Grade 7

Clozed reading
Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passages:
Passage 1
Dear John,
I am excited (1)......... your visit. There’s a lot to do here, (2)........ I’m sure we (3)....... have a grate time. On Saturday afternoon we can go to a basketball game. I think I can get tickets. In the evening we (4)....... going to go to Randy’s house for dinner. (5)......... dinner we might go to a rock concert. I’m going to try to get tickets. (6)....... you want, on Sunday we can play tennis in the morning and (7)..... the planetarium in the afternoon.
Please let me know (8)......... train will you go? I will wait for you at the station.
See you in two weeks.
Sincerely,
Steven
Passage 2
Mary usually (1)....... up at 8 o’clock on Sundays. Then she(2)........breakfast. She always has bread and butter (3)........ her breakfast. After that she helps her mother to do (4)....... housework or sometimes she goes to the zoo (5).......... her friends. (6)....... the evening she watches TV, and (7)..... her homework. She goes to (8)....... at 10 o’clock.
Passage 3
I have just (1)......... a letter from my brother, Dave. He is in Australia. He has been there (2)........ six months. He is an engineer. He is working for (3)...... big farm and he has visited a great (4)....... of different places in Australia. He has (5)......... bought an Australian car and he has gone to Alice Spring, a small town to the centre of Australia. He (6)...... soon visit Darwin. From (7)......., he’ll fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad(8)............, so he finds this trip very exciting.
Passage 4
Today is the first of September. It is the children’s first ...........(1) at school after their holiday in June, July and August. Early in the morning you can see many boys and (2)....... in the streets on their way to school. The boys look nice(3).............. their blue suits, and the girls in their brown dresses. They meet their friends and go to (4)........... together.
You can see little boys and girls in the street, too, (5).......... their mothers and fathers. Some of the children are seven years old, some of them are six. They are new pupils. Today is their first day at school. Many boys and girls have flowers in their hands. Their bags are new, and the children look”new”too. They are ready (6)...... begin their fifrst lesson.
The day is very nice. The sky is blue, the sun is bright, and it is warm(7). ............ at school looks bright and clean. The boys and girls meet their (8).......... and teachers in front of the school or in the school yard.
Passage 5.
Today is the first day of the college term. I have just got my new timetable. The first lesson (1)......... English. This lesson begins at 9 o’clock and finishes at ten to ten. The next lesson is Geography and then we have a (2)....... . The break lasts from twenty to eleven until five to eleven. The two lessons (3)....... the breaks are Spainish and Maths.
Tomorrow we have Physics before the break (4).............. then History and English (5).......... . Thursday we have my favourite (6)....... between ten fifty-five and twelve thirty- five. there (7)......... twenty lessons each week but they are all (8)...... the morning. We are all very tired by lunchtime.
Key.
Passage 1 1.about 2. and 3. will 4. are
5. After 6. If 7. visit 8. which
Passage 2. 1. gets 2. has 3. for 4. the
5. with 6. In 7. does 8. bed
Passage 3 1. received 2. for 3. a 4. number
5. just 6. will 7. there 8. before
Passage 4. 1. day 2. girls 3. in 4. school
5. with 6. to 7. Everything 8. friends
Passage 5. 1. is 2. break 3. after 4. and
5. on