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TEST FOR GAP FILLING
Read the following passages and choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits
the blank space.
PASSAGE 1
As a young girl, Oseola McCarty dreamed of becoming a nurse. However, her family duty stood as
a(n)…………. (1.1) to educational goals. McCarty left school after …………… (1.2) the sixth. Since her
family was done of washerwomen, McCarty followed………… (1.3) their footsteps. She …………. (1.4)
other people’s clothes for over seventy years. Due to … …… (1.5) work and saving habits, McCarty, a
washerwoman,………… (1.6) a great deal of money. She made a …………… (1.7) of $150,000 – a
larger portion of her life…………. (1.8) to the University of Southern Mississippi to help ………. (1.9)
students. She was 88 years old and had never married. She did not have any children. She did not own a
car. From this simple and ……… (1.10) life, she was able to impress the world with a
significant ………… (1.11) act. Though she was unable to complete her own education, it was
her………. (1.12) that her gift would make …………. (1.13) possible for many others in …………. (1.14)
need to do so. Now, with McCarty’s support, specially African American students have an opportunity to
fulfill their……… (1.15) of a college education.
1.1. A. solution B. problem C. obstacle D. difficulty
1.2. A. completing B. able C. obstacle D. complete
1.3. A. with B. in C. on D. complete
1.4. A. cleaned B. made C. cleared D. done
1.5. A. bad B. horrible C. nice D. good
1.6. A. accomplished B. loaned C. paid D. accumulated
1.7. A. money B. donation C. profit D. living
1.8. A. money B. savings C. possible D. need
1.9. A. needy B. need C. have D. do
1.10. A. frugal B. mean C. generous D. selfish
1.11. A. helpful B. charitable C. useful D. remarkable
1.12. A. generosity B. experience C. responsibility D. intention
1.13. A. it B. them C. her D. us
1.14. A. economical B. financial C. healthy D. fashionable
1.15. A. dreams B. mean C. life D. dream

PASSAGE 2
George Smith is 40 years old. He has worked in a factory (2.1)…… 30 years. One day he is
told that a new machine has been installed which does his job (2.2)……… He is no longer
needed. So he has to leave his job – he is made (2.3)…………. George has done his (2.4)………
to look for a new job but he keeps getting the same answer – “No (2.5)…….”. There are no job
suitable suitable (2.6)……….him within reasonable travelling distance of his home.
At his local Jobcentre he is given a piece of paper to (2.7)…… to the Unemployment Benefit
Office. There he is given a card which tells him the day and time each fortnight he must “sign
on”. This means he signs a register stating that he is (2.8)…… His unemployment benefit is
sent to him by post every week that he signs on. He (2.9)……….the cheque at a post office or
bank.
If his unemployment benefit is not enough to live (2.10)………, George can go to the
(2.11)…… some weeks of unemployment, the Jobcentre tells George about a possible vacancy.
The only problem is that if George gets the job, he will have to move to another part of Britain.
He is writing to (2.12)……… house but first he has to go for (2.13)………….with his
prospective employer. It costs money to travel and to move house. George sees some pamphlets
in his Jobcenter. They give him information about help him interview expenses. He also reads
about grants and allowances (2.14)…… if he does have to move to another part of the country.
George is (2.15)……… the job at the interview, but he may not be able to take it because the
cost of housing in the area is too high.
2.1. A. in B. for C. by D. on
2.2. A. automatically B. mechanically C. systematically D. methodically
2.3. A. unsatisfactory B. incoveinient C. disqualified D. redundant
2.4. A. ability B. best C. capacity D. most
2.5. A. places B. need C. work D. vacancy
2.6. A. for B. to C. with D. by
2.7. A. carry B. take C. bring D. hold
2.8. A. broke B. poor C. unemployed D. homeless
2.9. A. cashes B. sends C. receives D. exchange
2.10. A. with B. in C. for D. on

