Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space
VII. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (15 points)
Street papers
The problem of homelessness is an international one. In the capital cities of the world, the (56)
of people begging on the streets is becoming increasingly (57)
people are taking the future into their own (58)
But all over the world, homeless
beg for a (59)
By selling "street papers" they no longer need to
The concept of the street paper is (60)
It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless people who buy it
at a (61)
price of 30 p and sell it to the public for 70 p, keeping 40 p for themselves. If they have
no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (62)
and pay for them later. Every paper seller
receives training and is given a special (63)
The paper itself (64)
badge.
and the (66)
profits go (68)
articles of general and social interest, film and book (65)
celebrity interview. Advertising and sales (67)
into helping homeless people.
The Big Issue is the street paper of the British homeless. It was set up in 1991 and (69)
helped hundreds of people to get (70)
the streets and back into society.
B. vision
C. look
56. A. sight
57. A. usual
58. A. heads
59. A. life
60. A. easy
61. A. stuck
62. A. credit
63. A. character
64. A. consists
65. A. stories
66. A. sometimes
67. A. give
68. A. back
69. A. from
70. A. out
B. common
B. shoulders
B. living
B. straight
B. steady
B.
cheque
B. personality
B. contains
B. reviews
B. often
B. provide
B. out
B. of
B. away
C. rare
C. hands
C. being
C. plain
C. held
C. cash
C. manner
C. keeps
C. opinions
C. occasional
C. show
C.
C. for
C. off
through
cartoons
most of the income, and all
D. view
D. routine
D. mouths
D. pay
D. simple
D. fixed
D. card
D. identity
D. gets
D. views
D. seldom
D. offer
D. forward
D. since
D.up
then it has
Street papers
The problem of homelessness is an international one. In the capital cities of the world, the (56)
of people begging on the streets is becoming increasingly (57)
people are taking the future into their own (58)
But all over the world, homeless
beg for a (59)
By selling "street papers" they no longer need to
The concept of the street paper is (60)
It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless people who buy it
at a (61)
price of 30 p and sell it to the public for 70 p, keeping 40 p for themselves. If they have
no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (62)
and pay for them later. Every paper seller
receives training and is given a special (63)
The paper itself (64)
badge.
and the (66)
profits go (68)
articles of general and social interest, film and book (65)
celebrity interview. Advertising and sales (67)
into helping homeless people.
The Big Issue is the street paper of the British homeless. It was set up in 1991 and (69)
helped hundreds of people to get (70)
the streets and back into society.
B. vision
C. look
56. A. sight
57. A. usual
58. A. heads
59. A. life
60. A. easy
61. A. stuck
62. A. credit
63. A. character
64. A. consists
65. A. stories
66. A. sometimes
67. A. give
68. A. back
69. A. from
70. A. out
B. common
B. shoulders
B. living
B. straight
B. steady
B.
cheque
B. personality
B. contains
B. reviews
B. often
B. provide
B. out
B. of
B. away
C. rare
C. hands
C. being
C. plain
C. held
C. cash
C. manner
C. keeps
C. opinions
C. occasional
C. show
C.
C. for
C. off
through
cartoons
most of the income, and all
D. view
D. routine
D. mouths
D. pay
D. simple
D. fixed
D. card
D. identity
D. gets
D. views
D. seldom
D. offer
D. forward
D. since
D.up
then it has