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Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word
It was a cold night. The train (1) ....................... through some very lonely countryside. There was no sign of human life and the station at Brest seemed like an oasis. The passengers (2) ....................... advised to get (3) ....................... the train because they were going to be there (4) ....................... a long time. The customs officers had to (5) ....................... their duty, searching the entire train looking mainly for illegal literature. They (6) ....................... quite a lot, including some interesting magazines to take home to their families. (7) ....................... this was happening, the train moved away from the platform to get its wheels changed. It was lifted up and swung over onto a wider set of wheels, but the passengers in the station did not know (8) ....................... this. To them, it was a long unnecessary wait, made worse by the fact that their luggage disappeared with the train for at (9) ....................... an hour. If they had (10) ....................... given a better explanation of what was going on, they would have been in a better mood.
Read the following passage and choose the best word to fill in the blank
Mr. Marshall lived his entire life in a small town in the north of England.
He never left the house (1) ....................... he had been born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for (2) ....................... forty years but even the people who had worked with him for years (3) ....................... very little about him.
He wore the same old clothes year in year out, and (4) ....................... he shopped regularly at the local stores he bought only the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases from one week to the next.
So (5) ....................... he died last month, neighbours and local people were astonished to learn that Mr. Marshal was not just a rich man, he was in fact (6) ....................... millionaire!
He had no bank account, no money invested anywhere but in the various drawers, cupboards and boxes in the house, there were hundreds and thousands of bank (7) ....................... and coins.
It took the local police over two weeks to clear the house and the bank clerks took just as long to (8) ....................... all the money.
“We had absolutely no idea that he had been hiding his money over the years”, one of his neighbours (9) ....................... “In fact, we used to feel sorry for him. We thought he was so poor that he was unable to (10) ....................... anything better for himself.”
1. A. which B. where C. who D. what
2. A. until B. above C. over D. across
3. A. reminded B. held C. had D. knew
4. A. although B. but C. because D. however
5. A. while B. when C. during D. that
6. A. the B. this C. a D. one
7. A. paper B. money C. letters D. notes
8. A. number B. count C. guess D. make
9. A. said B. spoke C. mentioned D. told
10. A. pay B. spend C. afford D. give
It was a cold night. The train (1) ....................... through some very lonely countryside. There was no sign of human life and the station at Brest seemed like an oasis. The passengers (2) ....................... advised to get (3) ....................... the train because they were going to be there (4) ....................... a long time. The customs officers had to (5) ....................... their duty, searching the entire train looking mainly for illegal literature. They (6) ....................... quite a lot, including some interesting magazines to take home to their families. (7) ....................... this was happening, the train moved away from the platform to get its wheels changed. It was lifted up and swung over onto a wider set of wheels, but the passengers in the station did not know (8) ....................... this. To them, it was a long unnecessary wait, made worse by the fact that their luggage disappeared with the train for at (9) ....................... an hour. If they had (10) ....................... given a better explanation of what was going on, they would have been in a better mood.
Read the following passage and choose the best word to fill in the blank
Mr. Marshall lived his entire life in a small town in the north of England.
He never left the house (1) ....................... he had been born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for (2) ....................... forty years but even the people who had worked with him for years (3) ....................... very little about him.
He wore the same old clothes year in year out, and (4) ....................... he shopped regularly at the local stores he bought only the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases from one week to the next.
So (5) ....................... he died last month, neighbours and local people were astonished to learn that Mr. Marshal was not just a rich man, he was in fact (6) ....................... millionaire!
He had no bank account, no money invested anywhere but in the various drawers, cupboards and boxes in the house, there were hundreds and thousands of bank (7) ....................... and coins.
It took the local police over two weeks to clear the house and the bank clerks took just as long to (8) ....................... all the money.
“We had absolutely no idea that he had been hiding his money over the years”, one of his neighbours (9) ....................... “In fact, we used to feel sorry for him. We thought he was so poor that he was unable to (10) ....................... anything better for himself.”
1. A. which B. where C. who D. what
2. A. until B. above C. over D. across
3. A. reminded B. held C. had D. knew
4. A. although B. but C. because D. however
5. A. while B. when C. during D. that
6. A. the B. this C. a D. one
7. A. paper B. money C. letters D. notes
8. A. number B. count C. guess D. make
9. A. said B. spoke C. mentioned D. told
10. A. pay B. spend C. afford D. give
