Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks from 1 to 10. Fill in the appropriate word in question 10

Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such everyday (1) ______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized training they may need to (2) ______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain educational requirements and obtain a (3) ______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine. Many fields, such as computer operation (4) ______ police work, require satisfactory completion of special training courses.

Education is also important (5) ______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them (6) ______ the skills that make life more interesting and enjoyable, such as the skills (7) ______ to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical instrument. Such education becomes (8) ______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.

Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become (9) ______ because social changes today take place with increasing speed and affect the lives of more and more people. Education can help a person understand these changes and provide him (10) ______ the skills for adjusting to them.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

You ______ take your umbrella along with you today. The weatherman on the news said there's a storm north of here and it ______ rain later on this afternoon.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

He was ______ when I had those problems and said whatever I did he would stand by me.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

We are ______ no obligation to change goods which were not purchased here.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

All nations may have to make (A) fundamental changes (B) in their economic, political, and the technological institutions (C) if they are to preserve (D) environment.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

Where’s that ______ dress that your grandma gave you?

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

The firemen did well ______ their preparation for catastrophic gas explosions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The closer(A)  it gets to December 21, the first day of winter(B) , the short(C)  the days become(D) .

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of small fish.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

In some countries, on moral ______ that education should not be taxed, there is no tax on books.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

We can’t even walk in the storm. Let’s wait in the hallway where we’ll be ______ the strong winds until things quiet down.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

Considering how little they’ve got in common, it’s surprising how well they ______ together.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

All the cereal grains ______ grow on the prairies and plains of the United States.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.

If you say you are using a word ______, you mean you are choosing it after thinking about it very carefully.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Jim must(A)  have asked for(B)  help instead of trying(C)  to do it himself(D) .

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.