I. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters.
1. Their children have quite________ characters.                                                      DIFFERENCE
2. Some guests arrived ________ and caused trouble to the hostess.                        EXPECT
3. Mr. Jane runs his business very________.                                                              SUCCESS
4. Ba reads short stories in English every day to ________ his vocabulary.             RICH
5. He takes ________ in his father.                                                                                        PROUND
6. Is there anything ________  on TV tonight?                                                          INTEREST
7. What is the correct ________  of this word?                                                         PRONOUNCE
8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ________ . ORPHAN
9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________ .                                     COMFORT
10. In electronics, we learn to repair ________  appliances.                                      HOUSE
II. You are going to read a text taken from a magazine for youngsters. Some words are missing from it. Choose the most appropriate answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1-9) in the text.
Hot-air ballooning Over 150 balloons will be floating over Bristol in August – it’s sure to be a breathtaking sight. The International Balloon Fiesta at Bristol is a unique (1) ______ and becoming more popular every year. Balloonists from all around the world will be (2) ______ here for three days. They’ll be (3) ______ two spectacular takeoffs at 6am and 6pm on (4) ______ day of the Fiesta. Some balloons take only a single pilot while others can carry up (5) ______ eight passengers. You can also see an original, old-fashioned balloon being (6) ______ and raised by gas – a process which costs £4,000. Also on site will be clowns and stalls, as well as a funfair and helicopter rides. A preview is being (7) ______ at Durham Downs, Bristol, on July 28, when the balloons are laid out for inspection. At (8) ______ they will take off together with the flames from the burners lighting up the balloons and (9) ______ them glow in the night as they rise into the air.
1. A. occasion                         B. event                       C. celebration              D. eventual
2. A. collecting            B. grouping                 C. gathering                D. organising
3. A. staging                B. producing               C. preparing                D. supplying
4. A. the                      B. each                        C. first                         D. all
5. A. over                    B. along                       C. from                        D. to
6. A. illuminated         B. inflated                   C. infected                  D. installed
7. A. seen                    B. taken                       C. held                        D. advised
8. A. dusk                   B. noon                       C. once                        D. last
9. A. causing               B. trying                      C. expecting                D. making