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.

Neither of the boys came to school yesterday, ___________?

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

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

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

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

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?

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