Reading-English 9

READING

UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I / Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It’s a beautiful (1) ____ with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a very (2) ____ city.
Most of the people (3) ____ in high-rise flats in different parks of the island. The business district is very modern with (4) ____ of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In China town, there (5) ____ rows of old shop houses. The Government buildings in Singapore are very (6) ____ and date from the colonial days.
Singapore is famous (7) ____ its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the (8) ____ are duty free. Singapore’s restaurants (9) ____ Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the (10) ____ are quite reasonable.
1. A. district B. town C. city D. village
2. A. large B. dirty C. small D. clean
3. A. live B. lives C. are living D. lived
4. A. lot B. lots C. many D. much
5. A. is B. will be C. were D. are
6. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beatify D. beautifully
7. A. in B. on C. at D. for
8. A. good B. goods C. goodness D. goody
9. A. sells B. selling C. sell D. sold
10. A. priced B. price C. prices D. pricer
II / Fill in the gap in the following text with one suitable word from the box
industries – population – pleased – shopping – university – bridges – important – countryside

I was born in Newcastle, a city in the northeast of England. Newcastle is on the bank of the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a (1) ____ of about 200,000 people. There is a cathedral and a (2) ____. There are five (3) ____ over the River Tyne, which link Newcastle to the next town Gates Head, where there is one of the biggest (4) ____ centers in the world, the Metro Center.
A few years ago, the main (5) ____ were ship building and coal mining, but now the chemical and soap industries are more (6) ____
I moved from Newcastle ten years ago, but I often return. I miss the people who are so warm and friendly, and I miss the wild, beautiful (70 ____ near the city, where there are so many hills and streams
People who are born near the River Tyne have a special name. they are called “Geordies”. I am very (8) ____ to be a “Geordie”











UNIT 2: CLOTHING
I / Fill in the blanks with proper words, then answer the following questions
finally – secondary – uniform – firstly – disadvantages – secondly – styles – clothes

In many (1) ____ school in Britain, wearing school (2) ____ is compulsory. Some schools argue that there are many (3) _____ to this system. Most students don’t agree with school uniform. (4) ____ when you have to wear the same (5) ____ as everyone else you don’t have a chance to develop personal taste in the way tou dress. (6) ____ people who look scruffy usually look scruffy in their uniforms too and you can always tell the people who come from poor homes because their uniforms are not as new or don`t fit properly. (7) ____, the main reason that most students don’t like school uniforms is because most schools choose such colors and (8) ____ that don’t suit young people at all
Questions:
1. Do most student agree with schools uniform?
2. Does wearing casual clothes make students feel comfortable and self-confident?
3. What is the main reason that most students don’t like school uniforms?
II / Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage
Clothes can tell a lot (1) ____ a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everybody (2) ____ at them and they want to be the center of things. (3) ____ people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not (4) ____ or fancy. They don’t like people (5) ____ at them. Clothes