Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

AUDIOBOOKS - BOOKS ON CASSETTE

In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from. Entertainment industries (41)________for your leisure time. You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art gallery or concert or, of course, read a book. Sometimes it seems that reading is (42)________because, even if you're a fast reader, it can take a (43)________amount of time to finish a novel, for example. But in the (44)________world, time is something that can be in short supply. Book publishers haven't been (45)________to realise this and are now selling a product which needn't (46)________as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story. The new product is the audiobook -cassette recordings of shortened novels, often read by well-known personalities or the authors themselves. Audiobooks are (47)________new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing all the time. One of the attractions of audiobooks is that they're (48)________listening to the radio. You can listen to what you want when you want, and you won't ever (49)________anything. Much of their appeal lies in their flexibility. They (50)________you to do other things while you're listening, such as driving or doing the housework. For some people, audiobooks can be a much more enjoyable way of gaining knowledge than reading.

Entertainment industries (26)________for your leisure time.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 16 to 20.

Why do people often get uptight and worried before meeting someone for the first time? It is often said that (16)______a good first impression is very important, and according to recent studies, it appears that there is something to it. In his book, Blink, author Malcolm Gladwell says that we form an opinion of someone in the first 2 seconds after meeting them. In other words, if Gladwellis right, most of us pass (17) ______ on people we meet almost immediately. It makes (18) ______ that we create a better first impression when we’re friendly. A warm smile can really make a difference. And   then if   we have interests(19) ______ common, the other person may feel they want to get t know us. However, when we meet someone from abroad who (20)______a foreign language, there’s no need we have to keep our distance from them. If we decided to take the trouble to communicate, we might make a newfriend.

build (15)______ at colleage and eventually at university.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 15.

The Gerneral Cerificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE excaminations for short are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (11)_______ school before you (12)_______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE excaminationin up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulory, including English and matchematics, and you can select (13)_____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (14)_______ you can build (15)______ at colleage and eventually at university.