I’ve just been offered a new job! Things are___________.

The Principal usually has his pupils___________waste paper for their mini-project.

Parents’ choices for their children’s names is based on names of their relatives or ancestors.

She fell over in the last minutes. She didn't win the race.

Neither of the boys came to school yesterday, ___________?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

(33) ___________in technology have made a lot of changes to our everyday lifestyles, but one of the

biggest has got to be how we read books. Since the invention of the e-book, there has been a significant change to our reading habits. Given the choice between taking a couple of heavy paperbacks on holiday or an e-book device like a Kindle, most of us, including our parents and grandparents, would unsurprisingly opt (34) ___________the Kindle.

But what would our lives be like with no books at all? It’s a (35) ___________question. Some educational specialists are making predictions that in the future we wont even see books in classrooms - everything will be done online! (36) ___________of the idea of getting rid of books say that there will always be a need for paper-based versions of materials. However, to be realistic, we have to accept that there is a (37) ___________chance that in a decade’s time schools and classrooms will be book-free! what do you think of that?

If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.

___________be needed, the river basin would need to be dammed.

Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of___________than comfort.

Every city in the United States has traffic problems because the amount of cars on American streets and highways is increasing every year.