2.11. A. In B. Within C. For D. After
2.12. A. change B. move C. leave D. sell
2.13. A. meeting B. an interview C. a discussion D. a conference
2.14. A. available B. ready C. free D. essay
2.15. A. presented B. offered C. donated D. granted
PASSAGE 3
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and (3.1)…………… to New York City when
she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly
(3.2)……… for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters
seeking (3.3)…………. to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia.
So she determined, that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her
(3.4)………. .
In 1849, after (3.5)……… from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris.
She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to (3.6)……………… the
idea.
(3.7)………………… returning to the United States, she founf it difficult to start her own
practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with
another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for woman and children.
(3.8)…………. Being the first female physician and (3.9)………………… her own hospiatal,
she also (3.10)……………the first medical school for women.
3.1. A. emigrated B. escaped C. exported D. checked in
3.2. A. unable B. incapable C. impossible D. illegal
3.3. A. admission B. acceptance C. entry D.entrance
3.4. A. charge B. incentive C. bonus D. tuition
3.5. A. completion B. conclusion C. graduation D. progression
3.6. A. recede B. abandon C. discharge D. sack
3.7. A. At B. upon C. In D. By
3.8. A. Besides B. Except C. Apart D. Out of
3.9. A. finding B. introducing C. setting D. founding
3.10. A. accomplished B. established C. completed D. furnished

PASSAGE 4
SAVING ENERGY IN THE OFFICE
The amount of energy consumed – and wasted – in commercial (4.1)…………….in New
Zealand is increasing all the time. The (4.2)…………… in numbers of items of electronic office
(4.3)…………threatens to reach its maximum in New Zealand’s main business centers in the
next ten years. Office staff leave equipment (4.4)……… on unnecessarily for
(4.5)……………of reasons. They include fear of (4.6)………….the machine, (4.7)……….of
knowledge of the actual cost of running the machine, and just plain laziness.
(4.8)……… to control the (4.9)………… usage of office equipment is wasteful, and can
(4.10)……… to costs far higher than most managers, (4.11)……… . The Energy Efficiency &
(4.12)………… Authority (EECA) is introducing twofold program aimed at
(4.13)………… the $ 50m which is wasted every (4.14)…………. in New Zealand’s offices.
Office machines in New Zealand consume 370 GWh of energy per year, or about 1% of the
country’s (4.15)…………electricity consumption.
4.1. A. house B. home C. buildings D. building
4.2. A. result B. count C. progress D. growth
4.3. A. equipment B. remained C. stayed D. driven
4.4. A. switched B. remained C. stayed D. driven
4.5. A. numbers B. number C. a number D. an number
4.6. A. spoiling B. hurting C. damaging D. offending
4.7. A. want B. need C. gap D. lack
4.8. A. Neglect B. Failure C. Prevention D. Loss
4.9. A. energy B. solar C. energetic D. gap
4.10. A. lead B. come C. take D. keep
4.11. A. explain B. realize C. decide D. produce
4.12. A. Contract B. Convert C. Conservation D. Conference
4.13. A. saving B. sparing C. remove D. Controlling
4.14. A. years B. year C. centuries D. hours
4.15. A. all B. whole C. same D. total
PASSAGE 5

When I was sixteen I (5.1)…………….school and went to work in a butcher’s shop. The
manager was a young man, only a few years older (5.2)………………….me, and he was
very ambitious, also, he was a bit dishonest. When customers asked (5.3)……………….the
best steak he would see them poor-quality beef. He used to do this to young housewives, who
if the meat (5.4)………………tough, blamed themselves for not cooking it properly.
Sometimes, he did not give the (5.5)………… change and the customers did not justice.
One day, just before Christmas, we decided to close early because we (5.6)……… sold all
our meat, except for one small turkey. As I was (5.7)…………….to lock the door, a woman
rushed in and said that she really had (5.8)………… have a ten-pound turkey. The manager
said he (5.9)………… get another one and went to the back of the shop with the turkey. I
knew we did not have (5.10)…………more, so I followed him to see (5.11)……………he
was going to do. He pulled and stretched the turkey to (5.12)………… it looks bigger and
then went back (5.13)…………………said, “Here (5.14)……………are, madam. Here is the
bigger one.”
“Yes, “she said”, “but not (5.15)…………… bigger. I will take both of them”.
5.1. A. leave B. had left C. left D. was leaving
5.2. A. then B. than C. more D. much
5.3. A. for B. in C. with D. on
5.4. A. was B. be C. are D. is
5.5. A. incorrect B. correct C. wrong D. corrected
5.6. A. having B. have C. had D. are
5.7. A. go B. on C. gone D. going
5.8. A. to B. in C. had D. with
5.9. A. will B. would C. won’t D. shouldn’t
5.10. A. some B. several C. much D. any
5.11. A. that B. what C. why C. which
5.12. A. have made B. had made C. make D. made
5.13. A. then B. and C. much D. but
5.14. A. they B. he C. we D. she
5.15. A. much B. more C. many D. several

