DE HS GIOI

A. Insert A, AN, THE or Φ (zero article) where necessary.
HIGH FLYER
I travel all over _______ world on business and my neighbour thinks my life is one long holiday. You know what _______ business travel like: up at _______ dawn to catch _______ plane; _______ breakfast in _______ London, _______ lunch in _______ New York, _______ luggage in _______ Bermuda. When you’re in _______ sky, you see only snow in _______ Arctic or _______ Greenland. You have glimpses of _______ Andes or _______ Pacific. You’re always exhausted. Your wife or husband complains you’re never there to take _______ children to _______ school or put them to _______ bed. When you get home, your neighbour says, “Another nice holiday, eh? Give me Home Sweet Home any day!
B. Put in about, down, down on, in, in on, up, up on, up to, up with or to.
A CURE FOR SNORING
It’s very difficult for people who sleep silently to put _________ the sound of snoring. Some people are asleep the moment the lie _________; other stay _________ half the night waiting for the miracle of sleep to come _________. Even insomniacs snore. Insomniacs are the ones who need to lie _________ in the morning to catch _________ lost sleep. Snorers will never admit to snoring. They know the rest of the world looks _________ them and they just can’t face _________ reality. My friend, Henry, a champion snorer, has just found a cure and he let me _________ his little secret. He has just coughed _________ good money for a band with a stud on it. He wears the band round his head at night and if he tries to sleep on his back, the stud gives him a jab. I’m sure this news will cheer _________ all snorers, who now have a new experience to look forward _________. With one of these on their heads, all they have to lose is their sleep!
C. Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The thing I hate about John is his _____________. RELY
2. He examined the parcel _____________, as he had no idea what it could be. SUSPECT
3. He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later _____________ when a medical check proved that he had been taking drugs. QUALIFY
4. Before the bridge was built, the island was _____________ from the mainland except by ferry. ACCESS
5. You can’t neglect your work with _____________ in Mr Brown’s class because he checks the homework everyday. PUNITIVE
6. After Romeo and Juliet died, their families, who had been _____________ enemies, became friends. RECONCILE
7. Sandra’s parents were _____________ when they learned she had failed two subjects. PERTURBATION
8. At breakfast the aroma of freshly brewed coffee _____________ the kitchen and dining room. PERMEABLE
9. A mother has to be a nurse, housekeeper, shopper, cook, teacher, etc. She plays a _____________ role. LATERAL
10. Don’t judge the matter by my opponent’s _____________ statement, but wait till you have heard the other side. LATERAL
D. Choose one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
1. Financial consultants acknowledge that the value of common stock is inherently changeable.
A. relatively B. intrinsically C. sporadically D. incrementally
2. In Action Painting, the paint is sometimes dribbled onto the canvas.
A. trickled B. trampled C. stroked D. soaked
3. After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra. Glenn Miller finally achieved world flame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A. requesting B. trying C. offering D. deciding
4. From an airplane, the grasslands of the western prairie appear almost as uniform as a placid sea.
A. fake B. seedy C. hilly D. calm
5. The manic depressive usually fluctuates between great excitement and deep depression.
A. recovers B. falls C. improves D. alternates
6. The Ford Foundation is one of the world’s wealthiest philanthropic organizations.
A. profligate B. governmental C. humanitarian D. multinational
7. The tendency of the human body to reject foreign matter is the main obstacle to successful tissue transplantation.
A. factor in B. impediment to C. occurrence in D. phenomenon of
8. Summer weather of ninety degrees or more has been reported off and on in Fort Yokon, Alaska.
A. back and forth B. as of late C. now and then D. on the spot
9. Hypnotized individuals can be induced to act bizarrely.
A. in harmful ways B. against their wills C. oddly D. emotionally
10. A postage stamp has been issued to pay tribute to Hellen Keller and her teacher