I looked everywhere for my car key, and I finally it in the bathroom.
(A)avoided
(B)ignored
(C)found
(D)arrested
Christmas is coming. Who wants to go with me to the to buy the presents?
(A)department store
(B)movie theater
(C)elevator
(D)school
A friend of says he prefers the version of the Christmas story written by Henry.
(A)they
(B)them
(C)theirs
(D)they’re
The Sahara Desert, which covers millions of square kilometers, is a desert in Africa.
(A)light
(B)huge
(C)heavy
(D)quick
Don’t get into trouble again, you’ll be in prison.
(A)and
(B)or
(C)so
(D)yet
Wendy wants by everyone in her company.
(A)to like
(B)liking
(C)to be liked
(D)likeFacts are pieces of information we know to be true. When we read history, we want to know the facts—whatreally happened. Fiction is the 42 . Writers of fiction 43 stories, telling of people and events that 44the writer’s imagination. Science fiction writers imagine 45 people and events but, perhaps most importantly,technology. They often write about the effects of that technology on a person, a group, or society. These writersusually set their stories in the future. Some of them have predicted technology that seemed 46 at the time butreally does exist today.
(A)command
(B)opposite
(C)false
(D)same
(A)make up
(B)pick out
(C)turn out
(D)come up
(A)take in
(B)get out
(C)come from
(D)arrive at
(A)as many as
(B)variously
(C)countlessly
(D)not only
(A)comfortable
(B)traditional
(C)peaceful
(D)impossibleEvery family should have a budget. A “budget” is a method of planning expenses by figuring out how muchmoney is made and how much should be spent for everyone’s basic needs. The ordinary expenses in a budgetusually include education for the children, monthly bills for the utilities of electricity and water, communicationcosts for telephone and computer use, transportation costs, and, of course, money for groceries. A little money forextra expenses should also be set aside each month. Since everyone in the family is involved, everyone, evenchildren, should learn to keep the costs of living at a reasonable level.
What is the main purpose of keeping a family budget?
(A)To put a lot of money in the bank for the future.
(B)To make sure everybody in the family is earning money.
(C)To spend a lot of money for children’s educational games.
(D)To know in advance how the family’s income is to be used.
According to the passage, the utility bills will help pay for .
(A)transportation to work
(B)the lights in the house
(C)food for everyone to eat
(D)the children’s education
According to the passage, money to be spent for groceries is best considered .
(A)an extra expense
(B)a transportation cost
(C)a basic necessity
(D)a communication fee
According to the passage, the basic money budgeted for the children allows them to .
(A)have many friends
(B)take a lot of trips
(C)attend school
(D)take dancing lessons