A and B                     

70.  When did the village hold its harvest festival?

     A. In the spring                   B. In the summer  C. In the autumn   D. In the winter

71.  Who did Stout Nut’s mother make new clothes for?

     A. herself                   B. Stout Nut          C. Little Pea          D. the prince

72.  When did Little Pea have beautiful clothes?

     A. Before the festival started                             B. After the festival began

     C. During the festival                             D. When the prince found her shoe

73.  The word ‘rags’ in line 8 could best be replaced by_.

     A. black, dirty clothes                          B. nice, new clothes

    C. old, torn clothes                     D. beautiful fitted clothes

74.  All of the following are false EXCEPT.

     A. Stout Nut, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea.     

     B. The village held its harvest festival in the summer.                   

     C. The girl who owned the lost shoe was Little Pea.

     D. The prince found Little Pea’s lost shoe and he decided to marry it.

75. What is the best title for the passage?

          A. The Lost Shoe                     B. Little Pea                   

          C. Stout Nut                                      D. Little Pea and Stout Nut