III. Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.(10 points).

One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)…………written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2)…………London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)…………school, he worked in his father’s shop and (4)…………articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)…………in his writings.

In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)…………him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)…………on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel lived on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)…………novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)…………; his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)…………famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.

1.   A. has                                B. have                        C. was              D. were

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

3.   A. coming              B. going                       C. staying                     D. leaving

4.   A. sold                               B. wrote                       C. bought                     D. read

5.   A. few                               B. much                       C. plenty                      D. many

6.   A. made                             B. did                           C. brought                    D. let

7.   A. visited               B. came                       C. went                        D. lived

8.   A. a                        B. an                            C. the                           D. Ø

9.   A. And                               B. Because                   C. So                            D. However

10. A. very                              B. much                       C. most                        D. best