1 Sea water is salty. If the oceans consisted of fresh water, there plenty of water to irrigate all deserts in the world

Sorry, I can’t. She doesn’t work here any ....
A) longer B) long C) length D) longest
24 Then Freddy got up from his chair and walked ... to the door like a tired man.
A)slowly B) slowest C) slow D) slowing


25 The chemist’s was open, so luckily I ... to buy some aspirin.
A)manage B) could C) had D) was able


26 I need a change. I think I’ll go ... for a few days.
A) from B) inside C) away D) out
Read the text.Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 27-28 in the text.
Many people think that Alaska is always cold, but it isn’t. Ocean winds (27) ... warm air to the outer parts, so they are (28) .... The inside part of the state has cold winters but summers can be hot.
27A) are bringing B) bring C) brings D)will bring
28


A) severe B) mild C) calm D) peaceful


(29-30-31)Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the gaps 29-31 in the text.Big BenThe big clock on the tower of the Palace of West­minster in London is often (29) ... Big Ben. But Big Ben is really the bell of the clock. It is the biggest clock bell in Britain. It weighs 13.5 tons. The clock looks small from the pavement below the tower. But its (30) ... is 23 feet wide. It would only just fit into some classrooms. The minute-hand is 14 feet long. Its weight is equal (31) ... that of two bags of coal The hour-hand is 9 feet long.
29 A) calling B) to call C) called D) call
30A) face B) look C) hand D) head
31A) to B) by C) for D) from


(32-33)Read the passage. Then choose the correct answer to questions 32-33.Many stolen paintings have a strange history. But one of the strangest was that of a paining by the famous sixteenth-century painter Bruegel, stolen from an art gallery in London in the eight­ies. The four thieves who had stolen the painting, didn’t know how much it cost. The first art ex­pert who came to see the painting said it was priceless. Another art expert said it was worth Ј2-3 million. Then the thieves tried to sell the painting back to the art gallery from which it had been stolen.The gallery contacted the police and a meeting was arranged. However, the meeting didn’t take place.A short time later the thieves were arrested. When they were told that they were arrested in connection with a Bruegel painting, one of them said: "What’s a Bruegel? I thought it was rub­bish"._
32

Why didn’t the first expert name the exact price?

A)The gallery didn’t allow him to do it.
B)He didn’t want to deal with the gang.
C)He thought it was too valuable to be priced
DHe wanted to have the painting for himself_
33 What’s a Bruegel?
A)a painting by Bruegel
B)a portrait of Bruegel
C)the famous sixteenth-century painter
D)rubbish
(3436) Although I left university with a good degree, I suddenly found that it was actually quite hard to find a job. After being unemployed for a few months, I realized I had to take the first thing that came along or I’d be in serious financial dif­ficulties. And so, for six very long months, I be­came a market research telephone interviewer
I knew it wasn’t the best company in the world when they told me that I’d have to undergo three days of training before starting work, and that I wouldn’t get paid for any of it. Still, I knew that the hourly rate when I actually did start full time would be a lot better than unemployment benefit, and I could work up to twelve hours a day, seven days a week if I wanted. So, I thought of the money I’d earn and put up with three days of unpaid training. Whatever those three days taught me - and I can’t really remember anything about them today - I wasn’t prepared for the way I would be treated by the supervisors.
It was worse than being at school. There were about twenty interviewers like myself, each sit­ting in a small, dark booth with an ancient com­puter and a dirty telephone. The booths were around the walls of the fifth floor of a concrete office block, and the supervisors sat in the mid­dle of the room, listening in to all of our telephone interviews.
34 Why did the writer become a market research telephone interviewer?
A)he knew it was only for six months