Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to.

Someone was wondering if the taxi ___________ yet.

All people should join hand in protecting the environment _________ we can gain better health.

We have never stayed at a worse hotel than this. (the)

This _______________________ we’ve ever stayed at.

We have no idea (A) who talking (B) to when (C) we have problems (D).

This is a top-quality product at a very _________price.

They see the outdoors as a____________ activity, not a job opportunity.

Dublin was a very different place in those days, like a village, not the wonderful________city it is now.

I think Tom and Mary have known each other since their _____________. (CHILD)

Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting

Her mother ordered(A) her do not go(B) out with him(C) the night before(D).

Give the correct form of word

Last week we had a ____________ trip to an ancient village on the outskirts of Hanoi. (MEMORY)

Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence

I arrived on time in spite of the bad traffic.

Although ______________________________

Everything was ___________ to me when I visited Gold Coast for the first time. (EXCITE)

“Have I ever met him before?” Laura said to herself. (wondered)

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Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.

Hello! My name is Herman. I live in a big city in Germany and it’s quite exciting! There are lots of things to do. My parents bought a flat near a park where I can ride my bike or (18) _____________ skateboarding. My brother is older than me and I also go to the cinema with him. The city library is a great place. I usually meet my friends there and we do our school (19) _____________ or study together.

Of course living in a big city is not easy. City life can be fast, tiring and stressful. The streets are always (20)_____________and noisy. Because of the cars is polluted sometimes. People are so busy that they (21)_____________have time for their neighbours or friends. But I can’t see myself moving to the (22)_____________. I just love living in the city too much.

My parents bought a flat near a park where I can ride my bike or (18) _____________ skateboarding.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined