Exam card I i reading Charles Darwin (1809—1882)

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II Grammar
1. There's plenty of room for cars in the yard; much better ..... parking in the village street.
than
then
there
it
2. Your boss really likes you. He said ..... the best manager in his department.
then
there
your
you're
3. Thanks for taking me out, it's much better ..... listening to my grandma all day long.
than
then
there
it
4. He went through to his kitchen, ..... returned with a bottle of wine and two glasses.
than
then
there
it
5. Music is my life. ..... all I want to do.
Its
It's
There
Their
6 Is he ......... arrested as we speak?
(a) be
(b) been
(c) being
(d) will be
7. I wonder if there is any use _____ _____ the results.
trying, improving
trying, to improve
to try, to improve
to try, improving
8 If I _____ more time, I _____ to play the guitar.
have; will learn
had; would learn
has; would have learnt
9 Hillary told me she ..... in New-York all that year, and she had no wish to leave the city.
lived
had lived
was living
10. Nina said Lucy complained that her friends never ..... any attention to what she told them.
would pay
paid
had paid
III Essay Writing
Will modern technology such as the internet ever replace the book or the written word as the main source of information?
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EXAM CARD XXXII
I Reading
THE WORLD IN YOUR HOME
For all the importance of movies in shaping modern culture, the impact of radio has been just as great. For the first time free entertainment reached into the average American parlour for nothing but the cost of the set. An early radio might have come to $100, and the minimum price of sets has since steadily fallen.
Morning and afternoon entertainment programs were devoted to the housewife. During the 1930s some 50 soap operas chronicled the daily woes of a host of characters. The longest running daytime serial was "The Romance of Helen Trent", broadcast five times a week from October 1933 through June 1960.
Late afternoons were for children, who put aside their homework to follow the exploits of different heroes.
Evenings offered more varied fare: news commentators, dance bands, programs of classical and semi-classical music, comedies.
The skilled radio dramatists' power to persuade was awesome. In 1938 Herbert G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" was broadcast. Thousands of listeners panicked and fled from their homes, fully convinced that Martians had actually landed and were laying New Jersey to waste.
Television has proved its ability not only to educate, uplift, and inform, but also to entertain. It has brought brilliant drama, superb music, sharp satire, and incisive documentaries to countless millions of viewers.
Thanks to television, American entertainers have appeared in every major country and are well known all over the world.