PASSAGE 6
Face-to-face conversation is two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on.
Two-way (6.1)……………….depends on having a coding system that is understood by both
(6.2)……………and receiver, and an agreed convention about (6.3)……………… the
beginning and end of the (6.4)……………… . In speech, the coding (6.5)…………….is the
language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks
(6.6)……………….a time may seem too obvious to (6.7)………………. . In fact, the
(6.8)……………….that people use in conversations and meetings are often non-verbal.
(6.9)…………… example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of the sentence;
a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to (6.10)…………………, catching the
chairman’s (6.11)……………may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a
(6.12)………………… , a clenched fist may indicate anger. When these
(6.13)……………signals (6.14)……………….not impossible, for formal signals may be
(6.15)……………….
6.1. A. say B. exchange C. correspondence D. communication
6.2. A. teacher B. transmitter C. messenger D. sender
6.3. A. signing B. symbolizing C. signaling D. showing
6.4. A. message B. topic C. idea D. theme
6.5. A. sign B. systems C. system D. signal
6.6. A. at B. on C. in D. from
6.7. A. judge B. mention C. recognize D. notice
6.8. A. signals B. symptoms C. symbols D. signs
6.9. A. in B. at C. for D. on
6.10. A. interpret B. interfere C. interrupt D. intercept
6.11. A. elbow B. eye C. shoulder D. hand
6.12. A. chat B. debate C. broadcast D. lecture
6.13. A. visual B. auditory C. verbal D. sensory
6.14. A. is B. was C. are D. am
6.15. A. needed B. need C. needs D. needing
PASSAGE 7

Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say (7.1)…………like the taste (7.2)………say
they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring work
to (7.3)……… Other chew gum when they are nervous.
Gum is a (7.4)…………of things. For many years gum (7.5)……… made gum from chicle.
Chicle is sa natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America. Now companies use plastic
and rubber (7.6)…… …from petroleum (7.7)…………….of chicle.
Gum must be soft (7.8)………………you can chew it. A softener keeps it (7.9)…………. . The
gum company makes the softener from vegetables oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The
sweetener is usually sugar. Then the company (7.10)…….the flavor.
Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle (7.11)………… 1836. (7.12)……., chewing
gum was not new. The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (7.13)……………20 years ago. Mayan
Indians in Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to
chew gum from a tree there.
People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (7.14)…………bubble with bubble gum.
Some university students do (7.15)……………. .
7.1. A. they B. it C. them D. their
7.2. A. the other B. others C. the others D. other
7.3. A. make B. get C. do D. carry
7.4. A. mixture B. roll C. fix D. connection
7.5. A. company B. companies C. factory D. factories
7.6. A. make B. made C. makes D. to make
7.7. A. aside B. apart C. inside D. instead
7.8. A. so that B. then C. for D. that
7.9. A. tough B. softness C. thick D. soft
7.10. A. puts B. places C. adds D. fits
7.11. A. on B. in C. since D. from
7.12. A. however B. more C. but D. though
7.13. A. more B. over C. above D. than
7.14. A. turn B. set C. pass D. blow
7.15. A. so B. too C. then D. same

PASSAGE 8
If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend (8.1)………….say with a sneer or snarl.
It has (8.2)…………a symbol of our wasteful, throw-away society. But there seems little
(8.3)……………it is here to say, and the (8.4)……… is, of course, that plastics have brought
enormous (8.5)…………., even environmental ones. It is not really the plastics themselves that
are the environmental evil – it’s the way society chooses to use abuse them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastics are made (8.6)………….oil, gas, or
coal-non-renewable natural (8.7)…………… We (8.8)……………….well over three million
tons of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high
(8.9)……….of our annual consumption is in the (8.10)……………of packing, and this
(8.11)……………….about seven per cent by weight, of our domestic (8.12)………… Almost
all of it could (8.13)………….recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling
(8.14)………….is growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich. They have a higher caloric value than coal
and one method of “recovery” strongly favored by the plastic manufacturers is the
(8.15)………of waste plastic into fuel.
8.1. A. at B. on C. with D. to
8.2. A. became B. become C. becomes D. to become
8.3. A. doubt B. evidence C. concern D. likelihood
8.4. A. truths B. trued C. true D. truth
8.5. A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
8.6. A. from B. in C. of D. by
8.7. A. processes B. products C. fuels D. resources
8.8. A. remove B. consume C. change D. import
8.9. A. proportion B. portion C. amount D. rate
8.10. A. away B. form C. kind D. type
8.11. A. takes B. makes C. carries D. constitutes
8.12. A. goods B. refuse C. rubble D. requirement
8.13. A. was B. are C. be D. is
8.14. A. industry B. manufacture C. factory D. plant

8.15. A. melting B. replacement C. conversion D. change
PASSAGE 9
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability
to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading
and writing at a level (9.1)………….for communication, or at a level that lets one understand
and communicate ideas in a literate society, so as to take (9.2)………… in that society. The
United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) gas drafted the
following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create,
communicate and compute, using printed and written materials (9.3)……………… with varying
contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her
goals, to develop his, or her (9.4)………………and potential, and to participate fully in the
wider society.”
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region’s human capital. This
claim is made on the (9.5)……………that literate people can be trained less expensively than
illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (9.6)………………… and enjoy better
health and employment prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job
opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child
mortality rates declined (9.7)…………… in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the
education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (9.8)……………… ,
argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of
schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (9.9)…………….of educational
systems worldwide includes a basic (9.10)……………around communication through test and
print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
9.1. A. adaptable B. suitable C. adequate D. important
9.2. A. comfort B. control C. part D. honor
9.3. A. associated B. worked C. appropriated D. related
9.4. A. ability B. knowledge C. performance D. behavior
9.5. A. foundation B. ways C. grounds D. basics
9.6. A. condition B. request C. state D. status
9.7. A. dramatically B. extremely C. actually D. accurately

9.8. A. additionally B. however C. therefore D. consequently
9.9. A. focus B. demand C. majority D. main
9.10. A. content B. concept C. contact D. context
PASSAGE 10
In the United States and Canada, it was very important to (10.1)………… a person directly in the eyes
when you are having a conversation (10.2)…………….him or her. If you look down or to the side when
the (10.3)………….person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in
(10.4)………………he or she is saying. This, (10.5)…………… , is not polite. If you look down or to
the side when you are talking, it might (10.6)…………….that you are not honest. However, people who
are speaking will sometimes look away for (10.7)…… seconds when they are thinking or
(10.8)……………….to find the right word. But they always turn immediately (10.9)…………… to look
the listener directly in the eyes. These social “rules” are (10.10)………… for two men, two women, a
man and a woman, or an adult and a child.
10.1. A. talk B. notice C. get D. look
10.2. A. with B. to C. for D. about
10.3. A. others B. another C. one D. other
10.4. A. which B. what C. that D. where
10.5. A. yet B. in addition C. of course D. although
10.6. A. become B. come C. seem D. turn
10.7. A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
10.8. A. trying B. looking C. achieving D. managing
10.9. A. up B. back C. down D. over
10.10. A. like B. the same C. likely D.such as